Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 180

‘Time rift, huh? I’ve seen it all.’

I watched the scene unfolding before me with an indifferent expression.

Even though it was my own life I was witnessing, it didn’t evoke much emotion.

It wasn’t exactly a trauma or a wound.

I’d had nightmares about it for so long, and I was past the point of being shocked.

Besides, in my most recent, third life, even though the world was destroyed, I had managed to become the family head, which was my goal.

There was no reason to be shocked by facing the ‘me’ from my first life.

I was just a little annoyed.

I stared intently.

‘I was so small.’

How often would I get to see myself in the third person, objectively?

“Halmu— Granny! Gra, Granny!”

Despite being coldly ignored, I chased after the family head with a flustered expression.

Ah, I remember.

Back then, I was possessed by a childcare story [a genre of fiction where the protagonist is a child or interacts heavily with children]. I thought the same things that happened to childcare protagonists would happen to me.

‘Foolishly.’

I couldn’t help it. I had grown up receiving a lot of love on Earth.

It was hard for me to imagine a family that didn’t love me.

That was separate from the fact that I was tormented by my complex of being adopted.

Because they were family.

Because it was family.

I thought they would love me unconditionally.

“How annoying. Sardine, take her away and lock her up.”

“…Yes, Family Head.”

I stared at the small ‘me’ desperately grabbing onto my grandmother’s clothes.

You were so desperate.

“The, the people in the building are hurting me! He, help me!”

“……”

“Gra, Granny, it’s you. He, help me. Pwease……”

That’s right. At first, I thought that if a pretty baby like me smiled and acted cute, they would love me.

Then, I thought that if I cried and begged desperately, they would help me.

“Only the weak are eliminated.”

“……”

“Survive on your own.”

Thud, thud. I don’t remember what I was thinking as I watched her walk away.

I slowly yawned and scratched the back of my neck.

‘How long do I have to watch this? Surely I don’t have to watch it until I die, do I?’

How boring.

I looked around, wondering if there were any other doors.

My dad’s work is so urgent right now…! But there was nothing I could do.

I bit my lip.

Fortunately, the scene changed before I had to watch my first life all the way through.

This time, I was ten years old. Or was I nine?

It was the day I was sold to the Black Leopard family.

‘I think I was very shocked that it went according to the original story.’

The ‘me’ from my first life looked gloomy and timid. I flinched even when the knights approached.

I had been trained to be abused by Lumi, the pufferfish beastkin.

I was grabbed by the Orca knights and cried desperately once more.

“Pwease, just let me wive here, wive, let me wive here!”

“How foolish. Are you still slurring your words?”

“I, I’ll fix it! I’ll fix it, so pwease……”

Large tears fell in drops.

“Gra, Granny! Granny! Family Head, I’ll be usefwul, so, so pwease.”

Ironically, even though I was being abused, I considered this place my home.

I thought that if I could just live a little longer, someone would love me someday.

That there would be people like my mom and dad from Earth in this world too.

“Take her away.”

“Family Head, please!! Don’t send me away!”

I think I begged really hard, but she still sent me away. That damn hag.

At this time, I was sold as a symbol of the deal made with the Black Leopard.

Aquasidel probably benefited quite a bit from the deal.

“……”

I wondered why she wasn’t saying anything, but the family head was staring intently at the scene from my first life.

I turned my head.

Time passed a little more, and the scene changed. It was the familiar Black Leopard mansion.

Splash.

I could see myself just trembling from the scattered water.

That was me at seventeen.

A more withdrawn, fearful, frail, and weak version of myself.

‘If it were me now, I would have torn all those bastards’ hair out.’

Would I just tear their hair out? I would have bitten them and retaliated.

“Keke. Go back to where you lived. In the water.”

“Hey, isn’t it too much to use water you washed rags with?”

“Why? They live in dirty water anyway.”

“Ah, I guess so.”

The remaining water was splashed on the floor.

“Lick it up. You guys live by eating things like this.”

“……”

“Doesn’t it smell fishy?”

Who were those guys? Ah, they must have been the third son of the Black Leopard’s friends.

“Oh my, Young Master. You’re being too harsh.”

“Ugh… but I can’t stand the fishy smell.”

“How long does Asel intend to keep her around?”

