William Williams
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As Philips and Alexander came to their agreement, Alexander felt the princess suddenly land her curious eyes on him, as if to see the man was destined to spend her life with. And sensing the fresh set of eyes fall on him, Alexander at first tried to make some small talk with her. "By the way, how did you manage to escape your room yesterday?" He inquired. "I tricked a passing maid into opening my room's door by saying someone had mistakenly locked me inside. And I got into the party by simply…-
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Before coming to the party, Philips had thanked his lucky stars a million times that Alexander was such an understanding lord. Any other man in his place would have surely blown up and broken the engagement right then and there, and then heavily punished the woman as well as her family. But he didn't. So he had spent the whole night admonishing his sister Camelia for her actions, giving examples of how generous Alexander was, and urging her to play ball, all to capitalize on the good nature of…
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Aside from that single distraction, the remainder of the swearing ceremony came to a swift, and eventless conclusion, with most of the people choosing to simply forget the incident. Except for two people- Philips and Queen Parthia, who for the rest of the party could neither feel the taste of food nor the sweetness of the wine, such was their worry. And it was a state they were made to endure for the entire night as Alexander would change the scheduled meeting with Philips from that night to the…
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Seeing the young fourteen year old lying on the royal carpet with a thin trickle of blood dripping out of her mouth as her enraged brother glared at her with unrelenting fury, Alexander's heart could not help but feel a tad bit sorry for her. He could easily guess why she had probably done this. She did not want to be Alexander's concubine and wished to use this incident to annul her engagement with her. And seeing this, Alexander, being a modern man, did not launch into a torrent of rage like…
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*Creak*.... Bang! As Alexander was in the midst of swearing all the Tibian nobles in, suddenly the huge heavy main doors of the royal court swung open with a forceful push and through it hurriedly entered a lith, petite figure with swift steps, dressed in regal, party attire. Her abrupt appearance instantly caused many heads to turn and curious looks to dawn, as the court's attention was momentarily whisked away with the desire who this intruder was. Because no one was supposed to be this…
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Although Alexander was aware of the scars the battlefield left on some of the men, for the time being, he at the time had no intention of addressing it. Mostly because there was nothing to address. Even the people 'infected' did not think this was a disease. But there was also the added reason that such an endeavor would drain a lot of his resources. An agrarian society could never foot such exorbitant costs, especially at a mass scale. And if knowledge of such effects became widespread,…
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Before Philips was forced to step in to try and stop inflation, for a time, the price hikes had gotten so bad that it gave rise to various strange phenomena that needed to be seen to be believed. For instance, there were examples of soldiers, with pockets bulging with copious amounts of money and heads full of 'copious little' common sense, starting to openly host informal auctions for various goods sold in taverns and brothels. Example- if one group ordered a good meal, and another new arrival…
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Alexander's order that the army was soon going to start marching for Zanzan and then be disbanded upon reaching the city, caused another group to weep- all the nearby shopkeepers, the tavern owners, the merchants, the peddlers, and most of all, the prostitutes who had catering to every whim and desire of these nearly 40,000 men. These 'service' providers were not only residents of the capital Parthenigh, but also the camp followers who had been following Alexander till last year. And due to…
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Regarding these nobles who had decided to abandon Alexander in the middle of the fight and cost him that battle, Alexander naturally wanted to make them grievously pay. But when his preferred kind of punishment proved too unpopular, Alexander at first decided to make them give up some land and come with him to Zanzan as hostages. But after thinking for a bit, thought better of it. Rather than punishing them with a token gesture, Alexander thought he would get back on them after things had cooled…
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"Ah, master! Is something the matter?" As Alexander felt somewhat overwhelmed by the guilt over the fate of those children of nobility, it had a very noticeably adverse effect on his little brother, causing Gelene to cry out in alarm. The large organ which had been made to so gloriously stand strong and proud just until now under her caress had all of a sudden gone limp and wilted, and Gelene feared what she might have done wrong. "No. It's nothing. Just a bit tired." Alexander quickly pulled this…
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