RISE OF EROS

Castor, unlike Andrew, is much more aggressive when pursuing women and this is because he was previously a captain in the Calci city gang, so his nature is more extroverted.

For this reason, from the moment he saw Sansa and was attracted to her, he wasted no time and went to talk to her. At first, Sansa believed that, as Andrew's guardian, Castor was only looking for a partner to train with, but she quickly realized that was not the case.

Certainly, Castor couldn't approach her right off the bat and declare his love for her when they didn't even know each other. Castor was initially attracted to Sansa's physical beauty, so knowing that she is a warrior he devised a simple plan.

He approached her and asked her to help him train. Sansa is much more powerful than Oliver and that was surprising enough, so it was not strange that Castor wanting to improve sought her guidance, so she accepted.

The difference in their strength was obvious and Castor had no chance of defeating her, but training with her was very productive. At first, everything was normal. Castor faced Sansa in battle, while she advised him.

They trained for about 2 hours and when they took a break, Castor began to get to know her better. Simple questions about her were what Castor used to break the ice.

Sansa innocently also asked her questions to meet Castor. She never thought that Castor was directing the conversation to get her interested in him.

Unfortunately, it was not possible to conquer a woman in a single day. Sleeping with a woman in a day was possible, but making her fall in love with him was impossible, that's why Castor didn't force things.

By the time Andrew returned, Castor asked him to allow him to stay in the Amazon forest, as he wanted to train with Sansa, but Andrew was not stupid and he could see that his friend was trying to win her over.

He didn't object, in fact, he encouraged it. Sansa didn't suspect that Castor stayed in the forest for her. In fact, she was convinced that he only wanted to take her as a trainer partner.

Obviously, only she thought that because everyone present immediately understood that Castor was attracted to her. While Castor remained in the Black Forest trying to win over Sansa, Andrew, Oliver, and Candice returned to the Palace of Cannaris. Once there, Candice told him about the arrangements she had made with the Amazons, including her negotiation over leather-based clothing items.

Andrew did not bother to interfere in his wife's business, because as he had done until now, he was only interested in business related to pleasure houses and the sex industry.

Still, he congratulated Candice on her foresight. After they finished talking, they continued discussing how they would operate the business in the capital of Tampilla. He told them about his idea to buy slaves and move them to Tampilla to work.

Oliver immediately agreed. He, as the leader of the security, was even more paranoid than Andrew on the subject of spies and that is why he preferred to have slaves.

With that defined, Andrew teleported to the Star Palace and asked Dino who was now the administrator of the place to buy some slaves with cooking, cleaning, and administration skills.

As it was already getting dark, Andrew did not press him to comply with this order immediately, but he could do it the next day. Although Star City is dangerous, Andrew and his people are the most protected people here since Andrew connected Elder Anka with Elder Douma.

Douma had previously warned the city chief not to bother Andrew and his men, but after Anka moved to the city, the order changed to protect him at all costs.

The barbarian city chief was confused by this order, but after Douma explained the treatment of the Amazons, the city chief immediately agreed.

Although to a lesser degree, the barbarians had the same problem as the Amazons. Their women were few and increasingly fewer because the male genes of the barbarians were as strong as the female genes of the Amazons, so few barbarians women were born.

Despite not being as extreme as the Amazons, it is a fact that, if they continue like this, in a few decades, the barbarians will have problems continuing their bloodline.

That was where the Amazons came in. As both genes were strong, their offspring were optimal and they reached an agreement to help each other survive. When the city chief learned of this, he immediately assigned a team of warriors to watch from the shadows and offer protection.

Andrew and Dino had already been notified, so they didn't bother with this group following them, as they were basically their assigned and free bodyguards, there was no reason to block them.

After giving this order Andrew returned to the Palace of Cannaris to meet his wives. As was customary, he wanted to take advantage of the night to have a wild evening with them, but the emperor had other plans.

Before the Cannaris Palace opened its doors for business, a luxurious carriage with the emblem of the imperial family arrived at the establishment. The red light district was already beginning to show its usual activity, so the arrival of this carriage attracted a lot of attention.

An imperial messenger got off the carriage and entered the Cannaris Palace and politely requested Andrew's presence. As the place administrator, Victor received him personally and guided him to the office.

Normally, they would first inform Andrew of the visitor to see whether or not he would agree to receive them, but with an imperial messenger, this was not possible, as it would be an offense to the emperor himself.

When Victor and the imperial messenger arrived at the office, Victor knocked on the door and announced, "Mr. Andrew, the imperial messenger Barrick is here." Hearing "Imperial Messenger", Andrew did not dare to make him wait and allow entry.

Although this man presented himself as an imperial messenger, he was only following the emperor's orders, but in reality, he is a Count, so he is a high-ranking noble.

When Count Barrick entered the office, all of Andrew's wives had already retired to the room, knowing that they could not be present, only Andrew and Oliver were in the office.

"Welcome Count Barrick, it is an honor for me to have your visit," Andrew immediately greeted respectfully. Oliver was also respectful and bowed slightly.

The Count put on no airs and replied, "I am grateful to Mr. Andrew for receiving me without notice," then he paused and added, "I am here by order of Emperor Augustus."

Andrew became serious when the emperor was named and with a wave of his hand, he invited the Count to sit down. A cup of the finest quality tea was served and Andrew, sitting opposite the Count, asked, "What instructions does the emperor have for me?".

The Count did not mince his words and despite having noticed that the tea served was of great quality, he did not take the cup and said, "The emperor requires your presence in the palace."

These words made Andrew and Oliver wrinkle their eyebrows because they didn't know what to expect from such an order. To reject it is practically to become an enemy of the emperor and to accept it is to go into enemy territory.

Although they were not really enemies, the empire's position of suspecting them made them distrustful, but in the end, he had no choice but to comply with the summons, so he asked, "Does he require me immediately?", to which the count Barrick nodded.

Andrew asked for a moment to prepare, but in reality, he only entered the room where his wives were and warned them not to leave there for any reason and to wait for his return.

His wives were worried, but they also knew that Andrew had to go. Oliver did not accompany him either, since there was no need and the emperor had only summoned him.

In fact, Oliver following him would be more problematic, because if things went wrong, Andrew could always use Fluffy to retreat, but if Oliver was with him it would be more difficult to escape.

After speaking with his wives and Oliver, Andrew left Cannaris Palace and boarded the carriage with Count Barrick. Inside the carriage, none of them spoke a word the entire way.

All passersby and organizations with a certain power in the city learned that Andrew had been summoned by the emperor, what they did not know was under what premise.

Speculation ran wild, from that he would be granted a noble title to that he was accused of treason. For his part, Andrew was calm and serene waiting for the carriage to arrive at the imperial palace.

Obviously, this was only in appearance, because inside he was spinning his neurons trying to find the reason why he had been called. The only thing that occurred to him was the discovery of the spies from the kingdom of Badily, but he did not know if it would be to reward him or punish him.

With this uncertainty, the carriage arrived and entered the grounds of the imperial palace and after parking at the entrance to the castle, Count Barrick said, "I am afraid I am not a guest, from here Mr. Andrew will be guided by the palace butlers".n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Andrew took a deep breath and after calming himself down, he opened the carriage door and stepped out determinedly under the gaze of the Count and the guards present.