Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 5: Protection

He is dreaming.

This time, he clearly got to this point.

He felt a hole in the void beneath his feet.

An increasingly larger hole.

Until he fell into it.

Unable to extricate themselves.

He lifted his leg subconsciously, trying to get rid of the terrible hole, but he greeted a call.

"Your Highness."

Thyls woke up suddenly.

He realized that he was lying on the seat sideways, with his right leg firmly in the car.

And there is no hollow under his feet.

Not to mention falling.

In his ears, there are only the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the slow sound of wheels, low voices, and...

"Sorry for interrupting your sleep."

In the swaying carriage, Gilbert's gentle voice slowly calmed his panic

"Did you rest well last night?"

Tyles sat up straight, took a deep breath, and rubbed his face.

"No, I just..."

...It's just that I haven't slept so peacefully in a long time.

Tyles buried his face in his palm and said silently.

After a second, the prince lifted his head from his hands, smiling kindly

"...just take a nap."

Gilbert watched him seriously for a long time before he smiled

"Your Highness."

"Eternal Star City is ahead."

Eternal Star City.

For an instant, this phrase seemed to have extraordinary magical powers, which wiped out Thales' fatigue and sleepiness.

"What?"

Thyls turned his head in surprise.

"So fast?"

The boy dragged his somewhat numb body, tried his best to move to the side of the car, and pushed the window of the car.

"How many days have we been in the central collar..."

Thyls' words stopped abruptly.

As the carriage passed an uphill, past the shadowy cavalry outside the window, he saw it.

Under the bright sunshine, the fields are vast, the roads are flat, and the villages are orderly.

It is like a colorful ribbon between blue sky and black soil.

On both sides of the road, more and more people are oncoming

Busy businessmen, farmers on the road, officials galloping by, all kinds of carriages, fast or slow, orderly, they evade the road under the strong orders of the standing army, and stay on the alert temporarily raised by the soldiers Outside the line, they looked at the surprisingly large fleet with curious and surprised eyes.

"It's probably a certain nobleman..."

"Oh, there are so many bodyguards to clear the way, maybe it is the great earl of a certain foreign country."

"Guess that the carriage is filled with people or things? I guess it is some expensive urinals..."

The vague discussion reached the young man's ears.

None of this can compare to Thales’ focus.

That is a city.

In the distant field of vision, the towering gray brick city walls stand tall, like towering trees, and the prominent towers and battlements are jagged, with different scenery, and the star-blue flag on the top of the city is fluttering in the wind like the waves.

Not as majestic and majestic as Longxiao City, without the solidity and toughness of the Broken Dragon Fortress, and not as free as the chaos of the Bladeya Camp.

But...

I don't know why, such a well-mannered, well-organized, ordinary-looking city, is so attracting his attention at the moment.

Eternal Star City.

Thyles was a little silly.

"You don't need to be nervous."

Gilbert seems to have experienced the complex emotions of a teenager, he is calm and idiomatic

"You are home, nothing more."

Tyles' eyes still can't leave the distant city, just listen to him in a trance

"I know."

I know.

Gilbert said nothing, he just watched the prince's gaffe with a smile.

"If you want, Your Highness..."

Gilbert let out an encouraging look.

"Then go out and see for yourself."

Look at it with my own eyes...

He is strange and familiar...

Hometown.

Tyles slowly woke up, his eyes gradually firm.

Gilbert smiled authentically

"I think it's time to let Yongxing City and the entire kingdom see their heirs after six years."

Six years away...

Thyls's gaze passed through the soldiers, through passers-by, through the fields, and even finally through the distant walls and clouds in the sky.

"Of course, Gilbert."

Thyls turned his head back, his expression was complex and difficult

"Of course."

With the rare look of the prince, the foreign secretary was silent for a few seconds.

After that, Gilbert gently pushed the window of the car, knocked on the carriage, and slightly probed.

"Lord Mallos, can you please slow down and raise the nine-pointed star flag? Perhaps it is time for your Royal Highness to appear in public."

Earl Caso’s shout made the horseshoes and wheels outside the carriage change their speed and trajectory at the same time, and the royal guards surrounding the prince’s carriage moved quickly to give up a formation, revealing the approaching watchman Mallos.

"Also let His Royal Highness look at his Yongxing City..."

Gilbert’s words continue, but...

"I'm sorry."

"No way."

Malós's voice is as far and near as a horseshoe, and his speech is gentle and polite, but he refuses very simply.

