RISE OF EROS

The entire city was engaged in repair activities. Many people also died, whether they were soldiers or civilians, however, life went on and there was no time to mourn those lost.

For its part, the red light district which had suffered very little damage had opened its doors for business again, but as expected, after the attack and the destruction suffered, no one was in the mood to visit the red light district businesses.

Although the merchants in the red light district knew this would happen, since the same thing happens after every monster stampede, it still leaves a bad taste in their mouths not to have customers.

Andrew, for his part, was not worried about it, as he was more focused on improving the services of the Heavenly Palace and in fact, it suited him that not many customers were coming.

He was certainly losing money, but he also knew that by the time things normalized, the Heavenly Palace would appear as a new attraction and that would make them more popular.

As he visualized the future, Oliver walked into the office. "Young master," he greeted and Andrew unceremoniously returned the greeting asking, "Hello Oliver, tell me, did something happen?".

Andrew had gotten to know Oliver very well and knew that he wouldn't come to the office unless he was called or something important happened and since Andrew hadn't called him, it must be something important.

"Young master, at the end of the stampede, I sent Marie to check on Nadila, however, the girl retreated from where she was," Oliver reported. Andrew immediately became serious and said, "Give me details."

At that point, Oliver began to explain the situation. The day the stampede started was the day agreed upon with Nadila to meet, but due to the attack of the monsters and the martial law that was established, the meeting had to be postponed.

However, after the monsters were eliminated, Oliver did not relax and sent Marie to check if Nadila was still in the small village she had used as a residence until now.

He is a cautious man with an eye for the big picture, so despite all that was going on, he did not forget about Nadila. Unfortunately, even he has limitations and by the time Marie arrives at the small village where Nadila lives, Nadila is no longer there.

Marie as a good information gatherer, did not leave immediately when she saw that Nadila was gone, but searched the whole place in order to find something that would give her useful information and incredibly found a sealed letter in one of the drawers of a desk.

Marie did not open the envelope, as the envelope said it was addressed to Andrew and she immediately knew that Nadila had left it, as she knew Marie would check the house when she could not find her. She was not happy that Nadila used her in this way, but she knew the letter was important, so she put it away and returned to the Heavenly Palace.

When she returned she handed the letter to Oliver, so they arrived at the present moment. Knowing the whole situation Andrew asked for the letter and Oliver handed it to him. Unceremoniously, Andrew opened it and reviewed what it said. only-found-at-MVLeMpYr

Andrew had no fear of opening the letter. There are many magics and abilities that could use a simple letter to harm a person's safety, but Andrew knew that Oliver would never hand him an object that he had not thoroughly checked.

Obviously, Andrew's assumption was correct. Oliver had used several methods to check the letter, including his aura eyes, and had ruled out any danger in the letter.

After opening the envelope, Andrew pulled the sheet of paper inside and began to read what it said.

Mr. Andrew, I apologize for not being able to meet with you, but you will understand that I am not really free to move around as I would like. My current boss had made me stay in this place because he knew I was being followed and he didn't want you to know what his base of operations.

However, taking advantage of the stampede of monsters, he called me back and I cannot disobey, so I hope you understand. Since we cannot discuss terms, I will be bold and I will bet on your good character and that you will honor the arrangement that I am going to mention later, as I have no other options.

My boss's name is Silvio and he is the head of the pleasure house called Paradise, located in the adjoining region next to where your Heavenly Palace is located. Also, like you, he is the boss of this region.

Silvio is a powerful expert and has about 50 guards, but they are irrelevant, as they are not powerful. Who you need to watch out for is Silvio and his right-hand man Milton. Both are powerful, but I think you can handle them because your personal guard seemed to know about them and he still wasn't worried.

On the second sheet is a small map of the structure and layout of the Paradise pleasure house and where Silvio keeps his valuables, at least the ones I know about.

If you are wondering, why did I betray him? Well, you would have to know that, although I am not a slave, I am treated no differently than one, especially when the person who killed my family was Silvio, although he doesn't know that I know that.

My reasons can be discussed later my reward for this information is what interests me most. The Paradise house of pleasure belonged to my parents, that's why Silvio killed them and took possession of it.

I will certainly not ask you to return it to me since it is not good business for you if you do that, but I would like to be the manager of the place and give me full authority to run it as I wish. Obviously, good treatment and remuneration must also be honored.

I hope you are the man I think you are.

Nadila.

When Andrew finished reading the letter, he could not have been more than surprised because Nadila had not only given him very valuable information but somehow managed to estimate Oliver's strength and personality to the point where she dared to bet that they could defeat Silvio and his men.

That was not a skill that just anyone could have, at that moment Andrew set a reminder in his mind, to be careful with this girl. Oliver who had received Andrew's letter had finished reading it by the time Andrew came out of his thoughts and was likewise amazed at Nadila's ability.

"We must be careful with this woman," Oliver said seriously. Obviously, Oliver was just thinking out loud, but Andrew couldn't help but nod his head in agreement, as he also believed that Nadila was no ordinary person.

However, they did not stay talking about the woman, as they had to corroborate that the information she gave them was true, so saying goodbye to Andrew, Oliver left the office and met with the more qualified members of Shadow.

Andrew did not stop him. He was clear that he had no military planning skills, so he left everything in Oliver's hands and would simply listen to the results.

To Andrew, Oliver was his right-hand man and most trusted subordinate, so he would accept whatever plan Oliver came up with, so he didn't worry and went back to review some documents.

At that moment Carolina entered the office with a rather thick folder. Andrew seeing her immediately smiled and asked her to come over. Carolina didn't bother with that and simply walked over to Andrew and even when he asked her to sit on his lap, she did it as if it was second nature.

Andrew and his wives were getting more and more intimate outside the bedroom, especially Carolina, so little acts of affection like sitting on Andrew's lap, hugs and kisses in public, which used to be hard to get from Carolina, were now regular occurrences.

Although she was still a little resistant to going beyond those caresses, it was already progress. Andrew hugged Carolina as she sat on his lap and intimately asked whispering in her ear, "What did you find?"

"Well, not all the establishments were as lucky as the Heavenly Palace," Carolina replied and a little excitedly Andrew asked, "So?"

"Yes, some of them are selling," Carolina replied and excitedly Andrew couldn't help but hug her tighter and give her a resounding kiss on the cheek. Andrew was happy because, after the expansion of the Heavenly Palace, he knew it was something he would have to do again, but he would need more land.

That's why he had asked Carolina and Victor's help, to investigate which premises in the surrounding area had been damaged in the monster attack, in order to buy them at low prices for future remodeling.

The red light district was the region of the city that suffered the least in the monster attack, but that does not mean that there was no damage. In fact, the damage was considerable, but compared to the damage in the city, it was minuscule.

Unfortunately for many owners in this sector and fortunately for Andrew, not everyone had a subordinate like Oliver who could defend their establishments without suffering damage and so, several businesses around the Heavenly Palace were damaged.

Having a business in the red light district does not necessarily mean that it is a lucrative business and many of these damaged businesses did not have the money for repairs, so selling was the only option and that was what Andrew wanted to take advantage of.

However, in Andrew's plan, there was one big problem and that was money. Even though the businesses he wanted to buy were not expensive. He wanted to buy 3 of them and according to Carolina and Victor's research, their price would be around 5,000 small gold coins each.

There was the problem, Andrew did not have that amount of money, because with the remodeling, hiring of employees, and purchase of the dancing courtesans, the money he had was being spent and at most he would have money to buy one of these businesses.