Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 69

The Orca Villain Baby (69)

Episode 69

“Whenever you’re ready, just answer my questions three times. But promise in the name of the sea that you’ll only answer truthfully. Then, I’ll give you the evidence as well.”

When Velus spread out his other hand, a very small badge rested on his palm.

The badge, adorned with a wave, appeared quite extraordinary at first glance.

“Some fool who participated as an assassin stole my family’s seal. This is something only heirs can possess, so it will be helpful. Even if you kill him, the head of that collateral line won’t be able to protest.”

“……”

A water droplet materialized near the badge and merged with it, soon causing the badge to float upward.

Velus watched the scene silently.

“The deal is done.”

The badge passed into Pierre’s hand and vanished from his palm.

Pierre, clutching the badge in his fist, asked Velus.

“When are you going to ask the questions?”

Velus paused, a troubled expression flitting across his face, then spoke clearly.

“I’ll ask the first question now.”

Calypso’s laughter echoed from nearby.

*What’s so fun?*

Pierre briefly felt glad he had embarked on this journey, despite its annoyances.

*Anyway, it was a relationship that started on the wrong foot, but if we correct it one step at a time, someday…*

“I’m listening, so don’t you forget either.”

“When the four of you are released and I am recognized by you, that title will have to disappear.”

*Wouldn’t it be possible to have a relationship that each other wants?*

Velus’s voice cut through his thoughts.

“It’s not a difficult question.”

Pierre conceded this much.

It was thanks to meeting Calypso that he could see his sons’ faces so clearly.

The first one he saw after the third one resembled him after all.

“Pierre.”

Velus’s blue eyes gleamed in the shadows.

“Have you ever had a strange dream?”

“Dream?”

Pierre frowned at the unexpected question.

It was a broad question.

But because he had sworn, Pierre replied slowly and deliberately.

“I don’t know what kind of dream you’re talking about, but I haven’t dreamed in over 10 years.”

It was the truth.

Velus nodded.

The boy lowered his head, his expression subtle and hard to decipher – regret, relief, or something else entirely.

“Yes, I understand.”

At the same time, Calypso stood alone with a snake in her hand, looking serious.

No, she was *really* serious.

* * *

“Hey, hey. Snake?”

Thanks to Velus and Dad, we were able to safely navigate the crisis this afternoon.

*I thought I was going to regress again.*

It was a relief to have survived the crisis.

But there was one problem.

The schedule was disrupted, so we had to camp out tonight.

*Should I be glad that there’s an extra carriage?*

Until now, we had been staying overnight in passing villages, so this was our first camping trip.

In fact, having spent countless nights sleeping outside with nothing, I longed for a bed more than any romantic notion of camping.

But that wasn’t the only problem.

*Why does this kid keep following me?*

The small snake I saw in the forest kept trailing after me.

I tried to leave it behind, but it kept wrapping around my wrist, so I just brought it along.

Anyway, since it’s the territory of land animals all the way to the Dragon Festival, I figured I could just drop it off anywhere.

Actually, when Velus showed his murderous intent, it was quite cute how it stood in front of me despite its small size.

*It wasn’t much help, but it’s good that it tried to help.*

Besides, it seemed smart.

Because it understood what I was saying.

I wouldn’t be bored on the way, and I was kind of enjoying it since I lit the fire…….

“Hey, hey. Snake? Hey.”

Soon, I became serious as I looked at the snake.

This horned blue snake, which had been happily wrapping around my wrist or riding on the back of my hand until a few minutes ago, suddenly became withered like a plant that hadn’t drunk water.

*What’s wrong? Can it suddenly become so limp?*

*Hamsters and those little guys sometimes suddenly go poof.*

I was worried for no reason, so I poked it and touched its hard horns, but it wouldn’t come to its senses.

“……Are you hungry?”

Of course, my party didn’t know much about land animals.

Because the land guys discriminated so much, that made the aquatic animals more closed off.

