Chapter 76 - Another Surprise (1/2)
When they finally returned to Singapore, Finland felt ready to work hard so she could apply for an extended leave from the end of the year to the end of January 2019.
When they landed back on the Continental Hotel rooftop, Jadeith and Ben were already waiting for them. Finland recalled Caspar saying that Jadeith was his nephew. She took a closer look at Jaedith, trying to find similarities between them.
Jadeith had long golden hair tied in a man bun, and his eyes were emerald green. He was a bit taller and more muscled than Caspar. At a glance he looked very different from Caspar who had black hair, blue eyes, a slender body, and more delicate features. Maybe Jadeith inherited more genes from his father.
When she asked Caspar about it, Finland got confirmation.
”Jadeith does look a lot like his father. He is a pure alchemist because he is immortal without having to take the immortality potion, because both Flora and Louis, his parents, are alchemists. Since Louis only took the potion when he turned 40, their children only stopped aging in their 30's. That's why Jadeith looks older than me.” Caspar opened his cellphone and showed a photo, ”This is Flora, Louis and their three children. You can see that Louis looks like he is in his 40's, Flora looks very young at an age of 22, and their children, Alexandrite, Garnet, and Jadeith look like they are in their 30's. ”
Finland looked at the five people carefully. She could see the very obvious resemblance between Flora and Caspar. Their faces were almost the same, except that Flora's hair was golden. One thing all five of them had in common was that they all have very brilliant eyes. Finland remembered admiring Caspar's brilliant pair of blue eyes when they first met, and now she saw that the five alchemists on Caspar's cellphone also have very brilliant eyes.
”Does everyone in your family have such brilliant eyes... or is this the specific feature of an Alchemist?” she asked later.
Caspar cleared his throat, ”You're very clever. The effect of the immortality potion is that all cells in our body become perfect and our eyes become brighter than that of an ordinary human. That's why I am able to recognize an alchemist only from his/her eyes.”
Finland thought about Jadeith's brilliant green eyes. A vision of Katia came into her mind – Katia also had a very beautiful pair of brilliant blue eyes. It was like the saying, the eyes are a window to the soul... Finland thought that she would also be able to recognize an Alchemist from their eyes…
She looked into Caspar's eyes and admired how beautiful the color was. Finland herself had brown eyes that were not special. In her heart she hoped that their children would follow their father and inherit his pair of beautiful blue eyes...
”Why are you looking at me like that?” teased Caspar, ”Are you thinking about our children's eye color?”
Oh God... can Alchemists also read minds? complained Finland inwardly.
”I...”
”Don't worry, I can't read minds, no way...” Caspar laughed, ”I was just guessing, because you were talking about eye color and then you stared at my eyes with a strange look.”
Pfew...
Finland nodded honestly, ”I hope our children will have your eyes.”
Caspar smiled very wide. He kissed Finland and immediately carried her into the bedroom. He didn't care whose eyes their children would take after. He was glad Finland was already thinking about being the mother of his children.