Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

The Ingards stood firm while the Ghus held on tight.

And soon, Dorian closed his eyes and began chanting.

~Shwshwsheshwshwshwshw~."

His chants started slow like whispers before abruptly speeding up!

Flip.~

The pages of the book on the table began lifting ever so gently.

... A breeze?

How can this be?

They looked at the sealed window and every other opening in the room, wondering whether the slight breeze was coming from.

And why did the breeze suddenly pick up?

Flip. Flip. Flip!

The pages danced maniacally the more the candles flickered.

And when it finally flew off the table, every single Ingard had goosebumps.

This... This... What is going on here?

Subconsciously they inched in closer to one another, looking left, right, up, down, and even around.

Maybe it was their imagination, but the wind from heaven-knows-where was unexpectedly turning colder and colder the more it slapped their faces.

Flick. Flick. Flick.

The lights began to flicker, and the walls began to sing as though something was moving in them.

Rustle. Rustle. Rustle.~

"Look! Look!... The young master is shaking!"

What?!

Everyone saw the pale blue Cang Ingard twitch and turn vigorously with closed eyes.

His spasms and vibrations shook the entire bed.

But maybe the most troubling of all was not his movements but that he was responding because of Dorian's whispers.

See Ingard's pupils dilated in shock.

His mind was undergoing a thunderous battle between science and the supernatural.

Was he going crazy? Was what he was seeing actually real?... How could his son react like this?

Good heavens!!!!

~Bam!

The heavy table and chairs flew into the walls and the men, knocking them hard.

But before many could react, they too were uprooted from the ground.

And in a blink of an eye, a vicious tornado appeared.

The Ingards all had grim faces.

They regretted it.

Bam!

Zee Ingard smashed into a wall while hugging Lishu.

They could become spiders, rolling In the wall as though it were the floor.

Sadly, they had no web-shooters to cocoon themselves from the chaos.

1, 2...

The tornado mercilessly carried them to another location.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

They slammed against one another, their men, and the many fixtures in the room.

Crazy! Crazy!

This wasn't the time to wonder where the tornado came from.

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"Everyone, grab onto something!!!!"

Zee Ingard didn't know if anyone heard him, but his hands moved like lightning, trying to grab onto a curtain.

Pah!

A table slapped his hand away, sending him and Lishu one more time in the merry-go-round.

The duo had no tears but wanted to cry.

F***!

They regretted it.

They regretted their intestines!

Curse their stupid arrogance.

How could the Sota they knew and here up with every hurt them?

They offered all this because he cared for them and their son. Yet, they not only doubted him but secretly swore to limit the time their son spent with him after he got better.

Wasn't that just too ungrateful?

Zee Ingard wanted to puke blood when thinking of his arrogant response.

Whoo~~ Whoo~~

The couple and their men went on the merry-go-round for just 30 seconds.

Yet, within this time, they had gone at least 4 fill wounds now.

And just when they couldn't take it anymore, some of the Ghus dived.

"Pull! Pull!"

Like fishers of men, the Ghus began catching their prey.

Zee Ingard and Lishu were so embarrassed when looking at Sota.

"Sota boy... Just forgive uncle and auntie for being ignorant." They said, holding onto the hold as though their lives depended on it.

Say no more. They've learned their lesson and would never keep quiet moving forward.

No matter how dense they were, they began to understand that their son might not be sick... But might've come into contact with something dirty.

Though they speculated, they still didn't fully believe it. After all, they've been conditioned like this since birth. Science was all the world believed. Anything else and one could be locked up in a loony bin.

Their hair was upside down, one side of Lishu's heels was missing, and her attire was just messed up.

Pff~

Sota tried his best not to laugh, though it was too hard.

Brmmm!!!!~

Sota almost hunted into their arms in fright.

The abrupt howling from the walls, the flicking lights, and the chilling air combo only made for a perfect jump scare.

Look left, look right.

Everyone had a stifling fear whenever the room went black.

