Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 86

I felt the robe getting slightly damp from the water’s force.

“If it’s too difficult for you to win without getting hurt, then I, as your father, will just have to protect you.”

“Saying it like that makes me sound weak.”

“Go and come back safely.”

Wow, he doesn’t deny it.

I glared at my dad with a sulky expression before turning to the window.

My body shot out like a cannonball, faster than usual.

The second-floor window quickly approached.

My heart pounded as I flew through the window.

I safely cleared the window and slipped inside the castle.

The broken glass was sharper than I thought; if I had flown in bare, I would have gotten a few scratches.

But who am I?

I landed perfectly balanced.

As soon as I hopped down, I grabbed the robe wrapped around my body and squeezed it tightly.

I have to admit it now.

This robe is imbued with concern that I might get hurt. Besides, Dad readily agreed to the risky task of smuggling out the Dragon Duke.

I can’t deny that this is affection.

If I didn’t have the goal of returning home…

I might have accepted my teacher as my dad and lived happily ever after.

‘That’s not what I should be thinking about right now.’

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them.

It’s not my fault the timing was off.

I lived diligently during the three regressions.

I cleared my mind of unnecessary thoughts and focused.

-Tus!

I shouted very loudly so that Tus, who would be in the Dragon Duke’s room, could hear me.

It would only be heard by Tus anyway.

-I’m going there now, get ready!

He should have heard me if I shouted this much, right?

Even if he didn’t hear me, it’s okay. I can just go into the room and tell him.

‘Now, what I have to do is get to the Dragon Duke’s room without being noticed by any maids or servants.’

Fortunately, I arrived at the Dragon Duke’s room safely.

Moreover, it wasn’t difficult to find because I was just there yesterday, so my memory was still clear.

It was a piece of cake because I could even hear Tus’s voice along the way.

‘By the way, it’s so spacious, but I really don’t see any servants or maids?’

The existence of the maid I saw yesterday felt like a lie.

I entered the Dragon Duke’s room and closed the door.

-Calypso!

As soon as I turned around, a welcome voice greeted me.

Tus diligently scurried towards me.

He looked so cute running that I quickly picked him up.

“I came a little early, right? The private car [referring to my enhanced speed] was faster than I thought.”

-Private car? Tus is happy to see Calypso!

“Yeah, I’m happy to see you too.”

And I’m happy to see our Dragon Duke too. I quickly turned my head.

Then I blinked.

The Dragon Duke was holding a spoon.

Ah, is this the scene Tus was talking about, where ‘meals are only possible with Tus present’?

Food was set on the table, and the Dragon Duke was holding a spoon awkwardly and clumsily.

The Dragon Duke seemed to be so focused on eating that he didn’t notice Tus’s shout or me.

I became a little serious looking at that.

‘Hmm, maybe because a snake can’t teach how to hold a spoon, he’s holding it like that?’

Good grief. It was only slightly better than eating with his hands.

The Dragon Duke, who had been eating diligently, turned his head.

When our eyes met, the Dragon Duke opened his mouth and…

Thud.

He dropped the spoon.

‘Hmm? Why is he dropping the spoon when he was eating so well?’

Did he not like the food? Or was he surprised by my appearance?

When I saw him yesterday, he didn’t seem like a child with a wide range of emotions.

The Dragon Duke jumped up from his seat.

Then he came towards me with a pitter-patter, like you could really hear that sound.

It’s a good situation since I came to take him away, but…

I couldn’t stop wondering, ‘Why?’

Before I could say anything, my hand was grabbed.

‘This posture… it’s the pose I used when I grabbed the Dragon Duke yesterday?’

Since the Dragon Duke was holding my hands with both of his, my body was temporarily frozen. I couldn’t hide my bewildered expression.

“Calipsoya!”

The Dragon Duke shouted enthusiastically.

I blinked and nodded.

“Not Calipsoya, Calypso.”

“Anira?”

“Yeah. Calypso.”

“Calipso.”

“That’s right. You remembered correctly? You must have a good memory.”

I stood on tiptoe and stroked his head with my free hand.

“Well, you’re the Dragon Duke, so you must have a very good head, right? The people who didn’t teach you are the problem.”

