As it happened, he was lucky: right after his parents died, he was taken in by caring, compassionate hands of the undead. An old lich—the ruler of the county—took responsibility for raising the boy. He raised him, gave him an education, and after he finished the University, sent him out to gain life experience.
After all, it’s necessary to find out who and why killed his parents. And also to try to live “like everyone else”…
—or rather, like all the living.