RISE OF EROS

At first, Helena was joking, but when she saw the puzzled expression on Andrew's face, she could only express surprise because Andrew really didn't know much about the industry, he had only entered it because it was the best way to strengthen his divinity and rise as a god of Eros.

In this situation, Helena could only explain to him what she knew about this industry. It turns out that the houses of Madanes are as varied as the houses of pleasure, only that to access the best ones you needed money.

According to Helena, there were 3 large Madanes houses in the city and despite dedicating themselves to the same thing, they all coexisted thanks to the fact that each one offered different "Products".

It was not that there were only 3 of these businesses in the city, as Andrew to date frequented a house of Madanes that was not particularly high-end or specialized.

The 3 great houses of Madanes are called Silver Moon, White Lotus, and Blue Sea. All three were dedicated to selling women, but each of these establishments offered women with different particular skills.

Silver Moon sold women with great management skills and impeccable etiquette. They trained women from childhood as if they were nobles and therefore, although their sales were lower than the other two establishments, their profits were higher.

This was because the ladies they offered were perfect to fill the positions of attendants to nobles and wealthy men, not to mention that they are stunning beauties, which makes them perfect lovers.

There are even stories in which wealthy and even noble men have fallen in love with the women they bought on the Silvery Moon and made them their lawful wives.

White Lotus focuses on women with more common skills, but equally relevant. Among those skills are singing, dancing, and even cooking. Thanks to this, they are the ones with the largest market, as such skills can be sought after by the noble and wealthy as well as the pleasure establishments.

Finally, Blue Sea is the most visited, but at the same time the one that generates the least profit, since it focuses on the sale of women with a sexual focus. In fact, most of the houses in Madanes focus on that, only that the Blue Sea is the largest.

After all, all the houses in Madanes focus on women for sex, only the Silver Moon and White Lotus wanted to generate more money, so they focused on investing in developing the women they offered and thus they could raise the price.

Certainly, by doing that they lost several customers, but their focus was not quantity, but quality, therefore, one sale from them could be equivalent to 5 or even 10 sales from Blue Sea.

After listening to Helena's explanation, Andrew understood that he had to visit the White Lotus if he wanted to find dancers, but before saying so, he decided to ask something that made him curious.

"Helena, do you know what the price range of these three places is?", to which she replied, "The last time I visited the Blue Sea the cheapest women cost around 20 small gold coins and in the White Lotus about 50 small gold coins."

Andrew was surprised at the price, because the courtesans he had bought cost about 3 small gold coins, so the difference was big so he kept asking.

"Why so expensive? Are they so beautiful?", and after a short pause, Helena replied, "Actually the beauty of that price is no different from Sonia and the others before using the rejuvenating cream".

This misses Andrew even more and Helena acknowledges what Andrew thought she added, "Although her beauty is not superior, her abilities to please sexually are high. It's not that they have a lot of experience, but they are trained for that purpose."

Again Andrew frowned because this was another peculiarity of this world. According to Fluffy, this world did not have the blessing of any god Eros, so it is sexually backward, but that there are establishments for the sexual training of women was not in accordance with this statement.

When Andrew thought about this, Fluffy spoke to him mentally, "Master, this is another of the deviations, don't be surprised by every detail. If there is no blessing from Eros does not mean that sex does not exist, what this implies is that it does not have a specific direction".

Fluffy didn't think he had expressed himself well so he clarified, "In other words, there will be practices that seem advanced and others that don't." Andrew half understood what Fluffy was trying to say, but he stopped thinking about it because it wasn't the moment.

The important thing about all this was that the women in these places were more sexually experienced and that saved him a lot of work. Furthermore, since he wanted to turn the Heavenly Palace into a high-end pleasure house and had money, it didn't hurt to spend a little to increase the quality.

With everything clear, Andrew made up his mind and said, "Okay, one day before the renovation is finished I'll go to the White Lotus and buy some dancers," but when he finished saying that, he remembered that Helena hadn't said anything about the price of the women in the Silver Moon, so he asked, "You didn't say anything about the Silvery Moon."

"I've never visited that place, as I told you, the women there are more focused on serving as assistants to nobles and wealthy people, but I've heard rumors that the cheapest women in that place cost around 200 small gold coins," Helena said uncertainly.

Again Andrew was surprised, but after thinking about it, it seemed normal to him, after all, these women were taught from childhood to read, write, act politely, and have sex, so it was natural that they were expensive.

What Andrew hadn't realized was the ease with which he spoke on the subject of buying women, which he had previously disliked. He didn't notice it, but he unconsciously repressed that discomfort and adapted, because this was the common sense of this world, and since he never treated his slaves differently from common employees, it was easier for him to lose the discomfort.

When Helena finished her explanation, so it was Carolina's turn to inform her part, "Regarding the general staff, we need a lot more people", she paused and continued.

"I think Victor needs to leave the reception and take overnight logistics, so we need a new receptionist," to which Andrew asked, "Why?"

"With the remodeling and the new services, higher-profile clients will arrive at the Heavenly Palace, so it is not convenient for Helena and me to be in the public eye as it can cause problems," Carolina said.

Instantly Andrew understood what she meant. Carolina and Helena were the most beautiful women in the Heavenly Palace and if a client became infatuated with them, he could request them as if they were courtesans, which would generate conflicts since Andrew would not allow them to touch his wives.

That is why Carolina's proposal was necessary. Carolina and Helena could take care of the daytime operations when there were no clients and Victor could take care of the night, so Andrew accepted without hesitation.

"In addition, the kitchen, cleaning, and waiters must be at least doubled, in order to keep up with the growing clientele, not to mention that if you want to adopt the rest policy that you mentioned, then the staff must be tripled", Carolina said.

Andrew remained silent evaluating what Carolina had said and before long he nodded his head in agreement and said, "We certainly need to triple the staff so they can get some rest from time to time, I think the courtesans should do the same."

Listening to what Andrew said, Carolina and Helena nodded their heads and each handed over a sheet of paper containing the details of the necessary personnel. Andrew reviewed the papers and agreed to his wives' plan.

After the meeting ended, the girls left to finish their work and Andrew remained in the office, going over other matters. While they were at it, Marie and Aki had already left to fulfill what Oliver had asked them to do.

All of the Shadow members scattered around the region surrounding the Heavenly Palace looking for possible threats. On the other hand, Teresa appeared before her husband and told him about Candice's request.

Donald, as Candice had deduced, was conflicted. He wanted to fulfill Candice's request, to return the favor she had done the night Gistaly attacked his wife, but the time was not right.

He couldn't bring himself to reject the request outright for fear of upsetting his wife, but Teresa, having noticed her husband's conflict, said, "My love, I told Candice that I would bring the request to you, but she knows our limitations. If you really believe that it is not convenient, there is no problem in refusing".

Donald smiled at Teresa's statement, but he also knew, that even if Teresa understood, she would still be dissatisfied if he turned down Candice's request, so he said, "If it's just two people, it shouldn't be a problem, but I'll just help them a little, even though Candice is your friend, we can't let her get too much power at our expense."