My Ashes Returned, but They Already Disowned Me

My mother was assaulted by a vagrant on her way to take me to the hospital for a high fever. Shattered and crying, she fell into the river and drowned.

Blaming me for her death, my father and brother channeled all their hatred toward me, forcing me to kneel by the riverbank every single day as penance.

But then, I was targeted by the same monsters. After hours of brutal torment, I was dragged into the deep, lawless mountains.

I searched desperately for a chance to escape. Before my phone died, I made one last, desperate call to my brother, Damian.

But Damian only sneered over the line: