Chapter 4: Black Book: A letter from dad

After the burial of his parents Rex lost all hope of a better life, his family had been the only joy in his life but he had been too powerless to save or protect them and his friends where now far away so he had no one, he never talked to the Roselle family because of his nature but now they where all he had left, or so he though.

Presently in his room, he was with a black box with gold sealing and red designs like that of veins or roots growing all over the box, finally figuring out how to open the box thanks to the system he placed his hand on a red spot designed with fangs, he placed his thumb there for a while and felt something sharp prick his thumb, his blood formed a fingerprint on the box and got absorbed by it, the veins on the box lit up glowing bright red then the box finally opened like a chest. Inside the box was a black book with similar designs.He picked it up looking at the book, it was locked as well, he saw another design similar to he writing on the box.

Translating....

translation complete: Place your thumb on the book.

Placing his thumb on another red fanged design like the one on the box, his thumb was pricked again as his blood absorbed by the book, it opened up and the first thing he read was an introduction. This book should only be read by a member of the beastmen clan. This book should not fall into the hands of any other clan and must be protected at all costs. The contents of this book should not be showed to anyone or risk carrying the curse of the beastmen.Fear gripped Rex because of the mention of a curse, it was clear that whoever wrote this book didn't want the information going out.

"ok according to the system I'm a Beastman so I won't get cursed", he opened the first page and there was a letter, it was from his father.

Dear Rex and May

If your reading this it means I am dead, otherwise I would have changed this letter before giving you this book. I'll start by saying your mother doesn't need to know about this if she's still around, unlike your mother I am not human, or at least not fully human, I'm a human beast hybrid, I know it may sound strange or from a fairy tail but sooner or later you'll understand, in our lineage there are certain powers and abilities we have that no one else has and there are also people like us who will come for us because we are special.

Pls I am begging both of you, I know it'll be strange and almost downright inhumane to ask of you but pls, do whatever the system says and get as strong as possible, no matter what you must survive and carry on the lineage of the Beastman, you might very well be the last surviving member of our bloodline.

Just then a notification popped up on the system.

You are the last survivor left of the beastmen linage, you have been given a task by your father.

Quest: Learn about the beastmen

Quest: Learn about the other bloodlines Mission: Ensure the beastmen linage survive

Mission: Get stronger, reach level 10 Mission: Power up, eat the DNA of animals.

Rex read the letter and was filled with mixed emotions.

( dad knew of this strange powers but hid it from us, he also said that mom shouldn't know about this maybe because of the curse, but if he had these powers why didn't he use them to defeat the man who killed them) he thought.He then focused on the system notification,( the system can give missions? it really is like a game, but it also gave a quest, are quest different from missions?, and what or who are these other bloodlines ). There where so many questions in Rex's head that needed answers, but he hoped reading the book would give him the answers he seek.

A few pages into the book and Rex closed it. "what the hell is this, a book for psycho's? why would anyone write this down" he said in frustration, he put the book back and closed the chest, taking a sigh of frustration he couldn't believe his father did so much just to protect a book for psycho's. (At least it took my mind off they're death for a while) he thought to himself as he finally stepped outside his room and headed down stares, when he got there Becky and Stephanie froze, they couldn't believe he was finally out

"r .r.. Rex you came down" becky said

"And on your own" Stephanie completed her sentence

"yh he replied, sorry for worrying you guys" "it's ok, as long as your feeling better nothing else matters" Becky said "she as the only one who was worried Stephanie clarified, Rex joined them at the table as they where about to eat. while Becky got the food ready Red kept staring at Stephanie, just like her mom she had long brown hair and brown eyes, her waist was thinner than her mom's but everything else was Identical, it was almost like she was a younger version of her mother, Stephanie noticed rex staring at her and suddenly became conscious of herself patting her hair and checking if her clothes looked funny, Rex was still staring at her and she got embarrassed blushing a little.

"why are you staring at me like that, you know it's rude to stare"

"oh sorry it's just, who are you again" Stephanie's expression dropped and she gave him a " are you kidding me" look "I'm Stephanie, that's my mom, we've been your neighbors for like 6 years now" she said in annoyance

"wait miss roselle had a daughter? and how are you this big so fast", miss Roselle chuckled while a vain rose from Stephanie's head , "are you serious right now! I've tried talking to you but you ignored me all the time, you even came to pick your sister from our house multiply times and we've been living together for like a month now!" she yelled in anger.

"oh I remember now, you where that girl who didn't wanna leave me alone, I thought you had a crush on me at one point" he said remembering an annoying girl who always disturbed him while he played games on his way home.

"you where such a hassle"

"like hell I am, mom can I kick him out the house?"

"hahaha"

her mom couldn't help but laugh at the two, it seems rex really recovered a lot after they gave him that black box.

Meanwhile a masked figure could be seen entering a hidden chamber in a club, it was the same man who had attacked rex's family, your back and with more heads a female voice said, good so I take it your mission was successful

not quite, one got away.

what? how

his father was more trouble that I thought, aldo he hadn't awakened yet but he was still pretty strong, the one that got away was the son

then why aren't you out there looking for him, what if he awakens

then I find him and kill him, it's that simple the man said

your always so reckless, just because our equipment help close the power gap doesn't man we can go toe to toe with an awakened

don't worry, you know I never rush in without a plan he said holding the bridge of her nose, the woman could stand the man's stubbornness, go make your report and then finish the job, you know the council won't like that you missed one

I know but they aren't the ones out on the field, for the black swordsmen he said raising his arm

for the black swordsmen she said and they hit they're arms together.

We exist for all to be equal and for all to be equal we exist.