章 174: Friends
When he came closer Tang Lin suddenly turned her head around. It was as if she had sensed something.
When her eyes fell upon him, they widened for a moment, before she regained her calm. She then waved towards him, telling him to come over and sit down beside her.
Under the weird stares of the other people in the lecture hall, he walked into their row and sat down beside her.
"Hey, I haven't seen you at a lecture before. How come you have come this time?", she greeted him and directly started to ask him questions.
"Hey. The theme of the lecture seems interesting and it directly touches a problem I have.", he greeted her back and explained. There wasn't any feeling of distance between them and they were able to easily act as if they were good friends.
Meanwhile, the two girls sitting beside Tang Lin looked at them curiously. When they started talking about why he was there and how the lecture may be able to help them, the one sitting in the middle didn't seem to be able to contain her curiosity anymore.
"Hey Lin, don't you want to introduce it?", she asked scoldingly. But the light in her eyes, as well as her grin, made it clear that she wasn't really scolding her but instead enjoyed the situation. Especially when Lin blushed in embarrassment.
"Sorry, you know how I am.", she apologized to her friends who just nodded. Whenever this girl started talking about something she was interested in with someone she was close to, then she would completely forget about her surroundings.
"This is Ivan. And these are Gala and Beth.", she first introduced Ivan to them and then indicated the woman who was sitting beside her first. It seems like she was Gala while the other was Beth. Both of the girls looked very similar, with fiery red hair, that framed a beautiful aristocratic face. What was especially striking was their purple irises.
"Hoho, so this is your husband?", Gala asked in a joking manner while taking a closer look at him. It seemed like Tang Lin had told them about him and their relationship.
"Not bad.", she then continued while nodding. Although Ivan had no idea what she had seen, which had prompted her to make this statement.
"He certainly isn't bad looking.", Beth to piped in.
"As you may have guessed, these two are my best friends although they can be troublesome sometimes.", Lin ignored their statements and introduced them in more detail to him.
Seeing them joke around with each other like this, increased his curiosity, why nobody had dared to sit down in this row and even looked at him weirdly when he did do so. Even now most people in the hall looked at him as if he was an alien. It was as if they couldn't understand the fact that he was sitting here calmly while chatting with those three girls.
Since he didn't see any problem with asking them about this he just did so, "How come everyone seems to evade you?"
Looking at him as if to check if he was seriously asking this, Gala and Beth grinned.
"You were right. He really is lacking common sense.", Gala then told Lin while smiling even more.
At the same time, Ivan had the feeling as if she and Beth had just relaxed a bit more. He couldn't exactly pinpoint the source of it, since before he hadn't had the feeling that they were tense in any way.
"I told you so.", Lin retorted while smiling happily. "So do you want to tell him or should we keep it a secret?", she then acted all conspiratory.
From everyone's way of acting it was clear that it wasn't a secret, but she still made it look like it. It was clear that she wanted to tease her friends. And her friends happily played along. They too acted as if it was an important decision to make.
Ivan looked at them fooling around and couldn't help but smile. It was always great to see friends getting along this well. Especially Gala's and Beth's lively personalities. He wondered whether he should introduce them to his friends. They together with Greg would most likely make an annoying but fun group.
When they finished joking around, Lin told Ivan in a serious voice, "Well, you already know that my grandfather is the Grand Elder, so my status is high. Because of all these annoying flies who tried to get something from me, I adopted a cold and cruel image in public. Just ask anyone and they will tell you to keep your distance from me, or you will be regretting it."
Her words surprised him. He never had the feeling that she was cold and cruel. It seemed like she was a great actor if she was capable of fooling everyone.
Seeing his dubious look, she continued to explain, "I guess you are wondering how I did that?"
He nodded in agreement and even added, "If they look at you having fun with your friends here, wouldn't that destroy your image."
"Of course not. I have painstakingly created an image of me being good to my friends and hard and cold to anyone else. It took some time but after I got my grandfather to heavily punish someone who annoyed me a bit too much it worked out."
"So you are the reason everyone keeps a distance from you is that? How come I don't believe that?"
"Tsk. And here I thought I could take all the credit.", Lin clicked her tongue and the other two girls laughed out loud.
"Haha, seems like your husband isn't stupid.", Beth chortled.
"Of course, or how else could he be fit to be my husband?", Lin said exceedingly proudly. She was clearly blowing into her own trumpet and the two girls dutifully praised her for her wisdom and greatness.
"Pff, don't forget that you have already told us everything about how your marriage came to be.", Gala said with a voice filled with disdain.
"Anyways.", Lin quickly got serious. She didn't want the topic to drift sideways anymore. Because if it did, then she didn't know what those two girls would tell Ivan. "These two's father is the Alliance Master and their mother is a drake. So everyone is very respectful of them."
With Lin's father being the Grand Elder, she was of similar status to them so it was no surprise for them to be together. Especially since they got along very well. Ivan didn't care about status at all, which could clearly be seen from how he interacted with Lara's parents. Many would have felt conscious of their titles but he hadn't been raised to have feelings of respect towards others because of their status.
What he truly was interested in was the fact that their mother was a drake. Drakes who were sometimes called fake dragons counted as some of the strongest races. So he wondered how strong a combination of human and drake would be.
The sisters saw that he didn't show a strong reaction to the revelation. His reaction seemed to be nearly nonexistent.
"You don't seem to be surprised?", Beth asked. There was a reproachful undertone to her question. Something Ivan couldn't understand. What did he do for her to feel like this?
He honestly answered, "Not really. I knew that there had to be something special about you. After all, you got a purple iris. Something pure humans wouldn't have."
"You are right. Pure humans wouldn't have it but most people wouldn't guess that we would be mixed.", Beth responded while looking at him curiously, "Did you have contact with someone mixed before?"
"Hm, not sure. I got into contact with many bloodline things. And sometimes I have the suspicion that they have something to do with mixing humans with other races.", he voiced out a suspicion he had for a long time.
Beth looked at him with praise in her eyes, "You are correct. Bloodlines have something to do with mixing humans with other races.
When most other races get strong enough, they can assume a humanoid appearance. Oftentimes they can't be differentiated from pure humans. But not only are they able to assume the form but they are also able to mate and have children. Those are then called mixed races. During the eons, these mixed races can even develop into new races. For example, it is rumored that drakes have come into existence through the mating of dragons and humans."
"Wow, Then doesn't every human who has a bloodline has ancestors that aren't human?", Ivan asked in surprise.
"Yes, but it may have been far off in history so it doesn't make much difference as long as the bloodline isn't awakened."
"Then do pure humans have a bloodline too?"
"Yes, they have one. But it is extremely rare for it to awaken. That's the reason that most people awake their bloodline from a different race."
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