RISE OF EROS

However, Aki hadn't started to speak when Carolina noticed that Aki's arm was bandaged and a bloodstain could be seen on top of the cloth and quickly yelled as she ran towards her, "Aki, you are hurt".

Carolina's scream broke the atmosphere of the office and Andrew noticed the wound on the little girl's arm and, like Carolina, he approached her with the intention of assessing how serious the situation was.

"It's a minor injury, nothing to worry about," Aki said trying to reassure the two who ran towards her worriedly. Aki noticing Andrew's anguish and Carolina seeing her hurt, warmed her heart, but she was soon overwhelmed by their excessive care and wanted to escape from there, unfortunately, she couldn't.

Andrew and Carolina took it to the sofa in the office and began to go through it. Aki repeatedly said that it was nothing to worry about, but she couldn't help the excitement of healing her from the two of them.

Helena noticed that Aki was in a predicament because of Andrew and Carolina's insistence on healing her and letting out a sigh, she said, "You two should calm down, can't you see that you're bothering the girl?"

Helena's words managed to calm Andrew and Carolina and then she approached Aki and spoke again, "Let me heal her, while Aki, you can report on your mission" and she began to clean her wound.

While she healed Aki, the latter began to tell them what had happened. Aki was not very specific about the battle, she only mentioned that she had eliminated her opponents and stolen Rufal and Dinocal's riches.

She also explained how she had to use the explosives to get into the Dinocal treasury and how she had found the men sent by the old Zoltan, though she didn't know who they were.

Thanks to Aki's story, Andrew understood that his enemies had died at the hands of another group, but he did not know who they were and that could be dangerous, as it was possibly another enemy for him.

Despite everything, he decided not to think about it for now. He thought maybe Candice would know who they were and he could consult with her the next day when he went to the Cherry Blossom store to practice the fashion show.

When Aki finished reporting the details of the mission, she handed over the dimensional bag with all the riches she had gotten from the treasuries she raided.

Helena had also finished healing Aki and thus the talk ended. After such a serious conversation, Andrew and the girls weren't in the mood to play and an unexpected visitor in the middle of the night ended up killing what little passion was left.

The events that occurred this night were a big deal. Certainly, the attacks and deaths of Rufal, Dinocal, Canotto, and Zoltan shook the entire region around the Heavenly Palace, after all, they were the most powerful men in the area, and in a single night, they all died, alerting everyone.

Although Andrew and the others did not know of Zoltan's death, they soon found out from the visitor that had arrived. The visitors were none other than the city guards.

Generally, the city guards did not meddle in the affairs of the fringe region and the red light district, but that was because events that could impact the city like tonight did not normally occur.

Although these four men were not big characters in the city of Catnar, they were not without their influence and had friendships with some wealthy merchants and even some nobles, for this reason, the city guards had to get involved and try to find some answers.

This red-light district region soon fell into a state of martial law. The city guards went through all the establishments in the area looking for clues about what happened, but they could not find anything.

Aki had done her job beautifully and left no trace. On the other hand, Candice's men were experts in these operations since it was not their first time, so it was even more difficult to track them down than Aki, therefore the investigation was fruitless.

Despite that, with the city guards roaming the streets until the early morning, it killed any attempt to express the love between Andrew and the girls, so they decided to rest.

Since Helena had officially become Andrew's wife, she slept next to him and Carolina, although there was no action, they enjoyed sleeping in each other's arms, especially Andrew who had a beautiful flower on each side.

Although they went to bed quite late, the next morning they got up at the same time as usual. After breakfast and organizing some things, Andrew accompanied by his wives walked to Candice's store.

Oliver and the guards were still alert. While it was true that they had eliminated their enemies, they couldn't relax, you never knew when a new enemy might appear.

All arrangements remained the same as the day before. The courtesans could only go out in groups of at least three people and were accompanied by three guards. Oto and his workers continued their construction work, Oliver and his men continued their surveillance work and Andrew along with the girls marched towards the Cherry Blossom store.

When Andrew and the girls arrived at the Cherry Blossom store, they were greeted by Gaston as usual, "Welcome back", Andrew nodded as the girls politely returned the greeting, "Thank you for having us".

"Mr. Andrew, Mrs. Candice would like to speak with you," Gaston said immediately. Andrew wasn't surprised because he knew that Candice had made her move last night and he hoped to talk to her.

"Lead the way," Andrew said, but before he left, he turned to Carolina and Helena and said, "You guys continue with the fashion show training, I'll meet you later."

Andrew left with Gastón towards Candice's office, while Carolina and Helena went to the same salon as yesterday to continue with the fashion show training. Andrew was a little worried about leaving the two girls in Dastan's company and Gaston, noticing that, told him, "You don't have to worry."

Andrew didn't understand what he meant by that, but he decided to believe him. When they arrived at the office they were greeted by Candice and her butler Erick. Candice had that same intriguing smile characteristic of hers and invited Andrew to sit down.

"How did last night go? I heard it was a rough night in the red light district," Candice said in a slightly teasing voice and made Andrew smile knowingly, as he replied, "Not bad".

"Oh really? Glad to hear it. I heard that a lot of things happened", Candice said insinuatingly again and Andrew not wanting to continue the ambiguous conversation said, "Well, I got rid of the people that Mrs. Candice had informed me about. I also learned that Mrs. Candice was not inactive last night."

Candice remained silent after Andrew's comment, never losing the smile on her face as she commented, "Well, it wasn't a bad night." The office fell silent after that comment and after a few seconds, both Candice and Andrew burst out laughing.

After a few seconds, they both managed to calm down and began their talk. Despite establishing a business alliance recently, they seemed like lifelong companions, as they began to tell each other in detail what they had done the night before.

Perhaps they wanted to gain each other's trust or they had just naturally meshed well, but they kept no secrets about last night's operations.

They chatted for a couple of hours and Andrew was starting to worry about leaving their wives alone with Dastan, as he didn't trust what an arrogant idiot would do even if Candice had him under surveillance, so he decided to get up and say goodbye.

Candice didn't stop him because what she needed to know had already been said, but before Andrew left she said, "Mr. Andrew, you don't have to worry about Dastan, I've already taken care of that."

Andrew didn't understand Candice's words. He assumed that Candice had warned him, but that wasn't enough for Andrew to relax and he quickly made it to the practice room.

When he entered, he was surprised to find Carolina and Helena talking to a woman in her 30s with a beautiful appearance and elegant but simple clothes. Wrinkling his eyebrow, Andrew checked the room and didn't find Dastan, and seeing the girl who was talking to his wifes, he remembered that she wasn't there yesterday, so he approached, understanding the situation a bit.

The girls saw Andrew walk in and stopped talking and the beautiful lady bowing a little introduced herself, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Andrew, my name is Canna and I will be Dastan's replacement starting today."

The lady's short introduction corroborated Andrew's thoughts. Sure enough, Dastan had been replaced by the trouble he caused and that made Andrew happy, he really didn't want to see him again and politely returned the lady's greeting, "The pleasure is mine."