The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 24

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Chapter 24
Bunny clenched her fists and opened her mouth.
“No!! Bunny is strong and tough, got it?! The Marquis said I’m strong and tough!!”
The moment Bunny finished speaking, the children exchanged bewildered glances before erupting into laughter so thunderous it seemed the ground itself would crack. “Bahahaha!!”
“She said she’s weak and pathetic. Bahahaha!!”
“What? So the Marquis was just playing with you after all? Well, who would actually accept someone like you as a daughter? You’re talking about the legendary hero Kiriel!!”
“N-no, strong and tough means small and cute….”
“Wrong! Weak and pathetic means tiny as a bean and ugly, you idiot!”
The children surrounding Bunny burst into laughter.
‘…Bunny, you’ve been tricked?!’
Thud!
A brick of shock slammed against my head and tumbled to the ground with a dull thud.
‘Bunny, you’ve been betrayed so quickly….’
Bunny’s mouth fell open as she trembled, then her fists clenched tight.
She suddenly lowered the bag from her back, grabbed the rabbit ears of the bag firmly, and her eyes blazed with intensity.
“What, what are you looking at?! You ugly thing!”
….
Bunny, gripping the rabbit ears, lifted her head sharply with a sinister expression, her pink eyes gleaming.
‘Luriel told me what to say to kids who bully me. What was it in human language?’
Bunny blinked.
Dog….
Dog….
“Young Master, remember this. If you ever meet a talking dog on the street that bullies you, first grab the rabbit ears and shout.”
Flash!
A lightbulb illuminated in my mind.
Remembering the lesson, Bunny wielded the rabbit bag in her hand like a weapon and charged at the children.
“You mangy mutts!!”
At Bunny’s indignant cry—imperfectly translated into human language—the rabbit bag emitted a sinister glow.
Simultaneously, the rabbit bag in Bunny’s grip began raining down upon the children relentlessly.
“It’s a magical incantation for beautifully disciplining naughty brats.”
Bunny grinned wickedly.
‘Luriel truly is a genius.’
Whatever Luriel tells me to do, everything works out perfectly.
“Ow! Ow! Owww! Ow!”
“Ow! What is this, ow!”
“Owww! Ow! Owww!”
The rabbit bag swung without restraint began striking the children with satisfying smacks—thwack, thwack, thwack.
The children tried desperately to block it, but their hands simply could not touch the rabbit bag.
Even when they attempted to grab it, their hands slipped through the air as if grasping at nothing.
They couldn’t even lay a hand on Bunny herself.
“Hic, hic-aaaaaahhh!!”
As the children burst into tears, Bunny quietly stepped back and fastened her bag once more.
At the children’s wailing, servants rushed in from all directions, and soon their parents appeared as well, summoned by someone.
“My son!! Who did this to you…! Oh my, are you all right? My precious child. What do I do. Look at your swollen face.”
“Oh, who beat my precious child like a dog!”
The weeping children clung to their parents.
It was the moment Bunny took a step backward, attempting to retreat.
“Wait, you! This is too much! How could you do this?”
“They bothered Bunny first.”
“What? My child is so gentle…! They would never do such a thing. How could our delicate, fragile child have done anything to someone as rough and wild as you?”
Delicate and fragile…?
Bunny’s gaze fell upon the weeping child, and her eyes narrowed.
“But… they’re chubbier than Bunny…”
“What?! You have some nerve! Look, I don’t care if you’re uneducated, uncultured, or some orphan brat who crawled out of the Orphanage, but you can’t just go around hitting people and speaking so rudely!!”
As the parents raised their voices, Bunny flinched and clamped her mouth shut.
“Anyway, we shouldn’t even bother with parentless nobodies like you… I knew from the start you belonged with beasts.”
“Bunny has a mom and dad too.”
“That’s enough—apologize to our children right now!”
The children nestled in their parents’ arms all sneered with reddened eyes.
Bunny’s heart swelled, and she turned her head away with a snort.
“Don’t want to. Bunny didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Apologize! Or should I call the guards? Do you want to go to prison?!”
At the mention of prison, Bunny froze.
‘Prison… I can’t go to prison…’
Bunny’s eyes welled up instantly. Tears streamed down her cheeks, brimming with sorrow.
Please become a fine adult, Young Master. This is all Luriel has ever wished for. Even if the whole world hates you, Young Master, Luriel will be here. So please… become a fine Young Master.
To become the great Demon King, you must become a fine adult.
To become a fine adult, you must stay in this House.
To stay in this House, you cannot go to prison. But she didn’t want to apologize.
“Hurry up! Do you want to make this worse? You’re the one who was wrong!”
Bunny’s lips jutted out stubbornly.
It was unfair, but she had no choice but to endure it here.
Luriel had told her so. That sometimes unreasonable things happen. That there are things you must do even when you hate them.
‘Is this one of those times?’
But…
“If Marquis Kiriel sees you like this, he will be greatly disappointed.”
Thud.
Bunny’s eyes widened, and soon her trembling face began to quiver.
“I’m… I’m… I’m sorry…”
Bunny wasn’t a bad person.
“How amusing. When did I accumulate so many spokespeople? Within this household, no less….”
It was then. As a cool, leisurely voice descended upon the air, Bunny’s eyes widened in an instant.
“Hmm? Who’s disappointed and what exactly are they doing…? I must seem quite easy to push around. The way you’re flapping your mouth so carelessly….”
Along with that chilling voice, Bunny’s waist was suddenly seized, and her body lifted effortlessly into the air.
As Bunny’s eyes grew wide and she slowly turned her head, Kiriel Yudia tilted his head slightly, his expression cold and composed.
“Y-Your Lordship…. No, this child attacked our children so violently…. Look! The bruises are already forming!”
They thrust their children forward as they spoke.
“Daughter, they were the ones who bothered you first, weren’t they…?”
It was obvious without even looking, and Bunny nodded vigorously.
“Yesss…. They were mean…. They kept pushing Bunny around… and they said bad things about how short I am and stuff…. Your Lordship is a liar….”
“….”
At Bunny’s accusing voice, Kiriel Yudia’s eyes rolled slightly before a fresh smile bloomed across his lips.
“That’s not a lie. My daughter is adorably short. Who said otherwise?”
“They did….”
Bunny answered with a pouting lip, unable to hide her sullenness.
Kiriel Yudia chuckled softly and tapped Bunny’s lip with his finger.
“I see. Then I suppose I’ll have to punish them. A complete expulsion should suffice.”
As Kiriel’s leisurely words continued, the parents’ faces drained of all color.
“It seems the ones who should apologize are elsewhere. What do you all think?”
The authority of the direct line is formidable.
Especially when it came to him. Though he was treated as a wastrel now, he was a hero of the Holy War.
In comparison, the cadet branches were, to be frank, candles before the wind. Particularly now, when the Marquis, master of the Duke’s House, was ruthlessly cutting away the cadet branches that produced no results.
“Otherwise, let anyone who can prove before the Scale that my daughter is lying step forward. If it’s proven true, I’ll apologize directly myself.”
The Scale.
A sacred relic summoned by the current Saint Salame Yudia at the age of ten—a scale that discerned good from evil.
No one could speak falsehood in her presence.
Thud.
One of the parents, eyes trembling, fell to their knees. In succession, the other parents bowed their heads along with their children.
“We’re… we’re terribly sorry.”
It was the moment when good and evil were distinguished.

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