A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 96. Chapter 96

In the bright room, the skylight was opened, and sunlight came in, illuminating this spacious room brightly and warmly.

The little girl sits in the room.

Underneath is a snow-white soft bed, down and soft, and sinks into it as soon as you sit, like a white cloud. She hadn’t slept in such a comfortable bed in such a bright place for months.

The experience of the past few months is like a nightmare to her, a nightmare that she can’t wake up. But she can only blame herself for falling into this field. If she didn’t hide from everyone, she would not be caught by the pirates and brought here.

Although she is still young, she is very smart. After seeing those desperately resisting being beaten to death or thrown directly into the sea, she has always behaved very well and obediently.

No matter how disgusted she felt, she couldn’t show it.

She must live, someone must come to save her, and she must live until everyone comes to save her.

So, when she was treated as a gadget by those nasty and dirty men, she was verbally insulted, humiliated, kicked on her feet when she was upset, or even when she was dragged up like an object and exposed to countless disgusting eyes. Hold on with this belief.

In the days when the sun was not seen in the dark cellar, it was the longing for life and the expectation of returning to her homeland that made her persevere.

She must live!

Live, return to everyone, return to mother!

The little girl clenched her teeth so persistently, holding on till now.

She was sitting on the snow-white bed, with long wavy brown hair draped over her petite body, and a pair of big sapphire eyes embedded in the delicate face of her palm.

Although young, it is already like a bud in bud, showing alluring colors.

She sat quietly in this beautifully decorated room. Compared with the crimes she suffered a few months ago, she now seemed to suffer all the suffering.

However, the smart little girl knows it well.

This is the real hell for her–

She looked around for a week.

Looking at the sunshine that hadn’t been seen for a long time, her blue eyes were full of reluctance.

The sunshine that I haven’t seen for a long time will soon be invisible again.

… If it’s just physical pain, physical pain, she can endure it.

However, she must not accept the terrible things that will happen next.

Even if she was still young, she was also a proud Elson warrior.

Elson’s female warriors, even if they die, cannot become sex slaves of those filthy and ugly men.

But, in the same way, as an Elson female warrior, even if she died, she would take the enemy to hell with her!

With determination written on her little face, the little girl jumped out of bed, walked to the mirror she had just seen, and smashed it to pieces.

Picking up a small mirror fragment, she cut off two tablecloths, one wrapped around her hand and the other wrapped around the end of the diamond-shaped mirror fragment, and then held the fragment tightly in her hand.

Then, she clenched the fragment and stood at the closed door of the bedroom.

Her eyes were fixed on the door, her face was gloomy, and her eyes were horribly bright at this moment.

Before long, there were footsteps coming from outside, and the little girl breathed tightly, and her whole body became tense.

She bowed her head slightly, bent her knees slightly.

The ready-to-go posture was like a little leopard preparing to attack people.

The expression in the eyes staring at the door was extremely permeating.

With a slight click, the door was pushed open, and a long leg in jet black boots stepped in.

The little girl’s eyes drenched, and the small body rushed up almost as soon as that foot stepped in.

Taking a leap, her innate jumping power and continuous training since she was a child made her jump high in the air at that moment.

Taking advantage of the moment when the man just came in and caught off guard, she pierced the man’s throat fiercely with the fragment of the mirror in her hand.

If it is an ordinary person, when they first walk in the door unsuspectingly, it may really let the little girl succeed.

However, she is not facing ordinary people.

Almost at the same moment the girl rushed over, the blond knight who had stepped in before the foot had touched the ground reacted immediately.

The little girl thought that the sudden movement was already half a beat in his eyes. Before the fragment approached him, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the little girl’s hand.

Then, he twisted his backhand.

There was a sharp pain in the wrist twisted behind him, and the mirror fragment fell to the ground with a snap.

The little girl’s heart also fell into the abyss at this moment.

She closed her eyes in despair. No matter how strong she was, she was just a teenage boy after all.

At this moment, her tears fell uncontrollably.

She was waiting for the arrival of hell in despair.

“Kyjos.”

A voice came suddenly.

