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 I'm 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 I'll 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, I'm not familiar with some of these."
Giselle hesitated for a moment, as if thinking about it.
"If you must, then it's 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, I'll 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 couldn't 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.
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 Vera's 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 Thaliel's cursed wings was borderline miraculous, which had made angels of all levels keep an eye on him. In fact, the only reason he hadn't 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 Lex's 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 hadn't led him astray.
"Vera dear, why don't 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 couldn't 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 that's not our first priority at the moment."
"What is our first priority?" she asked, still in her angel costume.
"Well, I think it's time I negotiate a few things with the system again. We're going to be changing how the Midnight Inn works from now on."