A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The lights in the area where the executive hall was located were all turned on, and the city that had gradually become quiet due to the late night became noisy again.

After a period of chaotic investigation and interrogation of several maids responsible for taking care of the children, the city guards found out that the children secretly left the Consulate Castle through a secret passage.

Following the clues, they found that the children had gone all the way to Tweilur Mountain Road.

There is a small part of the foothills of Tweilur Mountain that is connected to the city, and you can go directly into the mountain through there.

In order to prevent wild beasts from the mountains from accidentally breaking into the city, there is a protective shield separating the mountain road from the city. Due to the protective shield, city guards are not sent to guard this place on weekdays. At most, they come here to patrol during the day.

However, what made the city lord so angry was that his little daughter secretly stole the spare token he had hidden in the secret pavilion in his bedroom at some point - he really didn't know that his daughter had learned such a thing without any teacher. Skill.

As long as the city lord token is there, you can pass through the protective barrier of Tweilur City unimpeded.

A series of clues indicate that his youngest daughter led a group of children into the Tweluer Mountains.

At this moment, the anxious city lord no longer cared about continuing to be angry.

Also worried with him were the parents of those naughty children.

You know, high in the mountains, deep in the mountains and wild forests, there are countless streams, deep pits, and countless wild animals. Especially at night, it is even more dangerous in the mountains.

A group of children under the age of nine can only wait for death if they encounter any of these dangers.

If you encounter a hungry beast, it will probably be a miserable ending with no bones left.

Teams of city guards quickly entered the mountains and began to search for traces of the children in the mountains.

However, Mount Tweluer is already very large, and the children have small hands and feet, so the traces left behind are too few and light, making it difficult to detect, which makes the search several times more difficult.

I searched like this for most of the night but couldn't find the missing children. The children hadn't returned yet, so it was obvious that something had really happened.

Several noble ladies were in tears, and the fathers who were so anxious that they were furious could no longer hold back. A group of people, headed by the city lord, went into the mountain in person to look for the person.

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Most of the night has passed.

Mount Tweilur is huge and majestic. Nearly a hundred people entering the mountain are just a drop in the ocean and are swallowed up by it silently.

This majestic mountain is still quiet in the dark night. No human sounds are heard. Only the sound of flowing water in the stream and the chirping of insects in the grass can be heard in the silent night.

The gentle night wind passed by, gently shaking the dense branches and leaves.

Garlan stood on a cliff protruding out from the mountainside.

Fragments of starlight dotted his golden hair, illuminating his side cheeks a bit.

He stood on the cliff, looking down at the foot of the mountain.

Dots of stars are faintly visible at the foot of the mountain, and it can be seen that there are many people at the foot of the mountain.

But no matter how many torches there are, as long as they are submerged in the mountains, they will become invisible points of light when viewed from a distance.

It was like being swallowed by the mountain.

Tweluer Mountain is so big that it is not easy to climb up, and the search is even more difficult.

To be honest, the reason why he and Heimos were able to go up the mountain so quickly was because Heimos carried him up. After all, his current physical strength is really...

Garlan looked at the foot of the mountain worriedly.

To be honest, he didn't have any good solution. He could only hope that Heimos' hearing and tracking abilities could detect some movement as soon as possible.

After all, children are very fragile. If they really encounter danger in the mountains, if it takes a long time, I'm afraid...

Heimos, who walked around the area quickly, came back and shook his head at him.

Garlan took a deep breath.

"Let's go and look elsewhere."

He walked quickly to Heimos. Heimos looked at him and raised his hand to rub his hair.

"Don't worry too much, that guy's luck is always good."

He comforted Garlan.

You know, that little fat man was the one who lived the longest and longest in that life, and his luck has always been very good.

Presumably it's not much different now.

Heimos was about to continue saying something, but suddenly his eyes sternly pulled Garlan behind him.

