All of this Lubius could taste just by drinking a fresh juice from the animals that became Beasts after getting a lot of Eron in their bodies. He couldn't imagine the things he could get if he tried other things that could be obtained from the Labyrinth. There had to be something that could help him increase his Eron capacity, at least his focus was on making his capacity equal to that of the men first. Before aiming for a higher level.

'I had thought that I would do anything to achieve that. However, after thinking clearly. The thing that makes the most sense is mutual benefit for each other.' Lubius thought like that as he thought about what he wanted to talk to this woman from the Lucyanti family.

"Ah, welcome."

Lubius heard the waiter greeting someone and his eyes immediately turned towards the door after he had been holding the glass filled with Tortoberry.

Then in Lubius' eyes appeared a woman who was arguably the most beautiful woman he had ever seen with his own eyes. At first glance, the woman appeared to be the archetype of beauty and grace, with beautiful and pure eyes, and flawless white skin.

To his surprise, she was wearing a simple outfit that was not much different from his own. She was not wearing an elegant gown, equipped with a number of classy accessories as he imagined a high-class lady to be. She arrived wearing a sporty-looking, long-sleeved, but slightly tight-fitting outfit that accentuated her large breasts and had minimal accessories. She was also not wearing a skirt or anything like that, but a pair of dark blue trousers that were a little tight, highlighting her big ass this time.

Instead of someone coming for a date or meeting someone of the opposite sex, this woman felt like someone who had just arrived after a workout.

The woman walked into the room while speaking in a tone that did not seem like she had come here in a hurry and in a brief manner.

"I'm sorry. I came here a little late."

The woman spoke while looking at Lubius before sitting in front of him. Her deep red hair fell gracefully around her waist.

“My name is Verita Lucyanti. I'm so glad you finally agreed to meet me, Lubius." Verita introduced herself to Lubius.

“Ah, I’m happy to meet you. Err… Can I call you, Verita or something?” Lubius, who was still very far from recognizing the culture of this world, had to ask like that because after all, the woman in front of him came from a historical family that might be considered equal to the nobility in the past. He didn't want to offend her and the like especially when he wanted to negotiate with this woman.

“Hm… You can call me, Verita.” Verita spoke in a flat tone with a slightly deep voice.

Lubius himself couldn't help but gulp, not just from Verita's appearance which was truly beautiful that left people speechless. Her graceful and refined appearance was more like that of a charming princess…

But it was all an illusion from the perspective of Lubius, who had memories of his past life. Even though it was true that he was dumbfounded by the beauty of this woman named Verita. One of Lubius' body parts, instinctively, the sense that made waves to summon Eron to enter his own body felt a tremendous pressure.

Lubius, who was practically new to Eron and had never had much experience with anything related to Eron other than he learned to use Eron with a small amount of Eron's capacity and also Eron's long absorption.

For the first time, Lubius met someone who had an Eron with such an amazing capacity that he could feel pressure that made his body shiver. It was something he had never felt in his past life and something he thought only existed in movies or manga. It couldn't possibly happen in real life. But now, for the first time in his life, he met someone who could kill him without even moving from the chair she was sitting on.

‘And I think I can make a deal with someone like this…’ Lubius laughed a little to himself. Was he being too naive with all this? Honestly, Lubius was beginning to wonder how society could go on like this with so many people who could not only kill him, but the waiters in this room in a matter of seconds.

'No, that is precisely why... I wish to attain that power. That is, if I want to live peacefully and happily in this world.' Lubius used his hand on his thigh to press down hard to calm himself from the various feelings he instinctively felt, mostly fear...

‘Once again, I’m sorry, Lubius… I’m too harsh on you…’ Lubius felt that it wasn't strange that Lubuis from this world could be such a miserable person.

“Okay then, Verita… What do we do next? Do we talk about ourselves? To be honest with you, I never had this kind of meeting.” Lubius asked Verita because in his past life when he dated, he was the one who picked up a girl, took her to the movies, cafes, or where they promised to look at it. He didn't know this kind of restaurant.

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“Oh, that’s right. You can start it.” Verita signaled with her finger to order the waiter who bowed and left the room to start a full-course dinner.

“Yes, please wait a moment.”

“Okay. Sorry about that…” Verita spoke while giving Lubius a faint smile.

