Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 25

The Orca Baby of the Black Market (25)

25

‘He’ll come running soon.’

Pierre sat on the fountain, gazing languidly at the end of the road.

Everything is annoying, so annoying.

Pierre Aquasierdel’s daily life was regular and monotonous.

In other words, he hardly deviated from his set routine.

If there was one recent addition to his daily life, it was training Calypso, who had suddenly become his disciple.

He didn’t know why his daughter had appointed herself as his disciple and was now constantly underfoot.

‘I’ll figure it out as I go along.’

Pierre was relatively relaxed.

He was thinking of slowly enjoying this interesting problem that had come up after a long time, like carefully peeling an eggshell.

Yes, that’s what he was thinking…….

From the moment she appeared, his daughter not only defied expectations but also occasionally caused unexpected problems.

Like now.

“Say hello, Teacher.”

Calypso smiled brightly.

Then, she introduced Agenor, who stood beside her, looking unable to spread his wings [a metaphor for feeling trapped or unable to act freely].

“This is my brother.”

“……So?”

Pierre wasn’t stupid; he couldn’t possibly miss the resemblance between the boy and his childhood son.

Pierre remained silent, and Agenor, watching him, turned even paler.

“…….”

What’s the difference between this situation and covering your eyes and saying ‘ahh’ [a reference to pretending not to see something obvious]?

Meanwhile, Calypso admired inwardly as she saw Pierre raising his eyebrows.

Now, she could discern a little of her father’s emotional expression.

‘That means he’s upset.’

Whether he liked it or not, Calypso smiled and glanced at him.

“Teacher.”

Calypso felt Pierre looking at her third son, Agenor, and recited the lines she had prepared.

Smiling very brightly!

“Do you happen to need a second disciple?”

* * *

The next day.

Even the most powerful orca was drowsy on a lazy morning.

A time when yawns kept pouring out, even though he knew it was almost lunchtime.

The more this happened, the more he had to listen to the voice reading aloud.

It was such a peaceful day. He felt like his eyes would close rather than listen.

‘No, I can’t.’

Now that Grandma was back, it was time to set an example even more.

While maintaining a straight posture, he heard a giggle from somewhere.

Wondering what the sound was, he turned his head and, surprisingly, saw Caron giggling with another branch family orca.

‘What’s wrong with him?’

He had been living like a dead mouse [acting timid and inconspicuous] since I gave him a hard time.

He had been living as if even plankton couldn’t be so quiet.

To be grinning unpleasantly?

Besides, when he made eye contact with me, he was completely frightened and flinched, but he didn’t seem completely broken. I thought something was going on.

‘Did he regain his energy because I left him alone for the past few days?’

It would be a problem if he went back to being a bully who hit the twins or other kids.

Since I had already promised the Lugaruba twins, I decided to set a date and shook off my thoughts for a while.

That’s how lunchtime came.

“Gongnyo-nim [a respectful title for a princess or noble lady]!”

“Gongnyo-nim!!”

Today, instead of lunch with the maids, I received visits from others.

“I prepared lunch!”

“Let’s eat together!”

“Okay.”

I had something to ask the Lugaruba twins yesterday, and I decided to have lunch together today.

I had already told the maids in advance in the morning.

“Gongnyo-nim looks happy.”

“Looks like it!”

“Does it look like it? Well, that’s not wrong.”

I smiled and waved my hand.

The twins stopped smiling and paused.

“Does Gongnyo-nim’s arm hurt?”

“Did you get hurt?”

“Ah, this? It’s nothing.”

I quickly hid my bruised arm in my sleeve.

This is…….

“Something amazing happened yesterday.”

“Amazing thing?”

“Yeah. A reunion of rich people that no one knows about……”

Umm. It was amazing. It was amazing.

I vaguely recalled what happened yesterday.

“Do you happen to need a second disciple?”

My dad’s expression when I said this.

A face that said, ‘What the hell are you talking about?’

I can say with certainty that it was the clearest expression I had ever seen.

“I don’t need it. Get lost.”

I was naturally surprised by his firm words.

In fact, I was more surprised by something else.