His eyes, which were soft just a second ago, suddenly became sharp, like water turning into an ice blade in an instant, and his whole body exuded a terrifying pressure without concealment.

He felt a slight movement suddenly there.

Obviously he didn't notice anything when he walked around just now.

It was able to evade his search, and it was able to approach such a close distance without him noticing.

When he thought of this, Heimos became more vigilant in his heart.

He firmly protected Garlan behind him and looked toward the jungle ahead with burning eyes.

The wind blew and the dense trees rustled.

The bright moonlight illuminates the land.

The dense tree crowns swayed in the night wind, and the shadows on the ground also swayed.

Snap.

Snap, snap.

It was extremely light, as sweet as snow falling on the ground or water droplets melting into water.

Come clothed in starlight.

Come by the moonlight.

Time seemed to go back thousands of years at this moment.

That figure came to the young prince again from the silent night and the gentle sound of wind.

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The dark mountain forest and the dense canopy of trees blocked most of the moonlight, leaving only one or two sporadic glimmers of light.

The nights in the mountains are cold.

The wind howls over the jungle, blowing the tree crowns and making a whining sound, which is especially clear in the silent night.

In the ears of the frightened children, it was like the howling of wild animals and the call of the devil.

At this moment, they huddled together, absorbing each other's warmth and making themselves less afraid.

All of them had gray heads and faces, their faces and bodies were covered with grass blades and dust, their originally delicate clothes had become dirty, and they looked extremely embarrassed.

Even the leader, Avril, lost her usual domineering aura, but compared to other children who were already huddled in fear, she could barely hold on.

She looked much more embarrassed than the other children. Not only was her body covered in mud, she also had several scratches on her hands and feet.

This was a bruise caused by her failure to climb down the rock wall several times before.

Yes, they, a group of children, accidentally got lost on the way to the waterfall. While wandering around in the mountains, they suddenly heard the howling of wolves, and were immediately frightened and ran around.

It was too dark to see clearly in the mountain forest. As they ran around, they accidentally rolled down a crack in the mountain one after another.

Fortunately, there was thick soil and grass and vines on the ground under the crack, so the children who fell would only have a few scratches at most.

But the problem is that the crack is a bit deep and very steep, so children can't climb up it.

Avril didn't believe in evil and tried to climb up several times, but she rolled down every time, which had no effect except adding a few more scars.

In the end, she had no choice but to give up.

This place is deep in the mountains and wild forests, and except for these children, there is no one else at all.

The children cried and called for help for a long time, but there was no response. Later, they became tired and their voices became hoarse. They heard the faint sound of wolves howling, and they did not dare to call anymore for fear of calling the wild beasts.

The night was cold, and the children huddled together for warmth, and little sobs could be heard from time to time.

The excitement during the adventure had long since disappeared without a trace, and the little faces were full of panic and uneasiness.

So dark.

So cold.

So hungry.

I really want to go home.

"Avril, can we... not be able to get out?"

a little boy asked, crying.

"You're worthless! Don't say such depressing words! I didn't even cry, so why are you, a boy, crying?"

Avril said angrily.

"But, but, I'm so scared."

the little boy sobbed.

He looked around fearfully.

The dense branches and leaves were like heavy shadows in the dark night, pressing down one after another. When the wind blew, they swayed, like monsters in his nightmares, ready to pounce on him at any time with teeth and claws.

He was really scared.

When the little boy said this, the other children who had been holding back could no longer bear it, and started to shed tears, whimpering and crying together.

The younger one even called her mother.

Avril stared blankly at her crying friend. She opened her mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

After all, she was the culprit who led them out on adventures and put them all in danger.

No matter how unreasonable she was, she still felt guilty.

Suddenly, Avril, who had been holding her breath and pretending to be fearless before, seemed to be deflated. She said nothing and sat down unhappy.

I sat leaning against the rock wall with my knees in my arms. The stone under my butt was cold and very intimidating.

She was in a daze, looking ahead.

