Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 318

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Side Story Episode 43
“Yes.”
I nodded slowly.
“That’s what I’m assuming.”
“That seems right.”
Ruga smiled like a pristine white flower.
“If you hadn’t spoken first, I think I would have been too afraid to confess my feelings.”
“You’re actually sorry toward me, aren’t you?”
She admitted it willingly.
“Yes.”
Come to think of it, she had always been perceptive.
“Please be kind to her.”
“To whom?”
“To me in that world.”
I blinked.
At the same time, I noticed golden light spreading further across the ground from the corner of my eye.
There wasn’t much time left.
“I want to receive your love across all timelines.”
Ruga smiled brightly.
“This is enough for me.”
She could have resented me, could have blamed me for deceiving her without letting on—it wouldn’t have been strange.
Come to think of it, long ago when I was captured by Baian because of me, it was the same.
“Thank you for saving me, my Lord!”
Then and now, she was as gentle as spring. Ruga smiled broadly with her pale face.
“I love you, my Lady.”
It was the purest confession I had ever heard.
You, whom I first met in the fourth cycle, untainted by fierce struggles or remnants of the past.
Only you, with whom I’ve shared such a long friendship, could make me feel this way.
“Perhaps it’s a feeling that version of me could never express.”
You remained my childhood friend in the end, and I may never have known until the very last moment.
– Calypso, I can’t hold on anymore…! We have to go!
Tus cried out.
I nodded slowly.
Now the light even stirred the wind. My hair and clothes fluttered.
Ruga approached and kissed my forehead. A kiss on the forehead meant affection.
“Farewell, a more mature and wonderful Calypso.”
I hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“You must be happy.”
“Yes, and you as well, Calypso.”
Ruga took a step back and waved her hand.
“Be very, very happy!”
Ruga, waving his hand, looked joyful.
“Of course!”
…Yes. I’m already living happily.
But.
What about you in the main timeline, Ruga?
The golden light wrapped around my vision, and that fresh-faced boy from adolescence who had smiled so brightly—he vanished.
I slowly opened my eyes.
‘This constant traveling is getting exhausting.’
My vision spun, and my body felt heavy. A verdant garden filled with new greenery came into view.
‘A familiar place.’
My vision was blurry, but not so much that I couldn’t recognize it.
This looks like the garden of Aquasiadel Estate…. But I can’t jump to conclusions from just a garden.
I’ve been through all sorts of things.
I grabbed my throbbing head and squeezed my eyes shut.
“…Tus, how is it this time?”
Please tell me we’re back.
‘Why isn’t she answering?’
From the aftermath of consecutive time jumps, my senses weren’t returning to normal.
But something’s strange—the ground feels like it’s moving. It’s not just dizziness….
“Your Majesty?”
I flinched in surprise.
Through my wavering vision, I realized I wasn’t simply lying on the ground.
“…Ruga?”
I saw Ruga’s startled face. I felt hands firmly supporting me at the waist.
Only then did I realize I was sitting on top of Ruga. I was bewildered.
“It’s really Ruga, right?”
“Yes?”
I quickly reached out my hands. I grabbed both of Ruga’s cheeks and pulled his face close to mine.
“Your M-Majesty…?!”
“Is it really you, Ruga? The Ruga who abandoned the Matriarch and became the head retainer of our Aquasiadel Estate?”
Ruga’s expression became flustered, and then he looked as though he might burst into tears.
Ruga’s hands carefully came up to rest over my hands on his cheeks.
His hands were trembling.
“Where…where have you been…?”
“Huh, what?”
“You’ve been gone for so long—you have no idea how worried I’ve been.”
Ruga closed his eyes without even tilting his head. Dewlike tears gathered on his white eyelashes.
I paused for a moment at his pure and innocent face, and Ruga’s hands tightened their grip.
“Cali and all the consorts have been worried only about Calypso.”
“Ah….”
That made sense—she’d vanished unintentionally, after all.
“Ruga, do you know how much time has…ugh….”
“Your Majesty!”
“No, I’m fine. Just feeling a bit dizzy.”
How much time had passed since we disappeared? From Ruga’s reaction, something seemed amiss.
– Calypso, this is the main timeline…!
Only then did I hear Tus’s voice.
– Still, we, unstable state….
Strangely, Tus’s voice was mixed with static, crackling sounds cutting through.
Though I didn’t understand why, I felt relieved knowing this was the world where all my cherished family and loved ones existed.
Ruga standing before me was one of them.
“Ruga, Ruga?”
The moment I saw tears streaming down her pale cheeks, I startled and tried to pull my hand away.
But I couldn’t.
Ruga quickly wiped her tears and grabbed hold of me.
“Where were you? You just said you were going out discreetly and then vanished….”
“I’m sorry. I got caught up in an unexpected accident.”
The dizziness wouldn’t fade. Was my condition really alright? I should ask Ekion about this. He would know the situation.
I’d leave it to the expert.
“Your Majesty? Your complexion looks terrible. You must be injured.”
“I’m fine. It will pass soon.”
Watching me relax, Ruga bit her lip firmly.
Now that I thought about it, I’d been close to her while frantically confirming it was really Ruga. I could see the details clearly—the slight puffiness around her eyes, the rosy pink of her lips….
“Your Majesty…. This might be sudden.”
Ruga squeezed the hand she’d been holding carefully.
“But if we return like this, I don’t think such an opportunity will come again.”
“Ruga?”
“I know you leave for places sometimes, but you’ve never disappeared without a destination before.”
Her words stirred a very old memory within me.
The day I was three years old, the day I went to the Dragon’s domain. The day I said goodbye to the Lugaluba Twins alone.
“Thinking I might never see you again, it made me so sad….”
“No. This time it was an accident.”
Glistening eyes turned toward me. Ruga was not a weak person.
“I intended to keep this buried in my heart forever, but it feels like I must tell you.”
With composure, holding back her tears, she gazed at me with clear eyes and whispered softly.
“Your Majesty, I dare say I love you very much. No, I cherish you deeply.”
Ah… this is unfair.
Ruga brought my hand to her forehead, pressing the back of it there. It was reverent and pure.
“I love you so much that nothing else catches my eye. When you disappeared, my heart sank so deeply I couldn’t sleep.”
“….”
“I love you so much.”
My heart stirred at such a fervent confession.
When our eyes met, Lugaru laughed softly, his face utterly unguarded.
“We first met when I was three years old. But I’ve cherished you ever since.”
“….”
“You may think me pathetic for holding onto this first love for so long.”
I swallowed hard.

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