The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 1

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Chapter 1
“Are you Miss Bunny, born on October 31st?”
On a brilliantly sunny day when the cookies served as a snack tasted particularly delicious, a man who had come to the Orphanage asked this question.
“…Yes.”
Flowing like water, her hair shimmered with an ethereal blue hue, complemented by deep pink eyes that gleamed with an otherworldly light.
With plump cheeks, porcelain-white skin, and a distinctly petite frame, Bunny tilted her head with a tense, cautious expression as she answered carefully.
At her words, the man dropped to one knee.
“It is an honor to meet you. I am Roden Heiner, the knight who has been assigned to serve you from this day forward.”
At the man’s words, a lightbulb flickered to life in Bunny’s mind.
“Little one, remember this. If you stay here, one day a knight will come to make you a noble lady.”
With that spark of memory, Bunny’s eyes gleamed brilliantly. The moment I had been waiting for had finally arrived.
A lady?
A knight?!
‘Bunny, is this finally my big break?!’
At the man’s words, my eyes sparkled before I hastily shook my head side to side.
‘No, no. I mustn’t let my guard down yet.’
According to Luriel, more than half the world consists of swindlers, so one must thoroughly examine even stone bridges before crossing them, exercising caution upon caution.
She always said that regardless of the situation, it was necessary to first conceal one’s true intentions and probe cunningly.
“Bunny, you’re not a lady…”
Dabbing tears with one’s sleeve was essential, she had said.
According to Luriel, a woman’s tears were… in any case, a wicked tool that could topple men like dominoes!
“That is not the case. According to our investigation, you are indeed of the bloodline of the Udiah Duchy.”
“Gasp!”
A duchy!
‘Something incredibly magnificent!’
At the man’s words, my eyes sparkled and I swallowed hard.
“Bunny, so I’m… a lady of the Gongja-kka…?”
At my words, the man paused with a peculiar expression before slowly nodding.
“Yes.”
Whoa—!
I covered my mouth with my small hands, my eyes widening in astonishment.
A duchy?
It was the magnificent household that always appeared in “28 Fairy Tales for Young Demon Children,” a collection of stories selected by Luriel.
A magnificent household that served as the backdrop for the meeting between a powerful demon father and an adorable young protagonist with a tragic past!
‘Right, right, an incredibly powerful rank after all!’
I clenched my fists determinedly, my eyes sparkling.
Finally!
‘Bunny is going to the duchy!!’
Wait, no.
I shook my head vigorously side to side, then clenched my small fists even more firmly.
‘The Duke’s daughter!!’
Oh, wait—am I not a young lady yet?
Well, anyway….
‘I, Bunny, shall grow splendidly by draining the wallets of these humans, and become a magnificent Demon King!’
Bunny covered her mouth with hands as small as a fallen maple leaf and giggled mischievously.
At Bunny’s wicked smile—or so she believed it to be—the stern expression of The Man, who knelt on one knee, softened for a moment, and the faintest hint of a smile traced his lips.
Of course, the moment Bunny widened her already round eyes even further and looked up, his expression snapped back to its usual impassive state, as if nothing had happened.
“I’m glad you’re pleased. Shall we depart together then?”
“Yes!!”
Bunny’s eyes sparkled as she eagerly grasped the hand The Man politely extended. At the touch of her soft, tiny hand, the corner of his mouth twitched once more.
“Then, before we leave, would you go pack your belongings to bring to the Udiah Duke Family Estate? Young lady.”
“Okay!”
As Bunny scampered out the door in a flurry, the other orphans huddled at the entrance scattered like startled chickens, jumping in place.
“Bunny! You’re really leaving?”
“Yeah. Bunny’s going to Gongja-kka. Bunny’s actually a young lady from Gongja-kka.”
Huh? But a Duke’s daughter?
Now that I think about it, that’s strange.
A Duke’s daughter should be from the Duke’s family….
“Um?”
“According to our investigation, Miss Bunny is indeed of the Udiah Duchy’s bloodline.”
Wait, that’s weird?
Bunny has her own mom and dad, so why is she a Duke’s daughter?
Right now, I’m just secretly carrying out my mission to become a magnificent and wicked Demon King in the future and grow into a splendid adult.
‘Oh no. Could it be that I, Bunny….’
Bunny’s eyes widened in realization.
Just like in the countless fairy tales Luriel had read to me, there was clearly some misunderstanding leading to my adoption.
In the story ‘I Really Thought I Was Real’, a protagonist as young as Bunny was mistaken for the true child of an incredibly powerful father and was adopted because of it. In ‘The Fake Young Lady Only Dreams of Running Away’, a young protagonist who had grown up happily discovered she wasn’t actually the daughter of her powerful father and began preparing to leave home.
‘Was I adopted due to a misunderstanding?!’
Having discovered this enormous secret all by myself, Bunny pressed both palms firmly against her chest to calm her wildly pounding heart.
‘Should I go and tell them the truth?’
Bunny pondered seriously.
‘No, I’ll use my powerful father.’
Luriel said that children need adults until they grow up. So once I become an adult, I’ll prepare to run away too!
‘I’m not like other children, hoping for love.’
Heh.
