Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 16

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Chapter 16
Stars seemed to twinkle in the children’s dark eyes, but regardless, I was growing increasingly annoyed.
Pierre said he didn’t like children? It seems I’m not particularly fond of them either…
To be honest, being tormented all day today was probably the main culprit.
“Is this what affection feels like?”
“Yes. No, wait. Don’t go tell Mother about this.”
“We’re all grown up, so we won’t say anything!”
“We won’t either!”
“Good, good. You’re both impressive.”
I waved my hand halfheartedly and stepped onto the stairs.
But as I descended one step, the twins called out to me again.
“Noble Lord, are the stairs difficult?”
“Are they hard?”
“No, they’re not difficult.”
That’s the truth. They weren’t difficult.
‘It seems the training I did with Father has been quite helpful.’
More than just helpful—it was actually remarkable.
I never knew I could send flying an eight-year-old who was five years older than me and nearly twice my size, despite not even being able to create water.
I thought it was insane training without considering age, but perhaps I misjudged it.
In any case, since I’ve grown stronger, descending isn’t difficult—the problem is these short legs of mine.
‘…Whoever designed these stairs clearly had no consideration for children whatsoever!’
It was at that moment I frowned.
Before I could gather my thoughts, my body was suddenly lifted into the air.
“Dolphin friend help!”
“Help!”
“Noble Lord is our friend now!”
“Yes! Same class friend!”
When I looked down, the twins were each holding one of my legs as if carrying me in a palanquin.
True to their whale-hybrid nature, they possessed considerable strength.
Before I could even catch my breath, we arrived on the first floor in the blink of an eye.
I glanced down the long corridor and scratched my cheek.
“Thank you.”
‘Remember kindness and grudges clearly’—that’s my principle.
“What are your names?”
Because of them, I stopped thinking of this as mere passing interest and became genuinely curious.
Since they seemed to be faces I didn’t recognize, they probably weren’t people I’d met in previous chapters.
“I’m Ruga!”
“I’m Ruba!”
“Together we’re Ruga and Ruba!”
“Dubi-duba?”
“Ruga and Ruba!”
I chuckled softly watching the young beluga children.
“Yes, I look forward to working with you from now on.”
It seemed I had acquired some adorable subordinates.
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I began to sense something odd the moment I boarded the carriage.
‘What’s this?’
The expression of the Retainer who shared the carriage with me was distinctly strange.
I wondered if he was looking at something uncomfortable, but upon closer inspection, his face bore not just bewilderment but beads of cold sweat dangling precariously.
When I stared directly at the Retainer, he let out a few awkward coughs and quietly averted his gaze.
‘Something’s definitely off.’
The Retainer’s demeanor was subtle.
Both his actions and expressions.
Even his greeting when I boarded the carriage earlier.
“Welcome, Lady Calypso.”
His expression was stiffly rigid, and his greeting excessively formal.
The formality was so excessive it appeared strained.
After staring at him intently, I understood without difficulty.
‘Ah, so the Matriarch’s ears caught wind of this too?’
As I mentioned before, the Retainer who shuttled me back and forth was also the Matriarch’s direct attendant.
Now I realized that every single action of mine had reached the Matriarch’s ears.
‘Right, I suppose this is the level of conduct needed to catch her attention?’
I rubbed my chin and chuckled softly before sprawling leisurely across my seat.
But that wasn’t the only surprise.
When I arrived at the building, unfamiliar people were standing outside.
I blinked.
‘Who are these people?’
“Lady Calypso, your intention to remain in this building for some time—that hasn’t changed, correct?”
“Right.”
This place was perfectly convenient for contacting Pierre.
“…Lady Calypso was originally scheduled to relocate to the Home Territory, but since you refused the transfer, we decided to send support staff from the Home Territory to this location instead.”
“Support staff?”
“Yes, Handmaidens to attend to you, Lady Calypso.”
Only then did I understand the identity of those women standing before the door.
Why they were standing so formally here.
But all I could do was laugh.
‘Ah, so now I’ve finally proven myself worthy of some strings being pulled?’
