Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 102

Chapter 102

“Are you saying you’ll win? You will? You’ll completely beat them down?”

“Try to use more mature language. You’re getting older now, you know.”

“How about a spar today? It’s okay if you beat me up.”

“……Shut up and let’s just go to Ekion.”

I glanced at Agenor and then turned my head.

“But, Little Sister, why did you bother giving Riribel Aquasiedel the information you knew?”

Usually, shouldn’t you keep something like that to yourself?

I smiled slightly at Agenor’s muttering.

In my head, the meeting with Riribel from earlier flashed by.

“You’re in the same department as my dad.”

When I said this, I tried to appear calm, but the shock I couldn’t hide was clear in her eyes.

“Oops, don’t worry.”

Riribel looked wary.

She couldn’t move even when I gave her an opening.

“I just came to say hello today.”

‘It probably felt different to her, though.’

That’s not my problem.

“Agenor, kids like her, smart and thoughtful… you need to give them something to think about.”

Right now, she’s probably too confused by the new information to think about anything else, right?

‘Because I gave her a bomb.’

As I walked ahead, Agenor, who was trotting after me like a seal, kept talking to me.

He looked like a dolphin who would happily run around if you just gave him a ball.

As we chatted and walked, we soon arrived at our destination.

The building where Dad lived stood there as always.

But I tilted my head as I looked at the building.

‘What is it?’

I frowned slightly.

‘Why is it so quiet?’

I wasn’t the only one who felt this way. Agenor also had a puzzled expression.

“Isn’t Master here?”

“That can’t be. He said he didn’t have anything to do today.”

“Hmm… This is the first time Master hasn’t been waiting for you when you came.”

“…….”

We exchanged puzzled looks and were just about to open the door when it happened.

At the same time, I was suddenly pounced on by something.

“Oh, Little Sister?”

I quickly raised my hand to Agenor.

Because a familiar scent filled my nose.

Soon, Agenor also seemed to realize the situation and relaxed his posture.

A refreshing scent of water.

Perhaps it’s a scent that only we aquatic beast-people can smell?

Looking down, strands of bright blue hair danced before my eyes.

The being that had pounced on me slowly raised its head.

“Calypso!”

A fair and white face, long eyelashes curved delicately like roof tiles. Beautiful golden eyes curved.

It was Ekion.

My surprise was only momentary, and I smiled.

I made eye contact with Ekion and asked,

“What brings you to the front door? Ah, no. You’re always waiting, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Where’s Dad gone?”

“Don’t know.”

Ekion hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.

He seemed to have put a lot of thought into it before opening his mouth.

“Went out. Ten minutes ago.”

Over the past five years, Ekion’s language skills have improved remarkably.

To be exact, he mastered basic conversation, including words, in less than a year.

He still doesn’t use language as freely as an adult, though.

His talent and intelligence are there, but there’s a reason why it turned out like this…….

‘He doesn’t talk to anyone except me and Dad.’

No matter how much you teach a language, language is ultimately practical.

Moreover, if the person he’s talking to is Dad, who hardly talks to anyone else besides me.

It’s like two of the same kind meeting.

Still, if language experts on Earth heard this, they would be shocked at the speed.

That’s why the next thing Ekion learned was ’emotions’.

“Look at this, Ekion. I’m holding my favorite plankton candy right now.”

“I’m holding it too.”

“That’s right. You’re holding it too. Okay, question. How do I feel holding the candy?”

“…….”

I already knew through Dad that Ekion wouldn’t accept any other ‘teacher’ besides me.

In fact, I brought in a scholar I could trust through Layla for history or basic knowledge, but.

“Eugh, eugh, euaaagh! I, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I can’t do it……!”

……Well, there was a small ‘accident’.

As these small accidents piled up, I couldn’t call in any more teachers.

In the end, I ended up taking on the role of teacher.

What could I do?

“Responsibility comes with saving something.”

“Little Sister, what did you say?”

“Nothing.”

Ekion was a big reason why I had five years to spare.

Even if you rescue a stray cat on the street, there are many things you need to think about carefully, so what about a person, and what about this Dragon Yong Yong-nim [term of endearment for a dragon]?

