Chapter 530 - Alaric and The Boy Who Sees Sounds (1/2)

Alaric decided in the last moment to head to Grosetto a day early. He didn't have the chance to tell Portia and Ned about his plans. He didn't even know whether he would actually meet his father when he arrived at Medici Castle.

Lauriel didn't know how Alaric looked like, so there was no way he would be able to recognize him if Alaric didn't deliberately introduce himself. He could still come as Elios Linden or anyone else he wanted, as the people in Grosseto didn't know him.

He arrived in Grosseto when it was still noon, while the family event was going to start in the late afternoon. He had come too early.

Was he too excited to come here that he arrived so quickly?

Alaric shook his head. It was true. All his life, he had never known his parents, and now, for the very first time, he was going to meet his father.

He couldn't find any words to describe what he was feeling, nor did he know what he was supposed to say to his father when that time came, the time when he would meet face to face with his father and ask everything he had always wanted to ask.

The car stopped at the foot of the valley. He got off to admire the panorama. This place was immensely awe-inspiring, especially when it was autumn, like how it was at the moment. He wanted to have a stroll and admire his surroundings before going to the castle area. He wanted to know what kind of environment his father's family was living in.

Hundreds of years ago, his mother must have come here often with his father when they were still together. The present panorama and the panorama at that time must've only changed a little, he thought. The valley down there, its trees, and the small forest, it must've looked similar to what Luna and Lauriel saw when they were young.

This should have been his home.

Alaric slowly walked along the path. The feelings rumbling in his head were difficult to describe with words. This was the castle owned by his father's family, and for some reason, knowing that made him feel sad.

He didn't need this castle, nor any of the Medici Family's wealth. He himself was already one of the richest and most powerful men in the world.

He knew that there were things that couldn't be bought with money, including family and love, and he didn't have both. Sometimes, this fact made him feel like he was the poorest person in the world.

The only thing he had was his ambition and his dream to rule the world under his feet.

”Whoooooo....!!!!”

Instantly, he was woken up from his reverie when he heard a joyful scream from his left.

Among the orange trees along the forest's end of the forest, he saw a little girl having a lot of fun chasing butterflies. Her platinum hair went down to her shoulders. She was probably around nine or ten years old. She had a very casual appearance; she wore a pink short-sleeved shirt with white short pants and white shoes.

Actually, her appearance was quite strange, considering how cold the temperature already was that autumn, but it seemed that the child wasn't bothered at all even though her clothes were more appropriate to be worn in summer.

Alaric quietly watched the little girl play with the butterflies that were flying among the orange trees. It turned out that she was just chasing them so they would fly - she didn't really want to catch the butterflies. Alaric was momentarily fascinated. The whole sight in front of him looked like a beautiful painting.

He was curious as to who this child was, roaming so far to the end of the forest. It seemed impossible that she came from the surrounding villages because from what he had seen, the security around the castle was very tight.

Was this the child of one of the families who arrived early for the party? Then why wasn't she wearing a party get up?