Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 243

Thump, thump.

In my life, never. Not even in my previous regressions or past lives, had I ever experienced anything like this.

Where had my capable mind and decisiveness gone?

I stood there, face frozen in surprise, feeling like an idiot. Or rather, only my eyes darted around.

Ekion’s face, eyes closed, his neatly arranged eyebrows, and the bridge of his nose that the maids always praised as a work of art.

Even the shape of his eyes, about which I had once wondered how they would look when I grew up…

I snatched my hand away.

Inside, I was so startled that my reaction was closer to a panicked withdrawal. But at least on the outside, I pretended to be calm.

Nevertheless, there was a slight tremor.

Ekion opened his eyes. His pupils, shining brightly like the sun, were too close.

“What are you thinking about, Calypso?”

“Bad thoughts.”

I raised my eyes. They were clear eyes, if you exclude the affection overflowing towards me.

“I’m thinking that your face is so handsome that it’s captivating, even in situations like this.”

“…”

“Just saying, what you said…”

“…Do you like it?”

The hand that had been on Ekion’s face was now held in his large hand.

I didn’t dislike the way he intertwined our fingers as if wanting to express his affection, so I just glanced at him once. Then, I raised my eyes again.

“Calypso, you told me to give you my leash first if you want to have that person.”

“…I did say that, but it’s funny how well you remember it.”

“Yeah.”

Well, back then, I didn’t know that you would use those words on me.

I also didn’t know that I would be swayed by what you were saying.

The distance was close.

We were about to share breaths. I was one step away from experiencing something I had never experienced in my life.

It was inevitable that many thoughts crossed my mind.

But looking at the face in front of me, the deep affection and gaze filling his eyes, I couldn’t help but feel something taking over.

“I never thought I would get a dragon in my hands.”

I probably didn’t know when I saved you a long time ago.

That the dragon I thought of as a helper, a collaborator, would directly offer me his leash.

“Ekion, but I also have things I’m not good at, especially my emotions, because I’ve never accepted reason and love, romance and marriage in my life.”

Ekion came closer to me with innocent and pure eyes, as if he hadn’t grown up yet.

“I’m saying that I’m confused right now.”

As if tacitly saying it was okay.

Your silence was always affirmative, and it still was.

I slowly closed my eyes.

It felt like the darkness was covering everything: the silence, the confusing and intersecting emotions, and something freshly shining.

For a brief moment, I thought it was fortunate to be in this space, to have darkness.

* * *

Bang, bang! Kwaaaang!

The wall, as black as stone, shattered at once. I strode out from the middle of it.

Beside me, Ekion, with his arm over my shoulder, was being supported, drooping.

Light poured out, and familiar faces came into view.

“Lord, are you okay?”

“Lord!”

“Ah, Lilibel, Hauser.”

“Hey, what happened?”

Including Lilibel and Hauser, even Atlan and Bellus were there.

“What on earth happened?”

“Calypso!”

Whale and Levi were also seen beside me.

Each of them had shock and worry on their faces. I waved my hand at them nonchalantly.

“I got played.”

“What?”

“I got played by that Crown Prince bastard.”

I recalled the situation a moment ago.

Just when I closed my eyes and thought, ‘Is this what it feels like to be fluttered?’ while having my first kiss in life.

I felt a dull yet subtle sensation. I hurriedly opened my eyes and tried to protect Ekion, but I was a little late.

Because the sensation almost disappeared due to the characteristics of this space, it had already arrived.

The identity of the sensation I felt was a black shadow that stretched out like a tree trunk.

As a result of mainly protecting Ekion, the black shadow was about to touch me.

At that moment, the black shadow stretched out thin strands like tentacles, and Ekion pushed me away.

In an instant, the shadows wrapped around Ekion.

At the same time, Ekion widened his eyes. An explosive power flowed out.

That power was similar to the power when he went berserk, which I had felt during the Dragon Duke’s rampage.

