Confusion

Jason stepped out of the Limo, perplexed and awestruck. A majestic mansion stood in front of him, complete with white fountains spewing clear streams of water. Along the pathway he and Luna walked, rows of roses and tulips were planted. Numerous servants in butler and maid attire stood on the side, bowing to welcome Luna and him.

Luna smiled comfortably as she walked down the stone-paved path, greeting the mansion's servants. She turned around to face Jason, who was still staring around with his mouth slightly open. It was quite luxurious, and Jason couldn't help but be impressed by the massive mansion and the numerous details that had been laid out.

Jason had only seen one other mansion like it in his entire life, and that was the Rose family's mansion.

A butler, similar to the one Arjuna had met in WOW, stood near the mansion's entrance. He bowed his head and quietly opened the large door, which was adorned with glass and gold strips running down it.

The butler opened it to reveal a huge room with a velvet carpet running down the center, chandeliers decorated with pearls and glass hung from the ceiling, and walls decorated with famous paintings and statues were placed throughout the room, along with some green foliage to brighten the atmosphere.

Luna turned around a satisfied smile on her face. She spread her arms.

"This is my home, the Roop family Mansion!"

Boops made a quiet remark to Jason as he followed Luna through the corridors, the servants trailing behind them.

'Does she actually live here?'

As they passed a large suit of amour, Jason followed Luna as well as asked her a question.

"Um, is there a reason we're here?"

Luna let out a small laugh and came to an end outside a red door with a black and gold outline. She pressed her finger to her lips and let out a small shush just before opening the door with a small creak.

She gestured for him to enter, and he did so, glancing around with a combination of awe and confusion.

In front of him was a massive meeting room. A long rectangular glass table flanked by modern black chairs.

There was only one person in the conference room, and he was sitting in the middle of the table on one of the seats. It was a man in his forties with a slightly plump face. As he examined the file in his hands, his eyes glistened. He was dressed professionally in a black business suit and sat comfortably in the chair. He smiled and waved to Luna as he looked up from his chair at the sound of the door opening.

"ah, Luna! Welcome back, How was your trip to find this Jason person?"

Luna let out an elegant smile that Jason had seen many times before

"It's always a delight to see you, Uncle Roger!"

She extended her hand to Jason once again.

"As you can see, I was successful in locating Jason."

Uncle Roger chuckled at Luna's slightly proud expression as she described her experiences tracking and finding Jason like a little kid bragging to her parents. He eventually turned to face Jason. While he still had a friendly grin on his face, his eyes appraised mercilessly on Jason. Jason could tell immediately that this was not somebody who he should take lightly.

"hmm, this young man, Jason, I presume, well, it's a pleasure to finally meet you"

Uncle Roger concluded with a small nod of his head. He reached out his hand to the many black chairs in front of him.

"Please take a seat," he said.

Jason did, looking around confused, Luna took a seat next to Jason as the three of them faced each other.

Uncle Roger reclined in his chair. Taking a metal spoon, he stirred the cup of tea next to him.

He took a deep sip and looked at Jason, his voice changing from friendly to serious."You, mister Jason, must understand the position you and your guild members have found yourselves in." The silver wings guild has received both beneficial and harmful attention from all over the world. Companies are looking into you right now, and a slew of players are making their way to the Belusian kingdom. And it's all coming from you and your guild."

Jason nodded, his eyes glinting as he returned his gaze to Uncle Roger's.

"Yeah, I think we know where we are; the question is whether or not you understand your position

Uncle Roger raised his brows in an intrigued manner.

"hoo?" he exclaimed, looking at both Luna and Jason, "I expected a brat, not a leader." Jason shrugged, "who says I can't be both?"

Luna had a furious glint in her eyes as she looked at Jason. Jason's shoulders trembled slightly, and Boops let out a huge sigh in response to Jason's outburst. He considered advising Jason on the situation, but eventually abandoned the idea and let Jason go.

Surprisingly, Uncle Roger laughed aloud, "that's true! In fact, you remind me of our very own Luna here; she, too, was extremely bratty and haughty, but she also possessed the talent and ability to back it all up."

As he looked at Luna, Jason chuckle She, the elegant and beautiful woman next to her, a spoiled brat? Jason's grin spread from corner to corner as he imagined her as a child.

Luna smiled dangerously at both Jason and Uncle Roger, her eyes filled with bloodthirsty rage while her smile seemed to give off the most innocent aura possible.

"Well, gentlemen," she gritted her teeth, "perhaps we got a little off track in our conversation?"

Uncle Roger coughed awkwardly.

"ah, yes, yes, perhaps we have," he said to Jason, "our information indicates that you are heavily involved with the Silver Wings Guild, so much so that we suspect that you are in tandem with the very group of people that have explored the very first dungeon in the game. Is that true?"

Jason placed his elbow onto the table looking at Uncle Roger

"Why should I tell you? I get we are allies and stuff, but that is only between the tall cats guild and us"

Uncle Roger spread out his hands.

"the tall cats guild is the Roop family, the moment you made an alliance with the tall cats guild, you made an alliance with the entire Roop family. And besides" he continued

"I'm sure Luna has told you that we have valuable information to give, one that I'm sure you will find very valuable. A simple trade"

Jason propped both of his elbows onto the table

"so? do you think the information that I gave is equal in worth to the information you are going to give?"

Uncle roger let out a laugh

"no, no not at all, not many things could outrank the information about dungeons that you have, but we have other things, we have influence in the current world. And I think you can tell, but our Roop family is well connected and wealthy, we can accomplish many things in reality"

Jason raised his eyebrows interested.

Uncle roger smiled thinking that he had Jason's attention he continued

"We can get you anything from a large mansion to a brand new BWM, the possibilities are endless"

Jason let out a laugh

"So is that what you are trying to give in repayment? or are you just trying to recruit me?"

Uncle Roger gave Jason a quick smile.

"why not both?" he asked

Jason smiled, but it quickly faded as he considered Uncle Roger's proposal. He gave it a lot of thought, and even went to Boops and they talked about it in his head for a while.

Eventually, he stopped and looked at Uncle Roger,

"Alright, we accept, so what is the so-called "valuable information that you are offering us?"

Uncle Roger let out a pleased smile

"I was sure that you would accept," he said while pushing across the document he was reading over to Jason.

He remarked to Jason as he picked it up

"We don't have a large footing in WOW, but one of our intelligence gathering parties found this in an encrypted message of the dead bodies of traveling merchants.

Jason picked up the document and read the title carefully.

[on the mysterious wizards who roam the forests of Herdita]

Jason returned his gaze to Uncle Roger, his eyes wide with surprise. Uncle Roger could only shrug his shoulders and raise a hand in the direction of the document.

"supposedly they found a broken staff on the wandering merchant's body and a token with a wizard hat inscribed onto it. Everything else about the merchant was unrecognizable."

Jason quickly flipped open the document and started to read.