398: Family Gathering

Family Gathering

The next day, the Schneider family was shocked by Jean's arrival at their mansion in Grindelwald. He hurried over after hearing what had happened to Aleksis. Billie was preparing for a concert around the world so she couldn't come with Jean.2

Terry was very happy to see his father come. Everyone could see his beaming face. Terry idolized his father, a famous actor, and he aspired to become a filmmaker to make his father proud.

Aldebar, who was taking care of London and Rune at his research facilities, also came to visit Aleksis to figure out what he could do to help. With the arrival of Lauriel, Aldebar, and Jean, the atmosphere felt like Christmas, as every Christmas the large Schneider family usually gathered like this.

As usual, Aldebar, who came with London and Rune, became the center of attention because of his unique outfit choices. This time he chose to wear Edwardian clothes that were rather complicated and very intricate.

Finland felt relieved because her children did not follow Aldebar's taste for historical outfits after living with him for so long.

The atmosphere in the mansion felt very warm and festive. Lauriel was there with his son, Nicolae, and they were the Schneiders' best friends who came to accompany the family in the midst of this difficult situation. Then, there was Terry, Finland's biological child from her best friend, Jean, and of course, their two boys who had been with Aldebar for the past month.

When they were having dinner in the dining room at a very long table with a variety of sumptuous dishes, Nicolae carefully observed everyone who was present. He felt very impressed, because after living alone for decades, he could finally spend time with people who had become his family.

He was very happy to have met his father, and now his happiness increased because he knew he was part of the Alchemist clan. He felt like he just found a new family.

They chatted during dinner, mostly about the progress that had taken place. Caspar also conveyed his request to Lauriel and Aldebar to lend their men to him so he could get revenge on those who killed Kurt.

Terry and Nicolae looked at each other as they listened to the conversation of the older men at the dinner table. They just heard about what had happened to Caspar's confidant.

"Do you know who is responsible?" Lauriel asked. "I will ask The Wolf Pack to come and help you."

Caspar nodded, "Based on my investigation, he was killed by the people from Rhionen Assasins."

"In two days they will all arrive here. I can instruct them to help you," Lauriel said.

"Thank you, Lauriel. I owe you one." said Caspar. He then turned to his brother Aldebar. "I also need your help."

Aldebar nodded, "Of course. We must properly punish this people. Do you know why they kidnapped Kurt?"

Caspar sighed, "It looks like they were looking for Aleksis."

Nicolae immediately remembered that he had received a message from Alaric Rhionen on his Darknet account. He had felt sorry for the man and wanted to tell him about Aleksis' condition, but when he arrived at this mansion, he was so busy preparing for Aleksis' treatment, he totally forgot to do it.

Now, after hearing about Kurt's death, he made the decision not to tell Alaric about Aleksis' condition. He did not sympathize with him anymore because apparently the man had cruelly lead Kurt to his death.

Apparently he was even more dangerous than what Nicolae suspected. Inwardly he could not understand how Aleksis could be involved with the leader of the world's number one assassin organization.

Finally, Terry and Nicolae could only listen to the adults' conversation at the dinner table; they did not want to be considered presumptuous. Caspar made plans with Lauriel to hunt down Rhionen Asassins and find out why they were looking for Aleksis.

Caspar, who had to replace Kurt in taking care of his company, was forced to return to Berlin and arrange for the Group to run well after Kurt's death. He asked for Jean's help to watch over his children for several months while he set the conditions of the company.

Jean claimed to have retired from acting to live temporarily in Switzerland. Finland would stay in Switzerland for a week to accompany Aleksis, and in Berlin for a week to accompany Caspar, alternately.

Nicolae was very honored when Caspar asked for his help to stay in Switzerland to oversee the care of Aleksis. He did not expect Caspar to give him such confidence in such a short amount of time.

"I have completed my mission in Singapore, so I can stay here. I will be happy to observe and supervise the care of Aleksis," Nicolae said.

He just needed to apologize to Professor Tillman for not being able to be his assistant for public lecture on Tuesdays. But for him, life as a student in Singapore was no longer interesting, because Aleksis was no longer there.

"Thank you," Caspar said, nodding toward Nicolae. He then turned to Terry, "Have you finished your studies?"

"I have, I just need to submit my final project, and it can be done from anywhere," Terry said quickly.

"Good. Whenever you can join me in Berlin, I will greatly appreciate your help in managing the group. While Aleksis has not recovered, I hope you will be able to take over."

Terry could not help but be surprised. He ... was asked by Caspar to ... someday ... take over the group? Gosh, really? Had he heard it right?

Terry felt so moved. He did not think that Caspar now really thought of him as his own son. Caspar had lightly asked him to take care of his family business - as if he was one of his children. Terry knew how jealous Caspar was of Jean in the past, especially after knowing that Finland had a child with Jean, namely Terry.

Now it seemed that Caspar no longer had any problem with him, and even considered Terry as his own son.  

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