Chapter 42

42 42. Katsutoshi Flashback Part II

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“SIR, GET READY TO JUMP!” Just as we reached the outer region of Onigashima, butler Han shouted at me.

The area was too rocky and uneven to land the helicopter so we decided to jump from the helicopter using the parachutes.

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Then once they have clear images of where they have to go, both jump from the helicopter.

Half an hour later, they made sufficient preparation after landing, which wasn’t very hard for them as one is a war veteran and another is a super butler.

“How much time do you think it will take us to reach our destination!” I asked as we walked ahead using our army knives to cut the obstacle.

“Well! It would take us an hour or two, Sir!” Butler Han replied as started to walk ahead and do most of the work.

I was silent but my steps didn’t stop and kept moving, sometimes helping my Butler as I could see some sweat on his forehead.

A while later,

After the long and hard walk in the forest with full thorny paths, we reach a small but picturesque-looking village.

After entering the village we met a young man who looked like a traveller as he was dressed very differently from the villagers.

After talking with him, we got to know that he was the one who uploaded the photo which resembled his daughter’s images very much.

Then he led them to a house which was made entirely of wood and leaves.

“Here we are, Mr Katsutoshi! You can find the person who you are looking for inside this house!” The young man gestured towards the house.

“Thank you Mr Naru for guiding us here,” I thanked the young man and instructed my butler to remain here with the young man.

“Hello, please excuse me for barging here!” I knocked after apologizing in advance and opened the door to enter inside.

Just as I entered the house, the smell of herbs assaulted my nose and just after the small sniff, my mind calmed down all of sudden.

I looked around the house which wasn’t large, to begin with, and it was more like a large hall.

My eyes darted around in the big room then suddenly my vision came to halt on an elderly man whose hair was completely white and had a white beard. As he sat there in a meditation form I was able to tell that something is different about this elder.

Just as I was staring at the white-haired elder, he also opened his eyes and met mine.

“Hmmn! Come here, son!” In a little hoarse voice, he called me near him.

“Greetings elder and sorry for disturbing you!” I greeted the elder who looked like my father’s age so I can guess from his weak breath that he has one foot in the grave but somehow he kept it together.

“Hmmn!” He gave a nod and gestured toward a tatami sheet in front of him.

Understanding the gesture, I sat down and took a photo then put it in front of his eyes to see.

“So elder, did you see this girl in the photo here, I got the lead that someone resembling has been in your care!” I asked in a polite tone with a nervous voice.

Elder looked at the photo and then looked towards the side to which I followed suit but I didn’t see anyone there, except for a curtain hanging there.

I was about to ask but the elder stood up and walk towards the certain then he folded the curtain to reveal a bed in which someone was lying there with a sheet covering the person.

I can guess from the series of his actions so I held my breath in anticipation and nervousness with a lot of speculation going inside my head.

Once the elderly uncovered the face of that person, I was stunned and with the shocked expression, I looked at her face with various emotions exploding inside me.

I immediately identified that even though she looked like an adult person in her late teens, I can tell just by looking at her face that she is my one and only, lovely daughter.

“Sob..!! My poor daughter. Elder, what exactly is going on with my daughter!” I started to get emotional and asked the elder what was wrong with my daughter.

“Cough..! Cough..! When we found her outside of our village, she was already in very bad condition so I did everything in my power to help the young girl but she hasn’t opened her eyes.” Elderly coughed because of his unhealthy body then catching his breath he replied with an apathetic face.

I caressed her head and felt a pang of pain in my heart seeing the condition of my daughter, I wished it happened with me and not with my daughter.

“You don’t worry about her health deteriorating for now as I have stabilised her condition so you just need to find the solution shortly if you want to wake her up from the slumber she is having.” Seeing me worrying about her so much, the elderly man replied with a thoughtful face.

“Thank you! Elder for taking care of my daughter, I don’t know what I would have done if something happened to my daughter, so thank you from the bottom of my heart!” I prostrate my head to show how grateful I am to elders for taking care of my daughter and saving her from fatality.

“It’s not much but I did what I can do to help the young girl and now the rest is up to you!” The elder said, looking at my little Yamini’s face.

I talked with the elder for a while and asked about the arrangement to send us to the outskirts of the forest to a plain field so we can take the helicopter from there directly.

Fortunately for us, the people from the tribe were kind enough to provide us with two personnel, who made a makeshift wooden stretcher for my daughter after that they escorted us to the field which was again a few hundred meters from the village but two young men didn’t complain and just silently followed along the regular path taking by them last time.

That’s how their journey came to be and the rest is history.

(Flashback End)

(Katsutoshi Pov End)

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