Shouldn’t I be the one with a surprised expression? Why is he here?
Agenor stared at me with a childlike fascination, even more intense than the last time I saw him, to the point of obsession.
“Why did you come down on a horse?”
“A horse?”
Agenor nodded.
“You’ve already made a subordinate in the class?”
I’m not exactly a subordinate of the Ruga Ruba twins, but I didn’t correct him because I’m roughly similar in status as the leader of that class.
“Why are you here?”
“I came here.”
“It’s not like I’m asking because I didn’t know.”
Why is a human who should be in an intermediate institution here?
“By any chance, do you have a question for me?”
“What is it?”
“How many subordinates am I?”
“Cough, what?”
“Can’t you make me your first?”
His eyes sparkled excessively, directed at me.
I was almost startled
“So, why did you come here?”
Although the intermediate institution and the elementary institution were adjacent, they weren’t that close. Other than that, the reason they kept their distance was to prevent the intermediate institution students from bothering the elementary institution students unless absolutely necessary.
“I’m going to see the teacher.”
Agenor lowered his voice. I didn’t know why he was doing that, but I nodded anyway.
“Is that so?”
“And our meeting times are the same, anyway.”
“But?”
Agenor smiled prettily and brightly.
His face was ordinary enough to be a child’s.
“I want to go together.”
“Do you have to?”
But I guess I was thin-skinned. I couldn’t understand his intentions at all. Why not just go separately?
Anyway, since we were already here, we decided to go by carriage.
* * *
“Oh, that’s probably because of the succession they follow.”
Surprisingly, Agenor directly addressed the minor concern I had been thinking about.
It wasn’t a very serious concern, but it was about why the students in the class of whales suddenly divided into two groups.
This was also something Agenor had brought up while asking me various things.
“Did you notice how surprised they were when you and Agenor appeared together?”
The reason I didn’t kick Agenor out was partly because there was no reason to drive away a human who had come to visit. And also because it would be news that should reach Grandma’s ears.
Since my three older brothers are well-known for not getting along and not cooperating with each other, it’s likely to be a fresh development.
Moreover, the leader had surely seen Agenor whimpering beside me.
“One side follows Balian for sure, and the other side is probably Sart.”
“That’s right.”
Balian is the eldest son of the big father, and Sart is the eldest son of the little father. They were bitter rivals.
“As far as I can see, it’s a competition of who’s the bigger brat.”
In my opinion, Sart, who might be a little weaker than Balian, might be better than Balian, who is cruel and only bullies the weak.
But Sart was by no means worthy of the position.
“The clan meeting is coming soon.”
Agenor casually mentioned that the intermediate institution had a similar atmosphere.
“What are you going to do? What time are you going?”
“What?”
“Huh? Aren’t you going to the clan meeting?”
I was a bit bewildered.
Agenor’s face was that of someone who thought I was going to the clan meeting without a doubt. There was not a hint of doubt in his eyes.
“Even if I do go, it will be my first participation.”
“Oh, I see. You need an introduction then?”
Look at this. This time, the introduction will proceed without any issues.
…I really can’t adapt to this.
“But there’s something else I’m curious about. Have many promising talents disappeared right before the clan meeting?”
“Well, let me think.”
Laila asked me about something she had told me.
I wasn’t completely unaware of it, but most of the information I knew had been acquired after becoming part of the family.
This situation was new, so she was asking to confirm.
“If you ask if many people disappeared before the clan meeting, that’s correct.”
“But why is that?”
“However, if they disappear to that extent, they weren’t promising talents in the first place, right?”
Agenor tilted his head.
“Even I, the first brother, and the second brother used to join in before the clan meeting, but there were always plenty of people who did without any issues.”
I nodded slowly.
“Indeed, that makes sense.”
“Doesn’t it?”
Agenor chuckled softly.
“As expected, my little sister understands. And don’t worry.”
Agenor’s hand moved up to touch my head.
I grimaced at the unfamiliar sensation.
“Are you trying to pamper me?”
“….”
“You have to pamper me.”
His restless pupils were filled with determination.
He may be a pretty young man, but just like Balian, he proved that he too was a killer whale who enjoyed a good fight.
I grimaced and simultaneously grabbed Agenor’s hand, bending it.
“Don’t get carried away.”
“Ouch, ouch, I surrender, I surrender!”
* * *
Laila had given me some advice, but my conversation with Agenor made me realize that I didn’t need to worry too much.
There wouldn’t be a big need for that.
So, after going to school and coming back, I went to my father for training as usual.
A few days passed peacefully.
I realized once again.
“It’s not that I shouldn’t worry at all… It’s that I shouldn’t worry too much.”
I thought hard about what to do as I looked at the figures in front of me.
“Excuse me, coming through! This is the new kid!”
To explain the situation that unfolded in front of my eyes, I need to go back about 10 minutes.
Today was no different from any other day. After finishing our education, I descended the stairs with the help of the twins.
A few days ago, Agenor had told me not to come anymore because I was bothering him, so I hadn’t come to visit him again.
After exchanging greetings with the twins and parting ways, a black shadow rushed toward me and the twins.
I quickly hid the twins behind me, but where did these two giant guys come from?
I narrowed my eyes.
And now was the time.
Among those shadowy figures, there was someone I hadn’t seen in a while, Karon.
But it wasn’t just Karon.
“Oh… R-right! This little one!”
“T-that’s right! It’s him!”
There were a couple of familiar faces I couldn’t recognize at first, but I finally remembered.
“Would Father have acknowledged someone like this? They’ll definitely be a hindrance to Balian’s future if left alive.”
Surely, these two were the guys who had come all the way to where I lived to kill me.
And finally.
I stared at the guy standing confidently at the front.
“I’ve seen this guy already.”
He was certainly a huge figure on his own.
Furthermore, his smooth hair symbolizing direct lineage. He had relatively few silver hairs, but the white patches near his temples were distinct.
However, unlike me, his eye color was dark.
This guy was none other than the first son of the big father, currently the most likely candidate for the successor. He was Balian.
“That guy?”
Balian didn’t hide his disdainful expression while looking at me.
“Huh, you guys got beaten by someone as insignificant as this?”
I replied casually while looking at Balian.
“Call it insignificant when it’s hanging between your legs. Why are you bothering with a mainland target? Your brain must be worse than a jellyfish, you worthless child.”
“What?”
A brief smirk flashed across Balian’s face.
“Yeah, I wasn’t sure just by hearing about it… but it seems so.”
Gradually, a cruel expression settled on Balian’s face.
As if playing with a leopard without eating it or toying with a cat with a mouse.
“Interesting. You know how to talk.”
A mocking expression at something pitiful.
“Grandma didn’t show interest for no reason, did she?”
At the same time, I deftly avoided the hand reaching for me, caught it instead, and forcefully twisted it.
“If it was just words, would Grandma bother showing any interest? Fool.”
Balian used his strength to push me away.
By now, Balian’s wrist had turned red.
“B-Balian!”
“Balian! Are you alright?”
While the guy said nothing, the people around him were making a fuss.
It was so ridiculous that I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
‘Who would have thought I’d see you like this so soon?’
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Translator Note:
This chapter was translated by Bree.
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