Chapter 21
After registering and moving to the living HDR organization's base, Phoebe and the others had to practice day and night on how to use daggers and other sharp objects, at first she was scared because every time she looked On those things she imagined those sharp objects that would one day stab her heart. She was cold from fear, normal people wouldn't be afraid of such things, if she showed herself to be weak, the organization would immediately eliminate her.
The people who came here for safety, along with the desire to kill the Vampires and stop this mad riot in the hope of saving the survivors outside. But Phoebe is different, she just wants her brother and sister to be safe and not to worry about food, and how about this world she doesn't care, maybe because Phoebe is a Vampire and a victim as well. human beings are crushed at the bottom of society.
So Phoebe swallowed her fear of silver objects, she didn't show any emotion towards such things. After six months of being here, there have been people eliminated and their families will not be informed of their deaths, the bodies will be cremated by other recruits.
Phoebe was once one of the people who brought the bodies of people who were eliminated by the organization, her heart ached and choked, they were human if it wasn't for that riot, surely her life would have been. how nice they would be if they wouldn't be here on the fire and motionless, all the more grieving their loved ones wouldn't know anything about their death. The purpose is not to notify their relatives because the organization wants to preserve order, their relatives will still be alive and not have to worry.
Phoebe and three others put the cold corpse of the dead rookie on the dry wood pile they had prepared in advance. All stood in front of that rookie, silently bowing their heads to show respect and mourning for the dead. A girl carrying a torch threw fire into that pile of dry wood, less than a few minutes later the fire burned fiercely, it seemed to want to swallow everything, and black smoke rose up.
Phoebe did not cry, she mourned in her heart, in any case Phoebe must not shed tears if she does not want to be bullied.
A guy named Enda whom Phoebe knew when he first joined the organization, his eyes looked at the fire burning before his eyes, in his eyes full of sadness, Enda seemed to be talking to herself:
"How pitiful. for these people, each person's tolerance of suffering is completely different so it is very difficult for the weak to survive in this world, especially at this time, he died without informing his family maybe it was his fault. is the organization's favor to him."
Enda continued to look at the great fire before her eyes, and soon the body was lying on the blackened woodpile. Phoebe heard Enda say to her:
"Phoebe, maybe the next person to be brought here and laid on the big fire is me, it could be you too, do you have a relative?"
Phoebe heard him speak, she didn't show any emotion of pain or fear, only quietly saying, "Yes."
"Not me, try to live for yourself and for your loved ones."
Phoebe looked at his tired and desperate expression, she felt a lump in her heart, she didn't know why he said these words to her but she could see the disgust and the desire to leave the world. by Enda. When he first met Enda, Phoebe saw him looking very lonely, his eyes lifeless, and emotionless he lived a very closed life.
Phoebe said: “With or without relatives, you must remember that your appearance in this world is already the most sacred thing, everyone must return to dust, so why don't you try to give yourself, live a meaningful life before returning to dust."
Phoebe doesn't want to comfort Enda, she just cherishes the lives of this world and reminds herself that her presence in this world is already a sacred thing.
Enda said nothing but smiled at Phoebe: "Thanks."
Everyone after finishing everything must return to the base to continue training every night. Those who oppose and are lazy cowards, if they do not have to do dirty work, will also be eliminated by the organization.
Phoebe has witnessed a lot of crazy things like a professional hunter killing a rookie on the spot because he wanted to take a break from training, or simply voicing his opinion was also blown up by the hunter. gun shot to death on the spot, at first Phoebe was very scared, so scared that her body was shaking so much that she couldn't hold the spoon to scoop the food, but time worked up the irony of everyone, Phoebe and all they took it for granted, no big deal, even though she really felt sorry for them in her heart.
After the first six months, all recruits are allowed to visit relatives in the dormitory. Phoebe has not seen her brothers and sisters for a long time, so she misses them very much, because the time is only six hours, so Phoebe only carries the necessary things.
Five children sharing a small room in the dormitory, seeing Phoebe they burst into tears of longing, Phoebe also cried, she hugged them all. 6 months without seeing children who have lost weight, because they are in adulthood, but the food that is brought in is just enough to not starve, it is not good enough.
Two children, Ray and Lina, know that the other three are Vampires, so whenever it's time to eat, give them a little of her blood, Phoebe is moved to tears, her brothers are not only alive and well. care and love each other.
Phoebe took from a large bag a lot of bread, peanut butter and canned food, these are the things Phoebe had sneaked while cremating the corpse outside the base, when no one noticed she ran to the doors as quickly as possible. shops and supermarkets to get these because now no one sells or protects such places. But each time getting such items is not much because it is easy to detect, time is limited if a normal human or a professional hunter will never be able to do so because they cannot run fast. with the same speed as Phoebe.
Phoebe has done so many times when he accompanied his teammates to cremate the body and has never been discovered. Since the place where the bodies were cremated was quite close to the base of the organization, there would be no vampires around.