Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 53

Orca Baby Overlord (53)

Chapter 53

…Actually, I’m pretending to be okay.

I was extremely curious about Dad’s answer and nervous about what kind of reaction I would get.

Maybe nothing will happen.

I hated myself for expecting things.

‘But that’s how he was at the meeting.’

He stood up for me at the disciplinary committee.

He protected me during the meeting.

Why did he do that?

After living a total of 60 years over three lifetimes, my expectations had long since evaporated into thin air.

Yet, there’s a faint glimmer of hope.

But one thing is clear: I’m ready to back out at any time.

I know that if it’s harmful to me, I’m ready to either avoid it or fight back.

“I’ll ask you just one thing.”

“……What is it?”

“The rumor you intentionally spread.”

I swallowed hard.

“Besides that, you’ve always told me things like, ‘My dad is like this, my dad is like that.’”

“…….”

“In the end, was the ‘dad’ you talked about your ideal?”

It was a completely unexpected question.

My mouth went dry.

Are you saying I just imagined and talked about the ideal dad I wanted?

I had to choose here.

And that choice didn’t take long.

“No.”

No, that’s not my ideal.

“My dad is that kind of person.”

Even if I said this, Pierre in front of me would never understand.

I knew it would be nonsense, but I had no choice but to say it.

“My daughter, Dad loves you the most in the world.”

I couldn’t erase the adoptive father who adopted me and raised me with love.

‘I want to go home. I want to stop regressing.’

That was like tearing up the last hope I had left.

“……I see.”

Pierre didn’t ask any more questions.

It was strange that he just brushed it off, even though it was clearly something he couldn’t understand.

Instead, he looked at me with a slightly stiff expression and said this.

“So, you can’t accept me as your dad after all.”

I paused.

“……That sounds like Master is going to play the role of my dad for me.”

I tried not to let my voice tremble at the end of my sentence.

Despite my difficult words, Pierre nodded coolly.

“If you want.”

What? What’s going on?

My eyes widened.

“You don’t like it?”

Saying yes here was the right thing to do.

That Pierre, that dad.

I don’t know why, but in this life, he’s offering to be my dad?

If he just becomes my guardian until I’m ten, then I just have to go to the Dragon’s Bride as planned.

Once the Dragon’s Bride is chosen, it’s hard to change, so I just had to spend time like this and hold on.

My life is getting easier, and a way to go home is opening up, so how could I not accept this?

But.

‘Damn it, my personality.’

But the problem is that I don’t trust uncertain things anymore.

Yes, I saw the world destroyed because of one unexpected uncertainty in the previous life.

“What about the years you abandoned me, and now you’re doing this?”

“…….”

“Master, if I hadn’t gone to find you first, you would have pretended not to know me for the rest of your life.”

Until you died.

Yes, the problem was that I didn’t know what that dad was thinking or feeling.

I won’t go into water where I can’t see the bottom [I won’t get involved in something if I don’t know all the facts].

I turned to Pierre with a determined expression.

“That’s true, too.”

Dad admitted it more easily than I thought.

As if it were really true.

Not only that, but he even made a suggestion.

“Then let’s do this.”

Pierre slowly knelt down on one knee and faced me.

A large beast lowering its back to meet the eyes of a young one.

“I propose.”

I could only describe this as consideration.

Ironically, it was too awkward a word to attach to the beast in front of me.

“Accept me when your anger has subsided.”

“…….”

“It doesn’t matter if I become a father from a master at that time.”

I was confused.

“Why?”

“Because that’s what I want to do.”

“Don’t you think you’re being presumptuous? Why aren’t you angry?”

“Did you want me to be angry? I’m sorry to disappoint your expectations, but that won’t happen.”

I called him Dad, and I can call him that in front of people and make up rumors as much as I want.

But.

“I like Master. I don’t hate you.”

Thank you for making me strong.

I hope you continue to train me and be my guardian.

I already let go of the previous life.

There are too many people I should resent to resent you, whom I couldn’t even see.

But even so, I will never truly accept you as my dad.

I only have one dad.

“Presumptuous, maybe so. Didn’t you also appear before me as you pleased?”

“……That’s true.”

Pierre chuckled with his chin resting on his hand.

“Yes, orcas are originally selfish creatures. They are ferocious, obsessive, and selfish.”

“……Are you introducing yourself?”

“And you know that they are greedy creatures who don’t let go of what’s in their fence.”

A large hand tapped my forehead.

“You don’t seem to have any intention of abandoning me. We’ll have plenty of time.”

“…….”

“Do what you want.”

When I raised my eyes while rubbing my forehead, there was Dad smiling with an expression I had never seen before.

“I’m sorry, Master, but I don’t trust things that aren’t certain.”

“Don’t beat around the bush and say what you want. Isn’t that your specialty?”

“Will you be my guardian?”

“If you want.”

“Forever?”

“That too, if you want.”

“Then.”

I took Dad’s hand in the air.

His hands were so big that I could barely grab his pinky finger.

“Swear to me. If it’s not a lie, you can make a sea oath, right?”

Dad’s blue eyes met mine without avoiding them.

“Isn’t it difficult? Even if you say it’s not okay here, with a generous heart……”

Soon, a large hand completely covered my hand.

It’s a cold hand.

“I, Pierre Aquasidel, will play the role of Calypso Aquasidel’s father. The term is until my death. I swear all of this in the name of the sea.”

Blue streams of water sprang from our hands.

I clearly saw the stream of water wrap around our wrists once and then disappear.

‘Sea Oath!’

An oath that cannot be broken, and this crazy dad even swore with the power of water.

If he breaks it, he could die or lose all his power.

“Just as you judged me, I also observed you and grasped your nature.”

Isn’t this orca crazy?

He really did it when I told him to?

“Then there’s no turning back.”

Dad chuckled.

“What are you going to do now?”

I paused for a moment at the face that seemed to be asking this.

This was only for a moment.

‘What else can I do?’

It’s a good thing.

Yes. I can’t understand it, but he’s going to be my dad anyway.

He said he would be my guardian and even used an oath to make sure he couldn’t back out.

“If that’s the case, I can close my eyes even if I don’t know the reason.”

“As expected.”

“Well, sometimes it’s not bad to act as expected.”

I looked at our clasped hands and smiled brightly.

“Master, can I keep calling you Master then?”

“……You never make a mistake in your honorifics.”

“Huh? What?”

“Your unnecessarily thoroughness doesn’t resemble me.”

“I guess I take after Mom.”

“…….”

I guess he doesn’t like me acting as expected?

I arbitrarily interpreted Dad’s expression.

“Master, if you feel even a little bit sorry for me, can you grant me one wish?”

Then I’ll do something unexpected.

I smiled and gently pulled Dad’s hand.

“I don’t feel sorry, but I’ll listen.”

“Okay.”

Only one thing came to mind.

“Come to think of it…… I heard the Dragon Festival is being held this year too?”

“Yes, that’s right. Won’t it be held in the Dragon City?”

I said with a smile.

“Can you take me to the Dragon Festival here?”

I suddenly thought that I might be able to create an opportunity with this.

If I can go to the festival?

I don’t know if it will work, but.

‘If it works, I can meet the Dragon Duke in advance.’

Anyway, the fact that I was introduced at the family meeting today and the fact that I was chosen as the Dragon’s Bride are completely different stories.

‘It must have been reported to the Imperial Family since I was born.’

At least it won’t change unless I become the head of the family.

‘Besides, I have to be ten years old to go to the Dragon’s Bride, so I have to wait seven more years. But what if I can shorten that time now?’

Why don’t I give it a try?

Even if I can’t participate, it won’t hurt to say it.