"...Ah!" Khuno had a lightbulb moment, he and his master only had one thing in common that Findley and Yuna didn’t.

"Sex, you want to establish a brothel."

"Yes and I want it be of high quality, a respectable establishment fully endorsed by the council and centred around these women." Frost wanted to do it proper, to avoid creating a place of ill repute that would only be suitable for a slum or adjacent to a slum like in Furano and to a lesser degree Kranor. The host building would be grand and beautiful, the services offered sublime and memorable, a place where a person would feel proud upon both entering and leaving.

"I’m on board with the idea of a brothel being officially managed by us Master but our clientele aren’t exactly the wealthiest, most of the adventurers here hover between F and E-rank." Any money they managed to scrimp away would quickly be laundered into new equipment, restocking of supplies, rent, food, alcohol and only if there was a little left would they deign to reward themselves with a visit to such a facility.

"I’m aware Khuno but I have no intentions in changing the focus of the brothel as the employees working there will be of the highest quality." To offer anything subpar would be an insult to those women.

"Highest quality? Are they that beautiful?" Khuno immediately thought of his Maressa, now that was true highest quality.

"Yes they are Khuno." Even with the amount of cloth covering their bodies it wasn’t hard to imagine how ravishing each of the maidens were beneath, their beauty easily piercing through any barrier. "But that’s only part of the reason, it’s what dwells inside them that truly makes them perfect for this type of work."

"....." Findley and Khuno both frowned, failing to follow Frost’s train of thought only Yuna appeared to have an inkling. Out of the three of them she was the only one who had spent time with them in close proximity and that allowed her to draw some conclusions. Their beauty was obvious but on a deeper level she felt an innate pressure, not from their battle capabilities of course as even Neve the strongest of the maidens was far below Yuna in terms of strength, no the warning she felt came from her intuition as a woman. Although the exact why eluded her she knew that the Lunar Maidens shouldn’t be underestimated.

"What are they Master?" Yuna asked curiously, keen to better understand why she felt threatened by this group of weaklings.

"Have you ever heard or read about the Lunar Maidens?"

All three of them shook their heads which was to be expected, even he their master didn’t know of them beforehand so why would they.

"What about the succubae?"

"Isn’t lady Daki part succubus?" Findley added.

"Yes she is Findley and do you perhaps know what being a succubus entails?"

"Sorry Master I don’t" His momentary pride at knowing an answer quashed the very next second.

"That’s alright, I’ll explain it now. Succubae are a race of monsters with demonic origins but unlike most of their kin who are the epitome of savagery, carnage and destruction they symbolise the desire of lust and are therefore inherently beautiful, able to appear enchanting to all manner of races." Pure blood succubae were masters of illusion and form shifting, talents they used to enthral their targets regardless of their species or even gender.

"In fact they symbolise lust so well that they actually feast upon sexual energy for nourishment, sex and sexual activities are actually part of their diet and their means to grow more powerful." By this point Frost was already playing with his expressions mainly to tease Yuna who started blushing the moment he brought up the words ’lust’ and ’sex’.

"Is that why you’re so ’enthusiastic’ with Lady Daki?" Commented Khuno with a sly grin.

".....Maressa’s really brought you out of your shell hasn’t she Khuno?" His knight like Ronso Captain used to be all business and protocols yet here he was making jokes about his Master’s sex life.

"I’m starting to think she might have a little succubus blood in her too." Khuno noticed that his girlfriend tended to glow and look far more luscious after they had sex, perhaps it was because she was feasting on his energy like a succubus would.

"....."

"....."

After a brief stunned silence Frost stretched out his fist and said, "Pound it."

"Master?" Khuno didn’t understand the instruction.

"It’s something Sam and Yarrow taught me. An impressive sexual brag demands recognition i.e. a light pounding of the fists."

"Like this?" Khuno knocked his fist against Frost’s, just hard enough to make a sound but not hard enough to hurt.

