A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 48. Chapter 48

“Calm down?”

Huimos handed over a glass of sweet juice, and the blond child sitting on the bed reached out to take it, holding the white jade cup in two small hands, and looked up at him.

The golden forehead was scattered around the corner of the child’s eyes. Those eyes looked red, like a red-eyed bunny. They looked pitiful and cute.

Seeing Garland sip his mouth and drink juice, while drinking, the little red nose twitched from time to time, Hiemos wanted to laugh a little.

He stood there, looked at Garlan, holding the glass of juice, and sipped it down.

“The doctor has checked it and said it’s nothing serious.”

He took the empty white jade cup and put it on the table next to him, said Huimos.

“The sun is a bit bigger today, and you have exhausted your energy, so you fainted. Just take a good rest.”

“Seeing that there is nothing serious about you, they have something to do themselves, so they left first.”

He said, an understatement.

As for King Camos and Xiemuer, they had urgent government affairs to deal with and had to leave, while Kaihus left with the doctor and arranged for the medicine. These details were played down by Huimos intentionally or unintentionally. .

Hearing what he said, Gallan didn’t ask, but tilted his head to look at him. The light of the setting sun came in through the window, shining on the child’s face, making the cheek red.

Hiemos stepped forward, leaned over the bed, and rubbed the fluffy little head with his hand.

He whispered: “Next time you feel uncomfortable, just say it early and don’t hold on.”

In his opinion, Gallan must have been exhausted because of Sheemur’s training, but stubbornly refused to say anything, and then fainted hot and tired.

He was stroking his head and being comforted, Gallan lowered his eyes, his slender eyelashes concealed the expression in his eyes.

Heimos was standing next to him. From his point of view, looking from the top down, you could see a trace of tears remaining on the corner of the child’s eye, like a light mole dotted on the reddish eye corner, inexplicably as if it had been clicked in. In people’s hearts.

As if there was a soft feather in the softest part of my heart, I clicked a little.

He heard the child speak quietly.

“Xiemuer… how is he?”

Gallan asked him.

“At that time, you stabbed him.”

Huimos hummed.

“His arrow wound split during the practice, and I didn’t have time to stop it.” He said, “The doctor also checked him just now. It’s just a skin injury. It will be fine after a few days.”

After he finished speaking, he saw Garlan exhale softly as if he was relieved.

“So…”

“Are you worried about him?” Hiemos said with a smile. “Because he always scolds you, I think you don’t like him very much.”

Gallan lowered his eyes and said nothing, pursing his lips as if thinking about something.

After a while, he suddenly lifted the thin blanket and raised his foot to get out of bed.

He said, “I want to go for a walk.”

Huimos didn’t stop him either, let him get out of bed, put on his shoes, and then accompanied him out the door and walked to the courtyard outside.

Garlan lived in a partial palace close to the palace of King Camos. It was very spacious, and there was a large courtyard with beautiful scenery outside. At this moment it was sunset, and the red light of the setting sun shone on the lush trees and sparkling lotus ponds in the courtyard, covering them with a layer of light red tulle.

The tall stone statue stands above the fountain pond, and the dripping water reveals a rainbow-like luster in the light.

It didn’t take long for Gallan to walk to the fountain pond, and the cold water drops on his face made him raise his head.

On the fountain pond, the standing star goddess Isdar held the stars in her hand, lowered her head slightly, and looked down at the earth with loving and compassionate eyes.

…That very familiar look…

Gallan’s heart beat abruptly.

Yes.

right here.

In that lifetime, he also lived in this partial palace, in this courtyard, and fell under the stone statue of Goddess Isdar.

He still remembered that at the moment of dying, what he saw, the stone statue of the goddess seemed to be looking down at his compassionate gaze…

Garlan stood there, looking up at this familiar place, motionless.

As long as he remembered that scene, he felt unable to breathe.

His brain was so confused that he couldn’t think at all.

Suddenly, his hands stretched out from the side, reached into the armpits on both sides of him, and lifted him up all at once.

The messy memory was suddenly interrupted, and Gallan turned his head in astonishment and saw that the boy who had lifted him smiled at him.

Huimos held him up and placed him on the edge of the fountain.

He smiled and said to him, “You want to sit up, don’t you?”

