Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 2

Black Orca Baby (2)

Episode 2

“Is this ‘it’?”

The way he treats people like objects. Still the same.

The aide next to him bowed respectfully.

“Yes, Chieftain.”

“The power of water?”

“Well, that is…”

The aide hesitated, then shook his head.

‘The power of water.’

It refers to the special power passed down through the Orca family.

With this power, aquatic beastmen could exert 100% of their power even on land.

It was a crucial power for aquatic animal beastmen, who had the disadvantage of weakening as they moved further away from the sea.

Moreover, the stronger this power, the more it allowed surrounding aquatic animal beastmen to exert 100% of their power.

Furthermore, when this power reached its peak, it could distribute this buff to all aquatic animals.

‘I achieved that level.’

In the previous iteration, I obtained a treasure that appeared in the original story.

With the help of the treasure, I awakened the power of water and pushed it to the limit, eventually taking the position of chieftain and even starting a war by gathering all the aquatic animal beastmen.

‘Those bastards hit us first, saying we smelled fishy.’

In fact, when I read it as a novel, all the aquatic animal beastmen were irredeemable villains to me too.

They tried to kidnap the cute squirrel heroine, or forcibly used drugs to make her use her healing powers. Later, they even tried to kill her.

The Orca beastmen family, the final villainous family, was no different.

But after entering this world, I realized that the real thugs were the land animals.

Not only did they occupy all the good land on the continent…

They drove the aquatic animal beastmen out to salty lands where it was difficult to even farm, and then mocked them.

Saying that fish should just eat salty fish like themselves to their heart’s content.

‘As if they don’t smell musty themselves…!’

Although our true form is aquatic animals, when we are in human form, we must eat and live just like humans.

In the barren lands and on the islands, the aquatic animal beastmen lived fiercely.

So, the kids became more vicious. Yes.

‘Actually, I can’t say I didn’t have a sense of revenge for the last iteration.’

Each time, I was sold to another family before I turned 10.

In the first iteration, it was the Black Panther family, and in the second iteration, after causing a ruckus, I got involved with the Imperial family where the original male lead was.

But I just lived as a tool to be sold off.

I was so angry from dying repeatedly that I ran away in my previous life.

I built up my strength, returned, beat up my brothers, and became the chieftain.

‘Damn it, what’s the point of becoming so strong!’

I started a war with the land animal families of the original story who dared to ignore our aquatic animals and almost won…!

‘I didn’t know that the male lead, that crazy bastard, would provoke the Dragon Duke who had been staying still, and they would all rush to die together.’

The cheat key of this world.

Originally, the Dragon Duke was supposed to mediate between the land animals and the aquatic animal beastmen.

‘But an existence that goes berserk once every 10 years.’

The current generation of Dragon Duke was someone who just wanted to live quietly.

Even in the original story, he had little contact with the original heroine or was just a presence who gave wise advice…

The male lead provoked this duke, who had been living quietly, because they thought they were going to lose, causing him to go berserk and leading to a total annihilation ending!

And I decided in the previous iteration.

This time, I must go back home.

‘I must become the Dragon’s bride.’

It’s good to have decided that, but… the first obstacle was glaring at me with wide eyes.

Hmm, what should I do to keep that grandmother from disliking me right away?

“Tsk, did you bring something useless?”

The grandmother clicked her tongue and spoke in an icy voice.

“Chieftain, what is the child’s name…?”

“Calypso. I will name her Calypso Aquaciadello.”

“Yes. I will register it as such.”

‘The naming process is flowing the same way this time too.’

Calypso, a name like a water fairy.

Why did you give me such a precious name even though you chased me away in every iteration?

‘Is it the minimum of conscience or what? Ptooey.’

I resented the grandmother fiercely, but ironically, I was now staring at her blankly without any emotion.

The reason I could do this was because of what one of my vassals said as he died in the previous iteration.

“…Calypso, the previous chieftain who passed away… regretted it until the day he died.”

“Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Did you go senile before you died?”

The vassal, who had served the Orca family for generations, was not someone who would talk nonsense.

“Haha, he should have gone to see you, Chieftain, even once… He should have brought you back… he said.”

Of course, this didn’t make me forgive everything about the grandmother, but I was curious.

Why was she always so eager to chase me away?

There were many things that were unresolved, and I didn’t like it, but.

