Herald of Steel

Chapter 1468 Lady Nanazin's Daughters (Part-3)

A lot of the customs and beliefs of Adhania were indeed influenced by the preceding pagan ideas of the land, with perhaps the most famous one being the current practice among the nobles regarding their women folk.

That certainly did not come from the Ramuh faith, which emphasized chastity, but like was a watered down version of the original view that girls should lose their purity as soon as possible.

A view still held by those extremists.

But fortunately, by now these 'heretical' beliefs had been mostly pushed out of the common populace, with only a few, minor nobles indulging in them for their own hedonistic desires.

Thus in the majority of cases, these older, unmarried women were allowed to continue their lives.

It was just that given all the other rumors about them, they were generally treated quite poorly by society at large.

They were avoided and shunned, almost boycotted, and called various names behind their back- such as 'tailless'- meaning they had no descendant and thus their line was cut off, and 'scarred foreheads', which meant unlucky in Adhania. It was believed luck and fortune was written on the forehead.

As a side note, women who were infertile and unable to give birth were also treated similarly - making their livelihood very difficult.

Thus lamenting the creeping age of her daughter, Lady Nanazin frankly added,

"That is why I asked Lady Cambyses to intercede on my behalf. I even offered my daughters as her personal maid for five years if she could convince you. Hehehe, did you think I kissed her ass for no reason, hmmm?" She added the last part jokingly with a smirk.

To which Alexander also gave a slight smile, but his eyes turned complicated.

This additional condition surprised him, he thought Lady Nanazin had only struck a one time deal, letting Cambyses enjoy having two queens under her foot for one night in exchange for saying some favorable words into his ears.

But to propose to even have the girl brought up as princesses to become maids.... and for so long! It really went to show the Adhanian queen's desperation.

As for the matter of Lady Nanazin revealing all her tricks to Alexander before Cambyses would soften the ground, well- Lady Nanazin thought it would be better to not hide anything from her man.

Alexander would know it anyway if one day Cambyses was to suddenly bring up this topic out of nowhere.

So since he asked, Lady Nanazin decided to take the opportunity and appeal directly, guessing Alexander would have a lot harder time rejecting her face to face rather than using Cambyses as an intermediary.

And if she failed here, well the main wife could still try later.

While rapidly churning his head regarding how to respond to this, Alexander at last opened his mouth with a somber tone,

"Hmmm, Nanazin, it is not I am against taking your daughters in principal. They are your daughter... of course I would favor them. It is just that they are a touchy subject now. If it was just one, I still could somehow accommodate. But three... *sigh*!" Alexander very lightly shook his head resting on the lap, briefly closing his eyes to hide his ruefulness.

In Adhanian, identical twins and triplets held special religious significance, thought to share the same soul.

"Hmmmp, I am even a bit surprised he has not done it. No, I guess the bastard is probably waiting for the best opportunity... just so that he can shatter me at the best time. I guess the moment he hears of your intention to marry my daughters he will reveal it to the court. You will be humiliated and be forced to cancel it!"

Lady Nanazin's face once again turned bitter as she revealed her thought, but surprisingly, it got restored at an unnatural pace.

This was because Lady Nanazin had by now figured there was no point in crying over split milk- if she was the type of lady that let herself wallow in regret, her entire life would have come to a halt a long time ago.

What was going to happen, happen.

While hearing the answer Alexander also gave a very concealed and spooky sigh, knowing this would indeed be a fatal blow for the triplets. The absolute scandal would basically ground these three innocent souls' reputations and futures to dust.

As for the man who was revealing this....

'Does Ptolomy not care about himself? What will the people say to him as the supposed father?' Alexander wanted to ask, but quickly figured as king and a god like figure, this would hardly be a challenge for him to withstand.

Sure some of his detractors would snigger and laugh, but what of it?

They were already at war with most of the country and as opposed to the labels of an usurper and rebel, the title of a 'green hat' was frankly an insignificant and even humorous one.

"Does your daughters know about this?" So Alexander changed the subject of his scrutiny.

"I do not know." And Lady Nanazin's answer came as fast as a lighting, crisp and clear.

This Alexander could also guess... the mother did not even want to think of the aftermath of such a revelation.

How was she ever going to explain herself to them this?

But just because she did not like it, did not mean Alexander could just leave it and thus insisted, "Do you suspect they know?"

"I do not know." Once again came the same, cold answer.

So with a small sigh, Alexander decided to tone down his edge, "Listen Nananzin, I will be going to Adhan for the Jtaama this year. There I will talk to His Majesty about your daughter. In the meantime, I ask that you reveal their true lineage."

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