Herald of Steel-Chapter 1518: Ezaya, Elia and Anisha Part-1

Lady Inayah was so graciously offering her daughters that Alexander of course found it very hard to turn down. Even though the lady had only joked that Alexander would not get any maids if he refused her's, he could still feel quite some sharpness behind the words.

The only last hurdle that prevented him swiftly accepting this was the fact that as far as he was aware, all of Lady Inayah's daughters were married, with quite a few children of their own.

Even the youngest daughter seemed to have a son as far as he remembered.

Hence for them to 'serve' a young man like him…. even if he could accept the gift, what about their husbands?

Given the way these girls were dressed and even the subtle armorous looks they were constantly giving him, the list of services they were willing to give was quite apparent.

But would their husbands approve of these adult activities?

The pasha naturally turned to pose this query towards the matron, looking a bit apprehensive.

"You do not have to worry about that. They don't mind." But surprising him, Lady Inayah simply waved her hands and blew away the concerns like it was nothing in a single breath.

'This is not your problem. Do not bother yourself with it.' Was the message.

It caused the end of Alexander's lips to subtly twitch, as he thought the answer a bit too 'easy.

"Hahaha, oh you naive boy, do you think this is the first time these girls have served someone." While perhaps sensing this, the Queen Mother added the quip from the other side with an amused chuckle, once again narrowing those beautiful, smokey, dark eyes,

"Who do you think Inayah's daughters are? They have been taught directly by her. So how could they not use their skills to entertain guests? It would have been a crime not to. Hehehe, all the men married them knowing exactly what they were going into it!"

"....." Alexander was once again stunned by learning the 'proclivities' of these men, wondering the color of their favorite hat.

But then again, perhaps it was not how it seemed in his mind.

Perhaps to them this was just a job for their wives to do, just like any other chores around the house, with no emotional strings attached.

It should be noted that contrary to Alexander's strict definition of what it meant to be a husband and wife, such things were indeed the prevailing norm within Adhania nobility, with these acts being simply seen as a sign of hospitality and entertainment, a part of simply being a good host, rather than anything serious like unfaithfulness.

The Adhanian nobility's general definition of cheating and unfaithfulness was actually quite different from others.

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For a man this concept did not even exist.

By law, he could not cheat on his woman because it did not even count as cheating. It would be as strange as seeing a man drinking water and because of this accusing him of being a burglar. The whole thing made no sense.

The way, a man sleeping around was not even seen as something to be worth twice looking at.

While for a woman, although the definition existed, she had to actually bear another man's child to make this accusation count.

Just doing the act, although frowned upon if done without the man's approval, did not make the cut.

Even if a woman did do it, a noble man might choose to simply turn the other way, shun her for a few days, no longer favor her or at best send her to her father's place, depending on the man and how angry he was.

It would never be anything more than that as noblemen generally tended to avoid blatantly harming or killing their spouses as it was frowned upon as a whole.

However conceiving a bastard was a whole nother matter.

If a woman did do it and there was no doubt in it, such as a man being away in campaign for five years and then coming back home to find he has a new child, then the husband reserved the right to kill both the woman and the child, even if they were nobles.

And when it happened, most of the time, the girl's family was too ashamed to intervene and just stood by.

This was because with the presence of the full proof contraceptive called legummum, allowing for quite safe abortions even deep into the pregnancy, any woman still choosing to keep the baby clearly said all that was needed to.

She was very openly declaring that she was no longer loyal to her husband.

And despite everything one might see, in reality, the Adhanians also valued the chastity of their women… it was just that their definition of chastity varied with others extremely.

But as long as they were willing to follow the procedure, many noblewomen were even allowed to fraternize with their male slaves with their spouse's permission, letting them also enjoy the various flavors of life.

And some 'adventurous' husband would even have those men accompany his wife in bed, teaming her in groups for even more fun.

It was not even that these men were any kind of deviants, but to them, these slaves were simply seen as tools, just like how a modern couple might use various toys to spice up their nightlife.

Would you call a wife using rotors or vibrators to get off to be cheating? Of course not.

In the same way, given slaves were treated as objects and possessions by law, there was really nothing wrong with what they were doing in their limited worldview.

Also, as a side note, a side effect of the Adhanian definition of faithful and unfaithfulness was that socially, a wife was not even considered a true wife until she gave birth, preferably to a boy.

That was one of the reasons why Cambyses was initially so flustered upon giving birth to Alexandria.

Even though she was not Adhanian, but living in that society, and surrounded by many like-minded local ladies, the impressionable young twenty year old was greatly influenced by them and thus she feared for her position. It was also another reason Gelene was so desperate to have a child.

….

Thus it seemed in the same way, as long as there were no offspring, Lady Inayah's son in laws were fine with this arrangement.

While Alexander, although knew all this beforehand, still felt his eyes being opened when he saw the theory being applied in practice.

But at the end of the day, this he was being handed the whole thing on such a platter, who was he to refuse?

At this point, it would be too rude to.

"Then my lady, please let me give my profound thanks to you and your family for this great hospitality. All of you have been nothing but kind."

The accepting words brought a series of smiles to both the mother and daughters, with the eldest of the siblings swiftly stepping forward and welcoming him with a gentle bow.

"Thank you for choosing us. I am Ezaya, my lord. These are my younger sisters, Elia, and Anisha. We are honored to have been given the privilege to serve you."

At the introduction, the remaining sisters also bowed,

"Thank you for choosing us. You have helped our family so much… this is the least we can do"

"I hope you will find us adequate, my lord,"

And then with all three raising their head, Ezaya gave a sweet smile to charmingly add,

"Also rest assured Lord Alexander, what elder sister Seelima…. what the Queen Mother said is absolutely correct. We are very experienced and have done it lots of times before. We would never dare present you young maids with no experience."

"You also do not have to concern yourself with our husbands. They have their maids and are accompanying other noblemen as well. They would not have been able to care for us even if they wanted to."

Alexander's eyes imperceptibly flickered at this.

Initially he had been distracted by the large cleavage formed from the bow of his curvy lady, letting him peer deep into the ravine courtesy of this low cut dress.

Until he heard those words.

Which let him know that their husbands were also involved in this 'service' industry, it was just their clients were men.

But then again this was not anything that unusual, such joining were not even generally frowned upon by anyone… as long as it happened between people of different status.

It was only taboo for men of similar status to enjoy themselves like so, such as nobles sharing the same rank.

Then as the eldest daughter revealed her husband's whereabouts, she was also quickly followed by her youngest sibling,

"Sister is right, my lord. Not only that, when mother approached them, saying it is you we would be serving, they were all very excited. They even asked us to take special care of you!"

This girl appeared to be most excited of all, with a great grin and excited eyes.

This was a very rich guest, at least that was what both her husband and mother had told so, with the former even promising her a surely great gift from Alexander before he left.

Hence the alacrity.

While the middle sibling appeared the most reserved of the three, gently gesturing towards one of the spare rooms, and sincerely posing,

"My lord, please, let us not wait any longer. We have already prepared th

e bath water for you. Come, I fear it will be getting cold."