The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140
Bunny bounded about, discovering a hole punched through one section of the wall. She blinked and pointed at it with her finger.
“Father, what is this?”
“Ah, when we first arrived here, only this spot was damaged. According to the Tower Master, either someone forcibly broke through it, or… perhaps the magic deteriorated over time and created the opening.”
“That makes no sense! Everything else is intact—there’s no reason only that part would fail!”
Leptha, who had been listening to Kiriel Yudia’s explanation to Bunny, suddenly objected with visible frustration.
“The fact that it broke means someone from outside destroyed our otherwise flawless magic.”
“Flawless magic is magic that doesn’t break. You can’t call magic that breaks flawless.”
“Which means it couldn’t have naturally weathered and weakened only in that spot.”
Leptha answered irritably.
Kiriel Yudia paused, tilted his head slightly, and let out a scoff.
Watching the two bicker, Bunny stretched out her finger and tapped the colorless, transparent protective magic that surrounded the Ancient Door on all sides with her index finger.
Crack, crackle—
“Huh…?”
At the sound of glass fracturing, Bunny’s eyes widened and she tilted her head.
Kiriel and Leptha both took a step back with their mouths slightly open, then silently turned to look at Bunny, meeting her gaze before freezing.
Scratch, scratch—
Bunny giggled brightly as she scratched her cheek.
Crash—!
The sound of glass shattering erupted loudly, and immediately the magic surrounding the area shattered into countless pieces, scattering luminous dust everywhere.
Kiriel Yudia and Leptha quietly closed their mouths and looked at each other.
“Flawless…?”
Snicker.
Kiriel added a comment with a wry smile.
Leptha’s lips twitched, then he quietly closed his mouth.
“The young master was simply born with such tremendous power.”
Leptha added a remark.
Kiriel Yudia regarded him silently for a moment, then slowly turned his head. He approached Bunny and crouched down before her, meeting her gaze.
“What are you thinking of doing, Bunny?”
“Hmm…”
Bunny tilted her head this way and that.
She had come because they asked for help, but she was still deliberating on what to do and how to do it.
For now, the protective barrier was broken, and simultaneously the demonic energy that had accumulated outside began pouring in torrentially.
‘Father is fine, and Leptha is fine too.’
Bunny lowered her gaze and looked at her own body.
‘Bunny is fine too!’
Though demonic energy poured in abundantly, Father was strong, and Leptha, having naturally become her vassal through his oath earlier, remained unaffected.
“Leptha.”
“Yes?”
“What should I do for you?”
Bunny blinked her eyes and tilted her head with an innocent expression as she asked Leptha.
Bunny could gather all these demonic energies, and if she wished, she could even transform the Elves into demons.
However, even if she gathered the demonic energies, the Elves would not return to their original state.
Since demonic energy had already permeated them, the Elves had become half-demonized, making it difficult to restore them to their former condition.
Leptha gazed silently at the Elves, who remained motionless as if asleep, without a single twitch.
My colleagues, my friends, and my family.
All of them had frozen time at that very moment.
They had stopped their own time, believing that one day the magic would break and someone would come to save them.
Leptha slowly knelt on one knee before Bunny.
“If it is possible, would you accept us as members of the Demon Clan, young Demon King?”
“Members of the Demon Clan? Elves are not demons.”
“There are no longer any pure and chaste Elves. We have all been tainted by demonic energy. And yet… the magic we loved has not disappeared.”
The Elf Race is a people for whom purity and chastity are paramount.
However, corrupted by demonic energy, they had already become demonized. From the moment of demonization, only death remained.
The bodies of Elves, who had lived purely through untainted magic, could not withstand the erosion of demonic energy.
But…
Leph knew this well.
Becoming a member of the Demon Clan meant becoming a servant of the Demon King.
It meant that the Elf Race would fall under the rule of the Demon King, but at least they could live with their own will intact.
I, who had thought I would gradually be eroded by demonic energy or become fully demonized over time, have been living without any aftereffects until now.
In a sense, one could call it an in-between state—neither a complete demon nor a complete Elf.
It even seemed as though I had bloomed into another race somewhere between demon and Elf.
And I attributed one reason for this to the fact that I had become Bunny’s servant. So…
“We can no longer be called chaste Elves. But we can become another Elf Race.”
Black skin.
Snow-white hair.
Violet eyes.
My appearance now was different from what it had been before, but my inner self had not changed.
I was an Elf, and I would remain an Elf until the moment of my death.
Moreover, perhaps because I had absorbed demonic energy, my magical abilities had become considerably stronger than before—incomparably so. And now that I had become the Demon King’s servant, I would no longer be harmed by demonic energy or filth.
Look at me now. Even in this densely packed demonic energy, I do not find it difficult to breathe.
“I will persuade my comrades, so please… would you do this for us, young master?”
“Mm.”
Bunny tilted her head.
The magic had broken, so soon they would all open their eyes.
Bunny spread her hand wide and extended it forward. The demonic energies filling the surroundings began to gather toward her hand in an instant.
“Alright then. I’ll do that. So you all are my subordinates now.”
“If our young master has need of us, we shall lend our strength at any time.”
Leptha said, lowering his head.
Bunny nodded her head up and down.
Whoooosh—
Wind swept through the space.
All the dark demonic energy gathered into Bunny’s palm, then began spinning in a vortex.
Soon, as Bunny gently clenched her fist, the vortex was completely absorbed into her hand.
Immediately after, a crimson light began seeping from Bunny’s fingertips, engulfing the entire Elf Village.
Kiriel fixed his gaze on that magnificent and dazzling sight, slowly opening his mouth.
I found it utterly unbelievable that such a feat was being performed by a child who still seemed infinitely young and small to me.
The crimson light enveloped the village, and soon began dripping onto the foreheads of the sleeping Elves, seeping in one by one.
Finally, a large orb of light dropped onto Leptha’s forehead and seeped in.
Something cold seemed to flow through my veins.
Leptha drew in a sharp breath. My magical power seemed to have increased slightly. And breathing within the demonic energy became easier.
‘Power… it feels like it’s overflowing.’
Was it because I had just accepted that light?
It was the moment Leptha’s eyes widened and I slowly drew in a breath.
Bunny, now nestled in Kiriel’s arms, opened her mouth to address Leptha.
“Leptha.”
“Yes.”
“You’re number one.”
“Number one?”
“It means you need to persuade the other Elves and make them obedient. If you cause trouble without my permission, I’ll spank you!”
At Bunny’s words, Leptha’s eyes widened slightly.
‘Did she grant me authority over the Elves?’
Now that I thought about it, I seemed to recall hearing that the Demon Clan had a leader for each group.
While the Demon King was the leader of all Demon Clan members, even the demons had separate leaders depending on their race.
The Elves had now been included among them.
‘But there’s already a King…’
No, a King is a King.
The King would be the one to govern, and I would become a messenger, going back and forth to convey his will.
That was assuming they would accept this situation, of course.
As I thought about how there would likely be many troublesome matters even if they did awaken, I was swallowing a sigh.
“And your name is… hmm, how about Dark Elf?”
….
Leptha’s expression twisted at the shocking words that broke through my thoughts.

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