Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 26

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Chapter 26
The Beluga Beastkin Family—another name for the Bellu Clan.
As I’ve mentioned before, this place had nothing to do with my previous cycles.
Though they were as intelligent as the dolphin beastkin, the family had already disappeared by the time I returned to the household in my third cycle.
The one responsible for destroying the family was none other than Baian.
He was my uncle’s eldest son.
As for Baian, he could be said to be the closest candidate to becoming the family head at present.
To explain this, I need to provide a brief explanation of the current direct Orca Family lineage.
‘Originally, the Orca Family was one where the position passed from the matriarch to her daughter, or to her granddaughter.’
However, the current matriarch, Ocula Aquasiadel, was famous as an incredibly formidable warrior, but she had one fatal flaw.
She had never given birth to a daughter.
So the matriarch, having borne three sons in succession, suddenly made this declaration.
“I will choose my successor from among my grandsons.”
Naturally, my uncles—excluding Pierre—objected, but what could they do?
The head had made her declaration.
My uncles quickly shifted their stance, fearing they might lose even the opportunity they had.
They immediately turned their attention to their own children.
‘In truth, even if she had chosen to pass it to one of her sons, they probably wouldn’t have had confidence in defeating Pierre.’
Moreover, the matriarch spoke with characteristic boldness.
“If there is truly an exceptional one, I would even consider passing it to a grandson!”
This was unavoidable.
Because all her sons had been steadily producing dark-haired grandsons.
The current direct Orca Family was experiencing an unprecedented abundance of male heirs, leaving no room for choice.
In this situation, the one leading the race for first place was my uncle’s eldest son, Baian.
The problem was that Baian himself was far from being a proper person.
‘He was cruel and hot-tempered, I believe.’
Even considering this family’s characteristic where anything goes if one is strong, many of the things he had done before reaching adulthood were cruel for acts committed by a child.
Even my brothers, who were known for their own brutality, shook their heads and said his methods were dirty.
‘Especially given that all his actions were directed toward the weak.’
He was a man who, despite pretending otherwise, had a deep love for blood.
So while he put on some airs before the matriarch, behind closed doors he was always scheming.
His targets were always servants like the Beluga Beastkin.
‘Now it’s coming back to me.’
When I first returned to the household in my previous cycle, I had gathered information indiscriminately to understand this family.
I had forgotten about it for a while since it was no longer necessary, but now that I recalled it, quite a lot came back to me.
‘Including what tragedy had befallen the Bellu Family.’
As I was lost in these thoughts, the lesson had already ended.
“Protagonist, please be careful on your way!”
“Safe travels!”
The Lugaluba Twins, who as always lifted me onto the palanquin as if it were their own task, waved their hands.
As I was waving back, my eyes met those of a man with snow-white hair standing behind the Lugaluba Twins.
‘Hmm? He looks exactly like the twins.’
The man also seemed to notice me, and he smiled gently while nodding his head.
Suspecting he might be a relative of the twins, I nodded back in acknowledgment.
“Father!”
“Dad!”
I was quite startled by the titles I heard immediately after.
…No, even accounting for the fact that he’s a beastkin, isn’t that an incredibly youthful appearance?
‘I’d believe it if someone told me he was an older brother with a significant age gap.’
I touched my neck in astonishment.
‘Now that I think about it, the whale beastkin in this world each have their own specialties, don’t they?’
Just as we Orca beastkin possess the ‘power of water’.
The whale beastkin, and moreover the aquatic animal beastkin, each possessed one special ability.
This wasn’t limited to aquatic animals—the characters from the original work as well.
That is, the female protagonist, the male protagonist, and the sub-male leads all had them too.
Particularly, the female protagonist possessed a very special ‘healing power,’ and as the story progressed, she naturally became the center of it all.
Anyway, returning to aquatic animals, I thought about the specialty possessed by the Beluga beastkin.
‘It’s a bit hazy, but….’
It was while I was watching the father and son’s figures receding into the distance.
