Sir Ares, Goodnight

Then, he proceeded to look at Cole very disappointedly and said, "I poured my heart and soul t o nurture you and bring you up into a refined man with good academic performance. But, alas, I suppose bad habits are hard to change. You're just as boorish and rude as your father!"

Cole said impatiently, "Don't be so long-winded, Old Man. Quick, tell us more about the secret technique that summons poisonous snakes. What's up with that?"

Once they got back to that subject, Grand Old Master Yorks' expression became extraordinarily solemn.

"It's a long story."

"Then please take your time," said Cole as he picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee.

were a great big family who lived on the foot of Mount Pearl. My papa had four other brothers and two older sisters. Each of the households had four children, and in ours, I was the youngest one. I had two older brothers and an older sister. Initially, our

this point, there was a

look on his face.

men in the Yorks family had to go up the mountain to gather firewood and hunt every day. At that time, Mount Pearl was still largely untouched and undeveloped, so there were plenty of wild beasts around. Every time we went hunting, many young and strong men would gather together to do it. Everyone was alive and well even after so many years. Although we'd occasionally encounter ferocious beasts and there were, of course, incidents of beasts wounding our men, generally, everything was

be on her last dying breath. Her face had already turned blue, and she was heavily pregnant. She had wounds all over her body. My mama had scolded my papa for it. She was worried that the lady would die in our

in his memories and continued to mutter, "It was an odd thing at the time too. That woman was undoubtedly beyond cure. But the very next day, she suddenly became healthy and full of vigor once more. My mama was sighing inwardly the day before, wondering

and the other men were going up the mountain to gather and chop some firewood. But the woman suddenly took my dad's hand and said something rather strange to him very anxiously. She warned him that it was the birthday of the Beast God on Mount Pearl, so many ferocious

at the foot of the mountain. They were worried about their men, but they dared not go up the mountain to find them. It was then my mama suddenly remembered the words the woman had said to my papa and she ran

and her daughter, she would give my