The Arad continent has a rich land, and there are no surprises on this land, the extremely cold land in the north has the brave and warlike Bantu people, the Void Ancestor Kingdom in the west that has been inherited for 2,000 years, the Delos Empire that has just ended the war and dominated the east, the Duchy of Belmar in the middle of the continent and the Dark Elf Empire in the south.

And in a small village on the border between the Duchy of Belmar and the Dark Elf Empire, in a small village on the Elwin Line, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and with the cry of a baby, the dark clouds swirled in a swirl, and huge thunder mixed with lightning rang out.

"Born, born, boy!" One midwife was excited and hurriedly swaddled the newborn baby's body, while the rest of the midwives took care of the woman who had just given birth.

The voice of the midwife made the anxious man outside the door stop walking, rushed into the room, and looked excitedly at the baby in the midwife's arms, and the woman lying on the bed who had just finished the labor process also had a relieved smile on her face.

But the newborn baby only cried for a moment before he stopped crying, and the cold breath instantly filled the small room, making the midwife tremble.

As if she felt something, the hair on the midwife's body stood up, swallowed with difficulty, slowly lifted the swaddling clothes, and the baby's red right arm like a boiled crab made the eyes of everyone in the room widen, and the surprise in the eyes echoed the fear on the face, and the atmosphere was strangely quiet.

After a moment, the man reacted and strode up to the midwife, staring at the baby's right arm, "This... Is this a ghost hand?! His voice changed tone from too much fear.

With pity in her eyes, the midwife said helplessly, "Yes, this baby has Kazan syndrome. ”

The woman lying on the bed like a thunderbolt from the sky looked blankly at the baby next to her, tears welled up in her eyes, "How come? How can it be? How can he have Kazan syndrome? ”

The biggest manifestation of Kazan syndrome is the redness of the arm, which is a symptom that is impossible to cure in the Arad continent, and the birth of Kazan syndrome is even more rare to the point that there is no case in a million people.

Although the people of Kazan syndrome possess immense strength, only a very small number of them survive, either dying of physical exhaustion or going mad to the point of losing their minds and being killed by the Duchy's army.

People who also suffer from Kazan's syndrome are considered bad omen and sacrifices to spirits, and it is said that even relatives and friends who carry them will suffer misfortune.

The midwife shook her head helplessly, put the baby next to the woman, and said, "This is your child, and you should be executed." ”

Execute? The woman lying on the bed took the baby into her arms and stared at the room viciously like a tigress guarding a calf, and said, "This is my child, I don't want him to die!" ”

"Nonsense!" With a hint of cruelty in his eyes, the man's big hand reached out to the baby, he actually wanted to kill his son who had just been born!

The woman dragged her weak body in the opposite direction of the man, and the fierceness in her eyes did not decrease but increased.

"You don't want him to die, do you? Once he can't control that power, the first person to die is you and me! The man's bitter persuasion did not shake the woman, and then the man smiled angrily and nodded lightly and said:

"You have to protect him, do you? Okay, Xiu Xiangxue, let's get a divorce, I can't accept a person with Kazan syndrome living under the same roof with me, don't pull me if you want to die, I still want to live a few more years! ”

After saying that, the man slammed the door angrily, and the wives hurriedly left the house for fear that they would be contaminated with something unclean, at this time, Xiu Xiangxue's eyes were full of sadness, but the arms holding the baby in his arms were tight, and a lightning flash flashed outside the window, and the downpour of rain hit the window with a subtle sound, as if it was rendering the tragic fate of the baby.

..............

Ten years have passed, and the originally youthful and beautiful Xiu Xiangxue has entered middle age, and crow's feet have climbed into the corners of his eyes because of all these years of hard work.

"Mother, I'm back!" The young man's small body carried a basket taller than the others, and several fat big fish in it shouted loudly outside the hut.

"Put the basket down and wash your hands quickly, and the meal will be ready in a while." Xiu Xiangxue's gentle voice came from the hut, and the young man excitedly put the basket on the ground and ran into the kitchen, sniffed his nose and asked, "Mother, what are you doing delicious?" Why is it so fragrant? ”

The young man hugged Xiu Xiangxue from behind, and there was a sound of metal colliding on his blood-red arm, which was to suppress the sound of the chains carried by the ghost qi colliding with each other.

In the past ten years, the rapid development of the scientific and technological level of the Principality of Belmar has also risen in a straight line, and the secret of the ghost hand has also been solved by scholars, some scholars have confirmed that the ghost hand is not caused by genetics or environment, anyone can suffer from Kazan syndrome at any time, this kind of person is a person who is given the power of ghosts and gods, as long as it is well controlled, it is an extremely powerful existence, but despite this, the ghost hand is still considered a bad omen by the people.

The Principality of Belmar has also developed a special mechanism called 'Ghost Bondage' to prevent people with ghost hands from losing control and running wild, and the iron chain on the boy's arm is the Ghost Bondage.

