A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Garlan thought that more than two thousand years of time had passed. As time passed and times changed, ancient ruins might be left on the earth, but the entire Aaron Landis should no longer be the same as what he remembered. at.

However, when he looked down at the huge city with no end in sight, he was surprised to find that both the architectural style and the clothing of the people in the city were similar to his time. The difference at most is that the buildings are more majestic, gorgeous and sophisticated, and the costumes are more numerous.

Of course, this royal city is dozens of times larger than when he first ruled.

Viewed from a high altitude, the city presents a circular architectural form, surrounded by layers, from low to high, spreading outward from the center.

Broad roads connect all the ring towns, and tall bridges span the rushing Enki River.

At the intersection of each level of the ring city and the spacious road, there is a huge arched stone gate. The stone pillars of the stone gate are carved with reliefs of many gods.

The ancient royal city that Garlan was familiar with was the central part of this huge city, and it was also the highest point of the entire city.

A wide circular canal separates the 2,000-year-old royal city from other ring-shaped cities that gradually developed in the later period.

The majestic and gorgeous golden palace still stands at the highest point of the ancient royal city. Behind it is the endless blue ocean, and in front of it is the ring-shaped city area that spreads out layer by layer with no end in sight.

The whole city is like the pinnacle of art.

…

That's all. What surprised Garlan the most was the mode of transportation he was taking.

Because the information he read in world history books said that Aaron Landis had been isolated from the world for hundreds of years and still maintained its ancient system and civilization, so Garlan always thought that compared to the outside world, Aaron Landis Sri Lanka's technological level is much lower.

But now he was standing on a spaceship, suspended high in the sky over the entire city, slowly flying towards the palace.

It's not the kind of spaceship in science fiction, it's in the shape of a pure ship on the sea, made of pure gold, flying in mid-air and shining with golden light when illuminated by the sun, it's extremely gorgeous.

Huge wings are carved on the hull, with green peridot gems embedded in them.

Standing on the golden spaceship, bathed in the warm sunshine, Garlan actually felt like he was in a myth.

He stood on the golden bow and looked down for a long time with his eyes wide open before finally coming back to his senses and turning to look at the people around him.

Kamos had been standing by, watching the young man's surprise in a good mood. When Gallan finally came back to his senses and looked at him, before Gallan could speak, he directly held Gallan's hand and held a A golden bracelet was placed on Garlan's wrist.

"This spaceship will be yours from now on."

he said with a smile.

"Ah? Wait a minute, why can this ship..."

"The Stone of Shamash."

Kamos raised his hand. On his wrist was a gold bracelet similar to Garlan's, only larger.

The bracelet is embedded with a hexahedral cylinder-shaped crystal stone the size of a pigeon egg. Under the sun, the halo inside the crystal stone flows, and at first glance it looks like it has sucked in all the sunlight.

Garlan raised his hand, and there was the same crystal stone on his gold bracelet.

"Eight hundred years ago, after that huge earthquake and tsunami, this stone appeared on the continent of Aaron Landis."

Camos smiled and said,

"It has a very special power. It can absorb sunlight and convert it into energy, so it is called the Shamash Stone."

Over hundreds of years, Aaron Landis gradually studied the various abilities of this special stone. With the power of the Shamash Stone, he embarked on a path of civilization that was completely different from the outside world.

The floating spacecraft Garlan is currently riding is one of its ways of using it.

But this kind of stone is only useful on the continent of Aaron Landis. If you take it out, it will immediately turn into an ordinary crystal stone.

It is precisely because of this that the Aaronlanders have always stayed quietly on their own continent and have no interest in the outside world.

Of course, this does not mean that Aaron Landis's civilization must be higher than the civilization of the outside world. It can only be said that their civilizations develop in different directions.

Just as Garlan was listening to the things that Brother Camos told him with great interest as if he were reading from heaven, the golden winged spaceship carried them across the bright sky and slowly sailed towards the golden palace.

All Aaron Landis people know that this golden spaceship is His Majesty's royal spaceship. Everyone who sees it naturally knows that their emperor has returned.

When crossing the Enki River, Garlan's eyes couldn't help but fall on the huge valley separated by the river from the royal city.

Countless pure white palaces stand among them.

It is the mausoleum of the dead.

The young man looked there, feeling a little lost for a moment.

Over two thousand years, times have changed, and the land and sea have changed.

It is said that during the earthquake, the ground cracked open in this area, and the ancient royal tombs sank deep into the ground and are no longer visible.

Only the new white royal tomb covers it.

…………

On the middle floor of the palace, a white jade platform extends outward and hangs high in the air.

The golden spaceship landed slowly on the platform. Dozens of people were waiting at the stone door of the platform to welcome the arrival of the spaceship.

When Garlan followed Camos down from the spaceship, dozens of maids immediately came forward to greet him. Ten of them surrounded Camos, and the remaining six surrounded Garlan.

