A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Garlan was lying on the bed, his head still a little groggy. He squinted his eyes and lay down softly. His body was as soft as lying in cotton. It was very comfortable and leisurely, which made him not want to get up.

He opened his eyes slightly and seemed to see his maid standing beside the bed. His consciousness was still a little dazed. He vaguely remembered that he drank a lot of fruit wine as juice yesterday, and then lost consciousness.

He seemed to have had a dream, but the dream was fragmented. When he woke up, he couldn't remember it clearly. It just felt like fragments of memories from previous lives.

Garlan squinted lazily for a while, then raised his hand, rubbed his eyes, and suddenly became more awake.

He raised his eyes and looked around, and found that this was Heimos' residence. He thought he was very drunk last night and fell asleep here.

Ahhh, Tapti must be very angry.

With this in mind, he sat up and stretched. The maid standing next to him had already come forward and gently scrubbed him with the hot water she had just prepared.

The touch of the warm snow-white towel on his face made Garlan wake up completely. He sat on the bed, letting the maid wipe his face, and glanced around.

"Where's Heimos?"

"A Lord from Tastar just came to see Prince Heimos, so he went out to receive him."

the maid answered.

She put down the towel in her hand and began to comb the prince's long blond hair with a malachite comb. For a moment, she squinted her eyes happily. The prince's blond hair was as smooth as velvet, and it felt really good to the touch.

While she was combing it, she suddenly remembered the scene of the soft blond hair wrapped around the brown arm with slightly bulging muscles. Her heart beat suddenly and her hands paused.

After she reacted, she quickly gathered her thoughts.

Garlan didn't notice anything strange about the maid. His attention was attracted by the faint conversation coming from outside the door.

I came here early in the morning and couldn't wait all day. The Tasta man really loved Heimos.

The young man couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He came to the door full of hope, but what he got was rejection from the person he loved and the gems were returned.

Ah, how pitiful, I hope that Tastar man won't be too sad.

Garlan thought to himself, stood up, signaled the maid to stop talking, then walked quietly to the door, raised his ears through the door panel, and listened carefully to the conversation outside.

Hey, even if you are a melon-eater, you still have to have a beginning and an end. After watching the beginning, naturally you have to watch the ending.

After hypnotizing himself in this way, he continued to eavesdrop with peace of mind.

"...To do such a thing rashly...will only be offensive..."

Heimos's voice came intermittently, and even if you couldn't see his expression when he spoke, you could still hear his disgust in his cold voice and words.

"...If you don't want to be disgusting, it's best not to do this kind of thing again..."

Really merciless.

Garlan wowed in his heart.

Speaking so harshly, the suitor's glass heart must have been shattered to pieces. It was so miserable.

While he was sighing, Heimos's slightly raised voice came again.

"Your Excellency Opada."

Garlan, who was eavesdropping with great interest, was startled for a moment.

Opada?

Where did he seem to have heard this name?

My mind went blank for a moment, and then the name suddenly appeared, along with all the memory fragments that seemed to have been dreamed in a dream.

Yes, he had indeed heard the name.

In his previous lives, he had never seen a Tastar. Because at that time, Aaron Landis had already severed ties with Tastar.

Only one time when he was following Shermuer to learn about past battles, he heard about this from Shermuer. But just like listening to a story, he forgot it after hearing it. So when the Tasda envoy came to the royal city this time, he didn't think about it at all.

However, in the fragmented dream last night, he seemed to have dreamed of his conversation with Shermer.

Opada.

This was the name that Shermer mentioned at that time.

Because he was so surprised, Garlan forgot for a moment that he was hiding behind the door and eavesdropping, and suddenly pushed the door open and walked out.

As soon as he looked up, he saw the brown-haired Tastar standing in front of Heimos, looking at him in astonishment with his eyes open.

Anxious to find out whether the person in front of him was who he thought he was, Garlan came to the Tasda man in a few steps.

"Are you Opada?"

he asks.

Because the man was very tall, a little taller than Heimos, he had to raise his face to meet the man's eyes.

Opada was confronting Heimos with an unhappy look on his face, and was about to speak back, but before he could speak, he suddenly saw the boy he admired running out of the room like a gust of wind and standing in front of him. in front of.

The boy called his name and looked up at him.

Because of his height, he subconsciously lowered his head and looked at the boy.

