"My name is Jour Barrow" The pregnant woman said as she caressed her sleeping child next to her.
"I see, what a lovely name. What about your little one here?" The chief said fondly to her and pats her head making Jour flinched at their gesture.
"Oh sorry! Didn't mean to do that haha" They said awkwardly and the healer and the guard just sighs.
"It's alright…uhm" Jour looks at her child and smiles.
"This is Cale. Cale Barrow"
The three thought that Jour was an incredibly beautiful woman but when she smiles at her child.
She looks majestic.
"Ah, ahem. Let’s proceed to the topic, Miss Jour…Can you tell us what happened to you and little Cale?” The healer said and looked at her worriedly. Jour flinches and shakingly looks down.
There was a long silence throughout the room. No one could even speak at that moment and the healer thinks that they might have been rushing her. They’re about to speak until they get cut off by Jour.
“Three people broke into our home in the middle of the morning… It was very sudden…. and my husband .... tried to delay them while I carried Cale and immediately ran to the forest with emergency supplies from him.”
“Where’s your husband now?” The guard asks.
“Dead…Decapitated by them” She said softly, shaking to not let her sleeping child hear as she covered his ears.
“Your child doesn’t know yet huh” The chief said and she nodded.
There was long silence again until the healer clapped their hands.
“Well then, how about this, you can stay here as long as you like and we will be here to protect you and your children” They smiled at her softly and the other two were just flabbergasted.
“I haven’t even decide–“
“Shut it chief” The healer cuts them off and the chief just sighed in defeat while the guard pats his shoulder.
“Yes”
“Good”
As Jour observes them, she couldn’t help but let out a laugh. It was the first time in months that she didn't have a good laugh.
While doing that, the three blush from embarrassment or how Jour looks even more beautiful when laughing or both. They couldn't tell but it is a good thing they made her laugh after the tragedy, so it's definitely a win.
"Mmmh, Mom?" The child awakes sleepily making Jour go silent immediately and let out a whisper "oops".
"You're finally awake…" Cale said as he let out a yawn.
"I was worried, you know" He said sleepily and pouted.
“A-And I-I thought y-you’re…you’re—*sob*” Beginning to cry, Jour couldn't help but feel guilty about what happened at the gate.
"Sorry Cale, I didn't mean to do that. Mom is sorry" She hugged him and patted his back while her child was crying. Then she noticed the three who were signalling her questioning if they should leave for now until Cale finally calmed down.
She nods and softly says “Thank you” before they leave and gives her thumbs up.
She looks at her child still crying from what happened to her. She didn’t even want to let this happen to her but in desperation to survive and get protected with her children, she forced herself to move even if it’s hard when she’s 5 months now.
“Cale…Cale…baby. I’m sorry baby. I’m sorry for making you worried” She gives her sweet kisses while caressing his back to calm down.
“M-Mom *sob* Mom” Cale called her so much more, made her give him more kisses and even sing him a lullaby. Doing that, Cale finally calmed down with a hint of soft sobs.
It was only silence between them but the warmth and affectionate gestures are only what they need for the mother and son.
“You okay?” She asks while still caressing his back. The child nodded but didn’t look at his mother because he was embarrassed and Jour knows that.
“Hmm, my baby is still not okay it seems” She said, very saddened and Cale immediately looked at her in panic because he doesn’t want to see her sad, especially from him.
“Ah uhm, I’m okay Mama! Aah, don’t be sad” Cale said in panic while wiping his tears and didn't know what to do.
"Really?" Jour asks and Cale immediately nods.
"Yes really!" He said very determined and she finally laughed, which made him relieved.
"I'm glad" Embracing Cale more firmly made her feel relaxed even just a little bit from what happened. She was glad that her child is still with her.
"Mom…Can't breathe" Cale tapping her arms to let go and get some air made ger let go of him.
"Sorry" She apologises but Cale pouts but instead of backing away from her, he grabs her arms and surrounds himself with it.
"Just like this is okay Mom" He then leans on her body to feel her warmth and just by that he was now asleep. That made his mother chuckle at how cute he is right now doing that.
Minutes passed, Jour was also getting sleepy, so she gently lay down without waking Cale up and turned to the side to make it comfortable for both of them.
Before she goes to sleep, she was imagining her children playing peacefully and laughing. She smiles at the vision and prays that it will come to that with no tragedies that will happen to them with the citizens in this village as well.
She smiles and kiss her beloved son on the forehead before she sleeps peacefully.
But…
She didn't think it would come to this neither did her child.
"C-Cale" She calls, shaking and weakly trying to reach her child with her bloody hand, who was now holding a sword with blood. Her child looked down, staring at her with a pure psychotic gaze and smile.
She knew that he wasn't the Cale she loved and cared for.
…Someone was controlling him.
"B-Baby…My baby…Cale" She calls again, not closing her eyes not even a second. If she closes her eyes, she's dead for good and will not see her child again.
It was only 3 months when they are now staying at the Dragon Slayer Village.
Why…Just why did it come to this?
Her child—no. That person killed every person in sight in the Village and no one was ready for it because her child was so adored by everyone.
"Caleeee!" She calls again now crying in desperation while her other hand is on her stomach knowing that her youngest died inside immediately after getting stabbed and seeing herself bleeding between her legs.
But to no avail, Cale can't recognize her and simply walks towards her while still looking at her with his psychotic gaze.
He leaned towards her ears and said.