"Yep."

"Hmm I enjoyed that."

"Me too we should do it more often."

"Why do I have the sudden urge to smack both of you?" Yuna felt angry for some reason while Findley felt left out, he even discreetly bumped his own fists together.

"That also checks out."

"....."

"....."

"Ok back to the point I was getting at." Yuna’s gaze was starting bore a hole through Frost’s skull.

"The women I brought with me, they can be considered a type of succubae, known informally amongst other races as the succubae of the north and just like their kin they can feast on sexual energy thus making them the ideal candidates for such work." He probably took a longer route than necessary to reach this point, but he got there in the end.

"Will people go out of their way to reach our brothel if we employ these...Lunar maidens was it?" Queried Findley still struggling somewhat to understand the appeal.

"Yes they most certainly will Findley I can guarantee it." Frost did some research before he left the realm of Niflheim and learned just how desirable Lunar maidens truly were throughout not just the Glacial mountains or even the Yangmir continent but across the entirety of Nova. He had very good reason to have the caravan travel discreetly through the external regions, avoiding all camps and heavily trafficked paths. He wouldn’t even be surprised if these women end up drawing more jealousy to his city than the introduction of B-rank monsters.

"How many are you intending to employ in the brothel? And will they become subjected to the Dungeon or remain free willed?" Khuno got right down to the specifics, his mind already planning for the future.

"Good question, I intend to employ all of the adults for the brothel, enrol the children in one of the schools and ideally turn them all into the Dungeon’s direct subjects but I first need to discuss this with their leader Neve." The Lunar maidens had some inkling as to what their duties would be but the particulars were still up in the air.

"You’re giving them a choice?" This time it was Yuna who was puzzled wouldn’t her master’s plans be dead in the water if they refused.

"Yes Yuna, I do not like the idea of being seen as a tyrant so yes I will be offering them a choice. They can either follow my will completely and rise to greatness or remain free and receive the bare minimum of my support." Anyone with a decent head on their shoulders would choose the former but the fact that there was a choice alone spoke volumes of Frost’s intentions. It showed that he valued them, respected them but was not beholden to them nor did he necessarily need them.

"What does minimum support look like?" Yuna wasn’t quite convinced, irked by the possibility of these women rejecting her beloved master.

"I will provide them a place to live but they will have to earn their keep through work just like everyone else, I’ll protect them from outside threats such as bandits, illegal slavers and even unsavoury nobles but if need be I will forcibly conscript them as soldiers for the Dungeon." Circumstances not so dissimilar from Niflheim’s current residents.

"And if they choose to follow your will completely?"

"Everything, they will not want for shelter, food, safety, entertainment, education and most importantly growth. I will ensure that their race returns their prime, to once again stand at the top of the food chain." Frost’s eyes radiated a fierce passion and an unwavering determination as he spoke, a vow he would uphold no matter the obstacle.

Findley and Khuno were immediately convinced, they nodded their heads in agreement, but Yuna still couldn’t shake her doubts. Something about the Lunar maidens just didn’t seem right.

"Is there any reason why they wouldn’t accept your offer Master?" She couldn’t resist, her curiosity demanding that she unearth every stone.

"Hehehe....maybe a small one." Frost let a hollow laugh not expecting to be grilled so hard at the onset of the discussion. "Although I’ve done my best to alter their mindset it’s difficult to fully uproot traditions that have been in place for thousands of years over the course of several days."

"....What traditions."

"Hehehe you’re gonna a get kick out this." Another hollow laugh escaped his lips. "....They abhor lust and deny pretty much everything that’s related to sex."

""What?"" The expressions on Findley, Khuno and Yuna’s faces were priceless.

"I know right, so weird a succubus that doesn’t like sex, I was as surprised as you are right now when I learned of it." Frost played the fool, shrugging his shoulders as if he just said something innocent and innocuous.

""MASTER!!!""