Chapter 250 - Settling a misunderstanding (Part 1)
I reappeared inside my private room in Kama. Thank the gods for preservation magic since the room still looks immaculate. It looks clean and smells fresh even after all the activity Ross and I had last night. The bed seems to have been tidied up by somebody since it was not only clean but all the beddings were folded neatlyand back in place.
For an establishment that opens in the evening, the place seems to be too quiet given that it around 6pm now. The employees here should already be scuffling around and preparing to open up by now. Ross should be giving out instructions and reminders. This is kind of weird, honestly.
I opened the door of my room and walked along the empty hallways towards the kitchen. The lights are all on but it seems the establishment doesn't have any intention to open for business today. Is somebody sick or something?
As I entered the kitchen, most of the employees were there, busy preparing their meals for dinner. When they saw me they looked very stunned then one by one they approached me slowly with tears in their eyes.
I know I cook well but what is with this reaction like I am their savior or something?
I smiled at all of them and asked them all to sit while I make dinner. Some of them still volunteered to help out so I gladly accepted their good intentions. It was only past 6pm so I still have time to cook something nice for everybody. As I started the meal preparation, I couldn't help but look around and notice that there were two people missing, Galen and Ross.
I did not ask outright where they were since I thought that maybe they were still sleeping or doing something in their room. I thought that eventually they will come to the kitchen in a bit to eat dinner with the rest of the people here.
I do feel a bit worried though for some reason. The faces of these employees look somewhat scared, nervous and unsure. It is definitely not a face of someone who is simply waiting for dinner to be served. I feel like they want to tell me something but chose to stay silent.
After an hour, I finished cooking all the food in the menu that I thought up for dinner. One soup, one meat dish, one vegetable dish, one seafood dish and a variety of fruits for dessert. The rest of the guys hurriedly help me to ensure that everything was set and ready for dinner time.
As much as I want to wait more, I am honestly famished and tired. The two missing people I noticed earlier are still nowhere to be seen so I finally asked the others if they have an idea as to why Galen and their father (a.k.a. Ross) has not come for dinner yet. They all looked at me with evident nervousness but just as I expected, they still kept quiet.
I snapped my fingers and all the food on the tables disappeared which surprised all of them. I then asked again, "Where are the two missing people? Nobody eats until somebody answers my question."
The only pregnant guy in Kama answered, "They are both in their rooms. They kind of had a fight earlier this morning. Most likely it has something to do with you, Miss Selene." (A/N: For those that forgot, FL used a different name during her immersion in Sklavryet. Only Noir knows her real name but they call her by the codename, "Queen".)
I looked at the pregnant guy, who I just found out today was named Arsenti, with confusion. Since he was brave enough to talk first, he was then pushed by the rest of his brothers to continue the story by giving him nods and giving him encouraging looks.
Since somebody has volunteered, I snapped my fingers and all the food was back. I told everyone including Arsenti that we can now eat while we are going through the events between Galen and Ross this morning.
Arsenti started the story with the very first thing that he and his brothers witnessed this morning. He said that the very thing they heard was a loud crash from the direction of where my room was.
They thought that somebody encountered an accident and may need some help so most of them that heard the sound ran to the direction where the loud sound came from. They were expecting someone laying on ground or something but instead what they saw was Galen in a stunned expression.
The guy should have been holding a metal tray but it seems that it slipped and fell out of his hands. Together with the tray, there were broken dinnerware and scattered food on the floor around Galen's feet.
They all ran to check if he's okay since may have been scalded or wounded. When they got near enough, they saw that some of the broken glass shards did hit his feet and legs. They became even more worried since he was bleeding quite a bit in a few places but he seems to not feel any pain or care that he was injured.
Galen was so focused and staring angrily towards something inside my bedroom. He then suddenly screamed "Traitor!" at the top of his voice and then ran away. He even pushed away several people he passed by. The angry guy then went straight to his room and never came out since then.
After Galen left, they got curious so they looked inside my room to try to understand why the guy was angry. When they peeked in, the first thing they saw was how messy it was and that it strongly smelled of sweat and lovemaking. They looked towards the bed and they saw a lump under the sheets. They thought it was me but then when the person sat up, that's when they saw their father who just woke up due to Galen's scream.
As Ross sat up and the blanket fell towards his stomach, they clearly saw that he was not wearing any clothes. When they looked more carefully they realized he also had a lot of love marks and bruises (which came from me, of course) around his body. That is when they understood why Galen was stunned and screamed "Traitor".
I sighed heavily then shook my head. After about a minute of composing myself, I asked everybody in the room, "Do you think the same way as Galen? Do you think I am a traitor if I choose to spend time with something else" They all looked at each other, thinking about how to answer my question in a way that they won't get in trouble probably.
Most people stayed quiet while the majority said that they don't see any issue about it. They told me that since I was a sponsor of Kama, I can spend time with anybody working in the establishment. They then told be that it was understandable since Ross is technically one of the people who work here so I can ask services from him too.
I smiled at their answer and said, "I declared Galen as my official lover before which is most likely why he may be feeling that I was cheating or something." One of the most quiet ones said in a soft voice, "Even main husbands can't stop their wives from taking in new men. It is just how relationships are in this world."
Everybody nodded at what he said including me. I continued, "If the title I provided somewhat became the source of the issue, I am now declaring Kyros as my official lover as well. Anybody that I chose to serve me in the future will have this title automatically too."
Everybody was silent at my declaration. Some were looking down at their feet while some were looking at me with hopeful eyes.
I continued, "For those that think of the situation similarly to what was just discussed, I believe that you are making a fair point. I am a sponsor and one of my perks is that if I wanted to, I can ask nightly services from everybody in Kama. If it was another woman, I could have done that. One month would have been enough to have each and everyone of you but I am not that fickle. I also don't like to force anybody to serve me."
All of them looked at me in confusion and most of them even verbally answered that they don't mind serving me in bed. It was my turn to be surprised at their statement since I haven't even spoken even once to most of these men. I also try to treat everybody equally whenever I cook food and made sure to let them make food requests. At most, I simply greeted people "Good morning" or "Good evening" and nothing else.
I did treat everyone as acquaintances at least and nothing more than normal employees, no malice at all. I only ever flirted with Galen and everyone clearly saw that he accepted my advances. As for Ross, he befriended me first then flirted with me every single time we met afterwards so I flirted back eventually if you know what I mean.
I never touched anybody inappropriately and only brought those two in my bedroom for the total of almost 3 months I have been staying in Sklavryet. I am not that desperate and I also have husbands so I don't really find the need to force men to serve me. I can just go home if it was for that.
The sponsor's benefits has always been profits, rights to making business decision, a VIP room and finally, choosing anybody you want to serve you in every way possible during your visits. These have been the inclusions since Kama opened for business and all the employees know about it.
Ross opened this place when he was 19 so these inclusions have been in place for the last 8 years. Now, I don't understand where this cold war between these two came from.