The night of the Flower Festival Celebration was supposed to be a very lively moment, but at this moment, the flower garden in the sky under the night sky was silent.
Even the musicians who were in charge of playing the instruments were sluggish for a moment, and then they continued to play in a panic when they reacted.
If such mistakes occurred at previous celebrations or banquets, they would have been severely punished, but this time, everyone was in a state of daze, so almost no one noticed that their music stopped for a while.
Accompanied by the soft and soft music that resumed, the noble women who danced to the flower god on the flower platform just looked at each other for a while, and were speechless for a while.
He thought that his beauty was better than that of King Garlan, so he went up.
It seems that as long as a confident noble woman can go up, but these women who were born in a high-ranking noble and have been strictly nurtured since childhood are not stupid.
If they don't go up, everyone will lose the election, and it is just that the king's requirements are too harsh and will not cause any image to them.
But if she is full of self-confidence, or if she wants to seize the loophole in King Gallan's 'self-confessed' discourse and go up cheekily - it means that she thinks she is one of all the ladies present, and even the entire Aaron Landi The most beautiful woman in Sri Lanka.
Therefore, the cruel thing of standing next to King Garlan and directly comparing him is not to mention.
Whether or not King Garlan agrees with this is also irrelevant.
What is absolutely certain is that the other ladies here will certainly not agree.
What are you kidding
You think you're Aaron Landis' number one beauty, which means we're all inferior to you
Pooh!
You are so beautiful!
Faced with such a situation, how could these noble ladies who are extremely confident in their appearance be convinced
They would definitely attack that woman unceremoniously, criticizing her appearance, ridiculing her self-righteousness and self-righteousness, and what's more, they might say that she deceived the king.
After that, the woman would surely be a joke all over Aaron Landis, and her reputation would be ruined.
So, no noble girl would do such a stupid thing.
The ladies were very depressed at first about what King Gallan had claimed.
But on second thought, although I failed to become a princess, other noble girls also failed.
So they calmed down.
With such peace of mind, they looked at King Garland standing on the round platform. Without the ambition and desire to be the princess, they subconsciously paid more attention to the appearance of King Garland. superior.
After looking at it for a long time, the ladies who thought King Gallan's request seemed a bit absurd suddenly felt that the request, if you thought about it carefully, seemed to make sense.
King Garland is so beautiful and prosperous, he has grown up watching his face since he was a child, and his eyes must have been raised long ago, and it is naturally impossible for ordinary people to easily enter his eyes.
No wonder this His Majesty is now twenty-two years old, and he doesn't even have a concubine by his side. Now everyone knows the reason. Compared with his appearance, how could His Majesty, an ordinary beauty, like him
If you marry a princess, and the princess is not as good-looking as herself, how could she like it
Even if they are replaced by themselves, they are used to seeing flowers every day, and suddenly you are facing the dog's tail grass, not to mention like it or dislike it.
Thinking of this, the ladies all expressed their understanding.
No way, no one can blame this, who asked the god of beauty, Afdomir, to give King Garlan a beauty beyond the reach of ordinary people
So, no one moved.
They all stood silently in place, but they couldn't help but look regretful.
On the flower platform, he resisted the feeling of shame that was about to explode in his heart. Garland, who had completely fought his way out, saw that everyone didn't move, and he was relieved in his heart.
He shook his head feigning regret and put away the golden fan in his hand.
"Anyway, I hope you all have a good evening at this Hanami Festival."
He chuckled and said,
"May Avdomir always protect your beauty."
After speaking, Garlan turned sideways and planned to walk down the stone steps.
But just turned around and took a step, suddenly a voice came from the side, making his footsteps stop.
"Your Majesty, since you couldn't choose the princess you like, this golden fan will be wasted."
The priests of Nanna stood up among the ministers who looked ashen, looked at each other, or smiled wryly, and said so.
"It's rare to hold such a grand flower festival celebration, and many beautiful and noble ladies gather together, as charming and charming as blooming flowers."
Suojia bowed slightly and said,
"Since Your Majesty, you don't have a loved one in it, why don't you give the golden fan to Lord Heimos and let Lord Heimos choose a beautiful lady as his wife?"
In the quiet flower garden where only the soft sound of music echoed, his voice was not loud, but it was very clear, so that everyone could hear it clearly.
