Demetrius Desmond/Synopsis

## History

Demetrius Desmond is the first son born to Donovan Desmond, the Leader of the National Unity Party, and his wife Melinda. Owing to his birth, Demetrius was raised effectively as royalty within Ostanian society. A few years later, his younger brother, Damian, was born, however, it has never been established how Demetrius treated the new family member apart from the fact that he never beat him.

Demetrius and his father were very close and Donovan was often with his first son when he was little.

At the age of 6, Demetrius, like many children of his privileged status, entered the elite private school called Eden Academy. It seems that from an early age, he was distinguished by advanced abilities and was gifted with various talents, he is an MVP in certain sports and also proved himself in other useful activities, which gave him the opportunity to receive Stella Stars quickly enough.

At some point, he received his 8th Stella, which secured him membership in an elite group of the school called the Imperial Scholars, to which his father once belonged. This place gave him some privileges, including the opportunity to attend closed imperial meetings at which high-ranking people of Ostania (politicians, scientists, various celebrities) very often gather. It is also one of the few events where Demetrius can meet with his father because after losing power over the country Donovan has become quite a recluse who has closed himself off from society and only a few people have access to him.

At some unspecified time, Demetrius also distanced himself from his mother, who moved into a separate mansion and stopped having frequent contact with her sons and their father. Demetrius seems to spend most of his time at school, and living in dormitories, but periodically he still returns home for the holidays. However, even at such moments neither he nor his brother tend to communicate with each other too often and all their communication is more limited to telephone conversations where Damian is allowed to explain his requests quite succinctly, but no more.

Over ten years after the end of the war, a Westalian diplomat was killed alongside his driver in a car accident in Ostania. This incident awakened a new conflict between the two countries, and Westalian Intelligence believed Donovan and his party were the main suspects and were attempting to instigate a war. To prevent this, they created Operation Strix, making Demetrius's entire family (mainly his father) the target number one.

## Synopsis

### Introduction Arc

Although Demetrius is not named, he is mentioned in WISE's report as one of the leads to Donovan Desmond. After Twilight gets on the train for Berlint, he reads a secret message from his organization, WISE. They praise his efforts on his last mission and assign him his next mission: to investigate the Leader of the National Unity Party, Donovan Desmond, who threatens the peace between the two countries, Ostania and Westalis. To do this, Twilight is instructed to get married and have a child, which he responds to in shock by spitting out his coffee. The message explains that this is necessary because Donovan is rather paranoid and his only public appearances are at the events held at the elite private school his son attends.

### Eden Beginnings Arc

When Anya, the adopted daughter of Twilight (now known as Loid Forger), attends Eden's orientation, Loid, watching her, thinks about how he forged documents so that she would be in the same class with Damian. When Damian comes into his field of vision, Loid remembers that he is attending the school alongside his older brother. During the orientation tour, Anya punches Damian in the face after he bullies and aggravates her. The next day, Damian stares at Anya in class, getting angry about her being the only one to have ever hit him, remembering that even his big brother has never dared to do this to him before.

### Stella Star Arc

Damian is at his dorm's common room looking at the group photo taken during his orientation, where he stands alone. His friends, Ewen Egeburg and Emile Elman, run to him with a photo album and show him several photos, asking if the person in them is his older brother. When Damian sadly confirms that it really is Demetrius, Ewen and Emile find several more photos of him in the album, admiring his achievements and status as an Imperial Scholar, as well as the fact that he is a real MVP and an honor student. During the sequence of their praises, Damian's face becomes even sadder. Ewen tells Damian that he is sure that Damian will become an Imperial Scholar even faster and be the first to get a Stella in their grade. Emile mentions that they still have a while until exams and says his first opportunity will be in P.E. class next week, where there will be a dodgeball tournament with the other classes. It is rumored that whoever gets MVP in the game will also get a Stella. Prepared to get the MVP title and win a Stella, Damian trains hard with Ewen and Emile for the interclass dodgeball match.

On the day of the game the boys have a bit of an argument with Anya and Becky. Damian is completely discouraged by Anya's strange behavior, which sometimes tries to get closer to him, then on the contrary moves away. However, he quickly pushes thoughts of her away from himself, remembering that he must try and become an Imperial Scholar as soon as possible, like his brother, otherwise their father will never pay attention to him. When Damian walks away, he has no idea that Anya has heard his sad thoughts about his family with the help of her telepathic abilities.

