RISE OF EROS

Visitors were flocking to the Heavenly Palace, since it was the reopening, all the regular customers wanted to see the change, and thanks to the massive arrival of people, it aroused curiosity among the walkers in the red light district, causing them to enter too.

Due to all of this, the Heavenly Palace was more crowded than usual and whether they were new or old visitors they were all shocked with what they saw. Not only the luxurious decorations and style, but the courtesans had also generated quite a stir.

Although it is true that the courtesans were resting and went out to the city for a walk. They never stopped doing their exercises, eating healthy, and taking care of themselves with the rejuvenating cream and other beauty products.

Add to that the designs made by Andrew, which were now of better quality, and customers couldn't help but be surprised. Even former patrons thought they were in a different establishment with different courtesans, which gave them great satisfaction.

The night passed smoothly. The customers left happy, and the Heavenly Palace received the highest profit since it opened. At this time, Andrew was not short of money, since he had what he had stolen from the former leaders of the region, but, even so, there is no such thing as too much money.

On the other hand, Erick and Vala returned to the Cherry Blossom store and met Candice. In the office, the two of them were telling Candice what had happened, and naturally, Candice was angry.

She honestly wasn't interested in the reward that Marquis Donald was going to give her, she knew that Teresa was accompanied by powerful guards and that Erick and Vala weren't really necessary, but she really valued Teresa and that's why she sent them.

Even so, she was upset that her friend was attacked and especially that they took her event as an opportunity, and with a cold and almost murderous tone she said, "Vala, investigate." Candice also knew that Donald must have known who had attacked Teresa since the attackers were captured, but she still felt the need to look for the culprit.

Vala wasted no words and disappeared into the shadows to comply with the order she was given. Now only Erick and Candice were in the office and she asked, "How much of a difference in strength was there between you and that knight who was protecting Teresa?"

Candice had no intention of making enemies with the Marquis Donald, her question was more focused on future enemies. Erick and Vala were the most powerful warriors of hers and even so, they had difficulties against the five assassins that attacked them, so she needed more strength.

"Honestly, I think he could easily wipe out this whole place", Erick answered very seriously and Candice also showed a serious expression, because that meant that the force she built and thought was powerful, it really was very weak against the truly powerful ones.

She was an intelligent woman, so it was not difficult for her to deduce that if Marquis Donald had two warriors of that level, other nobles, and wealthy people could have them too, at that time she learned that she was still a small merchant without much.

Since she had ambitions, she couldn't stay this way and asked, "We need to be stronger, do you have any idea how to do it?", however, Erick couldn't answer, since he had no way.

Candice understood Erick's silence and could only sigh helplessly, but at that moment Erick said something a little hesitant, "My lady, I don't know how to make us stronger, but your question reminded me of something."

"What is it?" Candice asked a little anxiously and Erick replied, "Mr. Andrew's slave." Erick's response left Candice speechless, as she hadn't expected her butler to bring Andrew into the conversation.

With a strange expression on her face, Candice remained silent and suddenly understood what Erick meant and got a little annoyed, "Erick, do you have a death wish?"

Erick didn't panic, because he knew his lady too well, so he replied, "My lady, don't be angry, I only mentioned it because that man is strong", but Candice didn't feel better with that excuse and spoke again. , "I know you all want me to find a partner, but I will not sell myself for benefits, if I wanted to, I would have done it a long time ago."

Seeing Candice getting increasingly upset, Erick didn't pursue the subject further. He, like all the trusted men and women in Candice's following, wanted her to find a partner, since she was not getting any younger and a successor was needed.

However, they also knew the reason why she was so opposed. Candice is a woman who has achieved all she has with sweat and tears. Her beauty was never helpful, to be more exact it always caused her problems because there was never a lack of men who coveted her and made things difficult for her to try to win her over.

Unfortunately, this left a preconception in Candice about men and the idea of her joining one of them upsets her. What no one knew was that for some reason she did not feel rejected by Andrew.

Certainly, she didn't love him. At this point she was just curious about him, however, that was already rare for her. For Candice, all men are greedy and lustful, even men like the Marquis Donald with whom she has a good relationship thanks to Teresa.

The night passed and not everyone rested as comfortably as Andrew and his women. They still hadn't had fun in bed because Aki kept refusing and although she suggested sleeping outside for Andrew, Catalina, and Helena to have fun, the girls didn't agree.

Carolina and Helena's logic was that since Aki had become Andrew's wife, they couldn't leave her out of the fun. Although Andrew tried to advocate that Aki's first night should be solo like Helena's, the girls rebutted, "Until that day comes there will be no fun."

Andrew was upset with that decision, but there was nothing he could do. He loved them too much to contradict them and he only had to wait a week and Aki's scar would be healed, then nothing would stop him.

The following day after breakfast, they all began to carry out their activities. Since they had reopened the business, routines returned to normal and it was not possible to go out for a walk in the city.

Andrew, Carolina, and Helena were in the office discussing some important issues, "Now that the store has expanded, we need to hire more staff," Carolina said.

"When the rest of the establishment is finished remodeling, more courtesans will be needed as well," Helena added, and Aki who appeared out of nowhere said as well, "The black night also needs to work, they can't be eating, and resting every day or they will become weak".

Andrew's brows furrowed at the pain in his head. As the Heavenly Palace grows, these problems will continue to arise and he was honestly a bit overwhelmed.

In his previous life, Andrew worked as a manager for a small sales group, so he knew about business management, however, the scale was different.

He used to lead a small group of five people, a maximum of ten at special events, but now the Heavenly Palace had more than 50 members and it was not easy to lead them.

The three girls waited in silence for Andrew to make a decision and after a few seconds, Andrew said, "Aki, bring Oliver and Marie to the office" and Aki quickly disappeared.

After a few minutes, Oliver and Marie arrived at the office in the company of Aki and greeted them with a small bow, "Young master, young ladies", then Andrew began to give orders.

"Oliver from today you will be in charge of the security and the operation of the black night", he paused as if thinking something and spoke again, "I think that name is not very attractive, why don't we change it to Shadow ?".

When he said that, he looked at Marie, after all, she was the leader of this group and he had to ask her opinion. Marie felt Andrew's gaze and replied, "Young master, if you want it, you can change it."

However, Andrew shook his head and said, "Marie, you are not my slaves, you are my subordinates, my family, I don't need you to blindly follow and obey me, I prefer you to help me and advise me."

Marie was surprised. Andrew's words had warmed her heart, not because she was an easy girl to manipulate, but because Oliver had said something similar to them when he saved them and she couldn't help glancing at Oliver out of the corner of her eye.

When she noticed that Oliver was also surprised, she understood that Oliver hadn't told Andrew to say those words to win them over, those words were born from him, and that moved her even more.

The girl knelt on one leg and said, "We appreciate the kind words, we will accept that name with pride", Marie's solemn words took everyone in the room by surprise and after a few seconds Andrew regained his composure and spoke again, "Get up, those formalities are not necessary."