A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The entire hall was dead silent at this moment.

The musicians stopped playing and the dancers stopped dancing.

Aaron Landis's figure seemed to have been pressed to stop time at this moment. Each one of them maintained their movements at that moment, and they all froze.

On the complete opposite side, the Tasda people showed a wow expression one by one, or looked on with interest, or kept looking at the object of their military leader's successor's wooing.

Apparently, the passionate and bold Tastars are used to this.

The red firelight reflected on everyone's faces with different expressions, and the gorgeous hall was so silent that it seemed that only the inaudible popping sound of the flames could be heard.

Above the main hall, the brown-haired king sitting on the golden throne was holding a malachite-carved wine glass in his hand. He hadn't had time to bring it to his mouth, so the hand holding the malachite glass was hanging in the air.

The maid serving next to her took a sneak peek and saw that King Camos's hand was clenched tightly and faintly shaking a few times.

When she raised her gaze slightly and took a look, she saw that Wang's face was set tightly and solemnly. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word. She lowered her head suddenly and no longer dared to look around.

Oops!

The maid clenched her fingers nervously.

The king was so angry that he was shaking.

She was terribly frightened.

It's over, it's over.

There's going to be big trouble at the party!

Indeed, if you look carefully, you can see that the hand of King Camos holding the malachite cup is shaking slightly, and the bright red liquid in the emerald stone is causing waves of ripples with this slight shaking.

The brown-haired king stared at the side door, his eyes wide open, his face stern, and his expression extremely serious. The muscles on his broad shoulders were tense, as if he would get angry in the next second.

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Hold it in.

King Camos, who was holding his face firmly, was trying his best to control his facial muscles and gritted his teeth hard.

You must hold back.

He endured it to the point where his hand holding the cup trembled.

Never laugh!

King Camos tried his best to hold back the wild laughter that had already accumulated in his throat and was about to burst out. He was so suppressed that the corners of his eyes were slightly distorted.

The reason for keeping a straight face is because if you don't exert yourself, the expression on your face will be exposed soon.

As the king of Aaron Landis, in order to ensure the majesty of the king and to maintain the national image of Aaron Landis...

He endures and endures...

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Oh my god, I really want to slap the table and laugh like crazy, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ! !

King Camos looked so bluffing that others thought he looked ugly because he was angry, and some people who knew him well, such as a certain Shamash priest, kept staring at him.

Try it if you dare to laugh out loud.

Shemuer stared at King Camos expressionlessly and said this to his majesty with his eyes.

Not to mention King Camos, who was trying not to burst out laughing, and the priest who was watching the king to supervise him to maintain his appearance. On the other side, at the center of everyone's attention, at the side door, the two parties were still in a stalemate. All motionless.

As the instigator, Opada knelt on one knee, feeling terribly uneasy. He could hear nothing except the heartbeat of his own heart that was about to burst out of his chest.

He knelt on the ground and held the sapphire that he had worn close to his body for many years in front of the young man who made his heart beat so much, but he did not dare to look up.

Opada, where is your praised courage? You look like a coward now!

He scolded himself in his mind.

The scene of the blond boy riding a lion looking down at him from a high position in the afternoon vaguely appeared in his mind, and he felt that his heart was beating so fast that it was about to burst.

What should I do if the boy rejects him?

He couldn't help but think so, and his chest felt very nervous.

no, I can not.

He is the most powerful warrior among the young men of Tastar. He is so brave, handsome and strong that no one can refuse his advances.

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But...Aaron Landis seems to be different from Tastar.

They don't admire the strong so much... and they seem to rarely accept same-sex lovers.

The Tasda soldiers, who had always been brave and decisive, felt for the first time the feeling of worrying about gains and losses and being restless.

Will that boy reject him?

It's been so long, why is there no movement at all?

Will he not accept the jewel of his wooing?

...Or, just snatch him away directly... Well, he is Aaron Landis's prince, it is a bit difficult to snatch him away...

.........However, it is not impossible...as long as he takes it back, she will be his lover.

The overly nervous Opada was confused and dizzy, and actually started to think about snatching Aaron Landis's prince back to Tastar.

