Episode 203
It was a rebellion started by Ocula Aquasidel’s eldest son and his wife.
Aquasidel, now ruled by Pierre who carried on Calypso’s will, was different from when Ocula led it.
More and more people became dissatisfied with the family’s change, which no longer advocated only the law of the jungle.
Heila skillfully won over all those who were dissatisfied and bided her time.
She thought everything would be solved if only Pierre died.
But that was arrogance.
It wasn’t Pierre who killed ‘Rodesen’, the leader who outwardly led the rebellion.
“I’m sorry, Father.”
It was Lilibel, who had been quietly hiding her identity until now.
She acted as if she knew this rebellion would happen.
Lilibel calmly brought it down from the inside.
In the end, her own mother, Heila, rushed at her, consumed by evil.
But she managed to resolve this as well.
“Kyahaha. Why? Are you surprised that your daughter, whom you didn’t treat as a child, is doing this?”
“…Since when have you been following that bitch, my daughter? You will regret your choice.”
Heila, clutching Rodesen’s corpse and grinding her teeth, disappeared.
She had been imprisoned, but she vanished without a trace.
And all those who participated in the rebellion were either captured or surrendered.
After those who surrendered were ousted and a generational change occurred.
A second rebellion broke out when those who had fled joined forces, but it was more easily suppressed than the first.
Surprisingly, it was an unexpected person who suppressed them.
It was the former head of the family, ‘Ocula Aquasidel’, who had quietly disappeared, and everyone didn’t even know where she had gone.
She appeared with a haggard face, threw the head of the orca who had started the second rebellion, and then disappeared again.
And around the time all these incidents ended…
Calypso opened her eyes.
“Oh, it’s a relief you opened your eyes. You were busy again as soon as you opened them.”
“Well… I couldn’t help it.”
When Calypso opened her eyes, it had been a whopping six years since she had entered the crack in time [a pocket dimension where time flows differently].
Everyone in the family had already recognized Pierre as the true head of the family.
Naturally, the mountain Calypso had to climb over became Pierre.
Calypso listened quietly to the news from when she was asleep and burst into a pleasant laugh.
“It’s turning out to be fun.”
She said that life had become more colorful because she had been given a difficult task as soon as she opened her eyes.
‘As expected, she’s no ordinary person…’
Moreover, Calypso took it positively, saying that the worst situation she had imagined had not happened.
From Dede’s point of view, who was attending to Calypso, it was just amazing.
Pierre tried to hand over the position of head of the family as soon as Calypso opened her eyes.
But Calypso couldn’t do that.
A new problem had arisen in Aquasidel.
The problem that had been holding her back for nearly three years was…
“Ah, there’s the head of the family. I’ll go first. Brother!”
“Wait, hold on. Dede! Dede!”
Tata hesitated as he tried to grab Dede. He had come to ask her to let him see the head of the family.
‘I guess it’ll be difficult to see her today too.’
Tata sighed and gave up neatly.
Although Calypso is implicitly called ‘Head of the Family’, the current Calypso is not the official head of the family.
She was still undercover, working with Pierre on the surface.
Besides, she was too busy to see…
There were too many people camped around her! People who were wary of young men, or unmarried young men.
‘If you don’t want to disappear silently at the hands of Agenor, you should quietly keep a low profile.’
Tata, who was timid, had no choice but to keep a low profile.
The person standing tall where Tata’s eyes were directed was walking confidently.
The hair tied up in one and stretched down to her waist was the first thing that caught his eye.
Her slender waist and long limbs were so slender that he couldn’t imagine she had a strong power.
But Tata knew well how explosive her healthy body was.
Her snow-white face was so clear and innocent that he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
When he thought of the fist she wielded with that face, he felt the downy hair on the back of his neck stand on end.
‘She’s a beauty.’
…Certainly, Pierre and her brothers couldn’t help but be concerned.
* * *
“Dede!”
Calypso smiled brightly as she saw Dede running towards her.
The fresh smile with the sunlight shining through had a pure charm that captivated the eyes of passersby.
Calypso, who had grown up, wasn’t as tall as her father or brothers, but she wasn’t particularly disappointed.
That’s what the life of a regressor is like [someone who has been reborn or traveled back in time].
‘It feels like I’m getting spoilers about my grown-up self.’
It’s just that there’s a difference between when the nutritional status is good and when it’s not.
This time, she grew up abundantly, but her height remained the same. It was a pity.
‘It would be easier to fight if I were taller.’
Calypso clenched and unclenched her fist.
“Did you just get back?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Calypso nodded at Dede’s question and unbuttoned one of the buttons on the cloak she was wearing.
Certainly, Calypso’s outfit was a simple outfit as if she had been somewhere.
“Those guys are still hiding in the wasteland. It’s not annoying at all.”
Was there a fierce fight in the wasteland? There was dust piled up as if she had been rolling around.
