Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You? - Chapter 609: Special Cases

In Britannia, several high-end officers and military personnel slowly marched through the corridors of a massive asylum.

They didn’t understand why they were asked to bring a certain patient back, but given the high rank of the task, they dared not ask any further inquiries or mistreat the patient in question. And as they walked, the Asylum’s dean walked beside them with a doctor’s whitecoat and thick spectacles sitting on the bridge of his nostrils.

“Adrianna Fleming…Age 15. Was brought in when she was only 7. Her parents said right from her birth, she was acting peculiar.”

“She cried more often than regular babies and had a look of fear every now and then. At first, they thought it would stop when she grew older, but it just kept getting worse.”

“The family moved from place to place, and every time, she ended up burning their home to the ground…. Monsters… she said.”

“She always swore it wasn’t her, but the monsters hell bent on torturing her to stupor.”

“Mad… she’s as mad as a Hatter, that one. But what do you guys want with her? I can’t see her being of any use to anyone, seeing as she has a knack for burning down all homes she visits. Only this asylum has been able to keep her in check.”

Well, the Dean felt that although the girl typically spoke of monsters, she looked quite normal. She would workout in her cell as though preparing for some future battle, and would also spend her time in the library, reading from morning till night. Of course, whenever she was in the library, a guard would supervise her, lest she burns something down again. No one knows how she was always able to burn down things without a match or sturdy objects that could start a spark. So it was best to keep an eye out for her when she visits such ‘flammable’ areas.

To be honest, all her brain functions and medical examinations show her to be normal. However, what sort of normal person speaks of monsters with fear and goes around burning down places?

After having her go through lie detectors and other technologies, they saw that she said no word of lies. Which meant she truly believed what she said and was mentally handicapped, despite what her medical reports said.

Thus, she has been locked up here for years.. It also seemed that she had no desires for the outside world too. She was more than happy to stay here. She often says she will leave soon, but no one knows when the ‘soon’ she speaks of will come. This was also why they kept her under heavy supervision, lest she attempts to burn this place to the ground and flee.

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The officers and military personnel listened with great interest, wanting to know what was so important with this girl. The only thing their superiors said was that she was the only one who saw a certain crime happen in the past, and they wanted more details from her.

This was why they must treat her with care despite her ‘mental state.’ Again, they had many questions to ask, like how a mentally ill person would be able to answer their superiors rightfully with facts. But who were they to ask?

Some thought that perhaps her mental illness was faked, since her brain activity showed she was normal. She must have seen the ‘crime’ in question take place, and chosen to pretend to be mentally ill to protect her loved ones. The monsters in question might be the people who committed the crime. And the fear she showed must be fear of knowing what they’ll do to her if they find out she knows. Soon, everyone came to the Asylum’s library and instantly spotted a very calm figure, slowly flipping through a book. She crossed one leg and was very focused on reading a book called ‘The Art of War.’

According to the dean, she read things involving geography, chemistry, biology, survival, war, you name it. At first, they didn’t want to provide such violent and academic books for her to read, as Asylum’s typically had books with happy thoughts. But the girl made a fuss that she wanted to feel like an ordinary student going to school or she would fall into great depression and might do something harmful for them all. The war between the dean and herself carried on for 5 whole months until her request was finally granted. But, she must read these books in the library under supervision.

Look…. There were guards standing several feet around her in a square formation.

Sensing their arrival, the girl unhurriedly raised her head from her book and was then taken aback by the stream of military and police officer personnel around.

“Miss Adrianna, please come with us. Your cooperation is most needed.”

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2 hours later, Adrianna found herself well fed, cleaned up and well taken care of, now staying within a hotel room within a simple 2-story home.

What was all this about?

No matter how well they treated her, if they didn’t tell her why they brought her in, she would never feel at ease. She could sense they had no ill intentions towards her, so what was all this about?

Soon, those who escorted her were gone, and 3 others in peculiar but cool looking school-like uniforms now stepped into the home.

And then, they unlocked one of the doors within the home and led her in.

“Miss Adrianna, please put your hand on the globe.”

Well, Adrianna didn’t know what to make of their request, thinking the globe must be some sort of lie detector or something. But what happened next shocked her.

The globe lit up in a pure white light with specs of green within it. Following this, a letter emerged in a twinkle of an eye like Magic.

[Dear Miss Adrianna, you have been accepted into The Heavenly Tian Academy for Exorcism!]

“0”

Typically, there were no acceptances during semester periods, but because of her peculiar talents, she was granted acceptance on the spot and didn’t even have to wait for a few days.

Obediah and Hitchcoff, the military soldiers who were there in Cygypt during the 1st Horseman’s debut, gave each other tactful stares.

They were now bonafide Disciples.

After becoming an exorcist for almost a year now, they’ve been combing through a series of cases in Britannia, discovering some unique talents who will definitely aid their cause.

And one of them was Adrianna Fleming, who they suspect was born with her 3rd eye opened!

But not just that.

According to the Grandmaster, she might have the rare Ying-yang eyes, the ones many underworld beings would kill for. The fact that she still had them intact meant they weren’t ripe for the taking yet.

Seeing the portal slowly opening before her, Adrianna was taken aback, confused that humans had such powers. That’s right, her eyes told her they were true humans.

She could also feel the air of nobility and righteousness around them.

“Adrianna Fleming… If you wish to survive the upcoming war and protect your parents, this is the only way out… So, what will you choose?”

Looking at the letter that changed into a tattoo on her chest, Adrianna felt a sense of belonging for the first time in her life.

She wasn’t crazy… she wasn’t crazy…

Finally there were others who believed what she has always known.

The enemy exists… They exist, and will soon roam the world, no longer in hiding.

Exorcist… She has heard that word from one or 2 creatures before. It seems they fear these people called exorcists.

If that’s the case, she must become one as well!

With that, Adrianna chuckled with tears streaming down her rosy cheeks. Soon, she disappeared through the portal, following Obediah’s group in excitement.

The world beyond the portal was one she could never believe or fathom.