Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 191

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Calypso was in a daze.

Ekion in front of her was smiling so brightly, like a child laughing for the first time.

He always had an expressionless face.

All she ever saw was a gaze that blindly looked at her.

Calypso lowered her gaze and thought for a moment.

‘He really is pretty, so very pretty.’

His golden eyes were so beautiful and radiant that even Calypso, who had seen countless beautiful beings in her life, was amazed.

Could there be another being in the world as lovely, tender, and beautiful as him?

Sometimes, she even felt like possessing him just for his beauty alone.

She had no doubt that if he grew up like this, he would attract the attention of everyone, not just her.

She already saw what this boy would look like when he grew up, didn’t she?

‘He was expressionless.’

The rampaging Dragon Duke didn’t show an angry expression, nor did he burst into a fit of rage.

He simply destroyed everything with an expressionless, cold face, and eventually brought the world to ruin.

Now that she thought about it, it seemed that the reason the Dragon Duke was known to live quietly in the castle in the third timeline was because he didn’t know emotions due to the schemes of the Imperial Family.

He was a pitiful being.

Calypso felt pity for him.

If this Ekion were to become the Dragon Duke she saw in the third timeline.

If he were to smile brightly like this while looking like he did back then….

Thinking this far, Calypso slowly raised her gaze.

“Calypso!”

Toos, who looked exactly like Ekion, was at a loss.

In Calypso’s opinion, Toos didn’t seem to have any intention of telling Calypso the truth.

‘He’s been watching Ekion carefully since a while ago, hasn’t he?’

Calypso, being a former head of the family, made sharp judgments even while looking at someone precious.

Did Ekion tell him to tell her?

That must be it. Toos would be much better at explaining than Ekion himself.

She wasn’t upset that they had been hiding it all along.

However, if he had already marked her with such an important imprint, when were they planning to tell her?

‘Shouldn’t you tell me these things right away and put a shackle on my heart?’

Calypso thought extremely selfishly.

Calypso didn’t exactly reveal her goals to Ekion when they first met.

From Ekion and Toos’s perspective, Calypso was just someone who was helping them for no reason.

-Calypso is… a kind person who withstood the power of time.

Toos seemed to believe that she was simply kind, but wasn’t she just trying to use them for her own purposes?

Of course, she genuinely felt pity for Ekion’s life, and she also sincerely wanted this life to be happy.

However, while she cherished and supported kind people, the world was not a place that could be maintained by goodness and morality alone.

She felt that thoroughly as a Regressor.

That’s why Calypso was wondering.

Why didn’t Ekion reveal it from the beginning?

“Calypso, worry! You don’t have to worry! Calypso, no harm!”

“What I’m curious about isn’t whether I’m going to be harmed or not… well, let’s just say I was curious about that too, and explain it to me?”

Then Toos hesitated and explained to Calypso.

The explanation was as follows.

A two-way imprint is necessary.

If the person who became the partner in a one-way imprint doesn’t accept it, that’s the end of it.

The dragon’s imprint didn’t force the other person.

It was unexpected, considering the overwhelming presence of the name ‘dragon’ and the fear and reverence it inspired in people.

‘Well, I need to know about the Dragon Duke to say that.’

“So, what happens if I don’t accept it in the end?”

“Calypso, if you don’t accept it….”

Toos glanced at Ekion.

It would be nice if his master, the Dragon Duke, could express his opinion….

Ekion had just been staring intently at Calypso ever since he spoke a little while ago.

Like a sunflower that would die if it didn’t see the sun.

Even as his subordinate, Toos felt like sighing.

His master was already in critical condition!

‘Actually, there would be problems if she didn’t accept it….’

Just as Toos was about to say something, Calypso asked first.

“I’ll just ask this. If I don’t accept it, does one of us die?”

“Ah, no!”

“Then, is it okay if I live apart from you for now?”

At this, Toos felt Ekion’s gaze pressing down on the back of his head, but.

He nodded absentmindedly.

‘I see.’

Ekion was the lord of the Dragon City.

Whether I continue to be with him or interact with him, he needs to be able to return.

It seemed that the imprint didn’t force us to be together at all times, even though I didn’t know much about it.

After thinking it over slowly, Calypso came to a conclusion.

“Okay, then. Let’s put off making a decision for now.”

“Postpone…?”

Calypso nodded at Toos’s question.

“You said there’s nothing bad for me if I get imprinted, right?”

Calypso tended to think that anything was fine as long as she didn’t die, limited to herself.

Sometimes, she didn’t care about pain at all.

This time too, Calypso naturally thought that she could endure the pain if it was for Ekion’s sake.

“No, no! Rather, if the Dragon Duke has a partner through a one-way imprint, he becomes stable…!”

Toos pondered.

Certainly, a one-way imprint has no effect on the partner at all. The Dragon Duke can stably control his existence.

However, if he is not chosen by his partner, there is a possibility that he will go berserk….

He could talk about this later when he is not chosen.

