Read Blood, Status, Ethnicity, and Nationality :: Chapter 1

The sun shines brightly over the city of Sapphire, its bright rays are occasionally blocked by the thick clouds which appeared on a winter morning in the middle of the Winter Month. Winter always brings more chill for the residents living in one of the largest cities in Pluto Country, especially since it is located quite far from the sea. This chilly winter is a pushover for Pluto residents, yet it becomes a quite hard struggle for those who come from other continents.

In one of the houses in a cyber mansion, Daphne Yalle tucks her ultra-cyber minipad * and laser pen into her pants pocket. Daphne Yalle is an enchanting twenty-three-year-old Pluto girl. Her taffy-pink hair is slightly wavy and it flowed down her back. Her nose is dainty. Her lips are plump, blossom soft. Her body is slim, lined, but not too thin. Her skin is delicate, as white and smooth as fine silk. However, maybe the most alluring among her enchanting beauty is her tiger-orange eyes; not only they are round and beautiful, more than that, they have an enticing, strong allure that would captivate the men to get interested in exploring its deepest under space. They are filled with mysteries - the mysteries which are enticing and fascinating to be explored. Perhaps, it is that part of Daphne's body which can make every man who looks at her, will quickly fall in love with her.

*) Ultra-cyber minipad is one of advanced technology in the Planet. It is similar to smartphone, but the technology is more advanced. Here is some ways to use it:

1. the minipad can be folded to become small-sized as a smartphone in Planet Earth (or even smaller), and when the user wants to use the wider screen, he/she can unfold it and it'll turn bigger, as big as a laptop or even a television monitor.

2. To open the icon or utilize the button on the monitor, is by pressing it, or simply by blinking the eye at the icon/button.

Daphne is studying at Sapphire Medical University, aiming to get a medical degree. Now she is in the final year of her study. However, recently Fuxa Pathogen is sweeping across the planet with great ferocity it then forces most of the schools to change their system to be online, with the students are learning more from home and only once or twice they go to school and study offline. Moreover, there are bad rumors that Neptune would soon attack her country. Most people in Sapphire city ignored the news, because the upheaval occurring between Neptune and their country does not just happen in one or two days, but nothing bad happened so far. Many people have fled from Pluto, including her fellowmen, Neptunian-Plutonians, who have fled to other countries - another reason for this is because of the polemic of ethnic discrimination that has been rampant for too long and make them suffer a lot for it. But Daphne's family had no home anywhere other than this house in Sapphire, and Daphne herself had never experienced such ethnic discrimination in person. Daphne lives only with her mother. They are from a middle-class background, not too rich but not too poor, and they are happy with their lives right now.

*) Neptunian-Plutonians = people who are born as Neptunian ethnic (the descends from Neptune Country), but hold citizenships as Pluto people.

"Daphne, come here! The breakfast is ready!" Her mother calls from the dining room.

"Yes, Mom!" Daphne gets up from her seat, then made her way into the dining room.

A distinctive, appetizing aroma soon fills her nose as soon as Daphne steps into the dining room. His mother is setting Licorice and Albizzia Toast, and Vanilla Shake on the table.

"Wow, Mom, you are the best. You know what I want!" Daphne said cheerfully. She quickly takes a piece of Licorice and Albizzia Toast, and chews it.

Mrs. Yalle, Daphne's mother, is a woman in her mid-fifties. Having slightly curly carmile pink hair, the middle-aged woman has a face with a pleasant aura, and she appears to love her only daughter so much. Now, she smiles happily at Daphne who is eating her breakfast.

"Today is your first day in the hospital, as you will do your internship, so you have to eat nutritious food." Mrs. Yalle replies with a smile.

Daphne takes a chair and sits on it. "That's right. This is the moment I've been waiting for so long!"

"But, don't study so hard, okay? You have to maintain the balance between study and relaxation, moreover, you're on a diet right now."

"You know, every student at the university cares so much about good looks. Before, we study more online so a good look is not so important, but now we do internships personally in the hospital. That's why I can't lose to them."

"Gosh, actually what kind of job do you want to do, doctor or artist? You should eat properly so that you can have your brain do its best in studying. Remember your Daddy's words; Seventy percent of the brain needs glucose to think well."

"Alright, alright!" Daphne puts down her half portion of Licorice and Albizzia Toast, then rises out of her seat then headed for the main door. "I'm done. I'll take my leave."

"Oh my, here she leaves her food again. Kids nowadays, most of them watch movies with barbie-bodied artists so they're obsessed with dieting." Mrs. Yalle could only shake her head as Daphne disappeared from the dining room.

True, this is the day Daphne has been waiting for all this time. So far, she just learned without doing anything instead of watching the doctors and other healthcare workers doing their jobs, especially when the spread of the Fuxa pathogen reaches its peak and most of the classes are taught online. But now, everything is different. She is going to be the real healthcare worker - the doctor, and treats patients in person. How could she not be happy about it?