Garlan is the crown prince appointed by King Camos himself, not to mention impeccable in name, and Sage also recognizes his abilities.
He has already decided that Gallan is the next king, and the Royal Knights should show their loyalty to Gallan.
Naturally, as the head of the royal knights, Sage wanted to remove as much instability as possible for Garlan in order to maintain the stability of the throne.
Because that's his job.
It's just that he didn't know that keeping Heimos away from the royal city would not only fail to maintain the stability of the throne, but would make Aaron Landis fall into turmoil again.
This is also because neither he nor Xie Muer have discussed with Kaihos. If Kaihos knew their thoughts, he would definitely try his best to stop them.
Cayhors saw clearly.
Heimos was able to give up the throne for the prince - if he was forced to leave the prince, for Heimos, it would be no different from his life.
At that point, Heimos didn't know what crazy things he would do.
…
"Please order that His Royal Highness Heimos will go to Menister City to succeed the city lord."
"Do not."
The boy's eyes were firmly on the head of the knights and his priest.
He said, "I need him."
"Prince, you—"
Sage frowned and took a step forward, but Xie Muer who was standing beside him suddenly raised his hand and stopped in front of him.
Turning his head to look at the priest who stopped him, Sage swallowed the remaining half of the words.
Shemuer, who had been silent since just now, looked at Garlan.
The light shone from a distance, through the dense canopy, and fell on Garlan's face, the face of an immature teenager.
Although there is tenacity in his brows and eyes, there is still a bit of childishness on his face.
Looking at Garlan, Xie Muer's eyes showed a bit of complexity.
He said, "Your Highness, this is your decision, isn't it?"
"Yes."
Garlan looked at Xie Muer without evasion.
"It's my decision, I'm going to keep Huymos."
Xie Mu'er was silent for a while, then he bowed slightly and lowered his head.
"I understand."
He says,
"I'll follow your decision."
Gallan knew very well how stubborn and inhumane his priest was, and with the stubborn and uncompromising guy Sage, he was ready to fight them hard.
He even took a deep breath, just waiting for the next second of the storm.
However, Xie Mu'er's sudden retreat made him a little dazed for a while, and he stared at Xie Mu'er in astonishment.
Not only him, but when Sage heard what Xie Muer said, he immediately became anxious.
"Wait, Xie Muer, you are—"
"Ah, His Royal Highness, you were hiding here."
Suddenly, a hearty female voice from the side interrupted Sage's words. Everyone turned their heads and saw the tall female General Elson walking quickly.
She was still wearing dark tight leather armor, with her long hair tied behind her back, swaying slightly with her vigorous pace, her slightly raised eyebrows were vigorous, and the whole person looked heroic.
Vinier strode forward, complaining jokingly.
"You are actually hiding in such a remote place. If I hadn't asked your maid, I don't know how long it would have taken me to find you."
The female general, who had come to Gallan with all her heart, approached, only to realize that there were others.
She smiled and said, "Your Excellency Xie Mu'er, Lord Sage, why, are you two here to whisper to the crown prince?"
Seeing an outsider coming over, even if Sage was anxious, it was inconvenient to continue talking. He nodded stiffly to Vinier, and then left together with Xie Muer.
Although Sage's behavior was not very polite, Vinier, who was all about looking for Garland at the moment, didn't care, and just smiled and leaned towards Garland.
"General Vinier, do you have anything to do with me?"
Although Vinier's appearance was somewhat of a relief for him, looking at the way Vinier looked at him with a smile, Garlan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Well, something, very important."
General Elson nodded, and she swept around in a random circle.
This place is very secluded, quiet, and no other people are seen, but the light from a distance will not make it difficult to see.
It's a great place to talk privately.
"Exactly, there is no one else here, so I'll just say it here."
She said cheerfully, took something out of her pocket and stretched it out in front of Garlan.
The light reflected on the thing in her hand, Bai Shengsheng was a small ivory box with exquisite carving.
Uh, it seems... a little familiar.
The smile on the boy's face froze a little, but luckily the light was dim, so he couldn't see it.
The female general opened the ivory box with a snap, and the rough ring with the azure blue gemstone inlaid with the uneven ring appeared in front of Garlan again.
"His Royal Highness, I was going to give this to you last time, but I was interrupted... Well, look, although I will stay, my subordinates are going back to China tomorrow, so if you accept it, I will let it go. They bring a message back to the little princess, don't they?"
Garland: "Uh..."
"You should be able to feel the little princess's feelings for you from this. Wearing it, it's like the little princess has always been by your side, and the goddess of the sea will definitely guard you."
The female general smiled and looked at Garlan with satisfaction as if she was looking at her son-in-law.
"Take this as a token. When the little princess grows up, she will come to find you and give birth to a child for you."
Garland: "That... actually..."
Seeing Garlan's hesitant expression, Vinier immediately understood after thinking about it.
The prince is embarrassed.
