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now. You have to wait until you are big and strong enough
to do so.”
In fact, she did not want him to join the Brave
Protectors forever. Because she was afraid he would face
the same fate his father had faced when he had died young.
She wanted as much time as possible to pass, so that her
son forgot what had happened to his father and changed his
mind regarding joining the Brave Protectors.
He frowned. “Mother, do you think I am a coward?
How do you want me not to join the Protectors? Who will
avenge my father?”
She replied, “You will one day when you are old
and strong enough but not now.”
He said, “But—”
She interrupted him, “Andrew, listen to me well. I
am the one responsible for your sister and you now, and I
know what is best for you. Please do not torture me by
insisting on things I do not approve.”
He remained silent. But later he kept insisting on
what he wanted, and his mother kept refusing. However, he
decided he would not give up and that he would join the
Protectors sooner or later.