77 Introduction (1/2)

At this point his mentor interrupted them, ”I don't think it would be proper for him to open it in front of everyone here”

”Huh, but Little Lin had her servant give it to him at a public place, so it should be alright.”, Jenny protested. One could easily see that she was very curious about what was inside the chest.

Carl shot her a stern look. ”Alright, Alright. I'm going to call her and ask her, ok?”

Seeing her husband nod, she made the call.

While she was busy with it, he then took the opportunity to introduce the people assembled in the room.

”I'm sure you have already guessed who this gentleman is”, he then pointed at the man besides Miranda, ”he is her husband and Janes grandfather, Joseph.”

The man nodded as a greeting but didn't say anything, neither did he seem surprised at the mention of Jane. It seemed like he already knew about Ivan knowing her.

Carl then mentioned with his head towards the woman besides him, ”This is my second wife, Trisha.”

Ivan had already expected something like this, seeing how close the two of them were. He hadn't really concerned himself with the rules of marriage, but he had still heard something. Nobody knew why, but the birthrate of females was at least trice as high as that of men. Which had lead to most men having at least three wives. During the tournament he had even heard, that one of the elders had more than ten wives, all of which were beautiful, as well as powerful.

Trisha greeted him happily, ”Hello, I have heard a lot about you from Carl. It is nice to finally meet you. If it weren't for this mission, me and Jenny were on we would have invited you over earlier. Because I'm sure Carl has only cared about your training and nothing else.”, she then threw her husband a reproachful glare.

She had heard about his situation from her husband, and in her opinion her husband had miserably failed in his role as a mentor. Because not only should he have taught him how to train but also how to correctly life in society.

Ivan found it amusing how his mentor looked embarrassed after the look his wife gave him.

With a cough his mentor hurriedly continued on and pointed at the older pair. ”These are Trisha's parents. Her mother Katherine and her father Luke. Both of them are the highest ranking pill refiners in the Alliance.”

The both of them greeted him warmly, ”If you ever have any questions regarding pill refining you can ask us.”, Luke then offered.

”And this is their son Ted. Unlike his parent's he doesn't refine pills but instead has put his body and soul into rune engraving.”, Carl then introduced the last person, which was the young man seated besides Ivan.

”Hi, nice to meet you.”, the man then offered his hand for a handshake. The both of them shook hands and Ivan could feel the callouses on his hand. They were unlike his, which were formed by sword training. He guessed that they were from the constant use of engraving tools.

”Are you interested in rune engraving?”