Qing Lin's Feelings: Wait Until You Grow Up

Bai Ge's feelings toward Qing Lin were actually somewhat complicated.

Though by status Bai Ge was Qing Lin's master, in Qing Lin's heart, Bai Ge was far more than just a master. He was someone to whom she attached deeper hopes and different feelings.

Back then, in order to find Qing Lin, Bai Ge had specifically mobilized considerable manpower and resources, yet he had never managed to locate her.

Qing Lin was of mixed human and Snake People blood. Her father was a Snake Person, while her mother was human.

Because of the accumulated conflict between the Snake People and humans, her Snake Person father never even knew that Qing Lin existed. Although her human mother gave birth to Qing Lin and raised her for a time, she ultimately abandoned Qing Lin because she could not bear the strange looks of those around her.

There was nothing to be done about that.

Although Bai Ge had fostered cooperation between the Snake People and humans by teaching the Snake People to manufacture high-end household Magic Devices and refine medicine, this cooperation was limited to alliances between the Snake People, powerful mercenary groups, and certain nobles.

For ordinary humans living in the Tagor Desert, conflicts and contradictions still existed between them and the Snake People.

Human mercenary groups had once abducted Snake People snake women, while the Snake People, seeking revenge, robbed humans and abducted human women. The resentment between them had accumulated far too deeply.

With the instigation of certain schemers, even the smallest Fire Star could ignite these tensions.

To the Snake People, humans were greedy and shameless. To humans, the Snake People were barbaric and disgusting.

In any case, neither side had a favorable impression of the other.

As a mixed-blood child of both races, Qing Lin was even