Nightmare of a Young Man

Laurent was the third son of a baron from a city far from Musteronis. As someone who had near no chance to inherit the noble title from his father, he left home when he was 19 years old. Fortunately, his mother who was a daughter of a rich merchant gave him some of her jewelries to sell to start a new life.

Laurent looked for a cousin who was a merchant under his grandfather's company to help him sell the jewelries. His cousin was about to travel to Musteronis at that time so he tagged along with him since he had not decided what to do. In Musteronis, his cousin took him to a young widowed noble he knew to sell the jewelries.

Seeing the young and handsome Laurent, the lady took an interest on him. She bought some jewelries from him. Moreover, she invited him for dinner from time to time. At first, she invited both his cousin and him. And later, she invited him alone. She soon learnt many things about Laurent. She learnt that he was a noble who had left his father's house, that he had a big interest in arts, that he might have to join his grandfather's company since he could not think of anything better, etc.

Once she was close enough with him, she introduced him a young man who was about the same age as him. Laurent was surprised to see that the young man had dignified manners and deep knowledge on arts although he was not a noble. The lady revealed later that the young man was a high-class courtesan and he was well-trained in the mannerism and arts to court the nobles.

She, then, persuaded Laurent to become a courtesan stating that he could live well; well enough to continue his pursuit of arts. She also promised to help him get some clients if he decided to become a courtesan. She emphasized that since he was handsome, a noble himself, and good in arts so he would no longer need special training.

The young Laurent was swayed by the lady's words and decided to follow her ideas. He bought a house in Musteronis with the money he got from selling jewelries. The lady became his patron and they spend a long time together before she introduced him to other noble ladies as she promised. Unfortunately, though he was the apple of the lady's eye, he was not quite the type of other ladies. He only got hired once in a while. He only managed to made a living by selling his paintings.

However, everything changed when the war broke. Food became more expensive and people no longer spend money on art crafts. Even the lady who liked him did not hire him for a long time. Laurent had to lower the number of servants in his house. He even sold off his art collections at low prices. But the war was still going on and he ran out of things to sell except his house!

That was the time when he heard the second young lord of the Mustero household offered a large sum of 45 silver coins to a male courtesan. He heard that, while the nobles paid great attention to their dignity and hired only the high-class courtesans, said young lord bluntly summoned girls from brothels to his house. He also knew that the young sir also hired a male prostitute just recently. At that time, he had no reason to be involved with him.

But now he wanted a high-class male courtesan! Laurent saw this as an opportunity for him before he had to sell off his house. Selling the house was his last resort. After selling it, his life as a courtesan would be over and he had to say goodbye to painting that he loved. He would then have to find a job. As someone who had live his whole life like a nobleman, he could not imagine himself doing manual labour.

"If I can hold on for two more months, maybe, the war will be over and everything will return to how it was before the war." His mind was clouded by his delusion. "If I can get that 45 silver coins, it'll work out somehow!"

Desperately, he went to the courtyard of the duke knowing well that the courtesans that were offered had completely different facial and body features from him. Even so, he wanted to cling onto the last hope. He had not considered what might happen after he was actually hired.

As for the result, he was now burrowing his head into the pillow in shame. Never had he felt such humiliation before. Even when the ladies with weird tastes made him do things, he was not this humiliated. He wanted to run away from the house as fast as he could. But after debating in his mind for a whole day, the side of his mind, that wanted the promised 50 silver coins, won.

"Even if he humiliates me, I have to endure. Just 2 weeks… if I endure just 12 more days, I will earn a lot and be free. After all, there can't be anything worse than yesterday! I'll be fine." He steeled himself.

His chaotic mind finally found peace after he made a resolve. Shortly after then, he fell asleep. He had a dream. He dreamt the time he was tightly tied. He could not see anything; everything around him was in darkness. Something entered into him from behind. He tried to break free but he could not. He trembled in fear. Then he saw the master of the house smirking at him.

Laurent woke up from his dream. His shirt was drenched in sweat.

"Why do I have such nightmare?" He sighed.

He sat on the bed. He felt his bottom was itching. But he could not care that because he smelled something fishy. When he got up to find where the smell was coming from, his pants stuck to his crotch and it was cold.

"Don't tell me!" He murmured in shock.

He looked down nervously and he saw that his pants were soaked through around his crotch!