Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 342

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Additional Side Story: Episode 6
“Big sister! Ugh, does it hurt?”
If not for Lili, who visited me in secret from time to time, my wounds would have taken much longer to heal.
I had no idea how she managed to find me—she would simply appear out of nowhere and shed tears like soap bubbles every time she saw my hands.
Those bubble-like tears always caught me off guard.
It was only then that I understood the truth: children cry even harder when you tell them not to.
‘Whether this knowledge is useful or not, I’m not sure….’
And somehow, Lili had even discovered the place where I trained with Palaya, appearing there to startle him.
Today was no exception.
“Big sister, are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
I smiled softly, looking at my now-healed hands. Though my palms would soon callus over again and my skin would split once more as they hardened.
It was fine.
This was the only warmth and affection I felt in this bleak and brutal place.
I had simply drawn a line to avoid becoming dependent on it.
‘Hmm, anyway.’
I clenched my fist, then opened it.
The power of water was certainly remarkable.
‘No, do I… have talent?’
I couldn’t help but think this way. Even if I was supposedly worthless, I could feel that my learning speed was far from ordinary.
I tried to hide it, but even Palaya’s face betrayed it.
Shock, unease, anger, irritation.
After several lessons, I reached a conclusion.
…Perhaps I was a genius after all.
I recalled the day I beat him in a race, his face stained with defeat and humiliation as he looked up at me.
‘Now that I think about it this way.’
How pathetic.
A smile spread across my lips as if I had drawn it myself.
Tug.
When I turned my head at the sensation of something pulling my hand, a small hand was gripping my sleeve.
“Big sister, Palaya oppa is acting strange.”
“Hmm?”
“Why does oppa look so gloomy?”
I glanced sideways out of the corner of my eye.
‘Gloomy? That bastard?’
I couldn’t quite tell.
Perhaps because I didn’t care enough to notice. I shrugged my shoulders.
If I had to guess, I had some idea.
“Maybe because he heard me say he’s repulsive?”
It would certainly grate on the ears of an arrogant young master raised in luxury. After all, he must have spent his whole life hearing nothing but praise for his beauty.
That man was even extremely polite to girls. It was simply that I wasn’t a girl to him.
Palaya flinched.
After speaking, I too hesitated.
‘Wait, isn’t that a bad thing to say in front of a child?’
For the first time, cold sweat broke across my skin.
“Don’t like? What does that mean?”
“…It means I dislike it.”
Before those innocent, enormous eyes, I quietly averted my gaze.
Explaining the meaning would prick my conscience. There was no need for her to learn such an ugly word.
“You did nothing wrong, sister.”
The words tumbled out as if in excuse.
“That brother said you smelled bad.”
Yes, I should tell on him.
“…What? Hey!”
Palaya cried out in alarm, but it was already too late. Lili’s eyes flashed with fury.
“Brother is mean!”
“Hey, you… you…!!”
“Mean!”
Lili scampered over and began striking him repeatedly with her tiny fists!
Of course, the force was negligible, but Palaya seemed genuinely shocked.
“Mean! Apologize! Sister is pretty!”
“What? Princess? What are you saying to me? You can’t even pronounce words properly….”
“Mean!”
“….”
But seeing Lili’s trembling face, his words caught in his throat.
“Princess, you’re going to cry… you’re making your brother’s heart weak.”
Palaya’s expression softened tenderly as he gently wiped the corners of the child’s eyes with his fingers. Anyone watching would have seen the perfect image of an older brother.
Then he wiped his own face several times before turning away.
“…Hey.”
His lips moved several times.
“Sorry?”
He apologized to me.
And I ignored him as if I hadn’t heard anything.
“Hey. Calypso Aquasiadel.”
“….”
“Didn’t you hear? I apologized after hearing what the princess said.”
Only then did I turn my gaze toward him.
“So?”
“What?”
“Do I have to accept an apology just because you gave one?”
It wasn’t even funny.
A thin smirk played at my lips. When our eyes met, he flinched.
“It’s not like you won’t do it anyway.”
Does that erase the years he tormented me? He wouldn’t remember, but adding up every cycle, it exceeded ten years.
“Just keep living as you are now.”
Forced into slavery because of that oath. His pride would suffer, but was that my concern?
“That way, if you’re exposed, you can blame it all on me, right? How cowardly.”
And here I was, even creating an escape route for him—what a generous master I was. At my blatant mockery, Palaya bit his lip.
His glare was so vicious it practically radiated killing intent.
I merely laughed at the sight. The only consideration I showed was not calling him a slave in front of Lili, whom he treasured so dearly.
Though even that was for Lili’s sake, not his.
“How clever of you.”
“….”
“I look forward to working with you going forward, my teacher?”
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Though I’d gained Palaya as both a capable teacher and slave, unfortunately not all my problems were solved.
The power of water.
I’d only managed to summon water so far.
‘But I still can’t control it.’
It felt like being a broken faucet.
I wished I could find a book to study. There was no chance I could access the Dragon Duke’s important texts.
‘I can’t help it. I’ll have to find another way.’
The next method I considered was somewhat troublesome, though—I’d need to venture outside. Beyond the Capital, perhaps to outside the Manor?
The difficulty was evident from the start.
“Hmm.”
I was in my room today since there were no lessons.
I was continuing my thoughts.
Bang!
The door burst open roughly.
I dutifully set down the book I’d brought and looked up.
The one staring at me with a gaze that was not merely fierce but glacial was none other than Asel Panterion.
He’d just returned from an outing, dust clinging to his clothes.
‘Oh, so he’ll never know I stole Lineius.’
I savored the thrill coursing through my fingertips, but only briefly before he approached in large strides.
The closer he came, the more I felt it.
‘Why the hell are his eyes so wild?’
They were far sharper than usual.
“Calypso Aquasiadel.”
I set the book down completely now.
It was, incidentally, a book on Capital etiquette that someone had mockingly thrown at me, telling me to learn it.
“Did you find it?”
I asked without bothering to stand.
He approached with hurried steps.
“Word gets around.”
This bastard was older than me, so he was taller. Not that a teenager could be that much taller than another, but still.
From below, he looked even bigger.
“You’ve been hanging around my sister, I hear.”
A brief silence.
I tilted my head.
‘Well, I suppose something like this was bound to leak out?’
From his reaction, it seemed what I was doing with Palaya hadn’t been revealed.
I blinked.
“And?”
His eyes narrowed.
“…Ha, and?”
There was irritation laced in his low-voiced repetition, and I found myself amused.
Whatever this bastard was upset about, I wouldn’t mind scratching that wound further. Was there a way?
Thinking such things.
“Do you think this situation is something to take lightly?”
“I don’t think it’s light at all.”
I’d rather squeeze my own coffin dry than get tangled up heavily with creatures like you.
I tossed the book aside.
“But I’m not sure what the problem is.”
“Ha.”
A short laugh escaped him.
“Whether you don’t understand or you’re pretending not to know.”
Assel stepped closer.
He always maintained a certain distance from me. Said I smelled.
In the previous cycle, I hated hearing that so much I scrubbed myself clean several times a day.
What did that bastard know.
“A filthy orca like you.”
He murmured menacingly as he drew near.
“You’re thinking of clinging to my sister?”

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