Teaching Contract

Josh slowly followed behind the Matriarch. 

This was bound to happen with people calling him elder left and right! Well, they had stopped using the term under his insistence, but they still kept treating him like one. 

They soon entered a medium-sized room that was the perfect mix between luxury and practicality. The furniture seemed to be made of blood-red ruby, with the light reflecting on it and bathing the room in a bloody glow. Hell, even the door frame had been the same color! 

She turned toward him, hiding her puzzlement, an emotion she had seemingly begun feeling as soon as he had passed the door. Had the entrance been special? 

Josh glanced at it, deliberately letting her see the movement of his eyes.

"So you've noticed." She sighed. "This is an artifact that reveals one's true appearance. I thought you had changed yours." She admitted. 

"Oh? What gave you that idea?" He casually asked.