Before Gallan could react, he was lifted up by Huimos and sat on the edge of the fountain.

The side of the basin-shaped fountain that spreads from the bottom to the top is carved in stone, a little high, more than one meter full, almost the same height as Garlan, who was a child.

Seeing Garland standing on the edge of the fountain, looking up at the side in a daze, Huimos thought he wanted to climb up, so he lifted him up.

After putting Garlan in place, he turned around and pressed the edge of the fountain with his hand, and his body rose into the sky. As soon as he turned around, he sat up and sat beside Garlan.

The boy who jumped up and sat with one leg bent, his foot on the edge of the stone, one hand on his bent knee, and his head sideways looking at the child here.

The setting sun reflected on the young man’s face, reflecting that handsome face like a morning glow, which was indescribably beautiful.

At this moment, Huimos still has the youthful clarity and handsome aura, like the morning sun rising in the morning, full of vigor, revealing the breath of the bright life of a young man.

No one would believe that at this moment this young man, who was as handsome as a morning glow and had bright and clear eyes, would turn into such a terrifying and gloomy appearance in the future.

…Is it because of obsession with the throne?

Garlan sat on the side rail of the tall fountain pool, with her calves hanging in the air, gently dangling in the air.

He tilted his head and looked at Huimos, and suddenly said, “Huimos, you never thought about it. Did the sword I stabbed you just now actually want to kill you?”

Huimos froze for a moment, then laughed.

“kill me?”

He obviously took Garlan’s words as a joke, and continued along with these jokes.

“Do you want to kill me?”

He asked, and then supported him, jumped down, turned around, and faced Garlan who was still sitting on it.

Then, Huimos reached out and pulled out the dagger from his waist, and handed it to Garlan.

“Give you.”

The boy said with a smile, with a bit of connivance in his tone.

“Why, do you want to kill me now?”

Gallan didn’t take the dagger, but looked down at Hiemos.

Heymos, who was still only a young man, stood in front of him, looked up at him, held a dagger in one hand and handed it to him, and put the other hand on the stone fence of the fountain beside him, like a half circle. He is average.

The golden-red eyes looked at him, slightly bent, a smile oozing from the bottom of their eyes.

Heimos now probably likes him very much.

Garland thought.

Perhaps it was because of the shadows left by the previous few times that he resisted this person. Since his rebirth in this life, he has never looked at this person seriously.

Now, it was the first time that he seriously looked at the man in front of him, this young Heimos.

For the first time, he looked into Heimos’s eyes, and he finally saw the look of the boy in front of him.

A person’s eyes can’t deceive others, he can clearly see from these golden-red eyes the young man’s gaze full of trust in him, as well as intimacy.

Gallan was a little confused.

…

Is it because of that time?

That night, when Huimos fell down with a fever, he ran over and met him by accident and helped him.

Because of that time, the current Heimos is so close to him?

It’s like a young wolf with fangs and claws just full of fangs and fell into a trap accidentally. After being rescued, he approached the person who saved him affectionately.

Gallan stared at the boy in front of him.

That life flashed in his mind, also under this fountain, those golden-red eyes looked at him, as if they were poisoned with cold eyes.

For some reason, he reached out his hand, touched Hiemos’ face, and touched the slightly raised corner of his eye.

Gallan’s sudden movement made Hiemos startled. The child’s fingers had just been immersed in the water of the fountain. The fingertips were cool, but the coolness caused Hiemos’ chest to jump slightly.

This is the first time that this child takes the initiative to get close to himself.

He is in a good mood.

He took the initiative to move forward, put his face on the palm of that little hand, and raised his hand to cover Garlan’s hand.

The young man held the hand, tilted his head slightly, squinted, and gently rubbed his cheek against the palm of the little hand.

The squinted and cozy look was like a young wolf that was affectionately rubbing the hand of a close person and acting like a baby wolf.

…This future evil wolf is still very small, very young, and very close to him, likes him…

…But cubs will eventually grow into evil wolves…

Garland thought.

Suddenly, a terrible thought emerged from the bottom of his heart uncontrollably.

If this evil wolf is still a young wolf, coax him, deceive him, let him regard himself as his best friend, the closest friend.

Then, using feelings as a yoke, trapped him, and then seized the opportunity in the future to severely chop off the wolf’s claws and pull out his teeth——

Only by getting rid of this evil wolf can you survive.

