Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 168

Chapter 168

The house was dilapidated, but surprisingly large.

It was also the current residence of the Land Tortoise Clan, the Suin, who had been the Dragon Duke’s most loyal vassals for generations.

‘They say even a broke rich man can last three years, I wonder if that applies to them.’

Moreover, it had already been eight years since they were driven out.

‘That damned royal family and those land beast families have been trying to get their hands on the Dragon Duke since almost Ekion was born.’

Looking up at the house, I quietly recalled a memory.

It was from about an hour ago, just before Atlann and I left the castle.

“Investigate as much as you want.”

The land guys seemed to have lost their minds, coming to search our room again.

This time, not only the Black Panther Knights but also knights from other land beast families were mixed in.

Despite their sudden intrusion, we pretended to give up the room without a fuss.

However, the moment they entered, Dad, Atlann, and I unleashed our fighting spirit relentlessly.

Standing at the forefront, I asked.

“I thought you would know what the Dragon’s Bride means in this city… Are you too stupid to understand?”

“…It’s an order.”

“Order or whatever. We have no reason to follow your leader’s orders.”

I gritted my teeth fiercely.

As if ready to accept a fight at any moment, I clenched and unclenched my fists.

“You already searched the room when we weren’t here. The first time, we let it go with minimal courtesy, whether we liked it or not. But not this time.”

“……”

“Just know that your one step could be the beginning of a war between the land and sea Suin.”

As I snapped fiercely, no one dared to step forward, realizing the weight of my words.

I felt a sense of satisfaction.

It wasn’t just fear of war that kept them from stepping forward.

They couldn’t rashly enter because they had seen our power in Peseum.

With this, our fame would surely spread widely afterward.

‘No, has the old hag [referring to a high-ranking figure] already heard?’

At that moment, I glanced at one of the Orca Knights standing in the hallway and then averted my gaze.

While laughing at the land beast knights who couldn’t enter and turned back.

“I’m seeing such a sight while living. The land beasts retreating.”

“Heh, is that so? I’ve seen it before.”

“Hmm? Has Atlann faced off against land Suin before?”

“……Well. Let’s just say I have.”

It seemed that I wasn’t the only one feeling this satisfaction, as everyone took turns expressing their relief.

Even Dad.

“Dad, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly opening the window?”

“Ventilation.”

“……”

“It’s good not to smell the fishy odor.”

And in the end, the Black Panther guys couldn’t stand it and started detecting with the power of the earth.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you going in?”

“I’m going in.”

I gently massaged my shoulders and swung my arms. The second guy said with a slightly disgusted expression.

“What, isn’t that what you do when you’re ready to fight right away?”

“Huh? Ah. Well… I’m not particularly trying to fight, but I’ll have to if necessary?”

“Huh?”

“Why?”

“No, seeing you talking with that dolphin guy… weren’t you here to conciliate the guys over there?”

“I am?”

I tilted my head, questioning.

What is it? This second guy has become accustomed to a peaceful third life.

Well, it has been quite peaceful.

I smiled, momentarily forgetting the urgent Toos rescue operation.

“Second, why are you talking like you don’t know? The best way to conciliate is with ‘fists’.”

“……Right.”

Atlann smiled similarly to me and then lowered his head.

“That’s our head of the family.”

Soon, the expression he lifted held the fierce and action-oriented look I knew.

Knock, knock, knock.

When Atlann knocked, we had to prepare to move our bodies faster than expected.

‘Footsteps, no, a charge?’

An ominous sound. The moment the door burst open, Atlann and I stepped back as if we had agreed.

Whoosh!

A huge weapon was swung at the spot where we had been.

‘A club? No, that’s…….’

A broom? I blinked.

And the one wielding the broom was a fierce-looking middle-aged woman.

How could her eyes be so sharply upturned?

‘Wow, besides our Orcas and Snake guys, this is the first Suin I’ve seen with such a terrible temper.’

I was so distracted that I even had such thoughts.

The opponent had reddish-brown hair and a short bob.

“What is it, how much more are you going to harass us! Enough is enough, you bastards! Do you think we’ll just take it?!”

