Everything happened too suddenly, and Garlan was just relieved because he arrived at the port of the king city, thinking that he could finally relax completely and take a good rest for a while.
He also thought, by the way, while waiting for the return of King Kamos, he had to make a plan for the trip, and also make corresponding arrangements for his followers, female officials and others.
In this way, as long as Brother Wang nods his head, he can leave the Wangcheng without looking back and never come back.
After all, the conversation with Heimos on the ship not long ago put him under too much pressure.
Heimos looked at the deep meaning in his eyes, and even made him jump up a little.
And the phrase "I can't guarantee what I will do" said by Heimos made him feel a great sense of crisis.
If it goes on like this, if I have a girl I like in the future... With the paranoid personality of Heimos, I am afraid that something terrible will be done to that girl.
Therefore, Garland felt that he could not drag it on any longer, and he had to get away from Heimos as soon as possible.
However, he had only made up his mind not long ago, but the sudden incident at this moment suddenly made his mind a little empty.
Finally defeated the pirates and defended the city of Tozes.
Garlan still thought, after such a big victory, there must be a grand welcome ceremony when he returns to the royal city.
However, the welcome ceremony was not seen, and the rare royal knights suddenly appeared and took Heimos away in front of him without a word.
He subconsciously wanted to stop it, but was stared back at by Heimos.
At this moment, Garlan could only stand there, watching the figure surrounded by knights in fiery red armor disappear in front of his eyes.
He was speechless for a while.
The people following him seemed to be too shocked, and no one said a word for a long time.
After a while, someone next to him broke the uncomfortable silence.
"It turns out... it turns out... it's like this."
The little fat man who was stunned by this development widened his eyes and stuttered when he spoke.
"I just said how could he rush over so early, that's impossible, I didn't expect, Ju, it's actually..."
He stammered, and the blond knight on the side rarely sank.
Kaihos said nothing, frowned, and his eyes showed a bit of complexity.
[Without the permission of King Kamos, stealing military charms to mobilize the army... ]
Garlan didn't speak, but his fists hanging by his side were clenched tightly.
He had asked Heimos twice why he was able to come so early, but Heimos used 'I have my own way' to perfunctory it.
At that time, Heimos spoke lightly and his face was calm, so he didn't think much about it.
He never imagined that Huymos would do such a dangerous act anyway.
... just to lead the troops to save him.
…
…
The ease of returning to the palace was swept away by what happened just now. Garlan reluctantly said a few words to the ministers and nobles who greeted him, and let them go.
He went back to his palace with a heavy heart, and it was no surprise that his female officer Tapti was already waiting outside.
It's just that Tapti always greeted his return with a smile when he came back in the past, but this time, although she still maintained a calm appearance, she didn't have a lot of smiles on her face, as if there was something mind.
"Your Highness, you are finally back."
When she said this, her tone was as if she was sighing deeply.
"Tapti, what happened?"
As soon as Garlan returned to the depths of his bedroom, he screened the others away, leaving only Kaihos in the room.
Then, he asked Tapti directly.
After all, they left the royal city for a long time. What happened during this period of time, only Tapti, who stayed in the royal palace, knew the whole story.
"His Royal Highness, Prince Heimos may be in big trouble."
"Because of stealing weapons without authorization?"
"Looks like you already know a little bit, but it's not that simple..."
Tapti nodded, then shook his head again.
She thought for a moment, as if thinking about what to say.
After a while, she explained everything.
At the beginning, after flying for a day and a night, the black eagle Anu brought the news that the city of Tozes was attacked by pirates and was in urgent need of reinforcements back to the king city.
King Camos is out in battle.
Prince Heimos sits in the royal city.
After receiving Garlan's letter of request for help, he immediately convened a meeting of several ministers and nobles, as well as several military generals, requesting that the army be mobilized immediately, and he would lead him to Tozes City for rescue.
Although everyone at the time had no objection to the rescue of Tozes City, the military general shook his head and rejected Prince Heimos's request to mobilize the army.
