After Mischa came home, all what's left from dinner was immediately taken care of by the robot servant, so they could relax.
"I feel so stupid," Aleksis said out of nowhere as they were already in bed preparing to sleep.
"Eh, why do you feel stupid?" Alaric asked in puzzlement.
"Uhm... I remember when we were in Singapore, on the night before we were married, you actually told me about how your mother died while giving birth to you in Romania... I should 've been able to connect everything and find out sooner that you're Uncle Rory's son... "Aleksis looked at Alaric with an annoyed face.
"Nicolae told me that he was born in a hospital in Romania in the midst of war and his mother died after giving birth... He has a home in Romania, and so do you. All of the clues were there... Why did I not think in that direction?? Ten years were wasted because of my idiocy..."