A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

After a good night's sleep, the twilight emerged from the horizon, giving the royal city a golden glow.

The sunlight slanted into the room from the skylight and fell on the small brown hair ball.

The little milk lion was lying on the round futon cushion in the corner of the room. The fluffy little head held by its two paws moved, and then slowly lifted up from the paws.

He has a sleepy look, and a few clusters of silly hairs stand up on his head. He looks cute and adorable.

After a while, it seemed to wake up. First, it used its paws to pull the dull hair on its head, and then licked its paws with its pink tongue.

It kicked its front legs and arched its hind legs. It opened its mouth, stretched its small body, and stretched out.

Then, the little milk lion jumped down with great energy, and jumped onto the big bed in this room that it was very familiar with.

"Ouch~~~"

It roared happily and eagerly wanted to pounce on the sleeping boy and lick him awake.

But as soon as it raised its head, its wide-open eyes met a pair of golden-red eyes.

The man who always competed with it, which made it dislike it, appeared at some point and was sitting on the bed at the moment.

The blond boy was asleep, held in the man's arms.

The man's sharp-jointed fingers gently stroked the soft blond hair in his arms.

"Ouch!"

The originally happy cry suddenly changed its tone.

Nerga yelled at Heimos angrily.

It's a pity that it thinks it is a shocking scream, but in the ears of others, what others hear is just the sound of milk and the whine of milk.

"Shhh."

Heymos covered the ears of Garlan, who was sleeping soundly, with one hand, and made a quiet gesture towards Nega with the other hand.

He slept for a long time, so he probably didn't need sleep in a short period of time, but Garlan was different. He almost didn't close his eyes until early in the morning, and he hadn't slept for long at all until now.

"Don't wake Garlan."

He lowered his voice and spoke to his squealing little milk lion.

As if it understood what Heimos said, Nerga stopped its howling. It glanced at Garlan, who was sleeping soundly, and then sat down on the sheets with a groan.

Apparently, he planned to squat here and wait for Garlan to wake up.

Turning its head arrogantly, it no longer looked at Heimos, but only stared longingly at the sleeping Garlan.

"It seems like you still recognize me... I didn't expect you to follow me."

In fact, Heimos vaguely guessed something when he saw the little milk lion sleeping in the corner of the room.

After all, he knew that after Garlan died two thousand years ago, Nerga was buried immediately.

Looking at its current appearance, Heimos poked its plush forehead with his finger.

"What a follower."

He said, he couldn't help but flicked the little milk lion's forehead with his finger.

Yes, Heimos did it on purpose.

Because he was a little unhappy.

Kamos didn't care. After all, he needed to bring Garlan back, but he didn't expect that this little guy would see Garlan two thousand years later before he did.

Nerga, who was not angry at being rubbed by Garlan and still enjoyed it, was not polite to others, especially Heimos.

As soon as Heimos flicked its forehead, it immediately opened its mouth, moaned, and bit the finger that dared to poke the King of Beasts' forehead.

It's a pity that it is still just a little milk lion under the age of one month. It has just begun to grow teeth, and its teeth are not sharp enough to bite through Heimos' calloused fingers.

The little lion grunted in anger, spat out Heimos' fingers, thrust his head into Garlan's arms, and turned his butt towards Heimos, never moving again.

…………

Early in the morning, Kehos, who was wondering whether the prince could get used to this place, entered the palace.

Although he has disappeared in Aaron Landis for ten years, many people have almost forgotten his existence, and the guards do not recognize him, but with the lapis lazuli token specially given to him by the emperor, he has been able to move from the palace to the palace. The journey to Gallan's palace was smooth.

He had changed out of the black combat uniforms worn by the outside world and put on the military uniforms of the Aaron Landis people again.

The armor on the body is made of a special metal that is extremely hard but light in weight. It glows with the unique silver-black luster of metal in the sun.

A silver sword is worn at the side of his waist.

Aaron Landis also has hot weapons.

Although there are some differences from the development direction of outside civilization, Aaron Landis also developed a special energy gun that uses the Shamash Stone as its energy source.

It is more difficult to operate than external bullet guns, but its performance is superior.

Therefore, for Caihos, who has been skilled in using energy guns through rigorous training since childhood, various types of guns in the outside world are very simple.

The reason why Caihos only wears a long sword now is because only cold weapons can be used in the royal city of Aaron Landis.

Two hundred years ago, the then-reigning emperor was shot to death in full view of the public, unable to save him.

In order to prevent something like this from happening again, the Aaron Landis spent decades developing a new function of the Shamash Stone based on the mutually exclusive nature of the Shamash Stone's power within a certain range.

From now on, as long as this forbidden force field is open, no thermal weapons can be used in the royal city.

After turning a corner and walking along the stone path, the prince's palace was not far ahead.

Immediately afterwards, Keyhos found a group of guards gathered near the palace. They looked quite nervous, and some people were already running outside quickly.

When he glanced at the corpse among the crowd, Kayhos raised his eyebrows, walked over quickly, and showed his token.

"What happened to these two corpses?"

There were two cold corpses lying on the ground. One of the corpses was almost naked, with only the underwear left, and all the outer clothes were missing.

"They were the guards who were responsible for patrolling this area last night and in the second half of the night. During the handover this morning, they discovered that the two of them did not return to take over the shift. After searching around, they found his body under the wall at the back corner."

