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The morning comes, and my mother told me to go to Grandpa's beard shop after school.

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On my way to the shop, there are barely any people on the road.

It's so quiet that it feels creepy.

I went inside the shop and looked for my mom behind the counter.

but what I saw in there is horrible.

I saw my mother bathing in her own blood, lifeless.

Ugh....

noo....

pleasee....

mom...

Please don't do this to me...

bawling my eyes out of heartbreak

"Please not like this..." I said while I cried my heart out.

I heard some noise in the back room.

It's the place where Grandpa Beard crafts things.

I hurriedly checked and was hoping that Grandpa's beard would be alright.

but what I saw was a big hole in his stomach.

grandpa beard! i said.

What happened to you?!

What is happening? Please tell me... I said while I was crying a bucket.

There's no time, child. I don't think I can hold on any longer. You must hurry. I'll give that thing to you. Please live, child. Grandpa said while handing over a gold-looking triangle nugget necklace.

He said it was a key to his family heirloom.

There was no time to think for me; I did as he told me.

I was about to plug the key into the wall that Grandpa pointed out.

Before it reaches the wall, a space opens up and a small table shows up with two bracelets on it.

It looks like gold mixed with some kind of gem.

I grabbed them and wore them on both hands, as they completely embedded themselves in my skin like a tattoo.

I remember grandpa telling me a story about dwarves.

He said he is a descendant, though he's more on the human side.

I remember this bracelet being the same as those in his story. It was made by an elder dwarf and bestowed on a family that contributed a lot to their tribe.

to think it was Grandpa Beard's family...

I'll treasure this grandpa. thank you.

The bracelets can be used as storage spaces and weapons.

It can turn into any weapon the user imagines.

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I went out of the forge and stored everything that was in the shop.

I carried my mom out, and as I walked out, I saw soldiers who had come to investigate what had happened.

The soldier asked me, and I said it was my birthday. We're supposed to celebrate it after I get my present from Grandpa Beard after school.

"This is what I saw when I came," I said while I cried.

They assisted me in bringing Grandpa Beard and Mom's corpses into our house.

He says he is the captain of the patrol guards, Noah Palmer, and was notified that a group called the "rotten skulls" entered the blacksmith shop.

"Rotten skulls?" I asked.

He said it is those who have a black mark on their body. It is a skull with a centipede coming out of its right eye.

I thought it was like an apple with a worm coming out of it.