A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

After Huymos made that promise, there seemed to be a silent understanding between the two.

No one mentioned anything about that night again.

For the next two weeks, although Heimers stayed in training camp, he would sneak into his room almost every two days.

According to Heimos, his purpose of doing this was just to see him.

He just wanted to be by his side, look at him, and talk to him.

This man always did what he said he would do.

Heimos' promise made Gallan's unconscious sense of defense and resistance against him disappear in his heart.

The way the two get along seems to be the same as before, but in fact, they are much more intimate in their words and actions.

When the two people stood together, just looking at each other, it was as if an invisible space was created where they were.

It makes people feel as if no one else in the world can penetrate them.

Looking at the pair of figures standing in the open-air corridor, the female official, who had been looking at them for a long time, lowered her eyes with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

After a while, she raised her eyes again and landed on Garlan's face.

Garlan was raising his head and talking to Heimos beside him. He didn't know what he said and showed a happy smile.

Heimos looked at him with extremely soft eyes.

Tapti watched this scene deeply, thoughtfully.

She frowned, a hint of uneasiness appearing in her eyes.

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Another day passed, and in the evening, Garlan had returned to his palace and was listening to Tal's report.

Time flies, and the Commercial and Trade Department in Wangcheng has been running for nearly a year without knowing it, bringing him countless wealth.

It is no exaggeration to say that every day makes money.

But even so, Garlan failed to become the richest man in the world, because he spent money like water and scattered gold coins like water every day.

Although the revenue from the Trade Department is growing crazily, the gold coins distributed by Garlandis are also growing crazily as various projects are being fully started in Aaron Landis.

As a result, positive and negative growth barely maintained a flat state.

During this year, the two major temples in charge of the legislative supervision and investigation and trial powers of the Department of Commerce and Industry also performed well. Although there were occasional disputes, Suojia and Xemure were able to handle them quickly.

The system of separation of powers has taken a stable shape in the Trade and Commerce Department.

At the same time, with the extension of the new avenue, Tal soon expanded the branches of the Trade and Commerce Department to nearby large cities.

Many businessmen immediately took action upon hearing the news.

It can be said that wherever a new highway was built, a branch of the Department of Commerce and Trade was established in that city, and caravans followed suit and poured into the city, thus making the city prosperous.

As a result, the governors who were originally disapproving of King Garlan's spending a large amount of money to build a new highway instantly changed their attitude. They were almost all waiting eagerly for the day when the new highway would be built here.

Even a small group of city lords are looking forward to this.

Although the Commerce and Trade Department will take away the business interests that belong to the city owners, for those city owners whose cities are not developing very well, even if the Trade and Commerce Department eats a lot of them, eating a little soup and water next to them is better than the dry and dry things they are doing now. It’s not good to eat.

Under Garlan's instructions, the Trade Department formed several large caravans and business groups.

These all belong to the Wang family caravan.

Although they are backed by King Garlan, they do not compete with other merchants for the market. Their main job is to hoard and trade strategic items such as grain, wood, cloth, herbs, salt, bronze, and iron that will affect the entire country. goods.

These royal caravans are usually very low-key because they mainly focus on hoarding. Except for the caravan that specializes in buying and selling luxury goods, the other caravans basically don't make much money and can only be said to not lose money.

You know, businessmen pursue profits.

Some unscrupulous businessmen will do anything for huge profits.

Seeing the prosperous business of Aaron Landis, some unscrupulous businessmen wanted to stir up trouble in order to fish in troubled waters and make some windfall.

These royal caravans were formed after discussions between Garlan and Tal to deal with those merchants.

Once they encounter a black-hearted businessman who intends to hoard and disrupt the market, these low-key business groups will immediately exit under Tal's instructions and dump the goods at low prices that have been deliberately driven up by the black-hearted businessmen. They will use their absolute advantage to unceremoniously The government is suppressing them head-on and will not stop until those unscrupulous businessmen are bankrupted and saddled with huge debts.

After doing this twice, all the businessmen with ulterior motives became honest and no longer dared to jump around.

Tal, who had reported his political achievements and received verbal praise from Garlan, was enjoying himself. Garlan, who had been silent for a while, spoke again.

"Tal, I have something here that I need you to arrange."

Garlan said.

He had been thinking about this matter for a long time. Seeing that Aaron Landis's business situation was improving, he felt that it was almost time to ask Tal to take action.

"Our trade with Yis is mainly wool, beef, mutton, and horses, right?"

Yis is a country dominated by deserts and grasslands. It belongs to the nomadic people and its folk customs are sturdy.

Its livestock industry is developed, but its handicraft industry is weak, and daily necessities need to be purchased in large quantities from Aaron Landis and other countries. Therefore, the unwilling Yis often directly sent troops to plunder.

