Chapter 49
The head of the family, Ocula Aquasiadel, slightly raised her eyebrow.
‘Oh? Would you look at that.’
There were few who could remain completely unaffected under countless passing gazes.
However, the tiny little thing before her, no different from one just born yesterday, was utterly composed.
She even seemed to be enjoying it as if it were only natural.
Ocula easily noticed that aspect of Calypso.
‘Enjoying the attention?’
Wasn’t she merely a fry that was only three years old at most?
Moreover, the only thing she had done since birth was stay shut inside a building.
Yet, she was leading and using the situation like this.
She even climbed onto her shoulder while knowing how to control the pace.
In a word, she was extraordinary.
“The young lady has not yet awakened the power of water.”
Ocula was not unaware of the brawl that occurred in the educational institution.
In this vast territory, there was nothing the master did not know.
“However, the ability to enhance her body with the power of water is already… at a high level, no, even compared to an adult, it is not lacking.”
Normally, when an orca awakened the power of water, the first thing they would do was create a stream of water.
After that, they would be able to use fear to threaten the opponent.
The next step was the ability to enhance the body with the power of water.
But that little thing, for some reason, had the order completely messed up.
She could not even create a single drop of water, let alone a basic stream.
Yet her physical enhancement was at a high level, and her fighting ability was said to be innate.
“Um, it may be presumptuous, but Head, that fight was honestly overwhelming……”
Even the one who reported it spoke with confusion and unease.
The expression that even the report itself was hard to believe had been memorable.
As expected, was it because she was Pierre’s daughter?
Already, the three sons above had shown extraordinary records.
I did not think the youngest would be any different, but this…
Ocula narrowed her eyes.
“Grandmother! Prove it!”
“I, prove it!”
“Grandmother, I’m good! Speak!”
When she first met her, ‘that thing’ certainly could not speak this fluently.
Thinking about it now, it was strange. Was it that she could not?
Or that she did not?
Then, everything Calypso had done in the educational institution naturally reached the head of the family’s ears.
Compared to the incidents caused by her three older brothers, it was relatively mild, so it did not stand out.
No, there was nothing that could even be called an incident.
However, the fact that she rose to the Alpha Class, the top whale class, in an instant was quite noteworthy.
Just hitting a collateral orca in the same class once was not enough.
She simply took note of it without much interest.
And then what followed was this group fight.
Moreover, her third son Pierre, who had been secluded for over ten years, moved his heavy body.
And what he did was defend her as his daughter.
Ocula felt a cruel curiosity for the first time in a long while.
Yes, so what kind of thing is the daughter you are protecting for the first time?
She deliberately ignored and observed the situation.
Even though she knew that that insolent Bayan had violated a strict rule, she pretended not to know.
Before her own rules, Ocula found this situation interesting.
Even if Calypso were falsely accused and ruined here, it did not matter.
Then the amusement would end there.
But.
That tiny rice-cake-like thing created a ‘reversal’ that even she, who had lived for so long, found surprising.
“Hahahahahaha!”
At the sudden loud laughter of the head, everyone was startled and stared at Ocula.
Ocula brushed back her hair.
“The meeting will be adjourned briefly.”
Bayan trembled as he witnessed everything.
‘This, this makes no sense.’
It truly made no sense.
Who was he?
The eldest grandson of Grandmother, and the eldest son of his father!
Considering that Grandmother was also the eldest daughter and the head before her was also the eldest daughter, the probability that the first child or first grandchild would become the head had always been very high.
‘Why me? Why!!’
This was because there was an unavoidable difference due to age.
And Bayan did not realize that although he had grown older, his actual ability did not match his age.
He did not know.
That his talent was only slightly above average.
Because his father, who cherished his eldest son excessively, hid it thoroughly, and his mother stood by.
‘Me, I, expelled and on probation? Don’t make me laugh!’
Bayan glared at the opposite side with eyes full of near hatred.
Calypso, standing on the desk, still wore a shameless and composed expression, enjoying the attention.
Daringly, even he had not been introduced to this extent.
Only one agenda had barely ended, yet a new direct-line descendant was being introduced.
This had never happened before!
Usually, when a direct-line orca child was formally introduced, their influence differed depending on at what point in this family meeting they were introduced.
Until now, the one introduced at the earliest stage had been Bayan.
Next, almost at a similar timing, Pierre’s eldest son Bellus had taken that position.
After that was Sorte, the eldest son of Biyor.
However, from this moment on, Calypso became the direct descendant introduced first.
Not only had she set a new record, but it was an incomparably flashy beginning.
Enough to make the existing successors and related parties uncomfortable or envious.
Because the meeting had been adjourned, the conference hall became somewhat noisy.
Retainers who stood up comfortably, and collateral orcas wandering around.
The gazes of those who could not leave their seats were clearly directed toward where today’s main character stood.
Calypso, and Pierre.
Over Bayan’s trembling shoulders, the hand of his father, Rodesen, was placed.
“Bayan, endure it. …It may feel unjust now, but this is not the time.”
“……”
“If you just wait, this father will somehow take care of it.”
Even as he said this, Rodesen’s neck was flushed red with anger and humiliation.
‘Pierre, you crushed my path with your talent at every turn.’
Now that man’s daughter was blocking the future of his proud son!
But Rodesen was an adult.
The days of living solely in inferiority were over.
Instead, Rodesen darkened his already black eyes even further.
That was dangerous.
His niece would become an even more dangerous joker as she grew.
‘At the right time, she must be removed.’
An underdog must be eliminated while still a tender sprout…!
Though he pretended calmness, Rodesen’s eyes were dark and even more sinister, like staring at the edge of a cliff.
Meanwhile, Bayan’s eyes followed where his grandmother was heading.
The place where Ocula stopped was none other than where Bellus was.
“Child.”
Though not affectionate, it was a familiar address, and Bellus raised his head.
Of course, he greeted respectfully.
“Yes, respected Grandmother.”
Ocula quite liked Bellus’s attitude, which was flexible yet noble, unlike Pierre who remained stiff even before his mother, the head of the family.
“What do you think of this situation?”
However, liking him was separate from Ocula’s nature, which was ruthless.
She was a born fighter and a tyrant.
She was the very embodiment of the brutality of an orca in human form.
The more they cherished, the more they felt attachment, obsession, and cruelty simultaneously.
That was the nature of orca beastmen.
“Has not your younger sister surpassed your record and been officially acknowledged?”
In Ocula’s eyes was a cruel amusement like that of a human stepping on ants for fun.
“It is a decision made by Grandmother. How could I, a mere grandson, dare to add my opinion?”
“I will overlook even an impertinent remark this once, so speak.”
“……”
“Shall I swear it in the name of the sea?”
When Bellus remained silent, Ocula said this, and only then did a light appear in Bellus’s blue eyes.
It was a clear light, like a sleeping beast awakening.
“Since Grandmother has acknowledged it, I would not dare to speak from any position. However, if I may offer a humble opinion, I believe the punishment for this incident is very appropriate. No rational reason can justify breaking the strict rule established by Grandmother.”
Bellus spoke calmly.
“However, if we judge based on what is right, I am not certain whether Calypso Aquasiadel also did well. If she had the ability, she should have prevented her classmate from being harmed from the beginning. If she only stepped in after the injury, it seems no more than closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.”
While cleverly fully condemning Bayan.
At the same time, it was a statement criticizing both of them, implying, ‘She did not do well either.’
Calypso, who was not far from Bellus, also heard this.
‘Th-that… that bastard is at it again.’
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