Atlas Battle Song

Among the three aristocratic academies in the imperial capital, Emerald Academy is the oldest and most distinguished academy.It admits only the sons of the royal family, and pure-blooded Sybyl noble boys.Boys from various families live together and undergo extremely rigorous military training together.

The Sybyls value the Emerald Court.Childhood friendships develop into strong alliances as naughty boys become emperors and knights.

The friendship of the teenagers will create the future of the empire.

When 12-year-old Ego entered school, he wasn't greeted too warmly, perhaps even unnoticed.

The boys' attention was elsewhere - the crown prince, 17-year-old Triste.The crown prince is the core of the Emerald Academy, and any of his daily actions are surrounded by shouts and hugs.During the swordsmanship training, almost all the boys at the same level wanted to be in a group with the crown prince; and when it was time to examine the recitation of "Sybyl's Battle Song" in class, only the crown prince would always get full marks, because he would receive more than a dozen of them at the same time. A perfect cheat sheet for the answers.

This is not surprising. Long before these boys entered school, their fathers had repeatedly enjoined them: they must strive for the friendship of the crown prince so that they could gain a place by the emperor's side in the future.

Although the boys are all working hard, the effect is not necessarily ideal.The crown prince is a somewhat neurotic teenager, moody like his father.Facing the star-like flattery, the crown prince only appreciates it when he is in a good mood, which often embarrasses other boys.And long before entering the Emerald Court, the crown prince already had several close friends.This secret small "cabinet" took shape.The boy who is lucky enough to be a confidant will naturally reject other boys who try to join out of jealousy and vigilance.

Once, a boy was pushed into a freezing lake in the middle of the night.When the teachers questioned him, the frozen child just cried tremblingly, saying that he had accidentally fallen into it.In fact, many people know that he accidentally bumped into the crown prince's friend in rhetoric class.

Power is such that even children have to be on the edge of it.

At first, little Egg's college life was peaceful.In the Emerald Court, he was taciturn and showed no interest in anything, just doing what he was supposed to do.A few boys tried to get close to him, but little Egg didn't think of them as friends, just acquaintances who went out with him.

It stands to reason that such a negative attitude would only make him feel insignificant, and might even put him in a disadvantageous position in the small group of noble boys with strict hierarchy.

But Egg was a really pretty kid.

What's more, he is at such a delicate age, his body already shows the slenderness of a teenager, but still inevitably has the childishness of a child.

When the boy sits quietly in the corridor reading a book, he looks like a delicate ceramic doll.Little Egg's hair has been getting a little long recently, and without Little Trand braiding his hair, half-length black hair had to be draped over his shoulders.Egg looks like his mother, with delicate features, thin lips, and shallow gray-blue pupils like lake water in winter.

Among a group of adolescent boys, little Egg was pale and slender, with a kind of indisputable beauty in his body, which was also eye-catching.

At one point, the crown prince even offered to talk to him and took the boy into his lap.

"Yeah, you're so pretty, like a girl."

As if he was a kind big brother, the crown prince affectionately asked little Egg to sit on his lap with his legs spread apart.The edge of the boy's shorts was slightly rolled up, but the crown prince helped him tidy it up carefully, and his fingers caressed the skin of little Egg's legs intentionally or unintentionally.

The others were tacitly silent.

"Your Highness." The boy felt uncomfortable.

"You are the son of Lord Gorgon, Egg Swarders Gorgon? I met you before, in the tourney years ago, when you beat the other big boys. It was a surprise. At that time I like you very much after seeing you." The crown prince's body was very close, and he almost whispered in little Igor's ear.

Little Egg frowned: "Your Highness, this is not a secret, there is no need to communicate so closely."

The crown prince said: "Stupid boy, don't you understand?"

"Your Majesty the future emperor," said little Egg with no expression on his face, "I will be your strongest knight in the future, not your mistress."

The crown prince couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, what an interesting boy. If you say that now, will you still think that way later? I'm really looking forward to it."

"Oh, then you can look forward to it." Little Egg got off the crown prince's lap calmly.Some of the older boys laughed maliciously and tried to stop him from making dirty jokes, but little Egg ignored them and left.

Since then, the Crown Prince's interest in Egg has not diminished, but has increased day by day.Expensive flowers were brought to Egg's room every day; new-made short dresses were often sent directly to Egg from the court, more often and more expensive than other boys should be; Such as rings, jewelry, toys.

Everyone in the Emerald Court could see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pursued Yi Ge like a woman.

Some boys are jealous, while others are silent.The instructors turned a blind eye.After all, everyone knows that Her Highness Triste is like a father.And His Majesty the Emperor's love for women is like a collector who loves all kinds of famous wines.

Somehow, Egg's father found out about this.The earl ordered someone to write a letter, telling his son to take advantage of the opportunity to either become a blood ally of His Highness the Crown Prince, or become His Royal Highness's lover.

"You just need to get close to the strong."

Little Egg found it troublesome, so he simply stopped interacting with others.

He only cares about his mother and the little lion at home.Every time Egg wrote a report letter to his father, he only wrote half a page, and his father would not read any more.And his letter to Trand would take four or five pages, plus his own doodles of lions.Little Trander's letter was even more messy and contained everything, and the content of the letter was always crying and saying that he missed the young master.

