This rejection was surprising to not just the Archduke's Son Gregory but also to the ladies who were with him. The shocked expression on their faces was quite clear.
But Gregory actually showed some guts and managed to control himself. He then suddenly apologied and told the ladies that he had forgotten himself in his excitement.
Gregory was not stupid. Looking at the faces of the ladies, he had immediately understood that there was nothing he could say that would convince these ladies to stay with him.
So without making a fool of himself, he decided to give up on getting the best possible result. At the same time, he used his life force to impact his bones which gave him a short lasting but intense pain.
This way, his lustful and hyper active mind finally started to come down.
Just like how the nobility of the Brightshine kingdom was obsessed with sex, the nobility here was also obsessed with bodily pleasure but they paired that up with drugs.
