The stars are bright tonight, dotted with the endless dark night sky, like a silver river running through the entire night sky.
Tapti was sitting in the room, having finished grooming, and the maid slowly retreated with a copper basin filled with hot water.
She has put on a loose and comfortable white nightgown and sat in front of the dresser. The oval crystal bronze mirror is embedded in the dresser, and the edge is wrapped by a carved pattern made of white ivory. The smooth mirror reflects the Woman elegant beautiful face.
Raising her hand, Tapti took off the hair accessory on her head and placed it on the table. A long waterfall of hair fell on her honey-colored shoulder and neck, and a few strands sank into her slightly open front.
She picked up the black-brown wooden comb and tilted her head slightly, revealing a graceful side neck. The pure gold bracelet refracted and slipped from her wrist, and she sat under the moonlight, combing her long hair carefully.
The milky white moonstone ornaments on the table reflect a faint blue luster. Among the many gems, Tapti only likes moonstones, and most of her accessories are embellished with moonstones.
It stands to reason that this time of every night is her most leisurely and peaceful time.
However, for some reason tonight, she was a little uneasy.
There was a vague feeling of unease, but she couldn't tell exactly where the uneasiness was, but she was a little flustered, as if something was about to happen.
Tapti frowned and combed his long hair a few times, but his mind was no longer on it.
Agitated, she stopped brushing her hair, turned her head, and looked outside through the half-open window.
She remembered the conversations she had with Prince Garlan before returning to her bedroom tonight.
At that time, the prince, who had just washed his hair, sat obediently by the bed and asked her to help him wipe his wet long hair.
The damp blond hair became more delicate and silky, glowing golden under the light, and slipped from her palm, the velvet-like touch she couldn't put it down.
"You are obedient today, and you are willing to sleep so early."
She smiled as she wiped the prince's hair slowly and softly.
For some reason, Prince Garlan always went to bed a little later than normal, and sometimes he didn't fall asleep until almost midnight.
She said it many times, and every time the prince listened to her obediently, but he turned his head and slept late.
She really had no way to take him.
Prince Garland is like a kitten, always in high spirits at night and snooze during the day. Therefore, it was a rare surprise that the prince obediently asked her to wash up and go to bed at the beginning of the night, which surprised her.
"Occasionally listen to what you have to say, Tapti."
Said the prince, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed.
"For so long, Tapti was worrying about me."
He turned his head and stared at Taputi with big cat-like golden eyes, "Over the years, I've been in trouble from time to time, causing you to worry about it. Don't you feel annoyed Taputi?"
Tapti laughed.
She wrapped the prince's head again with a snow-white towel warmed by the stove, and continued to wipe it a few times.
"Prince," she said with a smile. "Actually, I think it would be nice if you could be more headstrong."
"what?"
"Since I was a child, you have always been sensible, Prince. You are not as sensible as a child. Therefore, I sometimes hope that you will be mischievous like other children." Tapti smiled. Said, "It doesn't matter if you are more willful, I really hope that you will always be a little child, prince."
"… "
"Okay, prince, your hair is dry, will you rest now?"
"… Um."
"Then I'll leave first."
Tapti said with a smile, reaching out and pulling a strand of blond hair that fell in front of Garlan behind his ear.
"I hope you can have a good dream, my highness."
After she finished speaking, she turned and left while holding the wet white towel, and by the way blew out the lamp on the table.
"Tapti."
Garlan's voice suddenly came from behind and stopped her.
"What's wrong? Your Highness."
She turned back.
In the dark room, the shredded starlight fell.
The blond boy sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes curled, and he gave her a bright smile.
He said, "Good night, Tapti."
He smiled at her and said, "Tomorrow morning, I want to wear that eagle-wing headdress, okay?"
Tapti was startled for a moment, because this was the first time that Garlan offered to wear a headgear, and then she smiled and nodded.
"Understood, Your Highness."
She said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll put on the headdress you like."
…
Waking up from her memory, she remembered the smile that Prince Garlan showed her before he left.
The smiling face that is clearly familiar... But for some reason, it makes her uneasy.
Tapti sat dazedly in front of the dressing table for a long time, and finally couldn't help it. He stood up and walked to the window, looking in the direction of the prince's bedroom.
Because she is a female officer who serves Gallan, her bedroom is not too far from the prince's bedroom, and you can see it from the window.
There was no light in the room in her sight, standing quietly in the dark night, presumably the teenager inside was also immersed in dreamland.
There was no movement in the room.
Maybe I'm thinking too much.
Tapti thought so.
I'll go to bed earlier too.
However, just as she was about to look away, suddenly, the starlight in the night sky fell into the window of that room, reflecting a figure.
