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Disclaimer: Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima!

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Chapter 10: Secrets and plans

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As soon as Jellal left school, his father was waiting - with one of his bodyguards - for him, patiently.

Jellal took wary steps towards the two people and carefully handed the papers he printed without as much as greeting his father, but before he could explain himself his father warned him. "Not here, let's go!"

The blue head boy frowned, not really wanting to go with him but rather go to his dorm and rest, though... he followed his father anyway, reluctantly.

Once they got inside his father's office, after 30min of driving, his father examined the papers while finally talking to his son, explaining. "Once I identify the girl, I want you to get closer to her."

"I want you to get some info on where her father could be staying."

Jellal frowned, he thought he was thinking about doing something worse to the girl when he first told him to find her, now he just wanted for him to get close and get some information out of her? What was he thinking?

"You know, I thought about killing her first." He said bluntly, like reading his thoughts. "But that would be a stupid move to take. If I killed her, that man would never appear again."

Jellal only wanted for his father to tell him he could leave at first, but he was kind of curious now and didn't dare to interrupt him, he wanted for him to just keep explaining things, so he could be less confused by the end of it.

"What I want is to kill that man, not his daughter, so you don't have to worry even if you know her." He finished, while still searching through the list of students, looking for a certain girl.

Now I know where this is going. The blue haired boy realized. He now understood his father's motives, he was manipulating him.

He made him think he wouldn't harm the girl so Jellal wouldn't have any trouble getting close to her and then feeling bad to actually using her. And more, he was being careful as if the girl was already a friend of his and he ended up betraying his own father at the end because of that reason.

Jellal smirked angrily, he actually could see now how far he got in his life and why.

If he wasn't used to live with him and knowing him, he would probably also fall for his traps and manipulating acts.

But he didn't really cared. Jellal knew the said girl wouldn't be any of his mates or any person he knew. Ultear... it was already proven to not be her and the others didn't fit the profile.

He also knew he wouldn't harm the girl even though he was manipulating him, he knew his father really needed the info of the girl's father' whereabouts, but after he got the info, of course he would do something to her, he wasn't that stupid to believe otherwise.

Jellal waited patiently as his father searched for the girl to announce it to him, he suddenly saw his father frown and smirk.

"Erza Scarlet." His father muttered, still looking at the list.

Jellal didn't try to hide his confusion, that couldn't be the girl he was searching for, his muscles tensed.

"That was the girl that scolded me the other day." He added, kind of amused.

Jellal's tense muscles relaxed, for a second he was mistakenly confused and somehow scared.

"I won't forget this name." He said, keeping on his search from before.

The blue head boy frowned slightly at his mention, he hoped he wouldn't do anything to the president because of him. Even though he knew he would only be focused on this matter for now, so he just really wished he just forgot about it while focusing on this.

Suddenly his father groaned, snapping Jellal out of his thoughts.

"What's wrong?" The boy asked.

"Are you sure you got all the students list name?" He questioned, a little angry.

"Yes, I'm sure, I checked twice at the principal's computer." Jellal answered, confused.

He had tell his father he only had gotten the names of the students when they were driving here, much to his father's dismay, but he declared it would be enough.

"That is not possible." His father insisted. "Why is there no one with the Belserion surname on it?"

"Belserion?" Jellal repeated. That name… where did I heard it before? He tried to remember but nothing came to his mind, maybe it was a lost memory of his childhood, but then again, if that was the case, he wouldn't remember about it. His memories were a mess with all the beating he got as a kid.

Now that he reflected about it, at the present, he never heard any Belserion at his school, not that he was paying attention to everyone's name anyway.

"So, the girl you are looking for, is she really at my school? Maybe you got it wrong." His son said, trying to think about all the options.

"No, it has to be this school." His father stated.

Feeling his son's confused look he sighed and explained, annoyed. "You don't have to know such details, but I can tell you at least about this anyway."

"Do you know that letter you gave to me a few days ago? That man… he is not sending the letters by normal mail." He started. "You know this at least because there wasn't such thing as names or address. Someone is bringing the letters to his daughter. Someone or himself, which I doubt it. And I also doubt his daughter knows who it is anyway."

"But, he didn't always send her letters like that." Jellal frowned hearing this, he had a feeling he knew where this was going. "The first letter he sent he actually sent it by normal means, which he regretted it later. Are you following?" His father asked, smirking. Testing if Jellal was capable to get it by now.