Someone bumped into me roughly as they passed, and I staggered for a moment before quickly regaining my balance.
‘I felt the presence approaching.’
I had simply let my guard down, lost in thought too deeply.
When I turned my head, I saw Caron with a smug expression.
What is this bastard? Has his nerve gotten inflated?
“….”
As I stared at him silently with a displeased expression, his smug face faltered slightly and his smile became awkward.
Cold sweat was visibly pouring down, yet I found myself curious about why he would do such a thing.
‘Come to think of it, during class earlier, he was snickering with a few others too, didn’t care even when our eyes met.’
I know that kind of smile.
And I know well the nature of bastards like Caron.
‘That’s exactly the face of a small-time punk who’s found some reliable backing.’
I moved my neck slightly side to side and opened my mouth.
“If you’re going to pick a fight and then cower like that, don’t do it at all.”
“Wh-what?!”
“It looks pathetic.”
“…!”
At my words, Caron’s face flushed red.
Then he glared at me while grinding his teeth.
“Y-you’re acting so high and mighty like that—were you happy? Soon enough, that’ll be t-taken away!”
“Happy? Would I be happy just beating down a punk like you? It’s not even good exercise after a meal.”
“…Tch!”
No matter how I looked at it, that bastard wasn’t worth using.
He wasn’t even particularly strong.
His frame was wasted on such stupidity, he got excited easily, and his thoughts were transparent as glass.
‘He’s the type who’ll die young.’
It wasn’t for nothing that I didn’t know his name.
“Stop acting so high and mighty right now! Soon—soon you’ll be kicked out too!”
…Kicked out?
‘What is he even talking about.’
I frowned slightly at his incomprehensible words.
‘…If I get kicked out, that’s perfect for me.’
If I could leave safely without doing anything, there’d be no need to struggle. Just thinking about it was exciting.
But somehow he read my expression.
Perhaps thinking I was frightened, a smug grin spread across his reddened face.
“Who told you to beat down Lord Baian’s subordinates? No matter how talented you are, you can’t compare to him!”
I beat down Baian’s subordinate? When exactly did that happen?
I tilted my head in confusion, then a memory surfaced.
Ah, surely not.
“The Family Head wouldn’t have acknowledged you otherwise. If you lived, you’d definitely become an obstacle to Lord Baian’s future.”
There were definitely those distant Orca Family members who came all the way to where I lived.
‘Those bastards who said they followed Baian with their own mouths while trying to kill me.’
He seemed to be talking about them.
Besides them, the only ones I’d beaten down were Caron and my Third Brother Agenor.
‘Look at this. I’m a pacifist who loves peace.’
Once I understood what was going on, I deflated.
I let out a small laugh and waved my hand dismissively.
“Yeah, yeah. Go tell them. Ask them to kick me out quickly.”
“Wh-what? Do you think I’m joking? I’m serious!”
“Sure, sure. Just speak clearly. Don’t stammer. Or is that too hard for you?”
“Tch…!”
All the children had already left school, so the corridor was silent.
I thought Caron would flee with his tail between his legs, but surprisingly.
There he was, moving hesitantly with a flushed face.
Then he suddenly rushed toward a display cabinet in the corridor.
Whether this building reflected Rayla’s taste or the Orca Family Matriarch’s taste.
Antique decorations were placed throughout.
Among them were genuine swords—not replicas—and the one Caron grabbed was exactly that.
‘Heh, does he think he’ll win if he picks up a weapon? I really wonder what’s in that head of his.’
Even thinking this, I became cautious.
No matter how much stronger and more agile I’d become, this body was still a child’s body.
A sword cuts and leaves wounds.
Moreover, to fall into the hands of a brute like that one—all brawn and no finesse. It would be a blind blade, nothing more.
“I… I won’t let this stand…!”
“Then stop your whining and come at me. You sound like a third-rate villain spouting clichés.”
“You!!!”
Grraaahhh!
One hideous Orca Family member, too stubborn to accept humiliation yet too proud to retreat, came charging forward in a desperate frenzy.

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