Caspar hadn't seen Portia, Ned, and many other people from the important families in the Alchemist clan for so long. The last time was the year before Aleksis fell into a coma. Now they needed to brainstorm and discuss the clan's succession.
The truth was, Caspar no longer wanted to be the clan leader and he just wanted to focus on his family. But since there was no strong candidate to replace him, at the last meeting, he still had to hold power.
Now he already had Nicolae and Caspar and thought Nicolae would be the perfect successor. Unfortunately, Nicolae did not seem to have the ambition to be a clan leader at all.
As the heir of the Medici family, he should be able to easily get the support from clan members if only he came to introduce himself in important events like this, especially with Caspar's full support.