Metanoia; The Hybrid
CHAPTER 37: DISCOVER A REAL TRUTH.

"Gara, are you okay?" Chairoz asked as he kept the wooden sword Gara away from his stomach.

"I... Hungry and thirsty." he muttered still staring at Chairoz nonstop.

"Well..." Chairoz understands Gara's words. However he knew, it had been a few hours because it did not consume blood. Chairoz glanced at Samuel who understood the situation.

"Come with Mr. Samuel, you can drink into his office. But first, you should try to calm yourself down. You look like a vampire with those eyes."

Chairoz rubbed Gara's head gently. The boy was startled for a moment, feeling his powerful Vampire aura, almost eliminating his Lycanthrope side. Having lowered her head, walked slowly with Samuel towards the Academy.

"He's exhausted.." muttered Cassandra as Gara passed them by.

"Of course, against a very experienced former Hunter. Anyone would be exhausted like that" Castiel said worriedly.

"Where to go, why did he walk with Mr. Samuel?" Ask Dylan.

"Maybe he'll be treated?" The other law.

"Oh..so..."

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...SAGARA POVS...

I was wondering, why is my Vampire side more dominant?

"Sit down and drink, what do you want to eat? I'll prepare it for you to eat here" said Mr. Samuel gave me a glass of fresh blood.

I sipped a glass of blood that he gave me, and confirmed his thought, "I ate... Living creatures, Mr. Samuel."

Mr. Samuel was a little surprised, "Oh! That's so... But why are you the only one to go after the Lycanthrope trait?"

"The other kids don't prey?"

He shook his head, "They ate what the Academy's chef served, something already processed, not a living being."

"Then... What do you want to prey on?" Ask Mr. Samuel sat down beside me.

"I still don't know, I didn't think about it at all. Only when I found my prey" did I gulp that last gulp of blood out of a beautiful glass glass. Afterwards, I got up from my seat and asked, "Mr. Samuel, how's my eye?"

"Your eyes... Back to how it was" he answered.

"Thank you Mr. Samuel, I want to take a walk in the woods for a minute."

Then I walked through the forest alone. Sunlight adorns the forest. The sound of small animals filled my composure.

I heard Light's voice above, he was flying with his flock. I've never seen him have a group either. He was like, wanting to show me something.

I followed the direction of flying, and then I found an open forest area. Light and his flock fly around a fawn. Ah.. He intends to tell me.

I didn't turn myself into a wolf, just walked slowly toward the confused fawn. Maybe he's lost. The fawn turned around when it became aware of my arrival.

"What are you thinking?" I asked while I held out my hand to rub his head.

"Do you think I'm cruel? You should know you're gonna die. No, you know that. It's just that you pretend you don't know."

I spent the afternoon preying on the fawn, barely leftover. After that, I went back to the dorm. Light did not come, he cleared the area with his herd.

A lot of people worry about me. Of course I have to make them unsuspecting of my condition.

The afternoon I spent with extra classes, until after dinner, I came to Mr.'s office. Chairoz and the others were gathering as well.

"You were so great earlier, the way you played the sword was amazing" said Mr. Abraham.

"Right, surely Prince Damian has taught you" said Mr. Samuel.

"No, Dad even forbade me from touching the sword" I said.

"Hahaha, of course. You're still very small" Mr. Harold laughed, followed by the others.

"I used to pay attention to my brother when learning swords, so I understood one or two things" I honestly said.

"Ah.. clever boy" Mr. Michael rubbed my head.

"Talk about the sword, so what do you want from me, Gara?" Ask Mr. Chiroz.

I stared at him in front of me. How can I answer that simple question, while there are many things I want from him. I'm sure the teacher will bully him, but of course, I'm confused.

"I can't tell you now teacher" I replied.

"Why is that? Is it because you're having a hard time choosing the one request you need the most right now?"

I stared at my empty glass, "I don't need anything right now."

Mr. Chairoz smiled and rubbed my head, "Alright, save it for later."

"You look like a father, hahaha" teacher Joseph laughed as he struck Master Chairoz on the back.

"Hahaha, I am indeed a father!"

