A steed galloped on the avenue, it came from the frontier, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, and finally arrived at the royal city this morning.
The gate of the king's city has just opened. It stands to reason that before entering the gate, whether it is a horse or a carriage, it must stop to check the identity, but the soldier guarding the gate glanced at the red background and black stripes on the knight's arm flying like a flame. Armband, immediately let his subordinates get out of the way, and let the knight rush into the city gate without stopping.
The knights were galloping on the avenues of the royal city, and the pedestrians who passed by gave way to one side. Even the patrolling city guards quickly moved out of the way, allowing them to rush to the gate of the royal palace unimpeded.
The knight got off his horse, dressed in dust and dust, and he didn't even bother to wipe off the dust on his face. He grabbed the copper cylinder tied to his belt and hurried into the gate.
Another morning, the water in the huge round pool is clear and bright, and it looks more and more sparkling in the early morning sun.
Two spiral-shaped giant waterwheels are made of pure white jade on both sides of the spacious and gorgeous palace, which continuously transport the water from the huge pools on both sides of the palace to the top of the palace.
The fine water droplets fell from both sides of the palace gate. The falling water curtain seemed to be a curtain of pearls connected in series, but it was a bit more translucent and clear than the pearls, reflecting the sunlight and reflecting the colorful shimmer. .
King Camos quickly crossed the water curtain and stepped into the palace.
It was much cooler inside, and the water curtain that kept falling around the palace blocked the heat from the outside.
He strode over and sat on the spacious seat in the middle, the fiery red cloak behind him scattered on the armrest of the seat.
He put one hand on the armrest and looked down at the person below.
"Have the battle report been sent?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
An elderly courtier stepped forward and handed the battle report that had just been delivered to King Camos.
Camos took a look and sneered.
"Those guys in Gaishu really don't have a long memory. They get beaten every year, and they come every year."
In the next instant, the young king suddenly stood up and stood proudly on his throne in this great hall.
With his sudden rise, the fiery red cloak that flew up was behind him, like a bloody war that was about to be ignited in the sky.
It was like a male lion lying idle and quiet, standing up proudly, shaking its lush mane, and roaring into the distance.
King Camos stood in front of the throne, looking down at everyone under his command with a burning gaze.
"Get ready, I will go out in ten days," he said.
After speaking, he strode down the steps and threw the battle report in his hand to the courtier under the steps.
He walked forward along the snow-white road, and the ministers and nobles on both sides bowed their heads and sent him away with an extremely respectful gesture.
Leaving the palace without looking back, the golden scabbard on the waist of the heroic king shone with a sharp edge in the sun.
…
After a busy day, it was soon evening.
Originally, he planned to go to Gallan's bedroom to find his little brother, but Camos received a report from the attendant, telling him that Gallan was not in his own bedroom, but went to the Sephie Courtyard. He thought about it. , simply turned the direction and headed towards the Sefei Courtyard.
On the way in the past, he was idle, rubbing his smooth chin while looking at the people who were kneeling on both sides after seeing him.
strangeness.
King Camos thought.
Is it his delusion
He always felt that during this period of time, he saw fewer and fewer people with beards, and more and more people had smooth and clean chins.
As the saying goes, it works.
For many, following the preferences of those in power is political correctness.
When King Camos used to grow his stubble habitually, the people below followed in a swarm; now King Camos likes to shave his chin clean, so the others also take care of their faces every day. .
Older people don't matter. Now, if young people still show their masculinity with a beard, especially a messy beard, they will definitely be laughed at.
Do you think Camos is mighty or not? Domineering or not? Is it masculine
So Wang Cai doesn't need to use a beard to set off himself, hum, only those who are not manly themselves need to use a beard to cover up.
The above words quickly spread among the upper-class nobles, so, I don't know when it started, the faces of people who frequent the palace, especially young people, are clean and refreshing. And this ethos has even begun to spread from the palace to the royal city, nobles and ordinary civilians.
Regarding the above things, King Camos naturally cannot understand.
He was bored and thought about it casually. Seeing that the Sefid Garden was not far away, he could see the lovely little brother immediately, and he immediately forgot about it.
However, before he could reach the entrance of the courtyard, he collided with Xi Muer.
"King Camos."
He probably didn't expect Camos to come here, and Xie Muer also seemed a little surprised, and then quickly came over and bowed to him.
"Have you received an order?"
"Yes."
Shemuel replied.
He had already received the order to go out in ten days in the morning, and he would lead the Shamash priests in the temple to go out with King Kamos.
As in previous years, Shamash's priesthood was also an extremely important fighting force for Aaron Landis.
"So, I plan to explain to Prince Heimos that he will teach me the martial arts of Prince Garland during my expedition, and at the same time, I will also explain that Prince Garland cannot waste his studies."
He said, "But the servant said that Prince Heimos came here to find Prince Garland, so I simply came here."
King Camos nodded, and then walked into the gate of Sefi Court with Xie Muer.
The Sephie Courtyard is one of the courtyards in the palace that is closest to the sea. Several huge pavilions with gorgeous shapes are located in the courtyard. It is surrounded by evergreen woods and pines, and straight palms stand by the sea.
Sitting in the huge pavilion, you can see the boundless sea in the distance, and you can also see the magnificent small waterfall on the opposite cliff.
Because this is also the end of the Eya River, the long river that runs through the entire Aaron Landis slowly circles the king's city, and then falls into the endless sea at the end of the cliff here.
The cold, hard stone seat was already covered with snow-white cushions, and the blond little prince sat there. The little lion, who had grown up a little more, lay beside him, shaking his head, with a naive look.
When Garlan imitated his fluffy little head, he narrowed his eyes and seemed to be in a good mood. He used his head to arch his head in Garlan's arms, rubbing non-stop.
The little fat man Tal ran over happily holding a plate of candied preserved fruit. The preserved fruit in the plate was red, yellow and blue, and the colorful ones were really beautiful.
"His Royal Highness, come and eat, this is very delicious~~"
The little fat man put down the plate and ran back again. He remembered that there was still a plate of small milk cakes that he hadn't brought.
Heimos sat down on the stone bench opposite and spoke to Garlan.
"Garlan, did you hear the news?"
As he spoke, he reached out and stuffed a bright red preserved fruit into Garlan's mouth.
Garlan was caught off guard, but a bit of the preserved fruit had already touched his mouth, and his two hands were wrapping around the little Nega again. It was not easy to get it, so he could only open his mouth and let Heimos take the preserved fruit. Feed it into his mouth.
He chewed it, and the sweetness of honey spread in his mouth along with the sweetness of the fruit.
"It is too sweet."
Garland said he prefers sweet and sour, or salted ones.
"yes?"
Because of the candied fruit that was stuffed into Garlan's mouth just now, Heimos' fingertips were left with a little sugar stain.
He lowered his head, thin lips, and stretched out the tip of his red tongue to lick it on his fingertips.
The sweet taste spread in his mouth, filling his taste buds, so sweet that he could never feel any other taste.
"I feel fine."
The boy sucked his fingertips, picked up a piece of preserved fruit again and stuffed it into his mouth.
Probably because he had suffered too much since childhood, he liked the feeling of this sweetness filling his taste buds very much.
"It could be sweeter."
Garland: "..."
That's what you think.
Garlan only learned not long ago that this guy who was called the son of the devil in previous lives and whose fierce reputation shocked the world is actually a sweet party.
His little child's body felt too sweet and tired of things, but Heimos was able to eat one bite after another, and it wasn't even sweet enough.
Hey, hey, if you eat too much sweetness, you will get fat.
You're going to eat into a big fat belly and beauties won't like you.
Every time he watched Heimos eat those sweet things, he couldn't help but say that in his heart.
You know, Gallan is still thinking about asking Heimos to find a girl to marry and have a baby in two or three years, so that he can travel to the mainland and pretend to be everywhere... No, he is looking around the world.
"By the way, what news did you just say?"
He didn't intend to continue discussing the question of whether the preserved fruit was sweet enough with Heimos, who was fond of sweets, Garlan asked.
"King Camos will be on his expedition soon."
Heimos replied.
"Go to the border with Geshu."
"Is that so..."
Garland thought about it.
Indeed, King Camos has been fighting outside for almost half a year. Because his brother Wang had been staying with him in the palace for the past few months, he almost forgot about it.
He is not worried about the safety of King Camos. In previous lifetimes until his death, King Camos was still the lion king who was famous in the world.
However, even if there is no danger, injuries on the battlefield are still possible.
After pondering for a while, Garlan decided to take advantage of these few days to polish a God of War amulet with malachite for Brother Camos, and give it to him before the expedition, wishing him a triumphant return.
Garlan pondered here, and the little lion arched in his arms was not happy.
It looked at the boy who had drawn Garlan's attention from it, and opened its eyes that had been squinting lazily, staring at Heimos with a bad look.
Eyeballs twitched, little Nega suddenly whimpered at Gallan, and then rolled on the soft cushion, her limbs turned to the sky, and her belly was exposed towards Gallan.
It showed its belly just like that, staring at Garlan with a pair of dark eyes shining brightly.
oooooooooooo~~
rub me rub me~~
The little lion's cute and coquettish appearance is really cute, and it amused Garlan all of a sudden.
He reached out and rubbed Nega's chubby belly, and Nega's four short legs hugged his hand and screamed at him, looking very enjoyable.