“There’s nothing we can do. Lady Lily is protecting her……”

“Tsk, tsk, are the pitiful ones comforting each other? I just feel sorry for those who care about Lady Lily.”

Someone pretended to be cultured and acted elegantly wicked. Someone used their hands directly.

Either way, it was equally terrible.

I watched indifferently.

‘How long do I have to watch this? I’ll probably die soon after this.’

Now that I think about it, I did die quickly. I think I died around the age of twenty.

“Clean it up.”

Duke Pantellion, holding a bouquet of flowers for Lily, said coldly.

“Can’t you even say one thing properly?”

I could see Asel’s face. A gaze full of contempt and disdain.

“Father said that if you harm Lily one more time, he will banish you to the underground.”

“……”

“You guys are animals who lived in the dark seabed, so it might suit you.”

It was then.

I felt an unusual energy from the side.

Turning my head, I saw my grandmother trembling with anger, her chin tucked in like a walnut.

I could feel a blue aura and murderous intent. As if she wanted to tear apart Asel and Duke Pantellion, who were close to illusions.

I looked at the family head with an indifferent expression.

The family head is not angry because of what I experienced.

It’s just.

“How dare they, to an Orca……”

She must be feeling resentment about the fact that an ‘Orca’ was being treated like this by a land animal beastkin, a Black Leopard.

Look at that look of anger only after the Black Leopard appeared.

It was funny.

I chuckled softly, and a terrifying gaze stared at me.

“What on earth is this?”

Ah, I was wondering when she would ask this question.

“Can’t you tell by looking?”

I shrugged.

As my grandmother’s expression became more fierce, I lifted my chin arrogantly as if doing her a favor.

“Duke Yong controls time and space.”

“……”

“This is just something that might have happened one day.”

I have no intention of telling that grandmother that I am a regressor.

‘Who would benefit from it?’

She must be wary of me now that I’ve started speaking informally.

If her wariness grows any further, it will only be a hassle to become the family head when I return.

I judged calmly and dispassionately.

“In reality, I never acted like that to receive your affection. I was an exceptionally smart granddaughter.”

“……”

“I became the Dragon’s bride, but I was never suddenly sold to the Black Leopards, was I?”

You are probably no different from that figure in the scene unfolding before you.

“……”

“So, this must be something that might have happened. This is.”

I turned my head.

“Calypso, was it? You die because you’re annoying. You.”

I could see the original male lead smiling. I could also see myself slowly collapsing, spitting out poison.

It was the death of the villain in the book. Of course, I don’t think I ever acted like a villain in the book.

“They said to take care of your fiancé on your own, you.”

And in an old, empty carriage, ‘I’ blinked faintly.

It was a lonely death.

I calmly and peacefully evaluated the scene before me.

“Ah, I died.”

It seemed like my first life was finally coming to an end. It was boring.

It wouldn’t show me my second life next, would it? How annoying.

“……”

Turning my head, I saw the family head staring blankly at me.

I smiled brightly.

“What are you looking at?”

Unfortunately, my wish was not granted.

After my death in the first life, the space shattered and was reassembled.

The new place that appeared was, once again, a familiar space.

The Black Leopard mansion.

The only good thing was that I didn’t have to watch my second life for long.

I could see myself dying of tetanus.

‘I think I prayed to God to let me die quickly back then.’

It was so painful and uncomfortable that I thought it would be better to die at once.

‘But it was less difficult than my first life.’

I thought indifferently as I watched myself die in agony.

‘If there is a next life anyway, it would have been better to die sooner.’

But how long are you going to show me this, including my second life?

I missed Ekion.

I couldn’t hear Ekion’s voice that I had heard earlier anymore.

“What a boring death.”

“……Are you saying this isn’t reality?”

“If it were reality, would I be standing in front of you?”

Like most people, the family head couldn’t think of regression.

It was only natural.

Soon after, as if determined to have me watch my entire life.

My third life unfolded.

‘Ah, at least this one will be worth watching.’

I indifferently evaluated and scanned the space before me.

‘Huh?’

……It was different from before.

Unlike the times when it showed me my appearance, this time it showed the scenery first.

“……Aquasidel?”

It was the scenery of the Aquasidel mansion that the family head and I knew well.

But the difference was.

It was half-destroyed and in a mess. There were dead people lying everywhere.