"Haha."

After that I left, went back to the dormitory for a break. I spent free time in the beekumpul room with the others. We were just relaxing in the corner of ruangab, where our first-year students gathered, while some of the others came back from the cottage with snacks.

"I found an old radio in the dormitory, it seemed to belong to a former student" Piers' voice made me look back at his arrival. He came with a radio in both hands. He put the radio on the table.

"Can it be used?" Askaqua.

Piers pulled a long iron up, then he turned on the radio. Her voice was so vague, it made my hearing impaired.

"It looks like it's broken" Xavier came and beat up the radio a few times.

"Don't you beat up! The radio's gonna be more and more"

Suddenly the noise disappeared, now we listen to the voice of someone who is speaking. It must be from the radio broadcaster.

"Well, getting hit is getting better" Dylan said.

"Claverdon, Alystra, Urcmoonth's. Human society panics because of the mysterious disappearance of teenagers at night, some of them are found dead in the forest area. Detectives infer the murder with the motive of stealing jewelry and important items."

"Mayor Claverdon Pack immediately cracked down on the activities of the people in preying, to prevent the occurrence of clashes of life."

"Wow, it seems like my people are too blatantly preying" Dylan said, shaking his head, "Why should their bodies be abandoned?"

"Maybe it's a lower-caste action, I've heard lately that the price of blood supply is rising. So instead of buying them, they prey on themselves but in a completely wrong way" Castiel commented.

"And to make the act completely open, to abandon the corpse, is very low thought. Except for the corpses from the porduction shop itself, they sent it to my territory as a food supply for the combat beasts there" Piers explained.

"Even corpses have a high selling price, which is why production stores can clean up their act" Dylan said.

"I don't think your nation's liquor stores are entirely of human blood, am I wrong?" Shocked Iris.

"I heard someone mixing it with animal blood" Luca also said.

"That's an illegal act. Same with fraud. The Vampire Clan only drank human blood as a source of energy and minerals. If we drink animal blood, it's like you're drinking urine. It's no use. Except for the Lycanthrope Clan, they can all drink animal blood as a thirst quitter" explained Dylan. I nodded, agreeing with what Dylan said. Because I did it.

Luca pressed one of the buttons on the radio, making the broadcast change.

"I'm currently with Elder Adam. Sir, how did you respond when you realized that this Hybrid kid disappeared, let alone in the first day's surveillance?"

"Everyone wants the best, to reach a life where there are no more major disasters. It has been agreed with the Elders and the Council as well as the royal members of both parties. The Angkara Kingdom and the kingdom of Claverdon. That the Hybrid child will be brought to INTI at the age of four 14, at the request of Prince Damian himself."

When the name of the kingdom and the name of my father were called by him. I froze while glancing at my friends who were coming to look at me with a hard to interpret gaze.

"Unfortunately, this incident sounds like a denial of promise. We are deeply disappointed in Prince Damian himself. His act of alienating the Hybrid child seemed to show, that he wanted to live freely out there. Wandering with his nature that we do not know when it appeared. There's no surveillance. Only because the Hybrid child is his own son."

I would really hate a man named Adam Sorcestia.

"According to the Lord himself, prince Damian, should it be called a traitor or just a father who wants to protect his son?"

How did it get published? Isn't this something that should be sealed? Why would he do this?

"I don't want to talk too much, I don't want to be seen cornered by Prince Damian or his son who may be listening to the news on the live stream. Let the community speak, because living beings have their own way of seeing."

Luca suddenly turned off the radio. The silence made the atmosphere of this gathering room instantly change. It turns out, it's not our group of hanua, but everyone in there, all the students, listening to the old radio.

"So you're the hybrid we talked about?" Ask Luca.

"What do you mean?" I'm trying to divert Luca.

"It's obvious, what Elder Adam said is obvious to you. Between Prince Allegro and you, it was you who went into seclusion" Castiel continued.

"Elder Adam mentioned the name of your kingdom, even your father's name. Of course, the Hybrid he and everyone else meant is you" Xavier said.