It’s been five years since I rolled up my sleeves to take responsibility.

‘Of course, the reason for the last five years of hiatus… wasn’t entirely due to Ekion’s education problem.’

It’s true that it took up a large part.

Becoming the head of the family and taking revenge is the ultimate goal, but the immediate goal is to teach this duke well so that he can grow up properly.

‘Because I promised Tus.’

Anyway, raising a child… I don’t know if I can call this raising a child.

There were unexpected things.

For example, let’s go back to when I was teaching Ekion ’emotions’ again.

“Don’t you know? I’m happy to be holding my favorite candy.”

“…….”

“Okay, repeat after me. I am happy.”

“Okay, repeat after me. I am happy.”

“……You don’t have to repeat the first part.”

In fact, I thought that emotions would be naturally learned by living with people.

So I thought Ekion would do the same if he lived with us, but he didn’t.

When I left him to learn naturally, he hardly expressed himself.

He even accidentally spilled hot water on his hand, but he didn’t say anything and just stared blankly at me.

“Why don’t you say anything!”

“……Don’t say?”

I was horrified and started teaching him one by one.

He couldn’t even say he was in pain when he was in pain!

And after a little time, I realized.

「Dragons mimic the emotions of the human they first bond with.」

This one sentence was written in the notebook Tus gave me.

That means, in the end.

‘Ekion is mimicking me.’

……Certainly, I was insensitive to pain.

It was a headache. No, our Yong Yong-ie [another term of endearment for a dragon, implying youth and cuteness] is taking after the regressionist’s shortcomings!

So, while raising the Yong Yong Duke-nim, I had to fix myself in front of him.

They say you shouldn’t even drink water carelessly in front of your child, and that’s exactly what it was like.

‘A key-job [high-maintenance task] that I never wanted in my life.’

Of course, key-job means to eat up [consume resources].

The subject of eating here will be Ekion.

I’m going to teach that child the meaning of ‘revenge’.

Besides, a similar saying was written in Tus’s notebook that I mentioned earlier.

「The Dragon Duke-nim can only mimic what the teacher tells him, and he can’t even distinguish what emotions he’s feeling unless the teacher tells him. A good teacher is needed!」

“Calypso, aren’t you going in?”

In the end, I’m saying that I tried very hard to prevent this Yong Duke-nim, who asks with an innocent expression, from becoming the same person as me, also known as ‘Calypso No. 2’.

“Yeah. I have to go in.”

“Little Sister, what are you worrying about so much?”

“Ah.”

Worrying about whether I’m a good teacher?

In fact, it’s been a worry for the past five years.

I wonder if my emotional state, after regressing three times, is the same as a normal person.

I wonder if it’s right to teach as I know it.

But what can I do since Ekion doesn’t try to accept anything other than my teachings?

‘Look at this. He doesn’t even talk to Agenor.’

That’s right.

As I said before, Ekion didn’t talk to anyone except me and Dad.

It wasn’t because he disliked, hated, or was unfamiliar with them.

It’s just that, to Ekion, Agenor was like a non-existent person.

‘So… it’s like he sees the pillar over there and Agenor in a similar way.’

This is also a fact I learned from Tus’s notebook.

The Dragon Duke has a narrow range of people he keeps inside his fence.

And he has an attachment to the people he cherishes most among those inside.

That seems to be me.

‘Is it similar to the effect of a duck seeing the person it sees as soon as it hatches from the egg as its mother?’

I’m thinking of it as an imprinting effect.

Agenor, who was initially upset about this, showed his competitive spirit like an orca, as if he had been a docile seal only to me.

-Kieeeeeeeek!

“Ah, surrender, surrender, surrenderrr! Li, Little Sister, what is he?!”

After almost getting his nose broken while rushing in, he stayed quiet.

He looked like he was itching to move sometimes, but it felt like he was holding back.

‘Orcas are thugs, but they’re thugs who know who to mess with…’

It’s not for nothing that they’re smart animals along with whales and dolphins.

“It would be nice if Ekion could go outside too.”

I stroked Ekion’s head.