Herald of Steel

"Master, were you being serious just now?" The instant Philips and his company exited the room and were out of earshot, Ophenia posed so to Alexander, her voice laced with doubt and apprehension.

She was of course referring to Alexander's offer about making Camelia one of his wives.

She certainly did not support the idea.

"Oh? You don't approve? Didn't you just say you could handle her?" And towards the query, Alexander did not explicitly reply with either a yes or no, but only lightly pointed to Ophenia's earlier claim in a neutral tone, while slightly raising his eyebrow.

"Of course I can!" When being questioned about her abilities, Ophenia quickly became very defensive, before curving her lips into a charming but somewhat cruel smirk, "But I believe master might not approve some of the methods I might use to break her. The temple was not exactly easy on those who disobeyed them. The punishments they gave were really 'punishments'!"

Alexander noticed that as Ophenia said the words, her eyes twinkled in delight and she licked her lips in anticipation, in much contrast to the sentences she spoke.

It was apparent that although the girl was appearing to verbally warm him, deep inside she actually wanted to have that princess in her palms.

To teach her a lesson.

A proper lesson.

Alexander after spending so long with Ophenia, had come to discover a third trait about Ophenia.

Which was that aside from appearing virtuous in front of others but quite 'adventurous' in bed, she also had some strong sadistic tendencies.

She did not show it normally to either Alexander or the other girls, but there were some instances when the urge bubbled over.

Such as now.

"Oh? How did the temple punish troublemakers?" And perhaps it was due to how intriguing Ophenia had made the entire thing sound that Alexander could not help but want to know more.

Some of the things that supposedly occurred in that temple fueled many of Alexander's base and debaucherous thoughts.

"Hehehe…" And recognizing this Ophenia first of all giggled, flashing all her pearly whites.

Like Alexander had come to know more about her during her time together, she too had come to know more about this man she called master.

And one of the things she discovered was that he was really curious about the Shiva Temple.

And more specifically, her time and experience there.

So Ophenia would regularly make much stuff up, mixing a grain of truth with a fistful of imagination, then adding things she had seen or things and heard as condiments to spice the entire story up.

It proved to be a very successful recipe for her, as her master lapped the whole thing up like delicious soup.

And this time proved to be no different, as Alexander listened eagerly Ophenia reveal her past,

"It's not as exciting as master might think."

"First of all, it was very rare for there to be troublemakers in the first place. The ones enter the temple and the atmosphere inside simply makes one want to obey. So only a very rare few, not quite right in the head disobeyed any commands from the priests."

"And they were mostly disciplined like how unruly slaves are- beaten with whips or canes, denied food, left bare in cold rooms with leaking walls and roofs, or placed in small human sized buckets and left out in the open to roast in the middle of the summer. You know the usual stuff."

"That usually worked to straighten even the most crooked ones out."

"But I doubt master you will allow me to do the same with the princess." Ophenia finished with a triumphant smile, while Alexander's lips twitched a bit.

"Yes. That is not possible." He squeezed out.

The princess as his concubine might legally be his property but Camelia was still a princess with a powerful brother.

So such treatment would be impossible for him to ever administer.

Not that Alexander even wanted to do such deplorable acts.

He always hated how cruelly the slaves and even the general people of this time were treated.

"But there were some more creative punishments!"

However before Alexander could become disappointed at the lack of 'detail', Ophenia suddenly sashayed closer to her master claiming so, bringing her lips near to his ears in a sultry manner and saying,

"The temple did not only punish troublemakers. They also punished failures, those who failed to complete their tasks."

"And those were much more fun to watch, hehe." Alexander suddenly felt Ophenia's wet tongue lick his earlobe as the beautiful lady lewdly giggled.

"For example, my favorite one was where they were denied orgasms for days."

"The boys would wear cages and girls chastity belts during the day, while at night, they would be teased for hours by special priest and priestess, who used their hands, fingers, mouths, and even tiny little brushes to always keep the sinners on edge, always making them want to come but never allowing them to."

"By the end of their punishment, the boys would have their balls turn blue, while the girls would be seen secretly trying to hump and grind against anything and everything. Hehe, it was hilarious."

"I loved hearing those pained moans and heartfelt begging come out from those rooms. I was even taught how to tease some of the girls using the brush. It was so fun."

As Ophenia recalled her stories, she also slowly started to make her way towards Alexander's lower half, which she could feel starting to wake up, and she wished to be there when it finally did.

"Master, I think it is a mistake to make the princess your wife." However, the pink atmosphere that Ophenia had so craftily set up was suddenly shattered by this bold, loud voice, originating from Gelene.

The lady, a bit jealous by what Ophenia was doing, as well as the fact they were in the middle of discussing something important, decided to intervene.

"Tsk!" And the act instantly caused Ophenia's eyes to turn from amorous to sharp and angry.

According to her, she wished to approach the subject after she had managed to put Alexander in a good mood.

And so this abrupt, forceful intervention that ruined her plan displeased her.

While Alexander, hearing this statement was forced to divert his attention to Gelene.

The ebony beauty was always much more vocal than Ophenia, and getting Alexander's attention, Gelene continued,

"Master! Just remember how she easily wanted to sacrifice her mother. Her own mother! She is petulant and a spoiled princess. Bringing her into our house will only cause problems and disrupt the harmony."

Gelene was as much against Camelia becoming a wife as Ophenia, finding her heartless and unfilial.

While Camelia had only spoken so in rage because she did not like how her mother had surrendered to her father's killer.

But of course, Gl could have never known that.

While Alexander, towards Gelene and Ophenia's opposition, did not bother to give an explanation, but only placated them by buying time, raising his palms understandingly and saying,

"Let's not make up our minds just yet. She will be made a wife only 5 years later. We can decide then."

And then pointed out,

"But for now, she still holds value even as just a hostage. Great value!"

"Both of you must have seen how hard Philips tried to protect her even after all she had done. Any other brother would have slapped her unconsciousness long ago and left her to the gutters."

"This proves the prince really loves his sister. And is that not why we wanted to take a concubine in the first place? To have a valuable hostage?" Alexander smirked with a victorious taunt as he then finished.

"So as long as Philips cares for Camelia, this spoilt princess still has her uses! I can bear with her. And so should you."

It was for this reason, along with the long 5 years time ahead of them that was enough to quieten both the girls.

But that did not mean they did not have their own ideas about the whole thing.

Especially Ophenia.

She was not ready to so easily let it go as Alexander had.

"What are you thinking? Your eyes say you are planning something. Are you still dissatisfied with what master did?" And as Ophenia was getting ready for bed, Gelene too was able to detect this as she came to her room posing this very question.

"*Snort!* You seem to have gotten to know me quite well." And Ophenia did not deny the acquisition.

But only acted as if she did not like Gelene poking her nose into this.

She was still a bit salty at how Gelene had ruined her plan in the afternoon.

But then turning around, her eyes became half lidded, as the beautiful girl proclaimed in a strong tone, "I would never be dissatisfied with the master. He did what he thought was best for us," but then her lips curled into a crafty, mischievous smirk, "That's why we should reward him. And I was thinking the queen all wrapped in his bed would be the perfect one!"

Looking at that 'cat that stole the milk' face Gelene instantly understood what Ophenia's plan was- both to reward Alexander and to punish the queen at the same time.

And Gelene laughed.

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