Way of Overlord-Chapter 455: Beautiful Flowers

He shakes his head as he focused back on the palace.

There is also a heating system in this room, he thought to himself.

Even though it is not in use right now, Aeryon did remember he ask whether it could be installed and the engineers said it could be done.

All of this is added by the Yan engineer. They install a heated floor system borrowed form Yan architecture to combat the cold winters.

And there is also lighting, using old lamp and the strategically placed windows to illuminate the interior.

When it is morning, the sun would provide the sun light. When it is night, the moonlight provide illumination

The labour force of this palace are skilled artisans and labourers from his conquered tribes and people of Yan he had captured.

The reason he created the palace and the city is more than just to create a symbol of his power.

In this ancient era, a city , especially capital city is the representation of the power of the civilization

The palace and city is a symbol of power and unity of this newly rising Marynku kingdom. And Aeryon also wanted to encourage the people of Marynku to gather here

And legitimacy. This is the not important thing for Aeryon.

The Brolgadhr tribe does have relations with old nobles of the empire.

But most of the tribes that lasted hundreds of years all have relations with the Old Empire before they crumble.

But even though the Brolgadhr has relations and probably a noble of the Old Empire itself, what position they held and the power they held holds no significance in today era.

Aeryon wanted to create a legitimate reason.

He bring prosperity, he is strong, he is all conquering and victorious all the way.

As long as he could maintain this, his power would not decline.

But there is no such guarantee.

He could always lose a war and Aeryon is not sure that he would always be victorious.

But if he created something enduring in the Steppe, a symbol of himself that endures, then the legitimacy of his position would endure even after his death

At least, that is the idea.

Aeryon might seem like he is only looking ahead.

And he is.

But Mayeux is the one that help him to sometime, stop and contemplate.

And in those moment, Aeryon also understood that if one day he loses, he needs to have some backup plans.

He wanted to leave a legacy so that if he truly fails, he fails in unifying the steppe, fails in protecting the Steppe from the invasion of the south, fails in conquering the world, then his sons and his grandson could continue his ambition and wishes.

And for them to continue such a grand ambition, a foundation must be built.

This city, this palace, all of them are the foundation he wanted to leave to his descendant.

If he fails, then his descendant would avenge him.,

Aeryon wanted to follow the template of Genghis Khan.

But he does not know the future.

He could be the new Genghis Khan in this world, or he could be following the template of Ragnar Lothbrok.

Died in his battle and let his son rides all across the world to avenge him. Or maybe, he would fall halfway through and his name would only be a footnote in history.

He...doesn’t know.

Aeryon sighed.

He sit on one of the chairs inside the pavilion, taking a breath

Then he close his eyes thinking about things. No, he is not thinking about things right now. He is just calming himself down.,

Then after almost five minute just sitting there and emptying his thoughts, he got up and walk out and goes to his own residence inside the palace ground.

As he goes deeper into the palace roads, there is more and more servants and slaves instead of builders.

One of the first thing that the builders focused on is none other than his own residence.

There is still some structure that need a retouch and land to be expanded, structures to be built but most of the main residence is already finished.

It is just a bit empty without furniture and other decorations but for Aeryon this is enough for him for now.

The servants saw him and bow.

Aeryon did not go to his study or his courtyard instead he goes to the other side of the main hall. He goes to Ayera residence.

The Golden Pavilion.

Aeryon named it as such.

As his wife, she should also reflect his prestige.

It is near his Hall but slightly separated.

There is a cluster of grand yurts with golden roof, connected by covered walkways and silk curtains.

And as he walks toward his wife residence he could see even many more people.

Most of these is her handmaidens and her soldiers.

When Aeryon was in Wustkazan, he did get a report from Mayeux saying that his wife has now around three thousand men under her force.

It seems something happen in Utgard that made her father send more men to serve under her.

And this is just the one that Mayeux had listed. Who knows how many other warbands is under the control of his wife

"This woman of mine does not know how to practice stability"

Aeryon mutters to himself.

Did she think he doesn’t know or did she thinks he would always let her get away.

Three thousand horsemen is not a lot compared to the army that Aeryon could command.

No, it is insignificant when compared to the kind of soldiers he could mobilize

But that is relative to the task.

If the task is to destroy a tribe and to fight in a large-scale war, three thousand horses and three thousand men are just enough to become fertilizer for the ground

But if the task is to kill him, three thousand men is more than enough. Belarion is not here, and his other generals does not always linger around his palace.

Three thousand men rushing to his residence and kills him...this is very much possible.

That alone scared him.

Aeryon did not have a second invincible card. Even though he is strong, if three thousand horsemen attacks him, Aeryon is quite sure he would be dead.

Of course, if Ayera dares to do such thing, regardless of whether she succeeds or not, the outcome for her is set in stone

She would be dead and her tribe would probably be eradicated by Aeryon people to avenge him.

Hence, the possibility that this three thousand men would attack him is minuscule. So, infinitesimal that is borders on the impossible

But....there is a chance...there is possibility.

And even that small chance is enough to trigger a person like Aeryon.

Aeryon might have some heart-to-heart conversation with his wife. But in the face of great ambition, even live is fragile.

What’s more, what he does share with his wife is not love.

There is an understanding.

But this understanding could also be dismantled easily

Aeryon look around the residence of his wife.

There is flower garden.

Aeryon eyes narrows.

He sees some of the flowers and he sighed.

" I need to check it later" he thought to himself. He could swear some of those flowers...are poisonous.

That.....that is very concerning

The Katun residence is patrolled by her own guards. Her guards are all from the Utgard tribe. Ayera has quite the grip on her personal soldiers.

None of them made any trouble and there is no friction at all with his people.

That alone is something admirable.

Aeryon knows that some of his men look down on the people of Utgard and some of his warriors would deliberately made trouble for the guards

As long as they know the limit, Aeryon did not meddle that much.

And it is also a way for him to test these people that his wife and his father-in-law send to him

The reason why this happen is only because Ayera and Aeryon does not really appear to be on one mind and one heart.

The fact was that even after some harassment, the people of the Utgard tribe did not retaliate. This shows that these soldiers obey Ayera order unconditionally

Aeryon also wonder whether this is Ayera ability or Garron ability to train such a loyal soldier.

The guards see him. And all of them bow and no one block his way.

"Open the door" The servant in front of the large door quickly open the door for him

"The Grand Hall"

"It has to change its name to the Grand Hall of the Khatun later" Aeryon thought to himself. When he heard Dama change his title to Khan, he wanted that title.

Not only because of the significance that Dama had given that title. But also, because that title is very familiar to him that come from another world.

He enters the hall and he could not help but sighed inwardly

"My wife is living a more luxurious life than me" he thought to himself. There is thick carpets , gold threaded drapes and embroidered cushion from Yindu.

And there is even a throne-like seat covered in ermine and fox fur. There is personal altar to the spirit and the Skyfather and the Earth Mother

Aeryon rarely came here.

Mostly, it would be her that comes to her chamber. Aeryon look at the woman on the end of room, sitting on a heightened platform, cross legged on a cushion.

The wife of the Kan, Ayera Daughter of Garron, look at him with her sharp gaze

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