Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15
“Um, Rayla…”
The one calling out to Rayla with a bewildered expression was Camille, a teacher of the Alpha Class.
Camille, a distant relative of Rayla’s, rarely lost his composure, but this was not one of those times.
Rayla understood his expression perfectly.
“Is it really possible to unleash this kind of power without awakening the power of water…?”
Rayla herself felt much the same way.
“You’ve awakened the power of water, Rayla. Please, say something.”
“That’s right, Rayla. What on earth is this…?”
Aika, the assistant teacher of the Alpha Class, chimed in with a pale face as if she’d seen a ghost.
Especially on Aika’s face, there was an expression of shock mixed with that of a journalist who’d found an exclusive story!
“This is truly remarkable…”
Aika’s maternal grandfather was an Eel Beastkin, wasn’t he…?
Rayla found herself briefly recalling the assistant teacher’s family and thought that today’s incident would spread far and wide within just a day.
No, this time it would likely spread enough for all the branch families to know.
In the thirty years she’d been the head, there had been no orca who’d caused such an incident right upon enrollment.
It was a record that even her older brothers—each bearing the titles of delinquent, thug, and madman—had never achieved.
‘I spoke of it jokingly up to this point…’
Rayla’s expression grew quite serious.
‘But now another powerful successor candidate has truly emerged.’
Yet soon, a small smile she couldn’t hide bloomed at the corners of her lips.
If there was one thing Rayla had overlooked, it was that this time it wasn’t a day.
All the rumors had spread in just half a day.
* * *
“That’s so cool!”
“Even cooler than our mom!”
An hour had passed since Caron was neatly organized.
I thought the children were quite adorable, but the constant repetition had worn me out.
“Protagonist, teach me too!”
…Admiration is fine, praise is fine, but an hour isn’t that long, kids, is it?
Orcas are hierarchical creatures, and Caron, having understood the hierarchy in a single blow, crawled away on his own.
I drove him to the very end.
So Caron was currently sitting pitifully at the very back.
I gave him a chair and named it the “thinking chair,” and the kids giggled and loved it.
Apparently, except for a few orcas in this class, all the children had been beaten by him.
Why would he hit children anyway?
I was lenient with the whales who weren’t orcas.
‘Where would you find children who love peace like these ones?’
Fights should be between children who love fighting.
If there was one thing I acknowledged and liked about my older brothers, it was that they only brawled with other orcas.
‘No, was it with the one who rushed at me?’
In any case, the one who beats up someone just sitting there….
Look at how my memory gets twisted like this.
‘Third Brother was a lunatic who didn’t even have that kind of sense.’
I shook my head side to side.
Even as I did, the children’s applause never ceased.
‘Hey you kids over there, aren’t you supposed to be doing your assignments today?’
Even the teachers standing there were gazing with sparkling eyes or wore expressions of bewilderment.
I realized I had no choice but to resign myself to the situation.
“Everyone, quiet down now.”
I brushed off my hands and brought my index finger to my lips with a soft shush.
I had just mastered the method to silence these children within an hour.
The young ones stopped their delighted laughter as if they’d been waiting for this moment.
Some even covered their own mouths with their hands.
Ah, how well-behaved they are.
Moreover, the Orca Children mixed in already understood the hierarchy and were crawling obediently on their own.
Ah, how convenient this is.
“Everyone, take your seats. A splendid whale must receive education diligently.”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Year 3 of the Era. First day of Alpha Class.
I took over the classroom.
‘Ha, this is the true power of being the boss. The attention granted to the boss.’
This was the great achievement I’d accomplished today.
…Though I’d be thrashing about in bed with regret later that night for even thinking such things.
* * *
On the way back after finishing that day’s lessons.
‘Phew, what a fulfilling day.’
I walked toward the carriage with the bag I’d worn that morning still slung over one shoulder.
Come to think of it, I now had to descend the stairs I’d climbed so hard this morning. Just for a moment, a small groan escaped, but what could I do.
I was an Orca who’d eaten the boss position today, so I could certainly accept this level of hardship.
The problem was that my classroom was up there now, so I could already see the daily struggle of huffing and puffing every morning.
‘Well, I should think of it as the price of moving to the top class.’
By the way, Caron, who’d acted up today and gotten his hierarchy sorted out, hadn’t gotten up from the ‘thinking chair’ all day long.
