Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 134

I crossed my arms and tilted my head.

“Why? I’m not so bad, am I?”

“What a self-centered thing to say……”

“You don’t like it?”

I smiled and moved closer to Levi.

The Levi I know is the type to refuse outright, without hesitation, if he doesn’t like something.

‘The fact that he’s not answering immediately means he’s already answered.’

“Let’s not meet in our next lives, Master. Be happy then, and don’t make people work overtime.”

“Why? Stay by my side and be happy in the next life too. I’ll give you a raise. Deal?”

“No, thank you.”

Sorry, Levi…….

I have no intention of letting you go.

It was the moment I reached out to drive the wedge.

My hand and shoulder were suddenly grabbed.

“Hey, too close.”

“Too close.”

Atlan had my hand, and Dad had my shoulder.

It didn’t end there; I was even floating in a stream of water created by Dad.

Atlan leaned in, panting as if he would devour me. The Second [referring to the second Orca child] spoke with a deeply furrowed brow.

“Why are you only like this with that guy?”

“……I wonder?”

I pondered briefly before answering.

“You know why.”

“Huh, are you kidding me? You’re the one who needs to distinguish.”

“What?”

It was a statement with the object omitted because there were many listeners, but I immediately understood.

‘You said this life is different from the last, right? You’re the one who needs to distinguish.’

I felt like I’d been hit hard.

Then I smiled slightly and nodded.

“That’s right. Thank you, Second.”

I also spoke to Dad.

“Dad, I admit I was careless, so put me down. He resembles a friend I knew in the past, so I guess I was too comfortable.”

“Friend?”

Dad raised his eyebrows slightly, as if displeased.

“Another friend you knew before you met me?”

When I answered with a smile, Dad simply retorted.

“You had so many friends when you were three years old.”

“That’s right. I had a lot.”

The brief commotion subsided, and the moment came for Whale to take Dad’s hand again.

It was time for a real diagnosis.

Dad and Whale sat on the sofa on one side of the underground space, and the rest of us took our places around them, each according to our personalities.

A tense expression flashed across Whale’s steadfast face.

‘It’s starting.’

But something was strange.

‘……Why isn’t he saying anything?’

Clearly, when he healed Levi’s wound, a faint light first emerged from Whale’s body, and then he spoke the ingredients with a dreamy expression.

But currently, the light was definitely flowing out…….

Whale wasn’t saying anything; he was just trembling slightly with his eyes closed, sweating profusely.

“……This is a first.”

Levi muttered with a serious face. Levi also looked a bit pale.

“Is it dangerous?”

“No, Whale’s ability isn’t dangerous. It doesn’t harm Whale or Mr. Pierre. However…….”

Levi hesitated, his face serious, then spoke.

“Whale has even saved someone who was on the verge of dying from a knife wound… but it hasn’t taken this long.”

Levi’s glasses reflected the light that Whale was emitting.

“Besides, taking a long time means……”

“Means?”

“Ugh, it would be better to see for yourself.”

I narrowed my eyes.

‘Does this mean that the longer it takes to start speaking, the more difficult the ingredients will be?’

In fact, it was an incurable disease that even the Orca’s wealth and personnel couldn’t cure.

I was prepared for it to be difficult, but could it be…….

‘Is he in a more difficult condition than someone on the verge of dying from a knife wound?’

The relaxed feeling turned into tension.

‘Okay, I was prepared for any difficult ingredients, I am.’

I will definitely save him.

Yes, that’s what I resolved.

But a moment later, I faced a completely unexpected result.

Finally, Whale slowly opened his eyes.

‘Ah! Is it starting?’

A thrilling anticipation surged.

Whale had a dazed look, just like when he healed Levi.

The child’s lips slowly opened.

“One piece of green apple……”

Apple? That’s easy. Apples were easy to find in this world too.

It was the moment I thought this.

