Hell's Black Knight, Heimos.
Knight of the Sun, Cayhorth.
These two are not only famous in Aaron Landis, but also in the surrounding countries, and the disputes they have caused are also no longer rare.
The Knights of the Sun are followers of the sun god Shamash.
And the Black Knight seems so far no one knows which god he worships.
Which of the two is more handsome, this kind of debate between young girls and even older women is not uncommon. What has always been talked about by everyone is the question of who is stronger between these two.
As for King Camos, it is excluded, and it is not comparable. After all, in the minds of Aaron Landis, King Camos is already equivalent to a god.
How can gods be compared to humans
Therefore, the biggest point of contention becomes who is the strongest knight of Aaron Landis, Heimos and Kejos.
And these two have their own supporters among the people, each have their own opinions, and each has their own basis. flow.
Not only the people, but also a lot of people in the elite are curious about this matter.
Some guys with unclear minds also deliberately provoked between the two, trying to make them fight to see who is more powerful.
Of course, these guys all got bad luck later.
After all, neither Heimos nor Kaihos is interested in the title of the so-called strongest knight of Aaron Landis, and they are both small-minded and most disgusted by someone who digs a hole for themselves. types.
Therefore, this debate has been going on for several years without a definite conclusion.
But now, no one knows that in this dark night when everyone has been sleeping, the scene they are looking forward to is happening in a small remote garden.
The scraping sound of the blades rubbing against each other was extremely sharp and harsh under the silent night sky.
The atmosphere of the originally peaceful and soft garden was extremely cold at the moment.
The chilling air oozing from the different two people quietly penetrated this place, and even the air they breathed gave a faint tingling feeling.
In the dark night, two almost tall figures collided heavily.
There was a clanging sound, which was the crisp sound of another sharp blade impact.
Cold and penetrating.
The long sword swept through the night, and the afterimage left by it could almost be seen.
The sparks from the impact of the icy iron blade were reflected in the blond knight's green eyes, like a cluster of intensely burning flames in the depths of his pupils.
The wind whistled in his ears and lifted his golden forehead.
His hands clenched the long sword in his hands, and the tensed muscles on his arms bulged high, slashing forward heavily.
Heimos raised his hand suddenly, and the long sword was raised horizontally above his head.
There was a loud bang.
Heimos, who did not evade, hit hard and caught the sword that Kaijos slashed fiercely.
The snow-white blade lay across his forehead, and the golden-red eyes protruded from under the blade, and the corners of his eyes were as sharp as a blade.
The cold light of the iron blade reflected in the depths of Heimos' pupils, and a little shimmer passed by, which was extremely intimidating.
The blades of the two sharp swords that collided were trembling slightly, making an inaudible humming sound in the silent night.
It was a low-pitched aftertaste caused by an overly violent impact.
Before the afterglow of the trembling sword body was over, Heimos backhanded and pushed Kaihos away, forcing him to take a step back.
At the moment when Kaihos retreated, he stepped forward, like a fierce wolf pounced on the enemy, and slashed at Kaihos with a backhand sword.
And Kaihos has stabilized his body at this moment, he did not hide, but also took a step forward, forcibly fighting against Heimos.
The brave who meet in the narrow road wins.
This is especially true when the opponent's strength is similar to his own.
At this moment, these two knights, who both have the strongest reputation, seem to be on the battlefield of iron and blood.
No one backed away.
They poured their terrifying power into the swords in their hands.
Only to hear that loud bang.
The sound seemed to resound throughout the garden.
Immediately after that, there were two consecutive clicks.
Unable to bear the continuous and violent collisions, the blades of the two swords shattered at the same time.
The cracked blade flew out from the sides of the two of them.
Heimos's side cheek was cut with a shallow bloodstain, and Kaijos' shoulder was cut with blood.
For a moment it was terribly silent in the woods, and all that could be heard was the different, violent gasps echoing in the air.
While gasping for breath, Kaihos glanced at the broken blade, and then threw it to the ground.
"... It doesn't matter who wins or loses."
Gee, it's really not that easy to decide the winner.
thought the one-eyed knight.
Whether he or Heimos, they restrained themselves, did not do their best, and did not burst out with their strongest strength.
After all... In this battle tonight, neither of them want Prince Gallan to know.
But if they do their best to fight, it will be difficult to stop halfway. No matter who wins, their injuries will definitely not be light.
