Notably, just east of Mezzo Fire Restaurant, leaving Festival Square, is the Wallflower District of the territory. This is a wealthy residential area, filled with knights' luxurious mansions and quiet streets. Due to the Empire's martial nature, it carries a certain military characteristic.

The reason for specifically mentioning this affluent community is that it is currently one of the territory's important sources of financial income.

The buildings within were all crafted by Su Li, who assigned dwarf engineers and ogre construction teams to design them in the style of the Empire's elector capital.

The lowest price for a mansion in the Wallflower District starts at 500 Golden Crowns, a price so high that even knights couldn't afford a single set even if they sold themselves.

Which is naturally expected, as this luxurious residential area was never targeted at them. Even Champion Knights find it difficult to purchase such a mansion. Given their monthly salary of 20 Golden Crowns, they'd need to go without food or drink for 25 months to buy one. But this is impossible since, although they can rely completely on the military camp without food or drink, their attendants, servitors, and servants certainly can't sustain that.

This situation carries some resentment for Freya. The Corona Knight Order, although wealthy with merchant and noble supporters, has its funds earmarked for expanding the knight order's scale and strengthening its capabilities, not for the knights to enjoy.

As the Deputy Leader, Freya's salary is as high as 30 Golden Crowns, yet buying such a residence is challenging for her, and so she can only reside at the Corona Knight Order's branch routinely.

The living environment here is indeed not inferior to the Wallflower District, but in terms of privacy, it's vastly lacking.

Her every move is scrutinized, every time she enters Heisen Castle to satiate those beastly desires of Su Li, other Corona Knights can see it.

The ambiguous relationship and gossip between the Corona Knight Order's Deputy Leader and the Lord of Hesse Territory are delightful gossip among all knights and Fiery Sun Goddess Church followers.

Su Li remains unaware of Freya's troubles, this woman appears each time with an icy, stunningly beautiful face, showing no signs of thought. Only when Su Li has a firm grip on her does her face and body flush, emotions shifting slightly, pleading tearfully.

This only makes Su Li increasingly fond of teasing this cold-as-ice beauty. As soon as she steps into the room, Su Li immediately greets her.

The colder and prouder she is, the more Su Li enjoys intimate teasing with her.

Perhaps all men have such peculiar whims, dragging virtuous women into the depths, persuading women of the dust to reform.

No, it's different when it's your own woman, perhaps it's the thrill of desecrating the noble and the sacred.

But anyway, Su Li loves watching her cold and aloof demeanor toward everyone, yet only in front of him does she show helpless tenderness.

So, walking up to her, Su Li directly held her, wrapped his right arm around her slender waist, and kissed her cherry lips until five minutes later when Freya's legs became somewhat weak, her body feverish, her cheeks and neck flushed, did Su Li release her, asking: "Set aside your work and accompany me for a stroll, any issue with that?"

Freya breathed rapidly, her frosty, icy countenance having melted into the shy charm of a snow lotus flower, her bright eyes hazy, gazing at Su Li, she said: "I am a Church Knight, in principle it isn't allowed... but for you, it's hard to refuse."

Su Li held her tight, as if wanting to completely envelop her in his chest, saying: "Why not become my courtier, where there aren't so many principles."

Freya's hazy eyes immediately became clearer, she firmly shook her head, saying: "I don't want to become a woman reliant on a man to survive. I joined the Church Knight Order to prove that women are no weaker than men."

"Exactly, exactly," Su Li swiftly said: "Women hold up half the sky."

Women hold up half the sky, but only when women truly participate in labor! Just like during the time this phrase emerged, true gender equality was realized, factories treated everyone equally.

Not when men become corporate slaves and women chase hobbies like traveling, baking, cooking, gardening, tea ceremonies, fitness, or even clubbing.

This world fares well because regardless of gender, everyone must go to battlefield. The beastman's war axe won't spare you for being a woman. That notion of not hitting women is an Oriental naiveté. True respect for women is considering her a worthy opponent, giving one's all!

Furthermore, exploitation affects both men and women equally, men and women are brutally treated alike. Women might suffer more, having to labor the land like men and still fulfill the desires of the nobles.

Regardless of whether or not there's a matter of droit du seigneur, these people are the property of the nobles. The nobles' desires to enjoy them cannot be resisted. The absence of tragedies is solely because knights want to preserve their supposed pride and nobility, avoiding intimate relations with these lowly slaves lest they tarnish their bodies, besmirching their noble reputations.

Even Su Li having had relations with Philis, a farmer's daughter, continues to be ridiculed secretly by many territory merchants and knights.

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