Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 190

Chapter 190

Levi said there was no way, so there probably isn’t.

The world is wide, and just as I didn’t know about Whale in previous iterations.

There might be another way.

But by the time we discover that method, we’ll probably have grown quite a bit.

Specifically, Whale. I’m thinking he’ll mature and make more sound judgments than he does now.

‘Who would help us while losing so much?’

I was grateful to Whale and hoped he wouldn’t regret it later.

‘Well, I don’t really care if I have a lifelong husband or not.’

So, if Whale still likes me even after the force that binds us disappears.

If I don’t have someone I’m crazy about at that time, I wouldn’t mind living with him.

“…….”

Dad didn’t answer, but I knew. This silence was an affirmation.

And that Dad was still uncomfortable.

“Wow, I’m so happy to know how much Dad loves me.”

I shrugged.

Dad just said in a chilly voice.

“Whatever happens in the future, right now, I have no intention of accepting a son-in-law weaker than me.”

It wasn’t a very good story for Whale. But for some reason, Whale had a bright expression.

* * *

Somehow, the situation was settled for now.

Well, it’s not completely resolved.

It feels like we’ve overcome one hurdle.

‘However, Whale is going to have a hard time from now on…….’

Is this okay?

I hesitated in front of Dad’s room. Dad told me to go out because he had something to talk about with Whale, so I was standing there awkwardly.

Levi was kicked out with me, and he had a lot to say.

“Um, Princess.”

The moment Levi spoke to me, someone called me at the same time.

“Calypso!”

Turning around, a boy with blue hair jumped towards me.

I grabbed his shoulders without thinking and tilted my head.

“Tuss?”

He looks exactly like Ekion, but he’s shorter than me. It was Tuss.

“Calypso! Tuss has something to tell you. I have to tell you! It’s important.”

“Umm, now?”

“I have to! It’s about the Duke!”

I looked at Levi once and nodded.

“I don’t know what it is, but is it okay to talk about it a little later?”

“……Yes, it’s okay. Princess.”

Levi readily agreed with a complicated expression, and I headed to my room in this mansion with Tuss.

“What’s wrong, Tuss?”

“…….”

But what do you know, Tuss came to me with energy, but when I set the stage, he was hesitant.

As if he was looking at me.

“Calypso, Tuss can call the Duke. Can I call him here……?”

“Huh? Of course, it’s okay.”

Soon, blue light flowed from Tuss’s body, and Ekion appeared in my room with a bang.

It was quite a strange sight.

I don’t know if it’s Tuss’s ability or Ekion’s ability. But it looks pretty comfortable?

‘I should ask how it works later.’

I thought Ekion would come to my side as soon as he saw me.

“……Calypso.”

“Yeah, welcome. Ekion. You appeared magically?”

But for some reason, Ekion stood next to Tuss.

I felt a subtle disappointment and emptiness. Um? Emptiness?

Ekion was especially clingy to me. I lightly brushed it off and stared at Tuss.

“Tuss, so what do you want to say? You said it was about Ekion?”

But for some reason, Tuss still couldn’t speak and seemed to be glancing at Ekion.

Ekion was staring intently at Tuss instead of looking at me.

Strangely, it was like he was putting pressure on him…….

“Keung, Tuss, I’ll just tell you.”

“……? Tell me. What is it?”

“Calypso, are you married?”

“Huh? Uhh. Well. Um…… It’s ambiguous, but if you have to say yes or no, then yes.”

“Tuss studied the human world. I read a lot of books.”

That was true. Tuss was more knowledgeable than I thought.

While Tuss was reading books to Ekion for a few days here, I listened with him.

He knew more than I expected.

“Marriage is about choosing a partner and living together for life. Calypso, is Tuss right?”

“Yeah, right?”

I’m more familiar with the word ‘spouse’ than ‘partner’.

But since this is the world of beastmen, they seem to use the word ‘partner’ a lot.

“Tuss once told Calypso. The Dragon Duke learns ’emotions’ from the human he first bonded with.”

“Oh, uhh. I saw it in the record you gave me. I remember it clearly.”

So Ekion learned emotions from me. I knew this fact very well.

So what?

“Tuss didn’t write one thing in that record. I didn’t write it because it’s so, so important.”

“Umm?”

“The Dragon Duke can learn emotions from the human he first bonded with and choose.”

“……Choose?”

Tuss looked anxiously back and forth between me and Ekion, then sighed with a tearful face.

“Tuss, I didn’t want to say the Dragon Duke’s weakness like this…….”

“What are you talking about?”

“Calypso, dragons are not born through childbirth. So, the way they live is different from ordinary beastmen.”

Tuss spread his hands wide as if he wanted to emphasize, saying ‘It’s this important’.

“So, imprinting and partnering were created. The Dragon Duke has to do something called ‘imprinting’.”

I blinked.

“And dragons need only one partner in their lifetime who will allow them to breathe and live.”

“Hey, Tuss? Explain it so I can understand…….”

“Tuss, I thought that one day the Dragon Duke would choose Calypso as his partner!”

Tuss ended up sobbing instead of just tearing up. I was a little embarrassed and took Tuss’s hand.

Even though he looks like this, he’s still a baby snake.

Why is he doing this?

“No, so why? Was I eliminated as a partner?”

“No, Calypso, the Dragon Duke is…….”

Tuss carefully said while hugging me.

“He already unilaterally imprinted on Calypso…….”

“Huh?”

I don’t know what’s going on.

But he did something very important to me.

Um, well…… so.

“Can’t you undo it?”

“No…….”

In context, that imprint seems to be a fatal weakness for the Dragon Duke.

I tried to stay as calm as possible in the confusion that made my eyes spin.

Let’s organize.

Our Yongyong [affectionate nickname for Ekion] did something to me. But that’s important.

To the extent that it is essential for Ekion to live in the future.

It’s even a weakness.

But you can’t undo it……?

Ekion was now staring at me as if he had never looked at Tuss.

I felt a little relieved as if I had found something I had lost in that gaze.

But apart from that, I felt dizzy.

‘What, so…….’

What am I supposed to do if I caused an accident but can’t fix it?

When all my thoughts were organized, a sigh came out of me.

Is this how you feel when you see a pretty goldfish causing accidents here and there and swimming leisurely?

“No, when did you do that?”

“……In the carriage.”

The answer came from Ekion, not Tuss.

“When Calypso asked to see a certain time, I did it.”

At that, I remembered.

Three years old, on the way back from the Dragon City to Aquasialdel.

The day Ekion showed me my parents on Earth.

And five years have passed since that day.

“Calypso, you said you have to give a leash if you like them.”

“……You said that later, right?”

It seemed that I had the leash of that pretty and precious Dragon Duke in my hand without me knowing.

Ekion smiled brightly and beautifully in front of me.

So brightly that I couldn’t take my eyes off him.

“I liked you from the beginning.”