The Extra Villain's Second Chance: A Hero's System
Chapter 53 - 52 - Criticism and Suggestions

Chapter 53: Chapter 52 - Criticism and Suggestions

In essence, these old nobles in the Dragomirov kingdom would not be happy if the power of the royal family became too strong.

"Just write about how the Razanov family lost their territory. Then the territory is being fought over among the other nobles."

"I understand, Young Master. I will prepare everything well. How about the writing style in the newspaper, do you have any suggestions and criticisms?"

"None. You can let your newspaper writer freely use his writing style. It doesn’t matter if they use provocative language."

Having said what needed to be said, Lev stood up and prepared to leave the Dreamhouse Brothel.

"Don’t you want to stay here for a while, Young Master?"

"No, I don’t. I don’t want to disturb your busy life."

"I want to prepare some girls to entertain you. You can also give some criticism and suggestions at the same time. Whether there are any shortcomings in their performance or what. But..."

Madam Fleur stopped her sentence midway.

Considering Lev had lost his sense of sight, she seemed to want to prepare some dancers or something at first, but it was not to be.

Madam Fleur, who had already stood up first to get a fur coat, immediately crossed her arms over Lev’s left hand. "Let me lead you, Young Master." She smiled while—whether intentionally or not—putting her boobs against Lev’s arm.

Perhaps because of Lev’s heightened sense of touch, he felt the softness of Madam Fleur’s b*obs very clearly.

The comfortable feeling on his arm didn’t make Lev drunk, he wanted to stop Madam Fleur’s excessive behavior, but instead of telling Madam Fleur directly that he was fine, it was better to provide direct evidence.

Lev realized that there was only the harpist girl accompanying Lev’s lunch in the room where he was now.

The room Lev was in was a private room, so there were no other customers.

There was only one harpist girl who was quite far away from the table where Madam Fleur and Lev were chatting.

"Are you satisfied with her musicianship?" Maybe because Lev was just standing there facing the woman playing the harp, Madam Fleur asked such a question. "Or, are you worried that she could hear our conversation?".

The woman was so focused on playing the harp that sweat dripped down from her forehead, and the distance between Lev’s seat and that woman was quite far, so there was no way she could have heard the conversation between Lev and Madam Fleur earlier.

’It seems like that woman was too nervous about having to play music in front of Madam Fleur.’

The music played by that girl was Air On A G String, by Johann Sebastian Bach.

"That girl played well."

Lev gave his sincere praise.

The legato technique she used managed to flow the music of Air On A G String very smoothly.

Madam Fleur smiled proudly when she heard Lev’s praise.

However, Madam Fleur lost her smile as Lev continued to speak.

"Would you like to hear my opinion regarding your courtesan entertaining skills?"

"What do you mean, Young Master?"

"The people you assigned to tell stories on the second floor in rooms 4 and 5 are also very good. Their articulation is excellent. Every word they utter sounds very clear and easy to understand. The others still need a little more training. For the dancer on the third floor in room 1... Oops, looks like she slipped, but she handled it well. Next..."

Not that Lev had said anything offensive or insulting to Madam Fleur, but Madam Fleur was unable to maintain her smile because of the shock she felt.

"H-how do you know all of that, Young Master?"

Madam Fleur’s eyes widened. Her mouth opened slightly and she spoke stammeringly.

She had accidentally dropped the fur coat she had been hanging on her left hand.

Lev helped pick up Madam Fleur’s fur coat and gave it to her as if to tell her that he could see what was around him.

"Do you still need advice and criticism?"

Seeing Lev smile while asking the question, Madam Fleur finally understood that Lev could see his surroundings, including the clothes she was wearing which were similar to underwear.

Madam Fleur immediately put on the fur coat she received from Lev’s hand.

Not in a hurry like a nervous person, but still, Lev was surprised that as a brothel owner, Madam Fleur could still feel embarrassed about the clothes she was wearing.

In the end, Lev left the Dreamhouse Brothel building alone.

He went through the back door so as not to attract the attention of the brothel customers.

Madam Fleur herself had also gone to meet her writer and the magician who could use duplicate magic.

She had to meet them immediately so that the newspaper they were working on didn’t need much revision and before the magician started the duplicate magic.

You must understand how annoying it is to have to redo everything you’re working on from scratch. Especially if your work is over and your boss suddenly tells you to restart everything.

Thus, Lev convinced Madam Fleur to leave him alone and meet them immediately.

When Lev exited the Dreamhouse Brothel building through the back, he was greeted by a horse-drawn carriage that Madam Fleur had prepared earlier.

Inside the carriage, Greda and Daria were already waiting.

Lev had not been in Dreamhouse Brothel for a while.

He had been there for quite some time.

Evidently, it was already late when he came out.

He spent more time enjoying the food and drinks that Madam Fleur gave him than seriously communicating with her, to be honest.

It had been two months since he had eaten all that delicious food, so it was only natural that he tried to savor every bite of food that entered his mouth.

While Lev and Madam Fleur met in the private room, Greda and Daria were also given a special meal—actually that was for Greda alone since Daria had previously stayed at Dreamhouse Brothel, but Daria was still given a special meal as someone who accompanied Greda.

Only after Lev told Madam Fleur that he wanted to return to his family’s mansion did she send someone to tell Greda to wait in the carriage that had been prepared.

"I would like to stay with you longer, Young Master. Do you mind?"

"Sure."

Hearing Daria’s reason for coming into the carriage, Lev certainly couldn’t tell Daria to stay at Dreamhouse Brothel alone.

’Moreover, I have to find out how Daria can awaken her bloodline.’

After that, the carriage departed towards the Razanov family mansion.

***

When Lev arrived at the mansion, it was very quiet because many soldiers and knights were captured by the royal family’s army.

In addition to the disappearance of the knights and soldiers, several servants and maids also seemed to have disappeared.

"It seems like this place has become very quiet. Is it just imagination?"

Lev asked Greda who was walking in front of him.

Lev had previously told Greda that he was somehow still able to detect everything around him so she didn’t need to lead him.

Still, she chose to try to lead him by walking in front of him.

’I’ve heard that older people tend to worry about their grandchildren when they get hit by a disaster even if it’s just a small knife scratch.’

Was Greda presenting the trait of grandmothers worrying about their grandchildren? Lev wondered to himself.

When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Greda tried hard to navigate Lev on every step so that he wouldn’t fall down the stairs.

"Do you realize that there are very few servants here in this manor, Young Master?"

"That’s right. Has something happened during my absence, Nanny?"

"Actually, many servants or maids have resigned."

Lev only slightly nodded in understanding.

He was not surprised by their decision.

It seemed like they had lost faith in this mansion. They probably thought that the manor would be completely destroyed with Andrei’s death.

Moreover, the rumor of the Duke title of the Razanov family being revoked must already be spreading among the people.

’This is better.’

If there were servants and maids who felt that this noble family was finished, on the other hand, there were those who still stayed.

Whether they stayed because of their personal circumstances or out of loyalty, they were still people who deserved to be rewarded.

"We have arrived at the bathroom door. Do you need me to help you wash yourself, Young Master?"

"No need."

"In that case, I will wait for you here until you are done."

"That is also not necessary."

After exerting more effort than he thought he would, Lev was finally able to convince Greda to just leave.

The first thing Lev did was to put the cane on the wall.

Lev threw the grungy clothes that were clinging to his body into the trash can inside the bathroom.

He washed himself with the warm water gushing from the mouth of the wolf statue beside the bathing pool to let the dirt flow down before finally dipping himself in the warm bathing pool.

[Congratulations! You have successfully completed the Hero of the Shadows quest.]