“What kind of nightmare did you have just now?”

The voice rang in his ears suddenly awakened Garlan.

He hesitated and replied: “I dreamed of Sheemur and he was killed.”

Garland said so, but Hiemos reflexively believed that Garland was talking about the refugees.

In the dream, Sheemur was killed by the refugees.

“…I’m dead too.”

Gallan whispered.

With eyes down, the thin eyelashes cast a shallow shadow on the snow-white skin, and the child’s voice is soft, with some indescribable sadness, which makes people feel a little distressed.

No wonder.

Huimos thought.

Not only did he dream that his guardian was killed, but he was also killed together.

Dreaming of such a terrible thing, it is no wonder that at that time I was so scared to cry.

“Gallan.”

Huimos said that he was standing in front of Garlan, looking up at the immature face.

He stretched out his hand and held the child’s wrist, holding Garlan’s hands in both hands.

He raised his head, and occasionally a few drops of water dropped from the hand of the standing stone statue of the Goddess Isdar on the tips of his dark hair.

“Don’t be afraid.”

The voice he coaxed the child in front of him was the softest voice in his life.

Huimos thought, he is Garlan’s elder brother, this is the ever-lasting bond between him and Garlan.

As long as this bondage is still there, then it is his responsibility and his right to protect Gallan.

“With me in the future, I am very strong, and I will become stronger in the future, stronger than anyone.”

“So I won’t die, and I won’t get hurt, so I will protect you from now on.”

As Huimos said, the setting sun was about to fall into the horizon, and only the last red light remained on the ground, falling on his golden red eyes, as if it had lit a little light in his eyes.

The dim light in his eyes reflected Garlan’s figure, perhaps even he himself hadn’t noticed.

At this moment, what he said and promised is equivalent to a lifelong vow.

“Gallan, in this life, I will accompany you, protect you, and won’t let anyone hurt you.”

…………

[With feelings as a yoke, tie the neck of this young wolf, and then seize the opportunity to chop off his claws and pull out his teeth——]

…Can’t do it.

He can’t get close to this person.

What’s more, it is so despicable to use feelings as a bargaining chip to deceive.

Therefore, he can’t do it.

………………

Looking away from Huimos’ face, Gallan raised his head, and he saw the stone statue of Goddess Isdar above his head.

The stone-carved eyes looked down at him with deep compassion.

It was like that day, the last scene he saw before he died.

After taking a deep breath, Gallan lowered his head again and his eyes fell on Hiemos.

“……unnecessary.”

He said,

“I don’t need you to protect me, I don’t need you to stay with me.”

“I do not need you.”

Suddenly, Hiemos’ breathing paused slightly.

He stood there, looking at Garlan with a blank look, as if he didn’t quite understand what Garlan said.

Garlan sat there, looking down at him, and the broken fountains spilled behind him.

“Huimos, whoever fell there that night, I would help him. Even if that person is someone I hate, I would help him.”

…………

Huimos, you and I will be hostile one day.

For the throne, we are fatal enemies.

I will not forgive you.

You will not let me go.

Therefore, throughout our lives, we cannot be close friends.

…………

“You once asked me why I never called you Brother Wang… I thought you understood, but you still don’t understand it now.”

“I have been avoiding you, why can’t you see?”

“…Now, I’m tired of it, so I will tell you directly.”

The blond child looked at him, his bright eyes reflected his shadow, the tender lips, the soft voice, but he spoke hurtful language.

Children’s words have always been straightforward and straightforward, but it is this kind of straightforwardness that makes them even more cruel.

“Huimos, I hated you very much since we first met.”

Gallan raised his hand and easily pulled it out of the opponent’s hand.

He jumped down from the fountain, didn’t even look at Hiemos, and left without looking back.

The boy who was left in the same place turned his head and glanced at the back of Garlan’s departure.

His expression was faint, and he couldn’t see any emotions. But at this moment, the setting sun completely fell into the ground, so the faint light that had been reflected in the young man’s eyes the previous second also disappeared.

It seemed that at this moment, the starlight in those eyes suddenly disappeared without a trace and plunged into darkness.

[Huimos, I don’t need you. 】

【I do not want you. 】

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the first time.

Well, there are three more.