Well Delilah had asked for you and Lucia sending just her in might be rude

You give Belle a smile. "Sorry he won't." And follow Lucia through the door. Belle let out a soft chuckle and you felt her eyes on your ass as the door closed.

"It's just through here." Lucia pointed down the narrow corridor to a closed door but didn't walk forwards, instead she turned to face you. "Please don't be Trouble." She had a serious look on her face which convinced you to not say anything to mess with her.

"I won't." Lucia stared at you for a few more seconds then walked to the door. She you another stare before opening it.

"Lucia my wonderful girl!" Delilah's voice greeted her the moment she stepped inside. You followed after her into a small office. It fit the three of you, a desk and one chair on either side of it. You had expected something a bit more spacious, maybe even with a plant in the corner or something.

Lucia bowed slightly and was wrapped in a hug looking very awkward with hand not hugging back. "Thank you for having me Mistress." She said as Delilah let her go.

"And you brought your friend." Delilah looked at you and gave you a once over. "And dressed him up. You're angling to be a wonderful investment my dear."

Delilah squeezed back behind her desk and sat down. Lucia looked at you then jumped into the other seat laving you to stand. "Thank you Mistress. Have you gotten any performance offers?" There was a nervousness to Lucia you hadn't seen before. Even when she first met Vatarie and was paralyzed with meeting her celebrity crush in real life she hadn't felt this nervous.

Delilah opened a drew and pulled out a stack of papers placing them on the desk. "Enough to keep you working for the rest of the year." Lucia reached for the paper then hesitated and looked at Delilah who gave her a nod. The papers were snatched up and flipped through. The nervousness was soon replaced with excitement. "Every festival host has sent you an offer, three of them competing. Two offers for exclusive performance rights. Eight one time shows. And," she pulled out a letter and held it up attracting Lucia's attention.

There was a wax seal on it but you didn't recognise the seal, not that you remembered basically any noble seals, you were pretty shaky on what your own was. "Is that?" Lucia reached forwards and Delilah pulled the letter back.

"The Royal Master of Ceremonies heard about your performance and have given you an offer. Who's the best Sponsor?" Delilah asked moving the letter up and down to make Lucia nod with her eyes locked on the seal.

"You Mistress." Lucia said and the letter was extended. She grabbed and ripped it open eyes darting over the contents, the rest of the papers forgotten.

You don't think that seal is the royal seal so maybe the Royal MC has their own, or it's the name of company or specific theater and Royal is merely the title, like the Royal pub or Royal warehouse. If it is connected to the actual Royals you wonder if Anastasia had a hand in this. Thinking about it you doubt that is the case, you aren't even sure Anastasia knows Lucia exists even though they've met.

"And you," Delilah looked at you for the first time since she greeted you, "know how to prove it." She smiled at you and her eyes roamed your body. "I take it you don't have any, appointments after this." She pushed her chair back and rubbed her hand on the desk in front of her clearly offering you somewhere to sit.

Well you can't say you didn't expect this. On the other hand you'd would have liked if at least some of your exploits had gotten out of the Academy by now, you'd accidentally summoned a miniature sun a few days ago, just because no one had seen you do it personally didn't mean it should just be ignored entirely.

You nudged Lucia and she didn't react absorbed with the third reading of the letter. Delilah cleared her throat and Lucia looked up. "Sorry Mistress." Lucia said offering the letter back to Delilah.

"Lucia you might need to clarify a few things." You said making her look at you.

"Huh?" She asked then looked at Delilah for clarification.

"Don't worry, I don't expect her to have paid for your services twice." Delilah reached into her desk again and took out a coin purse. "A, handsome man like you must be quite expensive after all."

Lucia looked between the two of you for a moment before realisation kicked in. From the sudden whiteness to her features you think that also kicked her memory back into gear and your bath time discussion returned to her. "STOP!" She shouted standing up making Delilah looked at her. "He - He's acatually a Duke's son, not a, um," she lowered her voice, "whore."

Delilah looked at her for a long moment with a bemused expression. When looked at you and saw your nodding her expression fell slightly. "What?" She blinked a few times as her treatment of you came back into her mind. "He is?"

"Extier Plains. I'm in the Capital at Princess Anastasia's request. And don't worry about anything, it's not like I couldn't have walked away whenever I wanted." You hoped that would calm Delilah down because she was starting to hyperventilate. "And as you said it's not like my performance impacted Lucia's in any way."

Delilah looked to calm down a little. "I am so sorry Your Lordship." She pulled her chair back to her desk keeping her eyes down.

"Don't," you wave your hand to try and stop the worry when Lucia interrupts.

"It's ok Mistress, he wouldn't be friends with me if he was like other nobles." Lucia said.

Delilah looked between you and Lucia her breathing starting to calm down. "If there is any way I can make up." You cut her off with a wave of your hand and the instant shut mouth at your command is very new.

"Don't worry about it, I had a lot of fun, and it was in a way flattering to hear how expensive I would be." You chuckle and Delilah relaxes a bit more. "Besides you're an attractive woman, hardly an unpleasant experience."

Delilah blushed a little at your compliment. "I, thank you your."

"Christopher." You cut her off.

"Christopher." Delilah breathed a bit easier. "Lucia thank your for coming by, Belle has the details of your next performance." She stood and waved to the door. "Christopher I hope you will be at her next performance."

"Me too." You said with a wink as you opened the door and Lucia ran out of it, not wanting to be involved with you and her sponsor flirting.

"Since you didn't mind." Delilah called out and you looked at her. She moved her chair back again and tapped the coin purse that was still on her desk. "That purse is rather heavy, I didn't empty yours last time."

"Are you proposing to pay a noble for sex?"

Delilah's chin waved for a moment and she let out a heavy breath. "Yes."

You hesitated. You hadn't expected her to come out an say that, you figured your teasing would return her to her slightly worried state not encourage her. Now it was your turn to have memories returned. Mostly about how you didn't want to do something like this because you didn't want to risk rumours of you being a whore to spread. However it was just you and Delilah and if you didn't take the money it would just be role-play.