Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 112

Black Orca Baby Lord (112)

Episode 112

“I know what you’re worried about.”

As we were about to return home after spending some time together, Dad said to me.

Eckion was clinging tightly to my side, his face full of regret, knowing I was leaving.

“Calypso, are you going?”

Ugh, he’s even making me feel guilty with those words.

I wanted to stay with him until nightfall, but I was busy reassuring Eckion that I would see him again tomorrow, so he shouldn’t worry.

Then, I responded to Dad’s words.

“Worried about what?”

Dad came up to me, knelt on one knee, and met my eye level.

When I was three, my eye level didn’t match even when Dad lowered himself like this, but I felt pleased that I had grown a bit.

‘I hope I’m taller in the third playthrough.’

It’s subtly different depending on environmental factors.

I put my thoughts aside and focused on Dad’s words.

“Even if I use force to eliminate a collateral line, no one will even notice.”

I was focused, but I paused at the words that followed.

“…Dad, you knew what I was worried about?”

“Vaguely.”

“And you’re even lying?”

That eliminating a collateral line wouldn’t even be noticed, does he think I’m a stupid orca? Does he think I’m a fool?

‘I’ve eliminated several families, and he’s looking down on me.’

I frowned.

On the other hand, if this was true, how strong is this father of mine?

“Just how strong are you?”

“Tsk, what’s with the ‘you’?”

Dad flicked my forehead.

“Hmph, you can’t even hit me hard enough to hurt.”

“I can’t hit you hard enough to hurt, but efficient training is possible.”

“…The most wonderful teacher in the world, I was wrong. Maybe it’s better for the teacher to become the head of the family after all.”

“You’re the one who’s good at saying things you don’t mean.”

Dad squatted down, rested his chin on his hand, and chuckled.

Because his face is so handsome, even a pose like a neighborhood thug looked surprisingly decadent and like a mobster with a story.

Though both are gangsters in the same vein.

‘It would be nice if he gained some weight, but it’s not easy.’

As I said this, I recalled the training Dad had put me through.

‘I wanted to awaken the power of water, so I asked him to be harsh.’

So, our dad, who only knew ‘no backing down,’ really did his best to push me for five years.

…He seemed to believe this was love.

‘As expected of orcas. They’re all twisted in the same way.’

Ah, of course, I was very satisfied.

I easily surpassed Lilibel with my fists, didn’t I?

The goal was to gradually recover as much power as when I was the head of the family.

“What are you going to do now?”

“There’s something I’m waiting for.”

It’s not that I didn’t try to save Dad for the past five years.

However, the way to save him.

To be exact, the ‘person’ who can save him hasn’t come here yet.

But it’s soon.

* * *

A few days later, I met Lilibel again.

Last time, Lilibel openly chased after me, but this time it was a rather secretive meeting.

“Do we have to meet like this?”

Lilibel looked around, unable to hide her uneasy expression.

This was the basement of Dad’s mansion.

However, it was decorated quite comfortably, so except for the lack of windows, it didn’t have the musty feeling typical of basements.

“Were you followed?”

“…No.”

“Yeah, we checked on our end too, and there was no one.”

“…Are you doubting my skills right now?”

“I’m not doubting you. However, you don’t seem to be familiar with the specialties of various aquatic animal shapeshifters yet.”

“…”

“Don’t make that face; it’s only Dad and I who can sense them on our side.”

You need a trick to sense shapeshifters specialized in stealth.

In Dad’s case, he sensed it through his great power, and for me, it wasn’t difficult because of my extensive experience.

I smiled as I lifted a cup with steaming tea and took a sip.

“You came here because you’ve made up your mind, just like the letter you sent in advance.”

“…”

Lilibel’s silence was affirmation.

“That’s good. There’s something I really want to say to you too.”

“What are you talking about?”

Lilibel’s attempt to not reveal her shortcomings was cute.

She didn’t even know that she looked like a pufferfish forcibly puffing up its body.

