Herald of Steel

851 Fate of The Palace

Lord Theony's order for his son to stay in his room and continue to act like the Crown Prince really went to show the man's shrewdness.

Because then Lord Theony could claim to have put 'Crown Prince' on house arrest and refuse to let anyone see him, thus letting him still keep the illusion that Philips was still in the capital.

After all, other than Theony, nobody else knew that the Crown Prince was actually missing.

And this would do tremendously in his effort to take over the capital.

It would even be tens of times better than killing Philips, as Lord Theony could not only placate the loyalist nobles and officers by this, but he could also use the Crown Prince's name to issue whatever fake orders he wished, all claiming it was sanctioned by the royal family!

Something made so much easier by the fact that in his moment of hastiness, Philips had forgotten to take the royal seal with him, thus effectively making Lord Theony become the king of Tibias now!

The idea truly was brilliant and was the perfect example of Lord Theony taking the lemons life gave him and making lemonades.

Even though Philips had really slipped through Lord Theony's fingers, instead of just slapping his head and lamenting, the man had decided to do this, trying to capitalize on the situation as best as he could.

Theony could do nothing but look with his wide, almost doe eyes as his father took the seal and pocketed it, before attempting to leave the room.

"Wait!" But was suddenly stopped by Theony, who then quickly asked, "Father! What will you do with the remaining royal family?"

"Because I was thinking instead of killing them, it might be better to let Pasha Alexander decide. "Perhaps he will like some of the women or even the men there!"

The reason Theony made this excuse was of course because he knew his father planned to execute much of the lineage, or at the very least all the men.

And this was his way of trying to stop it.

"...."

To this Lord Theony left without giving any answer. only leaving two men to guard the door to make sure no one could enter and discover their secret.

While Theony was left all alone in the huge room, wondering to himself what his father's next plan was.

Stepping outside the room, Lord Theony then instantly turned to order with unbridled sharpness,

"Immediately send out the best scouts we have! I want them scoring both sides of the bank. Tell to them to search every single boat for inspection and kill anyone suspicious."

Lord Theony had still not given up his wish to capture Philips.

This order was of course carried out with the utmost haste, with one of the men immediately setting out to arrange it, while Lord Theony turned his mind to the very last he had yet to do.

Deciding what to do with the remaining royal family.

When Perseus went to war, he took a lot of his male kin with him- his sons, younger brothers, uncles, cousins, etc. leaving mostly only the women and children in the palace, namely his wife, daughter, daughter in laws and grandchildren, with only a few adults to look after them.

And as Lord Theony recalled the names that were likely present, he found that Theony was indeed right in saying that there was little value in killing these leftover people.

They were of the wrong sex or if they were not, simply too young or insignificant to pose any threat to Lord Theony right this moment.

Lord Theony could take his time and kill them in the future if need be.

But right now, they seemed much more valuable alive.

Lord Theony could use them as hostages with Perseus, as gifts to Alexander, or if nothing else, simply as entertainment for himself, keeping the adult women as mistresses or courtesans and the young girls and boys as pleasure slaves.

"Capture all the royal family. Put all of them under house arrest!"

Hence thinking logically Lord Theony ordered such, as he then personally decided to lead the arrest, taking a handful of men to the current Queen, Perseus's wife's chambers.

Currently, the regal Queen was sitting by her nightstand, letting her personal maid braid her long,raven hair as she prepared for bed.

"I thought I heard some commotion. Do you know what it was?" And as the maid worked, her mistress posed so languidly.

The queen was blissfully unaware of any and all happenings around the palace as her chambers were situated at the very back of the palace and because the commotion caused by Lord Theony had died down fairly quickly courtesy of Theony, no one had bothered to inform her about it.

"No, Your Grace. Should I go ask?" The maid gently asked.

"N…"

*Boom*

It was right that instantly, when out of nowhere the sturdy doors to her room were literally kicked open, the metal lock shooting across the room as then a number of unknown, armored men quickly rushed in, their hungry eyes instantly landing on the two beautiful women.

"What? Who are you, men? Do you know what you are doing?"

And this immense noise and the rude entrance naturally made the Queen furious, as she jumped from the chair like she was struck by thunder and screeched at the top of her lungs.

But contrary to her brave facade, internally, the sight of the intruders made her shake to the core.

Her heart thumped with the loudest possible sound and her head echoed with the only possibility of why they could they here.

It was a dreadful possibility.

"Hehe! We are so sorry to disturb your sleep, Your Grace. Forgive us,"

As the Queen was still trying to understand what was going on, Lord Theony slowly stepped forward in his magnificent armor and chuckled this with a breezy smile, informing the woman,

"A few traitors have infiltrated the palace. The Crown Prince suspects a group among the royal members are responsible. So he has instructed me to apprehend everyone for questioning."

"Traitor?"

Lord Theony's words were so sudden and appeared to make so little sense that the Queen at first appeared confused, with her mouth agape as she tried to make sure she was not hearing things.

'What traitor? Where would they come from?' Her mind naturally played these questions.

Until suddenly her eyes flashed.

"Traitor! The only traitor here is you Lord Theony! How could you betray us?" the Queen pointed her finger as she finally understood what was going on, before quickly posing a bit fearfully,

"Where is Philips? What have you done to my son? Let me go see him!"

Saying so the buxom lady then tried to push past the wall of men blocking the door.

But she naturally failed in this, as she was then very rudely grabbed by the arm by Lord Theony, who then very vulgarly chuckled while staring at the woman's chest,

"Hehe, I think Your Majesty should reconsider that. Especially given the way you are dressed. People might mistake you for someone else."

And feeling this scorching gaze on her chest mention, the Queen's mind finally clicked on the current state of her body and she instantly lowered her head with a heavy blush.

Given summer was already here, and she was just about to go to bed, the mature woman only had a thin black linen nightgown on.

The translucent cloth hid less than it revealed, making her appear very sexy.

Her skin though hidden could still be seen, appearing flawlessly when viewed through the veil, while the cloth did nothing to conceal the outline of her curvy body, letting all the surrounding men ogle at her heavy breasts, her smooth tummy, her wide hips and to make matters more mortifying, even her bush down, as the area around there appeared very dark relative to her fair thighs.

Just like Lord Theony had said, if the Queen was really to walk down the corridor like this, she would undoubtedly be called a prostitute.

"Kyaaah." As the Queen she came to this realization and felt the lustful eyes of the men, she gave this ear piercing shriek, before bundling herself up in shame.

Given how conservative Tibian society was, the fact that so many men had seen her like this was absolutely mortifying to this noble woman.

"Your Grace! Here!" Fortunately for her, the maid, who had been till now frozen in fear, seeing her mistress in such distress quickly moved, grabbing a nearby cloak and draping it over her, and at last helping the Queen hide some of her ignominy.

"Hehe!" Lord Theony found the Queen's whole reaction very funny, as he vulgarly chuckled while gazing at her with naked lust, very vividly licking every part of her body with his eyes.

It would be a blatant lie if Lord Theony were to claim he had never lusted over the Queen.

In fact, it would be a blatant lie if the whole Tibian court were to claim they had never lusted over the Queen.

Because when Perseus married his consort, she was unanimously said to be the most beautiful woman in the entire country.

Thus presented with such a chance now, Lord Theony's loins felt very hot.

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