Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66
“Then let’s watch.”
“Yes, watch… wait?”
“The most entertaining thing in the world is watching a good fight. Oh, do you happen to have any sweets?”
The Herring Sisters looked at me with bewildered eyes.
Soon one of them raised her hand eagerly, saying she had something prepared, and actually produced a pouch filled with sweets.
“Then let’s watch while we eat.”
Excellent. This was the perfect spot.
I didn’t need to worry about the ambush.
Of course not. Pierre Aquasiadel was here, so why would I need to?
It was like showing up to a casual soccer match only to discover my team had the number one FIFA-ranked player on it.
Sure enough, assassins came rushing at us with sharp sounds, but.
Streams of water materialized in mid-air, moving with incredible speed.
‘Oh, using water in that way? That’s quite impressive.’
Father blocked over thirty people without lifting a single finger.
Seeing that some of them possessed enough skill to wield water’s power themselves.
It seemed they’d mobilized even branch family talents…
‘Still, my Orca Family Older Brother may be hasty, but he’s not stupid. So why would he move so recklessly?’
Thinking about it, this seemed like an overextension.
If he knew Pierre was here and protecting me, he wouldn’t dare make such a move.
One misstep could expose his involvement.
“Wow, you’re truly amazing…”
“Right, I’ve only heard stories about Pierre, but this is my first time seeing him.”
Before long, both Eiya and Biyo, who had been filled with worry, blinked their wide eyes in admiration.
Dede watched with his mouth hanging open.
“Father really does fight well, I’ll give him that.”
I nodded along, unable to tear my eyes away.
Father didn’t lay a hand on those flying at him, but occasionally, as if annoyed, he’d flick his hand against the foreheads of those who got too close.
The problem was that even that sent them flying far away. It was remarkable.
‘Wow, the way he applies water’s power is truly at an incredible level.’
I should watch this carefully.
As I thought this, I glanced to the side and saw that Bellus also couldn’t tear his eyes from the fight.
How to describe it—his eyes held something like competitive spirit, yet also a hint of killing intent, mixed with some indescribable emotion in an enigmatic expression.
‘Anyway, all I need to do is wait for now, right?’
That was the moment I thought so leisurely.
“Kyaah, Noble Lady!”
“Noble Lady!!”
In the blink of an eye, dark blue fabric filled my vision.
I threw away the remaining sweets and jumped to the side.
A sharp dagger pierced into the spot where I had been standing.
I quickly adjusted my posture mid-air and landed on the ground, then immediately pushed off with my feet and leaped back up.
Here comes the righteous three-year-old kick, you bastard.
Thwack!
My foot drove straight into the man’s solar plexus.
But I didn’t stop there—my other hand moved in to strike as well.
“Ugh! Gah!”
The man, having taken blows to both his solar plexus and throat, collapsed in a heap.
The moment he hit the ground, I spun around fiercely.
“Teacher!”
There was no way assassins could have reached here on their own.
Unless that old man deliberately let them through!
Sure enough, even while dealing with the assassins with infuriating ease, Father turned his entire body toward me.
“You sent them on purpose, didn’t you?”
“I did.”
Meanwhile, those rushing at him were effortlessly swept away by torrents of water.
“It’s practical combat training.”
Father said it lightly as he waved his hand, and a massive wave rose up, swallowing the remaining assassins whole.
‘I don’t need practical combat training like this, thank you very much.’
I’ve already endured more than ten years of real combat!
Besides, there are ordinary beastkin handmaidens here—what if they’d gotten hurt?
‘Though I suppose I wouldn’t have let that happen.’
I grumbled while stomping repeatedly on the fallen man.
“You all got quite a fright—are you alright?”
“Y-yes… yes, we’re fine!”
“Me too!”
“My goodness… our Noble Lady is truly amazing!”
“That’s right!”
“The way you bounced up was so cute and cool!!”
The Herring Sisters mimicked my movements and bounced up themselves.
Did I really jump like that?
Still not immune to such genuine affection, I laughed awkwardly in return.
Perhaps that’s why I didn’t notice it—
Neither did I, nor did Bellus standing beside me as if watching someone else’s affair.
Not even Father himself.
They say carelessness is the greatest weapon to topple even the strongest.
‘What…?’
Our eyes suddenly met. Bellus’s eyes widened unexpectedly.
And I was startled by the sensation of something gripping my ankle.
Looking down, I saw a hand clutching my ankle.
‘…What? I’m certain I knocked that bastard on the ground unconscious?’