After entering the platform gate, Garlan was directly taken into a side room by the maids.

There was a light scent of incense burning in the room, and there were more than a dozen maids waiting in the room. Some were holding warm water, some were holding clothes, and some were holding white scarves. As soon as the young man entered the door, they swarmed towards him.

Garlan was just startled for a moment, and then he stood openly and allowed them to surround him and take off his clothes.

There was a small bathtub walking inside from the room. Soon, he was lying beside the bathtub with a comfortable expression, with most of his body immersed in the water. The temperature of the water was suitable, which made him feel very comfortable.

While he was soaking here, several maids waiting outside the room were whispering quietly.

"I heard that this prince grew up in the outside world."

"Well, it is said that he is still an orphan."

"Sounds so pathetic."

"Yes, yes, he is obviously a noble prince, but not to mention that he has no one to serve him since he was a child. I heard that he has to work to make money and serve others in order to make a living."

"Ah, it's so pitiful. If he grew up here in Aaron Landis, he would definitely be pampered and pampered."

While several maids were talking in low voices, one maid's eyes flashed secretly.

She suddenly interjected: "Isn't this what he grew up as a commoner? After living as a commoner for so long, can he really be a good prince?"

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"Just the appearance alone is very worrying, let alone other aspects."

"It's a little bit..."

"Ah, I don't mean anything else." The maid lowered her head weakly, with a look of 'I didn't mean it', and said cautiously, "I just think that the prince who was not able to receive royal education from an early age must be I don’t understand a lot of things. I’m just worried about him. If he accidentally does something wrong at the banquet or somewhere, wouldn’t it be a big embarrassment?”

"Well, you're actually right."

"Yes, even though His Highness has a noble status, after all, the environment he grew up in is really not good, and I'm afraid his temperament is..."

The sharp-eyed maid noticed that the door moved as if it was about to open, and quickly gave her companions a wink to shut them up.

So these maids quickly stood up and looked up at the open room.

The door opened and the boy walked out.

The ends of the hair, which was like molten gold, were still a little wet and hung down on her cheeks. There is still a little moisture remaining on the milky white and tender skin, emitting a faint heat in the air, and the moist lips are like cherry blossoms that have just bloomed in early spring.

The gorgeous pure gold ornaments surrounding his neck were eclipsed by his bright golden eyes.

Although it was the first time that Aaron Landis's royal clothes were worn on him, it did not feel awkward at all. Instead, it was extremely suitable, as if the boy was born this way.

He walked forward, his snow-white cloak flying behind him as he walked.

The sunlight shining down from the skylight fell on him, embracing him tenderly.

The maids who were talking a lot just now looked at the young prince who seemed to be walking from the light and leaving on the light, and they were silent for a long time.

…………

Because it was already very late when he returned to the palace, Camos, who felt sorry for his royal brother, did not talk to Garland and sent him directly to the palace that had been prepared for him.

Anyway, Garlan has come back, so he is not in a hurry. Let him have a good night's rest first.

In the gorgeous palace, the stone fountain of Isdar, the goddess of stars, stands quietly in the courtyard, and the spring water spills into the basin.

Garlan couldn't help but widen his eyes at the all-too-familiar sight in front of him.

Although the position has not changed, after two thousand years, Aaron Landis has experienced several rises and falls, and even the palace has changed owners several times, and has even been burned down.

Today's palace is very different from the palace in his memory, but the palace in front of him is exactly the same as the palace he lived in before.

Kamos, who had sent Garlan over, looked at Garlan's wide-open eyes and was in an extremely good mood.

It was not in vain that he personally supervised the work and spent a year demolishing the previous buildings here and building this palace just to give Garlan a big surprise.

"Okay, you go to bed early and wait until tomorrow to discuss everything."

Camos touched his brother's head again, and then left with satisfaction.

…………

It's quiet at night.

The mammoth Royal City on the ground also fell into silence, with only sporadic lights dotting the city.

The golden palace stands on the earth covered with the radiance of stars. Around the palace, a dozen huge hexahedral cylindrical crystal stone pillars stand, emitting a soft light.

There is also one in Garlan's palace.

He stood by the window and looked curiously at the crystal pillar of the Shamash Stone, which was two people high and one person wide.

According to Brother Camos, this crystal pillar is the energy source of Aaron Landis.

Two thousand years is really too long, enough time for the sea and land to change.

But now, he has returned to Aaron Landis. In this familiar but somewhat strange place, there may be many places that he needs to understand one by one.

However, he was in no hurry.

He still has a long way to go after this.

The night wind blew into the courtyard, passing over the clear water of Crescent Lake, swaying the green lotus leaves in the water.

It blew into the room, raising a soft veil.

Looking away from the crystal pillars outside the window, Garlan turned his head.

The floor-to-ceiling windows were open, and the translucent gauze was gently fluttering in the night breeze. Through the tulle, you can vaguely see the lotus flowers in the Crescent Pool outside.

