RISE OF EROS

Flashing back a bit in time to when Andrew and everyone else stopped glowing. Andrew ignored the questioning expressions of his wives in bed and immediately called out to Fluffy.

"That was the release of the first seal?", asked Andrew, to which Fluffy replied, "Indeed master. You have gained a lot, more than I expected being honest." At Fluffy's excited comment Andrew asked, "What were the gains?".

Then Fluffy began to explain all the gains he had made. Honestly, the more he listened, the more surprised he became because Fluffy was absolutely right to be excited, as the gains were extensive.

The most important gain was the establishment of his temple. All gods, whether born or ascended, need believers to reinforce their divinity. For the moment as Andrew is just a candidate of god, his divinity increases with sex and eroticism, but once he ascends he needs believers to increase his divinity.

The simplest method to achieve this was to establish a temple and take believers. Normally, this happened upon the release of the 8 or 9 seal, but with Andrew it happened upon the release of the first seal, which was impressive.

It turned out that the establishment of the Heavenly Palace and all his employees met the requirements and so this place was established as a temple for Andrew and his employees were his believers.

This meant that even without Andrew having sex or practicing erotic activities, he would increase his divinity thanks to his business and employees, of course the profit will be minimal, he could not depend on it alone to ascend or it would take forever.

In addition, both his temple and his believers would gain benefits. For example, now the Heavenly Palace was under Andrew's complete control. Thanks to this, there was not a single rat that could escape him in here.

Simply put, Andrew could sense everything that went on in the facility, so infiltration was impossible with out him knowing it, and he even had the ability to expel and ban anyone he wanted to enter at any time, so the Heavenly Palace had now become a fortress under his control.

His employees had also gained a lot, especially his courtesans, as they now had the ability to better satisfy others sexually. Simply put, customers would experience pleasure like no other with them.

Although employees engaged in other jobs also gained this benefit, it was not too relevant to them, as they did not make a living from sex, but their partners would definitely enjoy them.

On the other hand, his guardians, Oliver, Marie and Castor, had a significant increase in strength and their three wives increased their quantity and quality of divinity.

Thanks to this, Carolina's ability would be more efficient and Helena and Aki awakened their own abilities. Helena received the ability called "Illusory" and as its name suggests, she can create illusions that are practically real, only a powerful expert could identify them as illusions.

Aki on the other hand gained the ability "Shadow Cloak", which allowed her to become the shadow itself. All people who have the profession of assassins, have the ability to move in the shadows, but that is blending into the shadows, Aki's ability, turns her into the shadow.

What surprised Andrew the most, was that Nadila and Candice also received the blessing similar to the employees of the Heavenly Palace. Andrew was not puzzled with Nadila, as she was his concubine and in fact already had the concubine seal, but Candice was a surprise.

So, confused he asked Fluffy the reason and the answer surprised him even more, although he was not sure he believed it. It turns out that Candice's feelings for Andrew were more than just interest and that's why she received benefits.

Fluffy even joked that if Andrew had sex with Candice, surely the wife seal would appear on her. Andrew was not entirely convinced because he had seen with his Eros eyes that Candice showed interest, but not to the level of love, so he was reluctant to believe Fluffy.

Despite that, he did not pursue the subject, as Fluffy only annoyed him by enticing him to bring her into the harem. For his part Andrew received many benefits from the release of his first seal.

First of all, his current abilities were strengthened. According to Fluffy's words, his abilities were now at least three times more powerful, which was great news, because now his synthesis ability could triple the amount of products he could create.

However, the biggest gain was Eros' eyes. This ability had undergone the most drastic change and finally looked like the eyes of a god of sex and eroticism.

Aside from the abilities he already had, Andrew could now see under clothing at will, which allowed him to shamelessly spy on girls' naked bodies whenever he wanted.

But it was the other improvement that pleased Andrew the most. It turns out that he could see erogenous zones on people's bodies. At first, Andrew thought it would be perfect for when he was having sex, since he could know where to concentrate, but Fluffy told him that wasn't the only benefit.

It turns out that among the abilities that Fluffy wanted Andrew to buy from the system with the 20 million points he asked Andrew to collect was the enhancement of Eros' eyes to this level, so that he could use divine massage.

Divine massage is an erotic massage technique that pushes those who receive it to the limit of pleasure, but to use it he need Eros' eyes, so Andrew had saved a large amount of points since he didn't need to upgrade his eyes.

In addition, divine massage was a self-defense technique, as it consisted of disabling the opponent with pleasure, a strange combat technique, but according to Fluffy extremely powerful.

Although his eyes had reached the necessary level, he still had to strengthen his body and learn the divine massage technique, but he no longer needed 20 million points, but 15 million.

It was still a lot, but saving 5 million was not small either. When Fluffy finished explaining all the gains, Andrew was euphoric and his wives could tell.

They had not concentrated on reviewing what had changed in them, as they preferred to consult the source of the changes, so they shook Andrew with dissatisfaction, asking for an explanation.

After Andrew came out of his euphoric state, he told them everything he had learned from Fluffy and the girls cheered loudly with joy. Especially Helena and Aki who envied Carolina for awakening her ability.

Although the abilities they gained were powerful, they could not use them immediately, because their divinity was still poor and they needed training, but Fluffy assured that it would not cost them much to learn them, but they would have limitations just like Carolina.

However, their limitations were more focused on duration than on application, as was the case with Carolina. Their divinity was still small and weak, so they would not be able to activate their abilities for long periods of time.

After chatting contentedly for a while and testing their new abilities, which failed miserably, everyone left the room for breakfast. In the dining room, all the employees looked at Andrew as if looking for an explanation.

They didn't know what had happened, but they felt that the mysterious glow that enveloped them had something to do with Andrew, so they wanted answers. Andrew could not tell them that he was a candidate for the god Eros because while they were all loyal, a bombshell like that could lead to trouble.

For this reason, Andrew simply told them that it was a health-enhancing ritual he had done as a thank for their loyalty and service. Although a bit forced, everyone believed him, since in this world such rituals existed, they were just difficult to perform.

However, they all had blind faith in Andrew, which was a bit influenced from the benefits they received from the release of Andrew's first divinity seal, but they didn't know it.

Obviously, Oliver, Marie and Castor, knew that this was not the truth and when they were alone in the office, he told them the truth. While they were discussing the new benefits, Candice and Nadila arrived at the Heavenly Palace.

When Victor saw them, he greeted them respectfully and asked them to wait for him to notify Andrew and quickly made his way to the office. Once in the office, he said, "Young master, Miss Candice and Miss Nadila came to visit you."

Andrew immediately knew the reason for their visit and did not know how to deal with them. Nadila was simple to deal with, as he could tell her it was a health ritual as he told his employees, but Candice was another story.

This woman was very perceptive and would not be so gullible. Having a headache, he came out of the office to greet them in the company of Victor. At the reception desk, upon seeing them he greeted them, "Miss Candice, Miss Nadila, how nice to see you."

Both women returned the courtesy and Andrew then said, "Miss Nadila, would you be so kind to wait until I finish my business with Miss Candice?".

Nadila, knowing that Candice's businesses was more important than her, agreed and before Andrew left said to Victor, "Take Miss Nadila to Sonia, so she can learn from the courtesans' exercises, that can help her improve the courtesans of Paradise."

Victor nodded and asked Nadila to follow him and despite her confusion, she followed him. While Andrew led Candice to the office. In the office, it was just the two of them and before Andrew could even offer her a cup of tea, the lady asked inquisitively, "That golden glow that enveloped me this morning has something to do with you doesn't it?"