Service Hotel, the largest hotel of Benson Town, was located beside an artificial lake and ablaze with lights. Clyde and Miss Anna took a carriage to this luxury hotel where the aristocrat’s party had already begun.
Compared to the luxurious grand hotel “Morton Hotel” in Steinbeck Fief’s Stanley City, this Service Hotel was not inferior. The services provided, however, were much better than the former. The main business of Morston Clan was not hotel operations; therefore, they were somewhat inferior to those businessmen who specialized in hotel operations regarding the many details of hotel management.
Even though the troops of the three earls were fighting for life-and-death outside, it didn’t affect the indulging activities inside the Service Hotel. This aristocrat party was sponsored by the behind-the-scenes backers of the three earls. All aristocratic guests had come to participate, and everything here was free of charge. Clyde waited for Miss Anna to get off the carriage before following. He was wearing soldier armor and seemed like Miss Anna’s escort.
“Anna, you… don’t you dislike bringing along escorts? How come you brought one today? In the past, didn’t you send all your guards away?”
“Big Brother Gerald, you talk too much. When I didn’t bring along any guards, you had objections, and today, I brought one along, but you still have objections? What exactly do you want me to do?”
“Anna, don’t take offense. I was just casually asking. Go and keep yourself busy! I wish you a pleasant banquet!”
At the entrance of Service Hotel, Clyde and Anna encountered Ear Gerard’s son, Anna’s big brother, Viscount Gerald. This dashing guy with short brown hair hadn’t worn armor even though this was a banquet. It seemed that he had just returned from the frontlines and hadn’t even had time to change into formal aristocratic attire. At the moment, he looked a little surprised as if he were puzzled by Anna’s current attire. In his impression, this open-minded younger sister of his usually wore bold and revealing, sexy attires. Why was she so conservative today at an aristocratic party, no less? It was the most suitable occasion to display one’s figure.
Gerald’s gaze passed Anna and landed on Clyde, the soldier standing behind her, before his eyes eventually wandered off to other places. Clyde’s armor completely covered his face. Gerald couldn’t see what he looked like nor anything special about Clyde other than him being relatively tall.
“Which battalion do you belong to? Help me take good care of Anna! Don’t let her run all over the place. Treat this as a mission. After completing this mission, seek your superior and use my name. At that time, he will directly raise your rank.”
“Thank… thanks a lot, Your Excellency Gerald!”
Before parting, Gerald patted Clyde’s shoulder and said these words. This brother had relatively good relations with his younger sister, so he could be regarded as a qualified big brother. Clyde nodded his head to express his thanks, pretending to be a good soldier till the end. After issuing this mission, Viscount Gerald entered Service Hotel ahead of Anna and Clyde.
On both sides of Service Hotel’s doorway were two rows of maids dedicated to welcoming guests. While greeting the aristocrats who had come to participate in this party, the aristocrats and Suzerains under the three Earls had warm smiles as if nothing had happened between them even though they were scratching each others’ faces outside. Those beautiful maids responsible for welcoming the guests wore relatively exposing dance skirts and all had bared-shoulders in their deep V-style dresses that revealed their backs. In addition, they must have had no undergarments inside because the alluring scenery under their clothes could be seen at a glance. At least, Clyde was pretty sure that they wore nothing for their upper bodies.
However, Clyde soon found that his experience was too lacking. After entering the Service Hotel, he saw that the maids were dressed even more boldly. That hot scene made Clyde feel like he were visiting a high-end night hotel in the red-light district. He could do nothing about it; the visual impact was too great. Clyde would have been unable to ignore this scene even if he had wanted to.
The beautiful maids inside Service Hotel were basically bare. They wore black-tinged, practically-transparent gauze robes without any undergarments inside. It was no different from wearing nothing at all. The maids were probably already accustomed to these kinds of shameful attires. They were not shy and instead very calm.
The lighting inside Service Hotel was very dim, providing an ambiguous hue. This greatly increased the ambiguous atmosphere, making the entire Service Hotel appear even more like a night hotel. However, these maids could still be considered normal. On the stage located at the center of the Service Hotel’s first floor’s main hall, a group of dancing girls with hot figures didn’t even wear those black, transparent gauze clothes. All were in completely bare states, dancing an alluring, erotic dance. Although the dance was not as stimulating as pole-dancing that Clyde had enjoyed before on earth, those swaying white figures also made for a very amorous scene. In order to increase their temptation, the dancing girls had smeared perfume all over their bodies while emitting an alluring gloss. No one could determine whether it was oil or sweat on their bodies.
