Nick caught on to the underlying meaning of the lo mia's question and answered in the worst way possible. "Sorry, its a secret." He said smugly. See the thing about dragons is that they love exposing secrets which is how they tend to be very wealthy as a consequence. Nicks answer teased the dragonic nature of lo Mia causing her to act differently than she normally would. She started to ignore nick entirely as she focused on the purifying array in order to try to reverse engineer it. Nick was stunned at this response thinking he had angered her somehow. 'I'm not this socially awkward right?' He thinks to himself while trying to get lo mia's attention. Nick trys everything short of shaking her vigorously all to no avail. In the end nick decided to ignore her as he went into his house to cultivate. His meditation only lasted a few hours before being interrupted by a frustrated scream. Nick lifted an eyebrow before going to check on lo mia who was muttering to herself about how it didn't make sense. Nick understood what happened immediately and chuckles awkwardly. The truth is that since the array was built on the knowledge of his alchemy method the entire array is revolutionary in itself this the current situation where the old knowledge clashes violently with the new. Nick calmly walks over to lo Mia and expressionlessly chopped her on the back of the neck knocking her out instantly. Nick catches her as she collapsed before gently laying her on the ground and quickly taking out a heart demon pill and crushing it into powder and sending it into her mouth. Lo mia's expression instantly eases up before becoming tranquil causing nick to nod and go back into his house to meditate. Lo Mia wakes up shortly afterwards with a panicked expression before realizing she was fine and calming down and deciding not to research that array any longer. She goes over to nicks house shyly "umm nick?" She says sheepishly. Nick opens his eyes and stands up before stretching. After walking over to lo Mia nick quickly examined her before nodding. "You seem yourself now , that is good." He says calmly. Lo mia blushed "thank you for your help." She says embarrassed. "Its fine since it was partially my fault you almost developed a heart demon over my array." Nick says before chuckling. "Ah, yes about what wanted to talk about I suppose now would be appropriate." Nick said after an awkward silence. Lo Mia brightens up instantly "yes! Now is perfect , so my clan recently discovered a dead sects inheritance trial ground and I was wondering if maybe you might Want to come?" She started talking brightly before her voice grew very soft. Nick laughs before making a joke "ah miss mia if I didn't know better I'd think you were asking me on a date." He says with a laugh. Lo mia blushes violently with her head lowered. "Yes." She whispers out . nick practically choked when he heard her "wait you are seriously asking me on a date!?" He says surprised. Lo Mia nods with a blushing cheeks. Nick calms himself "well since you are the literally first person to try to start a relationship with me without jumping straight to marriage I'll give you a chance." He says seriously. Lo Mia is stunned at nicks response. "Forgive me if this odd but I actually thought it would be harder to get you to agree." She says causing nick to freeze.