Herald of Steel

"Sigh..."

With the Queen Mother's opposition and Alexander's promise, Lady Inayah finally understood she would have to let this topic go for now.

Hence with a small nod, she a bit reluctantly agreed, "Fine, we will do as you say. I just wanted to give Farzah the good news. Recently, he has been prone to sickness, and I thought this would help cheer him up."

There was a genuine touch of concern in her voice as she said this, for Pasha Farzah was no longer as spry a man as he once was, and it was really starting to show.

"Mmm… that is for the best." And while Alexander was sympathetic to the man's state, he cheered at the news, as he felt Lady Inayah was concentrating on the wrong thing.

"Pasha Farzah has a blind spot when it comes to his family. There was first Mirzah, and let us not even mention Mikaya…. I don't think he knows about her even now, does he? So let us not rile him up right now."

"I will talk to him in private about this later. I will even promise to help oust Mirzah if he so desires. This should be enough for now."

This assurance finally brought some greatly needed warmth to the ebony lady's face.

…..

"Your Highness, what would you like us do?"

As Alexander finished his little speech, Lady Ezaya finally opened her voice back, posing the question to the Queen Mother.

They had arrived some time ago, but given the others were in fierce talks, till now held their tongue.

Seelima turned to give the ladies a gentle smile, then her eyes suddenly gleamed with a slightly teasing look, "Oh, you girls should already know. Lord Alexander has travelled for so long. Surely he is getting a bit restless down there."

The regal queen even sent a clear look towards Alexander's pants as she said this, curving her lips in amusement.

"Hahaha, yes yes! I too am interested to see 'it'. I wonder if it is still as big as I remember." And she was quickly joined by her friend, who decided to put all the heavy stuff behind and have a bit of fun for now.

"...." While towards this Alexander lightly pursed his lips, not letting himself get too bothered.

Rather, as he turned to give the three sisters approaching him a scanning look.

And watching their sensual swaying bodies, he first wondered whether it was sheer coincidence that they had arrived when they did- stopping their mother at the nick of time, or if they had noticed something strange from their rooms and chose to stealthily intervene.

Whichever it was, their faces however did not betray the slightest of hint, only delightful smiles as they gave Alexander armourous looks.

Then upon getting close enough, the tall Lady Ezaya, snuggled her bountiful breasts just behind Alexander's head, letting it rest on her chest, while the most energetic of the three, Anisha, hopped between Alexander's legs, eager to serve his little brother.

Alexander even detected a twinkle in her eyes as it appeared the mammoth organ had left quite an impression on the girl, making her really look forward to have a taste.

Something she seemed poised to get as soon the sensation of Lady Ezaya's soft chest proved irresistible for the man. As he rested there, it felt like he was floating on pillows, and soon a fruity, light lavender smell also started to drift towards him courtesy of the expensive scent she used, tingling all of Alexander's desires.

How could any man not get excited from such a thing?

"Ahhh… my ladies, actually it is actually my arms and shoulders that are truly aching. Could you massage them a bit instead?" However as excited as Alexander himself was over this prospect, he still felt a bit too shy doing such things in front of the other two ladies.

Yes, he had also been intimate with them and seen all that there was to see… but still, that shyness remained. He especially blushed at the thought of the mother watching him do such things with her daughter.

Hence he changed the request into something a lot more appropriate.

The rest of the room however also perfectly understood this, which was why this got him a small chuckle and a teasing pinch on his cheeks from Lady Ezaya who was standing behind, "Hehehe, how cute! Is my lord shy?"

Her tone was like she was addressing a baby and Alexander lightly flushed at being found out, being unable to remember the last time he had been treated like so.

"Haha, okay, sisters, you heard Lord Alexander. Eli, you take the arms… remember to massage them well. And Ani, you go for the legs. Master, has been walking the whole day, he must be very tired. So make sure you are really thorough. I will have the shoulders."

But in the end Lady Ezaya did not push Alexander to take their service as is, such as by promising him a good time and continuing on their way.

Rather, following Alexander's request, they very quickly began to divide the work, with her soft palms beginning to then squeeze Alexander's stiff, muscular shoulders, wishing to loosen them up.

And the same things happened with his arms and as legs, with the kneeling Lady Anisha even turning her hands into cute fists and lightly pounding on Alexander's thighs and calves.

While there was a slight, almost imperceptible flush of the usually expressionless Lady Elia, as she found the firm, sturdy muscles on Alexander's arms a great marvel to admire. Each squeeze of her finger produced an unknown heat in her body that travelled from her chest straight down below and soon, the girl could be seen fidgeting her legs a bit.

"....." On the receiving end of it all, Alexander also almost moaned at the three way attack, caught off guard by the sheer pleasure from the ministrations. He did not think it would feel so good.

But it seemed the long travel had really stressed out his muscles, and thus was now crying out in absolute bliss.

He was also surprised by how eager these ladies were to perform these, frankly menial acts. It should be remembered they were not professional maids but noble ladies, with great pride and dignity. Thus by all accounts they should hate doing this.

Yet, no matter what he told them, they listened with the utmost reverence, to the point Alexander thought it even exceeded some of his own wives' deference for him.

For example, they had no problem calling him 'master'. And it was indeed true Alexander's feet were killing him.

He was initially just too shy to ask the ladies because he was embarrassed to ask them to do such a lowly thing.

However Lady Ezaya had not only figured this out on her own, but when instructed to relieve him, Lady Anisha performed her duties without showing the slightest hint of reluctance.

In fact, judging the great grin on her face, it appeared as if she felt she was blessed to be able to just serve her master, no matter the task.

Thus once again Alexander understood why Lady Inayah was so highly regarded as a teacher. Her students were living proof.

They did not learn just about sex, they were taught the whole package- the education, the manners, the virtues and even how to simply bear with many antics of their lords.

In this day and age, where beautiful women were aplenty and all too easy for a nobleman to obtain, indeed these skills were extremely necessary- with the number one being, 'to be really obedient to one's husband'.

That was really the only way for them to gain favor, or they would simply get replaced.

They might still have their post as noble ladies, but it would be a hollow title with little love and happiness between the couple- such as Pasha Farzah and his main wife were.

Thus it would be prudent to remember that the friendly and frank way Alexander interacted with his wives was the exception, not the rule.

….

"Your Highness, when is your wedding with His Majesty? I believe the date should be soon before you are due, right?"

Leaving Lady Inayah's daughters to continue their service, Alexander turned to the last topic on his itinerary for the night, posing this with a curious tone to his voice.

As already discussed earlier, having children out of wedlock was a big taboo in Adhania, and it was especially true right now in the Queen Mother's case.

'The children' would greatly lack legitimacy in court if Ptolomy was not officially the father, much more so given colloquially, bastards were said to be borne by the spirits, not human males.

This was of course mainly just a way for the man to dodge all responsibility, but over time, this kind of became a fact. If a father refused to recognise a bastard, there was very little someone could do.

Even local lords had a hard time forcing peasants to do this because it was seen as a man's god given right- no man could be made to take care of any offspring that was not born out of his wife.

And if anyone tried to be pushy, it even risked the temples getting involved.

Hence Alexander was cock sure, the royal wedding was right alongside Mikaya, they were only hiding for some unknown reason.

Yet… as the Pasha turned to look at the two

ladies, he only spotted them sporting a very ugly face.