Vivian then rushed home as quickly as possible and immediately gave Sebastian a call.
âI donât want to go to Regalius Academy, Daddy! Please tell them not to transfer me there!â
The young woman began crying out loud the moment the call got through.
Even at the age of seventeen, she still behaved like a child in front of her parents. That was mainly due
to her being pampered since she was a child.
Sebastian was having a video conference with the business department staff at the time, so everyone
was able to hear her wailing over the phone. While he knitted his brows, the others exchanged glances.
Is that his little princess? Why is she crying on the phone like this? Did she get bullied or something?
No one dared to say a word.
âWhat is it? Tell me what happened,â Sebastian asked.
When the meeting started, he was emanating an overbearing aura that terrified others to the core.
However, his tone became ridiculously gentle and affectionate when he was talking to his daughter,
giving everyone goosebumps.
That was probably the best representation of differential treatment.
âL-Lady Adalyn was attending a party⦠She brought a classmate of mine and me along⦠W-We met the
king, a-and⦠Today, I heard from someone that the king wants me to study at Regalius Academy! I donât
want to go there, Daddy! I want to stay here⦠N-No, if possible, you could transfer me to another school
too! In fact, itâd be nice if I could study in Atlantius. Kurt is in that city too, so itâll be easier for us to look
out for each other.â
Vivian was so upset that she ended up rambling incoherently, much to Sebastianâs dismay.
A few minutes later, he hung up the phone and ended the video conference as well.
He then summoned Karl into the study. âVivian has run into some trouble. Roppell is preparing to transfer
her over to Regalius Academy.â
âWhat?â Karl was shocked.
Whatâs with this rapid escalation of events? Didnât Ms. Vivian just meet Roppellâs son last night? Why are
they transferring her to Regalius Academy the next day? Isnât this all a little too soon?
âMr. Hayes, could it be that Roppell has realized weâre onto him? Maybe thatâs why heâs deliberately
doing this to Ms. Vivian.â
Frowning, Sebastian sighed. âNo, I donât think so. Vivianâs encounter with Jason last night was by
accident. She hasnât gotten over Calvin after all these years, so itâs normal for her to get a little curious
when she finds someone who looks so much like him.â
Karl could understand Vivianâs behavior as he was just as dumbstruck when he saw Jason and could not
take his eyes off him the whole time.
âIâve been keeping an eye on them for over three years now, and I donât think thereâs anything wrong with
Roppell. On the other hand, Jasonâs mother, who rarely shows herself in public, seems awfully
suspicious.â
âIs that so?â
âYes. You see, Calvin was only twenty-one years old when he died. He had been living in SteelFort until
he was twenty, so there was no way he couldâve had an illegitimate son. After that, heâ¦â
Karlâs eyes reddened halfway through his sentence, and he could not bring himself to finish the rest of it.
Sebastian shot him an impassive glance and soon changed the topic. âJason isnât related to Calvin. Are
you trying to say that thereâs something wrong with his face and his mother?â
âThatâs right.â Karl nodded.
After regaining his composure, he continued, âCalvinâs father is the king of the Elysium tribe. Iâve looked
up all of his children, but none of them look like Calvin at all. In fact, his brother Channing doesnât look
like him either. Oh, and letâs not forget his half-brother, Kurt. Their mothers are sisters, but they look very
different.â
While it was indeed impossible for the two to be related, Karl had not been able to find any information
on Daphne and Jason despite having investigated them for three years.
He even made a trip to Elysium at some point, but he did not find anything useful there either.
To his surprise, Sebastian did not seem bothered by the issue he mentioned at all.
âFor now, letâs not worry about how he got his face. Our main priority is to find out the reason behind this
faceâs reappearance. Calvin is dead, so why is his face showing up now?â
âWhat do you mean, Mr. Hayes?â
Sebastian lit a cigarette and held it up to his nose. Instead of puffing on it, he simply took a whiff of the
smoke before replying with a sneer, âI heard that the old man in Elysium is on his deathbed, and his sons
are fighting over his position as the king of the tribe. No one in Elysium has heard of Calvin and
Channing ever since they escaped, and now, someone with Calvinâs face appears out of nowhere? What
do you think this means?â