After all, grabbing what you want is the first reaction and consistent thinking mode of Tasda people.

Just when he was still thinking wildly, his eyes suddenly swept across his eyes.

This sight made Opada stunned.

The person standing in front of him was wearing light and cool thin-soled sandals, with white straps crisscrossing his calves and extending to below his knees.

Tangled with the white rope are slender, strong, brown calves with tight muscles.

Opada was suddenly stunned.

He remembered that the boy had a fair complexion.

He still clearly remembered the scene under the sun. The young man looking down at him had such fair skin that it seemed to be glowing.

He suddenly raised his head in astonishment, and what came into his eyes was the face of a stranger, although handsome, that he had never seen before.

He still knelt down and held up the gem in his hand, looking up at the man with his mouth open.

And the young man with black hair and brown skin who seemed to be about the same age as him was standing in front of him, frowning and looking at him with cold eyes.

Opada was immediately stunned.

Who are you?

He looked at Heimos in confusion, feeling as if a group of big black bears were running past and being trampled to pieces in his mind.

While he was confused, Opada suddenly caught a glimpse of the young man's back and side.

The beautiful blond boy with red lips and white teeth was standing only three or four steps away, and his golden eyes as bright as stars were looking at him curiously.

When he saw him looking over and the two of them looked at each other, the young man smiled at him.

Opada's eyes suddenly lit up. He had no time to think, or should be said that his mind was so dazed that he couldn't think at all. He instinctively wanted to get up, clenched the gem in his hand and ran towards the boy——

But just when he moved and before he could get up, a hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder, pushing his body back heavily.

At the same moment, the sapphire in his palm was also taken away.

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Looking at the Tasta man kneeling in front of him on one knee, Heimos frowned.

Because he had also cooperated with the Tasta infantry during his four years in the North, he had a certain understanding of the Tasta people and understood the custom of the Tasta people being enthusiastic and bold in love.

However, understanding is understanding, this is Aaron Landis. This guy, whom he didn't even recognize, suddenly rushed over to him, knelt down in front of him without raising his head, and said this sentence without thinking - which made him very unhappy.

If the other party was not from the Tastar Mission, and if he was not being watched by everyone in the palace hall, he would have kicked him away unceremoniously.

Just when Heimos frowned and was about to say a flat refusal, he just opened his mouth and before he could make a sound, the Tastar man who had been lowering his head suddenly raised his head.

The expression on this Tasda man's face looked very strange. He was staring at him with a confused look on his face, and his eyes were full of astonishment. It looked like he didn't know him at all.

The next second, the Tastar man's gaze crossed over him and fell behind him. Then, his brown eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had discovered some treasure, showing an expression of surprise, and his eyes stared straight at him. Staring behind him, he stopped moving, and then made a gesture to stand up.

Behind him?

The person standing behind him now is... Garlan.

Could it be——

The thoughts that flashed through his mind quickly made Heimos's heart skip a beat. He guessed the reason for the strange behavior of the Tastar people in almost a second.

Seeing that the man was about to run behind him, he didn't have time to think too much, stretched out his right hand and pushed Opada back to the ground as he was about to get up.

Immediately afterwards, his left hand took away the sapphire from the opponent's palm a second before the opponent tightened his grip.

The Tastar man who saw his sapphire taken away was startled for a moment, then raised his head and glared at him.

Heimos looked down at the young Tastar.

If the look he was looking at this man a moment ago was just impatient and unhappy, then now there was a hint of danger in the depths of his golden-red eyes.

This dangerous aura was immediately sensed by the Tasda man, who had a keen sense like a beast. The muscles on the shoulders he held tightened suddenly, and the Tasda man's entire body instantly switched to a state of response to the enemy. .

Heimos didn't do anything. He patted Opada's shoulder with his right hand, as if to express friendship.

Then, he leaned over, lowered his head to Opada's ear, and whispered something.

"If you say one more word or do one more thing, I will crush this gem into pieces."

After saying that, he straightened up, clenched the gem with his left hand, and patted Opada's shoulder with his right hand.

Opada, who was about to stand up and take back the gem from Heimos, froze for a moment. He looked at Heimos' left hand with fear.

