Sitting in her office, Belinda was typing up end of year reports for the company. It had been two days after the party, and right now she was in full work mode with her coffee on one side and her succulents all around the office.
Ding! She checked her phone. There was a text message from 'Mother' :
Dear Belle, since you haven't been checking your emails I have kindly resent the message to your phone. Please go to the Greenland Child Centre to give a talk to the children about the society in our world and also where they will end up if they are lucky. This will be for your charity and good works section that you need to complete. It is scheduled at two in the afternoon please don't arrive late.
Belinda sighed. This was how mother always is. She took a few seconds to recollect her thoughts and clear her mind before rushing downstairs and out to her car.
- At the child centre -
An old lady walked to the front of the room where a group of around 60 children were sitting. She clears her throat.
"Afternoon children, today I have gathered you all for my special guest who is here to give you a little talk. Please welcome Miss Belinda Clark."
Belinda walked in with a smile. "Hello, today I will give you a talk on several issues, all of which is of great importance. Let's start with the question- do any of you know what is blood purity?"
The children all looked at her blankly and shook their heads.
"Blood purity is the percentage of angel blood within your body. This percentage determines what class you belong to. If someone has a percentage under 25, they belong to the lower class. Between 25 and 75 is the middle class. Over 75 is the higher class."
"Every child that arrives at a child centre MUST have a blood purity of over 50%. This is because anything lower means that the blood ceremony cannot be performed on you."
The children didn't quite understand, however they understood that it was basically good to have a high blood purity.
"You see, people with over 75% purity are unable to have children, and so instead they adopt. The ceremony will mix in their blood with children's blood, and the children shall have increased purity to over 75%."
"Simply put- you kids are here to get adopted by higher class people, who can't have kids of their own. Your blood purity is raised through a ceremony if you are chosen to be adopted. However the cycle continues and higher class people will always need to adopt- hence why there are child centres all over our world. If you aren't adopted by the legal age of 18, you are sent back to the middle class and you will continue your life from there. Any questions?"
A little boy raised his hand. "Miss, how do those high class people choose who to adopt?"
"It depends on each individual person and their career- some people seek for good looks, others seek the learning and academic ability of a child."
Another hand was raised. "Is it good being in the higher class?"
There was hesitation before Belinda spoke. "Yes... Its meant to be. You have more power and wealth I suppose." After she spoke, the timer bell went.
The old lady stepped forward and dismissed the group.
Belle got ready to leave and looked back at the kids one last time. She wondered which ones she would see in her class in the future. She also had left something out in her talk- where those children had came from.
'It wasn't necessary for them to know right now anyways.' She left.