Way of Overlord
Chapter 365: Night Talk

Chapter 365: Night Talk

The silence continued

"You could not sleep?" Ayera suddenly ask.

Aeryon heard her question. Usually, he would pretend not to listen but tonight, maybe it is because of the wind, maybe it is because of the moon, maybe it is because of the sound of the grass swaying, he answers her.

"I could not sleep"

"Why?"

"why do you want to know?"

"I’m curious" Aeryon was about to say things like she would tell his thoughts to her father but then he perish the thought of saying it to her. Instead, he decided to be honest.

"I am worried about the West"

Ayera hearing this went silence. For a moment the silence continues and Aeryon thought that Ayera would no longer say anything but then she said

"Valgrun is an old veteran and he knows his way to navigate the world. He is a brilliant tactician and he has a disciplined soldiers. He also has the help of you"

"The advantage of the world belongs to him and I find it hard to believe that the Bolghar tribe could win. Unless they collude with the Western Zhou and invite Western Zhou into the west, there is high probability that Valgrun would win this battle"

Aeryon was surprised that Ayera would answer his question and not worried about being accused of meddling and interfering with the matters of the Kan

Probably she already knows that he already knows what she is doing and she found it silly to hide it when everyone has already knows about it.

"You said that there is a high probability that Valgrun would win this battle. Then why is it not a certainty."

"because Valgrun could die before the battle. The strength of the Khagai tribe is Valgrun. Without him, there is no unifying force. No one could keep them under control. And there is Ota. That young warrior is stubborn and he is only loyal to Valgrun. He would never accept anyone else. If Valgrun is dead, then even with Zlata and Duhai tribe aid, it would be hard to take the west"

Aeryon nodded

In other words, Ayera is saying that Valgrun is the one holding that tribe together. Aeryon agreed with this evaluation. It is like a sheep lead by a tiger. Even sheep become a tiger after being influenced by their leaders.

A group of tigers led by a sheep would resemble their leader and become timid. But if a tiger leads a group of sheep, all of them would become a tiger.

They are sleeping on the same bed for quite some time now but they never had this kind of talk before

Ayera looking at his back while he is looking at the entrance of the tent, and for the first time since their marriage they finally talk to each other so long without the other one cutting off the words.

It is amazing that it is only when they talk about this kind of thing , they would find that they both agree with each other and have the same kind of thoughts for the same situations.

Aeryon did not turn his back.

Instead, he simply nodded.

"why are you wary of me helping your father?’ Aeryon wanted to be honest. He would decide how to answer her after she answers his question

There is another moment of silence. Outside of the tent, there is only the sound of the horses, the wind pushing the grass, the melody of the night

Inside the tent, there is silence. Aeryon did not urge her. He wanted to see how she would answer him.

"I am afraid of you. My father is afraid of you. And I believe most of the small tribes around Brolgadhr tribe is afraid of you" Ayera could have lied.

She could tell more lies.

Craft a more believable reason.

But she felt whatever lie she come up with, Aeryon would find it out. Since lies and secret did not work against Aeryon, then she would change her approach.

To capture the heart of a person like the Kan, sincerity should be needed.

Why?

Because for someone in such a powerful position as Aeryon, what he treasures the most is probably loyalty and sincerity.

These two traits are the hardest to exhibit and internalize for many people and hence it becomes the most desirable traits for people like Aeryon.

She decided to be honest

Aeryon listens to her and smiles. But to both of them, they could not see each other face right now.

They could only imagine what the other person face right now.

"Do they understand my ambition?" he paused and then he added

"Do you know my ambition?"

Ayera knows a bit. A grand cause, a grand ambition

"Where does my father fit in your grand cause?"

She ask and Aeryon is not shy to answer

"He could be one of my trusted person. I would not strip him of his power. Only his influence. He could be one of my advisors. If he did not want to be an elder, then he could lead his men to fight for me. Isn’t this a great ending for him?"

Since Ayera is speaking honestly towards him, he too would also speak honestly towards her

And it is not like what he wanted to do is a secret to Ayera. Ayera heard Aeryon words and she shakes her head.

"If everything would go the way you wanted it to go, then it is not called life"

There is a pause in her words and then she added

"My father is a man that could not serve under others"

Aeryon nodded.

"But if he could serve under others, your tribe could easily reach the pinnacle of its power and influence. Look at Khagai. Look at Zlata and Duhai tribe. Duhai and Zlata tribe are a defeated tribe. But now, look, they are oppressing the west for me and who now in the Steppe did not know how brave are the young of these two tribes? Look at Khagai tribe. before they were forced to accept the status quo. And now they are about to take the west and become the largest tribe in the west."

"And that would not be the limit of their rise. They could soar higher and higher"

Aeryon simply outline the benefit.

Ayera knows why he is doing this. It is nothing more than to induce her

But, this kind of thing would not work against her nor would it work against her father. Because she might be the one that understand her father the most.

Probably even her brothers did not understand her father as much as she did.

Because he treated her like a daughter. But treating her like a daughter did not mean that she did not become the tool of her father.

Her father did not hide his ambition from her and she had to understand. She did not feel pity about her life. She lives her life quite free most of the time but she also has responsibility toward her tribe.

Love and affection in the Utgard chief family is quite complicated

Her father is a very contradictory person.

He wanted the tribe to thrive, and her father is probably the one that has the most desire to see the tribe thrive and become stronger.

But her father wanted it to thrive under him. He wanted the world to recognize that he is the rightful heir of the Utgard seat.

Utgard tribe was once the overlord tribe of the Central Great Steppe.

And in a way, Garron, her father is like one of the princes of a very powerful king.

His grandfather did not declare himself Kan.

But that is because nobody dares held such title in the Central Great Steppe because the circumstances there is different from the Southern Great Steppe.

His father is selfish.

Yet at the same time, he is also sincerely wanting the tribe to become strong.

This is what Ayera means when she said that her father is contradictory.

Wanting the tribe to succeed, but succeed under him, to prove to the world that they are wrong and he was right.

"Let me ask you my lord? Would you be able to bow your head to another forever?"

For a moment there is another silence between these two. Aeryon think about it and he sighed

Aeryon understood when Ayera put it that way.

If its him, he would never be able to always be subservient to others. He would not settle for second place.

He needs to win.

He needs to be the leader.

He needs glory.

There is a part of James in there someway and there is a lot of the original Aeryon desire in that will and determination.

The kind of person that could not obey authority.

They need to be the authority. A born leader, a person who could lead that is the kind of person Aeryon is. And that is the kind of person Garron is.

Aeryon did not know what to say for a moment. So, he could only sigh.

"How will your father handle the matter?"

Ayera did not tell him that she had sent a message to her father to seek Jayeux. She could not tell this and then she sighed

"he would find a way"

Aeryon hearing this nodded.

In the end, Aeryon did not held that much hope of convincing Ayera.

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