The Slacker sleepless nights

A Talk with an Unexpected Ending

Eruhaben and Ron were staring daggers into Cale's heads as if asking for an explanation. If stare's could kill, Cale was sure he would have been 5 feet buried underground. In all honesty though, it not that scary. After all he was pretty sure his real body( CC) was buried 12 feet deep in the ground already. It won't be the first time at least.

"Cale, we need to talk."

This broke Cale from his train of thoughts. 

'I had a feeling that they would be mad about me stealing the dagger but this is on a whole different level  of mad.'

The fact that the gold dragon didn't call him Unlucky Bastard was enough to tell him that he was raging. Not only that but he had a feeling that Ron, he was smiling more beign than usual. He had a feeling that if he didn't answer properly, he was going to wake up everyday with a room full of lemons and even more bitter tea. He shivered unnoticeably.

The parent duo in the room entered with deafening footsteps, they were observing Cale's reaction to their sudden outburst. They were sure that in the crimson haired eyes they look pissed but behind it all they were actually a bit relief to see that nothing happen to him. The two were just talking to each other about the kitchen incident when they realize that the dagger was gone. Their senses went full on haywire when they noticed this and they immediately ran to his room knowing his sense of unluckiness. 

They were glad nothing seem to have happen to him but were still suspicious as he was the most likely suspect. They could tell from his gaze and the way he was talking in the kitchen that he seem to have really want to keep the dagger. Why they have absolutely no idea but that doesn't matter.

Cale knew that if he told them that the dagger was in his possession, their would be dire consequences to his slacker life so he pretended as if he had no idea what was going on. He was even planning multiple conversation routes he could take to avoid the bad ending as if he was playing an otome game or novel as a villain who was destined to die in every single route or ending.

"Young master, may I ask what were you doing after the conversation in the kitchen."

Cale predicted that Ron would start to conversation since he was closer to him. He answered in a nonchalantly with a hint off confusion in his tone. He had a feeling that if he acted as if he was an idiot who had no idea what was going on, they wouldn't say a word about the dagger but about the kitchen incident.

"I was merely sleeping in my room. I just woke up a few moments ago when I had a feeling someone was coming or rather running to my room. Clearly it seem like I was right."

He ended with a tone of sarcasm. He was definitely not sleeping but was annoyed they suddenly barge into his room. He was sure most of the house would have heard the noise if not for Eruhaben putting a barrier near them.

While the duo who entered the room, they needed a moment to process what they just heard. From the way Cale was talking it does seem like he was telling the truth and had no idea about the dagger but at the same time they both know that he is an amazing actor who can full two entire continents if he wanted to.

"Surely that was not all you wanted ask."

This time it was Eruhaben and Ron who broke from their daze. They looked into their child's eyes as revaluating something before finally letting out a respose.

"Unlucky bastard, why did you want that dagger?"

Cale felt as if he just avoided a major death flag but knew this was just the first one. The whole conversation is full of major death flags for him. But at least they seem to have calm down. Thanks to the fact that his mind was basically in full panic mode thinking of ways how the conversation would go, he predicted the question and figured the best way to avoid death was by answering the truth.

"I had a feeling as if I have seen the dagger before but I'm not sure when. Not only that but it felt as if I had some kind of importance to me. I'm not sure why exactly."

The other two nodded signaling that they were satisfied with the response for now. But he was sure that there was more questions incoming. Bracing himself for the next one, he waited.

"That all we wanted to know for now."

"I suggest you come down with us for dinner young master. It nearly ready."

'What the hell.'

Cale was dumbstruck. He was confident that there would be more questions s why were they not asking him any. 

While he was questioning himself, the parents looked at him, they were trying to avoid laughing at their son's very cute expression. There were only a few times when Cale was dumbstruck and whenever he was, he was absolutely adorable. How much they wished to remove a recording device and record it.

Though the reason they stopped questioning was not because they wanted to see their child looking cute, instead it was because they didn't want him to be suspicious of them. That was what they were thinking but the real reason was that they could sense that he was scared. They were scaring him. That thought alone shattered their hearts. What parent would be fine after realizing that their kid was scared of them. So they decided to stop questioning him.

The walk to the dining hall was filled with a mix of awkward and comfortable silence.