Toos, being an intelligent animal and a subordinate, thought that a forced relationship was not good.

Toos thought that Calypso already cherished Ekion.

He had seen her cherish him as much as her family until now, hadn’t he?

Besides, she kept her promise with him again, even though she didn’t have to save him.

“Is that so? I understand.”

Calypso actually hoped that Ekion would grow up and return to the Dragon City in the future, but.

If the two beings felt happy in Aquasieldel, she didn’t mind if they lived here forever.

‘Rather, I might feel empty if I don’t feel this gaze anymore….’

She shook her head, stopping herself from thinking like that. As soon as she sorted out one thought, a worry raised its head.

‘Hmm, what I’m worried about is….’

What am I going to tell Dad now?

He already looked very uncomfortable with Whale’s existence, didn’t he?

‘How am I going to explain this situation?’

Father, hehe.

Tada! I had not one, but two sons-in-law!

‘Hmm, the mansion might fly away.’

In fact, Pierre had unleashed a water power that made it seem like the room would fly away after hearing Whale’s story.

If Calypso hadn’t worked hard to stop him, and if Atlan and Agenor hadn’t rushed over, surprised by the enormous power without knowing why.

Half of the mansion would have disappeared.

“Calypso. Good.”

In the meantime, Ekion approached Calypso with a satisfied look and lowered his head slightly.

“Can I, touch you?”

It was a cautious question.

A question that tickled like a butterfly’s wings. Calypso nodded absentmindedly. At the same time, soft hair brushed against her shoulder and neck.

There was someone who once burrowed into her shoulder like Ekion….

“I, thanks to going to the crack in time… I replenished my strength.”

“Replenished?”

Ekion nodded while leaning on Calypso.

Ekion liked Calypso’s embrace because it was so comfortable.

Besides, Calypso didn’t reject him. Ekion was very happy just with this.

So he burrowed in and whispered.

“I recovered a lot.”

“Oh, really? That’s a relief. Then there’s no chance you’ll suddenly fall asleep like last time, right?”

“Yeah.”

Toos didn’t know what to do as he watched the two of them.

It was a lie.

No, Ekion’s words weren’t completely a lie.

Certainly, the Dragon Duke recovers his strength when he enters the crack in time.

Usually, he replenishes his strength for growth at this time.

But if the maximum value of this replenishment of strength was one hundred.

Ekion had already used about forty to punish the head of the family.

He would have to grow with only sixty left….

What was his master going to do when he reached his limit?

In Toos’s opinion, Ekion still didn’t know human relationships very well.

He just wanted to say that he was already in a marriage relationship because Whale was in a marriage relationship.

‘Of course, it’s not wrong, but….’

The dragon’s partner had a more special meaning.

…It was a problem that could destroy the world.

Toos sighed.

“Calypso.”

* * *

I turned my head at Ekion’s call. I saw Ekion raising his head from my shoulder.

I felt strange as I looked at him.

When I think about it, Ekion and I were neither friends nor family.

Even so, if it’s a feeling of wanting him to be happy and wanting to protect him.

What kind of relationship is it?

‘A sense of solidarity among the victims who suffered in the third timeline?’

I thought calmly and gently stroked Ekion’s head.

“Why did you call me?”

“I replenished a lot of strength. In the crack of time.”

He seemed to want to emphasize it, saying the same thing he said a little while ago again.

“Really? That’s great.”

“Now I can grant Calypso’s wish, once.”

“My wish?”

What wish do I have? I stopped myself from thinking like that.

‘Could it be….’

“Ekion, are you talking about when I asked you to let me use my power at my peak in the past?”

He had allowed me to use the power of water for a short time in the Dragon City, hadn’t he?

I was surprised and at the same time, I had an expectant look on my face without realizing it.

Ekion nodded slowly.

“Yeah.”

Really? Really?

I can regain my strongest power from the third timeline?

Ekion went on to tell me that it would be difficult to maintain it for a long time, but this only made me happier.

That’s enough!

I hugged Ekion tightly.

“Wow, seriously. You’re really my lucky charm?”

If I could, I wanted to grab our Yongyong’s hand and dance around. [Yongyong is a term of endearment.]

No, including Toos, let’s do Ganggangsullae? [Ganggangsullae is a Korean folk dance performed under the full moon.]

No. I think I can even lift Ekion up and do a one-person hengaerae. [Hengaerae is a celebratory lift or toss into the air.]

A bright smile bloomed on my face. Then Ekion, who was staring at me, smiled prettily, imitating me.

‘He smiles well now.’

It was the moment I thought this.

Knock knock!

There was a knock, and the door burst open.

“Sister!”

The person who appeared was none other than my third brother with a hurried expression.

“What is it? What’s wrong?”

“Something big seems to have happened?”

“What big deal?”

Dad woke up. Besides, I can find the power of my prime through Ekion.

There’s nothing that could be a big deal? The moment I thought this, my third brother reminded me of something I had temporarily forgotten.

“This mansion is surrounded.”