RISE OF EROS

Chapter 193: CHAPTER 192

The other girls could not hear Andrew's whisper despite the closeness, but just by seeing the blush on Sonia's face, they could more or less intuit what he had told her.

The girls present were all relatively new to the Heavenly Palace, but they knew from conversations with the other courtesans that Andrew was initially their sexual trainee and according to their former companions "It was quite an experience", so they were very curious.

Unfortunately, the newer courtesans had not had the opportunity to enjoy Andrew's training. While the dancers were having these thoughts, Sonia came out of her embarrassment and began to talk to Andrew.

"I am really grateful that you are giving me this opportunity young master, but am I suitable?". Andrew could see a trace of doubt in Sonia's eyes, which is a trait rarely seen in the lady.

"Are you not confident?" asked Andrew not giving her a direct answer. Andrew's question left Sonia thoughtful, who after several seconds replied, "Young master, as a courtesan I don't think I am inferior to any, but as a matron, I don't know if I have the ability to lead the others."

Sonia looked a bit crestfallen after admitting that she felt hesitant about taking a new position, but Andrew just smiled and told her, "I don't expect you to be perfect, just diligent. Helena recommended you for the position and she will continue to support you, so be more confident."

Andrew understood that Sonia's doubts came from the fact that as matron she would have to teach the other courtesans sexual practices as Helena had been doing and she certainly lacked experience.

However, he did not intend to leave her alone either. He had already discussed this issue with Helena, in fact, she was the one who proposed this change and the result was obvious, for Sonia, on hearing that Helena would still support her, regained some of her confidence.

Seeing the change in Sonia's attitude, Andrew smiled and concluded, "Then it's a done deal. As of today, you are the matron of the Heavenly Palace. I will announce your new position this evening at dinner."

Sonia taking on a serious expression nodded her head in agreement. Andrew said goodbye to the girls and returned to the office, which had already been cleaned. There Carolina was going through some books and Andrew approached her, hugging her from behind and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"What are you looking at?" asked Andrew curiously as he noticed that the book Carolina was holding was not one of the ledgers of the Heavenly Palace. "This is a record of the staff operations I have been developing," Carolina replied without taking her eyes off the book in her hands.

Andrew was surprised at the answer and earnestly looked at the book Carolina was reading. There he could see the names of the employees, the shifts worked and even information such as orders taken, orders served, meals cooked, materials expended, and much more information.

This surprised Andrew even more, as Carolina had created a cost book, which was impressive. Although this world is considerably more backward than his previous world, Andrew had to admit that its inhabitants were no less intelligent.

To Andrew's knowledge, in this world things like the costs of an operation existed, but they were not as extensive as Carolina had detailed in her book.

At most, it was limited to including the cost of materials and employee salaries, but Carolina was performing more complex calculations, as with all the information she had she was not only calculating monetary costs, but efficiency and effectiveness, which was impressive.

Unable to hold back his curiosity, Andrew asked, "Did you come up with this yourself or did you learn it from someone?". Carolina suspending her analysis turned to look at him with a strange look on her face.

Andrew didn't understand if this expression was because the answer was obvious or for some other reason, but his doubt was answered shortly after when Carolina said a little hesitantly, "No... I didn't learn it, it just seemed appropriate."

Seeing the doubt in Carolina's answer, Andrew became confused and unconsciously activated his Eros's eyes and could see a faint golden aura around Carolina.

It wasn't very thick, let alone bright, but it was definitely there. Andrew was surprised to notice the change in Carolina's aura and quickly called out to Fluffy.

"Fluffy, what's going on?" he asked hurriedly, but Fluffy just smiled with a bit of gloating and said, "Master, congratulations, your wife acquired a skill." Andrew hearing Fluffy's words his eyes widened like saucers, was shocked.

He already knew that his wives would acquire abilities by having sex with him and getting a bit of his divinity, but he really didn't expect it to be so soon, let alone that he didn't notice it until this moment.

"Is it that fast, what kind of ability did Carolina get?", Andrew asked excitedly, but Fuffly continued to answer him calmly, "Well, the divinity acquisition of Eros' wives is very random, so it can be fast or slow, there is no exact parameter, so you can just wait when it comes to that".

He paused and continued explaining, "As for the ability she obtained, your Eros eyes should be able to give you that information." Andrew wasted no time and ignoring the confused Carolina who was still looking at Andrew, he activated his Eros eyes again.

Andrew was used to only checking the aura of others when he activated his Eros eyes, as it was the most useful ability of his eyes, but there were other features, such as scoring people's beauty and affinities.

The latter was the one Andrew was currently reviewing. Affinities could be taken as someone's talent or ability to develop skills, for example, Aki has an affinity towards the arts of stealth.

Previously, Carolina did not possess any particular affinity, but an affinity appeared there. Rather than an affinity, it appeared as a skill and was called, "Scholar".

This new ability could be interpreted as the ability to become an erudite. It allowed her to learn about a subject fairly quickly, as well as analyze situations and find solutions.

It seemed a bit abstract, but in a nutshell, it was in what his former life called a high IQ. It seemed a rather unnecessary skill for a world where strength and magic were dominant, but Andrew knew it was far from useless.

In this world there were professions such as blacksmithing, alchemy, and other craft professions that were highly regarded, and although many of them required the use of magic and other special elements, which Carolina did not have, with this skill she could understand the theory perfectly.

Theory alone would not allow her to become in these great professions, but there were exceptions. For example, alchemy. Certainly without magic or other special energy Carolina could not become a great master of alchemy, but there were many recipes she could definitely create.

Just thinking about the possibilities Andrew jumped for joy, hugging Carolina who was stupefied by Andrew's sudden attack. Andrew's excitement was not unfounded because this created great possibilities.