58. The Silent Witch (11)
<The Silent Witch, Livia Lacrimosa POV>
I was brought somewhere far away from that mansion, it was an old man with a white coat who took me away.
It was the same as the other doctor who had visited me in the past, but somehow I felt like there’s something in him which differs from the others, I knew what it was…
It was the look in his eye, the way he saw me for the first time I can feel his excitement very clearly it was like a child who just got his new toy.
***
I was brought into a white room, I called it 'white room' caused everything around me is white, the floor, the ceiling, the wall, everything was white, there’s a bed enough for my size, a clock, then a pair of table and chair, those too all colored in white. The only thing that wasn’t white in that place was me
And once again I was detained, and this time it's in this white room, from my room into my small room then into this white room.
One day has passed since I was detained in this white room, there’s nothing to do for me here, sleeping, daydreaming, and imaging a fantasy had its limits, there were three meals a day was scheduled by them, each time it was sent by a woman in her late teens, and this is the only time I able to make contact with someone outside the room.
Taking this chance I asked her with a hand sign caused no one will able to hear inside this Silent World, luckily she able to understand what I mean
I wanted to borrow a pen and a note, to converse with her to speak out my wish, as I can read I learn how to write too because it was self-study it was far from beautiful but at least I able to get the shape correctly.
“I want a book” I showed her the text
She tilted her head in confusion by my sudden request
Then I write the next note “there’s nothing to distract myself with, I'm okay with any kind of book” I purposely used difficult words that I knew to take her interest to increase my chance of getting a book, even I understand how much I matured than other normal 6 years old, I learned it all from the book, my brain has already capable thinking a deep thought like this.
She’s contemplating and hesitated for a while
“…” before she took my note with her went outside the room like usual
After I finished the meal she came back like usual but with a book in her hand, It was quite a think book she had there, I thanked her immediately with a bow, I can’t help but get excited as I think they fulfilled my wish.
It was a book about gods, it was a religious book, nevertheless, I don’t care anything is okay for me now.
Then the second day ended the only thing different from yesterday as they took a blood sample from me than the book they gave me. But still, what do they want from me?
***
My question was quickly answered two weeks later, it was hell…
It seems they were monitoring my health by check-ups and blood sample every day for the last two weeks, and looks like they had already got what they want from that and they took the next stage
By this time I was more or less able to guess their identity, people who wear a white coat like a doctor but wasn’t a doctor, that is… a scientist, and I… was their subject of an experiment, they must have bought me from my parents intending to use me as a lab-rat
They were interested in the Silent World around me they wanted to research it, and the first two weeks was to find out are there any differences between me and a normal human, but the result was negative, looks like on the genetic level I was no different than a normal human, how was I able to learn so much about this?
It was from the scientist himself, the old man who took me away. he’s too a normal human in the place where there’s no sound available, human tend to talk to himself to protect their minds so they won’t become crazy. That’s how I was able to know it.
Let me repeat it, it was hell…
They wanted to know the range of the Silent World, they experimented to the precise number, next they wanted to know how strong the Silent World is, is there any fluctuations? Is it stable? They experimented with all of it
They played on music as loud as possible around me and they recorded the result, they weren’t able to hear anything nor they can record any sound around me, yeah to them but not for me, humans tend to block their ears when they heard something loud cause it helps them block the sound dampened the sound
On the other hand, as long as it was inside the Silent World, any voice would sound like it was right next to my ear, so it’s like those songs were played right next to my ears, I think I would become crazy!
Day and night, one week two weeks, I don’t know how long it was, what I can do was to hug myself making myself as small as possible to preserve myself.
*tick *tock *tick *tock
The sound of the clock ticking was the only thing that was able to calm my mind inside this hell, it was the sound I always heard in the mansion before so I always tried to focus my consciousness to that sound alone at any time.
Then next the food started to become as bad as it cans. I have been wondering since a long time ago, if my parents hated me that much and were able to sell me away like this, why would they never try to finish me off before? And I got the answer here…
In the mansion too, sometimes the food can become so bad and looks like it was because of poison, they can’t kill me directly as it is against their religion, but they did try to kill me indirectly, and poison was their answer
I heard it all from the scientist and looks like that incident was conveyed to them as well, that’s why they experimented it too from the least harmful to the deadliest one. At first, they always prepared an antidote so there’s no accident in their experiment but later after they were able to prove that I wasn’t able to get killed by poison like what my parents informed, next they wanted to know how far and how it's related to the Silent World.
It was a few years later I found out the answer, it’s because my survival instinct kicked unconsciously that neutralize those potions, normal poison used in the secular world (normal world) wasn’t able to harm me at all, normally it was impossible to be able to neutralize all poison, but because of my abnormal soul and mana capacity it became possible.
Then I learn something about this Silent World too, looks like I can even hear something from outside the Silent World too, it was like my ears were on the edge of the Silent World means I can hear in the range of a normal person outside the Silent World, it was like all this Silent World was my ears itself. Why did I never tell the Scientist this thing? So they able to turn down the volume? That’s because I knew if I were to say it to them it would be their next subject of research.
***
Three years later
The book that was given to me which is a religion book has long been shredded to pieces, it was the result of my disappointment when I knew there’s no hope in me, the despair that comes next was insurmountable.
I had prayed and prayed, again and again, every night at every time but what is the result? Nothing! Nothing change at all! The next day I was still forced to eat those disgusting meals paired by a nauseating revolting disgusting loud sound then added by a nauseating revolting disgusting repulsive sickening scene of the white wall! I lost my love and trust toward God, toward humanity, toward other people.
“gohok! Gohok!” I vomited the disgusting meal, but I still took the next bite, I had done it in the past I denied their meal I suffered the consequences, I was forced to eat the meal by them which much more hurts than when ate it myself
“gohok! Gohok!” the loud music still being played, and everything was white in this room, taste, hearing, and sight. Three of my senses were corrupted by them
How much time has passed…, I don’t know
*tick *tock *tick *tock
The only thing that kept my mind from insanity, or maybe I had already gone crazy a long time ago but I just didn’t realize it….
Recently I had been thinking… why am I alive? No… can I still be called alive at this point?
they said humans can adapt to a new environment yet I’m reaching my limits here, I didn’t know how long time has passed but it must be more than a year if I think about it like that looks like I was able to adapt to be able to survive to this point.
I felt like my mind started falling apart looks like my time has come when I almost let go of my last part before going crazy…
*boooom
A deafening explosion sounds resounding and was followed by a huge tremor to the whole place. That’s explosion was something unusual in this place, it evoked my dying mind a bit. but it still won’t change much
*boom *boom
Many other small explosions came the next second, but it doesn’t matter to me, I lied down on my bed like usual, this should be my last time asleep before awake being some others that weren’t me, yet because of that explosion looked like I still had to continue this for a few more days. Then… the White room opened when it wasn’t mealtime a few people rushed in at that time
[“w-what the hell is this!?”]
[“my voice!?”] even if they were shocked with the Silent world they were still able to calm themselves in the next second, they started to communicate using sign
[“oi oi oi! There’s someone here!”] one of those guests quickly signaled the other about me
[“don’t worry! We’ll save you!”] then…
I don’t care… and I fell asleep like usual
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