Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 165

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“What, is it empty?”

The inside of the basket was completely empty.

“Well, he wouldn’t be in such an obvious place.”

Even if the Dragon Duke is really in this room, he wouldn’t hide in a place like this if he had any sense.

The Captain Knight clicked his tongue and looked around.

“Did he hide in a closet or something?”

But the Captain Knight didn’t know.

That the two boys and the baby squirrel were hiding right inside that basket.

“Squeak…!”

Lily hiccupped in Ekion’s arms.

When the lid opened a little while ago, the sight of the Black Leopard Knight in backlight was very scary for the baby squirrel.

Whale stared at the wide-open ceiling and sighed softly.

Ekion was sitting silently next to him.

“I said it’s okay to make noise, right?”

“……Yeah.”

The Captain Knight didn’t find them thanks to Ekion. It was because Ekion had briefly distorted space-time.

The problem is…….

“How long can you maintain this?”

Ekion raised one finger.

“One minute……”

Ekion had already used almost all of his power to make Calypso use the power of water.

For this reason, the time he could maintain it was severely insufficient.

Will they disappear within one minute?

The sound of searching still echoed from inside the room.

Judging from the feeling and sound, there were about five people.

Whale sighed and made a decision.

‘If necessary, I’ll have to be the bait.’

The reason for this decision was simple.

I’m the only one.

Among aquatic animal shifters, his value is great, but they probably don’t know much about White Orcas [a rare type of orca with unique abilities].

‘15, 14, 13…….’

The search was not over yet.

Whale had actually been counting down from 60 seconds since the moment the basket lid disappeared.

‘5, 4…….’

There’s no choice.

The only thing left is for him to sacrifice himself.

“If I get up, they’ll see.”

“I know. I’m not getting up because I don’t know. Listen carefully, when I run out, you take him and run to the window and jump.”

“…….”

“You heard how to jump down relatively safely when I heard it from Calypso.”

It would have been safer for him, the most physically strong of the three, to jump down together, but it couldn’t be helped.

Just as Whale was about to get up because it seemed like the search wouldn’t stop.

Thump!

“Captain!”

With a huge sound, the Captain Knight fell to the floor.

“What, who are these bastards?”

The remaining four Black Leopard Knights, who had been scattered and searching, rushed over.

However, soon they also suffered the same fate as the Captain Knight.

The sight of five Black Leopard Knights sprawled on the floor was spectacular.

Whale got up from his seat, dumbfounded. Someone was visible behind the fallen guys.

“Are you safe?”

It was Atlan.

He was holding something like a bundle in his arms.

Atlan frowned as he looked around the room. The room was a mess.

‘The Lord said that they might search even here if necessary.’

To think they would really search the room where the Orcas reside.

He gnashed his teeth, realizing once again how lightly the land dwellers regarded Orcas.

He had felt this way in his previous life, and they were people he would never like.

Atlan twitched his eyebrows, and a stream of water sprang up and tied up the fainted knights.

He had used a lot of power bringing Tus, but he had enough left to tie up those damned guys.

“Drex, get rid of those bastards.”

“Yes.”

Drex, who had been standing quietly behind him, moved quickly.

When Levi tried to move with him, Atlan gave him a dumbfounded look.

“Why are you moving? You don’t have any strength. Are you going to move them together?”

“Why would I, who has no strength as you said, do that? I’d only be a hindrance. I need to check on the kids’ condition.”

“Ah.”

Atlan looked embarrassed for a moment. He was about to scratch his cheek, but he stopped when he remembered the child he was holding.

“Whale, are you okay?”

“Yeah. I’m okay, hyung [older brother or a term of endearment for a close male friend]. What about you, hyung?”

“Of course, we’re fine.”

Levi carefully examined Whale, Ekion, and the baby squirrel trembling in Ekion’s arms.

‘Thankfully, nothing happened.’

It seemed they had arrived at a good time, before anything happened.

Only then did Levi sit down comfortably.

It was a nerve-wracking experience for the brainy guy who suddenly became a field agent.

Meanwhile, Drex, who had thrown all the tied-up knights into the hallway, returned.

As the Black Leopard Knights disappeared, Lily hesitated and scurried down to the floor, then approached Levi.

She tilted her head and rubbed her face against Levi’s hand.

