Killer Whale Baby

“Is this ‘it’?”

The tone of treating people like objects. It remains the same.

The attendant who was standing next to me respectfully nodded.

“Yes, my lord.”

“The power of water?”

“Well, about that…”

The attendant hesitated and nervously bowed his head.

‘The power of water.’

It refers to the special power that has been passed down through generations in the killer whale Clan.

With this power, aquatic humanoid beings could fully exert their strength even on land.

For aquatic beings with the disadvantage of weakening power as they move away from the sea, this power was extremely crucial.

Furthermore, the stronger this power became, the more it allowed the surrounding aquatic humanoid beings to fully exert their own powers.

Moreover, when this power reaches its peak, it can distribute such buffs to the entire aquatic population.

‘I have achieved that level.’

In the previous round, I obtained a treasure from the original work.

With the help of the treasure, I awakened the power of water and pushed it to its limits, ultimately gathering all the aquatic humanoid beings and even causing a war.

‘Those bastards attacked us first and tried to mess with us.’

In truth, when I read the novel, all the aquatic humanoid beings were nothing but villains to me.

They would try to kidnap the adorable squirrel heroine, force her to use healing powers by drugging her, and even attempt to kill her later.

The final villainous clan, the killer whale Clan, was no exception.

But coming into this world, I realized that the real gangsters were the land animals.

Not satisfied with claiming all the good land on the continent…

They drove the aquatic humanoid beings out of the salt-filled lands where even farming was difficult and mocked them.

Did those fish bastards want to live by feasting on fish that tasted like themselves?

‘They desired our odor, but I desired revenge…!’

Although aquatic creatures are our true forms, when we take on a human appearance, we must live like humans, eating and surviving.

In the harsh land and on the islands, the aquatic humanoid beings lived fiercely.

That’s why the younger generation has become more ruthless. Alas.

‘To be honest, I can’t say I didn’t have a grudge against the previous round.’

Each time, before I even turned 10 years old, I was sold to another clan.

In the first round, it was the Leopard Clan, and in the second round, I caused a big mess and got involved with the royal family where the original male lead was.

In the end, I lived as a tool to be sold, no matter what.

Angry to the point of death, I escaped from my previous life.

After accumulating strength, I came back and beat up those bastards and became the lord.

‘Darn it, what’s the use of becoming so strong!’

I almost won the war against the land animal clans from the original work, who dared to ignore our aquatic humanoid beings…!

‘I didn’t know that this crazy male lead would provoke the dragon duke who had been quiet and make us all rush to our deaths.’

The cheat of this world.

Originally, the dragon duke was supposed to mediate between land animals and aquatic humanoid beings.

‘But it goes on a rampage every 10 years.’

The current generation of dragon duke was just a figure who wished to live quietly.

Even in the original work, they had little interaction with the original heroine or merely served as a wise advisor…

But the protagonist, thinking that they would lose, provoked this peaceful dragon duke and made him go on a rampage, leading to a mass annihilation ending for everyone!

And I made up my mind in the previous round.

This time, I must return home.

‘I must become the bride of the dragon.’

I made that resolution, but well… The first obstacle was staring at me with wide eyes.

Hmm, how can I make that old lady not think of me as useless right away?

“Tsk, did you bring something useless?”

The old lady clicked her tongue and spoke in a voice as cold as ice.

“Lord, what shall be the child’s name…?”

“Callipso. I shall name the child Callipso Aquasidello.”

“Yes, I shall record it accordingly.”

“The process of naming is going the same as before.”

Callipso, a name like the water fairy.

Why did they give me such a precious name when they chased me out every time?

‘At least they have a tiny bit of conscience. Pfft.’

I resented my grandmother fiercely, but ironically, now I looked at her without any emotions, silently.

The reason I could do that was because of what my deceased mother said in the previous round, right before she died.

“…Callipso, your late great-grandmother regretted it until the day she died.”

“Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Did she go senile before dying?”

The ancestor who had brought the Whale Clan for generations was not someone who spouted nonsense.

“Haha, she said that she should have gone to see the ruler, at least once… She said that she should have brought the ruler back again…”

Of course, these words didn’t make me forgive everything my grandmother had done, but it made me curious.

Why was she always so reluctant to chase me away?

There were many unresolved issues and things I didn’t like.

Anyway, in this current life, I didn’t need any of that. I just had to survive and be sold as the bride of the dragon.

Because the Whale Clan ruled everything with power.