"So, are you telling me that you actually got his first letter instead by whatever means you used, then tried to reach him by the address he left behind? What happened?" He was curious enough, and that didn't explain how he knew about the school.

"Yes, well done getting that much." He grinned evily. "I did send people to that address, you know I didn't actually think he was that dumb to let me an easy way out, so I actually was careful to send people first in case it was a trap." His father groaned at the thought, seems like things didn't go the way he wanted to.

"It actually wasn't... and my people couldn't catch him, letting him escape." He said furious, as if it had happen recently. "As you can understand, that man, didn't do the same mistake again, he never sent a single letter again, or so I thought, it seems he was doing it in a safer way."

Jellal was still confused but he was relieved his father was telling him all this, he didn't want to say anything that would stop his father from shouting his thoughts, he knew he was doing it out of annoyance at the memory, so he was going to benefit from it to hear it all and gather as much info as he could.

"I also investigated the address where he was sending them to, it was empty… his daughter wasn't there." His father was still annoyed but was calming down as he finished his explanation. "But nothing was still lost, the first letter he sent her stated she definitely was at Fairy Tail High School."

His son sighed, now that he listened to everything he had to say, he was disappointed his father didn't tell him anything about why he was so angry at that man, but it did explained at least why he knew about the school, also now that he thought about it, the letter he found was right at the school grounds, that should be enough proof.

Something is missing, something... is wrong, why isn't her at the list then?

Jellal tried to ponder about all the options and possibilities that could be a reason.

1:This was all a trap by her father and she wasn't actually at the school. 20% possibility

He didn't think this was it but that was still an option, even though very low.

2:She was actually at school but her folder was a restrict one. 30% possibility

This seemed more legit than the first one simply because he couldn't find many information about the students, bringing the possibility that she could've asked for it or being at any special case, but this one only bring about 30% of chances since it was still likely it wouldn't happen, mostly because his daughter seemed to not be aware of the situation with his father.

3:She was actually at school but changed her name/identity. 50%

This was the most legit of the three, it was also the most simple and logical for him… she could've changed her name simply because she hated her father that much or her father could've changed it for her as a precaution, that simple and easy.

After thinking about it, Jellal wondered if he should tell his father his thoughts.

He meditated for a moment and decided to do so, not having anything to lose, it's not like he knew the girl anyway, or even if he did, this wouldn't change anything much, his father already knew she was at that school for sure, or almost sure.

After saying his thoughts to his father, he could see his father smirk and proud eyes, which only disgusted Jellal, he didn't want for him to be proud at him, simply wanted this to be all over fast.

"The changing name idea did cross my mind before, I discarded it as an option after her father abandoned her and left her with nothing. But, that could be an option now seeing it like that. Either way, now I have to find another way to find her rather than by her name it seems." He grimly said, looking at Jellal.

"You must continue acquiring information about the student girls, try finding out who the letter belonged to, that seems the best way." He ordered, again.

Jellal sighed, he already had thought about it since the day he found it, the best way and easiest way could be asking everyone who the letter belonged to, the problem was... asking everyone about it, he couldn't just do it like that. People would think he would've gone mad, it would also be suspicious now that they let all this time pass since he found it, he couldn't just appear with the letter after all this time.

"Take the break campus as the opportunity." His father advised him.

"I'll do my best." He said lazily. Even though asking everyone now, who the letter was to, seemed stupid… he knew he could at least try to figure out without asking for it directly.

He left his father's apartment with one of his bodyguards driving him back to the dorms.

He was lost in thought all the way, he didn't even realized when he got there, until the driver told him so.

Jellal closed the door to his room and took a quick shower before getting to bed, tired. He would wait for campus break to try getting information out, he would just have to ask Ultear or her friends about people's parents life, or black haired girls parent's life, to be precise. He at least knew that girl's father abandoned her and was like a fugitive to his father, and that her name supposed to be Belserion… that had to lead him somewhere.

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End of chapter 10, I know there is lots of information to get inside your heads xD I will finish it here and next chapter will start the campus. (like stated before this is organised by student council as a kind of reward and rest for the tests, it's also during the break after the first term, which means first terms will end and first break it will be at campus, for their 2 week break, though that would be explained next chapter too so don't worry.)

I hope you are enjoying the story and mistery, leave a review about your thoughts below, I always apreciate them :)