'What? Uniting the lands under my name? That's not what I said at all-' Leo thought, feeling alarmed, as his only goal was to take revenge on the Empire for killing his master, while he had no intentions to conquer anything.
Nonetheless, keeping in-line with his personality as 'TheBoss', Leo said nothing and only cast a condescending gaze at ChaosBringer.
"That is all, ChaosBringer, you may excuse yourself now–" Leo said, wanting to send ChaosBringer out of his office as fast as possible, however, to his dismay ChaosBringer opposed.
"Good Sir if you may…. I have a small request" ChaosBringer said, pinching his fingers as he made the gesture for 'Small'.
Trembling, Leo involuntarily took a step back, as he asked "What sort of a request….?"
Internally, Leo felt himself being on the verge to clarify that he was a straight man with a girlfriend, however, for the sake of his dignity, he barely held back for now.
"Can I have the honor of taking a picture with you? I wish to post it in the guilds internal chat.
As you may know, the guild members are very enthusiastic about you, and are your biggest well wishers.
A photo for them will be amazing in these troubling times" ChaosBringer requested, as his careful phrasing of his request made it impossible for Leo to reject.
Although hesitant, after thinking about the request for a couple of seconds, Leo relented, and accepted the request.
"Fine, let's take one photo together" Leo said, as tears began to stream down ChaosBringer's face when Leo uttered these words.
"Sir Boss is so kind…." He said, feeling all emotional, as Dumpy nodded in approval.
"It's good that you know how to appreciate Lord Father's kindness Mongrel, you're a decent servant" Dumpy said, as ChaosBringer gave him a thumbs up.
"Thankyou Sir pet frog, those who can't appreciate Sir Boss's kindness are worse than scum in my eyes.
Thankfully, I appreciate the divine force that he is" ChaosBringer said, as Leo felt incredibly awkward listening in on this conversation.
Up till now, he had been hailed as a ranker and an idol figure by some, however, never had he been doted on like a divine being before today, and the treatment made him feel incredibly awkward.
Little did he know that this was just a short glimpse into his future, as someday soon, millions were going to treat him like an untouchable God, although he would be nowhere near the strength of one.
Slowly, ChaosBringer creeped closer towards Leo, until eventually he stood side by side.
The games photo feature allowed one to adjust the camera angle for recording and hence ChaosBringer began to set the camera angle to the best possible location, so that both of them looked majestic together, however, because of Leo being a bit taller than him, ChaosBringer found all the conventional angles to be unappealing.
"There is only a single light source in this room…. And considering our height difference…. I got it, this would be the best possible pose–" ChaosBringer mumbled, as he eventually set the camera angle as high as possible and perched over Leo's left shoulder for a snug selfie shot.
Leo said nothing, however, when he felt ChaosBringer's breath touch the nape of his neck, the shivers that ran down his body were indescribable.
If not for his persona as 'TheBoss', he would have screamed and ran away, as although it was a simple photo, internally Leo felt violated in a thousand different ways.
*Click*
Thankfully, the photo that ChaosBringer wanted was over quickly, as he thanked Leo and moved away.
"Thank-you, Sir Boss… I will surely complete the assignment that you have given me today within the next 14 days" ChaosBringer said, taking his leave, as he skipped outside the room with happy steps.
Having accomplished everything that he wanted to accomplish from this meeting, ChaosBringer felt beyond elated.
'TheBoss' was everything that he hoped him to be and more, as ChaosBringer could not believe that he had the chance to meet such a divine being.
"His aura….His voice, his pet! Cool! Cool! Cool! Sir Boss is simply too cool! Hehehe" ChaosBringer said, hugging himself as he ran out of the servants quarters.
He wanted to immediately type a message in the guild chat posting the photo with a long caption, however, since he could only make big waves once, he wanted to first carefully analyze every word that he would put in the caption below, before finalizing the post.
Meanwhile, Leo decided internally to never schedule a private meeting with ChaosBringer again, as this single meeting had traumatized him for a lifetime.
Leo could feel in his guts that the man did not have pure intentions, and even Dumpy corroborated, as he innocently asked Leo whether males of his species liked to copulate with other men?
If even a beast could sense that something was wrong with ChaosBringer, Leo had no question in his mind that the man was trouble, however, being the indispensable ally that he was, Leo was forced to tolerate his antics.
'If not for him being the leader of 'The Uprising', I would never let myself be put in such a situation' Leo thought to himself, as he resolved then and there that once he logged out of the game today, he would spend a long bedroom session with Amanda after to forget about this experience.
Apart from that, their meeting achieved everything it was supposed to, with ChaosBringer getting his new instructions on what the organization was to do next.
As regardless of his behavior, when it came to leading a guild and getting things done, ChaosBringer was an absolute master of execution.
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