That's right! It must be like this!

As he flipped through his family history, Harriman was thrilled to find evidence of it.

He found that according to records, the eldest sons of each generation of the Murphy family had a strict rule that they must spend their childhood in the ancestral home, but not every generation of eldest sons took it for granted that they became the heirs of the family.

For example, the situation I am experiencing now is not an isolated case, it has existed for several generations. It seems that most of the time, the Murphy family directly allows the eldest son to inherit the family business, but there are special circumstances that allow the current head of the family to bring back all the heir candidates together to make a decision.

There is no doubt that Harriman is probably in such a rare situation now.

He quickly used his brain, with his rich experience and experience, to guess why.

The answer seems obvious, the eldest son is naturally the best choice for the heir, but for some special reason, the best does not mean absolute. The family demanded that the eldest son's childhood must be spent in the ancestral house, which may be the beginning of the decision-making process.

During this period, if the eldest son meets any conditions, or as his father said, keenly discovers the secrets of the family, and shows enough intelligence, insight and psychological quality, etc., he will directly determine that position.

But if the eldest son discovers nothing and does not express anything remarkable throughout his childhood, then it is up to the head of the family to bring all the heirs back to the ancestral house and start a fair game.

In short, this means that this is actually the second stage of the decision-making process?

"Damn ......"

Clenching his fists fiercely, he slammed his fist on the quilt on the bed, and Harriman was furious and annoyed.

He thought that was what it should be, so what the hell was he doing at the time?! I wasted my entire childhood and ran around this big house all the time, but I didn't find anything?

However, the fact that the family has such a strange tradition also illustrates the importance of that secret in disguise.

Maybe...... Maybe...... Touched on some mysterious territory that science can't explain? Remembering the scene at dawn in the morning, Harriman's face became very exciting, but he quickly became excited.

He felt that this should be the case, and in his capacity, it was the most normal thing to come into contact with some secrets that the top class of the United States knew. I just thought it was incredible and full of interest, but I couldn't get in.

But now...... Or is it your own family with a long family heritage and your own secrets in this area?

The excited man struggled to continue reading the thick family history, eager to skim through all the ten lines at a glance and find the most crucial information immediately, but also worried that he had not read carefully enough and missed any important words.

It was painful and expectant, but most of them were still disappointed, there was no one on this page, there was no one on the next page, and there was still no one on the next page......

- Where?

- Where the hell?!

Wait a minute! As if he suddenly remembered something, Harriman suddenly flipped the book back to the front, he remembered that he had read a legend about the family's origins—

It is about the ancestors who used all their money and money desperately to dig up the secrets hidden underground. The reason why this ancestral house is located alone in this wilderness is because it was once an entire manor.

The house is surrounded by former family land, and behind the hillside is still gloomy, making people feel oppressive and large cemeteries.

If you walk around, you can see many ruins of the original manor, as well as various remnants of ancient relics.

For example, the steep dark gray brick walls of the terraced courtyard...... The wasteland, which has been left untended, is said to have been a garden...... Broken cement urns and rusted metal pots......

A lot of things can prove it, but they're basically buried in waist-high weeds or in the middle of nowhere, along with other similar bits and pieces.

But that legend is incomplete, in the past, Harriman felt that it seemed to be cut off from the back part, just that the ancestors dug up an ancient treasure from the ground or something, and then it was the rise of the family.

The latter part is very vague, as if a large part of the storyline has been cut off, and then the story is hastily explained in vague terms...... Even Harriman felt unfulfilled when he was young, and now that he looks at it again, he naturally feels even more suspicious.

And it's a story, but since it can be recorded in the family history, it must be something very important or even really happened-

This is definitely the clue! Harriman wanted to slap himself twice, why couldn't he be more curious when he was a child?

I obviously noticed the clues, but I didn't follow the pursuit, even if I just took the book and asked my father at the time!

Thankfully, it's not too late! He stood up, hurriedly put on his shoes, and pulled out his flashlight from the bedside table.

……

……

The night was even more chilly, and the rain seemed to rain all day, neither big nor small, and there was always thunder rolling above the heavy dark clouds.

Somewhat embarrassed, he threw his umbrella aside, and Harriman raised his flashlight and looked back, only to see that the mountains and forests were pitch black, only an eerie silhouette, like a giant beast entrenched in the wilderness.

He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and then, without giving himself a chance to retreat, he opened the heavy lock with the key he had asked for from the old butler, pushed open the door in front of him, and walked in.

This is due north of the house, and below the steep hill on which the mansion sits.

Here is the entrance to the cellar.

The family built a brick wall in front of the cellar, creating a façade with two windows and a large door facing the mountain forest in the distance. The old housekeeper and the left-behind staff of the big house, in addition to the daily maintenance of the ancestral house, are basically looking there.

