Herald of Steel

"..." Alexander was not impressed by the number.

He had thought that Mikaya would choose a number responsibly.

But seeing such damn carelessness, he had half the mind to peddle her as the one ropal cheap whore she so desired.

Though this was only a momentary thought as he knew one of them had to be the adult.

And so said in a placid tone, "Such a low number will draw too much suspicion. Please don't joke and choose a more reasonable number Lady Mikaya."

Alexander was finding her antics very tiring.

But he only got a sneering reply, "Hahaha, don't you mean you will not be able to profit of whoring the princess of Matrak, the most favored daughter of the prime minister?"

"And her two maids." Tajia was quick to quip up.

They could see right through Alexander's charade to his real motive- selling Mikaya and her maids' otherworldly beauty for profits.

"Haha," Alexander could not keep a straight face at this frank reveal.

But quickly made up the excuse, "No, no, it was of course not like that. You should know that it costs a lot of money just to maintain this place. I mean look around the lavish furniture!" Alexander swung his arm to make a point.

And then with the kind of sleazy smile only a snake-oils man would make, said, "And so this is just trying to make up some of that loss."

But Mikaya only sneered back at this insincere reply, "Heh, Alex, have you forgotten what Lady Inayah told you? 'Never assume you are the smartest man in the room,"

Of course, she did not buy this flimsy excuse.

"That's right, lord Pasha, You can say the truth. It's not like we are gonna stop if he knew the 'truth'!" Tajia added to her mistress's comment.

"..." Alexander went silent for a while hearing this and then with a pursed smile answered, "Since Lady Mikaya has reminded me of an advice, let me give you one too- 'A politician should sometimes not reveal the real answer even if everyone knows it'. This is because sometimes it is best to keep a thing an open secret than openly admit it."

"..." MIkaya only made a face and turned her head, a slightly grumpy look gracing her face at having failed to make Alexander confess his true intention.

And Alexander did not poke this irritated tigress for the time being.

Instead, he turned to Ophenia and dictated, "I will leave their rates to you. Don't choose too high. But also not too low."

"I will make sure it's not too suspicious," Ophenia promised.

And afterward Alexander instructed, "And remember to give them their payments after each session."

"I don't need the money. Keep it!" Mikaya snapped the answer.

She really did not care about whatever paltry sum offered to her.

But Alexander did care.

And he would not take no for an answer.

For making her accept the money was a massive part of Alexander's way of making her a true whore.

If she did not take the money, then it could be described as only a hobby.

But seeing Mikaya's reluctance, he instead turned to the most gentle, and even somewhat gullible member of the group- Nafia.

"Then Lady Nafia please collect it on your mistress's behalf. Use it to buy her painting supplies," Alexander politely offered with a smile.

And this handsome grin made the girl unable to say no.

"I…Umm..okay," She blushed the answer.

Happy with this outcome, Alexander then turned to Ophenia and ask, "Is the room where Mikaya will be able to observe her partners of the week unnoticed ready?"

Alexander was very wary of nobles being attracted to come and buy her services after hearing of her beauty and then recognizing her in bed.

"Yes, it is on the first floor." Ophenia confirmed and then detailed, "The special room has a hidden window in the wall. And so Lady Mikaya will be able to observe the men from the next room. And ensure that there was no one there who knew her."

"That's great. Nafia and Tajia can also view the men with her," Alexander sounded pleased.

It had to be remembered that it was three ladies' identities that needed to be kept a secret, not just Mikaya's.

"Yes, and we can choose a suitable time of the day or night to arrange that," Ophenia promised.

And then turned to ask Mikaya, "Should I recruit more men for the two ladies specifically?"

"I don't need any man!" But before Mikaya could answer Nafia out of shyness almost instinctually shouted though was immediately shut down by Mikaya with a single *shooosh* sound.

Having returned to normal, Mikaya answered Ophenia's inquiry, "There will be no need for that. When I said we wanted at least eight men per session, I meant it for all three of us,"

Alexander though that eight might sounded like a lot but then recalled that at that time in Adhan there were also about ten men for three ladies.

So the number was probably on the low side.

But then he recalled something that Mikaya had told him and said, "Lady Mikaya, I remember you saying that the Queen mother would sometimes visit you. So I don't think it would be wise for all three of you to leave the house. Let's do two."

"Ehh? But then one of them will be left behind that week?" Mikaya seemed dissatisfied with this proposal.

"I can wait a week!" Nafia instantly grabbed this suggestion, and even her younger sister compromised, thus changing the line up from three to two.

"Then will eight men still be needed?" Ophenia then wanted to confirm, to which Mikaya very enthusiastically answered, "Oh yes. Four is the sweet spot. Keep it."

Afterward, Mikaya asked the million-dollar question for her, "So when are we starting?"

"The girls are mostly ready. So we can start next Wednesday if we wanted to," Ophenia gave her opinion and then looked at Alexander for permission.

"Do we have enough men for the wall services?" Alexander's main concern was that Mikaya would not like the peasant organs.

