RISE OF EROS

Back at the Heavenly Palace, the night was just beginning, and as had been the custom the last few nights, the owners and managers of the nearby pleasure houses revisited the dance room with the intention of deciphering its secrets.

Unfortunately, the one thing they had not been able to figure out was the music. These characters had created a united front to decipher the music, they had even hired several musicians of different instruments, with the intention of copying the music, but it had been impossible to do it.

While they had certainly made progress, they were far from copying the melody. Andrew laughed to see them so seriously listening to the dance room music and had even seen them using a strange device, which Andrew sensed was used to record sounds.

When he saw that device, his expression changed because if it really was a sound recording device, then his advantage might be lost, but Oliver as a knowledgeable man clarified to him that this device did not record sounds.

According to what Oliver had told him, devices that could record images and sound did exist, but they were not readily available and they were not cheap. He also recognized that the device the men were using was a magic detector.

The men thought that the Heavenly Palace might be using magic to run the dance room, so they brought that device to test their theory but were disappointed again.

Andrew laughed wryly because in this world it was easier to create such strange objects and not a sound or image recorder. However, after some thought it became clear. In this world magic and strange powers abounded, so it was normal for technology to focus on those fields.

Knowing that his competitors had no way of deciphering the music yet, he breathed easy and returned to the office, where his wives were. Strangely, the girls had a serious expression and when Andrew walked in, all their gazes were fixed on him.

As Andrew sensed that his wives' stares were not friendly, he couldn't help but feel a chill. "This can't be good," was Andrew's thought, but he knew that he couldn't run away, so he approached them confidently and after sitting down, asked, "What's going on?"

The girls instead of answering, looked at each other as if deciding who should speak and Helena being the oldest took the lead, "Andrew," the lady said and Andrew immediately felt uncomfortable.

His wives always addressed him as my love or Honney so as Helena called him by name, he knew nothing good was in store for him, still, he responded, "What's up?".

"We heard that you are planning to expand the harem, is it true?", Helena's question, left Andrew cold. He immediately understood, that his wives had found out about his flirtation and date with Candice.

What he didn't understand, was who they had heard it from. It could only be Oliver or Castor and Andrew was inclined to believe it was the latter who leaked the information. Andrew really wasn't upset about it, but now he was in a mess and couldn't help but ask, "Who told you that?".

"That's not important. Is it true or not?" replied Carolina a little annoyed. Andrew noticed that, despite her annoyed tone, she didn't seem jealous, rather it seemed like she was pretending to be jealous and that confused him.

Helena noticing Andrew's furrowed brow, understood that their act had been discovered and sighing spoke, "Well, we'll drop the act. We're not upset. We know that as a candidate for the god Eros, it is impossible for you to have only 3 wives, but we would like you to discuss it with us first."

It was just as Andrew had thought, Carolina really wasn't jealous. She had already accepted that she would have many sisters to share Andrew with, but they had planned this act to annoy him, however, her acting skills are not good.

Andrew understanding this, smiled and said, "I'm not thinking of expanding the harem, I just have a date with Candice next week. I don't know yet if things will move in that direction."

"So you're going after Candice? I have to admit I'm not surprised," Helena said as if talking to herself. Andrew was surprised at Helena's comment, as he didn't understand why she thought he would be after Candice.

Helena noticing this smiled and explained, "Well, ever since I met Candice I had a suspicion that it would end up happening, don't ask me the reason, call it instinct nothing more."

Andrew didn't believe Helena, but he didn't pursue the matter either and simply told them what had happened with Candice at their last meetings. The girls listened attentively but didn't seem upset at all.

While Andrew was pleased that the girls were not jealous, he somehow felt that he had lost some of his excitement at the unconditional acceptance of his wives.

After the talk about Candice, the four of them relaxed discussing unimportant topics, until Carolina touched on a serious subject again, "My love, we still haven't decided what to do with the properties we bought."

Carolina's comment, brought an atmosphere of seriousness to the conversation, as they had really forgotten about that topic. Shortly after the monster stampede, Andrew bought several nearby establishments, with the down payment Candice gave him, but to date, he had done nothing with them.

"I think we need to do something with them. If we let them sit idle we will be losing money" Carolina said again. Andrew was thinking of using these premises to expand further, but Carolina's words were right, leaving those assets idle was losing money.

However, he could not come up with any ideas on how to use them so he asked, "I honestly have no idea what to do with them at the moment, what do you think we should do?".

Carolina was the first to speak, "Well, I don't think we should expand yet. The Heavenly Palace just opened and it wouldn't be suitable" and Helena added, "True, I think it would be better to open a different business, but I can't think of anything."

Aki remained silent, as she had no knowledge about business, so she did not participate in the conversation. Then, a strange silence fell in the office, as everyone thought about what they could do.

At that moment, Fluffy's voice was heard in Andrew's head, "Master, if you get the divine massage skill, I believe you will find the answer you are looking for."

"What do you mean?" asked Andrew intrigued and Fluffy began to explain, "Divine massage is a unique ability of the Eros gods, so it will not be able to be learned by others, but a much weaker version is possible to pass on."

Fluffy paused and added, "If the master, transmits this skill, a massage house would not be a bad business." When Fluffy finished explaining, Andrew understood immediately.

An erotic massage house would be a great business because he did not know if it existed in this world, but he was sure that the ability that Fluffy said, although weakened, would be far superior to any that this world had.

The more he thought about this idea, the clearer his vision became, especially because it could open a new market. Massage in this world was not a new concept, so that was not the new market, but erotic massage was different.

Erotic massage was not only for men, but also for women and that was the new market he was envisioning. Although there were women who enjoyed some red light district services, they were a minority, but a massage house could be a different story.

Immediately excited he told the girls about his idea, "I am close to obtaining a special massage skill that I can pass on. Although it will be a weaker version, I think using those premises as a massage house would be a good idea."

The girls were surprised at Andrew's idea and Carolina being the one with the most understanding of business immediately began to ask, "How? Be specific."

"Well, this is the red light district, so it would be erotic massages. Besides, I think, with that kind of business, attracting female clients would be quite lucrative," Andrew explained and Carolina couldn't help but widen her eyes like saucers.

Being well-versed in business, she saw the potential of this idea and quickly said, "That could be a great business. Plus, if you add some special oils and products that enhance beauty, we'd have a multitude of female customers."

Carolina's idea surprised Andrew, as he hadn't thought of it, but now that she mentioned it, it was a really good idea. Andrew knew that the system had such products.

Gradually the conversation got livelier and everyone started to give their ideas. Even Aki, who was not attracted to business, proposed some interesting ideas, so a plan was defined.

However, the first thing was for Andrew to reach the necessary points to acquire the divine massage skill, so the girls got down to work and dragged Andrew into the room.