The White Star looked at the child inside the dark cave.

This is the only successful product.

A combination of human and dragon.

This will help his plan, so this child needs to survive.

White Star thought, picking up the child, wrapping it in her cloak, no matter how the child leaned against it.

Yes, he had to keep it alive.

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"Father?"

This is the first thing the child says when he wakes up.

White Star raised an eyebrow.

Does this kid remember his past memories?

Or is it just a chick's instinct for the first person it sees?

White Star thought, remembering the very child who held his hand as he led the child away from the child's house.

"Are you my father?"

White Star smiled, repeating the previous answer.

"If you think so, then just call me that."

"If you think so, then just call me that."

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That child was the only finished product that survived.

So he couldn't kill it.

White Star repeated to hisself, stopping herself from throwing the hot bowl in her hand at the child's face.

"You eat by yourself."

"But father, I can't move..."

Why is this kid so weak?

White Star frowned, starting to consider whether this child was a failure.

"Father...."

At the child's pitiful and dependent gaze, the White Star sighed, lifting the spoon.

He will definitely "train" this child when it recovers.

The half-blood dragon child happily ate the food his father fed him, unaware of the hell he would face in the future.

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"Father...."

The child trembled, clutching the hem of the White Star's cloak.

"Eat it, don't you hear?"

The White Star commanded indifferently, pointing the tip of the sword at the dragon's heart in front of him.

To keep the child alive, he need feed him more dragon hearts.

"I...."

The child who had undergone the "training" process trembled even more under the White Star's voice, but still refused to come to eat.

White Star sighed, making the child flinch, reaching out to remove a piece of the dragon's heart, bending down to the child's height.

"What a troublesome child."

The White Star upset mumbling, shoving the heart into the child's mouth.

"Uhmmmm!!!"

The child was suddenly stuffed with a heart piece in his throat, swallowed the heart, then knelt down and coughed.

"Tsk tsk, don't waste that heart, I worked hard to kill that dragon."

The White Star upset lifted the child's chin, taking another dragon heart to "feed" the child.

After the child finished eating the dragon's heart, the White Star looked at the child curled up in pain, reached out to pick the child up, and ordered his subordinates to watch on the sidelines.

"Return."

"Yes sir!"

From that day on, after each dragon hunt, White Star will feed the half-blood dragon child with his own hands.

Half-blood dragon didn't know if he should expect it or not.

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"Father...."

White Star raised his head in exasperation, looking at the child fidgeting with his sleeve.

"Is there anything else you want to report? If not, get out of here."

Half-blood dragon child shrank back, his red hair gradually turned black covering his face, makes the child seem more pitiful.

But the White Star doesn't care, he looks at the child, the only surviving successful finished product.

"I, I'm just...."

Half-blood dragon child carefully raised its head to look at the White Star.

"I, I just wanted to know...do I have a name?"

White Star frowned even more.

Name, a name?

This child, dare to ask for a name from him.

The White Star wanted to mock the child who had been trying to keep the illusion of being father and son until now, and finally, under the child's expectant eyes, stopped this action.

"Barrow, your name is Barrow, now get out!"

The child's face lit up, then the child quickly left the room at the White Star's command.

White Star frowned, rubbing his forehead with a headache.

Maybe he should go there again.

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"Sir, Young Master Barrow requested to meet-"

"Who's Barrow?"

White Star frowned, anger burning in his heart.

Who!?

Who has that name?!

"Sir, it's Half-blood dragon child, didn't you name it...?"

The anger died down, the White Star frowned, searched the memory for a moment, and understood the problem.

"Nothing, next time remember to call the child a Half-blood dragon, never call his name in front of me."

"Yes!"

"Call him in."

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Barrow happily entered the room, eager to bring victory back to his father.

This is a great success, will father praise-

"Half-boold dragon."

Barrow's thoughts were interrupted, Barrow was confused.

Why father...?

"Remember, your name is a secret, never reveal it to anyone."

The name of the child he gave at that time, was his surname.

So he couldn't let Half-blood dragon reveal that name, which would potentially reveal him.

"Father....?"

Barrow's eyes lowered at the smell of blood, eyes widening at the sight of the corpse in the room.

It was the person who had opened the door for Barrow earlier, the White Star's personal subordinate.

Also one of the people close to Barrow.

"Half-blood dragon, who else did you tell this name to?"

"Don't lie to me."

To the White Star's cold gaze, Barr- Half-blood dragon trembled, lowering its head.

The child submissive said all the names, hiding about the black egg he always kept hidden.

That day, the Half-blood dragon looked at all the corpses at the feet of the White Star, lowering his eyes.

Since then, no one knows the name of the Half-blood dragon.

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"Father?"

Half-blood dragon watched carefully, embracing the child who was looking up at him.

"Bring me back, Half-blood dragon."

Half-blood dragon obeyed orders, but halfway through, he heard a frightened woman cry out.