The eyes of many ministers who were still sighing suddenly lit up.
According to the request of King Gallan, there is still no idea how to find the woman he likes.
After all, that condition is really... too harsh, it's hard to think about it.
Since the problem of the princess could not be solved, at the very least, the marriage problem of Lord Heimos must be solved!
What's more, this Your Excellency is older, and he should get married and have children as soon as possible.
As soon as his thoughts changed, a minister immediately echoed Suojia, saying that since the king did not choose a princess, it would be better for Heimos to choose a wife.
And the ladies blinked, and many people's eyes quickly fell on Heimos.
Born into an aristocratic family, they were quite indifferent to relationships, and used to focus on being beneficial to themselves. At this moment, they knew that they could not become a princess, so they naturally changed their goals without any hesitation.
Although the behavior of the Lord Heimos when he first came in was a little scary, and he felt a little scary, but after a closer look, he was actually very handsome and outstanding.
Although there is a scar at the corner of the eye, it does not damage the appearance at all, and the sense of danger of the scar seems to make people feel more excited.
This distinguished person is the only member of the royal family and the current first heir to the throne.
Commanding the Central Corps, military power is in hand.
Moreover, he is also known throughout the continent for his martial prowess. It is said that he is a black knight who is so powerful that tens of thousands of Geshu troops flee.
Immediately, the eyes of many noble ladies began to look at Heimos carefully, thinking about it in their hearts.
Looking at it this way, this is the best husband-in-law candidate other than King Gallan.
Heimos didn't speak, just looked up at Garlan standing on the round platform.
Garlan looked down at him, and the golden fan in his hand turned.
"Heimos, do you want this?"
Garland asked him.
The face under the blond hair is calm, and there is no emotion, but Heimos clearly sees Garlan's golden eyes narrowing slightly when he looks at him.
The golden eyes that were originally like almonds narrowed into slender arcs, exuding a dangerous atmosphere.
Those words, although they were asking him, contained a clear warning between the lines.
Huymos laughed.
He smiled, and the icy aura that was as cold as the cold wind in the north disappeared, and the spirit of his body also dissipated.
With that smile, the lines of his stern face softened, and his eyes seemed to soften for a moment.
Melting like ice and snow.
Perhaps because of the strong sense of terror before, the strong contrast created by this smile made the ladies feel amazing.
If you think about it, taming a ferocious beast is quite impressive.
After all, smelting steel can also be turned into softness around your fingers.
Although this black knight looks a little scary, as long as he is tamed, he will surely become a gentle husband.
They thought so confidently.
"The person I admire..."
Heimos said, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Halfway through speaking, he stopped.
Under everyone's attention, he looked around for a week and smiled again.
He said: "The person who can make me admire must be someone who can be compared with me, or even stronger than me."
He put it lightly.
But this sentence made the entire flower garden silent for a full quarter of an hour.
It was five minutes longer than when King Garlan announced his request to the princess.
People said, oh well.
Heimos's words, in their ears, is that this powerful Lord likes women who are as powerful as him.
To be as strong as him, or even stronger than him.
No.
nonexistent.
Not to mention now, even if it is a thousand years in the past, and a thousand years in the future, it will not exist, exist, exist!
The ladies who were in ups and downs couldn't keep their demeanor and looked at Heimos with a blank expression on their faces.
Heimos didn't look at them at all, he walked forward and walked under the round platform.
"If it wasn't for the person I admire, I'd rather be alone all my life."
He raised his head and looked at Garlan standing on the round platform.
"Right now, all I can think about is serving my Majesty with all my heart."
He says,
"Other than that, nothing else."
Looking intently at Garlan above, Heimos stretched out his hand to Garlan standing above.
Glancing at the pair of golden-red eyes that looked up at him, Garlan opened his eyes after squinting for a long time.
He raised his lips and smiled, and stepped down the stone steps.
As he walked, he stretched out his hand and placed it on the hand that Heimos held out to him.
Heimos held Garlan's hand, raised his head, and watched Garlan come down.
That should be the servant's behavior of serving the other party, but he does it, but it doesn't give people the slightest feeling of being humble or deliberately flattering.
