Chapter 1159 An offer I

Chapter 1159 An offer I

While Gerard negotiated a deal with the pirates through guests who had visited the Inn before, Velma was off on a small quest of her own. She started off on Vegus Minima, which had flourished over the past few years.

It was practically unrecognizable, and the newer generations knew nothing of the zombie apocalypse that had devastated the planet for hundreds of years as a simple story from the history books.

The most important thing, however, was that since the planet was far from the main Jotun empire planet systems and bases to begin with, it had benefited from the investment and guidance of the empire, but when the empire was struck by trouble, it was spared.

Due to various political realities, and the distance this planet from any of the nearest war zones, it had effectively been spared from even needing to participate in the war.

With reduced oversight, the governor of the planet had essentially become a king, though even now he dared not claim that title. After overcoming his Earth immortal tribulation, now as an immortal, not only was he leading the planet to thrive, but his family was also thriving.

Velma felt a mild urge to go find Layla, that little girl who used to play back at the Inn with Jimmy and the rest. But Velma had other priorities at the moment.

Cirk, the first designated pilot of the Inn, escorted her to one of the terminals where he summoned the Silent Night, and waited for her to board. From there they took off, shooting towards one of the uninhabited planets in the star system.

Calling it uninhabited was a stretch, since all planets that could not sustain life were being used to source rare and valuable minerals, ores and spirit stones to the three Vegus planets. With that in mind, there was technically a colony on all the planets in this system, but that had nothing to do with Velma.

With the Silent Night's speed, it only took a short while before they reached the intended planet, before changing course for one of the moons. This particular Moon was not being mined because it held no valuable minerals at all, and so had nothing remarkable about it at all. Or so it seemed, for when the ship began to land, it disappeared from sight.

"Miss Velma, you have changed since I last saw you. You look more mature. It suits you."

"Thank you, I think so too," she said, and flashed a sweet smile. "You haven't changed at all though. I had hoped time would heal some of your pain."

Aslan, the mature man with a head full of white hair, only flashed her a remorseful smile.

"Time cannot heal all wounds, Miss Velma. To live is to suffer her absence, and to die is to condemn the memory of her to be lost forever from this universe. I do not know which is worse torture."

Velma had a great love for love stories, but not all love stories end happily. The man in front of her was a guest who had come to the Inn only once, and though that visit was brief, he had shared with Velma his own love story. Truth be told, they did not have too deep of a connection. But since Velma had been considerate enough to listen to him when he had no one else to speak to, he offered her whatever friendship he could.

Since he was a friend, even if a distant one, Velma did not really want to use him, but...

"Aslan, I have a situation on my hands that I thought you might be interested in hearing about. Would you spare me a few moments?"

"Miss Velma, I have nothing but time on my hands. Please join me in the other room so we may sit comfortably."

The man led her to a back room which had a lovely view of the back garden and sat down on cushioned floor mats that were placed in the room. He summoned a teapot and poured her some tea before pouring himself some as well.

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