German Officer X You Who Traveled Across Time (Fifty-Six)
Fictional background, fictional background, different world!
Personalized character design, personalized names and place names, personalized worldview
The male and female protagonists are not biological children and have no blood relationship
Chapter 56 The Lightness of Life
Emma was playing hide-and-seek with Susie. She was searching for a place to hide with her short legs, but was suddenly called over by an aunt.
Emma knew this aunt. When she ate in the restaurant, this aunt always stood beside her with her head down like a stiff Czech puppet, occasionally helping her fill her small bowl with fragrant rice porridge.
"Little bunny, are you playing hide-and-seek? Come, hide in here. This is the rabbit's nest. If you hide here, mom and dad will never find you, baby bunny."
Aunt Emma took her to the warehouse of Clay Castle through a hidden passage, avoiding the guards' inspection, but she had to learn from the dirty rats in the gutter - crawl in.
Emma's clothes were stained with mud, and she pouted in dissatisfaction. The damp and smelly air made her chubby hands a little cold.
Emma watched as her aunt opened a large treasure chest filled with clothes, brightly colored pants, hats of all shapes and sizes, and fur suits for cats, dogs, lions, and rabbits.
"Yeah!"
Emma was dressed in a rabbit costume by her aunt, revealing her white millet teeth. She replied happily and then hid in the rabbit nest.
"Little guy, if someone disturbs your rabbit hutch, don't make a sound, otherwise you will lose the game. Don't be afraid, the darkness will pass soon, just take a nap in there."
The light was dim, and the emotion in the woman's eyes was gentle and compassionate. Under the halo of her motherhood, Emma obediently closed her big blue eyes.
The woman finally touched Emma's little head, then covered Emma with the other clothes in the wooden box to hide her small body, and then closed the wooden box resolutely.
She looked around, holding Emma's changed clothes, and struggled to crawl out, following the path out of the warehouse of Clay Castle.
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Your mind went blank for a moment after you heard the news of Emma's disappearance, and then you immediately asked the system in your mind. The calm sound of electricity intensified your fear and made you lose consciousness again.
"Ina, Ina! Calm down!"
Feinz's hands tightly gripped your shoulders, his deep blue eyes filled with nervousness.
You looked at Feints and thought of the system's motto when it took away your Leshi—
The combination of different worlds is a disordered existence.
You dare not think about it any further.
"Ina, baby Emma will be fine. The little one is probably hiding somewhere in the castle. Let's all go look for him."
Dalia comforted you, and Susie wiped her tears and talked about the places she had searched.
Schleicher frowned and estimated the time. His original plan was to see Lida Baarova off and then go to the football field in Theresienstadt.
This morning on that tediously wide football field, there will be a new round of "screening" specifically for the children's camp.
But seeing your worried look, Schleicher decided to temporarily hand over the screening work to the people below.
He called the guards, and three squads of guards immediately followed the orders of the supreme commander and launched a major search of Clay Castle.
…
The rabbit hutch was lifted up and rocked rhythmically like a mother's cradle. Emma gradually fell asleep. After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly felt her rabbit hutch being rudely thrown to the ground.
The wooden box was sent to the "Children's Home" in Theresienstadt, across the Kleeburg River. Building L410 of the Children's Home was an ordinary large house with a dozen dormitories.
Each room housed twenty girls, with beds three high and covered with burlap mattresses stuffed with straw.
Emma was nestled in the rabbit hutch, with her little ears pressed tightly against the inside of the wooden box, trying to hear clearly what was happening outside. Did Aunt Susie find her?
"Dear Sir, No. 231832 is leading everyone in rehearsing 'Brundiba' at the Magdeburg Barracks."
"Oh. These are the new costumes Commander Schleicher has given the children. Let's go to the Magdeburg barracks again."
The rabbit hutch was lifted up again, and this time it didn't take long before Emma felt she was at "McMcFort." The rude shouts and cautious thanks that had just passed were repeated as if they were a routine.
Part of the large Magdeburg barracks, which housed the Council of Elders, was used as a makeshift stage for a children's opera.
No. 231832 - The great musician Hans Krasa, composer of Brundiba, a children's opera popular in Theresienstadt, is leading the children in building a wooden fence around a temporary stage.
"Wow! So many beautiful clothes! Oh—and there's a little rabbit!"
The rabbit hutch was opened, and Emma rustled out from under the pile of clothes, and all the not-so-fresh air rushed in.
