Episode 6
“Lord Pi—Pierre-?”
That’s it. Even if Pierre’s body is weak, his power is acknowledged by everyone to the point of being an object of longing.
Selling out my dad’s name like this is a bit much, but so what?
I have to survive first!
“Hey, hey. That’s nonsense. Pierre-nim doesn’t even see the young masters who are his own sons, so why would he be so desperate to meet a lacking kid like her?!”
“Th—that’s right. He’s someone who even refuses the Family Head’s summons!”
I smirked. You guys are clearly flustered despite saying that.
“Why do you think I wasn’t staying quietly in the building where I live and was here instead? The direction I came from. It must be the direction where Dad lives, right?”
“……Lord Pierre lives in the west, didn’t they say?”
“Yeah. Yeah……. If you go that way, outside that building……”
“Right. Unlike my brothers, I am a daughter who actually shares conversations with Dad. My dad is surprisingly a fool for his daughter, you know?”
“Don’t—don’t be ridiculous. I’ve—I’ve never heard such a thing from Lord Baian!”
“Why would my dad tell Baian anything? You stupid fish!”
“Whales are not fish!”
“Then I guess only your head is a fish! Go ahead and keep hitting me. Let’s see if my dad leaves you alone.”
“……Hey, is she really only 3 years old? She speaks better than I do……”
“What are you getting scared for again? It’s obviously a lie!”
“Bu—but.”
“Isn’t it strange to you guys too? That I speak excessively well? From whom do you think I learned? Whose brain do you think I inherited to be born this way?”
Only then did the boys begin to hesitate.
An expression of ‘Is it real?’ appeared on their faces.
‘As if it were real, you morons.’
I laughed at them inwardly but acted confidently.
“Get lost right now. Before I tell my dad about how you talked about killing me and whatnot.”
“……Hey, hey. Let’s just go. Like she said, something is strange. She speaks strangely well. Is—isn’t she really related to Lord Pierre?”
“Ugh……”
Why do I speak well? I’m the “Mouth from Hell” who practiced after dying three times. You fish bastards.
“That’s right! My dad loves me. Why do you think my dad lives in the west? If he wanted to live quietly, there’s the east end and the north end too? He lives in the west so he can talk with me!”
One boy finally backed away.
However, the boy whose finger I bit could not hide his huffing expression, seemingly unable to let go of his anger.
“Hey, hey. I said let’s just go.”
“Wait. I have to hit her just one last time before I go.”
It was right when the boy gnashed his teeth and swung his fist.
I thought I had no choice but to take this hit helplessly.
‘Ah, if only I could use the power of water!!’
Not closing my eyes was a habit from my previous life.
Because closing your eyes during a battle leads directly to death.
But because it was a baby’s body, I reflexively closed them and then quickly opened them.
And I saw it.
The sight of the boy being blown away.
The thing that just rose into the air and vanished was……
‘A wa—water tornado?’
It was definitely the power of water.
“Wha—what? What happened? Didn’t they say she definitely couldn’t use the power of water?”
“No…… Lor—Lord Baian clearly said she was a kid who couldn’t use it?”
“Hey. Let’s go quickly! She—she must really be the daughter who inherited Lord Pierre’s power.”
“Damn it!!”
I don’t know how it happened, but seeing the boys scurrying back in a pathetic state, I threw a severe insult at them with my finger.
‘I won’t leave you alone! I’ve remembered you, you killer whale bastards!’
I was laughing refreshingly when I suddenly stopped and stared blankly at my hand.
‘Anyway, what was that just now?’
……Could it be that I’ve become able to use the power of water?
I was so surprised by what happened suddenly that I missed the presence nearby.
No, even if I had looked keenly, it wouldn’t have been a presence someone like the current me could notice.
* * *
“…….”
Pierre stared blankly at Calypso, who was standing far away.
Using the power of water a moment ago was purely a whim.
A move that ended at curiosity, like when one discovers a strangely shaped ant without affection or emotion.
“You!! I’m on my way back from meeting our Dad right now?!”
Pierre’s head turned slightly.
‘……Did she know?’
Apparently, the girl who was his daughter had known him from the start.
