A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 166. Chapter 166

Just after noon, the sun was right in the sky, and the blazing sun set down, making the earth warm.

The stone statue of the star goddess Isdal stepped on white jade, and the spring water that fell from her skirt gathered into a gurgling stream. The water vapor from the fountain splashed in the air, bringing a bit of coolness to the hot afternoon.

The tree-lined courtyard is very quiet, only the long sound of flute comes out of the room and surrounds it.

After a tune was played, the bard put down the flute in his hand.

He was sitting cross-legged on the light-colored carpet on the ground. The flute was turned around in his hand, inserted back on his belt, and then grinningly raised his head to look at his audience.

“If you are happy to hear, give me some rewards, right?”

His slightly hooked peach blossom eyes looked at the blond boy sitting on the slightly higher platform, with a smile.

“The travel expenses for my next trip are not enough, His Royal Highness Prince Gallan.”

His act of begging Garland straight for his reward made the Taputi magistrate standing on the side frown, but she didn’t say anything.

Garlan, who had been listening quietly to the melodious flute with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and looked at Shuros.

He asked: “Are you really not going to stay?”

“There are already a lot of excellent court musicians in the palace. I, a little bard, will not snatch them. After all, I am still young, and I have to respect my seniors. If I stay, I will definitely take them away. Work, that’s so embarrassing~”

The bard who was so obsessed with himself and believed that he was capable of overpowering the audience said so brazenly.

“Don’t talk about it, at your level, I can just order a court musician to come out and swell your face.”

The boy unceremoniously pierced someone’s cowhide to the sky.

“That is to say, your archery skills can still be used.”

“…Your Majesty, it’s a good virtue to see through without telling it, to beat people without slapping in the face, you have to learn this as a wise prince.”

Shuros said, rubbing his forehead, then he looked up and smiled at Garlan.

“His Royal Highness, I like you very much. To be honest, I don’t like those arrogant nobles very much, but you are a strange crown prince, really unlike those nobles. So, During the time I was with you, although I was a little bit unlucky and always encountered all kinds of troubles, I was still quite happy.”

He didn’t notice. When he said the words’unlucky a little’, the boy’s eyebrows moved without a trace.

“But, Your Highness, a vulgar bard like me, is really accustomed to being wild and unrestrained. He can’t be the richly clothed canary in the golden cage, but can only be the sparrow in the mountains and forests. ”

Shuros said quietly.

“Also, although you are different from ordinary nobles, these people around you, including this beautiful lady official, are very orthodox nobles. I stay here, I am incompatible with everyone, and there are many gaps. Although there is your sanctuary, but after a long time, it will always cause friction.”

And this kind of friction, whether he feels dissatisfied, or the people around Gallan are dissatisfied with him, will bring trouble to Gallan.

Maybe Gallan didn’t care, but he didn’t want to.

The human mind is complicated.

He can imagine that over a long period of time, when he has been unhappy all the time, he will slowly feel that he was wronged for Garlan’s sake, and demanded more of Garlan, which led to Garlan. People around him are even more dissatisfied with him… Such a vicious circle, in the end, he might even have grievances against Garlan.

Shuros didn’t want to go to that point with Garlan.

He is a believer of Afdomir, he admires beauty.

Rather than letting each other’s sincere affection breed irreparable flaws due to various frictions and troubles, he would rather part ways and keep the best impressions of each other in each other’s memories and engrave them for life.

This is not a kind of beauty.

Hiding these thoughts in his heart, Shuluos smiled at Garlan again.

“The reason why I have stayed until now is that I want to see with my own eyes the moment you were established as the crown prince. That is a moment of great significance. Maybe it will be a strong stroke in history in the future. I am scheduled to become the most important in the future. The great bard must of course experience the scene firsthand—Gal, you are waiting, and writing poems that make your name last forever is covered by me!”

Aaron Landis’ greatest (predetermined in the future) bard patted his chest so as to ensure that he didn’t notice the indifferent eyes of the magistrate next to him.

“and……”

Shuros raised his head, raised his forehead skillfully, and put his face at his most perfect and handsome angle.

The peachy eyes were picked up, and the eyes bent and smiled, all the amorous feelings piled up in the corner of his eyes.

“Isn’t it a shame not to let more beautiful girls see this handsome face?”

The magistrate looked at the peacock, who was squeezing her head and displaying its feathers, blankly, not wanting to speak.

