The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 182

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Chapter 182
‘If it were me, I would have been absolutely furious.’
Bunny rolled her eyes and gazed at Kiriel Yudia with a somewhat worried expression.
“Father can hit people? Oh, is it because he’s a Demon Clan Member…?”
Kiriel paused for a moment upon hearing Bunny’s soft murmur, then shook his head.
“I do hit people too. When they don’t listen, that is. Of course, I wouldn’t do that to my children… but sometimes, even adults who refuse to listen deserve a beating.”
“…But I’m an adult now too?”
“Bunny, I will never lay a hand on you or Allen. Nor on Kalbad, of course. What reason would I ever have to strike or scold my good daughter?”
At Kiriel Yudia’s words, Bunny’s eyes widened before curving into a delighted smile. It was clearly something she found very pleasing to hear.
“So when Father hit them, everyone listened?”
“That’s right. Your father is quite strong, you know. There isn’t a single Demon Clan Member who could defeat me. I threw all those who challenged me to the ground one by one, and before long, they gave up.”
“Among the Demon Clan, the strongest person is the best.”
Bunny thrust her thumb upward.
I didn’t ask for details about how I struck them, but the probability of having used holy power was quite high.
“Could you have been upset that Father arbitrarily brought people into this castle and changed things?”
“No. It just seemed not so different from when we lived at the Udiah Duchy… so I was happy about it.”
If it weren’t for the fact that it was the Demon Realm, it would have been much the same as those days.
Even unfamiliar people approached Bunny without hesitation and helped her.
“…Yes, I see.”
At Kiriel Yudia’s words, Bunny nodded with a smile.
“When you awakened… I wanted you to feel that everything was the same as before. You said you wanted humans and Demon Clan Members to get along well. That was your dream.”
“…”
“There were quite a few people helping from the other side, so it wasn’t as chaotic as I feared… There are still many humans who fear the Demon Clan, and there are Demon Clan Members who have suffered much at human hands, but…”
Kiriel Yudia slowly closed his eyes, then opened them and turned his head.
Beyond the window, I could see fields that had never been visible before. They were cultivating food that could grow even in the Demon Realm.
It was thanks to discovering that by using purification stones to create vinyl greenhouses, toxins wouldn’t seep into those areas, allowing plants and crops from the Human Realm to grow.
“Your Fiancé and the High Priest helped quite a bit too.”
“…The High Priest?”
“Yes, something about having a debt, so he had no choice, he said. Because of his younger sister, he had no choice, I believe? Anyway… all he really did was refrain from opposing certain business initiatives…”
Watching Father add that thanks to that, headaches were cut in half, Bunny burst into laughter.
“I wanted everyone to live happily together.”
“Oh my. Did I steal your work? But when you awakened… I wanted to give you a gift.”
At Kiriel Yudia’s words, Bunny shook her head.
“Not at all! I wanted to change the world so that I could marry Roel, live with Father for the rest of my life, and so that Grandfather and his household could visit whenever they wished.”
Bunny didn’t have any particularly grand sense of mission.
It was simply so that I could meet the people I loved anytime, transcending race. So that anyone could go to the Demon Realm or the Human Realm whenever they wished.
That was the only dream I had.
‘I thought it was a foolish dream…’
Upon opening my eyes, I witnessed that foolish dream becoming reality.
Turning her head, Bunny gazed at the Demon King’s Castle corridor, now far brighter than she remembered, and smiled softly.
“It feels like a dream has become reality.”
“It has become reality. There are still many mountains we must climb, but at least our Empire has established exchange. Other nations still fear the Demon Clan.”
“That’s fine. Once everyone becomes close, they’ll eventually want us again someday.”
After all, the Demon Clan are extraordinarily talented mages in many ways.
Of course, they’re a bit aggressive and love to fight and all that, but…!
“They’re kind once you get close to them. There are bad Demon Clan members, but not all of them are bad.”
At Bunny’s words, Kiriel Yudia smiled softly and gently pressed his lips to the child’s forehead.
“I wish many people would understand the good qualities you speak of.”
Kiriel Yudia slowly rolled his eyes. In truth, it had taken him quite some time to subjugate this Demon King’s Castle.
The Demon Clan members who had returned seemed ready to explode as they vented their accumulated grievances, exuding an atmosphere that suggested they would wage war at any moment.
Kiriel Yudia had suppressed this temporarily with his holy power and strength, using the reason that the Demon King, Bunny, had fallen into a long slumber.
After that, he began gradually introducing humans among those working at the Demon King’s Castle. At first, he worried greatly whether major problems would arise and couldn’t sleep properly, but surprisingly, no discord occurred. The humans desperate enough to come to the Demon King’s Castle didn’t easily back down even when subjected to casual harassment.
And the Demon Clan members didn’t cross the line in tormenting the humans either.
‘Well… it’s probably because I was frightening…’
In any case, after several frictions and exchanges of heated words, the Demon Clan members who had good memories of humans began interacting quite amicably, and as they became entangled this way, at some point, those hostile to each other decreased within the Demon King’s Castle.
And this was gradually spreading outward to the villages near the Demon King’s Castle…
Purification stones purified demonic energy, so they were safe for Demon Clan members to wear and safe for humans to wear as well. Thus, cases of individuals traveling back and forth between each other’s realms increased.
‘Travel has even begun to develop…’
He’d even heard that something like package tours were being planned. Several requests had come in asking permission for group tourism visits.
‘I approved all those without any suspicious backgrounds.’
Now, when exchanges between them were increasing, one had to be careful.
‘Even that Young Emperor seems to think the same way, as he asked me to conduct background investigations…’
Kiriel Yudia opened the door to Bunny’s Room, which had appeared before him, and entered.
“Father.”
“What is it?”
“How are Grandfather and Shalone doing? Have you heard any news? I heard Shalone’s Mother returned home?”
At Bunny’s words, Kiriel Yudia’s mouth clamped shut. He gazed at Bunny for a moment, then let out a short sigh.
“There were many matters to attend to, but as a result, she hasn’t been able to return to the Udiah Duke Family Estate. It’s just… well, there were quite a few problems. Things didn’t develop the way she hoped either.”
“Why? You said that if I wasn’t there, Shalone would find her original place and become happy, and Shalone’s Mother would be able to return.”
At Bunny’s words, Kiriel Yudia chuckled.
He’d heard roughly what happened from Shalone, but it didn’t seem to be a shock to Bunny.
“When you disappeared, Shalone became quite depressed. She even stayed here for some time once a year.”
“I see.”
Shalone had indeed grown quite fond of me.
“In any case, according to what I heard from Luriel, that kind of mission ultimately requires the premise that both you and Shalone must become happy…”
Kiriel Yudia narrowed his eyes and slowly turned his head.
“Shalone couldn’t achieve that. So that woman couldn’t return either. I’ve only heard that she’s now been driven out of the Dormitory Mansion and is living in the Annex Building with Shalone.”
“Hmm, I was told she would become happy, so that’s strange.”
Bunny tilted her head in confusion. She’d been so confident in saying it was interference that she naturally assumed it would work out that way.

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