In a trance, time seemed to go back to more than two thousand years ago.

Lifting the veil, Garlan walked out to the spacious balcony, raised his head, and saw the stars in the sky.

The bright moonlight fell on the white jade stone railing, dancing in the golden hair of the young man with his head raised, and the night wind brought the familiar sweet smell from the lotus pond.

It wasn't until this moment that he finally had a real sense of returning to Aaron Landis.

Only in Aaron Landis can you see such a starry sky with thousands of stars shining.

Exhaling gently, Garlan lowered his head, his eyes falling on the crescent pool in front of the balcony.

It is still winter, and although the Royal City of Aaron Landis is still warm, it is not the time for lotus flowers to bloom at this moment, and the lotus flowers in the water have only revealed a little green tip.

He suddenly remembered that night.

It's also such a night, such starlight.

The water of Crescent Lake is sparkling.

He lay on the stone railing.

The man stood in the pool below, holding up a half-opened lotus flower and bringing it to him.

Her golden-red eyes stared at him, like a burning flame.

The man's eyes were full of expectation.

At that time, he looked at him, smiled and said yes.

The moment he said yes, he saw those golden-red eyes suddenly light up.

Even the thousands of stars in the sky couldn't compare to the sparkle of that person's eyes at that moment.

Being stared at by those astonishingly bright eyes, his chest felt inexplicably hot and became fiery.

He stretched out his hand, wanting to catch the lotus that had not yet bloomed.

He looked into that person's eyes, trying to see clearly his own shadow in the other person's eyes.

But he couldn't do anything in the end.

A black shadow suddenly enveloped his whole body, and he could feel his hands falling weakly, but he could no longer see clearly the expression on Heimos's face at that moment.

...the expression on that person's face...

Suddenly, Garlan felt a dull pain in his chest.

He tightened his fingers on the stone railing for a few moments and closed his eyes.

The night was so quiet that no sound could be heard, as if he was the only one under the starry sky.

The young man raised his head and let the cool night breeze pass by his cheeks.

The wind blew his slender eyelashes slightly.

After a long time, he opened his eyes again.

The wind became louder, passing through this silent courtyard, shaking the canopy of the dense olive trees in the courtyard, making a rustling sound in the night.

Taking one last look at the stars in the sky, Garlan turned around and wanted to go back to his room.

The moment he lowered his eyes and turned around——

Suddenly, a pair of arms stretched out from behind,

He reached over his shoulder and hugged him whole.

He was caught off guard and fell into the arms of the person behind him.

Those arms held him tight and hard.

The fingers that clasped his shoulders and waist were so hard that it even made him feel pain.

The fighting instinct developed over many years made Garlan reflexively raise his hand almost the moment he was hugged, and clasp his fingers into the fingers of the hand that was tightening his waist, and he was about to resist——

The wind picked up.

Violent, violent.

The jet-black hair flew forward in the wind, passing through the corner of Garlan's eyes.

There was a strand of snow-like white hair mixed in it, which was extremely eye-catching.

Garlan's eyes paused.

His fingertips were already intertwined with the fingers of the hand that was tightening his waist.

He could feel the bumpy, scarred skin inside the fingers he touched.

So familiar.

My heart beat violently, almost bursting out of my chest——

Garlan turned back sharply.

The fierce wind lifted his forehead high and swept past the corners of his eyes.

The starlight in the sky shone down from behind the tall figure behind him.

In the backlight, he couldn't see clearly the face of the person behind him hidden in the shadows.

But he saw those pupils as hot as flames.

The reflection that reflected him deeply in the eyes was the same as it had been a thousand years ago, and it had never changed.

Thousands of years passed in a blink of an eye, and only the golden-red eyes staring at the boy in his arms were immortal.

Time seemed to stand still for eternity at the moment when the two looked at each other.

…………

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed across the dark night, breaking the stillness of the moment.

It goes by so fast that no one can catch it.

But click.

That little flash of light fell gently on the boy's cheek.

Garlan's eyes suddenly widened.

The moonlight refracted a stream of water, and the traces of water dripping on his face slowly slid down his cheeks.

After a while, Garlan stretched out his hand.

Holding Heimos' head in his hands, he raised his face.

Gently pressing his forehead against the other person's forehead with a few strands of snow-white hair, Garlan closed his eyes.

He closed his eyes, looked at nothing, and said nothing.

But he could feel the drops of liquid falling on his cheeks. It was hot and scorching, as if it could penetrate into the deepest part of his body and eventually merge with him.

The night was silent.

The man who seemed to melt into the night, who was more powerful and terrifying than anyone else, opened his eyes.

He lowered his head and stared intently at the young man in front of him, like a child who had been wronged.

He kept his eyes open, as if he didn't dare or couldn't bear to blink.

The thin lips were pursed as tightly as a knife blade, oozing with traces of pain.

Big tears rolled down from his golden-red eyes.

Those were... the tears that finally fell after two thousand years of delay...

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