“You should continue to pretend to be a successor candidate.”

“Are you saying I shouldn’t give up on aiming for the head of the family?”

“Yeah.”

“…To deceive whom? Grandmother?”

When I only smiled, Lilibel pondered for a moment and said again.

“Our mother?”

“As expected, you’re quick-witted. I think I made a good choice recruiting you.”

White Mother, Heilah, is a huge variable.

I don’t plan to win her over yet, so Lilibel needs to hold her back.

‘Heilah has too much ambition.’

If she had been born into the direct line, she would have been a rival no less than Lilibel.

Of course, now that I have Lilibel, it’s a waste to throw her away.

So, it’s not too late to win her over when she’s a little older.

“…Do you really think you can overthrow your grandmother, who is still in her prime?”

“Of course.”

I put down the cup and rested my chin on my hand.

“What, should I make an oath to the sea?”

“…I won’t stop you if you do.”

“I like that you’re so suspicious.”

“Why do you pretend to know me so well?”

“I want to get along well with you.”

Lilibel blushed slightly and turned her head.

Because her face is so pale, the blush was noticeable.

“You don’t have any friends your age, do you?”

“What’s so important about friends?”

“Well, that’s true. My brothers had friends, but… you’re a loner…”

“Who are you calling a loner!”

“Then you can be friends with me.”

“Huh?”

Lilibel flinched, about to jump up.

“I don’t make friends with people I follow.”

Even as she said that, Lilibel’s blush rose a little more, and her face turned slightly red.

“Ah. I was going to say that too, by the way.”

“What?”

“Don’t forget to make an oath to the sea.”

“…”

“You’re going to be loyal, right?”

I smiled slyly.

Then, Lilibel, who was staring at me, frowned and slightly averted her gaze.

“…Tch.”

I just laughed at her sulky ‘tch.’

‘I knew you’d be like that.’

This cunning orca was prepared to run away at any moment, so she only bowed her head to me for a short time, or so I thought.

It’s not for nothing that she was called the ‘genius of betrayal’ in the third playthrough; she was so good at backstabbing.

Well, nothing in the world is easy.

Seeing Lilibel making an oath to the sea with a sulky face.

‘Was she serious about wanting to follow me?’

It felt strange.

I thought she would resist more.

Is it because she’s young?

She feels cuter than the completed Lilibel. Though it’s obvious.

“If you want to live, do well.”

“…Isn’t it mean to threaten me with my life?”

“Who was the one who was mean first?”

“…”

As I watched Lilibel sit gracefully in her seat with a resigned look, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Keep your promise. Calypso Aquasider. I want to see the head of the family you talked about fall.”

“Of course.”

That’s how I planted a capable spy on Rhodeschen’s side.

* * *

The next day.

As always, I went to the educational institution and tilted my head with a strange feeling.

‘Why isn’t my intuition so good?’

This sense of vigilance was the feeling I had when I stayed up all night alone in the third playthrough to challenge the head of the family.

The feeling of being on edge even when I was still.

“Sister, what’s wrong?”

Agenor, who was walking next to me, tilted his head.

“Agenor, don’t you feel anything?”

“What? Ah, um… there’s a slight tingling, but it seems like someone is fighting nearby. Why?”

The intermediate institution was a little different from the elementary institution.

No, it was very different.

The educational policy of the educational institution also changed depending on the head of the family’s disposition.

If the elementary educational institution had at least minimal protection measures.

As expected of an institution run under a head of the family who shouted the law of the jungle, duels between students occurred almost every day in this intermediate institution.

Most of them were fights between orcas, but very rarely, other whales were involved.

I turned my head sharply.

“…”

And then blinked.

“Huh…”

Currently, it was break time, so the hallway was quite crowded.

I found a human staring fiercely at me near a pillar not far from me.

It was Atlan.

‘…What the hell is that guy doing there?’

It’s not like a clownfish hiding in a sea anemone; why is he acting up there?

Besides, it was a gaze that felt like my temples were burning.