Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 120

A few days later.

With the Atlantean situation settled, I’d hoped my daily life would return to normal.

I realized that notion was a delusion after only one day.

‘……I think I’ve had similar thoughts before.’

Right. It was when Atlan was chasing me like a stalker.

I thought he would stop after a day or two, but he pursued me relentlessly for over a week.

He’s quite persistent.

‘Seeing things like this, I guess they are siblings.’

Anyway, I thought I wouldn’t see him for a while since I finished talking with Atlan.

But what do you know?

“Hey!! Pick one. Which one? Black? Red?”

“I want red!”

“I want black!!”

“Are you blind, hyung [older brother or male friend]? It’s obviously red.”

“No. Look closely. Black has a neat and elegant image.”

“But red provides contrast!”

“Hey, you little brats. Be quiet.”

……As you can see, another noisy element has been added to my surroundings. Why?

‘Is that guy too dense to understand what ‘let’s take some time’ means?’

There’s no question he’s dense, but seeing how he brought Levin, I thought he was actually using his head for once.

I rubbed my temples.

‘At this rate, my classmates will be just as scared as when he was chasing me. You tiny killer whale.’

I stared dumbfounded at the guys still bickering next to me.

This absurd situation dates back to three days ago.

The day after Atlan stormed into Dad’s mansion.

I went to school, relieved that Atlan wouldn’t be waiting for me anymore, and I wouldn’t have to check if he was glaring and following me as I moved from classroom to classroom.

He wasn’t actually on the way to school either. This delusion lasted only until the first class.

“Hey!”

At the threatening voice, I turned around, wondering if it could be him, and it was.

Moreover, it was when I was with Luga Ruba, so our Beluga kids were very scared.

Atlan’s reputation is infamous for a reason.

“Do you have three lovers?”

That’s because he started talking nonsense as soon as he arrived.

I tried to calmly maintain my composure.

He and I should look like siblings who have just reconciled, or rather, are getting to know each other.

Until yesterday, one was glaring as if to kill, and the other was completely ignoring each other.

Wouldn’t it be strange to suddenly act friendly?

Okay. Let’s speak calmly and rationally.

“Are you crazy? Do you want to die?”

“Why? I’m your blue eum-eum [onomatopoeia for a loving sound]!”

“Shut up, your mouth has always been the problem.”

Calmness is, what a load of jellyfish crap!

In the end, rumors spread that Calypso Aquasiasdel had beaten Atlan Aquasiasdel to a pulp and used him as a doormat that day.

……I wondered why the rumors were like this again, but Atlan liked it, grinning foolishly.

“Beaten to a pulp, I already saw it. Right?”

“……Just shut your mouth.”

I eventually had to take him aside and give him a simple education.

First, never pick a fight with my friends or those I designate.

Second, be careful not to call me Head of the Family.

Third, if you’re going to call me something, just call me Little Sister.

When Luga Ruba saw Atlan showing some restraint, he finally showed a lot of the curiosity typical of dolphin-like kids.

The problem was that he took it in the wrong direction, which was a bit of a headache.

“Princess, are you dating?”

“Princess, who are you dating?”

“Thanks to you, I feel like I’m going to die a lonely old maid, so can you stop?”

“Ah!”

Anyway, what was a bit surprising was that the Atlan and Luga Ruba twins got along better than I thought.

‘How strange. In the previous timelines, he always walked alone.’

He even made a friend named Levin. It seems that changes don’t just happen to me.

It was a good change.

Except that I’m very annoyed. I looked at the guys shouting red and black in front of me.

I wondered for a moment if I had opened a kindergarten instead of recruiting subordinates.

The thought didn’t last long.

“Um, why are you guys fighting over choosing my bookmark……?”

“Red suits the Princess!”

“It’s black!”

“Hey, just do it all. I’ll give you everything. I can just tell Levin to make more.”

……It was okay when it was just the twins, but somehow I feel more tired with one big guy added.

“Okay. I’ll pick with my eyes closed. Okay?”

That’s how the commotion over the bookmark ended, and class resumed.

What I grabbed was the black bookmark that Luga had chosen.

“Hehe.”

Luga, who was sitting next to me, looked very happy. I chuckled.

“Are you that happy?”

“Yes.”

I heard from Ilia that the more excellent of the twins would become the successor, and the remaining brother would become the assistant.

Probably, in this state, Luga is more likely to be the one.

