Herald of Steel

Chapter 1469 Lady Nanazin's Daughters (Part-4)

Lady Nanazin of course understood why Alexander bought up her daughter's lineage. If they were truly Ptolomy's, no doubt he would have married all three of the princesses without a second's thought, becoming the king's son in law and a branch of the royal family.

Alexander would have never let the girls marry anyone else even if they wished otherwise- they were politically that precious.

Free will be damned.

However the truth was very different... they were actually of quite low lineage, with basically no family background to speak of.

The father had in all but name disowned them while their mother's family ceased to exist in their minds for more than two decades.

This made it quite difficult for Alexander to justify this 'expense'. His wives would certainly object to such 'wasteful expenditure'.

Of course, if Alexander was willing to bear the cost no matter what, he could still take them. At the end of the day, his womenfolk could only advise and protest against his actions, they lacked any hard power to force him to do anything.

But as expected such nuclear options were rarely without massive fallout.

So the core issue arose- Why? Why would Alexander go through all that trouble for them?

It was not like he was in love with the three girls.

In fact, he hardly knew them, only occasionally meeting during parties and large get togethers.

So Alexander made it clear through his body language that he was not going to have them.

While Lady Nanazin shivered at the mere thought of bringing this topic up with her daughters, feeling dreadful darkness overcome her.

She very much did not want to be the one to tell her daughters that instead of princesses, they were really little better than the palace maids, if not somehow worse.

At least those girls were not bastards and born out of wedlock in a cheating scandal.

"How do you expect me to say it? What do I even say?" Lady Nanazin's voice thus nearly choked as she objected to Alexander's 'unreasonable' ask, eyes suddenly turning watery.

"..." Meanwhile, the man underneath produced a pensive face, choosing to remain. This was a rhetorical question and Alexander knew anything he said would be used against him.

"...." And Lady Nanazin too did not insist after a while, knowing deep down she would have to find the answer herself.

The three sisters would certainly not believe anyone else.

But once they came to know... Lady Nanazin very much feared being hated by them.

'You deceived us!'

'How could you hide such a thing?'

'You mean our whole life was a lie!'

Absolute scorn, unbearable pain, and relentless bullying.

Alexander at first thought Ptolomy was loathing his wife for simply what she represented- him being forced into an unwanted marriage and made to take care of her bastard daughters as his own.

However, even if that was the case, this was hardly the lady's fault. All of it had been arranged by her father.

So if Ptolomy should hate anyone, it should be Matbar (Marquiss) Tareeq.

But like they said- hatred did not need a reason.

Ptolomy hated Lady Nanazin simply because he could, simply because of what she reminded of him, and even simply because of her face.

And against such pure hatred, Alexander figured it would be difficult to make any meaningful deal just based on the threat of reputation.

"Sigh*, you seem to know a lot about His Majesty." So he turned to give Lady Nanazin a playful smirk.

"...." To which Lady Nanazin only sent Alexander a small glare, before clenching out through her beautifully arranged teeth, "Of course I know the bastard. I hate him as much as he does me! I can simply guess everything he will do just by putting myself in his shoes and asking what I would do."

This was very much a case of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, as after staying together for so now Lady Nanazin had developed almost a sixth sense regarding the man. And Alexander even wondered if the inverse was also true.

While the lady's eyes kept blazing even after she said this, suddenly turning to snap at Alexander, "And stop calling him His Majesty. When did you gain this new fetish, huh?"

"....." Alexander amusedly pursed his lips at the harsh tone, finding it more cute than offensive.

As a man, he would admit he found excellent enjoyment in Lady Nanazin badmouthing her husband while he enjoyed her mature, curvy body. It stroked his ego and drowned his guilt.

"Then what about your father? If His... if Ptolomy reveals your secret, won't his dirty tick also come to light. I believe such a scandal from an honorable Matbar (Marquis) house would be too damning!"

"Honorable... heh!" Lady Nanazin produced the deepest frown yet at Alexander's mention, muttering the words with great disdain.

Yet she did not rebuke him.

As she thought about it, the image of her ruthlessly ambitious father flashed before her and she found it hard to imagine such a man would take any of these 'nasty rumors' too kindly.

"I am completely estranged from my family. I do not know. But.."

"Great! See, I told you we could find a way if we just thought about it!" That slight doubt was enough for Alexander to cheer and break the lady out of her nadir.

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