Gallan really wanted to vomit, “No matter how many people see it, it’s useless, you’re still…”, but think about it, he really doesn’t have the right to say such a thing.

So I still don’t hurt each other with Shuros.

He turned his head and looked at the magistrate.

“Taputi, give him things.”

Tapti gave a hum, stepped forward, and handed a small black velvet bag embroidered with gold patterns to Shuluos.

Shuros looked at the small bag with his eyes shining, and he couldn’t wait to reach out and take it, taking it and thinking about it.

“What? Is it a reward? Not much? I tell you, you are now the crown prince. You have to be more generous. If you are too stingy, you will be laughed at…”

He was taken aback when he squeezed the little bag.

Although the weight is not light, it feels like a square piece inside, and it doesn’t seem to be a gold coin.

As soon as he opened the bag in wonder, the golden token appeared in front of his eyes.

The golden tokens are embossed with a lifelike lion cub on the board, and the pattern of the surrounding laurel branches is embedded with emerald green malachite.

In the corner of the golden token, cyan velvet tassels scattered from between his fingers.

Shuros looked at the golden token in his hand, and did not recover for a long while.

“I have guessed that you don’t want to stay in the palace, but as a laborer caught by me, even if you leave, you have to help me with work.”

Gallan said, “So, this is for you, my lord of supervisory history, make good use of it.”

“…Monitoring history?”

After a long while, Shuluos barely recovered his voice.

“Yes, Shuros, you want to travel to the mainland, then, become my eyes, tell me everything you see with your own eyes among the people, let me not be deceived by my courtiers, and let me always Remember the time when I was with you as a commoner.”

“Many times, my eyes can only see the prosperity in front of me and the people living and working in the royal city. Therefore, I need to use your eyes to remind me all the time, on the land of Aaron Landis, Many people are suffering.”

“But, I…in my capacity…”

Shuros frowned and hesitated to answer.

Even if he vaguely thinks that the classification of people between people seems wrong, but the concept of class is still deeply rooted in his heart, and the conflict between these two concepts makes him very contradictory.

On the one hand, he felt that this seemed good, but on the other hand, he felt that it was inappropriate. He was just a commoner, but now suddenly he has the authority to act as the crown prince. It seems…

“Identity? Well, yes, you are the first official appointed and removed after I became the crown prince, so you must not shame me.”

Garlan put his chin on one hand and smiled with his head tilted.

Even if he was already wearing the crown of the crown prince, he was still the boy with a clear and bright smile.

“Next time you encounter something unsightly, it will show the token, which is very useful to scare some dishonest guys.”

He seemed to think of something, and exhorted again.

“Remember, design a handsome and bright token posture, it’s best to use this posture every time, understand?”

Tapti: “…”

Shuros: “…”

The bard’s frowned eyebrows stretched out, and he couldn’t help asking curiously.

“His Royal Highness, are you not afraid that I will do bad things with this token?”

Gallan spread his hands.

“The purpose of doing bad things is nothing more than glory and prosperity. You can easily get these things as long as you stay by my side. You have to turn around like this. Are you stupid?”

Shuros laughed.

Well, it’s really silly to think about it this way.

He thought so, and let out a long breath.

“As you wish.”

The bard leaned over.

Holding the golden token in his hand, he knelt on one knee and bowed his head deeply to Garlan.

“I will be your eyes to see this land that you guard, and your people.”

Shuluos spoke very softly, but his tone was never before.

“Swear by the glory of Afdomir, I will hold this golden token in my hand with my devotion to serve the goddess, and I will not let it be smeared in the slightest throughout my life.”

Having said that, he paused for a moment, raised his head, and looked at Garlan.

“The bard is a traveler who has no end in his life and will not stay anywhere in the world.”

He said,

“But, my Royal Highness, no matter where I am, at any time, as long as I hear your call, I will return to your side.”

He smiled and looked at Garlan.

“May Afdomir protect your beauty forever…whether it is your appearance or your heart…”

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As the first person to be appointed to an official position by Garland, the bard and supervisor Sshuluos left.

After watching the attendant send Shuros away, Tapti, who had endured it for a long time, finally spoke.

“His Royal Highness, King Camos’s token is lapis lazuli, and you are also allowed to use lapis lazuli to create tokens. Why do you have to use gold?”

Lapis lazuli is called the gem of Shamash because of its color like the sky, and it is also a gem that symbolizes the emperor.

Generally, nobles can use it as ornaments, but lapis lazuli must not be used as tokens. This is an act of provoking royal power.

