Way of Overlord-Chapter 492: The Human Heart

Either Ayera put down her grudge, or Mayeux find a way to close this gap. If not even if Ayera managed to forgive Mayeux for the sake of the bigger picture, then these two could not trust each other

And once they could not trust each other to abide by certain rules, then there is only fight to the death

If he was there at that time, he could mediate and even suppress it.

But if he is not, then.....instability could appear in the second generation

Aeryon close his eyes and for a moment he did not say anything.

There is only silence in the tent.

The silence lingered on.

But Ayera did not say anything, her head is still down and she look submissive and sad, forlorn and pitiful

Aeryon is just sitting there thinking about all of the things he could do now and he found out that there is nothing he could do now to close this gap

But, just because he could not do anything now, does not mean he could not do anything later

"There is still time" he thought to himself.

At the same time, he believes he should also put some countermeasures for Ayera and Mayeux.

After all, people can change.

It would be unwise to think even his trusted person is an exception to the rule

If he did not change, then it is good.

And the countermeasures would not need to be use.

Of course, what Aeryon is thinking now is Mayeux of the future. The Mayeux right now is one that he did not doubt

But after his death.....if the conflict between these two are not resolved, then maybe Mayeux would have to change and if he did change, then all the plans he had prepared before could no longer be implemented.

It would be good at that time just to follow the flow if it reached that point.

Aeryon is a different type than Belarion.

Belarion is simple.

But simple does not always means stupid.

And simplicity has the advantage of simplicity.

This is one the reason why when Belarion focused on one thing, his improvement is drastic. He is the kind of person whose determination could challenge the heavens

That is a trait shared by all people who are born with innate talent.

As for the original Aeryon, he is calculating and from the memories he have of the original Aeryon, this man is cunning and could endure things other could not

Of course, when "he" transmigrated into this world and occupied Aeryon body, the cunningness is still there but he did not have to endure.

As for his talent, it is quite mediocre.

If not for the system and the status window, he would not have improved to this point where he could fight against people like Durka.

This Aeryon is very calculative.

But it did not mean he lost all human emotions.

If he lost all of his emotion, is he still him?

Aeryon did not think so.

That is why he is conflicted right now

"Kill or not kill?" he thought in his mind. And his heart also thinks. And these two are in conflict with each other.

And he shakes his head and the only thing he could do now, is sigh. His sigh echoes in the tent.

"Is she betting I would not kill her? Or is she underestimating the danger she is in?" Aeryon thought to himself.

As for whether she is sincere or not, only she knows of this matter.

Her words seems to be handing Utgard tribe to him.

Her words is a sign of submission, saying she would help him pacify the Utgard tribe for him if he attack Utgard tribe

She handed him everything.

Cause, reason, all of it is presented.

Any other chief that have such a wife would not doubt it.

But Aeryon is not just some ordinary chief and Ayera is not some ordinary wife.

The daughter of the Viper....she is the one that truly inherit the legacy of her father. Both father and daughter, knows to judge the current situation, both could bend and bow and prostrate and both could wait and endure for an opportunity

That is what Aeryon think makes Garron dangerous. If Aeryon had to compare him to someone he is a bit like Sima Yi.

Aeryon look at the head that is bowing to him

Is she really sincere in saying all of those words to him? Aeryon don’t think so. It is just that she knows she have no other choice.

The trend is already there. She either could try to fight the trend or gain benefit following that inevitable trend.

From the moment Ogura take the tribe like that, Ayera probably could see what would happen later.

Why did Mayeux try to stop Aeryon to save Garron? Why did so many obstacles was created?

How could Ayera not know?

Even if she did not know before, how could she not know now?

Isn’t it because Mayeux and the Brolgadhr tribe have intention to take Utgard that there is such schemes and plot?

The only difference was that before, if Garron is alive, there is a chance that the succession of this tribe could be done in a peaceful way.

The interest would not be harmed and there is even a chance of a comeback.

As long as Garron is there, as long as the succession is done in a right way, there is always a chance of Utgard returning back to the Central Steppe and both tribe could prosper in different region while helping each other

Yes, Ayera had talked about this matter with her father before.

There was the best-case scenario and there was the worst-case scenario. If Aeryon knows this, he would really be shocked.

He knows that Garron treated Ayera differently from his other daughter and adore her. But he probably would not expect that Garron would treat him like this.

This is like a treatment of an heir of his legacy.

If he knew this, the killing desire he had in his heart would probably increase.

Ayera manage to endure not to show any hatred toward Mayeux.

To her, the matter of the Brolgadhr tribe and the Utgard tribe while complicated does not mean that there is not a way out of it that is of a peaceful method

There has always been a chance for the two tribe to integrate peacefully. Her father herself admire Aeryon very much.

But.....but....

But that person, Mayeux did not want it like this.

The more chaos that Utgard experience, the better.

The more they resist the better

Ayera did not know why but she has a feeling that Mayeux wanted a neutered Utgard tribe and not a rebellious Utgard tribe

After all, she might know how to play politics but she is not really a strategist.

She is a woman in the Steppe.

It is a good enough that she is allowed to fight and were taught all kinds of knowledge.

Her treatment is not only better than most women in the Steppe, her treatment is even better than many men in the Great Steppe

Is it her gender that affects her life?

No, it is her background.

And the legacy of her tribe. But mots importantly, it was her father support. Barbager when he heard the news of the death of his father, he was conflicted. But he was angry.

But was he angry at the fact that his father was killed, or the fact that his brother killed his father?

Human hearts are unfathomable.

What one said in public might not be what they think in private.

Ayera is a fortunate person.

The struggle of the world has always been between up and down. Anything else is just noise and distraction.

And she has a father like Garron.

Even if other children have father like Garron, if they did not have education like Garron or have the inheritance of the tribe or the background and fortune of their tribe, how could she learns all of this methods of politics and methods of winning the hearts of people.

Precisely because she has a father like Garron.

Of all the children of Garron, the one that has no scruples in mourning Garron is probably Ayera. There is more merit than demerit

She is sad and sadness turns to anger. And this anger of hers are not wild, but directed. And once she made her decision, she did not get swayed by anything else.

Aeryon and her both of them are silent.

"After the north and the west is settled"

This is his answer. Ayera frowned but her face is looking at the ground and Aeryon could not see her face expression

"Are you dissatisfied?" Ayera did not answer immediately. She waited for a moment, and then after some time she spoke

"I am worried that if you let Ogura consolidate his power, the Utgard would be united. Then the matter would be even more troublesome"

Aeryon eyes narrows and he snorted

"Do I need you to tell me how to do things?" he snorts and the tone in which he says it makes Ayera heart beats.

Because in that swift moment, that killing intent that she felt before rises up again.

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