The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112
I watched Bunny rise onto her tiptoes and grab muffins and cookies from the table with her hands, bringing them to her mouth.
“My goodness, how vulgar. Honestly, I can’t understand why such a lowborn creature stands beside Prince Kiriel. Don’t you agree? Even Young Lady Shalone suffers from the association.”
“Absolutely. It would be best to establish her place from the start.”
“I concur.”
“Exactly? We have an illegitimate child in our household, and at first, she was so emboldened by her noble status that she walked around with her nose in the air. But after I personally reminded her of her position a few times, now she bows her head and can barely breathe whenever our eyes meet.”
“Ah, if you’re unfamiliar with how to handle this, we could even help you with it.”
At the Young Lady’s subtle remark, the other Young Ladies broke into quiet laughter.
Bunny bowing her head and unable to breathe properly?
‘They don’t even know.’
I scoffed internally.
Even if you threw Bunny into some desolate ravine with no one around, she’d befriend the beasts there, play around with them, and return home the next day without a scratch.
‘If that girl were really so easy to handle, would I be doing all this?’
If she could be knocked down, I would have done it dozens of times already!
What right did these girls have to gossip about her anyway? I was the one who’d suffered endlessly at her hands. What could they possibly know?
‘They know nothing.’
Bunny was certainly annoying, disagreeable, and a troublemaker who seemed to have left her brain somewhere else—a wicked Demon Clan Member driven by desire, reaching for anything that looked delicious without thinking. But that didn’t make her the type to be intimidated by these girls.
“It’s good to discipline them young like this. They need to understand gratitude toward a Young Lady. They should know what benefits they’re receiving, who they owe it to, and what their place is.”
At the Young Ladies’ words, I curved my lips and laughed brightly, lifting my head.
“Really? If you could help, that would be a tremendous relief. The child is so reckless that I can barely manage her.”
“Of course. I think we’ll get along wonderfully, Young Lady Shalone.”
The Young Ladies smiled widely at me.
‘Let them try it themselves.’
Hiding my sinister intentions beneath a bright smile, I turned my head and opened my mouth toward Bunny.
“Bunny, would you come here for a moment?”
“Hm?”
Even amid all the noise, Bunny’s ears perked up as if she’d heard my voice clearly, and soon she spun her head around to look at me.
Though she must have heard the murmuring around her, Bunny gazed at me with bright eyes and a clear smile, then bounced over and stood in front of me.
“Hmph.”
With an expression of keen interest, she tilted her head and looked at the Young Ladies beside me.
It was the expression of someone about to play an extremely mischievous prank.
‘She heard everything we said….’
Usually she acted innocent and clueless, but in moments like this, she revealed her cunning nature. I was beginning to suspect that her innocence and purity were actually a unique trait of the Demon Clan.
‘…Just like at the Twins Boutique.’
The way she’d drawn in the Empress while appearing completely oblivious was definitely Bunny’s clever scheme.
Thinking that far, I quietly stepped back one pace.
I’d said it many times before, but I genuinely didn’t want to get caught up in the storm Bunny was about to unleash.
“So, why did you call me? Sister!”
Chills ran down my spine, and I took a sharp breath.
‘Sister…?’
It was a form of address she would never normally use.
Bunny usually called Shalone by that strange nickname “Sharelong,” but she had never once called her “sister” in private.
The only times this girl had called her that were….
‘When she met the Empress and right now….’
So it was clearly a form of address used for show, meant for someone else’s benefit. Shalone’s mouth fell open as the realization struck her.
‘This cunning Demon Clan Member…!’
Her usual innocence was definitely all an act.
Or perhaps she deliberately used familiar terms only when needed to bewitch people.
‘This demon is truly… definitely a wicked demon.’
The misdeeds of the Deliphant Sisters at the Boutique that day had apparently reached not only the Empress’s ears but also Kiriel Yudia’s.
The expression on Kiriel Yudia’s face at that moment, cold and smiling…was enough to send shivers down even Shalone’s spine.
“My goodness. Look at this. Who speaks to their sister so rudely and informally? You should use proper respectful language. Especially if you know your place.”
“Respectful language…?”
