old memories

It was a foggy night with the outside looking like cotton candy of fog covering it, Everything was silent due to the coldness of winter but one house had some presence because people talking there.

"Oh son welcome to our house, you can sit here," an old man in a coat and with a brownish beard suddenly changes his expression as he welcomes Luke, "Oh no sir you don't have to worry about me I am used to standing, it is no big deal" Luke requested old man to not to stand up, as a sign of respect.

"No one is asking you to be considerate just do as I say, You young generation are so shy nowadays, always thinking about what others think about you, in our time people were more strait forward, a man that was some beautiful days," a bearded man says to Luke as he remembers his past.

He did not get a chance to answer back, so he gave up and sat down quietly just like a child being scolded by his parents, and he had no way to talk back.

After a while, an aroma of sweet nectar tea covered the room, It seemed tea was ready as Luke was having a defeated conversation, a shadow emerged from the kitchen.

Lady poured tea for Luke gently while giving him a pleasant smile, her hands were dry and shaking a little as the passage of time had started to show its effect.

"Thank you, mam"

"Oh, you don't have to be so formal, You can call me Aunt Celie and as for my husband I have given him the nickname Albus, so call him Uncle Albus.

Looking confused, Luke did not give much thought about it and answered shyly, "OK from now on I will call you Aunt Ceile," his reasoning was not working on this couple, they were ordering him like he was their son.

"The food was good Aunt, Thank you so much for taking care of me"

"Really son, oh you are making me blush it has been a long since someone except my dear husband has given praise to me, hey son guess what my daughter is far better at cooking them for me and she is sincere and respectable too, so marry my daughter," aunt says jokily with a serious face.

Unable to comprehend this sudden turn of conversation, Luke gives a shocked look to Aunt Chile, "Hu sorry?"

Oh honey, I have told you to stop asking young people to marry your daughter, She has scolded you for this many times, just let her do what she wants, she is smart and will marry when she feels like it is the right time for her;

But unfazed by friendly scolding she continues: But hunny I am her mother and I must take care of her needs, even if she thinks it is unnecessary for her right now, and what if something happens to her, It is your fault that she joined the military, why would you let your precious child do such a risky work;

; I know it is risky, but she is quite capable and gifted with magic too, how can I let such a fine sword of justice be rusted at home, that is not going to happen in my watch, nothing is more important than our motherland; uncle says with declaration.

Albus worked in the military for all of his life and he is one of the lucky fellows who were able to finish all-out wars between species and fought bravely, this is another reason why he let her only daughter join forces, even though he knew that her chances of survival are almost half, even with her talent she inherited from her dad.

: Young man I sense very little magic from you, What was your occupation before coming here?; To this sudden question, both Aunt and Luke were surprised.

: Oh dear it is no good to ask someone about his occupation, especially if he has come from a hard situation;

Albus looked determinedly at Luke and said: that no matter how hard his work was and what he faced, a man must never be afraid of telling about his work because work gives us food and a purpose to live, only weak will people hide their work;

: you are right sir, the words of a true soldier, you remind me of my caption, he also had a clear vision like you why would I hide the sacrifice of my comrades, they die protecting their people, and I would have been dead too, if not for my squad mates; says Luke as he talks about his past and the tragic incident.

: I was the smallest out of them and they teased me whenever they got a chance, oh Look at this mountain, who can guess he is just 21, whatever his magic his still tiny as a teenage boy, and his mind may be an infant, haha; as he was talking Luke started to have a flashback of his old squad.

and nextly he remembers the face of his dying squad, who were trying to protect him with their last breath: What are you doing guys, There is no way we can survive now, we should give up, all of our homelands are gone, they are so strong; says Luke in memory.

suddenly a guy with white hair and eyes cut down a big monster with a single hit: aura splash, hey who is dead? You little runt I will kill you later for saying such negative words, I will make sure you survive and others too; Captain says bravely as he protects his remaining soldiers.

This guy was one of the most well-known soldiers in his whole kingdom he was famous for his looks and charming expression, along with his skills with the sword, Luke learned everything from him.

With no time to respond a devil appeared in front of the squad, and no one was ready for a sudden attack with that much attack force, and a fireball big as a castle appeared in front of them.

Everyone take a safe cover, says Caption as he jumps up to a shallow part of the land in the forest, Both Luke and Caption felt the heat from the attack even from the distance of a few mitres.

