Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 277

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Side Story: Episode 2
A faint smile flickered across Father’s cold face. It passed by so quickly, but I saw it!
Father rose from his seat.
“Either way, it’s pleasant to hear.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Father nodded.
“I know two people who never lie, and one of them is the Princess.”
“Oh, that’s a blatant lie.”
I lifted my head sharply. I could see Mother’s face, leaning against the sofa with a grin.
Wind blew through the wide-open window. My long hair swayed wildly in the breeze.
“Hello, daughter.”
“Mother! Hello! Hello!”
My body floated up gently.
“My, whose daughter could be so beautiful?”
“Mother’s daughter!”
Calypso Aquasiadel.
The Queen of Aquasiadel and Mother’s daughter!
When will I be able to wield the power of water so freely?
‘Mother couldn’t use her power at three years old.’
I clenched my fists tightly.
“I hear some interesting stories.”
Floating in the air, I blinked my eyes wide.
“So you’ve been acting all mature and cool lately? You little cutie.”
“I’m grown up!”
Everything Mother could do at three, I can do too. I nodded earnestly.
“Mother did it all when she was young!”
“My goodness. Your uncles, really—they just tell you anything.”
“Grandfather too!”
“…I told you not to exaggerate to the child.”
“It’s not entirely untrue, is it?”
At Father’s words, Mother shrugged while keeping me floating.
“I suppose I wasn’t very childlike.”
Mother said, “If you live many lives, that’s what happens.” I didn’t understand what she meant, but…
Mother flicked my forehead with her index finger.
“Don’t be like that.”
“Huh?”
“Live with the things Mother never had.”
But Mother has everything—what could she not have? That’s strange.
“You need to grow up like a proper child, my little one.”
“Ahahaha, stop, that tickles!”
“You’re already so incredibly clever, my daughter.”
How does Mother know my heart so completely?
Mother grinned widely.
“You’re doing much better than I was at your age.”
But the best part is how Mother holds me so tightly like this. I wish she’d hold me even more.
“So don’t grow up too quickly. You don’t need to know about boring or tedious things.”
Mother laughed even louder as she gently stroked my head.
I’d only blinked for a moment when Mother was already waving from the window.
As my body tilted in midair, Father caught me in a panic.
He seemed flustered.
No, he was angry!
“Wait, where exactly are you sneaking off to? Your Majesty! We have mountains of work right now…”
“Ahahaha! You caught me?”
“Your Majesty!”
“Goodbye, everyone!”
“Everyone? What do you mean everyone!”
“Bye! I have a date with Ekion! See you!”
“Your Majesty, Calypso! Matriarch!!”
“Ahahaha, I’m not the Matriarch anymore~”
Father ground his teeth.
I wasn’t surprised.
It was always like this when I came to Father’s room.
Mother had already jumped out the window and disappeared.
‘Next time, I’ll try flying through the sky using the power of water too!’
Grandmother and Grandfather said I couldn’t yet, but maybe I could with practice!
‘Tomorrow I’m going to do fifty push-ups!’
When I turned my head to the side, Father was rubbing his face frantically, washing it without any water.
“Sigh…”
“Father!”
Now that I think about it, I had asked Ruga to bring me here because I had something to ask Father.
“Levai! Father! Put me down.”
“What is it, Princess?”
“I’m curious about something.”
I recalled the conversation I’d had with Ruga while standing on the ground.
“Do you happen to know who my real father is?”
My friends have one or two fathers, but I have multiple!
Ruga had laughed awkwardly at those words for a moment.
“Well, I think only Calypso would know that.”
“Yeah, I figured.”
“Ah, the Prime Minister might know about this.”
I looked up at Father as he adjusted his glasses.
“Levai knows everything, after all.”
Father, who serves as Prime Minister, is truly an exceptionally intelligent man. During the wars and conflicts that occurred before our Aquasiadel Kingdom became a kingdom.
My other fathers and Mother often spoke of how his brilliant strategies led us to victory.
“Levai!”
“Yes?”
“Prime Minister?”
