Chapter 1091 Achillas Plots (Part-2)

Chapter 1091 Achillas Plots (Part-2)

Hearing Lord Parker refer to Lord Bernard as Lord, all of a sudden caused great disgust to swell up in Achillas's heart.

'What lord? He's a washed up loser of a dog!' He shouted to himself, as he found the man, who belonged to a family under threat of imminent obliteration to be so very much beneath him.

Which made Lord Parker's favor for him sting all the more.

Thus unable to bear it any longer, the general decided to break his silence on the matter, chiming in a slightly acidic voice,

"My lord claims this a battle between lords... but do I need to remind you of Alexander's background? Is he really a noble like us? Or would it be more apt to call him a barbarian?"

Calling into question Alexander's interest, Achillas then went on to quickly state in an almost accusatory voice,

"Plus, if we are really splitting hairs here, then cutting off the other side's water supply is hardly the work of a gentleman. So why are we expecting the other side will treat us with respect and dignity when we are willing to get down and dirty?"

"Once the Margraves are dying of thirst, do you think they will give one tiny hoot to what Alexander is doing? Of course not! They will more likely cheer him on as he wheels the Lady in front of us. And leading the crowd might very well be Lady Linda's eldest sister- Lady Miranda. She might even happily help Alexander tie her sister up.... as long as he promises the family that this will help them get them fresh water."

Achillas tried his best to paint the gravest picture possible if Lord Parker went with his plan, as according to him, this was the exact circumstance Lord Enofer had faced all those years ago, and thus the possibility lay high that Alexander would choose to follow in his footsteps.

Hence Achillas urged Lord Parker that regardless if the man knew of this history or not, he should not take the chance.

And then finished by turning to pose Lord Parker with a hard, charged voice,

"So, tell me, my lord, from exactly where are you getting your reassurance that Alexander won't act like Lord Enofer did?"

It was a very scathing attack and could be even considered quite rude.

And if it had been anyone else, Lord Parker would have by now surely dismissed him, or even simply court martialed him to the 'hanging squad'.

Thus it was quite fortunate that Achillas had the kind of privileged position he had within Lord Parker's heart, as instead of wringing him out, Lord Parker took to seriously contemplating the words.

Many of what Achillas had said stuck deep chords with him. And he could never fully extricate himself from the various 'what ifs'?

Alexander had not done all those things till now because it would be politically too unpalatable.

Such a crude tactic would greatly damage his reputation and even if he won, most of the Margraves would hate him to the core- just for humiliating their family like this.

And so the subsequent problems this would cause regarding the administration of the land need not be repeated, as Alexander could not of course keep the mansion under occupation for eternity.

And all this was not mentioning the most important point- that his closest ally and the sole person he was here for would most likely not approve.

Naturally, if spacing from Alexander's grasp was so easy, then not only Miss Linda, but many of the lesser guarded Margraves family members would have surely escaped.

But the fact that there was not a single instance of such a happening, went on to paint a grim picture for Achillas's plan.

It seemed Alexander had put a pretty strict hold on the place,

And this was indeed true, the air tight security rising by employing various measures, some seen, some never before seen.

Measures such as the fact that the Margraves family members could not roam around the corridor whenever they liked, but were mostly restricted to their rooms, with each section of the house being given a particular time of the day where they could interact with others in the nearby rooms.

Observant readers would find that this was very reminiscent of a prison system, and this was intentionally done so with the desire that the Margraves family would never be able to outnumber the surrounding guards by too much at any one time, thus stopping the possibility of a mass riot or break out event.

As for more precious captives, such as Miss Linda, Lady Adele, and the elders, they had the good grace to earn additional supervision, as such they would always be guarded by two guards, who would follow them wherever they went.

Also, their food would be served by these men, not the maids and servants of the place, in order to prevent them from passing any secret messages along.

The way this would work was the maids would usually come to the door with the food at their appointed time, and hand the tray over to the men, who would deliver them to its intended host, and after some time send the finished plates back to the kitchen.

Thus, in this way, none of the servants, many of whom had worked here for so many years and thus got to know its people, got to interact with any of the room's inhabitants.

And so, like these and various other mundane ways, such as the issuance of passcodes and security questions, Alexander tried to keep all these troublesome elements firmly within this vast house inside his control.

And although Achillas did not know the details of these byzantine procedures, he could certainly hazard a good guess given the results.

Or perhaps more accurately the absence of them.

Which was actually totally fine with the general.

No, even better, it was exactly what he wanted.,

Because in reality, he did not really want Miss Linda to escape, as that would mean the resumption of Lord Bernard's plan.

But had only said this to Lord Parker as a way to put a stop to the plan without actually saying those exact words out aloud.

Thus towards his boss's inquiry, the stocky general put on a pretending rumination face and chimed, "Hmmmm, it will be difficult on our end... but perhaps we can send a spy and ask if Lady Linda can escape on her. Or maybe she can even show any loopholes."

Let us say no to piracy! Don't take part in a crime! Don't patronize thieves!