Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 6

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Chapter 6
“P-Pierre?”
That’s right. Though Pierre’s body was frail, his strength was not only acknowledged by all but admired—a figure of aspiration.
It felt somewhat wrong to trade Father’s name like this, but what did it matter?
First, I had to survive!
“No, no. That’s nonsense. Lord Pierre doesn’t even meet with the young masters, his own sons—why would he see a deficient little thing like you?!”
“R-Right. He even refuses summons from the Family Head!”
I laughed brazenly. I could see right through them—they were clearly shaken, despite their words.
“Why do you think I wasn’t quietly staying in the building where I live, but was here instead? The direction I came from. That would be the direction Father lives in, wouldn’t it?”
“…Lord Pierre lives in the West, doesn’t he?”
“Yes. Y-Yes…. If you go that way, there’s nothing but the, the building….”
“Exactly. Unlike my older brothers, I’m a daughter who actually converses with Father. He’s quite the doting father, you see?”
“D-Don’t be ridiculous. W-We’ve never heard Lord Baian say such a thing!”
“Why would my father tell Baian about that, you stupid fish?”
“Whales aren’t fish!”
“Then only your head is a fish! Keep trying to hit me. Let’s see if my father lets you off easy.”
“…Hey, is this kid really three years old? How does she speak better than I do….”
“Why are you still hesitating? It’s obviously a lie!”
“B-But.”
“Doesn’t it seem strange to you? That I speak so fluently? Who would I have learned from? Who must I resemble with such natural talent?”
Only then did the young boys begin to falter.
Their faces bore the expression of ‘Could it be true?’
‘As if, you idiots.’
I scoffed inwardly while maintaining an air of confidence.
“Get out of here right now. Before you go running to my father with your talk of killing and such.”
“…Hey, let’s just go. Something’s off about her. She speaks far too well. C-Could she really be connected to Lord Pierre?”
“Ugh….”
Well, of course I speak well. I’ve died three times and practiced—I’m the very mouth of hell itself, you fish bastards.
“That’s right! My father loves me. Why do you think he stays in the West? If he wanted peace and quiet, there’s the eastern end and the northern end too, isn’t there? He stays in the West because he wants to talk with me!”
One of the young boys finally backed away.
However, the boy who had bitten my finger couldn’t hide his indignant, huffing expression.
“Hey, come on. Let’s just go.”
“Wait. I need to land just one more hit before we leave.”
It was when the boy ground his teeth and swung his fist.
I thought helplessly that this blow was inevitable.
‘Ah, if only I could use the power of water!!’
The fact that I didn’t close my eyes was a habit from my past life.
Closing your eyes during combat meant death.
But with a baby’s body, I reflexively shut them before quickly opening them again.
And then I saw it.
The Young Boy falling through the air.
What had just appeared and vanished in empty space was….
‘Water, a water vortex?’
It was definitely the power of water.
“What, what is this? You said she couldn’t use the power of water?”
“No… Lord Baian definitely said she was a child who couldn’t use it?”
“Hey. Let’s go, quick! She, she must really be the daughter who inherited Pierre’s power.”
“Damn it!!”
Not understanding what had happened, I watched the boys scramble away in disarray, and I cursed them out with my finger.
‘I won’t let this slide! I’ll remember you orca bastards!’
I laughed with satisfaction, then stopped and stared blankly at my own hand.
‘But what on earth was that just now?’
…Could it be that I’ve awakened the power of water?
I was so startled by the sudden event that I missed the presence of someone nearby.
Well, even if I had been observant enough, it wouldn’t have been a presence I could have detected at my current level anyway.
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“….”
Pierre stared intently at Calypso standing in the distance.
Using the power of water just moments ago was purely on a whim.
Nothing more than the curiosity one might feel upon discovering an oddly-shaped ant—devoid of affection or emotion.
“You!! I’m on my way back from meeting my father right now?!”
Pierre’s head turned slightly.
‘…She knew all along.’
It seemed the girl who was his daughter had known about him from the very beginning.
Pierre did not take his eyes off Calypso, who was busy brushing dust from her body.