The shadows caused by the candles seemed to come alive in their imaginations.

Will something appear behind them?

Will something drag them away?

This is how it happens in horror movies, right?

Inching in closer, everyone was secretly fighting to be in the middle of the group.

According to Horror 101, want that the safest place?

One step forth, another step forth.

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Mommy... I miss you so much.

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Flick. Flick. Flick... Flick.

The winds slowed, the lights flickered less, and the strange noise from the walls grew faint until they finally vanished.

Bam!

All flying objects descend in a loud bang.

What a mess!

The Tornado had left the place in wrecks.

But who the hell cares about that?

Gulp.

Everyone swallowed their built-up saliva when staring at the young master on the bed.

Don't think they've been blind all this while.

The moment the Young master Cang slowed his trembling, the situation in the room also slowed down.

Everyone was in a dreamlike daze, unable to think if they were sane or not.

Could it be that this was all a dream?

... The hell was it wasn't!

The pain from being smacked around like a doll was still evident.

What sort of whacked dream was this?

This...

Their tongues rolled up and down their throats wondering what to do or say.

Speechlessness had caught them off guard.

But seeing Sota, Zee and Lishu bravely take several steps forward, of course they too would follow.

Stick together! Stick together and be each other's watchful keeper.

Those were their only thoughts.

"Son?..."

Lishu couldn't help calling her son out from a distance, seeing that his bluish complexion had faded.

And now, he looked just as he did before.

A wave of excitement caused her to hasten her steps alongside Zee Ingard.

The couple wore genuine smiles, with tears streaming down Lishu's cheeks.

"Zee! He's fine. He's alright. Our boy is alright! Hahahahaha~"

For a moment, the atmosphere was blissful. .the Ingards were happy seeing that the bluish scally and falling apart Frankenstein layer of skin had not only disappeared but returned to the boy's previous smooth skin.

How did it disappear?

They didn't know since they were flying about the place like crazy.

All they knew was that whenever they glanced at him, almost their chaotic situation, they were able to see his complexion return bit by bit.

So wasn't this a sign that their boy was healed?

Hooray!

The Ingards exploded with countless emotions.

But for the Ghus, they only stood still, knowing that things wouldn't be so easy.

And sure enough, they were right.

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On the bed, the boy who had stopped moaning, slowly opened his eyes and sat up.

His legs seemed to be pinned by something.

But his hands and upper body were free.

"Cang! You're awake!"

Lishu exclaimed.

His actions took the Ingards into a higher realm of joy.

And without wasting any time, the couple and several other Ingards swarmed towards him.

Bam!

Lishu felt pain in her forehead.

What?!

Zee Ingard and the others were also aware of the matter.

What was going on here?

Why can't they move past the candles and the strange silver coins on the floor?

They placed their hands on the invisible wall in shock.

"Erm... Auntie, Uncle, you can't pass the magical wall until the Grandmaster is done."

Sota's words seemed to open even more doors to everyone's imagination.

Their lips quivered in awe.

Magic!

There was no wall here before. So for it to appear so suddenly, wasn't that magic?

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But while some were still awed by the invisible wall, some picked up vital information from Sota's words.

"Sota boy, what do you mean by saying the Grandmaster isn't finished yet?" Zee Ingard was anxious.

"What? There is still something wrong?" Lishu's emotions moved up and down like a wave.

She felt that fate was playing a cruel joke on her.

One minute it made her cry; another minute, it made her jump in glee. And now, it brought her back to zero.

What the hell was all this? Wasn't it over yet?

Even Zee felt this way too.

He thought his son looked well enough, and nothing else needed to be done.

But who would've known that appearances could be deceiving?

Very quickly, Zee Ingard stared at his son deeply.

If it were a second ago, he would be thrilled to look eye to eye with his son.

But now, starting at each other eyeball to eyeball, Zee Ingard's soul shook in terror.

Who... Who...

This was not his son!!!