The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 130

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Chapter 130
“Bunny.”
“Mm.”
A muffled voice emerged from Bunny, who lay face-down with her face buried in the pillow.
“If you’re tired, would you like to stay the night at the Imperial Palace?”
“Mm… I didn’t tell Father I was coming.”
“I can send someone to inform him. What does it matter? Mother’s been disappointed that she hasn’t seen your face in so long.”
At Roel’s words, Bunny turned her face slightly from the pillow.
In doing so, her eyes met directly with Roel, who had somehow reclined diagonally beside her.
Bunny quickly buried her face in the pillow again.
“Roel.”
“Hmm?”
“You’re too close.”
“Ah… Does it make you uncomfortable? I just want to be near you whenever I have the chance.”
“Yeah, when you get close, my heart pounds so hard that my ears are ringing.”
At Bunny’s blunt words, Roel’s eyes widened slightly.
The boy broke into a smile, clearly delighted.
Roel, his lips curled upward in a gentle arc, traced the corner of his mouth with his fingertip before shifting his body closer.
“So when I get close, your heart races?”
“Yeah.”
Honestly, I wondered if my heart had broken a little since becoming an adult.
“Isn’t that because you like me? I like you too, so my heart gets loud like that every time I see you.”
Roel spoke up quickly.
Bunny had always been indifferent, hadn’t she?
Even when he happened to dance with another Young Lady out of courtesy, or when she overheard him discussing her gift in brief conversation, Bunny remained unmoved.
In fact, one day she even asked if he’d made a new friend. Yet Roel never gave up, approaching her again and again.
“No, that’s not what liking someone means.”
Bunny sighed deeply, sat up abruptly, and shook her head at Roel with an air of superiority.
Seeing Bunny’s smug expression as if he should have known better, Roel tilted his head in confusion.
“…Huh?”
“When you like someone, bells ring in your head, and your heart doesn’t go thump-thump but rather goes pitter-patter. And your whole body feels hot and sparkly, and something shimmering cascades down, and when your eyes meet at that moment, you just… kiss them… mmph.”
Roel reflexively reached out and covered Bunny’s mouth.
“Bunny.”
“Mm?”
Bunny tilted her head, her mouth covered.
Roel, his ears flushed red as he gazed at Bunny, finally managed to open his mouth after a long moment.
“Where did you learn that from?”
“‘The Cunning Wolf and the Duke’s Daughter’?”
The title Bunny mentioned was so unusual that Roel sighed deeply.
“…You’ve been reading strange novels again.”
“Mmm. But I was caught by Shalone while reading it, and she took it away.”
That was truly a relief.
Of course, Roel was also aware that such novels circulated secretly among the Young Ladies.
‘If I’d seen it all the way through….’
Roel, growing anxious about what else might have been said, carefully opened his mouth.
“Anyway… you can’t talk about things like that outside.”
“I know, that’s why I’m only telling you. Shalone even covers my mouth whenever I try to bring it up anywhere.”
Bunny spoke bluntly while bouncing her feet.
Roel broke into a light laugh, then gently brought Bunny’s palm to his lips and kissed it softly.
“So let’s play here in the Imperial Palace for a while longer and sleep, then leave tomorrow. I’ll have them make chocolate fondue as a snack tomorrow.”
Chocolate fondue!
Bunny’s eyes sparkled brilliantly. Sweet chocolate was one of her favorite delicacies.
“And by tomorrow evening, I should be able to get information about the High Priest’s younger sister.”
“That quickly?”
“Yes, that quickly.”
With such assurance given, Bunny had no reason not to stay and readily nodded her head.
“Great!”
The moment Bunny’s approval fell, Roel immediately shook the bell rope.
It was to send someone to the Udiah Duchy to drive the wedge home.
Four years had already passed since Roel became engaged to Bunny.
Roel had come to know Bunny better than Bunny knew herself, and had come to understand the members of the Udiah Duchy inside and out.
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“There, you’re all prepared for the banquet. The new dress is truly so beautiful. The new necklace suits you wonderfully as well.”
“Thank you, Melissa.”
“You’re welcome. Have a wonderful time at the banquet.”
“Mmm.”
After turning this way and that before the mirror and even spinning around in a full circle, Bunny nodded once.
“You seemed a bit melancholy these past few days, so I was worried, but you seem to be in good spirits today—I’m relieved.”
At Melissa’s words, Bunny blinked a few times before her eyes widened.
“Oh…! Wait.”
That’s right.
She had been so excited putting on the newly purchased dress that she had completely forgotten the news Roel had delivered not long ago.
The fact was that a major setback had just occurred in Bunny’s plan to conquer the High Priest.
Bunny recalled the conversation she had with Roel, who had visited the Marquis’s estate just days before, her expression growing serious as she crossed her arms and furrowed her brow.
“Bunny, I looked into what you asked me to find out a few days ago.”
“Really? Did you find something?”
“Apparently, until recently there was a woman there who had lost her memory. But that woman was already taken by Michael Lobanov, the High Priest candidate.”
“Taken? Then does that mean the girl named Arha is already with the High Priest?”
“Yes. From what I hear, when he came to the Capital this time and entered the Holy Temple, he brought the girl with him. I suspect that might be her.”
This was precisely what had caused Bunny to sigh these past few days.
I had been told that the way to win over the High Priest was either to heal him or to save his sister, but the plan had completely fallen apart.
‘A complete failure….’
Bunny exhaled a deep sigh.
Over the past few days, I had pored over my notebook until my eyes nearly fell out of my head, and I had studied it even beneath the blankets.
When I was in my room, I had become one with the notebook itself, yet no suitable answer had come to mind.
And then, just yesterday!
Bunny had thought of one method.
‘I’ll save the sister after she regains her memories.’
If events unfolded according to the future that Luriel and my notebook had revealed, the High Priest’s sister would regain her memories.
Then at that moment, I would appear and save his sister.
After putting the High Priest in my debt in this way, I could ask him to keep my identity as a Demon Clan Member a secret.
“Good.”
After that, it would be nice to gradually make him understand that I had no intention of doing anything wicked.
Having finished her thoughts, Bunny exhaled a sigh.
‘…First, I need to earn points with the High Priest.’
After all, it was I who wanted to live mixed in with the Human Realm in this situation.
‘It’s a bit strange that I’ve already found his sister….’
I was confident that I could handle whatever happened.
Luriel had always told me that I could do anything.
So Bunny never imagined that such a thing would happen at the banquet.
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“Congratulations on your appointment as High Priest. I hope you will continue to uphold the will of God and pray for the peace and well-being of the Empire.”
“Ah! Thank you, Your Majesty.”
A boy who appeared quite young bowed his head deeply with a somewhat vacant expression.
I heard that he had already completed his inauguration ceremony as High Priest at the Holy Temple, and that the Imperial Palace had held this banquet to celebrate him.
Kiriel Yudia, who had straightened his hunched body and begun his full activities, was now regarded as a provisional minor marquis. He had told Bunny that it would be best not to attend if the High Priest was going to be present.
But Bunny, who wanted to see his face directly, had inevitably followed anyway. It seemed that everything needed to be seen firsthand to be resolved.
With her unique senses, Bunny could discern the character of a person by facing them and conversing with them.
So I thought it necessary to meet face to face at least once to make the plan succeed.
That’s why I came….
Tingle, tingle.
At the sharp killing intent and threat that resonated through my entire body, Bunny’s spine went cold.
‘For some reason, I feel like I’m being hated intensely….’
The humans nearby wouldn’t be able to feel it, but Bunny could sense it clearly.
From the moment I stepped into this place, the vacant-looking boy had been emanating killing intent directed at me.

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