RISE OF EROS

After saying that, the childern started treating Victoria like they treated all the other girls. Andrew didn't know if his children understood his words or simply assumed that any woman he brought was part of the family.

No matter what it was, Andrew thought they weren't wrong, so he didn't pursue the topic. The children were very curious and began to ask Victoria questions which left her defenseless.

Victoria had little experience with small children, but she was sure that none of the children the age of that in front of her were that intelligent. She doubted her existence and looked at Andrew and the other girls as if asking, "How old are they?", but they all seemed to ignore the question.

She is an intelligent woman. She knows that Andrew and the others are hiding something from her, but for some reason, she doesn't press the issue. In her thinking, the reason they are still excluding her is because she is still under probation.

Victoria was clear that her marriage to Andrew was very different from the one he had with the other girls. While she has some feelings for Andrew, this change only happened recently and she still didn't know what Andrew felt for her.

In her opinion, she and Andrew only agreed to a political marriage, not a marriage based on mutual love, so she believed that she must first gain their trust in order for them to open up to her.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Although her thinking was not wrong, it had nothing to do with gaining their trust, because, with the eyes of Eros, Andrew could see that Victoria was loyal, now it was not about that, now it was about love.

It is true that she was beginning to have feelings of love for Andrew, but Andrew still did not see her that way. It wasn't that he disliked her, or anything like that, but they hadn't lived together or experienced many things for him to see her the same way he see his other wives.

Still, they didn't rush things. They simply tried to get to know each other better, but with Victoria being a noble there were some problems. Normally, as Andrew's wife, she would move to the Heavenly Palace to live with him, but that was not acceptable, at least not for the moment.

However, in the kingdom of Dunnas, women are more open to sex and even visit the red light district naturally and frequently. It is one thing to visit it for a service from time to time and another to live there.

Although more liberal, the nobles are still nobles even in this country. For this reason after playing with the children for a couple of hours, Andrew and Victoria moved to a different room to discuss more serious matters.

They had to define the implications of their engagement. This involved meeting the Caltu family, making the announcement of their engagement, and planning everything for the wedding, including some rituals of this country.

Furthermore, they could not delay with this matter, because if they wanted to carry out the shopping center project they had to speed things up since one of the conditions for Andrew to participate in this project is to be part of Victoria's family.

It's not that they couldn't do it without announcing their engagement, but it would be problematic for the royal family to keep the merchants in line. While the royal family's word is law, it does not change the fact that if the capital's powerful merchants unite, it would lead to trouble.

Not to mention that they needed merchants to rent premises in the shopping center for the project to come to life. Although Andrew was convinced that no one would be stupid enough not to take advantage of this opportunity, it is better to avoid potential problems.

Knowing that, Andrew and Victoria talked for a couple of hours and decided to present their engagement to the Caltu family the next day. They were not afraid that their relationship would not be accepted, because they had two cards up their sleeve.

The first is that Victoria would relinquish her title to one of her cousins, so the family didn't have to worry about a strange and uncredentialed man like Andrew joining in and causing trouble.

The second card was that the matchmaker was Daphne, the queen mother of the country, which was practically a royal decree, so the Caltu family should not be a problem to convince.

With that defined, Victoria left with the intention of organizing everything. She first went to the royal castle to inform them of her decision to pass her noble title to someone else. As Daphne had already informed her daughter, the current queen, and her granddaughter, the princess, when Victoria arrived the three of her received Victoria.

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Despite the familiarity with them, the topic to be discussed was a matter of the kingdom, so the meeting was held in the office where the current queen discusses these types of situations.

Although Daphne and the queen disagreed with Victoria giving up her title, Victoria convinced them by telling them what Andrew had told her regarding the topic of the heir.

Although she didn't have the details and her explanation was ambiguous, they both relented when one of the royal family's elderly demigod protectors appeared and told them not to focus on small things.

The old man told them that the important thing was to be on good terms with Andrew and that it was not necessary to give him the title of being the husband of a countess. In Dunnas, noble titles are held by women, since men will not lead the family, they only have to protect it and that is why they were focused on improving their strength.

With the old man's intervention, Daphne and her daughter reluctantly agreed to let Victoria renounce her noble title, and with that settled, Victoria returned to her family's mansion to notify them about her engagement.

Although the men were not dedicated to running the family, that did not mean that they were not aware of what was happening, so when Victoria called all the principal family members to talk, it was not just the women who came.

The Caltu family had decreased in number over time and although this led to a decrease in the number of branches on the tree, it also made them stronger, as they were more united.

In the courtroom of the Caltu mansion, Victoria, some of her uncles and aunts, as well as her cousins ​​gathered. There were also some elders who were the protectors of the family.

There were no more than 15 people since only the backbone of the family gathered. Once everyone was present, Victoria began to explain the reason for the meeting.

Victoria calmly explained how Daphne had arranged an engagement for her and who Andrew was, which caused some resistance. They had no problem with Daphne decreeing an engagement for Victoria, but they were not convinced about Andrew.

As mentioned before, strength is valued here and while Andrew is a successful businessman, they don't know his strength. The other thing that bothered them was that he had many wives.

Although there is no impediment to that, the Caltu family holds the title of count, which makes them a family of high nobility, so it was not correct. Even several of the protective elders wanted to refuse, but Victoria pulled out the hidden card.

She told them how she would give up being the head of the family and pass the baton to her younger cousin. Victoria had two cousins, but one is only 10 years old and the other is 15 years old, so they were still young.

Because of this, everyone was against her, but Victoria managed to convince them, saying that she would watch over her and educate her to fulfill her obligations properly.

With so much insistence, everyone had to agree with what Victoria had arranged, but even so, they did not leave everything written in stone. Her aunts said they would only accept after meeting Andrew and evaluating him with their own eyes.

Although Victoria did not get the unconditional acceptance of her family, the fact that they considered her proposal and agreed to meet Andrew was enough, so it was established that Andrew would visit the mansion the next day.

Victoria then sent a carrier pigeon telling Andrew everything that had happened and Andrew responded by telling her not to worry as he would take care of everything the next day.

Andrew is no longer the innocent young man he used to be. He had experienced the cruelties of this world and the intrigues of the powerful, so he was not afraid and had more experience in these matters, so after receiving Victoria's message he discussed with his wives and guardians about the meeting.

Just because he was experienced, that didn't mean that he could show up without any plan, so they discussed for several hours the possible scenarios that could happen.

In the end, they decided to show strength, since that is what they value most in this country for men, so, the next day, Andrew boarded his most luxurious carriage and accompanied by Castor, Oliver, and a group of 10 guards, and marched towards the Caltu family mansion, with boasting.