Pierre did not take his eyes off Calypso, who was busy trying hard to brush the dust off her body.
“Aw geez, wow. Can I weally use the power of water? Then it’s a big deal!”
Calypso’s monologue was a bit slurred, unlike the clear way she spoke in front of Pierre himself.
It was because Calypso, having heard beforehand that he hates children, had used all her soul’s strength to pronounce correctly.
Calypso’s monologue was heard clearly by ears with developed senses.
“Haah, I miss the days when I was the boss.”
Pierre’s head tilted slightly once more.
……Boss?
Calypso seemed to stand up, then limped and scurried back.
The child had already disappeared, but Pierre looked at the place where Calypso had stood for quite a long time before turning around and going back.
Cough, cough—only his dry cough showed the presence of where he had been.
* * *
Two days later, I came to a conclusion.
‘I haven’t awakened the power of water.’
If I had awakened the power of water, water droplets should have popped up from my hand whenever I wanted.
However, no matter how hard I tried after those boy bastards left, it didn’t work.
While I was straining with my hands, the servant who came to give me food looked at me strangely several times.
I had to admit it.
‘Darn it. I got happy for nothing. Then what was that back then?’
I was really frustrated. Or maybe my latent ability was exerted because I wanted to live…….
‘If that’s the case, it means I can use the power of water without the treasure in this life.’
As I was thinking, I turned my head and saw the food set on the table.
‘Come to think of it, it seemed the fact that I received Grandmother’s recognition spread far and wide that very day.’
Didn’t Baian send people that same day?
Moreover, the quality of the food has improved tremendously in the past two days just because I was recognized by Grandmother’s eyes.
I examined the food carefully and put it one by one into the dolphin-shaped pouch.
Then, I didn’t forget to tie the pouch tightly and slung it over my shoulder.
‘Alright!’
Actually, a servant came and went to my residence yesterday.
It was the same servant who had taken me to Grandmother.
“The date for your entry into the primary educational institution for all aquatic creatures has been set. The Lady will enter exactly five days from now.”
A primary educational institution for aquatic creatures.
This was a place that every young aquatic creature shifter of noble families was mandatory to enter.
This institution is divided into a class for general aquatic animals and a class for whales.
Probably, once I enter the educational institution, the side I enter will be the whale class.
‘Once I enter the educational institution, my free time will inevitably decrease.’
There is no chance other than now.
I thought hard for two days.
‘How on earth do I get close to Pierre?’
The problem was that no matter how much I thought, nothing came to mind.
Thanks to that, I had to squeeze my memories of the round right before this as if putting them through an extruder.
“Tha—that! My father briefly served lord Pierre. He said…… surprisingly, that man didn’t refuse if someone asked him to teach them something!”
I finally remembered what one of my subordinates, who was a marlin shifter, had babbled with a blushing face.
Because I had no interest in the dad who died early in my past life, it was a very difficult process.
‘Good.’
I left the building with my bag on, scurrying along.
“……Lady?”
Just as I stepped out of the building entrance, I accidentally ran into someone.
‘Who is it? It’s a face I’ve never seen before.’
She was wearing the clothes of a maid working here, but it was an unfamiliar face.
Moreover, seeing that scales remained on her neck, she seemed to be an immature shifter who couldn’t fully shift into human form.
“Who are you?”
“Ah…… My name is Misa, and I’ve been assigned here as of today.”
“……Misa?”
That’s strange, why does it feel like a name I’ve heard somewhere?
I tilted my head and then nodded.
Working here must mean she does the job of providing food to the babies staying here.
“The fact that you came means someone else left. Is that right?”
The woman was startled by my fluent speech, then hurried to answer.
“Yes……. My predecessor, Lumi-sunbaenim, was reassigned to another building.”
Lumi. She was someone whose name I remembered.
‘She was a woman who used to vent her anger on children like me who had no power.’
And that was against babies who couldn’t even move.
She was a person who would put hot water in baby bottles or bathe them in ice-cold water.
Survival of the fittest. Because it was a place with no surveillance at all according to the killer whale rules, such things happened.
‘Since it’s time for me to leave, they’re sending that person out of here. Well, is that a good thing for the kids coming in later?’
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