Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 100

I still remember the pretty face contorted in a grimace, filled with regret even now.

The face, distorted by the battle, stared at me with an envious, hateful expression, as if saying:

“If I had met you when I was just a little younger, if this ‘defect’ hadn’t held my body back, I would have won this fight.”

Me? I just smiled and answered kindly.

I’m generous to the losers.

“…What a load of crap. You talk too much for someone who lost.”

If I had to pick the person who gave me the most trouble in the battle to become the head of the family in the previous timeline, it would undoubtedly be my three older brothers.

They were strong, and the battles where life and death were on the line were fierce.

However, if I were to include everything external as well as the battle itself, there is someone else who was the most difficult opponent.

That was Lilibel.

Lilibel, who had Heilah Loosle as her backer.

To put it simply, the two were masters of behind-the-scenes manipulation and scheming.

Moreover, their ability to coax people was outstanding.

Of course, if all they could do was plot behind the scenes, I would have dealt with them like I was getting rid of treacherous subjects.

‘She’s annoying now.’

Surprisingly, Lilibel also had a powerful water ability.

To what extent…….

I got up from my seat.

“Oh, oh, where are you going, little sister? Are you going to see the place where Baiyan died? Everyone’s busy going to see it.”

“It’s not sightseeing, it’s paying respects. When is the funeral being held?”

“Um, burying the coffin is in three days? The funeral itself starts today.”

“Good. There’s plenty of time.”

“Where are you going in the meantime?”

“Where would I go?”

I looked at the food I had barely touched and turned around.

“I’m going to Ekion.”

Agener hurriedly put down his spoon and chased after me, saying he would go with me.

* * *

It rained all day today.

It was raining cats and dogs as if it knew about the tragedy at the Aquasiedel mansion.

Inside the dark room, even though it was daytime, a mother and daughter dressed in black funeral clothes were sitting.

Lilibel stared at the window.

The large building visible over there was a place that served as a cathedral when there was a funeral.

In other words, Baiyan’s coffin was placed there.

Soon, a soft voice was heard.

“Why now of all times?”

“It’s now that it seems easiest to get rid of him.”

Lilibel, a thirteen-year-old girl, pointed to the door and revealed her true nature, which she had been hiding until now.

‘Brother, I’m sorry, but I hope you disappear from the world now.’

The moment the young girl had been waiting for had finally arrived.

Leaving her parents with no choice but her.

The calm and gentle tone was not that of a thirteen-year-old girl.

“And the later a genius appears, the easier it is to attract attention, right?”

Heilah turned her head.

“I followed your wishes, but I don’t understand that part. Lilibel.”

“You’ll see if you watch.”

Lilibel stood up straight.

“Until now, you’ve considered my weak body and stamina as a defect, right? Saying that I wouldn’t be able to withstand the power of water.”

A strong body was essential.

It was an essential element in using the power of water.

“How about this?”

Streams of water formed around Lilibel, one, two, three…….

Heilah, who had been watching with a nonchalant expression at first, widened her eyes as if they were about to tear.

Soon, joy filled Heilah’s face.

Lilibel thought she resembled her mother.

Then, she looked at her own very light-colored streams of water and got up from her seat.

“I’ll stop by my room and then go to where Brother is.”

“Alright.”

Listening to her mother’s even softer and more affectionate voice, Lilibel realized that she was now within her mother’s fence [protected and favored by her mother].

From now on, she would be loved more than ever.

Within the family, Heilah’s love was power.

Lilibel opened the door and walked down the hallway.

The way from the drawing room to her room was not far, so she was about to arrive soon, but Lilibel found someone standing in front of the door first.

It was a child. About eight years old, perhaps.

“Hello. Lilibel.”

A clear voice.

She had the hair of a direct descendant of the Orca, but unlike her own cold face, her face was extremely round.

Lilibel was momentarily flustered, but soon greeted calmly.

“You’re Calypso Aquasiedel, right?”

“Yeah. No need to introduce ourselves since we already know each other’s names.”
Agener was standing next to Calypso.

