Herald of Steel

Chapter 1619: Alexander’s Intentions (Part-1)

Alexander’s wish for Queen Mother to become prime minister suddenly came about after considering a few points- the main being that in this way, he hoped to be able to control, or if not that, at least influence the court.

However the endeavor began to quickly face obstacles- such as the fact that there had never been even a female court official in the entire millenia long history of Adhania.

At most some widowed noble ladies had come to court to present their case to the king for arbitration.

So how was the Queen Mother going to become prime minister in a single swoop?

Thus predictably, such an unprecedented move made the Queen Mother very apprehensive- worried about all the new kinds of problems that could arise.

On the other side however, Alexander had no intention of backing down just because this was uncharted territory.

Given the opportunity that had just opened up, he rather clenched his fist and forcefully shouted,

“Your Highness, do not flatter. You said it yourself, the nobles are too busy to bother us. And you promised you could manage His Majesty yourself. So manage him! And become the prime minister. This is your best chance!”

Seelima felt a chill streak down her spine at the words like never before. No one had ever offered her so much power. Not so voluntarily and certainly not so with such enthusiasm.

Thus Alexander’s firm insistence made the ambitious queen’s heart give an amorous leap, and all the hair on her skin stood up in euphoric excitement.

“Hehehe… brat, I do not get you.” She could not help but gently chuckle, feeling extremely flattered, “You know this is a position countless men have literally killed for. Yet you… *sigh*… when did you become so generous?”

“Your Highness flatters me.” Alexander only shook his head humbly in reply, “It is not that I am an altruistic man… far from it. I am only here in Adhan as a guest. So if I looked for the best Adhan… as well as the royal family… you become the obvious choice. Only with you, can the things I do last here. So Your Highness, do not reject this.”

Alexander did not miss the way the Queen Mother’s eyes glowed and shone at his exaggerated words- even if she knew she was being buttered up and despite her shrewd experience, it still pleased her.

This was because the offer tickled the very core of her ambitious nature- needless to say the queen of Adhania had ambitions large enough to cover the sky and shake the earth.

Otherwise, how could a poor urchin like her ever get where she was now?

Hence bolstered by Alexander’s support, the mature lady now began to seriously consider taking the offer, the countenance on her perfect face changing constantly with her thoughts.

“I… It’s just… hmm… but…” Initially Seelima was still a bit hesitant, but upon looking at Alexander’s solemn, encouraging face, she finally bit the bullet, “Tsk! Fine. I’ll convince PP if you like it so much.”

The answer was much to the man’s satisfaction.

But before he could also celebrate, the lady also quickly added some caveat, uncertainty lingering in her query, “But will the nobles even listen to me? And what does a prime minister do exactly?”

The Queen Mother asked this because she suddenly found that for all her time in the royal palace, she actually had very little experience doing any ’ruling’. She was too busy backstabbing and scheming against the other ladies in the harem.

Alexander was honestly quite glad to hear the question- it proved Seelima was actually serious about her post. So eagerly flashing a charming grin, he proposed,

“Don’t worry, Your Highness, you will have no problem with me here. If you can, I would also recommend you have Lady Inayah share some of the burden. She is very versed in all of these matters, so try to take her as your personal aid.”

Seelima instantly nodded to the idea- not only was the Lady of Agnirat a very experienced bureaucrat, much more than that, she was an extremely trusted friend. The Queen Mother felt much more secure knowing the ebony lady would be by her side, sharing the risk.

The regal lady could even dump much of her work on her.

Thus thrilled by the discovery, the Queen Mother gave Alexander a bright, excited grin, and then, as a treat, very sexily swept her long, beautiful legs across in front of the man, making sure to intentionally part some of her robe around there as she did.

This made the man clearly get a tempting flash of her pink privates- although he could not see anything properly given the swiftness of the move and the low ambient lighting.

But that actually made the scenery even more beautiful.

The pink flower hidden in the darkness appeared better in his imagination than it ever could in real life.

“Hahaha… Lord Alexander, with all that you have done for us…’we’ would be terrible a host if ’we’ did not reward you. So please… feel free to ask anything…” The Queen Mother temptingly leaned forward as she made the offer, her silky, warm voice filled with naked desire, “…anything!”

To say Alexander was not seduced would be a bald faced lie. Especially as the buxom lady then parted a significant part of the robe around her chest, letting the man feast on her soft, fluffy flesh.

Looking at the deep, fair ravine, Alexander’s heart longed to immediately pounch on them, pinching, fondling and even suckling the milk out of the heavy, lactating melons. Those heavy, pink nipples were a feast to play with.

“My lady, you said that you wanted some changes done to Adhan like Zanzan? What are they exactly? What did Lady Inayah tell you?”

It was only with a mammoth amount of strength and willpower that Alexander managed to tear away from his desires and turned the topic back to work. There were still many details about the new appointment that needed to be ironed out first. Pleasure could come after.

“….” This ask however did not sit well with the Queen Mother- as she felt slighted. No one had ever rejected her advances, especially not when she made them so openly.

“Snort!” So tugging her robes into herself, she forcefully smashed her back to the couch in anger, her once sensual face turning frigid like ice. She was not going to answer anything.

“….” Alexander could not help but give a helpless smile at the sight- especially at those rosy cheeks that had swollen up in protest. Looking similar to a young maiden’s, they firmly contrasted her mature facade, thus making her appear very cute.

It almost made him want to pinch them.

He at last replied in a firm, strong voice- “Your Highness… please understand, this was not meant to offend. Without a doubt you are extremely beautiful and I certainly enjoy being with you. However that does not mean I am blinded by you. I am not like Alozmer, solely driven by my lust. I pray you will recognize this.”

Alexander said this as a way to establish his preference- to make it clear that he would not be led around by simple seduction.

Seelima’s eyes however only sharpened at the words and her nostrils flared up.

She felt that Alexander was basically telling her that her seduction was ineffective on him- and that the sensual dress she put on and all those fancy moves she did till now had no effect.

The proud queen became even more cross and her face turned almost stony- the face that had looked so alluring to her just a moment ago was now starting to look so repulsive.

Thus soon a stifling air of silence began to descend upon the room, as the place started to get both cold and hot simultaneously- the chill came from the Queen Mother’s eyes, while the heat emanated from her rapidly rising temper.

’Sigh! These pregnant women have such rapid mood swings! Just one word is enough to get them riled up. I really cannot keep up!’ Alexander finally lampooned to himself, lips twitching helplessly at the unreasonable reaction.

“Okay, okay, I apologize, Your Highness. Please allow me to make it up to you,” He decided to cleverly back down for now, sending a very knowing look towards the seething lady’s lower half.

Given his experience with her, he knew this was Seelima’s preference- she loved to have the man under her as a show of dominance. So he thought this would be the most appropriate type of apology.

The only caveat here would be that Alexander would probably have to spend the next few while kneeling down. But this was not the worst job in the world and the man consoled himself with a small sigh,

’Tsk, the things I have to deal with…all for the curse of being weak. *Sigh* hopefully this will be enough to cool her down. Then I can once again restart the talks.’

With that Alexander was about to get up for a taste of that fruity, salty, hot flower, when, suddenly the Queen Mother crossed off her legs to cut him off.

She then instead snorted, “Hmmph, then tell me your real thoughts about the royal family. What do you intend for us? Why are you so eager to hand me this position?”

“…???…” It was the heaviness of the question that truly caught Alexander off guard.

He did not think he would be asked this so openly. And turned to give the lady a deep look.