Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 125

Orca Black, the Mastermind (125)

#125

Levi frowned, surprise etching his face.

What was he hearing?

The unexpected words had left him dumbfounded.

Calypso, however, remained composed.

“What’s with the surprise? Nothing in this world is free.”

She certainly had a face as pretty as a doll.

But why? Why did she seem like a ruthless business owner?

“If I helped you, you’ll repay me, right?”

…She looked like she’d make you work overtime.

He didn’t know why he felt this way.

He had only heard rumors and the servants’ impressions of the princess.

It was more of a gut feeling.

‘Could I have been momentarily blinded by the pain?’

Well, if he misjudged, so be it. It was reasonable for her to expect something in return for her help.

Levi closed his eyes as he lay on the sofa.

“……You speak as if you want something.”

Levi suddenly remembered. He had forgotten for a moment in his pain, but Calypso had clearly….

‘Called me by my name.’

He recalled that she had called him by a name he hadn’t told her. And quite affectionately, too.

Normally, he would have noticed immediately and been on guard, but he had been too distracted by the pain.

A mistake.

Levi sighed softly.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard a thud in front of him.

He opened his eyes and saw Calypso sitting right in front of the sofa. Levi was startled.

“What are you doing……!”

“Shh, be quiet. Shouldn’t we stop the bleeding first? Oh, I saw the bandage on the floor, can I use it?”

“…….”

“Smart, but terrible at first aid.”

Calypso held a bandage in her hand.

Levi frowned, feeling the roughly tied cloth falling from his wound.

…Why was the princess so good at bandaging?

Were orcas naturally good at this because they were used to fighting?

No.

They had countless servants and doctors under them, why would she do it herself?

This person was strange after all.

He hadn’t been mistaken because of the pain.

Levi hadn’t intended to keep Calypso here for so long.

A look of anxiety crossed his eyes.

From the moment he met Calypso, everything was going against his expectations.

It was rare for Levi, who usually grasped the flow and predicted the outcome with his clever mind, to experience something so unfamiliar.

And he didn’t welcome this strange feeling.

“……Princess. The treatment is done, please go back.”

“Hmm? I have something to receive.”

“Yes, I will repay you for sure. I can even swear on the oath of the sea. Please, just go back.”

“Hmm?”

Instead of answering, Calypso tilted her head.

She certainly looked like a lovely girl, but Levi felt his nerves on edge even through the pain.

The blue eyes stared at him without a hint of a smile.

It was only for a moment before her eyes curved.

“Why? Do you have treasure hidden at home or something?”

At least the rumors didn’t seem exaggerated.

It was a sense of intimidation that couldn’t be felt from an orca of her age.

He had seen Bian, Sorta, Atlan, and Bellus at her age.

It was different.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I don’t like strangers staying in my house for long.”

“Oh, my dad’s like that too. That’s why it’s become a place where even his subordinates can’t come.”

Calypso retorted casually.

Levi saw Calypso’s hand, which was bandaging him, noticeably slowing down.

As if she was curious about what he was hiding.

A rash eviction seemed to have fueled Calypso Aquasieldel’s curiosity.

It was a blunder.

“……If you’re worried that I’ll run away or disappear, I said I’d swear on the oath of the sea.”

“I wasn’t thinking that?”

Calypso tilted her head.

“You’re not going to run away, are you?”

“…….”

“You don’t like being indebted either, do you?”

Again. A tone as if she knew him well. This time it wasn’t a misunderstanding.

“Do you know me?”

“Yeah. I know you well.”

Calypso smiled brightly.

“How could a precious princess know a humble dolphin family’s prisoner?”

“Really? Wouldn’t it be nice if a precious princess took an interest in you?”

“Excuse me? Are you joking?”

“Am I joking?”

Calypso rested her chin on her hand and smiled.

“I have a hobby of getting to know handsome guys like you.”

“……Excuse me?”

He was surprised by her smooth talk, and then startled again by the girl’s face, which seemed a little closer.

But because he was lying down, there was nowhere to retreat.

If Atlan hadn’t grabbed Calypso’s shoulder…….

Levi would probably have shown an unprecedented level of embarrassment on his face.

“Stop it.”

Atlan frowned.

“Can’t you see he’s embarrassed? Your tone is completely…… back to how it used to be.”

“Ah.”

Calypso blinked as if she realized something.

‘Atlan is here and Levi is here too, so I must have been unconsciously immersed in the past.’

Calypso also realized her mistake.

She was happy to talk to Levi, but before she knew it, she was naturally teasing him with the tone and attitude she used to have whenever she saw him.

It was all because this guy’s embarrassed face hadn’t changed at all from the third timeline.

‘I’ve come to enjoy it, haven’t I?’

Calypso shrugged.

Then she glanced at Levi and grinned.

“You’re red?”

“Excuse me?”

“No, your cheeks are nicely red.”

Well. She was going to stop now, but seeing that look, she couldn’t resist teasing him.

