Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 196

196.

“Where did he go?”

Atlan flinched, avoiding eye contact.

…He hadn’t even done anything wrong, but he was intimidated.

‘Seriously, what’s up with him now?’

He had defeated the current Family Head at this age, yet instead of being happy or proud, why was he filled with rage?

Atlan knew that expression well.

‘That’s the face he makes when I, Agenor, or that brother of mine caused trouble, isn’t it?’

It seemed that the Dragon Duke bastard had done something to enrage Calypso.

‘Whatever it is, confess and find enlightenment….’

As someone who had been shaken down the most, that was the advice Atlan could offer.

Unfortunately, it wouldn’t reach the Dragon Duke.

“Well, since I was with him, he’s probably over there….”

Fortunately, someone appeared who could calm Calypso’s anger a little.

“Congratulations. It was a shortcut, but you finally got what you wanted.”

It was Pierre. At Pierre’s words, Calypso wore a blank expression for a moment, then wiped his face.

“Ah…….”

It was as if he had forgotten and just remembered.

He looked dazed.

“Yeah, um, right? I won, didn’t I….”

“What’s wrong? Was there something so important that you forgot that fact?”

“…….”

Calypso blinked. Soon, he just smiled.

Atlan briefly recalled what he had seen in Calypso’s fight a little while ago.

‘He doesn’t seem to have noticed, but….’

In fact, the moment Calypso took out the power of water at the start of the duel.

To be precise, it was when he materialized the hammer in his hand.

Something like a water shadow flickered behind Calypso.

It was the size of an adult, and if you looked closely, it was the back of a person.

Atlan recognized it at a glance.

It was the back of Calypso from the 3rd regression. The lord and Family Head that Atlan sincerely followed.

He didn’t know why that figure appeared.

The important thing was that everyone who was there, not just himself, saw it.

Especially Pierre, whose expression was very strange when he glanced at it.

Atlan was just happy to see Calypso’s future self again.

And he was filled with emotion.

‘So, this kid is going to be the Family Head again.’

‘But according to the plan, this kind of duel wasn’t supposed to happen.’

When Calypso explained his long-term plan, he clearly stated that he would become the Family Head after he turned fifteen.

‘That plan was thorough and desperate.’

Yes, it was a plan to utterly ruin the current Family Head.

From the beginning, Calypso had chosen this long path even though there was an easy and quick way to become the Family Head.

It was the same in his previous life.

Calypso always showed unwavering hatred towards Ocula Aquasidel.

Perhaps the plan had changed a lot because the Family Head appeared in front of Pierre’s house.

But what’s done is done.

In the meantime, Calypso had been talking to Pierre about something, and he had a slightly relieved expression on his face.

“Dad, I’m counting on you, then.”

“…….”

“Dad.”

“……Alright. Go and come back.”

Pierre looked quite displeased, even grim, at whatever he had heard.

Meanwhile, Calypso finally found Ekion in the distance and started running towards him.

The scene of him grabbing Ekion’s hand and running looked like a scene from a youth novel.

That’s why Atlan felt his insides twisting even more.

‘That bastard is corrupting (?) our Family Head who I raised so well….’

If Calypso heard him, he would have raised his fist, saying, ‘What is this crazy bastard saying? Who did you raise? Do you want to go back into the dirt?’

Atlan frowned unhappily and asked Pierre slyly.

“Hey, Master. What did Calypso say?”

“……He asked me to clean up the mess.”

Pierre replied quietly.

It was unexpected.

If he had just asked him to clean up the mess, this master wouldn’t be silently furious like this.

There must be something more, but Atlan decided to quietly put aside his curiosity, recalling Pierre’s merciless training.

Then, as he was about to turn around, he met eyes with the little one next to him.

It was Whale.

He was the tallest of the kids, but he was still a kid in Atlan’s eyes, who was much taller.

And he was the cheeky kid who had proposed to Calypso.

“What are you looking at?”

Even though Atlan asked bluntly, Whale wasn’t intimidated at all.

Rather, his expressionless face was full of gloom. Atlan was momentarily taken aback.

‘What, is he about to cry?’

He looked for Lebaille, but Lebaille was already far away, talking to Pierre about something.

If he made Whale cry, and the misunderstanding reached Calypso’s ears, it would be troublesome.

“Hey, are you crying?”

“……I’m not crying.”

His tone was as blunt as his expressionless face. However, his voice lacked strength.

Whale looked up at Atlan and asked slyly.

“Brother.”

“……Who’s your brother?”

“But, this is the right title….”

“Tch, try calling me that again. So, what do you want?”

Whale hesitated for a moment, then asked.

“What do I have to do to be loved?”

Atlan blinked.

That’s because he….

Soon, Atlan answered confidently and indifferently.

“I don’t know. How would I know?”

He had never done it before.

In his previous life, he was married to battle, in other words, a natural-born solo.

“……I see. But I thought you would know since you are so cool, Brother.”

“……What?”

“I said you’re cool. Especially the way you use the power of water. I wish I had that kind of power too.”

“……What’s with the flattery.”

Atlan coughed softly.

“You think that’ll work on me? Well… it’s true, though.”

And Whale, unintentionally, was unknowingly targeting his brother from the start.

* * *

“So, you’re not at fault?”

A quiet open space.

This Aquasidel mansion was disgustingly large, so it was very easy to find a place to talk quietly.

I brought Ekion to one of these places and kicked out the knights who were patrolling.

Fortunately, Ekion was wearing a hat pulled down low, so his face was covered.

As soon as I kicked out the knights and it became quiet, I grilled Ekion.

But instead of shrinking back, Ekion looked at me and… smiled brightly.

“I don’t regret it.”

He even added, with a clear smile as if he had no regrets.

“Calypso, I granted your wish.”

“Who asked you to fulfill it by reducing your power? I told you before. You don’t have to risk your life to fulfill it, I can do well enough on my own.”

“But Calypso, you needed it, right?”

I glared.

“So?”

If the second or third child saw this, they would have flinched.

They say I give off a murderous aura when I make this expression.

Only then did Ekion start to groan, as if he were a child who had realized the situation.

Somehow, the way he was groaning was just like Tus. Well, Tus is a familiar and looks exactly the same, so it’s only natural.

“……I was wrong.”

“That’s enough.”

What am I going to do with a child? I sighed and opened my mouth.

“The power I used up can’t be restored, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Why are you answering so brightly…….”

I grabbed my face with one hand and patted the shoulder of this dragon who had been making trouble today with the other.

Well, the accident has already happened, so what can I do? I have to clean it up.

“What do I have to do to gain the power to grow? If I can lose it, I can gain it again, right?”

“That’s right. Power is…….”

Ekion hesitated.

“……You have to go to the crack in time again.”

The moment his golden eyes, which rarely wavered, fell away from me to read my expression, I felt strange.

Why do I feel uncomfortable the moment his eyes fall?

I shook my head. Now is not the time to be thinking about this.

“Really? Then we can just go, right?”

“No.”

“Hmm? What’s wrong…… You’re even firmly refusing.”

I was bewildered by the firm refusal, which I was hearing for the first time. He was an obedient child who would say okay to everything I said.

Ekion’s words were like this.

“If I go, I can’t see Calypso…….”

I answered cheerfully.

“……? Then we can just go together?”

At first, I thought I only needed to send Ekion……. But when I thought that he wouldn’t be able to see me at all even if he went to Dad’s mansion, I felt strange again.

What is it.

……Separation anxiety?

“I had to go anyway.”

And when I thought about it again, I had to go to the crack in time anyway.

I have a subordinate who suffers from the same disease as my dad.

“Because I need the ingredients to cure Riribelle.”