Chapter 191: The King
Alexandra looked at Marcus sitting in front of her with his head bowed. Alexandra visited the capital city of Lathlin a couple of times in the past week. She wanted to see how the people are faring after the supposed "death" of their Emperor.
Riots and confusion ruled the streets in certain areas. Most of them were started by those who were vying for the throne. The Throne that was no more still garnered the desire of many.
One faction had collected the pieces of the golden throne she broke into pieces and made a new golden throne and were planning on making one of the Dukes the next Emperor.
Well, she had to go there and tell them that the Empire of Lethusia is no more. She was surprised by the vitriol they spewed when she said that she is going to free the nations that were conquered by war and give them a hefty compensation from their treasury for the damages caused by the Lethusian Emperor.
Well, not that surprised because she knew humans loved gold and money more than anything.
It was incomprehensible to her because no immortal she knows values the "riches" more than the people around them. When you live a long life, they tend to get numbed to the comforts wealth brings.
She wouldn’t lie. Most immortals live life comfortably. They do have a lot of time to acquire wealth after all. But they never put their mind to the riches. What intrigues them is the true companionship and camaraderie which is hard to achieve.
Lord Zoros had good leadership qualities. He listened to Marcus and he didn’t show despise towards her for killing his Emperor. He asked her what she wanted to be done and did it rather intelligently. With his help, the city was under control with no major incidents happening.
Nothing major except the death of the Dowager Queen. But since everyone was grieving the loss of their Emperor, no one cared that much for that power-hungry woman.
Alexandra did get the advice from Maximus to know who to trust and who not to trust. She thought he would ask her to join her during her visit to the city, but he didn’t. She was surprised, but she was relieved too. It appeared that he loved being a farmer more than being a King.
She didn’t care about all that. He is her husband and that’s all she wanted.
She did not meet Arioch even once. She heard that he was kept in a tower with maximum security and that he laughs maniacally at times. The guards tried to shut him up but he keeps on shouting that he is the Great King, only for the guards to get angry at him.