Early into the next morning, Cetanu found himself called into the Audience Chamber, noticing that there was nobody but the three of them. The demon entered the chamber with naught but the Sword of the Creator on his waist, something that Seteth made sure to make note of.

"We have determined that for this moon, your mission is to head to the Kingdom to dispose of a band of thieves." Seteth said, and Cetanu looked to him. "This sounds a little routine. Any reason you're sending us over the Knights?" he asked, and Seteth frowned slightly.

"Most of our best knights are out on other missions, and this band of thieves is different. Their leader is a trained warrior. He is Miklan, formerly of House Gautier. We were told that he stole the House's Relic, the Lance of Ruin, and made off with it." he said.

Cetanu rose a brow. House Gautier? He remembered that being the House that his own student, Sylvain was from. His family had a Hero's Relic of their own that he didn't know about? He found this rather interesting, and wondered exactly how many Relics there were.

"Are we being babysat by your men, or do you trust me with this mission?" he asked, and Rhea smiled slightly. "The Lance of Ruin is a powerful weapon, but you shouldn't fear, as the Sword of the Creator is far beyond the other Relics. If you would like us to send a group to supervise you, we shall." she said, and Cetanu nodded.

"I'll keep that in mind, Your Grace. I do thank you for this opportunity to test myself against another Hero's Relic. I will let you know the week before we depart if I believe we need assistance." he said, and Rhea nodded. Seteth folded his arms, narrowing his eyes.

"Do take care to conduct yourself honorably, Professor. You wield the Sword of the Creator. This isn't a chance for you to 'test yourself', and you are expected to conduct yourself as one befitting that holy blade." he said, and Cetanu bowed sarcastically before departing.

When he reached his classroom, his students looked rather happy too see him. They'd been through much in the past few months, but it wasn't nothing that they couldn't handle. He sighed as he leaned against his desk with a hum. "We've been given our mission." he mused, and they all looked rather interested.

"This is another personal mission, so I'll understand if any of you want to withdraw and be replaced by someone else I select." he mused, glances being shared amongst the young students. "We're tasked with defeating a band of thieves in Kingdom territory. However, our primary objective is the retrieval of the stolen Hero's Relic their leader is in possession of." he said, and the all seemed surprised.

"Who'd dare take a Relic from a House?" Mercedes asked, and Cetanu cast his eyes over the cast, seeming ever so slightly agitated. "The Relic we have to recover is the Lance of Ruin, from the bandit's leader, Miklan Gautier." he said, and most of the eyes in the room shifted to Sylvain, who seemed to frown.

"He stole the Lance?" Sylvain asked, and Cetanu sighed as he nodded. "Sadly. It seems that much like with Lonato, we're being tasked with destroying someone close to one of us for the benefit of the Church. Sylvain, do you happen to know why your brother would do something like this?" he asked, and Sylvain closed his eyes.

"He was disowned. Our father decided that we didn't need Miklan as a part of the family since he was born without a Crest." he said, and Cetanu blinked. He knew that people put a lot of importance on Crests, but enough to disown one's own child?

Cetanu frowned. "I sympathize with Miklan in this instance. He's lashing out against a corrupt system that negatively impacted his life. However, that doesn't change our mission. We are to recover the Lance of Ruin, and dispose of Miklan's band of thieves. If we can spare his life and fool Rhea, I will. But..." he trailed, hating that he had to come to this again.

"If Miklan points that lance against any of you, or commands his men to take any of your lives, I will have no choice. Do all of you understand?" he asked, and they all nodded one by one. Cetanu shook his head. "Good. We have two weeks to prepare. I pray that you all keep up your training. I will be around if you need me. You are all permitted to leave." he said, watching them all rise from their seats, Cetanu watching each of them closely.

"Sylvain, I would like to speak to you privately." he said, the red haired noble looking to his teacher and nodding, watching all of the other Lions leave one by one. Sylvain seemed slightly worried in the presence of Cetanu, who was much stronger than him despite being ever so slightly smaller.

