Curse The Mainframe!
/ Curse the Mainframe! 415 Not Like Him At All!
He made his way downstairs to see his mother grabbing Ye Sha's collar, stunning him.
"What are you doing, mother?"
Annalise abruptly let go of Ye Sha, smiling at him. It was like seeing his own smile reflected.
"My darling son," she started off. "How could you keep it from me? How could you keep it from your dear mother?"
Behind her, Ye Sha was making crazy eyes at him, blinking, but Alec couldn't read his mind, so he was just confused at his gestures.
Ye Sha shook his head and make a throat cutting motion at him but Annalise didn't allow him to decipher his friend's meaning.
Instead, she walked up to him and grabbed both of his hands. "How could you not introduce your girlfriend to me?"
Alec suddenly became alarmed at the tears in her eyes.
Why was she tearing?
How was she tearing?
Where were the tears coming from out of nowhere?
Suddenly, what she said clicked, and he shot a look at Ye Sha.
Ye Sha pretended he was dead.
It was only then that Alec looked towards Aeden, to realize that his father looked stricken before it was quickly smoothened out when he realized that Alec was looking.
"Tell me all about her, unfilial son!"
That night, they made their way to the hall in the middle of the clan compounds, where all important gatherings were held.
It was created in the grand style of a ballroom. At least, that was how it appeared on the outside.
Yet, when Alec entered that giant 'ballroom', he realized that the inside and the outside did not match at all.
The walls and floor inside were sturdy and solid, while there weren't many decorations or much emphasis on aesthetics.
It was at odds from the appearance of the building outside.
If Alec had to guess, it was because the people that frequently gathered here were Sins, and fights breaking out was a common occurrence.
It was expected, even.
Aeden had told him as such, not wanting his son to get caught unawares.
The man had been uncharacteristically naggy on the way here, causing Alec's lips to twitch. His mother had been laughing at the side secretly, still salty about not being able to meet her son's girlfriend – scratch that, not even knowing about her son's girlfriend until Ye Sha let it slip.
There had been so much information thrown at him that he felt overloaded, almost.
Inside the gathering hall, there were already people who were there.
One glance across, and Alec was reminded of his clan, only these people all had black hair and red eyes.
Alec's lips twitched as they all turned to look at their party, who just entered.
He already thought that they were early, yet the Sins here were all even earlier than they were.
The resemblance amongst those here were uncanny, and while there were differences, one had to really pay attention to know who you were talking to. There were a few non-Sins or non-clan members in the gathering other than Ye Sha.
Alec felt a headache incoming.
There were so many people… and the gazes felt like they were stabbing into him.
He was not imagining it when he saw a few people's eyes light up when they looked at him. Whether it was the normal attention or because they wanted to fight him, he didn't know.
With the gathering of so many Sins in the same place, there was a general undercurrent of bloodlust that wafted through the air. They seemed to feed off each other, amplifying and growing.
This was indeed a Sin gathering.
All eyes were on them – or, more specifically, on Alec, who was the main star of the show today.
"This is my son, Alec," Aeden said simply, yet there was a hint of pride in his eyes that surprised a lot of people.
Some of them dispersed, while others continued to stare almost hungrily at Alec.
Ye Sha looked at them speechlessly. He leaned into Alec and whispered to him. "Say, don't you think that there are too many people here? You can't be expected to fight all of them to gain their respect, right?"
Alec just smiled at him silently, and Ye Sha felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up.
"What's that smile for?"
"No reason," Alec said, "I just think that you're very courageous today."
Ye Sha looked at him blankly. "Courageous? I'm never courageous," he said seriously.
"Just by talking to me, aren't you drawing attention to yourself?"
Ye Sha immediately looked back at the sea of red-eyed people and instantly felt a chill. That wasn't good.
There were indeed some people that had started to look at him.
Since they had never seen Alec before previously, they had unconsciously put all their attention on Aeden's son, but now… there was someone else talking to Alec.
And that was a person that wasn't part of their clan!
Who was he, and why was he talking so casually to a Sin? How interesting!
With this thought process, there were quite a few people sizing Ye Sha up, and their anticipation was bubbling up.
Ye Sha felt like crying. How else could he tell them that it wasn't his intention to attract their attention?
He didn't want to fight them!
Could they just get along peacefully?
Yes? Yes? No?
Why did he feel like the answer was going to be no?
Alec patted Ye Sha's back before departing. "Good luck."
Ye Sha felt like crying even more. He wanted to grab onto Alec's pants and ask him not to leave, but that would be seen as a sign of weakness!
So, he could only watch as Alec's back got further and further from him.
Then, a wave of Sins descended from seemingly nowhere…
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Alec stood by the food table as he casually ate. There was still a faint smile on his lips as he casually ate from the table.
He ignored the piercing stares surrounding him and ate without reservation.
No one had come up to him yet.
They were all waiting for something, or for Alec himself to challenge someone.
Yet, nothing of the sort was happening, which made them briefly confused.
Was he a Sin, or was he not?
Aeden had not been clear earlier on, which was actually what they had all been waiting for.
If he was a Sin, then challenging him openly was fair game, while if he wasn't a Sin, then they had to hold back a bit.
Generally, most people couldn't match up against them, which meant that they had to be a bit more careful with their more fragile counterparts.
They continued to watch him as he ate peacefully and thought to themselves that at least he showed good willpower. There were so many of them staring at him, after all.
Of course, there were some people who weren't so polite as they observed his behaviour. They thought that he wasn't behaving like a Sin, and that he probably wasn't.
They sneered and disdained him openly.
Alec raised a brow.
He thought to himself that these people were quite straightforward and almost cute in a way. After all, they didn't hide their intentions at all. Everything showed on their face, and there was no sense of fakeness.
At the next table, next to the punch, there was a young female teen that was scowling as she angrily drank the punch.
It was the teen from that afternoon, who had completely looked down on Alec before.
Now that she saw him again, she was really unreconciled. After all, he didn't behave anything like Uncle Aeden at all.
Unlike Uncle Aeden who was cool and strong, this other teenager who was his son behaved more like an ordinary civilian with how he was smiling constantly and gentle like a lady.
She scoffed and glared at the people around her, sparing no effort to let them know that she was unhappy.
Most people raised their brows while others sneered back at her, not willing to take her attitude.
Strength within the Sins was the number one respectful factor, after all, and she was just a young girl who hadn't made herself known yet.
The girl saw Alec pick up yet another piece of steak and couldn't stand it anymore. Angrily slamming her cup down, her eyes blazed with flames as she stalked towards him.
Chapter end
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