CH 17

“Good job, Kanna. Our customers were very pleased today.”

“It’s fine. It’s part of my job.”

A woman replied shortly to a man in one of the first classrooms.

Her name is Kanna, and she is a very beautiful lady renowned as a Courtesan.

“It’s time, Owner. I need to be alone for a while.”

“I know. Good grief, if I didn’t have work to do, I would have loved to hear Haishin-sama’s voice.”

“Pfft, there’s no way around it.”

At Kanna’s words, the man, the owner, left the room.

Making sure he left, Kanna took off her work dress and hung it on the wall.

Her beauty was like a heavenly maiden in her pristine, flawless appearance.

She had long, shiny, bright red hair and blue eyes and an intimidating sharp gaze, but more than that, the bewitching atmosphere she exuded was remarkable.

Her fresh white skin has never faded, no matter how many men have embraced her, and her uneven bountiful body was still growing in color with each passing of twenty.

“Another satisfying day of work… All thanks to Haishin-sama.”

Naked, she lay on the bed with a portable terminal in her hand.

She had been waiting to hear his voice from that terminal… and the time had finally come.

[Hey, guys! Are you all here today?]

“All ready, Haishin-samaahhhhhhhh! Don-don pafu-pafu!”[1]

… Yes, she was one of his avid believers too.

Her bewitching beauty was still the same, but her expression was that of a young girl as she revealed her joy at hearing Haishin’s voice.

She rubbed the terminal against her cheek and acted creepily as if she wanted to hear the voice more closely in real-time.

[Something unusual happened to me today. Though I can’t go into much detail, I still wanted to let you all know that a lot happened. A lot.]

“I wonder what you’ve been through. Ah! … If only you were here, I would’ve healed you with everything I have.”

As mentioned earlier, Kanna was a Courtesan, so there was no way a commoner could be able to hold her.

Only those with enough money in nobility could ask for her, and amongst them were many rich people in love with her beauty, who always came begging for her hand.

“… Haishin-sama.”

Kanna whispered Haishin’s name as she let out a sweet exhale.

Originally, Kanna was a woman who grew up in the slums and was not associated with her position as a Courtesan.

One way or another, she became a pr*stitute at an early age when she got led by the previous owner, who visited her in the slums.

“Even a cesspool of a woman like you will shine if you polish her up. Look, I took you women who had no one to look after, so from now on, you have to work for me.”

That’s what the previous owner used to say.

It was hard for her to get used to selling her body to a stranger, but she had no choice but to obey because she had to earn money to survive.

Whatever the method, it was far better than dying hungry, as long as you put up with the treatment.

“… We are young now, but we will all get ruined as we get older. And when that happens, we’ll go back to that place again.”

That’s what all courtesans fear.

The social status of courtesans was quite low. Even local women often looked at them as if they were filth.

They survived, but they still remained at the bottom of the pile. Such a world was the promised world of nightly service, burdened with the sorrow of being discarded when their youth expired.

“… But then Haishin-sama saved us.”

Kanna… No, there was an unforgettable day for all the women in this brothel.

It was when Haishin had become somewhat famous that the women who worked in the brothel, including Kanna, listened to his podcast as a form of entertainment.

[Let’s see, huh… Do you agree that all the women in the brothel are like trash, Haishin-san?]

It was a word that tore at the heart too much.

Kanna was unsure, but several colleagues around her said it was terrible and shed tears.

In the end, they felt that no matter how hard they tried, they always got labeled as filth. They could never hope for more and would never have a future where they could be happy and proud.

But he… Haishin was different.

[What is this nonsense? What kind of position are you in to say something so stupid, scum?]

Those were words filled with Haishin’s anger.

Kanna, the new owner, and her co-workers listened to the rest of what he had to say with blank stares.

[Well, I don’t know many things, but I don’t understand why people talk about pr*stitutes like that. Some people might not understand how it feels to sell your body to the opposite s*x, but I think they’re great people, you know?]

I think they’re great, and those words made many ladies look up.

[You see, pr*stitution is an industry… ah, and what’s that? It’s a job that sells dreams to men, right? There are many people who want to be with a woman, even if it’s only for a short time, and of course, to be healed from their daily fatigue. Hey, questioner, can you still say trash to the women who heal you like that?]