"Silly lion."

That clumsy handwriting always makes little Egg laugh and forget his annoying life for a while.

As the months passed, although little Egg had been indifferent, the Crown Prince's desire to conquer became even more fervent.

Egg can only walk alone, reducing the sense of existence as much as possible.But he still excelled in fencing training.The instructors doted on him.

It just so happened that there was an instructor in the Emerald Academy named Miglin who loved Igo's mother when he was young, so he took extra care of Igo.Instructor Migelin is upright and skilled in swordsmanship, and the students all like him.Moreover, the young man came from a prominent background, the second son of the Archimboldi family, and a royal knight at the same time.

Little Egg had a good impression of this man, and Mr. Meglinen knew his mother very well, and often talked about the Countess's past. The boy gradually became close to the teacher.

"Mom rarely tells me about her... If I hadn't heard from you, I wouldn't have known she liked Lily of the Valley..."

The boy sat in the courtyard, staring at the flowers in his hand in a daze.He did miss his mother.

The teacher smiled softly, and put his hand on little Egg's shoulder: "This is also a normal thing. The countess was known as a cold beauty when she was a girl. At that time, whenever she attended the ball, the noble young people would flock to her. To this day, there was even a duel to be able to dance with her...we called her 'the jewel of jewels'. Ah, I still remember...the scene when I asked her to dance."

Little Egg raised his head and smiled: "That's great, I've never seen my mother dance, and she hasn't been in good health in recent years..."

This topic seemed to hurt the boy's heart. Little Egg bowed his head and stopped talking.

"She will be fine, believe me." Ms. Greene said sincerely, "To me, she is like a miracle... It is difficult for me to explain how much influence she has had on me."

"really?"

"Really, you too...Egg, actually, from the first time I saw you, I guessed whose child you are. You are so similar... Will there be such similar gemstones in the world? I don't know .But I believe you can be a miracle too. People will be in awe and remember you."

"Thank you. May I ask a question?"

"Speak, son." Mrs. Meaglin also sat down next to the boy.

Little Egg endured it, and asked: "Then why don't you marry your mother? You are of noble birth and a strong knight. There is no reason for the Swalders family to refuse your marriage proposal. I would like you to be my father, because You really love her..."

The instructor was amused and laughed: "Silly boy, you shouldn't say that about your father. I am also an old friend of Earl Gorgon. He is a decisive man. Your mother respects him, so she offered to marry him .”

"what?!"

Little Egg was shocked, this was the first time he had heard of it.

"It's true. The two of them are not a simple political marriage. It was your mother who proposed to the Swards family that they must marry the eldest son of the Gorgon family. So Earl Gorgon agreed."

"I don't understand..." The little boy lowered his head aggrievedly, "But they don't love each other at all, and they don't love me either... What's the point of that?"

"Silly boy, your parents love you."

"Thank you for comforting me. Although I hope so much...but it's impossible." Little Egg smiled.

Teacher Migelin hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind, patted the boy's head: "You are such a good boy, worthy of everyone's love...Okay, it's time to go to bed, go back boy. You can come to me when you need it. I'm your friend."

Little Egg suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly grabbed the instructor's sleeve: "Teacher, I want to ask a question for my friend! That... If you are a half-Sybyl or an ordinary human, are you eligible to join the Royal Knights...? "

"I'm afraid it won't work."

"Is that so..." the boy couldn't help but sigh.

Teacher Migelin went on to say: "However, it should be fine to be an ordinary knight. Soldiers should be recruited next spring. At that time, let him come to the imperial capital to find me. I can recommend him to start as a knight squire."

"Ah, really!" Little Egg was very happy, but when he thought that this meant he would have to set Trand free in a year, he couldn't help feeling sad again. "However, this is for the little lion..."

From that night talk, little Egg and Mr. Meglinn gradually got close.

Having a friend who can talk in the Emerald Courtyard, the depressive life suddenly eased a lot.The master and apprentice often chat and train together in private.

Someone told the crown prince about this, and the crown prince was very upset, so he said to Yi Ge: "Do you think that Instructor Miglin is a pure friend? He didn't get your mother back then, and now he covets you. Silly boy, Do you think there are other reasons for him to get close to you? Sooner or later that guy will attack you."

After listening patiently, Yi Ge replied coldly: "Your Highness, we probably are not pure friends."

"Of course not. Have you ever heard that people make friends with the roses in their garden? I want you, that's all." said the crown prince.

"Then you need to be patient." Little Egg was a little bored, and made an excuse to leave.

The crown prince embraced the boy's arm, and his attitude suddenly became icy: "I don't care how naively you view your relationship with another man, but... I can't tolerate others breaking my things, I hope you have self-knowledge."

"You have to get it first, then it's yours." The boy said it indifferently, as if he was just stating some kind of commodity that had nothing to do with him.

But it turns out the crown prince was right.

What happened afterwards made little Egg completely disappointed. He no longer believed that other people would get close to him aimlessly.This also verified the mother's theory: people's boredom and hypocrisy.

It was what Mr. Meglinen did that made Igo decide to drop out of Jade Academy.