A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

It was late at night, but the celebration in Tozes City was still going on, and the people were having fun in the square, enjoying the joy of this moment.

On the other side of the ruling office, on the balcony completely opposite to the open-air platform where the people were with, a small figure stood quietly here.

The tall buildings blocked the noise of celebrations in the square, making it much quieter than the other side.

The little girl stood on the balcony, her slightly curly fluffy hair falling on her palm-sized face. She was still very young, but there was not much innocence that belonged to a child on her face, and there was even a faint hint of her age. A totally inappropriate gloomy look.

She was lying on the balcony, looking down at the inner courtyard of the Consulate below, but her eyes were in a trance, wandering around, not knowing what she was thinking.

She lay quietly on the stone railing, and the noise of the celebration behind her seemed out of tune with her.

After an unknown amount of time, a burst of light footsteps sounded behind her, approaching her from far away.

A familiar voice came from behind her.

"Princess, why do you want to stay here?"

Awakened from her trance by this sound, Emma turned her head and saw Vinyl right behind her as expected.

She laughed self-deprecatingly: "I know that you are the only one who will come to me."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked into the distance again, with a somewhat confused look on her face.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that something seemed wrong with Emma, ​​Viniel asked.

"Viniel, I know that neither you nor others actually like my character. Some people say behind my back that I am naughty by nature, I know that."

Viniel was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to say some explanation, but when she saw Emma's calm expression, she was a little surprised.

She had watched Emma grow up since she was a child, and she knew the child's character very well. If it were the previous Emma, ​​she would definitely get angry after hearing this, and she would not be as calm as she is now.

"I know that the reason why you still stay with me who is so willful is because I am a princess and my mother's only daughter."

Pressing her hands on the stone railing, Emma looked towards the dark sky.

The wind blowing from the night sky stirred her long, fluffy hair.

"I don't like this. I really don't like that everyone only looks at me like a 'princess' because my mother only surrounds me. So, I deliberately did those willful things... It's very childish, isn't it?"

Emma smiled bitterly as she recalled the nightmare-like days when she was captured by the pirates.

"I used to stubbornly believe that my status as 'Prince's Daughter' was a constraint on me. No matter how hard I worked or how well I did, everyone took it for granted. The shadow of my mother weighing on my head was unbearable... But after After that incident, I realized how ridiculous my idea was.”

she says,

"Without the identity of 'Prince's Daughter', I am nothing at all and count as nothing."

"I didn't do anything for Elson, but I had a lot."

"And everything I have gained, being able to do whatever I want and living a prosperous life, including you who are with me... is all because I am the 'Prince's Daughter' and my mother's daughter."

At this point, she paused, turned her head and smiled lightly at Vinyl.

"I used to think that he and I were the same."

"He is the prince of Aaron Landis, and his brother is the world-famous King Camos, so I think he must understand my mood."

"But now I know it's different."

She shook her head slightly and said softly.

"He and I are completely different."

"If I lose my identity as a 'prince', I will be nothing. But so many people... everyone respects him. They support him and regard him as their faith, not because his brother is King Camos. .”

"Even if I lose my identity as Prince Aaron Landis, I know that there will still be many people who will follow him willingly."

The little princess stared at the wall in front of her.

But her eyes seemed to penetrate the thick wall and look at the person on the other side of the wall.

She said: "Just because he is Garlan."

Elson's little princess said softly: "Vinelle, I envy him very much. I really want to become like him."

She looked at Vinyl and asked, "What can I do to become like him?"

Looking at the confused little girl with gentle eyes, Viniel's mood was very complicated.

The princess has begun to grow, which makes her feel relieved but also a little distressed.

No matter how mature she is, the princess is still just a child in her teens.

She thought for a while, then spoke, planning to say something.

However, before she had time to speak, there was a sudden movement not far away. General Aielson's expression changed and she looked sharply at the place where the noise came from.

"Who? Come out!"

she shouted loudly.

Following her shout, a burly figure walked out of the dark shadow in the corner.

This mature man who was once a slave was now wearing a dark-colored leather guard uniform. There was no trace of a slave anymore, but the surging and fierce blood of his body had not changed at all.

He glanced at the two of them, lowered his head, and bowed in salute.

"Because the two of them had been away from the table for too long, the prince was a little worried. He was afraid that the two of them would be in danger, so he ordered us to go out and search for them."

The man lowered his head slightly, and there was no expression on his seemingly honest face.

He said: "Since you two are safe, I will go and reply to Your Highness."

"Wait! Did you hear everything just now?"

Emma shouted angrily to him.

It was enough to confide this embarrassing feeling to Viniel, who had watched her grow up since she was a child. She didn't want others to hear it at all.

"...I'm sorry, the two of you were talking when I came here, and it's really not convenient for me to interrupt."

The little princess's face instantly turned red, angry and embarrassed.

Those embarrassing words were actually heard by this humble slave. This is simply——

She gritted her teeth and stared at Tewa in annoyance.

"If you think I was rude, I can give you an answer as my apology."

Emma was startled.

"Answer?"

she asked confused.

"As for what you just asked, what can you do to become like His Highness."

