Conqueror's spoils

Neonidas fell into silence, as if listening to a prophecy carved into the stone walls of the palace. In that moment, at the marble table of the grand hall, among the golden filigree details, an awareness trembled between the shadows of the past and the uncertain hopes of the future.

"This is a pleasant attitude. I approve," Allea responded.

There was one important fact to understand: this world differed vastly from Neonidas's previous one. Especially in this male-dominated society, it was highly unlikely for a man being with multiple women to be considered a problem. In fact, because of the traditions of the empire's central religion, it wasn't even deemed proper for a woman to tell her husband not to be with another woman.