25. Friends

"What happened to you?"

"I don't even want to think about it."

Aiden just chuckled as the two walked back to their dorm.

...

A short while later, Aiden and Oliver left for the afternoon class. But on the way there, Aiden saw a familiar face. A beautiful girl with silver hair and a cold, hard expression on her face. It was Raelia.

As she walked, she seemed to be radiating an invisible barrier that pushed everyone else away from her. Anyone would look at her stone-cold face and icy aura and subconsciously avoid this mean-looking girl.

Seeing this, Aiden wasn't bothered and chuckled as he walked over.

"It's nice to see a familiar face after we just finished our sparring match."

Hearing Aiden's voice, Raelia suddenly paused and looked up at him.

"Idiot boy?"

Aiden's eyes twitched.

"My name is Aiden, not Idiot. I thought we already cleared this. I'm not an idiot, I'm a genius."

Although it was a little arrogant saying it like that, Aiden felt like he had to clear up the misunderstanding.

Hearing Aiden's words, Raelia just rolled her eyes.

"It's true that you're talented, but it doesn't change the fact that your brain is weird."

Raelia didn't care to elaborate on her statement and asked with the same static expression,

"Anyway, why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here? Is it wrong to hang out with my fellow classmates?" responded Aiden.

"Why would I want to hang out with you?"

Aiden tilted his head to the side, confused.

"Why wouldn't you? You don't have anyone else to hang out with."

Aiden's words seemed to hit a sore spot, causing Raelia to snap back.

"How do you know I have no one else to hang out with? I could be waiting for them right now."

Aiden heard this and shook his head.

"Your cold and icy aura might make you look cool, but it also means that you'll have few friends, and from the looks of things, you don't seem to be waiting for anyone."

"Ugh…"

Being found out, Raelia groaned, but she didn't bother to defend herself and flipped the script.

"The way you speak makes it seem like you're somebody with a lot of friends."

Aiden was about to talk when he suddenly paused. Thinking about it, Aiden's only real friend was Oliver. Although he was better off than Raelia, it was not by much!

Aiden had been found out, but even so, he would never admit it!

"I have many friends actually."

"How many?" asked Raelia, not believing him in the slightest.

"One…" said Aiden, slightly embarrassed.

When Aiden turned to look at Raelia, he could see the cold expression on her face had been replaced with one of pity.

Seeing this look, Aiden's body shivered, and he thought back to the time when he first met this strange wolf girl.

'Fuck! She's treating me like a complete idiot again.'

Aiden was determined to beat the idiot accusations and scoffed.

"Humph! One is still infinitely larger than zero."

As he said this, Aiden turned around and grabbed Oliver, who was trying to slip away from his friend's embarrassing performance, and pushed him out like a proud father showing off his child.

"See, my friend is here with me."

Seeing herself being obviously proven wrong, Raelia viciously glared at Aiden before turning towards Oliver, her intimidating aura causing him to take a step back, but Aiden just pushed him forward.

"She may look scary, but she doesn't bite… at least I think she doesn't."

Ignoring Aiden's remarks, Raelia looked at Oliver in utter confusion.

"You're friends with this idiot… willingly?"

Oliver heard this and sighed.

"While the guy may lack common sense… he's a nice guy at heart."

"Hold on? How do I lack common sense?"

Oliver didn't humor Aiden at all and quickly replied.

"Experiencing a strange phenomenon during your bloodline awakening, while also mastering archery in one day? You treat it as if it's a normal thing to do, where is the common sense in that?"

"I mean it's not common, but surely it can't be that rare…"

Aiden spoke up, trying to defend himself, but when he saw the crazy looks he was getting from both Raelia and Oliver, he didn't dare continue. Instead, realizing he couldn't win, Aiden expertly changed the subject.

"Anyway, I'm not here to debate you on whether I'm weird or not. I'm here to make friends."

"Friends?"

Raelia was confused, but she quickly seemed to realize something and spoke.

"If you're doing this for me to teach you archery, there's no need. I'm a person of my word, and I won't go back on my promise."

But this time it was Aiden's turn to be completely confused.

"Why on earth would I do that?"

"Huh? Then why else would you want to become friends?"

"Just because."

Raelia blinked.

"So you just want to become friends for no reason… just because?"

Aiden tilted his head to the side, confused.

"Isn't that how it normally is?"

Raelia found out that this guy she thought was an idiot was actually quite simple. Simple people act in simple ways, I guess?

Realizing this, a slight smile started to form.

"Well… I guess if you're asking so nicely, I can reluctantly agree."

Aiden heard Raelia's words and raised an eyebrow, but after he looked behind her, he just sneered.

"You put it like that, but you seem quite happy."

Raelia just scoffed.

"If it wasn't for your incessant pleading, I wouldn't have agreed at all."

Aiden just chuckled.

"I don't quite believe that."

"And why is that?"

"Check for yourself, your tail is wagging."

Shocked, Raelia looked behind her, and her cold expression instantly collapsed. Her face turned red before she growled,

"Are you trying to die!"

But before anything could happen, Oliver's voice rang out.

"Everyone's already going inside."

Realizing now wasn't the time to make a scene, she glared at Aiden before walking inside.

"Snort!"

But as she walked past Aiden, a cold voice sounded in his ears.

"It's a natural and random reaction. Don't think too much of it."

Aiden just snickered.

"Yeah, sure it is."

Raelia's eyes twitched, and she suddenly had the urge to punch Aiden in the gut, but unfortunately for her, the group had already walked into the lecture hall by then.