RISE OF EROS

Chapter 116: CHAPTER 115

The Baron did not protest Andrew's comment, as he, too, needed to make certain preparations. Unlike Johan, the Castal house were nobles, so it would be more difficult to sneak his son into the red light district.

Despite the fact that being discovered would not cause any problem, because, although the nobility kept up appearances, they were laxer for young singles, but the situation of the Castal house was special since they would soon receive a promotion.

After thinking about all that, Baron Tiberio said, "I have no problem with that and my conditions are similar to Mr. Johan's. I need my son's identity to be kept hidden, as to the exact time and date I will notify you through Mr. Johan a week in advance to make the necessary arrangements".

"It seems perfect to me, also this time it will be much easier, since in the renovations a private patio is being built to receive discreet guests," said Andrew to reassure the baron who replied, "I appreciate the consideration."

Normally, services and payment would be discussed at this time, but Andrew had a doubt and couldn't refrain from asking, "Baron Castal, I'm curious, why the Heavenly Palace?"

However, before the Baron could reply, Andrew added, "It's not that I put myself down, but there are many other pleasure houses with higher status and more discreet services than us."

The baron smiled at Andrew's doubt and replied, "If it were at another time there would be no problem, but now with the promotion in sight those places are not reliable."

Andrew understood what he meant, but continued to ask, "Why not wait to be promoted?" The baron then explained, "Mr. Andrew doesn't have much knowledge of peerage etiquette, but, although the promotion is a fact, there are still some conditions to be met."

The baron paused his explanation for a moment and took a sip of the tea and went on to say, "One of those conditions is my son's engagement, and with his shyness that could be delayed for a few years."

Andrew still didn't understand. It would be easier for him to simply get the baron's son to engagement and get promoted. He would then worry about the sexual life of his son, after all, a engagement does not necessarily imply sex.

Understanding Andrew's thought, the baron explained before he asked again, "A betrothal can be easily broken when there is no link."

The Baron's words made Andrew's eyes widen as he understood perfectly what he meant by a "Link". In other words, he needed to consummate the act to seal a engagement.

This surprised him very much because he understood a fundamental difference between the common sense of this world and the world from which he came. Despite the fact that in this world the purity of a lady was valued, that was only before an engagement, because nobody wanted a woman who was not a virgin, at least not in the nobility and especially among the young.

However, it was not that they cherished this purity until their wedding night as it was done in ancient Earth, in fact, for the nobles of this world, for a pure woman to have sex for the first time with her fiancé actually sealed the engagement deal because there was no way for the woman who lost her virginity to be returned because it would be difficult for that lady to get a new fiancé.

In short, commitments are established orally and the consummation of the sexual act compels the engagement or the family of the man would have to compensate extensively to that of the woman if the marriage is not established.

After thinking about it a bit, Andrew found the similarity with the medieval age of the Earth, because similar things happened, but sex always came after marriage, here instead, marriage comes after sex.

Andrew thought that it was quite strange that these customs were presented in a world without the blessing of Eros since he believed that this was very progressive when talking about sex, for which he asked Fluff.

Fluffy's response was brief and not very explanatory, "Master, there are deviations of all kinds in the worlds without the blessing of a god", that was all he said, leaving Andrew more confused.

Despite thinking about it for a moment, he was not mortified, that was what was happening and he was nobody to change it, so he accepted it and began to discuss with the baron the issue of payment and if there was any special request for the service.

The conversation lasted for an hour and they finally reached an agreement, so Andrew said goodbye to Johan and the baron and left the office. There he met the butler Simon and he led Andrew to where his wives were.

Carolina and Helena had finished their shopping a long time ago, but they were not taken to Johan's office, as Baron Castal was there and it was not appropriate, so they were allowed to rest in a guest room and served tea and some sandwiches while they expected.

While they ate and talked, Andrew entered the room with Simon. The girls stood up and waved. Everything they had bought was on a table in the room, including the materials Andrew had requested from Johan.

Unceremoniously, Andrew walked over and put it all in his dimensional bag, and asked Simon, "How much is it?" But the butler shook his head and said, "No payment is necessary. The master only hopes that you take him into account as a distribution channel for your new product".

Andrew understood the implications of the comment, but he didn't say anything, after all, Johan is the only distribution channel he has, so he didn't say no. He thanked the hospitality and left.

The girls were curious about the new product and the reason it took Andrew so long to find them, not to mention the fact that they weren't allowed to go look for him, yet they didn't ask.

They were smart and they knew that if Andrew had not told them on his own initiative it was for some reason, so they just followed him in silence until they reached the Heavenly Palace.

Once at the Heavenly Palace, he told the girls to wait for him in the office and he headed to one of the empty rooms that he had set up as his laboratory to create the products he sell to Johan.

Although he called it a laboratory, the truth was more of a warehouse. There he stored all the materials to create the rejuvenating creams, vitality drinks, and contraceptive pills, as he did not want them mixed with the food products used for cooking.

He just entered the lab took out everything he had bought and used his synthesis ability to create the tissue repair cream. Now that he had upgraded his synthesis ability, he could create 1,000 products a day, but still, he didn't create many.

Taking advantage of the fact that he was in the laboratory, he also created the other products that he would sell to Johan, adding twice the regular amount of rejuvenating creams.

He now had the capacity, so he decided to increase production. After finishing that, he left the laboratory and went to the office, where Carolina and Helena were waiting for him.

Upon entering, Andrew noticed that the girls had an expression of wanting to ask something, but they didn't dare, and knowing what they wanted to ask, Andrew smiled and began to tell them what had happened.

Carolina and Helena were very surprised when Andrew finished telling them about the conversation and agreement that he had reached with Baron Castal, but in a short time, their faces changed expression.

Now they were a little afraid, knowing that this could be both an opportunity and a threat. If everything went well, the future Viscount Castal would owe them a favor, because, even if he paid for this service, favors like this could not be settled with money, that was common sense in this world.

However, if something went wrong, it could cost the promotion of the baron, and at that point, they would have a too formidable enemy. Andrew was clear about that and if he said he wasn't worried it would be a lie, but he also knew that this wouldn't be the last time he would have to take an offer like this.

He could only make the preparations within his power to make everything work out and hope for the best. For this reason, he had to start now to carry out a plan to mitigate risks.

Although he thought about it, he knew that he had no chance of coming up with anything good, so he would really delegate Oliver for that later. As a strategist, no one surpassed him in the Heavenly Palace and there was no one else Andrew trusted, however, he wasn't going to start that conversation right now, he would wait until night.

He wanted to wait, not because it wasn't appropriate to do so now, but because Aki would be coming tonight to report the news that happened with the beauty hunters and he wanted her to participate in that meeting as well.

With these thoughts, he continued talking with Carolina and Helena until it was time for dinner and after eating they returned to the office to wait for Aki to arrive, call Oliver, and start the strategic meeting for the visit of the son of Baron Castal.

Night fell and as she was used to it, Aki appeared promptly at the office. However, Andrew didn't ask her to report immediately but instead asked her to go find Oliver first.

However, while Aki left the office to look for Oliver, he was in a dark alley near the Heavenly Palace having a conversation with someone who was not visible.

The person Oliver was talking to was not tall and although that person couldn't be distinguished from the silhouette of the body, looked like a woman. No one knew who this person was, much less that Oliver was talking with her, but apparently, it wasn't the first time they had spoken.

After a few minutes of conversation, the person left and Oliver returned to the Heavenly Palace where he was found by Aki and transmitted Andrew's orders to him.