The Alchemists

L did not reply to her husband's words again. She chose to approach her mother-in-law, Finland, and hugged the woman.

"Good evening, Mrs. Schneider. How are you?" L asked in his melodious voice.

Finland warmly replied to L's hug.

"Ah ... why do you still call me Mrs. Schneider? You're already married to my child ... Of course, from now on, you must call me Mom," she said after breaking away from L and staring intently at the girl.

L is stunned. She turned to her husband, and London nodded with a smile.

"I ... I ..." L was speechless. She had lost her mother 12 years ago and had never felt a mother's love for such a long time.

Finland, who saw L's attitude, immediately understood what was happening. She lost her mother when she was ten years old and never knew her father. She really understands how L felt.

"From now on ... we are your family. You can think of me as your mother's replacement ..." She turned to Caspar, who was busy arranging the car seat containing Lily on the sofa in the villa's spacious living room. "Honey, you should always remind Marianne to call you Father from now on."

Caspar looked up and nodded. "Okay."

L was stunned to see the scene and could only nod with tears dripping from his eyes.

"Thank you ... Mom..." She hugged Finland again.

"Hmm ... Welcome to our family," Finland said, smiling sweetly. "We can also use this holiday to discuss the wedding preparations. I have invited Kara and Jadeith to come after the new year. Kara will help arrange your wedding again in the spring."

"Thank you..."

Actually, London did not cancel their wedding plans, London and L would have been married at the end of October. Party preparations were already at 70%, and Kara had invited all clan members to come.

"We also have Jan, who will help from our side," London added.

"Oh, that's right... how's the boy doing?" Finland asked, turning her head to her son. "I miss Jan too. He hasn't visited me for a long time."

"He's busy," London said.

"Do you make him too busy? Remember that Jan had only a pair of hands and feet. Don't push him. He is working alone. Your father used to be assisted by two people, Ben and Stanis," Finland warned. "You only have Jan."

"Hehehe ..." London just scratched his head. "I'm giving him one-month-long vacation, Mom. Believe me, I don't make him suffer."

He hurriedly pulled his wife's waist and ran away before Finland could comment further.

"I want to show L this place before Lily wakes up for her milk!"

L nodded towards Finland with a look of apology for her husband's behavior then followed London, who took her to the second floor.

"Where are we going?" he asked.

"Seeing our room ..." answered London.

Before the villa was expanded into a 16-bedroom property, previously, there were only 4 bedrooms in the main building. Now, there were three other buildings around it connected by a beautiful wooden overpass on the second floor.

When the new building was first completed, each member of the Schneider family had chosen one building to be their residence. The first building belonged to Aleksis, the second building to London, and the third to Rune.

If Terry came there, he would stay wherever he liked, but usually, he would choose one of the bedrooms in the main building where Caspar and Finland stay, considering he was not the biological son of the Schneider family and his relationship with the family was only through Finland, his mother.

This was the first time that F Island had received so many visitors at the same time that inevitably the four buildings had been prepared to accommodate many people.

It was decided that the bachelors would stay in the third building, owned by Rune. He would occupy it with Terry and Nicolae.

Lauriel would stay in the first building because he was Aleksis's father-in-law and godfather, with Aleksis and Alaric as a family. They didn't bring any staff because Alaric still didn't like humans much. While L and London would stay in the second building with their assistants and staff. Kara and Jadeith would come to help, and they will stay in the main building.

Finland actually wanted to invite Jean and Marion as a family, but Marion was currently pregnant and could not travel at all. Ahh .. how fast time flew, Finland thought when she heard the news.

She remembered decades ago, Jean was terrified of marriage and did not want to have children. But now, at the age of almost sixty, he would soon have a second child. Ahem ... if Terry counted, then this baby would be Jean's third child.

Fortunately, Jean did not look his age at all, he didn't even look half his age, Finland thought to herself. Her best friend still looked like a handsome 25-year-old young man. His wife, Marion, who was almost 150 years old, also looked very young. They seemed perfect for having new babies.

Even though she still looked young herself, Finland still couldn't imagine giving birth to another child. It's not that she didn't like the hard work of raising them... but she already had many children.

Now, her two oldest children also had given her grandchildren. She did not want to meet Aleksis and London, who were carrying their babies, while Finland herself was holding a new baby of her own.

I will never get used to living like these Alchemist people .. Finland had already decided in her heart. No, Caspar, dear. Even if you want to have more children ... so our house won't feel empty, I can't give you more.

Finland looked at her husband, who was sitting and reading a book next to the car seat containing Lily, who was still sleeping soundly with her lips slightly open. The baby's hair had grown surprisingly thick and long for a baby who was not yet six months old.

"What are you reading?" Finland asked while approaching her husband. She then sat on the man's l.a.p and put away his book. "Is the book more attractive than me?"

Caspar smiled at the sight of his wife's flirty attitude. He shook his head. "Of course, there is nothing more attractive than my wife."

"In that case, good." Finland smiled back. "Do you when Aleksis and Lauriel will arrive?"

"They have departed. They will arrive in half an hour," Caspar answered.

"Ah ... thank God. This is the first time our whole family will gather in a complete formation. I can't wait to celebrate the new year with everyone."

"Me too," Caspar said. "Ahh .. all our grandchildren will be here. I can't wait to see all of them."

"Lily is awake," said Finland. "Do you want to carry her?"

"This is what I've been waiting for ... hehehe ..." Caspar patted his wife's b.u.t.t to get up from his l.a.p and immediately took Lily from the car seat and happily carried her.