A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 170. Chapter 170

Although it was still in the afternoon, the sun was clear, but the weather in Wangcheng has recently turned cooler, so I was drenched in the pool water, and it was still a bit cold when the wind blew.

The body is a bit cold, but the only hand is hot.

The big brown hand held his hand tightly and forcibly pressed his hand to his chest.

Obviously what the fingers touched were wet clothes, which should be cold, but the high temperature in Heimos’s chest seemed to be transmitted to his fingertips through the wet clothes, and it was very hot.

He pressed Huimos’ chest, only to feel that it was like a volcano about to erupt, beating again and again, and the invisible magma was so hot that it almost burned his fingers.

That kind of heat is transmitted upwards from the blood of the fingertips along the hands and arms, as if the heat is also dyed in his body.

He even felt his heart beating again and again, as if connected with Heimos’s heartbeat through his right hand.

This kind of never-before-seen feeling made Garlan feel at a loss, and he also struggled in a panic, trying to retract his hand.

But as soon as he moved, Hiemos’ fingers clenched sharply, squeezing his hand firmly, and refused to let it go.

Garlan tugged his hand a few times in a panic.

Soon, his hand stopped.

Because when he was struggling, he felt the slight tingling sensation of his hand being rubbed against Huimos’ rough palm.

Garlan’s hands are well maintained, her fingers are long, her skin is fair and shiny.

Although there are some thin cocoons from swordsmanship, every night, a maid will meticulously care for the skin on his hands and feet.

Most nobles are like this, and Heimos is also like this, as can be seen from the brownish skin on his wet arms.

However, at this moment, the palm of Heimos’s hand was rough, and only those old slaves who had toiled for a lifetime and had been nearly sixty or seventy would have such rough palms.

…

This pair of palms, which were full of scars or even no palm prints, were what Heimos left behind in order to rescue him from the sea of fire.

This injury is for him.

Gallan suddenly felt softened.

He is not a person who does not know what is good or bad. He remembers all the good things Heimos has done to him over the years.

When he was a child, he did have a fear of Heymos. Even if he later learned the truth of Heymos’ distorted character, he was innocent when he knew Heymos, but as long as he thought of the past few lives, he would suppress it. I couldn’t help but fear Heimos from the bottom of my heart.

But over the years, unconsciously, this fear has become less and less.

On the one hand, it was because he gradually began to grow up, and he had many companions to accompany him. When a person himself begins to become strong, he no longer fears others.

On the other hand… the meticulous care of Heimos has also invisibly dissipated that fear little by little.

So, it’s enough.

The shadow of the previous lives, the shadow of the person in front of me, it is almost time to disappear.

“Himos, you are a very important person to me.”

That was something he had never noticed.

I don’t know when he started, Huimos has also become a very important person in his heart.

He will want to protect him, he will not want him to be injured, he will hope that Huimos will have a good life in the future, and his life will be very good…just like Brother Camos, just like Kayjos and the others.

Gallan looked at the golden red eyes seriously.

“I care about you as much as you care about me.”

He moved his hands, not struggling, it was very light. Only this time, he easily took his hand out of the palm of Huimos.

“We grew up together until now, and maybe in the future, we will continue to walk together like we do now.”

The teenager leaned over.

For the first time, he took the initiative to reach out and hug Huimos.

He leaned on Huimos, wrapped his hands around his neck.

He closed his eyes and pressed his cheek to the wet black hair.

“I will not take a step forward, nor will I take a step back.”

He hugged Huimos by the shoulders, closed his eyes, and spoke softly in Huimos’ ear.

“We will always be like this, without any change.”

Gallan clearly felt that his arms around his shoulders suddenly tightened.

When he said this, the person he was holding seemed to freeze for a moment.

Huimos understood what he was saying.

I had this reaction because I understood it.

[We will always be like this, without any change. 】

It can only stop here, it can only be like this.

We will not be alienated, but it is impossible to go further.

He will no longer be afraid of him, and will let the shadows of previous lives disappear from the bottom of his heart.

They will always be very close and will guard each other until the end.

…

However, Heimos’ feelings, he would not accept.

Maybe there was a bit of softness, maybe there were some heartbeats, maybe he was indeed moved a little by Hiemos.

But he could not accept Huimos.

In every sense, from every aspect.

Garlan straightened up, opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.

