Chapter 973 Games Night With Alexander (Part-1)

Chapter 973 Games Night With Alexander (Part-1)

For Princess Camelia, the following days at Alexander's manor proved to be an uneventful and even somewhat boring affair.

It was even quite different from what she had expected.

In her mind, she had assumed she would be called to Alexander's room as soon as the latter returned home to bed her.

But much to her surprise, the man largely left her alone in her private room, most of the time even barely acknowledging her existence.

And this was the same case for the rest of the household too.

The princess was allowed to mostly do whatever she wished as long as it did not get in the way of others.

Thus Princess Camelia woke up at whatever time she wished, which she usually did a bit after dawn, and then refreshed and relieved herself, washing her face and brushing her teeth with ash and a twig because toothbrush and toothpaste had not been invented yet.

After that she got dressed, while breakfast was brought to her room by her personal maid.

Then for the rest of the day, she basically did nothing.

Perhaps she would peruse some books, perhaps she would take a walk around the back gardens, perhaps she would sunbath, perhaps she would watch Alexander's four kids and Fabiyana scampering around and playing, and perhaps if she was lucky she would have someone like Nanazin or her three daughters come to accompany her.

This was how lunchtime would come and pass, as would dinner, which she had alone in her room with her maid, while Alexander dined together with his four wives and Fabiyana in the dining room on the first floor.

It was apparent that just as Princess Camelia felt no attraction towards Alexander, this lord too felt no attraction towards this difficult princess, preferring to leave her be.

And this suited her just fine.

Hence it was all the more surprising when one evening, a maid under the service of the mistress of the house, Cambyses came to her after dinner, informing her that Alexander was inviting her to join him at the parlor.

Princess Camelia was a bit confused by this at first, thinking she had misheard.

'Surely it has to be the bedroom, right? What am I going to do at the parlor?' She asked herself. Because according to her logic, Princess Camelia felt this invitation was Alexander asking her to come to sleep with him.

And the parlor was no place for that.

That was a room for entertaining guests and making small talk.

Unless Alexander wanted to play with her body there, in front of everybody!

Princess Camelia half shivered in fear, recalling all those dreadful rumors about Adhania.

The maid also refused to elaborate on anything further, claiming she did not know, fueling the princess's fears even more.

So for a very brief second, the young princess even thought about running away rather than face the humiliation.

But then logic returned to her.

Alexander did not seem to be that type of man.

"Ahem... So, I'm the game master. I will be called the king. Hence the name"

"All players will start with 1,000 ropals."

"Each figurine..." Alexander gestured at the eight pieces made of cast iron, "has a unique endgame condition affecting how you'll choose to play the game."

"If you even have more than 1,000 ropals, you will be suspected to having stolen from the king's treasury and be taken to the dungeon for questioning..."

"Wait! But you start with a thousand ropals, right?" At this point, Mean suddenly interrupted, sounding a bit confused.

"Yes. So don't get any more." Alexander smirked,

"Spend the money sister! Spend!" while Gelene chuckled.

Everyone made sure to quickly register this all important rule, while Alexander continued,

"If you land on GO, you will receive 200 ropals, But if you pass it, without landing on it,you will have to pay 50 ropals to bribe the checkpoint guard."

"If you ever run out of money, well just like a normal monopoly, you will go destitute and disappear."

"Disappear? Like dead?" Hearing this unique word, Cambyses chirped to try and clarify.

"Yes, It's similar. When you disappear, the piece you are playing as is taken out of the game forever and you start with a brand new figurine from the pile. It's like the old one never existed." Alexander elucidated, before continuing.

This time, he pointed to the 'GO' space, saying,

"You can also hide money in a secret stash by landing on the Garden. You might want to do depending on the powers of the figurines you choose."

"Any money stashed in the garden will remain there until you pass it again. But If an opponent lands on Garden before you, they will take all your money and report you to the guards, sending you to the dungeons."

"They have to land on the Garden. But I can go past it." Hearing the rule, Princess Camelia spoke up for the first, asking for this confirmation.

"That's right." Came Alexander's swift rod.

And then went on to continue,

"If you roll 3 doubles, you go to the dungeon. And I don't care if they are consecutive."

"What? 3 doubles for the entire game!" At this, Gelene sounded shocked.

"Yes! Well, it restarts if you get out of the dungeon." Alexander said with a mischievous tone, finding much bemusement at Gelene's face.

Before resuming,

"While in the dungeon, you must roll doubles to get out. But if you roll 1 on any of the dice, you disappear."

"For every turn you stay in the dungeon, you must bribe the guards 100 ropals. If you run out of money and are unable to pay the guards, you will disappear and all your properties will be seized by the king."