Xiu Xiangxue turned her head and smiled softly, "Aren't you going to participate in the magician selection tomorrow?" I deliberately killed a rooster to make up for you. ”

"Wow, mother, you're the best." The boy seems to have little stars in his eyes, and he is very cute.

Xiu Xiangxue turned around and rubbed the young man's head dotingly, but found that there were several bruises on his face, and the gentle smile disappeared in an instant, Xiu Xiangxue frowned and scolded: "Zhe'er, are you fighting with others again??" ”

The young man hurriedly covered a bruise on his face with his ghost hand and said, "I accidentally fell while catching fish, and I didn't fight with others!" ”

Xiu Xiangxue stared at Xiu Zhe with some anger and said, "Take your hands away!" Xiu Zhe, when did my mother teach you to lie?! ”

Xiu Zhe flicked his arms violently, and the iron chain made a crisp sound, and he roared with some excitement: "Those people said that I was a child without a father, that I was a broom star, and that they beat me with small stones!" ”

Xiu Xiangxue was stunned by her son's roar, Xiu Zhe looked at his ghost hand aggrievedly, tears welled up in his eyes and fell down and whimpered: "Mother, the adults in the village said that Dad was afraid of my hand before leaving us, and the reason why they drove my mother out of the village is that I am an ominous thing."

Xiu Xiangxue's eyes also had tears, and she squatted down, put a pair of rough hands that were rough because of her perennial farm work, put on Xiu Zhe's immature shoulders and said: "Zhe'er, don't believe what those people outside say, your father is a bastard, that's why he abandoned us, and your mother and I chose to settle here because of the good environment here." ”

Wiping her tears, Xiu Xiangxue felt very uncomfortable, his son had just been angry outside and forced a smile in order not to worry about himself, what was wrong with Xiu Zhe? Kazan syndrome is not what he wants, other children live under the doting of their parents at this age, but Xiu Zhe is exercising day after day with a heavy iron chain just to suppress the ghost hands.

Xiu Zhe kept snorting and wanted to hold back his tears, but it was only in vain, although he was still young, he was far more sensible than his peers, and his mother's comfort was too far-fetched, if it weren't for his mother, how could he live in a dilapidated thatched hut that leaked rain in summer and froze in winter?

The reason why Xiu Zhe wants to participate in the selection of what kind of magician is also to become a magician and make his mother's life more nourishing, so he doesn't care what he learns in that place and what he wants to do.

Magicians are a very noble group on this continent, according to legend, some of the top magicians even the monarch of the principality have to give three points, last year there was an eleven-year-old girl in the village to participate in the selection by the magicians guild, and even took her parents to move to the capital of the principality of Belmar, Huttonmar, and since then live a comfortable life, which makes the young Xiu Zhe envious and determined to become a magician.

"Zhe'er, my mother doesn't want you to be rich, as long as you can be healthy and live happily, this is my mother's greatest wish." Xiu Xiangxue gently wiped away the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes with both hands on Xiu Zhe's little face, stood up, and continued to boil chicken soup.

Looking at his mother's back, Xiu Zhe just wanted to say something, but he heard scolding from outside the hut.

"Xiu Xiangxue! You come out for me! ”

Xiu Zhe's immature little face became gloomy, and when he heard this voice, he was afraid that the parents of the child who was fighting with him came to him.

"Zhe'er, stay in the house and don't come out, do you hear?" He took off his apron and said softly to the snow.

lowered his head, Xiu Zhe's eyes were full of remorse, and his little fists were clenched to death, he knew that the other party would call his parents, how could he fight with the other party and cause trouble for his mother?

Xiu Xiangxue strode out of the hut, and when she saw the man with a face full of eyes that seemed to be able to breathe flames, she also felt a little pestle in her heart, but there was a good saying, a woman is weak and a mother is strong. Xiu Xiangxue still came to this man with a hard head.

"That broom star of yours knocked out my son's front teeth, what are you going to do with it? Xiu Xiangxue, it's not for me to say, it's already a great gift from the village chief to let you live at the edge of the village! Otherwise, we would have driven Lorain to live with those monsters! ”

Xiu Xiangxue clenched his fists and took a deep breath, and said coldly: "Zhe'er has a name and a surname, and he is not called a broom star." ”

The man's eyebrows were raised, and his tone was heavier, "Yo, you're still talking up?" Either tell that little broom of yours to roll out and eat me with a punch, or you can bear this punch for him. ”

Xiu Xiangxue secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, seeing that this man's body shape was obviously practiced, if the young Xiu Zhe was punched by this man, I am afraid that he will not be able to get out of bed in a few days.

"I'm coming!" Xiu Xiangxue and Xiu Zhe spoke at the same time, Xiu Xiangxue turned his head and shouted angrily: "Didn't I let you stay in the house?!" ”

Xiu Zhe's little face was full of determination, and despite Xiu Xiangxue's eyes, he came to Xiu Xiangxue's small body and arms outstretched, protecting his mother behind him.