Heimos also threw the broken sword to the ground. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Kaijos, and said, "Have you finished venting?"
Kaihos pouted.
All that needs to be said, the dedication of His Highness Heimos to the prince is obviously beyond his imagination.
By himself, there is no way for Heimos to retreat.
He had to think of other ways to protect the prince.
"I won't tell anyone your thoughts for the time being, but you'd better not come to the prince at night."
Kaijos stared at Heimos, his eyes sharp.
He said, "I will stay outside the prince's bedroom at night during this time."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for Heimos to come back.
He believed that Heimos understood his words.
…
As soon as he walked out of this small garden, the serious face of the blond knight instantly collapsed.
The reason why he was able to discover this was because when he occasionally left late these days, he noticed that something was wrong with a maid in the palace.
The maid was always looking at the prince furtively. Although she couldn't tell her expression, her eyes always gave off a sneaky look.
Once he noticed that when the prince said he was going to go back to rest, the maid secretly followed while others were not paying attention.
At first, Kaihos thought that the maid was thinking about the prince and wanted to seize the opportunity to climb the bed or something, so he followed her to monitor her.
Unexpectedly, he followed the maid, but accidentally broke the matter of Heimos and the prince meeting late at night in the courtyard.
… [I can tell anyone about your admiration for you]…
The vaguely heard sentence blew Kaihos' mind to a blank.
Is this... the voice of His Highness Heimos
Prince and Heimos
It's just... it's just...
He didn't know what to do for a while, and stood blankly for a long time. When Heimos left, he instinctively followed.
Immediately afterwards, he committed the following offence and had a fierce fight with His Highness Heimos.
…
This is the second time.
Kaihos couldn't help but want to hold his forehead.
He, who has always been praised by everyone in etiquette, has committed the following two consecutive crimes in a short period of time. This is something he could never imagine in the past.
Cayhoes frowned deeply.
He has no idea what to do next.
Moreover, the trouble is, the prince obviously doesn't want people to know about this, so he has to pretend to be ignorant in front of the prince and continue to treat His Highness Heimos with the previous attitude.
He had to be vigilant, and he had to be on guard against Heimos taking advantage of the prince at all times.
At the same time, he had to help the prince to cover up the incident without letting the prince know that he knew. Don't let other maids or female officials, especially Tapti, know about this, not only that, but also Xie Muer.
Because they know it, it means that King Camos knows, and as soon as King Camos knows this... Kaihos can imagine that the entire palace will be turned upside down.
Thinking of all this, the handsome knight-sama who was praised by everyone for possessing Shamash had the urge to scratch his head in spite of his image.
It's better not to know anything at all!
…
…
The days are passing by, and it seems to be calm for the time being.
What made Garlan finally relieved was that after that day, Heimos never sneaked into his bedroom at night.
Well, although there is more time to come to see him during the day than before.
During the day, Heimos wouldn't do anything outrageous to him because of the people around them. However, the behavior is a bit more intimate than before.
If before, if Heimos acted intimately, Gallan wouldn't think much, and he didn't feel anything. But since he knew what Heimos was thinking about him, inexplicably, he became a little sensitive to Heimos's actions when he touched him, and began to feel uncomfortable.
At noon on this day, the bright sun shines on the courtyard.
The soft tulle hanging from the stone pillar fluttered gently in the breeze. In the half-open pavilion, Garlan was sitting cross-legged on the white jade table, eating.
Snow-white and soft gauze cloth is spread on the jade table, and the fragrant food is placed on the plate and placed on it.
He had just finished half a bowl of porridge and was biting into the barbecue when suddenly there was a loud eagle chirping in the air.
As soon as Garlan looked up, he saw a black eagle hovering above the pavilion.
Immediately afterwards, Heimos walked into the pavilion, and he couldn't help laughing at the sight of Garlan staring at the black eagle in the air, while holding a silver fork in his hand and biting a small piece of roast meat in his mouth. a bit.
He walked over quickly, sat down opposite Garlan, and then raised his right arm to him.
He wore jet-black leather gauntlets with gold rings on his forearms, and he whistled, and the black eagle circling low in the sky flew in and landed on Heimos' raised arm.
It turned its head and stared at Gallan opposite with a pair of bright small eyes, and made a short chirping sound.
Garlan looked around and found that the food around him was spiced, and he couldn't feed it, with a look of disappointment on his face.
