"She is not in harm's way?" I asked, looking at Bell sleeping in my room.
To that, Caena shook her head.
There is a faint translucent energyvering her. It may be faint, but it feels extrely powerful, and I don't want to touch it, not even with my aura.
However, I am not surprised, given the artifact that she is wearing.
I had read about it in the Archmage Tower. It's a very powerful artifact, one of the best of its type on thentinent.
"I thought she would wake up the next day and that she would bear the injuries. Now, however, when she wakes, she will be fully rvered," replied Caena.
I nodded and walked out of my room with Caena walking beside .
Soon, I stepped into my office, which was as I left it a few days ago. I had returned from Panar in the afternoon and had been busy in city hall.
I sat down in my chair while she sat in front of .
She said, "This is a list of the girls we selected for the interview. "Then she handed
the file.
There are the nas of thirty-two girls. As I read the list, a surpriseuldn't help but appear on my face, and I turned to her.
"There are so new girls here," I stated.
The new girls whom we hired after the establishnt turned into the legacy. It might seem like a long ti, but after training, the new girls have only been working for just over two months. They were in training when the legacy shell was destroyed to save the city, and they only started working after the tower was opened.
Which was only a little over three months ago.
"They are capable; besides, we can't entirely base the loyalty question just on how long they have been here."
"If that were the case, what is happening on the in-store floors wouldn't have happened," she replied, and I sighed.
Only four new girls are on the list. The rest were from before the legacy. Even among them, most are from the first three batches.
Two batches are from Redfawn, and a third is from Namdar, of which Caena is a part.
"Schedule the interviews for tomorrow evening," I said. I would have done it in the morning, but I had to et the protector and mber of Tranquill Bathhouse.
They areming from Belnin and will be here a little past midnight.
We are going to do it. Although it will be extrely dangerous, the benefits will make it worth it.
"Dawnstar wants to et with you," inford Caena as she finished the briefing. "About?" I asked.
"Curriculum," she replied, surprising .
"Do you have any clue of what she wants to discuss in the curriculum?" I asked, feeling curious.
That woman intimidates . It isn't just her level. While that is a big part of it, so is her experience working in the most prosperous city on thentinent.
"I think it's better if she tells you herself," Caena replied with a smile. That smile was wide—too wide—making it clear that this wouldn't be amfortable topic.
"Fine, call her," I said.
She is already here in the tower. Talking with Miss Cain and Eva's son.
Click!
A few minutes passed when the door opened when Dawnstar ca in, and she wasn't alone. There is also Margaux with her.
However, unlike Caena, she was reserved as always.
"Lord Silver," she greeted. "Miss Dawnstar, Madam Caena is telling
you have sothing to talk to
about regarding the curriculum," I asked.
Her expression turned hesitant for a fraction of a snd before it rvered, and she nodded.
It must be sothing important to make a woman of her experience and level hesitant. It made
curious, and my eyes turned expectant.
Snds passed, and the woman finally opened her mouth.
"Everything in the curriculum ismbined with the practice. The singers sing, and the painters paint. We teach the girls seduction,nversation etiquette, and other things, all supported by the practice."
"We add the practice with everything except for one thing," she said, looking directly into my eyes.
"The sex."
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I was expecting many things, but not this. I am genuinely surprised by it.
"We don't do that because it is the thing the girls already know. They have done it for years," I replied, to which she shook her head.
"They know how to do it butuld do it better! It is just like thenversation and seduction, which are the necessary skill every whore needs to know to get more guests to b patrons,"
"They had that, but you taught them. It helped them refine theirnversation and seduction skills, making them the force they are right now. I want to do the sa thing for sex," she explained.
Her words stumped . I was prepared for the argunt, but she had effectively destroyed every argunt I hadnsidered.
She is right. The seduction andnversation are a part of the prostitute's job.
It plays an essential part in bringing clients and keeping themming. They are as important as the sex, and I focused on them but not the sex itself.
It's not like we didn't teach it. We do extensively, from technique to positions, but Miss Dawnstar pointed out that it is all in theory.
"Do you think the girls of the Velvet Garden are lacking in the art of sex?" I asked, too, and she smiled.
"No, they are excellent, actually. Better than even my girls at Archmage City," she replied, and itnfused
even more. If they are good, then why is she here?
She seed to read what I was thinking as a smile appeared on her face.
"They are good, but I believe theyuld be even better. They should be better. We owe that to our patrons, who pay a massive amount for the experience of a lifeti," she replied.
Her words struck the point.
The Velvet Garden aims to provide the best experience for our patrons. Listening to her words, it seed like because of my reservations, I wasn't able to do that.
I see the problem. I want to fix it; maybe then one of the girls will be able to get that class. Even Tara, our best girl, wasn't able to get it.
