Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 140

Just like how political issues on Earth are buried under sensational celebrity news.

By creating a big incident, and then another, they can cover up the movement of valuable materials and Tus’s quiet absence.

Then, they can take only what they want.

“……”

When I told Grandmother all my future plans.

She stared at me silently.

“……Whose idea is that?”

Grandmother’s dark blue eyes gleamed darkly.

“Is it the opinion of my son beside you?”

“No.”

“Then……”

“Don’t you think it’s my idea?”

“……”

“It’s my idea.”

I met her gaze without fear.

“Don’t you like it?”

How could she not like it?

If it goes according to plan, she can get what she wants without lifting a finger. Isn’t that right?

“Dolmeng, your proposal is truly interesting and…… it’s like talking to someone who has been watching the conflict between inland and underwater for 30 years, not a little kid like you.”

“……”

Of course. If you only count the time I’ve been watching this conflict, it’s over 50 years.

Longer than your prime, you old hag. You know?

I smiled inwardly, trying not to show it on my face.

“If you like it.”

I said without waiting for an answer.

“Give me the treatment I deserve when I return.”

Actually, I didn’t really expect anything.

I just hoped she would silently allow me to go to the city.

I stood up from my seat and bowed politely.

“Good.”

Turning my head, I saw the face of the Clan Leader, staring at me with interest.

Overlapping with the image of the person who coldly abandoned me.

“Grandmother, please, Clan Leader, please! Don’t send me away, let me prove my worth!”

“……”

“Please……!!”

It hadn’t happened before, but the reason it’s overlapping like this now.

‘Is it because of Atlan?’

After learning that Atlan remembers the previous timelines, I’ve been thinking about the past or overlapping images more often.

Not only the 3rd timeline but also the previous timelines where I was mercilessly chased away naturally came to mind.

“If you insist on becoming a boulder.”

“……”

“Then you’ll be qualified to be called by my name.”

I blinked a few times and then smiled slightly.

“Thank you.”

While inwardly sneering.

“You won’t regret it.”

I don’t need your approval.

You just stay there and enjoy yourself.

“It’s scary, please, it’s scary, someone…….”

After the first death, I climbed up with resentment.

You will be dragged down while you’re off guard.

By my hand.

I smiled brightly.

“Thank you for the permission.”

* * *

I felt half relieved when I left the Clan Leader’s office.

‘Okay, I got permission.’

I was walking alone in the hallway.

A moment ago, Dad said he was going to meet someone and told me to meet him in front of the mansion.

He coolly said I could go back first if I didn’t want to wait.

It was so rare that it was strange. He hardly ever met his subordinates.

‘Is he going to see Lyla?’

The main building isn’t far from the educational institution. But even thinking that way is strange.

‘Well, Dad must have something in mind.’

It had been a while since I walked this hallway alone.

I reached the end of the hallway, intending to wait for Dad for now.

“So, you were here.”

I turned my head at the familiar voice. Actually, I felt the presence, but I didn’t expect him to talk to me.

In the place I turned to, stood a much taller young man. No, Velos, who had just become an adult.

“Firstborn?”

“You still call me that.”

Velos, who had just become an adult, still maintained his shoulder-length hair like when he was a boy.

The face seen through the swaying hair was as beautiful as a well-made sculpture.

A face that was more suited to being called beautiful than handsome.

Although the cold air and prickly face were still there.

“Isn’t a greeting usually first?”

At the calm voice, I shrugged.

“That’s only when you’re in a relationship where you can exchange greetings.”

I also replied calmly and waved my hand insincerely.

“Here, a greeting.”

“……”

Velos, who was staring at me, made a dumbfounded expression and then chuckled.

“It’s been 5 years, but you’re still the same.”

“Would a person change?”

Velos was the first among the siblings to graduate from the educational institution.

Graduation was more difficult than admission, but Velos easily accomplished it as if he found the saying funny.

‘He’s a strong candidate for successor, so it’s natural.’

I thought, would it be possible if he couldn’t even do this much…….

Contrary to everyone’s expectations that he would start preparing for the Clan Leader competition in earnest after graduation.

Velos’s actions were unconventional.

I frowned slightly and raised my eyebrows.

“Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be writing a thesis at an intermediate institution?”

Surprisingly, this guy graduated from the educational institution and became an assistant.

He was aiming to become the youngest professor.

‘……I thought he was crazy.’

The characteristics of Orca people are largely divided into two.

One is aggression, they all like to beat people up without exception. It’s an instinctive gangsterism.

The other is curiosity or obsession.

These characteristics lead to curiosity about the Orca people themselves.

Occasionally, there were scholars who studied Orcas themselves.

‘But as far as I know, the path that Velos is taking is definitely not it.’

That guy was a born warrior, unlike his calm and handsome face.

But a scholar? That was ridiculous.