I don’t know much about land animal humanoids, but it’s even harder to know about animals like this.

After much deliberation, I decided that it was hungry.

*It needs food.*

Therefore, I was the only one here who would know what snakes eat.

“Where are you going?”

“Ah, Master……!”

I jumped up and tried to move, but I was blocked.

*Dad, you came at the right time.*

I quickly grabbed the hem of Dad’s clothes.

“Master, can you catch me a mouse? A field mouse, no, are there field mice in a place like this? Anyway, anything small like a mouse is fine!”

“Why suddenly an animal?”

“To feed it. Something’s wrong. It’s all limp.”

“……I thought you met this for the first time today. Are you that close?”

I tilted my head.

“The kid is withering, why is that important? Well, it tried to help me, and I don’t want to turn a blind eye. If Master is having a hard time, I’ll go, Ugh!”

Just as my vision seemed to flip, I was caught in a stream of water and dangling.

“Where do you think you’re going with those legs?”

“Oh, uh? Did you know?”

I had a dazed expression. *It hurts a little, how did you know?*

Dad clicked his tongue softly.

“I told you not to get hurt, I said.”

“Um, this is.”

“I wasn’t going to blame you.”

“Huh?”

“Yes, I should say it like this.”

Dad nodded and put his big hand on my head.

“I was worried. Calypso.”

……*Your learning ability is good.* I shut my mouth.

“What you need is a mouse? Is it the field mouse you mentioned?”

Since what I needed was decided, I quickly nodded.

It was the moment Dad turned around and moved.

-I’m……not hungry…….

*Eh?*

“You’re not hungry?”

I looked at the air. No, I quickly looked at Dad.

“Didn’t Master say that?”

“What are you talking about? I didn’t say anything.”

“What? Then whose voice is this…….”

I looked around, but the knights were far away, and Velus was nowhere to be seen.

Then what’s left is…….

“Is it you?”

-Yes. I’m not hungry.

The limp snake wagged its tail gently.

I stared at the snake with a complicated heart.

*Living in the humanoid world, now I even see talking beasts…….*

“Master, did you hear that?”

“What have you been saying since a while ago?”

“What do you mean, its voice……. Ah, you can’t hear it?”

Dad nodded.

“I didn’t hear anything but your voice.”

*Heh, it’s a talking snake, and even its voice can only be heard by me?*

-Time-related power, if you have it, you can hear. My voice.

I flinched.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, no……. Um. I guess only I heard it.”

“Is it a half-humanoid?”

“I guess so…….”

Half-humanoid, referring to all humanoids who have not achieved a complete human form.

It includes cases where they have the appearance of an animal but have human-level thinking and intelligence, and sometimes can even speak.

-Water…… I need water…… a lot. Save me. Please save me.

Water? I don’t know why its voice can only be heard by me, but the snake became even more withered than before.

It was to the point where I thought it might really die.

*Is it because I kept coming from the beginner institution? I can’t just pass by babies.*

I put the snake on both palms and held it out to Dad.

“Master, can you make water? Soak it a lot.”

“How much do you need?”

“Um, a lot, a lot for now.”

Soon my palms were filled with water.

But surprisingly, the water disappeared in an instant as it filled up.

*What, did this snake absorb all the water?*

I could clearly see it.

The moment the water filled up, it seeped into the snake’s scales.

-More…… I need more…….

“More? How much?”

-A lot. A lot.

“Master, it says it needs more?”

Dad frowned, but he listened.

The problem was that no matter how much water he made, this snake couldn’t come to its senses.

To the point where Dad said it calmly.

“That thing is going to die soon.”

“……”

Umm, I looked at the blue snake with half-pitying eyes.

-More…… I need more…….

“Hey, if you don’t tell me how much you need, I can’t help you.”

Even its voice became so faint that I had to listen carefully.

I soon recognized the fading voice and widened my eyes.

“……What?!”

What? If I didn’t hear it wrong…….

“Lake?!”