Tewa raised his head and looked directly at the little princess.

"I can answer you that you will never be like His Highness."

"you--"

"If His Highness's mind is as broad as the ocean, then, with all due respect, your mind is only as big as a pond at most."

Emma was furious.

"Why do you say that? What do you, a slave, know?"

"My Lady, what you said at the beginning was actually quite right. I came here with the intention of clinging to His Highness, hoping to get a broader road from His Highness. I was once a slave, so I will only try my best to make myself live. I will do better, whether it is to cling to the powerful or to follow the crowd, as long as it is useful, I will do it. For a slave like me who can fight to the death with wild beasts for a bite of food, the integrity and dignity you talk about are simply rubbish."

"I know you look down on me like this."

Tewa paused and continued.

"However, His Highness accepted me like this."

"With his broad mind, I am willing to accept even such ugly thoughts and believe in my loyalty to him."

He looked directly at Emma and said in a deep voice: "But you can't do it. My lady, you always doubt the loyalty of the people around you, doubt them, and don't want to trust them."

"..."

Emma opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Tewa's words hit the nail on the head, leaving her unable to refute.

"It is true that I came to the prince with the intention of clinging to him, but that does not mean that my loyalty is a lie."

He said,

"You may not believe it, but for me, even if this useless body is shattered into pieces, my loyalty to His Highness will always exist."

After saying this, Tewa bowed to Emma again.

Then he turned and left, the steady and rhythmic footsteps getting farther and farther away as he left.

There was silence for a while, and after a while, Viniel came back to her senses.

She quickly comforted Emma and said: "This man is so rude, princess. I will help you teach him a lesson later."

Emma shook her head.

"No."

She said softly, "I seem to understand a little bit..."

She seemed to understand a little bit.

That young prince is obviously not powerful himself, but the reason why so many people, even the world-renowned strong men, are willing to follow him...

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On the second day, at the port of Tozes City, Aielson's largest warship was anchored at the seaport, waiting quietly.

Garlan came to see off the departing Princess Elson and the female warriors.

He saw obvious dark circles under the little princess's two big eyes.

"What's wrong?" He touched Emma's head and asked with a smile, "Did you sleep well yesterday?"

Is it because the celebration comes too late?

Because there were many things that she couldn't figure out, the little princess, who had been tossing and turning all night, raised her head.

Her long golden hair fell in front of her eyes, and she looked into the eyes of the young man in front of her.

When he smiled, his slightly curved golden eyes were so bright, as if the bright sunlight had fallen into them.

When she looked into those eyes, the darkness in her heart seemed to be swept away.

Suddenly, she grinned.

She smiled at Garlan, a bright smile like a real child's.

"Brother Garlan, please bend down."

"Um?"

"Bend over." The little princess grabbed Garlan's arm like a baby, "I have something to tell you."

Following her strength, Garlan bent down and lowered his head.

The corners of the little prince's lips raised into a triumphant smile.

When Gallan was not paying attention, she raised her head, leaned over and kissed Gallan hard on the face.

I have to leave a mark.

Emma thought proudly.

Just when her pink mouth was about to kiss Garlan's face——

A hand suddenly stretched out from the ground.

The hand was so big that it covered the entire lower half of Garlan's face with one slap, leaving only his two dazed eyes exposed.

So, the little princess kissed the back of the hand covered with snow-white bandages.

Her whole body froze.

Raising her head with a crunch, she looked into the golden-red eyes that looked down at her.

A surge of anger arose spontaneously, and the little princess glared at him with wide eyes.

Heimos covered the lower half of Garlan's face with one hand, looking down coldly at the brat who tried to take advantage of his Garlan without paying attention, with a gloomy expression.

Garlan was still a little dazed after his mouth was covered. Suddenly the hand covering his face pulled him up and fell into a familiar chest.

He glanced sideways and saw Heimos' side face, his lips that were pursed to reveal a bit of sharpness, and his eyes staring ahead.

He rolled his eyes and looked in the direction of Heimos' gaze, and saw the angry little princess staring at Heimos with her eyes wide open.

So, what happened at the scene was that a grown man and a little girl, one with sharp eyes and the other with angry eyes, were staring at each other.

Suddenly, the image of a big black wolf and a small wolf cub confronting each other with bared teeth fighting over a piece of meat bone appeared in Garlan's mind...

…

No, wait, is he comparing himself to flesh and bones?

Garlan sighed twice in his heart, deleted the strange scene in his mind, then raised his hand and touched the bandaged hand, signaling Heimos to let go.

Heimos turned his gaze to his face, and then let go.

Garlan bent his eyes and smiled at him, and Heymos's stinky expression softened, and his originally sharp eyes softened.

He said: "Pay attention, that little guy is very good."

He said in a lecturing tone: "And no matter how young she is, she is still a lady. Men and women should be careful to keep a distance, otherwise it will be easy for others to misunderstand her."

Garlan: "..."

He wanted to give Heimos a look.

You said that men and women are not intimate, so you can cling to me since you are a man, right?

The little princess was obviously so angry at Heimos' words that her cheeks bulged with anger.

