Chapter 208 - I'm Just Feeling Touched

"You seem to like L.. " said Aleksis, smiling. "You can meet them. Soon L will be here with London and their daughter, Lily."

Vega's face was radiant. She couldn't wait. The smiles on their faces and the relief on Elios and Aleksis' faces really had an impact and could change the atmosphere in the villa. It was filled with sadness before, but now slowly they felt joy.

They seem to forget the years of suffering and sadness due to Vega's disappearance. Now, they only felt happy because she returned. Like one day of rain managed to erased years of drought, Schneider-Medici family members were filled with happiness.

Ren finally entered the villa and greeted them all. He had seen Caspar Schneider and Finland Schneider and had no idea who they were. Inwardly, he tried to guess that they were Vega's grandparents, as Sophia had told Karl.

She remembered Sophia informed Karl that Caspar Schneider looked very much like his son, London Schneider and that his wife was half Asian.

"Hey .. you're here!" Vega got up from the sofa and greeted her husband. She took Ren's arm and took him to sit with her on the sofa. "Ren ... my father said you two were already talking?"

Ren nodded. He glanced at Elios and then smiled at Vega. "I agree with the plan. You'd better go home and spend some time with your family. I'll take care of some of my responsibilities in Moravia, and I'll catch up with you later."

"Hmm ... alright," Vega looked relieved. "Uhm ... I have something to say to you. You've met my biological parents and siblings. Now, I want you to meet .. my grandparents."

Ren put on a surprised face. "Where are they?"

Vega smiled in amusement and pointed towards Caspar and Finland. "That's them."

She rose and invited Ren to greet her grandparents.

"I don't understand," muttered Ren in surprise.

"Uhm ... there is something you don't know," said Vega. "Maybe this is hard to believe, but my father is 117 years old. You can see for yourself that he still looks very young. And my grandfather is already four centuries old. But ... he also looks young. Actually, my family comes from the Alchemist clan. They are immortals. My father and father already told me a little about our family secret. I was really surprised too."

"Ahaha. You're .. kidding, right?" Ren asked as he looked closely at Vega. "I'm glad your sense of humor is back."

"Uhm .. I'm not joking." Vega smiled sheepishly. She squeezed Ren's hand and whispered to him. "I was shocked too, but I think they are telling the truth."

Ren's expression seemed to change. He frowned and looked at Caspar and Elios in turn.

"Is that true? Both of you ... uhm, are as old as Vega said?" he asked in amazement.

Caspar looked at Ren and smiled. He had heard who Ren really was. From the first look at this man, he had made his own judgment in his heart. Renald Hanenberg had a brilliant reputation worldwide, even before he became the crown prince of Moravia. In fact, if there's a man worthy of the Schneider's granddaughter, it's Ren, Caspar thought.

They did not care at all about his position as the future king of Moravia. After all, if he became an Alchemist, he would have to change his identity after some time because the public would be suspicious that Ren would not age if he continued to appear in public as the king.

However, his intelligence, and his impressive background as one of the top geniuses of SpaceLab, led Caspar to give Ren a positive assessment.

"That's right," said Caspar with a smile. He stretched out his hand to greet Ren. "My name is Caspar Schneider. Vega is my granddaughter. Perhaps you have heard of my name?"

"Of course, I've heard the name Caspar Schneider, but ..." Ren swallowed hard. "I didn't expect you to look so young. This is all very shocking."

"This is shocking to most people, indeed." Caspar nodded in agreement. "Anyone who hears it for the first time will think they are crazy or misheard or something .. ahahaha. But this is the truth. I am the head of the Alchemist clan and my family is all immortals. We look young forever."

"This is very surprising," said Ren. "I need time to process it. Sorry."

"It's okay. I know you like science. Well, we did a background check a little about you." Caspar sat back down and crossed his legs gracefully. "You will love meeting my brother, Aldebar. He's a scientist too. You might connect with him better."

"I prefer science related to the universe and outer space," said Ren. "As you may know, I used to work for SpaceLab."

Elios nodded. "I know. I founded SpaceLab decades ago."

"I feel honored to have worked for SpaceLab," said Ren. "Unfortunately, I had to leave SpaceLabd and went back to Moravia."

"We've heard about what happened. Family is everything, and if we have to choose, we have to determine priorities, which one is more important," said Caspar. "I'm glad to hear that you preferred your family to a brilliant career at SpaceLab."

Ren knew all the personas he displayed about himself out there were tricking everyone. He returned to Moravia because he wanted to be in power. After successfully killing his cousin in a secret mission, he succeeded in making himself the next crown prince.

Of course, it would be very easy for him to return to SpaceLab after he had Moravia by the palm of his hand.

Ahh, even Vega still thought that Ren was planning to resign from his position as the crown prince's prince and hand the title over to Caroline's son, so he could live alone with Vega.

Of course, now Ren no longer wanted Moravia. He was tired and wanted to stop all his plans of revenge and the desire to rule the world.

"I always think of family as the most important thing in life," said Ren. He clasped Vega's hand with his and squeezed it gently. His voice was filled with sadness as he thought back to their two children who were now gone. Oh .. why did it take him a tragedy to stop?

Vega looked at Ren's side profile and her tears welled up again. She had not yet told her family what had happened. It was too devastating for her to talk about the tragedy.

However, now… when she saw Ren's sadness, her heart felt the same sorrow again. As parents, it turned out that both she and her husband still hadn't finished mourning.

"What is wrong?" asked Aleksis quietly. Her chest suddenly tightened when she saw her daughter's face was filled with sadness.

"Uhm… it's nothing, Mother..." whispered Vega. She still didn't want to talk about her two children and tried to steel herself. She was worried that the happy atmosphere in the villa, would turn into grief again if she told them what had happened. "I ... I'm just feeling touched."