A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 174. Chapter 174

Irmia, a city located to the northwest of Aaron Landis.

It is located in the plateau area down from the high mountain area to the north of Aaron Landis, which is quite far away from the king’s city.

Aaron Landis is used to strict class status, and the nobles consider themselves noble and rarely marry with a class lower than them. Even among the nobles, they are divided into superior nobles and lower nobles.

The brown-skinned superior nobles belong to the higher races. Although they will marry the women of the lower nobles as side rooms, in order to maintain the pure blood of the higher races, they will only marry women who are also superior nobles as the main room.

Some of the superior nobles are particularly stubborn about this kind of thing, and they hate the confusion of their noble blood.

Because of this, the city lord of Irmia became a famous lover among the aristocratic class of Aaron Landis.

As a superior nobleman and even with a bit of royal blood in his ancestors, he actually married a female of a lower nobleman as his wife, and loved her very much, and he had only one wife in his life.

This incident caused an uproar in the superior aristocratic circle. Many people were full of emotion at his behavior.

Generally speaking, people who laugh at it still make up the majority.

Especially when the first child born after the marriage of the city lord inherited the blood of his mother, when he was all white, it attracted a lot of ridicule from the superior nobles.

The lord of Irmia has always been very fond of his beautiful wife, so that she can bear the ridicule of others.

However, for this child who gave him great hope and disappointed him, he did not have so much patience.

He felt that this child who had obviously inherited the blood of the lower-level nobles was not qualified to inherit the position of his city lord.

Disappointed, under the strange eyes of others, he was rather indifferent to his child, and even a little dissatisfied with the wife who gave birth to the child.

Perceiving the dissatisfaction of her husband, the wife of the city lord, who lived completely by her husband, fell into panic, and became disgusted with the fair-skinned child who caused her to lose her husband’s favor.

She handed the child directly to the nanny, ignored her, caring for her body wholeheartedly, and wanted to quickly have another child to grab her husband’s heart.

So, soon, she became pregnant again.

What makes her extremely grateful to the gods of Aaron Landis is that this time, the child she gave birth to inherit the blood of her husband, not only has the brown skin that symbolizes the higher race, but even the appearance is very similar to the city lord.

From birth, the child was happily held in his arms by the city lord, and he couldn’t put it down. He named him’Xinyas’, which means’a person blessed by mountains and water’.

At the celebration of the child’s full moon, he directly announced in public that the brown-skinned child was his future heir.

It was completely different from the birth of the eldest son and the desertedness at the full moon. Under the orders of the city lord, the entire city of Irmia celebrated for three days and three nights.

These two children with the same parents but completely different destinies grew up like this.

As the eldest son, Gallan was not treated harshly by his rich life, but he was treated coldly by his parents since he was a child.

The father is okay. Although he is not close to him, he still fulfills his duties as a father and sends someone to take care of him and teach him. But his mother rarely had a good face to him, perhaps because seeing him reminded me of the most difficult time when she was worried and uneasy, and she even disgusted him a little.

She pampers and cares for her youngest son, but is stingy to give her eldest son a little warmth.

When Galan was young, he envied his younger brother being able to act like a baby in his mother’s arms and wanted to grab his mother’s hand, but as soon as he got close, his mother would frown immediately and ordered the nanny to take care of him. Take away.

When he grew older, he understood his mother’s eyes, and no longer tried to approach the woman who had his mother’s name but hated him.

In Aaron Landis, the suffix of the name is “S”, which symbolizes praying to the gods and asking them to protect this son.

Many aristocrats named their beloved sons with’Si’ on the suffix, praying to the gods to protect their children.

Gallan.

It means’sunny day’, that is, he was born on a sunny day.

Other than that, there is no other intention.

Children are very sensitive, and they can feel the hearts of people more easily than adults.

From a very young age, Garlan had understood that his parents only saw his younger brother. He had learned to stay aside obediently, no longer trying to get close to his parents and thirsting for their love.

