Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73
Now Calypso understood the situation as well.
When she was the Matriarch, there had been no fools who acted this way, so she’d been momentarily confused.
‘These bastards have truly never encountered a powerful aquatic beastkin.’
Land animal beastkin became infinitely cruel when faced with someone weaker than them—especially if that someone was an aquatic beastkin, just as they had been in her first and second lives.
All the land animal beastkin had treated her, a solitary orca, exactly like this.
‘I was the Dragon’s Bride of this generation.’
Which meant if she hadn’t come here by chance with Pierre like this, and had arrived as the bride at only ten years old, this was what Calypso would have endured.
Well, of course Calypso herself wouldn’t have simply tolerated such treatment.
But it certainly would have been different from the power she could wield once she reached adulthood.
Calypso felt neither pity nor sympathy watching the Retainer trembling in fear.
It was self-inflicted.
“Master, cough, I shall prepare the finest room I can offer at once…!!”
“Is it close to the Dragon Duke’s room?”
Calypso interjected promptly at the opportunity.
But it wasn’t the Retainer who answered Calypso’s question—it was Bellus, who had been watching.
“The Dragon Duke doesn’t stay in this castle. He uses his own separate castle.”
“Oh, really?”
No wonder she’d wondered why there were two castles upon hearing about it.
Calypso hugged her purse as if deflated.
Thanks to the pat on his back, Tus had stopped crying.
“Hack, cough, cough, mercy, please show mercy…!!”
The Retainer thought it would end with his apology, but unfortunately his ordeal was far from over.
His body rose into the air, water streams coiling around his neck and arms.
‘Hik, hieek. N-no, so high!’
The Retainer instinctively realized that if the water streams released his arms here, he would die.
“Have you paid the price yet?”
“Please stop. Lord Aquasiadel! Please spare the castle’s Retainer…!”
The warriors guarding the castle finally raised their voices.
But the moment they found themselves in the same predicament, they could say nothing more.
“Is this how the Dragon Duke’s castle treats guests?”
“Ugh, my apologies, my sincerest apologies.”
“Not apologies. Payment.”
“W-what do you desire?”
Calypso was also curious what Pierre wanted.
In truth, she’d thought the Retainer had paid the price for his rudeness by being beaten.
‘Father really does hate land dwellers as much as I do, it seems.’
If they acted that way again next time, she’d simply beat them again next time.
And only when Pierre began to speak to her did she understand.
“You need only state what you desire.”
“Huh?”
The realization that this punishment was definitely being carried out because of me.
What did I want?
Once I grasped Pierre’s intention, my entire body tingled again.
“I want to meet the Dragon Duke. Or rather, I want to greet him.”
“I see.”
“W-wait, that’s not possible, or rather, I’m terribly sorry. We need to ask, we need to ask if that’s something we should—! If you’ll just spare our lives, I’ll ask!!”
“That’s what she says, Father.”
Calypso grabbed Pierre’s sleeve and pulled it downward.
The stream of water that had been holding the Retainer and the warriors vanished instantly.
“If you really do ask, you’ll have an answer by tomorrow, won’t you?”
“…I will receive an answer by tomorrow.”
“Good. If you value your lives.”
“…”
The water spilled onto the floor was absorbed completely, leaving not a trace of moisture anywhere.
“Show us the way.”
“Y-yes, yes…!”
Through Pierre’s obedient actions, Calypso once again understood his will with absolute clarity.
For some reason, something deep within her chest felt wonderfully tingly.
Bellus, who had been observing everything, pondered quietly.
“Child, letting you go isn’t difficult.”
The voice of Ocula echoed through Bellus’s mind.
When he had expressed his desire to participate in the Dragon’s Festival, along with Ocula’s presence.
“I am a benevolent ruler toward the strong, you see. Especially toward promising ones like you—I’m quite willing to indulge your stubbornness.”
The Orca Family Matriarch’s gaze, sharp and cold with intrigue, had turned toward Bellus.
“But why are you going, child?”
Bellus thought even now that the answer he had given then was utterly illogical.
Since that was how he felt, the Matriarch must have thought the same.
“I wanted to become closer with my younger sister.”