There is no room for negotiation at all.

Gilbert froze for a moment, seemingly unexpected that his proposal would be rejected.

Thyls also frowned.

Fortunately, the Minister of Foreign Affairs only paused for a few seconds, and then continued to look out of the car, trying to make another effort.

"Well, Lord Mallos, I understand your work, but we don't have to stop or deviate from the course, but your Highness needs to enter the main road..."

But it was Mallos who greeted him politely

"I can't allow it."

Tels paused.

Gilbert is also a little stiff

"Lord?"

Malles' face appeared out of the car window and glanced at Thales in the car.

"I believe you know better than I do about the sensation caused by the prince's return to the parliament. The gang of nobles in the west is a lesson for the past..."

"I can even imagine what kind of crowds and chaos we will face if the Duke shows up publicly, from watching the lively civilians to the nobles who are trying to find out the news...too much trouble for us, for Safety measures, I don’t think Lord Duke is suitable to show up, but should stay in the carriage until he enters the Fuxing Palace."

The watchman still smiles. He looks at the curious civilians on both sides of the avenue and refuses him in a friendly tone

"And we don't need to fantasize at all to attract more attention."

is a safety gauge.

Thyls frowned slightly when he heard the other's polite but decisive rejection.

"Lord Mallos, if we are considering safety, we have already reached the capital, and there are you, and even the standing army behind you, I believe you must be sure that your Highness..." Gilbert whispered He spoke, but was interrupted by Mallos.

"No, no, don't overestimate us, count, we have neither the wrath of the kingdom nor the flower of the fortress." Mallos still smiles, but it's not so pleasing to Thales.

"If we really want us to face the people who are erupting like a flood, at most...50%."

Gilbert was speechless for a while.

Everyone in the Royal Guard looked at each other.

And Mallos is still smiling.

The prince became a little bored.

Gilbert felt the rigidity of the atmosphere.

"I appreciate the caution and concern of the Royal Guard, but should we think more about it beyond this?"

Earl Caso sits upright, holding his cane, and showing his attitude in professional negotiations

"Whether as the prince or the Duke of Xinghu, he should appear in public on the first day of his return, for at least a few seconds, so that everyone can see him coming back into the city and let the news spread."

The cunning fox of the stars squinted his eyes

"And this is for the royal family, for your majesty's rule and benefit."

"Lord Mallos?"

Listening to the other party's justified and noble reason, Mallos on the mount lowered his head and was silent for a while.

But just when Thales thought he was going to compromise...

"Hahaha... Maybe I didn't express it clearly, maybe you are just joking."

Malles raised his head, smiling more sincerely, but his eyes were calm and indifferent.

"But, it is my task to safely **** the prince back to the Palace of Renaissance, Count Caso," Mallos bends the muscles on both sides of his lips, but there is little smile in his eyes

"Others, no."

Neither hard nor soft nails made Gilbert frowned.

Feeling the lack of cooperation from Mallos on this matter, Thales glanced at the small carriage, feeling the numbness of the horse-drawn carriage on the buttocks, and then looked at the wide open window. With the scenery and the famous hometown, he was a little depressed in silence.

"We should have talked about this, Lord."

Gilbert's tone became a bit blunt

"You and I have our own mission, and we work hard not to embarrass each other-before that, we worked well together, didn't we."

Marius smiled after staring at Gilbert's eyes.

He was silent for only a few seconds.

"I'm sorry that my mission conflicts with yours," Mallos's expression is still gentle and polite

"But all I can do is ‘sorry’."

"Earl Caso."

He nodded respectfully at the end.

Gilbert's expression is a bit ugly.

Although every sentence is the beginning of a polite and humble apology, but...

Tyles listened to the opponent's uniform rejection, looked at Gilbert, who was slightly unhappy, and glanced at the royal guard that surrounded him tightly.

Suddenly he thought of Longxiao City, the Hall of Heroes, and the Garden of Blood.

There, Nicolai's men did the same, blocking every entrance and exit.

Thinking about this, the discomfort in the prince's heart reached its peak.

"Lord..." Gilbert sighed.

"The Duke stays in the carriage, which saves us a lot of trouble." The watchman smiled as before and interrupted Gilbert

"That's enough."

Hearing this, Thales, who can't listen anymore, couldn't help but interject.

"So, because you think this is troublesome, you would rather trap me in a carriage?"

The prince raised the volume unconsciously

"I thought your Majesty asked you to **** me, instead of imprisoning me?"