"My baby! Has anyone seen my baby?! He has...."

Hearing the description like a child in his arms, the Half-blood Dragon couldn't help but turn his head, then was pulled back by White Star.

"Don't turn around, leave quickly."

Holding the Half-Blood Dragon cloak in his hand to cover himself, Cale Barrow commanded nonchalantly.

"Father....?"

Don't you go back to that family?

Cale Barrow raised his head to look at the Half-blood Dragon, his reddish brown eyes meeting the black eyes.

"Just having you is enough."

Half-blood dragon paused, then quickly walked away.

Heart beats faster and faster.

Father....just need only him?

He is the only family that his father needs...

A smile gradually appeared on the face of Half-blood dragon, lasting longer and longer over time.

Cale Barrow also didn't care much, closing his eyes on Half-blood Dragon lap to sleep.

By the time they returned, Cale Barrow would have reverted to the cold and cruel White Star.

For now, let the weak Cale Barrow sleep in, sever the bond he was slowly building with that new blood family.

Not knowing that in the next few lives, the Half-blood Dragon will be more active in finding him, even bringing him back when he was still a baby to take care of himself.

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"Really nuisance."

To keep that child alive.

White Star mumbled exasperatedly, entering his secret place.

Inside, many orbs were arranged in them, most of which showed memories between White Star and Half-Blood Dragon.

This is a forbidden technique that takes out a person's memories and stores them in an orb, the person who has the memory taken will forget the emotion and lose the memory.

This technique was originally used to brainwash someone's memories and transform into a loyal subordinate.

Currently renovated by the White Star, to contain a certain memory, but only lose the affection in it.

All of them are memories of the people he gradually has feelings for, especially the Half-blood Dragon.

This is the only way to keep the life of the only dragon hybrid that survived, from the curse of the White Star.

The curse will cause the White Star to lose the person he loves.

"Really, what a nuisance."

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Many years later, when the final battle begins, when Half-blood dragon leaves the White Star.

Half-blood dragon suddenly received a question from someone who resembled his father.

"Oh right, do you have a name?"

Half-blood dragon blinked, a name flashed in his distant memory, along with his father's warning.

"Remember, your name is a secret, never reveal it to anyone."

But...now White Star is no longer his father....right?

"Barrow, my name is Barrow."

Barrow replied, not noticing the reddish brown eyes like his father's shrank.

Cale Henituse stared at Barrow, remembering the name of the author of《The Birth of a Hero 》.

Barrow and Nelan Barrow.

...It's just a coincidence, right?

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Bonus:

Barrow raised his head, curiously smelling the scent that had just spread.

Someone make cookies?

Barrow followed the scent, went to the kitchen, then froze.

There, the White Star, the great lord who dreams of becoming a god, the great "benevolent" king of the Endable kingdom,...

Baking cookies.

Baking, cookies!!!

Barrow swore, he had never seen such a magical vision in his life.

"Oh, Half-blood dragon? You came just in time, try these cookies."

The White Star caught sight of Barrow, beckoning the child to come.

Recently, the White Star wondered what to do to strengthen its bond with the Vampires, and then decided to get along with Duke Fredo's young master Naru.

And what is easiest to get along with a child? Cookies of course!

So White Star picked up his cooking skills, and tried baking a batch of cookies.

It's just that he's lost his taste buds, and it's been a long time since he's last cooked, so White Star doesn't know if the cookies are good.

White Star looked at Barrow's still childlike appearance, thinking.

'Is children look-like should have the same taste as children?'

Barrow accepted the cookie, staring at the cookie for some reason, releasing an aura of "darkness" in Barrow's eyes.

Will father put poison in it?

Half-blood dragon tries to think positively, because quitting the poison sounds like what the White Star would do.

Although Barrow was also fed by the White Star when he was very young, that memory was very far away in Barrow's memory.

With a friendly personality today, cold tomorrow,...White Star's erratic changes, Barrow honestly couldn't have the idea of ​​White Star baking a normal cake.

Moreover....

Glancing at White Star's "pink" apron (actually red, but due to the powder coating, it turned pink) of White Star, Barrow suddenly put the whole cake in his mouth.

Yes, this is purely a dream, or an illusion.

Just wait a little longer, maybe someone will wake him up to go on a quest....

Barrow chewed a few times, then stiffened.

White Star curiously reached out to poke Barrow, then Barrow suddenly exploded, took a few more cookies and put it in his mouth, chewing, eyes sparkling.

White Star looked at Barrow's reaction, speculated that the finished product could be eaten, then satisfied with the remaining batch of cakes and put it in a box to bring it to Naru later, not noticing that Barrow was crying while eating.

Dragon hybrid: Cookies, cookies are so delicious QAQ.

Barrow feels like he's ascending to heaven with this cookie flavor.

If this is a dream, please don't wake him up!