The Lost Tomb : The Southern Archives Mysteries

(Extra Story: Spin Off Case) Chapter 6: Wade's Past

Spin-Off Case: The Map In The Dream

When Wade was about sixteen, he realized he was different from other boys.

At that time, he weighed almost a hundred and twenty kilograms, but he was only half his peers' height.

His younger cousin who was staying at their home already looked like an adult. A poor relative from the country would always have various conflicts living with a cousin who grew up in a relatively good environment.

Wade was proud of the fact that his family was wealthy. But as he stopped growing taller, his pride gradually diminished because of his younger cousin who was tall and handsome.

When puberty hit, Wade started to realize he was ugly. Because of his obesity, his eyes appeared dull and he also had a difficult time concentrating on things. But what he cared about the most was his height.

Year after year, he always hoped that he could grow taller. But his height never changed and the gap between him and his peers continued to get bigger and bigger.

When he was eighteen years old, his cousin left their home and started his life in the city by opening a smithy there.

In order to thank them for taking care of him, the cousin would send some gifts to their family. Over the span of a single year, the cousin's gifts got better and better. Everyone in the family began to wonder whether the cousin's business was doing very well or if he was in a relationship with a rich lady.

The truth was that the cousin really was in love, but the other party was a maid who worked in a bakery. Although she was a little older and had a daughter, she was very beautiful and had some savings.

One day, Wade's family had dinner with his cousin. The maid dressed up properly and brought her daughter with her. Even though she wore cheap perfume, the smell had a magical charm to it. Later, Wade thought about it and realized that this perfume made people feel that something so beautiful and cheap could been thrown away after using it.

Wade had a wet dream that night. From that day on, he became aware of sex. At the same time, he also realized that his genitals were like that of a baby. Discovering he wasn't a normal person hurt him more than his height and he broke down completely. He suddenly understood that he had nothing to be proud of from the beginning. In the eyes of his cousin, he had always been a poor disabled person.

Wade began to shut himself off from the world and put away all the mirrors in the house. He hated his appearance whenever he saw it. Several years after that, he started becoming obsessed with books about sorcery in hopes of changing his body.

His family's business, however, was getting worse and worse as his parents grew older. From upstairs, Wade could clearly feel that his cousin's voice whenever he visited them was getting louder and louder while his parents' voices were getting weaker and weaker.

The maid's daughter grew older. She was nine or ten when they first met, but after several years, she was already thirteen or fourteen. These few years were the critical periods where girls grew into women. This particular little girl was full of curiosity and wondered why her uncle had been hiding in the attic and what had happened to him.

One day, the little girl secretly went to the attic while the adults were busy chatting. She opened the door to Wade's room and saw him slashing his arms. He was already covered in wounds that he had made before. The little girl went up to him full of curiosity and silently helped him bandage the wounds.

Wade's room was full of books about black magic and countless materials on sorcery, which attracted the little girl very much. She was obsessed with these strange things and would secretly go upstairs every time Wade's cousin visited them.