It was not like the low and unpleasant voices of men she had often heard in the past few months.

The hand behind her twisting her wrist sorely loosened.

She opened her eyes subconsciously, and the first thing that caught her sight was the golden hair hanging in front of her.

In the sunlight, bright blond hair seemed to be glowing.

One hand stretched over and grasped her pinched wrist, as if afraid of her pain, gently rubbed with fingertips.

That finger was raw, like her favorite goat’s milk.

She raised her head and saw the face smiling at her.

She was lost in an instant.

So lovely.

she thinks.

She saw the pale red lips move and made a sound.

“Emma.”

That nice voice called her a name that hadn’t been called for a long time.

“Your name is Emma, right?”

sounds so good.

She thought blankly.

…………

Extend a carved silver earring to the little girl.

Worried about intimidating the other party, Garlan spoke to her as softly and softly as possible.

“Emma, don’t be afraid, look at this.”

He let the little girl look at the earrings on her palm.

This is a token given to him by the Elson female soldier in order to gain the trust of this little girl.

“Your sister asked me to bring this to you, and she asked me to save you.”

The little girl stared at him for a long time, her eyes falling on the earring.

Suddenly stretched out her hand, she snatched the earring as if snatching it, and then held it tightly with her hands, as if she was afraid of being snatched away.

While holding the silver earrings, she raised her head again, staring at Garlan as she did at the beginning, neither moving nor speaking.

Garlan looked at the little girl who was standing still, just staring at herself.

She looked so frightened that she was silly, her eyes were red, and tears were already hanging on her cheeks.

A small face was pale and pale, and looked very pitiful.

He looked up and glanced at his knight.

Kaihus raised his hand and made an apologetic gesture.

“This is an instinctive reaction, I can’t control it myself.”

He shrugged helplessly.

Even if someone stared at him with subtle and weird eyes all afternoon and suffocated his stomach, he would not be stingy enough to vent his breath to a teenage baby.

Just now, it was purely because of the instinctive reaction of the body being attacked suddenly.

Looking at the little girl who looked at her with wide eyes and tears without blinking, Garlan subconsciously rubbed the fingerprints on her little wrist that were pinched by Kayjos, and she also had a headache.

He also has no experience in taking care of children.

He thought with a headache.

You can’t ask the maid to take care of her, because you can’t let other people know about the existence of this Elson’s little girl.

If this child burst into tears suddenly, he wouldn’t coax it.

Just when Gallan hesitated and didn’t know what to do, she watched the little girl dazedly and finally had a reaction.

She didn’t cry, but looked at Garlan with her eyes wide open.

She said, “Miss, you are so good-looking.”

Garland: “…”

Kaijos: “Puff.”

The corner of Gallan’s mouth twitched.

From the corner of his eye, he caught a wisp of long blond hair scattered on his shoulders, and sighed.

He bent down slightly, leaned over and said to the little girl, “Emma, I’m wrong. I’m not a sister, but a brother.”

“impossible.”

Emma said flatly without blinking.

“Miss sister, you lie! You can’t be a man!”

“…”

Gallan choked.

“…Why is it impossible?”

“My mother and sisters have told me that men are the most filthy and shameless in the world, who can only tell lies! Moreover, they are very ugly. All the men I met during this time told them. It’s exactly the same.”

The little girl looked at Garlan seriously and said.

“Miss Sister, how can you be a man if you are so good-looking?”

Garland: “…”

Is this complimenting him or cursing him?

Kehos: “………………”

I don’t know why I can’t laugh anymore.

Little Emma said, while staring at Kaihus with hatred.

Garlan looked at the look of hatred on the little girl’s face that shouldn’t belong to a child, and he vaguely understood.

This child grew up in Elson, and under the influence of the pure female country’s collective boycott of men, she had no favorable impressions of the legendary male.

And at this moment, after being forced to go through something like that, the child must be somewhat traumatized in her heart, and her attitude towards men is now close to disgust or even hatred.

Gallan sighed.

He touched little Emma’s head, little Emma raised her head to look at him.

His slap-sized face and big sapphire eyes are watery, looking at him eagerly, full of dependence.

