Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 275

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Epilogue: Act 2
“Mother, Father.”
Calypso called out softly.
“Oh my goodness. Jieun, why are you crying? What happened?”
“Did you touch something dangerous? Are you hurt anywhere?”
Unfortunately, her parents—Suchan and Jihyeon—could not see Calypso, just as before.
I couldn’t understand how Jieun could see me. It seemed to be a special case.
“Sister… Mom, Sister’s home. She came home!”
“What…?”
The two of them looked around in surprise. Sieun—my Eldest Brother—had finally returned?
But where?
Yet the two could not see Calypso standing right before their eyes.
Calypso gazed down without wiping away her flowing tears.
One cannot have everything.
Calypso had already found family, and at last, she held happiness in her hands.
So this was a farewell she thought would never come—a moment finally granted to her.
Calypso’s face contorted with tears.
“Mom, Mom. Sob… Sister is… crying…”
Jieun wept sorrowfully in place of ‘Sieun.’ Though they were sisters who had never met, Calypso felt a tender ache.
“Jieun.”
I never thought I could call you by name like this.
“Don’t cry. Stop now.”
Jieun, nestled in Mother’s arms, barely held back her tears. She was truly a clever and intelligent child.
“Will you tell our parents something for me?”
So perhaps this too was possible.
Calypso smiled faintly through her clouded expression.
“Mom, I’m Sieun.”
“Mom, Mom. Sister is…”
The two could sense something strange about their daughter Jieun, yet they could not bring themselves to stop her.
Longing became a thorn that pierced their hearts. Their missing daughter lived on in their minds, forever young.
No matter how harsh the words they spoke to each other, no matter how hard they tried to forget, they could not erase her.
A missing child, even buried in the heart, forever breathes and lives in the mind.
“I’m sorry.”
“Sister says she’s sorry…”
“S-Sieun? Is it really, truly Sieun?”
The two could believe that ‘Sieun’ had come to them as a ghost after death.
In fact, that might have been better. For each other’s sake.
“Don’t forget me.”
“Sister says don’t forget her…”
“S-Sieun. It’s Dad. Dad! Dad never forgot our Sieun!”
“And… could you tell them I’ll live happily from now on?”
I won’t forget them, but I hope they find happiness. Even though I can no longer belong to this family.
I’ll live happily somewhere else.
“Tell your sister that she’ll live happily from now on.”
Jieun conveyed Sieun’s message through trembling sobs. Some words I understood, others I didn’t. Either way, it was heartbreaking.
Because it seemed I would never see my sister again.
“Ahhh, ahhhhh!”
“Honey, honey!”
“Sieun, Sieun!”
Suchan and Jihyeon understood this was the end. They thought she had come after their daughter’s death, as Sieun had intended.
Suchan held the sobbing Jihyeon and asked Jieun.
“…Jieun, where is your sister standing?”
“Sniff… over there…”
Then Father saw Calypso clearly. So much so that Calypso flinched for a moment.
“Sieun. Father loved you so very much.”
“…”
“I still remember the day baby Sieun came into our arms.”
You were like an angel.
These tears didn’t seem like they would stop here. But Calypso smiled. Brightly.
“Sister smiled…”
“Yes, Sieun. Go with a smile. Father will remember our Sieun until the day she dies.”
“Ahh, Sieun. Sieun…!”
“Mother is just a little sad. You understand, don’t you?”
Calypso nodded slowly.
“Sieun, our daughter. Father will always keep the door open for you.”
“…”
“Come back anytime.”
No, there would be no day to return.
But.
“Mother, Father.”
“Sieun.”
“…I love you.”
“I’m sorry. For being such a useless father.”
“…”
It was inevitable to recall the things left undone before parting.
Calypso, or rather ‘Sieun,’ also found herself remembering all the times she had caused her parents pain throughout her life.
“Father loves our Sieun very much too.”
Did you hear me say I love you?
A tear dropped to the floor. Strangely, Father wiped the floor with his hand.
“Don’t cry.”
As if I could feel tears streaming down.
“Wherever you are, eat well and be happy.”
Suchan smiled brightly even as he wept.
“Until we meet again.”
My vision gradually blurred.
The moment of parting was brief.
Calypso thought that perhaps brevity was a mercy.
At the same time, the last lingering attachment that had been anchored in my heart slipped away and sank into the sea.
I would never search for that anchor again.
Because my parents had told me to be happy.
