Engraved Witch

After my grandfather died, he left me a last word: "Don't pay off my debts." I didn't listen. From then on, the word "deed" was engraved on the bones, and the wrists were covered with black witch patterns. Grandpa's urn was empty, with only a wooden board inside, with my name and a line of words written on it: "It's time to pay off the first debt." I followed the clues and found that my grandfather signed eleven witchcraft contracts for eleven strangers before his death - pledging their longevity, names, and bloodlines to block their pursuit of the rules of heaven and earth. Three small things, he wrote on paper, leaving me with a way to pay off my debt. He carved the weight of eight copies on the bed board and hid it for thirty years, not daring to let me see it. Until I opened the bamboo mat and saw eleven knife marks of varying depths on the bed board—— I realized that grandpa was not a debtor. He is the chesskeeper who carries the game for others. And behind those contracts, there is a centuries-old chess game laid out by a living person.