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Chapter 18 Nina's Little Circle

"Royal blood?"

The knight's words startled Viktor.

What royal blood? How come he's never heard of it? How does Gar know?

"Your Highness, you didn't know?"

Garr was also somewhat surprised:

"Legend has it that the blood of the gods flows in your royal bloodline."

"Those who activate the royal bloodline will become omnipotent, like gods, leading humanity to prosperity..."

Viktor silently raised his hand and pressed it against the corner of his eye:

"Where did these legends come from...?"

As a reborn person, his interests were indeed different from others since childhood, and he had never paid attention to legends or anything like that.

Gar also scratched his head:

"It must have been circulating for a long time, right?"

Anyway, I heard everyone knows about it.

So it turns out he's the only one who doesn't know, right?

Victor couldn't help but sigh, but then he composed himself and looked up at Gar:

"Are there any more legends about this royal bloodline?"

Upon hearing this question, Garr pondered for about ten seconds before hesitantly replying:

"Your Highness, I seem to have heard that... within the royal palace lies the true secret of the royal bloodline. Only those with the Feltro bloodline who have awakened the royal bloodline are qualified to enter and awaken the true power of the royal bloodline..."

"But Your Highness, I've only heard this rumor; there's no basis for it whatsoever..."

"fine!"

Viktor raised his hand to indicate that he didn't care, but his eyes became somewhat unfocused:

"The palace... well, I'll go back there sooner or later anyway!"

"When the time comes, we'll naturally know whether this so-called secret exists or not!"

"yes......"

Garr lowered his head and said nothing more.

Victor had nothing more to ask, so he called Gar over, set out breakfast, and they began to eat...

......

Unsurprisingly, his current appearance is quite eye-catching, even among wizards.

After all, most wizarding apprentices, except for certain special subjects, are quite human. Victor's conspicuous silver hair and eyes make it clear at a glance that he is not ordinary, which naturally attracts a lot of attention.

But Viktor was already mentally prepared for these things.

Entering the laboratory building, the production line seemed to be running smoothly today, so Nina wasn't working. Instead, she greeted Viktor with a surprised look, her eyes filled with curiosity and a hint of shock as she looked him up and down, almost reaching out to touch his face.

Viktor felt a little embarrassed, after all, Nina was someone he knew, and it was really strange to be stared at like that.

He could only cough once to remind them:

"Ahem... Senior!"

"You little rascal..."

Nina also realized that she had been watching for a while.

As I looked away, I couldn't help but sigh:

"The gap between people is truly enormous... There are always some people who, just when I'm feeling a little complacent and self-satisfied, will come out and tell me that my efforts and talents are nothing to brag about..."

"It can't be that bad... Senior."

Viktor was somewhat exasperated by her sudden exclamation.

"You still don't understand how much of an advantage awakening your bloodline will bring you..." Nina sighed again and shook her head. "Never mind, no matter how much I explain, you probably won't understand. You'll understand in the future."

"I just checked, and the production line is running smoothly today. If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any problems... Do you have anything planned for today?"

"Um?"

Viktor was somewhat surprised: "If there's something going on, it's probably just to complete the tutorial at the Star Tower... Senior, is there anything you need?"

Nina waved her hand:

"It wasn't really any order."

"Didn't I tell you before? I've made it confirmed. I'm going to explore the Astral Plane with some friends... We'll probably get together today, so why don't you come along?"

"This...isn't it inconvenient?"

Viktor was even more surprised.

The key is that I don't understand Nina's thinking. He doesn't know those people, and he has no need to know them, so why does Nina want to bring him along?

"There's nothing inconvenient about it!"

Nina waved her hand, indicating that she didn't care.

"I'm just introducing you to people, I'm not asking you to do anything. With me here, and you following me, does anyone dare to look down on you?"

"No... I just..." Victor smiled wryly, "I feel it's unnecessary, Senior... After all, the wizards who can go on astral exploration with you are at least high-level apprentices, while I'm just a low-level apprentice..."

"You still don't understand..."

Nina shook her head:

"Then I'll be frank with you. My friends all have good potential. As advanced wizard apprentices, they all have the ability to advance to full wizards... That's why I became friends with them, just as they would become friends with me."

"So rather than calling us friends, it's more accurate to say we're a small, like-minded group for the time being."

"Besides exchanging knowledge, we also share information and engage in small-circle transactions... So, now you understand what I mean, right?"

"I understand... Senior."

Viktor understood perfectly well that Nina was not so much taking him to a party with her friends as she was inviting him into her inner circle.

To be honest, although it is indeed a small circle, it is still a very high-end circle for 99% of the academy's apprentices... A group of high-level apprentices with the potential to become formal wizards. Putting aside their strength and whether they can become formal wizards, at least everyone has some means and background.

Even just some information asymmetry is enough to gain some benefits.

The reason Victor didn't agree at first was because he wasn't quite sure about Nina's change of attitude... Before meeting Victor today, she hadn't revealed any intentions about this little circle.

Nina made this suggestion immediately after meeting Victor and discovering that he had awakened his bloodline power.

This behavior is undeniably pragmatic, but that's how wizards interact. Victor isn't unaware of this; he simply seems to have underestimated the added value he'd gained after awakening his bloodline...

A myriad of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Victor looked up at Nina:

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, senior..."

"It's okay."

Nina's smiles seemed much more genuine than usual:

"Don't worry about your strength. I've seen your talent, and you've awakened your bloodline... Although I don't know exactly what bloodline it is, your potential to become a formal wizard is higher than most apprentices."

"With the help of Mentor Manuggas, you might become a full-fledged wizard even faster than I have..."