“…You two, be happy as well.”
Together with Jieun.
* * *
When I opened my eyes, I was standing in the ruined hall once more.
Before me stood Ekion, his expression slightly weary.
“There’s something I want to ask you, Ekion.”
“Yeah….”
Ekion, uncertain what to do, gently wiped away my tears.
I surrendered to his clumsy touch and paused to think for a moment.
“Was it because of that spacetime rift from before that I could see my parents?”
“…Yes.”
With his current power, Ekion could no longer show me my parents.
But when he discovered the spacetime rift, he realized it was possible and immediately summoned me.
“But wait. When we met at the Dragon’s Castle and returned to Aquasiadel together, you showed me my parents then too.”
Was the reason for Ekion’s delayed growth simply what I already knew?
“How much power did you use back then?”
There was no spacetime rift then.
Something felt off. I had only witnessed Ekion’s rampage.
The Ekion who grew up with me in Aquasiadel seemed weaker than in the third cycle.
“Everything.”
Only then could I understand the reason.
“…Could you possibly let me see my parents just once?”
“Please, just once let me see them….”
“Yes.”
Even in the days when he understood nothing, he had blindly granted her every wish.
“I see.”
From the time before he even knew what emotion was.
A boy who had given everything to the girl he first met.
“Responsibility.”
How could one not find such a person endearing.
“I suppose I need to take responsibility for this.”
Calypso laughed brightly through her tears.
“Thank you. For granting that wish again. For letting me say a final goodbye to Mother and Father.”
Thanks to that, even the last lingering attachment that had remained like a thorn finally disappeared.
Thank you for showing me that I had been misunderstanding everything.
“From now on, I’ll become Calypso’s family.”
Calypso laughed aloud.
Instead of answering, Calypso slowly drew Ekion’s face toward her.
Their lips met. The shadows achieved complete union.
After a long kiss, Calypso answered.
“Yes.”
Water streamed forth, splashing, and a small rainbow formed.
Beneath the rainbow created in the ruins, Calypso smiled brightly once more.
“Let’s be together for life.”
My Dragon Lord.
* * *
-Seven years later.
The capital of the Aquasiadel Kingdom never lacked for visitors. All of them were those hoping to immigrate.
Beastkin fleeing the endless conflicts in the old imperial capital, seeking to live on peaceful lands.
The ruler of Aquasiadel accepted them generously.
The land, once barren, had been cultivated and still had plenty of empty territory, so there was no problem accepting more.
In this place where once only aquatic beastkin had lived, now beastkin of countless species coexisted together.
Aquasiadel’s laws strictly prohibited discrimination. Though problems still arose from time to time.
At least, most thought it was far better than the old empire, which had been filled with prejudice and discrimination.
“You’re immigrating this time?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
The man, deeply wrapped in a robe, answered brightly.
“Hmm, a crab beastkin, then?”
“That’s right.”
The man nodded cheerfully.
“Your reason for immigration is… hmm. You want to see Her Majesty once? That’s quite unusual.”
“Ah, I heard you can definitely see her once during the festival.”
“Why do you want to see her?”
“Ah, well, I suppose I just want to see the Matriarch looking happy, you know?”
“What?”
When had she gone from being Matriarch to becoming Queen? The examiner frowned, and the man hastily corrected himself.
“Ah, I misspoke.”
“Be careful!”
“Still, I’m curious. Isn’t she quite famous? They say the Aquasiadel Kingdom has a wise and strong queen and three husbands.”
“Tsk, what’s so surprising about a story everyone already knows?”
“It’s certainly remarkable to see someone of her temperament living this way.”
If one has experienced ruin even once.
The man chuckled softly.
“The more you speak, the more it seems you know our Sovereign intimately. Who are you?”
The Examiner’s voice grew slightly cautious. The man smiled faintly.
I am one of the retainers who revered and served the Matriarch with loyalty. And also someone who has recalled memories no longer needed.
“I am a fortunate man, living in a world where one can now rest easy. I truly wish to remain here.”
The man gazed toward the distant royal palace.
The place governed by the First King, Calypso Aquasiadel.
A world where everyone can now live without fear.
Everyone cherishes and loves Calypso, who finally created such a world.
He thought it was truly a magnificent world.
And within the royal palace the man beheld, inside the Study, there was Calypso, complaining softly.
Calypso, laughing brightly alongside her family gathered together, alongside the companion she would spend her entire life with.
【Complete】

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