The Innkeeper

Chapter 1330  Clear schedule

Giselle entertained the thought for a moment, but dismissed it quickly enough. There was no reason to risk it.

”Thank you for the offer, I will keep it in mind,” she said politely. ”If you truly wish to assist me, then perhaps you can keep an eye out for a few items Iʼm in search of but have no leads on. If you find any information on them, you can just inform me of it and leave the retrieval to me.”

”Sure, why not?” Lex said nonchalantly, sensing that she wanted to keep a distance between them. ”I come across a wide variety of things in my line of work. Just give me the list and Iʼll keep my eye out.”

Truthfully, Lex was quite confident in being able to find whatever she needed - until he saw the list. It did not help that he had no idea what some of the items were, and while he understood what some of them were, had no idea how to find them.

”Also, please do not make use of information gathering organizations or anything of the sort to search for these. Just the knowledge that someone might be looking for these items itself might lead to trouble.”

Lex raised an eyebrow and looked back at the list. Quintessential sand? Journal VI of Matriarch Parween? Cotton eyes? Ruins of the Eldrim Pantheon? These were only some of the items on the list that Lex could vaguely understand what they might be.

”Is it alright if I look up information on these things myself? I must admit, Iʼm not familiar with some of these.”

Giselle hesitated for a moment, as if thinking about it.

”If you must, then itʼs best if you only look into one, or at most two items. Individually, these mean nothing, but if you look into them all and someone draws an association between them, then it might mean trouble - for you and I both.”

Got it, so mysterious background and backstory. Giselle was really living an interesting life.

”Fine, in that case, if I happen to come across details of any of these items, Iʼll try to contact you. Likewise, if you run into a lead on Defilers or Defiler cores, then you know where to find me.”

Giselle nodded, and just like that they came to an understanding. Lex couldnʼt help but feel that their exchange had been somewhat… lacking. But there was no point in dwelling on it now.

There was nothing really left to discuss, and since Lex interrupted her get together with Liaz, he excused himself so that they could continue with whatever they were doing. A few moments after he left, Liaz returned and sat back opposite to Giselle.

”Do you believe me now?” Giselle asked, her expression becoming neutral and her voice even.

”Fine, I wonʼt be able to fight him. I could feel it in my bones just standing in front of him. But this is an exchange, not a donation. You still need to help me get my hands on true dragonʼs blood somehow if you want my help.”

The atmosphere between the two did not seem nearly as friendly as they had made it out to be in front of Lex, not that it mattered. Giselle knew that she could probably ask Lex for help with the dragonʼs blood. But the whole reason she had given him a list of things basically impossible to find was so that he couldnʼt get involved with her. It was for the best.

”Give me three weeks, and Iʼll get you in the blood. You just focus on fulfilling your part of the deal.”

Lex, meanwhile, had gone to see someone else. Vera and her mother were basically full time residents of the Inn now.

Between the two of them, and Veraʼs services she made available through the Guild room, they had enough MP to live here for tens of thousands of years without a problem.

When he visited the house that they had basically permanently rented, Vera was sitting on the floor, painting her nails while Kristine, her mother, was reading the latest newsletter from the Newsroom.

The knock on the door surprised them both, especially since Vera hadnʼt expected anyone to come. The fact that she literally didnʼt know she was about to be visited by someone was an insane abnormality, but it brought her only excitement!

There was only one person who could mess with her divination ability so much, and it was her favorite customer! She rushed to the door and opened it to find Lex, just the person she thought it would be!

Honestly, he was weird. Most of the time, she couldnʼt see anything related to him whatsoever. The few times she did end up seeing him in her visions, it just involved herself telling him random things which would end up getting her massive rewards.

In fact, the moment she laid eyes on him, she just had another vision of herself sharing some crucial information with him.

”Lex! What brings you here?” she asked with a massive smile. Of course she could guess what actually brought him here, and it absolutely improved her mood.

”I hope Iʼm not disturbing you. I was just running a few errands so I thought Iʼd drop by. I owe you quite a bit for all your advice so far, so I thought Iʼd get around to paying you a bit.”

He handed her a spatial bag containing the Phoenix feather, some Hearts blood of the Jorlam, a few dragon scales, some dragons blood, some ores and treasures from the Trials of Eternity, a couple of treasures from Lovers Island, and a few miscellaneous treasures he looted from the countless Earth immortals he killed back during the Trial itself.

”To be honest, your advice has helped me quite a lot, and Iʼm pretty sure it saved my sisterʼs life too, so expect more of where that came from.”

Vera only smiled and took the bag without any formality.

”No problem! By the way, I had another vision. If you have any plans to visit any angels coming up, you might want to delay them for a while. Your… popularity with angels after Lovers Island has shot up quite a bit, and it might actually become troublesome for you if you approach them any time soon.”

Lex was confused by Veraʼs statement. What did Lovers Island have to do with angels? He did not believe for a second that he was some heartthrob that angels would suddenly find themselves infatuated with him.

He was completely ignorant of the fact that how easily he had resolved Thalielʼs cursed wings was borderline miraculous, which had made angels of all levels keep an eye on him. In fact, the only reason he hadnʼt been swarmed by angels in the first place was because of the countless devils that filled the Inn.

Inadvertently, the Inn had become a place that angels wanted to avoid just because of how much the devils loved going there, thereby saving Lex from a great headache. As it happened, the angels were spending a lot of time doing research on Lexʼs relationship with devils, trying to come up with ways to distance him from them so that he may come closer to them. Without knowing it, he had become just one more reason why angels and devils seemed incapable of getting along.

Lex could not think of the reason why he might want to avoid angels, but he knew better than to question Vera. So far, she hadnʼt led him astray.

”Vera dear, why donʼt you invite your friend in,” said Kristine who suddenly appeared behind her daughter.

Kristine was a mere mortal in the Golden core realm, yet her gaze gave Lex chills. It was the gaze of a mother looking for a son-in-law!

Fortunately, before Lex could make an excuse to leave, Vera just slammed the door shut. Even though the houses in the Inn had perfect sound insulation, through his system, Lex couldnʼt help but peer in to see what was happening.

Vera was once again fighting her mother, telling her that she was going to marry an Oolin no matter what! Her mother, on the other hand, had other ideas.

Lex made himself scarce. Although he was not afraid of combat, this was one fight he did not want to get involved in.

”Alright Mary, it looks like my schedule has opened up,” Lex said returning to his office. ”We can put the matter about Heaven and Hell on the back burner for now, although we should make a list of devils we can consult about how to make a Hell. Something tells me 1000 years to make a Heaven or Hell is a little short. But thatʼs not our first priority at the moment.”

”What is our first priority?” she asked, still in her angel costume.

”Well, I think itʼs time I negotiate a few things with the system again. Weʼre going to be changing how the Midnight Inn works from now on.”