“Geez, wow. Do I really use the power of water? That would be amazing!”
Calypso’s murmur was slightly awkward, unlike the clear tone she used when speaking before Pierre himself.
This was because Calypso, having received information beforehand that he disliked children, had pronounced her words with utmost care.
Calypso’s murmur reached his keenly developed ears as if on purpose.
“Sigh, I miss when I was the best.”
Pierre’s head tilted ever so slightly once more.
…The best?
The child seemed to get up, then limped away hurriedly.
Though the child had already disappeared, Pierre gazed at the spot where Calypso had stood for quite some time before turning and leaving.
Cough, cough—only his lingering cough bore witness to his presence.
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Two days later, I reached a conclusion.
‘I didn’t awaken the power of water.’
If I had truly awakened the power of water, droplets should have sprung forth from my hand whenever I wished.
But no matter how hard I tried after those boys left, nothing happened.
I was gripping my hands tightly when the servant who brought my meal gave me a strange look more than once.
I had to admit it.
‘Ugh. I was doing so well. But what was that back then?’
I was truly frustrated. Or perhaps some latent ability had awakened because I wanted to survive….
‘If that’s the case, then in this life I can use the power of water even without a treasure.’
I stopped mid-thought and turned my head, spotting the food arranged on the table.
‘Now that I think about it, the fact that I received the Orca Family Matriarch’s approval seemed to spread immediately that very day.’
Wasn’t it that very day Lord Baian sent someone?
Moreover, with the Orca Family Matriarch’s approval, the quality of the food improved dramatically within two days.
I carefully examined the food and placed each item into my dolphin-shaped pouch one by one.
Then I made sure to tie the pouch tightly and slung it over my shoulder.
‘Excellent!’
Actually, a retainer had come and gone from my residence yesterday.
It was the very retainer who had brought me to the Orca Family Matriarch.
“The date for your admission to the Aquatic Creature Beginner Education Institute has been set. Young Lady, you will be admitted in exactly five days.”
The Aquatic Creature Beginner Education Institute.
This was a place that all young aquatic creature hybrids from noble families were required to attend without exception.
The institution was divided into a class for ordinary aquatic animals and a class for whales.
When I entered the Educational Institution, I would likely be placed in the whale class.
‘Once I enter the Educational Institution, my free time will inevitably decrease.’
There would be no other opportunity like now.
I had thought hard about it for two days.
‘How am I supposed to get close to Pierre?’
The problem was that no matter how much I thought, nothing came to mind.
As a result, I had to squeeze out the memories from the previous cycle like wringing them through a press.
“Um, um! My father once served Pierre for a time, and he… surprisingly never refused when someone asked him to teach them something!”
I finally remembered what one of my subordinates—a sailfish hybrid—had been chattering about with a flushed face.
In my previous life, since I had died quickly and paid no attention to my father, it had been an extremely difficult process.
‘Perfect.’
With the pouch slung over my shoulder, I hurried out of the building.
“…Young Lady?”
Just as I was leaving the building entrance, I happened to encounter someone.
‘Who is this? I’ve never seen this face before.’
She was wearing the clothes of a maid who worked here, but her face was unfamiliar.
Moreover, judging by the scales still remaining on her neck, she appeared to be an immature hybrid who hadn’t fully transformed.
“Who are you?”
“Ah… I’m Misa, newly assigned to this place as of today.”
“…Misa?”
That’s strange—why does that name sound familiar?
I tilted my head in confusion, then nodded.
Working here likely meant providing food for the young children residing in this place.
“Your arrival means someone else has left, doesn’t it?”
The woman was startled by my fluent speech and hastily responded.
“Yes… My predecessor, Rumi, was transferred to a different building.”
Rumi. A name I remembered well.
‘She was the woman who vented her frustrations on powerless children like me.’
Against infants who couldn’t even move.
She was the one who filled bottles with scalding water or bathed them in ice-cold water.
Survival of the strong. Following the orca’s law, such cruelty occurred precisely because there were no watchful eyes in this place.
‘Now that my time to leave has come, they’re removing that creature from here. Well, I suppose it’s fortunate for the children who will arrive next.’

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