Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 76

Chapter 76

“Now I remember, I’ve heard of him. Pierre Aquasiasdel! They say he’s as strong as Ocula Aquasiasdel?”

“……”

“But when the black panthers from the Pantheion Duchy come, you’ll be the one collapsing!”

“Dad.”

“What?”

“Why are you even listening to him?”

When I was the head of the family, I didn’t listen to any lines from third-rate land animal villains that were longer than three syllables.

And that’s not all. I always made sure they paid the price for daring to mock me when they were weaker than me.

“Those kinds of guys are just asking for trouble with their mouths. You have to show them what happens when a loser talks too much.”

Dad looked at me and nodded.

“That’s true too.”

Soon, a sphere made of water appeared in Dad’s hand, and he placed it right over the black bear beastman’s face.

He looked like he had an aquarium over his head.

The black bear beastman, with only his head trapped in the water prison, soon passed out.

I grinned.

“Creatures that can’t even breathe in water sure are full of talk.”

“……”

I was losing confidence, just a little, a very little bit.

…Is this what I’ll have to deal with every day if I become the Dragon’s bride?

‘At this point, I’m tempted to just kidnap the Dragon Duke and take him to the Orca family.’

But he’s probably stronger than me, right? It was at that moment.

-Calypso…….

A voice crept in from Tus.

-Help me, Calypso.

It was the story I had been waiting to hear, hoping it would come out.

-Take me to the Duke……!

* * *

The Dragon Duke’s residence.

The owner of the room was sprawled out haphazardly in the massive chamber.

His ragged breathing was quite rough.

The owner of the breath barely opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

The massive ceiling, a ceiling he was all too familiar with.

However, what the Dragon Duke was looking at wasn’t just a simple ceiling.

He was sensing the presence of someone in the castle right now.

‘He’s back.’

His familiar had returned to the castle.

Why did he come back?

He thought he had left forever.

However, the Dragon Duke’s breathing grew even rougher.

The Dragon Duke closed his eyes.

Behind the sofa, an enormous shadow, too large to be human, loomed, nearly touching the high ceiling.

The Dragon Duke quietly pressed his eyes with his hand, enduring it.

“Tus……”

* * *

I stared at the small baby snake in front of me with a serious expression.

-Can you go with Tus tonight?

I barely managed to keep my lips from twitching.

Currently, I was back in my room from the dining hall, alone in the bedroom assigned to me.

‘Dad went back to his room, and there’s no sign of Bellus leaving his room either, right?’

So I could talk without worry.

But I asked this first to be cautious.

“Yeah, I can go with you. But can I ask you just one thing?”

-Yes!

“Is it only possible to talk to you like this, with words? Is it difficult for me to talk like you, with it echoing in my head?”

-Calypso can do it too. Because I can hear your voice.

I nodded and tried it.

-Is this how you do it? Can you hear me?

I shouted inwardly, feeling like I was conveying it to Tus, and Tus shook his head, delighted.

-That’s right, Calypso is smart!

-Yeah, I’m smart.

In the previous life, I went to get something in the sea and met a demi-human.

Since it was difficult to talk underwater, I had tried to talk like this.

It seemed to be a way of applying the power of water, and it seemed possible with Tus as well.

‘By the way, it seems like I can do almost everything except spew water…….’

I still can’t generate water, which is the most basic of the water powers.

It felt like I could do calculus but still couldn’t do addition or subtraction.

-Okay, going back to the story from earlier, what do you need help with, and what’s this about taking you to the Duke?

The moment I heard Tus’s story in the dining hall, I was so happy and delighted.

As expected, this little Tus was definitely a lucky charm for me!

…I can finally see the Dragon Duke!

Before that, I was curious about the situation.

I quickly asked.

-Is something wrong with the Dragon Duke?

Why was this baby snake wandering alone in the forest?

And why couldn’t he return to his master even after coming to the Dragon’s castle?

However, Tus hesitated to answer something and raised his head sharply.

His gaze was fixed on the large window.

-The Duke called Tus!