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‘Wow, the view is killer.’
Cities inhabited by aquatic creatures generally had few tall buildings.
Cities were built near rivers or seas, which was why.
Unlike Korea’s Jeju Island, the ground wasn’t suitable for skyscrapers—the horizon stretched wide and open.
In comparison, the City of Dragons, and especially the Dragon Duke’s Castle, could be considered a very tall structure.
Moreover, because the Retainer had been properly frightened, the room I received was on a high floor.
If it were a hotel, it would be like a luxury suite room with a killer view—a gourmet spot.
‘I’m quite pleased with it.’
If I had come here as the Dragon’s Bride, I could never have obtained such a room.
That made sense, because the Dragon’s Bride was merely a bride in name—ultimately a sacrificial offering or a vessel.
‘According to the records, no one has survived for years or returned alive, right?’
What exactly had the Dragon’s Bride endured?
All records only explained the procedure and process of determining the Dragon’s Bride.
The story always ended
「when the Dragon’s Bride met the Dragon Duke.」
That was where it stopped.
‘The Dragon Duke I know was someone worthy of respect, so what on earth is he doing with the bride he brought?’
If I’d known this would happen, I would have paid more attention in the earlier chapters.
After watching for a while, I turned my head away.
The spacious room had a structure like an apartment with multiple chambers connected together, and it was sufficient for all of us to stay.
I sent out the Herring Maids and Misa so they could explore the City of Dragons.
I did assign the Knights who came with us in case any trouble arose, though I was a bit worried.
‘Still, ordinary aquatic beastkin don’t stand out enough for people to notice unless we mention it.’
Unlike us, who are unmistakably orcas despite our strength, they don’t have such distinctive features.
Among the Herring Maids and Misa, only Misa had the cross-hatched pattern in her irises that symbolized a fish beastkin when you looked closely at her eyes.
But since this wouldn’t be noticeable without a close look, people intoxicated by the festive atmosphere would have a hard time noticing.
I wanted to go out too, though.
“I’ll step out for a moment. You stay here.”
“Where are you going?”
Father had just left a while ago.
“…Making a place where you can be, no matter where you go.”
He had such an old-fashioned way of saying he’d deal with the land beastkin here so they wouldn’t act up anymore.
And so….
‘I was left alone in this space with that bastard.’
In the spacious area—whether it was a living room or reception hall—there was only me and Bellus.
“….”
For some reason, he was staring at me so intently it was burdensome, and somehow Agenor kept coming to mind, which was unsettling.
I let out a small sigh.
‘I was planning to sneak out and ask Tus where the Dragon Duke was.’
But judging by that bastard’s momentum, it was hopeless.
I opened my mouth along with the sigh.
“Stop staring like that and say what you have to say. I’ll listen.”
“…I have nothing to say.”
“Then don’t stare like that. You’re smart, so why are you like this?”
“I was just thinking.”
“About what?”
“That day, in the forest—could I have dealt with you without dying?”
It was a brutal question, but I took it in stride.
Right, I knew you’d worry about something like that.
“No. Unless you were stronger than Father, there was no way out. I’ll admit that much. But let me ask you one thing too.”
“What?”
“Why did you follow me in the first place?”
No matter how much he’d declared he would follow me, I never expected this crazy older brother to actually chase after me.
And at such a critical time, no less.
“The Orca Family Matriarch asked me the same thing, so I answered her: I want to get closer to my younger sister.”
“I’m sure she asked you if you really wanted to get close to someone you might end up killing later.”
“You know me well. Why do you know so much?”
“Because I’m smart?”
“Being smart and having access to information are two different things, aren’t they?”
“….”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“If you don’t want to answer, then don’t. Don’t change the subject.”
“The reason I followed you… I’ll figure it out as I go.”
“What?”
Bellus spoke without taking his eyes off me.
His eyes flickered with a faint murderous intent before it vanished, and I felt a chill run down my spine.
“You’re an unexpected variable I hadn’t accounted for, so I’ll think about it slowly.”
…This gives me chills.
‘That’s the same expression he had in the third loop when he finally acknowledged me as the Matriarch after dozens of defeats.’

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