RISE OF EROS

Damon didn't accept, nor did he deny that his father was a demigod, but Andrew thought that from his calm response, the rumors Oliver had heard were probably true.

"May I ask, what kind of business?" Andrew asked with a slightly more serious tone. Before, he had been acting with the aim of not being taken as a weak and inexperienced young man, but he had noticed that Damon did not treat him as such.

It was quite obvious that Damon treated him with respect from the beginning. Although with his Eros eyes, Andrew could tell that Damon was not unconditional with him, he was at least honest with his words and actions, which was more than enough.

"I'm afraid to say that you will have to meet him to find out," Damon replied without giving any information, which made Andrew and the others wrinkle their eyebrows, but before they could say anything Damon added, "But I can tell you in advance, that we may be able to help you with a suitable place for your business."

Hearing this, everyone was on guard, because the fact that they knew that Andrew and the others were looking for a place to establish a Heavenly Palace, showed that they had been watching them for a long time.

Even Oliver was surprised because he had not noticed anyone following them, but it was impossible for them to discover that it was Elidyr who had given this information to Zaros, no one was following them.

"I apologize, Duke Pixoy, but why would you help us with that?" Andrew continued to ask, more cautiously this time, and before Damon could answer, Andrew continued saying, "We don't know each other and honestly, it's suspicious that you approach us this way."

"I understand your concerns and I would love to answer your questions, but I really don't know the answers," Damon said sincerely, surprising Andrew and the others.

Aki and Zany even looked at Andrew as if asking, "Is he lying so blatantly?", but Andrew, who looked at Damon's aura with his Eros eyes, could see that he wasn't lying.

Damon, who could read Andrew and his wives' expressions like a book, smiled and said, "We really don't have any bad intentions. I'm sure that when you meet my father you will understand everything and we will also help you with your business, I hope you accept."

Every brain cell told Andrew that he should not accept this invitation, as there were many uncertainties and it was dangerous, but his instinct told him otherwise and the latter was stronger because Andrew ended up accepting the invitation.

Oliver, although he wanted to refuse, preferred to remain silent when he saw Andrew accept. He believed that Andrew must have a reason, so he did not intervene if he had known that Andrew accepted based on a feeling he would have hit him on the head.

With that settled, Damon thanked him for accepting and telling him that he would send a carriage in the afternoon to pick him up, he said goodbye. Once Damon had left, Oliver could not contain himself and asked, "Why did you accept?"

Andrew looked at Oliver with a strange expression and a little reluctant said, "Ehh, I felt that I should." Aki and Zany laughed when they heard this, not expecting such a response, but Oliver had a dark expression.

Looking at Andrew with clear annoyance, he said in a serious tone, "Young master, are you kidding me?" Seeing how angry Oliver was, Andrew began to sweat from his nerves.

Under such pressure, Andrew began to speak quickly trying to calm him down, because it seemed that Oliver wanted to kill him, "Relax, the duke wasn't lying and he doesn't have bad intentions either. Besides, if his father is really a demigod, there's no way to escape, they could capture us at any time, at least they approached diplomatically."

Although all the reasons he had given were true, Oliver couldn't get the thought out of his head that they were all reasonable excuses that Andrew was found to justify that he made an important decision based on a feeling.

Unfortunately, the reasons were valid and Oliver had no choice but to accept what Andrew had decided. For his part, Andrew was sweating coldly from the nerves of seeing how Oliver would react.

Oliver has always been respectful towards Andrew, to the point that Andrew feels uncomfortable at times, as he prefers him to be more approachable and natural, but Oliver has always scolded him when he makes a mistake and in a quite brutal way.

This was why he was nervous, as he did not know how Oliver would punish him this time, but seeing him sigh in resignation, Andrew breathed a sigh of relief, as he understood that Oliver accepted his reasoning in this matter.

While they were discussing this matter, a scandal had already been created in the city. Although Damon being the Duke of the territory takes care of many business and security matters, it is usually the others who go to him and not the other way around.

