Chapter 516 - Rune & Alaric (1/2)

”Hey… You're Elios Linden, aren't you?” Suddenly, an eager voice from the door greeted him. Alaric turned his head and found the face of a very handsome young man with bright blond hair and narrow blue eyes.

”Hmm...” Alaric nodded. He recognized this young man as the son of the Schneider family who came with Terry to the Ritz Gala.

”My name is Rune Schneider, I really like the Virconnect product made by Splitz.” Rune raised his hand to shake hands, and for a moment Alaric couldn't bear to turn his hand away because he saw those beaming eyes.

”Thank you.” He finally responded to Rune's handshake. ”What do you like most about Virconnect?”

”Umm... I like it because very little data is needed to access it. I think we can use Virconnect for more purposes if it can be installed on a smaller device.” Rune answered enthusiastically. Without waiting for a response from Alaric, he outlined several alternatives to using Virconnect in addition to long-distance relationships between people on earth.

Rune was a talented scientist who had followed in the footsteps of his uncle Aldebar, and this year, he had produced his first machine, a tool to accelerate plant growth. He was waiting for the Schneider Group to mass-produce it.

He was very pleased to meet Alaric at this event because he admired many innovations of the group of companies he was leading and enthusiastically discussed one by one the things he liked about their products.

Alaric listened in admiration. He knew that this boy was very young. He had heard that Caspar had married shortly before Ned and Portia, so his children would still be young. So young, yet he already sounded very knowledgeable and forward-thinking, he thought.

”You sound very innovative. If you aren't the son of the Schneider family, I would love to offer you work in my company,” Alaric commented.

”Why, why not?” asked Rune in surprise. ”Do you hate my family?”

”Don't you need to take care of your family business as an heir to the Schneider family?” asked Alaric, who now looked at him in puzzlement.

”Oh yeah, that's right...” Rune was naive and didn't think in that direction, leaving Alaric to only faintly smile. The children of the Schneider family are very pleasant, he thought.

The two then talked further about various things, and for a moment, Alaric was comforted. Their conversation only stopped when Aldebar called Rune to come back inside.

”Sorry, I have to go back soon. It was nice talking with you.” Rune went back to greet Alaric and excused himself.

”Ah, see you tomorrow then. I'll be having tea with your father tomorrow,” Alaric answered.

”Good. See you tomorrow!”

After Rune left, Alaric stood staring at the empty night sky. His lonely-looking posture attracted a lot of sympathy from the girls who had gathered outside and watched him since earlier time.

After a while, because Alaric didn't seem to be moving, several beautiful girls came to him.

”Good evening, Eli. Nice to meet you.” A tall girl who looked like a supermodel greeted him with a very beautiful smile. ”My name is Shekina and these are my friends. We saw that you looked pensive.”

”I'm Lyana.” The cute girl with a freckled face nodded next to Shekina.

”I'm Alexandra.” The last girl appeared from behind the tall Shekina, her small body immediately taking place in front of her friends while laughing.

For a moment, Alaric was amazed to see how Alexandra had a pair of very beautiful eyes. Both her eyes had a mixture of gray and green, which was extremely rare. She also had heterochromia like Aleksis, and even their names sounded similar.

Alexandra's friends saw how Alaric was stunned and thought he was attracted to the girl. They whispered and giggled flirtatiously.

”Ah... It looks like Eli likes Alexandra. Well, then we won't bother you two.” Smiling, Shekina dragged Lyana away, leaving Alexandra blushing in front of Alaric.

Instantly, Alaric felt tired. He didn't need interference at times like this, he thought.

”Alexandra, nice to meet you. Sorry, but I have to go.” He nodded at Alexandra and walked the other way.