What a power This is no ordinary devil, Who are you? As he looks up to ask this question, the caption sees an unimaginable thing, half of his squad has been wiped out, he is super fast too, After thinking for a second he gives his order Listen Luke don't make noise and stay here, I will handle him with remaining soldiers, you are weak and still young try to survive, even if you have to remain hidden.

Caption gave his order and started to look for an opening to attack that devil, but it was a high-class demon because his magic power was out of the charts and his attack power was unstoppable too.

Even though Caption was talented, still he knew this guy was out of reach and they could never defeat him in a million years even if they wanted to, the devil also started approaching them slowly he gave a proper look to dead bodies as if he was enjoying the death filled surrounding of the battlefield and took a deep breath of freshness.

: Where are you punny humans I can sense your magic, no matter where you hide, I will be the one killing you lowlifes today; says the devil with a huge body and heavy muscles and magic to support his declarations.

He was getting closer with every step, and all of the brave soldiers heard his footsteps of death but did not seem fazed, as if that feeling was not new for them.

Everyone gathers around me, I have something to say; Caption orders his troops.

: Yes sir; a group of five guys says slowly so that they don't attract attention from the big guy.

: Look guys I know I can't say that as a caption but I am sure you guys are smart and you know we will never survive that thing, Our only choice is to die here for our motherland but Luke is a young guy and he has not experienced life yet, unlike us old folks, so I think we should save him and give him chance to save his life; caption was talking about with his comrades last time before his finale fight.

: You don't have to ask sir, just order us We will do as you say; one injured soldier said with dedication, his one eye was completely useless now.

: But sir I don't want you to die for someone like me, If you do that I might never be able to look at myself as a soldier because of you guys, so don't be selfish and let us die together;

: Oh you young ones all always so eager to die, common live your life after this, find a new place and start your family there, it is your age of marrying anyway;

Hu, still what about my pride as a soldier, my oath to die for my country and with my comrades?

All of that is important too but in battle listening to your superior is also important and as for the motherland it is no more here, so you are free now boy

Tears fell from Caption's eyes as he remembered all of his funny memories of teasing him day and night, days of them doing silly things and getting punished by the military general, their squad was always in the eyes of higher-ups because of their carefree behaviour.

: ok boy time to kick his ass, remember us always and run as soon as we attack him;

: but sir;

: no but or that just follow my order;

Seeing nothing to be working Luke said yes half-heartedly, and all of his remaining squad went on a death march, screaming as a dying lion does.

: Oh you finally decided to show up you weaklings, Let me give you salvation from this life; devil says with a big smile while showing his sharp teeth.

Caption reaches the demon first and tries to attack oh his stomach, however, his defence is solid and breaking it is like using a sword on a solid wall.

Then another soldier backs him up with his fire spell: blazing hell; distracting the evil lord from his caption: Oh are not you guys brave ones; devil says with no feelings on his face, he was expecting defeated faces of soldiers after seeing the death of so many of close ones.

On the other hand, they were fighting with their topmost position, taking advantage of his distraction, caption changes his sword with holly magic by praying to god, oh almighty one grand me your blessings, let me finish this devil once and for all.

A strong golden light emitted from his sword, giving the distracted devil no time to dodge or he just did not dodge it, thinking it would not affect him.

Yet, he was super wrong, In the blink of his eyes a sharp blade cut through one of his horns, which I missed; the caption did not know that he never missed his attack but the devil changed his position as that holly attacked reached him because he realized the danger from his instinct.

Getting angry from this insult, the devil becomes serious and says: ok enough joking around, time to die for real: as soon as he says he emits three attacks in an instant and all of them are super powerful, seeing the danger, everyone tries to shield but it was too late.

Hu what was with that attack, as caption opens his eyes he sees two of the remaining soldier lying on him, it seems they analysed the danger and prioritise the life of their leader, looking angry from the death of his friends, the caption says: you evil being I will attack you with my finale attack, I hope you die and I will meet you in hell too, so that I can beat your ash again, even in the afterlife.

Luke was looking at all of that, he did not dare to leave his teammates and a light started to glow, his aura was changing from green to blue then bloody red, It seemed Caption was attacking with all of the magic, which means that was his finale attack, after this, he will die due to lack of magic energy.