Chapter 215 - Aleksis Is Supicious

Lauriel just smiled at their interaction. He really loved Aleksis and Elios. Elios had suffered for a long time, from the time he was born until he finally met Aleksis and Lauriel a hundred years later. Meanwhile, Aleksis was Lauriel's goddaughter who had been with him since Aleksis was a baby.

The examination was continued with various other questions from Lauriel to Vega. Some of the questions seemed random and meaningless, and some were quite profound. Vega answered everything according to what she remembered or knew.

Ren watched Lauriel's examination closely. He was genuinely interested in the wisdom and knowledge that her wife's grandfather displayed. It was true, the longer a person lived in this world, the more knowledge they would accumulate, and of course, he would also become wiser in analyzing things and making decisions.

In his nearly six century of walking the earth, Lauriel had experienced so much, and it was a factor that made him even more adept at making judgments.

When the examination ended an hour later, Ren felt that he had learned a lot of new information about his wife. There were new things that he only knew after hearing questions from Lauriel and answers from Vega.

In fact, years ago, he had carried out an in-depth investigation of the Schneider and Medici families. He had also gathered a lot of information about Vega, including her physical data and fingerprints. But even he didn't know that Vega had a unique ability related to plants.

Ren had modified all of Vega's fingerprint data and replaced it with the original Fae Muller's fingerprint data. That was why when Mischa wanted to check whether Fae was Vega, the data didn't match.

Ren thought he already knew all about Vega. But today, he realized that this was not true. There were so many things about her that made him feel even more fortunate to have Vega in his life.

Inwardly, Ren realized that if they weren't enemies from the start, he would be able to like these people who were now his family.

'Maybe this is my way of life', he thought to himself. The people he considered enemies now became his family by extension.

Ren sincerely hoped that his lies would be buried deep. On the day he killed Karl, Sofia and Amelia, he would be able to bury the past and start a new life with Vega and her family.

"All right, we'll stop the examination here. I think I've got so much information I need," said Lauriel finally.

"Really? I don't mind answering any more questions," said Vega.

Lauriel shook his head with a smile. This man, very rarely smiled. So that when a smile appeared on his face, the people around him realized that he was indeed happy.

"No, Honey. I think this is enough. I don't want to tire you out. If our brain is forced to work extra hard, you'll feel much more tired than doing physical work." He patted Vega's hand gently. "We'll continue this examination tomorrow. You better get some rest now."

"Very well," said Vega agreeing to Lauriel's words.

Actually, she wanted to continue this activity. She felt like she had found new information about herself from the various questions Lauriel asked to her.

Now, Vega was filled with curiosity about her past life. She really wanted to recover her memory so badly and be herself again. Right now, she felt like a stranger in this body and she was confused by her identity.

Ren took a deep breath when he saw Vega's restlessness. He knew he was responsible for all of his wife's suffering now, and he felt very guilty.

He still remembered eight years ago, before they took Vega. He and his uncle chose the Muller family because they had a daughter at the same age as Vega and, at first glance, had a somewhat similar appearance.

The Mullers were low-level employees at SpaceLab Switzerland when Ren was still in charge of one of the important divisions at SpaceLab. The family suddenly get a 'gift' from the office. A holiday on cruise ship six years ago. Of course, they all died in the cruise accident that killed many other passengers. However, Ren arranged for Vega to be found and replaced Fae.

After she went through a long treatment in the hospital, Vega, who 'lost her memory in the accident', was sent to live as Fae with the paternal grandmother and grandfather in Rhine. They had not seen their granddaughter in a very long time because of Fae's father cut ties with them before he got married.

Fae's grandparents accepted their 'granddaughter' to live with them, but over time Old Mr. Muller became suspicious. Ren finally had to kill him by 'accident' on the lake not long after.

After that, Vega just lived with Old Mrs. Muller who was a little senile and lived a new life as Fae Muller for 5.5 years.

Until finally, a mysterious person sent a secret information to Mischa and Altaïr and told them that Fae Muller who married Prince Renald Hanenberg was actually the missing Vega Linden.

And now ... Vega had reunited with her parents and extended family. Just one more step, and she would be able to recover her memories and become herself again.

"We better rest," said Ren as he got up. He embraced Vega's waist and nodded to Lauriel, Elios, Aleksis, and Altair. "We will sleep now. Tomorrow morning I'll go back to Moravia. I want to spend a little time with Vega before I leave."

Everyone nodded in understanding. Vega smiled at everyone. She looked moved. Vega still couldn't believe that all these impressive people were her biological father, mother, brother, and grandfather.

"Good night, everyone ..." She excused herself and walked with Ren to their bedroom.

Aleksis looked at her daughter and son-in-law from behind with gleaming eyes. After they disappeared behind the door, she touched her husband's arm.

"Have you investigated the mysterious person who sent information about Vega? Do you think they are the kidnappers? What did they suddenly return Vega to us? Should we be worried?" she asked anxiously.

Elios took his wife's hand and squeezed it gently. "You don't have to think about it. I will deal with it. Now, we have to focus on healing our daughter. I have a lifetime to find out who did it. I don't care what their goal is now by returning Vega to us. What matters is Vega is here with us now... "

Lauriel nodded in agreement. "That mysterious person is very suspicious. If he has good intentions, he shouldn't have to hide his identity. But let Alaric and I take care of him. You just think about the children ..."

Aleksis took a deep breath. She was both relieved and worried. Not knowing your enemy was really scary. Better to face an enemy openly than a person stabbing in the dark. She couldn't believe Vega's kidnappers returned their child without a hidden agenda after successfully kidnapping and hiding Vega for years.

What happened exactly?

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From the author:

I know most of you hate Ren because we know early on that he is actually part of the kidnapping. I was contemplating this in the beginning. Should I reveal the villain early, or should I hide it and then give you the shock at the end of the story that the doting husband is actually the bad guy?

I finally decided to reveal his mask early, because I am worried that you would be invested and liked him too much that when his crime comes out, you would easily forgive him. However, I also didn't realize that by showing his true colors early, you would really really HATE him... ahahaha.

I wanted to show that some people become bad because they are rotten to the core, some are bad because of circumstances, and some are bad by choice. Some are remorseful, some are not.

It's safe to say that Ren regrets his crime after he catches feelings for his victim. In this case, he has Lima Syndrom (the opposite of Stockholm Syndrome).. However, he is still not showing remorse openly, because if he did, he would have to admit his crime and he is worried that the only woman he cared about, the one he considered his only family, will hate him.