RISE OF EROS

Since they did not know whether the powerful visitor was a client or an enemy, Andrew decided to receive him personally. Obviously, Oliver would be by his side at all times to avoid any mishaps.

Andrew already knew that Oliver was much stronger than the approaching person, as thanks to Oliver's skill, he had already probed the visitor's strength, but they still did not let their guard down. They waited at the reception desk for a few minutes and then saw the muscular young man enter.

When the young man looked up and saw Andrew he recognized him instantly and the latter also recognized the young man who had just entered and with surprise exclaimed, "Castor!!! What the hell are you doing here?", to which the young man jocularly replied, "What, I'm not welcome?".

Although the words seemed harsh, anyone who saw them would sense that they were good friends and as if they were trying to prove this point, they approached each other smiling and embraced warmly.

After a few laughs and greetings, Andrew took Castor into the office still in Oliver's company. While Andrew and Oliver had already examined him with their respective magical eyes and did not find any bad intentions, they did not let their guard down because there were many strange abilities in this world.

As they walked to the office, Andrew sent for their wives. Once in the office, Andrew began to catch up on the life of his childhood friend.

"Tell me, what happened, why did you come to the capital?" asked Andrew in succession, to which Castor replied seriously, "Things got complicated in Calci for me and I had to run away."

Castor's comment made Andrew wrinkle his eyebrows and seriously asked, "Difficult? How?", but just as Castor was about to answer, the office door opened and Carolina and Helena walked in.

Castor's eyes widened like saucers at the sight of the beautiful girls and he unconsciously exclaimed, "Dude, you certainly have some nice girls here," to which Andrew replied a little annoyed, "I'll let you slide on this aggression because you didn't know it, but they are my wives, if you dare disrespect them again I'll make you visit your parents."

"Hey, hey, easy, bro," Castor said a little jokingly, but when he saw Andrew's serious expression, he knew, he wasn't kidding. Noticing that Castor once again assessed his friend, as he didn't really know the man in front of him.

They grew up together, so they knew each other as if they were brothers. Castor knew that while Andrew was intelligent and determined, he didn't have the presence that he showed now, it was an invisible pressure that he couldn't explain.

"I see you've been through a lot," Castor said as he finished assessing Andrew and the latter replied, "You have no idea." Although the atmosphere was getting strange, Andrew shooed away the atmosphere, introducing his wives.

"Well, let me introduce you. This is Carolina, this is Helena and this little lady is Aki," Andrew introduced his wives. Carolina and Helena stood next to Andrew, while Aki appeared from the shadows as she was being introduced.

Castor was not surprised by Aki's appearance, as he had already noticed her since he arrived. After Andrew finished introducing his wives, he then introduced Castor.

"This is Castor a childhood friend, my best friend, practically brothers I should say." Castor smiled at the words used by Andrew to introduce him and quickly stood up and politely said, "Pleasure to meet you, my ladies, I hope that idiot Andrew doesn't make you suffer, if he ever overdoes it, just tell me and I'll put him in his place."

At Castor's words, the girls laughed and replied, "We'll keep that in mind." Andrew not wanting Castor to give his wives any more ideas changed the subject.

He was curious about what had caused Castor to run away from Calci. It had to be understood that, while it was true that Castor was not that powerful, he was part of the most prominent gang in the Calci slums and was not an organization to be underestimated.

"Castor, tell me. what happened?" Castor was silent for a moment and began to explain what had happened. It turns out that shortly after Andrew left, a dungeon was discovered.

Dungeons are not uncommon in this world, but unlike what they portrayed in the novels, games, anime, and manga of Andrew's previous world, in this world they call dungeons to the remnants left behind by some ancient expert.

In short, they are more like the remnants portrayed in martial arts novels on Earth. With the appearance of this dungeon, the city of Calci went into a frenzy.

Many began to investigate them trying to get windfall profits and the gang to which Castor belonged was one of the participants in this treasure hunt.

Unexpectedly Castor was one of the beneficiaries, as he found a strange pill that helped him increase his power tremendously and that is the reason why he was now so powerful.

However, gains come from danger, and out of nowhere, a strange organization appeared looking for something that was apparently in this dungeon. Since this organization did not know who had obtained the treasure they were looking for, everyone who had obtained something of value began to mysteriously disappear.

While the treasure that this organization was looking for was not the pill that Castor had swallowed, his gang had found this treasure and for this reason, they were hunted down by this mysterious organization.

No one who saw one of these mysterious men is alive to tell the tale, but Castor somehow managed to escape when his boss and his gang were attacked, by them.

He did not see any of these men, but he knew they had found what they wanted because a few months ago they disappeared without a trace. Due to the fear of being killed, Castor went into hiding until he felt sure that the mysterious organization had left.

Not wanting to stay in the city for fear that these men would return, he remembered that Andrew had traveled to the capital and decided to come to meet him and ask for shelter.

When Castor finished his story he had a bitter expression on his face. Not because he was remembering the difficult times he had experienced, but because he was asking his friend to give him asylum, even though it could put him in great danger.

Castor didn't dare raise his head because he knew he was asking too much, but Andrew without hesitation said, "No problem, you can stay as long as you want."

Hearing Andrew, Castor looked up and saw his friend smiling at him and his eyes couldn't help but water because he was so touched that Andrew didn't even hesitate to help him.

He held back his tears and solemnly said, "It is when there are difficulties that you meet true friends. Thank you, brother". Andrew just smiled at Castor's words.

"I don't intend to stay a bum in your shoes. It may not look like it, but I've gained a bit of strength, so I can help you with surveillance or whatever you need," Castor added.

"Well, I know you've gotten strong, to the point that my right-hand man here was surprised. By the way, this is Oliver, my right-hand man, and protector, since you will be part of the guards, he will be your boss", Andrew said calmly.

Castor had already noticed Oliver's presence and was in fact a bit oppressed by the powerful aura he expelled even when he repressed it. Experts can sense the strength of the powerful, even if they would conceal it and although Castor had barely entered this category of strength, he could sense how powerful Oliver was.

"You certainly found a powerful subordinate," Castor said gravely and Andrew interrupted him by saying, "Oliver is not a subordinate, he is my protector and friend. In fact, everyone in this room is the people I trust the most, that includes you."

"Thank you, brother, I won't let you down," Castor said still with a serious expression and determined voice. "Even though I trust you I have to give you a few warnings because I know you," Andrew said and then added, "My wives are off limits.

This girl is Marie and she is Oliver's wife, so she is also off limits, if you don't want to die, even if you are my brother I won't save you if you cross the line."

Castor broke the serious mood with a laugh as he listened to Andrew and then said, "Come on my brother, do you think I'm that kind of person?" to which Andrew also laughed and said, "I'm just warning you so you don't make a mistake."

"Besides, even though this is a house of pleasure, you can't harass my courtesans either," Andrew added to which Castor said hurt, "Hey, at least give me some benefits."

"Hahaha, if you want benefits earn them," Andrew said jocularly and they both laughed. Everyone in the office noticed that the two were just teasing each other, which showed that they had a great friendship.

While this meeting was taking place. A luxurious carriage accompanied by several escorts arrived at Candice's store. Donald and Teresa got out of it, with their elegant suits.

At the entrance, Gaston was waiting for them and upon seeing them he bowed with much respect and greeted them politely, "Welcome, Marquis Valoide, Marquise Valoide", to which they responded by nodding slightly.