Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 3

Episode 3

The aide’s face was ashen with fear as he looked back and forth between me and Grandma.

He even looked at me with pity, as if I were already a dead man.

I didn’t care at all. I was just thinking about how much I wanted to pull out her hair.

Thoughts should be put into action.

Just as my tiny hand reached out, a large hand blocked it.

‘Oh, did she block my attempt to grab her hair? Or is she angry?’ That was the thought that crossed my mind.

“Ha, hahaha ha ha!”

Grandma was laughing heartily, as if it were the funniest thing she’d ever seen.

As her laughter subsided, her glistening eyes turned to me. It was a gaze filled with languid satisfaction.

“Pierre, this one came from that crazy bastard who gave up on life?”

However, her sharp eyes were constantly examining me, as if she found me quite interesting.

A wrinkled but still handsome face came close to my eyes.

It was so close that I could see the wrinkles clearly.

The Orca family [a powerful family known for their ruthlessness and water-based abilities] could infuse their eyes with murderous intent.

The glistening eyes were clearly not filled with goodwill alone.

“You’re the first grandchild to try and pull out my hair, you little thing.”

“…Woong?”

Grandma dropped me onto the bed.

As expected, it wasn’t something you would do to a baby, but it didn’t hurt because the bed was soft.

“Good, I’ll postpone the disposal of this one.”

In previous lives, the first thing that happened to me as soon as I regressed [reincarnated or traveled back in time] was being kicked out to the building farthest from the main house.

“Throw it into an educational institution this summer.”

“…Yes, Head of the Family.”

Her long, slit eyes turned to me.

Beneath her sleek hair, the color of an Orca’s skin, her murderous eyes curved.

“Listen, you little rice cake [a term of endearment, but also implying smallness and insignificance], if you don’t show results in the educational institution, you’ll be exiled to the cold storage immediately. Do you understand?”

Always kicked out because I was weak and couldn’t awaken the power of water.

‘Oh yeah, just you wait. I’ll grow up quickly and get out of this family.’

Before that, I have to see that old hag’s face wrinkle even more.

‘I’ll become strong enough to make her drool with envy, and then disappear as the Dragon’s Bride [a valuable offering or sacrifice].’

I’m going to be the best. I’m going to be the best.

That’s how I changed the beginning of this life.

* * *

You can be sold as the Dragon’s Bride at the age of 10.

But before that, I was often sold to other families.

I tried to resist, whine, and run away several times.

It was embarrassing to have the memories of the original story, but there was nothing I could do here with my powerless body.

‘The only reason I was able to escape in the previous life was because I risked my life.’

But now, thanks to finally mastering the knack of speaking clearly, I bought myself some time.

Now there was only one thing I had to do.

‘First, my goal is to survive safely until I’m 10 years old.’

And until then, not to be sold to a family related to the original story.

It already seemed like I had extraordinary brainpower, but that wasn’t enough.

‘I need a guardian until I’m 10 years old.’

I can develop my abilities gradually, but until then, I needed a guardian to support me.

‘My physical abilities are too poor. It can’t be helped that I resemble my father.’

My three older brothers above me were either protected by outstanding retainers or were great guys who didn’t need protection, but I wasn’t like that now.

‘It would have been nice if the power of water was still there.’

Then who can help me until I grow up?

Most adults won’t want to be my guardian.

No matter how smart I am, this is a family that prefers overwhelming force over intelligence.

‘I need an adult with unique tastes who will also turn a blind eye.’

And I knew one such person.

‘My father. Pierre Aquaciadel.’

My father was a man in a strange position in this Orca family.

The head of the family, Grandma, had three sons, and the first and second sons boasted such outstanding abilities that they were called rivals from childhood… The third son, Pierre, was different from birth.

His body was very weak.

However, unlike me, who was ignored because I was weak, my father was not ignored or despised because he had tremendous ‘power of water.’

‘The problem is that his weak body limited his ability to use his power.’

To describe my father:

A weapon with firepower that everyone would fear, but with a limited number of uses.

