The whole room was plunged into chaos as the revelation of their fake success reached their minds. A man among them immediately fell to his knees and began to sulk.
Xander's dad dismissed everyone after a while except Xander as he wanted to have a word with his son.
"Do you think that we'll be able to stop them in time?"
The question stunned Xander for a while, and he thought deeply about it. After thirty seconds, he finally spoke up.
"I... I honestly don't know," Xander said in a sad tone. "But if you don't mind, can you tell me what exactly the ghouls are and how this is all related?"
Ciel sat up and looked at his son with raised brows but didn't say anything and just sighed.
"You can ask the God from whom you inherited your arcana, as I wouldn't do a good job at explaining it," Ciel said as he closed his eyes.
