Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 4

Episode 4

Calypso was startled by the voice that echoed like it was coming from a cave.

‘Oh, that voice doesn’t match his face at all.’

His eyes were slightly droopy, and the dark circles under them gave off a sensitive vibe, but his voice was nothing like that.

‘Well, that’s nothing to do with me,’ Calypso thought.

‘If I show up out of the blue, claiming to be his daughter and bothering him, he won’t even glance my way.’

She hadn’t met Pierre often, but she had a good grasp of his personality.

To be exact, it was a story she had heard from the retainers in her previous life.

“The late Pierre? Oh, he really hated troublesome and annoying things. He especially hated children, didn’t he? That’s why he didn’t even look at his own son, the head of the family!”

“You heartless and ignorant bastard, is that something to say so cheerfully in front of the head of the family? Anyway, those flatfish bastards don’t have brains, they’re just noodles. Ah, Head of the Family, I just remembered, I heard that he liked things to be extremely clean, even when he was sick.”

Surprisingly, the retainers were very interested in Pierre.

‘Even though his father was already dead, they remember him well.’

In this family that worshiped strength and physique, he might become the strongest in history, but his body was weak, so he was considered a strange existence.

In any case, since he hates children, she felt she had more reason to speak frankly than when dealing with her grandmother.

“The complete opposite.”

“Hmm, in which direction?”

“A distance that takes a long time to travel.”

“Really? That’s a big problem.”

Calypso brought her cute little hand to her chin and groaned.

In fact, the sight was very cute and lovely, but Pierre only stared at her as if looking at an inanimate object.

“I really need to go there. How about you take me, mister?”

It was a sharp request. Pierre stared at Calypso and tilted his head slightly.

“I don’t want to.”

A terrible look of annoyance flashed across his face.

‘As expected, he hates troublesome things.’

Anyone could see that his face was saying, ‘Why should I?’

“Really? Then I can’t help it.”

Calypso shrugged without regret, stretched her arm to the side of the fountain, struggled to climb up, and sat down.

“Since education is out of the question, I should eat.”

Pierre watched her silently until Calypso settled down.

Calypso unfolded the pouch she had brought, regardless of whether Pierre was watching or not.

What she struggled to take out of the old dolphin-shaped bag was dried fruit.

It was something she had been collecting little by little since she could walk.

‘I was saving food in case I didn’t know what would happen.’

The building where Calypso was located was only for babies who had to survive alone for one to two years, so the meals were poor.

As soon as Calypso turned two, she began to store things that could be kept for a long time.

Calypso turned her head while eating deliciously.

“What are you looking at, mister?”

Pierre didn’t answer Calypso’s direct question.

‘Does he only have one expression?’

“If you have nothing to say, don’t stare. You’ll scare away my good fortune.”

“…….”

‘Are you the only one who’s picky? I’m picky too. Dad,’ she thought.

Calypso grumbled inwardly and continued to munch on the dried fruit.

Then her cheek itched, so she rubbed it.

Calypso didn’t know, but when she struggled to climb onto the fountain, the dirty soot from the fountain got on her hand, and she rubbed it on her cheek.

Calypso ate diligently, unaware that she had a black smudge on her face.

‘All the meals are just terrible baby food, so this sweetness is heaven, heaven.’

Before she knew it, she had forgotten the essence of coming to see her father and was admiring the taste.

“Mister, why do you keep looking at me? Are you hungry?”

“…….”

“Do you want one?”

Calypso held out her pouch as if doing a favor.

She recalled her purpose in her mind and felt a pang of regret.

“…….”

However, she had to bring it back without getting an answer.

‘Hmm, he’s terribly taciturn.’

Calypso inwardly recalled her sociability, which she had forgotten.

‘How do I make him remember me without being annoying?’

However, she got up from her seat without regret, thinking that there was no answer right now.

“Thank you for telling me the way, mister. It’s very quiet here. Do you always play here alone?”

“…….”

“Are you an outcast too? Does no one want to be with you, like me?”

Pierre lived in one of the shabby buildings at the western end.

