Important! Read this chapter's author's note when done reading this chapter, if you're guessing Ritzy's blessing ability.
Hours have passed by while being inside the temporary tavern. Everyone drank, eat, and some flirted with the tavern workers.
Even though Ritzy wanted to know why he was brought here, he was in no hurry. Originally, Ritzy would've demanded for Kevin to tell him why he was here. If Kevin didn't say why, he would've left.
But, in this case, Ritzy found a distraction that made him want to stay.
While hanging around them, Ritzy still had his mana presence activated. His mana presence allowed him to know what was happening around him. He could hear anything the people here said and they said some interesting things.
Ritzy learned how the mercenaries and knights felt here. Some spoke of killing Grasso, others spoke of killing all nobles, another about how heartless nobles were in killing all those innocent forced soldiers, and much more.
Ritzy already knew that nobles wouldn't be in good light for commoners and their servants but he didn't guess it was this bad. Still though, he wasn't too surprised by this outcome.
While Ritzy was learning more about this world, a group of three women came inside the tavern. Each was seductively dressed; exposing a great amount of cleavage, thigh, and other parts that normally wouldn't be allowed to wear in public.
Women were under very strict rules, especially in religion dominated cities. The clothes these women were wearing could have them hanged in most cities but strangely, these women acted as rulers. They walked past all the knights and the knights didn't stop them. Instead, the knights bowed and gave a compliment.
The woman in the middle led the other two to the middle of the room.
Woman 1,
"Gentlemen, it has reached 10 pm".
Crowd,
"YEAH!".
The girl leading the group chuckled and gave a smile,
"Since no introductions are needed we'll just skip to the rules. First rule, no talking about this to the nobles. Second rule, do not hurt the girls unless they allow you. If you do cause an unauthorized injury, there will be consequences. The third rule is that the time limit is strict if imposed. If there are reservations, then the customer must leave. Final rule, if you have a disease. You must mention ahead of time. Now that we explained the main rules!".
The three girls yelled in glee,
"Enjoy the night as if it's your last!".
Crowd,
"YEAH!!!".
As people were rushing out the tavern, Ritzy turned to Kevin,
"Can you explain what's happening?".
Kevin,
"Don't you know? Oh, wait, your too young to have experienced this before. Here, let me explain. Those three girls are representatives of the Pleasure Guild".
Ritzy,
"Pleasure guild?".
Kevin,
"They're whores, but not just any kind. They're specially trained whores. Best of all, they come in many forms. You can have black, white, and beastkin. There's also elves and other races in their guild but they wouldn't come here. Those only work at the best of cities and the Pheonix kingdom had only this city for unique races".
Ritzy,
"Okay, wait. Why would they not want nobles to learn about this place? I thought nobles don't mind spending on women?".
Kevin,
"Yes and no. What she's mainly talking about is religious nobles. Nobles that follow the commandments of their religion at an insane level. That the noble wouldn't bat an eye for burning this whole place down. Since your young and lived in Leaf county your whole life, you probably weren't exposed to religious lunatics".
Ritzy,
"So this is a religious area?".
Kevin,
"Sporco isn't a religious city but this war did ask help from the various churches. This is why she mentioned this".
Ritzy,
"So you brought me here to get laid?".
Kevin,
"Yeah, I thought you would enjoy this? Don't you like it?".
Ritzy,
"Yes, but one question. Do the representatives also work tonight?".
Ritzy had no desire to spend the night with someone. Especially after one took advantage of him all last night. He just wanted to find a way to get out of this situation without severing connections.
Kevin,
"Oh, you like the higher class whores. Yes, they do. But they are very expensive.
Ritzy,
"How much?".
Kevin,
"Cheapest I heard is 3 iron. They're here for wealthy merchants and mercenaries".
Ritzy,
"That's fine, sometimes we need to spoil ourselves".
Kevin,
"That's the spirit".
Ritzy walked leisurely to the representatives girls while Kevin followed. The representatives that stood behind the speaking representative noticed Ritzy and Kevin. They quickly came speed walking sneakily, making sure that the main representative wouldn't notice them.