### Midterm Exams Arc

In the evening of the day Damian learns that his poor art project had somehow won first place, he calls his butler, Jeeves. After informing the boy about his dog and learning that he was doing well, the butler asks if Damian will return home for the holidays. Damian denies this, saying that apparently, his father will not be home anyway. Jeeves confirms the boy's guess but informs him that Demetrius is going to return home for the occasion. The news is not enough to encourage Damian to return home, and he gives the butler an excuse that he is going to stay in the dorm to fully concentrate on preparing for his midterm exam.

After Demetrius completes his midterm exams and before the results are announced, an amateur spy who calls himself Daybreak enters the school trying to fulfill the order of his client: George Glooman, Damian's classmate who has a personal score with the Desmond family. Believing that if Demetrius and Damian get poor grades, it would distract their father from the Glooman company, so George hired Daybreak to spoil their test scores. Loid, who was undercover at the school at that time and having discovered Daybreak, showed interest in his activities and decided to find out his intentions. Due to the stupidity and amateurishness of the self-taught spy, Loid discovered the inscription on his hand and identified it as the registration numbers of the Desmond brothers.

When Daybreak manages to get into the vault and fulfill his order, he escapes, leaving the disguised Loid alone with the papers. Thinking that Donovan hired this loser to improve the test scores of his sons, Loid is shocked to discover that Daybreak has completely ruined the exams of the two boys and deduces that he was instead hired by a rival of the family. Deciding that this is absolutely unacceptable for his own mission, Loid manages to return the works of the Desmonds to their original version as soon as possible. After finishing correcting the damage caused by Daybreak, Loid concluded that both brothers are exceptional students, but noted that the older boy especially distinguished himself and he made only one mistake in his exam work.

### Imperial Scholars Mixer Arc

On the day of the Imperial Scholars mixer, the students of Cecile Hall prepare to leave after finishing class. One of the girls asks Damian if his dad will be there, as his brother, Demetrius, is an Imperial Scholar. Damian does not hear them, instead thinking back to a phone call with his brother.

The evening before, the kid asks the operator to connect him with Demetrius and when the teen boy finally picks up the phone, Damian hears a sharp question from his brother, who wants to know why the kid disturbed him, which causes Damian to sweat nervously. The younger boy tries to be polite and stutters a little to greet his brother, but Demetrius seems absolutely unimpressed with Damian's etiquette and insists on his original question. Damian hastily apologizes for the trouble and asks his brother if he will be at the Imperial Scholars mixer tomorrow. When Demetrius gives a short affirmative answer, Damian asks him to deliver a message to their father: to meet with him in the courtyard after the mixer. After a thoughtful silence, Demetrius finally agrees but tells Damian not to get his hopes up, as their father is a busy man. The kid dejectedly agrees, acknowledging the truth of his older brother's words. The teen boy asks the kid if this is all he wants from him, and when Damian confirms this, Demetrius hastily says goodbye, quickly hanging up the phone, and leaving his younger brother in a completely upset state.

In the present, outside the Tower of Wisdom, the current members of the Imperial Scholars and their relatives walk through the school grounds, heading to the event. Damian, Ewen, and Emile are amazed at how many people there are, and Emile comments that even among all the famous people present, Donovan is a V.I.P., which makes Damian freeze up. He decides not to see his father, shocking the others. Damian reasons that his father is an incredible and busy man who does not have time to waste on people like him. After that, Damian intends to somehow find his brother to ask him not to pass on his request to their father, but the boy is abruptly stopped in his tracks by Anya.

Anya's eccentric speech puts Damian in an irritated confusion, but at the same time, encourages him to have the courage to meet his father, much to the delight of Loid, who was watching this situation nearby and decided to take this chance for the well-being of his mission.

Demetrius meets with his father off-screen and conveys Damian's request to him. After the end of the mixer, Donovan, on a sudden whim, decides to devote time to his younger son and, together with his guards, arrives at the designated meeting place, where his first meeting with Loid took place. Trying in every possible way to interest Donovan in Loid Forger's personality, the spy tries to evoke parental feelings in his target and apologize for the recent unpleasant incident between their children. However, the conversation takes an unfavorable turn when it turns out that Donovan is "absolutely fine with this little spat among kids" and does not think that it deserves any concern on his part, much to the shock of Loid and Damian.

