The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 120

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Chapter 120
The notebook was not alive.
Luriel had explained that this secret notebook was extraordinarily intelligent. It contained incredibly complex magical formulas, she said, so it would feel as though she were right beside me.
So I shouldn’t feel lonely, and I should stay strong until we met again.
But that didn’t mean the notebook was actually alive.
‘…I haven’t studied magic very much.’
As Bunny, I had no idea what kind of magical formulas would be necessary to create such a notebook.
As my thoughts drifted elsewhere, the notebook’s pages began fluttering rapidly.
Young Master!
I could almost hear the scolding voice reaching me from afar.
I gazed down at the notebook blankly, then frowned as I recalled what had happened today.
The notebook then pulsed with a dark crimson light, seeping into me before quickly withdrawing.
…The fact that Shalone called someone ‘Mother’ likely means she was created by a ‘Witch.’ And the identity is probably someone possessed by that witch….
The words being written on the paper gradually slowed, then became slightly blurred.
Watching the words fade as if trailing off, I pressed my lips firmly together.
Something seemed off about Luriel.
‘Is it because of Belial?’
Perhaps Belial was the one who made Luriel act strangely.
Of course, I would eventually become the great Demon King, but Belial had lived far longer than me, so he would certainly know much more about such magic.
“Luri, what did Belial do?”
Growing a bit melancholy, I asked while hugging Toto tightly against my chest.
The letters vanished in an instant, and new words appeared.
…No, I just had a brief conversation with that man. If I made a mistake, it’s my fault.
I nodded as if accepting this, then pressed my lips together again.
I’m sorry, Young Master. I got too excited, didn’t I? I was just so startled. I never expected there to be someone possessed.
“Luri, Bunny doesn’t know what possession is.”
Just because Luriel talks to herself doesn’t mean I understand anything.
Dissatisfaction leaked out between my protruding lips.
“But if Luriel gets angry and acts cold, Bunny gets sad. Tears come. Bunny worries that Luri has come to hate me, and I can’t even sleep because my head is so full of worry.”
At my disgruntled words, the writing in the notebook slowly faded and disappeared.
I stared at it blankly, then brought Ma-Gom over as well and tucked my face between the two dolls, holding them at my sides.
I just realized the ‘Witch’ was a bad person. I’m sorry. I never meant to frighten you, Young Master.
“What is a Witch? She’s a bad person, but she feels kind of similar to Luriel…. But Luriel isn’t a bad Demon Clan Member….”
The Witch is… probably a ‘Possessed One.’
I stared blankly at the words written in the notebook. It was still a strange term.
“What exactly are you? Could you be… a Possessed One?”
That Witch person had said something like that too. That strange word, ‘Possessed One.’
“What is possession?”
I tilted my head and asked.
At the question I posed, the writing vanished once more. After that, the notebook fell silent for a long time.
Bunny held Toto and Ma-Gom tightly in her arms as she waited once more for new words to appear on the page.
Possession means a soul belonging to someone else enters that body.
“…A ghost?!”
Yes, something like that. A ghost enters the body. And then that person acts as if they were the original person, even though they’re not.
Bunny, who had been lying prone and kicking her feet, suddenly sprang up, stretched both legs out straight, and placed the notebook between her thighs, staring down at it blankly.
“What does that mean?”
Bunny, utterly confused, tilted her head.
‘So a ghost enters a person’s body and even though it’s actually a ghost, it acts like a person, so really it’s not the Witch who’s bad but the ghost inside the Witch that’s bad…’
As her thoughts tangled and twisted together, Bunny’s eyes began to spin dizzily.
Just before Bunny collapsed limply onto the bed, the pages fluttered and turned, and new words began to appear.
So the original Witch doesn’t exist—it’s the ‘possessed one’ pretending to be the Witch.
“I see…”
Though it was only half-understood, Bunny nodded her head slightly while murmuring softly to herself.
What mattered now wasn’t whether a ghost had entered the Witch’s body, but rather that the Witch had shown hostility toward Bunny and driven her from the house.
And truthfully, I’m the same way.
“Huh?”
I’m actually a possessed one too, Young Master.
Bunny’s eyes widened as she read the words written on the paper several times over.
Bunny’s lips quivered as she turned her head, then lowered her gaze back to the notebook.
“Does that mean Luri isn’t Luri?”
I’m the one who has cared for Young Master since childhood. But… a very long time ago… long before Young Master was born, I entered Luriel’s body as a ghost.
Bunny stared silently at the words written in the notebook for a long while, then tilted her head.
That meant the Luriel Bunny knew and the Luriel of now were the same person.
In truth, Bunny didn’t much care who the real Luriel was.
“If Luri is Luri, that’s fine. I like Luri, and Luri likes me. So that’s okay.”
But I didn’t want Luriel to be someone else.
I didn’t want the Luriel who cared for me when I was a baby, the Luriel who ran away with me, and the Luriel who made this notebook to be three different people.
“I like Luriel, so that’s enough. So when I grow up to be a really big adult, let’s meet again.”
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Words appeared on the notebook. Written very slowly, the letters fell silent, marking only several periods before gradually fading away.
For that to happen, our Young Master must grow into a wonderful adult and find happiness.
“What is happiness? I’m already happy right now… Do I need to be even happier than this?”
Bunny asked something she had long wondered about.
Luriel was always like that. Bunny must become happy, she would say. The happiest person in the world.
But… I wasn’t sure if I was the happiest person in the world, but I was certainly happy enough.
“I don’t have a mother, but I have Father and Grandfather, and I’m even engaged to the future human leader, and Allen and Kalbad both like me. Of course, Kalbad says some mean things too… And also… Ho-Mung is starting to get all soft around me.”
By this measure, I was happy enough.
“When I was little, Luriel was there. I don’t remember the faces of my real Father and Mother very well… but still, my real Father loved me. I’m not sure about my real Mother.”
Bunny had memories from her childhood.
Even the memories from infancy that others forget as they grow up remained vivid in her mind.
In that memory, I had always been a happy person from birth until now.
There were certainly moments of sadness—when we were hunted, when Luriel’s horns were cut off—but even then, the people I loved were always by my side.
Luriel was there, and after she left, the Director appeared with her piercing gaze that frightened me, yet she unfailingly gave me small allowances.
From the moment I came to the Udiah Duke Family Estate searching for Father, my life had been filled with nothing but good things.
So that’s why….
I was actually incredibly happy.
I thought a life without Luriel would be dark, miserable, difficult, and sorrowful, but the world beyond her embrace was bright, warm, and kind.
Of course, not everyone was like that. There were prickly people, and there were certainly those who cast sharp glances my way.
But even so….
“I’m incredibly happy right now, Luri.”
I spoke with a radiant smile.
Holding the notebook high above my head and speaking with conviction, the words seemed to gain even more strength.

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