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It was a dark sky, and the little child was nestled in the hole that he had spent a long time digging out of the garbage heap. There is a hole above the hole, and when he lies in the hole at night, he can see the moon in the sky through the hole.
Day after day, year after year, he has been alone. Only the bright moon has been hanging in the night sky, accompanying him.
Little children are used to looking at the moon and slowly closing their eyes under the moonlight.
Only with the company of Mingyue could he fall asleep peacefully. The moonlight shone through the hole on his face, as if someone was gently stroking his forehead, coaxing him into sleep.
Even if the moon is hidden behind thick clouds on cloudy or rainy days, he still feels that his friend is watching him from behind the clouds, and he is not alone.
Every night, watching the moon fall asleep, that is the most peaceful and peaceful moment of his day.
In the heart of the little child, the moon that has always accompanied him is the most precious treasure in his heart.
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It was something that happened suddenly and caught off guard.
The moon, which had been quietly sitting in the night sky, suddenly seemed to be swallowed up by something invisible, one by one, at a speed visible to the naked eye, from its original roundness, piece by piece, began to disappear.
The eyes of the child who lay quietly in the cave watching the moon as usual at night suddenly widened.
what is that
Who is hurting it
With his mouth open, his eyes widened to the limit, he stared in horror at the disappearing moon.
Do not…
don't want!
don't hurt it!
The child reached out his hand helplessly, but he couldn't grasp anything. He could only watch the moon as if being swallowed up by something in the sky, disappearing little by little.
He even had the illusion that his own flesh and blood was being swallowed up at this moment.
His fingernails dug into the skin of his chest, and the intense pain surging from the deepest part of his body almost took his breath away.
It was a maddeningly painful feeling—
The moon that was swallowed up by the invisible disappeared completely into the night sky. Where it disappeared, there was only a pool of black and red like bloodstains, and the whole earth was plunged into darkness.
In the darkness, staring at the blood-red traces left in the night sky with wide eyes, the child's twisted face was extremely terrifying at this moment.
The most precious friend who had been with him since childhood was killed and swallowed by something unknown!
He... lost it forever!
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The boy who was sleeping beside the bed suddenly opened his eyes, and under the light of the oil lamp hanging on the wall, his opened eyes reflected a golden-red luster.
He sat beside the bed for a rare moment, and then he turned his eyes to the bed.
The blond child slept peacefully on the bed, his tiny body huddled together on the soft bed. The fine blond hair fell from the pale cheeks at the moment, and scattered on the snow-white pillow.
The long, fan-like eyelashes cast a light shadow on the pale little face. The child lay there, breathing a little but evenly. His lips were not as pale as they were in the morning. A bit bloody.
As long as this child stays still, his small appearance is so cute and cute that it makes people feel soft.
However, when he is stubborn, when he loses his temper and ignores him, his teeth itch with hatred.
Heimos looked at the hand he had been holding.
The child's hands were small, white and soft, completely different from his dark brown and calloused hands.
Just like Garlan and him, the two are completely extreme contrasts.
He remembered the dream just now, when he was very young.
At that time, he was still very naive and regarded the moon that accompanied him every night as his most important friend, so when a lunar eclipse suddenly occurred one day and he watched the moon disappear in front of his eyes, that The pain of this loss made him cry like crazy when he was still very young.
He had never felt so hopeless.
He has always clearly remembered the feeling of suffocation that squeezed his entire heart...
Fortunately, the moon returned to its original state not long after that, so that he, who was in extreme panic and grief, also came to his senses.
Later, he gradually grew up.
When I was a child, the feeling of treating the moon as a treasure and treating it as my only friend was gradually forgotten by myself.
Heimos never thought that after many years, he actually experienced the feeling at that time again.
While seeing that child's throat about to be slit by a dagger—
He seemed to be stuck in a very young age again, unable to do anything, just watching the moment when his most important thing disappeared in front of his eyes.
That frustrating, suffocating feeling that drives you crazy with anxiety and you can't do anything about it.
A very disturbing feeling...
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In another room, King Camos and his subordinate Xi Muer continued to talk.
"Himos' past...?"
Camos didn't give an immediate answer to Xie Muer's suggestion. He touched the stubble that appeared again on his chin, showing a thoughtful look.
Every descendant of the royal bloodline who came to participate in the selection of the king's younger brother has passed the identity assessment to ensure that there is no problem with the identity.
Then, after Gallan and Heimos were selected, the Ombudsman, directly under the commander-in-chief of King Kammos, conducted a comprehensive excavation of the past of the two princes of Aaron Landis.
Garlan's past was simple, except that he was not favored because his skin color was similar to that of his mother, who was a lower-ranking noble, but he grew up in a similar environment to other people. The only difference is that because he was neglected, the children of the knights and nobles under the city lord did not approach him very much, so most of this child's playmates were the children of low-level knights or even wealthy commoners.
And Heimos's experience was very twists and turns.