Loid decides to change tactics and instead of insisting on his apologies, he graciously accepts Donovan's generosity and decides to talk to him about raising children. Remembering how difficult it really is for him with his restless daughter, whom he very often does not understand, Loid concludes that children are really difficult to control. His words make Donovan suddenly open up and share his view of the world and his children in particular. Donovan makes it clear that despite sharing your blood, your children are essentially strangers, people impossible to understand. He says that, in the end, people will never truly be sympathetic to each other, which completely overwhelms his younger son. Donovan's speech indirectly hints that it seems that he considers not only Damian but also Demetrius a stranger to himself.

### Friendship Schemes Arc

After a long time, when Loid is no longer able to meet Demetrius's father again, Yor is unexpectedly lucky to meet his mother. When Yor realizes that she is talking to Melinda Desmond, whose youngest son had suffered at the hands of her daughter Anya, she also begins to apologize for the unpleasant incident between their children. Following the example of her own husband, Melinda completely dismisses this, cheerfully stating that everything is fine. When Yor continues to insist on an apology, it causes a darker reaction as Melinda firmly states that she does not care about what happened. Melinda's words discourage Yor, silencing her. Melinda's friends try to dispel the gloomy atmosphere and cheerfully explain to Yor that the Desmonds have a "hands-off" parenting philosophy and that both their boys are so exceptional that they hardly need much attention. These words somehow make it clear to Yor that there are different ways to be a parent, which makes Melinda cheer up again and continue to be disposed to Yor sufficiently to invite her into her narrow circle of friends.

A little later, when Yor returns home to tell her family about what happened, this prompts Loid to create a new plan for his mission, reflecting that Melinda was not considered useful to WISE since she stopped appearing in public for a long time and completely distanced herself from her husband and both sons, but now he believes that through her he can get a meeting with Donovan again and Yor can be his key to realizing this plan.

### Red Circus Arc

After the successful arrest of the Red Circus, when Anya once again asks to visit Damian, wanting to introduce their parents to each other, Damian is dissatisfied with her persistence but later hints that even if she had made friends with him, she would not have been able to get closer to his family, because, as she should have noticed, that for absolutely no one came to him, making it clear that he does not believe that at least one of his family members cares about him.

### Term Finals Arc

When Melinda reveals to Millie Myers and her co-workers from the city hall how she cares about her family and will be offended if she loses any of them, she remembers her sons, including Demetrius.

After the term finals at Eden Academy, the middle school students hold their rewards ceremony after the younger students. Demetrius makes his first physical appearance as he receives 6 Stellas for his term exams, shocking the other students who hear about his achievements. When Demetrius leaves the hall, Damian is waiting outside to greet him, and he asks his younger brother if he needs something from him. Ewen, Emile, and Becky are awed with his genius and appearance, and Ewen comments that Demetrius is an Imperial Scholar even among Imperial Scholars.

Anya, hearing their words, is impressed by a new acquaintance and slyly decides that if she reads his thoughts, she will become a super genius. However, to her great surprise, when she tries to do this, she does not succeed. Thinking that it is because of the long distance, Anya decides to try again, and this time, her attempt turns out to be successful. Damian, meanwhile, is trying to start a friendly conversation with his brother, but he hardly succeeds, as Demetrius continues to look at him indifferently, throwing at his attempts with the words that he heard about Damian's recent achievement and getting Stella. Damian, in response, awkwardly tries to talk about their father's reaction to the achievement, to which Demetrius silently looks at him and then abruptly turns around and simply leaves, saying that he does not maintain regular contact with their father.

As he leaves, Ewen and Emile try to greet Demetrius, showing respect for his person, but get a cold reception. Anya, who has been reading his mind all this time, only discovers that he does not understand people and that doing so is a waste of time. Moving away, Demetrius's thoughts are interrupted again, leaving Anya in speechless silence.

The other children find Demetrius creepy and a little scary. Anya notes that all of Damian's relatives are such weirdos, while Damian himself wonders if he was wrong about the relationship between his father and brother. He remembers that when Demetrius was little, Donovan often spent time with his first son, and he tries to understand why their father does not do the same for him. Despite the strangeness of the meeting, it seems that Demetrius made an impression on Anya, who, after returning home, begins to imitate his behavior when she talks to Loid about her desire to become "a super genius."

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