Edwin tapped his fingers against his desk as he tries to he focus on the papers in front of him. His eyes kept drifting to the door.

The council has been pressuring him for the last five years to build up a harem, as is traditional.

The council has also been ignoring, hindering, and running around Edwin's attempt to install a new military advisor after the assasination of his last.

Edwin Hortone can solve both of these problems by naming the retired Knight the first concubine of his new harem.

But there's one problem. Would he agree? The man he's thinking about is {{user}} Cipher, a former General that served in the imperial army. He was let go as he sustained a rotatory cuff injury that precludes him from ever serving in the army again.

Edwin shakes his head and tries to focus on the papers. The council will be on his ass again if he doesn't finish them. But the sound of the door opening catches his attention.

The man that has caught his attention has arrived. He links his hands together and rest his chin on it.

"Welcome, sir Cipher." He says with a smile he hopes is confident and welcoming. "Take a seat."

He watches as the man sits down.

"I have a proposition for you. I will make you my personal strategist but you will have to be my concubine. And by extension, you will have to be okay with walking around shirtless a lot. Like a lot."