Chapter 214 - Checking Vega's Memory

That night, finally all family members gathered. They had a warm dinner together and talked about each other's news. Throughout the event, Vega and Ren were both dazzled.

They didn't expect that one day they would be surrounded by so many warm family members. The two of them were used to a lonely life, and for the past 1.5 years, they only had each other.

Ren pressed his chest tightly after dinner was over, and they relaxed in the living room, enjoying their respective glass of wine. He was jealous of the warmth of this large family. Why were they so lucky and had everything?

The young children played together on the beach, while their parents exchanged news. Lauriel asked Vega to sit with him while he asked various questions to check her memory.

Elios, Aleksis, Altair, and Ren sat with them and watched the examination. Altair and his parents will help confirm whether Vega's memories were accurate or not, while Ren would confirm Vega's various memories after she lived with him.

This made Ren very interested. He wanted to know how Lauriel would check Vega's condition.

"Vega, Honey ... please sit here. I will ask questions about you. You can answer according to what you remember and know," said Lauriel.

"Yes, Grandpa ..." replied Vega obediently.

"What is the thing you like the most in this world?" asked Lauriel, starting his examination.

"Hmm .. I like plants," replied Vega.

Ren nodded subconsciously. He realized this from the first time he saw Vega at the resort in Rhine.

"What do you often do with plants?"

"Uhm .. I love taking care of them and sing to them. I think plants like me too."

Elios and Aleksis looked at each other. They really missed their daughter's singing while tending the plants in their home. 

Ahh .. apparently, until now, Vega still did it.

"Do plants grow healthier and more beautiful when you sing to them?"

Vega frowned and tried to remember.

"That's right. That's right. All the plants in my house became healthier and more beautiful after Vega came ..." Ren replied suddenly. "And went back to being boring after Vega left."

"Oh ..." Vega turned to him and looked at Ren with a frown. "Is it true?"

Ren nodded. "The rose trees in front of our bedroom window even died after you were gone."

Aleksis smiled and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. She remembered very well, from childhood Vega was special. She loved plants and plants loved her. Their daughter seemed to be in touch with nature. For some reason, she also brought happiness wherever she went.

Just like Altair who was a synesthete and could see sound, Vega's uniqueness was considered by her parents as a talent that made their children special.

Lauriel took a book and pen and made some notes. "Try to close your eyes and think of the most beautiful place you have ever been ..."

Vega obeyed Lauriel's request. She closed her eyes and imagined something.

"Hmm .. I think the most beautiful place I've ever been is ..." Her face blushed. "The beach in Bali when I was with Ren two days ago."

Ren was stunned at Vega's words. He was feeling so touched. Uluwatu Beach, where he took Vega for a walk at that time, was indeed beautiful, but of course, it could not be compared to various other beautiful places that the girl had visited in her life.

She was Vega Linden. Her family must have taken her to many wonderful places that ordinary people couldn't even imagine. In fact, F Island was arguably far more attractive than Uluwatu Beach where Ren took her two days ago.

Why did Vega consider the beach in Bali to be the most beautiful place she had ever visited?

Was it because…

Ren touched Vega's hand and squeezed it gently. 

"Actually maybe there are other more beautiful places, but I feel that the beach in Bali is very special to me because I was with Ren and it is the first beach we both visited as ordinary people ..."

"I understand," said Lauriel. He wrote a new note. "Next question. Do you remember how your parents met?"

Vega smiled broadly. "I remember Father saying that Mother was chasing him. Father rejected Mother several times, but she tirelessly kept pursuing him and finally managed to win his heart."

Aleksis's face immediately flushed red. She pinched her husband's hand and grumbled. "Why did you have to tell that to the kids?"

Elios chuckled and rubbed his wife's cheek affectionately. "Because that is the truth."

Ren paid attention to the couple's interactions. He just realized that Elios, who was cold and ruthless, could actually be so warm to his wife and children. Ren became interested when he learned that it was actually Aleksis who was chasing Elios in the past and not the other way around.

Was Aleksis also the one who made Elios change? He remembered that Elios was very mysterious, cold, and he hated humans. 

He even declared that only humans who were strong, intelligent, and good should be allowed to live. Ren heard how Elios killed so many people through Splitz under Rhionen Industries. They tested a special algorithm and targeted people with depression to kill themselves.

Of course, nobody could prove it that Splitz had anything to do with it. However, it became a hot topic of discussion on Darknet. Some people even secretly wanted to investigate Elios Linden, who went by the name Alaric Rhionen in the past, and Rhionen Industries to prove the heinous experiment. Unfortunately, no one had managed to prove anything. 

The people involved in the investigation disappeared, the investigation stopped, and some even died mysteriously. Suddenly nobody discussed it any longer.

Rhionen Industries, which was known as the parent company of the company that invented cancer drugs, had an unshakeable reputation from the day onward.

After the 'death' of Alaric Rhionen and his group of companies united with the Meier Group to become Rhionen-Meier Industries, their influence and wealth grew significantly with various successful automation projects in various parts of the world.

Now, RMI had completely changed. And according to Ren's own judgment, they were no longer making the slightest effort to wipe out the humans Elios once deemed unworthy of life.

Ren looked at Elios and wondered if this cruel man changed because he now had a family that he loved so much.

"I'm glad you didn't give up," said Vega with a smile. "If you gave up before you could get father to marry you, then my brothers and I will not be born."

Elios cleared his throat. "I'm also glad your mother didn't give up. If I didn't marry her, I would be the most unfortunate man in the world."

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1] synesthete = people who have synesthesia — may see sounds, taste words, or feel a sensation on their skin when they smell certain scents. Altair, Vega's brother was known to have a synesthesia.. It's explain in the first book "The Alchemists".