‘Wow, the way he speaks and the tone of voice are exactly the same as Agenor!’

I realized it better because I heard the words ‘get lost’ from my brother and dad in one day.

Of course, the words ‘get lost’ seemed to be directed at Agenor rather than me.

Anyway, somehow I managed to get Agenor accepted as a disciple.

To be exact, rather than a disciple…….

“Teacher, do you know who that is? I won against him today. Teacher told me. If you fight, don’t get beaten up, just hit them.”

“……You won?”

“Yes, I won!”

As Suha once said, Pierre was more willing to grant requests than I thought.

That was the same this time as it was the day he accepted me as a disciple.

“But I won against him, so he became my subordinate, but there’s no place to use him. Can’t he stay here with us?”

“…….”

Of course, it ended up being more like a hanger-on of the first disciple than a second disciple.

‘But where is this?’

Of course, Agenor’s pride may have been a little crumpled like the mat we are sitting on now.

Is that my business?

If he had recognized me as his sister as soon as he saw me, I would have treated him better.

‘I’m not infinitely kind either.’

Surprisingly, Agenor didn’t express his resentment at his situation or kick the ground and run out.

This was actually quite unexpected.

If it had been the second child, who was so hot-tempered that he was close to an underwater volcano, he would have exploded here.

“What is a rich dream?”

“He said a rich meeting!”

“Oh really? Hyung [older brother or male friend] is a genius!”

“Hehet.”

“It’s neither of those.”

I woke up from my reminiscence and stared at the twins.

Before I knew it, an adult with white hair like the twins appeared near them.

“I greet the Gongnyo-nim. I have heard a lot about how you helped our young masters.”

“Nice to meet you.”

The old man, who identified himself as the butler of the White Dolphin family, skillfully unfolded a splendid lunch box in front of him and stepped back so that we could play among ourselves again.

“The butler came today.”

“That’s right. Dad will come tomorrow.”

“Really? You have a good relationship.”

As expected, everyone except the orcas gets along well.

I admired the deliciously unfolded lunch box.

‘No, can three kids eat all of this?’

While admiring, I didn’t forget what I needed.

“Speaking of which, did you ask yesterday?”

“Yes, Gongnyo-nim!”

“Yes!”

Luga and Luba answered almost simultaneously, and then they quickly got up from their seats and rummaged through their lunch bags.

Wondering what they were doing, I watched them, and soon they brought two pieces of parchment and held them out side by side.

“Is this it?”

“Yes! What Gongnyo-nim asked yesterday.”

“What you asked!”

Oh, this is it.

I hurriedly grabbed one first, untied the tied string, and read the contents.

While checking the contents of the remaining one, the Lugaruba twins quietly held their breath and watched what I was doing.

Finally, I checked all the contents and smiled contentedly.

“Very good?”

“……!!!”

The twins’ eyes sparkled as if starlight had fallen.

“Really?”

“Yes. I like it very much. Thank you.”

“Hyung begged Dad!”

“Ah, don’t say that!”

“Ouch, why are you hitting me!”

“Don’t fight. Thank you both so much.”

I held the parchment I received from the twins in my arms and stroked both Luga and Luba once.

Then the kids laughed as if they had never bickered, and we had a harmonious lunch.

“Gongnyo-nim, Gongnyo-nim. Dad was wondering why you were asking……”

“Gongnyo-nim, he told me to come and play at our house!”

The twins are still a mess, but I’ve become accustomed to filtering out what they say.

“Really? Um……”

As the words flowed from the twins’ mouths near the end of lunchtime, I hesitated for a moment and then readily nodded.

“Okay. I’ll think about it.”

Because the food was so delicious that I felt a little sorry to refuse outright.

The twins’ faces brightened.

“Definitely!”

“Definitely!”

“Okay, okay.”

The meal was very satisfactory.

The meal that the twins brought was as skillful as the herring sisters, so it tasted very good.

As I was eating hard, Luga got excited next to me and boasted, ‘Our dad prepares food with nutrition in mind!’

Hearing that, I thought it was even better to ask these twins.

‘Should I really visit their family once?’