I Own A Brothel In Another World (Ch. 1-196)

Chapter 186 - Just a Sip

"What is it?" Lyona frowns gently at me as I try my best to hold back my laugh.

"You won't believe it." I grin at her.

"Do you have some special condition that makes your blood unique?" She tries to guess the reason behind my reaction. "It would honestly not be that surprising. You are very charismatic for a Human and it's not often that one attracts the attention of other races. Not to mention convincing them to work in a brothel."

"You can say that." I chuckle. "And while it certainly plays a small role in our quick development, this condition isn't congenital but acquired. I was just lucky enough to approach the other races with a slightly different worldview. I'm glad to see that it's slowly being spread throughout the kingdom too. We never expected to see the results so soon."

"Wait..." The beautiful Vampire lady strokes her chin. "You are behind the recent changes in legislations related to slavery and general treatment of demi-humans and monsterfolk?"

"Well, the King and Queen are, to be perfectly accurate. But yeah, I did have some indirect influence on that topic." I nod softly. "They've been supporting my endeavours for a long time. I could not wish for a better backer after arriving in this place the way I did."

"Are you a noble, then? I did not hear of House Carter in the capital and our family is quite long-lived as you can imagine." Lyona ponders briefly, examining my face with her wise eyes. "Elise hasn't mentioned anything about your status either. She did make you sound like someone extremely important, but I assumed she's just found a really good boss."

"Not a noble. Though, I'm fairly sure the Queen will rectify that as soon as she can." Shaking my head as the petite nymphomaniac appears in my mind, I chuckle lightly. "You get a certain level of influence when you are one of the Heroes."

"You are a Hero?!" The white-haired girl gasps quietly. "I've heard about and seen the Hero Party a few times in the city and during various official events, but I've never noticed you amongst them."

"It's a long story." I smile at her warmly. "We split up even before leaving the castle after our adaptation period. My Class ended up as something incomparably weak to theirs so I decided to stay behind and start a business instead. Well, it turned out that we've all been mistaken about it."

"I see. That's why the Heroes visit your brothel that often. They come to reunite with you. I thought they were a very open group considering that they are otherworlders." Lyona responds with a delicate smile too. "Your blood must be special because you are one too. I've never gotten close to them enough to catch a good whiff. It explains everything. Also, please don't worry, your secret is safe with me. I won't tell a soul without your explicit permission."

I laugh at her openly and she raises her brows at my small outburst. "That's not it. My secret is much bigger. While it's true that they are High Humans, I started as a normal Human for some reason. I wasn't really supposed to get summoned alongside them. But, you can say that I'm no longer Human due to certain circumstances involving our benevolent Goddess."

Watching Lyona attentively, I bring up my status window, limiting it just to the section with general information, and make it visible to her. She focuses on the pink rectangle right away and her eyes widen in a flash as she quickly stumbles on my race. Her mouth hangs open with a cute oval as she takes the new information with a bit of shock.

"This... This... Impossible..." Her ruby eyes jump to mine and she shivers lightly. "You are a Primordial?"

"In flesh and blood." I chuckle at her, shrugging a little.

She swallows heavily and her whole body trembles. Noticing it early, I cross the distance separating us and catch her before her legs give in, resting the lithe Vampire on my chest. Lyona lets out an adorable gasp as she ends up with her cheek pressed to my skin. I catch her taking a deep breath and shivering once more, for a different reason entirely.