Chapter 477 - The Birthday Party (1/2)

The atmosphere at the Medici Castle that afternoon was very lively. Dozens of waiters paced around and carried drinks to the party guests who were enjoying the festive event.

Of course, this event could be considered very special, because the owner of the famous Medici Castle,  who was known to be very reclusive and did not like the crowd, insisted on holding a lively party by inviting the people close to him.

Caspar and Finland, who had just arrived with London and Rune, immediately approached the host and updated each other about their news. They haven't seen each other for a few months.

”You've really changed,” Caspar said, hugging Lauriel, and touching their foreheads. ”No one would have thought that one day there would be a party thrown at the Medici Castle.”

”Well ... this place has been quiet for too long,” Lauriel replied with a smile. ”But today is a special day, my son is celebrating his 100th birthday. Not every day you can celebrate for turning a century, right?”

Caspar nodded. He looked around, ”So, Nicolae will finally come home? How long has he been gone?”

Lauriel sighed, ”It's been over five years ... I guess he really needed time to find himself.”

Caspar knew what Lauriel meant. Nicolae was heartbroken because the girl he loved was married and had children with another man. After making sure that Aleksis had returned to her family home and was in good condition, Nicolae decided to withdraw and not return for many years.

He still faithfully updated his father on his whereabouts, but he still did not want to come home and chose to travel alone around the world. Lauriel could only wait patiently.

This year, Nicolae would turn 100 and Lauriel thought this to be a good opportunity to persuade Nicolae to come home since his father had arranged a festive birthday party for him.

Finally, Nicolae relented. He knew Lauriel did not like crowds, so if his father organized a party for his sake, he had to respect his father's good intentions and come home. He realized, of course, that Lauriel missed him a lot.

Lauriel deliberately invited all Alchemist families, especially those who had beautiful and single girls in the house. He never expected that the time would come when he had to use this dirty trick to get his son a partner.

Lauriel remembered the party of 200 years ago when he first met Princess Luna. The girl's parents deliberately held a very lively party and invited all single Alchemist men to come, hoping that Luna would be attracted to one of them.

Luna was indeed attracted to one of the party guests - Lauriel, who came with four of his men. She even ran away from home disguised as a man to follow Lauriel's crew on adventures around the world.

Well ... it didn't hurt to try, did it? Who knows, maybe one of these girls would capture Nicolae's attention, Lauriel thought. He hoped that his son's broken heart had somewhat recovered and he returned home with a new heart that could open up to other girls.

”Uncle Rory, when will Nicolae arrive?”

Lauriel's reverie was moved when he heard Aleksis' sweet voice greeting him. The girl had been helping him with the party decorations and the staff so that everything went on smoothly.

Aleksis was now almost 26 years old and was extraordinarily beautiful. Gosh, he really prayed that when Nicolae saw Aleksis again, his heart wouldn't bleed all over again.