The two went up the stairs to the upper floor. Asteri immediately found himself facing a corridor.
"Asteri, this way." Thalia led the way down the corridor to the right. The corridor was well furnished, with a few vases to beautify the place, not to mention the pictures hanging on the wall. Asteri could see there were doors, most likely it wasn't just the guild leader's room up here.
"Here, this is the room. I'll leave you here Asteri, I have to get back to work. Make sure you don't do anything rash, ok?" Thalia was saying with her index finger raised.
"I'm not a child, what should I ever do wrong?" Asteri defended himself by raising his hands.
"I warned you, the rest is up to you. See you later." Thalia greets the boy, returning to her workplace.
'What did that mean?' Asteri was perplexed. He turns to the door and knocks.
"You are welcome." a female voice was heard from inside the room.
"Maybe I understand the reason for the bunny girl's concern." Aurelion said in Aseri's head.
'...' Asteri did not answer Aurelion's statement and entered the room. What he found in front of him was a very embellished room. Above all, it was quite full of shelves full of books. And in the center is a rectangular glass table, only the legs were a golden color. Two red fabric sofas have been placed on both sides. Further in the room is a desk with an armchair, and it is on that armchair that Asteri's full attention is drawn.
"What are you doing there stunned? Please sit down." The woman said.
'Certainly not the image of a guildmaster I had in my head, I was expecting a big, muscular man with a confident smile and a glorious beard. And finally with a great legendary ax found in who knows what mission. But it's a sex bomb ... 'Asteri thinks as he takes his place on the sofa in front of the door.
'Are you disappointed?' Aurelion asks, almost astonished.
'Of course not, far from it, mate.' the boy replies.
"Excuse me." Asteri said sitting up.
The reason Asteri was happy was because of the beautiful and seductive woman who was in the room. She had crimson red hair that fell to her shoulders, her eyes sharp and beautiful the same color and hue as her hair. Her lips her full lips and two beautiful melons under her sinuous neck and hips. In short, she had the body of a killer of men, in a practical sense.
"Let's start with introductions first. My name is Belstegia and I am the director of this guild, commonly called the guild leader." apparently the woman's name was Belstegia.
"Very happy, Guildmaster Belstegia, my name is Asteri, it's a pleasure to meet you." Asteri is back.
"Great, finished with the introductions I would like to get to the problem I called you about. Thalia has spoken very highly of you, even though you have been an adventurer for a very short time, you are making progress quickly. From what I have here it looks like you always choose missions with a higher rank than yours, which is both courageous and reckless, but apparently you are never wrong. " Belstegia is basically saying that she knows the boy's every move since she joined the guild, which is normal for the guild leader.
"I'm just doing this to get stronger fast." Asteri says.
"Of course, everyone wants to get stronger and stronger. We humans are never satisfied with what we have. Money, possessions, power and other things. But unlike those material things, strength is the only thing that really matters. In this world. "Belstegia begins to speak looking Asteri straight in the eye.
"Of course, and that's why we always aspire to get more strength, to survive." Asteri replies.
"Are you looking for the strength just to survive?" Belstegia asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Both to survive and to protect both the people and the things I love. My family, my closest friends and my home. And I'm willing to do whatever it takes to do it, obviously always with a sense of intelligence." Asteri smiled at the woman.
"Ohhh well, apparently you are not looking for strength for unorthodox causes, better this way." Belstegia gets up from her chair.
"Was she some kind of test?" the boy asks curiously.
"In a way, yes, you can say it was a test." Belstegia took a bottle of wine from a shelf. Asteri could not help but notice her bare thighs, even under her lower body it was very seductive, her legs were fleshy at the right point. His dress has done nothing but accentuate his body, leaving the most seductive parts uncovered, like his thighs, part of his chest is the navel.
'Focus boy, we can't even detect his level.' Aurelio warns Asteri.
"Yes, I know, I can't understand what level he is at ... but I don't think he wants to hurt us." Asteri answers, looking at Belstegia sitting on the other sofa, placing both the bottle and two glasses of wine on the glass table.
"And I can give you the good news that you passed him boy, to celebrate why we don't have a toast." Belstegia uncorks the bottle and pours it into the two glass goblets.
"I got over it? How do you know I'm not lying?" Asteri asked.
"Boy, do you think I'm stupid enough to be screwed by a little boy?" Belstegia moves a glass of wine towards Asteri.
'Little boy? he seems to be in his thirties, I can't imagine his true age. 'Asteri politely took her glass and thanked her "Thank you".
"Forgive my rudeness, but I don't think he just called me here for a test, do you?" Asteri asked, taking a sip of wine.
The woman smiled and took a pair of glasses from the table, Asteri hadn't noticed them before.
"You're smart enough, well, it'll be useful for what I have to tell you." Belstegia put on the spectacles and sipped a drop of wine from the goblet.