That's why everyone was shocked when news spread that the duke had gotten close to a young foreigner. All the forces in the city immediately sent their men to investigate Andrew and his companions.

Within minutes after Damon left, the inn where Andrew and the others were staying was surrounded by spies looking for information.

Even Aki, who was the weakest of them, noticed the incredible number of people staring at them. So many eyes on them made them feel uncomfortable and Andrew started to get a headache.

Andrew was about to ask Oliver to chase those people away, but when he looked at Oliver he saw him wrinkling his eyebrows. Curious, he asked, "Is something wrong?" to which Oliver replied, "I was thinking that the duke's influence in the city is huge."

At the comment, Andrew just wrinkled his eyebrows in confusion. He didn't understand Oliver's comment and then said, "Well, that's obvious, it's the duke." Oliver smiled as he listened to Andrew and shook his head as he began to explain his thoughts.

"That's not what I meant. Did you realize that it was only minutes after he left before all these people showed up?" Oliver asked and that was when Andrew realized.

Aki and Zany, although they listened, were casual. These two girls are muscle heads, so thinking wasn't their strong suit, so they sat quietly drinking tea and eating cookies, watching as Oliver and Andrew racked their brains analyzing the situation.

"Although it's true that, being the ruler of this place, he is influential, but I don't think even the king of a country would create such a stir by visiting someone," Oliver continued.

Andrew now understood what Oliver was saying and it really did seem strange. Damon's popularity seemed too strong and this made him curious, but it was impossible for them to understand the reason.

Although they thought for a moment, they eventually gave up, as it was impossible for them to find the reason at that moment. Once they gave up on that, Andrew said to Oliver, "Well, we'll know in time, but for now, can you shoo away the flies? They're annoying."

Oliver smiled as he listened to Andrew and effortlessly released his aura with a bit of hostility enveloping the surroundings making all the spies watching them feel a chill down their spines.

These men weren't stupid. They had been sent to observe Andrew and his companions, but upon sensing Oliver's aura they understood that they had been discovered and were being given a warning.

They weren't brave enough to stay after that and quickly fled. Among them were some experts and yet they fled. Only two people remained unfazed.
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Although Oliver's aura didn't reach where they were, it wasn't difficult for them to understand Oliver's power. These were Abigale and Damon who kept watch from afar to make sure Andrew and the others weren't bothered too much.

They knew of Damon's popularity in the city, so they knew that with Damon visiting Andrew, many would surely come to watch. For this reason, they stayed close to prevent some unscrupulous people from getting out of line.

Obviously, they knew that Andrew and his companions were not weak, but it was not a matter of strength but of respect. They were being harassed, because of Damon, so he had to prevent things from getting out of hand.

Fortunately, they had only sent people to watch and investigate, which was acceptable and so Damon and his wife just remained hidden. However, as they felt Oliver spreading his aura, they measured his strength.

"He is quite strong," Abigale said and Damon nodded in agreement; "Yes. When I saw him I thought he was strong, but it seems I still underestimated him." Abigale expressionlessly spoke again, "Well, it is not a problem, he is still inferior to us."

"Do you realize that we are centuries old and that young man is only decades?" Damon said denying what his wife had just said and although he was right, his wife did not appreciate his comment and looking at him with annoyance asked, "Who are you calling old?"

Damon seeing his wife's cold look, quickly began to calm her down with praise and sweet words, because he knew that his wife was dangerous when she got into this mood.

No woman, no matter the world, can be spoken to about age and weight, those are taboo subjects and if you don't want to die, you better keep that in mind. Not even the powerful and popular Duke of Cannes dared, so he quickly began to please his wife by mentioning the centuries of age they had.

They weren't the only ones looking at the situation seriously. At a similar distance, but in another direction, a woman hidden in a black robe with a veil of the same color looked in the direction of the inn where Andrew was staying and with a look of intrigue that couldn't be noticed through the veil, she murmured, "Interesting."