A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 51. Chapter 51

The sky is gloomy, the sun has set below the horizon, the earth is dimmed, and the lights of thousands of families are lit up in this huge city.

In a hidden room, a man sits on a black seat studded with gems, gently rubbing the jade ring on his thumb with his fingers, while talking to a man kneeling in front of him.

“My lord, things are going very well.”

The kneeling man whispered.

“According to the plan, secretly provoke the two gangs, let them quarrel and cause chaos. Our people have successfully encouraged those little ghosts to do that, and things have been secretly sent into the palace… See the result you want.”

“This time,’that person’ is dead.”

“At that time, no one will notice, and will think that it is just an accident caused by the struggle between the children, and the blame will also fall on the’ignorant’ Prince Garland.”

“very good.”

The man in the seat nodded in satisfaction.

He said, “Good job.”

He turned his head and looked over the window, looking into the distance, looking in the direction of the royal city.

The gaze he stared in that direction was gloomy, revealing a deep color of disgust.

“Keeping that damn bastard alive will only cause me more trouble.”

The extreme hatred for that bastard made this man who has always been proud of being a royal sideline and paid great attention to demeanor and language spit out vicious curses at this moment.

He looked at that direction with a gloomy look, his stern eyes seemed to see the existence that disgusted him through the sky, and he made a sound like a curse.

He said coldly, “That little bastard… he should have died long ago.”

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Tal, the little fat man, has been very depressed recently.

Originally, that day, His Highness Gallan said that he had a good relationship with him (to make up for it by himself), which made him very happy. But it didn’t take long before he discovered that more and more people were coming to his Royal Highness’s side.

Taer is actually very self-aware. He knows that he has almost no strengths and can’t do anything. Therefore, when so many people come to please His Royal Highness Gallan, he is immediately anxious, for fear that his position in front of the palace will be suppressed by others.

What made him breathe a sigh of relief was that although more and more people were pleased with His Highness, His Highness was gentle towards anyone, but that kind of gentleness was faint, and it seemed that he did not have a special affection for anyone.

Hmph, don’t think he doesn’t know.

Those people who came to please His Highness all wanted to be His Highness’s followers.

However, the followers of His Royal Highness are not something anyone can do.

So far, in addition to the knight knight, only the self who was appointed by His Highness to accompany him is barely qualified to be called a follower of His Highness.

However, the little fat man still has a sense of crisis.

Although His Royal Highness did not accept new followers, but one day, Bao Qi, someone who was powerful or who would please His Highness appeared… Then his position would be unstable.

No, he must find a way!

So Taer, who had a sense of crisis, jumped up and down even harder. He is a chubby little fat man who looks a little stupid, and he himself is flexible and has a sweet mouth. During this time, he has already got a familiar face among the maids and guards in the palace.

The little fat man seemed harmless to humans and animals, and he didn’t have a high sense of presence, so almost no one would guard him. Based on this, he secretly sniffed and heard a lot of weird gossips, and then ran to Garlan’s place, taking these gossips as jokes to Garlan, sometimes some The very strange news really made Garlan couldn’t help feeling funny.

Your Highness smiles so cute~~~

With such an idea, the little fat man Taer firmly took this incident as his career to carry forward, vowing to become the pistachio of His Highness, making His Highness laugh every day.

It is said that that evening, just after the time for eating, he ran to Garlan again, ready to tell Garlan a big news.

Compared to Tar’s mental appearance, Gallan looked a little sluggish and couldn’t hold his energy.

Because he would have that terrible dream every night in the past few days. He couldn’t sleep well at night, and he couldn’t tell others why he couldn’t fall asleep. He could only find a reason to fool it.

Therefore, when Tael was looking for him excitedly, Garlan lay on the jade lounger, looking listless.

“His Royal Highness, let me tell you that something good will happen soon—”

“Yes.”

Garlan hummed lazily, still wondering what to do if he continues to have nightmares tonight.

“I know you are very upset lately. That prince Huimos is always aiming at you. He must be deliberate and will embarrass you no matter where you are…”

Tarr opened his mouth and snapped Huimos down, but there were always those words over and over again, which made Garland sound drowsy.