Here, an assistant is a little different from a graduate student in Korea…….

Anyway, it was no different from graduate school.

‘To go to such a place on his own.’

One of my friend’s older sisters was a university assistant and a graduate student, and she always said.

She said she came here because she committed a sin when she was a university student.

Well, it’s a joke, but the assistants here are not much different from the assistants in Korea.

‘Besides, he’s a direct descendant.’

However, Velos was not a slave under the professor, but an assistant who made the professor tremble.

“What are you doing, assistant? It still doesn’t suit you.”

“I just wanted to stay in the educational institution.”

“Why?”

“I told you? I wanted to observe you from the side.”

“Are you a pervert?”

“……”

Velos paused. I thought he flinched.

“……Is it normal to say pervert in this case? It’s just observation?”

Looking at him seriously contemplating, I remembered.

……Right, this guy was also a considerable weirdo.

I crossed my arms.

“So, why is someone who should be in the educational institution here?”

“I came because I saw you.”

“Do you have something to say?”

“Calypso, where are you planning to go?”

“……No?”

How did he know?

Velos and I had maintained a relationship that was neither close nor distant since the Dragon City trip 5 years ago.

This ambiguity was the distance he created.

It’s not Agenor’s blind devotion, nor is it the hostility like Atlan’s at first.

What does this guy want to do standing in that gray area?

I crossed my arms.

“Aren’t you aiming for Clan Leader?”

Since we started talking, I decided to just ask what I had always been curious about.

It wasn’t a good place to ask, but it didn’t matter.

“Or…… is your being an assistant a sign of arrogance that you can do it while doing such trivial things?”

“Well, I don’t know if Calypso you weren’t here. I don’t think it’s possible to prepare for it while doing this job?”

Velos tilted his head.

“I’m thinking of giving up the Clan Leader competition.”

“……What?”

“I came here today to tell you this. Then I heard that you visited Pierre and the Clan Leader.”

“……”

“I thought maybe you were going somewhere again like 5 years ago.”

I was so shocked that I didn’t hear what he said after that.

No, I didn’t care what happened.

‘What is he saying? He never acted like he would give up!’

Clearly, the firstborn and I were not on the same side.

But we didn’t fight particularly either.

Nevertheless, I put this guy on my list of rivals.

But he’s going to kick the bucket himself?

“Why?”

“Wasn’t I as good as you when I was eight years old?”

“……What?”

“I’m trying to keep my word.”

I was about to retort but stopped and pressed my temples.

‘It’s a good thing that I and this guy are good at noticing the surroundings.’

Because no one would have heard this story.

“Hey, then what are you going to do in the future? What, are you going to come under me?”

“No?”

What is this again.

“Then you won’t go under anyone and give up the succession competition?”

Is he going to be a judge or something? I frowned.

“Are you going to report to Grandmother?”

Grandmother called such people ‘losers.’

Velos nodded as if he knew what I wanted to say.

“I have something to say to Grandmother. But I don’t plan to tell her right away.”

“…Why?”

“While you’re away, I need to be here so that no insignificant guy can run wild.”

“……?”

“You’re going to be the Clan Leader.”

……What is this feeling?

“I’m going to be the Clan Leader? Why do you have such a confident face?”

“That’s…….”

Velos stared at me with a cold face. As if looking down on me, as if he didn’t even know that.

“Who else would be the Clan Leader besides you?”

……What is this guy.

‘How is this different from following me?’

Is he Kim Cheom-ji [a historical figure known for his unwavering loyalty]? Does he like Seolleongtang [ox bone soup, a dish often associated with Kim Cheom-ji in popular culture]?

So, he’s saying he’ll keep a good check on the surroundings while I’m gone.

Without any compensation, and even for me?

I opened my mouth and then just stopped.

‘This bastard…….’

I’m quick to notice this. Because I personally realized the feeling while recruiting countless subordinates.

This guy is now.

‘In the denial stage of becoming a fan.’

No, should I say it’s the denial stage of being called a boss? The expression is a bit strange, but anyway.

‘……Hey, how many years has it been since he graduated and became an assistant?’

If this was a symptom of denial, how long has that period been?

I swallowed what I was going to say.

“Okay, let’s talk after I come back.”

Velos didn’t say anything. I knew he had accepted it positively.

Ha, really. I’m going to get that guy in a strange way this life.

Thinking this way, I moved my steps.

Was it because I had experienced something so absurd? Instantly, everything became annoying.

It would be better to give up waiting for Dad and go back.

‘I’ll see him at home anyway.’

I shook my head and was about to walk when I stopped.

“Hey. Firstborn.”

Turning my gaze, Velos was still in that spot.

I thought of Dad and the handkerchief Dad gave me.

If that guy is favorable to me…… there was a question I really wanted to ask.

“Do you know anything about Mom?”