He is the only child of the former city lord of Ulur City, and the current city lord of Ulur is the younger brother of the former city lord, that is, the uncle of Heimos, with two sons and one daughter.
The previous generation of the city lord of Ulur had difficulties and had no children of his own for a long time. When he was nearly fifty years old, he disheartened and asked the king to let his younger brother inherit his position as the city lord.
However, an accident happened. When he was fifty years old, his newly married young wife gave birth to a son to him. The city lord of Ulur had a son at an old age, and regarded his youngest son as a treasure, and regarded it as his heart. However, before he was happy for a few years, when his youngest son was only three or four years old, he was suddenly taken away by the maid who was in charge of taking care of the child.
Under the great joy and great sorrow, the old city lord of Ulur fell ill and finally died in the sadness of not being able to see the last glimpse of the lost child. Naturally, his young and strong brother succeeded him as the lord of the city and became the ruler of Ulur.
Later, five years later, when a confidant of the old city lord was planning to leave Ulur because of his old age, he passed by the slum and accidentally saw Heimos, who was very similar to the old city lord.
After various verifications, it was confirmed that Heimos, who was the old city lord's lost child for five years, was taken back to the city lord's mansion. It is said that the current city lord, that is, his uncle, treats him extremely fondly, like a parent-child.
… If you are a parent
Having said that, Xie Mu'er showed a look of disdain.
If it is really like a parent and child, why did Heimos suffer four or five accidents in a few short years after he entered the City Lord's Mansion
Moreover, the intelligence department of the Supervision Bureau secretly found out that when the decree was issued to the city of Ulur and asked the city owner of Ulur to send the qualified Heimos to the king city, the city owner excused himself for various reasons, and even asked Heimos. Sis concealed the matter and forbade others to mention it to Heimos.
In the end, if it wasn't for Heimos keenly aware that something was wrong, and seized the opportunity to take the initiative to find the messenger, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to come to the royal city.
Xie Muer had even thought about the strangeness of the things that happened when Heimos was very young.
Why would a maid have the audacity to do that kind of thing
How did a mere servant successfully abduct a child from the heavily guarded city lord's mansion
And why the old city lord died of a serious illness in less than two years.
… All of the above are very intriguing.
However, Ulur City is a hereditary city, and its economic status belongs to one of several important cities in Aaron Landis, and it is extremely powerful. Moreover, it is not convenient for Wang Cheng to intervene in matters within the family.
King Camos thought for a while, then got up.
He said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look first."
King Camos brought Xi Muer to Gallan. It was late at night. The oil lamp in the room was lit, and the fire was flickering in the room.
As soon as King Camos entered the house, he saw that Heimos was still guarding Garlan.
The young man sat quietly beside the bed, his eyes fell on the sleeping blond child, his expression was indifferent, and he could not see any expression, but his eyes never moved away from the child.
It was not until King Camos entered the door that he turned his head, got up, and bowed his head slightly to salute King Camos.
Under the beating firelight, Camos glanced at the blue marks under Heimos' eyes.
He coughed lightly.
"Heimos, you go to rest."
The young man shook his head.
"No, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted.
"This is the king's order, Prince Heimos, please obey the king's order."
Although he didn't get a clear answer from King Camos, Ximul, who had already decided to keep Heimos and Garlan a proper distance, spoke up.
"You need to rest, His Royal Highness Gallan will be guarded here."
Heimos was silent for a moment, and lowered his eyelids, his eyes were hidden in the shadows, making it hard to see.
Then, he nodded, turned and walked towards the door.
However, the moment he stepped out of the door, he looked back.
The firelight illuminated the golden red eyes of the young man. He looked at the backs of King Camos and Xie Muer who blocked his vision, as if separating him from the child. There seemed to be something unknown in his eyes at this moment. things passed by.
Then, he turned around and left here quickly.
In the quiet room, Camos stood by the bed, leaned slightly, and looked at Garlan.
"He's been sleeping?"
"Yes."
The skin of the child on the bed was originally white, but now he lost too much blood, and his little face was so pale that it made King Camos feel distressed at a glance.
He touched Garlan's head, and the child's skin that his fingers touched was so soft that he didn't dare to exert any force.
"It seems a little hot..."
The man muttered like this and lowered his head, as if he wanted to put his forehead on Garlan's head.
However, when they saw their faces were about to stick together, King Camos suddenly paused, and then raised his head abruptly.
"Ximuel!"
he shouted hurriedly.
"Yes?"
Xie Muer's heart skipped a beat, thinking that King Camos had seen something wrong from Garlan.
King Camos hurriedly reached out to Xiimuer.
He said, "Give me the razor now!"
Xie Muer: "..."
King Camos: "Quick! Didn't you hear?"
Under the urging of King Camos, the priest of Shamash, who is obsessed with cleanliness, turned over the small bag he always carried around his waist with a blank expression, took out the razor and handed it to Camos.
He watched Camos rush to the mirror to shave and continued to look expressionless.