My Only Assassin

Prolog

"Erza sweetie, your dad is coming, please hide yourself here", Erza's mother tells her daughter to hide herself in the closet. Erza turned 12 years old this year. "I don't want to see mom get beaten by him again, you're sick mom" She's begging her mom to stop being so protective toward her.

"Sweetie, I don't want you to get hurt.. please don't make any noise" Her mother has a sorrowful look on her face. She doesn't want him to hurt their own daughter. "I don't want you to hurt again mom.. let's run away". Erza always asked her mom to run away from him but she always declined

"I-I can't I'm sorry, sweetie .." . Suddenly they heard a knock at the front door. "Now please hide yourself, sweetie". Her mother rushes over the front door and she opens the door. "Give me all of your money", His dad came back drunk and asked his wife for money. "Honey, I-I don't have enough money now. It's only enough for our needs", her wife, named Britney, keeps begging her husband for the sake of their family.

"How dare you talk back to me, slut. Is it so hard for you to hand me money? I want money NOW!!!". Her husband, Stephen cursed her wife for blabbering about something he doesn't seem to care about. All he cares about is gambling. "But h-how about us, I need to take care of your daughter. I only have enough money to buy us food". Britney explained that she needs to buy their family's needs.

Stephen raised his hand and slapped her across the face. "I told you, stop talking back to me, give me MONEY NOW!!!". He shouted in front of her and frightened her.

"Noooo.. I need money for my daughter …", Erza saw the scene caused by her father through a small hole in the closet. She wants to help her mom but she's terrified of her abusive father.

Stephen couldn't be patient anymore. He's under the influence of an alcoholic drink and he beats his wife without any mercy. Her wife was coughing so bad. He doesn't care about her and beats her again and again until she collapses. Then, he searched for her money on the desk and found about 300$.

"You filthy slut, how dare you hide this much money from me. It's enough for me to pay my debt, tch". He kicked her wife's body and then his daughter stepped out from hiding and stopped her dad.

"Stop hurting my mom, you beast!". Erza crying while caressing her mom's face.

Her father then kicks her small body. "Ouh, did your mom teach you swearing too, ungrateful brat?".

Erza burst out crying and asking for her mother's help. "Mom, help me! Mom, wake up please!!!".

Erza checked her mother's pulse and was surprised that her mother was gone. "Mom, mom don't leave me . I have no one . I only have you . You are the only one who took care of me. Mom, wake up,please" . She's hoping that it was not true. She kept checking her pulse but it was the same . Meanwhile, Stephen is already panicking that his wife is dead.

He quickly grabs a hoe and carries her dead wife's body outside of their house. He went to the backyard and hurriedly dug the ground. His daughter's chasing after him crying.

"How can you do that to mom?!.. you killer you killed my mom..". She tried to stop his father from burying her mom in the backyard of their house.

"Shut up or you will end up the same as her!". Her father warns her for being too loud and fussing about what he'll do over Britney's dead body.

"Please.. stop .. Please stop it, bastard!", Erza was kicked hard by Stephen. This caused her to faint after receiving such a painful kick.

After 5 hours~

Erza was still in a state of shock as she tried to process what had happened. She felt a lump forming in her throat, as she fought back tears. She couldn't believe her mom was gone, and she felt a deep sense of guilt and regret for all the times she had taken her for granted.

She started to sob uncontrollably as she curled up in a ball and rocked back and forth. Her heart was aching, and she felt like her world was falling apart. She couldn't imagine a life without her mother, and she didn't know how she was going to go on without her.

As the tears continued to stream down her face, Erza made a promise to herself that she would try her best to carry on and make her mom proud. She knew it wouldn't be easy, but she wanted to honor her mother's memory and live the life that her mom wanted for her. She made a vow to herself that she would rise above the pain and use it as a catalyst for growth and change.

Erza knew she was strong enough to do it, and she had faith that her mom would always be with her, looking down on her and guiding her. She knew that it was going to be hard, but she was determined to make her mom proud. She took a deep breath and wiped away her tears. She had a long road ahead of her, but she was ready to face it and honor her mother's legacy.

Stephen was a man who cared little for the feelings of others. He saw his daughter as nothing more than another piece of property that he could sell to the highest bidder, without a single thought for her well-being. When her crying interrupted his plans, he felt only annoyance at the inconvenience. He tried to keep an eye on her, but he couldn't resist the lure of a potential profit. When his phone rang, he jumped at the chance to continue his scheme. He answered the phone, eager to hear what the customer had to say. He had no interest in his daughter's pain, only in what he could gain from it.

Erza was filled with a mixture of emotions as she lay on the floor, her mind racing with thoughts of what her father had done. She was angry, horrified, and filled with a deep sense of betrayal. She couldn't believe that he would have the audacity to sell her to a stranger, to treat her like a commodity. And the fact that he had beaten her mother to death made it all the more unbearable.

As she listened in on her father's phone call, she heard him talking to someone, presumably the person who was going to buy her. She felt sick to her stomach at the thought of being sold like a piece of meat, being shipped off to some unknown place to live out the rest of her life as someone's property. And the fact that her father was the one behind it all made it all the more painful.

As she lay on the floor, her body still weak from the attack, she saw a knife laying nearby. She didn't know why, but something about it seemed to call to her. She reached out and picked it up, feeling the weight of it in her hand. She didn't know what she was going to do with it, but the thought of using it to defend herself against her father filled her with a sense of strength and determination.

As she lay there, holding the knife, she felt a sense of peace wash over her. She knew that she had to be strong, that she couldn't let her father win. She was going to get justice for her mother, and for herself. She was going to take her life back, and she was going to make her father pay for what he had done. She knew that she was finally ready to face her past and claim her future.

Stephen walks toward her room to check her conditions. As he started to open the door , Erza stabbed him way too quickly.

Stephen screams in pain "How dare you stab me ungrateful brat!!! I'm gonna make you pay for it!". Erza doesn't care about his threat and stabs him again and again till his father dies.

Suddenly, someone opens the front door because it's unlocked. Erza doesn't seem to be bothered by it and continues to stab her dad again and again. She saw a mysterious man enter her room clapping his hands .He wasn't afraid of Ezra, in fact he was enjoying the situation that was happening in front of his eyes.

"Kid, you are so scary, do you want to be an assassin and work for me ? I will let you stay at a luxurious house and train you to become an assassin? Besides, your stupid father already sold you to me hahaha". The mysterious man burst out laughing and persuaded Erza to become an assassin.

Erza doesn't seem to be interested in the mysterious man's offer of becoming an assassin for him. But, the mysterious man also offered her that she will live in a luxurious house if she accepts. She doesn't have anywhere to go. " I accepted your offer".

The mysterious man chuckles and gives her evil looks "ouh, that's easy? From now on call me Master Hendra. You will be a very useful tool for me in future."