Gigolo Diaries-Chapter 7: Grandfather

The door swung open with great force, and Eros was immediately sure that the demon behind that rectangular frame had been standing there for quite a while, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

Both their heads whipped sideways to find who had intruded at such an auspicious moment.

The figure, standing frozen in the middle of the doorway was a familiar sight: the upper body of a Knight and a pair of jeans.

He stuttered, looking at the two pressed so close to each other that one would mistake them for a couple in the middle of foreplay.

"Oh, so—sorry. I—I didn’t know—"

His voice came out fragmented as shock from the sight before him filled his mind.

Astoria snickered and gave the poor boy a death glare, causing him to gulp. With a wave of her hand, the door slammed shut, leaving the kid with nothing but a wooden frame to stare at.

Astoria was still glued to Eros and stared into his eyes apologetically.

"Sorry about that," she whispered in a voice so sensual that it made even the most basic statements sound like a promise of indecency.

"No problem." Eros’ tone on the other hand was quite rigid. This wasn’t because someone had walked in on him—that had happened too many times to count. It was because of the contemplation going on within his mind right now.

He was torn between accepting Astoria’s offer and negotiating further.

While a cultivation partner like her was worth a million gold coins, he would most likely end up as the submissive one in their relationship. As a dual cultivation, this type of situation was far from ideal.

A thought suddenly formed in his mind and he regained his prior confidence, his hands then found their way to Astoria’s waist. Pulling her even closer to herself.

She was surprised at first as most people wouldn’t be able to summon the slightest confidence to touch her, then a smirk formed on her face as she let him pull her closer. At this point, he was already in her trap.

But she didn’t mind giving him a good time, although this was as far as he would ever get.

Eros’s hands were covered in the little nexus his body could produce as he ran them up and down her waist. Astoria was surprised when she felt an urge to let out a moan, this was the first time someone had elicited such a response from her and she instinctively pulled back.

Eros didn’t try to stop her, the seed had already been planted. All that remained was for that seed to germinate.

Although he wasn’t aware of this before, now that she stood so close to him, he could tell that she was a virgin—she still had the smell of pure yin. This was greatly surprising. It also meant that she hadn’t experienced real pleasure before, so all he did was plant the thought in her mind and associate himself with that thought. That way, anytime she thought of anything sensual, he would be the first to appear in her mind.

This wasn’t some demonic technique to make someone fall in love, just a well-thought-out psychological tactic that wouldn’t work if she weren’t a virgin.

She was a bit flustered, and looking at his sly smile she couldn’t help but curse. If he weren’t such a great pawn she would’ve ended his life there and then.

She scoffed and turned away, walking to the bookshelf.

"So, are you taking the offer or not?" Her voice was low as she looked through the neatly arranged pile of knowledge for nothing in particular.

"My lady," Eros said with a bow. "Even if you were lying naked on a bed I wouldn’t dare touch you.

"With your beauty, I wouldn’t be surprised if the king himself fawns over you. While warming your bed may be the greatest experience of my peasant life, if anyone finds out, it would be the equivalent of a death sentence. But..." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Astoria frowned, the kid who had been all over her a second ago, filled with unknown confidence, was now acting like this.

It was clearly an act and she saw through it instantly.

"Continue." She turned her gaze to meet his.

"A peasant like me has nobody. I have no good nexus arts so I am always behind my peers. If you were to give me the complete version of the dragon blood art then I would do your bidding without any questions. I’ll slaughter as many that dare to stand in your way."

Astoria’s eyes widened as her fingers shook slightly. The dragon blood technique she had given him wasn’t incomplete. The truth was that it was part of another art that was leaps and bounds more valuable: The Perfect Blood nexus art.

I didn’t tell him about the perfect blood art, how did he know the dragon blood art was a part of it? This isn’t common knowledge, so someone must have told him before. But only a few people know about this technique, is he affiliated with one of them? These thoughts kept going around Astoria’s mind as she looked at Eros intensely.

"What makes you think there’s more to the technique?"

Eros scratched his head and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Well, from what I’ve read, even perfection in this technique leaves much to be desired. Like an empty space in a puzzle, so naturally there should be other pieces to finish learning the technique."

Astoria’s mouth was slightly agape as she heard his analysis, what ticked her off was the way he said it so casually, as if everyone had the same insane comprehension abilities as him.

I can’t afford to let him out of my grasp. With this level of talent, he would definitely be a great asset in future, she concluded internally.

Eros on the other hand had no idea he had just stirred up the Blood Queen’s heart.

To him, this was something glaring, and it wouldn’t take a genius to realise that. Eros just hadn’t realised how abnormal he was.

"You are indeed correct." Astoria walked closer to him and sat on the chair he had first found her in. "How about this, if the information you can get for me can help me break through my current bottleneck, then I wouldn’t mind giving you this technique.

Eros thought about it for a while and agreed to her statement.

After he agreed, Astoria sent him away. He would have to come back in a month’s time when the exchange ceremony was about to start.

As Eros walked out, he calculated his gains. While the exchange event and dragon blood technique were very beneficial to him, Astoria herself was his greatest gain. And not just in the sexual way, with her as a backer he wouldn’t need to fear the revenge of a mere count.

His next goal now was breaking through, and surviving the tribulation.

The moment he got out, Liam, the wannabe knight, was standing in front of a carriage; when he saw Eros, he immediately bowed. "Grandfather, forgive me for my previous behaviour. I didn’t know of your supreme capabilities."

A weird expression formed on Eros’ face as he stared at the kid.