RISE OF EROS

While all this was going on in the Demon Realm, in the city of the Duchy of Cannes, Conrad had found a way to mitigate the damage caused by his prank the night before. Now he was scared that a demigod was under Andrew's orders and he didn't want to get into that trouble, so he approached the Cannes Palace looking for peace.

Honestly, Andrew didn't want to receive him, but at the same time he was curious about what he would do, since only the night before he was plotting against him and now he appeared as if nothing had happened.

Andrew being a little malicious, sent Ves to receive him and guide him to the office, where he, Oliver, Candice, and Gaston were waiting for him. Only the four of them were waiting, since it was not necessary to create a big retinue for Conrad.

Conrad, seeing that Ves, his former employee whom he tried to bribe a little while ago, was the one receiving him, immediately understood that Andrew was making fun of him, but he still didn't say anything.

He greeted Ves calmly and even a little cordially as if he had never tried to bribe him into becoming his informant. Conrad knew that Andrew must have known about his trick of trying to bribe Ves and that was why he sent him, what he didn't know was that it was Ves himself who gave him away.

After a few minutes, they arrived at the office door. Ves didn't say anything on the way. In fact, the only words he uttered since he met Conrad were the greeting and nothing more.

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Ves knocked on the office door and announced, "Young master, Mr. Conrad is here" and from the other side of the door, "Let him in" was heard, then Ves opened the door, but didn't enter.

He just leaned to the side of the door and with his hand made a signal to Conrad as if informing him to come in. Ves looked like a trained butler and he wasn't half bad.

Since he was one of the employees of Cannes Palace who showed the most loyalty towards Andrew to the point of telling him about Conrad's bribery attempt, Andrew decided to train him as a butler.@@novelbin@@

People like him needed to be rewarded and Andrew was never mean to those who were loyal. What he didn't know yet, was that that small action of changing Ves' job and training him as a butler was of great importance in reinforcing that loyalty.

Furthermore, Ves was under the training and supervision of none other than Gaston, who is the most experienced in this, not to mention his great business ability, among many other talents.

Ves didn't know it, but rejecting Conrad's bribe was the best decision he could have made in his life. However, that's a story from a couple of years down the road.

Conrad entered the office with a firm and confident step, but inside he was shaking with fear. Now that he thought that a demigod was watching Andrew's back, it was normal to be scared, since he doesn't possess that strength.

He bowed gracefully, showing respect, but not submission. He was certainly scared, but he had to show his pride, and what he came to discuss was with the goal of fixing things, but he didn't want to lose too much ground.

"Mr. Conrad, to what do I owe the honor?" Andrew asked seriously, but he was obviously mocking him. Unfortunately, Conrad didn't notice the sarcasm this time.

"Mr. Andrew, I came to apologize. I heard that some of my boys yesterday who had their night off and went out to enjoy themselves created some trouble in your establishment," Conrad said without any shame.

It was obvious what he meant. He was blaming his men for what happened the night before as if he had nothing to do with it. Andrew and the others present had to admit that Conrad is a slippery snake.

It was obvious that they didn't believe him, but they didn't have any proof either and honestly, they didn't want to make this problem bigger, which in Andrew's opinion was nonsense, so he played along.

"Oh, so the men who caused a ruckus yesterday were your men?" Andrew asked, feigning ignorance. Conrad could be arrogant and miss a lot of things, but it was obvious that this sarcastic question was not one of them.

Regardless, he continued with his charade, "I'm afraid so. They're good employees and that's why I gave them some money and a night off yesterday to let them relax, but it seems they took more than they should have."

Andrew could hardly contain his laughter at these words, for he knew that these guys hadn't had much to drink, but he still went on with the act, "I see. Well, it happens to the best of us". Pausing, Andrew spoke again, "However, I don't think it's necessary for Mr. Conrad to come all the way here to apologize to some employees."

"Well, normally I wouldn't, but these are close employees. Children of employees who have served my family for generations, I can't ignore the matter," Conrad said.

His goal was obvious. First he blamed his employees, so that Andrew wouldn't attack him, and now he apologizes for his employees by creating an illusion that he cares about his employees so that Andrew wouldn't attack them either.

While it's true that these employees being children of generational servants is a lie, the truth was that Conrad didn't want to lose these employees. He had trained them from a young age and they were completely loyal to him, so he couldn't lose them.

It wasn't out of appreciation, but because of what he had spent training them and what he would have to spend to create new employees. It wasn't just a matter of money but of time. Andrew could understand this to a certain extent, but now he didn't know what to do. He is relatively good at negotiating, but he has never been in a situation like this.

However, at that moment Gaston, who is the most experienced, stepped forward and leaned towards Andrew and asked, "May I intervene, young master?" to which Andrew replied with a slight nod.

Andrew, nor the others, were surprised by Gaston's sudden intrusion, feigning excessive respect. They had already talked about how they should do things this way in public, so that Andrew would not be looked down upon.

Conrad, for his part, was used to these situations, so he wasn't surprised either, but he did feel his heart tighten when Gaston interrupted to say something.

He is not stupid. From the start, he saw that Andrew was a little inexperienced in these situations, so he wanted to take advantage of solving this with a simple apology, but Gaston's intrusion spoiled the party.

"Forgive my impertinence, Mr. Conrad, but if you are really sincere, you should have at least brought a gift," said Gaston, making Conrad bitter. This was what he did not want to happen.