Herald of Steel

Chapter 1317 Frank Talks (Part-1)

As Miss Linda thought about making her comeback to the grand stage and competing for power, she quickly found herself wanting more allies.

And who was it that came up to her mind at the very top of the list?

Her 'bosom' sister of course.

After how much they shared with each other in the past few months, Miss Linda naturally thought it would be a waste to let go of her just like that.

'Me with Lord Castell and her with Achillas... together...'

Undoubtedly Lady Adele and more importantly her husband would make a great ally, especially given the kind of feelings the warrior general held for his late lord cum lover.

Surely some of that affection would trickle down to the infant son.

Miss Linda was thus determined to get her sister into bed with her, both literally and figuratively.

As the scheming lady was already cooking up ways to make her comeback, from the other side, Alexander also opened up to offer his support,

"Although Lord Castell has several mistresses, my lady will have no trouble in earning his affection. You and he will be spending a lot of time here in Caira after all. There will be plenty of chances for you two to get to know each other.

I will even ask Lord Kite to drop some alluring stories about you into Lord Castell's ears. That should help further smooth out much of the misunderstanding he has for you."

This produced a grateful smile on Miss Linda's face, which then turned to an amused chuckle,

"Thank you. Any other advice you might have, oh great and knowledgeable lord?"

"Yes, actually!" Alexander replied to the small joke with a serious face, as he went on to list,

"The most important thing I would advise you about is pregnancy. In short, I do not think you should become pregnant... at least until your son passes the infancy stage and becomes a full child. So five to six years old. This will help your son avoid any unnecessary competition and also let Lord Castell develop true fatherly feelings for him."

The matter was grave enough for Miss Linda to wipe her smile a bit and let her solemnly nod her head, "I already intend to do that. I understand that men do not feel the same way about their stepchildren."

"Mmm..." The response pleased Alexander enough to hum, as he went on to add,

"I do not know exactly how Lord Castell feels about this subject but given he is officially childless, it should not be too hard. Still, I suggest that you tactfully approach it in your own time. It would be best if Lord Castell has no intention to breed.... to bed you.

"But if he insists and you cannot stop him... then tell me. I will send you some contraceptives from home. Take them before or immediately after to have done the deed and you should be fine."

Alexander was of course talking about the almost magical legummum herb.

And the mention of the salve appeared to pique even Miss Linda's interest.

"Oh? Are we talking about those famous medicines from Adhania?" She very charmingly raised one of her sharp eyebrows, "I have heard there you have a magic herb that can prevent pregnancy without any failure. Does it really exist?"

Alexander was very careful to sidestep this minefield without engaging too much because, for a monogamous society like Sybarsis, those practices were considered taboo too, something truly alien.

He did not want Miss Linda to have a negative of him just due to what some of his retainers allegedly did.

So he painted the Adhanian nobles in a much 'nobler' light, making the whole thing sound innocuous, like the choice of being vegetarian or not.

Whereas in reality, it was much more complicated, and instead of a purely personal choice, society and peer pressure played a much bigger role.

To many who were brought up this way, the act was as natural as the modern equivalent of pre-marital sex, drinking in public, or smoking pot.

While others soon found if they wanted to exist and stay relevant within the Adhanian noble circle, they had to suck up to their higher lords using such 'gifts'.

Thus many bent- willingly or unwillingly.

Only Alexander's province was spared from this outward pressure and that was largely because its most powerful lord as well as a lot of his closest retainers eschewed the practise.

This only left the original, much smaller and weaker lord to continue tradition among themselves. However, since they were unable to speak up in support of this or twist other's arms into joining them, this practice till now remained a marginalized thing.

The scale of those 'adult' parties held under Alexander's rule was perhaps not even a tenth of those produced during Pasha Muazz's reign.

But Miss Linda did not need to know the nitty gritty of such things. Alexander would rather she gave a very clear picture of his lands.

"Hehe, so it seems like that!"

And credit to him, Alexander seemed to have been successful in his efforts.

Miss Linda believed Alexander's explanation, although it was not only because of what he said, but also because it matched what her late husband once told her- at that time when the lady tried to seduce Alexander in the tea garden.

And as Miss Linda recalled that incident and all that transpired next, suddenly she began to understand how things suddenly changed with time.

When she had entered the room a few while back, she still saw Alexander as her enemy, but after getting to know him... she suddenly found the man to be quite charming,

So she turned to Alexander and let out a large grin out of nowhere, "We seem to have gotten quite close my lord!"

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