Talayin

Alexander was honestly emphatic to the girl's plight.

She was orphaned and stranded all alone in a foreign land, penniless and with no place to call home.

This was a cruel fate for a girl of this time period as almost all women needed a guardian to survive, whether it be their kin, husband, children, or even their superiors.

Even Cambyses had a guardian- Alexander.

If Alexander turned Ophenia away, her only fate would be death, slavery, or to be used by countless men like some living fleshlight.

Even if the last ten years had hardened Alexander's heart, he had not yet turned into such a beast that he would turn away such a person in need, especially when the risks were so low.

But Alexander was in a position where he not only controlled his life but also the lives of many other people.

And this made him a bit apprehensive about how this potential time bomb might implicate the others.