Later, King Camos summoned children with collateral royal blood in the country.

His parents were unwilling to send away their favorite young son, so he was sent to the palace.

Later, unexpectedly, he was chosen by King Camos to become the younger brother and the prince of Aaron Landis.

The child who was coldly treated by his biological parents was favored no less than anyone else in the brother Wang, who was not related to him by blood.

During the period after Galan was officially established as the king’s brother, his father, the lord of Irmia, successively asked King Camos to let Galan go back. The family was reunited for the last time. This request was After investigating the refusal of King Camos, who had been through Garlan’s childhood, he once again requested that he be allowed to come to the royal city to meet his children.

Because the hereditary city lord could not go to the royal city without the permission of the king.

King Camos directly told Galan about the matter and asked Galan for his own opinions.

At that time, Gallan shook his head and refused his biological father’s request.

King Camos who got Garlan’s answer nodded and sent an envoy to Irmia. I don’t know what King Camos asked the envoy to say to the city lord. From then on, the lord honestly never dared to contact Gal again. Lan it.

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As for his younger brother, Gallan still remembers.

His younger brother was only two years younger than him. When he came to Wangcheng, he was only about seven years old, and his younger brother was only five years old.

At that time, the younger brother was just a small, soft ball.

Unlike his parents who were indifferent to him, the younger brother seemed to be very close to him and liked to stick to him.

He still remembered the little child grinning, pulling the corner of his clothes and trying to run behind him.

Although the birth of this younger brother who completely inherited his father’s appearance took away all the favors of his parents, Gallan did not hate this younger brother.

Because he knew that even if Xinyas was not born, his parents would not like him.

Moreover, his younger brother was born thin and thin, and when he was born, he was a small group like a cat.

Later, when he grew up, he couldn’t help the wind. He was a bit shorter than him. His body was thin and thin, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind. After a few more steps, he started to pant, and a small face blew cold. The lips became pale and pale.

He looked nervous, let alone regarded him as a mother with eyeballs.

Because of his frailty, his mother kept his younger brother tightly guarded and airtight. He had never stopped all kinds of tonics since he was a child.

She also tried to prevent Xinyas from getting close to him, as if to prevent him from killing Xinyas for inheritance, but Xinyas was very clingy to him. Hearing that he was leaving, Xinyas burst into tears. At the end of the day, he was out of breath from crying, and fell ill with another fever, terrified his mother.

Because of this, he was severely reprimanded by his mother’s face.

This is all Garlan’s memories of Garlan’s childhood.

Next, what Garlan personally experienced was that he refused to let the incompetent city lord father come to see him.

The child was ignorant, but he knew very well in his heart that the city lord suddenly changed his attitude towards him, but it was only because he became a prince.

He didn’t intend to have anything to do with the extremely eccentric parents of’Gallan’, so he naturally rejected it unceremoniously.

It’s just that, five years ago, the lord of Irmia passed away unexpectedly. He was his father by blood, so Galan eventually went to Irmia.

There, he met his mother by blood, as well as his younger brother Xinyas.

The woman’s face was the same as he remembered, a little more haggard and uneasy, but because of the extraordinary beauty, it made people feel more and more pitiful.

She hugged the baby in her arms tightly and looked at her strange eldest son with a defensive look.

Gallan didn’t care about this woman, just focused on the child in her arms.

I haven’t seen him in a few years. Xinyas, who has just turned ten years old, still has the thin and small appearance in memory, with sparse hair, thin arms and legs, like bamboo poles, which can be broken with a little effort.

No matter how you look at it, he is a sickly child.

The child looked at him eagerly, with longing in his eyes, as if he wanted to come over and talk to him, but was held tightly by his mother like a lifesaver, unable to move, just looking longingly with his eyes. he.

The woman’s defensive attitude towards him was too obvious, and Gallan had no affection for her. He only planned to stay in the city for one night and leave the next day.