Huimos lowered his head slightly, his thin lips pressed tightly like a straight line.

His shoulders were tight and hard, and his muscles bulged. The wet black hair came down and stuck to his forehead, making the shadow of his eye sockets more intense.

Gallan’s hands were still on Heimos’ shoulders.

He bowed his head and kissed Hiemos lightly on the forehead.

Then he stood up.

Drops of water fall like beads with broken threads from the boy who got up, falling on Heimos’s body, or falling into the pool water, splashing circles of water.

Gallan got up and left.

He walked fast, leaving traces of water on the gravel road he walked on.

However, when he was about to leave this garden, he couldn’t help but glance back.

He saw Huimos still sitting quietly in the pool, his eyes down, motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

Black hair was sticking to his cheeks wet.

It was like an abandoned black wolf with wet hair, just squatting in a puddle.

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Near the evening, the sun slanting on the horizon was still bright, and a little bright starlight appeared on the other side of the sky.

Although it was still early, the lights in the palace were already lit, illuminating the entire room.

Garlan was sitting on the olive wood chair, just after taking a bath, a little heat radiated from his fair skin, and long wet hair fell from behind him.

“You are not a kid anymore, why did you fall into the pool so carelessly?”

The magistrate stood behind him, whispering while wiping the prince’s wet hair with a soft white towel.

The drenched appearance when Gallan came back shocked her.

Later, Garlan said that he was walking and talking to others, but one inadvertently stepped into the pool.

Tapti was suspicious, so she asked. She didn’t think the little prince was such a careless person.

But Garlan sat in front of her, grinning and just didn’t speak.

She shook her head and dried the blonde hair in her hands wholeheartedly, without asking more questions.

When she was almost dried, Garlan, who had been looking ahead as if in a trance, suddenly asked her a question.

“Taputi.”

He said,

“If you have a person you like, a person you like very much, but that person won’t be with you, so you refuse you several times, will you continue to like him?”

“will not.”

Answer in one second.

“… So fast! Don’t you think about it?”

“There is nothing to consider, Your Highness, I am a person with strong self-esteem. No matter how much I like someone, let alone several times, even if I only get rejected once, I will give up.”

“Then… If you are also a person with strong self-esteem, who is similar to you, no, someone who is stronger than you, who refuses to give up after being rejected several times, would you think such a person is stupid?”

“Although it is not the same as mine, I will not laugh at him, maybe because my love is not deep enough, so I can’t do like him… But if the person you said really does that level, I think I really love each other so much that I can even give up my pride for it.”

Brushed with ivory, gently combing the velvety blonde hair in his hands, Taputi replied softly.

“But emotional matters are unreasonable. No one stipulates that if he likes you, you have to like him as well. This can only mean that Afdomir did not pity this person, and sent the hyacinth bouquet to that person. Hands.”

Garlan turned his head subconsciously, looked through the open French window, and looked at the large swaths of hyacinths by the water in the courtyard.

The clusters of lavender flowers were bathed in the fiery sunset, and the tiny petals swayed slightly in the wind.

Afdomir, the goddess of love and beauty, was born with countless beautiful flowers, each of which has its own symbolic meaning.

Among them, hyacinth represents sad, fruitless love.

Aaron Landis will always say when comforting a broken-hearted person, you are not wrong, but Aphrodite sent a bouquet of hyacinths to your hands.

…………

It was late at night, and the Taputi magistrate had already left, and Garlan was lying on the bed, tossing about and couldn’t sleep.

He couldn’t accept Huimos, so he made a conclusion.

There can be no further progress between him and him.

He rejected Huimos again.

Huimos lowered his head, as if the scene of sitting quietly in the pool without any anger was circling in his mind, lingering.

Garlan got up and sat up, put on a coat and walked out of the room.

He stood by the pool, looking at the large patches of hyacinth by the water.

The tiny lavender flowers, gathered into a cluster, are slender and lovely, emitting a faint fragrance.

He was thinking of Hiemos, he knew that he cared, valued Hiemos, and even liked it, but it was not love.

Tapti said that there is no reason for emotional matters, and there is no right or wrong.

Therefore, he does not feel that he has done anything wrong.

But he… a little distressed.

It was like a wild and ferocious wolf dog raised by his own hands. At this moment, he looked like he was going to abandon him, squatting pitifully in the corner with his ears pulled up.