“…….”

“It’s not your fault.”

The Dragon Duke tilted his head while holding my hand.

I wiped the crumbs all over his mouth with my sleeve.

Then, I tried to pick up Dad’s robe that had fallen because I was grabbed by the Dragon Duke, but…

“Can you let go of me?”

“…Let go of me?”

“…Okay. I’ll let go.”

I took the Dragon Duke’s hand off and picked up Dad’s robe.

I put it on the Dragon Duke.

“Hmm, the size fits you better than me. Hey, Dragon Duke, can you hold this for me? I have to keep watch, so it’s cumbersome. Oh, and if I leave this here, it’s like saying we’re the culprits.”

“Tus! Is everything ready?”

-Yes! Tus is ready. Duke is all ready!

Tus pulled on my clothes and guided me.

When I went to where Tus was pointing, there was a bag.

-Calypso take care of it! Duke’s thing!

“Huh? Uh-huh.”

You were a snake that could carry a bag too…

I hesitated for a moment and then quickly grabbed the bag. It was lighter than I thought.

So, after thinking about it, I opened the bag and put Dad’s robe in it because there was space left, and then I had the Dragon Duke carry it.

“Dragon Duke, please bear with it even if it’s uncomfortable. If there’s a battle, I have to protect you, but my height is a bit short, so it’s in the way. Ah, this is a bag, a bag.”

“…Bag.”

“That’s right.”

While I was putting the bag on the Dragon Duke, Tus called me.

Tus this time wriggled under the bed, and when he came out again, he was holding something in his mouth.

-Calypso! This!

I received what Tus was handing me. When I received it, it was a small notebook.

-Tus wrote about Duke!

“Oh…….”

…You were a snake that could write too?!

I flipped through the notebook and was shocked.

「Dragon Duke Report

~Written by Tus~」

‘He even writes well?!’

I forgot for a moment that it was an urgent situation and was shocked.

No, how does he even hold the pen? He doesn’t have hands? Maybe with his tail? Or his mouth…?!’

‘Let’s get a grip.’

I quickly put the notebook in the bag that the Dragon Duke was holding.

Maybe it was because he pulled on the bag to match my height every time I opened and closed it.

The Dragon Duke quickly sat down when I reached for the bag.

His learning ability is fast.

“By the way, Tus, I’m thankful that you gave me this, but why are you giving it to me? You’re going with us anyway.”

The Dragon Duke’s familiar wants to be with the Dragon Duke.

This was a fact I had learned from Tus’s appearance of shedding tears while longing for the Dragon Duke in the carriage.

‘I can understand if he prepared it just in case.’

But what could happen that would separate the familiar who is always next to the Dragon Duke?

While I was worrying, Tus, who had already slipped under the bed, said clearly.

-Duke didn’t learn. The lions [referring to the people raising him] didn’t give him learning!

“Yeah. That’s right. They’re bad guys.”

-Bad guy! Duke doesn’t know himself because he didn’t learn.

“Hmm… you’re saying that the Dragon Duke himself doesn’t know his own power or anything about himself at all?”

-Yes!

Tus continued.

-So, Tus is the only one who knows Duke in this world.

Why did that echo sound so clear and bitter at the same time?

I could understand the reason in the next moment.

-Go, Calypso!

“Huh, huh?”

-Go quickly!

I hesitated and stopped.

“Wait a minute, what do you mean? Go? You’re not going? Why are you talking like you’re not going?”

-Tus is not going!

“What are you talking about, you’ll cry if you don’t have the Dragon Duke!”

-Tus didn’t cry!

“Yeah, don’t cry and stop talking nonsense and let’s go quickly. We don’t have time.”

However, Tus remained under the bed and did not come out.

I urged him a little more because there was no time to delay.

Then Tus quickly came out and stared at me.

-Dragon Duke must learn. To do that, he must go out of here.

“Yeah, I know, so we have to go quickly…….”

-Tus has abilities that can only be used here.

A pale blue light slowly flowed out from before my eyes.

The light connected Tus and the Dragon Duke, and soon the light burst out from Tus’s whole body.