《The Unlucky Bastard is a Child???》The Unlucky Bastard is a Child?(4)
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Cale had never felt so scared in his life as he was now.
He could only swallow, while his hands were shaking from the cold eyes of the butler who poured the lemonade into his glass.
"Scary old man..."
"Did you say something Young Master?"
"No...nothing"
Cale found this situation really stressful and wanted to go home already...but at the same time he didn't wish that. He was an orphan, he didn't have anyone, even if he went back to the orphanage...no one will enjoy his return, no one will hug him or cry for him.
'Maybe it's better die here...'
Cale choked these words inside himself, but the children who were close to him noticed that Cale was shaking. So On and Hong turned into their beast forms and was circling Cale with their troubled faces, even the little dragon handed him a cookie. Cale's frowned but accepted it anyway;He felt like he might start crying if he didn't.
"Human you are shaking, are you okay?"
"Fever nya?"
"Eheh cute..."
Cale turned to the person who was quietly watching all this with pleasure.
The golden dragon continued to laugh silently, while Cale frowned more and more.
At that moment their eyes met and Cale gasped, then his face swelled and his lips turned into a pout.
'I hate this person'
"Grampa Goldie why are you laughing?"
"Ah I was just thinking that our Cale is so so cute, don't you think so too?"
The three children turned to Cale contemporary and then nodded with their head.
"Indeed Cute nya!"
"I want Human to remember us thought..."
"Me too nya"
Eruhaben, who noticed the sad look on the children turned to Cale, who had a shocked face as he listened to this absurd conversation.
But then he remembered that he had to be a good boy to stay alive.
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Maybe it was better die here? Cale thought about those words again, but even though he had nothing...he felt that he didn't want to die yet.
Not like this.
What was the point of having survived if he had to die in such a useless way?
'I will run away'
Cale had made up his mind, he would run away at the first opportunity, so Cale crouched next to Roan and started stroking his head.
He would do anything to run away, even stroke a dragon's head but...
"Human what are you doing?"
'So soft...'
Cale felt a melancholy sensation.
He started stroking other parts of his body, and Raon straighten his wings.
He liked how his Human massaged his body.
"Are you still looking for "batteries" Young Master?"
At that moment Cale shivered, he could see the butler behind him.
'Vicious'
"It's not like that!"
"Human do more!"
Cale whirled towards the little dragon who kept smiling brightly at him , but he couldn't not smile and instead started to sighed ... if he wanted to survive, he had to do whatever they wanted.
This is how it was...
"I want massages too nya"
"Me too nya"
The little redhead was starting to have headache, and his face was already in a frown. But suddenly someone opened the door quickly.
"Cale nim!"
They were Choi han, Rosalyn and Lock who were paralysed.
They had heard something from Choi han before, but this...
'So cute!'
Cale was so cute, infact, it was different from his usual presence as commander.
But while everyone else were focused on his new look, Cale's face was a totally mess.
'This is not good...a talking wolf and a sorceress?
Am I surrounded by monsters?!'
Cale shivered and started poking his forehead, he had to take advantage of the right moment and run away, but the possibilities were getting fewer and fewer.
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Then Lock walked over him and patted his head, but something was wrong,
Cale was trembled hard then before, so the big wolf picked him up in his arms.
The redhead was reluctant to be in stranger's arms, but at the same time it was comforting for him, warm and peaceful.
That warm hug reminded him of his past, so he silently put his head against Lock's firm chest and heard the wolf's heartbeat.
"Wow so fast!"
Cale expression changed, he looked a little more sorted and relaxed.
It was like he almost forgot about his 'kidnapping' and was smiling brightly as he seemed more freer than before.
But Choi han was frozen on his spot and was looking at the little Cale with anxiety. He was out of his character as Cale Henituse...
"Are you really my Dongsaeng?"
At that moment Cale noticed a communications device in Choi han's arms, and
inside of it, it was possible to see a man who emaneted a bright aura.
So Cale climbed out of Lock's arms and walked over to the communications device, where Alberu took a deep breath and blinked a few times.
He could barely believe that his Hyung was a child, but he could only smile to the small redhead that was pointing at him with such a cute expression.
'He looked like a small angel-'
"I get it now, you are an elf!"
Alberu swallowed at Cale's response and began to lose his brightness.
Forget the cute expression, this baby looked more like an evil than an angel to Alberu now.
As well as the others, who were looking at the redhead petrified, but Cale didn't mind about them and kept talking confidently.
"A crazy butler, a wolf, a dragon, swordsman and cats talking..."
Cale kept talking as he counted the people he had met before, on his small hand.
"One- , two and you must be an elf!"
"How in the hell did you come to this conclusion?"
Everyone was surprised for Alberu's behaviour, and the fact that he was frowning at Cale's worlds made all so absurd.
"Human is right...Choi han what are you doin-?"
Choi han tried to shut the little dragon's mouth, no one should know that Alberu was an elf...It wasn't the time yet.
But the fact that Cale had noticed it, without even remembering it, was driving crazy the poor Crown Prince who looked a disaster.
"You are driving me crazy!"
Cale ignored Alberu's comment and turned to Eruhaben with a stoic face.
The golden dragon, who had continued to enjoy the scene all this time, was about to be devoured by the curiosity of a ten-years-old boy.
The back of the mighty dragon went cold.
"But what are you then.."
"Eh?"
Eruhaben made a fake cough and looked back at the little Cale, he hadn't interest to answer a child's question but his dignity as dragon forced him.
Dragon are vain being after all.
"I am a golden-"
"Are you a woman?"
Everyone began to swallow at Cale's words, while the golden dragon began to frown.
'This little Bastard...'
"I am not a woman!"
"Why do you have long hair then?"
"Ah?"
Everyone could feel the bad aura emanating from Eruhaben, but Cale didn't notice and kept asking questions to the dragon.
In that moment , Cale was a ten-years-old boy, so it was normal for him to be innocent, but he looked in the dragon eyes without any fear.
That's why Eruhaben couldn't help but hold on.
Even in their first meeting, where his eyes were cold and desperate to die, Cale wasn't afraid to look into them.
But Eruhaben silently shook his head ... after all it wasn't like that anymore, and it was all thanks to this weak little human.
So he sighed experated and reached down to Cale... for patted his head.
"Unlucky Bastard..."
Cale's faces started looking more pale...
'Did I said something wrong?'
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