...
As the speaking representative looked at the horde of men leaving the tavern, she finally noticed her fellow workers leave. Looking around for them, she noticed that they both approached Ritzy and Kevin.
Speaker Representative thoughts,
'Those sneaky bastards! They got to the rich hot ones first, now I'm gonna be stuck with the ugly rich ones!'.
...
One of the representatives approached Ritzy and gave an innocent smile. She was a small girl with brown hair. Her hair was tied into pigtails. Making her seem like an early developed teenager.
Representative,
"Hey there strong man, is there anything I can help you with?".
Ritzy,
"I want to make an order".
Representative's thoughts,
'Seems like this guy likes to feel powerful. I'll act like a weak servant. This might make him want me more and allow me to get his money".
The representative talked in a lighter voice and talked as if she was embarrassed,
"W-whatever you want m-master. I just want to make you happy".
Ritzy,
"I'm don't want your service".
The representative stopped acting and said suspiciously,
"Don't tell me you're a noble who wants us to leave".
Kevin and the other representative looked at Ritzy oddly as well.
The representative then raised her voice,
"We're essential for these men and were also specially requested. You'll need to talk with lord Grasso if you want us away".
Kevin intervened, scared that his favorite guild would look at him badly,
"No, he isn't trying to get rid of you. Jack, please explain yourself".
Ritzy,
"Let me explain myself, I want to order many girls".
Kevin,
"Oh, getting a lot for yourself? If you are, can you be kind and share a girl with me? I did show you this place".
Ritzy sighed and said,
"Which of these two do you want?".
The second representative quickly embraced Kevin. She made sure to lightly breath on his neck while pressing his arm between her bosom.
The second representative was a taller girl than Kevin but she still had her strong suits. She had an ample bosom, a fair tan skin, and long black hair.
Representative 2,
"Why don't we go somewhere quieter, I'll make it worth your time".
Kevin said excitedly and quickly as if she was gonna run away,
"I'll take her!".
Ritzy,
"Sure".
Representative 2,
"6 iron".
Ritzy,
'It's fine, just go now. I want to make an order".
The second representative lead the way out of the tavern while Kevin idiotically followed.
Representative 1,
"So? If you don't want me, what do you want?".
The speaker representative heard her friend say that Ritzy didn't want her friend so she decided to join in.
Speaker Representative,
"Young man, would you perhaps want me?".
Ritzy rubbed his temple stressed and then said,
"I want to end this game of misunderstanding so listen to me".
Representatives,
"_____".
Ritzy,
"The deal is I want both of you and two others. Oh wait, make sure that one of the other two is great at dancing".
Speaker Representative,
'Oh, now I understand. Give me one minute, I'll get the other two".
The speaker representative left the tent, leaving Ritzy and her friend alone together at the tavern.
Representative 1 felt awkward with what happened but she knew she had to work. She shortened the distance between her and Ritzy and said,
"It seems I misread you completely, I'm very sorry. I should've known your not a one-woman person"
Ritzy didn't say anything and ignored her. She attempted to stop the silence again but just as she was about to say something again, the speaker representative came with two new friends.
Speaker Representative,
"Are these women right for your tasting?".
Ritzy,
"You'll work, follow me".
Ritzy walked out of the tavern and the women followed. Getting out of the tavern, they were met with many gazes.
Random guy,
"No f*ckin way! He's able to afford the high-level girls?".
Pleasure guild worker,
"Lucky women, I wouldn't mind being with him".
Luke noticed Ritzy and was immensely jealous,
"Damn, how much did Benedire pay you for being Benjamin's support knight?".
Ritzy was tired of acting because of so many misunderstandings. Instead of responding, he gave a middle finger.
Luke and everyone gasped.
Luke's thoughts,
'One finger! Wait! One silver is to low for a supporting defender so 1 gold is the only obvious answer left! If he's able to afford those girls with one coin, that means he at least got a gold coin! I can't believe he has the same value as a priority defender!".
The middle finger wasn't a gesture known in this world. They just saw it as a regular finger.
Important: Read the Author's note!