Eight-year-old Anashka sighed and carried Emma out with her thin arms. A group of friends gathered around her.
"Baby Bunny, why are you in the box? When did you crawl in there? Why have I never seen you before?"
There was a great murmur of voices, but Emma recognized the strange language, and she replied in Yiddish, "The baby—the goat is under the baby's cradle—"
The language unique to that ethnic group dispelled the confusion and doubts of the children, led by Anaiska. The hat of the bunny costume covered Emma's shining blonde hair, and the long sleeves covered her right forearm. The children did not check whether Emma had a tattooed number.
Soon, the children began to do their own jobs, competing with each other for costumes, the little musicians were practicing beautiful melodies, and Aneska played the role of the number one villain in the children's opera "Brundiba" - Brundiba with a small mustache under his nose.
Anaiska, wearing a striking fake mustache, walked towards Emma, who was jumping for joy in her bunny costume.
"Drink some water, bunny."
Anashka handed Emma a glass of water. Emma felt that the water was not as delicious as the one fed to her by her mother and Aunt Susie. She was greeted by a very irritating air and a disgusting strange taste in her mouth that she could not describe.
That's actually because the drinking water has been washed with some kind of chemical.
The stage was even more noisy, and everything seemed very lively. Emma suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom, and she missed her father and mother a little. Anaiska patiently led Emma to the bathroom - a makeshift shed.
The toilet was dirty and smelly. There were three long platforms inside, each with two rows of holes. Anaishka used all her strength to carry the little guy to the hole.
Emma started crying and wanted to go home. She felt that this place was not as clean and tidy as her home, but Anashka's "threat" reminded her of her father, so she had to go to the toilet obediently.
When Anaiska brought Emma out of the toilet shed, the Theresienstadt announcement loudspeaker suddenly screamed. Emma saw that everyone immediately put down what they were holding and ran towards the east desperately.
The announcement was like God's will. Two soldiers who were riding bicycles on the road immediately jumped off their bikes, and the wheels of the bicycles turned rapidly and unwillingly.
They took out the leather whips tied around their waists. They didn't look soft at all, but more like an ordinary curved-handled cane. With one whip, the person who was still stunned on the spot immediately came back to his senses.
"Bunny, hurry! It's time to gather! Run, run towards the football field!"
Anaischka picked up Emma, who was still observing, and ran away quickly.
Emma's little head bounced on Anaiska's shoulder, and she waved to the Theresienstadt soldiers behind her with a big smile.
Emma didn't feel scared at all because the uncles were wearing the same military uniforms as her father, gray-black coats, shiny boots, and majestic wide-brimmed hats.
It’s fun, really fun.
…
Three teams of soldiers searched Clay Castle at the same time and soon found the hidden clothes that Emma was wearing today - the hider was a female prisoner from Theresienstadt who worked as a kitchen helper in the restaurant.
"Brother, please, let me go talk to her, okay? She must have misunderstood something. I... I'll go beg her, I'll beg her, she'll tell me where Emma is..."
Your light blue eyes were filled with tears, you looked sad and unaware, and even your voice was trembling.
Schleicher was interrogating the woman in the prison's torture chamber. You wanted to go and ask her yourself, but Feintz stopped you.
In his opinion, asking for help from others is impossible, and it seems that only the cruel methods of the military are the most effective.
"Ina, calm down! Emma will be fine!"
Feinz holds your shoulders tightly with both hands. Although his brows are sharp, the frown between his brows can be seen faintly.
Just like before, you still couldn't read the emotions in his eyes, but this time, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. You completely lost control of yourself and could no longer restrain yourself from saying things you shouldn't have said.
You broke free from him and screamed at him hysterically, almost going crazy.
"Why...why...why is it that it's all your fault, but it's always my child who has to bear the consequences! What did Emma do wrong? She's still so young, she doesn't understand anything...Emma's only fault is that her father is a Nazi who insisted on her being born!"
Intense emotions suddenly surged to your head, your head was buzzing, your face was covered with a disgusting sticky feeling, and your intermittent crying finally turned into low whimpers.
"Brother, your sins are so great that even God cannot erase them..."
You looked up at him, who had become a blur, and pleaded with him, "Please let your daughter go. After you get to Switzerland, don't look for her again. Give Emma her childhood back..."
The man remained silent, and the hand that was firmly on your back moved up without warning. Feinz put his arm around your shoulders and hugged you into his arms, holding you tightly with such force that it seemed as if he was afraid you would disappear.
