章 3: Family and Friends 3
After giving the gift I wanted to give and went home. I rushed towards my mother and gave her a hug
"Oh? Damian you seem happy"
"She liked the gift!"
She gave me a warm smile and ruffled my hair. I saw uncle Richard on the side with a gentle smile but his eyes were sad. I didn't understand what was happening at the moment.
But the moment I did I wish I didn't.
"Oh well that's good!"
Mom cheerfully says so, Uncle Richard on the other is looking at me with eyes full of sorrow. I can't seem to ignore it so I asked.
"Uncle are you ok?"
"Hm? Oh–"
He blinked and scratched his cheek then looked at Mom like he's asking for permission. Mom just sighed and looked me in the eyes.
"Damian, Mommy is going to be gone for a while…"
"oh.."
I couldn't help but feel dejected, my mother always goes out, but these days the time she is taking is getting longer and longer. I know she's a hero so the time it takes her to come back home is understandable, but it still makes me worry nonetheless.
"Oh baby, don't worry about it too much"
"I'm not a baby"
"haha of course"
She gave me a peck on the cheek before putting me on the ground.
Uncle just sighed as he gave me a phone and a smart watch.
"Damian, Having these items means you have to be responsible for them."
He coughs and then continued
"I believe Damian is grown enough to have this, yes?"
My eyes regained a bit of spark seeing the gadgets laid before my very hands. With this I could research everywhere and anytime I want.
I ran towards uncle who was kneeling and gave him a hug. But I noticed that his smile was… quite sad.
Of course I had my doubts since I'm not that good at reading emotions yet, mom told me to go upstairs as they will start talking to each other.
I walked towards my room and closed the door. Laying down on the bed I decided to use my newly acquired phone.
When I encountered a breathing technique.
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Through years of Training in my life there have been a few special ways to train.. And now that magic is prevalent throughout the whole globe I tested a lot of breathing techniques.
First and foremost is the Monk's breathing style…
…
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And lastly The Dragon's breath.
–A lost breathing technique that is believed to be the father of breathing techniques, the other breathing techniques that branched off this one are…
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As a kid I will honestly say, the Dragon breath sounds cool. I tried it as the link in the page said and started trying it.
–vwooom
I don't understand what was happening. But my abdomen is warm, I continued breathing that way till I fell asleep.
The next day got me running around the playground faster than the snotty kid Jeanne.
"Woah~"
I ran like, 6 times around the whole playground and I'm still not tired. However, Jeanne is.
"huff...Huff..Damy..Ugh"
Jeanne fell on the ground, I carried her up to the end of the slides and let her sit there.
"Jeanne, Jeanne. I have a smartwatch, want to watch a movie?"
Jeanne got curious so I picked a cartoon movie, it represents superheroes similar to our world.
I wonder what happened to me, I kept breathing the same way it was described in the article. I feel no less sick because my body is oddly warm.
Though I feel much better than before, so I don't mind having this kind of warmth. My thoughts got disrupted as my gaze went towards the nursery entrance.
With his hat covering half of his face is still didn't cover his flower tattoo, his skin is pale and his outfit consisted of a long trench coat and some cargo pants. His eyes are covered with tinted sunglasses.
Even though I'm distanced from him I felt like he's looking at me directly, my skin is quite sensitive today.
It maybe gave me chills when I saw him smile, though a bitter one.
I blinked a couple of times and he was gone. It was creepy.
"Damy, i want to watch on Utube"
"oh-"
I snapped out of it and then started watching other videos with Jeanne instead.
I stuck with Jeanne until that day ended.
…
When I got home I walked through mom's office, knocking of course.
"Come in"
I walked inside and ran up to mom.
"Mom, I saw a creepy guy at school"
"y-you did?"
"He had a flower drawing in his face"
"I… I see, Damian, is that the only thing you are here for?"
My mouth went agape as if saying "ah!" and with my bag still on my back I took it off to take out a notebook.
"Ms Makayla told us to give it to our parents!"
"a… diary? I see, did you do well in school?"
"Yes! Though Jeanne would always drag me"
Mom asked me how my day was, she even brought snacks even though she was busy.
She really tried to make time for me. Even though she was busy. She is really a role model for me.
"Oh Damian, By the way"
"Yes?"
"You have a cousin you know~"
"Cousin?"
"Yeah~ I'll let you meet him next time"
I have a cousin? Oh I remember, Uncle did try to say that to me but I ignored his words, despite having a child himself he still tries to balance some time for us huh?
Mom let me down and gave me my backpack
"Go ahead and be prepared for Dinner, ask some maids to help you okay?"
"un!"
I just nodded and walked off towards my room, changing clothes since I had my previous mind. It was embarrassing to ask the maids for help.
Walking down the stairs but now with the help of a maid I walked towards the dinner table.
I already smelled my favourite food, which was fried chicken. Not going to lie, it's very delicious to eat even if it's simple.
I asked the maid to put me on the chair as it was too high for me after all my body is that of a 3 year old.
"Thank you aunty"
"ho ho, no problem young master"
'young master'
It's something you'll hear in ancient times and yet you could hear that here, apparently when someone is rich enough they can hire servants.
"Oh my, baby, did you wait long?"
My eyes lit up, that voice was from my mom, she sat down across from me.
"I'm not a baby!"
"Of course~"
We talked over dinner as we ate. It was delicious, though the seat of the father was missing. I didn't mind as I generally didn't have a good feeling over having a dad, there was Uncle Richard anyways.
"Anyways… Damian"
"Yes mom?"
"I'll be gone for the whole Month"
"Really… "
"I'm sorry baby, but I can't help it, you know mom is a hero right?"
"Yes… "
"Our Damian is smart, so I know you'll be a good kid, of course you have your phone, we can call each other when we're far away"
Hearing that didn't make me feel better at all. I felt the warmth that my soul wanted for a long time. If it was taken away I don't know how I'll react.
I was happy having a family that really loved me. Even though I can't precisely remember everything about me in my previous life.
My whole being is telling me that my previous life wasn't good.
Nobody would want a bad story to hear, they wanted a story that would have a proper plot, not some biography of a poor soul.
Nodding my head slowly I looked at my mom seemingly dejected at the thought. I know this decision is hard on her but still.
"It's okay Damian, tomorrow let's go somewhere okay? Both of us"
She's trying her best to comfort me, I can't ignore that can I? I raised my head and with a bright smile I nodded.
Tomorrow was I guess my last happy memory in Jask.
Mom in disguise ran around with me as we played in the carnival on those rides with bumps.
We had cotton candy, pictures and rides! My favourite one was the Swan boat, you have to paddle it.
I lost a lot of my energy there.
"Woah!"
When it got to nighttime the image of the carnival was very colorful. It really amazed my inner child, it seems like even in my past life I didn't see this kind of scenery.
"Did you have fun Damian?"
"Yeah!"
I said as I carried the toys mom bought for me, as an old soul it was embarrassing but my identity is Damian Cassanova, there is no need to cling to old things that I can't even remember.
"That's good to hear~"
She tucked me in the backseat with the seatbelt on the car. I placed down my toys beside me, the whole day I was smiling.
This is the longest time I ever spent with my mom.
"Damian"
"Yes?"
"I love you"
"I love you too mom"
Tomorrow, even before I woke up she already left for her work as a hero.
That was the last time I saw her.
That was the last time we were together.
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