The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 193

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Chapter 193
Roel approached with long strides and stood before the bed where I sat. Then, carefully bending at the waist, he drew me into his embrace.
“…I missed you.”
His greeting, delivered with such earnest sincerity, brought a flush to my eyes.
Such direct emotion was unbearably embarrassing. As was the unwavering gaze that met mine.
“Yeah, me too. That’s why I came. You kept not showing up.”
“I’m sorry… I wanted to show you that things had changed a bit more. So that you could come anytime without worry.”
“…Yeah. I heard you were busy.”
I buried my face into Roel’s chest, mumbling softly.
It was a strange thing. Always, I became so small before Roel. It felt as though I was no longer the Demon King, but simply one person.
“I’m sorry if I disappointed you. I missed you so much too… but I had to hold it in, and it was difficult.”
At Roel’s words, I nodded slightly. Truthfully, I had been quite disappointed. Of course, before I could even voice that disappointment, I’d already thrust my face at him first.
“I thought you’d stopped liking me.”
“Me?! Absolutely not! I actually worried that you might have lost interest in me… and that’s partly why I didn’t have the courage… but it was never because I didn’t want to see you or because I dislike you. So…”
Roel, speaking hastily in explanation, became incoherent before trailing off.
“Ah, damn it.”
At Roel’s words, spoken with clear embarrassment as he hung his head, I burst into laughter.
“You’re really not cool. Sorry. Anyway, that wasn’t it.”
“Yeah. I understand now.”
I let out a long sigh. I’d been somewhat tense, and now that it had eased, I felt my strength drain away entirely.
“Anyway, that’s a relief. Hey, where are Roel’s Mother and Father?”
“Abamama and Mother? These days they don’t live in the Main Castle but in another one. They’ve mostly retired from the front lines now.”
I nodded. Then there was only one thing to do. The moment I saw Roel again, my heart had raced wildly.
I like Roel.
I didn’t understand other complicated emotions or words well, but I could be certain of that much. So…
“Alright, let’s go get permission then.”
“Huh…?”
“Let’s go tell Roel’s Mother and Father that you’re mine.”
I seized Roel’s wrist and bolted out. In the time we hadn’t seen each other, my grip strength had grown to an almost untouchable level, and Roel’s mouth fell open in shock.
“W-wait. Bunny?! Now?! You’re going now?! Wait…!”
Roel tried desperately to brace himself with his legs and body, but he couldn’t match my strength.
In the end, Roel was dragged along by me in much the same manner as Shalone had been before.
As I dashed down the corridor, apparently frustrated, I let out a sharp sound before simply opening the window and leaping out.
“Bunny…?!”
“It’s fine!”
A flutter.
With an inexplicable sound of wings, as I looked up, Roel found himself cradled in my arms, soaring through the sky.
“…I’m supposed to be the man.”
“Yeah. You’re a man, Roel. I know that. Why?”
At the innocent question, Roel fell silent.
Now that I think about it, Bunny was never the type to worry about such things.
“No, it’s just that as a man, my pride felt a little wounded, so I thought I heard something like that….”
Thinking about it, it seemed fine even if my wife was stronger.
At least she wouldn’t die before me, right? And even if I made a mistake in bed, she would never be hurt.
By the time Roel’s thoughts reached that point, his face flushed crimson again.
‘Damn it… get a grip, Roel.’
Think of something proper.
Here I am entertaining wicked thoughts in front of innocent Bunny. Shocked at himself, Roel shook his head vigorously.
“Roel?”
“Ah, I just like that I’m a man and Bunny is a woman.”
Roel brushed off the subject vaguely.
“Really?”
Bunny, bursting into giggles, descended directly upon the Secluded Small Castle where the Previous Emperor and his wife resided.
“Hello there~!”
It was just after dinner time. A loud greeting echoed through the air.
Roel stared at Bunny with a bewildered expression.
Bunny is as innocent as she is reckless. Once she decides to do something, she never puts it off. Roel fingered something in his pocket.
“Who would visit at this late hour like this….”
The Previous Emperor, unable to ignore the commotion, appeared.
“Wow, hello there. Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“…You’re the young lady of the Udiah Duchy, aren’t you? Have you returned?”
“Yes! May I come inside?”
Bunny, beaming brightly, spoke with a face utterly free of shadows.
The Emperor regarded Bunny with displeasure. After all, Bunny’s circumstances had been revealed, and it was years ago that the Empress had fallen ill because of it.
‘Though I did grow closer to the Empress because of it….’
In the time since he’d last seen her, the child had grown so much that she could hardly be compared to that little girl from before. Her round, delicate face was nearly identical, though.
“Your shamelessness is quite thick.”
“Shamelessness? I don’t have anything like that.”
Bunny touched her face as she spoke, asking Roel if something was stuck on it. The Emperor was at a loss for words.
When sarcasm goes ununderstood by the other party, only the one who made the remark ends up frustrated.
“Don’t you know it’s impolite to visit at such a late hour? And what’s with that appearance anyway? Why are you wearing maid’s clothes?”
“Oh, I was asking Roel whether I’m better or a bath is better… mmmph!”
“Bunny, please….”
Roel, his face burning crimson, gently covered Bunny’s mouth with his hand.
Bunny’s eyes rolled around before she grinned mischievously.
Lick.
As she licked Roel’s finger covering her mouth, he trembled violently and yanked his hand away in shock.
“Bunnnnnny….”
“Ahahaha! Roel is so easily embarrassed!”
The Emperor observed Roel’s profile intently. The child who was said to be dying from illness had long since recovered, and had become an Emperor more outstanding than anyone else.
To the point of openly demanding the Imperial Throne from him.
“But where is Roel’s Mother?”
Bunny rose onto her tiptoes and asked the question out of nowhere.
The Emperor realized his words hadn’t reached Bunny at all, and with a somewhat bewildered expression, he opened his mouth again.
“So when you come at such a late hour like this…”
“Come in.”
At the voice from behind, the Emperor stopped dead in his tracks. Then, with a somewhat troubled expression, he slowly stepped aside and spoke.
“…Rosalind.”
“If you’ve come this far, you must have something to say. Seven o’clock isn’t that late anyway.”
The Emperor let out a groan and eventually nodded slowly.
Bunny had already passed the Emperor, grasped Roel’s hand, and was entering the castle.
“Pardon the intrusion~! Hello, Roel’s… um, no. Roel’s Mother!”
Bunny recalled the books she had diligently read before coming here and offered the new title.
“…Yes, it’s been a while.”
“Hello, Mother.”
“Yes. I thought this mother had been forgotten. Roel.”
Rosalind glanced at Roel and spoke as if reproaching him.
The Former Empress, Rosalind, remained beautiful despite the passage of time. She was like an unfading rose.
Bunny gazed at Rosalind and broke into a bright smile.
“You look healthier than when I saw you before.”
“Do I?”
“Yes. Before, your heart felt… complicated and chaotic and dark, but now…”
Bunny tilted her head and began looking back and forth between the Emperor and the Empress. Then she giggled and spoke.
“It’s like looking at Simon and Sister Shalone! Or maybe me and Roel.”
“….”
At Bunny’s words, the Emperor’s eyes widened in an instant. Rosalind’s expression barely changed. Her face remained as expressionless and indifferent as always.
“Is that so?”
“Yes!”
“Well, standing around isn’t ideal… have some tea before you go.”
“Yes.”
Rosalind’s gaze briefly touched Roel’s hand, which Bunny held tightly, then fell away.

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