Chapter 96 Four Candidates

[Back in the academy]

Ceres was sitting on the swivelled chair in his cabin when Lydia left, as soon as the door closed he threw his head back at the chair. There were many questions in his mind which required answers immediately. A confused expression was on his face as Ceres skimmed through the files present on the table.

There were two tables, one on his right side and the other on his front. Both had many stacks of files present on them, which required different kinds of attention. There were multiple students who recently submitted the applications and tons were from the former professor's time.

"There should be anything related to her father in the file other than just a name."

Ceres looked around for her file hoping to find something other than the basic information. He grabbed the file after a quick search and tapped over it, Ceres hurriedly opened the file and skimmed through the personal information slots.

"Where is it? Where…Where?"

His eyes and brain worked equally faster to read the information and flipped the pages. Ceres happily tapped on the particular page which showed the detailed introduction of Coulter. His eyes glowed crimson and a meaningful grin appeared on his lips.

"So, her father is a special squad member. No wonder she was proudly mentioning him."

Ceres closed the file with a smirk and threw his head backwards in some thoughts. He knew about the classification of special forces and classes. Thus Ceres was aware which rank Coulter belonged to and it made him curious regarding the case.

"So if he is the alpha of the squad and inside the city, then he should be the one who is handling that case."

Undoubtedly Ceres was the one  who sneakily spread the footage around, which was later on forced stopped upon Pentagon's orders. He knew that among Medusa and Malcolm, once his daughter was water element expert.

It was not hard for him to track what happened, Ceres approached the academy right after next day when everything was done. It did not take him any effort to extort the footage which was recorded by the academy's CCTV. However Medusa destroyed the rest of the recording which included her part where she bit Kayden.

Something was still fishy about the father daughter duo, Medusa deliberately left the half footage there acknowledging that she could fall a prey to peril. Whereas Ceres spread the recording across despite knowing that it was equivalent to notifying the vampires about the intruders.

Nonetheless, Ceres was concerned about who was handling the case. Because he was sent there in the realm to find out the former queen's heir. And the academy records could not provide him the complete information about the students progress with elements. Because that kind of information was stored in either Pentagon's records or special squad.

He was supposed to take the progress chart of the heir and report to Evilrite. The gates of Beelzebelle would not allow Kayden's arrival until he is capable of protecting the realm. The condition was kept there as a result of negotiations with the guarding spirits of Beelzebelle. Evilrite, true to his name, was an evil sprite. Upon reaching Beelzebelle he was stuck in a difficult situation.

The realm was not allowing him to leave after the intrusion, which was the result of Ceres' treachery. Evilrite was now stuck in Beelzebelle, neither could he claim the throne because of guarding spirits. Nor could he leave the realm, thus he created a storm and started the long tale of bloodshed. He intended to push the boundaries until the people would sneak away and bring their saviour.

But hereby I ask you, does this make Medusa suspicious? Is she really concerned about Kayden or her sole purpose is to bring Kayden to Beelzebelle and get him killed? Or she was genuinely trying to help him level up so he could potentially kill Evilrite? There were numerous questions but no clear answer in the midst of emotional confusion and difficult choices.

Ceres opened the file again and looked into it with keen eyes, he put the things into two and two to make a list. After all there were numerous such theories which could possibly help him reach the heir. Since Malcolm and Medusa had already escaped the realm to find the heir, Evilrite sent Ceres to find out their progress.

He could not leave the realm in his physical form and was still trying to figure out how to channel himself in a spiritual state. Thus Evilrite had to rely on Ceres for the reporting and outside news. Whereas Ceres was confused regarding the identity of the heir of the former Queen.

Medusa deliberately played slyly to keep Kayden safe. She intentionally left that poolside footage there to confuse her father. There were three major people who remained there when the water dragon emerged from the pool. The confusion was created by Medusa since she left the footage for Ceres or probably whoever will arrive in the realm while following them.

"It must be Medusa's doing, she would never stay by the side of that heir in order to keep him/her safe."

Ceres closed the file and thought carefully, he knew his daughter very well and it was obvious that she would not put the life of heir in danger. Ceres could not simply understand who was the heir, because things were not so simple as it seemed.

"Let's see who are the potential candidates."

Ceres took out the notepad from the drawer and began to jot down the names. He had the basic information of the students from the files, but still there was a lot of hidden potential which had the tendency to increase.

Aiden | Class A | Capable vampire | Awakened powers

Anna  | Class B | Capable vampiress | Powers awakened

Kayden | Class C | Incapable vampire | No powers

Lydia | Class A | Capable vampiress | Powers awakened

Ceres made the list of the students who were involved in that footage, and who could have been the heir or heiress according to him. And according to the confusion spread by Medusa deliberately.