Bunny blinked and tilted her head. The girl opened her mouth with an expression that screamed ‘I don’t know anything~’.
“What’s respectful language?”
“Goodness, you don’t even know such a simple word? Do you at least know what formal speech means? Tsk tsk. This is why they say blood will tell….”
“Hmm.”
Shalone watched Bunny tilt her head to the side with a thoroughly confused expression, blinking her eyes, and internally clicked her tongue.
Not knowing, indeed.
This girl who normally spoke so well was pretending not to understand such a simple word. She was definitely no ordinary child.
‘The Witch said she would have many allies….’
Surely she didn’t mean these foolish ones were her allies?
Or perhaps there were more capable people, but she simply hadn’t found them yet?
Shalone glanced around thoughtfully.
“Father said you only use formal speech with people older and more mature than Bunny….”
“In the first place, if you’re a rolling stone that tumbled in, you should stay quiet like a stone. How dare you try to dislodge a stone that’s already settled? Surely you’re not thinking of taking Prince Kiriel and stealing the position of the Young Lady Shalone, who is of direct descent?”
“Bunny didn’t steal sister’s position, though?”
At the Young Lady’s words, Bunny tilted her head and blinked before speaking.
“And Bunny and sister aren’t stones, so are you a stone?”
Bunny pointed at Shalone and then at herself with her finger as she spoke.
At Bunny’s sudden remark, the Young Lady who had been glaring at her faltered and frowned.
“What, what did you say?”
“Gasp…! So you’re actually a stone pretending to be human?! Bunny can keep it secret. Bunny… I thought there were only humans in the world….”
After chattering away for quite some time, Bunny pressed herself close to Shalone and opened her mouth as if she had discovered something momentous.
“Sister, you make friends with stones? That’s so amazing…. But is your head made of stone, or do you look like stone? Or are you just stone?”
At Bunny’s utterly incomprehensible words, the Young Ladies’ mouths fell wide open.
“W-what nonsense are you spouting?! Really, this is why you shouldn’t deal with orphans without parents…. There’s no dignity or grace in your words.”
Snap!
Seeing the ornate fan unfold as if the Young Lady were trying to cover her face, Bunny let out a snort of laughter.
Her eyes curved into crescents, and soon her body began to tremble with mirth.
“No one knows it, but Bunny is actually being incredibly well-mannered right now.”
Huff.
Bunny laughed and twirled in place, her dress swirling around her.
The latest creation from Twins Boutique was unmistakably crafted from premium fabric, and it billowed gracefully with her movement.
“Because Bunny has mountains of things she wants to say right now, but she’s holding back to become a really big grown-up.”
“How utterly vulgar…!”
“Huh? But wait, what does vulgar even mean?”
Bunny’s eyes sparkled as she stepped closer, rising onto her tiptoes and pushing her face forward, then grabbed the hem of the Young Lady’s dress. With muffin crumbs still clinging to her hands, she rubbed them across the fabric to wipe them clean.
“Kyaaaah! What on earth are you doing?!”
“See, Allen said you shouldn’t wipe things on expensive clothes.”
“W-what? Do you think this is some cheap dress?!”
“Yep. Because Bunny’s clothes are expensive. Stone’s clothes are cheap.”
Bunny pointed at the Young Lady’s dress with her index finger spread wide, her lips curling up into a mischievous smile. Seeing that impish grin, Shalone felt a chill run down her spine.
‘Why did the Witch describe her as gloomy, foolish, desperate for affection to the point of blindness… easily swayed by others’ words and willing to commit evil without hesitation…?’
The more Shalone observed, the less Bunny matched the Witch’s description.
At this point, Shalone’s trust in the Witch was plummeting, and doubt began to surface. She furrowed her brow, questioning whether she should believe the Witch at all.
‘It would be brighter for my future to trust her instead.’
It was then that Shalone swallowed a sigh internally.
“W-what?! No! How on earth were you raised to reek of such vulgar commoner stench? Young Lady Shalone!”
The Young Lady, who had been conversing with Bunny, suddenly redirected her arrows toward Shalone when words failed her.
‘…What?’
Shalone’s cheeks stiffened in an instant as she froze, a surge of emotion welling up inside her.

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