Chapter 46
“What is it.”
It was a cold voice, but I did not mind.
Because I have lived a life where it was harder to find a voice that was not cold toward me.
“The family motto and value of the orca family is that the strong can do whatever they want with everything. In other words, I understand that the strong can do anything. Is that correct?”
“It is something obvious to say.”
I smiled and stood up from my seat.
‘Hmm, the height is lacking.’
I glanced at Father. He seemed a bit more lenient toward me today, didn’t he?
Father, you have to let this slide just once too.
I stepped on Father’s thigh and climbed onto the desk.
Ah, now I can see well.
At my sudden action, the retainers stirred, but I paid them no mind.
“So cool……!”
It seemed like I heard Agenor’s strange admiration, who had been silent all along.
I ignored it.
“Then, Grandmother. The biggest issue of the agenda you brought today is ultimately that there was a ‘fight.’ And I was originally going to attend this highest disciplinary committee as a ‘victim.’ You may ask the two people, including Laila, who participated as chair.”
“I object, Grandmother!”
“Grandmother, I listened carefully while Bayan was speaking.”
I shouted loudly enough to drown out Bayan’s voice.
“If Grandmother allows this to be upheld fairly, I can show you something very interesting.”
You bastard Bayan, your turn is over. Now it is my turn.
“I permit it. Bayan, be quiet.”
“But, Gra—!”
“Bayan. Didn’t the head of the family tell you to be quiet.”
As the previously silent aunt spoke in a monotonous but firm voice, Bayan flinched and stepped back.
‘If he had just kept talking, he would have been struck once by Grandmother. What a shame.’
I gained the opportunity again.
“Well, since there is a difference of opinion with Bayan, let us speak only about the fight. Every fight has a winner and a loser. The important thing is, I was the winner of this fight, Grandmother.”
I proudly placed my hand on my chest.
“Grandmother, as you can see, Bayan did not come alone that day but brought more than ten companions, and about four of them went after Brother Agenor who was with me, and the rest came at me.”
To be precise, I think it was divided 3 to 7, but I subtly increased the number on Agenor’s side.
“In this group fight, I beat them all up and won, Grandmother.”
I continued before Bayan could break Grandmother’s warning and start babbling again.
“Ah, of course, there may be differing opinions about victory, but. I am three years old this year, and the fact that I am alive and breathing here and participating in this 자리 without any issue is proof that I am the winner, isn’t it? At this age, I defeated orcas who attended intermediate institutions.”
Everyone became silent.
Of course they would. They must have only now realized my age.
“The witnesses of Bayan have said it until their mouths hurt, haven’t they? That the daughter of Pierre fights ridiculously well. Then I am the winner, and according to the will of the orca family, I simply acted as I pleased as the winner, so what exactly is wrong here?”
I grinned.
“Even if I had cursed those guys, they cannot protest. Because I am the strong and the winner.”
“……”
All the testimonies so far were spoken under the assumption that I fought those guys on equal footing.
Their testimonies now, on the contrary, support my argument.
“In this way, I understand very well the will of our ancestors that only the strong rule everything, which has been passed down in our orca family for generations, as well as the strict will of Grandmother, who is the head of the family.”
However, with these words alone, I cannot overturn their claim that I was the perpetrator, that I insulted parents, and that I started the fight.
I did not prepare to end it here.
“But, Grandmother, if only the strong can do everything as they please, how will the many retainers here live? Not everyone can be an orca, and the wise Grandmother must know this very well, which is why you established rules.”
“……”
“Orcas take on the role of overseeing underwater animal beastmen.”
“……”
“In other words, deciding everything through combat is intended to be limited, at least, to matters between orcas, which the respected Grandmother designated early on. That is the virtue of the strong.”
“…You know quite a lot. For a mere three-year-old.”
Of course. For a mere three-year-old. Right?
If you live four lives already at this age of three, this is what happens.
I pretended not to hear Grandmother’s cold sarcasm and spoke clearly again.
“I entered the Alpha Class, the highest class among the beginner institution whale classes, and in just one day, I dominated the class. And according to the will of the head of the family that I learned early, I know that overseeing whales is the role of orcas.”
“……”
“That day, in that fight, I only protected a child from my class. The reason the fight broke out was that Bayan over there threatened to capture and kill my classmate simply because they were next to me, and I could not endure it and accepted the fight.”
I slightly raised my voice.
“Respected Grandmother, where exactly is my fault in this?”
I am the winner, the victim, and merely someone who protected my classmate.
The retainers who were listening to the newly presented circumstances stirred for a moment.
Except for the collateral line of orcas, everyone here is an ordinary underwater animal beastman.
Unlike orcas who live their entire lives as the strong, ordinary beastmen sometimes become the weak as they live.
For such beastmen, the fact that there was an innocent victim in between inevitably causes agitation.
Those guys cunningly, no, intentionally ignored the fact that Luga and Luba were injured.
“Do you also have a witness?”
It has come. I held my breath briefly.
‘There is no way I would have a witness like that guy.’
The only ones on my side at that time were the Luga and Luba twins who became victims together, and Agenor who fought with me.
I glanced at Agenor.
‘Agenor, who fought with me, cannot play the role of a witness like the attendant they presented.’
When I gestured to Agenor, his obsessive eyes sparkled.
“My turn?”
“Don’t whisper and just step forward.”
Agenor raised his hand high.
“Respected Grandmother. It has been a while.”
“Yes, child. I hear you were caught up in this fight?”
Grandmother’s voice softened just a little.
Agenor nodded and spoke almost similarly to the situation I had described.
“I understand your words well, child. But in the end, you are also a party to the fight. Then you are not a witness, so is there no other witness?”
There was no way there would be.
I could not possibly bring Luga and Luba here, who were probably still receiving treatment.
And I had no intention of bringing them.
“There are no witnesses.”
“None?”
But I was confident that I could win this fight even without witnesses…!
It was the moment I was about to open my mouth again under Grandmother’s sharp gaze.
“Head of the family, may I dare to say a word in this council for a moment?”
At the sudden intervening voice, I turned my head, and there was one person.
The place she stood was the second tier from the very bottom here.
A position quite close to the head of the family. It was a good seat.
‘That person is…?’
I widened my eyes upon seeing the person who stood up.
She was a woman with pure white hair.
Her bangs were puffed up as if they had volume added, forming curly hair, and she had eyes with pupils larger than her irises.
She had a very cute impression, but her expression alone was cold and firm.
Only after looking at the man sitting next to her did I realize the woman’s identity.
“So you do open your mouth.”
“My apologies.”
Next to the woman sat the father of Luga and Luba.
When our eyes met, he gave a slight greeting.
Then that person is Luga and Luba’s mother.
She must be the head of the Beluga family.
‘She doesn’t resemble the mother at all.’
The mother had an appearance quite similar to her original animal, the beluga whale.
Despite her cute impression, her expression was chillingly cold.
“Yes, stand and speak. What is it you wish to say. If it is nonsense, you are prepared for the consequences.”
“Of course. It is simply that my partner and I are not third parties in this incident, so we have stepped forward. The classmate mentioned by the young lady is my twin sons.”
At the woman’s claim, the hall stirred once.
I was surprised by something else.
‘The beluga beastmen were a family powerful enough to hold that position?’
I did not know. Of course I didn’t.
As I have said before, in the previous timelines, I only returned to this family after they had already been destroyed.
In the first and second timelines, I was sold off before I even had any contact with them.
“Respected head, I wish to participate in this agenda as a witness.”
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