Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 189

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Chapter 189
To make excuses, I had been thinking about this far too carelessly.
I thought it would be no big deal.
Of course, I hadn’t expected Father to have no reaction.
Still, I had thought, surely nothing serious would come of this…
The price was steep.
“…What?”
“Ah, I phrased that oddly. To be precise, I’ve gotten a fiancé.”
I already sensed something had gone terribly wrong from Father’s tone of voice.
The air felt taut and strained, pulling at my hair relentlessly. No, that wasn’t quite it.
My hair was standing on end. I slowly lifted my gaze.
“Again.”
…And in that moment, I learned what Father’s expression looked like when he was truly angry.
“Wait, wait, Father! Father, stop! If you channel the water’s power like that….”
Despite my cries, Father did not stop.
“I’d like to hear it again.”
A chill ran down my spine. The water’s power dominated the entire room.
‘I didn’t want to witness Father’s recovery in this way!’
It was truly an overwhelming force.
I could tell how much his illness had suppressed him all this time.
But I really didn’t want to find out like this!
“I don’t think I’ve been asleep for twenty years or so.”
…Hmm. I’d been asleep for about three days?
“R-right? No, Father. Teacher. No, Father! First, please release that power and then we can talk. What if you hurt yourself again!”
“My body has never felt this light in my entire life, so there’s no need to worry.”
…I was wrong. He wasn’t listening to reason.
I made countless other attempts to calm Father down.
In the end, I surrendered to Father in just ten minutes.
When I then made eye contact with Ekion, who was groggily getting up, I didn’t understand what was happening, but cold sweat seemed to pour down my back even more intensely.
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Long ago on Earth, when the topic of Father’s boyfriend came up, he had said this.
“Sieun’s boyfriend will have to pass about a hundred of Father’s tests. Got it?”
Back then, I had just laughed it off, and since I had never been romantically involved with anyone after that, it passed without much issue.
‘Do all fathers really change like this when it comes to their daughter’s romantic affairs?’
No, that was a hasty generalization.
But then, the fact that my father on Earth and my father in this world were showing the same behavior…
was actually a bit strange to feel.
Of course, this was separate from the fact that I was now kneeling obediently before Father.
‘I haven’t taken this posture since my days of training as a disciple.’
I sat quietly on the soft carpet with an even softer cushion spread over it, and cautiously lifted my gaze.
My Father gazed down at me with an unusual expression.
In truth, he had prepared this carpet and cushion himself, but his eyes were ice-cold.
It wasn’t me that Father was staring at so intently.
It was Whale, who had ended up sitting beside me the moment I opened my eyes.
And beside Father stood Levai with a composed demeanor, his expression cold yet brimming with things left unsaid.
‘Could this be… the feeling of visiting the other family to introduce myself?’
No, that didn’t seem right.
The atmosphere was far too tense for that.
‘Marriage is supposed to be about happiness, so shouldn’t occasions like this be more cheerful?’
Though in this world, political marriages were rampant, so perhaps that wasn’t always the case.
I wanted to ask Whale if his body was alright, but Father didn’t give me the chance.
Unable to help it, I raised my hand slightly and spoke.
“Levai, is it okay for Whale to sit on the cold floor? Is his body truly fine?”
“Whale’s condition is quite well. The body of a White Whale is far sturdier than the Noble Lady imagines. In fact, it’s so robust and healthy that you needn’t worry. Rather, I believe the Noble Lady should be concerned about a different matter.”
“…”
Well, he’s fine then. That’s a relief.
Still showing some consideration, I had a cushion placed where Whale sat.
Though it seemed thinner than mine.
“Ahem, I’m not sure where to begin, but first, regarding that bond you and Whale have formed.”
“You mean as husband and wife?”
“…Yes. To be precise, it’s somewhat different from marriage or a spousal relationship, but in any case, yes.”
“How do you undo it?”
“Undo, you say?”
Just as Levai was about to explain, Father suddenly interjected.