"Are you going to be able to handle this?" he asked, and Sylvain sighed, nodding. "I should be alright. I just… I don't want to have to do it myself, Teach. I'm not as strong as Ashe is." he said, and Cetanu nodded. "I'll make sure you aren't forced to do anything you don't want to. On the other hand, how are you around us?" he asked, and Sylvain blinked.

"I'm fine, why?" he asked, and Cetanu tilted his head. He assumed that Sylvain would have a bigger problem with being fed from, much like Dimitri seemed to. Although, he noted from Ferdinand and Asmodeus that it wasn't all bad. Some people just found it unpleasant in the moment, nothing serious enough to ruin their day or change their viewpoints on things. Cetanu smiled. "I'm glad. I'd hate for you to be afraid of us." he said.

As Cetanu walked the halls of the Monastery, his mind kept traveling back to the tunnel he stumbled upon. He decided to ignore it, but he knew that there were Blood Demons within. He smelled it. He knew that he'd have to search the tunnel before he departed for the Kingdom. He had no choice, he was compelled by his status as another Blood Demon. He wondered for a split second… what would they taste like?

He shook his head free of such thoughts, glancing to his waist to see the blue bladed dagger, the thing that normally controlled his instincts and negative desires. He wondered if it was wearing off, or if he was so much farther gone after encountering the other Fleshcrafter and obtaining the Crest of Cichol.

He soon found himself crossing paths with Dimitri, who gave him a pleasant smile that set his mind at ease, the demon able to notice the man standing next to him. He was slightly taller than both of them, and he had shoulder length wavy blue hair and a thin mustache. "Professor, have I ever introduced you to Rodrigue?" he asked, and Cetanu bowed slightly, receiving a bow in return.

"Pleasure to meet you Sir. I'm Cetanu Eisner, Professor of the Blue Lions." he said, holding his hand out. The man shook his hand, and Cetanu should sense a large amount of magickal energy within the man, assuming that he was a mage of some form. "My name is Rodrigue. I'm the Lord of House Fraldarius. My son, Felix, has mentioned you before. He said you were quite the capable warrior and teacher." he said, and Cetanu smiled slightly, bowing his head.

"Pleasure to meet you, Lord Fraldarius. Your son is quite the capable warrior himself. I'm glad to have someone like him under my tutelage. Tell me, what brings you to the Monastery?" he asked, and the man nodded his head.

"It's the mission I heard you were assigned. The men in question, Miklan's men, took up arms and managed to capture a tower within my territory. I was wondering what the men that would be aiding me in getting it back were like. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was Dimitri and his friends." he said.

Cetanu looked to his House's leader. He knew that Dimitri was close with Felix's father, who had extended the olive branch to him after the death of King Lambert. "I pray that we'll be able to meet your expectations. If you desire for us to move out earlier than our assigned and scheduled date, please let us know. We have no qualms with aiding you." he said, and the man chuckled.

"Please, take as long as you need to prepare. I'd hate to have to carry anyone back in a coffin. I'd rather those scoundrels have their way for a few weeks than have my son or his friends injured." he said, and Cetanu nodded. He could respect this man. He cared greatly about the lives of Cetanu's students, which was something he could find rather respectable.

Later that day, Cetanu had caught up to Ashe, who seemed ever so slightly nervous. "Are you alright? You don't seem that hungry." he mused, and the smaller demon nodded. "I did feed. I just… hope that I didn't do anything that can come back to bite me." he said, and Cetanu rose a brow. "Why would it?" he wondered, and his student, and progeny, looked to him. "Well… I kind of took Mr. Victor's advice on WHO to feed from." he said, and Cetanu sighed. He knew that Fleshcrafting the cat into someone with human level intelligence would be a gamble, and he guessed this was the Goddess laughing at the risk he took.

