Chapter 1005 Lady Miranda vs Miss Linda

Chapter 1005 Lady Miranda vs Miss Linda

The loss of control of the military as confessed by Lady Miranda sent a great blow to Alexander.

What he had feared most had come true.

And worse it was an unimaginable mismatch.

5,000 vs 22,000!

More than a four fold mismatch, with 2,000 of that being cavalry.

Even if the 5,000 legionaries were the famed warriors of Sparta, and they were only facing 22,000 green peasants, Alexander would not be hopeful of his chances.

Heck, even if those 22,000 were mere pigs, he would be hard pressed to win.

Alexander at best could fight as much as twice his numbers in a pitched battle and still hold hope to eke out a victor by relying on the use of clever tactics.

But anything more than that, and he would be hard pressed to do anything other than defend and hold on.

Quantity had a quality of its own as they say.

Thus for a moment, Alexander regretted not bringing more troops, even if there was the risk of them mutinying.

But what had been done was done, Alexander could not change the past.

So refusing to cry over spilled milk, he decided to forward to dealing with the challenge, putting his trust in his negotiation skills as his only option.

Finding himself 'out muscled' thus Alexander quickly got to preparing his tongue, wanting to know more about the situation he was in.

First and foremost starting with the biggest contender,

"What can you tell me about Miss Linda exactly, Lady Miranda? When did your sister start harboring such thoughts about you? And when did you find out?"

"Snort! Linda has always shown great ambition in life. Even as a kid, she used to say she would marry the successor of a ducal family... even being a mere third daughter! That's why she pretended to love to suck that stray cur of a bastard so much!"

Alexander was surprised by the sheer amount of venom Lady Miranda displayed towards the couple, her tone crass and disdainful, not at all befitting a regal lady.

It seemed that the death of his son and the current developments had driven the lady to eschew all such formalities, as she went to add with clenched and gritted teeth,ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

"It's just too bad she is not nearly as smart as she thinks she is. An idiot whose ambition exceeded far more than her abilities. She doesn't even understand that she is only being used as a pawn by that two faced husband of hers to gain control of our family. Mother must have dropped her on the head the very day she was born to turn her this stupid!"

"....." Alexander at first watched with slight amusement at the animated way Lady Miranda was cursing her sister, as he never thought the prim and proper lady would be this colorful in her language.

The lady in front of him was very different from the one he had met back in Zanzan all the way back.

But he did judge the man.

And so did Lady Miranda, who being reminded of the mistake, quickly pointed to her husband, and shouted,

"Yes! We are in this much trouble in no small part to you. How could you believe Linda was anything but a snake! Even before Marcus's death, she was eyeing my seat like a vulture. Don't you know anything about her?"

"Lazy as a pig, dumb as a rock, yet as ambitious as the devil. Wants to do no work, but wishes to take all the credit." Lady Miranda's beautiful face once again twisted in anger at the thought of her usurping sister, while Alexander was more surprised by how imperiously the lady talked to her husband.

This was a first for Alexander ever since coming to his world almost 15 years ago!

Such talks might be commonplace in modern times with even conservative coupes, but in this time period, it was rarer than a phoneix's feather.

No wife talked to their husband like this, not even privately.

Forget it being in public, in front of another man.

The humiliation was such that it would be unimaginable.

This same rule applied even in the case of Alexander's closest wives Cambyses and Mean.

In their day to day interactions, they never spoke to him like that, instead possessing a differential undertone that was produced simply by the ambient social circumstances.

They of course still argued with him and even shouted and screamed but even then they never dared to act like Lady Miranda was.

Which also let Alexander glean that Lord Cassius was likey solidly Lady Miranda's thumb- further proved by the fact that the letter he had received from Lord Janus only had Lady Miranda's seal, but not her husband's.

Thus perhaps the decision to give Miss Linda was not an arbitrary decision made by one side, but instead likely initiated by Lord Cassius and sanctioned by Lady Miranda.

The reason why Alexander thought this was also because he remembered the letter Lord Janus had presented to him only had Lady Miranda's seal.

But not her husband's.

This was certainly very unusual as a man's position in a family was always high.

While Alexander tried to filter out the biases, Lady Miranda suddenly turned to Alexander to recount,

"Gods! Did you know Lord Alexander, that when I first returned from Zanzan with those metal ores, she actually tried to take credit for it! Saying it was all due to her because she introduced Harold to me? Can you imagine?"

"Bitch if you trusted Harold's words so much, why didn't you go to Zanzan yourself? Why leave it to me to make the journey? I was five months pregnant then!"

"....." If what Lady Miranda was saying about her sister was indeed true, then Alexander would have to admit, that this was a problematic woman

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