All your strength has been drained away, and you can only cling to him weakly and resignedly.
It didn't take long for Schleicher to find out everything.
Yesterday, the children's camp in Theresienstadt conducted a round of "big screening" and selected eighty-nine children.
Everyone in the camp knew it well, and they stubbornly believed that the "Son of God" chosen in this round would still be sent to an unknown hell.
The female prisoner's child was selected, and her child - the only meaning of her survival in hunger, hardship and suffering - was about to disappear from the world.
She didn't know that the selected children would be used as pawns for the empire and would board a train to the neutral country of Switzerland a few days later.
She only knew that if someone had to board the "death train", Nana's child would have to accompany her child.
…
Emma looked down. The wide road with white lines painted on it danced in the sunlight. The air around her was filled with suppressed fear, sweeping over everyone like a wave.
Anaiska put Emma down and grabbed her rabbit ears. They finally arrived at the gathering place before the final whistle for the headcount sounded.
Theresienstadt's football field, where an outstanding and eye-catching game had just taken place not long ago.
The green grass, the two white goals required for the game, and the horizontal and vertical lines drawn with white powder were obviously newly modified and appeared to be in extremely good condition.
At the end of the football field, there are several black iron troughs that are firmly placed horizontally. In front of the iron troughs, there is a long iron pipe with many leak holes.
During the camp's designated drinking and washing hours, people can "enjoy" the tiny streams of water flowing out of these leaks. The water is filled with the smell of disinfectant, so unpleasant that it makes people want to vomit.
Here, the little girl Anaishka was at the front of the team, tiptoeing calmly, and she saw at a glance the officer who was slowly walking out of the administrative building - a guy who seemed to be very graceful.
He wore high riding boots that were polished to a shine, and a long whip was tucked into his waist with a few barely noticeable spikes at the bottom. He had a mustache on his lips that was exactly the same as Brundiba's.
Big villain!
Anashka cursed in her mind.
A corporal quickly ran to the officer to report, while another soldier shouted at the team:
"Quiet--!"
The military police formed a circle and pointed their rifles at the children, and the heavy machine guns on the watchtower secretly adjusted their positions.
The officer's beard stood on a high platform. For the children, it was like standing on a high stage. His mustache twisted evilly, which made Emma stand there, with her short neck raised, watching with full attention.
On the stage, the bully Bulundiba began to give orders and control the singing performances in the square, forbidding the siblings Paichai and Aninku from singing to raise money to buy milk for their sick mother.
"Pigs! Shut your stinky mouths! Listen carefully to my demands! No pig will be able to escape this selection!"
The whole audience fell silent.
All were imprisoned in silence.
Anaiska half squatted down and covered Emma's restless mouth.
"Those who are not Czech or Polish, get down!"
Czech and Polish were spoken in turn, and soon almost half of the people on the football field squatted down.
"Those aged 10 to 13, squat down!"
"Those with disabilities, squat down!"
"Those whose parents are in Theresienstadt, squat down!"
…
On the high stage, Brundiba moved his noble high riding boots at will, letting his face be tanned by the sun, and demands jumped out of his smelly mouth one after another.
There were less than fifty children left standing on the football field.
"Yeah!"
Emma felt that this was a game that all the children were participating in. She jumped up and cheered, instantly becoming the focus of everyone on the football field.
Brundiba on the high platform saw a little rabbit. He showed his fangs, and the badge made of two crossed bones on the high-brimmed hat on his head flashed a cruel light in the sun.
"Oh! Look! If it weren't for this little rabbit, I would have forgotten about it—'Brundiba'! Those of you who performed 'Brundiba' for the Red Cross during their inspection in June, squat down!"
Anashka was extremely worried about the little rabbit standing in front of her, and she whispered a reminder, her face wrinkled, making the narrow hooked nose in the middle of her face look even bigger.
She squatted down her small body. The grass under her feet was so soft that she wanted to dig a hole here, a hole that could lead to the outside world.
Emma was wearing the performance costume of the children's opera "Brundiba", but she did not squat down, so she became the target of everyone's criticism. She was grabbed by the back of the neck by the armed corporal next to her and sent to the platform.
The evil Brundiba lifted up Emma's young body with both hands and pronounced the fate of a two-and-a-half-year-old child word by word.
"Pigs! Look carefully! This is the consequence for disobeying camp orders!"
After saying this, he released his hands that were originally in a lifting position.
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