However, even if the war continues, commerce and trade between countries has never stopped.

"From now on, we will purchase large amounts of wool and mutton from the Islamic State and raise prices without leaving any trace."

"Ah?" Garlan's words stunned Tal for a moment, and he said, "But Your Majesty, we have a lot of wool production in our country, why should we pay a high price to buy from the Yis?"

"To allow the Yithians to expand their flocks as much as possible."

"I don't understand..."

Tal scratched his head.

"Just do as I say."

Garlan did not intend to say more.

Even if he explained it, Tarr would not understand the damage caused to the grassland environment by overgrazing.

This method of secretly poaching the power of the Islamic State will take a long time to be effective, and it will not be obvious at all in a short time.

Therefore, Garlan did not explain much and just directly ordered Tal to do it.

"I see."

Although he still didn't understand Garlan's plan, as a loyal henchman of King Garlan, Tarr always treated His Majesty's orders as the most important thing and implemented them thoroughly.

After nodding, he came over with a smile.

"Your Majesty, can I have dinner with you? I have many interesting things to tell you here~~"

After receiving the permission, Tal happily accompanied Garlan to have dinner. While eating, he kept telling a lot of gossip and interesting stories about the noble ministers to amuse his majesty. Only then did he feel satisfied. Leave.

From spring to autumn, the chubby little fat man was always smiling and touching a new malachite ring that Garlan had just given him.

He has no interest in other accessories and just likes to collect precious rings.

He thought, very good, there are still three left, he can collect ten, and then wear all ten of his fingers.

Then he will be able to look at the ten rings on his ten fingers every day... Just imagining it makes Tal feel happy.

Regarding Tal's hobby, Gallan said, just be happy.

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After having dinner and taking a rest, Garlan went to the training ground behind the courtyard to exercise for half an hour. After taking a comfortable bath, he returned to his dormitory covered in moisture.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he saw two people standing in the room.

Heymos appeared here, and Garlan was used to it.

But another person who unexpectedly appeared here made Garlan feel a little bad, and even felt a little guilty.

At this moment, his female official was standing opposite Heimos.

Although Tapti was a head shorter than Heimos, she was no less imposing than the Black Knight. Her tall and straight body showed off her graceful figure.

There was a slight smile on Tapti's beautiful face at the moment, but it was not the gentle smile that came from the heart when facing Garlan.

She looked at Heimos with this polite, well-placed smile.

This is a smile that is so perfect that it is as invulnerable as an iron wall.

When he saw Tapti's smile, Garlan's chest suddenly tightened and he felt a little panicked.

Tapti gets angry.

And he was still very angry.

He had seen Tapti's smile like this twice since he was a child.

And the consequences...

The Young King said he didn't want to mention it at all.

Anyway, even King Kamos would be intimidated when he saw Tapti's smile.

Gallan, who was a little panicked, began to wonder how likely it was that he would turn around and leave immediately.

Uh... Although it seems very dishonest to leave someone alone.

But it was too late, the smiling female officer had already turned to look at him.

"Your Majesty, Lord Heymos broke into your room without permission."

She smiled and said,

"If it bothers you, I'll ask him out now."

Tapti sounded as if she was asking Garlan for instructions, but her words did not give Garlan a second option at all.

The female official smiled at Garlan.

In her opinion, the only option was to expel the man who broke in without permission from His Majesty's room.

However, what Tapti did not expect was that after she finished speaking, her little Majesty did not answer immediately, but was stunned for a moment, showing a hesitant look.

Garlan was a little embarrassed.

He was a little troubled at first by the fact that Heymos always sneaked into the palace without permission, but he no longer felt that way.

However, he didn't want to make Tapti angry.

So he hesitated and couldn't answer immediately.

Garlan's hesitation was like adding fuel to the fire.

The smile on the female officer's face became more and more gentle, but the aura exuding from her body became more and more frightening.

She couldn't bear to be angry with her beloved Majesty, so she turned to look at the culprit.

"Lord Heymos, it is not allowed to wantonly sneak into His Majesty's room."

she says,

"I will inform Priest Shemur of your rude behavior. Now, please leave with me immediately."

Heimos said nothing. He and Tapti looked at each other for a few seconds, and then glanced at Garlan who was standing aside.

When he saw the troubled look on Garlan's face, his originally sharp eyes softened.

"I see."

Heimos said.

It sounded like he was answering Tapti, but his eyes were always looking at Garlan.

Meeting Heimos' comforting gaze, Garlan's pupils shrank slightly.

He pursed his lips and his eyes became determined.

When Heimos was about to leave with Tapti, he spoke.

