The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 104

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Chapter 104
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A moment earlier.
“This way, Bunny.”
“Okay!”
After parting ways with Shalone upon entering the boutique, Bunny’s heart raced with excitement. Shopping alone—surely this was a privilege granted only to adults!
‘Sparkly clothes, sparkly clothes.’
Bunny moved with light, eager steps.
She had a goal in mind.
‘Now that I’m grown up, I’ll become number one in the Human Realm.’
That was right.
Over the past time, Bunny had masterfully learned the human language, and recently she’d seen it in a book.
High Society was a place where one could stand at the very top of people.
If one became number one in High Society, one could become the ‘Queen of High Society,’ and the Queen of High Society could summon storms with a single word.
【In other words, to become the Queen of High Society by winning in this battlefield called High Society meant gaining influence with one’s words—capable of stirring storms that could affect everything from personal relationships to business ventures. It was absurd, really. Ultimately, wasn’t it just one person at the pinnacle dominating all the other nobles?】
That’s what the book 『High Society: Exposing Its True Face』 had written. And Bunny had committed every word to memory.
So first, she had to become number one in this battlefield called High Society.
To do that, she needed to find the most dazzling dress that would make her the most glittering person in the world.
‘Bunny, become the Queen of High Society.’
Filled with dreams, Bunny giggled softly to herself and bounced around the boutique.
“Hmm.”
But there wasn’t a particularly eye-catching, elaborate dress in sight.
As Bunny hopped about, poking her head here and there, a faint smile crossed the staff member’s lips who followed her.
“Are you looking for a particular dress, Bunny?”
“Yes! Something super sparkly!”
“An elaborate dress, you mean? We have those over there.”
Bunny nodded and was dashing toward where the staff member pointed when she spotted a door in a corner, slightly ajar.
Her eyes widened as she ran toward it.
Creak—!
Bunny skidded to a halt.
Then she thrust her head through the gap in the door. Simultaneously, her eyes went wide.
‘Sparkly!’
Sniff sniff.
Moreover, an incredibly sweet and wonderful scent wafted out. And the room was filled with glittering clothes.
Bunny’s eyes gleamed as she squeezed her body through the narrow gap.
“Oh! W-wait just a moment! Bunny! You can’t go in there—that’s the VIP Room…!”
Regardless, Bunny squeezed through the narrow opening and slipped inside, her eyes sparkling. The room was overflowing with incredibly radiant, flowing garments.
“Bunny likes it here.”
“Ah, n-no! You can’t go in here! Bunny…!”
The staff member hurried in after her, opening the door carefully with a flustered expression and reaching toward Bunny.
And for good reason—the guest who had visited the Boutique today was no mere VIP. She was someone so distinguished that the proprietor herself was attending to her personally.
“Bunny?”
A soprano voice, pleasant to the ear, drifted from within the VIP Room. It carried a gentle quality, yet possessed an undeniable strength.
The Staff Member who had been about to lead Bunny away froze, his face draining of all color as he hastily bowed his head.
“My sincerest apologies. It appears one of our staff failed to properly close the door, and our young guest’s curiosity was piqued. I shall escort her out at once.”
As the nervous Staff Member offered his explanation, the Young Lady slowly turned her head, adjusting the wide-brimmed hat she wore a bit lower.
Tap, tap, tap.
She approached Bunny, who was still gazing about with sparkling eyes, thoroughly captivated by the displays.
“So your name is Bunny? Little one.”
Bunny, who had been hopping about and admiring the shimmering fabrics and dresses, suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned her head.
‘Wow, such a tall big sister.’
Bunny blinked once upon seeing the extraordinarily tall Young Lady.
“Yes! Who are you?”
“Ah… so that’s it. Your name sounded familiar, and now I know it was you. I’ve been wanting to meet you.”
The Young Lady with strikingly vivid crimson hair slowly removed the wide-brimmed hat she had been wearing.
She handed it naturally to the Staff Member beside her and smiled warmly.
“Do you know Roel? He speaks of you quite often.”
“Roel! Yes, the future big boss of the Human Realm!”
“Big boss?”
The Young Lady let out a soft laugh and nodded.
“So it’s true that you use amusing and unique words.”
“Yes! Wow, big and wonderful big sister—are you Roel’s friend?”
Big sister?
The Young Lady’s eyes widened in surprise at Bunny’s form of address, and she broke into an even heartier laugh, one filled with genuine delight.
Bunny’s mouth fell open at the radiance of that brilliant smile.
“No, I’m Roel’s mother. He’s spoken so much about you that I wanted to meet you, and here we are.”
“Roel’s mother?”
Bunny’s eyes widened.
She stood frozen in thought for a long moment before suddenly clapping her hands together and opening her mouth.
“Ah! The person the big boss likes?!”
“…He said that?”
At Bunny’s words, the Young Lady—or rather, Rosalind Lotis, Empress of the Lotis Empire—asked with an awkward smile playing at her lips.
After all, the strained relationship between the Emperor and Empress was something everyone in High Society knew but tactfully avoided discussing.
The moment news of the Empress’s pregnancy had spread, they had ceased sharing even the imperial bedchamber.
Of course, Bunny knew nothing of such circumstances.
“Generally speaking, that would be the case.”
Instead, Bunny recalled something that had happened not long ago.
When Bunny had asked if the Emperor liked the Empress, he had answered her that, generally speaking, he did.
But if he had truly disliked Roel’s mother, wouldn’t he have said no?
Having sorted through the matter in her own mind, Bunny nodded with satisfaction.
“Yes.”
The Empress’s eyes widened slightly before curving into a beautiful smile.
“…Well, in any case, I’m delighted to meet you like this. Did you come to buy a new dress?”
The Empress bent down to meet my gaze, though I was considerably smaller than her, and asked the question.
“Yes. Roel’s birthday is coming up soon. There’s going to be a party. So Roel always sends me so much for my birthday, and my room used to be one, but now it’s four.”
Though my words were a jumbled mess, the Empress, who had experienced a similar period with Roel, easily understood and nodded leisurely.
“Then you came to buy clothes so you could attend Roel’s birthday party.”
“Yes! I’m going to become first in High Society and become the queen of High Society, and I’m going to call forth a storm with my words.”
At Bunny’s words, delivered with an utterly serious expression, laughter burst from the Empress’s lips.
I had no idea what she was saying, but it was clear she had learned something incorrectly from somewhere.
Roel always said Bunny was such a cute child whenever he came back from seeing her, and now I understood why that was always the case.
The child who was always so mature would always show such varied expressions when talking about Bunny that I desperately wanted to meet her.
‘His Majesty also often says strange things about how seeing Bunny reminds him of his daughter.’
Looking at Bunny, I could see just how hard Kiriel Yudia, who was known to be so taciturn and indifferent, had worked to raise this child well.
“If there’s a dress you’d like to have, tell me. I’ll buy you as much as you want.”
“Hmm.”
At the Empress’s words, Bunny blinked. Father always gave strict instructions whenever she was about to go somewhere.
“Bunny, even if a stranger offers to buy you something amazing and wonderful, you must never follow them. Most of the time, they’re probably after your Phoenix. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
Bunny knows Roel well. But she’s meeting Roel’s mother for the first time today.
Here’s the problem!
In this case, is Roel’s mother a stranger or someone I know?

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