The sound of the horse's hoofs around has changed a bit.

The prince’s loud voice was obviously not ordinary. Several members of the royal guards-or the guards of the Star Lake, caught up nervously, including Doyle and Glover who had become familiar with Thales.

Gilbert also changed slightly.

Marius finally moved his gaze to Thales.

Thyls frowned, seemingly wanting a comment.

But Mallos only stopped for a while before he smiled

"Sorry to make you feel this way, Lord Duke."

"After meeting with your Majesty, you can protest to him at any time and suggest that he remove my post."

Thyls was taken aback.

I saw Mallos look at Thales mildly, shrugged, and said softly

"But before that, in accordance with tradition and rules, as the guardian of the royal guard and the person in charge of your personal guard..."

"I am afraid that my considerations and judgments regarding your personal safety take precedence over your personal preferences."

"The responsibility lies, Wanwang Haihan."

At that moment, the air inside and outside the carriage seemed to freeze.

Tyles' expression is stiff.

Malos looked as usual.

In the surrounding royal guards, Doyle and Glover looked at each other. Several people looked surprised, but did not dare to take a mouthful.

For some reason, Thales remembered the look of Roman "Don't teach me how to do my work" when he was still in the Bladeya camp.

As Gilbert wanted to say something to ease his cheeks, Thales closed his eyes tightly and opened them again.

"Are you the royal guard or my personal guard."

Thyls speaks slowly

"You should follow my orders."

Yet Mallos just shook his shoulders

"You are the prince of the stars, or the duke of the kingdom."

The watchman is still respectful, but his words do not show any weakness.

"You should also respect your majesty's appointment."

His eyes reflect a profound light

"Especially on the first day you return."

Tyles' face sank.

"You mean..."

The prince stared at Mallos closely, every word was authentic

"This is your majesty's order?"

At that moment, Gilbert also suddenly changed color.

"No," the watchman said lightly, riding on the horse

"It's just the way I execute commands."

The way to execute the command.

Tyles' eyes changed.

Doyle, who was listening nervously, suddenly felt that the surrounding air seemed to become sticky.

"Lord Mallos."

Under the eyes of everyone, the prince faced the watchman without giving way, and spoke softly

"I want you to stop the carriage, now."

But Mallius just sneered.

"I am very hug..."

"Lord!" Gilbert, who sensed something was wrong, screamed and interrupted Mallos.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs then turned to Thales, who was looking cold, and said gently

"His Royal Highness, there is a lot of travel today, maybe you really need to rest... I believe Lord Mallos is also to protect you..."

But Thales interrupted him.

"Protect me," the prince said as if just dipped in ice water

"Like six years ago?"

Gilbert was momentarily dumb.

The eyes of Thales and Mallos met in the air, one was cold and sharp, and the other was calm.

Doyle, who was watching, suddenly had a premonition of something bad.

"Gilbert, tell me," the prince said softly

"Each of the Duke of Xinghu's guards-such as John-is formed by the king's direct deployment of the royal guards ~ IndoMTL.com~ personally stationed?"

Gilbert froze.

Malles also squinted slightly.

The surrounding Star Lake Guards looked at each other with different expressions.

A few seconds later, Gilbert coughed, which seemed quite embarrassing

"That's because you have been away from home for too long and there is a lack of available manpower around. Your Majesty is worried..."

Thyls didn't hear the rest of him.

He just stared at Mallos closely.

As if staring at another person.

"I understand." The prince said softly.

"Continue."

Malós's expression is stagnant

"What."

Thyls stared straight at him

"Keep smiling, Lord Mallos."

In the puzzled eyes of the surrounding royal guards, Thales gave a cold snort

"Because if you don't laugh..."

"Then you look like a dead face."

Malles was startled.

Gilbert looked at Thales worriedly

"His Royal Highness..."

But Thales ignored Gilbert's words, and just looked at Mallos with a puzzled face.

Malios frowned slightly, ignored him, turned his head and ordered

"Return to the previous formation..."

This time, the prince spoke before him.

"Then, the watchman of the Royal Guard, the Royal Knight, and the captain of my Star Lake Guard, Lord Tormund Mallos!"

The watchman's eyes froze.

Tyles increased the volume so that the surrounding royal guards could hear clearly

"To thank you for your hard work and dedication, for escorting me back to the capital..."

As soon as this statement came out, all members of the guard became puzzled.

I saw Thales staring at Mallos, slowly biting his words

"I want..."

"Reward you."