It’s like a little milk cat that has been abused, and it makes people feel soft when they look at it.

“Emma, I’m sorry, I am indeed the brother.”

It’s really…

Gallan couldn’t help but complain like this in his heart.

He looked at Emma gently, and said, “But don’t worry, even if it’s a big brother, he will send you back safely.”

Little Emma looked at him, her pink mouth pursed, and she didn’t say a word, she seemed a little wronged.

At this moment, Kaihuos took a step here.

He just wanted to walk over and talk to the prince. He didn’t expect his movement. Little Emma instantly jumped up like a frightened rabbit, and shrank back behind Garlan.

She hid behind Garlan, her two small hands gripping the corners of Garlan’s clothes tightly.

That little body was even more tense, as if the hair all over his body had exploded.

It can be seen that except for Garlan, she repels anyone, especially men, from approaching.

The blonde knight, who has always had no disadvantages in front of women—except for a certain magistrate—is the first time to feel the disgust and rejection of women.

This is quite a novel experience.

Thinking like this in his heart, he glanced at the little girl who was hiding behind Prince Garland and couldn’t get out.

The little girl shrank tightly behind Garlan, he couldn’t see the look on her face.

He thought for a moment, then bowed slightly and saluted.

He said: “Then, I will withdraw first.”

“Um.”

Feeling the strength of the little girl’s grip on her clothes, Gallan nodded helplessly.

…………

After Kayhus left, only Garlan was left here, and little Emma, who had been nervous all the time, seemed to relax a little.

When Gallan told her that she would be sent to meet her sister tomorrow, she showed a little joy.

Galan touched her head, she was taken aback, and then smiled at Galan.

The fluffy wavy brown hair wraps the cute face, pink lips, and big eyes. It looks like a doll when he smiles. It is really cute.

No wonder they will be held up for auction.

When Garlan went out temporarily in order to get food, she stood in the house, looking at Garlan eagerly, like an abandoned kitten, her eyes full of dependence.

When Gallan came back, her eyes lit up faintly on the sofa, jumped down and ran over, and smiled happily at Gallan.

When Kehuos, who had been waiting for a trip, came in again, he saw Garland sitting by the window and reading in the sun, while little Emma sat beside him obediently and immersed himself in the meal.

“Kyjos.”

Garlan put down the booklet bound with parchment, stood up and greeted Cyjos.

As soon as he moved, the little girl who was still eating showed a panic expression.

She immediately put down the plate, followed by jumping off the chair, her little hand tightly grasping the corner of Garlan’s clothes, and tending to follow Garlan’s back.

That small appearance makes people feel very affectionate when looking at it.

The one-eyed knight glanced at her deeply and said nothing.

Then, he began to talk to Garlan about attending the inauguration ceremony of the Shamash Temple the day after tomorrow.

Because it is a very solemn occasion and the face of King Camos is involved, every detail must be taken seriously.

They talked for a long time. When they talked about Emma, they couldn’t help but yawn, showing a tired look. Although she was still standing, her little head was little by little, and she was about to stand and fall asleep.

Garlan noticed it, and took the sleepy little Emma into the bedroom just now and let her lie on the bed.

The little girl lay on the bed, sleeping soundly, and finally let go of the hand that was holding his clothes tightly.

Gallan, who had been followed by Emma for a whole night, finally got out, got up and returned to the living room, and closed the bedroom door.

At this time, Kaihuos took out the pile of materials that he had brought back from the outside.

“His Royal Highness, this is what the Elson warrior gave us.”

He said, “Only one third, she said, and the rest will be handed to us when she sends her sister to the ship tomorrow.”

Gallan weighed the pile of materials in his hand.

This is the message that the Elson female soldier has been tracking and inquiring about in the past few months in order to find her sister.

“You asked her to exchange these messages, do you doubt…”

The knight who had already read through the information he had obtained in advance asked tentatively.

Gallan nodded.

His mood is a little heavy.

During the day, he sent Cayjos’s guards, secretly found the beaten slave woman he saw in the harbor last time, and asked about something from her.