‘I thought the teachers would at least give a warning once, but….’
The top class teachers, both the main teacher and assistant, were all branch-line Orcas.
So after witnessing the hierarchy fight, they didn’t stop it at all.
This was also a silent acknowledgment.
Rather, the assistant teacher of this class looked at me with a gaze that sparkled almost uncomfortably.
When the main teacher gave a warning, she didn’t say anything to me.
“It seems you won’t be moving classes again. I even thought we might not see each other for long in this beginner institution.”
After class ended, Rayla left me with those parting words.
“I think life at the institution will become more interesting from now on.”
Well, if my plan goes as intended, I don’t intend to stay here very long.
Above all, I only plan to remain here until I’m ten years old.
In other words, I need to demonstrate something truly remarkable before turning ten and then depart.
‘I’m confident about this.’
I clenched and unclenched my fists while gazing at the stairs before me.
For now, I set aside thoughts of the future—it was time to face the small trial of the present.
‘Well, I’ll think of this as a necessary trial to prove myself to the Orca Family Matriarch.’
Damn, who in their right mind made these stairs so ridiculously high?
I was letting out a small sigh and struggling to descend the stairs when it happened.
“Young Master!”
“Young Master!!”
I looked up to see two children with very pale white hair staring at me.
With their glossy hair color and unusually large pupils, these children bore a striking resemblance to dolphin youngsters.
‘Are these Beluga Children?’
Belugas—also known as “white whales”—were creatures of remarkable charm.
Given that their actual forms were adorable and sleek, these children appeared equally bright and clever.
As a side note, belugas are not actually a type of dolphin.
‘They’re smaller among whales, at least.’
Still, since they were older than me, I had to look up at them.
“Why did you call for me?”
“We wanted to greet you!”
“Greetings!! A greeting!!”
After spending a full day in class with them, I’d determined these two were among the smartest, if not the smartest, in the entire class.
Belugas were naturally highly intelligent among whales, after all.
In my previous world, weren’t they among the few animals capable of communicating with humans?
Moreover, despite their playful nature, they loved peace, which made their temperament fundamentally incompatible with orcas.
‘I suspect these two have likely endured the most bullying.’
Just as in previous cycles, no children spoke as honestly and righteously as belugas and dolphins.
They were intelligent, generally just, and refused to act against their principles.
They simply couldn’t get along with orcas, who were typically tyrannical and self-serving.
“I only do what I want to do. I can afford to because I’m intelligent.”
Whether it was these small belugas before me or that bottlenose dolphin who served as my advisor in the previous cycle and followed me devotedly, the sentiment was always the same.
“What kind of greeting?”
Unexpectedly recalling my cherished subordinate from before, I found myself unable to send away these tiny twins.
I needed to get home quickly and then head to Pierre’s place.
“Please save our class!”
“You already saved it!”
“Hero!”
“Hero!!”
“Yes, yes, if that’s how you greet me, you can do it ten more times.”
I nodded while crossing my arms.
If it’s praise for my greatness, I could accept it a hundred times over today.
“Since I’m an orca myself, I do enjoy hearing how impressive I am.”
“You do?”
“I do!”
“You’re the best!”
“You’re so cool!”
“Yes, yes. I am cool.”
I decided to grant them a bit more of my approval and descended the stairs together with these Beluga Children.
I didn’t really want to show them me struggling down the stairs, but my mood had improved considerably.
“Caron hit Mom! My forehead got all dented in.”
“My head got dented too.”
“That one’s his fault. But don’t your heads usually feel soft anyway?”
“Huh, how did you know that?”
“You know?”
“Your skin is soft until you’re ten years old. Isn’t that true for all beluga whales….”
As I recalled that hazy knowledge from my previous lives, the Beluga Children’s eyes suddenly gleamed as they stared at me.
“Do you know a lot about beluga whales?”
“I know a fair bit.”
My indifferent answer was met with eyes that shone even brighter than the assistant teacher’s had.
“This is our first time meeting someone interested in theory!”
“First time!”
“Mom said we should be nice to people we meet for the first time! That’s why we’re being nice to Dad too!”
“Right! We’re being nice!”
“…I don’t think that’s the kind of ‘first time’ she meant.”

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