“… Grandmother.”

I reached out my hand and called my grandmother.

My hand had become smaller than a steamed bun again.

‘Darn it, I need to at least be 10 years old to be sold as the bride of the dragon.’

When will that happen?

With my small hand, I grabbed the railing and lifted my chubby little foot as much as I could.

“Wait!”

My grandmother, who was turning around, paused for a moment at the sound of my cheeky voice and my pouting lips.

Her fine-looking face turned to look at me.

“What did you say?”

“Grandma!”

My grandmother turned sharply towards me, her expression filled with incredulity.

“So you know how to speak? Who taught you that?”

I was taken aback.

Whale sapiens, despite their large size and strength, tended to have slower cognitive development.

It was a kind of racial characteristic.

In other words, even if they were clever whales, they were often referred to as “blockheads” for not being able to speak for a long time.

Even though they knew how to speak, their pronunciation was unclear.

“Yes? Yes, Your Grace. By the time the child is about two years old, she can understand simple words…”

“Who said anything about an ordinary sapien child? Whale kids are slow to speak! Isn’t it common sense to speak unclearly until the age of five? Don’t you go around shouting ‘fish brain’ somewhere. You anchovy.”

“…”

Oh, grandmother’s sharp tongue. It’s refreshing to hear after a long time.

The last “anchovy” was not an insult, but a genuine term used for that attendant who was truly an anchovy sapien.

“You. Say it again.”

I stared at my grandmother and smiled.

“Yes, aren’t you surprised? I can speak properly.”

As much as I want, grandmother.

“Grandma!”

“Hmm, it seems you’re not just at the level of speaking but also understanding. How did this happen?”

“Well, um, I haven’t heard anything separately from the maids or nanny.”

Of course, I kept my mouth shut in front of them.

Even if I were to be born again, I couldn’t do anything from infancy.

It was a basic characteristic that whale sapiens possessed, no matter how much they regressed.

It wasn’t easy to overcome the limitations of slow growth and inability to speak during my childhood, but now I’ve finally learned the tricks.

‘I wish I could have spoken fluently earlier.’

It’s regrettable, but the past is the past. I’m satisfied with the fact that I can start this new life more cleverly.

Furthermore, one reason why whales die suddenly at the age of one or two is that their immune system is weaker than that of other mammals.

Although I’m not a genius like the original work suggests, whales become incredibly powerful as adults, but their childhood is extremely vulnerable.

Of course, being stronger than regular mammals during childhood is a separate story. They have physical strength but a weak body, so to speak.

“Has a genius been born among these fishheads?”

“Fishhead! Grandma! Fishhead!”

“….”

Grandmother’s expression became strange.

It’s as if she’s wondering if this is an insult to me.

“Did you just insult me?”

Yes, I did. Fishbrain.

Although I’m smiling now, the resentment hasn’t completely disappeared.

Purposely acting like I didn’t know, I confidently shouted once more.

“Fishhead!”

Grandmother grabbed my clothes tightly and lifted me up.

“You’re a cheeky one.”

Is this how a kitten feels when its mother bites its neck?

Her hand was truly overwhelming.

“How dare you call me a fishhead?”

If my clothes were to tear right now, it would be a concussion.

Instead of struggling, I exerted my strength.

“The appearance is like a copy of Pierre, but to be this small on top of that, her physique is at a disappointing level.”

“Well… Most kids are much bigger than this by the age of three.”

“A halfwit with no strength whatsoever… Only rapid brain development. Kid, do you understand everything I’m saying? Can you prove your own usefulness?”

What is she saying? This old hag. Speaking like that to a three-year-old baby.

As I let out a faint sigh, an expression of pity flashed across her face.

“A tiny and fragile little brat. How can your teeth be sharp enough like this?”

Grandmother surely went through this process with my three older brothers above me and even with my father, the youngest son. Plus, she did it with other cousins as well.

Considering herself the strongest, she was a tyrant who couldn’t understand the plight of the weak and had a strong sense of self-importance.

“Hmph. We don’t need brains that don’t follow the body in our family.”

“Grandma! Prove!”

I pretended to make a mistake and reached out my hand, grabbing something.

“Prove it!”

Something was pulled in my hand. It was grandmother’s white hair below the ears. I smiled brightly.

“Grandma, I good! word!”

Hahaha, I really wanted to try it.

You told me to prove it, old hag!

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This chapter was translated by Bree.

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