RISE OF EROS

The next morning, Andrew, despite having had a lot of sex and being very exhausted, woke up energetic and first than any of his wives. Not wanting to disturb them, he carefully got out of bed and after a quick shower, he left the room.

He took advantage of the morning to review the business's accounting books, because he knew that when Candice and Carolina got up, they would start working again to swallow up the space that Vocgo and Oslo had left in the market.

They had taken over his desk and office, but he didn't mind, however, he had to do the math before they woke up or he would have to do this task somewhere else.

An hour later, his wives got up one by one. Aki was the earliest riser, especially since she had to train. them Helena woke up and Candice, along with Carolina, were the last to get up. Andrew greeted them in the order in which they left, each one received a hug and a kiss as was customary.

While the Cannaris Palace quietly began operations, the nobles associated with Vocgo and Oslo began to make their plans to deal with him.

The business that Vocgo and Oslo had with these nobles was not minor, so they suffered a great loss and would not let this grievance pass. The worst thing about it was that although Andrew and the others knew that some nobles could take revenge for having killed these two men, they did not know who they were.

Oliver had asked the experts that Vocgo and Oslo had hired to deal with them, but these men had no idea who they were doing business with, just providing security and getting paid was what they were doing.

For this reason, although they were alert, they had no idea who the enemies were. Andrew was upset with this situation, because whenever they had an enemy, they were in the dark, while he was in the light, always at a disadvantage.

Although these nobles were plotting something against Andrew, they did not come together to do it. Each of them decided their own plans and that made things difficult for Andrew, as it was difficult for him to identify how many there were.

Some of them took the same route as Vocgo and Oslo. They launched attacks on Candice's caravans, pretending they were bandits, but there were more daring ones who created problems for Candice's businesses.

They sent their men to create a scandal at her grocery, clothing, and beauty stores. When Oliver found out about this, he immediately started moving.

Obviously, he notified Andrew first, but he did not wait for him to make a decision, rather he moved on his own initiative to solve the problem. Andrew, again, was upset, because they always attacked Candice's businesses, and although she said that it belonged to both of them, for Andrew they still belonged to her.

Andrew had realized that it bothered him more when his wives were attacked than when he was attacked. Oliver was aware of this and that is why he was not negligent.

Oliver deployed all of Shadow's agents to investigate and these young information gatherers did not disappoint. After 3 hours they returned to report that they had discovered the culprits.

Everyone was surprised at the efficiency of Shadow's agents, but after listening to their reports they understood the reason why it was easy for them to discover the attackers.

It turns out that 3 nobles attacked them from three different sides. The reason they were identified so quickly was because they were not hiding at all.

Although this might seem strange, it really wasn't. The nobles held titles such as Viscounts and although this was not a very high title, these three were special, as they had a lot of influence in the empire.

It was for this reason that they did not hide because they knew that Andrew could not retaliate against them or they would risk offending the emperor and the other nobles, this was the reason why having enemies among the nobles was a headache.

Although they were much more powerful than the nobles, the problem was that no matter what status a noble had, the empire would always support them, because they were the most loyal subordinates in quotes, so the empire could not look blindly when they were in a problem.

Being stronger than a noble is quite simple, but being stronger than the empire was another situation. Now that they had found out about this, Andrew along with his wives and his closest subordinates were gathered in the office discussing their next moves.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find a viable solution. If they counterattacked, the empire would surely blacklist them and that was not an option, but if they did nothing, they would suffer heavy losses.

When everyone was at their wits' end, Candice suddenly spoke, "I think we should ask Marquis Valoide for help. Although it is true our relationship has not gone very well, I think it will still help us."

Andrew had already thought about this option, the problem was what the marquis would ask for to help them. Although everyone understood Andrew's concerns, they couldn't find a better solution.

However, when they were deciding to talk to Marquis Valoide, Sonia suddenly spoke, "Couldn't we ally ourselves with Patricia and her friends?" When she asked that question, it was like everyone in the office had a lightbulb go on over their heads.

It was true, they didn't remember Patricia and her friends. Although they had much less influence and power than Marquis Valoide, they were much better to work with.

Furthermore, among them were two countesses and three baronesses, which were no small thing, at least the combination was much more powerful and influential than that of the 3 viscounts who attacked them, and they began to plan to request their help.

Although these women were powerful, there was a problem. Neither of them were the heads of their respective families, so it might be difficult for them to intervene in this conflict, but running out of options, Andrew decided to talk to them and if they couldn't help, they would go back to talk to Marquis Valoide.

Everyone agreed with Andrew's decision, as they had nothing to lose by contacting Patricia and the others for help. With that in mind, they argued for a couple of hours and the meeting ended.

While Andrew and his companions were racking their brains to find a solution, the three viscounts who had attacked him gloated in their mansions, knowing that Andrew was suffering.

Donald had also noticed the movement of these viscounts and was somehow happy because he knew that with this situation Andrew would have to ask him for help and that would give him a great opportunity to take advantage of him.

While Donald wants to mend fences with Andrew and Candice, that doesn't mean they'll become friends. What he seeks is peaceful cooperation that can benefit the empire and for that, they do not need to be friends, but rather have an advantage over them.

To date, he hasn't been able to find anything he could pressure them with, but if Andrew and Candice were to ask him for help this time, he would have the perfect opportunity to do so.

Teresa was aware of her husband's thoughts and although she didn't like them, she was also noble and wise to see the grand scheme of things. Teresa was at a constant crossroads, between her duty as a noble and her friendship with Candice, but so far she had settled on her duties as a noble.

Among all these intrigues and plans, Augustus had also found out about the situation. Since the matter with Vocgo, he had been paying close attention to Andrew and his associates, so the current situation was not unknown to him.

More importantly, Arturios was also wide-eyed watching what was happening. Andrew was ignorant of all the forces that were paying attention to his situation and if he knew he would be scared, because not only the marquis, but the emperor and one of the protectors of the empire had him in their sights.

In this way, all the actors in the conflict and the interested spectators were attentive to what was coming, since it surely would not be peaceful. While Andrew was worrying about the situation happening in the Cannaris empire, something also happened in the Dunnas kingdom.

Andrew still didn't know what had happened, but unlike what happened in the empire, this was good news. It turns out that Victoria, in order to get Andrew to give her a massage early, had organized a party with her close friends at the Cannaris Palace and had discussed everything with Lula in detail.

Despite it being a private event, Victoria wanted to rent the entire Dunnas Palace and was willing to pay a considerable sum of money, much more than the establishment normally earns in a day's work, but since Andrew was not on-site, she only limited herself to leaving the message with Lula.

On one side they were suffering, while on the other they were about to win big, these are the dichotomies of the world.