Anyway, in this life, none of that matters, and all I have to do is survive and be sold off as the Dragon’s bride.

Because in this Orca family, power rules everything.

“…Grandmother.”

I reached out and called to the grandmother.

My hand was small again, smaller than a steamed bun.

‘Damn it, I need to be at least 10 years old to be sold off as the Dragon’s bride.’

When will I wait for that?

I grabbed the railing with my tiny hand and stood on tiptoes with all my might.

“Wait!”

The grandmother, who was turning around, paused for a moment as I moved my chubby cheeks and tiny lips.

Her handsome face turned back to me.

“What did you say?”

“Grandmother!”

The grandmother frowned sharply at the absurdity and turned to the aide.

“Is she originally able to speak? Who taught her that?”

It was understandable to be surprised.

Whale beastmen are large and strong from birth, but their brain development is slow.

It’s a kind of racial trait.

In short, no matter how smart a whale is, they live as so-called ‘dummies’ who can’t speak for a long time.

Even if they can speak, their pronunciation is slurred.

“Yes? Yes. Duke. Children usually know simple words around the age of 2…”

“Who said anything about a normal beastman child? Whale kids are slow to speak! Isn’t it common sense that they speak unclearly until they are 5 years old? Don’t you ever go around calling yourself a fish head. Anchovy.”

“……”

Oh, Grandmother’s harsh words. It’s kind of refreshing to hear them after a long time.

The last anchovy is not a derogatory term, but because that aide is really an anchovy beastman, that’s what she called him.

“You. Say it again.”

I stared at the grandmother and smiled brightly.

‘Yeah, surprising, right? I can speak properly.’

As much as I want. You old hag.

“Grandmother!”

“Huh, it seems like she not only speaks but also understands what she hears? What’s going on?”

“Well, I haven’t heard anything separately from the maids and nannies.”

Of course not, because I pretended not to know in front of them.

Even if you are reborn, you can’t do anything from the time you are a newborn baby.

No matter how much you regress, it is not easy to overcome the basic characteristics of a whale beastman: slow growth or the inability to use the tongue in childhood, so I finally got the hang of it.

‘It would have been nice if I could have spoken clearly sooner.’

It’s a shame, but what’s done is done. I’m satisfied with the fact that I can start this life a little smarter.

Besides, the reason why whales often die suddenly around the age of one or two is because they have weaker immunity than other beastmen.

I only learned this while watching the original story, but whales have strong power as they become adults, but their childhood is very, very vulnerable.

Of course, it’s a separate story that they are stronger than ordinary beastmen when they are young. It’s like they have strength but a weak body?

“Did a genius come out among the fish heads?”

“Fish head! Grandmother! Fish head!”

“……”

The grandmother’s expression became strange.

It’s like she’s wondering if I just insulted her.

“Are you insulting me right now?”

Yes, that’s right. You old hag.

Even though I’m smiling now, my resentment hasn’t disappeared completely.

I pretended not to know on purpose and shouted it out again confidently.

“Fish head!”

The grandmother’s hand grabbed my clothes and lifted me up as I was.

Is this what a kitten looks like when its mother cat grabs it by the scruff of its neck?

It was truly a rough hand.

“Dare you call me a fish head?”

If my clothes tear like this, I’ll get a concussion.

Instead of struggling, I let go of my strength.

“You look exactly like that Pierre, but you’re so small, your body is subpar.”

“Yes… usually they are much bigger than this around the age of 3.”

“A half-wit with no power of water… only fast brain development. Kid. You understand everything I’m saying right now, right? Can you prove your own worth?”

What is she saying? Is that something to say to a 3-year-old baby?

As I let out a small cough, a look of disdain flashed across her face.

“A ridiculously small and weak body. At this rate, will there even be room for sharp teeth to grow?”

The grandmother must have gone through this process with her three older grandsons, and even with her youngest son, my father, going back up the family line. Plus, all the other cousins.

Since she is the strongest, she was a tyrant and a self-centered person who couldn’t understand the plight of the weak.

“Humph. Brains that the body can’t keep up with are not needed in our family.”

“Grandmother! Prove!”

I reached out as if by mistake and grabbed something.

“Me, prove!”

Something was pulled from my hand with a rip. It was the grandmother’s snow-white sideburn. I smiled brightly.

“Grandmother, me good! Talk!”

Hehehe, I really wanted to try it once.

You told me to prove it, you old hag!