"Hey, you believe him? Why don't you think he's trying to take down my father's reputation? You know my father will ascend the throne. Isn't that the right strategy to take him down?" I'm still trying to divert them.

"You don't even deny that you're the Hybrid, Gara. You keep thinking about what Adam said in another glance."

The Piers sentence left me even more at a loss for words. They can't know. What should I do now.

"You guys keep talking, how can I deny it?" I said.

Our noise made everyone here pay attention to us, including me. This can't happen.

"Now we will be silent" said Iris.

They were completely silent, the others were as well. What am I supposed to do now? I was taught not to deny myself. That was the wrong act. I can't say that I'm not a hybrid.

Dylan got up and made a sound.

"Hey, you're overreacting"

"You're trying to help your brother, aren't you?" Xavier quickly.

"You cornered him."

"We just want the truth! After all, why did from the beginning when we found out that Gara claimed to be a Lycanthrope while her brother was a Vampire, we didn't realize it right away?" Luca.

"And how come you're brothers to each other? It's not that it's impossible, unless Gara does have Vampire blood in her" Iris continued.

"Since the arrival of Vale Barbarian, who wanted to find your whereabouts, I've been suspicious. Turns out right, you're the hybrid that a lot of people talk about. Worth it, you're famous for that black hair and beads."

The voice of Piers made everyone shocked. They started whispering. Then Edward approached me, looking at me with a surprised look.

"How do they know?" Edward did Pack Link.

"From live broadcast on radio. The elder named Adam Sorcestia leaked it to the public."

"Look, 'cause I don't deny it. He's really the Hybrid" Xavier said.

"Don't make any conclusions" said Edward.

"Wait a minute, you might as well help Gara. Maybe you knew about Gara's identity from the beginning? Besides you guys are bloody fellow Lycanthrope" said Iris.

"We're just waiting for Gara to show his Vampire nature. You don't have to hide it anymore, Gara" Luca continued.

They know I can't do anything else, I can't deny it. Everything was clear in their eyes.

"It turns out we're this close to death"

"I'm not who you think I am!" I yell at him while hitting the table. The strong horn, the end of the table that hit my hand cracked, almost split.

"I'm not like that."

They looked at me surprised. Not knowing why, Castiel began to regress his footsteps. Then the others walked away from me.

I didn't do anything. Then why are they staying away?

I felt something coming out of me. Something I never felt. This is not my Lycanthrope aura or even my Vampire. Something very powerful, something that made me unable to tell the difference between the sky and the ground. All moving objects can be seen carefully, from the distance of the sky and the darkness underground, everything is clearly visible.

I could see the blood flow or the pulse points of the people around me. I could see a point of light within them, a life. I can control their minds and hearts. I can fool them with the illusions I create. Why do I feel all these abilities.

Some of them seem to be running out of oxygen. They clenched their chests. Crying while trying to breathe. I don't know what's going on. I feel like I want to touch their bodies with my nails, I feel like I want to finish them off so they don't make a sound about me.

But how could I possibly do that? I don't want them to get any more misunderstood about me.

I heard a voice ringing in my head, until I glanced at Edward who seemed to be talking to me. But I heard nothing.

That buzzing sound was enough to leave me dissolved in my vivid imagination.

"...ra..."

"...Cause..."

"Howdy!"

I'm sober. Then they all went back to breathing freely. Some of them were coughing badly. Even Edward and Dylan felt it.

What have I done? Don't tell me that my hybrid nature came into being.

"What was that - uhukk! You tried to kill us?!" Strangled one of the upperclassmen in the middle of the room. .

"Look at the bead of his eyes! He's a hybrid!" Add the other one.

What is wrong with my eyes?

"He looks like a monster!"

"Gara is a Hybrid child!"

"We have to tell the teacher!"

"Don't let him be in the dorm!"

"Don't approach him!"

I just shut up, then walked out of the dorm. Until I hit something walking on the bridge. That is Mr. Neanderthals. The other teachers came with hasty breaths. Do they feel my aura too? They look surprised to see me.

Immediately I ran while transforming into my serial form. I ran out of the Academy, and into the woods. But I can hear someone say,

"He is death!"