Chapter 491 Visiting nobles (7)
Once that matter was settled, we returned to our room.
However, when we returned, I found that Viscount Teomold had left me a gift in the room.
It was the woman that I had saved this afternoon.
She had been forced into scanty clothing and was standing there in the center of the room as if she was waiting for me.
When I walked in and saw her, I couldn't help putting my hand on my head and shaking it.
It was clear that this was an attempt to appease me, but it just made me angry.
After all, I wasn't into things like forcing a girl to have my way with her.
I was someone that believed that consensuality was the best way to go. To force someone against their will would only cause troubles in the future, whether that was in the form of someone taking revenge or something else.
Not to mention, since this world didn't have a form of birth control, it was very easy for women to get pregnant.
Now that I was a noble, if I was to suddenly have illegitimate children...that would be a problem.
So I didn't even want to touch anything that could cause that with a ten foot pole.
I wanted to stay as far away from what the nobles considered normal behaviour as I could.
Standing behind me were Rose and Haley who could see the scantily dressed woman standing there. When they saw her, they immediately knitted their brows.
However, it wasn't because they were angry at me.
They were unhappy that Viscount Teomold would do something like this.
If it was something that I asked for, then they would have no problem with it since that was how accepting they were. But to try to do something like this in front of them, it would be strange if they weren't angry.
Seeing that three of us were all silent, the scantily dressed woman said, "Your lordship, if there's anything that you wish for me to do, please tell me. I am here to serve you tonight."
I knitted my brows even more when I heard this.
It wasn't because of what she said, but the tone that she said it in.
I could clearly hear the tremble that was in her voice, showing that she was being forced into saying this.
Whether it was a threat to her life or to the lives of her family, it was clear that she was being forced to do this by Viscount Teomold.
Since she was nothing more than a commoner, how could she dare resist a noble?
In the end, I didn't respond to what she said.
Instead, I turned to Rose and Haley to say, "Can you take care of her and calm her down? I'll be in the other room."
Rose and Haley nodded in agreement before moving forward towards the scantily dressed woman.
I went out the door and to one of the other rooms that had been prepared for us.
I had been confused why there were so many rooms prepared when we only needed one room to stay in, but I finally understood. This was just a normal thing for nobles since they were used to infidelity like this.
After all, even Rose's husband had bought a sex slave for her…
So these rooms were to be used for affairs if I ever wanted to bring a woman back.
I couldn't even feel angry at this since this was just how noble society was like in this world.
This was a world where Prima Nocta was still in place.
So it wasn't strange if a noble wanted a woman and it wasn't hard for a noble to take a woman.
I shouldn't have been angered by this, but I just couldn't help myself since this was not the way that I was used to.
After a half an hour, Rose came to the room that I was sitting in to call me back.
When she came over, she patted me on the back of my hand and said, "Are you alright?"
I was caught off guard by this since I didn't think I was showing anything off.
In the end, I looked at her and gave a nod before saying, "I'm fine."
She looked at me with a strange look that almost seemed like she didn't believe me.
But she still said, "Alright."
I shook my head with a bitter smile and said, "I can't hide anything from you, but now's not the time for that."
Rose gave a nod without saying anything.
With that, we went back to the room where the woman was now properly dressed and sitting there with a cup of tea in hand.
But when she saw me come in, she went to stand up as if she wanted to do something.
However Haley didn't let her do that and used her hand to press her down in the seat.
The woman had a terrified look when she saw this, so I said, "It's fine, you don't need to do anything."
She still looked scared, but she did remain sitting.
I looked at her which caused her to look away, so I gave a sigh and turned away from her.
Only then did she turn back and carefully look at me, as if she was trying to figure out what was happening.
In a calm voice I asked, "Can you tell me what happened? I want to help you, but I need to know what happened so I can help."
The woman looked scared and confused when she heard this.
She looked at Haley and Rose as if she was asking them for confirmation.
It was surprising to see this, but it seemed like they had made quite the impression on her while I was gone.
Though, I couldn't say that I was surprised since I knew how competent the two of them were.
After receiving nods from the two of them, the woman slowly told her story.
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