Jo San and Jo Yon’s father, Jo Shou, tells them about Houhou’s past. When Jo Shou was a child, his father and mother saved Houhou when she was being attacked by men in the mountains of the Chinese countryside. At the time she was very quiet, had no memories, and only remembered her name. Jo Shou started to live with her. Houhou trained very hard to control her ki, and Jo Shou would spend time training with her and farming with her. One day, the village was attacked by bandits. The bandits set their eyes on Houhou. Jo Shou’s father begged them to let her go, but they attacked with their sharp blade. What happened to his father? What happened to Houhou?
but since a lot of people 
were escaping the war,
لكن بما أنّ هنالك أناسًا كثيرون يهربون من الحرب
aber da es aufgrund des Krieges
viele Flüchtlinge gab,
como después llegaron 
tantos refugiados por la guerra,
como llegaron tantos refugiados 
después por la guerra,
mais comme il y avait aussi
nombre de demandeurs d’asile,
però in quel periodo era comune
veder arrivare facce nuove in fuga dalla guerra,
mas como muita gente fugia da guerra,
но больше их, конечно, страшила война,