Garlan rubbed his soft belly just as he was amused, when suddenly something was stuffed to his mouth again, he opened his mouth subconsciously, and then the thing was stuffed into his lips immediately, the sweet and greasy taste was there Spreading between his lips and teeth.
Ah, sweet to die for.
Garlan thought so, and ate it anyway.
Just as soon as he finished eating, he suddenly remembered something and froze.
Then, not wanting to continue rubbing Nega's stomach, he turned his head and rushed towards Heimos.
"Did you wash your hands after licking your fingers just now?!"
Heimoston paused for a moment, then stopped to eat the preserved fruit one by one, and silently looked away, looking at the waterfall on the opposite cliff as if he were looking at the scenery.
Garland: "..."
Didn't wash it
I'm sure it wasn't washed, right
Lady Tapti came over and brought a glass of clean water to Garlan.
"Your Highness, do you think it's too sweet?"
She kept calm and said with a smile, "Come on, rinse your mouth, it won't be sweet after we rinse it clean."
Garlan glared at Heimos, who had diverted his attention, and then quickly lowered his head and rinsed his mouth with water.
As soon as he finished rinsing his mouth, he heard a familiar squeaking sound. A little black mouse came out of nowhere and squeaked at him.
Garlan held down the little lion that was about to pounce, and then took a small biscuit to the black mouse.
The little black mouse held the small golden biscuits in both front paws and nibbled it with relish. After Kaihos's training for this period of time, it can already eat what Gallan feeds. The little lion stared at it and groaned dissatisfiedly, but Garlan stretched out his hand and brought the fragrant barbecue to him, and he nibbled at the barbecue with Gallan's hand.
"Your Highness is really busy here."
Accompanied by steady footsteps, a blond knight wearing a black eyepatch walked over with a smile on his handsome face.
"Kaihos... ah, yes, brother Wang is going to go to war, so you should go together too."
As soon as he saw Kaihos, Garlan thought about this.
Kaihos smiled and shook his head.
Although he really wanted to go to the battlefield, the most important thing for him now is to protect the prince.
"No, I'm your guardian knight now, so I'll be by your side..."
"No, you have to go out with your brother Wang."
Garlan categorically dismissed Kejos's words.
You know, you are the future famous 'Knight of the Sun'.
The 'Knight of the Sun' is a well-known and frightening existence on the battlefield.
If Aaron Landis lost such a powerful knight because of his own reasons, Gallan felt heartbroken just thinking about it.
"Don't worry about me, I'm in the palace, there are many people to protect me, so I'm very safe."
The boy looked at his knight earnestly and said.
"Kaihoth, your talent can only shine on the battlefield."
The little prince's bright golden eyes stared at Kaihos with a determined expression on his face, evidently having incomparable trust in his knight.
"You are my guardian knight, and you will definitely become the most powerful knight on the battlefield."
"… "
The blond knight's lips curled slightly, his eyes as green as malachite reflected the serious face of his little prince, and the child's eyes penetrated into his heart like soft water.
"it is good."
Kaijos said he bent down on one knee in front of Garlan and took the little prince's hand.
He smiled at his Master, and the words sounded like an oath.
"My prince, I will become the most powerful knight on the battlefield for you."
…
In the distance, the young King Aaron Landis stood, with his priests, watching the gazebo from a distance.
Camos looked at Garlan and the others, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Ximuer," he said, "so many people gathered around the child without knowing it."
The child was like a luminous light source, and before he knew it, he attracted the crowd and gathered around him.
"Is there? I don't think so."
The priest of Shamash answered with a blank expression.
His displeasure was already on his face, because according to the time, it was the time he had given Prince Garlan to practice archery.
"If you don't watch for a day, you will be lazy."
He whispered to himself, then walked quickly towards the gazebo with a straight face, intending to take the lazy little prince directly to the archery range without any hesitation.
King Camos looked at the back of his subordinate walking quickly and couldn't help grinning.
You say, 'I don't think so'
But Xie Muer, you are also one of the members who was unknowingly attracted to that child.
Camos laughed and walked over with great strides.
As soon as he walked over, he saw Xie Muer taking his little brother out of the gazebo. Garlan, who was pulled out by his arm, looked left and right, his eyes twitched like a squirrel, and his eyes lit up when he saw him.
Then, Garlan ran over in a hurry, hiding behind him and not coming out.
"Prince Garland!"
Xie Muer was so angry, but Gallan hid behind King Camos, and he didn't want to be rude to the king.
King Camos laughed and hugged the little brother who was hiding behind him.
He smiled and looked at Garland in his arms, and Garland looked at him too, with big bright golden eyes, like the sun in a cloudless clear sky.