Father smiled faintly.
“I am the Prime Minister, but it sounds odd coming from your lips, Princess.”
“Then why do you speak formally to me if you’re my father?”
I have four fathers, including Levai. But people outside don’t know I have more than three.
“It’s more comfortable this way.”
“Speaking formally?”
“I have a bad habit of looking down on people.”
I thought that once I learned to speak better, I would understand everything my fathers and Mother said.
But my fathers and Mother sometimes make their words difficult to understand.
“Except for His Majesty, I’ve lived that way, and I can’t let such a bad habit develop in my daughter either.”
I lifted my head at the hand gently stroking my hair.
Among my fathers, Levai is the most careful when touching me.
I’m not weak, though.
“Why don’t you tell people outside that Father is my father?”
“Well, there’s a reason for that.”
Father grinned mischievously.
Mother warned me to be careful when Levai Father laughs like a mischievous child.
“I’d prefer it if only His Majesty knew that I belong to him.”
“…But that’s not true—my other fathers, Calypso, Grandfather, and my uncles all know. Oh! And Ruga, Ruba, and Grandmother too.”
“…Well, I suppose that’s true.”
Father gently rubbed my cheek. He seemed to be in a good mood.
“That’s why it’s quite amusing watching them go half-mad sometimes. I even wonder if I should keep living like this.”
“Hmm? I don’t understand.”
“Yes. You don’t need to understand. Calypso was right. I hope you remain ignorant of many things, Princess.”
“…But I want to know.”
“That is a child’s privilege.”
Father lifted me up as I pouted and stood from his seat.
“Though I hate to admit it, what I share in common with your other fathers is an unpleasant childhood.”
“…”
“So you should stay as you are now.”
“But I’m grown up!”
“Yes, you are grown up.”
I fidgeted with my fingers, gently touching Father’s glasses frame, and he chuckled softly.
Father never let anyone touch his glasses. Only Mother was allowed to. But I could touch them too.
“Father doesn’t like being called Prime Minister.”
“Yes.”
“Then I’ll call you Levi Father specially. Because I like you, Father.”
Father blinked his eyes slowly. Then he showed me a gentle smile.
“You truly are my treasure.”
“Treasure?”
“If I were to name the greatest treasure of my life, it would be my Emperor and my Princess.”
I felt happy but pouted my lips.
“But if a younger sibling comes, I’ll be pushed aside, won’t I?”
“That could never happen. First love is far too precious.”
First love? I tilted my head in confusion.
“Don’t worry. I’m someone who has cherished only my first love across two lifetimes. You are my first love, Princess.”
I didn’t understand what he meant, but I understood it was something good.
“Father, then… I have another question.”
“Yes.”
“Among the four of you, who is Cali’s father?”
“That would be…”
Levi Father was about to say something.
The door swung open.
Someone walked in with leisurely steps.
“Is the Emperor here?”
“…”
“Doesn’t look like it.”
I used the power of water to land smoothly on the ground. Perfect landing!
“Father!”
I walked over quickly and crouched down, but Father, still much larger than me, gently grabbed my hair and shook it playfully.
“Cali.”
Father was Hauser. My third father!
“Third Father!”
“Ah, that title does hurt my feelings a bit.”
“You must accept it humbly. Third.”
Then Third Father looked at Levi Father and twisted his lips mockingly.
“So you were here, Fourth? Or should I say, Last Place?”
“I chose my own position. Someone else was pushed into third. Whose situation is really better?”
“You damned…”
“The Princess is present.”
“…Drop that formal tone, will you?”
Oh no, are they fighting again?
‘Then I should watch!’
I stood three paces away, eyes sparkling with interest. Mother had said I could learn much from watching strong ones fight.
“Then who are you blaming? Third Father, who took three rounds by losing the bet?”
“Be quiet. If the content hadn’t required so much thinking, I would’ve won this round. You and your brother the Beluga are equally cunning.”
“You mean clever. Or would you rather blame the Emperor for deciding husband rankings through bets?”
“….”
Oh, Third Father is losing ground!

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