Chapter 1418 — Chapter 1418 Epitome of handsomeness

Lex felt like an arrow pierced his heart… not really. Actually, it made sense that no one wanted to go. Even though he had stopped using the feature of the Inn that allowed him to purchase workers, he couldn't ignore the fact that all of them had literally been created to be the perfect workers of the Inn.

If that was the case, it only made sense that they did not want to leave the Inn unless explicitly for work. When they all ventured into the Origin realm to help him set up against Sanguis Pluvia, they were helping one of their own. But going on vacation… didn't really appeal to them.

Secretly, Lex had been expecting this, and even hoped for it.

"Well if no one wants to go that's fine as well," Lex said. "I'll still use one of the tickets, and I suppose since no one else wants to go I can just sell the other two and…"

"No, no, you don't need to do that," Velma said cheerily. "I'll go with you! It sounds so exciting!"

Velma was one of the most recent additions to the immortal realm, and it was a narrow admission. Cultivation was not really her strong suit and she had not paid it too much attention.

Ironically, the moment she became an Immortal, she suddenly became one of the strongest immortals Lex had ever seen, so much so that even he felt a dangerous aura from her, despite the fact that she was just at the beginning of the realm.

He strongly suspected that it was because of the tenet that she had chosen for herself. The tenet she had chosen… was Gossip.

Like Lex, she only had one tenet, and her control over her tenet was so amazing that she had accidentally discovered Lawcraft while writing an anonymous entry for her own magazine about a cute love story she witnessed.

It was ridiculous because she named her newly created technique Cupid's Arrow, and from that Lex sensed immense danger - though that was not danger for his life, but the danger of getting caught in teenage romance type drama!

She also developed a sixth sense, much like Lex's. But the difference was that instead of sensing life threatening danger, his instincts sensed romance.

Lex sighed. He suspected that she had sensed his intention to… try and practice his flirting at the Expo.

"That's great," Lex said. "In that case there's still one ticket left. We can just sell that…"

"That's absurd," said Gerard. "I cannot, in good conscience, send you two children out into the universe alone. I will accompany you."

Lex was forced to look away, and not just to hide the immense disappointment in his eyes. He wanted to sell those tickets and make some MP, or maybe even some MT. But now he had no excuse to do that.

But that was only a part of the reason he looked away. The other part was… Regalia Bloom. It was the first bloodline that was unlocked for his workers, and it was an absolutely broken one. It allowed the bloodline wielder to channel energy through any item they touched, and the amount of energy they could channel seemed almost limitless. It was an extremely potent weapon.

But the most lethal thing about that bloodline… was that any and all who had it looked more and more handsome or beautiful, and there was no one whose bloodline was stronger than Gerard. The man had undergone multiple bloodline activations and mutations, and not only was he an absolute menace to battle - Lex had tried that already - he was the epitome of mature handsomeness.

Despite cultivating, he was never able to completely eliminate his older, more mature appearance though he definitely looked younger. Yet that maturity did not make him look old. Rather, it made him look wise, experienced, and a number of other things Lex didn't want to think about.

How was he supposed to practice flirting with these two around him? Would any girl even look at him while he was standing next to Gerard?

It was not that Lex wasn't handsome. Far from it, in fact, for he had an irresistible charm that few could rival. Unfortunately, Gerard could absolutely rival it.

"It's settled then," Lex said. "The three of us will head out tomorrow. Pack anything you might need. This should be a fun trip."

The meeting went on for a little while longer, while everyone else chatted. Now that the matter was resolved, and they themselves didn't have to go, everyone was suddenly interested in giving the three of them ideas for what to do at the Expo.

Yet as he listened to one of the workers suggest to Velma that she should scout for a race that would make ideal lifeguards for the lava pools at the Inn, Lex was suddenly grateful that it was Velma and Gerard joining him and not the others.

For one, many of the others carried a bloodline that Lex had recently realized was a lot more dangerous than it appeared. Anachronistic Ignition was the second bloodline the workers could get, and only recently did Lex realize how absurdly dangerous it was. The bloodline literally affected the rules of time, somehow without killing or negatively affecting the user at all.

He was not one to experiment on his own workers, but if others found out about it outside the Inn, he had no doubt that many would want to kidnap them to study their bloodline. If anyone could learn anything about the laws of time from their bloodline, it would be worth any amount of trouble, which is why Lex wanted to avoid taking them out.

That was another reason he had turned the Expo into a vacation. He was sure it would dissuade them.

"We'll meet up at the Midnight manor tomorrow. I have a few other things to do first," said Lex as he exited the meeting, and teleported away.

When he reappeared, he was in front of Moon, who was still sleeping.

"Hey sis," Lex said, though he expected no response. "Guess what I recently found out?"