As soon as he lowered his head, from his perspective, what he saw suddenly made his mind go blank.

The boy's clothes were very loose and baggy, as if they would slip off his shoulders at any time.

A few strands of blond hair passed over the slender collarbone and fell into the loose skirt, lining the fair skin on the chest.

Under the bright sunlight, his eyes looked down from above, and through the loose clothes, he caught a glimpse of the faint trace of pink hidden in the ends of the golden hair...

A rush of blood rushed to his head.

Snap.

This young man who had been single for more than twenty years and was now in his prime of life felt some kind of hot liquid flowing down from his nostrils.

Bright red.

It dropped to his feet.

Seeing the young man in front of him looking at him in astonishment, Opada raised his hand to cover his hot nose in embarrassment.

At this moment, he was embarrassed and annoyed.

He had been thinking about how to show his strength and bravery in front of the person he liked for a long time last night, but now he actually had a bloody nose in front of the person.

At this moment, the young man wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it——

There is no need for him to bury himself.

Suddenly a fist swung from the side and hit him hard on the side of the cheek.

He was in a state of embarrassment and defenselessness when he was hit and staggered back a few steps by the punch.

What's even worse is that the mucous membrane of his nostrils is at its most vulnerable at this moment. After being beaten like this, another stream of blood drips down and oozes out from between the fingers covering his nose.

Heimos, who had punched him, stopped in front of Garlan, with a frosty face and golden-red eyes staring at him, like sharp swords.

The almost substantive evil spirit seeped out from his body. Even under the bright morning sun, the temperature around him seemed to have dropped ten degrees in an instant.

Heimos stared at Opada, a glimmer of danger flashed across his eyes, which was extremely frightening.

He was standing next to him just now, and he was about the same height. When he looked down at Opada's gaze, he immediately realized what this damn guy had seen.

He had no intention of caring about whether this guy was a distinguished guest of Tastar right now.

It should be said that he didn't directly dig out this bastard's eyes just now because he saw the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Gallan, who was blocked by Heimos, was a little stunned at first. He didn't understand why the Tasda man suddenly started to have a nosebleed. When he turned to look at Heimos, he understood immediately.

Heimos just put on a coat, and most of the tight brown skin on his chest was directly exposed. It glowed like honey in the sunlight, making him look extremely sexy.

This Tastar man probably had a nosebleed just looking at Heimos.

Garlan thought somewhat amusedly.

That's why Huymos punched him.

Just as he was thinking, he looked up and saw Heimos looking at him with a gloomy face.

"Go back, change your clothes and come out again."

Heimos said this, but as soon as his eyes met his, he suddenly looked away quickly as if he was burned by fire.

"But……"

He has not yet confirmed whether this person is Opada.

"go back!"

There was a hint of anxiety in Heimos' voice when he spoke, and it became stern.

Damn it.

As long as he lowers his head, whether he wants it or not, his eyes will unconsciously see the faint pink powder through the spacious skirt...

He looked away and raised his voice again.

"It's so rude of you to meet foreign guests in such a disheveled manner!"

"..."

You just put on a coat and went out with your chest open, making other people's noses bleed. How can you criticize me?

Garlan thought unconvinced.

But thinking about it again, Heimos must have been embarrassed by being bumped into such an embarrassing situation, so he was eager to let him leave.

never mind.

It's really not good to see other people's jokes like this.

With this thought, Garlan didn't refute any more, and obediently went back to the room and asked the maid to help him change his clothes.

…………

It only took about twenty minutes to change clothes and tidy up. By the time he went out again, the courtyard had returned to silence.

Looking at the traces in the courtyard, Garlan chuckled in his heart. Sure enough, the two had a fight during this period, and there were still traces on the ground.

However, the fight should have been completed before he came out. At this moment, the man named Opada was standing next to the fountain, with his head lowered, probably washing away the nosebleeds that had flowed out before.

Immediately afterwards, Garlan saw Heimos, who had changed into a smart outfit, coming out of the room on the other side.

"then."

Heimos said coldly, just throwing it away.

A blue arc passed through the air.

Opada, who was washing his face with his head down, turned around, raised his hand, and grabbed the sapphire thrown over.

The water-soaked brown hair was still sticking to his cheeks. As soon as he got the sapphire, Opada subconsciously looked at Garlan, but then, the words Heimos said not long ago immediately came to his mind. .

