Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 102

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Chapter 102
“You mean you win? You actually win? Completely knock them down?”
“Use more mature language. You’re old enough now.”
“How about a sparring match today? You can hit me if you want.”
“…Just stop talking and let’s go see Ekion already.”
I glanced at Agenor before turning my head away.
“But Sister, why did you give Lilibell Aquasiadel the information you had?”
Shouldn’t something like that be kept to yourself?
At Agenor’s murmur, I smiled faintly.
The recent meeting with Lirivel flashed through my mind.
“You’re in the same class as my Father.”
When I said this, I tried to appear composed, but the shock was vivid in her eyes.
“Don’t worry.”
Lirivel’s guarded expression.
She couldn’t move even when I gave her an opening.
“I just came to greet you today.”
‘Though it probably felt different to her.’
That wasn’t my concern.
“Agenor, kids like her who are smart and think a lot… actually need something to think about.”
By now, she’d be too confused by the new information to think of anything else, right?
‘Because I handed her a bomb.’
As I started walking ahead, Agenor followed alongside me like a seal, continuing to chatter.
With that excited expression, he looked just like a Dolphin happily playing if you gave him a ball.
Chattering away like this, we soon arrived at our destination.
Father’s Building stood there today as unchanged as always.
However, I tilted my head as I looked at the building.
‘What’s this.’
I furrowed my eyes slightly.
‘Why is it so quiet?’
It wasn’t just me who felt this way. Agenor also had a puzzled expression.
“Is Teacher not here?”
“That can’t be. He said he had nowhere to go today.”
“Hmm… This is the first time you’ve come and Teacher isn’t waiting.”
“….”
We exchanged puzzled looks and had just opened the door when it happened.
At that same moment, something crashed down on me.
“Huh, Sister?”
I quickly raised my hand toward Agenor.
Because a familiar scent covered my nose.
Soon Agenor also seemed to realize the situation and relaxed his stance.
The crisp scent of water.
Perhaps only we aquatic beastkin could perceive such a fragrance?
When I lowered my gaze, hair like bright blue thread danced before my eyes.
The being who had tackled me slowly lifted his head.
“Ekion!”
A pale, pristine face, long eyelashes curved delicately like roof tiles. Pretty golden eyes curved upward in a smile.
It was Ekion.
After a moment of surprise, I laughed.
I met Ekion’s eyes and asked.
“What were you doing standing at the door? Ah, no—you were waiting as always, weren’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Where did Father go?”
“Don’t know.”
Ekion hesitated slightly, then shook his head.
After what seemed like earnest deliberation, he opened his mouth.
“He left. Ten minutes ago.”
Over the past five years, Ekion’s linguistic ability had developed remarkably.
To be precise, in less than a year he had mastered basic vocabulary and conversational phrases.
Though he still couldn’t speak language as freely as an adult.
His talent and intelligence kept pace, but there was a reason for this limitation….
‘Because he only speaks with Father and me.’
No matter how much one teaches language, it ultimately requires practical application.
And when the only person he speaks with besides me is Father, who barely converses with anyone else.
It’s as if two isolated individuals had met.
Still, if language experts on Earth heard him, they would be astounded by his speed.
Because of this, what Ekion learned next was ’emotions.’
“Look here, Ekion. I’m holding my favorite plankton candy right now.”
“I’m holding it too.”
“Right. You’re holding it too. Now, the question. How do you think I feel holding this candy?”
“….”
I had already learned through Father that Ekion would not accept any ‘teacher’ besides me.
In fact, I had brought a trustworthy scholar through Rayla for history and basic knowledge.
“Ugh, aaaah, aaaaah! I-I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I can’t do this…!”
…Well, a small ‘incident’ had occurred.
When these small incidents accumulated multiple times, I could no longer summon teachers.
In the end, I took on the role of teacher myself.
What could I do?
“Those we save come with responsibility.”
“Sister, what did you say?”
“Nothing.”
A significant part of the five years I’ve had was due to Ekion’s presence.
