Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 8

Episode 8

“What does it matter if I die, since we only live once anyway?”

Calypso didn’t realize.

“Mister, everyone dies eventually.”

He didn’t realize that his eyes were gleaming with madness as he said these words.

Surprisingly, this successfully caught Pierre’s attention.

Even considering he was a direct descendant of the strongest aquatic beastman, the Orca, he was an exceptionally handsome child.

However, despite his adorable appearance, his eyes were no different from those of warriors who were ready to die.

‘How do they raise kids these days to make them so crazy?’

Pierre wasn’t one to judge, especially since he was crazy himself.

However, humans rarely have perfect self-awareness.

“I don’t understand what the connection is between elementary education and learning the power of water.”

“Why not? Mister, if you want to be the best, you obviously need that power. Are you stupid, Mister?”

“……”

“Well, maybe you don’t know. So don’t glare at me.”

Calypso quickly rolled his eyes.

He felt the pressure from the power of water for a moment.

“And if I don’t become the best, Dad will be disappointed.”

Pierre was curious.

Why was he telling such obvious lies, even though he knew he was his father?

I don’t have the slightest interest in you.

“Help me. Mister. Huh? Dad loves me very much. He definitely wants me to become a strong, top-notch Orca.”

“……”

“My dad is… Ugh!”

He wondered how this contradictory and inconsistent statement would end.

Like the subordinate who reported to Calypso had said, Pierre had no aversion to teaching someone.

However, there was a condition that the subject had to pique his interest, which was rare.

Calypso’s eyes widened.

‘Water!’

Water was surging around him.

Pierre was lifting him with the power of water!

“Someone who doesn’t heal your wounds but doesn’t let the one who caused them live.”

“…Huh?”

“Do you really think someone who wants you to be strong but doesn’t give you any help loves you?”

“……”

The child’s dark blue eyes stared intently at Pierre.

Soon, the child smiled prettily.

“Of course. Dad loves me so much. Dad is the best for me.”

Pierre became curious.

How will this lie end?

“You can decide the time yourself. I’ll tell you in advance, I won’t consider age. It would have been the same whether you were younger or older.”

“……!”

“Come here at the same time every day.”

“……!!”

For the first time, a genuine smile crossed Calypso’s eyes.

“Okay, then what should I call you? Mister? Should I call you Master?”

“Whatever.”

“Then, Master!”

Calypso, floating in the air, diligently opened his bag.

His small hands fumbled to take something out.

“Ah!”

What floated into the air, escaping Calypso’s hand, was none other than candy.

Plankton-flavored candy, no less.

“This is super delicious, and I’ve been hiding it. I’m giving it to you even though it’s precious.”

Calypso said excitedly, feeling Pierre’s eyes on him.

“It’s a bribe. Master!”

Calypso confidently thought that this would later become a step he would not regret.

* * *

‘……I regret it!’

Five days later, Calypso deeply regretted it.

Very deeply!

‘This is a disaster. I didn’t know he was such an unhinged person……!’

To be precise, Pierre kept his word.

He really started teaching Calypso the power of water.

The problem was that the way he taught the power was not normal.

‘Wow, it’s obvious. My age is definitely not in that father’s head.’

Calypso had awakened the power of water in his previous life with the help of a treasure.

However, the power of water didn’t end with awakening, so he needed to learn how to handle it.

Fortunately, after awakening, Calypso met a strange person and learned how to handle the power.

According to the story he heard from that strange person, even Orcas who couldn’t awaken the power of water had a higher chance of awakening if they were continuously exposed to the power of water.

It was only a theoretical story, but considering that this strange person was an Orca beastman who had run away several generations ago, it couldn’t be wrong.

The problem was that Calypso only knew about this method but had never experienced it. And Pierre applied this to practice.

“Let’s start with exposing you to the power of water.”

“Huh?”

“Dive.”

“Huh……?”

“Dive.”

Pierre suddenly filled the broken fountain with water.

