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At the Ellion family household, things are still normal... Or so everyone thought it is.

"WHAAAAT?!"

The second son, Noctyrus, stood up from his seat right after hearing the news from their third brother, Simbeon.

Currently, the family head along with his sons, generals of the army, are sitting in the main hall and having an emergency meeting.

"Simbeon, can you repeat what you just said right now?"

The one who spoke is the current head of the family, the legendary general of the Ellion Army and sworn brother of the Winsterein Kingdom's old Emperor, Arcyl Ellion.

"F-father, I was told that the third prince is on his way to meet Ceres."

The third prince is Ceres' childhood friend. Everyone was aware how the third prince is close to Ceres. Even though he was older than her and that she was a good for nothing, he still meets her whenever he can. Nobody bothered with their friendship since he was just the third prince. He will never have any chance to have the crown anyway. But suddenly, his fate changed when he turned 10 years old. An elder from Heaven's Peak told His majesty that the third prince possesses a talent beyond anyone's imagination. He was then accepted as a disciple of Heaven's Peak and on his first year, ranked second on the list of newcomers. This was also the reason why he never saw Ceres for a long time. He had to go and train leaving her behind all by herself.

"This is going to be a headache."

Knitting his brows, Arcyl thinks of a way to get rid of their problem. Just when everyone is thinking of what to do, the first son and soon to be family head, spoke.

"Since we can never let him meet Ceres, let's just say that Ceres went to some faraway place to live in secrecy. He wouldn't push this issue that far if we make it known that an unknown master helped Ceres because she was nearly assassinated."

"What are you planning, Dotrald?"

It was again Arcyl who asked his first son.

"We will spread some gossip to the public that Ceres was nearly assassinated. All of us know that because of our very own status and position as well as the battles we've fought, we have a lot of enemies. These enemies tried to kill Ceres and luckily, she was saved by a master whose background we cannot reveal. This master also told us that Ceres can live with him for some time and will return when the time is right. This would save us the time to explain to her brother if he will also look for her as well as the time to look more on her... Death."

Arcyl coughed twice before reminding his sons,

"Ceres is not dead. We will find out where she is and whoever laid their hands on her will be taken care of by me."

Noctyrus laid back on his seat and said,

"Since we will be conducting an investigation on Ceres, we also have to find an excuse for everyone about her situation. And, first brother, do you think your plan will be bought by everyone? More importantly, that brother of hers would go on a rampage knowing she's gone and we don't have any means to contact her."

Only then did Dotrald smile.

"Rest assured father and brothers, I have planned this way ahead of you."

"Who would have thought that Ceres would suddenly disappear without any trace and suddenly a corpse with her things showed at the borders? We must investigate this properly and this will be our priority. Even though she's not exceptional, she is still my granddaughter and the beloved daughter of my fifth son."

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