I pushed those thoughts away and turned to the woman before .
"I believe you have a plan?" I asked. She smiled at that, and a mont later, she took a file from her iles bag and slid it toward .
I thought she would tell orally, but it seed she understood how the Velvet Garden works.
I opened the file and began reading it with Insightful Reading active. Within a minute, I was surprised to see its detailedness.
She brought out every point. Here, she answered. Even the questions I didn't even think about.
I finished reading the file a few minutes later and turned to her.
"So, we will be using the patrons. Instead of a male prostitute," I said. It's not a question; she explained the reasoning well in the file.
"Using the patrons is better, as they are our targets. Male prostitutes are too experienced. Too thodical with carnal skills like us whores,"
"Using them will be more detrintal than useful," she explained, and I agreed with the assessnt.
"Well, it's going to make a lot of patrons very happy," I said, and they all smiled. We won't have any problem getting the patrons to agree to it.
Many would paynsiderable money for that.
"Thank you for agreeing. Lord Silver," thanked Dawnstar. "You do not need to thank , Miss Dawnstar when its to the benefit of Velvet Garden," I replied.
"Though, please be careful. We can not afford to make mistakes here," I cautioned a mont later.
Margaux will monitor it. Every change will go through her. I cannot take a risk with the girls and patrons.
"Be assured, my lord, I will be careful," she replied.
They left soon after, while I worked for two more hours before leaving the legacy. I would have slept in my room, but Bell is occupying it.
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[Riveting Lady Brothel and Promise- Lady of Velvet and Vow]
Lady of Velvet and Vow Lv. 30
Lady of Velvet and Vow Lv. 31
Lady of Velvet and Vow Lv. 32
[Skill Change: Silver Glide- Velvet Glide]
[Skill Change: Graceful Repel: Velvet Repel]
[Skill Change: Carnal Touch: Velvet Touch]
[Inheritance Skill: Palace of Erudite]
[Inheritance Skill: Iron In Silk]
When I opened my eyes, I saw the text. A mont later, tears started to flow out of my eyes.
I had acquired the inheritance skills—not one, but two, one from each side of my family.
The Palace of Erudite is the inheritance skill from my father's house. It is a very powerful skill that ignores the restrictions on restricted knowledge.
Be it books, the voice, or the visual, any restricted knowledgeuld be stored inside and then shared if we willed it.
It helped usllect a lot of knowledge.
However, it is not the most valuable thing about the skill. I closed my eyes and activated the skill.
Imdiately, I appeared in the massive palace—a towering structure over a hundred floors tall. Each generation dreams of adding another level, carving their legacy into its ever-reaching heights.
Rows upon rows of books stretched endlessly before —millions of them, their presence almost suffocating in their sheer magnitude.
The skill had only been described to
before, but standing here now, I realized—it's far grander than I ever imagined.
It has books on everything—not just the books, but rrdings of thenversations that changed the world and visuals of the battles that decided the fate of the world.
Nearly all of it is locked. Even my father, reaching the level he had,uld only access a quarter of the books here; the rest was restricted even to him.
To , only 1% of it is open.
I looked at the palace before my eyes turned to the massive portraits—portraits of the people who had the skill before —there were many of them.
Finally, I reached the latest one. My father, seeing him, I deactivated the skill and began to cry even harder.
The palace of Erudite is a skill only the head of the house gets.
getting the skill destroyed the last hope in my heart. Irrational as it was. My father is truly dead. If not, I wouldn't have gotten the skill.
It took
a while before I turned to the snd inheritance skill.
Iron In Silk.
It's from my mother's side. She used to call this skill her sharpest blade and hoped I would get it.
It is only inherited by female mbers of her house and is very hard to get. Before Mother, it skipped three generations of won.
It is a passive political skill. It helps one see subterfuge, machination, and ill intent and gives one thenfidence tounter them.
It is a powerful skill, but even ituldn't see through the thing that brought our destruction.
I looked at my class, which had now b Lady of Velvet and Vow. It had advanced three levels and also advanced my skills.
All of them had a velvet in them, the essence of a prostitute. I was a prostitute, and I accept that fact. I am not ashad of it; I was once, but I am not now.
It is what saved . Without it, I would have died.
Click!
I was looking at my skills when I heard the door opening and saw Caena walking in.
"How are you feeling?" she asked. "Good," I replied.
"How long was I out?" I asked. "For three and a half days," she replied. Surprising .
I thought it would be more. Maybe it's because of the potion she fed . I rember her feeding
sothing.
"Thank you for saving . I will forever be grateful to you." I thanked her. I understood very well; without her spell and legacy, I would have been divered and died already.
"You do not need to feel grateful. I am sure you would have done the sa thing to save ," she replied with a smile.
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