What he didn’t expect was that that timid looking younger brother would sneak over to look for him at night.

Obviously he was only two years younger than him, but he was thin and weak by a head shorter than him. As soon as he got closer, he could smell the faint smell of medicine on the child, as if he was soaking in a pot of medicine.

“……elder brother……”

That night, the child timidly tugged at the corners of his clothes and called to him weakly and quietly.

“I miss you… brother…”

The child’s eyes were full of expectation when he looked at him, and it was unbearable to break, so Gallan touched his head and smiled at him.

As soon as the child’s eyes lit up, he immediately laughed happily.

“Brother~~”

He shouted sharply.

However, he only had time to shout, and the maids who were chasing after hearing the news took him back in a panic.

Later, Gallan heard that the woman would lose her temper and cry as long as Xinyas left her sight.

When Gallan set out to leave Irmia City, the woman naturally did not come to send it off. Of course, Xinyas, who was staring at her closely, would not be able to show up.

However, on the way back to Wangcheng, the face of the child who pulled his short robe and shouted at his brother timidly lingered in his mind.

Also, when the maid who was chasing back took him back, the child passed the maid’s shoulders and looked at him with wide eyes and small pale mouth.

That appearance is really pitiful.

Galan thought for a while, and after returning to the city, he asked King Kamos to send a highly skilled physician to Irmia.

Although he has no feelings for his blood-related parents, there is nothing wrong with that child. When he was very young, he knew that he was protecting his brother, but his body was too weak and he couldn’t do many things.

After all, that was also his younger brother in previous lives.

Rounding up, he can barely be regarded as his brother…

After the doctor who had been sent back, he reported to Gallan that he was rarely angry.

The doctor said that the reason why the child was so thin was not because of illness, but because he had been very little active since he was a child, and he continued to take medicine.

Because too much decoction is taken, the child has a bad appetite, eats less, and doesn’t move, and naturally suffers from severe malnutrition.

The doctor also frowned and said that if this continues, the child will not live for ten years, but when he said this to the widowed city lord’s wife, the wife cried and said that Prince Garland wanted to harm him. The child, definitely uneasy and kind, wanting to take away the position of the city lord, etc., why would he refuse to stop the drug for the child, and even more vigorously lock the child in the house to prevent him from going out.

The doctor really couldn’t persuade him, and in the end he was helpless and had to return to the city to report to the prince.

Are you uneasy and kind?

At that time, Garlan, who was angry, chuckled.

He turned his head and went to find Xiemuer. He asked for two priests of Shamash from Xiemuer’s men. He went to ask Brother Kamos and borrowed a few loyal officials who were good at managing political affairs. Finally, Let the Taputi magistrate recommend an old lady with a strong temper.

Then, he sent all these people to Irmia.

As soon as the old female officer took the shot, she used the identity of King Camos to pin down the city lord’s wife who had a lot of straw in mind except for her beauty.

The two priests of Shamash unceremoniously took the young Irmia City Lord from his mother, and used compulsive means to gradually exercise the thin child and teach him martial arts.

And those officials naturally took care of the city’s political affairs sincerely and patiently taught the young city lord. They all knew that sooner or later they would have to return to the political center of the royal city to go further, so there was no possibility of greed for power in the city.

After all this was done, Gallan received a letter from the old lady officer not long after.

The letter said that everything is in order. Please don’t worry about the prince. The lady of the city lord used to be superior to her because of her own status. She didn’t dare to disobey her. Now that they represent the king, she dare not make trouble. I can only shrink in the room every day, crying mournfully, and dare not say a word.

Seeing this news, Garlan felt that he was in a much better mood.

Sent with the old lady’s letter, there was also a text message with immature handwriting.

It was a letter written by Xinyas, in which he said that he did not like to eat, but the two priests sent by his brother always let him eat a lot.

Xinyas asked him cautiously in the letter, would he eat well so that he could see his brother in the future?