Caught off guard by the unexpected situation, I quickly surveyed my surroundings.
‘This isn’t the one I knocked down!’
A hand jutting out from the dirt ground.
‘Could it be… there was someone lying in ambush beneath the surface?’
Insane.
Who would think this far ahead?
This wasn’t something my Orca Family Older Brother Rodesen could conceive of.
But by the time I thought this, it was already too late.
I couldn’t shake them off properly.
At that moment, a jet of water erupting from the ground pierced through the hand gripping my ankle.
It wasn’t Father’s doing. I could feel Bellus’s strength.
Simultaneously, a massive wave of mud crashed down on me.
‘A mud wave! Could there be a Catfish Beastkin here?’
Catfish are fish that live on wild river bottoms. True to their nature, Catfish Beastkin possessed the specialty of digging through earth or hurling mud.
The moment I thought this, a tingling sensation transmitted through my hand.
“Kyaah, Noble Lady! Noble Lady!”
“No, Noble Lady!!”
At the same time, my vision went dark.
Electric shock—I knew this sensation well… and it didn’t bode well.
‘Electric eel? No, it feels different from them. This nauseous sensation in my stomach…’
I figured it out!
‘…We’re done for.’
Even so, I moved my other hand and struck whatever I could grab with all my strength.
I felt something crack with a sharp snap.
Soon the grip on my wrist loosened, and my body felt like it was floating weightlessly.
My eyes had only been closed for a brief moment. Yet when I opened them, I was standing in an unfamiliar place.
‘Where is this?’
I remained calm and carefully scanned my surroundings.
Grass covered everything around me.
‘I saw a Forest nearby when we were riding in the carriage earlier.’
The path we had traveled was a Wasteland, but a dense Forest stretched out immediately beside it.
I parted the undergrowth and walked a little ways.
Sure enough, I could see the boundary dividing the Forest and Wasteland, and in the distance, the carriage I had ridden in came into view.
‘Just as I thought—a short-range teleportation ability.’
The tingling electric sensation I felt was a symptom that occurred before short-range teleportation.
Among aquatic Beastkin, there were those with such a specialty.
Beastkin with distinctive abilities but existing in small numbers.
Jellyfish.
‘My Orca Family Older Brother has colluded with the Jellyfish.’
All things considered, it wasn’t such a remarkable ability after all.
Long-distance teleportation was impossible—this ability only worked for short-range movements or transporting others across brief distances.
‘To summarize: the ones who attacked were decoys, while the real threat lay in ambush beneath the ground.’
The Catfish Beastkin had excavated the earth to create a passage, and the Jellyfish waited alongside them for the teleportation.
‘There must have been one more among them—someone capable of concealing their presence.’
Among aquatic Beastkin, several possessed concealment as their specialty.
Quite a few of the smaller fish species excelled at it.
In nature, their ability to protect themselves had manifested as this particular talent.
They could not only conceal themselves but also hide their allies from detection.
‘Had there only been Catfish and Jellyfish, I wouldn’t have anticipated this. They actually sought help from the common Beastkin they constantly disparage.’
I narrowed my eyes.
This kind of flexible thinking—utilizing weaker aquatic creatures—was something the Orca Family Older Brother and his conservative faction could never devise.
In other words, this was absolutely not a plan he would conceive.
One person came to mind.
‘Could it be the Orca Family Matriarch?’
For now, I’d think no further.
Since I’d found the carriage, I could simply walk—but…
From moving recklessly, my ankle throbbed with a dull ache.
In that final moment when my wrist was seized, I felt an ominous electric sensation, so I instinctively swung my arm and struck whoever had grabbed me.
It was likely a Jellyfish Beastkin.
That’s why the teleportation malfunctioned—I alone was scattered to a different location instead of with them.
‘Which means…’
Sure enough, as I held my breath and waited, unfamiliar voices echoed from the surroundings.
“Damn it, where did the Noble Lady go!”
“You Jellyfish can’t do a single thing right?”
“Surely… she must be somewhere around here… we believe…”
The sound of hurried footsteps accompanied their voices.
I suppressed my presence as much as possible and concealed myself.
‘Thank goodness my clothes are green.’
Besides, my small frame made hiding relatively easy.
Fighting was an option, but I had no idea how many of them there were.
I couldn’t use the power of water. And my leg was throbbing, however slightly.
There was nothing to gain from moving in such an unfavorable situation.
‘What do I do now?’

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