Squeak! Squeak squeak!

“……Is she asking if I had a good trip?”

He didn’t know squirrel language, but he guessed and asked, and Lily nodded diligently.

Levi just smirked with a cool face.

“Hey, Dragon Duke.”

Atlan said to Ekion, who had just come out of the basket.

“Come here and look. It’s your friend.”

To be exact, he wasn’t a friend but a subordinate like an alter ego.

What did he know?

The important thing was that the thing his sister was worried about so much that she couldn’t sleep at night was resolved.

Ekion approached slowly.

Atlan lifted the blanket that had been slightly covering Tus’s face so that Ekion could see it.

‘……This guy.’

Ekion’s expression, looking at a face that looked exactly like his, was indifferent.

As if he had no expression from the beginning.

Currently, Tus was fast asleep, probably exhausted from the process of Atlan bringing him.

However, he was breathing uncomfortably, as if to prove that he was sick.

Atlan was a little nervous.

“……Tus.”

He certainly had an indifferent expression, but Atlan had seen that expression once before.

He didn’t shed a single tear, but his voice was very mournful.

He was reminded of when he saw the Dragon Duke go crazy in his previous life.

Atlan tensed and gathered his strength.

No sooner than expected, the floor shook. No, was it just the floor?

‘The castle is shaking.’

Atlan’s expression became serious.

Ekion was sweating profusely. Still, he had no intention of withdrawing his power.

He was staring intently at Tus.

“……Does it hurt a lot?”

“……I don’t know either. But you. You look tired, are you going to destroy the castle?”

“…….”

Ekion slowly gazed at Atlan and did not answer.

Soon after, Atlan felt the power that was shaking the castle disappear.

“I’m not, angry.”

Ekion muttered quietly as if nothing had happened.

Again, he was endlessly staring at the baby snake that looked exactly like him.

“……Because, Calypso didn’t allow it.”

He knew that the young Dragon Duke was learning emotions through his younger sister.

But was he going to get Calypso’s permission even for his anger?

Or…….

“……What are you going to do if she allows it?”

“Calypso said, revenge……return it. More.”

Return more than you received. That was definitely something Calypso would say.

Why?

Even though Ekion’s power, which had been shaking the ground, had disappeared, Atlan felt like he was sweating.

Ekion’s smooth eyes were staring at the window.

“I’ll become stronger.”

……The one in front of him is the beast above the beasts that will eat you if you can’t tame it.

* * *

“Ekion! Whale!”

I almost kicked the door open and entered.

“Hey, you came.”

“You have arrived, Princess.”

Atlan and Levi greeted me in turn, and Drex bowed politely.

Regardless, I strode forward.

Ekion! No, Tus!

“What are those bastards sprawled out in the hallway? Don’t tell me they really came all the way here?”

“Hey, calm down a bit.”

“How can I calm down!”

These crazy bastards actually searched the room where the Orcas stay?

“Second, you caught them very well. Don’t let anyone touch them. I’m going to slice them up and eat them!”

“……I don’t know much about education, but is it okay to use those words in front of the kids?”

At Atlan’s words, I finally came to my senses and exhaled.

Everyone in the room was looking at me.

Lily, who would have run up to me saying ‘Unnie! [term of endearment for older sister]’ if she were in human form, was nowhere to be seen among them.

I wondered where she had gone, but she was asleep on one side of the sofa, using Whale’s leg as a pillow.

She must have been exhausted.

“Where’s Tus?”

At my urgent voice, Atlan nodded in one direction with a complicated expression.

“See for yourself.”

Following that direction, I saw Ekion with blue hair.

He had a more subdued and gloomy face than ever before.

“……Calypso.”

At Ekion’s feet, a small and terribly thin boy with the same face as Ekion was asleep.

My face contorted.

‘What is that look…….’

I certainly thought that Tus, who was left here, might be in pain.

But it was in a worse state than expected.

My fist trembled involuntarily.

Soon after, I heard Ekion’s tearful voice for the first time, as if he had been holding it in until now.

“Why, won’t Tus open his eyes?”

I barely calmed down. Yes, checking the baby snake’s condition was the priority.

‘It’s okay. We’ve already won just by bringing him here.’

Yes.

There were two shifters with healing abilities here.