Calypso rubbed her cheek.
“My cheek is itchy.”
Dede looked at Calypso’s cheek and was surprised.
There was a very small crack, but blood was flowing.
Did you come like this?
Just as Dede was about to reach out in surprise, a hand suddenly stretched out from beside Calypso.
“Calypso, you’re bleeding! Blood!”
Calypso and Dede’s eyes naturally turned.
There stood a young man with snow-white curly hair.
It was hair like cotton candy or white cumulus clouds. His black eyes were round.
Overall, he was a round and gentle-looking man.
His white cheeks looked soft and fair enough to see his blood vessels.
The man looked worried.
“You mustn’t get hurt, Calypso.”
The man naturally held out a handkerchief with a mesmerizing face.
Calypso grabbed the handkerchief that touched her cheek. Then she smiled.
“Luga.”
The young man whose name was called, Luga, smiled brightly as if he was happy.
“Yes!”
“What brings you here alone?”
“I came instead of my mother. I heard you were coming back today, so I guess I timed it right.”
“Yeah, is that so? You and Dede are the first people I’ve seen since I got back.”
As Calypso walked, Luga naturally followed beside her.
“It seems certain that you will be the next head of the family.”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Luga was scheduled to become the next head of the Beluga family.
Dede took a step back. Her face had a slightly embarrassed expression.
Luga of the Beluga family.
It was a name that no one didn’t know now. If it was in a good way, it would be that the successor of the Beluga family is as capable as the head of the family.
Funnily enough, Calypso smiled so gently in front of Calypso, who had opened her eyes, that Calypso readily believed this face.
“Are you going to be in the family for a little longer this time?”
“Well, I don’t know, I’ll have to see. For now, yes.”
Calypso nonchalantly rubbed the back of her neck. She moved her neck here and there as if it was stiff.
“Because of those guys who hide and appear like octopuses.”
“They’re still rampant.”
“That’s right. It’s so annoying because they move as a small number in guerrilla warfare.”
Calypso shrugged.
“Besides, I’m turning into an adult tomorrow, right?”
Calypso looked at the sky for a moment and said calmly.
“I might have to get engaged.”
Calypso stopped walking and suddenly turned her head. Luga was standing still without walking.
Calypso’s head tilted.
“Luga?”
Luga tried to open his mouth to say something, but then smiled prettily.
“…I suddenly remembered an urgent schedule, may I visit you again?”
“Huh? Do that.”
As Calypso nodded nonchalantly, Luga bowed his head and turned around.
Dede, who was watching, looked at him with a pitiful look and shook her head slightly.
Meanwhile, Luga sighed inwardly.
This is, the feeling that this emotion that started as a childhood friend is frustrated without even being conveyed.
Luga, who had become a young man, sighed softly.
It’s too much of a rival to try…
* * *
“Hmm, you must have been very busy.”
I tilted my head. There must be a reason why Luga came to see me, but he left without even saying it.
“Ahaha…”
Dede smiled awkwardly.
She looked like she had something to say, but Dede’s mouth didn’t open in the end.
However, she just said this slyly.
“My brother came by today and said he wanted to see you soon.”
“Ah, Tata? Tell him to come anytime. I have to see him before I go out again.”
“Yes.”
Dede said firmly with a determined expression.
“I’ll definitely, definitely visit you with me.”
“Huh? Oh, okay…?”
I nodded while blinking my eyes. Somehow, she looked like a general facing a desperate battle.
We were just entering the mansion. My dad, who became the acting head of the family, worked in the main mansion, but he used the previous building to sleep.
He said that not everything in the main castle was his.
I was reminded of the past.
The three years I spent in the crack of time. And falling asleep as soon as I came out.
The dream I had while I was asleep.
From the moment I woke up from my long sleep, I ran around diligently before things got messed up due to the problem that arose.
‘There must have been countless moments when I could have done whatever I wanted with the family during that time, but it’s amazing that I don’t have any greed like this.’
If I were to pick out the awkward things that happened during the past time.
‘I guess it’s that my body had grown unexpectedly when I opened my eyes.’
It was natural since I had been asleep for three years.
It felt strange to see the faces of my subordinates and family members with reddened eyes when I opened my eyes.
Anyway, the building we entered was my dad’s mansion.
The moment I opened the door, I heard the sound of small footsteps.
I habitually folded one leg and sat down, spreading my arms.
Pooh!
Soon, someone came into my arms a little short.
I hugged the person in my arms as much as I could to make up for the lack.
“Calypso.”
I smiled at the clear voice.
“Yeah, Ekion.”
I looked at Ekion and made a bitter expression for a very short time.
“Have you been doing well?”
Ekion looked no different from 9 years ago.
No, maybe just a little bigger.
Now, if I stood next to him, anyone would see us as siblings with quite an age gap.
I smiled bitterly in secret.
It was all my fault that this happened.