Chapter 195 - The Wedding (2) (1/2)

A staff member entered and approached Caspar. She whispered something by Caspar's ear and he immediately stood up and excused himself from his entourage. He would soon officiate the wedding of Ned and Portia.

”Ladies and Gentlemen, the wedding procession will begin soon. Please, let us all go to the inner garden. You may follow me.” A girl in black appeared and asked all guests to move to the procession.

The large door on the inside opened and revealed an open garden which was very spacious and was decorated grandly with thousands of flowers and candles. It looked really beautiful and romantic.

There were dozens of luxurious chairs arranged nicely in two sections on a thick lawn and in the middle there was a small path decorated with white roses for the bride to walk.

Finland, Jean, Lauriel and Aleksis were invited to sit in the left row, which was reserved for Potia's family and friends, while Alexei and Katia sat in the right row with Ned's family and friends. Finland and Jean held their breath when they saw that two British royal princes were present at the event.

Finland immediately recalled Caspar's words that the Lewis family was the real ruler of England and representatives of the British royal family would attend the wedding. She didn't know that it was really the prince who would attend.

”Does the royal family know the secrets of the Alchemist?” Finland asked in a whisper to Lauriel.

The man nodded. ”Yes, the Lewis family have ruled from behind the scenes since 300 years ago, and the Mounbattens represented them in public in the same way as all Caspar's public affairs are represented by the Van Der Ven family.”

”Oh...” Finland understood right away. She glanced at the two princes and almost held her breath. It turned out that these Alchemists were truly the aristocratic rulers of the earth, and she accidentally became part of them. Jean too.

Finland and Jean looked at each other. They knew that they had the same thoughts in mind.

Finland actually felt rather sad because she had to wait 7 more years before she was able to get the immortality potion from Aldebar.

The only thing that made her a little relieved was that because of her half-Asian race, her appearance had not changed at all even though three had years had passed since she left Caspar. Lauriel even said that Finland would not look aged until she was in her 40s.

Twenty musicians were present on the stage behind a small gazebo decorated with thousands of roses where the groom was standing by his sister. Caspar had taken his place in front of Ned and his eyes were very twisted.

”Caspar is only wearing normal tuxedo... doesn't he need to wear a fancy robe or something?” Finland asked in amazement. When Aldebar married them off, Caspar's brother wore pretty complicated gears and looked very majestic, just like a king.

But now Caspar was only wearing the tuxedo he wore from the hotel. He held a sapphire-headed stick that was very beautiful, but other than that there was nothing special about his appearance.

Lauriel shrugged, ”Caspar has different fashion tastes than Aldebar. His younger brother prefers a very old and traditional fashion, while Caspar is more casual.”

”Oh...” Finland thought that the clan leader had a certain uniform, but apparently she was mistaken. There were so many things she had to learn about this Alchemist society.

She looked around and realized that the people present all had their own dress style. Some, just like Aldebar, were into the old-fashioned, majestic, and intricate appearances, while others liked simple and modern clothes. Whatever they wore, everyone looked very beautiful and the clothes they wore fit them perfectly.

The music then played a very beautiful song Finland had never heard it in her entire life. The air slowly turned magical and people fell silent, enjoying the magic of the beautiful song.

Slowly, the bride walked into the path in the middle of the guests, who immediately stood up and welcomed her with a look of admiration.

Portia was the most beautiful woman Finland had ever seen. She had purplish hair that fell down beautifully to her hips. She had a small body and her movements were smooth like a fairy. Her face looked radiant with a smile that made her glow.

Finland had to pinch herself to make sure that Portia didn't emit a halo from all over her body. She again felt like she was in Rivendell, and Portia was the elf queen.

When the bride passed Lauriel's chair, she turned around with a surprised but happy face and covered her lips in surprise. Lauriel smiled and nodded to Portia, who responded with a tear in the corner of her eyes.

Lady Portia was the cousin of Lady Luna, Lauriel's late girlfriend, and she felt very sad after Luna died. Today she felt touched because Lauriel took the time to attend her wedding, even though the man hated crowds.

After Portia arrived beside Ned, the two looked at each other with loving eyes and Ned held his future wife's hand.

Gosh... after 200 years together, they were still so filled with so much love for each other.

Finland and Jean were very impressed. It was the uniqueness of the Alchemists that fascinated them. One day, Jean would fall in love and get married, and he imagined himself and his wife living happily ever after with so much love for each other, just like Ned and Portia.

The only woman he had ever loved was his best friend, Finland, but the girl now belonged to someone else, and even had a child with him. Jean knew he had to open his heart to another woman.

Jean felt grateful because a few years ago, Finland was in dire need of money, so she was forced to sell her eggs to the fertility clinic. Jean had to come along because he was requested by the clinic.

They forgot about it until they found out that they had a biological child together, Terry. Even though Terry was born and raised by other people, they were able to bond even more as best friends and Terry's biological parents.

Since they became a family in a way, and Jean did not feel the need for another family. This was enough.

The beautiful music stopped playing and the atmosphere became very solemn. Caspar raised his staff and smiled at the bride and groom.