A Peacock Husband of Five Princesses by day, a Noble Assassin by Night-Chapter 175: Raw -

He wasn’t scared of staying alone amidst the dead bodies. He was rather curious.

To pass his time, as he looked around to check the names of the buried heroes, one of those structures captured his attention.

It was a small tomb built in a corner, made of stone. While its size is of no significance, the dead body that was sleeping in the tomb belongs to the Qin clan.

This is what attracted Qin Wei’s attention. After all, they have a family grave built behind the castle.

Then, why this man who could be considered his relative was sleeping here? And why is it full of dust as if no one came here to pay their respects?

"Was he, perhaps, exiled from the family?" The ten-year-old wondered.

He went near the tomb and started cleaning the stone slab with his handkerchief. It’s not just out of gratitude or something. Qin Wei felt pity for the relative.

At first, he was cleaning it casually without much thought, hoping that the Bishop would return as quickly as possible.

But, as time passed, he saw some mysterious marking drawn on the stone slab and his curiosity increased.

For the following 15 minutes, the ten-year-old diligently cleaned up the stone slab until he saw the full picture.

"What is this creature?" thought the kid as he took a closer look.

Obviously, there was no reception in the Divinian Hall, but then again, it was only the flashlight he needed.

As the light fell on the image, Qin Wei saw the image of a creature with scales like a dragon, the body of a dinosaur, feathers like a bird, and vertical slit pupils like a snake.

Curious Qin Wei caressed the engraved 3D life-like image of the creature.

Just as his hand touched its teeth, sharp pain passed through his body. Cuts appeared on his fingers and he started bleeding all of a sudden.

"Ahhh" He cried in pain and retracted his hand, smearing the blood onto the image.

In an instant, the drops of his blood disappeared and the image started glowing brightly in dim-lit surroundings, scaring the hell out of Qin Wei.

He no longer worried about the wounds, but worried more for his life.

Qin Wei started running away from the tomb.

As if the entire universe wanted to stop him from leaving, the whole building started shaking out of nowhere. Before he even made it halfway to the exit, the ceiling above the crypt collapsed and the whole building turned into ruins.

At once, Qin Wei was crushed under the rubble and everything went dark for him.

*Ding! A potential host is found. Proceeding with the merge.

Several weeks later;

"Ugh..."

Qin Wei opened his eyes slowly while inwardly groaning in discomfort.

His eyes fell on the white ceiling with a fan. It is usually uncommon to see ceiling fans these days. Hence, the boy was surprised.

"I’m alive?" Qin Wei slowly raised his heavily-feeling upper body and sat on his butt. He looked around. It was a small room with nothing but a bed below him and a wardrobe in the corner. "Where am I?" He wondered.

The scene of the glowing tomb, followed by the collapse of the ceiling came to his mind and he shuddered at once.

He wanted to step down and go out of the room to see who it was that saved him, but it was at that moment, that the sound of a bell rang in his ears, startling him.

Something like a holographic screen suddenly made its appearance, followed by a robotic voice in his head.

*Ding! Welcome back, host. Would you like to go through the tutorial?

"Ahhhh"

A high-pitched pitched powerful roar of a beast escaped from his throat instead of a scream, shaking the wall of the house.

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Chapter 6:

Within no time, two elderly figures entered the room. One was wearing plain cotton clothes while the other one looked very dignified.

The plain-looking old woman hastened her footsteps as she walked past everyone and reached Qin Wei, who had his eyes widened and face paled in shock and probably fear.

"Graa" "Graaa" "Graa"

As Qin Wei started making low-frequency rumbles, trying to converse with the old woman, the latter cried a little as she hugged the little boy. She was his grandmother from the mother’s side.

"You are finally awake, my little cherub," Her tears of happiness continued to flow like a river. The other old woman, on the other hand, just stood there in silence. She was his paternal grandmother who didn’t have that much affection for the boy.

Sometime later;

"Just don’t worry about it and focus on taking rest, alright?" In a weak tone, his grandma tried to console the little boy who had tear marks on his cheeks.

Upon learning of the truth about the incident, Qin Wei couldn’t hold back his crying.

In the battle against the Demon General, his father died. His beloved brother, Qin Yu, on the other hand, appeared to have been taken away by a mysterious expert on the same day. This powerful expert was the one who killed the 9-Tier Demon General and ended the invasion. Hence, no one dared to stop him from taking the young man away.

As a result, his grandfather had to come out of retirement and become the acting family head.

In his life, Qin Wei only had three people that he could confidently call his family. One is his father, the second is his elder brother, and the third is his maternal grandmother. According to him, these three were the only people in his life who truly loved him.

And now, two of them were taken away from his side.

Suddenly, he felt like his whole world turned upside down and rage built up in his heart.

Meanwhile, Qin Rui, the paternal grandmother of Qin Wei, who was patiently waiting in silence, finally opened his mouth.

Staring at him with a frown on his face, she said, "Qin Wei, I’m here with a message from your grandfather." Even in her tone, there wasn’t an ounce of affection for her grandson.