The captain responsible for leading this team of guards responded after saluting.

"I have just sent someone to report this matter. I will wait until the person responsible for this matter comes over..."

Before he could finish speaking, Caijos, who was staring at the corpse, thought of something and his eyes suddenly turned sharp.

He turned around and rushed straight to the palace.

Dozens of maids were waiting in the courtyard. They were not allowed to enter without the prince's summons from the room.

Keyhos rushed in amidst the screams of the maids.

With a clang, the sharp sword at his waist was unsheathed.

…………

In the room, Little Nerga, who had originally wanted to wait for Garlan to wake up, curled into Garlan's arms and snored back to sleep without even realizing it.

Then Heimos took it out and threw it aside.

Speaking of which, there was one thing I forgot to tell Garlan.

Heimos thought as he continued to caress the soft blond hair in his hand.

Last night, when he came over...

Suddenly, the tips of his ears moved, and he clearly heard the exclamations coming from outside and the sound of footsteps running in quickly.

Heimos frowned and gently put the boy down in his arms.

He jumped out of bed and walked toward the door. As he walked, he pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

The moment the room opened, a sword light struck hard, like lightning, and even more weighty.

Heimos raised his hand.

The long sword he drew out in an instant was raised high, blocking the opponent's fierce blow.

Sparks flew everywhere as the blade struck.

The familiar face illuminated by the sparks made Heymos' eyes flash.

Originally intending to slash the opponent's throat with his sword, he stopped his hand and turned it into a backhand to knock Caihos away from him.

But the next second, Kayhos immediately chased after him.

One sword after another, the moves were extremely fierce.

While the two were fighting fiercely, a group of guards rushed into the room and surrounded Garlan in the room.

Seeing that the prince was protected by the guards, Kehos breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his hand to knock away the man in front of him who was stronger than he imagined, and raised his sword to point at him.

"Who are you? What do you want to do by sneaking into the prince's room!"

he asked sharply.

His eyes fell on Caihos, and his eyes became sharper.

"Did you kill the guard who died outside?"

This strange and powerful man was wearing the clothes of a guard in the palace, probably taken from the dead guard.

Surrounded by the guards who came in, Heimos glanced at Kehos with a faint expression.

He wasn't surprised that Kehos didn't recognize him.

When a person dies and the soul passes through the hands of the goddess of the underworld, the memory of that life will be taken away.

Therefore, people after reincarnation will not have the memory of previous lives.

It is precisely because of this that he is unwilling to see Garlan again in the form of reincarnation, and he does not want to lose all the memories related to Garlan.

"If one of the bodies had no clothes on, I was the one who killed it."

Huymos replied, understatement.

When he left the underground palace and came to Garlan's palace, he saw two guards sneaking around in the corner of the palace wall, not knowing what they wanted to do.

Hearing their conversation from a distance, although some of the words were hard to understand, he understood that they and the master behind them wanted to harm Garlan.

So he took action very simply, killing the two guards and using the clothes of one of them to replace his own clothes that were already in disgrace.

Kehos's eyes darkened.

He drank: "Catch him——"

"Kayhos!"

The boy's anxious shouts came from behind, interrupting his words.

Garlan was sleeping soundly, but the sudden sound of blades clashing woke him up from his deep sleep.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he was shocked to find that he was surrounded by a group of guards.

When he raised his eyes and looked past the guards in front of him, he saw Heimos, who was surrounded by another group of guards and pointed with a sword by Kehos who came in at an unknown time.

Ugh, that sucks.

He originally thought that he would ask Heimos not to go out this morning and ask someone to invite Brother Kamos over.

As long as Brother Wang opens his mouth and gives Heimos an identity, there will be no problem.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't wake up in time because he slept too late last night. I don't know how Kayhos noticed the abnormality, rushed in directly, and bumped into Heimos.

Seeing that Kehos was about to take action again, Garlan quickly stopped him.

"Wait a minute, Kehos, this man is my friend!"

Caijos frowned.

"Prince, I remember all the people who have been in contact with you in the past ten years, but I don't remember the existence of this 'friend' of yours."

Garlan: "..."

Forgetting that Kehos had been secretly following him for ten years and knew all about the people around him.

Just as Garlan's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of reasons, a tall and strong figure quickly walked in from outside and appeared in front of everyone.

Camos came over in a hurry. As soon as he entered the room, he looked up and saw the familiar black figure, and his eyes suddenly widened.

He stared at Heimos, and did not come back to his senses for a long time. The expression in his eyes changed violently, showing his violently shaken mood at the moment.

Seeing His Majesty's eyes fixed on the man motionless, Caijos spoke.

"Your Majesty, this man killed the guards and broke into the prince's palace. I don't know who ordered him. He must be arrested and tortured."

Seeing Brother Wang rushing over at the critical moment, Garlan was relieved.

Well, he didn't need to think hard about excuses. As long as Brother Wang said that Heimos was his personal guard, the matter could be solved.

Just when Garlan was relieved, a burst of laughter suddenly burst out in the tense room.

In the astonished gazes of everyone, Camos suddenly burst out laughing.

He smiled happily and proudly.

He waved his hand decisively and said, "That's right! Caijos, catch him!"

Garlan: "..."

Brother Wang, please stop making trouble!

The author has something to say: Brother Wang: No matter what, arrest him and beat him up first.