Squeak, squeak! He insisted he wasn’t a snake, but the sound he made was exactly like a snake.

Soon, thick tears fell from his innocent eyes.

-Duke, I miss you, I miss you.

-Okay, okay. Don’t cry. Tell me, okay? I’ll help you.

Tus came to me and coiled around my hand.

-Tus needs a strong beastman. Strong power is needed to go to the Duke.

-Why?

-The beastman watching the Duke is too strong. Meticulous.

I blinked.

The Dragon Duke is being watched? Why?

‘Is there a reason for that?’

-Calypso thought I was weak. But I’m not. I’m strong.

-……Did you think I was weak when you saw me at our first meeting?

-Yes!

-This is an ungrateful friend. I saved you!

I gently grabbed and shook Tus’s neck.

You, I even went to the trouble of finding a lake with Misa and brought you back, and that’s what you thought of me?

‘I couldn’t say anything because I looked weak! How unfair!’

I may look like this, but I conquered a class at the age of three. Huh?

Besides, when I first met you, I had a slight leg injury.

‘Come to think of it, my leg healed in just a day or two, right? Did my recovery power increase because the power of water got stronger?’

Anyway, that wasn’t the important thing, so I released Tus’s neck.

-But Tus was wrong. Calypso is strong. I can sneak in!

-…….

-Can you go with me tonight? Take Tus there.

-Why is the Dragon Duke being watched? And you like the Duke so much, but you were in the forest? Why doesn’t the Dragon Duke look for you even though you’ve returned? No, why don’t you ask the people in this castle for help?

-The Dragon Duke is lonely. But he doesn’t know he’s lonely.

It was an answer that didn’t fit the question at all.

-Tus can’t say more here.

I felt a sense of determination from Tus, who had come into my arms.

-Okay, I understand.

I nodded.

It seemed like he wouldn’t answer even if I asked more, so I had to check it myself.

-Are we leaving tonight?

I wanted to handle everything quickly, as they say, strike while the iron is hot.

Thinking back to what the red fox beastman had said in the dining hall.

‘As expected, the situation here that Tus is talking about and the situation those guys know are too different.’

Besides, even though Dad established discipline right away on the first day, even if I asked the servants in this place, who are exclusive to aquatic animal beastmen, they wouldn’t tell me properly.

So, I had no choice but to go myself.

I made a decision without hearing an answer from Tus.

-Let’s go tonight.

-Calypso!

Tus, who had been sulking until just a moment ago, suddenly had a light on his face.

His eyes sparkled.

-Are you helping me quickly? Tus likes it.

Come to think of it, his scales were blue, but his eyes were a beautiful gold color, as if he had embedded lumps of gold.

‘The Dragon Duke had golden eyes too, right?’

I remembered it clearly, even though I only saw him going crazy.

He was a man with blue hair and golden eyes, just like his familiar.

-I like Calypso. Thank you.

I just smiled.

He wouldn’t be purely grateful if he knew I had ulterior motives.

But I’m not trying to harm the Dragon Duke.

-Okay, then let’s leave tonight. You know the way well, right?

-Yes! I know!

Okay, then let’s leave right away today.

As soon as the decision was made, I got up from my seat.

Then, I put Tus down in the room.

-Where are you going, Calypso?

“I’m going to Dad. Will you be here for a while?”

Because I have something important to talk about.

When I said this, Tus tilted his head and coiled up where I had been sitting.

-Come back soon.

Is this what it feels like to have a pet?

I felt strange watching Tus wag his tail.

…I liked snakes.

Every time I said he was a snake, Tus insisted that he wasn’t a snake but a water dragon’s familiar, so he was also a water dragon.

But no matter how you looked at it, he was just a small snake with horns.

Maybe… if I had known Tus a little longer, I might have thought I didn’t want to send him away.

I left the room, passed through the large reception room, and reached the door not far away.

However, before I could even knock, a voice came from inside.

“It’s not locked.”

Oh, he sensed my presence.

I pulled the door open and went inside.