RISE OF EROS

The next morning, I woke up before sunrise as usual and went to work. I didn't want to be a farmer all my life, but at the moment I couldn't leave my job until I find something better.

I arrived at the farm where I work, and began my shift, the place where I work is a grape plantation that is used for the wine factory. The plantation is huge, imagine 100 hectares of land, all planted with grapes.

The land is not 100 hectares, it is larger, but those 100 hectares are planted with grapes as the heart of the business, but there were also some cattle, distillation facilities for wine, and a large villa where the owner and his family lived.

It is worth mentioning that, this hacienda is on the outskirts of the city, but not so far away, it only took half an hour to walk from one to the other and I must say that it is not one of the largest villas. If I had to say it, it is average, however, it is one of the few, that grew grapes and made wine, so the owners are quite wealthy.

After lunchtime, I returned to work, but shortly after, an employee of the villa called me saying that, the boss wanted to see me. This disconcerted me, although I have been diligent and disciplined, winning a raise thanks to that a year ago, I did not understand the reason why the boss wanted to see me, even so, I answered the call.

In my 3 years of work in this place, I had never entered the owners' house, in fact, I did not know the owners either, even when they gave me the raise last year everything was handled by the boss of the farmers, the owners don´t handle these matters, everything fell on the foreman.

Not knowing what to expect, I was guided by the villa clerk to a studio on the first floor of the villa, I must say that the villa had 3 floors and the house was big enough to occupy a whole city block. Inside, only luxuries could be seen in every corner, statues, paintings, gold embroidery, and much more, I was amazed.

Soon we arrived at the studio, and the employee who guided me knocked on the door and announced his arrival mentioning my presence, seconds aFter from inside a voice was heard allowing us to enter, so we entered.

In the studio was a middle-aged man, not very tall, even sitting down you could notice that, his hair was black, without signs of aging, and his face also looked young without wrinkles despite his 45 years, although this is not abnormal in this world, the wealthy and powerful of this world can consume medicine and have rejuvenation treatment in order to extend their youth and lifespan.

It must also be said that, the magicians and warriors are even more long-lived, in this world the stronger you are, the longer your lifespan is, it is not abnormal that the people of this world lived several centuries, only ordinary citizens had life expectancy similar to my previous world.

We entered and greet the man sitting in front of us behind a desk, the man raised his head and asked the employee to leave, leaving me alone with the boss, he got up and approached me, "My name is Doldo Mila, however, I think you at least know the name of your employer," he said with a touch of pride.

I just bowed down and introduced myself as Andrew, since that is my name in this world, Doldo attended and sat on the couch in the studio, but didn't offer me to sit down, just kept talking, "Andrew, I called you because I need your help", I quickly replied, "Mr. Doldo, whenever you need, it is something that I can do, I will be happy to help".

Doldo looked at me for a few seconds, and putting on a desolate expression, he sighed and said, "Andrew, I'll be honest, I've been married for 20 years and I've always loved my wife, however, over time we've had problems in our bedroom relationship, do you understand me?", listening to his story I could only get confused, I didn't understand why he revealed that to me, but I didn't allow my confusion to show in my face, I just attended.

"In recent years, my wife no longer generates emotion, so I have had to visit other women, however, I still love my wife, so I feel bad about enjoying other women when she does not receive affection from me" he keeps talking. While the story continued, I got more confused, but I kept listening to decipher the situation.

"As you will understand what I want to ask you, is to help with my wife, I would like you to be her roommate, in this way she would not feel lonely and I would be less guilty for being with other women", when Doldo said this, I could only be surprised, it was a strange request, so I began to analyze it.

To earn system points, this was a great opportunity, but I'd have to be a fool not to realize that no one would give their wife away for nothing, especially if he says he loves her as much as Doldo said, so I ask, "Your request is quite surprising, so I must ask, why me?"

Doldo laughed softly, after, a few seconds he calm down, and replied, "The employees of my mansion have been working for us for years, so my wife would never sleep with any of them, so I need you to be a new face, you are a young, disciplined, good worker, I also know you can read and write, so you are educated too, which makes you the perfect choice."

