Chapter 17: Retaliation

Elena didn't need to ask anything. Eina being present meant that she had succeeded on her end. Now seeing Eina fall asleep, Elena wanted her to rest for a while longer.

Unfortunately some things won't wait. Hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and soon rushed knocking came from the door of Elena's boudoir.

Elena was dissatisfied with the person that caused such a racket, looking towards Eina, where was there any sign she had been asleep.

Her eyes were focused on the door, not showing any daze from just being woken up.

Elena could only bury the idea of scolding the maid outside, instead asking with a stern voice "What is it?"

The Maid outside heard her master's unhappiness, but she had no choice but to report, "Miss, the government has surrounded the brothel, saying that you and the little miss were involved in the disappearance of the county princess's son, Eric.

The madam has sent word that you should deal with the situation yourself, now the group has began coming towards this way".

Elena knew that it was a waste of time listening. Not only was Eina awoken prematurely, the news had also disturbed the mood of the two.

Elena said "It's fine, go about your duties". After standing up, she came over to Eina and grabbed her arm, gently pulling her up, whispering "It's alright, Eina. I can handle the rest this morning, you go back to sleep".

Eina asked "Are you sure. Don't need me to lead them there?"

Elena smiled, gently stroking Eina's hair, "If I needed you to even do these trivial things, then all these years of learning would just be a joke. Rest, by the time you wake up again,everything will be done."

Eina followed Elena's words and fell asleep, she had been exhausted from the fight with those guards. After all, this was her first real combat exchange in this new body of hers. And being only fourteen, her strength had not yet reached a point where she could be careless. Especially when facing people who had experience like herself, with strong martial arts and a larger number.

Elena had already ordered the eunuchs leading the inspectors to follow a roundabout route, that would lead past the designated area.

Naturally if the head candidate could plot against them, she should be ready to be retaliated. The disappearance of Eric, the noble son was expected by them. He and Alia, the head candidate had made an agreement that she would give herself to him, in exchange for her and Eina's lives. So now they were busy settling the debt.

The problem for them however, was that this was exactly what Elena was waiting for. She had Eina leave some evidence of the plot against them, in his bedroom.

Obviously when his mother learned of his disappearance, she'd find this incriminating letter between her son and Alia. She probably wouldn't think too much of the letter, only choosing to scold him for his actions, before helping him to hide the matter. It would only be when she received word that the guards that had been following him were killed that she would become afraid that he had been implicated in the revenge of the two of them.

Alerting the officers of the city, and hiding her sons involvement, she only said that two brothel women seemed to have connections to a group of thugs, that have kidnapped her son. And wanted the inspectors to go and arrest them. Whether it was them or not didn't matter, they had already been determined as guilty by the county princess, so their lives were already forfeit.

Elena had every hope that the county princess would be as virtuous as her elder brother, but it seems that when it comes to her son, she had no regard for the lives of the two innocent women.

'Who am I kidding?' Elena chuckled to herself, 'I wanted exactly this situation'.

The eunuchs, followed by the inspectors as well as members of the county princess's mansion walked through the path Elena had changed. The path would eventually lead to Elena and Eina's courtyard, but first it would pass through a certain remote courtyard that two young conspirators may have chosen to fulfil their obligations.

The revelation would be a death sentence to Alia. Losing her chance at debut, she wouldn't have the opportunity to show herself during her debut night, which would limit the amount of noble clientele she could receive. And those head candidates that couldn't draw the attention of the necessary clients, would be relegated to regular prostitutes. As a head prostitute, she would have many enemies, losing her favour would open her up to the retaliation of all the other women she had harmed, completely destroying any chance of a good life. In Elena's mind, a fitting end for someone that conspired against her and Eina.

But Eric would only be seen as playful. The whole situation could be forgotten, regardless of the harm that befell her and Eina. So naturally she wouldn't let him off so easily.

She had originally wanted to find someone with a sexual disease to infect the two of them, just to completely destroy their lives. But that kind of rumour about diseases would definitely affect the brothel, which would lead the madam to deal with them. So she could only choose an equally devastating route, that wouldn't affect the overall running of the brothel.

So when the group of people were walking past a remote yard, the sounds of panting and groaning appeared from one of the lesser maintained yards. At first the inspectors and servants of the county princess's mansion blushed, but after listening carefully the servants could still hear a familiar voice.

As a frequent visitor of the brothel, the eunuchs had every reason to understand the voice too, so they quickly whispered loud enough for the rest of the other two groups to hear "Aren't the inspectors investigating the two girls for the disappearance of the noble son. Isn't that him inside?"

The inspector didn't know Eric well, so he couldn't be certain about the whispers of the eunuchs, but when his eyes glanced towards the servants, he saw their confusion towards the voice, and had a clear idea in his head.

The servants had been told by the county princess that the young master had been kidnapped, so they rushed towards the yard after confirming the voice inside. The inspectors had no reason not to follow, so they went and the eunuchs followed behind.

After busting open the door, a powerful smell wafted out of the room causing the people outside to hold their breath in disgust.

Even the eunuchs used to the smell of sex frowned a little from this. A strange accumulation, but when they saw the scene they understood.

Alia and Eric were naked on the bed surrounded by countless undressed fat, old eunuchs. The group in the throes of lust were passing around the only woman, as well as the young and weak noble son. Using multiple orifices of each to satisfy themselves.

The servants of the county princess's mansion rushed to pull the young master out, but the eunuchs were far stronger than they appeared, forcing them away. Continuing to enjoy the body of the young and noble Eric. His moans at their hands frightening the already shocked servants.