The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 133

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Chapter 133
“Then I’ll be going~!”
Bunny waved her hands excitedly and bounded out of the Banquet Hall with a spring in her step.
By now, anyone who had attended High Society gatherings more than a few times knew that Bunny possessed a bouncy, willful personality, so no one questioned her sudden departure.
‘…It hurts.’
Instead of heading toward the Carriage, Bunny changed direction and made her way toward the rear gardens of the Imperial Palace.
‘Something’s wrong….’
Something felt terribly wrong.
Whether it had been concealed within the holy water or had only recently manifested after she drank it, I could feel the dense essence of the Demon Clan thrashing violently within my body, struggling to seize control.
“This can’t be….”
This was no ordinary Demon Clan essence.
Just as a Priest could create holy water, the Demon Clan could create Demon Clan essence.
A concentrated amalgamation of black demonic power, compressed and compressed again.
I had once heard from Luriel that Demon Clan essence was far more lethal to the Demon Clan than holy power—specifically, to those Demon Clan members masquerading as human.
Demon Clan essence created by high-ranking Demon Clan members amplified the power of ordinary Demon Clan members, possessing the ability to magnify black demonic power itself.
Which meant… the excessively amplified demonic power coursing through my body was on the verge of erupting.
‘Luriel had shown me Demon Clan essence before….’
But this was something far more crude and raw—a savage, brutal essence.
It felt like the essence created by a Demon Clan member on the brink of rampage or berserk transformation.
Bunny navigated the familiar path deeper and deeper inward.
The Secret Garden nestled within the Imperial Palace Garden—a place few ever ventured to visit.
At its deepest point stood a small Shelter with a roof.
It contained a Table and chairs carved from marble.
Sometimes I would share tea and refreshments here with Roel, and sometimes we would lie sprawled across the elongated chairs together, sleeping lazily.
When searching for a space where no one would discover me, this was the only place that came to mind.
Thump—
Demonic energy began to overflow uncontrollably.
Crack.
By the time horns had pierced through my skin and grown, my pupils had turned a vivid crimson and narrowed into vertical slits, I barely managed to reach the spot where the Table sat that Roel and I used to play at.
Beneath the Table, I curled my body into a ball and released ragged, labored breaths.
As a Demon Clan member, I instinctively knew that if I released a massive surge of demonic power, I could return to my original state. My body’s survival instinct was desperately working to revert me, struggling ceaselessly.
Yet simultaneously, my human reason whispered a terrible truth: the moment I transformed into my Demon Clan form here, anyone even remotely sensitive to demonic power would sense that crude, savage, and endlessly dark aura.
“Not yet….”
Not yet. I wanted to remain human just a little longer.
Bunny curled herself tighter, swallowing hard against the pain.
Rip, screeeech—
Wings began to sprout from my back, tearing through the delicate fabric of my dress.
Emboldened by this, the horns that had begun to show grew larger still.
“Ugh, gasp….”
“Kyieee!”
Somewhere, the cry of a Phoenix echoed through the air.
Bunny slowly lifted her head.
If I flew far into the mountains on the Phoenix where no one could see, I could transform without anyone noticing.
“Here….”
The moment Bunny straightened her curled body and opened her mouth.
Rustle—
“Did the Young Lady really enter here?”
“Yes, she appeared to have lost her way. She was definitely heading in this direction….”
At the sudden sound, Bunny’s eyes widened slightly.
Panicked, Bunny drew in a sharp breath and held it. The footsteps grew steadily closer.
“…!”
“If the Young Lady came this way, she’s likely deeper inside.”
“Deeper inside?”
“Yes, over there.”
As the footsteps drew nearer, Bunny squeezed her eyes shut.
I had to retract my horns and wings quickly, but they wouldn’t go back in easily.
‘What do I do…? What do I do? What should I—maybe I should just….’
It was the moment my eerie crimson eyes darkened with sinister intent.
Thump.
Something large fell onto my head and draped itself over my entire small form.
Then, cradling my spread wings gently without causing pain, he drew me close and settled me onto his lap. After that, he began patting me tenderly while holding me in his embrace.
The touch was warm and comforting. And it carried a familiar scent.
‘…Could it be.’