Even if I were to rescue a stray cat on the street, I’d need to think carefully and consider many things—how much more so for a person, and especially for this Dragon Duke of mine.
It had been five years since I rolled up my sleeves and took responsibility.
‘Of course, the reason for those five years of absence wasn’t entirely about Ekion’s education.’
But it did occupy a significant portion.
My ultimate goal is to become Matriarch and take revenge, but my immediate objective is to teach this Dragon Duke properly so he can grow well.
‘I made a promise with Tus, after all.’
In any case, child-rearing… I’m not even sure if this qualifies as child-rearing.
There were things I hadn’t anticipated.
For example, when it came to teaching Ekion ’emotions’ all over again.
“Don’t you understand? I’m happy because I’m holding my favorite candy.”
“…”
“Come on, repeat after me. I am happy.”
“Come on, repeat after me. I am happy.”
“…You don’t have to repeat the first part.”
I had actually thought emotions were something people naturally learned through living together with others.
So I believed Ekion would learn the same way through spending time with us, but that wasn’t the case.
When I left him to learn naturally, the child barely expressed himself at all.
Once he even spilled hot water on his hand by accident, but he didn’t say anything—just stared at me obediently.
“Why aren’t you saying anything!”
“…I’m not?”
I was so startled that I began teaching him one thing at a time.
The child couldn’t even say he was in pain when he hurt!
And after some time passed, I understood.
「Dragons first mimic the emotions of the human they form the strongest bond with.」
This single line written in the notebook Tus gave me.
Which meant, in the end.
‘Ekion was imitating me.’
…It was true that I was numb to pain.
What a headache. My precious Dragon Duke had picked up the regressor’s weakness!
So suddenly, while raising my Dragon Duke, I had to fix myself as well.
They say you shouldn’t even drink water carelessly in front of a child—it was exactly like that.
‘To think I’d end up with this burden I never asked for.’
Of course, “burden” can also mean something that consumes you.
In this case, the one being consumed would be Ekion.
After all, I plan to teach that child the meaning of ‘revenge’ as well.
Moreover, there was a similar note in Tus’s notebook I mentioned earlier.
「The Dragon Duke can only mimic unless his teacher shows him—he cannot even distinguish what emotions he himself is feeling.
He needs a good teacher!」
“Calypso, aren’t you coming in?”
In the end, this Dragon Duke asking with such an awkward expression had made tremendous efforts to ensure I didn’t become another version of Calypso—someone identical to me.
“Yes. I should head inside.”
“Sister, what’s troubling you so much?”
“Ah.”
Whether I was truly a decent teacher?
It was something I’d been worrying about for the past five years, actually.
Whether my emotional state after regressing three times was truly normal like anyone else’s.
I wondered if teaching according to what I knew was the right approach.
What could I do when Ekion refused to accept anything except my teachings?
‘Look at this. He won’t even talk to Agenor.’
That was true.
As I mentioned before, Ekion didn’t converse with anyone except me and Father.
It wasn’t because he disliked them, hated them, or found them unfamiliar.
Simply put, Agenor was as good as nonexistent to Ekion.
‘So… he seems to view that pillar over there and Agenor similarly.’
This was also something I learned from Tus’s notebook.
The Dragon Duke’s circle of people he keeps within his fence is narrow.
And among those within it, he shows particular attachment to those he cherishes.
It seemed that person was me.
‘Is it similar to the effect where a duckling sees the first person it sees upon hatching as its mother?’
I figured it was an imprinting effect.
Agenor, who initially disliked this, revealed his competitive spirit like a true orca—acting docile only toward me like a tamed seal.
-Kieeeeeek!
“Ah, I surrender, I surrender! S-sister, what is that?!!”
After nearly getting a bloody nose from charging in recklessly, he stayed quiet afterward.
Sometimes he seemed restless in his body, but it felt like he was restraining himself.
‘Orcas are thugs, but they’re thugs who pick their targets before attacking…’
It’s not for nothing that whales, dolphins, and they are among the most intelligent animals.
“I wish Ekion could go outside too.”
I stroked Ekion’s head.

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