The Slacker sleepless nights

An Interesting Development

Now that the kids have all calm down, they were staring daggers at their father figure as if asking for an explanation. The same went with all of the adults in the room as well.

'Aigoo my poor life.' Cale sighed and returned a leisure expressions as he answer the tense and traumatize crowd that he gathered in a mater of 3 years.

"I was just getting a glass of water when I noticed the dagger. I was examining it when Raon suddenly enter the room. I promise I have no plan of actually hurting myself with the dagger", 'for now that is'.

Cale held back the last comment as he looked back at the other with a relax expressions, satisfied with the response given back. The others let their guards down a bit but still remain tense as a new question roamed their minds 'Why was there a dagger in the kitchen in the first place'. They already knew that the dagger didn't belong to the Molan duo based on the foreign expression on their face.

That is what everyone but Raon thought as an entirely different thought filled the youngest mind.

"Human you don't need that useless piece of metal, you have me and the others. That's all the protection you need."

"Nya, our youngest is correct."

The atmosphere in the room lightened at the various agreements to Raon's statement only for it to be broken by the deafening silence which followed the Crimson haired question.

"Now that I explained, can I have the dagger back?"

Their eyes shot wide open at the question. Cale who quickly read the room began to try and clear the misunderstanding.

"I am not going to hurt myself with it. I just need to check something."

This did not ease the pressure at all. He was sure that if he didn't have Dominating aura, he would dead on the ground by the amount of pressure being exerted. Eruhaben eyes glowed sharp as he asked the question on everybody mind.

"What do you want with the dagger Unlucky Bastard?"

His voice was lace with viscousness in Cale's mind as he shuddered unnoticeably. 'Are they going to kill me based on the answer I give?' It may already have a year after the war but it seem that he is still in denial.

"I just want to experiment a few things with it. I'll give it back once I am done with it."

Rosalyn and Eruhaben looked at him suspiciously before agreeing not to give the dagger. At. All. Cause. Cale obviously noticed the silent agreement and pouted inwardly before walking closer towards them with no fear as if he was not shivering in fear a few moments ago.

He had no idea why but he felt a special connection with the dagger. He could feel the alluring aura surrounding it. His intuition told him to get the dagger back and he is going to do just that. Behind his reddish brown eyes hid his burning determination.

The group were taken back by this action but still held their ground. Cale felt himself get slightly annoyed now. He looked straight into his dragon father-figure eyes as if challenging him. They held eye contact with each other for some minutes until Eruhaben finally broke it.

Unbeknownst to Cale, while he was having a staring contest, he was releasing a strong aura which felt suffocating even for the mighty dragons in the room and this pressure was only getting was as time passed by. Choi han was using his sword to support himself; Rosalyn and Lark held on to each other; Alberu was nearly completely on his knees; the molan duo too were struggling to fight back the massive aura surrounding their young master.( The kids didn't felt the pressure as Cale unconsciously avoided hurting them)

'Since when did his dominant aura get this strong?!?' was the collective thought of everyone until Eruhaben saved the by breaking the staring contest much to everyone relief. Cale was beyond shock at the surrender from the gold dragon.

'Aren't dragons prideful creatures who never bowed their heads to anyone? Why the hell is he giving up?'

He was having a complete mental breakdown in the inside while his face continued to have it's stoic expression. Despite the surrender, he knew that they won't give up the dagger. So for the first time during the whole situation out loud before leaving everyone bewildered in the kitchen to process what happen.

He walked without stop until he reach his room. He locked the door and slid down the wall. He brought his knees close to his chest as he tries to understand what happen. While he was thinking, he put his hand in his pocket and revealed the same dagger which was taken from him. Cale thought that he would loose the staring match, that's why when everybody was occupied with the staring match, he pickpocketed Eruhaben. 

And that is just the beginning of the rapid spiral he finds himself thrown into as he discover the secrets of his past which even he did not know while slacker-life chan watches him while walking further and further away.