His important gem was in that man's hand. Although the gem was very hard, he had no doubt that the man in front of him had the power to crush it.

He stood up and stared at Heimos, whose eyes were spitting fire, but made no move.

The Tasda man's first trophy was of great significance and irreplaceable, so although he was furious at this man's threat, he still endured it.

"Garlan."

Seeing that the Tastar man became quiet, Heimos turned around and shouted, extending his right hand to Garlan.

Garlan, the melon-eater in the back, was watching enthusiastically. When he was suddenly called, he subconsciously walked towards Heimos.

Heimos' right hand gently hugged his shoulder and led him forward.

His body separated the Tastar man on the left from Garlan. Because Heimos was leading him forward, Garlan couldn't look back curiously.

The eerie silence remained in the hall until the two princes came to their seats. After sitting down, everyone seemed to have woken up from a dream.

The musicians played again, the dancers continued to show off their graceful dance moves, and everyone in Aaron Landis had expressions on their faces as if nothing had happened or seen anything, and continued to talk loudly with the people around them. .

As if time had stood still, the hall finally became noisy again.

Opada stood there for a while, then returned to his seat depressedly.

As soon as he sat down, his companions all winked at him, and the friend sitting next to him even came over to congratulate him with a smile on his face.

"Opada, you finally gave away your gem. From now on, you are out of the singles group."

His friend said with a smile while looking across.

"You really have high standards. You actually set your sights on Prince Aaron Landis, who is known as the 'Black Knight'. Hmm... he does seem to be a very powerful man."

"Aaron Landis is different from us. I was originally worried that you would be rejected in public..."

The friend kept talking to himself, but suddenly realized that Opada didn't listen to his words at all. He just stared straight at the opposite side, as if he couldn't see enough.

Following Opada's gaze, sure enough, he was staring at the seat where the two princes Aaron Landis were sitting, his eyes burning to the extreme.

The friend couldn't help but shook his head.

Hey, Opada seems to have really fallen into trouble this time, against the prince of the 'Black Knight'.

He sighed in his heart.

Then, he took a sip of wine with a smile.

fine.

he thinks.

Anyway, that prince accepted Opada’s gem.

Not only him, but all the Tasda people here glanced at Opada from time to time, with expressions of relief and emotion on their faces.

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Garlan sat on the seat on the right closest to King Camos, and Heymos' seat was naturally next to him.

He originally wanted to sneak over and ask Heimos what happened just now, but Heimos had been lowering his head since he sat down, looking at the gem in his hand, pursed his lips and didn't know what he was thinking.

Because he lowered his head and his fine black hair hung down to block his eyes, he couldn't see Heimos's expression clearly.

Looking up again, Garlan saw the Tasda man opposite staring straight in this direction.

Uh, is that person looking at Heimos?

should be.

Garlan thought.

It seems that man really likes Heimos.

"But it's a pity that Heimos will definitely reject him."

Garlan whispered to himself.

Thinking about it this way, he felt that the other party seemed a little pitiful.

The maid who was following him was kneeling next to him, holding a cup of fruit juice to him. When she heard Garlan's words, her eyes flashed, and she couldn't help but whispered to Garlan.

"That's not the case, Your Highness, Prince Heimos has already agreed."

"ha?"

As a believer in Avdormir, the goddess of love and beauty, you must be familiar with the ways of expressing love and passionate love in all countries and nations on the continent.

Therefore, when she saw Heimos taking the gem from the Tasda man, the maid was completely stunned, and she only came back to her senses just now.

"Your Highness, according to the custom of Tasda, Tasda people will give the spoils of their first expedition to their lovers." She leaned into Garlan's ear and whispered, "If you accept it, it means that you are willing to Accept the other person’s love and agree to be the other person’s lover.”

Garlan: "………………"

The young man, who was confused by the maid's words, looked to his left at the Tasda man who was staring at him with burning eyes, and to his right at Heimos who was staring down at the gem in his hand.

Heimos had just accepted the gem.

That is to say, he agreed to that person's advances.

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In other words, Heymos and the Tastar man...are in love? !

This melon is too big! ! !

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