The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 144

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Chapter 144
Words I could never ask the Demon King.
Perhaps I should have listened more carefully to what she said instead of hastily swinging my sword.
“That one will cry again….”
Why didn’t I press her about those final words?
Who was crying? Why were they crying?
Why did you, Demon King, wear such a relieved expression as you died?
How could you die with such a peaceful face, leaving behind your child—smaller than a drop of blood, so young and fragile?
“If Bunny is my brother’s child….”
Then who exactly is Shalone, who came into the house as my brother’s child, after the paternity confirmation was completed?
“…Why, exactly.”
If you were alive, why didn’t you return, and instead remained in the Demon Realm making children with the Demon King…!
Kiriel, who had been lost in endless thought, suddenly stopped and looked down at Bunny, whose breathing came in ragged gasps.
“…No, that’s not it.”
No.
If those two hadn’t decided to have a child, I would never have met Bunny. Then my world would never have brightened again.
The child born bears no fault.
Everything was probably… a decision made by my brother and the Demon King. There is no room for me to interfere in that.
“So that’s why….”
When the Demon King died, I finally understand why my brother’s pendant remained in that place turned to ash.
I exhaled a hollow breath.
Leptha stared at me with a bizarre expression, but I couldn’t stop the hollow laughter that escaped. I silently held the child tighter in my arms.
“…How long were you planning to hide this, Bunny.”
Kiriel Yudia muttered softly.
“How long were you planning to carry all of this alone.”
What were you thinking, carrying all of that by yourself.
What secrets could possibly be so many for this small body to bear. Why did it have to be this way.
In truth, there was little to think about.
Most of the reasons the child kept silent were because of me.
“…For now, let’s go home. Daughter.”
I turned away from Leptha and took a step forward. Each step felt unusually heavy.
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Thud—
The door closed with a heavy sound.
Kiriel Yudia, who had returned to the Dormitory Mansion, paused at the strange atmosphere and narrowed his eyes.
As he lifted his head, the servants were staring at him with startled faces. Or rather, it would be more accurate to say they were looking at Bunny, whom he was carrying.
“What is it?”
“Welcome home, Prince Kiriel.”
Irritated by the heavy atmosphere, I was frowning when Pel stepped forward and bowed.
Kiriel Yudia, narrowing his eyes again, clicked his tongue and opened his mouth once more.
“What are you asking me, Pel?”
“My apologies, sir. The atmosphere seems somewhat unsettled at the moment. And… the Marquis is looking for you.”
“Are you ignoring my question right now?”
“No, sir. I judged it would be better for you to hear it directly from the Marquis rather than from my own lips.”
Klein Yudia paused at Pel’s words.
The servants seemed frightened, and there was a palpable tension hanging in the air.
Klein glanced down at the child breathing softly in his arms and opened his mouth.
“Very well. Take the child to her room first.”
Klein said, gently pushing Bunny forward slightly from his embrace.
Pel’s expression became subtle, and he bowed his head once more.
“My apologies, sir. The Marquis has ordered that Young Lady Bunny come as well. He is currently in the Reception Room.”
Klein’s lips trembled noticeably.
He stared at Pel with a rare frown, then exhaled sharply.
Pel was a servant of the Duke’s House—more precisely, the Marquis’s right hand. His father’s orders naturally took precedence over Pel’s commands.
“There must be a valid reason for this.”
“….”
Pel answered by slowly bowing in respect.
As he gazed at Bunny sleeping softly with an innocent expression, Pel’s face seemed somewhat troubled.
Klein Yudia crossed the corridor and roughly opened the Reception Room door.
Inside were Ludbreed Yudia, Klein Yudia, and Salame Yudia.
And the High Priest, Hila—Shalone’s Mother—and finally, one of the knights from the order… Barrian, was it? He had been Bunny’s escort knight, but I recalled sending him away because something felt off, and assigned another in his place.
“What is the meaning of this?”
As Klein Yudia entered, all eyes turned toward him.
Ludbreed Yudia opened his mouth with a somewhat darkened expression.
“Where have you been?”
“I took the child for a walk.”
“A full day has passed.”
At Ludbreed Yudia’s words, Klein’s expression became subtle.
“A walk can take longer, can’t it? Is there some problem…?”
His words trailed off.
It was to suppress the rising irritation.
Klein Yudia, listening to the heavier tone of voice, slowly opened his mouth.
“I asked what happened.”
“There was an incident at the Imperial Palace.”
At Ludbreed’s words, Klein paused, then slowly nodded.
An ominous premonition brushed across his back. Klein roughly swept his hair back with the hand not holding the child.
“The High Priest behaved disrespectfully, and I received an apology regarding that matter. I don’t understand why that man is here.”
“No, I did not misjudge. I simply did not wish to escalate the matter before His Majesty the Emperor. I harbor no doubt whatsoever about the fact that the child is a Demon Clan Member.”
“You’re dredging up a matter that’s already settled.”
Klein’s voice grew cold and distant.
At the cold tone of his voice, High Priest Michael’s breath caught in his throat. The sacred power radiating from him had momentarily suffocated him.
‘…Such tremendous sacred power.’
In truth, even if he had served as High Priest, such sacred power would not have been particularly surprising. Michael gently bit his lower lip.
“Last night, I sensed quite a dense demonic aura within the Dormitory Mansion.”
At Ludbreed’s words, Kiriel met his gaze with an expressionless face, his lips sealed. Ludbreed’s expression was twisted in what appeared to be pain.
“And not long after, the aura vanished entirely. Along with your aura.”
“A coincidence.”
“…Yes, had it ended there, I would have dismissed it as coincidence. But Shalone’s Mother told me something. She felt a strange aura and went to investigate, only to find a horned Bunny there.”
“A misunderstanding, surely.”
At Ludbreed’s words, Kiriel answered flatly without the slightest change in his complexion.
“…Is that so?”
Ludbreed withdrew an orb of vision and placed it upon the table.
Light rose from the orb, and soon a image was projected into the air.
There was Bunny with pupils slit vertically, adorned with horns, wings, and a pitch-black tail. And there was the Crown Prince cradling such a Bunny in his arms. It appeared to have been captured at the Imperial Palace during last night’s banquet.
“It came from the vision orb of one of the personnel I quietly sent to escort her. How do you explain this?”
Kiriel gazed silently at the screen, then observed Barrian, who was smiling brightly, before slowly blinking his eyes.
“Well, the image is far too blurry. I’m not certain what I’m supposed to explain.”
Kiriel tilted his head slightly as he answered.
At that light, playful retort, Ludbreed’s lips trembled violently.
Crash!
Ludbreed’s fist came down fiercely upon the Sofa Table.
The sound of cracks spreading across the marble table echoed, and silence fell over the surroundings.
“Do I appear to be joking right now?”
“Not particularly.”
At Ludbreed’s words, Kiriel shrugged his shoulders in response.
“I speak in all sincerity. I do not understand why you would direct such words at me.”
“Is that child a Demon Clan member?”
“She is my daughter.”
To Ludbreed’s question, asked with a rigid expression, Klein Yudia answered flatly with an expressionless face.

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