It’s a bit unbearable to make people look at it.

The night breeze was a bit cold, and it passed by the cheeks of the young man who looked at the hyacinth flowers in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a little movement on the surrounding wall not far away, and Garlan, who keenly sensed the slight noise, immediately woke up.

He increased his vigilance, turned his head and looked around, ready to call in the guards guarding the outer door at any time.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw a dark figure leaping off the high fence vigorously.

That movement is extremely proficient, and you can see that it is a veteran at a glance.

Garland: “…”

Somehow make him feel more sentimental for a while.

Also, when can Huimos, who likes to go over the walls of his palace at night, be corrected?

Before Garland could finish complaining in his heart, Heimos, who had jumped down from the high wall, had already seen the young man standing among the hyacinth flowers and walked over quickly.

His actions were so fast that before Gallan could react, he was grabbed by the wrist by Heimos who walked over.

Garlan felt that he was starting to have a headache.

He thought that he had already said that, he had rejected Huimos so many times. With such a proud character, Huimos should have given up on him long ago.

He didn’t get away from Hiemos’ hand, but sighed and said, “Hiemos, I think I have made it very clear this afternoon.”

“Ok, I know.”

“I said that no matter how long it has been, the distance between us will not change.”

“I remember that.”

Huimos answered.

“I thought for a long time, and then I got the answer.”

He said, “You said you won’t change, then you don’t need to change. Just like you said, between you and me, you can move forward without a step, but, Garland, you also said that you He won’t go forward, but he won’t take a step back either.”

“I said, but…”

What he meant was that he would not alienate Huimos, would not be separated from him.

“You didn’t say that I was not allowed to go forward.”

Gallan was interrupted by Himos in the middle of speaking.

“If you don’t move, I’ll do it.”

He looked at the boy in front of him with deep eyes and said, “I will come to you.”

“I will come to you, no matter how long.”

No matter how far, no matter how long it takes, he will walk to Garlan’s body, just like now, holding this person tightly.

He will not let go.

Because the conversation was interrupted in the middle, Gallan still opened his mouth slightly.

But he looked at Huimos, his mind was messed up, and he couldn’t speak for a long while.

Huimos held his arm in both hands and looked down at him.

Those golden-red pupils reflected his shadow, bright as if they were shining in the dark night.

Being stared at by those eyes, he felt that his heart rate was starting to be a little abnormal again.

He just wanted to say something, but he accidentally caught a little light in the distance from the corner of his eye.

Startled in his heart, he reached out and grabbed Huimos by the shoulder and pushed it down suddenly.

“Hurry up!”

He spoke quickly and quietly, pushing Hiemos down hard.

Fortunately, the large tracts of hyacinth flowers were so high that they reached a human thigh. As soon as Heimos leaned down and knelt down, his body could be hidden among the flowers.

“His Royal Highness?”

It was a maid who watched the night. She carried a lantern and stood at the corner not far away and saluted him.

“It’s so late, don’t you still have a rest?”

“Um…I can’t sleep a bit, so I went out for a walk.”

Garlan coughed slightly uncomfortably.

“There is nothing wrong here, you can go and see other places.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Seeing the maid bowed and retreated, Garlan let out a long sigh of relief.

………Um?

He suddenly felt that something was wrong.

and many more.

Why should he panic so much?

Why did he hide Huimos with a guilty conscience?

They haven’t done anything shameful–

………………

Goddess Afdomir…

In the dark, the maid leaving quickly was so excited that her hand holding the lantern was shaking slightly, and the light shook her face endlessly.

She saw… saw…

Prince Garlan, and also, His Royal Highness.

them……

…

Ah, what a beautiful scene.

Dreamlike.

In the gloomy night, they stood among the hyacinth flowers.

Shattered stars fell on the two people surrounded by hyacinths…

That is a love affair hidden in the dark.

When the wind blew, the clusters of lavender bouquets swayed gently beside the two quietly embracing each other, as if they were sighing softly…

Hyacinth, sad love, sad love that cannot be realized.

The maid clutched her chest.

Oh, goddess, I seem to feel the sad feeling of love.

Is this your arrangement?

You gave us love.

It is so beautiful, but so cruel.

So… it’s heartbreaking.

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Afdomir: I am not, I don’t, don’t talk nonsense.