"This place is a bit crowded." Lady Seeired waved her hand in front of her face. "Perhaps, we can speak somewhere more private?"

"She's taking away? What a cradle robber!"

"You've already been married. Give us a chance."

They had been quiet and respectful at first, only making comments intermittently, but the more Lady Seeired and I spoke, the less patient and the bolder they became. Lady Seeired appeared to have particularly thick skin, as all of those words seemed to roll off of her. Yet, as they grew louder, a single steely gaze was enough to quiet them down.

"Lord Deekson, are you okay which such an old woman?" One of the girls grew the courage to say.

I gave a smile. "I very much like older women. The average age of the women I bed is over 40!"

That was technically true, but only because a few outliers like Terra caused that number to swell rapidly. Most of the girls were truly in their late teens or twenties, like me. My words had silenced the young ladies, who could only stare at me with their mouths open. Even Lady Seeired seemed a bit taken aback. I wasn't trying to come onto her though.

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I had no interest in Lady Seeired, and I understood that her interest in me was only about politics. The main reason I had come to this country was that there were things that I wanted, and the reason they had accepted my arrival was that there were things they wanted. Lady Seeired offered me something I didn't feel I was getting from Marina, and that was the capacity to get meaningful things done. They were perfectly willing to wow me with gestures of kindness and generosity, but I was starting to realize it was all just a trick.

They wanted me to put my guard down so they could take advantage. Even these daughters being thrown at me was merely an attempt to lure me into this false sense of complacency. To these old foxes, a daughter cost barely anything, and the advantage of binding themselves to me was priceless. Rather than meeting at the negotiation table, they'd rather I partied and succumbed to pleasure. Then, they would have their claws on me, and I'd have no choice but to work for them.

Such a thing might have worked on me in the past. However, I had been with so many women this last year, and all of them were beauties. Such an obvious honey trap wouldn't thrill me anymore, and I was steadily becoming better and reading and understanding people's true intentions. I wasn't sure if that came with the lore I had absorbed from all of those dungeons, or just my personal development as I matured into adulthood.

Lady Seeired chuckled at my words, recovering a bit quicker than the others. "Since Lord Deekson has shown interest, how can a lady say no?"

She gave her arm, and I took it. She led me away from all of the batch of girls, who could only stare on in indignancy and confusion.

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