"If I get to meet a beautiful lady such as yourself, how can I refuse?"

He...might be flirting with a bit of danger here. But the Matriarch doesn't quite have him instincts urging him to flee yet, so he's sticking with that.

Will it come to bite him in the ass? ...Maybe.

"If it's not too bold of me to ask, how long have you been the Matriarch?"