“Frost-covered acacia leaves, tail hair from a 10-year-old white horse, blue horseradish root, mugwort, blood extracted from the jugular vein of a 3-year-old lion, flower mint, white faience petals, perpetual snow, blue beans, Leyton sap, 50-year-old honey, dragon liver, valerian root, 14-year-old red Kerato toadstool, red frog brain, golden carp roe, wolf claw powder, clean water, hermit crab shell, deep-sea seawater, 100-year-old swamp moss, white elephant ivory, Badox root, prickly pear, Kayrun tree leaves, Bubotubo leaves, 20-year-old roe deer spleen, mistletoe berries, pine needles, 100-year-old oak trunk, bluebird tail feathers……”

……What did I just hear?

I blinked.

Whale’s voice continued for about a minute after that.

If it weren’t for Levi, who had been waiting for Whale to speak the ingredients and started taking notes with a pencil and paper…….

‘XX! Seriously, how can anyone remember this?!’

I couldn’t do anything but blink blankly.

Even the three young Orcas, who had been chatting among themselves, had closed their mouths.

When Whale finally finished speaking, the surroundings were silent.

When I looked at Dad, he had an unreadable expression.

What do I remember? 100-year-old swamp moss, what? White elephant ivory? Bluebird tail feathers?

For reference, these white elephants and bluebirds are animals that were known to have gone extinct a long time ago.

It was a famous fact that even I knew, so there was no way Dad wouldn’t know.

I was furious. The reason is, well…….

‘Is he telling me to just die in this way?’

It was a suffocating silence.

“……Hey, Levi.”

I quietly opened my mouth.

“Tell me honestly. Is he chanting Buddhist scriptures?”

“……I don’t know what Buddhist scriptures are, but I don’t think so.”

“Was he just blurting things out?”

“…No.”

“……Was he rapping?”

“I don’t know what rapping is… but it’s not that either.”

Bang! Suddenly, a huge sound echoed in the underground space.

“Then what is it!”

Crack, the floor cracked. It was where I couldn’t hold back and stomped my foot.

Amidst the dust, I couldn’t help but reveal a fierce expression.

I know.

It’s not Levi’s fault, nor is it Whale’s fault.

But why?

Is saving Pierre Aquasidel, my dad… more difficult than saving someone on the verge of dying from a knife wound?

Parts of extinct animals.

The moment I witnessed the impossible, I was overcome with anger before I could even realize it.

“You live.”

It was as if those who had been dying for me were flickering before my eyes.

I hate it.

I had just grown fond of him.

Why?

……I hate seeing what I cherish die more than I hate dying.

“I hope you… survive, Master.”

“You are more important than my life, Master.”

If this was going to happen, I shouldn’t have trusted anyone or given my heart to anyone.

I shouldn’t have just called him Dad.

Why?

‘I shouldn’t have done something I would regret……’

My fist clenched tightly.

I knew. My flaw of only running towards what is certain is because I move straight and unhesitatingly on the right path.

In the end, when an unavoidable dead end appears.

I end up being twice as frustrated as others.

* * *

“Hey, are you okay……”

Atlan reached out his hand but paused.

‘This energy is……’

It was a familiar aura. How could he not know?

It was the aura of his lord, which he had faced countless times in previous iterations.

Calypso, as if he hadn’t heard Atlan’s words, clenched his fist and slammed it against the wall.

The heaving shoulders, shoulders that had always been strong, seemed as if they would collapse.

But this was only for a moment.

“Wh, what is it? What’s wrong?”

Agenor and Lilibel were startled. Ilia was the same.

‘What’s going on?’

Agenor had been with Calypso the longest among them, except for Pierre.

It was the first time he had faced Calypso truly enraged.

No, he thought he had seen it before. But it was nothing compared to when they had a brawl with the Bayan gang a long time ago.

A feeling of chills running down his spine and his shoulders shrinking involuntarily.

‘Is this really the aura of someone who hasn’t awakened the power of water?’

Calypso’s true power, which was finally revealed, was at a level that Agenor could never have imagined.