"Oh?" Mary said, looking at Lex curiously. "I thought you'd want to avoid it. So far, you've done your best to hide inside the Inn and avoid trouble as much as possible. What changed?"
Lex chuckled.
"That was only possible as long as the trouble was outside the Inn. Now that I have trouble right here with me inside the Inn itself, hiding won't do me any good. The only thing I can do is to become as strong as possible, as quick as possible. Completing system quests usually goes a long way in helping with that.
"But that doesn't mean that I'm going to go into this without any preparation. I need to have as much information about the garden and Ventura's relationship to it as possible. I also want to know the Crystal races situation there, and the kind of dynamic that place has. Moreover, I need to maximise my personal strength as well. I've received a few new skills, but I'm nowhere close to mastering them.
