The Alchemists

"Thank you for your help. Ugh ... I didn't know that the girls here could be that corny..." Aleksis said, irritated. "I know that Alaric sent you two to protect me from annoying perverts, but it seems those you will face are vicious girls, a bunch of them... So I don't know what to do. I don't mind if you just take a vacation in Singapore during Alaric's absence. I won't tell him ... What do you think? You can't possibly hit girls who will harass me, can you?"

Takeshi and Mischa nodded their heads.

"It's okay. We are professionals. We don't differentiate between men and women," Mischa answered in a nonchalant manner.

"Hmm ..." Aleksis looked at the two people carefully. Inwardly, she thought it would be good to get close to Takeshi and Mischa. She could get a lot of information about Alaric from them. It seemed like these two people were quite close to her boyfriend.

She then smiled very sweetly, "Well then. I can see you are professionals. I appreciate your professionalism. Uhm ... if I may ask, how long have you known Alaric Rhionen?"

"Almost all my life ..." Takeshi answered with a mysterious smile. "You could say that Master raised us. He also taught us  everything we know ..."

"Oh ..."

Aleksis did not expect Takeshi to be with Alaric for such a long time. So  since he was a kid he had been following Alaric?

Did that mean Alaric was the one who cared for him and raised him to become an assassin like he was now?

It made sense, considering that Alaric was much older than them.

She turned to Mischa. "How about you?"

"Me too. Master is our foster father. He gave us the last name Rhionen when he took us out of the orphanage," Mischa responded.

Gosh ...

Aleksis could not believe her own ears. These two young men were Alaric's foster children? Does it means....if she married Alaric, they would become her foster children too...

She looked at both of them, agape. Never did she imagine herself having children several years older than her!

"So ... you are Takeshi Rhionen ... and you are Mischa Rhionen ...?" she inquired to make sure.

Both Takeshi and Mischa smiled upon seeing the shock on the girl's face. They nodded at the same time.

Aleksis never considered this possibility at all. She was satisfied knowing the fact that Alaric had never married, and that she did not have to compete with any other woman.

She also heard from Alaric that he lived alone, so she had no idea that Alaric had foster children like Takeshi and Mischa, whom he trained to be professional assassins.

"A ... how many foster children are there besides you two?" asked Aleksis. She began to feel dizzy at the thought of having several foster children who were all adults like these two.

"There are only four," said Takeshi. "One day Miss will meet the other two. Master loves you so much that he sent us to protect you while he is not around."

Aleksis was touched to hear that.

She really missed him. Ah, Alaric would leave for England tomorrow. It wouldn't hurt Aleksis to see him tonight before he left.

She could not stand the thought of being separated from him for a week ... much less a month.

"Takeshi ... will you guys take me to his house? He won't tell me his address ... Even though I really want to meet him before he left ..." Aleksis persuaded them, showing tears in her best puppy eyes. "I was very touched to hear him being so caring to me ... It's up to you if you want to take me there with my eyes covered so I won't recognize the route to his house ... I don't mind... So please take me to see him ..."

Takeshi gave a small cough hearing Aleksis' plea. He then cleared his throat, "If you want to see Master, you don't have to go to his home. At this hour, he is still at his office in the Continental Building."

"Oh really? Then, I'll meet him there. I actually want to go to the Continental Building to get clothes anyway ..." said Aleksis. "Thank you for the information. I'll go now."

Takeshi and Mischa bowed respectfully.

"Then we will just do our job. You are welcome to do your activities as usual." Takeshi told her with a smile.

He and Mischa then retreated and disappeared into the park. Aleksis exited the dorm area and then hailed a taxi. She hurriedly went to the Continental Hotel to bring her bag of expensive clothes to the dormitory. She would not appear as an unattractive girl again.

Later, before returning to the dorm, she would stop by Alaric's office on the 39th floor to surprise him.

The girl was so happy on her way to the Continental Building, that she unconsciously hummed during the whole ride.

Aleksis wished she could grow a pair of wings right away so that she could soon arrive at the Continental Building, change her appearance, and come to Alaric's office.

As soon as the taxi stopped, she immediately jumped off and hurried into the elevator for the 100th floor. Aleksis took a shower and chose the most beautiful dress. She paired it with strappy sandals that looked very feminine.

She was like a supermodel ready for the runway.

After making herself pretty in front of the mirror and feeling satisfied with her appearance, Aleksis quickly descended to the 39th floor. On her way there, the elevator stopped several times on the other floors and people came out and entered it.

All of them were stunned to see such a beautiful and charming girl in an elevator with radiant looks.

When the elevator finally stopped on the 39th floor, Aleksis immediately exited it and hurried into the Rhionen Industries office. However, before she could even enter, a female staff swiftly blocked her.

"Sorry, Miss. Who are you? Do you have an appointment?"

"I want to see Mr. Rhionen. Is he in his office?" Aleksis asked quickly.

The staff judged Aleksis from head to toe and unconsciously stared at her in admiration. She felt that this astounding lady must have come to see her boss because they had had business before.

She wondered who this girl really was and what was her relationship with Mr. Rhionen.

"Uhm ... please wait in this lobby for a while, I'll call him."

Ugh ... Aleksis initially wanted to give him a surprise, but she knew the employees of this company would think she was arrogant if she just barged in. She had no choice but follow the procedure in this office and accept the staff's offer to call Alaric for her.

"Alright ..." Aleksis sat down on the sofa and waited patiently. The staff approached the desk and phoned Alaric in his office.

"Good afternoon, Sir. There is a lady here who wants to see you." She raised her head and threw Aleksis a questioning look.

"Oh ... just tell him, it's Princess Aleksis ..." said Aleksis quickly. At first, she wanted to give a fake name, but then got worried that Alaric would refuse to see her because he could not recognize the name. Because of this, she settled with adding the title 'Princess' before her name.

The staff seemed astonished at what the other girl said, but still conveyed what she heard to her boss. Five seconds later, she nodded and hung up.

"Sir will come out to meet you."

"Oh..." Aleksis felt rather surprised to hear Alaric would come out for her. She expected the man to tell his staff to let Aleksis enter his office. It turned out he was going out to meet her in the lobby.

Did it mean Alaric didn't want her to come inside?