31 Aria (1/2)
”Manager Doug, this is the new boss of the gang. He has some questions for you.”
”H-hi boss, what questions do you have for me?” Manager Doug was startled. Why did they suddenly change boss? How can the new boss also be a kid? But he did not voice his doubts. Being in his line of business, it was best not to ask too many questions and just do what he's told. Only then would he be more successful and live longer. He was able to climb up to his current position because he stayed true to such belief. He understood the principle of knowing too much could get you killed.
”I want to know if you've received any noble guests tonight.” Leon's expression was calm. Manager Doug couldn't read anything from his expression.
”We just received one not long ago.”
”Is he staying the night alone?”
”No, surely he would've had better choices for accommodation if that was the case.” Manager Doug didn't want to look down on their own establishment, but they don't specialize in accommodations. There are hotels for that.
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”Was the girl voluntary or unwilling?”
”Unwilling of course.” When were they ever willing when they receive these sorts of requests? By this point, Manager Doug would be an idiot if he couldn't tell what was wrong. But he didn't understand why that was the case. They were a gang and running dirty businesses was the norms.
”I don't mind if we have call girls working voluntarily but this business of forcefully capturing women to please men has to stop immediately. I do not want to hear another word of something like this happening again. Is that understood?”
”Understood.” Though Manager Doug wanted to say doing so would be cutting off a good source of money for them, but he ultimately decided to stay quiet.
”You can fill him in on the new rules on the way. For now, take me to that young noble's room.” Leon told Gower before ordering manager Doug.
”Yes, boss.”
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The Capital had laws and regulations in place to protect the people and keep the order in place, but the peaceful surface is just a facade that hides the darkness underneath. No matter the times and place, the world had always been ruled by the laws of the jungle and the strong would prey on the weak.
No one would really care if a single commoner was bullied. Unrelated people would just ignore it and rejoice that they weren't the one being bullied. Such situations weren't rare but their considered one of the lighter cases happening in the Capital in recent years. There are people going missing every day without clue of whether they are dead or alive.
With her face covered by her long black hair, spectacles and dirty smudges, no one would be able to tell the beauty that lies beneath. She was taught that beauty without strength is not a blessing but a disaster.
She would have never thought that she would have captivated the eyes of a young noble who chanced upon her beauty while she was wiping her sweat on the job at her family's coffee shop. She didn't think it would also land her in her current predicament on the same day after she was just finishing up work and making her way home.
Were nobles these days too proud and arrogant to pursue her normally in daylight and can only resort to despicable means to obtain her body at night? Were their commoner lives only the plaything of nobles? She had experienced firsthand the cruelty and unfairness of reality and wish she could just kill herself and put an end to everything. She didn't want to live in such a world, but she didn't have the courage to commit suicide either, not to mention she was currently bound. She wanted to struggle against fate but reality makes her falter.
Face cleaned and body tied, she was placed on the bed in an unfamiliar room by a pair of men in black at the special request of their client. Normally, they would drug the person, so she doesn't remember what happen on the night. But whether the young noble was confident or stupid, it was not their business to worry about as long as they are paid.
Generally, the noble houses care a lot about their face in public and would be furious if scandalous news of their sons playing around with women with lowly backgrounds reached their ears. No doubt the fathers would break their son's legs and place them under house arrest to reflect on their behaviors as punishment for embarrassing and humiliating their fathers in public.
”As I thought, aren't you the little beauty with all the blemishes removed?” The young noble said to her lasciviously, while admiring her beauty from the side.
Aria didn't say anything and just looked at him coldly. Her fists were clenched and body shaking but she couldn't break free from her bind with her weak strength.