Tapti's chest tightened sharply.
That is definitely not the back of Prince Gallan!
Who is there
Who dared to sneak into the prince's bedroom!
Thinking of this, Tapti couldn't care less, pushed open the door and hurried over.
She ran to the prince's bedroom in a few steps and one step at a time. She slammed the door open, and at the same time opened her mouth to call for the guards to come.
As soon as she raised her eyes, the familiar and handsome face that caught her sight made her almost shouting 'come' stuck in her throat.
Over the years, she has known very well.
No matter what happened to the person in front of her, it would not hurt Prince Gallan.
... But... What is the current situation...
"Prince Heimos, what are you doing here at this time?"
She lowered her voice, with anger in her eyes.
"Where is Prince Garland?"
When Tapti broke in, Heimos, who was looking out of the window with a dazed expression, turned his head and set his eyes on the female officer.
Those golden red eyes seemed to be soaked in the dark night, much darker and deeper than usual.
He just looked at Tapti, silent, and said nothing.
There was a dazed look on that stern face at this moment.
"Prince Heimos!"
Tapti stepped forward and asked.
"… he's gone."
"!!!"
Taputy's chest twitched.
Although Heimos said this wordlessly, she somehow understood it all at once.
The smiling face of the prince who was sitting on the bed before leaving tonight flashed through her mind once again.
[Tapti, tomorrow morning, put on that eagle-winged headdress.]
This sentence suddenly appeared in his mind, Tapti moved in his heart, and hurried to the side of the room, where Prince Garlan's various accessories were stored.
She opened one of the largest golden boxes, and in the faint moonlight she saw a neatly folded sheet of pale yellow parchment pressed under the eagle's wing headdress.
Her head was a little dizzy for a while, but she took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and pulled the piece of paper out.
His eyes swept across the unfolded parchment, Tapti said nothing, turned around with a solemn expression, hurriedly left here, and ran towards the palace of King Camos.
…
Because of the piled up political affairs, the lights in King Camos's bedroom stayed on until midnight.
King Camos went to bed.
And Xie Muer did not leave, because it was too late, there were several empty rooms on the side of King Camos's bedroom, and he slept there tonight.
Anyway, it was not the first time that he stayed here, and it was not just him. For all the officials who were too busy with political affairs, King Camos would allow them to stay in the empty room in the side hall for one night.
However, not long after the lights were turned off in King Camos's bedroom, a female officer who arrived in a hurry made the bedroom noisy again.
Immediately afterwards, the thousand cavalry captain who was in charge of guarding the palace tonight was urgently and secretly summoned into the bedroom, and left in a hurry after a while.
Soon, the entire palace guards were operating.
The palace, which was originally integrated into the dark night, lit up little by little, and the lights spread rapidly in the palace.
Countless sleeping servants and maids were awakened, and they were surprised to find that there was a tense atmosphere in the palace.
Countless guards quickly searched the palace, carefully searching every room, every courtyard, and every corner of the palace.
No one knew what they were searching for.
Is there an assassin in the palace, and the guards are searching for an assassin
Some people have guessed so, but in the end there is no answer.
The palace was heavily guarded, and entry and exit was forbidden, but until dawn, the guards did not seem to find what they were looking for.
After dawn, the noble ministers who went to the palace to participate in political affairs heard the king’s order issued by King Camos. Today, the court’s political affairs were suspended for one day. Only when there is really urgent matter can they enter the palace to meet with King Camos.
Everyone who received this order was talking about it for a while, but no one knew what happened in the palace, so King Camos issued this order, and he could only go back first in wonder.
As soon as they got home, they all showed their magical powers and sent people to inquire about what was going on in the palace.
However, the matter seemed to be tightly sealed up, and everyone had been pounding on the side for a long time, but they didn't find out.
…
Half the night has passed, and the sky is already bright.
King Camos sat on the high platform, his brows furrowed, and the early morning sun shone on half of his body through the skylight, causing half of his angular face to sink into the shadows.
He pressed one hand on the warm jade high table, and tapped the table with thick calloused fingers.
The lion king, who was galloping on the battlefield and never knew what it meant to be afraid, had a rare dignified expression on his face at this moment. He pursed his thick lips, wondering what he was thinking.
A creased piece of pale yellow parchment lay beside him, the writing clearly visible on it.
The priest of Shamash was sitting on the seat next to him. Although there was a pile of documents in front of him and he was constantly flipping through them, his mind was obviously not on the documents, but turned his head from time to time and turned his eyes to the outside of the bedroom. , apparently waiting for news that someone had been found.