I, Bunny, shall be a splendid adult who merely uses others.
Lost in deep thought, Bunny’s lips were pursed into a triangular shape and protruded outward, making her look rather like a duck.
One of the children clustered nearby poked Bunny’s lip with a finger.
“Gongja-kka? Where’s that?”
“Um. Where my super powerful dad’s mom lives!!”
“A demon daddy? What’s that?”
“Where would you even find something like that?”
Puhahahaha!
At my words, the children burst into raucous laughter. My cheeks puffed up. I hadn’t even lied, yet I felt oddly guilty about it.
“Bunny, that’s enough. You’re a young lady of Gongja-kka now.”
With a disgruntled expression, I let out a scoff and spun around sharply.
I deftly grasped the railing and climbed the stairs one by one, entering my room. I pulled out the black rabbit bag I’d received as a birthday gift long ago and carefully packed my belongings inside.
I tucked Toto, my precious rabbit doll friend who chased away bad dreams, along with my merchant’s tool—a blunt child’s kitchen knife with a yellow handle—and my piggy bank filled with carefully saved money, deep into the very bottom of the black rabbit bag.
‘Perfect!’
Now I’m ready to become a magnificent Demon King!
Luriel said that if she were here, a knight would come find me and take me to where those fools are, and it seemed that day was today.
Along with the baby demon king Bear Doll that makes you brave when you’re together, a cute cutting board for children, and Luriel’s diary, I strapped the now-bulging rabbit bag securely onto my back.
As I carefully made my way back down the stairs, holding the railing, the children were waiting for me with tearful faces.
“Bunny, are you really leaving?”
“You’re abandoning us…?”
“How are we supposed to live without you…?”
At the sound of sniffling tears and the sight of a smaller child clinging to my legs, Roden Heiner, the knight who had come outside with the Director, widened his eyes slightly in surprise.
‘It seems she had quite good relationships with them.’
Roden Heiner nodded at this thought.
“I’ll wait outside, so please say your farewells and come out, Miss.”
Watching the knight’s retreating figure as he bowed and left, I turned my head back and let out a sigh.
“Your potato porridge… your candied sweet potato… all those storage rooms you so diligently cleaned…”
“I can’t forget how your hands made that impossibly hard, rock-like bread soft and crispy…”
“And that vita drink that chased away our exhaustion… I won’t forget it either…”
I shook my head and extended my index finger, pointing it at something down the corridor.
“My secret stash. You know?”
I laughed and wiggled my short index finger—barely the length of a Vienna sausage—back and forth.
“The storage. Everything of mine is there.”
Before my laugh had even finished, the children’s eyes went wide and they immediately bolted toward the storage.
“Take care, Bunny!”
“Be happy!!”
The children called out their farewells as they ran, never looking back.
‘Silly little brats! They fell completely into my trap.’
Now all the orphanage children were as good as mine.
“Hehe.”
Over the past year.
Having successfully conquered the orphanage, I turned around.
Just as I was heading outside, the Director grabbed my shoulder, gently turned me around, knelt down to meet my eyes, and opened her mouth with a serious expression.
“Bunny.”
“Yes?”
Is this… a goodbye?
The Director’s waving goodbye to Bunny too.
“Once you’re at the Udiah Duke Family Estate… you mustn’t raid the storage, understand?”
“….”
Not a goodbye—a lecture.
The Director’s nagging.
“…Huff. But….”
“No buts about it. You mustn’t. If the Security Force decides this child is the culprit, they’ll haul you away and make you a slave. Do you understand?”
“Yes, ma’am….”
I hung my head low. The Director pulled me into her embrace and patted my back gently.
“Be happy, Bunny.”
“Yes, Director! If I become a great Demon King, I’ll make you rich too!”
The Director let out a small laugh at my words, spoken with shoulders squared and chest puffed out proudly, and nodded.
‘Not a hero, but a Demon King—that’s so like Bunny.’
The Director waved her hand, thinking how adorably bold my words were.
As I skipped out energetically, the knight waiting with the carriage bowed his head.
“Are you ready, Miss?”
“Yes!”
I spun around to show the rabbit-shaped bag on my back as proof of my thorough preparations, swaying my body left and right a few times.
At the sight of my swaying hips and water-blue hair, Roden Heiner found himself reaching toward my small head without thinking, then stopped himself.
“I shall help you into the carriage.”
Roden Heiner changed the direction of his hand just before it touched my head, lifted me directly into his arms, placed me in the carriage, and climbed in beside me.
‘A carriage!’
I sat in the carriage seat, pressing down my racing heart as I rode in a carriage for the very first time.
‘Now I’m a lady of the Udiah Duke Family Estate, just like the heroines in storybooks!’
The Udiah Duchy.
It was a heroic house that had led the war against the demon race to victory, producing devout priests and holy knights, high priests, and saints down to their very bones—a family that was the natural enemy of the demon race itself.
And Bunny, age four…
Was the sole daughter of the former Demon King, whose greatest aspiration was to become a magnificent Demon King.
‘Now I’m going to be a great Demon King!’
Of course, I wouldn’t learn any of this until three hours later, after arriving at the Udiah Duke Family Estate.

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