The Incubus System Chapter 611. Lonely Graduation

Celia and Jenny's PoV

The time showed 01.21 PM and the sun was shining brightly above a Clentric football field, Nighthallow City. The main stadium was crowded. People were dressed in red and black, the school colors. They cheered loudly while others waved their hands and the entire arena was filled with excitement.

In the middle of the stadium, a stage stood. A banner was hanging on either side of the stage. It was the school crest.

The students who were already wearing the graduation cap and gown lined up neatly in the middle of the green field and walked slowly towards the stage. In the audience seats, their parents and guardians sat with proud faces.

It was an unusual sight on a hot day like this since graduation ceremonies were usually held in the morning. But the school had no other choice since all the halls, buildings and fields were full.

This was the side effect after the government stated that the demon attacks had decreased and the situation was much safer. That's why everyone immediately decided to hold their important event as soon as possible before the demon attack got worse again.

As the students walked slowly towards the stage, some parents were seen chatting and smiling. Some waved their hands once their daughters or sons turned to look at them. Including Jenny who looked happy once she saw her parents and brother, Nathan. What differentiated it, while her parents looked happy and excited, Nathan looked around him in intimidation. He looked more like an eagle who was watching its prey than a brother attending his sister's graduation.

'Ugh, he should be wearing sunglasses,' Jenny grumbled internally and shifted her gaze forward. For some reason, Nathan suddenly decided to attend her graduation ceremony after she mentioned how sad Celia was after Ethan went on vacation to a long-distance acquaintance's place. Not only that, but Jenny was also aware of her brother's unusual curiosity about Ethan even though they had never met before. It gave her goosebumps.

Not far in front of her, Celia walked and bent her head slightly. There wasn't any energy from her steps or excitement showing on her face. Occasionally she glanced at the audience seats and hoped there was someone she knew. But she didn't find it. Camila, who had agreed to attend her graduation ceremony, suddenly couldn't come after she had an important meeting this afternoon and Olivia was coming with her. The Demon Hunter Association asked Emma to attend an impromptu meeting. Mia and Diamond were working since it was a weekday. Pearl had a meeting with Emma's father, Mr. Richard, to discuss her invention. So no one could attend her ceremony today.

It made her sad. But most of all was her brother. The holiday was almost over, but she hadn't heard anything from Ethan yet. Only Ms. Mia gave her the news about his condition. But that was only limited to his health. He didn't talk much with Ms. Mia either due to limited time and mostly he only came to relieve Ms. Mia's period before he left. Even Ms. Mia said sometimes she felt Ethan's arrival was no different from a dream since she couldn't find any trace of him in the morning.

On the other hand, she couldn't blame Camila. Camila and Olivia had taken good care of her. Olivia even taught some martial arts moves, so she could protect herself. They also went on vacation at their private villa and spent a lot of time with her friends. During this holiday, she was even able to fix her relationship with Jenny.

Despite all the good things, she missed her brother so much. But she couldn't meet him and didn't know where he was.

Again, she glanced at the seats, hoping Camila would come. She said she would come once the meeting was over. But the meeting was in Lightglen City. She wasn't sure Camila would be able to attend this ceremony on time. Unfortunately, she didn't find her, instead, she found another one.

Her eyes widened once she caught the figure of a man who looked very familiar in her mind. He wore a neat shirt, sweater and jeans like he used to.

It even made her stop her steps for a moment due to the unbearable surprise. She even thought her eyes were trying to deceive her or... was she the one hallucinating?

But a smile and a simple wave from him showed that what she saw was a real thing. It was her brother! It was Ethan!

She wanted to go to where he was now and hug him, but the girl behind her reprimanded her.

"Celia, what are you doing? Move," she said in annoyance.

"Oh sorry." Immediately Celia moved her feet again.

Even though she tried to keep her cool expression, she couldn't hide her excitement from her face at all. Her brother was back!

He's back!

'I see... That's why Mrs. Camila canceled it all of a sudden,' she thought. It was strange since she had confirmed that she could attend her graduation before, but suddenly she couldn't come.

She returned her gaze to Ethan without stopping in her tracks.

'I wonder if he talked to her about this surprise.' It was a bit disappointing since they hid this from her. Yet it wasn't enough to drive away her happiness.

But then her smile started to fade as questions swarmed into her head.

Has he changed?

Would he become even more ruthless after he spent so much time in the demon world?

Had he forgotten he was a human?

Or had his human morality eroded due to the demon world's influence?

The questions plagued her mind. She was afraid that her brother would not be the same as the old him and would act more demon-like. It worried her so much.

But then amidst her uneasiness, she could hear her brother's voice inside her head.

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