Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!
Chapter 158 - 158 - Avoiding further troubles

The bath attendant assigned to me was by far the best looking man I saw in this territory so far. Well, only second to Lark to be honest.

There were also a few others that are quite good-looking like one of those roving guards I saw near the market and there was also another one who works for another team with the same job I have at the port. It was as expected since I have already gotten quite used to the generally above average looks of the men in this world. If I wasn't exposed to more good-looking men before (also known as my husbands and the four sleeping beauties), I would have drooled after them. I may have ended up being tempted enough to touch that bath attendant.

It was quite obvious that he purposely wore sheer clothing and when I continued to not pay any attention to him, he then purposely (I really saw it!) got his clothes wet in some places so the already sheer clothes will stick to his skin and show more of his more private body parts. It was as if he was testing the limits of the self-control that his clients have just for fun. Too bad for him, his plans didn't work even until my bath already ended.

I immediately sent him out of the private bath after all the tasks I assigned to him were completed. It was a quiet and peaceful encounter for me which is the total opposite for the other party if you see this guy's scowling face.

Why does he look so pissed though? I simply treated him as a normal, decent and sane woman should but somehow he didn't like how everyhing is happening.

Men in this territory are definitely weird. Does it mean that he wants the opposite to happen?

As for the bath, both of us stayed silent throughout the event and I just let the awkwardness linger since I don't really care much about it. I did not introduce myself nor ask for his name. I only gave instructions and then stayed silent till the end.

It is not that I am not attracted to his face or his body for that matter but his scheming nature is honestly kind of a turn-off for me. Besides, when you couldn't even touch or have a taste of a man, it's pointless to give them any attention. I would have ogled him all I want if he was mine because I know we can do something more fun afterwards but the fact is that he isn't so why bother? It will just be unnecessary effort on my part.

I also needed to think on what I'll do next with the rest of my time especially since I have to stay out of the house till late evening. The silence lingered until he finished all his tasks and once he did, I sent him out of the private room inmediately which evidently made him even more pissed as it was really showing on his face. Did he perhaps wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?

I immediately dried myself up and wore my clothes in case that scheming guy create stories of how I angered him. Though it was true, I don't think I did something to have caused it. I didn't touch him! Let's just focus on my plans for the day instead.

In the past few weeks, I have gifted this territory two level 10 barriers (one for the HQ and one to envelop the whole territory) and three storage spaces that will keep the food and other important materials fresh for an indefinite period of time.

One was in the main food storage space of Noir inside the headquarters, the other one is in the military barracks where weapons, medicine, poisons and food are kept for their trained members and the last one went to the community feeding center to keep the ingredients fresh. I also gifted some useful recipes in the feeding center so the menu will be more budget-friendly and at the same time, it will keep the people they will be feeding healthy.

At the last minute, I decided to visit the community feeding center instead out of all those places in my mind. They are always in need of extra hands anyways especially now that it is almost lunch time.

I arrived at the community feeding center after leisurely walking for about 10 minutes from the bath house. The first thing I did is check on the menu that they have decided on for the current week. I immediately noticed that it was way more balanced than before and it was a delightful mix of healthy food and savory dishes which vary in terms of taste and choice of ingredients.

I also checked the inventory of ingredients and it was complete as well. Noir really made sure that this place is stocked up everyday and was ready for use. I will just help them to prepare the ingredients then so at least to lighten their workload.

Washing ingredients and chopping them to the right sizes is quite easy for an intermediate chef like me. This should make the prep time for each meal shorter so the people can eat even just half an hour earlier.

Since it was almost 11am, there are already several people working in the kitchen to serve lunch. I was actually happy that there seem to be enough working hands today. Maybe because it was a Sunday?

It kind of makes me happy that people will still consider working here especially with the menial pay. It just means that they simply want to help migrants any way they could.

I greeted them all with a smile since most of them have worked with me during weekdays. I went straight to ingredients storage and prep area. I told the manager of the place that I will just do advanced prep of the ingredients for the next meals and they can just continue whatever they were doing. They can just ask me for any help if they need extra hands.

They already had their own system and rhythm for the current meal prep so I don't want to disturb that. I started washing the cooking ingredients and cut them to the required shapes and sizes. I did this activity silently for the next 2 hours to keep my mind off of Lark.

After the community center, I ate my late lunch at the territory-owned restaurant. It was more like of an ocular inspection to see if they are doing well with the improved menu I created and the improvements on the existing dishes they had on the menu as well. So far, they are doing better than I expected. I also passed by the territory-owned bakery and saw that they have started selling the baked goods from the recipes I provided too.

With the additional funding I provided over a week ago, Noir immediately worked on the sewage system that I proposed, better quality roads and reinforced walls as well. The uniforms that the territory guards used were all new and new weapons were also purchased. I also advised them to put purifying orbs that I created on all the wells and the main water source of the territory. I do not want to risk any epidemics or poisoning to happen.

This was supposed to be my day off but here I am, inspecting the improvements I asked from thre elders. I also saw them clearing up the grounds where the school will be built in the near future. They are quite diligent (I even feel excitement from them) in doing their tasks so I feel great helping them out in my own little ways. I finished going around the city and doing the inspections in the middle of the afternoon.

I did tell Lark that I will go to the Noir headquarters so I decided to finally go there after walking around aimlessly. A meeting with the elders have immediately been set upon my arrival in the headquarters. I gave my feedback on the things I have seen today and also some suggestions on how to better improve the lives of the people in the territory.

They have also consulted a ton of things to me regarding the every day management of the organization since the current leader is either absent or uninterested. They invited me to have dinner in the headquarters as their way of showing their hospitality and appreciation for all my help which I immediately accepted.

The ones who prepared the food looked eager to get my feedback on the food that they cooked as well. I gave my honest feedback as well as suggestions since these 4 cooks are my official apprentices. I needed 16 more to be able to get my Master certification which is very challenging for me so me coming here became a blessing in disguise.

After dinner, I bid my goodbyes and once I am out of the headquarters, I realized that I still don't want to go home. I am not guilty about what I did with Lark. I actually have a strong feeling that he expected more things to happen so he may have been disappointed since I didn't go through the whole thing.

I am actually scared that I will do worse once I see him right now. My hunger for intimacy hasn't fully settled just yet. If it was possible to not see him for a few days, I would have done so. Then, I remembered some of the things that Lia and Nische suggested to me before. Should I go with that plan instead?