Grandma also treated my father as a regrettable but useless guy, and my father secluded himself.

In the meantime, he had children through a political marriage, but he didn’t take care of his children like his brothers.

My older brothers above me didn’t even pay attention to my father.

‘But I need that indifference right now.’

Currently, I was being held in the arms of the servant who brought me back to where I lived.

Strangely enough, the hand holding me was more careful than when we left.

‘It’s probably because they saw that I caught Grandma’s eye.’

When I arrived at the room, the servant looked at me and cautiously opened his mouth.

“Young lady, we are planning to move your residence in a week. I’ll come back then.”

The place I was currently staying was a shabby room at the far west end.

The servant retreated, saying that I would be moved to the end of the main building.

‘Power is so good. As soon as I caught Grandma’s eye, they’re moving my room. Anyway, this room was too old and dangerous, so it’s a good thing.’

As soon as I was left alone, I waddled around.

In this old building, there was a nanny who took care of babies like me all at once.

A person who gives you the bare minimum of food so you don’t die.

Orca family babies started in this building and could leave this building the moment they showed their potential.

Babies born with the power of water, of course, don’t need to come here and live in the main building.

I diligently moved my steps.

* * *

Baby Calypso was able to reach the place she wanted after walking for a long time.

Calypso turned her chubby cheeks around and examined the place.

‘It should be around here… Ah!’

Soon Calypso’s face brightened.

She had found the person she wanted.

In Calypso’s big eyes, she saw a man sitting blankly near the fountain.

The fountain here was old and cracked, looking like it was placed in ruins.

The man sitting there was very tall and had a large frame, but somehow gave a gaunt impression.

The collarbone was visible above the round-necked shirt, and the casually draped cardigan created a languid atmosphere.

The face made the languid atmosphere even more mature, and it was a rough appearance that even gave a decadent impression.

The white skin, as if he had never seen a point of light since birth, also amplified this atmosphere.

‘Hmm, he’s handsome, as expected of an Orca with strong powers.’

Calypso commented simply.

The man in front of her was her father, ‘Pierre Aquaciadel.’

Surprisingly, Calypso had not seen her father alive and moving much during her three lives.

The reason was simple.

Before Calypso was sold in the previous life, he had rarely shown his face, and after she was sold, he died of illness not long after.

He had the strongest power, but his weak body couldn’t handle it and he died.

‘In the previous life, I only saw him in portraits after becoming the head of the family, right?’

I hadn’t seen him once in this life.

I heard that my father wasn’t even there when Calypso was born.

Calypso ran to him.

Pierre did not turn his head until Calypso was very close, staring slowly at something.

“Uncle!”

Finally, when Calypso arrived right in front of him, he slowly turned his head.

“…….”

Calypso carefully looked at her father’s face.

As expected, it was amazing to see Pierre’s face alive and moving.

‘Currently, he is as strong as Grandma, but his power is greatly limited.’

Besides, he’s terminally ill and will die early.

I don’t know if he knows his situation, but it had a strange atmosphere as if reminiscent of the night under the neon signs that are not here.

“Hello, Uncle.”

Calypso smiled brightly, pretending not to know.

“Do you know where the educational institution is? I have to go there. There.”

Of course, this was just an excuse to talk to him, and it was a complete lie.

Pierre looked at Calypso for a long time.

Strangely, it seems more accurate to say that he just turned his gaze rather than looked at her.

As if he couldn’t feel her existence, Calypso felt as if his gaze was passing through her transparently.

His eyes were filled with indifference and laziness.

Calypso’s round eyebrows shot up.

Calypso was the roundest of her family. This was always her complex.

In terms of the Orca image of the world, everyone is sharp, but she alone was round.

But at this moment, I wanted to raise the corners of my eyes. Hey, I feel bad!

‘Why aren’t you answering?’

Even after thinking this, a slow answer came after a long time.

“You’re on the wrong path, by a long shot.”

Pierre’s voice was low and subdued.

As if he hadn’t made a sound in a long time.