RISE OF EROS

Chapter 276: CHAPTER 275

Andrew didn't even finish his breakfast and asked Oliver to hand him the letter. Obviously, Oliver had already opened and read it, which didn't bother Andrew in the least, as he trusted him completely.

Besides, he knew that his wives would not write anything inappropriate to him, as they knew that Oliver would most likely receive the letter and read it first, so for that reason Andrew was not worried.

Just as he had thought the sender was Candice. The letter was a bit long, it began by telling him how she, Helena, and Carolina were doing with their pregnancies, which were progressing normally and without any complications.

Then she explained how the business of the Heavenly Palace, Paradise, and the other businesses in Candice's name were moving. Everything was as they had analyzed before, Andrew's business began to lose money because of the few customers and Candice had to support them financially.

On the other hand, Candice's business was booming, or at least the food sales were booming. As he began to read this, he furrowed his eyebrows, as Candice was also explaining what had happened on Teresa's visit, as well as the empire's plan to remove her from the group of advanced traders.

Andrew immediately understood that this would cause Candice to lose money, well it was better to say that she would not make as much money as if she had been included, but it was not something to worry about, as they would still make quite a lot.

What worried him was not the money, but the same as Candice, the relationship with the empire. The action taken by them made it clear that the suspicions were great enough to prevent her from mixing with the empire's influence group.

This meant that Candice had lost the privileges she once had from her relationship with the Valoid marquis which was worrisome, but there was nothing they could do.

At the end of the letter were Candice's recommendations on what to do about the plan to buy supplies. She proposed two options, the first was for them to make an excuse and not supply them, as that way they could retaliate, but she also warned him that it would make them more suspicious.

The second option, was for them to follow the plan as they had agreed. While it was unlikely that they would curry favor with the empire, they could still show some good faith and avoid major tensions.

Andrew didn't even have to think and chose the second option. While he was upset to learn of the empire's trick on his wife, he would not be so blind not to see the problems that abandoning the plan they had before would create for them.

Oliver, watching Andrew's expressions as he read the letter, was trying to identify what Andrew's move would be. He had read the letter as well and knew of the two recommendations written there, but he hoped Andrew would choose the second one.

He was more aware of the problems they would face if they took the first option as retaliation for what they did to Candice. Seeing that Andrew left the letter on the desk, Oliver approached and tactfully asked, "What do you think young master?".

"There is nothing to think. I'm very upset about what the empire did, but I'm not stupid enough to be driven by anger. We will follow the agreed plan," Andrew replied firmly.

Oliver hearing him let out a sigh of relief because Andrew had chosen the more rational option and that relaxed him. "I will write a reply for them, while you help me find out where to find some male courtiers, we need to open the doors to business if we are to be ready in two months," Andrew suddenly said.

Oliver attended and left to do his duty, while Aki picked up the letter Andrew had left on the desk to find out what was going on. She wasn't interested in the information of what was going on in the empire and business, she wanted to know if her sisters were okay with the pregnancy.

Aki of all Andrew's wives was the least concerned about business things, as she had no knowledge of that, she was limited to training and taking care of Andrew and her sisters.

Unexpectedly, she was the most affectionate among all Andrew's wives. Meanwhile, Andrew was writing a reply to Candice. He complimented them on how to stay healthy, warned them not to go out and stay protected, and also told them that they would follow the plan as they had agreed, among other matters about how things were going at the moment.

He also told them that he would be back in a week, as he had to take care of some important matters, but he did not tell them what had happened with the elves, he had not even told them that they had crossed paths with them.

This is because he did not want them to worry. He understood that telling them this in a letter would make them anxious because they did not know the details and that was not good for the pregnancy, so he decided to wait until he met them in person and tell them everything.

This way they would be reassured and he would avoid complications. Although Andrew had sent Oliver to investigate where to find male courtiers, he did not plan to look for them immediately, he would do that after returning to the empire and bringing Sonia with him.

The days passed quietly. The employees at the new Heavenly Palace were getting used to their work, Andrew and Aki had sex every night, although Andrew refrained from messing with her ass, he didn't want to wake up the beast no matter how small it was, and Oliver and Marie continued to gather information.

Thanks to this Andrew now knew that unlike what he thought, in the kingdom of Dunnas, the best-valued men were not those with the best looks, but those with the best physique.

In other words, those men who were strong. It was quite a stark contrast to what Andrew knew, but he assumed it was because military men were the most sought after and so strong men were preferred by the women of this country.

Obviously, it was difficult to find powerful men in these professions because if they were strong they would be hunters or military men, however, it was all relative. Just as in the empire, there were Madanes' houses, here there was a similar business, only it was called a gentleman's house.

It sounded very elegant, but in reality, they only sold men as in the empire they sold courtesans. The difference was that these gentlemen's houses did not focus on teaching etiquette, dancing, and similar skills, but on building men of good physique.

When Andrew learned of this, he could only think of the gymnasiums of his former life. These gentlemen's houses were nothing more than body conditioning training places.

While the men they sold there were muscular and looked strong, this was only in relation to the normal population of this world because, against true warriors, they were not strong at all.

They only had good bodies, but no techniques or battle skills, they were just an empty shell, but since that was the preference of the women of this country, it all seemed logical.

Knowing all this and a week had passed, Andrew set out to use his teleportation ability to go to the Heavenly Palace of the empire. Thanks to Fluffy, he knew that he could travel without problems accompanied by up to 10 people, so without delay he took Aki and left.

Oliver and Marie were to stay, as they were his trusted people and were to take care of this new establishment. Since Andrew knew that he would have many Heavenly Palaces, he decided to give them a nomenclature to identify them.

He had decided that he would only create Heavenly Palaces in the capitals of the countries, so he named them according to the country in which they were located. For example, the first Heavenly Palace is now called Cannaris Palace and the new one is called Dunnas Palace.

After using his ability, Andrew appeared in Aki's company at the Cannaris Palace in a matter of seconds. As he established to appear in the office, so in that place he appeared, and as Helena, Candice, and Carolina were enjoying their afternoon tea there, they jumped in surprise to see him appear.

At first, they thought it was an enemy attack and immediately they were going to take action to expel them, but when they noticed it was Andrew and Aki they immediately got up and ran towards them to hug them.

It had been almost 3 months since they had seen them and they were happy. Andrew and Aki were equally delighted and enjoyed the group hug for several seconds and when they separated they sat down to talk about their experiences.

While they had communicated a lot through letters, it was not the same as talking in person. After almost an hour of small talk, they got serious and began to discuss more important topics.

Candice told them everything related to business, Carolina about her alchemical advances, which had advanced a lot, because now she could create any of the products that Andrew had taught her with a 100% success rate.

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For her part, Helena told them about everything related to personnel. Aki took the words out of Andrew's mouth and told them about everything that had happened on the trip, omitting the subject of the elves, since Andrew had already talked to her about it and he would be in charge of telling them about it.