"Thank you for having this lovely child miss. His body will be in such care from me" Jour cryingly screams at him.
"DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! D-DAMN YOU…damn…you" Her screams died out as her time was up and didn't see her beloved Cale.
Seeing him at her final last is the one who killed her and everyone in the village…Also the one who took her beloved child's body.
"Haha, what an interesting woman…Hmm, better let him see what he did" The person who was controlling Cale is gone and it is now replaced by the original again.
"H-Huh?" Cale opens his eyes and sees in full horror.
"M-Mom?"
He sees his Mother's face…Her eyes were still open but the light was now gone.
"M-Mom!" He calls her, thinking it was some kind of prank.
But she didn't move even one bit and he looked down to see his hands.
"Hah…Hah" Holding a sword full of blood with his hands.
He screams in terror and doesn't know what to do.
"Mom! Mom!" Calling desperate to his mother who was no longer alive.
He turns around and sees a huge pool of blood.
He sees the healer.
The guard.
The chief.
He sees everyone that was like his mother.
Dead…Bodies full of blood.
He falls down in fear and wants to wake up from this nightmare.
But all of it was real and realises that he was the one who killed them.
His thoughts are all over the place and don't know what to do in this situation.
He was only 10 years old.
Then suddenly a voice was heard.
"What a wonderful expression you have" It said.
"!?" He was about to turn but was immediately covered by a large dark hand.
Then everything went dark…
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"Hah…ha…hah" Barrow immediately opens his eyes from his sleep or rather passes out from the abuse. He was full of fear, sweating and shakily trying to breathe.
He remembered the tragedy fully without knowing what was happening that time until he learns it from that so-called Despair making a deal with that person who calls himself the White Star now.
That person killed all of them along with his mother and younger brother who was not yet born using his body.
Remembering their faces especially his dear mother can't help but cry. He can't stop this from happening…He tried anything even if he died.
He just wants nobody to get harmed by him. But, that already failed as the White Star already killed and abused people. Especially the one he adopted just to insert a dragon heart to his body.
And the owner of that heart is not yet born…just like his younger brother.
As he was getting his thoughts together he realises that he can't sense Cale anymore.
Even though they were apart or locked up from each other. He can still sense him.
But right now, he can't sense him at all.
"Cale!?" He wants to go to Cale's home immediately but he was locked up by a cage…and full of dead mana.
"Cale!" He tries to call him but there's no sign of response.
"Shit! Shit!" He can't let him die. He doesn't want him to die at all. He is still a child.
Then he just grabs the bar of the cage full of dead mana and tries to break free.
He doesn't care at all if his body breaks.
He will save him.
The dead mana from the cage is now creeping up to his arms but he doesn't care and proceeds to open the cage.
Until his body full of dead mana right now is fully disappearing.
He didn't know what happened but he finally breaks free and is now in reality.
His surroundings are very dark but he can feel he is in the bed of the White Star.
"To think you're just resting here, makes me despise you more" He comments and sits up, adjusting to his or their current body.
After a minute, he immediately starts finding potions. Specifically, High Grade Health potions.
Fortunately, the bastard has many and he puts them in the bag he grabbed on the sides.
Then he grabs the teleportation scroll and writes the coordinates of the county that Cale provided him before.
He immediately rips it off after he is finished.
The first thing he sees is Cale on the ground, not moving.
"Cale!" He calls as he is moving him in a comfortable way but sees blood between his legs.
His breath hitched and gritted his teeth at the sight.
"Cale, I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I can't protect you, I'm sorry" He was so useless that he can't protect the one and only person that is like a family to him.
"Cale" He calls him again as he is getting the potions out.
Then Cale finally responds to him but faint.
"...Hyung…" Barrow gasps and was about to speak but Cale fainted again.
So, Barrow carefully puts the potion in Cale's mouth and fortunately he is drinking it.
He sighed in relief but he felt an electric current hitting him on the back.
He immediately knew that he was now awake but still didn't know what he was doing.
He has to get fast before he does anything to Cale even further.
"Fuck, I'm sorry Cale. I don't have much time to be with you…" After he finished letting Cale drink the potion. He puts him on his bed and wipes the blood between his legs with his cloth then leaves the bag full of potions below the desk so it doesn't stand out.
Before he leaves he puts his forehead to his for a moment and leaves immediately.
When he finally gets to White Star's chamber and turns everything back to normal like nothing happened.
He closes his eyes and opens again. He is in the cage again that is now back to normal it seems and sees a very angry White Star in front of him.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?"
He didn't respond at all and acted like he didn't know what he was talking about.
The White Star is very angry but can't beat him up right now because he has other things to do.
Specifically, the Henituse County he is gonna destroy.
Maybe, he will order that fog cat of his slice the head of that one Henituse that Barrow cherises.
He smiles and disappears without saying anything further to Barrow and Barrow just hopes someone at least one protects Cale from that army by White Star.
"Please…protect Cale" He said in a whisper.
But…
He didn't know nor anyone that someone would hear his plea.
"What was that?" RokSoo asks but everyone of his group doesn't hear anything.
RokSoo doesn't know where that voice came from but he heard Cale's name…
He instantly knew that he is going to be in danger especially when there's a war towards the Henituse County.
Just hoping he will listen, he thought.
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Hi, miss me?...yeah, it's been too long since I updated but I'm too busy sorry for that.
So, how do you like Barrow's backstory I come up with? Not good? Or just right in the feels?