Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 99

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Lilibel thought so, but she didn’t say it aloud.

Because useful words are only for those who will listen.

What was the point of saying this to her father, who wouldn’t listen, clinging to futile hope as if it were a treasure, just because his son was crazy?

It wasn’t an efficient use of her time.

Lilibel slowly turned her head.

“What do you think, Mother?”

“…….”

Heila, who had been silently watching the scene, turned her head.

She tilted her head, her eyes narrowed, a smile playing on her lips.

“Oh, Lilibel. As your father says, Oppa [older brother] is just sick for a while. He’ll come to his senses soon.”

“I knew you would agree with me, my dear! I knew you were the only one who would believe in me……!”

Heila smiled obediently.

She approached Rodeschen, who was sitting, in a gentle manner.

“Of course, dear. Who would believe in you if I didn’t?”

Rodeschen leaned his head against Heila’s stomach as if he had been waiting for it and sighed softly.

“Heila…….”

“Yes, Rodeschen. You only have me.”

A soft and beautiful voice filled the room.

However, unlike her voice, Heila was only patting Rodeschen half-heartedly with one hand, staring at Baiyan, who was madly beating someone.

At the same time, she clenched the fan in her other hand tightly.

“Baiyan…….”

Her eyes were terribly cold and chilling, not like she was looking at her cherished child.

“He’ll get better.”

* * *

A little later, Heila and Lilibel left the room where Rodeschen was.

The moment the door closed quietly.

Only the two of them remained in the empty hallway. After walking a little way.

“Mother.”

Heila turned around.

It had been a long time since the servants had been near this place because they were afraid of Baiyan.

Therefore, Lilibel’s frail voice echoed clearly in the quiet hallway.

A clear yet dry sound flowed from the ice doll-like child’s mouth.

“You already know that Baiyan is no longer usable, right?”

There was no sympathy for her brother anywhere in Lilibel’s expression.

Heila didn’t say anything, even while looking at her face full of disdain.

“He’s become too useless. Right?”

Heila’s black eyes under her narrow gaze scanned Lilibel.

She was usually just an inconspicuous child. As if it was strange to see the changed appearance of the silent child, Heila stared for a long time.

“How can you say such a thing about your brother?”

Her tone was worried, but there was no trace of ‘worry’ anywhere on her face.

“If we leave him like that, Father will soon start rampaging. Father has lived his whole life trying to beat Uncle Pierre. As long as Calypso is alive, he’s just perfect for going crazy.”

“……It’s been a long time since Calypso was rumored to have no talent.”

“Do you really believe that?”

Lilibel smiled gracefully.

At least she had awakened the power of water, but that was the end of it. Since then, Lilibel has learned other things rather than martial arts.

Rodeschen and Heila were content to let Lilibel be just a pretty doll.

That daughter was looking at Heila as if asking, ‘Don’t you think so, Mom?’

“You have accurate eyes, though. Mom.”

Lilibel knew from the beginning that her mother was not an ordinary person.

“What value is there in investing more in a brother who has become trash?”

Even now, because Baiyan hadn’t recovered for five years, the trust of the collateral lines was gradually cracking.

It was a subtle crack, but the big waves always hammered at this crack and eventually burst out.

“If Baiyan is like that and even Father starts rampaging, your position will narrow. The power you want will be far away.”

Lilibel, who was speaking calmly, turned her eyes and looked at the door they had come out of together.

“You know, I know you’ll make a smart decision, Mom.”

“…….”

Lilibel whispered this expressionlessly and looked at her mother.

“So, I think it’s time to throw that away and make a decision.”

Heila looked at her daughter.

“I had a daughter…… but she has flaws, right?”

She was a daughter who had lived her whole life under her brother, holding her breath.

A child who was good to have or not. Even the head of the family, who wanted a granddaughter as much as possible, didn’t pay attention to her.

“Choose me.”

“…….”

“I’ll create the results you want, Mom.”

What does she want to say with such serious flaws?

“At least I don’t know that Father is everything like the stupid Baiyan.”

“……What are you talking about?”

“I’m saying that I know that you created more than half of the power Father has now.”

Heila Luzel. A killer whale beastkin [humanoid with animal features] from a collateral family.

“You came here to marry instead of becoming the head of a family, right?”

She was a beastkin with excellent brains as well as a martial arts master.

