Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46
“What is it?”
His voice was cold, but I paid it no mind.
After all, I’d spent my life finding it harder to locate a warm tone directed at me than a cold one.
“The Orca Family’s family motto and values are that the strong do as they please with everything. In other words, the strong can do anything, correct?”
“Tiresome words from that mouth.”
I laughed and rose from my seat.
‘Hmm, I’m a bit short on height.’
I glanced at my Father. He seemed unusually lenient with me today, didn’t he?
Father, you’ll have to indulge me just this once.
I stepped on my Father’s thigh and climbed onto the desk.
Ah, now I can see properly.
The family members stirred at my sudden action, but I paid them no attention.
“How cool…!”
I thought I heard Agenor’s strange admiration, who had been silent until now.
I ignored it.
“Then, Grandmother. The greatest point of contention in the agenda you brought today ultimately comes down to the fact that there was a ‘fight,’ and I was originally supposed to attend this highest disciplinary committee as a ‘victim.’ You’re welcome to ask Rayla, who participated as chairman, or the other two about this.”
“I object, Grandmother!”
“Grandmother, I listened attentively while Baian was speaking.”
I shouted loud enough to drown out Baian’s voice.
“If Grandmother would be so kind as to ensure fairness in this matter, I can show you something very interesting.”
Baian, you bastard, your turn is over. Now it’s mine.
“Granted. Baian, hold your tongue.”
“But, Grand…!”
“Baian. Didn’t the Matriarch tell you to be quiet?”
When the usually silent Orca Family Matriarch spoke in a monotone but firm manner, Baian flinched and withdrew.
‘If I’d just let him keep talking, he would’ve gotten hit by Grandmother once. What a waste.’
I had been given another opportunity.
“Well, since Baian and I differ in opinion, if we’re only talking about the fight itself. Every fight has a winner and a loser. What matters is that I was the victor in this fight, Grandmother.”
I placed my hand confidently on my chest.
“Grandmother, as you can see, Baian didn’t come alone that day—he brought about a dozen allies with him. About four of them went after Agenor, and the rest came at me.”
To be precise, it had been split 3:7, but I generously adjusted the numbers in Agenor’s favor.
“I beat my opponents in this group fight and won, Grandmother.”
Before Baian could defy Grandmother’s warning and spout more nonsense, I continued.
“Of course, opinions on victory may vary. But I’m three years old this year, and the fact that I’m standing here perfectly fine, breathing without issue, and participating in this gathering as though nothing happened—isn’t that proof that I’m the victor? At this age, I defeated Orca Family members who attend the Intermediate Institution.”
Everyone fell silent.
Of course they did. Now they were truly aware of my age.
“Baian’s witnesses have already talked themselves hoarse about it, haven’t they? They said that Pierre’s daughter fights damn well. So if I’m the victor, then according to the Orca Family’s principles, I simply did as I pleased. So what exactly is wrong here?”
I smirked.
“Even if I had insulted those bastards, there’s nothing to object to. I’m the strong one, the victor.”
“….”
All the testimonies presented so far assumed that I fought those bastards on equal footing.
Now their own testimony actually supports my position instead—the exact opposite of what they intended.
“I understand perfectly well the ancestor’s will and the Orca Family Matriarch’s solemn decree that only the strong who have been passed down through generations shall govern all things.”
But this statement alone cannot overturn their claim that I was the aggressor, that I cursed their parents, that I started the fight.
I hadn’t prepared to end things here, though.
“However, Grandmother, if only the strong do as they please, how are the countless retainers here supposed to live? Not everyone can be an Orca, and you, being so wise, must have established rules precisely because you understand this so well.”
“….”
“The Orca Family’s role is to watch over the aquatic beastfolk.”
“….”
“In other words, you designated long ago that deciding everything through combat should be limited to conflicts between Orcas alone, and that this is the virtue of the strong. I respect that deeply, Grandmother.”
“…You know quite a lot. For a three-year-old.”
Yes. For a three-year-old. Right?
When this three-year-old has already lived four times, this is what happens.
