Introduction

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?"

"I didn't really have any contact with it. At school I was selected into the pill refining class, so this is what I have focused on."

Hearing this Luke's interest was awoken. "Who is your teacher?"

"Miss. Klein.", Ivan answered slightly surprised that Luke would ask this question.

"Really? It is Miss. Bea Klein? Someone who looks like a little girl?", Luke asked enthusiastically.

"Yes.", now Ivan was really bewildered. Why was Luke so excited, when hearing his teachers name.

"Wow, it is really her. I can't believe she really teaches at a high school. And at yours to boot."

"You know her?"

"Of course I know her. She is famous in our circle."

"Really?", Ivan couldn't believe that his teacher, who had always showed a laid back attitude would be someone famous.

"Really. She is rumored to have been able to refine Artifact grade pills, so how could she not be famous. It is just that she is a very private person. It was rumored that she was teaching somewhere, but I never would have believed that it was true. You are really lucky to have such a teacher." There was some envy in his voice.

The information came at a real surprise. He had interacted with her for half a year, but had seen no signs that she was that awesome. Of course he had never seen her refine pills either, since she had only forced her two students to learn everything they could about all the plants out there.

He had started to get annoyed with it and even though it had helped him extremely during his stints into pill refining, he still had felt that it was unnecessary. But now he wasn't sure anymore. Maybe she had a good reason for it.

Luke than told a few more rumors he had heard about her. And Ivan soon realized that he was a hardcore fan.

On the other hand, Jenny had been chatting with her nice on the phone all the time and she now finally finished her call. "Little Lin said that she would come over. She said that there are a few things that would better be talked about in person."

"Huh, then why did she just have her servant give me the chest? And didn't directly talk with me?", Ivan asked confused.

"What do you ask me that? Just ask her when she comes.", Jenny has a exasperated look on her face. After all she to had wondered about it. The only thing she could come up with that would explain this weird behavior would be the main family. These bunch of guys had rules which could twist a normal persons sense of reason. And unlike her, her niece was from the main family.