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[b]New Covenant Christian Academy[/b]

“Huh…”

Gabriel seemed to be taken aback at Derald’s questions regarding demonic possession.

“I didn’t expect you to actually take it seriously. Are you religious by any chance? Well, I guess it doesn’t really matter,” he continued, before sighing, “I don’t really know much more than you, honestly. It’s not like they teach me about demonic possession in the seminary. Like, I said, for Protestants, demonic possessions are…not exactly things we talk about. Then again, nowadays, Catholics don’t either. So…yeah, I can’t really tell you. And honestly…I’d rather we don’t even consider actual possession before we thoroughly exclude things like mental issues. Even that famous catholic exorcist in the Vatican who had allegedly performed 50.000 exorcism say that more than 90% of demonic possession cases brought to him were just mental issues anyway?”

Then, after a bit, Gabriel scratched the back of his head, perhaps out of awkwardness, before offering, “I guess if you’re REALLY interested…incubi are not mentioned in the Bible, but they have been mentioned in many Christian adjacent folklores. For example, most famously, Merlin’s—from the Arthurian Legend—father was supposed to be an incubus. This is the ‘Christianised’ version of the Arthurian legend that places Merlin as the anti-Christ, mind you. However, he was baptised and thus was consecrated, and his role as the anti-Christ never came to be, as he used his magical power to help King Arthur instead. An incubus is supposed to be a demon that seduces women and steals their life force—it’s the reverse of a succubus, basically—so if I have to make an educated guess, someone actually possessed by an incubus would have some sort of supernatural ability to charm women? That’s…really all I know.”

Around the same time, Derald received a notification on his phone. Opening the Cipher app, he saw a reply from Leonardo.

[i]‘Afaik, the Church of Christ the Carpenter is not connected to the Holy Church. In Millhaven, only St. Elmo Church is.’

‘The guy is probably just a civilian not aware of the supernatural.’

‘That said, the thing about incubus is possible, I suppose. Mixed-Bloods are a thing, though they don’t have a direct connection to demonic possession.’

‘Well, maybe this isn’t a demonic possession and more of a magus is using their bloodline as a catalyst to summon the incubus from the reverse side of the world. However, that would make them a very competent magus specialising in summoning. Can’t think of anyone though.’ 

‘Someone like that would be well known in our circles, considering how small the population of Millhaven is, especially the magus population.’

‘There’s really only one really good magus from Eulyphis that sometimes hangs around Millhaven that I know of, but she uses angels. Well, not actual angels, it’s complicated. But the point is, she doesn’t summon familiars from the Reverse Side of the World like fairies or, in this case, an incubus. The MO doesn’t match.’

‘Anyway. Luckily, I’m meeting a prospective client with ties to the government. I’ll try asking if he’s willing to pull some favour and see if that family is registered in the DoM Mixed-Blood registry.’[/i]

[@Silverstein]