It is rare for King Camos to give permission that His Royal Highness Gallan can use lapis lazuli to create a token for the Crown Prince, but his Royal Highness chose gold. The Taputi magistrate is strange and regretful about this.

“The jade tokens are too easy to break. It is troublesome and costly to replace them with new ones again and again.”

Gallan shrugged and replied.

“……what?”

The magistrate is very dumb.

“So, it’s better to be gold, not broken, not broken, and durable.”

Tapti: “…”

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As the bard left, in the house of Heimos, Heimos and his loyal subordinate were engaged in a conversation.

“His Royal Highness, because of your unauthorized actions, you have caused the consequences like this.”

The priests of Nanna, the god of night, strongly disagree with the behavior of Huimos.

“Now, His Royal Highness Gallan has been established as the crown prince. You should know that this is very unfavorable to you.”

He rubbed his temples and frowned.

“I have told you many times that feelings are just a passing moment. It will disappear. It is of no benefit to you. It will only hinder you…”

“Sorga.”

Huimos was sitting by the window, a thick sheepskin book resting on his lap.

He propped his cheek with one hand, flipped the pages of the book at random with the other hand, and glanced at his subordinate who bitterly persuaded him to instill the idea of’emotional uselessness’.

“I asked your lover to come over, do you say these things in front of her again?”

Huimos glanced at Soga and said, thin lips slightly raised, the bright afternoon sun shone on his brown skin, and the fine black hair scattered on his cheeks that slightly raised the corners of his eyes and looked even more handsome.

A handsome young man reading a book quietly in the sun sits by the window, forming a staggered light and shadow with the sunlight coming in obliquely, creating a beautiful scene like a picture.

However, Suo Jia couldn’t feel the beauty of this scene at all.

He was like a big black goose whose neck was suddenly pinched, with his mouth open for a long time without making a sound.

He knew it well.

如果他真敢在他那位身为女骑士的情人面前说出这些话，一定会被揍得三天下不了床。

…Maybe five days?

Suojia struggled for a long time before reluctantly said: “This is different, Your Highness. My personal affairs have no effect on the overall situation, nor do they interfere with me. But Your Highness is different. Your goal is the throne. Bit’s feelings will definitely hinder you.”

“His Royal Highness, you are different from me. You are the one who wants to achieve great things. In the future, you will become the king of Aaron Landis.”

“The king doesn’t need personal feelings. That will become the king’s weakness, and it will affect your judgment… No, it should be said that it is already affecting, and it is very serious.”

Suo Jia looked at his master deeply.

“The king sitting on the throne should be like a god, calm and ruthless. As long as there is no emotion, he will not be influenced by emotion, and he will never make mistakes…”

Huimos interrupted Soga.

“Then why don’t the gods who never make mistakes rule this country himself?”

Suojia opened his mouth, but didn’t know how to answer for a while.

As a priest of the night god, he naturally believed in the existence of gods.

But since gods are wise and infallible, why let humans who make mistakes because of emotions rule Aaron Landis?

“Because Aaron Landis is the kingdom of man, and the gods cannot rule the kingdom of man.”

Huimos watched his subordinates.

“Soga, don’t forget, even if the blood of the gods is inherited, the king of Aaron Landis is a man, not a god.”

“Only people can rule the kingdom of people.”

The feelings for Gallan are already part of his soul.

As part of Heimos’ existence in this world.

Dig out that part of the soul, and he will no longer be Hiemos.

And Huimos, who is no longer Huimos, has no meaning even if he is on the throne.

…

Soga lowered his eyes, he was thinking, he did not completely agree with His Highness’s words, but these words did make his mind a little confused at the moment.

The idea about the king that he has always adhered to is…

At this moment, Hiemos asked him suddenly.

“When you successfully wooed your lover, where did you choose?”

Working hard to clear the messy mind, Suojia answered without having time to think about it.

“The place where we first met.”

“Why did you choose there?”

“Places with commemorative significance can bring back the best memories of the two people when they first met, so it is easier to succeed.”

“So…”

Slender fingers stroked the pages of the book, and Hiemos nodded thoughtfully.

Suoga, who answered his Highness’s two words without paying attention, suddenly woke up and looked at Huimos in horror.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Your Highness, what are you…what are you going to do?

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When I was young, I failed to pose in a handsome pose and lifted the token B is the eternal pain in the little prince’s heart…

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And, Soga, the priest of the night god who has been in love with his professional master for ten thousand years.