For some reason Lubius could feel that the woman in front of him was giving off a slight lack of interest in this meeting. Because if the morals in this world were reversed then Verita should have started the conversation or led this meeting or something. Somehow this made Lubius a little anxious, as he thought that women would just be attracted to him when he remembered that there were fewer women than men. So he wondered if, like the stories he'd read, women were quick to like men in this scenario, right?

“Haa…” Lubius couldn’t help sighed, before he realized he was too naive to think that those kind stories would happen in real life. Especially Verita came from a historic, rich and powerful family, so she would most likely have no trouble finding a man. It could even be that she already has many men and was just as compelled to come here as Lubius was. If this was the truth… his plan may already be soiled, but at the same time, she might have become more reasonable.

'If that's the case, she might be disappointed to see men coming here without dressing up and the like. I also used to like it when my girlfriend dressed up and the like. However, there's no way I would dress like that. Oh, I feel like I need to say something…’

Lubius thought about speaking, but it seemed like Verita did it first.

“Hu… Sorry, I just came here late after an urgent work. But you have an interesting choice of outfit.”

Lubius never thought he would get asked something like this…

“Well, I'm just more comfortable using this kind of clothing. I mean this is our first meeting and to be honest we’re strangers after all… So I choose clothing that is comfortable for me.”

“Is that so…”

“Yeah, do you dislike it?”

“No, it’s quite interesting for me…” Verita rested her face on her left hand with a smile on face. From Lubius’s perspective, it looked like a beautiful piece of artwork. Because her face and her appearance overall was truly beautiful with such a wonderful body.

It felt like Lubius saw a beautiful illustration of an anime or game character to become a real one. And even with such a kind animated looking face, it was easy for him to realize Verita was much older than him.

If Verita was a character from gaming and stuff in his past life… People would comment that they wanted to be stepped on by her…

“Have you perhaps never met a man with this kind of clothing?”

“Yes, in this kind of meeting, but you’re really formal like a person who came looking for work.” Verita commented before the appetizer arrived.

Honestly, when listening to Verita's comment, Lubius couldn't help but feel cold sweat break out from his neck because he basically came with the mindset of working rather than dating.

“Ah, I really like this chef. I hope you will like it.” Verita then spoke and she did not immediately enjoy the food, but observed Lubius as if she wanted to see his reaction first.

“Well, it’s delicious…” Lubius took a bite and just like those Tortoberry juice he had just experienced. He felt like the Eron inside his body was boiling and increasing at such a fast rate.

“That’s good.” Verita smiled looking at his reaction. “Well, most of the supplies in this restaurant came from me after all. So I’m happy if you like it.”

“Really… which means you’re a Labyrinth Crawler?”

“Aha, that’s such old-fashioned to say…”

Verita laughed when she heard Lubius talk about the job this woman had.

“Most people these days don’t like to be called like that.” Verita added with a smile on her face.

“Really… I don’t have that much knowledge about Labyrinth after all.”

“Ah… That’s true.” Verita's expression clouded for a moment and Lubius realized it. So he could conclude that the woman in front of him knew that he only had a small capacity for Eron.

“Young women like me are more happy to be called Trailblazer.”

“So you’re a Trailblazer?”

“Yes. I’m a Trailblazer and a leader of Rumpana, a S Rank Party.” Verita answered Lubius's question in a way that should have sounded marvelous. But as before there was a hint of discontent in this woman's expression for a second.

“S rank party…?” Lubius couldn't help but mutter those words. Honestly, for someone who reads a lot of dungeon stories and games. He couldn't help but get a little excited to hear vocabulary like this exist in the real world.

However, it seemed that Verita took Lubius' whisper as a question because she didn't understand. Verita, who knew Lubius' mental health as well as Lubius himself, said that he didn't know much about things related to Eron, so she explained S rank briefly.

“Yeah, a S Rank party is a party that can defeat the last boss in a high-level Labyrinth.”

“Last boat… high level Labyrinth…”

Although Lubius was always thinking and making plans in his brain. In the end, he was a twenty-year-old young man with little experience. He had also just experienced fantasy like in stories. And now he was directly listening to the vocabulary that often appeared in games and stories that he fantasized about. He couldn't help but feel excited.

“That sounds amazing.” Lubius spoke in a low tone and his eyes twinkled slightly.

It was probably a mistake from Lubius and Verita easily heard those words. It was something that might be trivial for Lubius, but right now for Verita, Lubius' reaction was something that she might have heard for the first time from a man.

This stirred her heart for the first time in a long time...