The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 186

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Chapter 186
“You just need to think that Shalone is so happy she wants to keep living like this. But how is Shimung doing?”
“That came out of nowhere… And it’s Simon, not Shimung. He’s doing well.”
Shalone spoke with her cheeks flushed a delicate pink.
Bunny studied her intently before breaking into a grin, covering her mouth slightly as she thrust her face close to Shalone’s.
“Sounds like good things have been happening…?”
At Bunny’s mischievous laughter, Shalone’s face burned crimson.
“Back off!”
Shalone cried out and struggled, but Bunny continued to giggle, pressing her face against Shalone’s from the side.
“Hey! You really…!”
“Now you seem like yourself again.”
Bunny laughed softly.
“What… what are you talking about?”
“You’ve been so dark and gloomy lately that you didn’t seem like yourself, but now you’re acting like my older sister again.”
“…What.”
Shalone’s face flushed deeply.
Unable to hide her flustered expression, she pointed at Bunny with trembling fingers before pressing her lips firmly shut.
“I…!”
“Yeah.”
Seeing Bunny smile faintly as if the teasing had ended, then nod calmly while stepping back, Shalone clenched her fists.
I don’t understand what I’m feeling. Because of Bunny, who suddenly vanished one day like that, I’ve become utterly foolish.
At first, I tried to forget. After all, Bunny was nothing but a nuisance and a bother! Mother even said everything was normal now.
But it wasn’t easy.
Even while eating, Bunny would come to mind, and when hiding novels under my bed, I’d pause, realizing there was no need anymore. Even though that bothersome presence was finally gone…
“You said I’d be happy without you…”
That’s what I said, yet everywhere my feet took me, there was nowhere Bunny wasn’t.
I kept remembering. Sharing meals together, rolling around on the bed she’d carelessly claimed before falling asleep, going on picnics to the Hill, or sneaking out of the Dormitory Mansion under the guise of exploration to visit the Market.
What Bunny took with her left me with nothing but emptiness.
Even though only a handful of people were gone from the Dormitory Mansion, my Uncle’s hand that had always stroked my head with the same tenderness as Bunny, without the slightest coldness, was no longer there. Nor were Allen and Kalbad’s cheerful banter.
Nothing felt easy anymore…
“Yeah.”
Bunny smiled gently.
Watching that serene smile, Shalone felt something catch in her throat.
She was always like this. Acting like a clueless child, yet always striking at what truly mattered.
Standing there, watching quietly. As if offering an opportunity.
Even now, wasn’t she? As if saying, go ahead and say everything! As if accepting it all!
It’s so presumptuous!
And yet, absurdly enough…
I wanted to lean on that.
Shalone’s face, which had been glaring at Bunny, crumbled.
“I’m not happy at all! It’s all your fault. You left! You took everyone with you. If only you had gone alone….”
“Mm.”
At Bunny’s calm response, Shalone’s eyes widened dramatically.
“Ugh, you’re so annoying!”
Shalone buried her face in her palms.
She felt utterly worthless.
She knew in her heart that Bunny had done nothing wrong, yet here she was, lashing out at this small child….
‘How pathetic.’
When she lifted her head slightly, Bunny was still standing there, tilting her head with a curious expression, watching her intently.
Seeing that innocent face, untouched by any of her words, Shalone clenched her fists and raised her voice.
“I hate those eyes of yours! That look like nothing could ever bother you, no matter what happens!”
“Mm. I’m strong, so.”
“I don’t like that confident tone either, or that attitude! Like you know you won’t be cast out no matter what trouble you cause!”
“I didn’t understand it when I was young, but I learned as I grew older. Father wouldn’t cast me out just because I caused some trouble.”
“Maybe that was true for you, but not for me. I…! I never knew when I’d be thrown out, so I lived in constant fear, always trying to please everyone…!”
Shalone’s voice grew louder.
Bewilderment flickered across Bunny’s face as she looked at Shalone’s contorted expression.
“Father wouldn’t have cast Shalone out, even if she caused trouble.”
“You and I are different!”
“Mm. I’m me, and Shalone is Shalone. But Father wouldn’t have cast Shalone out. Father, Allen, and Kalbad all love Shalone so much!”
