Digna has a guard open the door of the villa and signals her to follow her. And her group follows her, but not without glancing at the door guard.
"Sorry Digna, may I know who these soldiers are?" Asteri knew they were from the empire but he had never seen them and I don't think these types of soldiers are engaged in a smaller town like Marinburg, it is true that it has all nobles and tourists from other nations, but it only has three thousand citizens and it is also quite protected from the territorial point of view, since it is located towards the center of the empire.
"They are the elite of the army of the Sol empire, they are called the 'white knights of Sol', in theory they protect the capital and the ten cities ... but because of that damned faction of thieves they sent here a handful of them led by their commander. " Digna explains.
"I understand, thanks for the tip." Asteri looked at the guard ahead of them and escorted them to what must have been the room where they would be greeted.
Asteri no longer used a noble adjective to talk to Digna, since he had framed his personality type, he was right because Digna didn't care much for these labels. Looking around it was a very opulent villa, everything looked very expensive, and it was obviously full of servants, from butlers to maids. Asteri watched closely ... especially the maids.
'I have to hurry up to repair that castle ...' he repeats in his head.
"Do you always think about it?" Aurelio asks.
"Of course not, but seeing waitresses dressed like this always has a certain effect." Asteri defends himself.
Aurelio no longer answered. Meanwhile, Allatu and Betty notice the looks that the waitresses throw at Asteri ... they know what kind of look it is, but the two have a different thought.
'Other sisters?' thinks Allatu with a small smile.
'You can only dream of mere human women' thinks Betty with a menacing look.
And Asteri has noticed the looks that men, both butlers and guards, give to his two women.
'Mh as long as they watch while they wear their clothes, I can even stand it' he thinks.
'What territorial type are you,' Aurelion jokes.
'And you don't know how much ...' Asteri replies.
Almost simultaneously the group reaches the door. The white knight knocks before opening it.
"Come in" a male voice is heard inside.
The knight opens the door and lets the group in, once inside he closes the door but stays outside to watch. Asteri and his companions look around, the room had the same style as the villa and was large enough to make about thirty people feel safe. In the center was a large circular table and on the other side a refined-faced man with white hair and gray eyes. He looks in his fifties and is obviously dressed in a noble way, he is sitting in the chair.
And finally next to him there is a beautiful woman dressed as a knight. Her long blond hair, blue eyes, pretty cherry lips and her body was almost entirely covered in armor, only her medium-sized breasts and part of her thigh were exposed. But what thrilled Asteri was her level.
"She is the second person I meet to be in the orange center, but she is one rank below Thalia." this was Asteri's thoughts on this woman.
"Hello, dear adventurers welcome, I introduce myself as Gustav, the one who sent the request to the guild. But please sit down, thank you Digna for bringing them here." the man named Gustav introduced himself and asked the group to sit there.
"I'm not your servant Gustav, you could have gone" Digna complains to Gustav.
"Oh I'm deeply sorry Digna, I certainly would have done it if I hadn't been busy talking to our commander" Gustav looks at the knight.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Ghenda, I am the commander of the third battalion of the Sol army. I was sent here on behalf of the high marshal. I hope to collaborate in the best possible way" Ghenda introduces himself with a chivalrous attitude.
She seems like a good girl, Asteri thinks.
"I am Allatu" smiles the succubus.
"Betty ..." she looks bored.
"Last but not least, I'm Asteri, our pleasure." Asteri shows up last.
Ghenda stopped for a moment to look at Asteri, she had to admit that he was the most beautiful boy she had ever seen. But he was a knight, so he doesn't get caught that easily.
"And I already know myself so no more introductions and we discuss" Digna abruptly sits down. Asteri and the two girls follow him.
"Now, as Dagni says, we have to start arguing. In general, you know what's going on right?" Gustav asks looking at the three.
"Yes, we have in mind a general picture of the situation you are in" replies Asteri.
"Great, then it won't take long. The faction known as" Shadows of Kalos "started its attacks on our caravans two weeks ago. They obviously looted all the loot they found, then started attacking the tourists, who caused their visits to drop." Gustav explains embittered.
"And that leads to the problem that we could all go bankrupt," says Dagni.
"That's right, there is no way to stop them with just the guards. Firstly because they are more, and second is that they are very stealthy. Our guards start at a disadvantage. Also, recently we have had news that they are starting to infiltrate the city. You may be wondering why we called adventurers when we have dozens of white knights and their commander, simple because they serve to protect the city and therefore are not suitable for hunting assassins hidden deep in the woods or inside some caves. . "Gustavo's explanation continues.
"And here you adventurers, we have discovered their hideout in the nearby forest. According to our commander's calculations ... tonight they should storm the city to bring Marinburg to its knees, so when the guards and knights are busy protecting the city , you infiltrate their base and cut off the snake's head. It will be less defended as most of them are here. "Gustav explains their plan.