With the passage of time, half the night has passed, and there is still no news, Xie Mu'er's face has become ashen. At this moment, he was holding a breath in his heart, and a mass of anger burned fiercely in his chest, but he couldn't find a way to vent, so he could only block it there.
If he caught the little prince who was so stubborn that he even acted like he did, he would definitely reprimand him mercilessly for a whole day.
The female officer was standing at the door, her head bowed slightly. Her long hair, which was always carefully taken care of, was casually combed together and fell from her shoulders today.
She turned her head and looked out through the open door to the endless blue sky.
The sun is bright, there are no clouds, it is a good weather.
She turned her eyes back, looked to the other side, and landed on Prince Heimos who was standing by the window.
Heimos stood by the window, and he has been standing there since he came to King Camos' room, motionless, like a stone sculpture.
His face was lowered slightly, his dark eyelashes drooping, casting deep shadows on his brown cheeks.
The dark shadow seemed to seep into the bottom of his eyes, making his pupils like a pair of inorganic dark red glass beads at this moment, cold, and there was hardly any anger that belonged to a living person.
The thin lips were pressed as tightly as a blade, giving a feeling of almost pain.
He was clearly standing under the sun, but when he stood there, the light did not fall on him at all, as if he rejected all the light that was thrown at him and dispelled it from his side.
The sound of rapid footsteps sounded, but in the blink of an eye, the blond knight changed his calm appearance and rushed directly into the bedroom of King Camos.
When he rushed in and looked up to see King Camos sitting on the high platform with a sullen face, Kaihos realized that he had rushed directly in front of the king.
He habitually went to the training grounds of the Guards yesterday for training and stayed there until this morning.
Unexpectedly, early in the morning, he received some news secretly sent by King Camos.
He was so shocked by the news that he rushed over in a hurry and lost his sense in front of King Camos for a while.
Kaihos leaned over and knelt in front of King Camos.
"Sorry, Wang, I'm being rude, but now I..."
Because he came in a hurry, he was even a little out of breath at the moment.
King Camos waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to say any more, then raised his hand and threw the parchment beside him to Kaihos.
Kaihos caught it subconsciously and looked down.
On the parchment were handwriting that he knew so well.
'I'm sorry, brother, but Heimos is more fit for the throne than I am, and I know you won't agree, so I leave. '
'The world is big, I think, I can look at it for a long time. '
'It has nothing to do with anyone, it's my own decision. '
…
The room was terribly quiet except for the sound of the breathing of the people in the room.
After reading Gallan's message, Kaihos couldn't see any expression on his face at this moment.
He stood up expressionlessly and returned the parchment in his hand to King Camos.
Then, he turned around and took a few steps to the window.
Likewise, in front of Heimos standing by the window.
Kaijos stretched out his hand suddenly and grabbed Heimos's neckline.
The only eye left stared at Heimos, his face bursting with undisguised anger.
"What did you do to His Highness?"
he asked Heimos.
Word by word, in a cold tone.
He didn't care that his actions at the moment were the following crimes, and no matter how severe the punishment for offending the prince would be, Kaijos stared at Heimos so directly, as if he wanted to spy on all of Heimos. something to hide.
This is an intuition of Cayhoes.
His Highness's departure must be because of this person.
It must be what Prince Heimos did to His Highness that forced His Highness to leave.
He had already vaguely felt that Heimos's attitude towards His Highness was really strange...
Therefore, at this moment, he looked at Heimos as if he was breathing fire.
However, it was himself who made him most angry and unforgivable.
He noticed something was wrong early in the morning, but he didn't pay much attention to it, causing the prince to leave the palace alone... This is his dereliction of duty!
As the prince's guardian knight, he failed to protect the prince.
There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, and Kaihos looked at Heimos coldly.
Heimos, who had been keeping his eyes down and motionless, finally made a move. He didn't get angry because Kaihos grabbed his collar, but just raised his eyes and glanced at the blond knight lightly.
Those pupils were like ice-cold glass beads, without any emotion.
Kaihos sneered.
Although he looked calm, but from the fact that he rudely grabbed the collar of Prince Heimos, his emotions were obviously out of control.
And the look of Heimos made the anger that he was holding back in his heart completely erupted.
When he raised his hand, he punched Heimos in the face.
"Kaijos, stop!"
Shemuer stood up abruptly, shouting to stop Kaihos.
However, once a person who is calm and calm in daily life loses control, it will be even more terrifying.
At this moment, the Sun Knight, who was out of control, completely ignored the orders of the priest of Shamash.
Seeing that his punch was about to fall on Heimos.
A shimmer of light passed from the bottom of Heimos' eyes, he raised his head abruptly, raised his hand, and instantly blocked the punch of Kaihos.
