A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

A good night's sleep passed by.

After waking up, the little girl sitting on the bed was a little dazed. She thought she would be the same as before. Because she had to stay alert, she had an uneasy sleep, but she didn't know that she slept until dawn.

If someone had evil intentions towards her last night...

[If she feels that her disguise has worked and she can sleep peacefully, it’s okay if I pretend to be deceived. 】

She eavesdropped on the conversation between the two people last night in order to find out the purpose of those people bringing her back, but she heard this sentence.

Compared to the fact that the boy was actually Aaron Landis's prince, this sentence made her feel even more complicated.

That boy is indeed good-looking, but he is a boy.

Thinking of what she had experienced in the past few months, she hated the existence of such things as men from the bottom of her heart.

Teenagers are no exception.

Just because she could see at a glance that the knight was not foolable and had vicious eyes, she kept pretending to be pitiful and clinging to the boy who seemed to be more talkative, and used the boy's hand to avoid the knight.

When she smiled sweetly at him in front of the boy, pretending to be pitiful, she was actually sneering in her heart.

I just didn't expect that it was just her self-righteousness.

From the beginning, the young man saw through her.

Suddenly there was a creak, the door was pushed open, and the blond boy walked in and smiled at her.

Emma opened her eyes and looked at him for a long time.

She didn't speak until the other person came up to her.

"Why?"

She lowered her eyes, and the shadows cast by her fine eyelashes made her face look a little gloomy.

Her fingers clenched the soft quilt on her body tightly.

"Why don't you expose me?"

Garlan, who was about to reach out and take the little girl down, was startled.

He looked at little Emma and didn't answer immediately.

At this moment, Emma's pretty little face no longer had the sweet, cute, but occasionally pitiful look she pretended to have in front of Garlan yesterday.

She lowered her eyes, her eyes were gloomy and a little penetrating.

That little face looked like it was covered with an opaque black shadow, and even the childish voice sounded gloomy.

"Is it because you don't expose me because you want to laugh at me?"

Emma's hands were tightly clenched on the sheets, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Looking at me carefully trying to please you, you must feel very proud!"

She knew she shouldn't say such things, and she still needed this person to protect him.

But she didn't know why, but when the young man smiled at her, she felt aggrieved.

She just couldn't control herself from saying such words——

Gallan looked at the gloomy look on this little child's face that was inconsistent with her age, and the fingers that clenched the sheets tightly as if venting their anger.

He thought for a moment, then leaned over the bed and knelt down on one knee.

Raising his eyes slightly, he looked at little Emma at a slightly upward angle.

"Emma."

He called the child's name softly.

"Maybe during this period, you experienced a lot of bad things, and those things made you sad and painful."

"It's natural that you hate those who hurt you. In the future, you can always hate those people, and you don't need to forgive them."

He said,

"You can hate those people, but you can't hate everyone."

"Because those people are not qualified to represent everything."

"In this world, if there are good things, there will naturally be bad things, even for men."

Emma stared blankly at the person kneeling in front of her.

The boy who spoke to her had a pair of golden eyes, clean and clear, as bright as light.

When those eyes look at you, it's like bright sunlight falling on you and seeping into your heart.

"Maybe you will think that I am also lying to you... I don't care, you don't need to believe my words."

"You are still young, your strength is still very weak, and there are still many things you have never seen."

"But when you grow up, when you have the power to protect yourself, you can once again see the world with your own eyes."

"Whether the world is good or bad, you will find the answer yourself when the time comes."

Emma stared blankly into the boy's bright golden eyes, watching as he stretched out his hand to her.

"So, Emma, ​​now, before you have the power to protect yourself, I am going to send you back to a place that can protect you and to those people who are anxiously waiting for your return."

There was silence for a while, and Emma looked at the hand in front of her for a long time.

Then she raised her hand.

The small hand grasped the boy's hand tightly.

I didn't believe him.

My sisters all said that men only lie, and their words are all lies.

So, I don't believe him, I just pretend to believe him in order to get back to everyone.

The little girl warned herself in her heart.

………………

In a hidden harbor, there is a large ship moored.

In the afternoon, several cloaked men entered.

After entering the cabin, Garlan put down his dark hood, and his long golden hair fell down. Kehos did not follow him in order to divert others' attention. He was followed by several personal guards arranged by Kehos.

He glanced around and saw a row of people standing opposite. They were all tall and strong women, with slender limbs and slender brows. Each of them had a war bow on their back.

The female Elson warriors looked at him with uncontrollable excitement, and their faces were full of surprise.

The leading female warrior could no longer hold back and walked over quickly.

Before Garlan could speak, the female warrior lowered her head, dwarfed her body, and knelt down in front of Garlan.

The moment she knelt down, the row of female warriors standing opposite immediately knelt down in unison.

Garlan was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the little girl next to him speak.

"General Venier, I'm very sorry for causing you so much trouble because I went to sea without permission."

"No, little princess, we failed to protect you. This is our dereliction of duty."

Kneeling on one knee in front of Emma, ​​the female warrior Elson looked at Emma with excited and tender eyes.

"That you are safe and sound is our greatest comfort. The Queen is very worried about you. Please come back to her with me as soon as possible."

Emma nodded.

The female warrior Elson, who was called the general, stood up, turned around and began to direct her subordinates to prepare for sailing.

At the same time, she also handed over the remaining information to the guards behind Garlan.

"Your Highness Prince Aaron Landis, we will remember your help to our princess."

Viniel held Emma tightly with one hand, pressed the other hand on her chest, and bowed her head to Gallan.

She said: "I will convey all this to the Queen. Elson will not forget your kindness. If you are in need, we will definitely repay you."

