Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 228

Chapter 228

Even as I spoke, my eyes were fixed on Caesar’s hair.

It was gray, with streaks of pure white, like the direct descendants of Orcas.

He looked exactly as I remembered.

Anyone could see he was an Orca Shifter.

It was hard to imagine him leading sharks looking like that.

Caesar smiled, a familiar smile.

He looked a little troubled, as if he’d heard this question countless times.

Soon, Caesar replied with a bright expression.

“I’m a hybrid.”

The hand that had been folded in my arms twitched. I tried not to show it, but the words were too much to ignore.

What…?

“So I was a disgrace to the family.”

My mouth hung open.

“So you’re saying you’re a hybrid of a shark and an Orca… is that right?”

“That’s right.”

I straightened my back at his calm admission. It was the first I’d heard of it.

‘Did the first one know?’

No, if he had, he would have shared it. I was sure even Bellus didn’t know.

“Are you my mother?”

“…….”

There was no way he didn’t know me.

I decided to drop the pretense.

“If you’re really a shark hybrid, how did you end up marrying Dad?”

It was a pure question, without any malice. Dad may have been sick, but he was a direct descendant [of the Orca clan].

There was no way Grandma would have let that happen.

“Did you know?”

Caesar looked troubled for a moment, then smiled again.

“As you can see, there’s no difference in appearance.”

Caesar grabbed his hair and shook it, as if to show off.

“The family, blinded by the prospect of marriage to a direct descendant, sent me while concealing this fact.”

“…….”

“Come to think of it, I think there were quite a few other candidates…”

Caesar turned his head and stared out the window for a long time.

“Your father chose me.”

“…….”

“I don’t know why, though.”

Caesar’s clothes were similar to my memory, yet different.

Unlike the old clothes he always wore in my memory, he was wearing slightly better clothes.

But the handkerchief tied around his neck was the same as I remembered.

Caesar untied the handkerchief.

I quietly gasped at what was revealed beneath.

“Here, this is the only proof that I’m a hybrid.”

The representative feature of shark shifters.

The faint traces of gills, like a tattoo, were clear on his neck.

It was fainter than that of a normal shark shifter, but it was still easy to recognize.

‘Wait, he’s a shark hybrid, but he uses the power of water too?’

I thought quietly.

‘He’s a cheat character [an overpowered character].’

Ah, no wonder he always wore a handkerchief around his neck while teaching me.

I never saw him take it off until we parted.

“You have all the advantages. I’m jealous.”

Caesar looked a little surprised.

“…Is that all you have to say?”

“Then what else should I say?”

“Hmm, something like why I abandoned you.”

“Ah, I lived my whole life thinking you were dead, so I guess I’m just glad to hear you’re alive?”

Just like I didn’t expect anything from Dad at first, I didn’t have any expectations for my mother, who I thought was dead.

“You’re not going to act like a mother now anyway, are you? Well, I understand why you revealed your identity.”

“…….”

I stated the situation simply.

“The sharks were more important to you than the Orcas, right?”

More than her husband and son. Enough to leave behind her newborn daughter.

“…….”

The other leader of the sharks was silent. Silence sometimes implies affirmation.

“So, to sum it up, the sharks you didn’t like are gone, and the remaining ones will peacefully integrate and live well. Is that it?”

I felt Caesar’s gaze on me as I became businesslike.

“That’s right. Now that those guys are gone, we’re going to gather and live among ourselves. We won’t bother the Orcas again.”

“So in the end, you used us to get rid of the guys you didn’t like?”

My words were curt, but Caesar didn’t mind. He just smiled coolly.

“That’s right.”

She shrugged.

“You guys are strong, aren’t you?”

“…….”

“We’re mostly injured and disabled. We’ll be busy protecting them now.”

The ones who committed bad deeds among the sharks were now gone.

The remaining ones would have to fight the infamy built up by the dead, bad sharks for the rest of their lives.

And although I said they used us.

Cleaning up the shark resistance led by Shek was essential for me too.

The gains were considerable.

I learned that the shark had joined hands with the Imperial Family and that he was so desperate that he came all the way to this land.

It was definitely not a loss for me.

“What do you want?”

“Just to live peacefully.”

Caesar, holding a pipe in his hand, certainly looked peaceful.

He looked different from the person in my memory, who carried emptiness like a burden.

Suddenly, I had a thought.

Perhaps the emptiness you felt in your past life was…

“If you lost all the sharks who follow you now, how would you feel?”

“Huh?”

“Would you feel empty?”

Caesar thought for a moment, then said he probably would.

“Yes.”

I quietly guessed that perhaps in his previous life, he had lost all his followers in the fight against Shek and his gang.

It was no use thinking about it now.

“We won’t bother the weak shifters in the wasteland anymore, so we have nothing to talk about. Let’s end the conversation here.”

“Ah, then, Calypso, was it?”

Caesar raised his hand slightly.

“If the agreement is over, can I bring up something personal for a moment?”

“What is it?”

“It’s nice to meet you.”

“…….”

I stared at Caesar.

He smiled leisurely and a little slyly. It was an incongruous yet strangely harmonious look for his frail face.

“I didn’t know you already knew me. Daughter.”

“…….”

“What did you think when you saw me?”

What did I think?

“I thought I had no luck with grandmothers, and no luck with mothers either?”

“…….”

Caesar lowered his head and laughed out loud.

Why is he laughing? I’m not joking.

“But I think I had luck with older brothers and fathers instead.”

In this life, that is.

“As I said, I have no regrets about you. Rather, I’m glad you’re alive.”

“…That’s surprising.”

“Do you hate Orcas?”

“I think I did.”

Yes, you hated them.

“I hate Orcas. How can only the strong exist in the world?”

“My teacher is oppressing me, who is weak, though?”

“This is training, my dear.”

He seemed disillusioned with the Orcas who preached the survival of the fittest.

It wasn’t hard to understand why he ran away.

‘I don’t know what happened with Dad, though.’

“I don’t know what it was like when you were here, but the Orcas will change.”

I rubbed the back of my neck. Unfortunately, there was no tearful mother-daughter reunion.

I was already loved enough.

“Being a hybrid means that half of you is an Orca, right? So if you ever feel like it, come this way anytime.”

“…I’m sorry, but I have no intention of abandoning the sharks who follow me.”

“Who said anything about abandoning them?”

I turned my head.

I felt someone rushing over urgently from somewhere.

Caesar seemed to sense the same presence as I got closer and headed for the door.

“I’m saying this because there’s someone who desperately misses you.”

I stared intently at Caesar.

Teacher.

I quietly murmured to my first teacher in life.

It’s a shame I didn’t recognize you.

I really wanted to meet the mother here.

Thank you.

Thanks to your teachings, I became the head of the family. I really wanted to see you again.

In the end, we met again after going through a life.

Just as I thought this, the door burst open.

There stood Dad, drenched in sweat.

A rare sight indeed.

I whistled softly.

“Wow… you look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

I got up from my seat.

“Well, then, I hope those who have a connection from the past can have a good talk.”

One looked like he had seen a dead person again, his face pale.

The other was trembling, as if he wanted to run away right away.

‘What is this? I feel like I could watch a long epic poem if I keep watching.’

Even as I thought this, I quietly left the seat.

Using the power of water slightly to grab the legs of ‘Mom,’ who was about to run away, and make her sit on the sofa….

I’m sorry, but that was intentional.

Please forgive this much mischief, Teacher?

No. Mom.