Chapter 721 - She Is Missing Her Mother (1/2)

After enjoying the sunset, the newly-arrived guests cleaned up and rested for a while in their respective rooms. They went down to the dining room on the first floor for dinner at around 8 pm.

They ate at a very long dining table, styled like one of those dining tables in the ancient noblemen's castles, that could accommodate up to dozens of people. They enjoyed a warm dining atmosphere while talking about various things.

Aleksis' birthday party the next day was prepared to be a simple celebration in the beautiful garden behind the castle. Alaric's foster children would come to celebrate. This would be the first opportunity for all of them to meet each other.

The moment felt so special, especially for Finland and Alaric. They both were used to being alone and lonely. Now, they had a big family that they loved. Inwardly, London regretted that L was not among them. According to him, that moment could have been an important moment for L if she were to enter their family. Unfortunately, L had to work, and they were no longer together.

Aleksis also became sad when she thought of Nicolae. Alaric was not the only one who lived alone for decades and became a lonely person. Nicolae also had lost his adopted family decades ago and had to live a confused life as an immortal human alone, without knowing who his family was. Before reuniting with Alaric, Aleksis was friends with Nicolae and knew him very well.

She always felt sad, imagining Nicolae would always avoid family events like this just because he still had feelings for her. This was really unfair to Nic.

She hoped that someday Nic and her would be like Uncle Jean and her mother, who managed to dispel their personal feelings and remain friends and now close like family. They always supported each other and be present during their important life events.

Aleksis felt that her birthday would never be complete without Nic's presence, but unfortunately, there was nothing she could do about his feelings.

Kara and her two assistants took care of the three babies while the parents were busy. Ireland and Scotland seemed calm because they were always together and never separated, while Lily cried when her father was busy eating with his family.

”Gosh ... Lily very rarely cries,” London said worriedly. He quickly finished his meal and took Lily from Kara. ”What's the matter, Sweetheart? Are you hungry?”

He checked what was the meaning of Lily's cry in his phone application provided by Rune, but did not find the meaning of his daughter's cry. Bewildered, he turned toward his brother.

”Why can't your machine explain the meaning of Lily's cry?” he asked in puzzlement. ”Why on earth your machine always breaks when I really need it to work?”

Hearing his brother grumble, Rune immediately checked the little machine in the baby's basket, and after fiddling with it, he could only shake his head. ”It's not broken. I've put 10 of the statuses that are most commonly experienced by babies. If Lily's cries can't be translated by the machine, then this must be a new condition that I've never registered because there was no data before.”

”Ugh ... useless,” grumbled London. He carried Lily and kissed her red cheeks with a worried face. ”What do you want, my dear princess? Please, tell me ...”

As he stared at Lily's black eyes and looked at Lily's pursed lips while she wailed, suddenly, London realized that Lily was missing her mother.

With a sigh, he turned to his family and excused himself from the dining room.

”I have to take care of Lily. You guys, please continue with dinner. Later, after Lily is asleep, I will rejoin.”

He hurriedly took Lily in his arms out of the dining room and into his own room. He remembered tonight was the music awards show that would feature a joint performance between L and the Rainfall Band. He would turn on the television and let Lily see her mother.

As he researched the awards show, London saw that there was an option to watch the program through Virconnect 4D and get a 4-dimensional experience. But after thinking for a while, he decided that taking Lily to see noisy music awards show like that would not be good for his child.