The world consists of living and non-living creatures. Humans and non-humans. Mariam Celeste is a natural born Clairvoyant who can see unclean spirits. Her sixth sense was activated when she was five years old, even before she was adopted in an orphanage as the first daughter of the heir of the Celeste Conglomerate.
To survive, she decided to ignore the non-living creatures and lived a normal life. At that age, she already knows that this ability of hers will just cause her trouble and will not be able to obtain the love of her adoptive parents. She excels in everything so that her parents will be proud of her. At first, they praised her achievements whether in school or in any activities. However, 2 years later, Amor Celeste was born. Mariam was completely ignored. As if she does not exist, as if she is a non-living creature.
Unlike her dark ebony straight hair, paired with the same color of her eyes, and a pale skin that makes her look unhealthy, her half-sister looks like an angel that came down from heaven. She got the beauty features and silver, blonde hair color of her mother that matched her amber eyes that is similar to her father.
Keira thought: 'Ah… it's that month again.' She heavily sighed as she rummaged through her pockets but found nothing which made her mood foul.
"Reverend, do we really need to climb these stairs?" Theo Ong asked while panting as they are now climbing to the 20th floor of an old, abandoned mansion building, and they need to go to the 44th floor.
This is also one of the reasons why Keira got irritated.
The handsome Exorcist-Priest named Anthony Silvestre calmly replied without any hint of tiredness despite the steep steps of the stairs that they just passed by, "Yes. We've got no other options."
His silver hair is still cleanly slicked back and his face does not have any sweat and his satin gray eyes even glimmer when it crosses the moonlight despite his age of 48 years old.
The two youngsters looked dumbfounded at the beautiful and clean figure of the holy priest as they thought: 'Is he even human?'
He looks like as if God showered him dust of holy light, unlike them who are now profusely sweating.
Keira felt the gaze of Theo and she glared back at him. His shoulder-length brown hair is now a mess, but his pure hazel eyes that perfectly matched his good-looking features made him look like a model that just had a scheduled photoshoot.
She asked with hint of irritation as she wiped her sweat, "What are you looking at?"
"Looking at the poor existence of someone who made us put into this difficult situation." He replied to mock her, and he even scoffed at her as he also wiped his own sweat with a white handkerchief.
2 hours ago, they were dealing with an Elite-Range Class unclean spirit in a nearby forest, but Keira made one simple mistake, and the unclean spirit escaped. Fortunately, the most powerful Exorcist is with them that they were able to easily locate the unclean spirit through the aid of the Veritas Detective Agency, one of the top two agencies who have a Special Division that deals with supernatural phenomenon.
The International Paranormal Expert Association (IPEA) is a hidden and special association formed by the States and the Churches all over the world. It deals with supernatural phenomenon that science cannot solve. They have categorized five classes of unclean spirits to be exorcised based on the level and proximity of the evil power that they hold.
The Low-Range Class (LRC) are unclean spirits that can lightly harm living creatures by directly touching them. This can only be dealt with by Normal-Range Mediums, Elite-Mediums or Clairvoyants.
The Middle-Range Class (MRC) are unclean spirits that have the same abilities as the Low-Range Class and can manipulate their surroundings. This can only be dealt with by Elite-Mediums or Clairvoyants.
The Normal-Range Class (NRC) are unclean spirits that have the same abilities as the Middle-Range Class and can possess living creatures one at a time. This can only be dealt with by Elite-Mediums, Clairvoyants or Exorcists.
The Elite-Range Class (ERC) are unclean spirits that have the same abilities as the Normal-Range Class, but the only difference is that they can possess multiple living creatures one at the same time. This can only be dealt with by Clairvoyants or Exorcists.
Demon Class (DC) are either unclean spirits that have the same abilities as the Elite-Range Class that turned into a powerful non-living creature that have the same abilities of a fallen angel or they are one of the 1/3 Fallen Angels themselves that rebelled against the Almighty One and brought evil to this world. Fallen Angels have the abilities of unclean spirits as they can deceive, manipulate, possess, and seal human souls that are unclean. This can only be dealt with by Exorcists as they are spiritual beings that are beyond salvation.
Theo shouted in an irritated tone, "Keira, what are you doing?!"
Keira's soul suddenly came back from her physical body which made the three of them halted during the recitation of the scriptures to exorcise the ERC.
The reason behind the distraction of Keira is because of the sudden interruption of a brief yet complex vision during the mission. Her ability to see the future and her ability to exorcise unclean spirits cannot be used at the same time. If she receives visions during exorcism, her soul will automatically return to her physical body. One unfortunate situation is that she can only perform exorcism outside her physical body due to unknown reasons. Despite this, her physical body can miraculously seal the multiple unclean spirits which is in favor for her fellow IPEA members, especially for Exorcists like her as they can easily capture the unclean spirits and exorcise them.
Keira immediately replied, "I see a vision."
She also took a two-second glare at Theo before she stood up from the ground, silently telling him that it was not her fault. They are trying to refrain from bickering in front of the Reverend because they do not want to get punished again by writing the Old Testament of the Bible scriptures ten times which made their dominant hand temporarily disabled for a few days.
Because the ERC escaped seconds before it could be exorcised, the Reverend calmly decided to contact the Veritas Detective Agency or simply called Veritas.
Reverend Anthony reported over the communicator, "ERC 264 escaped. Location, 14.897378, 120.519041. Requesting for back-up."
He calmly said to the two youngsters, "Let's wait for Rylan's instructions."
After half a minute, he received a call from Rylan. The location of ERC 264 was found in an unidentified, abandoned mansion building. It happened that some members of the 4th Division of Veritas Detective Agency are also on a mission to catch three notorious criminals who were convicted guilty by the Supreme Court and are now on the run. This information was shared by the Reverend to his two apprentices while he drives towards the location of ERC 264.
The Reverend instructed with a concerned look on his face as he patted the head of Keira, "When the Special Division comes, rest in the car.", as if he is praising a little kid.
Keira frowned and shook her head and replied with conviction, "No. I will come with you. It's… partly my responsibility. I can still help exorcise one ERC."
Theo said with his arms crossed and his one eyebrow raised, "It is dangerous. You will just be a baggage."
Keira glared at him and gave him a middle finger sign. Fortunately, the Reverend did not see it, only Theo saw it and got irritated.
Reverend Anthony asked and looked at the exhausted Keira in the rearview mirror, "You have trouble sleeping again, right?"
He thought: 'She is becoming paler than before and those eyebags...'
Keira replied with a hint of guilt on her tone, "I will be having more trouble sleeping if something bad happens to one of those… normal people because of my mistake."
Reverend Anthony sighed and said, "Alright, you may come. But you will only observe. Rylan is there, so rest assured that no one will get harmed."
Gotcha.
She replied, "Thank you, Father."
She put her cold hands in her black tracksuit jacket as she suddenly felt colder than before.