The scream of a frightening girl almost damaged my eardrums. But she wasn't the last one. I heard more and more screams that continued for a while.

Samantha, who was standing beside even jumped on me while screaming in fear. I didn't push her, but for my safety, instead of my eyes, I covered my ears.

"For god's sake. F**k."

There was an intact corpse of a human on a table. Not just one! Three corpses on three tables. And in just a matter of seconds, Miss Edna became a psychopath killer from a naughty kidnapper in my mind.

'But what the f**k is the meaning of this? Why are there corpses in front of me? No, why am I suddenly in front of human corpses?

Just when I was confused, I heard her voice.

"Okay, that's enough."

Hearing this, a girl shouted in a crying voice- "Miss Edna, hic... hic… what is hic..this? Why... hic.. did you bring us hic..."

I also looked in her direction and discovered my bully sister Emma was also standing beside her...

"I said that's enough. Calm down first."

Only after everyone calmed down did Miss Edna continue.

"This isn't the first time you guys are seeing a human corpse, so don't scream like that. If you are, then congratulations on your first time. Be sure to imbue this scene of the corpse in your mind. Because you will be seeing this scene more and more. As you become a more proficient healer, more patients with serious injuries will come to you. And among the thousands you heal, dozens will not make it and leave their last breath in front of you. Not to mention if you are at service in military camps. So, if you think that- being a healer is only about using healing factor on wounds, you are dead wrong."

Erica voiced out angrily, "But miss. This was supposed to be our practical exam. Not corpse exhibition in a morgue."

Edna frowned, "Be careful with your tone, Erica. The department has its plan perfect for you. We have collected enough data about you guys in these months. So, a practical exam is useless. We just used this opportunity to introduce something you will face in the future. Many healers suffer mental breakdowns due to their soft nature when they lose patients for the first time. And we don't want this to happen to one of ours."

"So, you want us to get numb to this feeling? Starting our practice with intact corpses?"

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"Yes."

I sighed at their conversation. I still can't figure out if this way of teaching was right or wrong.

Then Emma looked at me.

"I am quite disappointed, Aryan.", she said.

'Hah?' this made me confused. What did I do to disappoint her?

"I was expecting you to scream like a crybaby. But you didn't even flinch! Just stared blankly at the corpse! Did you have any experience before?"

Why the hell would she expect me to scream? Do I look like a softball to her? I couldn't answer her. I meaned, I just can't say I was busy saving my ears from all the screams that surrounded me from all directions! Their scream was scarier than the corpse!

But then I discovered Samantha cuddling in my arms like an injured bird. While others looked at me with weird gazes.

I pushed Samantha gently, but she didn't budge. She was still holding me tightly with her eyes closed. Luckily she let go of me after some time. But as she saw the corpse again, she ran to the toilet.

Miss Edna followed her.

'Is she okay? Why is she so afraid? Did she have trauma regarding corpses? '

After a while, the duo came back. Then Samantha came in front of me and bowed,

"I am sorry, Aryan. I couldn't control myself as I saw the corpse."

She peeked at me and then diverted her gaze instantly. But her face was red as a tomato. Her unnatural color made me a little worried for her. Having mental trauma was way worse than any physical pain. I still remember the days when I shivered just from the mention of "Rabbit." This rabbit trauma hunted me for quite a while until I was strong enough to beat them up.

If the fluffy cute rabbits can mentally damage me to this extent, I didn't know how much a corpse could do to her mind. Maybe, a very close relative died or maybe, worse- murdered in front of her. I couldn't help but feel extreme sadness for her.

I subconsciously touched her temple with the back of my hand. Her face was hot!

"Don't mention that. But, your body temperature is high. Are you okay?"

But I didn't get any response! Instead, her whole body was shivering, and her face became even redder.

'Uh, she is really not okay. But why is she trembling? Did I do something wrong? Oh! I shouldn't have touched her so casually.'

I hurriedly retracted my hand and apologized,

"Ahh.. sorry, Samantha. I shouldn't have touched you. Sorry again."

She didn't talk with me but went among other girls. Then I heard their screams again! Though there was no fear in their voice, it was still loud.

'Why the f* ck are they so loud today.' I couldn't help but ask the world.