Lucienne smiled at Lily but didn't say anything else on that matter. Instead, she wrote something on a small piece of paper and handed it to her, "Take this." she smiled, "and go to Madam Edith. She will tell you what to do from now on."
Lily looked confused for a moment and couldn't help but ask something which had been on her mind ever since the start of this week, "Madam, is something serious happening?"
"What do you mean?" asked Lucienne.
"I mean, from the start of the week, we've got orders from the HQ to ramp up our efficiency to crazy levels. We've been giving discounts after discounts to the men here and making a ton of money but is this really necessary. The other ladies won't be able to continue for much longer and most importantly, the association's prestige would be hurt if we revert back to our old prices after this sudden and tremendous increase." She said with a logical sense.
Lucienne nodded her head and replied, "What you said is absolutely true and it is also a fact that this is only temporary. We hope to increase our base here after all."
"But that—"
"Other than that, you don't need to know." Lucienne cut her short. "what happens to the association, let the higher ups like us and the head mistress decide. For now, go to Edith and get your next assignment." She shooed Lily away but right before she left, Lily turned back and said in a hurried tone, "Also madam, about Macron—"
"I know the incident about Macron, don't worry about him." she smiled as if anticipating it. "it wasn't his fault and rest assured, the culprit would be appropriately judged and punished."
"But… how…" Lily looked surprised at how Lucienne knew and to which Lucienne smiled mysteriously and replied, "Being a manager, I must keep an eye on my ladies all time. Even if they are not in the same building where I'm working. Now, don't dally here anymore and go to Edith."
Lily nodded and exited the room. She found that her other co-workers were already called by different madams and were currently in the middle of talking and therefore she didn't disturb them. She hurried upstairs to where Madam Edith was.
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The Peach Association building was a three-storied building, one of the rarest in the whole town of Lexington as a matter of fact and Lily clearly knew that the top two floors were prohibited zone. Usually, the most common prostitution work happened in the ground floor and the two underground floors. Yes, the building had in total five floors, three aboveground and two underground.
Lucienne's office was in the lowest floor and now, Lily headed upstairs like ordered right into the first floor. The first floor wasn't guarded or anything but there were occasionally ladies who looked weirdly at Lily. Feeling a little scared, she dashed towards Madam Edith's room which was at the corner of the floor.
Knocking on the hardwood door, she said in a timid voice, "M-may I come in, madam?"
"Come in." came a stern reply. Gulping hard on herself, she entered the room to find a tall woman sitting in a luxurious chair reading something which seemed like a magazine. An expensive one, Lily deduced from the shiny and glossy cover.
Edith's eyes darted from her magazine to the newcomer and her brows shot up at once.
"Lily Archard, I presume." she said in a raspy voice. "I'm sorry for my voice. I guess having a rather large dick shoved into your mouth will make your voice go hoarse."
"W-what…" Lily stammered when she heard her statement but Edith simply gave a light laugh and waved her off, "I'm kidding. Switching between warm and cold environment has made my voice hoarse and I'm sorry for that but as a matter of fact, I have left the whoring business for quite a while. Maybe a few years before Lucienne left. She sent you here, didn't she?" she asked, putting one of her meaty, long legs over another.
Edith nodded and was about to give the piece of paper that Lucienne gave her but Edith waved her off. She turned back to her magazine and started to mark the page and in the meantime, Lily gave the lady a good look.
Edith was wearing a really short dress, something of a one-piece mostly which barely covered her essentials. A thought of cold flashed across Lily's mind but it came to her that she wasn't feeling as hot as it was supposed to be. Instead, she was a little steamy.
Sensing her line of thought and of course her line of sight, Edith said in a relaxed tone, "Don't worry about cold. You see, the headmistress doesn't like dresses like all of us. She likes to interact with other people in a more … open sort of way. Says it helps her to see their heart. Well, but who am I to argue over ideology." Edith gave a hollow laugh but on the other side, Lily stood there baffled. Not understanding a single word she was saying. And Edith didn't even bother explaining.
She walked out of her seat and beaconed at Lily. "Come with me to the headmistress."
"H-headmistress?" Lily looked more and more surprised.
"Yes." She smiled and for a second her vision darted towards Lily's protrusion but then it reverted back towards Lily's face. "in fact," she smiled, "it was she who personally requested for you."
"M-may I know why?" she stammered. To which Edith replied brightly, "of course! It is your right to know why, how and what. Or at least that's what we believe in." she smiled mysteriously. "But!" she light tapped Lily's forehead and continued, "it is indeed your right to know but not my duty to tell you. For that you've to ask the right person. So, do you want to find out or not?"
Lily looked blankly at her. Ever since she came here, everything was happening on its own and she had no control whatsoever. It was weird but it felt like everything had been planned by their 'headmistress'. But Lily wasn't a woman who would leave things halfway and definitely not one who would refuse an explanation even if that meant meeting with the infamous 'headmistress'.
Resolutely she nodded her head.
"Good!" Edith exclaimed in joy and grabbed her pale hands. "Come with me, I will take you to the headmistress herself." She said and pulled her towards the second floor and the last floor of the building.
On the way, she told her many things.
