The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 168

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Chapter 168
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Clatter, clatter.
The sound of something touching furniture echoed through the room.
As I slowly opened my eyes, an unfamiliar ceiling came into view. I let out a groan and buried my face deep into the blankets.
‘I’m so sleepy.’
But my body feels light.
I blinked once, exhaled slowly, then kicked my feet restlessly before tilting my head back with a long sigh. Suddenly, I sat up and looked around.
“Haaah….”
Memories began to surface bit by bit. I had come here and fallen asleep, and now I was finally awake. I had no idea how much time had passed.
The room felt different from before—somewhat cozy now. Candlelight cast a warm glow throughout the space. Though darkness lingered outside, the room itself was comforting.
‘There’s no smell at all.’
There’s no scent of sunlight, but the blankets are still soft and there’s no dust. Someone has clearly taken good care of this place.
Grrrrowl—
At the loud rumbling sound, I rubbed my cheeks. I kneaded my stomach with my palms, then finally got out of bed.
“I need to eat something.”
After eating, I decided I should look for Father and my brothers. I hopped down from the bed.
The room was filled with holy power. Looking at the seals drawn in the four corners of the room, it appeared Father had used some kind of purification magic that he could activate himself.
‘No wonder it felt so warm and cozy.’
As I stepped into the corridor, light illuminated it as well. When I first entered this place, there had been nothing but pitch-black darkness.
“….”
I blinked.
“Bunny, this is the corridor, the corridor. Do you understand? If you walk straight this way for just a bit, you’ll find a big room, right? That’s your mother’s room.”
“Mmm…?”
“And if you go next to it, that’s Father’s room! Actually, Father always wants to be with Mother, but… staying together all night has become a bit difficult now~”
The memory surfaced.
It was an old memory.
I blinked slowly. Only then did I recognize this corridor. I also realized that I had come from that large room I had seen back then.
‘…This is Mother’s room.’
I have almost no memories of Mother.
My memories of Father are rare as well, but….
Mother didn’t care for me much. So I never developed any attachment. To me, Mother was no different from Luriel.
“I need to find out about Luriel too.”
But where did everyone go?
I hurried along, following my memories toward the Dining Hall.
‘But will there be food in the Dining Hall?’
Come to think of it, no one had lived here until I arrived.
‘Let me just go check.’
I began walking with long strides.
I moved forward slowly, following my memories. I walked down the corridor, descended the stairs, entered the wide Entrance Hall, and went deeper inside—and soon found the Dining Hall.
The door swung open.
There was nothing inside. Though it was bright, there was no aroma of food, and it didn’t seem to function as a dining hall at all.
It was different from the Udiah Duke Family Estate, where chefs would always prepare meals whenever I visited.
I pouted and thrust out my lips in disappointment.
‘Where are Father, Allen, Melissa, and Kalbad?’
Since there was nothing to eat in the dining hall, I had no choice but to search for those who needed to consume food.
“Father~!”
I called out to Kiriel as I crossed the corridor. And no wonder—the Demon King’s Castle was absurdly vast!
And there was no one around.
As the Demon Realm gradually improved, the Demon Clan members would slowly return, but truthfully, this place wasn’t an environment where either demons or humans could survive right now.
‘I need to ask Luriel about this too.’
Whether I should simply wait, or if there was something else I needed to do.
As the Demon King, I had never learned anything, so I had no choice but to ask someone.
“Bunny?”
“Allen!”
“I went to your room and got startled when you weren’t there! Really, what were you doing? Where were you?”
“I was so hungry that I went to the dining hall, but there was nothing there, so I was looking for Father and you.”
Allen nodded at my words. Whether he was genuinely shocked by my disappearance, his pale face radiated concern.
My lips curled upward in a smile.
“What’s so funny that you’re smiling?”
“Just… hearing that you were worried about me…”
“Of course I was worried!”
Allen’s eyes sharpened as he shouted.
At his expression, as if to say I shouldn’t even ask such obvious things, my lips trembled with emotion again.
“There’s no food here. Since there’s absolutely no provisions in this place, Melissa and Kalbad went back out through the path Father showed them and brought some supplies. That’s why they’re cultivating a field in the back. The food we need is stored in the warehouse.”
Allen explained as he walked forward with practiced ease.
Whether he had purified the entire Demon King’s Castle, there seemed to be no major problems moving around.
‘He’s incredibly fast for just one day.’
I thought Father was remarkable, but it wasn’t just remarkable—it was extraordinarily remarkable. There must have been quite a lot of demonic energy accumulated in the Demon King’s Castle.
“By the way, you woke up after two weeks.”
“…What?”
“You woke up after two weeks. Not long after you arrived here, the demonic energy accumulated in the Demon King’s Castle began to fade gradually. Father purified all of it during that time.”
My eyes widened at Allen’s explanation.
Two weeks?!
I couldn’t believe that I had slept so soundly for that long.
“…Well, the princess in the sleeping forest was said to be beautiful. And beautiful girls sleep a lot. If you sleep a lot, you’re not a sleepyhead—you’re a beautiful adult.”
Goodness.
Shocked, I mumbled something incoherently.
Allen’s eyes widened, and seeing me, he burst into laughter. He never expected his younger sister to be shocked by the fact that she had slept so much.
“You’re shocked that you slept so much?”
“…I didn’t sleep that much. I was just on the verge of becoming a sleepyhead.”
“Right, almost-sleepyhead Bunny. Father is in the backyard.”
“….”
Bunny stared at Allen with a pouty expression, then whipped her head away. Allen immediately headed toward the backyard.
“Father, Bunny is awake.”
Kiriel was in the backyard. More precisely, he was watering the expansive field.
Bunny’s eyes widened so much they practically bulged out of her head. Rarely did her mouth fall slightly agape like this.
And for good reason—Father was shirtless!
A towel draped around his neck!
A watering can in his hands!
“Father, what are you doing?”
“There doesn’t seem to be any food supplies, so I decided to plant some emergency crops that grow well. We can’t keep moving around forever to find provisions.”
Father was farming….
Bunny’s heart ached. It felt as though Father had become a farmer because of her.
“Without sunlight, they don’t grow very well, but I’m managing by infusing them with holy power.”
“Holy power works for that too….”
The plants infused with holy power sprouted enormous shoots in just two weeks. No one else would ever use holy power in such a way, but for them, it hardly mattered.
As members of the Udiah Duchy, everyone possessed that level of holy power.
Melissa thought it was amusing, but she tactfully said nothing.
“Lazy Father becoming a farmer….”
As Bunny spoke with a serious expression, Kiriel laughed and approached the child.
“Did you sleep well? Bunny. I was worried since you didn’t wake up for so long. That bear doll said it was a process for the Demon King to become accustomed and grow, so I left it be….”
“The bear doll? Oh! Belial.”
Oh no.
I had completely forgotten.
Bunny blinked and tilted her head.
I need to scold Belial too.
And I have to retrieve Ma-Gom. For that, I might need another doll to place Belial in.
Bunny let out a heavy sigh, her arms crossed and her expression grave.
“Father, I’m hungry.”
“Ah, yes. By the way, we’re short on staff, so it’s been rather inconvenient. We might need to hire more people.”
From the Demon Realm?
At Father’s unexpected remark, Bunny tilted her head in confusion.
“Let me ask Melissa to prepare a meal for now.”
“Okay!”

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