The anger that Haishin held seemed to have lessened, but his words went on.

Each of these words shone a light into the hearts of Kanna and the other courtesans, leading them to have a change in their perception and improve their social status.

[I think some people like to be pr*stitutes. But I am sure that most of them are in need of money, are young people abandoned by their families, or are slaves. You can’t be a night lady forever, and as you get older, you’re less and less likely to be desired.]

They all nodded at that.

Because all beauty can’t win over the flow of time and decay… Haishin then spoke up with this kind of proposal.

[Selling your body is simple, but it’s not easy. They had to go through a lot of burdens and sacrifices. So I think we should pay such people a fair price and give them enough money to live well when they eventually quit being pr*stitutes.]

The sort of man he was… No, there is no one else like him.

Haishin was just saying what he thought, and he always does, so it was just another of his thoughts and opinions.

However, Kanna and the others were happy to actually hear him express his care for them.

[Let’s get them to save up some money. Let’s make it a place where they can leave thinking, “I’m glad I’ve worked so hard, and I’m glad I’ve endured until now.”]

His words were so kind that many women were in tears.

And whether these words of Haishin’s were the catalyst or not, brothels underwent drastic reforms.

It was not immediate, but people’s perception of pr*stitutes gradually changed, and they got paid more, so they had more leeway financially.

So much so that if you were a Courtesan, you could have a fortune of your own.

“… Haishin-sama, where are you? I wish to thank you for everything…”

We don’t know about pr*stitutes in other countries, but at least the treatment of Kanna and other pr*stitutes in the Royal Capital was unparalleled.

Soon after, all the women working in the brothel began to worship Haishin.

They truly believed that because of his voice, because he said that much, that’s why the country moved.

[You want to hear what happened? Well, I’m still wondering how I should say it, you know? Anyways, I’m glad you guys are here and sorry to the people who think I’m a bit of a pain in the a*s, though it’s a little late for that!]

“Ha…?”

Kanna, who had been about the past earlier, frowned at Haishin’s words.

“People who think Haishin-sama is a pain…? Who are they?”

She was a beautiful woman who gave men dreams as a Courtesan, but now she was like a god of death born from the abyss.

Incidentally, it wasn’t only Kanna, but the women in the brothel that were equally outraged. There was no end to the talk about who was the infidel that had pestered him.

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“What a coincidence, Kanata-kun!”

“Eh? Oh, yeah… That’s right.”

A few days after Aguila became a pissy little boy, Kanata bumped into Maria on her day off, dressed in casual clothes.

It was quite fresh to see her in a cute white one-piece instead of a tight-fitting uniform.

“Are you looking for something?”

“Well, come with me.”

“…”

Kanata wondered whether a princess of a country was allowed to go out alone, but when she lived in a girl’s dormitory in the first place, Kanata had no reason to deny it.

“… Well, I’ll take it from here.”

“Wait a minute!”

She grabbed him by the wrist with a jerk.

To tell the truth, Kanata was concerned about how Maria had been following him a lot since the incident with Aguila.

Her suspicious gaze, the way she shook her head thinking it was impossible, the look that seemed to be expecting something. Kanata could not help but feel uneasy.

Moreover, seeing Kanata and Maria like that, Alphana only smiled happily, and there was no one anywhere to help them.

“What if you’re not busy?”

“What do you mean?”

“We’re going out!”

“…”

Kanata sighed as there didn’t seem to be a way to escape.

But it was just then.

“Let go of me.”

“Oh, come on, I’m a Xandardian nobleman. You can’t act like that.”

“I don’t know. What’s the point of being an aristocrat if you don’t know how to act like one?”

They saw a man dressed in expensive clothes catching a beautiful woman with bright red hair in front of them.

The woman didn’t seem to like it, and the man seemed more persistent. Kanata and Maria looked at each other and nodded.

“What are you doing, brother?”

“Get your hands off her.”

It was the moment they had to give up on their holiday.

TLN:

[1] dondon-pafupafu; its drum beats with the sound of trumpets, kinda means “let’s get started” better to watch the following video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osfq97vSRrg

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