‘Aaron Landis is different from Tastar. Doing this kind of thing rashly will only make people feel disgusted. ’

Will his behavior scare the boy?

Opada held the gem in his hand and hesitated.

Moreover, I have already left a very bad impression on the other person... No matter who he is, he will not accept a lover who suddenly has a nosebleed in front of him.

Otherwise, let’s take it slow first.

At the very least, you have to show off your strengths first to make the other person have a better impression of you.

Heimos on the other side stared at Opada putting the gem into the bag on his waist, and the dangerous aura in his eyes calmed down a little.

But the next second, he was in a bad mood again.

Because Garlan walked directly in front of Opada again, and smiled brightly at Opada as if he was very interested in her.

"You haven't answered me yet, are you Opada?"

"Yes, it is."

Opada, who had capsized in the gutter, was still depressed, but suddenly saw his sweetheart coming up to him. His heart beat like a drum and he stuttered when he spoke. Especially when the other party actually knew his name, he was even more excited.

"You know my name?"

"Well……"

Garlan huffed.

He can't say it, because I heard in my previous life that your death caused the two countries to be at odds with each other, so remember your name.

His eyes rolled around, and he quickly replied: "I heard what others said."

He smiled and said, "That person told me that you are the strongest and bravest warrior among the young generation of Tastar, the successor of the Tastar warriors, and the warrior who is destined to become the next Tastar general. , its reputation spreads far and wide and has spread to many places.”

"That's right."

The tall, muscular Tastar grinned.

The praise he heard from his sweetheart made him elated for a moment and he was extremely happy.

The smiling young man bent his eyes and nodded in his heart.

The strongest warrior among the young men of Tastar, the successor of General Tastar...

The man named Opada did not deny what he said. In other words, this man was indeed the unlucky guy in his memory who would die soon.

Forget it if you don't know, now that you know it, no matter what, you can't watch him die and trigger a war between Aaron Landis and Tastar again.

Well...he had to think of something.

The Tasda Mission's itinerary has been scheduled long ago, and it is impossible to return early. Although it can be delayed for a day or two, there is no guarantee that if it is delayed for a few days, it will not be attacked.

So the best way is to ask King Kamos to send troops to escort them back.

However, no one knew something was going to happen. Sending a large army to follow the mission to Tastar would arouse the vigilance of the Tastar people, and they might be rejected directly.

Garlan thought.

A way to make the Aaron Landis cavalry follow the envoy in a dignified manner...

Got it!

He could say he wanted to take a trip to Tastar.

As long as he goes to Tastar with the envoy, King Camos will definitely send cavalry or even the Royal Guards to protect him. This makes sense.

However, it was very unexpected that I suddenly wanted to visit Tastar.

Therefore, he had to find an excuse to trigger his thoughts.

The blond prince's eyes rolled around again, and finally stared at the big Tasman who was laughing in front of him.

Isn't this the best excuse?

Befriended Opada - the two often joked and chatted together - and then heard some of Tasda's customs and customs from Opada - aroused his interest and wanted to take a look - and went to Tasda with the envoy. Da - who was inseparable from Opada as a friend - ended up saving his life.

Perfect!

Garlan gave himself a thumbs up with satisfaction from the bottom of his heart.

Well, first of all, he has to get close to this Opada.

Thinking this, he smiled at Opada again.

"I have always admired the legendary warriors of the Tasda people." He said, looking at the other person expectantly and said, "Opada, can I invite you to my palace as a guest?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go, of course I'll go."

Overjoyed by the sudden invitation, Opada nodded hastily, fearing that he would lose the opportunity if he nodded too late.

I don’t know who mentioned him to Garlan. If he knew, he would definitely reward that person well.

He thought happily.

Heimos: "..."

Chest tightness, shortness of breath, restlessness, and dissatisfaction.

He wanted to beat someone up.

He also wanted to pinch the cheek of the little thing that he had finally snatched out of the tiger's mouth but jumped in by himself. It would be better to pinch the little thing until it looked at him with tears in his eyes.

The author has something to say: Oreo or something is impossible.

At that time, I was drinking snow-topped coffee when I was trying to master the settings, and then I watched the milky white ice cream melt softly into the coffee bit by bit...

Ah, so sweet.

So it was settled.