"Want to feed it?" asked Heimos.
"Um."
Heimos threw a calfskin bag tied around his waist, and Garlan caught it, opened it, and found small pieces of fresh meat inside.
He happily began to feed the black eagle, and occasionally touched its wings, and he kept feeding it without remembering that he was still eating.
Heimos didn't speak, just held the black eagle so steadily, and let Garlan feed it, his eyes fell on the enthusiastic Garlan's face, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
When the black eagle had almost eaten, Heimos sent his arm up, and the black eagle spread its wings and rushed into the sky.
Garlan watched it as only a small black spot left in the sky, and then turned his gaze back to Heimos on the opposite side.
He asked, "How did you bring it?"
"I was taming the eagle this morning. The venue is not far from here. It was hungry, and I was hungry, so I came directly."
As Heimos said that, he took the wet white towel handed over by the maid next to him, wiped his hands clean, and then directly picked up a piece of beef that Garlan was currently eating and stuffed it into his mouth.
"tasty."
The outer layer of the beef granules was roasted and crispy, and it was sprinkled with a layer of chili powder and a little spice. When you bite into it, the meat inside is very tender and tastes excellent.
While eating, he looked up at the black eagle flying high in the sky.
"I'm a little envious of that little guy."
He says.
Garland laughed.
"Do you envy that it can fly? Indeed, it's nice to have wings, and I'm actually..."
"No, I just envy it being fed."
"… "
Seeing Heimos staring at him, the obvious meaning in his eyes, Garlan decisively refused.
"It has no hands, you have hands yourself."
Heimos's eyes moved slightly after being slapped back by Garlan's words.
"You're right, I have my own hands."
He said so, and then suddenly raised his hand, taking advantage of Garlan's inattentiveness, he directly shoved the roasted meat into Garlan's mouth.
He smiled and said, "So I can feed you."
The boy who was accidentally force-fed glared at someone.
However, Heimos didn't seem to see Garlan's staring eyes at all, and in his left hand he picked up a shredded coconut milk chicken again and handed it to Garlan's mouth.
He looked at Garlan with a smile in his eyes, as if waiting for Garlan to open his mouth.
"Do you believe I can bite off your finger?"
Garlan stared at the hand in front of him, and sullenly threatened.
However, this threat had no effect, and Heimos raised his eyebrows.
"It doesn't matter, if you like to drink my blood."
"… "
do not want to drink.
He turned his head and said that he refused, but Heimos just happened to send it forward at this time, so the milky white coconut milk accidentally touched the corner of Gallan's mouth.
Feeling sticky at the corners of his mouth, Garlan subconsciously raised his hand to wipe it off, but Heimos, who was sitting opposite him, was one step faster than him. He pressed his left hand in the middle of the tablecloth, stood up, leaned over to him, and pinched him with his right hand. his chin, his thumb gently brushed the corner of his mouth, helping him wipe the coconut milk from the corner of his mouth.
And just at this moment, abruptly, the tulle hanging over the mouth of the pavilion was lifted by a large brown hand.
King Camos came in, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the scene in front of him, his eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Heimos badly.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
At this moment, the scorching sun knight who followed behind King Camos felt that his heartbeat was about to stop.
From the sight of him and King Camos...
Prince Garland sat there.
Heimos sat opposite, clearly separated by the food tray, but he supported one hand in the gap between the food on the tablecloth on the platform, and leaned his upper body in the direction of Garlan.
His right hand also held the prince's chin, raising his face.
That posture, it looked like Heimos leaned down and wanted to kiss the prince.
… No, maybe if they came in a few seconds later, Heimos would have had it!
Kaihos thought so, wishing he could rush up and stop in front of his prince, and firmly block the wolf that was eyeing the prince.
but-
He glanced at King Camos standing in front of him, thinking about the terrible consequences after this incident was exposed, Kaihos took a deep breath, quickly passed King Camos, and walked to Prince Gallan.
"Prince, you are so old, why do you still ask His Highness Heimos to wipe your mouth like a child?"
He said with a grin, thinking he had given an excellent excuse to cover up for the two of them.
As he spoke, he winked anxiously at the two of them, which meant to quickly admit the excuse he had made for them.
Garland: "???"
Huymos: "..."
He wants to say that he is really just wiping Garlan's mouth, will Kaihos believe it