The Innkeeper Chapter 477 Curse

The man who was addressed as Emperor only slightly nodded to the soldier and kept on walking. The four n behind him didn't slow their pace either, though one of them, a tall, young looking man with dark hair and brown eyes, looked at the soldier for a brief mont.

"Why did that soldier recognize , William?" the Emperor asked casually using his spiritual sense.

"Lieutenant Dan is a child from the Aragoni noble family. 3000 years ago you t one of their ancestors at a formal event and took a photo with them. It is likely frad in their family ho. Another likely reason is that he is from the regint led by General Ragnar, soone from Serafol's faction. Not only is Ragnar extrely loyal to the royal family, his growth record is phenonal and he has shown excellent potential. Although he does not know it, his na has been entered into the potential candidates to marry into the royal family."

Jotun rely nodded and kept on walking. Under the instructions of the Henali he had arrived at the Midnight Inn to have a eting with the Innkeeper. Yet he was inford the Innkeeper was currently occupied and they would have to wait.

Jotun didn't mind. This seed like an interesting place, with multiple tribulations happening at the sa ti. He could take this ti to relax.

He walked into the bar inside the Midnight manor to find it mostly occupied by so group. The Emperor ordered a drink and sat in the corner to allow himself to relax. Yet before he could do so, he heard an interesting conversation.

"Truck-kun? A serial killer who can travel across multiple galaxies?"

Interest flickered in his eyes as he continued to listen.

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Lex continued to look at where Anakin had been when he disappeared, but found nothing. While he hadn't tested out finding him with his spirit sense, just the fact that Anakin could hide from his eyes either ant that he overestimated his eyes' capabilities, or that Anakin's abilities were more formidable than they appeared. Especially when one considered that he was just in the Qi training realm!

"Not bad," Lex comnted, and looked to his left. Though Lex could not see him, his intuition was still working. If Anakin wanted to prank him, it would take a lot more than just that.

Anakin was so startled when Lex looked at his invisible self directly in the eyes that his powers failed.

The prankster quickly regained composure when he realized that he had beco visible again, and returned to his seat as calmly as if nothing had happened.

"You're right," Noman spoke as well as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "I can tell when soone is lying. I can even tell if what I'm reading is a lie. Even if soone tells the truth, but in a deceptive way, so that the understanding I get is false, I can tell it's a lie. Moreover, my ability has nothing to do with cultivation level. I've never t soone, regardless of how weak or strong they were, who was able to lie to successfully."

'That's not true,' Lex mimicked him in his mind in amusent. Still, he was observing him closely. That ability… was very impressive, and if it was not limited by cultivation realms… Well, Lex was tempted to hire him as an employee of the Inn right away!

"Not that I'm doubting you or anything, but do you mind if I test it out?" Lx asked as he focused more closely at the waves being emitted from Noman.

"Sure, go ahead."

"My na is Lex," he said and observed if there was any reaction. Nothing unusual happened, and Noman didn't do anything either.

"I am 27 years old," Lex said once again. He did not want to use obvious lies, and planned on mixing a few truths into his statents. Once or twice he might ntion an absurd lie just to see if Noman himself identifying the lie made any difference on his ability, and what effect it had on those waves.

As he suspected, from the mont he started speaking there was a disruption in the waves. From being colorless, they gained a red color which, then, was absorbed into Noman's body. The mont the color was completely absorbed, Noman whispered, "he's lying."

Lex accepted the answer and was about to continue when sothing even stranger happened. Noman looked up at Lex and said aloud, "you're lying."

Lex frowned, and said a few more lines. The pattern with Noam repeating himself twice continued. Even the rest of the group began to notice that sothing unusual was going on, and the confused looks on their faces told Lex that this wasn't sothing they were aware of.

"Do you mind if I try sothing?" Lex asked.

"Go ahead," Noman answered confidently. No one had been able to disrupt his ability before and he was confident it would continue that way.

Lex walked up to him and said, "I'm actually bald."

The red colored waves appeared once again, but this ti Lex quickly moved his hand right above Noman's head, blocking the waves. Sothing absurd happened.

The waves passed through Lex's hand, though he felt a strange resistance, but the red color remained behind.

This ti, Noman did not unconsciously whisper out that Lex was lying, but he did confidently look at Lex and declared his lie - completely ignoring the fact that identifying such an obvious lie should not have made him proud.

But he did not get the reaction he was hoping for, as not only Lex, but the entire group was looking at him in a strange way.

Lex tried a few more, less obvious lies and the sa thing happened. Lex did not know what the red color was, or why he was able to interact with it, but he did make a deduction of what was happening to Noman.

He looked at Anakin and asked, "does he always whisper when soone lies near him."

"Yes," Anakin answered, at exactly the sa ti as Noman who said, "no."

Lex frowned for a mont while he considered the possibilities, before he made his way back to his seat.

"Noman, before you ca to the Inn, was there any chance soone was targeting you? It may have been a subtle feeling you had, or maybe you saw so hints indicating it."

"There was nothing subtle about it. There was a group of people trying to kidnap . If I had not been delivered a golden key just in ti, I would have been caught. Why do you ask?"

"Hmm, it's just as I thought," Lex said slowly. "Soone has put a curse on you. Every ti your ability is used, you can't help but say it out loud. There might be other aspects to it as well. My guess is, they're using that to track you. If you had tried to hide anywhere other than the Inn, they would have found you."

Suddenly, everyone in the group had an abrupt realization. Noman wasn't an idiot or completely oblivious to his own actions, as they had assud. Soone had cursed him.