Levai adjusted his spectacles.
“…As far as I know, there is no method to undo it.”
Father’s face grew even more rigid.
“It would be better if you were ill again.”
“Don’t say things like that, Father.”
I lifted my head sharply and glared at him, my teeth clenched.
“If you say something like that even once more, I won’t forgive you, Father or not.”
“…”
Father let out a small sigh.
I quickly lowered my head again. Yes, I missed those days as a Disciple.
While thinking with excessive optimism, I carefully opened my mouth.
“It may seem like a reckless method, but there was no other way back then. There was no other choice.”
“…”
“Besides, if I had collapsed, you wouldn’t have cared about the means or methods either, would you?”
We love each other equally anyway, so why should I hesitate?
The conviction that I was right flooded my mind in an instant.
I puffed out my chest confidently.
“So you’ve suddenly claimed the family I’ve been carefully raising?”
“Huh, claimed? That’s rather crude language, Levai.”
I winced slightly but shot back at Levai.
“If we’re being honest about mutual consent, you have grounds to object. Minors do need their guardian’s approval for certain matters.”
“Sigh… So someone who knows so much did this anyway. The problem is, even if I’d found out midway, I doubt I could have broken Whale’s stubbornness.”
“That’s right, brother. I’m going to live happily.”
Whale interjected tactlessly. He should have stayed quiet.
Levai wiped his face. His expression was complicated.
Well, this was quite the orca mess.
In mainland animal terms, you’d call it a complete disaster.
“Calypso, regardless of how this happened, I have no words since a debt of life has been incurred. But there’s one thing I’d like to say.”
Father, who had been tense until now, suddenly softened his expression and spoke gently.
Somehow, I felt like I was watching an orca trying to look composed while preparing to open its mouth.
I answered Father obediently.
“What is it?”
“I have just one request. If you grant it, I won’t say another word about this relationship.”
“What could it be?”
“If you’ll listen, I’d like to tell you.”
“And if I don’t listen and refuse?”
“I’ll leave it to your imagination.”
Well, Father wouldn’t torment me, but it seemed Whale would suffer instead.
I didn’t want to assign Father that role, nor did I wish for Whale to endure such torment.
Thinking Father wouldn’t ask me to promise something harmful, I nodded slowly. But I added a condition.
“Whatever you want to say, as long as it doesn’t harm Whale’s body or cause him pain.”
“I promise it absolutely won’t.”
I ultimately accepted Father’s terms, and he finally revealed what he wanted to say.
In some ways it was what I’d expected, but in another way, it was somewhat surprising.
“I want you to promise that if I find a way to break whatever oath or power binds the two of you together, you’ll let me use it.”
“That is…”
“You said you had no intention of marriage.”
“Y-yes, that’s right?”
“Then all the more reason this shouldn’t be settled this way, don’t you think?”
Well, that’s true…
“You can become Matriarch on your own without relying on the power of a political marriage. Isn’t that so?”
“Yes.”
“If you have the choice, I wouldn’t particularly recommend a marriage without mutual love.”
After hearing this, I couldn’t object anymore.
Somehow, his personal experience was evident in those words. No, it was one hundred percent experience.
‘Didn’t Mother love Father?’
From watching him closely all this time, I could tell that Father was at least interested in Mother.
Though Father didn’t seem to realize it, whenever he spoke of Mother, a tenderness seeped through that he himself wasn’t aware of.
I only recently understood this—whether it truly was tenderness or not.
“…Pierre!”
Whale, who had been silent until now, lifted his head and tried to say something.
I grasped Whale’s hand to stop him and spoke.
“I agree.”
In truth, meeting someone and living together wasn’t something to be resolved so carelessly.
I may have gained the benefit of saving my family, but what had Whale gained from this?
“But Father, what if you truly found a way and the power binding us was released, and even after that, Whale still said he wanted me?”
“….”
“Then we leave it to our own will, right?”

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