The memories came flooding back like a tidal wave, crashing against the shores of her mind. "I have lost your father and I won't lose my dear child again" she whispered, her voice barely audible as she recalled the past incident. In a flashback.... A small child stood before his father, a look of determination etched on his tiny face, dressed in a red T shirt and a black short , with a cape hung behind his back. "I am the hero and your the bad guy" the child declared, his voice filled with convinction. His father smiled, "okay my big hero" and the child jumped up, pretending to shoot him with an imaginary gun, "pewww, pewwww, pewww!" The child exclaimed as his father also pretended to fall, growling in pain, "arghhh!" The father exclaimed. "yes, yea, I have won" the child shouted, his short cape billowing behind him as he ran, laughing with joy. His mother watched, a warm smile on her face as she brought them food, "your child is brave just like you" she said. "And he is beautiful, just like his mother" the man said and she blushed.
Suddenly, two damned entered as they burst the window. They attached Asher's mother but his father pushed her aside, taking her place, "run! Leave this place" he shouted, his voice filled with urgency. "Take Asher and leave this place, now!" He said with a fierce determination as he held off the damned, buying them some time to escape, till the damned killed him and ate off his head. "Noooo!" Asher's mom screamed and the child cried out as he watched his father died.
The scene faded and Asher's mom was back in the present, tears rolling down her cheeks. Kaze gentle voice broke the silence, "are you still there?" She asked softly. "Oh yeah" Asher's mother said. Asher's grandmother spoke up, "Asher is a brave child, just like his father let him go. He can even avenge his father's death this way". Asher's mother nodded, composing herself, "promise me you won't die or get hurt baldy" she said, her voice trembling. "Yes mom, I won't die or get hurt baldy" Asher replied back as he hugged his mom. Kaze looked on a mixture of emotions, "this reminds me of my parents* she said, with a drop of tears on her cheeks.
As Asher was fully ready to leave, he hugged his grandmother and handed his mother a package, "this is for Nina, Nina's birthday gift" he said. With that, they climbed on the falcon's back, "bye mom" Asher said, leaving his last wishes behind as they soar into the sky, disappearing in the clouds.
Few minutes later, Nina arrived as she greeted Asher's mom with a soft smile. "I came to see Asher, is he around?" See asked. "Asher Just left a while ago, he's going to be a demon Hunter" Asher's mom said. "Huh? A demon Hunter" Nina thought, just as she was thinking, Asher's mom gave her a fine arranged package with her name written on it, in a beautiful style. "For your gift, he said" Asher's mom spoke. As she opened it, she found a beautiful painting of herself alongside with a letter. Her eyes welled in tears as she felt the emotion from the gift, "I wish you good luck" she said "just come back alive, quickly" she thought to herself.
Meanwhile, Asher and the two hunters soared through the sky on the falcon's back, heading towards the Hunter's residence. Asher's mind was filled with determination, "I won't let what happened to me happen to others, my name is Asher Flynn and I will kill every last of the damned and demons, even with my last breath, I promised".
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