Chapter 533 - Im Sorry (1/2)
”Please come in, everyone. Uncle Rory is very sorry because he forgot to invite you to his party a few years ago. He is indeed not very good at throwing parties. Auntie Portia, I hope you would forgive him ...” Aleksis welcomed them in with a cheerful expression.
Uncle Rory?
Alaric's head instantly became heavy.
Portia and Ned nodded and followed Aleksis into the castle. Their first impression of the girl was very pleasing and Portia's annoyance at Lauriel had diminished a little from hearing her explanation.
”Then where is your future husband?” Portia asked her. Now she was curious to see Lauriel's son who was getting married tomorrow. She wanted to know what kind of person he had chosen to be his heir.
”Oh ... Nic is in the back, I'll call him too ...” Aleksis called for the staff who immediately brought drinks and served it to the three guests before she excused herself. ”I'll be right back. Please relax and enjoy drinks. Father and mother are almost here too.”
When she disappeared behind the door, Alaric's consciousness returned, and tears started welling up in his brilliant purple eyes.
His brain had stopped working, but his legs subconsciously ran after Aleksis' shadow, as if they had their own mind. The girl had been standing there. She had disappeared behind the door.
This was not a dream!
This was not a fantasy feature on Holodeck!
He was at the Medici Castle and he just saw Aleksis in flesh...
Aleksis who was going to call her Uncle Rory ...
Uncle Rory who was apparently Lauriel himself …
Lauriel was Alaric's biological father.
”Eh ... Eli, where are you going?” Portia asked, confused. However, Alaric didn't reply. He didn't even turn his head.
His only focus was to look for Aleksis. He couldn't bear to lose her again!
When he arrived outside, Alaric found himself in an empty alley. Aleksis had disappeared from his sight.
”Where is Aleksis ...?” he asked urgently to a passing servant. The girl was surprised for a moment but quickly pointed towards a building across the garden. Alaric immediately ran that direction.
”Uncle Rory ... Auntie Portia has arrived. Are you in the library?”
Alaric heard Aleksis' voice calling for Lauriel when he arrived by the library door. He closed his eyes, absorbing her beautiful voice that he had been deeply missing for years. His brain immediately linked all the pieces of information stored in his memory and now he understood what had happened.
This was indeed the same Aleksis …
This was HIS Aleksis.
Now he understood why Aleksis had to keep her identity a secret. Not because she was the illegitimate child of Kurt Van Der Ven ... but because she was an Alchemist.
Now he understood why Caspar was so angry and chased after him, assuming Alaric was responsible for the accident that had befallen Aleksis ... Caspar was the girl's biological father.
Now he understood that Lauriel, his father, was Uncle Rory, Aleksis' godfather ... and the reason Lauriel wanted Alaric Rhionen dead was for the same reason as Caspar … Lauriel held him responsible for Aleksis' accident because his people slaughtered the Black River mafia group ten years ago ...