“Ekion!”

“Cough! Don’t touch me!”

Ekion shouted, spitting out black blood.

“Time, trap… Haa, Dragon’s, power, reverse use…”

“What the hell are you talking about?!”

Fortunately, the black shadow was not a strong force, so it was quickly released with the power of water.

However, for some reason, black tattoos appeared on Ekion’s body after he was released.

Moreover, the shadows were visibly withering.

As if the role of the shadows was just to touch him.

What on earth is it?

While frowning and trying to calm Ekion’s dissuasion, I touched the end of the shadow with my fingertip.

And at that moment.

‘Here is…’

I was standing in a familiar space.

A place that I had deliberately and naturally forgotten from some point on.

It was my adoptive parents’ house in Korea. In the blink of an eye, my parents appeared before my eyes.

And the two were… holding the hand of a toddling child.

The small child looked just like her mom and dad.

It was an old story now, but my heart throbbed.

“Haha, our Jieun walks well. Aigoo, so pretty. Our only daughter!”

“Appa!” [Appa means Daddy in Korean.]

“Yes, it’s Daddy.”

“Honey, now that it’s like this, isn’t it better that Sieun disappeared?”

Thump, the heart that had been throbbing fell in an instant. And Dad agreed with a smile.

“That’s right, now that I think about it, it’s a good thing, because we’re only living with our real family now.”

With these words, harmonious laughter was heard. I was gradually being driven out of this space.

When I came to my senses, it was reality again, a reality trapped in a black cavity.

On the floor, there were now dried-up shadows.

‘What is this? An illusion?’

It was too realistic to be an illusion. I could tell because I had once seen my parents beyond time and space with Ekion’s help.

Mental attack?

Yes, isn’t it close to a mental attack?

I could instinctively tell. It was a very harmful attack to my mind.

‘Ekion also said time and trap.’

The problem is that I only had a fleeting contact, but my head was throbbing and I felt drained.

If so, Ekion, who was wrapped all over his body, would feel even more pain.

Perhaps the worst attack for dragons and regressors like me.

After thinking that far, I raised my head again.

“Are you saying that Crown Prince bastard appeared?”

Before my eyes was Atlan’s face, full of worry.

“No, that’s not it. Instead, I don’t know whether it’s fortunate that we found out in advance, or unfortunate because there’s no alternative right now.”

I stared at Ekion.

“There’s bad news.”

An attack that works on regressors; if I had a hard time, it might work on Atlan, and even Hauser and Levi.

I could clearly feel that the Crown Prince had properly sharpened his malicious blade.

* * *

Fortunately, Ekion regained consciousness not long after returning to the Snake family’s castle.

And soon, I was able to hear a detailed explanation from Ekion.

“Time warp?”

“Yeah…”

Ekion’s chin was full of sweat. He nodded in that state.

“The past is a fixed form, no one can change it. But using the power of the dragon… brings the past to attack, to erode the existence.”

“Existence?”

“Yeah. Soul…”

“Then, what I saw is a real thing that happened?”

Ekion shook his head.

To be exact, it is an attack form that distorts time by bringing the past from the time axis to make the target more painful and damage the soul.

And apart from this, it is said to be the worst attack for the same dragon.

“Red, Dragon’s specialty…”

At Ekion’s words, I recalled the dragon’s tomb in the jungle.

What we found was the bones of a green dragon.

“The Crown Prince must have found another tomb?”

“…Maybe.”

Having said this, Ekion fell forward as if he hadn’t fully recovered yet.

While I was surprised and quickly caught him, Ekion’s head fell onto my shoulder.

“Don’t go…”

“Yeah, yeah. I’ll be here until you fall asleep, so don’t worry.”

“No, even if, sleep…”

As I heard this, the door opened. And I heard someone coming in.

“Lord, the head of the Snake family is…”

Levi, who was just coming in, stopped talking. Then, he stared intently at Ekion, who was leaning on me.