Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 251

With everyone focused on me, I told Loreil what I needed.

“Are there any among you who aren’t feeling well? Please compile a list of those people and give it to me.”

“Excuse me? Why would you need that…?”

“Because I can heal them.”

I glanced at Whale, who was with us, and smiled slightly.

“It’s difficult to do all at once, so it would be best if you prioritize those most in need.”

Loreil looked stunned, as if she hadn’t expected that at all.

“Is that… possible?”

“Would I deceive you?”

While the others’ faces turned serious, Loreil looked noticeably cautious.

“I’ve heard that the Crown Prince has become obsessed with ‘healing ability users’ lately.”

Loreil clasped her hands together tightly, as if in prayer.

“And I even heard stories that he was conducting experiments. By any chance… was the ability user that Calypso-nim has with you a subject of those experiments?”

“To put it bluntly, that’s not the case.”

We have an ability user that even the Imperial Family doesn’t know about. That Crown Prince wouldn’t know about Whale’s existence.

Because he died early in the 3rd playthrough.

“But I do know who the experimental subjects were.”

The face of the monkey family’s representative, who was sitting with us, hardened.

I took my eyes off him and stood up.

“Then, organize your questions and bring them to me.”

“Just a moment, Calypso-nim…!”

“Why? It seems like the important stuff is over.”

Loreil jumped up from her seat and bowed politely.

“Thank you so much for saying you’ll help us.”

She seemed deeply moved by the unexpected help.

“Yeah. We’re getting the help we need too, so there’s no need to be overly conscious of it.”

“…….”

I stared intently at Loreil.

“I’m also a bit surprised, and reflecting on the fact that there’s a monkey family member who opposes the experiments.”

Was there someone like that in the 3rd playthrough too?

There probably was.

‘But they probably died early.’

Unfortunately, the good guys are the first to die in war.

* * *

“I heard you wanted to see me.”

That evening, at Loreil and her colleagues’ hideout. We had each been assigned rooms and a conference room.

Camilla came to the conference room where we were with a cheerful face.

And what greeted her was the heavy atmosphere in the conference room.

Camilla blinked.

“Oh, did I come at the wrong time? Should I go back?”

“No, you came at the right time.”

I got up from my seat and patted the seat next to me. Camilla came over, but instead of sitting, she stood next to me.

Then, she naturally crossed her arms and leaned against the desk like me.

It felt strange because she had this habit in the past.

‘Even if the situation changes, some things don’t change.’

I thought about what happened this afternoon.

“…Can’t you heal her first?”

Atlan, who rarely asked me for anything, said to me.

He scratched the back of his neck for a long time, as if embarrassed, before finally saying it.

“Why, are you worried about her?”

“Well…”

“…….”

“It would be a lie to say I’m not worried.”

The second guy eventually smiled bitterly and admitted it honestly.

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand his feelings. We either owed our lives to someone or died with debts in the last moments.

Just like I did, Atlan must have too.

So, instead of refusing Atlan’s request, I quietly nodded.

Anyway, Camilla’s ‘specialty’ was important to the plan to strike this research facility, so I was planning to heal her.

“We’re going to heal you first. I called you here to ask you something before the treatment.”

“Oh, really? That’s something. I appreciate you thinking so highly of me.”

Camilla smiled brightly with a touched expression.

“I feel recognized every time the head calls me first, it makes me so happy!”

Pressing down on the fleeting memories, I calmly composed my expression.

“By any chance, can you use ‘Press’?”

The walrus family’s specialty was their imperviousness to attacks and their immense strength.

Among them, they could gather their strength and use a technique called ‘Press’ [a technique that temporarily increased their weight tremendously, increasing both their strength and durability].

In the 3rd playthrough, it was Camilla’s signature technique, and thanks to this, she often took the front lines.

But Camilla had a bewildered expression.

“Uh? That’s, you’re talking about our walrus technique, right? I can’t use that?”

“What…?”

I paused.

I heard that Camilla was captured by Madrum early on, and she suffered permanent damage to her legs at that time.

After that, Loreil saved her from being disposed of, and that’s how she ended up here.

I pressed my temples.

‘This is a problem.’

The plan I made with Loreil required someone to knock down the thick, massive wall after Ekion solved the device.

It would be okay if I or the orcas did it, but we’d have to pull people from other locations, so it wouldn’t be efficient.

More than anything, the difference in combat power is significant depending on whether Camilla can use this technique or not.

‘This life has changed so much because of that Crown Prince bastard.’

I tapped my lips. It was too late to learn the technique now.

“Head.”

I turned my head and saw Hauser. Originally, I was going to meet alone, but two people came because they wanted to come together.

Ekion and Hauser.

“Excuse me… I have something to say quietly, would that be alright?”

Instead of answering, I looked at Camilla, and she naturally raised both hands.

“Is it a story I shouldn’t hear? I understand. Talk comfortably. Should I leave?”

“No. Thank you. Then, excuse us for a moment.”

A translucent barrier was placed around everyone except Camilla. I checked the barrier and then turned my gaze.

“What is it? Make it short and concise.”

“Camilla can use that technique.”

“…….”

“Camilla just needs to remember.”

At the seemingly heartless and simple words, I frowned.

‘Ah, that’s right.’

I had already talked to Levi once, but the story with Hauser was never finished because things had been hectic since then.

I don’t want you, my subordinates, to remember the 3rd playthrough.

That was my heart, and I had firmly decided.

“Come to think of it, you said you know a way to make your subordinates recall their memories from the previous life.”

“How did you know?”

“Levi told me.”

“He betrayed me. Me.”

Hauser said calmly. With a face that wasn’t affected at all.

“Well, when did you two become so close that you’re talking about betrayal? It’s absurd.”

“Is that so?”

Hauser smiled faintly.

“Anyway, that method is rejected. I’ll find another way.”

“But weren’t you going to choose the fastest and most efficient method? I understand that there isn’t much time to make other plans.”

“…Surely there’s that much time? I can step in if necessary.”

“If Camilla were here, would she want that?”

It was a line that crossed the line.

I stared at Hauser with a cold gaze.

“That’s a very presumptuous thing to say.”

“If I was rude, I will gladly accept the punishment. But didn’t you always try to fill every hole yourself in the previous life?”

It would be good to properly convey my intentions to Hauser.

“Hauser, I said I don’t want to.”

“…….”

But why. Hauser didn’t seem to back down at all.

“…How about you see the process of memories being revived for yourself?”

“Since when did I have to tell you ‘no’ twice?”

Rather, he seemed ready to move on his own. I had already heard from Levi.

That Hauser was even more obsessed with the past life than Levi.

Hauser distorted his lips and came closer to me. But this was soon blocked by the water stream I created.

“I said I don’t want to.”

I said calmly.

I didn’t feel anger, but he must have felt the tense atmosphere.

Instead of answering, Hauser stared at me.

With eyes shining with conviction.

“Or, how about asking her for her opinion?”

What opinion. To someone who can’t even remember-. I was about to frown and say a word.

“What are you going to ask me?”

My head snapped around. Camilla was smiling brightly in that spot.