It was water filled with the power of water, so it was no different from special water, and he was just going to dive into it raw. Even…….

“Sometimes, people awaken from life-threatening situations.”

“Huh?”

“Dive until you’re about to drown.”

“Huh……?”

Pierre was also an Orca, so he thought he wouldn’t be an ordinary human, but…….

He was a human who thoroughly kept his word.

“Or, is it better to be exposed to pressure like last time? There are many options.”

“……What other options are there?”

Calypso heard all the options.

……And chose to just dive that day.

This was Calypso’s first trial over the past five days.

In addition to this, Calypso had to do one more thing.

“There are many ways to apply the power of water. First, fear, a way to threaten weaker members of your own kind or prey.”

“Is that what Master uses when he keeps scolding me?”

“……”

“You don’t have to show me with your body like that.”

“You seem to be the type to learn with your body.”

“……”

Surprisingly, Pierre had decent qualities as a teacher.

“Second, materializing water. Like filling this fountain. Lifting people into the air with water streams also falls under this category. Third, allowing aquatic creatures to use their powers as if they were underwater. It’s a kind of buff, an auxiliary ability.”

Only in theory, that is.

“And fourth. Strengthening the body with the power of water.”

“I know!”

“Really? Then run.”

“……Huh?”

“Run.”

“……”

Pierre directly cleared the area around the fountain with his power and made an open space.

And he made Calypso run. He said that using physical abilities in a place where the power of water is scattered around increases the probability of awakening.

It was an act that didn’t take into account that Calypso was barely a 30-month-old baby.

Calypso didn’t know, but this was also caused by Calypso himself.

Since he was a 4th-round regression with all sorts of experiences, Calypso endured with an extremely unchildlike mindset of ‘Yeah, I’ll do whatever they tell me to do.’

It was truly the result of a fantastic combination of a father who didn’t know children and a regressor daughter who had forgotten her childishness.

‘Ugh…… Muscle ache.’

Thanks to this, Calypso suffered from muscle pain from the age of three, which was not in his fate.

“……Are you an amoeba by any chance?”

“What?”

“No, even an amoeba would react to this level of stimulation. It means your talent for awakening the power of water is worse than an amoeba.”

“Master, it’s not like it doesn’t hurt when you hit me with words. Got it?”

The results were minimal since it was only the 5th day.

Pierre looked at him with eyes that said, ‘How can there be such a talentless Orca…….’ even in those 5 days.

From the beginning, Pierre had confirmed that the probability of Calypso awakening was not zero.

‘Thank goodness. If there was really no hope, he would have told me. Like in the previous rounds…….’

Excellent Orcas like Pierre or the Head could tell if the child in front of them would not be able to awaken the power of water.

This point alone was really fortunate.

It wasn’t like he didn’t gain anything at all.

‘I felt something moving inside my body, even if it was just a little.’

He realized this while running and running, and Calypso realized that he ran better than an average three-year-old Orca.

He hypothesized that this might be because he was unknowingly using the power of water for endurance.

If it could be applied to endurance, wouldn’t it be possible for strength as well?

So, just in case, he hit a stone…….

‘My hand hurt, but there was a result, right?’

Surprisingly, there was a very small change.

Of course, compared to his brothers who were known as geniuses, it was still too lacking, and it was ambiguous to say that he had awakened.

You can say that you have ‘awakened’ from the moment you can materialize water.

‘Bravo, 4th round! This life is a munchkin [overpowered character] right in front of me!’

Yes, good. It’s really good, but…….

‘Am I going to die from overwork first?’

Clearly, this life was supposed to be about somehow enduring until around the age of 10 with Pierre as his guardian, and then being sold as the Dragon’s bride, negotiating with the Dragon, and going back home.

“Are you ready, Princess?”

When he raised his head, there was a familiar-looking servant.

It was the servant who had taken Calypso to the Head.

Unlike the day he took Calypso away roughly, he bowed very politely.

“I will guide you to the elementary education institution.”