After telling the story of Prince Huimos, Taer approached mysteriously and whispered: “But, your Royal Highness, Gallan will have fun watching it soon. Don’t worry, someone will help you teach him a lesson. of.”

“what?”

Lesson from Huimos?

Who in this world has the ability to teach that person?

Even now, probably only a few well-known talents such as King Camos can do it, but no one who can do this will be so boring to teach an underage boy.

“Really, I hid behind and overheard what a group of Sims said. They said that they got something and they need to use that to teach Prince Huimos, so that he should not be so arrogant, and give your Royal Highness Gallan. Out of breath.”

“…??”

Garlan vaguely remembered…Sim’s group of people were only eleven or twelve-year-old children?

He sat up lazily, too lazy to say anything.

Those little ghosts wanted to teach Huimos… They were actually sent to teach people a lesson, right?

Tal moved closer, lowered his voice and continued in a very mysterious tone.

“It is said that Sim got the’devil’s blood’.”

“what is that?”

“It’s a terrible and dark thing.” The little fat man said in a tone of telling horror stories. All eroded to black.”

“It is said that it is something that the blood of the devil from hell shed on the earth becomes something. Anyone who touches it will be targeted by the devil and cursed. No matter what you do, it will be very unlucky.”

Garland: “…”

This is also a kind of superstition.

These people actually believe it? Sure enough, they are just a bunch of little ghosts.

He murmured in his heart, resting his chin in one hand, and speaking lazily.

“So they are going to get that’devil’s blood’ on Heymos? To make him unlucky?”

“Yeah! They said it was hard to get it!”

Taer nodded excitedly.

“I also saw’devil’s blood’ when I was eavesdropping beside me.”

The chubby face wrinkled into a bun when he said this, showing a very uncomfortable look.

“I can’t tell… It just feels very disgusting… It’s really dark, very dark, and very sticky, making it uncomfortable for people to look at… Ah, Your Highness, if I see that kind of thing, will I be okay? Will be cursed, will it be unlucky for these two days?”

Gallan was amused by Little Fatty’s bitter melon face.

“How is it possible, there is nothing that would be unlucky at first glance.”

Tarr murmured unconvincingly.

“Because it looks really disgusting, and there is a pungent smell, greasy like oil, and it moves like something disgusting squirming…”

Gallan didn’t care much at all, it sounded like a prank by a group of children, I am afraid that he would only be taught a lesson by Huimos in reverse.

Fortunately, those people are jumping up and down all over the world. Although they are around themselves, they are not their own subordinates after all. They are just learning partners who study together. It is not good for them to request or restrict them. Now let them be in Huy. Moss hit a wall and suffered a big loss, and he would probably be honest.

Anyway, the group of imps wouldn’t be Huimos’ opponents even if they were together.

Thinking like this, the child who listened to Taer’s words casually turned his head, and a red light fell on his face. That was the last moment the setting sun fell on the horizon, with the fiery red light, and the traces of the burning clouds on the horizon could be vaguely seen.

He subconsciously stared at the billowing fire cloud.

Red and red…

It seems that there is a flame burning hot in the sky, it is just like the flame in his dream…

flame.

Suddenly, Garlan’s eyelids, who stared at the burning cloud, twitched fiercely.

His heart beat sharply for no reason.

[‘Demon’s blood’…]

[It’s dark…has an unpleasant pungent smell…like oil…]

Gallan’s eyes widened suddenly.

A very terrifying thought that shocked him for a moment suddenly rose in his mind.

The fire of the setting sun shines, and the burning clouds on the horizon are reflected in his golden pupils, as if in an instant, red flames hit him all over the sky.

Reflecting his pupils into a fiery red–

“…Tal.”

“Yes, what’s the matter, Your Highness~~~”

“Where?”

Gallan had already turned over to the ground, his face tense, and his breathing was short of tension.

“What? Where is what you asked?”

“Where are Sims blocking Himos?!”

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Well atrium, that is the only way back from the training ground, it is a slightly narrow road.

When Hiemos walked out of the corridor, the sun was almost sinking and the sky was dark.