My vertically slit pupils gleamed with sudden recognition.
“It’s alright.”
At the familiar and tender voice whispered against my ear, my eyes flew wide open.
“…Roel?”
“Yes.”
The patting hand remained gentle, and the embrace holding me was warmer than anyone else’s could be.
With the sound of footsteps, a lantern suddenly swept its light across the area under the table.
“Ah… Your Highness the Crown Prince?”
“What’s this? This doesn’t seem to be the time for patrol rounds.”
Bunny held her breath.
“I-I apologize! We received a report that a young Young Lady had lost her way, so we were checking the area to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances!”
“My Fiancée seemed displeased by what happened at the Banquet Hall, so I was comforting her. You may all return to your posts.”
When Roel issued his command with cold, arrogant authority, the Soldiers who had been searching inside quickly saluted.
“Ah…! Yes, understood. We apologize for the intrusion!”
“Allow no one to approach this area, and return to your original positions.”
“Yes. Understood.”
At Roel’s few words, the Soldiers withdrew in an instant.
Once the footsteps faded completely and the courtyard fell silent, Bunny slowly lifted her head from where she had been buried beneath something.
The moonlight illuminated the two figures with striking clarity.
Bunny’s crimson eyes, visible beneath Roel’s oversized uniform jacket, met Roel’s crimson gaze in the empty air.
“Hello, Bunny.”
Roel smiled, his eyes crinkling at the corners as their gazes locked.
“A pleasant night, isn’t it?”
“Roel….”
At the soft call of his name, Roel caught the relief flickering across her eyes and smiled faintly before leaning down to place a gentle kiss on Bunny’s cheek.
Bunny’s eyes widened in shock.
“Ah….”
Roel, equally startled, froze for a moment before awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck with a somewhat flustered expression.
“I’m sorry, you were just so beautiful that I couldn’t help myself….”
“…How did you know?”
“I saw it.”
Roel answered Bunny’s question matter-of-factly, then smiled slightly.
Bunny’s expression grew peculiar.
“You saw it?”
“Yes. I have rather special eyes. Not like the Divine Sight the High Priest possesses, but…. I have what’s called Temporal Vision—I sometimes see the future or the past. I can’t control it though, so I never know when or what I’ll see.”
Roel explained.
Curiosity sparked in Bunny’s gaze, which now gleamed with interest, and a gentle smile graced Roel’s lips.
He had always loved this expression on Bunny’s face—the way she made no attempt to hide her curiosity, meeting his gaze directly and unflinchingly.
In a world where no one dared to meet his eyes properly, only Bunny had looked directly into them from their very first meeting until now, never once turning away.
“I saw it then. I saw your form change as you made your way back, and you hid yourself here.”
As Roel explained, his eyes traced the contours of Bunny’s form revealed beneath the loosened fabric of her clothing.
Vertical slits of crimson eyes.
Small, dark-red horns jutting upward from her head at an unnaturally sharp angle.
A tail tucked tightly away, trembling with tension.
Large wings with an unexpectedly soft texture.
And finally, hair that cascaded down to touch the ground.
Though he had only ever seen the form of a Demon Clan Member in books, witnessing it before him now stirred not fear or dread, but a sense of majesty.
Looking at Bunny nestled in his embrace, he felt only the desire to protect her.
Even if this meant he was being enchanted by a Demon Clan Member.
‘It really was Bunny that I saw back then.’
Roel recalled a particular memory—the moment he had first manifested Temporal Vision.
When he had been thought dead, only to be saved by Bunny’s intervention.
“I just… I just wanted to be happy too. I wanted to be loved. You said you would protect me, but…. Why am I… Why, why, why am I….”
The woman he had seen in that darkness falling into the Abyss was Bunny.
A Bunny from around the time of her Coming of Age Ceremony, her head a full size larger than she was now.
‘I didn’t want to see her cry.’
Had Roel not pursued Bunny, she might have wept just as she did in that vision—abandoned after being discovered by the Guards who came searching, standing alone in the Ruins like in that dream.
He traced Bunny’s slightly cooled cheek with his thumb, his voice soft as he spoke.
“That’s why the moment you left, I followed right after you.”

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