"Tapti."

Gallan said,

"Heimos can enter my room without permission. This is what I promised him, so he did not make a mistake."

Tapti was startled.

She looked at Garlan with some surprise as he suddenly said these words.

Garlan also looked at her with frank eyes.

Without any evasion.

When she met the young man's calm eyes, Taputi's mind suddenly recalled the scene she had seen a few days ago, where Garlan and Heimos stood side by side in front of the main hall.

She didn't want to admit it, but she had to admit it.

There was an indescribable sense of harmony in that scene.

As if they were born this way.

No one can keep them apart.

No one can penetrate them.

The smile slowly disappeared, and Taputi's expression darkened little by little. She looked deeply at Garlan, the young king whom she had grown up watching.

There was tenderness, affection, and seriousness in her eyes.

"prince."

Whenever she looked at Garlan with a solemn expression, she would call out the title she had been calling for many years.

"Have you really thought about it?"

She said in a serious tone,

"If you really make a decision... this is the most difficult path, and you should understand that there will be countless difficulties in front of you in the future."

“When those inevitable hardships come, when you feel exhausted and even painful about it... maybe you will regret the decision you made now.”

She shook her head.

"Prince, I don't want you to make this decision that you may regret."

While Tapti was speaking in a serious tone, Heimos, who was standing aside, had a cold expression on his face.

But he didn't interrupt, didn't say anything.

Because what the female official said was reality, a reality that he had to face.

Garlan is the king of Aaron Landis, so if Garlan chooses him, there will be countless obstacles waiting for Garlan in the future.

"maybe……"

Tapti's words had no impact on him, but Garlan's soft words suddenly made his chest tighten.

"It will indeed be difficult."

Garlan whispered,

"No one can guarantee the future. Maybe I will regret it one day."

Heimos' hand hanging by his side suddenly clenched tightly.

He won't allow it.

he thinks.

He lowered his eyes, his expression unchanged, but his eyes hidden by the shadow of his forehead showed a gloomy look.

At this point, how could he allow Garlan to shrink back?

Even if Garlan really regrets it in the future, he will never let it go!

No one noticed the strange look on his face at this moment, and the boy's voice continued to sound in the room.

"But Tapti, there are too many uncertain things in the future. No matter what happens in the future, it will be in the future."

"I don't know what I will think in the future, but I know what I think now."

The young man's golden eyes looked directly at Tapti.

He said, his voice was very soft but extremely firm.

"Now... Tapti, I don't want to lose him."

He said,

"I don't want him to leave me."

The room was quiet, only the boy's voice echoed in it.

Tapti looked at her majesty, her prince, in silence.

The young man's eyes were bright and candid, as if he had just met him for the first time.

Time flies and things change.

Only this child never changes.

The female official's eyes softened.

She looked tenderly at her Majesty.

She said: "Prince, I will never go against your wishes at any time."

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Outside the room, Tapti looked at Heimos.

At her request, Heimos went out with her because she had something to say to him.

"Lord Heymos, since that is His Majesty's wish, I will not say anything more."

The female official said this, but her tone was not good.

She raised her eyes and stared sharply at Heimos.

"But, Lord Heimos."

She said every word, her eyes like swords.

"Your Majesty is still young, a child. At least in the past few years, please absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not do anything to him that he shouldn't do. Otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, Heimos could almost feel a murderous aura from this female officer who had never been on the battlefield who was no less intense than him.

The terrifying momentum actually suppressed him at this moment.

"Please remember this."

said the female official, speaking evenly and smiling.

But it makes people shudder inexplicably.

…………

"What did Tapti say to you when he called you out...eh?"

Before Garlan could finish his question, Heimos suddenly hugged him.

Nestled in Heymos's arms, the young man blinked, a little confused.

He raised his head and looked up.

Heimos smiled at him, his eyes looking at him were brighter than ever before, and there seemed to be stars shining in his eyes.

Gallan had never seen such a happy smile from Heimos.

"……You are very happy?"

"Um."

"…………"

Even without asking, Garlan could guess what made Heimos happy.

【I don’t want to lose him. 】

【I don’t want him to leave me. 】

Just two simple sentences...

Gallan's heart softened. He raised his hand and gently patted the face that had scars at the corners of its eyes but was still very handsome.

"You are so easily satisfied."

The boy muttered so quietly.

Heymos did not answer, he just smiled, smiled happily, and tightly held Garlan's hand on his cheek.

…………

Yes.

Not even a word is needed.

With just one glance from you, you can control everything about me, everything about me.

do not forget.

My heart will only beat for you.

My soul will only exist with you.

The author has something to say: Mmm~~Thank you for your comfort~~~~

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