"You know Lily, you're almost like prodigy in the whole Lexington business, you show wit that can't be seen in women who've left themselves in the clutches of desire, you show resolve and love which is rare in women whose bodies have been defiled by countless men."
"I don't consider my line of work as something defiling." Lily answered with resolve to which Edith nodded her head with happiness. "Absolutely. Another reason why you're so special.
You know, sex, love all of these are nothing but the basic necessities of human being. All men who have a dick and even some who don't, have an inherent desire of shoving it in some kind of hole. Well, they aren't wrong, after all God created them that way but unfortunately and fortunately, we're the holes that they desire."
"I don't understand. How is it fortunate?" Lily replied and Edith, for once was happy to explain, "Have you ever counted the number of men around you, Lily?" she smiled at her to which Lily replied with 'no'.
"Well, you should for there is a larger portion of men than there are women. And that is both a bane and blessing. How? Easy, if you let the men control you then the numbers would be the curse but if You control the men, the numbers would be a blessing. Do you know what is the easiest way of climbing the ranks of nobility?"
Lily frowned and replied, "By marrying a nobleman."
"Yes, and what does a noble-Man want from you? Not wealth or power, that's secondary. He marries you because he wants to procreate and continue his lineage and of course for his sexual desire. You see, that is the Achilles Heel of men. They can't procreate themselves and therefore they need you, or in broader sense, women. And do you know what kind of child the nobleman would want to continue his bloodline?"
"Obviously a son." Lily replied.
"Yes, and do you know whom does a son love more? Obviously, his mother. I'm not saying that fathers are unnecessary but more than WHO the father is, a child needs A father figure."
"I…I don't understand." Lily replied, her brows furrowed to a great degree but Edith wasn't discouraged at all.
"Its simple," she said, "God has made Man filled with various desires in the hope that they would do something that his other children, mostly the angels and seraphs couldn't do. He created the women as only substitutes but look at us now. A word from our mouth could move empires and trample kingdoms. Isn't it fascinating?!" she said with a certain fervor.
Lily was baffled by her statement but when she thought about it, it did make sense.
And looking at Lily's thoughtful expression Edith was happy to add another line, "And you, my dear girl have everything to become an ideal woman. A woman who can control hundreds and thousands of men." She said proudly and for a moment even Lily felt a little proudful but for only a little bit.
…
After a few more simple talks, they reached the second floor. The whole second floor was a single room and unlike the other floors there were guards here. Three men wearing large, dark-steel plated armor and carrying heavy halberds were guarding the door. Their faces were covered by weird and creepy smiling mask which would give anyone the chills but Edith walked upto them without a single ounce of fear and kissed a man right next to the door. The man stood silent for a moment before sidestepping away from the door.
Edith walked thought the door with pride and glamour whereas Lily walked through with a little fear in her eyes but when she crossed the door, she was boggled by the sight she saw. In front of her was a simple room with a bed, a table and a mirror with a makeup table infront of it. Other than that, the entire room was filled with naked men lying on the ground, unconscious with white foam dripping from their half-opened mouth. Other than that, the room was filled with the stench of sweat and semen, something which Lily wasn't quite unfamiliar with but the intensity of it still made her twitch a little.
Soon, her eyes fell on a single standing figure, or rather sitting. The only other person in the room except Edith was a girl, no older than ten sitting on the bed, completely naked and puffing a smoke. Her back was toward Lily, a large tattoo of a serpent with green eyes were tattooed on her back and it seemed to her as if the snake was staring at her with its beady green eyes but that was just her imagination. Or at least that's she thought.
"Is she here, Edith?" said the sitting figure in a childish tone.
"Yes, headmistress. She's right here." Saying that she beaconed at Lily with her eyes. Almost immediately, Lily gave a small bow but it was quite difficult due to her protruding belly.
"Don't fret with the formalities." Came a light reply. "I know about your pregnancy. I've known about it since the first time you vomited." She said with a light scorn. Hearing her, Lily gulped down hard.
"T-Thank you for your attention and care, headmistress but I'm a little puzzled as to why I and my team have been recalled to the HQ. I've been told that…" she sneaked a peek at Edith and saw her smiling back at her and thus, gritting her teeth she completed her sentence, "I'm sorry for my audacity but can I please know the reason for why I've been recalled, headmistress."
"Fwooooshh…" she exhaled a long puff and smoke and turned around, further shocking Lily. The headmistress was really nothing more than an underage girl of eleven. She had a luxurious pink hair, cut short. Her eyes were large with a faint purplish hue, a straight long nose, pink lips and skin as tender and fair as a newborn's. Her body was very curvaceous for an underage, tattoos of various animals and geometric figures filled here body but in such a way which not only it not decreased her beauty but in fact increased it to a terrifying degree. The most audacious one would be a heart-shaped one right above her light pinkish pubes. Unfortunately, she covered her lower mouth with her meaty legs stack on top of each other. Looking at her figure, even Lily couldn't stop herself from salivating.
As for the girl herself, she smiled slightly and said lightly, "Don't stare too much or else you might also fall for me. Like all the others here." She indicated at the men who were lying unconscious on the ground.
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