Shalone’s eyes widened at Bunny’s words. Her face began to crumble slowly, and Bunny watched quietly as tears suddenly poured down her contorted face, wetting the floor.
“I hate you. Since I hate you, please just disappear! Why do you keep appearing? You’ve been annoying since forever. I’ve never enjoyed a single moment with you. Without you, I was….”
“Mm.”
“…so comfortable. It felt so refreshing!”
“Mm. And?”
Bunny asked with a slight smile.
Shalone’s eyes widened a little.
“And what? I’m just saying how comfortable it was without you….”
Shalone’s voice grew quieter as she spoke. No matter what she said, she couldn’t seem to hurt this confident, innocent, and composed Bunny.
“…I wasn’t happy.”
Shalone’s contorted face forced out the words with difficulty.
“I wasn’t happy at all. Not even a little….”
“Mm.”
“You said I’d become happy! So I thought it would happen, I believed it, and I kept waiting. I thought that with time, I’d become happy!”
“Mm.”
“I don’t even know what happiness is in the first place. But you told me to wait, so I did. I did many good things, and people spoke well of me! But even Mother abandoned me. I…what was I even born for….”
There had never been happiness.
After Bunny left, the Household grew gloomy, and its vitality diminished. The entire Dormitory Mansion had fallen into a strange melancholy over the disappearance of one small child.
No matter how hard Shalone tried, it made no difference. She continued visiting Grandfather, earned points with her uncles, and even the servants came to like her.
Yet everyone felt Bunny’s absence. No matter how dignified and mature Shalone acted, in the end they all remembered Bunny—that small girl who laughed innocently, ransacked the Dormitory Mansion, made messes, and caused trouble.
“I…”
“Shalone was born for Shalone’s sake.”
Bunny interjected abruptly.
“What?”
“Asking what you were born for seems like too difficult a question. Regardless of whether there’s a reason behind birth and the process of being born, from the moment Shalone was born, her life belongs to Shalone. Just as Bunny’s life belongs to Bunny.”
Shalone’s mouth fell open at Bunny’s words. She could hardly believe that such profound words had come from Bunny of all people. Wasn’t Bunny the one who always lived exactly as she pleased?
A reckless child who never pondered deeply and simply charged headfirst at whatever lay before her.
That’s why she was a child without hesitation.
“Of course, from Shalone’s perspective, I must seem incredibly amazing and like some super genius, but even when I was little, I had plenty of worries and concerns too.”
Bunny shook her head side to side. At that oddly irritating gesture, Shalone’s cheek twitched noticeably.
“You don’t need to live for someone else. Not unless that’s the life you’ve chosen for yourself.”
“What?”
“Did Shalone decide to live for Shalone’s Mother? Did you choose that yourself? Was it something someone forced into your hands, or did you take it up willingly?”
“…”
At the barrage of questions, Shalone slowly shook her head.
“I just hope Mother gets what she wants. Even if she doesn’t think of me as her child, she raised me and cared for me. Even if there are reasons…”
And yet, Hila was the only one Shalone would call parent. So she wanted her to find happiness.
“Yeah.”
“But that’s not the reason for my life or my goal. I just… want to help if I can…”
Bunny nodded at Shalone’s words.
“Shalone is human. You can live as you wish. You have the right to go where you want, see what you want, and choose what you want.”
“…”
“Right now, what do you want to do?”
Bunny tilted her head curiously.
“Set aside all other reasons and think only of Shalone. What do you want to do right now?”
At Bunny’s words, Shalone’s eyes widened slightly before gradually narrowing.
And then…
Pitter-patter.
Tears streamed down Shalone’s cheeks.
“…want to.”
“I didn’t hear that clearly.”
“I want to live together in one place like we used to and all play together…!!”
Waaah!
Shalone burst into tears.
“Shalone’s a crybaby today!”
Bunny giggled and spread her arms wide, then rushed over and grabbed Shalone’s hand, pulling her along.
“Alright! Then let’s go back together. Go tell Shalone’s Mother—I’m not happy here, so I’m going somewhere else to find happiness! Say that.”
“What? Wait, wait, I…”
“It’s fine. I’ll be right there with you.”
“That’s not the problem…! Hey!”
I seized Shalone’s hand and bolted down the corridor without hesitation.

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