The Extra Villain's Second Chance: A Hero's System
Chapter 52 - 51 - Investment

Chapter 52: Chapter 51 - Investment

Madam Fleur had at one point closed the Dreamhouse Brothel to train courtesans.

She used the investment money from Lev to buy musical instruments, and more beautiful clothes, and renovate the building—some entertainment rooms were added and furniture was increased.

After doing all that, which took almost a whole month, the Dreamhouse Brothel opened and many customers loved it.

The wives whose husbands came to Dreamhouse Brothel no longer had any worries.

Meanwhile, the husbands who came looking for entertainment were entertained without worrying about receiving tantrums from their wives at home. They also don’t have to cover up the fact that they come to a brothel if it’s Dreamhouse Brothel.

"In the beginning, not many customers came because there was no more co-sleeping service, but after they felt the comfort we offered, they became addicted to coming back here again."

At first, it was only old customers who came because they were curious about what new services were available, but new customers also came after hearing that there was a variety of entertainment on offer.

In this world, it’s very strange when a variety of entertainment is offered in one place.

Generally, entertainment houses only provide one or two types of entertainment services. Bars for drinking, theaters for watching plays, brothels for spending time with women, and so on. But the stereotype has been debunked by Dreamhouse Brothel.

"According to the data that I have, the customers who come back and forth the most are..."

The customers who were willing to come back and forth were those who listened to the stories—Lev’s knowledge of the market stories on earth, to his surprise. Though the story didn’t use people to act out each scene, it was purely a woman telling a story.

In just one month after the Dreamhouse Brothel reopened, the place became very famous.

Because the Dreamhouse Brothel had become so crowded with customers, even during the middle of the day, Lev received a lot of stares when he came here.

The blind man clutching a cane, as well as the shabby clothes and pants, became very conspicuous among the well-dressed patrons. Moreover, his arrival had been greeted directly by Madam Fleur.

In the end, Lev tried quite hard to look casual as if he were a blind man who couldn’t see the questioning stares and jealous looks of other customers.

"How did you take care of the message I left through Daria?"

Lev finally asked about what he had wanted to know before.

As for the Dreamhouse Brothel’s transformation plan, he was confident that it would succeed. But for the next impromptu plan was something he was not sure if it would work.

"I successfully carried out what you ordered, Young Master. I gave it the name Black Quill Gazette."

The message Lev conveyed to Madam Fleur was to find a magician who could use duplicate magic.

It was to create a news-making company.

"This is the first newspaper we sold successfully two months ago."

Madam Fleur gave a copy of the newspaper that had become a best seller.

Although the Hexaesthesia skill managed to give him an overview of the situation around him as well as the detailed movements of all the objects and people around him, he could not if he had to read the writing on the paper.

If the writing on the paper was written with a brush directly, he could still use his sense of touch, but if the writing was printed with a magic duplicate, then the image that entered his head was just white paper.

Lev didn’t accept the newspaper Madam Fleur gave him.

Madam Fleur’s hand seemed to hang in the air for some time, but after she looked at Lev’s tightly closed eyes, she realized that she seemed to have insulted Lev.

"Sorry, young master."

"No problem. I’m happy that you treat me like a normal person."

"I-I didn’t mean that. I just forgot..."

"Never mind. Quickly sit back down and explain to me what you’ve written in the newspaper you published."

Madam Fleur, who had already stood up and bowed respectfully until her large breasts bounced in the air, quickly sat back down and read out one by one the sentences written in the newspaper.

When the headline of the newspaper was read out, where it mentioned that he had beheaded Andrei, it seemed that Madam Fleur had managed to establish good communication with Greda, precisely as Lev willed it.

"It seems that you have managed to obtain valid information."

"As per your previous order, I have gathered information from your family’s mansion, Young Master. I only gave the servants a little money, and they easily told me everything."

Lev was not a clairvoyant who knew that he would be imprisoned and tortured for two months. But one thing was certain, he knew that he would kill Andrei.

Even if the truth was that Lev had killed Andrei, he still ordered Madam Fleur to keep publishing everything.

Whether it’s a conflict between Lev and Boris, Lev’s relationship with Andrei fractured as a result of the coming of age ceremony, nor about the signs of a connection with demons. All of that information was obtained by Madam Fleur through the servants she bribed easily.

’Instead of letting outsiders take advantage of the news, I’d rather take all the advantage I can get for myself.’

With all that information, Madam Fleur managed to sell the newspaper that she made very well.

"Are you okay with the bad news about you, Young Master?"

"No problem."

"It’s a good thing you survived today’s trial."

At first, Madam Fleur looked worried about Lev’s mental state, but she soon opened her eyes as if she had an epiphany, "Or, are you so sure that you’ll survive so you’ll let me write the bad news about you first?!"

’No. It’s more like I don’t care about my good name.’

Lev immediately rebutted Madam Fleur’s statement so that her starry eyes could disappear—that was what he expected, but instead, she just nodded as if Lev’s rebuttal was just him acting low.

In the end, Lev gave up and told Madam Fleur what he should have told her from the start.

"Write the new news immediately."

"Oh, is it about the result of your trial today? Then you have nothing to worry about, Young Master."

Madam Fluer ate the food on the table while saying confidently. "I’ve already told my writer to write the news and we can sell it tomorrow. Although today’s trial was broadcast in the city square, there must be some people who haven’t heard the news yet."

"I mean, add some details to the story you’re going to publish tomorrow."

The outcome of the trial didn’t just end in Lev’s innocence.

The nobles present in the courtroom immediately demanded that the title of Duke on the Razanov Family be revoked.

King Vladislav did have the absolute power to decide the outcome of the trial, but if he continued to corner the old nobles who attended in the courtroom—ignoring everything they had to say, then he himself would not deserve to be called a wise king.

So, with the best possible judgment, King Vladislav decided not to revoke the Duke’s title Razanov family had, instead, he chose to take all of the Razanov family’s lands.

"What? Is that right?"

"Yes."

Upon hearing Lev’s explanation, Madam Fleur widened her eyes in shock.

For a noble family to lose its territory was a very severe punishment.

In fact, for some nobles out there, that punishment would be even more severe than a mere public execution—especially for those who held their nobility in high esteem.

Giving up their territorial land was the same as giving up the society that respected them, so to speak.

"So, you can now be called a landless noble? Is it alright if I write the news by calling you like that, Young Master?"

"It’s a bit inappropriate since I haven’t inherited the title yet, but that doesn’t matter."

King Vladislav’s decision was quite reasonable considering Andrei, as the head of the Razanov family, had actually been proven to have a connection with the demon somehow—plus having kidnapped, killed, and tortured the people of the Dragomirov kingdom.

The punishment for Andrei’s crimes should be a public execution not only for Andrei but also for his family and relatives. It was the same punishment as the extermination of the Razanov family bloodline.

"...However, since I had killed Andrei with my own hands, so King Vladislav drew the conclusion that only Andrei himself was connected to the demon, not the rest of the family."

"Then, did the royal family take all of your family’s territory for themselves?"

"No. Chaos would ensue if they did so."

The land that originally belonged to the Razanov family ended up being divided among the great nobles of the Dragomirov kingdom, not for the royal family itself.

If the royal family insisted on annexing the Razanov family’s territory for themselves, there was a possibility that the other noble families would rebel.

In a relatively peaceful era like now, there was no other preoccupation for those old nobles but to compete among themselves, including to rival the Dragomirov Royal family.

’The same thing happened in various places on this continent, especially in the current timeline.’

Only after the massive invasion of the demons did they unite their forces.

’Unfortunately, they were too late.’