Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 197

Chapter 197

Unfortunately, I’d used up most of my materials while healing Dad.

Moreover, all the materials that could only be obtained from the Crack of Time were gone.

‘I gathered a lot from the beginning to use even for Lilibel, but I needed more than I thought, didn’t I?’

But this time, I figured out the amount consumed while healing Dad, so it’ll be okay.

I’ll be able to bring exactly what I need.

Eckion looked at me and moved his lips.

He seemed to want to say something, but he just opened and closed his mouth like a baby bird.

“What’s wrong?”

“Calypso… are you really going with me?”

“……? Yeah. Why would I lie about that?”

It’s tiring to even say it.

Nevertheless, whether he didn’t believe my words, or whether there was something bothering him.

Eckion was troubled for a long time with his cute and pretty face.

At first, I watched him because he was cute, but that was only for a moment, and after a while, I felt frustrated.

In the end, I couldn’t stand it and grabbed his hand.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Calypso, I want to explain… but it’s difficult.”

“Hmm? Then call Tooth.”

Soon after, Tooth appeared where we were.

Being able to easily move to each other’s location when desired was a good ability to see again.

It can only be used within a certain distance, but it still looks good.

‘I want Eckion or Whale. Ah, there’s Levi too.’

Excluding guys like Atlan or Agenor who can take care of themselves.

I felt envious thinking about the children who needed protection.

“Y-Your Grace, Dragon Duke?”

Tooth, who was called, seemed worried that Eckion would get angry or hate him for telling me the truth.

After coaxing and appeasing Tooth, I listened to the explanation.

“Ah…! That’s right, we have to go to the Crack of Time to replenish the lost power!”

It was supposed to be enough to visit the Crack of Time only once, but now we had to go twice.

“……But Calypso, even if you are the Dragon Duke, it’s not easy to enter twice.”

However, since we were going for the second time, there was something like a ‘penalty’.

“You have to stay… longer.”

“How long?”

Tooth started to read my face. Or is he reading Eckion’s face?

I subtly turned my back to Eckion, hiding him from Tooth’s view.

I told him with my lips that it was okay, and Tooth slightly relaxed his expression and said.

“……3, 3 years!”

Well, it wasn’t very good news, even though I had hidden him.

“3 years? Do we have to stay that long?”

“Yes. Because it’s the second time….”

“What happens if we don’t go like this?”

I had already told Eckion that I would go with him. But 3 years.

I thought it would be difficult to leave for that long.

‘Now is the time when things will be most chaotic.’

The result of the duel with the head of the family will be quickly known. Of course, the whole family will be in chaos afterward.

Maybe I would face the chaos I experienced when I first returned to the family in the 3rd round.

“If you don’t go….”

Tooth had difficulty speaking.

There was only one reason why Tooth was doing this.

‘It’s very bad for Eckion.’

Even when we first met a long time ago, he had the most difficulty saying that Eckion was having a hard time or was sick.

“……Calypso.”

As the explanation came to an end, Eckion grabbed my hem from behind.

He always grabbed me like this.

He grabbed my hand or hem as if he was predicting the situation where he would be helplessly bounced off if I shook him off.

Even though he is the strongest dragon in the world.

He will become the most noble being in this world in the future.

“I, I don’t want to go…….”

I narrowed my eyes.

“What do you mean you don’t want to go? You have to go.”

“But, Calypso won’t go with me…….”

It was a word that pierced the truth.

Instead of denying it, I loosely tilted my head.

‘Since when did our little dragon become so quick-witted?’

Strangely, the moment Eckion grabbed me with his weak hand, I felt a faint satisfaction instead of embarrassment.

I was momentarily troubled.

‘If I send this kid away like this, I won’t see him for 3 years.’

Come to think of it, I had seen Eckion almost every day, except for when he fell into a long sleep.

When I thought about not seeing him, I felt like a finger had been cut off.

I had actually lost a finger in my previous life, so the feeling was very realistic.

I decided to admit it.

Indeed, it’s separation anxiety.

If this is a disease, it was not strange that I got such a disease.

Looking back slowly, there were parts that made sense.

“You know, Eckion.”

“…….”

“I basically have no expectations for humans.”

My voice was monotonous and dry even to my own ears.

“I’ve met too many people, and countless people have betrayed my expectations.”

I also felt a little tired.

“Of course, I think it’s different now.”

I quietly looked at this Aquasialdel Castle.

Even though it was only half, this huge thing was in my hands.

Finally.

But several emotions collided.

“You already know that I’ve experienced countless times. My brothers who follow me well now.”

“…….”

“Once tried to kill me. It was natural. There was only one head of the family position, and there was no family affection for us who met again.”

What kind of affection would siblings who met after more than ten years and became excellent adult killer whales have?

In the 3rd round, I fought my brothers to the death, subdued them, and then.

Something like camaraderie gradually sprouted.

“And Dad was someone I hadn’t seen even once during that long time.”

I tightly closed my eyes and then opened them.

I don’t ignore the family affection I felt in this life.

They love me, and I cherish and love them too.

Among them, Dad was now my precious family that I couldn’t separate from.

But.

“But you and Whale are neither family nor subordinates, yet you give up your lives and precious things without hesitation.”

What was different about this life that such a relationship was created?

Especially you and I were supposed to be the main victims of the 3rd round of destruction.

Every time I received what you gave without hesitation, without calculation, I felt strange.

“There is responsibility for what you have saved.”

I know best how much Eckion’s life has changed because of me.

The changed future created changes, and if I have to take responsibility, I will take responsibility.

“If it’s you, I think it’s okay to just give you 3 years of my busy life.”

The more I spoke, the clearer it became. I nodded as if agreeing with myself.

“Yeah. I see. I understand.”

“…….”

“If it’s you, I think I can give it to you happily.”

Would the me of the 3rd round call this decision foolish?

“I’ll talk to Whale once… and go with you.”

“…….”

“So don’t worry.”

I really like this life, no, really.

So I want to see the end this time.

It wouldn’t be bad to see it with you, who met an unfortunate death with me.

“I will never abandon you.”

Eckion was staring at me. But suddenly, his big golden eyes filled with tears and dropped.

“……Uh, why, why are you crying?”

He was a child with an angelic and delicate appearance. The tears flowing down his white cheeks suited him really well, but.

On the other hand, I was embarrassed.

“Ugh, don’t cry. What was so sad about what I said?”

Eckion tilted his head. As if he didn’t understand my last words.

Then he touched his cheek.

Tears were dripping.

“Geez, he’s still a baby.”

“…….”

“Was it that touching?”

Eckion hesitated and slowly nodded.

“Uh, I don’t know how to express it.”

I smiled brightly.

“In times like this, you can just say thank you.”