The Abnormal House

Chelsea's house didn't look that scary under the sun.

However, Marcus knew that a dark mage had already set his eyes on the house.

Marcus said to Chelsea, "I think I need to know more about you, such as your relationship with some family members and what your situation in the mental hospital was like..."

Chelsea's face turned even uglier as she listened to Marcus, while her tone became weaker. "My family doesn't take me seriously at all. They've never treated me as a member of their family."

"Yes, yes," Marcus said, "Miss Chelsea, I think there must be something wrong."

Suddenly, the police carriage arrived.

It was probably because someone had witnessed Marcus killing the black mage and called the police.

"Young man, do you know what you did?" the chief officer asked aggressively.

Marcus took out his student ID and whispered to the chief officer, "Officer, I'm from the Ivy League Academy, and I'm on a mission."

"Ivy League Academy!?"

The chief officer thought, 'What's so great about that? I've seen more mages than this kid has seen in his lifetime.'

"Yes, yes, good kid. Although you're a mage, you—" The leading police officer wanted to scold him for not calling the police in time, as well as for treating the police like nothing.

However, when he saw the name 'Marcus' on the student ID, the chief officer started sweating in his heart. Fortunately, he did not scold him.

This was the guardian mage of the Leicester family.

Marcus was very powerful, and many people were probably more than willing to hire him as a bodyguard and the guardian mage of their family.

"Well, you go ahead first."

Just as the chief officer was about to leave, Marcus stopped him.

"Sir, I have a request. Could you please take care of her?" Marcus said seriously. "I'm investigating the whereabouts of a black mage. It's for the sake of this city's safety."

The officer knew that an ordinary little girl could not get involved in such a dangerous matter. 

Besides, it was related to the safety of the city. If the city fell in danger, it would lower his salary.

However, the officer whispered to Marcus, "This girl seems to be a liar. We often receive her phone calls in the middle of the night."

"I know," replied Marcus. "But you didn't find anything unusual in the end, right?"

"Yes, even a mage—" The officer suddenly realized that he was wrong and cursed himself in his heart. No wonder he had been an officer for the past few years and could not be promoted.

Seeing that Marcus did not care about this matter and that he was instead comforting Chelsea, the officer suddenly said, "Do you want me to help you find a few mages to help you? It will be much more convenient to hunt down the black mage."

"Yes, but please ask them to protect this house because it is the target of a black mage." Marcus gestured for him to come closer to him.

The officer leaned over, and Marcus whispered to him, "I need all the information about Chelsea. I think you won't refuse my request, Mr. Policeman..."

"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Marcus." The officer wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Her information should be in my briefcase."

The chief officer called his men to fetch him his briefcase from the carriage. He took out a few folders and said, "Found it."

He then handed it to Marcus.

Marcus opened the folder and read the documents carefully. 

"Okay. There's one more thing. I need a few police officers," said Marcus. "I want to see if there are any dark mages around here. I have to check Chelsea's neighbors' houses, and I don't want them saying that I'm disturbing and harassing people."

"Yes, yes. Is there anything else?" The chief officer nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Not for the time being."

Mages were also a part of the police force, and the higher-ups issued a bullet that could weaken the magic of others.

This kind of bullet was very rare, and it could not be loaded unless necessary.

Naturally, most mages or thieves would not dare to break into the police station and abduct people.

After Marcus comforted Chelsea, the officer gave Marcus the police station's address and left with Chelsea.

"It's not safe here." Marcus said to Chelsea, "You said you have to sleep here, so I'll come and pick you up at night, okay?"

"Yes, okay," replied Chelsea. "Mr. Marcus... Brother..."

The car drove away.

Marcus checked the house thoroughly, but there was nothing strange. He then led the police officers to check Chelsea's neighbors' houses.

Marcus was a powerful mage from Ivy League Academy, and he also said that he was there in search of dark mages. Therefore, the neighbors also actively cooperated with Marcus' search.

After all, who would feel bad about their privacy for the sake of safety?

These were dark mages—they treated human life like grass.

Their brains were already abnormal. They often used all kinds of strange and cruel experiments to torture humans.

It was an inhuman, anti-magic existence.

Two hours later, Marcus had already finished inspecting the surrounding houses. He had not found anything scary.

Marcus asked a few mages to guard Chelsea's house before leading the police officers to Chelsea's mental hospital.

Marcus, who was sitting in the carriage, took out the folder and looked at Chelsea's information.

"Chelsea, female, 16 years old.

"She was abandoned by her family because she did not have magic talent and was sent to the orphanage. 

"Unfortunately, the orphanage was burned down by a sudden fire three years after they received her.

"So far, no one has investigated the cause of the fire.

"Note: Only Chelsea survived.

"Chelsea's family was annihilated a few days ago. Now, Chelsea is the only surviving family member."

"..."

Marcus's eyes gradually darkened. After he finished reading, he flipped to the back of the file.

"A child suspected to be a black mage?"

The police officers suddenly said to Marcus with a trembling voice, "Master Marcus, do you think she really is..."

Marcus shook his head. "I've checked. She doesn't have any curse on her. The only possibility is that Chelsea is part of the 'materials' the dark mages use to carry out their experiments."

A police officer said, "Sir, we've checked the people living around the orphanage before. There's one person we haven't visited yet. He's still recuperating in the mental hospital."

"Recuperating for three years?" Marcus was a little puzzled.

"Yes, yes, his name is Sean."

The carriage stopped as they had arrived at the desolate mountain mental hospital.

Marcus got out of the carriage and raised his head slightly.

The surroundings were a little cold, and the sun was a little dazzling. The shadow of the mental hospital under the sunlight loomed over Marcus and everyone else.

"Let's go in." Marcus was the first to enter. "Remember to wear casual clothes. Be careful not to scare others."