Upon reading this letter, Gallan couldn’t help but see the thin child looking at him eagerly.

He was actually not sure whether he would meet with Xinyas in the future, but after thinking about it, in order to make the child obediently, he still replied in a coaxing tone.

Gallan wrote back to Xinyas and said that as long as he eats well, and when he grows tall and strong, he is allowed to come and see him.

That was Gallan’s last memory of his blood brother.

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At this moment, Gallan opened his eyes wide and looked at the strong man in front of him, who looked like a little calf. His mind went down for a while, and he couldn’t recover for a long while.

He had said that…when he is tall and strong, he can come to see him.

However, there is a limit, right?

Thinking back to the sick and weak child in my memory who was so thin that he fell by the wind and shorted his head, and then look at the strong young man holding him tightly at this moment.

The sturdy limbs, the well-developed muscles, and the height of half a head taller than him…

Garland felt like he saw the priests of Shamash who prided themselves on being strong and powerful.

…

Ah, it is indeed the result of the teachings of the priests of Shamash.

“…Xinyas?”

“Well, it’s me, brother, I miss you so much!”

“You have changed so much…”

It’s more than big, it’s like two people.

Gallan once again remembered the shock he felt when he saw King Camos, who was still a handsome young man in this life.

“Yes, thanks to the two priests you sent, brother, who taught me how to grow tall and strong, because you said, brother, only then did you let me see you.”

The big black dog-like brother laughed stupidly, watching Gallan’s eyes bright, and he could almost see a large fluffy tail behind him shaking vigorously at Gallan.

“Look, brother, I’m already very tall and strong.” He raised his hand and gestured on his head, “Higher than you—”

Garland: “…”

The younger brother, who was heartbroken as soon as we met, didn’t want it.

Probably his speechless expression was too obvious at the moment. The tough face of the boy who had a brilliant smile on his face suddenly collapsed, and the invisible tail behind him seemed to wilt.

He suddenly released the hand holding Garlan, and took a step back, with both hands hanging in the air with some embarrassment.

“Brother, don’t you… don’t like me like this?”

He raised his hands, took a step back, and looked at Gallan’s eyes with a trace of anxiety, his face still a bit at a loss.

He remembered the act of rushing over without saying a word just now, with an annoyed look on his face.

Originally, the Raya priest had repeatedly taught him the etiquette of seeing the crown prince many times, and told him that even if he is a brother, he is now a monarch and minister, and he must first salute his brother after he comes in.

But when he saw his brother who had been thinking about it for a long time, he was so excited that he forgot all the things that the Raya priest had taught him, and rushed over to hug him without even thinking about it.

… Does your brother think he doesn’t understand manners, so he doesn’t like him?

Thinking of this, the young man’s brain shuddered.

“I’m sorry, brother, it’s not… Your prince, I was rude, I apologize to you, I’m just so excited, uh… because I can finally see you… I thought about it for a long time.”

Irmia’s young city lord looked awkward and whispered, “You don’t like it, I won’t do that in the future.”

Regarding the behavior of this younger brother, Garlan was indeed a bit speechless at first.

Brother Wang said it was a surprise for him, and Garlan felt that it was more like a shock.

To him, this so-called younger brother is just like a stranger, but now suddenly appears in front of him, and he is too enthusiastic about him, which naturally makes him feel uncomfortable.

However, his younger brother immediately noticed his face, immediately let go of his hand, and took two steps back.

At this moment, the look of standing there cautiously looking at him with shrunken hands and feet, as if it coincided with the look of the skinny child who looked at him eagerly five years ago.

Gallan sighed softly in the bottom of her heart.

Although the body shape has changed, it seems that he hasn’t grown up much inside.

Thinking about this, he once again looked at the big brother who was half his head.

He suddenly said: “Squat down.”

Xinyas, who was thinking anxiously whether his elder brother didn’t like him, hadn’t reacted yet, and his body had subconsciously squatted down obediently.