There are two rows of white stone poles erected on both sides of the road. At the top of the stone poles is a shelf on which there are about two palm-sized braziers for night lighting.

Generally speaking, the street lamps used for night lighting are specially made olive oil lamps, which are more efficient and brighter. But the road in this atrium is relatively spacious around it, there are no tall buildings, and it is slightly close to the coast, so the sea breeze is relatively strong. The shrubs on both sides of this area are densely planted. Therefore, there has been a sea breeze blowing down the oil lamp and causing a fire.

After that, the stone poles here have been replaced with charcoal fire plates, so that even if they fall, they won’t burn all at once.

However, because the charcoal fire is not illuminated enough, the stone poles on both sides are closer, almost one at more than one meter.

After rigorous training on the martial arts field all afternoon, Huimos was also a little tired at the moment. He came out of the promenade and walked up the narrow road in the atrium of Vale.

The faint light of the fire plate on the stone poles on both sides reflected on his side cheeks, there were faint traces of sweat on his forehead, and a bruise on his arm was also very conspicuous.

Just as he was walking quietly by himself, a noisy sound suddenly came in front of him.

A group of teenagers about his age were facing him, walking towards him, amplifying their voices as if deliberately, talking and laughing with each other.

Hiemos frowned, and recognized that the group of guys who had troubled him last time was on the opposite side. It didn’t seem that they had met by accident now. This group of people probably came to stop him on purpose.

“Ah, Prince Hiemos.”

Pretending to have just seen Heimos, the dozen or so teenagers saluted Heimos happily, and then continued to walk over.

However, when passing by Heimos, the two teenagers holding the porcelain jar in their hands suddenly became unstable, shook them, and splashed the contents of the porcelain jar at him.

The distance between the two was too close, and the thing that was spilled was liquid again. No matter how fast Heimos reacted, he could only escape halfway.

The black liquid splashed from the porcelain jar in the hands of the young boy behind poured on him. The black liquid started from where his left arm was close to his shoulder, and went down to his left foot, almost half of him. The body is covered.

A pungent smell came out, and the dark, greasy liquid that had splashed his half of his body slowly flowed down his body.

The uncomfortable feeling on the covered skin, and the disgusting smell, made Huimos frown.

“I’m sorry, Prince Hiemos, I slipped accidentally. I’m really sorry.”

The two teenagers who poured Heimos half of their body in black liquid looked horrified, bowed their heads, and kept apologizing.

“To let your noble body be stained with’devil’s blood’ is really a death crime.”

“Oh, what can I do? People who are infected by the’devil’s blood’ will be cursed by the devil.”

“It’s hard to wash off~~~”

“It is said that it will be unlucky for a long time.”

“I’ll be targeted by the devil from now on–”

The teenagers next to him were talking in a frantic voice. They sounded like they were worried about Heimos, but they seemed to be gloating.

The young man named Sim who took the lead said even more bluntly.

“This was originally something that His Royal Highness asked us to find and intended to give you Prince Huimos. I didn’t expect it to be given to you in advance. Ah, I’m really embarrassed.” He grinned and said, “You Wouldn’t you go to King Camos to sue His Royal Highness for this trivial matter? After all, our Highness is still young, just joking with you.”

Hey Moss just frowned, turned his head and looked at the dirty black liquid on his body.

What those teenagers said was hard to wash, contaminated and would be cursed, and would be unlucky. He didn’t care at all – the level of pranksters like this kind of kid, he just felt a little annoying.

However, the name that suddenly broke into his ear caused the corner of his eye to jump suddenly, and his pupils suddenly contracted, and then he slowly relaxed.

There was no expression on his face, which was covered by most of the shadows, but his thin lips were pursed, and the lip line suddenly became sharp.

He spoke in a deep voice.

He said, “…Gallan?”

Huimos suddenly said, making Sim and the others startled.

Heymos didn’t know when he raised his eyes to stare at them, but his golden red eyes looked like the deepest night, and a cold gleam came out of his eyes, which made people shiver in his chest when he saw them.

“Yes… That’s right! This is a gift from Prince Garland!”