A look of ruthlessness flashed across his golden red eyes.
As if it had been suppressed to the extreme, the pair of inorganic glass beads seemed to shatter suddenly, bursting out with a fierce light like a wolf,
While blocking Kaihos' punch, Heimos's right hand also clenched into a fist, as if he was venting something, and punched Kaihos's abdomen fiercely.
That punch was naturally blocked by Kaihos.
So, next, in the face of Xie Muer's livid face, in the stunned eyes of the female officer Tapti, Huymos and Kaihos actually disregarded the occasion, regardless of the location, and even disregarded the return of King Camos. On the scene, they fought together so hard.
For a time, the surrounding air seemed to be ignited by flames, and it was extremely hot.
The muffled sound of the fist hitting the flesh resounded in the air one after another.
It's all real, punches and kicks are filled with severe wind pressure, and the muffled sound of punching to the flesh makes people feel pain just listening to it.
Moreover, the two of them were obviously on fire, and their eyes were burning red like beasts.
Just as the two of them fought harder and harder, suddenly, a feeling of extreme danger struck.
A wind whistled.
There is also a sense of oppression like a high mountain.
Both Huymos and Kaijos instinctively jumped back, avoiding the place they felt dangerous.
With a loud bang, the heavy giant sword slashed hard at the moment when the two jumped backwards.
With a click, it actually split a deep crack in the hard ground of the jade.
That terrifying force was enough to split a person in half from head to toe.
The room was silent.
The two who jumped back to avoid the terrifying blow were still panting, and King Camos, who slashed the sword with one hand, spoke.
"Have you had enough?"
As soon as he raised his right arm, he easily lifted the giant sword and carried it on his shoulders.
The golden-brown eyes like scorching coals swept across the two of them, and the strong sense of oppression emanating from him suddenly pressed the air in the entire room to solidify.
"If it's not enough, I'll fight with you."
The Lion King opened his mouth, his face stinking badly.
"I'm bored, and I just want to find someone to beat him hard. Come on, which one of you will come first? It's okay to go up together!"
Only the low voice of the Lion King echoed in the room, and the other two bowed their heads and gasped slightly, but did not answer.
After a while, the blond knight standing on the right put one hand on his chest, and knelt down to King Camos.
"King Camos, since there is no news yet, I am afraid that the prince is no longer in the palace."
He said, "Please allow me to search in the royal city."
"Well, let's go."
Camos waved his hand in a bad mood.
Kaijos saluted again, then turned and left quickly.
Immediately afterwards, Heimos didn't say a word, and after bowing slightly to Camos, he also turned and left here.
Camos looked irritable, and threw the giant sword in his hand on the table, making a dull loud bang.
He scolded: "Those two stinky boys vented out after a fight, and I'm still holding it back."
If King Camos used to call himself Laozi and Laozi to keep talking like this, Xie Muer, who always paid attention to the king's etiquette image, would have been scolding people.
But this time, Xie Muer, whose mind was not here at all, stood there silently with a dark face.
The low air pressure of the priest of Shamash made anyone who came near him feel suffocated.
…
Tapti was stunned.
She felt that she was already a very calm and composed person, but what happened just now made her stunned for a while.
Kejos, who has always treated people with a gentle attitude and behaved calmly, actually did something to Prince Heimos? !
Prince Heimos, who has always been calm and rational in dealing with things, had a fight with Kaihos? !
They actually fought in King Camos' room—
Moreover, King Camos actually followed suit! It even split the floor a crack—
This is simply…
Simply…
The female officer who encountered such a scene for the first time did not know how to describe it.
The reason Taputy was so shocked was because it was the first time she had seen the fierce side of these three people with her own eyes.
After all, she has always been by the prince's side. Whether it is King Camos, Prince Heimos, or the knight Kaihos, she is very gentle and obedient in front of the prince.
She felt that the scene just now... was like a group of beasts that were extremely well-behaved and docile in front of their masters. As soon as their masters left, they immediately rioted, bared their fangs, and turned back into ferocious and terrifying beasts.
This is only the first day that Prince Gallan left.
No, not even a day, just one night.
Looking at the deep crack on the ground, thinking about the scene where Prince Heimos and Kaijos fought fiercely together...
Tapti was tense for a while.
It became like this in just one night.
If this is... one day... three days... ten days...
Even if the prince really ran out and didn't plan to come back for a short time...
…
ahh...
Your Highness Garland, where have you been
It is completely unimaginable how horrific the situation would be if Garlan disappeared for a long time.
The female officer prayed in her heart.
Please come back as soon as possible no matter what.
You can't leave it here.
Otherwise, without you, these terrifying beasts will be completely out of control at some point—