Herald of Steel

The pride and hubris with which Miss Linda had made her comment regarding Alexander and Cambyses was overwhelming, threatening to almost overflow to the surroundings.

While listening to this, her partner, Lord Parker pursed his lip.

Although he usually loved the inherent haughtiness of his wife, he also felt that sometimes she tended to go a bit too far with it.

So he lightly chided her, "Not all Adhanians do this. Especially not with some of their more special wives. You should have been tactful. Now due to your hasty words, we have lost a valuable ally. What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I'm sorry." And knowing when to advance and when to retreat, Miss Linda determined now was not the time to be defiant.

Thus although her heart rebelled, outwardly she put on a rueful, hurt face, even adding a further excuse, "I just panicked when Alexander started talking about the Kaiser family. That family's intervention right now would be the worst timing for us. So I wanted to kill him no matter what."

This was something the elder sister Lady Adele was also more than happy to collaborate with, as vigorously nodding her head, she tried to assuage Lord Parker's heart,

"Yes, yes, my lord. My sister just made an honest mistake. Even I could see Lord Alexander did not want to touch us… so really it was not Linda's fault. She was just a bit raffled when the pasha mentioned that he brought Tibias's queen to try and force a meeting with the Kaisers. We really should kill him as soon as possible."

Facing the powerful duke's wrath, the second lady of the Margraves was very quick to change her tune.

"*Tsk*... queen." While hearing that particular word seemed to unnaturally incense Miss Linda.

Although the people around her knew why- it was because of how beautiful Lady Parthia was.

Miss Linda was insanely jealous of this, feeling inferior to her, and thus she sneered with a jeer, "Heh, how can it be that she is all the way here without her husband? Could she be screwing Alexander any more openly? Shameless whore."

Since the lady could not attack Lady Parthia's beauty, she chose to attack her character.

Something if Alexander heard would have definitely tried to vehemently deny, 'This is unfair! I did not get a single chance to touch her. Don't slander!"

But right here right now, it was something not only accepted as true but even expanded upon, as stated by Lady Adele next, "Right! Lord Alexander even brought Adhania's queen with him too. She too without her husband. He must be having an affair with both of them. What a beast!"

The lady sounded shocked and disgusted.

While the nearby men suddenly felt a bit jealous.

To be able to bed two queens of two nations at the same time, what a luxury.

Made all the more sweeter by the fact that both of them were officially still married.

So Alexander was bedding the women behind two kings' backs, and so openly at that!

What guts!

As fellow men, both Lord Parker and Achillas could not help but feel a deep sense of respect toward the other side.

While Miss Linda, staying true to her scheming roots, suddenly posed, "Can we use this? Spread the rumor that he is having an affair with not one but two married women. And turn the people against him?"

In Sybarsis, a man having an affair was a great social faux pas, especially if the woman he was with was married.

The man might be able to still extricate himself, but the woman would be left humiliated.

And it seemed Miss Linda wanted to do the same to Alexander.

Lord Parker however had to try hard to stop his eyes from rolling upon hearing this ridiculous plan.

But since his wife generally made useful contributions in their conversations, he did not want to splash too much water on her parade.

Thus with only a neutral tone, he noted, "Alexander is a foreigner. Sleeping two foreign women. Why would the people of Galiosos care? Hell, most of them don't even know the name of the place they are from."

It was apparent how little Lord Parker thought of this.

"I think it's a great idea!" However, just as Miss Linda was feeling down, this ray of approving voice pierced her ear, coming from none other than the general of the army- Achillas.

"What?" And it puzzled Lord Parker, as he turned with furrowed brows in confusion.

Miss Linda's idea was clearly stupid, so why was his most trusted man claiming otherwise?

"Not the slandering part! The 'turning the people against him' part!" And sensing this befuddlement, Achillas was quick to add so, before elucidating with a pointed index finger, "Young master, ask yourself, why are we hesitating to kill Alexander? One of the reasons is because the Margraves would not like it. But what if we could make them like it?"

"We could create various trouble in the city and lay it on him. Get the people riled up and rioting. If the people then start wanting him dead, and we kill him afterward… hehe, we will not be assassins, we will be heroes!"

Achillas sounded extremely excited by his own idea, as he shouted out the plan with glee.

And there was certainly reason to be such alacritic, given Lord Parker quickly joined the celebrations too, feeling that finally a second door of opportunity had been opened for him.

"Right! You are right! We can indeed do this. Yes!" He cried, being over the moon at this idea.

While Achillas with great nods attempted to further comment, "Yes, I got the idea from one of the records I read at the library. I believe Lord Kass did something like this in…"

However before he could finish, the man was curtly interjected by an even more excited Miss Linda, who could not help but shoot in her own ideas

"This is great! We can tell the people things like that the reason why everything is so bad is because of Alexander. That it was he who took all their gold. And now he is here with his army to demand even more. We can even loot and plunder some of the temples in the city to prove this, laying all the blame on him! That will be sure to get the people up and arms, hehehe."

Miss Linda's beautiful, dark eyes turned resplendent like the stars as she came up with all kinds of crafty ideas.

This is where she thrived- scheming.

But perhaps she was a bit too good at it, as hearing her idea, the other three somewhat flinched in discomfort.

Even for someone as powerful as Lord Parker, he had an instinctual reverence of the gods and would prefer not to attack these sacred places of worship.

Of course, it was not like he would hold himself off from doing so if the chance and opportunity presented itself, or the need arose.

But he would certainly not be so open or happy about it.

These places were touchy subjects, and the people tended to get really riled up when anything happened to them.

Riled up to the point they sometimes became chaotic and uncontrollable.

Lord Parker would prefer not to have to deal with a mob of angry peasants right inside the city, especially when they were so close to succeeding.

So he did not immediately jump at Miss Linda's suggestion, feeling apprehensive.

However, the other two did, with Achillas quickly chiming ahead,

"Fantastic! We can even say that Lord Alexander has threatened to put the city to the sword if does not get his gold. That's why he has brought his army. Then try to send a mob towards the mansion and kill Alexander under all the chaos! It's perfect!"

The man's fear of the gods seemed to dissipate at the potential reward of Alexander's head.

As so did his wife's, who in a rare instance too added to the plan,

"Mmmmm, we can even ask Uncle Nolan to disguise a few city guards as thrives to rob some of the shrines. And then claim that it was Lord Alexander who had sent the men into the city to do this. To steal from the gods."

Lady Adele did not know it, but this move of hers was inadvertently a real stroke of genius.

Because this way they could corner Alexander from two sides not just one.

While previously he was only shown as an extortionist, determined to leave the people of Caira destitute at the point of a sword, now, he was also dressed as a thief, someone who had the audacity to steal from the gods.

Thus if Miss Linda's move could have only summoned the masses, the lower ranks of the society, then Lady Adele's move could summon the higher ups, the elites like the nobles and priests.

It was a perfect combination.

So much so that Lord Parker, who wanted to object, now found himself faltering.

The trio had made too many good points to dismiss them.

And given the majority were in agreement, the lord had to assent, thus nodding his head, he gave the go ahead to Achillas, "Okay. Have the men start causing problems in the city tonight! I want Alexander dead by the week."

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