Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 106

Black Orca Baby (106)

No. 106

It’s not uncommon for successor candidates to die during the orca succession competition.

However, it’s not as if they hold such elaborate funerals every time someone dies.

If that were the case, how many funerals would Aquasia Del have had by now?

‘Assassinations and poisonings are so common that families usually handle it internally. Or they might just ignore it altogether.’

For example, if I had died around the time I entered the beginner’s institution, I would have been buried without any ceremony.

Baiyan’s case is different.

His family made his death special.

I know what would have happened next if I hadn’t spoken up.

‘Lilibel would have raised her hand.’

And she would have brought up Baiyan’s “honorable” death.

“I am the one who won in a righteous and dignified battle against Sorta Aquasia Del.”

In previous timelines, Lilibel acted similarly, I’ve heard.

Only the opponent was Sorta, not Baiyan.

‘Do you think I don’t know what you’re up to?’

She’s a child who wants to showcase her genius and use her brother’s grave as her debut.

But.

I smiled inwardly, feigning a solemn expression.

“Are you implying that he didn’t commit suicide?”

“Yes. Baiyan Aquasia Del’s death is publicly known as a suicide, but if it wasn’t the ‘honorable’ suicide everyone believes, this funeral loses its purpose.”

“Do you have any evidence?”

I wanted to quietly tell Lilibel, who must be watching me intently.

Lilibel, I don’t know if anyone has told you this, but when making your first appearance before the vassals…

It’s best to strike first.

“Yes, Grandmother, I wouldn’t dare raise my hand without evidence. How could I utter falsehoods in front of the head of the family?”

“You’re still being evasive. So?”

As Grandmother spoke, the situation mirrored the family meeting from five years ago.

Those who were present then are present now.

I can feel the curiosity and wary glances intensifying.

“Baiyan Aquasia Del was murdered. His death was not honorable.”

“……”

“Therefore, the reason for holding such a grand funeral is invalid.”

“Do you understand the weight of your words?”

“You asked for evidence.”

For the past five years, I’ve allowed people to believe I’ve lost my talent and become foolish.

I honed my strength and mentored Lord Dragon, but that doesn’t mean I was idle.

Question.

Which type of siren is most numerous in Aquasia Del castle?

Considering the overall ratio of aquatic animal sirens, the strong ones like whales, orcas, sharks, and walruses are in the minority.

The majority filling this mansion are weak sirens.

Among them, the vast majority are…

Herring sirens.

‘Could this actually work?’

When I visited Ilia, the leader of the belugas, a while ago…

Even though I visited her unexpectedly after five years, Ilia smiled without being flustered.

As if she had been waiting.

“A hint about one of the other seven families besides us…”

I received an answer that day.

“Which family do you think has the most eyes and ears in this mansion?”

Was it a coincidence?

Or was God finally rewarding me with luck after three regressions, acknowledging my arduous journey?

The family Ilia’s riddle pointed to was one I knew well.

The herring siren family.

These sirens, boasting an absolute majority, are characterized by strong fertility, a strong bond within their species, and loyalty to their master.

They also work most frequently as servants and maids, especially as high-ranking maids.

Eiya, Biyo, Dede.

“Princess, we can communicate even without speaking!”

“That’s right, that’s right! It’s telepathy!”

“Then does that mean you can communicate anything?”

“Yes! If we all agree!”

Like fish that overcome predators in groups in nature, their specialty is ‘telepathy’.

Servants and maids are everywhere, as common as clerks in a cafe, but often seen as invisible NPCs [Non-Player Characters; background characters].

Five years ago, after returning to Aquasia Del from the City of Dragons, I re-evaluated everything I had.

This included identifying talents like Agenor, Dad, and Ilia Beluga.

What caught my attention were these herring sisters.

‘There was something strange in the last timeline.’

When I awakened the power of water and began building my own power, I mostly acted alone.

Once, I was caught by a minor orca and saved a herring siren who was being beaten.

“Thank you, thank you. When I heard this child’s scream in my head, I thought I was going to die…!”

The maid, claiming to be the sister of the siren I saved, belatedly ran up and said this.

I dismissed it casually at the time.

But thinking about it, how could she have heard the sound of someone being beaten without them even screaming?

Besides, she heard it ‘in her head’?

At the time, the position of head of Aquasia Del was like the Warring States period [a period of constant warfare and political maneuvering in ancient China], and the herring sirens were suffering, so I was too preoccupied to remember it.

But when I had time to reflect, I had an idea.

“So, if herring sirens agree, they can always communicate? And when communicating, can you find and communicate with specific people?”

“Yes!”

“Then, girls, how wide is your network?”

At my smiling question, Eiya and Biyo looked at each other and pointed to the most docile Dede.

“Dede is popular!”

“That’s right!”

“Yes, yes?! Ah, no…….”

“Dede, maybe.”

My uncle, Rodesen’s forces, thoroughly ignore the powerless and weak sirens.

Servants and maids are considered expendable and can be removed if necessary.

But I always thought…

Survival of the fittest.

Yes, it was the law of nature.

But can this world exist without the weak?

I wanted symbiosis.

“……My brother is the successor of the herring family.”

The herring family was a very small force with virtually no influence in the head position or succession.

But I recognized their potential.

Beings that are everywhere but nowhere.

The potential of this family, where everyone has a cell phone with full reception [referring to their telepathic abilities].

They were dismissed as espionage geniuses simply because they had insignificant power.

“Hello. Don’t you want to live without threats or worries anymore? Why should you always be exposed to violence just because you served your master diligently? Have you ever wondered that? I’ll get rid of it.”

“……”

“I’ll create that world for you.”

That’s how I met the herring family successor, Dede’s brother, five years ago.

The most eyes and ears in the mansion that Ilia mentioned were already cooperating with me.

‘Do you know why the Gaebang [a fictional beggar organization in wuxia novels, often acting as an intelligence network], which belongs to the information guild in martial arts novels, is made up of beggars?’

That’s because beggars are everywhere and blend in naturally. You fools.

And the seeds I have been sowing for the past five years will sprout here now.

I took something out of my pocket.

“I was suspicious when I heard the news of Baiyan Aquasia Del’s death. I was certain that the Baiyan I knew would never commit suicide.”

Anyone who knew Baiyan would think the same.

That bastard isn’t the type to commit suicide as long as there are weak people he can harass.

“Of course, this was just a hunch, so as soon as I heard the news, I headed to the building where Baiyan lived.”

Agenor, who was listening quietly, looked surprised.

Blinking, he seemed to be saying, ‘You mean you didn’t just go there that day to threaten Lilibel?’

Did you think I only went to threaten Lilibel?

“And while walking around the building, I found this.”

I held up what I was holding.