The reason is very simple. All the legions of Aaron Landis are directly under King Camos, and only King Camos has the right to mobilize the army in one sentence.
If King Camos is not there, there is only one way to mobilize the army, and show the military charm.
Aaron Landis' talisman has two pieces.
Carved from lapis lazuli, a symbol of the sky, one was carried by King Camos, and the other was closely guarded in the deep palace.
That piece of lapis lazuli military talisman hidden in the palace can only be taken out and given to others to use with the will of King Kamos.
Without a military talisman, the generals of the military would never dare to let Prince Heimos mobilize his army.
They cannot afford to deploy troops without the permission of King Camos.
Therefore, although they know that they are now sending people to the eastern border to obtain the will of King Camos, and after a delay of two or three days, the city of Tozes will fall, but they still refuse the prince's order.
However, what everyone did not expect was that Prince Heimos actually took out the lapis lazuli military amulet in public in the council hall.
According to Heimos, when King Camos left the royal city to go to the border to fight, just in case, he handed him the military talisman in advance, so that he could act cheaply when he encountered important things.
Since Prince Heimos is holding a military talisman, the generals have no objection.
Heimos acted very quickly. Almost late that night, he left the royal city with tens of thousands of cavalry and rushed to the city of Tozes.
At the same time, the Royal Navy Fleet, which had been ordered to go out, also quietly set sail in the middle of the night, heading for Tozes City.
Heimos was moving too fast.
In order to prevent the news of the war from causing confusion in the royal city, the news was blocked again.
Therefore, when Heimos left the royal city, many people still didn't know what happened.
It wasn't until the next day when the court discussed that everyone couldn't see Prince Heimos, and it didn't feel right.
At this time, a team of royal knights in flaming red armor suddenly appeared in the courtroom and announced the guilt of Prince Heimos to everyone.
"Crimes?"
Hearing this, Garlan couldn't help interrupting Tapti's words.
Tapti nodded with a complicated look.
"Yes, guilt."
Her voice was very low.
"They say that Prince Heimos killed the two royal knights who were in charge of guarding the talismans and stole the talismans."
"impossible!"
Garland's first reaction was to refute.
He shook his head vigorously and said, "Heymos can't do that!"
If Heimos stole the amulet, he would still believe it.
However, to say that Heimos killed the royal knight - he would never believe it! Heimos couldn't have done something so stupid.
There was also a look of doubt on the face of the Tapti female officer.
"I don't really believe that Prince Heimos would do such an obvious stupid thing... But the Royal Knights seem to have decided this."
"… "
Garland pursed his lips and said nothing.
And Kaihos, who was listening, opened his mouth after pondering for a while.
He said: "Prince, just stealing the amulet, and killing the royal knight guarding the amulet and then stealing the amulet... The nature of these two things can be said to be very different."
The former can be big or small. In the final analysis, it is just something that can be characterized by a word from King Camos. As long as King Camos comes back and punishes it symbolically, it can pass.
And the latter... that nature is much more serious.
King Kamoz's knights of the guard are regarded as the sword in the king's hand, and they follow him to fight south and north.
The royal knights symbolize the dignity and power of the king and guard the royal city.
It numbered less than a hundred, but it had a very long history in Aaron Landis, and they have been there for generations.
The Guards have to fight on the battlefield, so only the strong are eligible to enter the Guards. The criteria for the selection of members of the Royal Knights is not force, but loyalty to the king.
Each of the knights regards honor as their life. When they enter the royal knights, they will swear before the statue of Shamash, cut off all ties with their relatives, never marry or have children, and serve Asia wholeheartedly. King Lelandis.
The purpose of their existence is to protect the throne.
In other words, killing the royal knight is equivalent to provoking the kingship.
It could even be said that this was an act of rebellion.
Even King Camos can't cover up Heimos in this matter.
Because doing so is equivalent to King Camos denying the majesty of his own kingship.
Just then, the little fat man Tal ran in.
"Your Highness, I heard!"
