Chapter 1014 - Roses Confusion (1/2)

Rose only watched as Rune left the table to a secluded corner and called his parents. She then turned to the siblings in front of her and tried to understand what was actually going on between the three people.

Rune said JM and Pierre (Terry) were adopted siblings, and JM called Rune 'Uncle' because she was dating Rune's nephew. However, Pierre was also Rune's adopted brother? It's very confusing, to say the least.

Terry pretended to focus on his food, knowing he had put Rune in trouble just now in front of Rose.

Gosh.. why couldn't his brothers fall in love with regular Alchemist girls?

So, they didn't have to go through the hassle of covering their identities and, finally, after the cat was out of the bag, they had to find ways to convince those girls to follow them and become immortals as well...

London went through so much trouble with L, and now, it seemed like Rune was going through the same thing.

Just look at Terry with his lifestyle. He was dating around different Alchemist girls. None of them were clingy or wanting commitment since they had hundreds of years ahead of them to decide if they ever want to settle down with someone.

With regular humans, there would always be that pressure to make a decision and commit immediately because if they waited for too long, the girl would get older.

Caspar Schneider made the mistake of binding himself to Katia before he was sure of his feelings and that caused so much pain and grief in the years to come.

Jean was no different. He was worried that he would lose Billie Yves to old age if he didn't immediately commit. So, he did just that.

Jean was lucky to meet his current wife, Marion, a fellow Alchemist. Things had been smooth sailing ever since.

Now... just look at London and now Rune. So much hassle.

Terry could only pray that Rune wouldn't make the same mistakes as Caspar and Jean.

Rose did look like a nice girl, but there were so many nice and beautiful girls out there. Terry couldn't tell what was so special about this one.

”Hello.. Dad, it's me,” Rune pursed his lips when his call was picked up by Caspar.

”Hey, how are you? We tried to call you but your phone was off,” Caspar replied on the other end.

”Is Mom pregnant?” Rune asked bluntly. This was such a big shock to him, hearing it from Terry, instead of his parents.

”Eh...? Who told you that? We have only known yesterday. Your mother and I just talked to Aleksis and London about it.  Caspar furrowed his brows in confusion. ”Wait...”

”So, you didn't tell Terry?” Rune asked. He sounded a bit relieved.

”You did?”

Caspar remembered he talked to Jan about taking a three-day leave so he could pamper his wife while they were on break and rest. Finland had been helping him a lot in the office and he thought she deserved to relax.

Jan must have talked to Terry since they were close and Jan often asked Terry's opinion on the company's matter.

”No, I didn't. But I think I know who Terry got the information from,” Caspar massaged his temple.

”Who?” Rune finally felt a bit better.

It looked like, his parents didn't consider Terry more important than him. Heheh.

”We talked to Jan Van Der Ven about taking 3-day leave.  You know, I want to give your mother a break and take a short holiday. I forgot to tell Jan not to tell anyone... ahaha. I'm sorry you have to hear it from Terry,” Caspar said. ”We tried to get a hold of you and Terry today to share the news, but we cannot reach you. Aleksis told me you are traveling to Medion? So, I thought I better let you get back to me.”

”Ah, I see.” Rune was happy. His parents didn't forget about him when they wanted to share the big news. He was just unreachable earlier today. He thought it must be because his phone was turned off.