The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 129

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Chapter 129
When she regained her memories, the route where she lived—her future, that is—seemed to cease existing. If she hadn’t regained her memories, she wouldn’t have died.
“But why does my younger sister die after regaining her memories?”
Well… I’m not entirely sure. The story of supporting characters rarely receives much spotlight. However, judging from the nuances, it seems she had someone she cared for deeply. But she never told anyone about it, not even Michael.
Bunny tilted her head at Luriel’s explanation.
‘So… if I help her regain her memories and find a reason not to die, then present her to Michael as a gift—problem solved perfectly.’
Truly, I am an extraordinary genius possessed by the Heugyeomryong and Phoenix that no one else could match.
“Luri, you said that to meet you again, I just need to become a wonderful adult and find happiness, right?”
Bunny asked.
Yes.
After a considerable pause, Luriel’s response finally appeared in the notebook.
“What kind of happiness is that? Does it count if I feel happy? Or… is there some standard of happiness that you have in mind?”
I asked something I had been curious about all this time.
After quite a long silence, words began to appear in the notebook once more.
It will suffice if you feel happy, Young Lady. With family, friends, and a fiancé—if you believe this is your happy ending, that will be enough.
“But I’m already happy now?”
You are still young, and there are many trials you must overcome.
“I see.”
The Empire’s Coming of Age Ceremony is held at eighteen, so there’s about seven years left.
Bunny stared at the words for a moment, then hugged the notebook and rolled around playfully.
Though I was following Luriel’s wishes as she had asked, sometimes I felt bewildered.
“Okay, I’ll become happy. So when I grow up, you’ll tell me where you are.”
Of course. You will come to know it even without my telling you.
“Okay!”
Bunny answered softly and broke into a small laugh before closing the notebook.
“Michael…”
First, I need to find Michael’s younger sister.
Bunny tossed the notebook into Toto’s belly pouch, tucked Toto under her arm, and bounced off the bed, dashing out of the room.
“Melissa! I want to go see Roel!!”
I should ask Roel to help me find where Michael’s sister is.
‘Of course, the matter of conquering Michael must remain a secret.’
Tee-hee.
Bunny let out a mischievous laugh.
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“Arha Lobanov in Yuha?”
“Yes.”
“Finding her wouldn’t be difficult, but…”
Bunny, sitting on Roel’s lap, swung her legs back and forth.
Just as Bunny had grown to eleven years old, Roel had likewise grown to fifteen.
‘Still so radiant.’
Beneath her shimmering golden hair, crimson eyes curved with affection.
Bunny reached out and placed her hand gently against Roel’s cheek.
The moment her touch made contact, Roel flinched and trembled slightly, his expression stiffening before he quickly averted his gaze and smiled softly.
“What is it, Bunny?”
“You’re still so radiant and dazzling.”
“You mean handsome?”
“Yes.”
“You’re adorable and beautiful too, Bunny.”
Roel whispered softly as he pressed a light kiss to the back of her hand.
Bunny nodded with a soft, fluffy laugh.
“But why does he suddenly want me to find that person? If it’s Lobanov… he has the same surname as the boy who’s becoming High Priest this time.”
Oh. Now that she mentioned it, Roel knew almost everything about the Human Realm.
It was something Bunny had overlooked in her haste to rush here.
“Well… it’s just…”
Bunny tilted her head, her lips moving uncertainly.
She didn’t want to lie to Roel, but she also didn’t want to tell him the truth.
After a long moment of deliberation, Bunny finally spoke.
“I’m going to ask the High Priest to find him.”
“If you ask me, I’ll do it, but…”
Roel grasped Bunny’s hand and gently rubbed it against his cheek.
With the corners of his eyes drooping downward, Roel opened his mouth with an expression like that of an abandoned puppy.
“You can’t look at any other man besides me, Bunny.”
“But half the world is men.”
“I should always be your number one. Everything—asking for help, affection, all of it.”
“After Father and my older brothers, you’re the one I like most, Roel.”
You’re so dazzlingly handsome.
As Bunny nodded and spoke, Roel let out a small laugh.
His voice, which had grown husky with the onset of his voice change, made Bunny’s eyes widen at the sound of his laughter.
“Am I yours, Bunny?”
“Yes. And you’re mine too. We’re engaged, after all.”
At Roel’s words, Bunny bobbed her head and smiled brightly.
At the sight of Bunny’s clear, radiant smile, Roel’s cheeks flushed slightly.
He turned his head away awkwardly, then exhaled a short breath and pulled her into a tighter embrace.
“Don’t smile like that in front of others.”
“Huh?”
“I’d prefer it if you didn’t smile that way to anyone but me.”
With his ears burning crimson, Roel murmured as he held Bunny close.
“Your smile is so cute that I want only me to see it.”
At the raw emotion that transcended mere affection in Roel’s flushed words, Bunny’s ears too suddenly burned hot.
Bunny, infinitely sensitive to human emotion, sometimes found Roel’s straightforward feelings bewildering.
My face flushed crimson, my body burned with heat, and my heart thundered so violently that the sound roared in my ears.
“Roel… you won’t abandon me, no matter what kind of person I am?”
“Abandon you? Never.”
At Bunny’s words, Roel shook his head side to side as if he’d heard something absurd.
“If I were going to abandon you, I would have done it long ago when you were still a tomboy.”
“…Do you like me, Roel?”
“Yes. I do.”
“How much?”
“Enough that if you desired it, I would give you not just this Empire, but this entire world.”
At Roel’s words, Bunny’s eyes widened dramatically.
Feeling an inexplicable ticklish sensation and a strange twisting throughout her body, Bunny squirmed and opened her mouth again.
“But you’re going to become Emperor. The Emperor of humans.”
“Yes. And you’re going to become the Demon King, right? The great Demon King of all.”
Roel spoke with a hint of laughter in his voice as he casually scooped Bunny into his arms.
Having grown considerably taller and far stronger, Roel lifted her effortlessly and set her on the Bedroom before settling beside her.
“…Do you really believe that?”
“I do.”
“Father thought I was just joking because I’m still a child, but…?”
“Yes. I believe everything you say. If you told me the sky was red, I would change the laws so that from now on, I call that color red. From the moment you didn’t turn away from me and chose to keep me alive…”
Roel bent forward and gently pressed his forehead against Bunny’s, then slowly rubbed it against hers.
His honest and affectionate gaze met her pink eyes directly.
“I’m yours, Bunny.”
At his perfectly sculpted face drawing so close, Bunny’s cheeks flushed slightly.
‘…Roel’s face is so close it’s almost blinding. This is a bit difficult.’
The sound of my heart pounding grew impossibly loud.
Even before, when Roel drew close like this, my heart would flutter slightly, but recently the pounding has intensified.
I’m not entirely sure why.
“Ah, anyway!”
Bunny flailed her arms to distance herself from Roel, carelessly kicked off her shoes, and flopped onto the Bedroom, hugging a pillow to her chest as she buried her face in it.
‘My heartbeat is so loud.’
Bunny thought blankly and shook her head in denial.
“You’ll find that person for me, right?”
“Of course. You came straight to me because you needed help, so there’s no way I wouldn’t assist you.”
Roel answered and snapped his fingers lightly.
From empty space, a figure dressed entirely in black—appearing at first glance like a living shadow—materialized and knelt on one knee before Roel, who was sitting on the Bedroom.
“Find the woman with the appearance Bunny described. Everything about what she’s doing and what situation she’s in.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The man answered quietly and vanished in the blink of an eye.

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