And the family invests a lot of money every year to maintain the ancestral home, and it seems that a large part of the share is spent in the dark and damp cellar...... This is a very abnormal thing.

The man had enough reason to suspect that this cellar was the entrance to the underground secrets of the ancestors, and the secrets of the family were hidden in the deepest part of the cellar.

As a young and ignorant man, he had been here several times, after all, boys were always adventurous and had strange conjectures. But in the end, that chilling journey of discovery didn't go ahead.

Peeling off the rolled wallpaper, peeling off the collapsed plaster, creaking rotten wooden floors...... The long staircase alone sent chills down the young boy's heart.

Now, of course, he just wants to go back in time and slap himself.

Step by step, the man walked down the steep and narrow staircase that seemed to be embedded directly in the solid mud, and the man carefully searched for a place to stay. I don't know why, but the stairs under my feet seem to be so rotten that the wood is always so rotten, and it feels like a wobble when you step on it.

This should be a better indication that the cellar is not maintained at all, and the large amount of money spent each year is probably to maintain some secrets hidden in the depths, and as for the outer tattered, it is a better disguise.

Step by step, he walked to the bottom of the stairs, where there was another door, also locked by a heavy lock, but Harriman had the key in his hand.

I thought that the old butler would not give it easily, but he didn't expect that the other party was not in his room, so he stood at the door of the hall and waited quietly, and when he came down from the upstairs, he didn't take the initiative to speak.

The old butler gave him the key first, along with a windproof lamp and an umbrella, as if he knew where Harriman was going, and admonished him very seriously:

"The master asked me to tell the young master you, don't be suspicious, be careful...... Also keep in mind that there is only one heir. ”

The latter sentence should be a general reminder, so don't pay too much attention to it, but the first one seems to be two slightly contradictory sentences, but Harriman feels that he understands.

"Don't doubt" should be to let yourself not worry and be afraid, maybe incomprehensible but those strange phenomena are part of the family secret and will not be harmful to you.

"Be cautious" is probably to keep yourself steady, not to recklessly destroy something, or that is the real inheritance of your own family, etc.

And the old housekeeper's performance was like giving him a shot in the arm. Sure enough, my guess was correct! Otherwise, how could the old butler do this, the only explanation is that this is what the father meant!

Father really didn't want to harm himself!

Standing in the darkness, his heart was surging, Harriman didn't feel any fear at all, his heart was full of anticipation and excitement, he opened the door and shone the light of his flashlight inside.

The dazzling pillars of light passed, and the physical darkness was dispelled, and he saw loose floors and damp moss-covered wall tiles, cabinets, chairs, and wine barrels piled up haphazardly, barely making a path to the deeper darkness.

After hesitating for a moment and looking at the windproof lamp in his hand, the man decided to follow the old man's experience, lest he miss something again this time.

He turned off the bright light of the flashlight, turned on the windproof lamp, and the oil lamp emitted a soft glow, which was not dazzling but it was enough for lighting.

It gave Harriman a sense of novelty, he had never touched such an old-fashioned object before. It's just that when he raised his head and looked ahead, the expression on his face suddenly froze.

Beyond the light of the oil lamp, a faint figure appeared at the end of the cellar ahead.

Smack.

Decisively turning the flashlight back on, the shining pillar of light shone straight through, and there was nothing but empty space, nothing and nothing that could cause shadows.

“……”

“……”

Staring there for a long time, the man tried to turn off the light of the flashlight, and the next moment, beyond the faint glow of the oil lamp, another shadow appeared there, definitely the shadow of a man or some kind of humanoid creature.

Cold sweat appeared on his forehead in an instant, and he stared desperately in that direction with wide eyes, and in a trance it seemed to be back to that time this morning, the sky was dark, the wind and rain were mixed, and the terrifying strange shadow came unexpectedly......

It doesn't look like an illusion no matter how you look at it!

Turning on and off the flashlight several times, Harriman, whose scalp was numb, almost wanted to retreat, but in the end he tried to cheer himself up and convince himself to move forward.

The glow of the oil lamp was soft, and as the shadow became clearer and clearer, Harriman could almost see the old clothes on the "man", and his heart almost stopped.

But just as the light of the oil lamp was about to envelop the "man", the shadow suddenly disappeared.

With his heart pounding, Harriman became even more excited in fear, and he had a premonition that a turning point in his life was coming!

You can't back down at this time!

He puffed himself up and continued to go deeper and deeper, and the light of the oil lamp soon disappeared into the darkness deeper into the cellar.

But what Harriman didn't know was that after he went deep into it, three more dark shadows entered the cellar one after another......

Harriman's younger sister simply wants to see the family's secrets, while the two younger brothers are jealous and angry, and are desperate to seize this opportunity.

It's just - there is only one heir.