Adrian shared his sight to all five of them so that they can see what he sees of the world. A world where hidden secrets are revealed, and all is laid to bare. Even simple illusions are broken through as long as it just simple illusions.
Jihan became amazed because this is familiar to him because his grandfather also shared his sight to him once. He was able to see the aura of other beings thanks to the so-called spiritual eye, but it is not this powerful. When his grandfather shared the spiritual eye, he was only able to see the other person's aura but not the surroundings.
A world full of color suddenly erupted in front of them and everyone became shocked upon witnessing the beauty of the world that Adrian sees. They are all wide-eyed upon seeing the warm colors of emotions and the radiance of the auras of the living but not everything is beautiful.
Everybody had fun seeing the colors of a person's aura as not everyone had the same color. Adrian explained that each person would change the color of their auras depending on their current mindset and emotion. It is an involuntary response which is why you cannot hide your emotions against a powerful empath.
"Ah!" Patricia suddenly shouted as she pointed to a corner of the room.
In the corner of the room, there is a dark specter hanging in mid-air. The dark specter looked like a drowned woman wearing black wit chains clamped on both her feet. The chains are connected to huge boulders, and she radiated a dark aura.
"Is…tha…that…a…ghost!?" Whiz pointed out as his hand trembled due to the frightening sight.
"Am I seeing correctly? Do I need to pour holy water in my eyes or something?" Esme stated as she rubbed her eyes.
"If you guys are able to see apparitions then it means that I could now stop increasing the capacity." Adrian stated as they could now see apparitions.
"Apparitions? Do you mean they are different from ghosts? Or the evil spirits that you talk about?" Dustan asked as he is curious if there is a distinction.
"I think it is better to show you the difference. Let us come closer to it." Adrian stated as he beckoned everyone to come close to the apparition.
When Adrian told them to come close to him, they looked at each other first before agreeing to move. They took their time coming close that made Adrian chuckle as he found it cute that they are wary of an apparition. When they came close to the apparition, she suddenly opened her eyes and started to look like she is drowning.
The five that Adrian shared his sight with suddenly scattered but the connection is not cut off. Adrian has already tapped into their mana, and they could only stop seeing the apparition after he cuts the connection. He inadvertently laughed at the interaction of the five to the sudden movement of the apparition.
"You guys have no need to worry. An apparition is different from a ghost. You can come close so that I can tell you the difference between the two." Adrian stated but they did not believe him.
"You can just safely say the difference in that area. We can still hear you." Whiz stated as the others agreed with his suggestion.
"Ok then. Look closely." Adrian stated as he tried slapping the apparition, but his hand just phased right through it.
"I mean…Should it not be obvious that your hand will pass through because it is a ghost?" Dustan asked as if it is an established truth.
"I told you. It is not a ghost but an apparition." Adrian stated as the actions of the apparition suddenly stopped moving or showing any actions. The apparition just returned to its isolated state like a doll.
"Why did it stop? Is it dead?" Patricia asked but everybody looked at her with great doubt in their eyes.
"That is really the question you are going for? I sometimes wonder how you can become an intelligence operative if the intelligence is missing." Esme stated which made Patricia irritated at the former.
"No, it is not dead. It is not existing to begin with. An apparition is basically a culmination of strong emotions that is imprinted in a certain location." Adrian stated which made everyone loosen their guard against the apparition.
"So basically, it is a ghost but not a ghost at the same time?" Whiz asked.
"The spirit of the dead has already gone to Limbo or Purgatory depending on what you believe in. This is merely a husk that does specific actions depending on a certain time of day like a scheduled program." Adrian elaborated.
"So…basically all those hauntings that is capture on video are all apparitions?" Jihan asked and everyone looked at him.
"What?! I get bored here in the base, so I watch those videos with Whiz whenever we have time." Jihan added.
"Not all of them but if a haunting is more of something continuous then you can bet that it is an apparition. If the haunting could move things, then it is most likely a spirit. Whether it is an evil spirit, or a normal spirit is unknown even to me as I can only recognize it." Adrian explained.
"I can look at it like a hologram then. Awesome!" Whiz stated as he went closer and waved his hands at the apparition.
"What indicates a ghost or evil spirit then?" Dustan asked as he knew that Adrian is teaching them about things about the supernatural.
"Ghosts have an aura that can emit a chill if they are near you because they suck in energy or warth from their surroundings. They long for the living after all. Apparitions are just empty husks or illusions that are imprinted on an area which is why a cleansing is usually done if they are present." Adrian explained.
"If we suddenly feel a drop in the temperature in the room then we can expect that a spirit is nearby." Dustan muttered as Adrian cut of his connection with them as he became tired.
"That should be all for our supernatural talk. I need to rest." Adrian stated as he went back to his room and so did the others.