"You're a smart kid, Ashe. I'm sure you'll realize it wasn't that bad of an idea." he said, and Ashe sighed. "i hope that you're right." he said, and Cetanu glanced to his progeny. "Ashe, what do you think of our mission? Do think that it's a little unusual that the month after we have to defeat Lonato, we have to take down Sylvain's brother?" he asked, and Ashe frowned, glancing to the ground.

"Well, I hope this is the last time. Because if we have to do anything pertaining to Ingrid, or Dedue, or even Mercedes and Annette, I might have to start thinking that I made a mistake killing my father." he said, and Cetanu closed his eyes. This wasn't a good thing. He'd definitely have to change his focus after this mission. He needed to learn more about Rhea and Seteth themselves. Someone had to know something.

That night, Cetanu found himself staring at that same tunnel, the scent of other Blood Demons rife in his nostrils. He wondered if he should head down there, if he should see exactly what these other Blood Demons were like.

"What are you doing out here at this hour, Teach?" he heard, glancing to see Claude approaching. He wasn't alone, as he had Hilda, the pink haired girl from his class. Cetanu looked back to him, and he narrowed his eyes.

In his eyes, there was an odd glint of understand, as if he knew something. Cetanu wondered for a second, before he began putting the puzzle together. "Did you tell your class?" he asked, and Claude rose a brow before chuckling.

"You sound a little paranoid there, Teach. Nobody knows what you're talking about but us." he said, winking at the demon as if they were close friends. Cetanu glanced to the tunnel. "Are you aware of this?" he asked, and Claude looked to it before he shook his head. "Never seen it before. What about you?" he asked.

Cetanu shook his head. "No… but there is something down there. I'm trying to decide if I should head down there. It begs exploration, but I'm hesitant incase something goes awry." he mused, more to himself. Claude hummed before looking to Cetanu.

"Why don't we head down there together? Worse case scenario is we get lost underground and Seteth gets mad about it." he mused, and Cetanu found this rather amusing. The prospect of annoying Seteth was something that the duo had in common, and Cetanu glanced up, his advanced senses hearing footsteps approaching.

He noticed that it was Dimitri and Ashe, who were approaching from the direction of Bernadetta's, and Ashe's own rooms. They noticed Cetanu with the two Golden Deers, and they found it odd. "Professor, I wasn't expecting to see you out this late, especially not with Claude." Dimitri mused, and Cetanu shrugged, feeling rather amused at the entire situation.

"I figured that someone who was Almyran like Claude would taste different. Aren't you rather curious yourself, Ashe?" Cetanu asked, the question coming off as rather unusual and odd. Ashe however, seemed to almost shrink under the question, leading Cetanu to another conclusion, proving a hunch he had earlier.

"Well, regardless, can you smell the same thing I can, Ashe?" he asked, and Ashe inhaled, realizing that he could actually smell something different. It was a similar, but weaker, smell than what was coming off of Cetanu himself. The smell of a Blood Demon.

"I can." he said, and Cetanu smiled. "This is rather interesting, so why don't the six of us head down there?" he asked, and they blinked, looking amongst each other. "Um… there's only five of us." Hilda said, and Cetanu glanced to a corner obscured by shadows, the moons light casting a dark pall over the small corner. "Victor, let's go." he said, and the large cat man began to laugh as he walked into the open.

The six of them began to travel through the tunnel, deeper and deeper into it's depths. Cetanu and Ashe were in the lead, followed by Victor and Dimitri and the Golden Deer in the back. Cetanu looked to Ashe.

"When we get out of here, I'm going to smack you for listening to Victor." he said, and Ashe chuckled nervously. "Sorry, he just said the one thing that triggered my… Beast." he said, and Cetanu sighed, shaking his head.

"The Crests you're accruing are far more in number than me. The Crest of Flames, Bladdiyd, Gautier and now Reigan? You do realize that the entire Alliance could be at your throat now, right?" he asked, and Ashe shook his head.

"Claude actually agreed to help me if anything happened. He was really, really into me… feeding from him." he said, and Cetanu glanced back to the future Archduke. He was quite the unusual one, but at least he was another ally in his behind the scenes game of chess against the Empire.