He panted, "Prince Heimos is imprisoned in the dungeon of the Royal Knights!"
Garland was silent for a moment, then got up.
"No matter what, he ended up this way because of me, and I can't just let it go."
His eyes swept across the crowd, and he said in a deep voice, "In any case, I have to see him first and ask things clearly."
…
The station of the Royal Knights is located in the depths of the palace, a slightly remote place where few people go.
It was a large palace that looked like a temple.
All the royal knights lived in it, they strictly demanded themselves, lived a life of incomparable self-discipline, and were not moved by external things.
In addition to performing their necessary duties, they are dedicated to hone and improve themselves, with little contact with the outside world. However, whenever anyone has the slightest chance of offending the kingship or rebelling, they will go out.
Perhaps, only such a royal knight order can gain the trust of every king of Aaron Landis in all dynasties.
When the prince, Garlan, came to the temple of the royal knights, the knight who came to greet him bowed slightly and saluted him with a blank face.
His attitude towards Garlan was not much different from his treatment of others, just as they had been able to imprison Prince Heimos, who was a prince, in a dungeon without hesitation.
The status of the Royal Knights is detached.
In this world, they only follow the orders of two people.
King Aaron Landis, and the Crown Prince of Aaron Landis, who is fully confirmed as the next king.
The status of the prince did not make them feel daunted.
You must know that in the thousands of years of history of Aaron Landis, there are not a few princes who died at the hands of the royal knights in order to rebel.
Regarding Garlan's request to see Heimos, the almost expressionless knight commander thought for a while, nodded in agreement, but did not allow Kaijos, Tarr and others to follow along.
Afterwards, he took Garlan through the wide hall and walked to the depths of the hall.
There is an oval-shaped stone opening that slopes into the ground.
The knight commander took Garlan down the sloping stone steps. Along the way, apart from the sound of footsteps, he made no sound, like a silent stone sculpture.
With a click, the lock was opened.
Garlan pushed open the iron door, and as soon as he entered, he saw Heimos.
In the dimly lit dungeon, although it is still clean and tidy, it is still a simple dungeon.
In that prison, there was nothing but a narrow slate bed.
The black-haired youth sat quietly on the ground with his back against the wall.
One of the slender legs stretched forward and the other stood up.
He put one hand on his bent right knee and lowered his head slightly, wondering what he was thinking. The fine black hair scattered down to block his face, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.
The sound of the door opening alarmed Heimos, who seemed to be thinking. He raised his head and saw Garlan, and the corner of his lips twitched.
"You came."
He says,
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Heimos's tone was extremely certain, as if he had decided that Garlan would definitely come.
Instead, Garlan didn't know what to say for a while.
He hesitated, then took two steps forward, kneeling half-kneeling in front of Heimos.
"Give you."
Garlan stretched out his hand, holding a small cloth bag on his palm.
He told Heimos: "The pills I have made, remember to take them sooner or later."
Heimos froze for a moment, then laughed dumbly.
He probably didn't expect that, the first sentence that Garlan said when he came over was actually this.
Although he laughed, he still reached out and took the small cloth bag.
He said, "Okay."
He said yes, looking at Garlan with golden red eyes.
Even in the dim light, there was still an indescribably gentle gleam in his eyes when he looked at Garlan.
Garland opened his mouth.
He had a lot of things he wanted to ask, but because there were too many things he wanted to ask, he blocked his throat in a mess, making him speechless.
He was at a loss for a while, and for some reason, he suddenly couldn't help asking the question he didn't intend to ask.
He asked Heimos: "Why did you do this?"
Why do you want to do this
And... to do this
Garland was confused.
He had always thought he knew Huymos well.
But now, he felt that he didn't understand Heimos at all.
A hand reached out and touched the confused-looking boy's head.
The fingers wrapped in snow-white bandages wrapped around the golden hair, and the fingertips sank into the depths of the hair.
"Because you were waiting for me."
said Heimos, in an understatement.
One sentence, six words, simple.
Of course.