As if her anger wasn’t relieved by the first attack, the woman tried to attack again, but she panicked when she saw the front.

“What. A kid?”

“Well, your language is a bit rough.”

“Then what else should I call a kid but a kid?”

This person, somehow.

She had similar speech habits to the teacher I met in the previous life.

The teacher who taught me how to use the power of water in the last life also had such rough language.

‘I wonder if that person is living well in this life?’

She was an Orca from a branch family who left because she hated Orcas.

Should I go back and find her to recruit her?

I brought back the mind that had been lost in other thoughts for a moment. I put the woman back in my sight.

“You didn’t come to Peseum a few days ago, did you?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Shall we introduce ourselves first?”

“Wait… you guys have that black hair with a unique gray streak.”

“It’s not a gray streak.”

“Anyway! Are you guys perhaps Orcas?”

“Correct!”

The woman was stunned.

“And I’m the current Dragon’s Bride.”

“……”

I waved my hand gently.

“I want to talk to your leader, can I come in?”

The woman stared at me blankly and soon put away the broom.

“I don’t know why such a precious person came to such a humble place, but come in.”

It was a dilapidated old house, but it had more than I thought.

As I walked following the woman, I quietly recalled what Levi had told me.

“The Land Tortoise Clan have a slightly unique family structure.”

As far as I knew, ‘Land Tortoise Clan’ wasn’t referring to one type of tortoise.

Just as there are many species of whales, they are also divided into several species.

However, unlike whales, all the different species gathered together to form the ‘Land Tortoise’ family.

‘The action-oriented ones who mainly use force are the Alligator Tortoise Clan.’

That woman who seems to have a terrible temper must be an Alligator Tortoise Suin.

I once saw it in a documentary on Earth. It was a tortoise with a terrible temper and enjoyed eating meat.

‘From what I saw, it was a tortoise that even chewed on snakes…….’

As someone who only knew the gentle tortoise in Aesop’s fable ‘The Tortoise and the Hare,’ it was shocking.

And.

“I like strong things!”

It also became my favorite animal after whales…….

Anyway, they were the ones who had endured the royal family and the land beasts’ disturbances and tantrums for as long as eight years.

Even though they live in such a shabby place, they will never be easy.

Just as I briefly recalled Ekion, whom I had safely left with Dad, and erased him from my mind.

I stopped in front of a door.

“I don’t know why such a precious person has come to such a humble place.”

It was unexpected.

Was it because I revealed that I was the bride?

Inside the house, they were obedient and pretended to treat me with respect.

“Inside is the leader of our Land Tortoises.”

“Okay, thanks for the guidance.”

“Courtesy……”

“I’ll show it. Rather than the land guys who treated the Dragon’s Bride like rotten fish. You guys are much better, showing respect as soon as you know my identity?”

“……”

I smiled, grabbing the doorknob.

“I have to return courtesy to those who show it. Isn’t that common sense for Suin?”

While the woman couldn’t say anything, I went inside.

“A precious guest has arrived.”

A voice filled with age was heard from inside the room.

“If you don’t mind, this old man’s room is not large, so would only one of you come in?”

At those words, I glanced at Atlann and gestured with my eyes.

The second guy expressed his dissatisfaction but quietly stepped back out the door.

Click.

The moment the door closed, I went further inside.

“I am pleased to meet such a precious person. No, should I say it’s an honor?”

The voice grew closer.

“Please forgive me for not being able to move myself due to my old age.”

“No, it’s okay. I’ve heard stories about you, so I know.”

I stopped walking. There was a rocking chair in front of me.

However, unlike ordinary rocking chairs, it was more than three times larger.

“I heard you lost your legs in a big fight with the Black Panthers?”

And sitting in this chair was a huge old man who could be called a giant…….

Whether it was originally brown. Brown with gray hair mixed in.

Thanks to his rich and long beard, he gave off the impression of a mountain god.

“So you don’t need to get up.”

“……You came knowing about us.”

The old man smiled without panicking.

The old man was the leader of the Land Tortoises, the ‘Elephant Tortoise’ Suin.