The Innkeeper

Chapter 1549  Melancholic

As Lex sat in the veranda of a wooden cabin halfway up Mount Midnight, sipping hot chocolate made from some magical cocoa tree that the turtle had somehow mutated, he could not help but reflect on life.

Once, just living two separate lives simultaneously had been an achievement for him. Now, he was living a dozen lives simultaneously, and chilling at the same time. Lex suddenly felt like he should create a service where the guest has a clone chilling all the time while they themselves work. It was oddly enjoyable.

Of course, this was the kind of thing he could only do inside the Inn. Lex still hadn't found a cloning technique that perfectly satisfied him, and all his clones were either really weak or had to stay within a certain distance of his main body. What happened with Jack was an accident he couldn't really replicate even if he wanted to.

With the Inn completely under his control, its entire region basically under his eye, it provided a safe environment for him to play around like this. Of course, if a serious situation were to occur that required him to focus all his attention, the clones would all either vanish, or enter a dormant state depending on how they were made.

"Hey Mary, you ever had hot chocolate?" Lex asked as he continued to stare out into the distance. He had a couple of days to burn before work got serious, and he intended on spending it… just doing nothing. His previous vacation wasn't as restful as he thought it might be, so he wanted to just chill a little on his own.