Herald of Steel

Alexander listened to Lady Nanazin’s ask with a slight frown in his heart.

Now, it was not unheard of for very high ranking nobles to gift away mistresses to their retainers in this way- as rewards for a job well done, such as winning wars, putting down rebellions, or even negotiating favorable trade terms.

Sometimes they could be recompensed this way for something as relatively mundane as properly holding an important religious festival.

Whichever reason that might take the lord’s fancy- if a nobleman had become bored of one of his mistresses or if the woman had fallen out of favor, it was quite natural for him to gift her away. Sometimes, if he was pleased enough, the noble lord might even give away a favored concubine as a way to show his appreciation.

And such rewards were generally viewed with immense delight by his retainers, for they did not see it as simply being handed used, second handed goods, but rather an honorable way for the lord to let them become a part of his family.

This was in much contrast to the usual customs of the land, where chastity was something extremely important for a woman. Those who lost their purity before marriage were even greatly disdained.

But this was one of the few exceptions to the rule.

These gifted women were seen as having a very personal connection to the noble lord and thus treated with great respect by their new husbands, many times even equal to their main wife.

Thus, in the same vein, if presented with sufficient opportunity, Alexander too would not mind too much favoring the three sisters, both to taste the intact fruit as well as giving them a good status.

Without a father and no maternal family, these girls kind of needed it anyway if they wanted to find a good suitor and have a good place in that family.

Alexander did not have any problem with all that.

But Lady Nanazin asking for children for her daughters and even just after three years….this certainly rubbed Alexander the wrong way.

It felt like he was being taken advantage of.

However ultimately, exercising great patience and feeling Lady Nanazin might be riding a bit high after all his recent promises and simply got carried away, chose not to outright decline her.

He could do it anytime later.

So to placate the emotional lady right now, he gave a low effort, vague reply,

And thankfully, Lady Nanazin was at least clever enough to not push any further.

Instead, suddenly changing her tone, the lady curiously asked, “You are going to Adhan? When?”

She felt that in all their talks, this important fact had been somehow left out.

“….. Two to three weeks from now,” Alexander answered with a slight pause, letting his ears perk up to pick up the rustle of the intense downpour still going on outside. The rumbling of thunder and frequent flashes of lightning had yet to subside even in the tiniest capacity, making him worry about the extent of this aftermath.

‘If the flood is bad enough… would I have to cancel?’ He wondered pensively.

“Indeed you should go. it has been almost five years since you met the bas… Ptolomy. I would bet he is fuming. Hehehe…” Lady Nanazin chuckled amusedly at the thought, “Has he sent you an invitation?”

“No. There has not been a single official letter from the court till now…. even though it has been nearly five months since I returned. So you are most likely right. His Majes… Ptolomy is certainly very angry. He is likely waiting for me to reveal myself before wringing me out,” Alexander chimed out in a nonchalant voice, although the slight frown on his face betrayed his true thoughts.

“Mmm… I can guess. You really neglected him for too long,” Lady Nanazin quickly nodded, before listing out all the reasons by herself-

“First of all, you conquered Tibias. And then, you decided to meddle in another country’s affairs by yourself. And lastly, you took me, his official wife to Galiosos without his permission.” “Hehehe… that limp dicked waste must be feeling his balls have been kicked. Oh, how I wish I could see it!”

As Lady Nanazin said this, by the end the gleeful lady’s eyes had turned very armorous, her lips subconsciously curving up into a pleased smile.

Anything that hurt Ptolomy seemed to please this vengeful lady. She even seemed to have half forgotten the looming trouble for her man due to this.

“…..” While the man on her lap deepened his frown as Lady Nanazin had really hit the bullseye.

A brand new, rootless noble like Alexander was expected to visit his liege at least once every one or two years. This was the barest of courtesy, to show his loyalty.

Never mind the monumental things he had accomplished, which made this not only essential but more of a compulsory duty.

This was because Adhanian customs dictated all victory be contributed to the king as success in battle was believed to be achieved only through the grace of the royal family and the god king.

So by not visiting him, it almost appeared to the rest of the world that Alexander was trying to say that all his accomplishments were credited to only him. This was a very bad look for him politically. He knew he had to rectify it.

This was because, despite all this martial prowess, Alexander was still a very young lord with pretty weak roots. He needed time to grow.

So in the meantime, it was in his best interests to maintain that facade of loyalty… thus making doing business and forming alliances a lot easier.

The young pasha subconsciously groaned recalling all this, knowing he would have to find some other way of pleasing that incompetent fool- mostly through bribes.

It was such a pain.

“I do not think you being there is a good idea. Your presence will not help, only enrage him further,” Then suddenly recalling Lady Nanazin’s throwaway line, Alexander chose to swiftly close that lid down on the topic.

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“Mmmm…I know.” And fortunately, the mature lady agreed.

In reality, she would have declined the trip even if Alexander had offered to take her.

That luxurious yet dreadful palace had left an unspeakably dark mark in her heart and just imagining entering it once more made the curvy lady’s heart shiver.

As for the thought of what would happen if she were to ever fall in Ptolomy’s hands again….

“Any ideas on how to deal with him? You should him much better than me!” Thankfully Lady Nanazin’s speeding dark thoughts were cut off by this crisp inquiry by Alexander.

To which the lady suddenly joked with a smirk,

“You can always hand me over my lord. I bet that will be enough to melt more than half his anger.”

“…” Alexander too gave a light smirk, while also fully understanding the hidden concerns here.

“Do not worry Nanazin, that will never happen.” He somberly promised, “Given what he had done to you previously just because he did not like you…if it were to happen this time when he is truly angry… Rest assured, no matter what he offers me, I will never allow him to take you into that palace ever again.”

“…..” Lady Nanazin only lovingly caressed the man’s hair at the promise, not saying anything, but just showing her limpid eyes that were overflowing with love. The fear that had once filled her heart now gushed with overflowing glee.

Indeed it would be very reasonable to bet that Lady Nanazin would not return alive if she landed on that sadist’s palm. Or perhaps even worse, return in an extremely malformed way.

Now freed from macabre thought, Lady Nanazin’s face began to glow, and then suddenly she resumed pumping her hands over Alexander’s little brother once again.

“Then my master… may I know how you will explain to my useless husband how you took his wife to an unknown island without telling him and then fucked her every day in every way possible? Hmmm?” Lady Nanazin’s naughtily smirked.

“Do you think he will believe me if I said I never touched you?” Alexander gave a mirthful grin, rolling his eyes in amusement at his own claim.

“Hehehe, he might be an idiot, but he is not a complete ass.” While Lady Nanazin gracefully shook her head, “Even if you truly did not touch me, he would still suspect. Wouldn’t you?”

Indeed, if someone’s wife went on a ‘single cruise’ with another man without even telling him… it did not take a genius to put two and two together, or perhaps in this case, two organs together.

As Alexander languidly shook his head at Lady Nanazin tearing up his flimsy excuse, the lady’s voice suddenly turned silky and lustful, admonishing him in an extremely seductive way,

“Ahhhh… and how could you even say that master. After everything you have done to me. Bad master! You should instead describe in detail how you took me to that cucking bastard. I bet he will get a hard on.”

“….” Alexander of course only humorously chuckled at this, before sweeping his palms and promising confidently,

“Do not worry, I already have a few excuses ready. It will not be too hard to convince him.

“Oh, then can I hear them?” Lady Nanazin piped up, but Alexander simply chimed,

“I will tell you which ones worked after I get back. By the way… have you heard this from others? I got a letter the other day saying both the Queen Mother and Princess Hellma are pregnant?”