That woman was also snatched by pirates. According to her, there were not many people who came to Tozes in this way.

…

The women and children snatched by the pirates…Why did they appear in Tozes and be auctioned off as slaves?

“For a long time, pirates have been rampant on the coastline near Tozes, and the number is not small, and they regularly invade coastal cities. However, these pirates have invaded the prosperous Tozes not many times, even if they do, It was also quickly repelled.”

The boy said with a heavy tone.

“In the beginning, I also thought that the Tozes navy was strong enough to deter pirates in this area and prevent them from attacking.”

“But if, as Seth said, Tozes’ naval power is actually extremely empty, not much higher than other coastal cities, then why don’t the pirates attack here? Why are the pirates so vulnerable to Toze who is so weak? The Sri Lankan Navy repulsed?”

He stared at the void in front of him, and slowly spit out two words.

“unless……”

Having said this, Gallan closed his mouth tightly and did not continue.

Kaijos said nothing.

He knew what the prince wanted to say.

He could feel the heaviness of the prince’s mood at the moment, and the anger at the hidden truth.

But now they can’t do anything.

He had negotiated with the prince long ago, and was temporarily not moving during Tozes’s time.

Most of the navy is in the hands of Taka, and it is hard to say whether the city guards under the ruling government are trustworthy.

Only his guards with less than a hundred people can be trusted. Therefore, even if he is a prince, he is likely to put himself in danger if he rashly attacked Tozes.

Therefore, the best way is to return to the king’s city first, wait for King Camos to return from the battle, and then the king arranges an army that can suppress Tozes to solve Tozes’s affairs.

Gallan took a deep breath and suppressed the chaotic emotions in his heart.

He said: “After the day after tomorrow’s ceremony is over, we will set off to return to the city.”

“Yes.”

Kaihus said that he got up, but did not leave immediately, but looked at Garlan.

He said, “Prince, that little Elson girl, you better pay attention.”

“Um?”

“Although she is young, she is not as innocent as she looks.”

The knight glanced at the closed bedroom door.

“Actually, she is very smart.”

“She judged that you have a higher status than me and the ability to shelter her, so she immediately pretended to be attracted to you and trusted you to approach you, impressing you like a child, and seeking Your protection.”

He said,

“I think that her dependence on you and her fear of me in front of you were deliberately pretended.”

A child who stays in a thief’s den for several months and can live well can’t be a fuel-efficient lamp.

How can a child who can stab the shards into the opponent’s throat without hesitation can easily believe and rely on a stranger who has just met.

Garlan, who was reading the information, looked up, and his golden eyes stared at his knight.

Then he smiled.

“Kyjos, do you know what to see through but not to say through?”

Kaihus was startled.

“After going through this kind of thing, it’s natural to be guarded.”

The boy shrugged.

“I know very well that I am not an Aaron gold coin, I can be loved by everyone.”

The knight was a little dumb.

“Kyjos, I just think that during this time, the child probably has been worried about not sleeping well. So, if the child can be convinced that her disguise is working…so that she can sleep peacefully. If you have a nap.”

The young man nestled sideways on the soft recliner, continued to read the information in his hand, and picked up a strand of blond hair behind his ear, with an indifferent expression on his face.

He said it lightly.

“Then I pretend to be cheated by her, it’s not a big deal, right?”

The blond knight was in a trance for a moment.

Then he smiled dumbly and shook his head.

“Pretending to be cheated, it is indeed something that only you can do.”

He couldn’t help but sigh.

“No matter how long you are, you are still the same as when you were a kid.”

“…Are you saying that I still don’t grow up like a child?”

“Well, do you want to bring Tal with you to the ceremony in the future?”

“Don’t change the subject for me.”

“Hahaha.”

“Cure your offense–”

…

…………

The bedroom door was closed tightly, but the big bed in the bedroom was empty.

The little brown-haired girl stood quietly at the door, listening to the conversation in the hall coming from outside the door.

She hung her head, and her shaggy forehead was scattered, blocking her eyes, making it difficult to see the little girl’s look at the moment.

Only the little pink mouth was pressed tightly, revealing her uneasy mood at the moment.