The Innkeeper

Chapter 1132 Kind of cool

”No problem. You know he loves playing with the daycare bunnies. I swear, I donʼt know about anything else, but the Midnight Inn has the best daycare in the universe.”

”It comes with the package,” Lex said, then turned towards Moon, who was now lightly snoring in her hammock.

She had been sleeping for days, and although he knew she was fine, it was bothering him.

”Iʼll start working on her immediately,” Harry said, looking at Moon. ”But from what I can sense, itʼll take months if not years for her condition to improve in the slightest. The process can be sped up, but for that Iʼll need to get my hands on something called Velvet Goose King feathers. Every feather you can provide will speed up the process by a lot, but itʼs supposed to be rare.”

”Iʼll find it. If you need anything else just let me know.”

”Everything else I already have. This is the only thing that I wasnʼt able to get my hands on in the Midnight Inn.”

Lex nodded, and without hesitation made his way to Powell.

”Youʼre back fast. I havenʼt made any progress on your request yet, though I have already gotten a few leads.”

”Itʼs good to know that you have some leads, but Iʼm here for something else. I need Velvet Goose King feathers, and a lot of them.”

Powell nodded, and pulled out a massive book from under the table, and started to peruse the pages until he found a particular one that had what looked like the contact information of a farm.

Without looking at Lex, he took out a device and made a call.

”Yeah, itʼs me,” he said, and then began listening.

Lex only heard muffled sounds from the other side, so he couldnʼt tell what the guy was saying.

”Yeah, yeah, I get it. Right, makes sense. I totally agree. Perfect. Yes. Thanks.”

Powell then shut the call and grimaced.

”Thereʼs a problem. Thereʼs only one place with a stable supply of these feathers in the entire realm, and the guy that runs that place is a little… eccentric, if you catch my drift.”

”What does he want?”

”He is a supplier for the emporium, but since heʼs already met the quota for this century, we cannot demand anymore from him for now. But he still has more. The only catch is, if you want it, you have to go buy it in person.”

”Where is it?”

Lex did not mind the extra hurdle. It was a rare resource and if the guy was the only stable source in the entire realm then he deserved the benefits his monopoly afforded him. As long as he was reasonable, Lex would deal with him. If he was unreasonable, well, Lex would still deal with him, but in a different way.

”His farm is on a planet called Dunya. Itʼs a 5 star planet, run by Druids. Theyʼre a humanoid race, and theyʼre very powerful, but they can be a bit temperamental sometimes.”

Dunya. Lex was aware of its existence. He once got a quest to visit the 5 star planet, but back then he was too weak to even consider going there. Now though, Lex was fairly confident that he could handle it even if he ran into some trouble.

”Great, sounds like a lovely place. Do you have any way of teleporting me there?”

Lex could go to that planet using the Inn, but he didnʼt want to get stuck connecting the planet to the system right now. He would much rather go there freely, and get his work done for now. He could connect it to the Inn later.

”Yes, that can be arranged. Just… remember to be careful. Theyʼre a peaceful folk, as long as you remain calm. Sometimes they can get a bit aggressive, but just treat that as their eccentricity and donʼt react.”

”Worried Iʼm going to get myself killed?” Lex chuckled. ”How often do you see me getting into fights? Iʼll be friendly.”

Powell smiled at him awkwardly, and then slid him a piece of paper. It had his picture on it, and in bold letters it read, ʼWANTED! Lex the dragonslayer and world stealer was last seen taming a World Eater. If spotted, do not challenge and immediately contact your closest dragon.ʼ

Lex was stunned. What the hell! It had barely been a few days.

”This is just the one sent out by the dragons. The Henali have a… nicer poster that requests a meeting with you if possible, or else theyʼll settle for a virtual video conference. Thereʼs also some story going around about how you stole the heart of an Elevn princess. Oh, the famous assassin organization Nix is also openly looking for you, and the terrorist organization responsible for trying to fracture space within this realm has also put out a bounty on your head. Did I mention that the Fuegan have put a kill on sight order against you? I think the dwarves arenʼt too fond of you either.”

As if to prove what he said, Powell kept putting various wanted posters on the table in front of him, all with various pictures of drawings of Lex.

”Powell.”

”Yes?”

”Can you get me a copy of every kind of wanted poster there is of me out there?” Lex asked as he tried not to feel ecstatic. He was supposed to be filled with grim determination to help his sister, but being wanted all over the realm was actually kind of cool.

A part of him wondered when his other identity, Jack, would begin to accrue such a reputation as well.

”No problem. Do you want a nice frame with that?”

”Yes. I mean no. No! Just… just the posters will be fine.”

”Most of them are digital, but Iʼll have them printed out. In the meanwhile, Iʼll set up the teleportation.”

”Yeah, you do that,” Lex said as he admired his pose in the wanted poster. These were actually kind of cool.