I pretended not to hear the Orca Family Matriarch’s cold sarcasm and spoke with deliberate clarity.
“I unified my class within a single day of entering Alpha Class, the highest division of the Elementary Institution’s whale section. And following the Matriarch’s will that I learned long ago, I understood that the Orca Family’s role is to watch over the whales.”
“….”
“That day, in that fight, I was merely protecting a child in my class. The fight started because Baian threatened to capture and kill my classmate simply because he was standing beside me, and I couldn’t bear it, so I accepted the challenge.”
I raised my voice slightly.
“Grandmother, whom I respect, where exactly is my fault in all of this?”
I am the victor, the victim, and the one who protected my classmate—nothing more.
The retainers who had been listening to this new account stirred slightly.
Everyone here except the branch families of the Orca line are ordinary aquatic beastfolk.
Unlike the Orcas, who live their entire lives as the strong, ordinary beastfolk sometimes become the weak as life goes on.
For such beastfolk, the fact that an innocent victim was caught in the middle could only cause unrest.
Those bastards had cleverly—or rather, deliberately—ignored the fact that they had injured Ruga and Ruba.
“Do you have witnesses as well?”
Here it comes. I held my breath briefly.
‘There’s no way I have witnesses like that bastard does.’
The only ones on my side that day were the Lugaluba Twins, who became victims alongside me, and Agenor, who fought with me.
I glanced subtly at Agenor.
‘Agenor, who fought with me, can’t play the same role as the Retainer they presented as a witness.’
When I nodded toward Agenor, his obsessive eyes sparkled.
“Is it my turn?”
“Don’t whisper—step forward.”
Agenor raised his hand eagerly.
“Grandmother, whom I respect. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”
“Yes, child. I hear you got caught up in this fight?”
The Orca Family Matriarch’s voice softened just slightly.
Agenor nodded and recounted the circumstances in much the same way I had described them.
“I understand what you’re saying, child. But that means you’re also a party to this fight. If that’s the case, you’re hardly a witness. Do you have any other witnesses?”
There couldn’t be any.
I couldn’t very well bring the Lugaluba Twins here, likely still receiving treatment.
And I had no intention of doing so.
“There are no witnesses.”
“None?”
But I was confident I could win this fight regardless of whether there were witnesses or not…!
Just as I was about to speak again under the Orca Family Matriarch’s piercing gaze.
“Matriarch, would it be permissible for me to say a few words in this meeting?”
I turned my head toward the sudden interjection and saw a person standing.
She stood on the second tier from the bottom of this place.
Quite close to the Matriarch. A good position.
‘Who is that person…?’
I opened my eyes wide upon seeing the woman who had risen from her seat.
She had snow-white hair.
Her bangs were fluffy and voluminous as if permed, and her pupils were large relative to her irises.
Her expression was quite cute, but her face was cold and resolute.
Only when I looked at the man sitting beside her did I realize the woman’s identity.
“So you do open your mouth sometimes.”
“My apologies.”
The Beluga Family Patriarch sat beside the woman.
When our eyes met, he gave me a nod of acknowledgment.
Then this woman must be the Lugaluba Twins’ mother.
The Matriarch of the Beluga Family.
‘She doesn’t resemble Mother at all.’
The Beluga Family Matriarch bore a striking resemblance to her original animal form, the white dolphin.
Despite her cute impression, her expression was cold enough to be chilling.
“Very well, speak. What do you have to say? I hope you’re prepared if this is nonsense.”
“There is no question. My husband and I are not third parties in this matter, so we felt compelled to intervene. The classmate mentioned in the Noble Lady’s account is our twin son.”
The woman’s claim caused a stir in the assembly.
I was surprised by something else.
‘The white dolphin-humans have a faction powerful enough to hold a position like that?’
I didn’t know. Of course I didn’t.
As I’ve mentioned before, in the previous cycles, I returned to this family only after they had already been destroyed.
In cycles one and two, I was sold away before I ever had any contact with them.
“Esteemed Matriarch, I wish to participate in this matter as a witness.”

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