I'm Trapped Inside a Prince as the Most Powerful Entity-Chapter 3: The Hidden Truth

"Master, you are right now inside your own special area. This special area is inside the body of a human."

Adam froze stiff. It felt like someone had dumped icy water all over him. Each word felt like a punch. His heart started beating hard and fast, like a wild drum in the sudden quiet.

Inside... my special area? Inside... a human body? He tried to make the words fit with anything he knew about real life. They didn't. It sounded like crazy talk. A wild dream.

"W-What?" he stuttered, taking a step back without even thinking. He shook his head, trying to clear it, trying to make the impossible words go away.

"Inside a human's body? What does that even mean?! How can I be inside someone?" His voice got louder, almost a shout. Panic was climbing up his throat, making it hard to breathe.

The blue screen flickered a little, the light shaking for a second, like it was reacting to how upset he was. Then, it kept explaining, still in that calm voice that made Adam feel crazy.

"Master, this place—this dark, the sun you see, everything—it is your own space, your special area. You are in charge of it. But this whole area, and you too, are inside a human person. I'm still figuring things out, I'm not done yet, but from what I know so far, the human you are inside is young. About fifteen years old."

Adam's mind just... stopped working. It went blank. Like a TV turning off. Fifteen years old? He was trapped inside a teenager? How? Why? Was he some kind of... weird bug? A ghost stuck inside a living person?

His hands started to shake. Without thinking, he reached out and grabbed the floating screen. His fingers pressed onto it. It felt weird – smooth, cool, but also not totally solid, like touching light that had frozen.

His voice became sharp and demanding, cutting through his fear because he needed answers so badly. "Explain it to me. Explain everything. Don't miss anything. Start from the very beginning. Now."

A small ripple, like dropping a tiny stone in calm water, went through the screen where his fingers touched it. The steady blue light seemed to shake a little. Then, the words changed, showing a new message. "Master, please try to be calm. Control your energy. Your strong feelings, your power, are messing with how I work."

Adam frowned and quickly pulled his hands back like the screen had burned him. My energy? He hadn't done anything special. He just grabbed the screen and demanded answers. He wasn't trying to use any power... was he?

But when he looked down at his hands, the ones that had just touched the screen, he saw it. A faint, soft blue light was wrapped around them, like a light fog stuck to his skin. It pulsed softly with his heartbeat. Is this... is this the energy the system is talking about? My energy?

He quickly pulled his hands away completely, holding them close to his body. He took a deep breath, then another, making himself calm down, pushing the panic far away. Easy, Adam. Just breathe. As he got calmer, he saw the blue glow around his hands got a little weaker, not as bright.

"So... I really do have special abilities..." he mumbled out loud. The words felt heavy. A small part of him felt excited and amazed – special abilities! But a much bigger part felt a deep, cold fear. What did this mean? What was he?

The screen flickered again. The words disappeared, and new ones showed up. "Master, look closely at your eyes. Try to see more than you normally can. You will understand your energy better."

Adam paused. He wasn't sure he wanted to know more. Every answer seemed to bring up more scary questions. But what else could he do? He had to know. He did what the screen said.

He focused hard, putting his mind and his will into it. He imagined his eyes seeing more, seeing things he couldn't normally see. See, he thought strongly. Show me what the screen wants me to see.

And then, he saw it. It wasn't just his hands. A bright blue glow leak all around his whole body. It didn't stay still; it moved and flowed, like soft blue waves of light constantly spreading out from him. It was like the wavy heat you see above a hot road. It was beautiful, but in a strange, not-from-his-world way.

He gasped again. It was amazing to watch, but also made him feel very uneasy. "This... this is all coming from me?" he whispered, completely in awe.

The energy wasn't staying inside him. It was leaking out all the time, without him being able to stop it. Like water pouring through cracks in a broken wall. He felt... leaky. Not quite whole.

"Master," the system's voice broke into his thoughts. "That is your energy. Your power. Try to control it. Pull it back in. Don't let it escape when you don't need it."

Control it? How? He didn't even know he had it a few minutes ago. But he had to try. He squeezed his hands into tight fists, shutting his eyes hard. He took another slow, deep breath. He focused his mind only on the energy, picturing the blue light flowing back to him, sinking back into his skin, into the center of his being.

He imagined he was like a sponge, soaking up water that had spilled, pulling the leaking power back inside. He pictured closing holes in a wall, stopping the leaks. He focused as hard as he could. For a moment, nothing happened.

Then, he felt it. A strange feeling, like cool water flowing backward, a feeling of becoming thicker, more solid.

He slowly opened his eyes. The blue glow around him was gone. It had disappeared. The energy wasn't leaking anymore. It felt held inside him, humming softly now, instead of spilling out into the dark.

Adam let out a sharp breath, a breath he hadn't known he was holding. He felt lighter, strangely, but also more... there. More real. And under it all, a feeling of what he could do, like power was waiting, held back.

"I... I actually did it," he breathed out, a little bit proud mixed with the fear.

A slow understanding came to him, pushing through all the confusing stuff. If I can control this energy... if I can make things change just by thinking... what else can I do? Is there anything I can't do?

But those questions could wait. There were more important, more scary things to figure out right now. He turned back to the quiet, patiently glowing screen. His face became serious, the quick moment of wonder replaced by a tough, determined look.

"Forget controlling the energy for now. We'll do that later. Tell me what you meant before. You said I'm inside a human's body. How can that even happen? Am I... am I a ghost? Am I dead?" The last question hung heavy in the air, cold and terrible.

The system stayed quiet for a few moments, thinking again. Then, the usual words showed up on the screen. "Master, I have looked closely at what you are right now.

Based on everything I know, I have decided that you do not have a body like normal people do. You are here, inside this special area, as a spiritual being. A being made of energy."

Adam's body felt completely stiff. No body. The words were like what the system said before, but hearing it again felt like the final hammer hit on a box he didn't know he was in.

Spiritual being. It sounded like a fancy way to say... ghost. Was he dead? Had he died and somehow ended up... here? Inside some poor kid?

"As for how you ended up inside this specific human," the system kept going, its calm voice not helping him feel better at all, "that, I don't know exactly how you got into this situation. But, if you want to see the person, the human you are inside, you can... Focus what you want. Your energy, your special area, will do what you think and wish for."

Adam swallowed hard. His mouth felt dry. See the person? See the fifteen-year-old boy he was somehow trapped inside? A part of him screamed no, wanting to stay clueless, wanting to pretend this wasn't happening.

But another part, the part that had to have answers, knew he had to see. He had gone too far now to just pretend it wasn't real. He needed to face this truth, no matter how scary it was.

He took a deep, steadying breath, trying to find his bravery. He looked up from the system screen, past the fake sun he might or might not have made, towards the endless black space above. Okay, he thought, focusing his mind, sending the command out.

Show me. Show me the boy.

The darkness around the sun seemed to react right away. The perfect, dark blackness rippled and twisted. It mixed around like stirred water, with shadows and light blending. Then, the swirling empty space started to come together, pulling itself into a large, flat screen that you could see through, hanging high in the fake sky. It shimmered a little, like heat waves you see far away.

And on that screen— a picture suddenly showed up.

A boy appeared.

Adam's blood felt like ice water. A cold feeling deeper than anything he'd ever felt went right into his center. He stared, unable to look away, his breath stuck in his lungs.

This... this is the human I'm inside? The thought wasn't just a guess; he knew it for sure, cold and hard and terrifying.

This weak boy... ... and I'm... inside him?

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