Although he was sickly, he wasn’t completely abandoned, so he didn’t need to live in a secluded and shabby place, but he lived like this.

This was something Calypso was curious about.

‘Has he given up on life early?’

The resigned look somehow made her think that this was the right answer.

If that were the case, she couldn’t understand him at all, as Calypso had an immense attachment to life.

Calypso tilted her head.

“If that’s the case, you must be lonely like me.”

She wasn’t particularly lonely, but Calypso tried to speak like a child.

It wasn’t wrong.

The building where Calypso was located only had orcas who couldn’t speak or died early, and whale-type Suin [animal-human hybrid] babies who were retainers.

And nannies and servants who weren’t interested in the babies.

‘They wouldn’t even look at a passing ant, like that.’

Seeing a face that didn’t react to anything she said, she felt a little angry and clicked her tongue inwardly.

‘It seems like he’s not interested in me at all.’

‘Well, that’s it.’

Calypso decided to give up and leave.

‘Anyway, it seems like what the retainers said in the previous life, that he comes here often, is correct.’

“Well, I have to go home. Goodbye, mister.”

Calypso knew when to advance and when to retreat.

Now is the time to retreat.

“See you again.”

Calypso didn’t even look back, thinking that he wouldn’t even pretend to hear this.

Because she had a strong attachment to life, she was used to only looking forward.

“…….”

That’s why Calypso didn’t know the intense gaze that was fixed on her back.

After Calypso left, Pierre stood blankly for a long time, like a statue, and then suddenly reached out his hand.

Black soot was on the hand that rubbed the spot where Calypso had been.

Water droplets sprang up and quickly cleaned Pierre’s hand.

‘Maybe…….’

He thought for the first time in a long time.

‘That kid, I think she’s my daughter.’

Pierre looked at his hand, which was only filled with clear water, and slowly licked it with his tongue.

At the same time, he lazily swept back his hair.

“Hmm.”

A languid voice cut through the air. The thought was short.

‘The little one doesn’t seem to know that I’m her father.’

* * *

……Or so he thinks?

I thought as I trotted away.

‘There’s no way.’

I thought while looking at my father, Pierre. There’s no way that human wouldn’t recognize me.

The Orca family is divided into direct and collateral lines.

The ‘power of water’ that they possess almost only appears in the direct line, but very rarely, those who awaken this power also appear in the collateral line.

In this case, the children of the collateral line are also qualified to participate in the succession battle.

‘I’m from the direct line, so I’m qualified to participate in the succession battle just by blood.’

‘Who would want to participate? I’m going to get stronger in this life and then leave in a spectacular way.’

Anyway, back to the main point, the appearance of the direct and collateral lines is slightly different.

The direct line has hair mixed with black and white, as if wearing the skin of a real orca.

The collateral line has gray hair.

‘Besides, even if they’re from the direct line, the kids are all the same, so it shouldn’t be difficult to recognize.’

What would he think when he sees a kid with the same personality as him?

He’s an idiot if he doesn’t know. At least he doesn’t seem like an idiot, so he must be pretending not to know.

‘He hates troublesome and annoying things, so he hates children.’

I need to think more about how to approach him in the future?

‘Anyway, I need to get a little acquainted with my dad before I move and go to the educational institution.’

Educational institution that starts from the age of 3. This applies to all whale-type Suin, and it is also a building located in one part of this vast Orca mansion.

In terms of what you learn, it’s like a kindergarten…….

In reality, it’s a ruthless place where whale babies are thrown in and told to survive.

In particular, Orcas with aggressive tendencies, regardless of direct or collateral lines, were thoroughly abandoned if they did not show outstanding performance in these three areas: brain, body, and water power.

‘Other whales are anxious because they can’t take care of their young. I hate this damn family.’

It will be quite tough from the moment I enter the educational institution.

Because I have to show the grandmother a move that satisfies her, so I won’t be kicked out to a cold place.

If I get kicked out to a cold place, it’s a confirmed route to be sold to another family, just like in my previous life.

‘If that happens, I can’t become the dragon’s bride I planned.’

I have no choice. I have to show off the genius of this body somehow.

Fortunately, I was confident.