RISE OF EROS

As it was already very late when Andrew returned from the black forest, he preferred to leave the matter of taking the Amazons' letter to the emperor for the next day. The Cannaris Palace was about to open its doors for business, so Andrew went to the office where his wives were.

Not only were his wives there, but their children accompanied them, so Andrew took the opportunity to play with them for a while. Candice, who was obviously the most interested in what had happened in the forest, asked, "What did the Amazons say?"

Andrew looked at her with a smile on his face and replied, "They argued all day and gave me a letter for the emperor." Candice, as if wanting to know more, continued to ask, "What does it say?", to which Andrew replied, "I don't know." Explore more stories at empire

At that moment not only Candice, but his other wives looked at him with a frown and Candice asked again, "What do you mean? Don't you have to inform the emperor?"

"Well, they gave me a letter, I don't know what it says," Andrew responded while still playing with his children. Candice and the other girls wanted to continue asking, but Andrew interrupted them by saying, "It's a sealed letter. I am just a messenger and mediator, I don't have to know."

Although what Andrew said was true, there were certain things that were not entirely true. The fact that he was a mediator gave him the right to know what would be discussed, so his wives, mainly Candice and Carolina who knew about negotiations, were not happy with his attitude.

Andrew was perceptive and immediately understood their gazes, so with a sigh he explained, "Girls, certainly, I could use this situation as an opportunity, but that would only put the emperor on guard and the Amazons in an annoying situation, so it is better just to limit myself just to connect them."

Although the girls understood what Andrew wanted, they were still not happy, but they couldn't do anything, so they stopped asking about it and accompanied their husband to play with the children.

The little ones were already a little over a year old and were so intelligent that they didn't look that age. Although they knew that due to divinity they would develop faster than other children, they never expected it to be such a big difference.

The children could now walk and even talk, although their vocabulary was not extensive. They also had the ability to sense who was their ally and who was their enemy and if you're wondering how they knew that, it was very simple.

Andrew and his wives had made some employees act as if they wanted to kidnap them and the children with their short legs began to run away and scream for help at the situation.

The truth is that this test was just a game, but they did not expect their children to react so strongly so they did more tests. They had some employees try to lure them with candy and toys, but the children seemed to see through their intentions.

The bad thing was that after that, the employees who acted as kidnappers were on the children's blacklist and wouldn't go near them, so Andrew and their mothers had to sit with them for hours trying to explain what was happening.

Somehow they managed to make them understand and then the children lost their vigilance over those employees. Still, Andrew and the girls were happy with their children's abilities.

It wasn't just their children who were intelligent. Oliver and Marie's son also had similar abilities to them. Fluffy explained to them that being the son of Andrew's guardians they had improvements due to divinity, especially because, in quotes, they were also guardians.

Fluffy also explained to them that this was how affiliated families were born, that is, the children of the subordinates of the gods became subordinates and although it was very similar to slavery, it was totally different.

Although the guardians are 100% loyal to the god they protect, they have their freedom, in fact, they could leave if they wanted, but that normally did not happen, since a guardian or subordinate who abandons his god is frowned upon by the other gods.

Loyalty was the most precious asset by the gods and for a subordinate to abandon his god was synonymous with disloyalty, even when his god freed him, so affiliated families were practically subordinated for life and generations, even though they were free.

For this reason, Oliver and Marie's son was a beneficiary of Andrew's divinity and as he was a playmate of Andrew's children, he is also a beneficiary of the children's divinity, as was Carmen.

In short, the boy was blessed, and therefore his intelligence and development are not much less than that of Andrew's children. While they were enjoying their family time at the Cannaris Palace, something unexpected happened at the Tampilla Palace.

Ignorant of the owner of the establishment, the young master of the Manty family accompanied by some minor nobles came to the red-light district of the capital to enjoy the nightlife.

They arrived in a simple carriage, to hide their identity, and although they wore expensive clothes, and masks, and had guards, they went relatively unnoticed. It was common knowledge that everyone who visited the red light district in this way was noble or wealthy, but everyone ignored them so as not to cause trouble.

To the general public, the nobles denied and repudiated these businesses, but they were the biggest clients, and although everyone knew that, no one shouted it out, because the consequences would be tragic.

The young nobles who were with the heir of the Marquisate Manty were natives of the city and as their friendship was newly formed, they took young Manty to enjoy the pleasures that the city offered.

Although they could take him to a trusted and quality pleasure house, these young people were adventurous and always looking for new experiences, which is why they tried many different establishments.

It was for this reason that seeing the newly inaugurated pleasure house, they decided to try its services. Andrew's employees were trained and knew that these young men were nobles, so the Tampilla Palace administrator welcomed them with enthusiasm and respect and took them to a VIP room.

Although this administrator has experience in running businesses, it is his first time managing a pleasure house, so he did not know how to serve such high-level clients. However, thanks to Andrew's precision, Sonia was present, so she took control of the situation.

Since Sonia is the matron of all the Heavenly Palaces and also the head trainer of all the courtesans under Andrew, she knew which of the new courtesans had the best sexual and companionship skills, so she selected 5 and sent them to the room assigned to those young nobles.

Andrew did not find out about the arrival of the young master of the Manty family and his friends, because although he can feel everything that happens in the Heavenly Palaces, as long as he does not feel hostility he will not inspect what is happening and that was the reason why he did not find out about the presence of his former enemy.

The courtesans selected by Sonia entered the room and between food, liquor, and a little dancing, the young nobles were pleased. Even young Manty was happy with the service, so they ended up having a nice time until the early hours of the morning.

The next morning, Andrew took his carriage in the company of Oliver and went to the imperial palace of Cannaris to deliver the letter conferred by the Amazons. He couldn't do the same as the emperor and just send a messenger because that would be rude and disrespectful.

The nobles, especially the real ones, are very vigilant about appearances and for a small offense like that, Andrew could offend the emperor and he already had a lot of problems, to add one more, so he went to deliver the letter immediately.

Upon reaching the door of the palace, he disembarked from the carriage and approaching one of the guards said, "Please inform the emperor that Andrew came to visit him in response to what he was instructed to do yesterday."

Although the guard distrusted him, since Andrew was not a noble, nor did he wear expensive clothes to confirm that the emperor had commissioned him to do something, the guard still maintained a cordial attitude.

He had been guarding the imperial palace for many years, so he knew that there were some special people that the emperor saw from time to time. He didn't know the details, but he understood that they were important, even if their appearances didn't show it.

Even so, the guard would not go to inform the emperor, just for this possibility, and asked, "Do you have any identification or proof?", to which Andrew reached into his pocket and showed the letter that the emperor had sent him.

Obviously, he did not show him the contents, only the seal of the envelope, since the matter of the Amazons was still secret since it was not known how the negotiations were going to turn out, so it was preferable that no one find out until there was something concrete.

However, that was enough for the guard to send someone to inform the emperor of Andrew's arrival. The process was quick and just 10 minutes after the guard sent someone to notify the emperor, that person returned to report that Andrew had permission to enter.

The guard who was holding Andrew at the entrance did not even look for evidence that what his companion said was true, because, in the distance, he could see the chief butler of the castle waiting to receive the guest, so he opened the door.

Andrew's carriage advanced to the entrance of the castle and there he was greeted by the butler from last time, "Welcome back Mr. Andrew. The emperor is waiting for you."

Andrew followed the old butler, while Oliver waited by the carriage, as they would not allow his entry. Andrew was taken to the same office as last time, but now only the emperor was present.

Bowing politely, Andrew greeted, "It is a pleasure to see you again, Your Highness." After the short greeting, Andrew took out the Amazon's letter and offered it to him.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om