Hmm~~ The crown prince is also still young, only a teenager, ten years younger than her, she is still a child, and it is normal to be shy.
"You don't have to feel shy, Crown Prince."
Garland: "..."
I am not, I am not.
"Come on, I'll put it on for you."
As soon as the quick-tempered female general finished speaking, she unceremoniously held Garlan's hand and stretched out her hand to put the rough ring on him.
When the young man was thinking about how to reject the little princess's 'love' in an embarrassing and polite manner, a resolute female general grabbed her hand.
Before he could react, suddenly, with a swish, a dark shadow fell from the sky.
The black eagle that rushed out of the night suddenly swooped down and took the sapphire ring away at once.
Immediately afterwards, it spread its black wings and flew in the other direction.
This scene seems familiar...
Not only Garland, but also female General Vinier was a little confused.
When she reacted, she was suddenly furious, and her hand almost reflexively touched her back—
empty.
To attend the banquet tonight, a leather armor is fine, but it is impossible to carry a weapon like a war bow with you.
"That damn—"
Vinier wanted to scold the flat-haired beast, but then she thought that its owner, the crown prince, was right beside her, so she quickly shut up and swallowed the swearing words.
"Sorry, Anu naturally likes shiny things, and sometimes even takes my headdress away."
well done.
In his heart, Garlan shouted hello for Anu who came to the rescue in time, but he still wanted to appease Vinier quickly.
"Don't worry, Vinier, go back to the banquet first, and I promise to help you get the ring back."
After saying this to Vinier, Garlan didn't wait for the other party to answer, and quickly chased in the direction where the black eagle flew away.
The female general who was left in place looked at the figure of the boy disappearing in the dark night woods, turned around depressedly, and returned to the banquet.
…
The black eagle spread its wings and flew in the sky, and it didn't fly fast, just enough for Garlan to keep up.
Garlan chased after it for a distance of only twenty or thirty meters, and then saw the black eagle fall in front of him, and the figure disappeared into the dense canopy.
As he walked this way, he could vaguely hear the penetrating and beautiful singing of the bard. Taking a casual glance, he found that Shuluos didn't know when he shifted his position and came to play the piano and sing near here again.
Shaking his head helplessly, Garlan took his eyes back and walked along the path to the small courtyard surrounded by short trees in front of him.
As soon as he entered, he froze in place.
Ahead, Heimos stood in the dark.
It is obviously the same black as the night, but it is different from the night, and it is unusually conspicuous in the dark.
He raised a hand and the eagle stood on his arm.
A ring held in his right hand shimmered with a faint blue light.
The hair scattered at the corners of the sharp eyes was dipped into a jet black that was deeper than the night. The handsome young man stood quietly in the night and looked at Garlan, his thin lips raised an invisible arc.
The disturbing voices in the banquet seemed to be far away, and the night here was extremely quiet for a while.
At this moment, it seems that there is nothing else in the world except for their existence.
It took a while for Garlan to regain his senses.
"...You made Anu do this on purpose?"
he asks.
Heimos didn't answer, just raised his hand, and the black eagle standing on his hand fluttered and flew away. The black figure quickly melted into the night and disappeared.
The rough and ugly sapphire ring was still in his hand.
Garlan walked straight to Heimos and stretched out his hand.
"Come back."
He says.
To actually instigate Anu to do such a thing, this careful guy is really...
The young man looked at the person in front of him angrily, slandering in the bottom of his heart.
Heimos was obedient, and reached out his hand to return the ring to Garlan.
He looked at Garland and said, "That Elson woman said she gave you the ring before?"
"It was true once, but not when interrupted... How did you know?"
"Just heard."
heard
Oh, yes, just now Vinier said it herself.
Speaking of...
You can hear it from dozens of meters away, Heimos's hearing is really abnormal...
…
Um
Wait a moment.
Suddenly thinking of some terrible possibility, the boy froze for a moment.
"Heimos."
"Um?"
"Can you hear the conversation over there?"
"Um."
"...Have you heard everything before?"
What he said to Xie Mu'er and the others just now, could it be that... all of them were...
Heimos raised his eyebrows, but there was no expression on his face.
"What did you say before?"
he asked back.
fortunately.
It doesn't seem to be heard.
Garland almost gasped for breath while covering his chest.
"It's nothing, just some personal affairs between me and Vinier."
Taking a deep breath in his heart, he raised his eyes and stared at Heimos.
"Speaking of which, don't you think this kind of behavior of eavesdropping on other people's conversations by relying on your own hearing is very bad?"
He said, clutching the ring tightly, he was about to turn and leave.
"Don't do it again next time."
Just as Garlan turned around and took two steps, the low voice came from behind him.
"You mean... 'I need him'?"
"!!!"
The boy's brain exploded with a bang, and instantly went blank.
Because of excessive surprise, his hand involuntarily loosened, and the ring he had just picked up fell from his open hand.
The big brown hand stretched out abruptly from behind and caught the ring that was about to fall on the grass.
