Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 96

Chapter 96

“…I’m listening.”

“Taking revenge on the person who abandoned me isn’t wrong. I almost died because of that person, right?”

“Yes.”

Only when I looked up, Father nodded slowly with a complicated expression.

“Father, I will become the Family Head.”

Perhaps what Father is thinking of is the maid, Lumi.

‘The only one who almost killed me here was that person.’

But he will never know that this statement contains the passage of the last 60 years, not just that abuse.

It didn’t matter.

What mattered now was bringing this resolution out into the open.

“If that’s what you want, you will be.”

“No.”

I shook my head resolutely and then raised it.

“I’m saying I’ll take the Family Head position while Grandmother is still alive.”

To drive out Grandmother. In other words, a coup for the Family Head position.

“I will drive out someone whose prime hasn’t ended and sit above the Family Head right in front of her eyes.”

“…Is that your revenge?”

“Yes.”

“It won’t be easy.”

It was a blunt voice, but there was concern in it.

I felt a warmth that didn’t suit the solemn situation.

I smiled brightly, bathed in the sunset.

“Father, if revenge were easy, why would it be revenge?”

Father stared at me intently, then smiled faintly.

“I suppose that’s true. So, you won’t take that revenge on me?”

It was an admission of the neglect of the past three years.

I shook my head.

“From the moment I called you Father, I forgot all about that. Of course.”

I hugged Father’s neck.

When I released him again and faced him, I smiled the brightest I ever had for the first time.

“I’m generous to my people.”

Then Father frowned once, then smiled again.

It was a relieved face, like a prisoner who had thrown off the chains that had been wrapped around his body.

“Good. It’s good to have a clear goal.”

“Yes. Look forward to it.”

Father will soon be called the Father of the Family Head.

“When we get back, there will be a lot to do. The lazy days are over.”

“That sounds scary.”

It must have been my imagination that Father’s steps seemed a little lighter as he returned to the carriage.

“So, what are you going to do first when we get back?”

Ah, I can say that with confidence.

“What else? I need to get stronger.”

Very seriously.

* * *

Bellus looked at the Aquasiedel territory visible in front of him.

Following the scenery that flashed by the window, his hometown and home were not far away.

“Thank you.”

Bellus turned his head from the window at the unfamiliar greeting.

Opposite him was Calypso, with a peaceful face.

A small smile crossed her plump face.

“Are we really that alike? What you said helped. I’m the type to say thank you when I’m grateful.”

“……”

The smile disappeared slightly, and at the same time, Calypso stared at Bellus with a serious look.

“What are you going to do about not being able to talk about Duke Yong? You would have definitely gained merit if you had just said something.”

“I don’t intend to use tricks, so you don’t have to worry about unnecessary things. Do you want an oath for this too?”

“Well……”

Calypso tilted her head, but still managed to get an oath.

‘I don’t know why that guy is doing that, but he’s the type to get what he can and make sure of it.’

I felt like I was overusing the Oath of the Sea [a magical vow bound by the ocean’s power] these days, but what did it matter?

I used it where I needed it.

Calypso thought this and opened her mouth.

“I’m serious about the thank you.”

A sincere voice echoed.

Duke Yong was sleeping soundly, using Calypso’s small legs as a pillow.

Perhaps conscious of this, her voice was somewhat small.

“Thanks to you, I decided to aim for the Family Head position. It’s no use regretting it now.”

“I don’t regret it.”

Bellus said firmly.

Calypso tilted her head and then thought.

‘He must have wanted to kill me or crush me to pieces so badly.’

If not, why would he drag someone who told him to just be the Family Head if he didn’t want to do it into this bloody competition?

Calypso didn’t think that guy would really consider himself, who was only three years old, as a rival.

She thought it was just his own amusement and stopped caring.

As the carriage drove again, just as it was about to cross the border of Aquasiedel.

Bellus muttered quietly.

“…I don’t regret it.”

Even Calypso was quietly asleep, so only Pierre barely heard this voice.

‘He’s not the type to care about these words anyway.’

Bellus stared at the sleeping Calypso, whether Pierre looked at him or not.

“If you do anything stupid, you’ll be known to have died outside the border.”

“…I don’t particularly intend to kill you.”

“……”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe me. By the way, can I ask the second question that Pierre-nim [a respectful suffix in this world] promised me here?”

Pierre nodded slowly.

Bellus asked again.

“Have you still had any strange dreams since I asked the first question?”

An inappropriate tension flashed across the boy’s face. It was an emotion that disappeared the moment Pierre spoke.

“Yes, …I still haven’t had a dream once.”

“I see.”

“The reason you keep asking the same question is usually because you want to confirm whether others have experienced the same thing as you. What kind of dream do you have?”

“…That’s something. But I don’t have an obligation to answer, do I? You don’t care anyway, do you?”

“At least thanks to the daughter sleeping here, I don’t not care. I’m willing to listen if you tell me.”

Perhaps conscious of the sleeping Calypso, the voices of the father and son were small.

“As much as you lowered your voice to be considerate of this child, I am willing to help to that extent.”

“……”

“Do you need help?”

After the monotonous question and the insensitive answer, the father and son were silent.

A silence continued for a while, but Bellus did not answer Pierre’s words in the end.

Bellus’s thoughts continued endlessly.

“What do I think of Pierre Aquasiedel? I don’t think anything of him.”

There was always a voice ringing in my head when I closed my eyes.

A clear, young woman’s voice.

“Just, a slightly pitiful person? I heard he was sick and stuck in his residence for the rest of his life before he died. I just don’t think anything of it because it was no different from how I lived. I don’t particularly hate him. Ah, if he were alive, I would have tried to get close to him or use him somehow.”

From some point on, Bellus recognized the title this woman used to call him.

No, it was only very recently that he understood it correctly.

“Firstborn, you’re surprisingly thoughtful?”

In the dream, I couldn’t see her face or body properly, so I wondered who the hell was calling me like this.

I always suspected why I felt so longing.

“Hello, Firstborn.”

Until I finally met my younger sister for the first time at the family meeting.

And the day I met Calypso, I dreamed again.

“I’m going to create a world where all aquatic animals are free. Isn’t that really cool?”

A confident smile, a clear laugh.

The swaying long hair was a symbol of the Orca direct line.

I still couldn’t see her face, but Bellus knew.

Ah, so affectionate and longing, worried and concerned.

You are my family.

And strong and inevitably worshiped.

You are my lord.

“So don’t die before me. Firstborn brother.”

Whenever Bellus had these dreams, he woke up crying.

He didn’t remember the dreams. Only a vague voice remained.

That was enough.

“…Firstborn?”

“Of course. You’re the firstborn. What else should I call you?”

You are, that person.

On the one hand, Bellus rebelled against these dreams.

‘Why me?’

It could be said to be the pride or personality of an Orca who cannot acknowledge those weaker than himself.

“I will not kill Calypso Aquasiedel.”

Whenever he saw Calypso, jealousy flared up, and there were moments when it was difficult to endure.

Calypso understood this as murderous intent to kill her, but it was different from that.

It was the impulse to confirm whether Calypso was the person he had seen in his dreams, the person who made him want to follow her.

“Rather, it’s hard to overcome the impulse to follow her.”

“You’re saying strange things.”

However, fortunately, Bellus was a beast who knew how to endure.

“Time will prove it.”

So prove it.

Whether you are really the person I cherished, cared for, and worshiped.