4-Asca

The next morning I woke up a little late, Mr. José and Cecil were not at home, while Asca and Cielo were playing cards in the living room. It was strange to see her like this, since she arrived at that place her face always showed an incredible coldness or a strange sadness, without taking care about that I lost myself looking at her sometimes, the truth was very beautiful, but seeing her so down and sad gave me a strange feeling in the chest.

Upon arriving at the dining room, I ran into Mrs. María who reprimanded me for the time I was arriving.

-María: boy, you wake too late, be thankful that I save food for you if it weren't for that you would have to prepare something yourself!

Somewhat uncomfortable feeling scolded by this lady, I lowered my head and said:

-Brandon: excuse me, the truth is that I did not have a very good night.

I had only been there one night and for a moment it felt like home. Take a seat while the lady served me a piece of country bread with cheese and ham to dispense to my liking with some butter, without further delay I began to eat. During those moments Antonio approached the table and when he saw me he sat there, almost as if he wanted to talk to me, after a while watching me he noticed that my gaze turned a lot in the direction of Asca and Cielo, then showing a mischievous smile he told me:

-Antonio: I caught you red-handed!

Chewing, I just raised an eyebrow as a sign of not understanding what he was saying to me while he replied:

-Antonio: you've been looking at Asca for a long time, I know she's beautiful but I don't think she's interested in someone like you.

Mrs. María served me a glass with a bit of Nestea and after thanking her, I took a sip to pass the food and address Antonio:

-Brandon: It's not what you think, I'm just curious about her.

-Antonio: bullshit, I know that look, a man in love cannot hide when he is.

-Brandon: she is beautiful yes, but that pleases me in sight does not mean that I am in love.

-Antonio: don't lie to me, I know what happened last night, I'm sure you came back just because of Asca.

The lady turned around, intrigued, and asked:

-María: what happened last night?

-Antonio: Romeo stole Cecil's gun and tried to cross the border, if Asca doesn't stop him, Sullyman could have caught him.

Upset by what she heard, Maria scolded me again:

-María: how can you think of it boy? Sullyman may keep us safe at night, but he's just like all other hunters.

Interrupting I said:

-Brandon: wait a minute, I don't understand who is Sullyman?

-Antonio: Sullyman is Asca's older brother, he is a hunter, but he takes care of our town from illegal hunters.

-Brandon: Illegal hunters? That everything was not protected by law?

-Mary: Illegal hunters are those who break the rule of safe areas, very few do that madness because they risk losing their privileges with the Korad if they are discovered, but those who manage to do so, manage to obtain even easier prey to capture. After what happened to his family, Sullyman decided to become a hunter and take care that no illegal hunter attacked the town again.

Something confuse me and lost I interrupted again:

-Brandon: wait a moment I don't understand, Asca is not from your family?

Antonio took a deep breath and, adjusting his chair with the back forward, crossed his arms on the back to tell me with a somewhat sad face:

-Antonio: Asca lost his family to a hunter who entered his house one night. At that time Cecil was the boyfriend of his older sister Miliena, they were very close and it was even thought that in the future they would marry, it was one of those little things that inside this hell raise your spirits ...

Then Mrs. Maria interrupted suddenly:

-Maria: that's why Cecil looks at you with such bad eyes, boy, he doesn't trust anyone after what happened.

-Antonio: Mom let me finish that before I lost ... as I said. Asca lived with her parents and her two brothers. One night a group of 5 hunters entered Asca's house, they took Asca's parents and cut their throats while they slept, Asca woke up and called his brothers, Sullyman trying to protect his sisters calmed them down and tried to bring them here. Once at home Sullyman was turned into a beast, he wanted the heads of the hunters and to recover the bodies of his parents to at least give them a dignified burial. Cecil, trying to calm him down, ended up agreeing to accompany him to make sure nothing happened. The hours passed and both did not return, Miliena got worried and decided to go after them, what she did not know was that Asca was following her. Near dawn Sullyman and Cecil returned, both frustrated and upset, Asca was traumatized and Cecil was crying loudly. When Cecil calmed down a bit, he said: "They were about to shoot me, but Miliena appeared out of nowhere and took the shot on My place." After that the men escaped taking the bodies of the parents, they tried to take Miliena to one of the village doctors but they could not do anything, the shot hit a very important vein in her chest and she bled very quickly. From that day on Sullyman left town and left Asca for us, just like that day Asca's voice died for all of us.

Surprised I put the bread I had in my hands on the table and said:

-Brandon: the truth is very sad, I see why she does not speak, but how do you know that who was out there was Sullyman?

-María: it must have been because of Sullyman's night vision.

-Brandon: What?

-Antonio: Sullyman always watches over the town at night with night vision, that device that he carries has a small green light that can be seen in the distance.

Assimilating everything I finished eating, I got up from the table and approaching Asca and Cielo I asked her:

-Brandon: what are you playing?

-Cielo: it's war, but Asca is very bad for this game, she always loses.

-Brandon: what do you think if we play one? maybe they like to play something different.

-Cielo: Yes! Let's play!

Cielo was all excited and started jumping while Asca looked at her with that smile that I had been stuck with for a long time watching.