7. Lizard Girl

Looking at the weirdly designed medal in his hand once more, he entered the inn. The inn was bigger than he expected. The entire place was built out of Griffin Oak, which is a very expensive and rare wood on Earth Land. But Alexander noticed that this place was filled with Griffin Oak trees when he crossed the forest to enter the town. He realised that Griffin Oak must be quite common here.

Going towards the receptionist(Lizard Girl) he asked.

"Good Evening."

"Good Evening Sir, how may I help you?" She asked him with a polite smile.

"Do you have any rooms available for tonight?" He asked.

"I am sorry sir but all the rooms are full." She said apologetically with a bow.

"It's okay, an acquaintance of mine said that I could get a room if I showed you this, so I thought you might have some vacant rooms." He said taking out his medal.

The eyes of the receptionist went wide after looking at the medal.

'Isn't that the medal of the Dragon Queen Ciara? Is he related to her? I cannot offend an acquaintance of Lady Ciara' she thought.

"W-wait a minute sir. I didn't know that you were an acquaintance of lady Ciara. The rooms on the bottom and the second floor are full but there is still a room in the VIP area. Since you are an acquaintance of Lady Ciara, you are free to live there, sir." She said with the politest tone he has ever heard.

'So her name is Ciara and she seems to be a big shot here. It was good that I didn't offend her.' He thought.

"Thank you, I will take the room." He said.

"Alright sir, here you go. Your room will be C-68." She said handing him the key to his room.

"Thank you." He said leaving the desk.

[Time-Skip: 5 minutes]

"Now this is a nice room." He said looking at the beautifully decorated room.

"Well the room doesn't matter, all I care about is a place to stay. But first I should do my daily practice." Putting his backpack in the desk, he sat on the floor, cross-legged.

Alexander steadied his breathing and relaxed his body. Taking slow breaths he started absorbing the pure ethernano from the surrounding. But once he did that his eyes shot open.

'T-this is amazing! The concentration of ethernano is so thick in this place. If I continue to train here, the amount of ethernano I will be able to absorb in a month will be almost equal to the amount I would have achieved on Earth Land in a year. This is amazing.' Surprised by the ethernano concentration, Alexander mumbled.

[Time-Skip: 3 hours]

"*Growl*"

"I need something to eat, but within three hours I was able to gather a bunch of ethernano." He said after waking up from the meditation because of his growling stomach.

"I hope they serve food at this hour." He said looking at the time which was 2 AM.

Going towards the receptionist deck, which was empty(as he expected) he decided to check the dining hall. But when he was going towards the hall he heard a voice.

"May I help you, sir?" Turning towards the source of the voice, he saw the receptionist girl who was at the reception earlier.

"Oh, yes. Actually, I was kind of lost doing something and almost forgot about dinner time and missed it, but now I am quite hungry. Is there something that I can eat at the moment, miss--" he asked not sure what to call her.

"Oh, I am Lizzy, Lizzy Belford. Sorry for not introducing myself earlier. And I don't think you will find anything in the dinner hall at this time. Luckily I forgot to lock the door to the storeroom so I came down to close it. I have some nachos, if you don't mind you can come into my room. I would love to share them." She said with a sweet smile.

"I am Alexander Necros Vida, a pleasure to make your acquaintance. And you don't mind letting a boy in your room? Are you sure that is a good idea." He asked a bit surprised at her carefree nature.

"Haha I wouldn't worry about that. Because if you tried anything funny you will be put on a stake by the council. The council of Northmorn is very strict and the punishments they give are extremely scary. The last time when a man tried to take advantage of a woman, the council punished him by cutting off his genitals and throwing him in a cave full of orcs. So, the women here don't have to fear about their chastity." She said with a carefree smile and Alexander shivered at that.

'Cutting off his genitals? Throwing him inside a cave full of orcs?' Just thinking about it sent shivers down his spine.

"Since you are offering free food, I will gladly accept." He said with a bow at which she laughed.

"Follow me then." She said and he followed.

She took him towards the staff section which was almost as good as the VIP section.

'Damn, the staff has some good facilities. So much different from the rooms for staff on Earth Land.' He thought.

"Come on in." She said unlocking the door.

The room was different than what he imagined. He has never been to a girls room before, this was his first time. The only knowledge he had, came from books. And the room that was in front of him was completely different from what the books said.

According to the books, girls liked sparkly bright colours like pink and their rooms were decorated with flowerpots and stuffed toys. But Lizzy's room was totally different.

Her room was light blue, a bit similar to her skin tone. It was full of books, specifically novels. The room was well kept and very neat. And had a lot of beautiful furniture. It was nicely designed and had a bed, a table, a lot of bookshelves, a dressing stand and a lamp.

"Nothing special right? I don't have many possessions." She said.

"Nah, I was just surprised at how clean your room is." He said. Her lips curled upwards at that and said.

"Yeah, I don't like keeping my room messy. So I clean my room twice a day." Saying this she went towards the other room, which was a mini kitchen.

Five minutes later she came with a tray full of nachos.

"Here, I made them. So it might not be very good." She said passing him the tray.

"Thank you and don't worry, I am not a picky eater." He said and she laughed.

"That's good then, but if you don't like them don't lie. I hate liers." She said with a smile.

Alexander looked at her and thought, 'I just noticed how pretty she is. Damn even though her skin is cyan-ish, she is really attractive. And those yellow eyes and red hair just adds to her charm.' {A/N: Imagine mystique(comic version) with a tail and cyan skin.}

"What are you staring at?" She asked tilting her head a little bit.

"I was just looking at your beautiful face," Alexander said absent-mindedly. Lizzy blushed a little and said.

"You have got quite the smooth tongue, Mr Alexander." She said.

"Haha, I was just saying what I saw. Besides you can call me Alexander or Alex for short, Miss Lizzy." He said with a smile.

"In that case call me Lizzy, no need for the miss. And eat the nachos and tell if they are any good." Saying this, she took a nacho for herself.

Alexander did the same and ate it. To his surprise, it was really good. Dare he say, it was on par with the nachos his grandmother made.

"These are damn good!" He exclaimed.

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment. By the way, I didn't get time to ask you this before. But if you don't mind may I know what is your relationship with lady Ciara?" She asked looking genuinely curious.

"Oh, I met her when my airship had a crash near the place she was. After asking me why I was wandering inside the forest, she offered me a place to stay during the storm. And that led me here." He said nonchalantly.

'Weird, Lady Ciara never brings any outsider to Northmorn, and a human on top of that, a cute human but a human nonetheless. There must be something more to him.' Lizzy thought.

"Well, She seems to be quite respected here. Do you mind telling me about her?" He asked, curious about the dragon named Ciara.

"She is indeed very well respected by the citizens of Northmorn. Her story is quite famous but still, there are a lot of things that are not known by us. But I don't mind telling you what I know, if you want." She said looking at his curious green eyes.

"Yes please, tell me about her." He said munching down a nacho.

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{A/N: Today's Chapter was a bit late, I was kinda busy *kinda*. Well nothing much happened, in this chapter but I promise there will be some good power-ups in the next chapter. So keep reading, CYA!!!}