RISE OF EROS

While slaves had a soul contract that allowed their masters to dominate their entire existence, courtesans had certain privileges. Among those privileges was the ability to earn money.

Certainly, courtesans generally owed a monetary debt to their boss and therefore had to work sexually to pay off that debt, it was also true that they were entitled to a portion of their earnings, which allowed them to buy items for their personal use with their own money, but seeing Helena's small luggage, it was easy to see that she did not receive that money.

All the courtesans of the Heavenly Palace had dresses, cosmetics, perfumes, and other items that they had bought with their fair share of earnings, including tips left by customers, but Helena clearly did not have that opportunity.

This made Andrew believe that it was the reason why Helena was not showing emotion of any kind, because perhaps she believed that she had switched from one abusive boss to another, but Andrew was not that type of person, and although he did not broach the subject. He saved that thought for their conversation later.

Together with Oliver and Helena, Andrew started his way back to the Heavenly Palace. Walking a couple of streets, they came to the intersection where the bandit-like man who wanted to buy Helena was hiding.

Andrew had really forgotten about the man, but Oliver hadn't, and when they reached the intercept, Oliver stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Are you trying to ambush us?"

Helena had no idea why Oliver was speaking to an empty alley, but for Andrew Oliver's seemingly question to no-one's reminded him that the auction man had hidden nearby, so he too took a stand.

Seeing that Oliver didn't take his eyes off the alley, the bandit came out of his hiding place with a short sword in hand. His gaze was murderous and he was clearly angry noticing that, Oliver drew his katana.

Oliver wanted to dissuade the man to leave, but the latter didn't even bother to speak and ran towards him. When he was a few feet away, he jumped up and slashed at Oliver's neck.

It was a quick and deadly attack, but Oliver was out of the league for him. He watched the attacker's movements as if he were doing it in slow motion, his blessing help him and with one smooth movement, he blocked the blow.

The attacker was surprised at how easily Oliver parried his attack, and when he tried to compose himself and attack again, Oliver moved so fast it was hard to keep an eye on him.

Andrew and Helena couldn't even react, all they saw was that the bandit-looking man was lying on the ground with his legs and arms bleeding. Oliver had made four quick, precise cuts, destroying the tendons in the man's legs and arms, rendering him incapacitated.

Oliver placed his katana on the defenseless man's neck and asked Andrew, "Should I take him out?" The man lying on the ground barely reacted when he heard Oliver speak, that's how fast and precise the attack was and with panic in his eyes and stammering, he begged for his life.

Andrew thought about it for a few seconds and said, "Okay, leave it at that." Then Oliver sheathed his katana and together with Helena and Andrew, they resumed their way. After a few minutes, they arrived at the Heavenly Palace.

Coincidentally, Carolina was at the reception discussing some issues with Víctor, when she saw them arrive and noticed Helena, she frowned and said a little annoyed, "How come every time you go out you come back with a woman?"

Victor had to do his best not to laugh. Carolina's question wasn't funny, what was funny was Andrew's expression of helplessness when he couldn't answer because Carolina had a point.

The last time he went out he returned with Aki and now Helena, he really felt embarrassed for some reason and could only place his hand on the back of his neck and laugh ironically at his situation.

Helena witnessing this, was confused, because she was clear that Andrew was the boss here, but she did not understand why Carolina could claim him and even more, because Andrew seemed defenseless.

She couldn't understand why the only reference she had was her former boss and that situation was impossible to happen with him, on the other hand, she mistook Carolina for one of the courtesans of the place.

Seeing that Andrew didn't answer her, she could only sigh helplessly and with a reproachful look she said, "Let's go to the office, I need an explanation", then she started to walk towards the office.

Andrew instructed Helena to follow her and when the two women had left, Andrew turned to Oliver and said quietly, "Finish the job." Oliver understood immediately and wasted no time in leaving.

Despite his moral values cultivated in a civilized society like his previous world, Andrew had been in this world for almost two decades and knew that he could not leave loose ends or they could harm him, so he ordered Oliver to eliminate the man who attacked them.

He didn't do it at that moment because Helena was present and he didn't want to show such a brutal scene in front of a lady, although his thoughts were considered foolish since everyone who works in the red light district is used to such brutalities.

After ordering Oliver, Andrew headed to the office. When he entered, Carolina and Helena had already been talking for a few minutes. Helena had already found out that Carolina was Andrew's wife and manager of the Heavenly Palace, which allowed her to understand the previous scene.

When they saw Andrew come in, they stopped talking and then the interrogation started. Andrew questioned Helena. He asked how she had entered this business, some aspects of her life in the previous business, and about her skills and experience.

It turned out that Helena, like most of the courtesans of the Heavenly Palace, had been captured since she was 16 years old and forced to work as a courtesan. She was currently 38 years old and as Andrew suspected, her boss was a bastard who took all her earnings and mistreated her.

The abuse was not physical, since he depended on her body to earn money, but emotionally it was quite extreme and authoritarian. She also learned a lot thanks to her years of experience, she knew a lot about sex.

She knew many positions and ways to give pleasure. Also, she was serving as a matron in her previous job, so it was just as Andrew thought it would be, with her on board, they had filled all the positions they needed, and now Andrew could step back from the responsibility of training the courtesans.

Although it was not the same for courtesans to be able to train with a man as with a woman, Helena's experience was more than enough to instruct the other girls on how to give pleasure and polish their skills.

Although still skeptical of Andrew's words, she could not deny that she was a little excited because it seemed that the new boss was a man who knew how to treat women, and although she did not show it on her face, she was happy, she had the illusion that her new life will be better.

Andrew called Carmen to gather all the staff of the Heavenly Palace in the large party hall and held a meeting. With everyone present, Andrew introduced Helena and mentioned that she would be the matron of the Heavenly Palace and would be the one to train the courtesans.

The courtesans were a little sad by the news. They knew that this day would come, but even so, they regretted that Andrew was not going to pamper them more, and noticing that, Andrew said, "If you work hard, you will have rewards."

It was a bottomless comment, but they all understood. Now Andrew wouldn't coach them, but if they had outstanding performances, Andrew would pay them a special visit and that lifted their spirits a bit.

Even Helena, who still didn't quite understand the dynamics in the Heavenly Palace, understood the implications of Andrew's comment, but it caused her confusion, as she didn't understand what was special about the boss rewarding them.

For her, being given more money was one thing, but the reward in sex, was something she didn't understand, but it was normal, she still didn't understand the pleasure of Andrew fucking her, but it wouldn't be long before she understood the meaning.

The meeting ended quickly and Andrew asked Carmen to show Helena to her new room and after getting settled, she would meet the Heavenly Palace staff.

His intention was obvious, he wanted her to understand from his employees that things in this place were very different from what happened in her previous job.

After everyone left, Andrew returned to the office with Carolina and after a few minutes, Oliver came to report that he had taken care of the task he had been assigned to do.