He smiled and pinched the little brother Wang's soft and tender cheeks lightly. The lion king looked at his cub with indescribable doting.
Heimos bent one knee and sat sideways on the side rail of the pavilion, watching this side quietly, his eyes always falling on Garlan.
The one-eyed knight leaned against the pillars of the pavilion with his arms crossed and his handsome face looked at him with a smile.
The female magistrate walked slowly, smiled lightly, and persuaded the sullen priest Shamash.
The little fat man Tal, who was carrying a plate of small milk cakes, ran back, turned his head to look, and found that the prince was picked up by King Camos outside the pavilion. He stood there watching, and secretly stuffed it into his mouth. A piece of milk cake, the sweet taste made him smile.
The little black rat scurried on the master, and his eyes looked at the master, and then at the little master over there; the little lion chased out, spinning around the feet of King Camos, who was holding Garlan, while Ouch, ooh, ooh.
The fiery red sunset shrouded the earth, and the magnificent red clouds were like blooming flowers in the sky, reflecting on the flowing waterfall.
No matter how time passes in the future.
At least this moment, time stopped, and the soft scene at this moment was portrayed as a kind of eternity.
…
…
Two months later, a good news came from the border, and Gaishu's army was defeated and retreated.
This is not surprising.
After all, the illustrious Lion King has never failed since his expedition.
When all the ministers and nobles in the royal court were astonished, they received an order that King Camos would return to the royal city in the near future.
Strangely, once King Camos sets off, it will take at least half a year.
They wondered.
No matter how the ministers and nobles of the whole dynasty wondered, at this moment, in the borderland of Aaron Landis and Geshu, King Camos rode his black horse and stood on a high mountain.
The noon sun fell on him, illuminating his golden-brown hair as if it was radiating light.
King Camos stood on horseback, looking down at the earth with a burning gaze.
Xie Mu'er in battle armor followed behind him on horseback, and the two of them, as well as a few sturdy guards behind him, also rode and stayed there quietly.
The summit was quiet, save for the rustling of the wind over the trees.
It didn't take long for the sound of hooves to break the silence, and the blond knight ran to the vicinity of King Camos.
"Your Majesty," he said, "the discussion is about to begin, and all the generals are waiting for you."
Cayhoes has worn the badge of the Hundred Riders on his chest, which is his exploits in this war.
King Camos did not answer immediately.
He looked down at the land below the mountain, the land of Aaron Landis, the land for which he fought.
He suddenly said, "Xie Mu'er, do you know why every time I defeated the enemy before, it didn't matter if I didn't return to the royal city?"
Shemuer did not answer.
Others naturally did not dare to speak, and the top of the mountain was silent.
Camos said: "After my father passed away, in that city, in that palace, no one would wait for me to go back."
No one in the palace will wait for him to return.
So, for him, it doesn't matter if he goes back or not.
He is the king of Aaron Landis, and where he is, there is the palace.
Where he is is where the throne is.
The heroic and powerful Lion King stood on horseback on the top of the mountain. His eyes looked into the distance, as if he had penetrated the sky and saw that place, the location of the king's city.
He lowered his head, and his eyes fell on the crookedly carved amulet stone amulet on his wrist.
A smile appeared on the corner of King Camos' lips.
"...It's time to go back."
He said so.
He is going back.
Because his younger brother was waiting for his triumphant return in the royal city.
Because now, someone is already waiting for his return in that palace.
Shemuer has been silent.
This was the first time he knew that in the past few years, King Camos had no reason for not returning to the royal city.
After a long silence, the priest of Shamash bowed his head.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"It's time to go back," he said.
He said softly, "The prince is waiting for you to come home."
King Camos pulled the reins, and the dark horse galloped away, and everyone chased after him.
In the whistling wind, there was a conversation.
"Speaking of which, Kaihos, what are you going to bring back to Garland?"
"Naturally, it can't compare to the precious loot that you have seized, Your Majesty. It's just a few special snacks and interesting crafts from Gaishu."
"… . . . Cujoss."
"Yes?"
"Come on, let's exchange."
The Lion King vaguely felt that perhaps the one-eyed knight's things would be more favored by his younger brother.
"Sorry, Your Majesty, this subordinate cannot agree to this matter."
"Kaihos, this is the king's life."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Finally someone couldn't listen anymore.
"Enough, King Camos, Kaihos... When you go out to fight, how can you always think about bringing something back to the prince?"
"Huh? Lord Xie Mu'er, didn't you also prepare a few small things to go back to the prince? Although it has been hidden, I accidentally saw it that day."
"..."
"Hahahaha, Xie Muer, you bastard—hahahahaha—"
-[End of the youth chapter]-
The second boy will eventually be king