Although his back was hairy by Huimos’s glance, Sim still courageously answered with his neck.

“He said, it’s best for you not to show up in front of him again. Where he is, you’d better stay away.”

[This is an order from His Highness. 】

[The prince does not want you to be near him. 】

The boy’s eyes became deeper and deeper, and the lip line became sharper.

He hung his head slightly, and the fine black hair scattered in front of his eyes, casting a deep shadow on his eye sockets.

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Burning flame…

The slowly flowing dark water…

………… The young man burned by the flame…………

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The arm that Hoimos had been tied with a snow-white bandage in previous lives…

…Every life…that pair of eyes staring at him coldly…like a terrifying look in poisoned eyes…

[Sim and they say they want to help you teach Prince Huimos a lesson. 】

The blood of the devil…

[It is disgusting, and it is said that it will be cursed by the devil if it is contaminated with black liquid. 】

Do not! That is–

Gallan was running forward desperately, almost using his life’s strength.

Because he ran violently, his breathless chest seemed to explode, the little fat man who couldn’t keep up was already thrown behind him halfway through.

Sweat stayed along the corner of his eyes, seeping into his eyes, causing his eyes to sting slightly.

But he was still running forward and didn’t dare to stop.

Perhaps it was the second he stopped breathing, and that terrible dream would be staged in front of him who was too late—

If that really happened in previous lives, then this time he will stop it anyway!

Can’t let that miserable thing happen again!

Finally, in a sharp turn, the end of the corridor is just ahead.

Near the exit of the promenade, he saw Huimos and other teenagers standing on the road in the atrium.

At the moment he saw Hiemos, the corner of Gallan’s eyes twitched uncontrollably.

He saw that the half of Heimos, who was facing him, had been doused with pitch black liquid. At this moment, the viscous liquid was still dripping from the boy.

really.

He guessed right, the so-called’devil’s blood’ is black oil.

Then it was true that Hiemos was burned in his dream–

Thinking of the tragic and terrifying scene in his dream, Gallan clenched his fist.

Fortunately, caught up.

His chest that was about to explode couldn’t hold it anymore, he held on to the pillar and panted violently.

Fortunately, there is still time.

That terrible thing hasn’t happened yet.

He caught up.

Thinking so gratefully in his heart, Garlan, who took a few breaths, straightened up again and ran to Huimos and the others quickly.

However, he was a little puzzled while running forward.

…Anyway, Sim and the others have absolutely no guts to set the prince on fire…

Was it an accident?

He just wondered, ran over there, and walked down the stairs at the exit of the promenade.

Suddenly, a black shadow passed by the darkened sky.

Gallan’s eyes widened suddenly.

The sharp arrow shot from the dark flew across the night sky and was reflected in his dilated pupils.

The sharp arrow in the night shot silently from the dark, swish, and drew an arc in the air.

At the end of the arc is the brazier at the top of a stone pole.

Hiemos was standing under the stone pole–

Garlan’s mind was blank with the arrow in his eyes.

It was instinctive, or subconscious, and he rushed forward.

Chasing the trajectory of the arrow passing through the air, rushed past.

The sharp arrow galloped past the night sky.

That’s too late!

It is impossible for a person to catch up with the speed of an arrow.

Gallan’s hand stretched forward with all his strength–

With a snap, the point of the arrow hit the fire plate on the stone pole hard.

The fire plate that had been hit swayed unsteadily and suddenly fell from above.

A bright red charcoal fire fell from the overturned fire plate, and the burning fire light cut a bright mark in the dark night, and fell straight toward the boy half of his body poured with black oil.

Seeing that it will fall on the boy in the next second-

Someone rushed from behind.

Garland stretched out his hands and exhausted his life’s strength, pushing Huimos away from under the falling fire disk.

The burning coal fire that fell from the night fell on the little child.

Chis a few times.

It was the sound of burning flesh in the silent night sky.

The burning charcoal fire imprinted deep black marks on the child’s snow-white skin.

“Gallan–?!!!”

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So the previous lives are more than just burning hands.

Half of the body’s oil, the consequences of being ignited…you will know if you think about it.