FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

Facing the Queen Mother's out of the blue ambush, Alexander found it hard to effectively reply. Of course, he could deny it like before.

But he knew the woman before him was far more cunning than the fat man.

Saying anything but the truth would simply be insulting her intelligence. Even a subtle deflection was hard.

Thus facing the glittering eyes of the cunning woman and the entertained gaze of her ebony partner, Alexander, forced to think quickly on his feet, just decided not to answer her in the first place.

Amusedly rolling his eyes, he lightly curved his lips to muse, "Your Highness, some might say accusation without proof is slander."

"Accusation? Hahaha, when did I accuse you, Alexander?" The Queen Mother also seemed entertained by Alexander's wording, curving her beautiful phoenix eyes into a crescent, and pointing,

Seelima and Inayah Part-2