"I don't care about being misunderstood!"

She said, turning to look at Garlan.

"Brother Garlan, wait for me. I will come to you when I reach adulthood."

She said loudly and unceremoniously,

"I have decided that I must give birth to your child! Let her become the next Queen of Elson!"

Garlan: "..."

Looking at the ten-year-old little princess who aggressively announced that she would give birth to his child, he twitched the corner of his mouth twice.

He said he didn't want to say anything.

…………

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Aierson's warships anchored in the harbor of Tozes City raised their sails, and the sea wind blew hard, inflating the huge white sails.

Led by the largest warship, they sailed towards the depths of the endless blue ocean.

Emma stood on the side of the boat, looking far away at the coastline that was gradually moving away from her. The howling sea breeze lifted her long, fluffy hair, causing it to fly in the air.

Female General Vinier stood beside her to accompany her, also looking at the coast, with a little regret in her eyes.

In the past few days, she had used various means to get a child from the knight of the burning sun. However, the knight completely lived up to his romantic reputation. Although he was gentle and polite to her and greeted her with a smile, But it left her with no chance to take advantage of it, so she failed to succeed until the end.

...After all, she couldn't beat him, and she couldn't use force.

Sighing regretfully, Viniel turned her gaze to the little princess beside her.

She asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Emma laughed.

At this moment, her eyes seemed to be less sinister and more calm and calm.

This made the light in her eyes seem a little brighter.

"Viniel, I'm just thinking, although I'm much worse than brother Garlan... just like that person said, I can't become like him."

"But even if you can't become like him, it's still good to be able to get closer to him little by little, isn't it?"

She said, her bright eyes looking towards the boundless sea with longing for the future.

"I want to become an Elson warrior stronger than my mother."

"I want to be a queen whom the people of Elson love with all their hearts."

"I want you and others, Viniel, not because of my mother, but because of me, willing to follow me."

She smiled and said,

"No matter whether I can do it in the future, but at least, I have to do it in this direction."

Vinyl laughed too.

"If you think so, that means you have already taken the first step."

She showed a rather emotional and gratified look in her eyes.

"Princess, you have begun to grow."

At this point, Emma rolled her eyes.

"Ah, I almost forgot, there is another very important wish."

She said, raising her hand and pointing to the extremely distant coastline, as if she was swearing.

"No matter what, I must give birth to Brother Garlan's child and make her the next Queen of Elson!"

Viniel's eyes rolled, and then she nodded in agreement.

"It's a good idea to make the child of the future King Aaron Landis the queen of Elson."

"Not bad, right? Brother Garlan's child must be very beautiful."

"Yeah, that's good. As the King of Aaron Landis, he will definitely take care of his children."

"However, I always feel that he seems to treat me as a child..."

"It doesn't matter, princess, you will grow up soon."

"Well, in any case, we have to become stronger first... Otherwise there are so many people guarding Brother Garlan. If we are not strong enough, it will be really difficult to snatch him away from those people..."

The tiny words fell into the white waves raised by the battleship as it sailed.

On the traces of white waves on the sea, countless Aielson's warships sailed towards the depths of the sea facing the sun.

……………………

Thousands of years are enough to bury countless traces of history.

The mysterious Aielson Island Nation, as well as the legendary Aielson female warriors, all traces of their existence have been lost in the long river of time.

No one knows whether they left or merged with other races. This mysterious race left no information and disappeared silently in history.

In later generations, the only records about the female warriors of Elson can be gleaned from the historical materials of Aaron Landis.

It is recorded in the history books that the ninth Queen of Eilson at that time was influenced by the 'Wise King' of Aaron Landis and carried out reforms in Eilson, which was closed to the country.

During her reign, the originally poor Aielson country gradually became wealthy, and the living conditions of the Aielson people were greatly improved.

Moreover, during the war for hegemony in the continent at that time, she led the female warriors Aielson to follow Aaron Landis in the north and south. In that era of great war, among the world-famous heroes and generals, she was the only one. A woman with a reputation for being brave and good at fighting was among them.

There is also a record in the unofficial history.

Queen Aielson did not want to have children for a long time...until she was thirty-six years old, she gave birth to a daughter, the tenth Queen Aielson.

According to historical records.

During that period, the rule of the Wise King allowed Aaron Landis's national power to grow rapidly, and then its military force became stronger and stronger. It fought in the south and north, and successively defeated and annexed the surrounding big countries such as Gesu and Yis. In the end, it took less than ten years. This unified the entire continent.

By this point, Aaron Landis had become a great empire.

This is also the reason why this continent is also called the Aaron Landis continent.

And when this great empire that attracted the attention of the whole world dominated this continent, only two small countries were allowed to continue to form their own country on this land.

One is Tasda on the ice and snow plateau in the north, and the other is the ocean island country of Eielson in the south.

The author has something to say: Countries such as Aaron Landis, Yis, Geshu, Tasda, etc. are now kingdoms, not empires.

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Seeing everyone diving deeply, I want to cause trouble again, ╭(╯^╰)╮hum.

ps: ...Don’t think too much, the little princess’s child will definitely not be Garlan’s.