I Shall Rule The Heavens 22 Ch. 22 - The Less You Know, The Safer You'll Be…

"I guess your right honey…"

"Uhm, I-I'm actually a special case. I am five years old, but for some reasons which I cannot tell you about, I went through the awakening a few days ago."

"Oh, so that's it. Okay dear, do you mind telling us about what happened to you?"

"Uhm… O-okay. I was at my uncle's place and while I slept, the Xiong Clan attacked my clan. My uncle fled to Rosewood City while the guards fought back to win time, so that he could get away safely without getting followed. Then after I woke up, the house was empty and the ground outside was covered in corpses.

After a while, I found someone who was alive. I took him in, treated his injuries and then asked him about what had happened. He told me everything, including where my uncle had fled to. I decided to go after him, but just as I was about to leave, a bunch of a.s.sa.s.sins appeared from the shadows."

"Poor child! What happened next, dear?"
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"The man whom I had saved yelled at me to run. I didn't want to leave him, but I understood that I'd just be in the way if I stayed. I ran until I heard a loud explosion coming from inside the house. That's when I finally understood why I had to leave. The man had planned to sacrifice himself to get rid of the a.s.sa.s.sins."

"What did he do, dear?"

"I don't know… I just know that he died together with the a.s.sa.s.sins."

"How horrible! Poor child! Mom, can't we let him stay? He has been through so much!"

"But sweetie… Didn't you hear him? He said that he had to go and find his uncle. Since has a family, they'd probably be very worried if they couldn't find him, right?"

"I guess you're right mom, but--"

"--He wouldn't care…"

"What? Who wouldn't care for their own family? I know for sure that my mother would worry herself to death if I just disappeared."

"He wouldn't care since he and I aren't actually related. His brother adopted me and die two days later."

"But how can you be so sure that he doesn't care about you? Maybe he just--"

"--I just know… The way I am, no one would ever want to be a.s.sociated with me…"

"What makes you think that, dear?"

"Even I have secrets. Secrets that I'd prefer to take with me to the grave."

"Okay, but where are your biological parents?"

"Sweetie! You can't just ask that so bluntly! What if--"

"No, it's fine. My mother was murdered and as for my father… I don't know."

"What d you mean by 'I don't know'?"

"Sweetie!"

"I meant what I said. I don't know where he is. He left and erased all of my memories of him. I don't even know if he's alive."

"I… I'm sorry…"

"No it's fine, pretty sister."

"Haha, don't you ever get angry, dear? My daughter asked such questions and yet you stayed calm and answered everything. Quite admirable!"

The lady laughed while staring at her daughter. One could tell that she was upset with her daughter's behaviour.

"Because of something which I can't tell you about, I can't get angry."

"You can't?"

"Well, I CAN, but if I do then… just say that it won't end well…"

"Hahaha, will you start killing people or something?"

"Sweetie! Enough already!"

"It's fine, pretty lady. Pretty sister only tried to ease the tension. She meant well."

"Yeah, but--"

"--Besides… she's right."

"What?"

"She's right. I would probably start killing people if I got angry."

"Haha, enough with the jokes--"

"I wasn't joking. I'm serious."

"If what you're telling us is the truth, then may I ask why you're telling us all of this?"

"I don't know myself, pretty lady. For some reason I feel like I can trust both of you. You wouldn't harm me. I can tell that both of you would rather die than reveal any information about me. You don't know me well, but you're both good at heart and wouldn't want me to suffer. I'm just a little boy after all."

"But dear… how can you be so sure that we won't betray you? How can you be so sure that we aren't acting right now?"

"Hmm… Let's just call it intuition."

"Okay… If you really trust me and my daughter then… mind telling us your name? I just realised that you never introduced yourself to us."

"Hmm…"

"What?"

"Nothing, I just… I don't know if I should tell you… My name is Jin Xin, but--"

"--but that's not your real name, right?"

"It is my real name, but it's the name that I got when Jin Long decided to adopt me. It's not the name that my biological parents gave me when I was born, so I don't know if I--"

"JIN LONG?!?! As in 'The Golden Dragon', Jin Long?! Your name is Jin Xin and you're his son?!"

"Calm down sweetie!"

"S-sorry mom…"

"You said that your name hasn't always been Jin Xin, so what's your… you know… 'real' name?"

"I'd prefer not to tell you that."

"Why? Didn't you say that you trusted me and my daughter?"

"I do trust you, but it's just… You've been so nice to me… both of you. Therefore, I don't want you to get hurt nor killed just because I was stupid enough to tell you things that you didn't need to know."

"But--"

"Trust me, pretty lady. The less you know, the safer you'll be…"