Ghostly touches

An orphan boy took in by a high Magnum and headmaster of the number one academy in the Empire. But why him? This is what Theo has been wandering about ever since the kind looking old man took him in.

Theo doesn't trust anyone except two people and when those two let him down a strangers lends him a shoulder to lean on but for what reason?
Confused and shocked by the lies he unfurls he strives on....but at what cost? His mysterious powers further confuse him.