The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10
“Mommy! I missed you so much!”
The children who had rushed forward threw themselves into someone’s arms without hesitation, their composed faces crumpling as they began to whine and cling.
“My goodness, son. Running so recklessly is dangerous—what if you fall and hurt yourself?”
“Hehe.”
Bunny blinked at the scene unfolding before her eyes.
“Waaah, Daddy… I didn’t summon anything cool… Sniff.”
“Oh, my dear daughter. Why are you crying? From where I’m standing, what you summoned is the best! This beautiful bracelet suits our princess perfectly. Let’s discover what abilities the sacred object you summoned has later with your mother and me.”
“Sniff… okay…”
“There, there. Shall we go dress shopping with Daddy tomorrow? You completed the summoning ceremony brilliantly.”
“Really? Then! I want the Blue Fairy Ella dress from Rodelli Boutique!”
As voices erupted from all around, Bunny glanced subtly at her surroundings.
The children were all busy chattering away in the arms of what appeared to be their parents. The parents’ faces radiated endless pride and affection.
Only Bunny and a golden-eyed boy named Allen, who had summoned a serpent, remained still nearby.
“Mom!! Did you see? I summoned something amazing!!”
“I saw it. I even recorded it with a premium imaging crystal that captures sound. Your father couldn’t come, but I’ll definitely show him.”
“Yes!”
“In any case, I’m so proud of you, my son. You didn’t cry or whimper—you completed the summoning ceremony beautifully. The Marquis surely took notice of you.”
Bunny hugged Ma-Gom a little tighter against her chest, then froze as she felt a gaze from above her head.
‘Zing!’
—A piercing sensation!
When I lifted my head sharply, my eyes met those of The Man still sitting alone at the Upper Seat. He was one of the candidates I had marked.
‘Bunny’s daddy… no, guardian candidate!’
With our eyes locked, I broke into a radiant smile and bowed deeply. My head nearly touched the floor again.
Seeing me flail my arms in the air to lift my bowed head, The Man paused for a moment, then rose from his seat very slowly.
Regardless, after completing such an extravagant greeting, I spun around and dashed off somewhere.
The man who had been chosen by Bunny without even realizing it.
The miracle of Yudia.
An unparalleled genius.
A god’s apostle born in error.
A monster cursed by demons.
Kiriel Yudia, who bore countless epithets from birth until now, watched the small rabbit-like child offer a polite bow and scurry away, her figure etched in his gaze.
Water-colored hair so rare, sparkling pink eyes.
She had stood out since entering this hall, carrying a bear plush on her back.
To be frank, she possessed not even a grain of aristocratic courtesy, yet recalling the striking 180-degree bow that had captured everyone’s attention, he felt the corners of his mouth lift slightly.
‘She even chased Father away.’
Others would surely think his father had left in anger, but Kiriel Yudia knew the truth—that his father had fled because he couldn’t hide his trembling lips, caught between the sorrow bursting from the child and the bewildering, utterly vulgar word “dog-doomed” that he’d never heard before in his life.
In truth, the children entering the Mansion of Trials had each received basic etiquette education befitting their noble status from their households.
They were already old enough to understand money, power, and honor, and possessed the ambition to succeed and make a good impression.
In other words, there were no cute children here.
But what about the child called Bunny?
She plopped down on the floor and waddled along on those tiny legs with surprising grace. It was rare to find a child so purely innocent.
Since his brothers and he hadn’t been particularly cute as children either, it was only natural that Father couldn’t suppress the twitching corners of his mouth.
Since the Marquis’s children hadn’t been particularly cute as children either… it was only natural that he would flee.
‘He surprisingly enjoys cute things.’
Of course, aside from himself, hardly anyone knew this fact.
In any case, the child called Bunny was one of two hot potatoes in the Udiah Duchy.
‘A child Father’s divine beast had discovered.’
Since the divine beast had found her, she certainly carried the blood of the Duke’s House, but whose child she was remained unknown—an anomalous illegitimate daughter.
Kiriel’s eyes narrowed slightly at this thought.