The moonlight fell like water, and the green vine flowers wrapped around the hollowed-out white jade pillars swayed slightly in the night wind.
The young king walked down the white stone steps, his long cloak was loose, and his hem hung down on the stone steps.
The black knight with a handsome face and sharp eyes stood guard under the stone steps, standing tall and straight.
He raised his head and looked at his king.
His hand held the hand of the king he guarded.
Two people who are obviously very different, when they stand together, for some reason, they give people a feeling of unusual harmony.
It actually caused everyone present to suddenly feel a throbbing in their hearts.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but this scene reminded everyone inexplicably of a scene in a painting.
Among the many picture scrolls showing the deeds of the gods, all the pictures depicting the legend of the flower festival are all pictures of the flower god Aphdomiel reaching out to the goddess of spring among the blooming flowers. The handshake scene.
It seems like this scene in front of everyone at this moment...
…
illusion.
That's an illusion!
Everyone quickly shook their heads and swept away the painting that appeared in their minds.
Standing below, Leia, who almost cried with her watery puppy eyes open, flattened her mouth and withdrew the tears that were ready to go out of her big black eyes.
Originally, when Leia, who felt that she had finally waited for her fateful love, heard what King Garlan said, a girl's heart was shattered like glass.
She knew she had no hope.
That beautiful love, it's over before it even started.
Originally, she was still sad, but now, looking at the scene in front of her, she was taken aback for a while, then she raised her hand and wiped away the tears from her eyes.
never mind.
She thought grievously.
Even if King Gallan didn't choose her as his princess, he didn't choose any other noble girl.
According to the demanding requirements of King Garland, he probably would never marry a princess in his entire life.
That way, he wouldn't belong to other women.
fair enough.
The king should be guarded by knights.
What if, as in some novels, a woman had to get involved, and the king and knights would turn against each other for her to die or live, and that would be uncomfortable.
The girl comforted herself like this, and her heart finally felt comfortable.
But then again.
It turns out that King Gallan, like her, is a follower of the goddess of love and beauty, Afdomir~~~
…
No matter how blue and ugly the faces of Zuo Sixiang and the other ministers were, the celebration of the Flower Royal Festival was stumbling, and it finally ended smoothly.
The ladies had a flower festival celebration that they will never forget.
Garlan, who had already left the table, stood in the attic above the flower garden, looked down at the departing crowd, and let out a long breath.
He finally managed to escape the forced marriage, and he had a huge shield.
So even if now and in the future, when he recalls what he just said in public, he feels so ashamed that he wants to explode, he still thinks it's worth it.
… Fortunately, there are so-called believers of Avtomir in this world, that is, the existence of the so-called 'beauty is everything'.
Therefore, his words will not be abrupt and will be recognized by everyone.
Presumably when his words were spread out, others felt that he was also one of the members who believed in the god of beauty, Afdomir.
He just took a long sigh when he heard familiar footsteps behind him.
A long shadow appeared beside him.
Even if he didn't look back, he knew who was standing behind him.
Garlan opened the golden fan in his hand and glanced at one of the thin cracks.
"It's really broken," he said.
He seemed to be talking to himself.
"It's useless anyway. Since it's broken, there's no need to keep it."
Garlan said, and threw it away.
The golden fan fell into the hands of the man behind him.
"Here, it's your reward for repelling the Gishru."
Garlan said, without turning his head, he just waved his hand and walked away quickly.
Because he walked too fast, his long golden hair flew up behind him.
Heimos, who caught the golden fan, was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he watched Garlan leave in the dark.
However, just after laughing, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly opened the golden fan in his hand.
I saw a thin crack on the handle of a delicate gold fan with hollow patterns.
Heimos looked annoyed.
I knew it earlier... I didn't break it on purpose just now.
Holding the golden fan, he thought gloomily.
…
…
On a moonlit night, the bright moonlight falls on the sparkling sea.
A huge warship was slowly sailing in the bay bathed in moonlight, followed by dozens of smaller ships.
On the largest warship, a slender girl stood on the side of the ship, and the fierce sea breeze blew her long wavy brown hair into the air.
A neat leather armor outfit made her look heroic.
In the dark night, the girl's sapphire-like eyes shone brightly, looking at the north with hope.
[When I grow up, I will come to you.]