I gently stroked his white hair. Luga smiled, folding his eyes prettily.

“I wish the Princess would do everything I choose for you.”

“Well, I don’t really have any preferences. If I feel like it, I will.”

“Um?”

“Why?”

“The Princess…… doesn’t not have preferences.”

Luga blinked. As if he was too puzzled.

“The Princess sometimes seems too uninterested in herself.”

“…….”

“I can take care of all that!”

Is it because their father, Rova, is such a sweet dad? The twins feel similar to Rova.

“Dad said you have to take care of things diligently in advance like this. If you don’t want to regret it later.”

I smiled brightly.

“Thanks, but it’s okay. I’m more interested in big things than small things.”

“The Princess seems to have no sense.”

“What?”

Luga smiled. Still, he likes me.

After that, the teacher arrived in the classroom, and today’s practice began.

On the way home after finishing the day’s class.

Today I was with Agenor.

For some reason, Agenor had a serious expression.

‘I don’t think there’s anything to be serious about.’

Is it because it’s the day he receives special training from Dad?

I was wondering, not knowing what it could be.

“Why are you so close?”

“Huh?”

“You’re too close to Atlan!”

“Where does that look close?”

Just before finishing today, I couldn’t stand Atlan’s excessive behavior and raised my fist.

‘I mean, is it even possible that he’s trying to tear down the door because the door I go through is too small?’

“You hit Atlan! Why don’t you hit me!”

“……Shall I throw you out of the carriage?”

“Hing!”

Even though I said this, Agenor looked very concerned about me getting along with Atlan.

It wasn’t just today that he made such a fuss.

‘When did you say that recruiting Atlan was something we had to do for the sake of the greater good? Was that all just a bluff?’

I stared blankly and blurted out.

“You’re the number one anyway, right?”

“Huh?”

“You’re going to be my number one subordinate, right?”

“…….”

Agenor blinked, then blushed and smiled brightly.

He was a guy who could smile like this.

Things I didn’t want to bring up because of Atlan came to mind, but I neatly folded them and put them back in.

Then, as if remembering something, I said.

“Ah, sorry, but the position of deputy commander is already sold.”

“What, to whom?!”

There is. Lilybell. Someone stronger than you right now.

I’m planning to be a fair leader, at least in terms of strength.

* * *

“Calypso.”

When I arrived at Dad’s mansion, Agenor was still holding onto me, complaining about why he wasn’t the deputy commander.

When I told him to get stronger, Dad, who was staring at this scene, nodded as if he understood.

“So, I just need to push this guy.”

I waved to Agenor, who was being dragged away.

I said I’d think about it again if he got stronger, and later he was dragging Dad away.

‘Agenor and Dad have gotten a lot closer too.’

It still looks more like a master-disciple relationship than a father-son relationship, though.

I turned my head.

“Did you call me?”

Ekion, who had been staring at me after calling me, was sitting quietly.

“Calypso, aren’t you doing it?”

“Training, you mean? Yeah. I’m not doing it today.”

I sat down in front of Ekion with a jump and smiled.

“I’m going to spend time with you.”

I had Tuuth’s notebook in my hand. Today, I’m going to reread this and…….

‘Let’s find out about Ekion’s power.’

I’ve been a little distracted by Atlan’s situation. I recalled the time when Ekion exerted his power.

Some time ago, when Ekion took my hand……. Water was created.

‘It was definitely the power of water.’

This is what I’m focusing on.

Let’s explore Ekion’s power in earnest.

In fact, I had been reading the notebook Tuuth gave me so diligently that it was slightly tattered in places over the past five years.

But unfortunately, Tuuth wrote in detail in some parts, but vaguely in others.

For example, that was the case with the various powers Ekion possessed.

‘He said I’d know according to instinct when the time comes, right?’

When is that time, and what instinct is he talking about?

All I can know is that if it’s an ability related to space-time, it can be used extensively.

“The water that came out when we held hands last time. Ekion remembers too, right?”

“……I remember.”

Ekion nodded diligently.

“Can you show me that one more time, by any chance?”

It was something that didn’t work even when I tried again that day.

But maybe it will work today?

‘Or could Ekion’s condition have affected it that day?’

“By any chance, Ekion, back then…… when the water came up, what were you thinking?”

Ekion stared at me, then blinked and said.

“I want to hold hands with Calypso.”