After she finished speaking, she took little Emma's hand and turned around and left quickly.

Little Emma was held by her hand, walked a few steps, and suddenly stopped again.

When the female warrior looked at her with questioning eyes, she suddenly broke away from the other person's hand holding her, turned around, and ran towards Garlan.

"I don't believe what you said!"

Emma threw herself in front of Garlan, who subconsciously reached out and caught her.

The little princess held Garlan's wrist tightly. She raised her head, her face flushed slightly, and her big blue eyes looked at Garlan unblinkingly.

"Men are all good at lying, so I don't believe what you said."

she says,

"So, when I grow up, I want to see it with my own eyes!"

She put the silver-white earrings engraved with Airson's unique pattern that she had been holding tightly in her hands into Garlan's hands.

"Remember, when I grow older and stronger, I will go find you! I want to see it with my own eyes and find the answer-"

After the little princess finished speaking so loudly, before Garlan could speak, she turned around again and ran away.

Gallan was left holding the silver-white earrings in his hands, standing there confused and at a loss.

Uh...wait.

What just happened?

Holding the earring in his hand, Garlan felt a little confused.

After the little prince returned with the stack of exchanged information and the silver-white earrings in his hand with a confused look on his face, his one-eyed knight laughed wildly for a long time.

"Very good, Prince, your charm can only make us look up to you."

Kejos said while laughing fitfully.

"You have been booked by the next Queen Elson."

"That's enough, Kehos."

Looking at the earrings, Garlan felt a headache.

The Cavaliers continued to hit the target unceremoniously.

"Elson female warriors have always been very tough. If they are rejected, they will snatch the man they like without mercy."

"…………"

"Although the little princess is still young, she is very strong and has very quick reactions. When she grows up, she will definitely be a powerful Elson female warrior. With all due respect, in terms of talent, Prince, in about seven or eight years, you will be I can’t beat her.”

Garlan: "...Shut up."

Even if you don't tell the truth, you are still my good knight.

He looked at the hot thing in his hand, feeling extremely distressed.

"It's really troublesome."

he muttered under his breath.

"Trouble? Isn't that great?" Kayhos said with a smile, "You like people with fair skin, long hair, and cute smiles, who are smaller than you. If you look carefully, that little princess doesn't suit you very well. What’s your preference?”

"Are you kidding? She is just a child, a ten-year-old child!"

The little prince, who had endured teasing his knight for a long time, finally got mad.

"Who would have any thoughts about a child? I'm not a pervert!"

"What does it matter? Girls grow up very fast. In a few years, she will be your ideal girl. Although she may be a little bit beaten up, but in terms of appearance, she must be a sweet and lovely beauty. Girl. When the time comes, you can... um... sneeze!"

The knight who was teasing his little prince suddenly sneezed hard.

Strange, did you catch a cold?

The knight rubbed his itchy nose in confusion.

…

At this moment, on the distant ocean, the following conversation is taking place.

"Hey? Viniel, have you already chosen a man who can give you a child? You have always been very picky and can't find a partner."

Several Elson female warriors gathered together to chat.

"Tsk, that's because the men I met before were too weak and looked like useless people. How could I be interested?"

Viniel said carelessly, "This one is different now. That is the guy who can beat me. The child who inherits his bloodline will definitely be good."

"That's right. In order to give birth to a strong child, you must choose a strong enough man. By the way, since I can defeat a man as powerful as you, how about I go with you?"

"If he is really as powerful as you say, then I might as well..."

…………

Ah sneeze!

A sneeze, a sneeze!

The blond knight, who was considered a borrowed seed by a group of Elson female warriors because he was too powerful, sneezed hard several times again.

He no longer cared about teasing the little prince anymore, rubbed his nose and planned to get a bowl of ginger soup to ward off the cold.

****

Another day has passed.

It was already late at night in the distant royal city, and the entire city fell silent in the dark night and fell into a peaceful sleep.

In the bedroom deep in the palace, Heimos was lying sideways on the bed, with his fine black hair scattered on the snow-white pillow.

A ray of moonlight fell from the skylight and fell on his handsome cheek. However, under the moonlight, his eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if he was having a bad dream.

…………

...The dark sky and earth, nothing can be seen...

There were no stars in the night sky.

Suddenly, red fire lit up the entire sky.

Amid the howling wind, the churning flames instantly swallowed up the pitch-black land.

In the place surrounded by flames, among the collapsed ruins, someone was sitting there.

The man is in the fire.

The deep shadow cast by the swaying firelight made it difficult to see the person's appearance.

Suddenly, a gust of wind roared past.

The man sitting in the fire looked up.

The strong wind lifted up the flowing golden hair, and the firelight illuminated the face.

On the face stained with blood under the blond hair, a trace of tears in the corner of the half-opened golden eyes in the dark shadow suddenly made people's hearts ache.

The flames spread to the young man's body, igniting the golden hair and messy clothes.

In the blink of an eye, red flames engulfed everything.

The young man's figure was also wiped out in the sudden violent flames——

…………

"!"

Heimos opened his eyes suddenly and turned over to sit up.

Dream?

He sat on his knees on the bed, breathing rapidly.

After a while, he slowly turned his head and looked around at the darkness. His fine black hair was scattered in the corners of his sharp eyes, and the look in his eyes could not be seen clearly in the dark night.

In the dark night, he raised his hand and clasped his fingers firmly on his chest.

Inside, the heart was beating violently, showing no signs of slowing down.

The little tear stains seeping out of the corners of the golden eyes that I saw in my dream flashed through my mind again.

The fingers that clasped his chest tightened even more, and Hermos' lips tightened to the extreme.

...an ominous dream...

Garlan in the Fire...