Clyde glanced around the first floor and discovered that the most conservative ones here were those maids wearing black transparent gauze. At least, they each still had a thin layer of cloth; as for others, they didn’t even have a single thread. All were in completely bare states. In the vicinity of the dance stage were a piano, harps, and so on. Each had a pure-looking, beautiful musician playing them.
One shouldn’t be fooled by how pure those beautiful musicians looked. Other than garlands on their heads, they wore no fabric on their bodies. Their pure expressions, instead, created a strong contrast, creating a bigger temptation. These beautiful musicians had undergone special training to become accustomed to performing in these bare states, completely ignoring the various greedy gazes around them. They played classical and serious tones like no one else were around.
Next to the musicians were beautiful singing girls who had similar pretty and innocent appearances. Like the beautiful musicians, they were also completely bare. The only difference was that they didn’t wear garlands on their head but rather wore similar garland necklaces around their white necks. Although they sang elegant songs, their shameful bare states honestly were too much to allow other people to focus on their songs. Ignoring their bare bodies was impossible.
The guests that had come to participate in this aristocratic party gathered in the hall. All were no strangers to these scenes and already accustomed to this. They had indifferent expressions as if they had already experienced these kinds of scenes many times. Regardless of whether it were men or women, all were indifferent. Other than no one having shackles or collars, Clyde felt that there was not much a difference between this and aristocratic parties in Clark Alliance. The only difference was that the maids over there were forced to sacrifice everything to serve their masters. The maids here, however, were prostitutes trained via various special methods and willing to engage in this kind of special career. Nevertheless, the nations of these two alliances were not completely opposed in some aspects.
“Eh, Miss Anna, this is…?”
“Oh, Lord Clyde, there are too many people here. I’m afraid you will get lost.”
When Clyde was initially spellbound, Miss Anna beside him sulked a bit. She reached out her hand to grab his. Fortunately, the lighting was dim enough to make things convenient to publicly engage in these kinds of dirty tricks. Her little action was not noticed by the other guests present. Otherwise, as the golden daughter of the Earl, holding the hand of a male escort guard at a public occasion would be very unsuited considering her status.
Clyde didn’t need to think much to guess her little thoughts. After all, even though she had a hot figure, her master hadn’t paid attention to her and instead eyed the prostitutes. This made her feel frustrated. If she had also been dressed in an absolutely eye-catching outfit like those maids… Thinking this, Anna intentionally leaned back, bringing herself a lot closer to Clyde.
“Miss Anna, you don’t need to worry. Jealousy can make people ugly!”
“No, I’m not jealous! Lord Clyde, please don’t make this kind of joke, okay!”
“By the way, this Service Hotel is not bad. Is it also run by those three tycoon clans?”
“No, why would the three tycoon clans run a hotel? Service Hotel is run with the support of Victoria and Durless Clan.”
Miss Anna’s complexion turned red, but because of the dim lighting, the people around couldn’t see it. Concerning Clyde’s ingenious change of subject, she wisely followed his steps, conveniently introducing Clyde to this hotel’s background. Although Service Hotel was supervised and built by the former mayor of Benson Town, the true financial backers were Victoria and Durless Clan.
Victoria and Durless Clan were among the top ten super tycoon clans in Victor Alliance. However, they were not on the same level as the three tycoon clans of Adrian Empire. The latter were nouveau riche and on the level of local tyrants; the former, however, were god level. Their influence spanned the entire Victor Alliance and could even affect the hostile nations of Clark Alliance. The three tycoon clans of Adrian Empire had a history of just 200 or so years. Their power and influence were incomparable to Victoria and Durless Clan, tycoon clans that had inheritances that had been gathered over millennium.
However, the businesses these two super tycoon clans had set foot in were very much to Clyde’s liking. They were not in the hotel industry. Sponsoring the construction of Service Hotel was a front, nothing more. Victoria Clan specialized in undergarments and appeal items while Durless Clan specialized in the operation of high-end, red-light district nightclubs, entertainment centers, and special dance halls. There had always been a secret connection between them and the major slave traders of Clark Alliance. As for what happened during their secret transactions, no one was clear.
Among the top ten tycoon clans of Victor Alliance, the tycoon clan that was truly skilled in business management was Hiltons Clan. They managed various high-class, first-rate hotels and restaurants. Hiltons Clan always had conflicts with these two clans in terms of business. Hiltons Clan believed that these two clans’ behaviors of hanging up a sheep’s head and selling dog meat were too unethical. Because of this reason, business negotiations between these three clans had failed many times, and there had been no sign of success until now.