“……Is there a special reason why I should choose you?”

“Isn’t it enough that I noticed your specialness that even Father didn’t notice?”

However, the direction of using that brain was specialized in scheming and slander, so it was not well revealed.

“I know how much you like and desire power. Because I’m your daughter.”

In nature, killer whale mothers cherish their daughters and teach them diligently.

Of course, on the premise that there are no flaws in that child.

That’s why Lilibel had been waiting for the moment when her parents, especially her mother, had no choice.

The moment when there is no one else to choose but herself.

“I’ll show you a look that goes beyond flaws. You won’t regret choosing me.”

* * *

A few days later, news spread throughout the mansion that Baiyan Aquasiadel’s funeral would be held.

* * *

“……Baiyan, that bastard, is dead?”

Eiya, who was serving, flinched for a moment at the harsh words that suddenly popped out but then quietly placed the plate she was handing me.

“Yeah, he’s dead? He died very cleanly.”

The human who nodded while crunching an apple in front of me was none other than Agenor.

In the five years, the third brother, who had grown up so much, had become a body that was surprising as expected of a killer whale.

‘He’s gotten disgustingly big.’

He wasn’t as big as his two older brothers yet, but it was clear that he was bigger than killer whales of the same age.

‘It’s unfair. Why did only he grow?’

……Should I hit him?

Agenor continued to speak, blowing air into his bangs that covered his eyebrows as if they were annoying.

Five years had passed, but what hadn’t changed was the blue eyes that shone with obsession towards me.

“Aren’t you happy? The shame of the direct line is finally dead.”

The third brother had a happy expression.

“The rumor that they’re holding a funeral is widespread.”

Baiyan is dead.

I heard this news this morning, right here at this meal.

‘To die at this time, there’s no way.’

He didn’t die at this time in the previous turn.

He was supposed to die a few years later.

‘But in a situation where many things have changed, there’s nothing I can do even if the facts I knew have changed.’

I soon agreed and nodded.

“What’s the cause of death? Let’s at least find out why that stupid bastard died.”

“Um, they said it was suicide?”

“What?”

That was really ridiculous.

“A killer whale is talking about eating grass [a metaphor for suicide]. Is it true?”

“Ugh, sister. Can you not emit such fighting spirit? My heart…… my heart……!”

I tried to block the words that were expected to come out next.

“Don’t do it.”

“It’s fluttering! Amazing! Very amazing! A sparring with me once…….”

“Do you want to be kicked out?”

“Oh, no. I’ll postpone the sparring with my sister to later. What are you curious about? You said it can’t be suicide?”

“Yeah.”

Baiyan was a guy with high pride and a high nose.

Even if a guy who had been ruling his whole life fell to the bottom, he would never commit suicide as long as there were lower classes under him.

‘Unless he was relieving his anger by harassing the weak somewhere.’

Rumors and stories about Baiyan stopped abruptly three years ago.

All news disappeared as if someone had blocked it.

It seemed that my uncle was running around trying to revive Baiyan somehow.

‘Judging from the fact that he didn’t appear in the end, he thought he was broken.’

In the end, if you just break his nose once and send him to the bottom, he was a guy who couldn’t even get up.

Hmph, what kind of head of the family is such a guy?

‘He might have been quite useful in terms of strength, but his vessel was ruined.’

He was just a textbook case of a guy with only a small talent who was born to good parents.

But the fact that my uncle still believes in Baiyan so firmly and he’s dead…….

‘It seems that Lilibel has stepped in.’

I couldn’t think of anything else as the reason for his sudden death.

‘She’s already stepping in?’

I rubbed my chin and said indifferently.

“Well, there’s not much to worry about. I think I know why he died.”

“What is it, what is it? Does my sister know that too? Tell me too.”

“I’ll tell you if you get training from Dad for a week.”

“……Are you indirectly saying that you won’t tell me?”

I ignored Agenor’s voice and recalled someone’s face.

“Hello, you’re Calypso Aquasiadel, who has returned to the family this time, right?”

White and beautiful skin, long straight hair that comes down to her hips.

She was a cold beauty with black eyes like her mom and dad.

And she was the only child who welcomed my return in the previous turn.

Of course, it didn’t take a week to realize that the welcome was a well-disguised act.

“Calypso, it’s a shame.”