“Too close, too close!!”

“Okay, I get it. I get it, so let go.”

“Hey, how many times do I have to tell you that your tone is the problem?”

“Why? Is it because of the word ‘pretty’? Second, you’re pretty too. Okay?”

“…….”

Atlan roughly wiped his face.

“……Seriously, I’m an idiot for happily following you.”

“You like it, but you’re still saying that.”

While Calypso and Atlan were lightly conversing, Levi came to his senses.

“If you have any requests for me, please tell me quickly and leave. I’m running out of strength. You don’t want to…… watch me faint, do you?”

Calypso’s gaze turned to Levi.

Calypso skillfully read the anxiety on Levi’s face.

She knew very well why Levi was making that face.

Pretending not to know, she nodded.

“You’re quick to catch on? That’s right. I have something I want.”

Levi looked relieved.

Did he want to chase her away this badly?

‘I know you don’t have your memories, but I’m starting to feel a little sad.’

Calypso glanced at Atlan for a moment before turning her gaze back to Levi.

“Yes, what I want is…….”

Calypso slowly erased her smile.

It was a completely different face from when she was joking and saying pretty things.

The round eyes, which couldn’t be seen on an orca, and the constant smile made it impossible to imagine the sense of intimidation that now came over Levi again.

“You know where the ‘living cure’ is, don’t you?”

Levi was startled by the words that came out of Calypso’s mouth.

Because it was an unexpected statement, he didn’t even try to hide his surprise.

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

“Your surprise is written all over your face.”

“…….”

* * *

The expression of being hit right on the mark flashes by for a moment.

“Even if maintaining composure is your specialty, it’s hard to maintain when you’re in this much pain, right?”

Even though she said this, his poker face was excellent.

He probably thought he was showing his surprise, but there was almost no change, so Atlan next to him didn’t even notice.

‘Wow, this guy was a prodigy even at this age. I’m glad I came to pick him up.’

The only reason I could recognize it was because I had spent over a decade with him.

This guy is currently.

‘How on earth does this princess know that? A secret he risked his life for.’

……He probably had that kind of look on his face.

This world has two opposing factions: land animal shapeshifters and aquatic animal shapeshifters, and another characteristic.

That is, the power between these two forces is at odds or symmetrical.

For example, the orcas, the leaders of the aquatic animal shapeshifters, are given the ‘power of water.’

The male protagonist of this novel, the lion, the leader of the imperial family and the land animal shapeshifters, has the ‘power of earth,’ similar to us.

It is literally the power that is mediated by the earth. They each have a power based on the source of life.

And the squirrel shapeshifter, the female protagonist of this novel, has the unique ‘healing’ power among land animals.

So, does that mean that there is a shapeshifter with similar powers among the aquatic animal shapeshifters?

That’s right.

‘In the last timeline, I didn’t know this until I became the head of the family…… a long time later.’

There is no shapeshifter who specializes in healing power.

Except for the aquatic animal shapeshifter who is the opposite of the unique female protagonist.

To be exact, they don’t have the exact same power, but a similar one.

I briefly overlooked this fact because I was focused on the novel’s content.

‘I never thought that there would be a being with a similar ability to the one and only female protagonist.’

And sadly, when I found out about this fact in the third timeline.

‘It was already too late.’

They had all been extinct for a long time.

By the orcas? No, even the orcas didn’t know.

They were killed and disappeared by the sharks, a more vicious force than the orcas.

So, if I were to assume that I met my living father in the third timeline.

Even if I wanted to cure his illness, it would have been impossible at that time.

The only person who could cure him was dead.

I found out about this fact by chance.

“Lord, may I leave a will?”

“Don’t say unlucky things, before I leave a will to you.”

“……There is a grave that I have been taking care of. It’s like my younger sibling, and there is no one else to take care of it if not me. I will tell you the location, so please take care of it?”

My strategist and right-hand man, that Levi, said this before his last battle.

About what kind of grave he had been taking care of. Whose grave it was.

It was a shapeshifter who was the only one left in the world, and a shapeshifter who had become extinct.

Levi confessed his long-standing attachment with difficulty only a day before his death.

He said that not being able to protect that child was the regret of his life.

‘He looked so regretful that I was going to help him in this life.’

Even if I were to return to Earth, it was a promise I wanted to keep, and.

It was something I was going to ask my dad to do if I couldn’t do it myself.

But since I decided to live here, I’m going to meet you and solve it myself.

I came out of my memory and slowly raised my head.

“The great whale, or is it also called the white whale?”

“Snow-white silver hair and the largest size are its characteristics.”

“……What are you talking about.”

“Even gray eyes. I heard.”

“…….”

I remember clearly.

The alias you told me is…….

“The living cure, you’re protecting it, aren’t you?”

As soon as I finished speaking, there was a loud crash from somewhere in the house.

At the same time as a sense of despair appeared in Levi’s eyes, I grinned.

“You don’t live alone?”