Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 328: Nice development

Chapter 328: Nice development

Alpheo sat at his desk, the golden light of the afternoon sun streaming through the arched windows of his chamber. The faint scratching of his quill echoed in the quiet room as he meticulously penned the edict on fine parchment. His hand moved with precision, the ink flowing smoothly as he detailed the grant of administrative powers to the bodies he had chosen to govern the fiefs of Egil, Jarza, Clio, and Asag. 

Finishing the text, he leaned back and inspected his work, nodding in satisfaction. He reached for the block of wax resting on the edge of the table and held it carefully over the flame of a nearby candle. The wax softened, dripping onto the parchment in a deliberate, rounded pool.

From his desk, Alpheo retrieved the banner stamp of House Veloni-Isha, a carved sigil of the house's crest—a soaring phoenix with nine fists around .He pressed it firmly into the warm wax, holding it for a moment before lifting it away. 

The letter's text formally assigned governance to the two administrative bodies dispatched to the fiefs. These bodies, composed of advisors handpicked by Alpheo, were to oversee taxation, justice, and the maintenance of order. Of course Alpheo had not done this out of his own will, for after all he was not the owner of those fiefs; he was instead requested to do so by his companions, who admitted not to knowing jack-shit about ruling. 

"We can barely hold a quill, let alone rule over people "they had told him when he asked the reason for their choice.