Lilibel didn’t feel the need to greet Agener.

That was because Agener was glaring fiercely from behind Calypso, as if he would kill him if he even spoke to her.

Indeed, he acted like he had a cleanliness obsession [extreme aversion] with everyone except his younger sister, and today he was in that state again.

Lilibel was not surprised.

It was a sight she had become accustomed to seeing at family meetings over the past five years.

“Is this the first time we’re meeting privately outside of family meetings?”

Both of them attended the regular family meetings without fail, but they had never had a private conversation.

That’s how little interest Calypso Aquasiedel had in her, and Lilibel thought it was natural.

But what is the intention of calling her so affectionately now?

“I’ve been wondering when I should talk to you like this, you see.”

“……You to me?”

Calypso, who had turned eight, was still smaller than other children of her age.

However, Lilibel knew that she should never be fooled by that small physique.

No, right now, everyone is ignoring Calypso because of the rumors that her talent is nothing special.

Until now, no one in this mansion easily underestimated Calypso’s power.

‘She’s an opponent I can’t let my guard down against.’

It was when Lilibel was silently preparing to draw on the power of water in case of an emergency.

“I didn’t think you’d kill him, though.”

Calypso said cheerfully.

When Lilibel turned her gaze, her smiling face was so bright it was almost lovely.

Lilibel thought that she was different from her own ghostly appearance, which was pale and even felt somewhat sickly.

“……I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Lilibel blinked innocently.

Calypso grinned.

“Don’t play dumb.”

For a moment, Lilibel thought she had misheard.

“You killed him, didn’t you?”

Calypso’s face was still bright with a smile.

Even at this moment, Lilibel tilted her head nonchalantly.

“Huh, me?”

Calypso knew the person Lilibel Aquasiedel very well.

In appearance, she seemed to be at the opposite point from herself, with sharp but drooping eyes and a pale complexion.

Even down to the fact that she had straight hair and focused more on the power of water than martial arts.

However, in order to evaluate this person Lilibel, one more thing must be known well.

‘There are cases where one trait is maximized when an Orca becomes a Suin [a person with mixed Orca and Suin heritage].’

That Lilibel was skilled in using others as pawns and scheming.

“You’re still so pretty, your voice is nice, you’re good at pretending to be kind, and you’re good at acting.”

One more thing.

“And you’re strong, aren’t you?”

She was strong enough to stimulate Calypso’s competitive spirit in the previous timeline.

“You’re so, so strong, but it’s just that you haven’t been able to show it easily until now. Isn’t that right?”

“…….”

However, that Lilibel had one fatal weakness.

The weakness that Lilibel herself knew best was.

“I know your kind of case well.”

Having tremendous power, but the body not keeping up.

The body could not withstand the strong power.

Rhodeschen and Heilah had given up early on, just looking at Lilibel’s weak stamina and body when she was young.

Lilibel had a brilliant mind, and as she grew up, she realized her own strong power and the weaknesses that came with it.

“You’re in the same category as our dad.”

A weapon with firepower that everyone would fear, but with a limited number of uses.

That’s right.

Lilibel Aquasiedel was suffering from the same disease as Pierre Aquasiedel.

* * *

The period when Lilibel was active in the 3rd timeline was when she was just crossing over from sixteen to seventeen years old.

“Follow Lilibel after the death of Baiyan!”

“Isn’t it rumored that she’s weak? Please explain. We can’t follow anyone who isn’t stronger than us!”

One day, Lilibel, who suddenly revealed her presence with the death of her older brother Baiyan, confidently proved her abilities to the vassals who initially resisted and her parents who looked at her unfavorably.

Thus, under the current head of the family, who strangely had no daughters.

Until now, she proved why the Orca society was a matrilineal society [a society where lineage is traced through the female line].

That was the reason why it was passed down from the head of the family to the daughter, or to the granddaughter.

“Ha, hahaha. It’s a power I can’t help but acknowledge, my daughter!”