Chapter-3: Growing up with love

The next day, although the sun was shining in the sky, there are still some rainy clouds hovering above.

You can find the traces of yesterday's rainstorm all around yourself. The ground was muddy and there was a cool atmosphere.

Because of the storm, some of the small houses have been destroyed in the village. So, the people of the village were trying to clean up the mess created by the storm.

The village's name is 'Grandcrest village'. This is a small village of about 1300 people living in it. Because of the smalll population, people are always depending on each other for a living.

The village head's name is Elder yoel. He has only one son, Bevyn Celeste. His wife's name is Nabia Celeste. Nabia's father died when he was out of the village hunting in the mountains. At the age of 8, she became an orphan. So the village head adopted her.

The village head is the strongest person in the village right now. So all of the people respect him.

Right now, a lot of people have gathered in front of the village head's house.

People have gotten the news that Nabia has given birth to a daughter. So they have arrived to congratulate their family.

The door of the house opened and the village head and his son walked out of the house.

Bevyn was carrying a cute and small girl in his arms. The girl was curled up in her father's arms and was still sleeping.

"Congratulations for getting a healthy daughter." Someone congratulated

"God bless her."

"What a cute child. She sure will grow up to be a beautiful woman in the future."

"You are right. She is already this beautiful, we can imagine how pretty she will be when she grows up."

"Congratulations, Bevyn."

The villagers congratulated Bevyn for getting a child. They all seem happy for him.

"Thank you everyone for your blessings." Bevyn thanked everyone.

"Oh right, Have you named her? Why don't you tell us quickly." Someone from the crowd said.

" Her mother named her Eria celeste." Bevyn replied.

"That's a beautiful name."

"Yeah. Perfect name for a perfect beauty."

At this time, Nabia also came out of the house carrying Ashmus in her hand. When people looked at her, they noticed she was carrying another child. They were surprised by this. The was also a beautiful child with black hair and blue eyes.

"Miss. Nabia, did you give birth to twins. We got the news that you only gave birth to a girl. We never thought that there was also a boy. " The villagers thought that this child was also given birth by Nabia.

"You misunderstand. This child was abandoned by his parents and last night, when my husband was returning to the village, he found him down the mountain." Nabia explained to the villagers who thought she was given birth to him.

"Yeah. Since fate has brought us together, we thought of adopting him. This way, our Eria will have a big brother to play with her and protect her." Bevyn said.

"So that was the case. Then what is his name?Did you also name him?"

"No, his parents have already named him. We found a badge with this child on which his name was carved. His name is Ashmus Ruler." Nabia explained.

"Ashmus Ruler..... What a domineering name."

"Yeah. It suits him very well."

The people thought this name was a name for a young and handsome hero.

Elder yoel, who has been silent all this while suddenly spoke," Alright everyone. It's time to go to work. Yesterday's storm did quite some damage to our village. So we have a lot of work to do. Bevyn, come with me and help the villagers.

Everyone dispersed after hearing rhe village head's words. Bevyn handed over his daughter to his wife and followed his father to clean up the village.

Because Elder yoel and Bevyn are the only cultivators in the entire village, so with their help, it won't take long for restoration of the village.

After an entire day of hark work, the village was repaired and Bevyn and elder yoel retuned to their house to get some rest.

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As such, 13 years have passed since that day.

Now, both Ashmus and Eira have grown into fine young people. All the villagers love them both.

Eira has always been together with Ashmus since birth. They always eat together, play together, and even sleep together. In fact Eira has spent more time with Ashmus than her own father. And now she can't even sleep alone without Ashmus being in her side.

Because Bevyn Spents a lot of his time in management of the village and his own cultivation, so he can't spend most of the time with the children.

But this doesn't reduce their love for their father. When ever Bevyn becomes free from his training and work, he spend time with both of them.

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One day, after finishing their breakfast, Bevyn went to work and elder yoel as always went to training.

When Nabia was cleaning the dishes, Ashmus and Eira walked up to her and Ashmus asked," Mother, why does father and Grandpa always train so hard?"

Nabia heard his and without looking back she answered," Because they are cultivators. They have to train hard so they can grow stronger."

Eira asked in a cutesy voice," Mother, what are cultivators? Why do they want to get strong?"

"Cultivators are super powerful beings who can do anything they want and the more you cultivate the more powerful you become. And if you become strong then you can protect those who are dearest to you and keep them safe from dangers."

"Danger? What kind of dangers are there?" Ashmus asked in confusion.

"This is a world full of dangers and we don't know what kind of danger we will face in the future. So people cultivate to get strong and protect their dearest. Because our village is in a desolate place like this, we don't face too many problems. Your father and grandfather only has to face some ferocious beasts who came down from the mountains."

"If that's the case then i will also cultivate and become the strongest in the world. Then i can keep Eira and mom safe from dangers." Ashmus suddenly said.

Nabia was stunned for a moment and looked at her son," Ashmus, Cultivation means going against the nature. The more you cultivate, the harder it will become. So no matter how strong you are, there will always be someone stronger than you. Understand?"

"Yes mother, i understand."

"Good, now if you want to cultivate, then go ask your grandfather to give you some guidance." Nabia said.

"Then i will go talk to grandpa and ask him to teach me cultivation." Ashmus ran towards his grandpa quickly.

" Wait.....Big brother. Wait for me. I will also go with you." Eira also followed her brother and ran clumsily.

Nabia shook her head with a smile when she saw them run. Then she went back to her work.