‘There’s an odd aura about her.’
Kiriel Yudia possessed a sensitivity to demonic beings that surpassed anyone else’s.
And from the child, he sensed a very subtle aura.
An aura that deeply irritated him, who despised demonic beings.
After greeting him, the child scurried off toward Allen, the other hot potato.
Allen stood with a stern expression, and as he tried to leave like a proud wolf, the child grabbed his sleeve and tugged it insistently.
They seemed to be conversing about something, but their words didn’t carry this far.
Yet Allen, despite his frown, gently bent his waist to meet the child’s eye level.
His expression was displeased, yet his manner was remarkably obedient.
Half-human, half-beast—Allen.
A child born between a Beast-Human Clan member and a distant female relative of the Yudia Family.
Deemed a disgrace to his clan, he could neither become fully Beast-Human nor truly human.
His brilliant golden eyes were distinctly characteristic of the Beast-Human Clan.
Moreover, Allen had been abandoned in front of the Udiah Duchy Estate on a cold winter’s day with only a letter, and the Udiah Duchy had taken him in—he had grown up in the Mansion of Trials since infancy, unable even to speak.
The boy’s parents had fled in the dead of night, leaving only him behind, so their whereabouts and even whether they lived remained unknown.
‘Not particularly interesting, but….’
However, the divine beast that Allen had summoned appeared to be of a considerably high rank. Father would likely explain it and teach him how to handle it during their meeting.
“….”
Just as Kiriel Yudia was about to turn away, he paused.
His eyes widened slightly at the scene unfolding before him.
The young girl, crouching to meet his gaze, was patting the boy’s head.
“Good job! The royal serpent worked so hard! You’re amazing! Well done!”
“….”
At Bunny’s clumsy patting—whether striking or caressing, it was hard to tell—with her tiny fern-like hands spread wide, Allen’s eyes widened like lanterns.
“W-what, what, what are you doing?!”
Allen, startled as if burned, jumped to his feet with a raised voice.
His face twisted.
‘Why is she approaching me so naturally?’
Everyone else shunned him as a monster.
Overwhelmed by confusion, Allen reflexively pushed away her reaching hand, his gesture clearly expressing displeasure.
Bunny’s hand fell away, and she blinked her eyes.
“It’s okay, there there! Bunny and King Snake don’t have a dad and mom. So we can….”
Allen’s eyes widened at Bunny’s words. The thought of receiving pity from such a small child made his face flush crimson.
“What?! I don’t need that kind of thing. In the first place, you’re just a little brat who’s way younger than me—get lost! You worthless thing!”
Allen growled, spun around abruptly, and strode out of the Hall of Blessings with heavy steps.
A low rumble echoed.
A brilliant flash of light!
Thunder crackled!
Dark clouds gathered around Bunny once more, and thunder and lightning struck overhead. Bunny pouted her lip.
“Bunny wasn’t being mean….”
Luriel told Bunny every day that she was adorable.
“It was Bunny’s turn….”
She had wanted to take turns petting each other.
Sigh.
Bunny released her swelling disappointment in a single, heavy sigh.
“Getting along with others is so difficult.”
When will Bunny grow up?
One could only become an adult by enduring countless trials and hardships, and only by becoming an adult could one become a great Demon King.
Bunny turned her head slightly and looked around at her surroundings, which had grown a bit quieter than before.
Several people still remained, cradling their children in their arms while continuously stroking their heads.
Bunny gazed at them for a long moment, then tucked Ma-Gom under her arm, raised one small arm, and gently patted her own head a few times.
‘Bunny’s egg is so precious.’
After all, a baby dragon might be born from this tiny egg!
Bunny giggled to herself, imagining a baby dragon hatching from the quail-egg-sized shell.
“Bunny will raise you. My little dragon.”
Bunny, who had been patting her own head with her short arms, finally lowered her hand with satisfaction and turned around.
….
And there was a gaze that had been watching her for quite some time.
As Bunny left the Hall of Blessings, the one whose eyes had followed her also stepped out of the building.

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