Xiemuer next to him: “…”

Other onlookers: “…”

Even if he is young, he is the lord of a city anyway.

Gallan looked at the young man squatting in front of him. Although his body was strong, his face was still a bit childish. At this moment, the young man looked up at him, his face full of anxiety.

He smiled, and reached out to touch the dark brown curly hair of the squatting teenager.

“You’re grown up, Xinyas.”

He smiled at his brother and said,

“You are very obedient, and you keep your agreement with me well.”

He wrote back that year, but sympathized with the child who was raised up by that stupid woman, and coaxed the child to get better soon, but he didn’t expect that the child had put his coaxing words to the bottom of his heart.

In just five years, he has been able to change from the original look of fragility to the present look of tall and strong. It can be seen that this child must be working very hard to realize the promise to meet him.

“You worked hard and did a good job.”

Gallan touched his head and smiled in praise of him.

The squatting boy looked up at Garlan, his eyes sparkling.

He remembers that five years ago, when he broke his mother’s will for the first time and ran to find his brother secretly, his brother also touched his head and smiled at him.

“Okay, stand up.”

He patted Xinyas on the head again, Gallan said.

The hand that touched his head left, the big black dog of Xinyas wagged his tail vigorously and stood up. He leaned at Garlanle for a long time and suddenly remembered something.

“By the way, the Raya priest said that when we meet, we must congratulate my brother on your becoming the crown prince. I forgot again.”

“Actually, I have asked your Majesty to come to the Royal City since the beginning of this year, but your Majesty has never agreed.” He said aggrievedly, “It wasn’t until this time that your elder brother became the crown prince. His Majesty allowed me to come to the Royal City for an audience.”

Gallan found that the child seemed to be lacking in his brain.

Speaking of which, ordinary people really can’t do such a thing honestly with that sentence of coaxing a child as a promise, but the child does it stubbornly.

Too honest and honest.

He thought, it seemed that it was necessary for Xiemuer to inquire carefully about the two priests of Shamash who had been sent to Xinyas.

“His Royal Highness, it’s almost time for us to leave, the trainer is still waiting for us.”

A guard came over and whispered to Huimos, who had been watching quietly next to him.

Huimos looked at the brown-skinned boy who was grinning nonstop at Garland, frowned without a trace, and then shook his head.

“You take Anu back, and the training this afternoon is cancelled.”

He said,

“I’m staying here for something.”

“Yes.”

Xiemuer and others left first, and Huimos found an excuse to stay.

Perhaps it was because Xinyas was very excited when he finally met the brother who had been thinking about it.

For the whole afternoon, I followed Garlan, like a big tail. While following Garlan, he kept talking about his own affairs in the past few years.

It’s like a ignorant child, harassing his elder brother a lot.

Kaihus looked at the young man who followed Garlan, and then glanced at Heimos on the other side from the corner of his eye.

Hiemos sat there quietly, his eyes down, his expression indifferent, as if he was reading a book.

Kayhus chuckled in his heart.

Pretend, you continue to pretend to be calm.

The unpleasant breath emanating from the whole body couldn’t be suppressed.

Now you know how King Camos was in the mood when you stuck to Prince Garland?

In a blink of an eye, it was time to rest, and Kaihuos resigned to Garlan, and was responsible for sending the young city lord back to Xiemur by the way.

Glancing from the corner of his eye, he clearly saw that Heimos, who had also stood up, had a slight improvement.

The big boy stood at the door and looked at Garlan reluctantly. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gathered up the courage and whispered to Garlan, “Brother, can I sleep with you at night…”

Gallan hasn’t answered yet.

Kaihus hadn’t reacted yet.

Huimos had already stepped forward, stretched out his hand blankly, grabbed Xinyas by the back collar from behind, and dragged him out abruptly.

“Wait, wait, let go of me, brother—”

Xinyas danced and struggled, but couldn’t get rid of Heimos’s hand, so he could only be dragged out of the gate.