"Yes. we have. There are a few regulars who came after we advertised using Sister Gelene's underwear. And now, they sometimes sleep with the girls to help them improve." Ophenia informed.

And then reassured Mikaya of their quality, "Also Kalopi tells me they are good enough to please any noblewoman. Both in the wall and in bed."

Though the real story was that Ophenia would use her Temple connections to give the shiva drug to young men who came to her for food as 'health drinks' and then have some of the guards covertly entice the men to try out the brothel where the girls would use the legummum.

Thus the trial went on with none the wiser.

"Hmmm, I too hope they are." Mikaya honestly had her doubts regarding the scrawny peasants but decided to try them just once.

Hearing Ophenia's go-ahead and Mikaya's no complaint, Alexander had no reason to object, and thus declared, "Then it's settled. Next Wednesday, Lady Mikaya and one of her maids will serve the wall!"

Alexander was aware of the experiment and its result and until now there had been no adverse effect reported.

Though according to Ophenia, many of the girls complained that some of the organs they were serving were too big for their comfort.

And this put Alexnander's mind at ease because it probably meant they were just good enough for Mikaya.

"Okay, then let's go visit my personal room, And finish this tour," With all these done, there was only one room left to visit, his mysterious personal room.

But it seemed that Mikaya had other ideas.

She wanted to stay and play a while longer as a way to delay Alexander for not being frank with her.

"Ahh, but Alex must not know how many of these things work right? Let aunt show you," Mikaya tempted to give Alexander a live demonstration on how to use the many exotic furnishings and seemed to be on the verge of taking off her pants then and there.

She guessed that a former slave like Alexander would have no idea how these 'noble' things worked and thus assumed his curiosity would get the better of him.

But this was not anything new to him, and moreover, he really was not in the mood for another round of this, mostly because he was dead tired and wanted to hit the bed.

However just as he was about to say no, Ophenia of all people jumped up and said, "Oh yes, please. I would love to see Lady Mikaya teach master how to use her."

It seemed that Ophenia saw this as a chance for Alexander to bind and humiliate Mikaya and saw this as an opportunity to get one back at the girl.

"...Hahaha, well then first let me use Nafia to demonstrate how to use them. Cheery boy might not know how," Mikaya too was not to be outdone.

Although she did not particularly care about how Alexander used her, somehow letting Ophenia have a gloating face because of that stung her heart.

She did not want to give the woman that satisfaction.

And thus the scapegoat Nafia was chosen.

"Wha…mi..mistress??" Nafia on the other hand let out a cry of incredulity at this request.

She certainly felt shameful doing this.

And this gave Alexander the perfect opportunity to interject, "Since Lady Nafia is unwilling, let's do it another day."

And then quickly ordered, "Tayin now lead me to my room."

And thus the adult play was avoided.

Ophenia was a bit peeved at having her fun ruined, but still obediently complied, "Then this way master."

The group then exited the room and were escorted to the very edge of the wing, where stood a huge, lavish door.

"This was the Marquis's personal bedroom," Ophenia introduced as she opened the door and Alexander found the insides were as one would expect, painted with extravagance and luxury.

But though impressed, Alexander did not find anything too extraordinary that matched Ophenia's alacrity, an thought that Ophenia seemed to guess.

"The secret is over here!" Ophenia then gestured to a side of the wall and revealed a trapdoor.

"This house is like a rabbit hole," Alexander commented, while Ophenia

described,

"This is the secret staircase that connects to the escape tunnel. But we renovated the space around for something more fun, Come look."

Alexander was now truly curious and as he entered the small door, he was led through a small tunnel into a surprisingly cozy room.

"Here master, you can have the best view of the building from here, hehe," Ophenia giggled as she entered and it took Alexander only a moment to understand what she meant.

Because right in front of him was a window from which he could see the wallbutt!

This was the arrangement Kapoli was talking about.

"Ahhh…so Alex can see me get humiliated from here. Hahaha," Mikaya only found the situation funny. while Nafia found it slightly mortifying at being seen.

"The window can't be seen from the room, but we can see the room from here. It's great isn't it?" Ophenia sounded very proud of herself.

'This girl' Alexander could only lightly smile.

He had not asked for this but certainly appreciated this thoughtful addition that would let him watch Mikaya get degraded.

"You did well. I like it," Alexander thus softly praised with a nod.

While Mikaya seemed even more enthusiastic than Alexander, as she said, "Haha, good. From here Alex can see all the other noblewomen that you capture get used too."

And then turned to ask him, "Tell me, do you wish to open a brothel solely staffed by fallen noblewomen? Because that will be incredibly profitable."

And in a rare occurrence, Ophenia seemed to agree, "That's right master. Remember Ak…Jonaki? She's so good because of her bliss training. And she did not even finish it."

She was very eager to see it happen.

"..." Alexander stayed only silent, not approving nor rejecting the idea.

And finished with here, the last room was explored, finally the long tour came to an end.