The black hair that seemed to melt into the night swept across his cheeks, accompanied by a warm breath that brushed past his ears.
Garlan, who was still in a sluggish state, instinctively turned his head and looked to the side.
Heimos had already stood behind Garland at some point, leaned over, put one hand on his left shoulder, and his right hand stretched out from his side to catch the ring.
And the other end was naturally close to Garlan's ear.
As soon as Garlan turned his head, he saw the handsome profile face, reflecting the moonlight in the dark night, giving people a wild and dangerous beauty.
Heimos, who was holding the ring, also turned his face to the side, his eyes colliding with him.
At this moment, the distance between the two of them is extremely close.
Those golden-red eyes reflected on his face, and they suddenly curved slightly, and the thin lips that seemed to be smiling showed a seductive cold luster.
puff.
do not know why.
Perhaps it was because of the handsome face in front of him that gave a sense of indescribable danger.
Perhaps it was because he remembered that the person in front of him heard what he said not long ago.
Garland felt his heart beat violently out of control.
He subconsciously held his breath, turned around, faced Heimos, stretched out his hand and pressed the other's strong chest to push him away.
That was just Garlan's subconscious action.
Logically speaking, even with all his strength, he probably wouldn't be able to push the 'Black Knight' who was standing firmly.
However, his push really pushed it forward.
However, rather than saying that he pushed, it would be better to say that Heimos followed his strength and took a step back.
Garlan's breathless suffocation finally eased a little.
However, even if his breathing was smooth, his mind was still in chaos.
His hands were still on Heimos's body to keep a certain distance from each other. His head was buried, but his cheeks were so hot that he couldn't lift it up.
'I need him. '
He didn't know why he suddenly said this at that time.
However, it was such an unfortunate accident that Heimos heard it so clearly that he had no choice but to deny it.
Garlan was still embarrassed and at a loss, when suddenly a hand was placed under his bowed head.
Under the shallow moonlight, the sapphire ring lay quietly in the brown palm.
Heimos's voice rang in his ears.
"Go back."
Garlan tried his best to stabilize his mind, reached out and grabbed the rough ring, and then, at a glance, he saw the malachite ring that Heimos was wearing on his finger.
How do you look familiar...
Taking another look, Garlan recognized it.
Those were the malachite earrings that he had asked Tarr to bring to Heimos as a token of the letter, but Heimos turned it into a ring and wore it on his hand.
He froze for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the person standing in front of him.
Heimos looked at him, his eyes were very bright, unprecedentedly bright, like the stars in the night sky all fell into the golden red eyes at this moment.
There was an indescribable look in his eyes, and he looked at him deeply.
…
... because of what he just said
"Heimos."
"Um."
"I said 'I need you', I... that... I said I didn't know if I could accept you... but I wanted you to stay with me all the time, I... "
Garland said hesitantly.
He obviously couldn't respond to Heimos's feelings, but he hoped that this person could always be by his side.
He never thought he was such a selfish fellow.
After thinking about it for a long time, he really didn't know what to say, so he gave up the organizational language in frustration.
"It's just because you've been following me too much, so it's your fault that I have this thought!"
The crown prince, who was praised by the world for being just and wise, was now facing this man who always obeyed him and obeyed him, so he simply did not make sense.
"Well, it was my fault."
Heimos admitted without hesitation.
"I'll take charge."
"what?"
Garland was a little confused by Heimos's outspoken behavior.
Heimos continued: "I will take responsibility and be with you for the rest of my life."
"...No, you..."
Garlan, who always felt that he seemed to be surrounded, hadn't reacted yet. His hand was already held by Heimos and he lifted it up.
He looked down at the man in front of him and kissed his fingers.
The big brown hand holding his fingers seemed to move very lightly, but the fingers were very strong, clasping his fingers so that he couldn't break free.
Kissing the white fingers in the palm of his hand, Heimos looked up at Garlan.
"'You need me'... that's what you said, I'll do it, and you, Garlan, I won't give you a chance to go back."
The fine black hair was scattered in front of him, and when he looked at Garlan, there seemed to be a scorching red flame burning in his eyes, which became more and more astonishingly bright.
"You have no chance of regret."
Garlan stared blankly for a long time with Heimos, who was staring at him.
In the end, he sighed and gave up the confrontation with the man in front of him.
"I really don't understand... what do you like about me?"
He muttered softly.
"do not know."
"… "
Heimos's answer left Garlan speechless for a while.
"But, at least one thing, I'm pretty sure now."
"What's up?"
Looking at the pair of golden pupils that looked at him suspiciously, the corner of Heimos's lips lifted.
He leaned over and nodded slightly.
His face moved close to Garlan's ear, his lips moved, and his deep voice penetrated deep into the other's eardrums almost instantly.
He said: "… 'You're driving me crazy'… this thing."
Boom.
Suddenly, fireworks exploded in the young man's mind.
The exploding fireworks instantly burned his face into the same gorgeous crimson color as the Shamash rune on his forehead.