Gigolo Diaries-Chapter 6: The Offer.

The sound of Eros’ fingers tapping on the armrest of the chair was the only sound echoing throughout the room as he wore a perplexed expression.

"Paradise?" His words came out low. "What exactly do you mean by paradise?"

Astoria let out a dry chuckle and fished out a pamphlet from the middle of a closed book. Without another word, she handed it to him.

Eros glanced through the pages: it was basically a very short biography about a woman, a woman he knew, a woman everybody knew—Raven Twilight. She was the founder of the Twilight Academy which was one of the biggest academies in the country.

It was a predominantly female school so Eros had no intentions of applying there as unless he had feasible connections, they wouldn’t take him.

But even then, he knew a lot about this woman, after all, she was one of the only seven female members of the saints’ cabinet.

The saints’ cabinet consisted of individuals who could be considered the zenith of cultivation. Although Eros wasn’t privy to their actual rank, to become a member of the saints’ cabinet essentially meant one was a demigod.

Eros immediately realised something as his eyes widened.

"Don’t tell me..."

"Relax, with your current rank you won’t even be able to get noticed by her, let alone seduce her."

Eros heaved a sigh of relief as he relaxed back on the chair.

"So what do you want me to do?"

Astoria then stood up and walked to a shelf filled with books.

"We are planning on having a disciple exchange program. She’ll train one disciple of mine for the span of six months, and I’ll train one of hers for the same period."

A sudden realisation dawned on him. "You want me to—"

"Be my disciple in the exchange program."

Eros nearly choked on air when he heard her words. Why in the world would she choose him to stand for her? It was like a king picking a handsome beggar to become his successor.

"The fact that you’re about to achieve a perfect body already makes you worthy of being my disciple."

Eros froze. Apart from old man Kodu and himself, no other person knew he was about to achieve a perfect body. To the others, he just lacked a good cultivation talent.

How in the world did this woman know? He hadn’t said a word about it to her and old man Kodu was even less likely to spill something like that.

She took a book from the shelves and dropped it in front of him.

"It shows more than you know. Anyone powerful enough would be able to sense a perfect body from a mile away."

Eros looked at the ancient book in front of him while he gripped the wooden armrest.

He hated how naked he always was in front of this woman. She always seemed to know everything.

Eros didn’t lean on the feeling but let out a bittersweet laugh. "Thank you for the compliments Lady Astoria."

She nodded and pointed at the book in front of him.

"Since you’re going to be my disciple, it only makes sense for you to know one of my arts."

Eros glanced at the book flipping through its pages. To say it was heavy would be an understatement. The pages seemed to be made of obsidian and even Eros had a hard time moving them.

"This is the dragon blood art. All my disciples have learned it although none of the young ones have been able to get past the preliminary stages."

The images on the metallic pages depicted a dragon and a man side by side.

"Since you’re about to finish cultivating a perfect body, it should be possible for you to learn it even while you’re in the awakening realm."

At a glance Eros could tell it was difficult, the dull steel of the pages radiated an archaic aura that could be felt.

He took a moment to look through it. Even if he were to turn down her offer it wouldn’t hurt to have an extra nexus art at the back of his mind.

It talked about a method of merging nexus with blood in order to imitate the effects of a dragon’s blood.

According to the pages, if one were to achieve perfection in it, such a person’s blood would be no different from that of a true dragon.

Astoria was indeed right, he didn’t know the rank of this nexus art. But if he was able to survive the tribulation and gain a perfect body, then it shouldn’t be too hard to practice when he ascended to the mind-cleansing or awakening realm¹.

"So, what do you think? The program is taking place in a month. Can you achieve basic understanding of it before then?"

He felt the urge to smirk but he held himself back.

He had already achieved basic understanding of the technique, but if he were to tell her that she would most definitely freak out and turn him into some lab rat. He just nodded.

"You still haven’t answered my question, though," he added.

"And that is?"

"Why me?"

She looked at the silent clock mounted on the wall in contemplation.

"To tell you the truth, I wish for you to gather some information for me."

Eros’ brows sharpened; if she couldn’t get the information herself then he doubted such information could be gotten by a peasant like him.

"This information, what is it about?" If it was something that he could benefit from, like the whereabouts of the nexus tree then he wouldn’t mind taking up the job, if not, then he wouldn’t risk it.

"I don’t know."

"I don’t pla—wait, what?"

"I have no idea what the information is about. All I know is that the information exists, and it is very valuable."

Eros let out a dry chuckle and got up from his chair.

"Mi lady, I don’t think I can search for something I have no idea of. You’re better off finding another person," he said with a bow.

It wouldn’t be wise to take up a job that she couldn’t even give her disciples. And the fact that she had no idea of the particular information made the job like a wild goose chase in hell.

"If you can get me the information then" Astoria inched closer to him. So close that he could smell the aroma of jasmine wafting from her—it was soothing. He couldn’t help but gulp at the sight of her cleavage: two firm peaks poking out of her tight robe.

She pressed her body against his, and he could feel her softness on his chest as she whispered into his ear.

"I wouldn’t mind—"

[1: After the body reformation realm is the mind cleansing realm. Here it is referred to as the awakening realm because people in this realm are called awakeners

Authors note: If you’ve gotten this far don’t forget to drop a power stone. ]