I hadn't said anything, I just stood there listening to Doldo and looking intently at his expressions, trying to see any hint of emotion that would give me any clue as to what he was up to, but I didn't find anything, so I just kept listening, "It's worth mentioning that this must be secret, obviously you will be transferred to work here at the house as my wife's butler to make things easier, plus I will pay you 1 small gold coin per month."

When he finished explaining, I immersed myself in thinking, the situation was strange, obviously, Doldo was up to something, but the problem was that I could no longer reject the offer, since he told me about his infidelity. I could only accept or he would kill me trying to hide what I knew.

Having figured that out, I could only bite the bullet and play along, but since I knew he was up to something I wouldn't play according to his plan, I had to analyze the situation and look for a way out, however, for now, I agree, "Okay, I'll help you, but Mr.

Doldo, you will understand, that, your wife will not just throw herself at me as soon as she sees me, so I hope you will give me some time to get to know her and try to fulfill her request".

All this was just an excuse, although my words were true, the truth was that I wanted to drag the matter until I found a way out, but Doldo only nodded and was happy inside, he didn't show any emotion on his face, he didn't want me to realize his plan.

Having concluded the meeting he said goodbye to me, gave me 5 small gold coins as a gift for accepting the task, and told me that he would pay as we agreed at the end of each month. He also told me that he would give me 3 months to get closer to his wife. Also told me that, I will receive a butler's uniform tomorrow when take me to meet her.

I just followed their game and left, due to this camouflaged promotion, also told me that I should not finish my day, so I went home, when I arrive home, I sat down to review what had happened in order to find a solution.

I have to admit I'm not the smartest person, but I'm definitely not stupid, after some thought the situation became clear to me, in this world polygamy is not abnormal, in fact it's a common standard for the rich and powerful, especially for men, therefore, someone like Doldo thanks to his wealth could easily have several wives or concubines.

The problem for him right now is that while he could pick up some concubines, he couldn't neglect his wife's needs, while this world's society is much more inclined to favor men, it's not like women don't have their rights, and power, there's where Doldo's problem lay.

This world had a society very similar to the medieval one in my ancient world, reputation is highly valued, so if Doldo takes concubines and plays with them frequently, but doesn't attend to his wife, his reputation would fall and he would be despised, it seems silly, but because that's the way this society is, it can cause a lot of damage.

In addition, Doldo's wife has her powers, in her family, after Doldo, she is the highest authority, therefore, she would have power over the concubines and although Doldo could disavow her if he does not take care of her properly, he plays with the concubines and puts them above his wife, the latter could sue her husband for adultery and he would have everything to lose.

Sounds weird, right? In a world where polygamy and concubines are accepted, how can you sue for adultery? Well, therein lies the power and rights of women, being someone's wife establishes you as the second authority in the family, but also as the first authority of the harem.

Although the harem belongs to the man, it is the wife who manages it, this does not mean that a wife can take out who she does not like or something like that, managing the harem means that the harem is never above the wife and if so, the wife can sue for adultery.

Now, what happens when there is more than one wife? Well, here the situation is more complex, a harem of wives is more complex, since all the wives have the same status before the law, at this point there are usually struggles of internal power, and depending on the husband's preference they have more or less authority, however, even the wife with less authority is over the harem of concubines.

I know it's confusing, but it's the reality of this world, that's why very few men have several wives, they usually have between 1 and 3 wives they prefer to have concubines instead, thus mitigating power struggles and having women available.

This is common knowledge, even the poor know it, that's why I know it, and therein lies Doldo's plan, although it seems that, he offers me his wife, the truth is that he wants me to make his wife to commit adultery, so he can get rid of her without trouble, consequently he would have them kill me at the same time.

Knowing his plan, I couldn't help, but get angry, in the end, he wants to bring me to death one way or another, but after a while I managed to calm down and start thinking of a way out of this situation.

After thinking for a long time, I could only find a solution, I had to side with Doldo's wife and come up with a way to fight back, I was sure, that, his wife must not be ignorant of her husband's infidelity, so there must have been some anger built up in her.