The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 125

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Chapter 125
“By the way, is Sharolong’s mother coming here too?”
“Perhaps… that’s how it will be?”
Kiriel Yudia paused at Bunny’s sudden question, then offered a faint smile before responding in his characteristically measured tone.
“The paternity test results came back recently, and it’s been confirmed that Shalone is my brother’s child…”
Kiriel trailed off as he finished speaking, then gently patted Bunny’s head as he always did.
“The Divine Beast summoning ceremony will be coming up soon, and once Shalone is fully recognized as a child of the Udiah Duchy, we can’t simply leave the mother of the eldest son’s child unattended.”
At Kiriel’s words, Bunny nodded once, crossed her arms, then tilted her head slightly as she continued nodding.
“Hmm…”
“What? Is something bothering you?”
“No, um, when is Sharolong’s mother coming?”
“Well… she said she needs about one or two more years to settle her current affairs.”
Bunny clenched her fists and nodded her head vigorously up and down. If two years remained, then I needed to become incredibly strong in that time.
“Father, I really want to become super strong really fast!”
“That’s right. If you eat well, sleep well, study hard, and sleep for about a thousand nights, won’t you be able to climb the second staircase to becoming an incredibly strong and wise great king?”
Kiriel, now quite accustomed to Bunny’s way of speaking, naturally soothed the child.
“A thousand nights…?”
Bunny’s large eyes blinked at Kiriel’s words.
“Yes, a thousand nights. You can do it, right?”
“Yes!”
“Good. Then let’s dry your hair first and sleep a bit more with Father.”
Kiriel naturally retrieved a towel and draped it over Bunny’s head as he spoke.
Bunny bobbed her body and nodded.
“With Father?”
“Yes. You don’t want to sleep with Father?”
“No, I love it so much!”
Bunny sprang to her feet and spread both arms wide at her sides as she spoke.
Kiriel Yudia let out a soft laugh watching Bunny with her eyes tightly shut, then gently dried her hair.
It didn’t take long before peaceful giggles filled the room, and soon the steady breathing of both figures drifted through the space.
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A piercing shriek—
The woman who had been leisurely filing her nails while sipping tea paused as dim light seeped in from above her head.
The White-Haired Woman rose from her seat and grasped the long staff that lay not far from where she stood.
“Oh, you’ve arrived safely.”
“…A Demon Clan Member?”
The woman’s crimson irises narrowed.
“Greetings. This is our first meeting.”
Bat-like massive dark wings.
Horns protruding from the crown of the head.
Eyes burning red.
The man with a soft smile on his lips bowed with exaggerated courtesy, as if performing in a play.
The Young Lady, her eyes narrowed, finally opened her mouth after a long pause.
“What brings a Demon Clan Member all the way here?”
Belial casually closed the distance with his hands thrust into his pockets, swept his gaze across the surroundings, and smiled faintly.
“You certainly emit a rather similar aura to her.”
Belial gazed down at the small Young Lady who barely reached his chest, then suddenly bent forward and thrust his face close to hers, licking his lower lip.
“Her?”
“I know someone like that too. Someone who knows the future… someone like you.”
At Belial’s words, the Young Lady’s eyes widened slightly.
Belial, who had been quietly observing her expanded pupils, slowly raised his lowered head.
“She mentioned there are a few people like herself. So I looked into it a bit. Whether anyone had invested in major incidents or businesses that no one else was paying attention to.”
Belial grasped the gem portion of his magic staff where mana was gathering and laughed, seizing the Young Lady by the collar and dragging her close to his face.
“How about it? Want to join hands with me?”
“…I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“I want you to win this game you’re all playing.”
How rude of me. I got carried away.
After adding those words, Belial gently released the Young Lady’s collar, adjusted her clothes, and tilted her chin up with the tip of his index finger before speaking.
“I’m offering to lend you my hand. Make a contract with me.”
“…What are you after?”
The Young Lady’s white hair fluttered.
Belial smiled and opened his mouth.
“What I desire is for our King to awaken in the moment of his greatest despair.”
At Belial’s words, the Young Lady’s eyes widened further.
She examined Belial with narrowed eyes, as if somewhat bewildered and finding it hard to believe.
‘This development wasn’t supposed to happen originally.’
The man who had attached himself to Bunny’s side—who was supposed to be in the villainess position—was certainly someone this man knew.
‘Is he an ally to me?’
Or is he trying to deceive me?
Belial slowly rolled his eyes as he looked down at the Young Lady lost in thought, her eyelashes trembling.
He recalled what had happened not long ago.
“…A transmigrator. You tell quite an interesting story, Luriel.”
Yes, so I’m asking you. Don’t interfere.
“So all of this was just a game to you.”
My feelings for Young Master are genuine. I truly wish for his happiness. So don’t interfere with me, Belial.
“…I see.”
…Belial, I just want to go back. So please.
“Please? You dare make a request of me?”
….
“Luriel. If that were the case, you should have been nothing to me, to us. You should have lived on, forever unseen and unnoticed.”
Belial…
With a sharp click, he snapped the notebook shut without even finishing writing and tossed it into Bunny’s belly pouch.
“Don’t you think it’s already too late for that?”
Belial blinked slowly, emerging from his reverie, and exhaled a measured breath.
“Your answer?”
He recalled his own patience and lowered his gaze, pressing the matter once more.
“…Is there something you’ll gain from helping me?”
“Of course.”
“What would that be…?”
At the Young Lady’s question, Belial smiled faintly.
“A man loses his mind and goes mad for one reason alone—the woman he loves.”
Belial smiled and extended his hand.
A magical circle shimmered faintly across his palm.
The Witch Hila slowly reached out and placed her hand upon Belial’s palm. In an instant, a crimson light erupted in all directions.
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Time flows swiftly.
Especially the time a child spends growing—blink once, and you miss it entirely, only to find that suddenly they’ve grown taller and become an entirely different being with new thoughts.
‘…or so Father used to say.’
Honestly, I still don’t quite understand it.
Ever since the day I realized that even sleeping for a thousand nights wouldn’t make me an adult, the world has felt somewhat less interesting.
That was it.
I never told anyone, but the truth is, I discovered on my tenth birthday that adulthood only truly begins after one reaches the proper age and undergoes the coming-of-age ceremony.
‘And now I’m already eleven.’
Of course, I’ve always been somewhat gifted, but it was unfortunate that I grasped the ways of the world and the secret truths adults hide far too quickly.
“Once childhood passes and you enter adolescence, the time until adulthood flies by in an instant.”
I murmured the thought softly and let out a long sigh.
Shake, shake.
Sitting in the rocking chair by the window, I gently shook my head and sipped the warm cocoa with marshmallows floating atop it.
Outside the window, snow was falling, and watching it accumulate gently, time itself seemed to slow.
This filthy world so full of lies—for just this moment, it feels pure and chaste, wrapped in pristine white…
Yes, I wish time would stop here, that this moment would last forever…
Bang!
“Hey, Bunny!”
The ear-splitting crash shattered the thoughts that had filled my mind.
Only then did I realize the door had been thrown open roughly, and turning my head, I saw a familiar face.
I blinked and smiled maturely.
“What is it, Sister?”

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