Chapter 84 - How Finland and Katia are different (1/2)

Caspar had never apologized to a woman he dated his whole life! Even Katia, who was his fiancée for 50 years, was very lenient and she forgave all his unpleasant actions – an example would be when Caspar casually dated a women he met on the way to her place.

He knew that he had irresistible charm, and he had seen countless women throw themselves at him.

Katia never protested or left him just because Caspar was having fun with other women.

What made Katia finally decide to leave was because Caspar kept her hanging. After so long he never took the last step to marry her. Indeed 50 years was a long time and Katia couldn't stand it anymore.

Caspar did not mean to hurt her, he simply could not bring himself to commit to her because he realized that he didn't actually love her.

Caspar's parents who died together during World War 2 were married for more than four centuries and they were a perfect example of true love. They had known each other since they were children and both became Alchemists in their early 20s.

They provided Caspar and his siblings with a loving household until they died in each other's embrace under the rubble of the building where they lived.

Since Caspar reached adulthood at the age of 25 until they died, his parents were his best friends.

Even after Caspar went away to explore the world, and Flora got married and started a family, and Aldebar was born and grew up to be a world adventurer, all of them always came home to their family castle in Germany to get together every 10 years.

They had a close-knit relationship. Since their parents passed away, only Aldebar lived in the castle because he was the only alchemist in the family to inherit their grandfather's secret immortality potion.

Caspar wanted to fall in love and marry someone, just like his father fell in love with his mother and married her, but for more than 400 years he did not find a woman who captured his heart. When he was devastated after the death of his parents, he met Katia in England.

She was attending art school. Katia was a beautiful and kind lady from a noble family. They became friends because they often met at art community events in London and soon they started dating. Katia was able to comfort Caspar's heart and cheer him up.

Five years later Caspar decided to tell her the secrets of the Alchemists. Katia, whom he first met when she was 20 years old, began to change her appearance and at the age of 25 - she slowly started to age.

Caspar was worried that Katia would soon look older than him. He also could not let Katia age and then die, leaving him alone.

Finally, one night after a romantic dinner in Surrey, Caspar told Katia everything. The girl's first reaction, predictably, was that Caspar was just joking.

”I told you I'm an Alchemist.”

”I don't even know what that means. You told me, but I just thought that meant you were interested in alchemy.”