The crack was actually very large and deep, and the place where they fell was already the shallowest point.

In fact, they can still walk along the ditch and go deeper.

It's just that they don't dare.

You can barely see a little moonlight here, but walking inside is a deep cave that leads into the heart of the mountain. It looks eerie, and cold wind blows out of it from time to time.

In the children's eyes, the gloomy hole looked like a monster's open mouth. They didn't dare to get close, let alone take the initiative to walk in.

In the dark night, Avril sat blankly, feeling a little dazed.

She didn't know why, but she suddenly remembered her dream.

That dream she had occasionally had since she was very young.

The dream was so fragmentary that I couldn't remember it after I woke up.

I can only vaguely remember that she was chasing behind someone.

The man was walking very fast, and she had to work very, very hard to keep up with him.

However, even if the pursuit was very hard, she was still very happy to be able to follow that person.

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But…………

After crying quietly for a while, the children, knowing that crying was useless, stopped.

I was cold, hungry, and scared, but I could do nothing but sit there in a daze.

It was eerily quiet all around, and the night was so long, it seemed like it would last forever.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly a child spoke in a low voice.

"Isn't today a celebration day?" He whispered timidly and with a little hope, "Do you think that if we pray together, will the wise king come to save us?"

"Yeah...even if this isn't a big waterfall, it's still in the mountains."

"It is said that the wise king loves his people very much. If we pray, maybe he will really come to save us."

With a faint hope, the children could not help but whisper.

"Avril, we..."

"He won't come."

Avril sat with her knees crossed and said expressionlessly.

"what the hell."

"It was obviously Avril at the beginning. You said you could find him in the mountains——"

"Maybe he will come~~"

"He won't come!"

Avril couldn't help but speak loudly, and her voice suppressed everyone at once.

The other children looked at Avril who suddenly lost his temper in astonishment and did not dare to say anything more.

Avril snorted heavily, turned her head, curled up her round body, and hugged her knees tightly.

She suddenly felt sad.

She didn't know why she said such things.

She didn't know why she suddenly felt aggrieved.

The wind blew through the trees, rustling the branches and leaves, making her unconscious.

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...that person abandoned him...he chased that person so hard, but that person still abandoned him...

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"Ai, Ai, Avril!"

"Don't make any noise."

"Avril! Wow ah ah ah - look, look -"

"It's so noisy!"

Avril, who was suddenly awakened from her trance by the child's scream, raised her head angrily and stood up.

"Avril, look above -"

Snap.

Snap, snap.

The voice seemed very far away, but it seemed to be close to my ears.

Amidst the screams of the children, the extremely light sound of treading on the ground could be clearly transmitted to the ears. Unreasonably, everyone could hear it clearly.

Avril subconsciously turned around and looked up.

The night wind blew through, causing the tree crowns to sway again.

The bright moonlight shone through the canopy of trees blown open by the wind like mercury pouring down, falling on the earth.

Snap, snap.

The voice came again.

For some reason, the children suddenly became quiet and even instinctively held their breath.

They stared with wide eyes at the incredible scene before them.

Accompanied by the sound of very light footsteps, the snow-white deer stretched out its slender limbs, and its four hooves stepped lightly on the rocks.

Like the incarnation of a mountain spirit, leaping across the earth.

It jumped lightly and landed on the crack in the high mountain wall.

The blond boy jumped from it, his golden hair rising in the night dotted with falling stars.

The huge white deer, which was almost a head taller than the boy, stood quietly, turning his head and looking at the boy beside him with his clear eyes.

His eyes are as gentle as water.

The snow-white head lowered slightly and leaned closer.

That gesture seemed to be kissing the boy's star-studded blond hair intimately and tenderly.

The author has something to say: It’s the end of the month again.

Friends.

The extra chapter will end in about two chapters, so this should be the last time to water the throne with nutrient solution.

So, why don’t you pour some water~~

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Ahem, don’t worry, Heimos bread will be there, everything will be there.