The fact that I went to an Educational Institution and skipped grades on the very first day must have already reached the Home Territory.
Seeing that they only took action now, my prediction was spot on—they’d only show interest if I advanced to the highest tier immediately.
Then again, the older brothers above me are all lunatics and insane hybrid beasts.
Excluding their personalities, they should have been somewhat excellent and geniuses.
‘But… the clothes the handmaidens are wearing look more expensive than the walls of the building I live in…’
The handmaidens all had gentle faces.
More precisely, they were gazing at me with curious expressions.
Most of them had bright, intelligent looks, and I couldn’t see anyone who was dissatisfied with this situation.
Well, from their perspective, being suddenly sent here must feel like exile.
A poker face, perhaps.
I spotted someone standing alone among the handmaidens, looking lost and uncertain.
It was Misa.
A handmaiden who had been assigned here not long ago.
And a hybrid with a genius-level talent for discovering ‘water sources’.
“Well, it’s nice to have one, but… I’d like to choose my own personal attendant.”
“By personal attendant, you mean…”
“A nursemaid. A nursemaid. It seems you have no intention of assigning one, but there’s no problem if I choose myself, right?”
“Pardon? Yes. That is so, but…”
“Then I’ll choose that person.”
The Retainer followed the direction of my finger and wore a bewildered expression.
I approached Misa, who had been standing alone.
“Misa. You were originally here, and you’ve been a tremendous support to me in the meantime.”
“Yes…?”
Of course, even though we only met a few days ago, people say that even a few days can forge a thousand years of affection.
‘Well, we barely even talked.’
Misa turned to me with an equally bewildered expression as the Retainer.
I stopped her as she was about to say something by gesturing with my mouth.
“You’ve been kind to me, good-hearted, cared for me, and took good care of my ‘meals’. Especially meals.”
“…You mean meals.”
“Yes. Meals. I know that orcas and whale children, including myself, are born weak.”
That’s why you’re left here, isn’t it? To raise only the children who survive.
“Then at the very least, meals should be provided… otherwise, wouldn’t only the children with superior strength and physique among us survive? I believe the Matriarch—no, the Family Head set the rules that way.”
“That is correct.”
“I went hungry so much in my childhood… I nearly failed to demonstrate my talents to the Family Head.”
I could never say this if my talents hadn’t been recognized.
But there’s a saying like this.
When people gain power, they can make impossible things possible.
Unpleasant as it is, politicians don’t receive first-priority express treatment at hospitals for no reason.
If my status has changed in just a few days.
There’s no need to waste this without using it.
‘I have no intention of leaving the previous handmaiden who starved and beat me alone.’
Those who come here are newborns who can neither speak nor walk.
I had absolutely no intention of letting handmaidens who lived by abusing such children go unpunished.
“Indeed, who knows what other talented individuals have perished in this place?”
“…Ahem, regrettable as it may be, only the strong survive in the Orca Family.”
“It is our family’s rule. You know this well.”
I smiled softly.
“But then, are enduring scalding baths with boiling water, eating food that reeks of rags, and suffering stomach ailments without medicine all predetermined trials?”
Upon hearing this, several of the handmaidens fell silent.
Some even covered their mouths.
Isn’t that right?
You’ve all experienced such things yourselves, haven’t you?
“Are you saying someone engaged in such conduct?”
“Well, you said management is handled by the Home Territory, didn’t you?”
“….”
“Aren’t you curious what I might tell my grandmother when I see her someday?”
I likely wouldn’t see the Orca Family Matriarch again unless I accumulated some significant achievements.
But there was more I could say.
“Still, I’m planning to tell my father. He was curious about how I’ve been getting along.”
“You mean… Pierre, sir?”
“Yes. My father.”
I broke into a radiant smile. I would exploit every advantage available to me.
“Didn’t you already know I entered the top class at the Educational Institution? How could you not know about this?”
“….”
They must have known. If every move I made had leaked out.
Then surely my mentions of my father must have spread as well.
“My father is very curious about me. I was thinking of visiting him today.”
“Lady Calypso.”
“Yes?”
“We will conduct an investigation.”

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