The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27
“It sounds like a language, yet also like a curse. They say it’s utterly incomprehensible.”
“The linguists who heard this voice frequently have gone mad, or so they say.”
“Where exactly was this found?”
Ludbreed furrowed his brow with a grave expression and asked.
“According to reports, it was discovered in the deepest recesses of the Dungeon.”
The Vassal replied.
In this world, there existed caverns where monsters dwelled. For convenience, they called such places “Dungeons.” When they first appeared or how they were created remained a mystery.
They had existed since ancient times immemorial, and treasures or sacred relics were sometimes hidden within them, which was why the Empire undertook expeditions to subjugate Dungeons.
This was because Dungeons were literally breeding grounds for demons, and the creatures born within them would periodically raid the Human Realm.
If left unchecked, demons would multiply endlessly, so Dungeons were designated for subjugation the moment they were discovered.
Yet no matter how many Dungeons were destroyed, new ones would continuously emerge elsewhere, and the demon population never decreased significantly.
【We, we are trapped, da…. Save, us, o…. I, I am the 127th Elf Race… lerde…to….】
The voice dragged on and on.
Bunny tilted her head curiously.
Though the faltering voice was faint, it pierced directly into Bunny’s ears with perfect clarity.
“Luri, ancient elf tongue difficult….”
“That’s right. Difficult, isn’t it? But you must learn this for the Young Master someday. It will surely help later…. When the day comes that you can understand this, please tell him immediately. That will be the moment for the Young Master to step forward!”
Gasp.
Now! Bunny understands!
It’s Bunny’s turn to step forward!
“Ahem.”
Bunny made a small sound and straightened her shoulders. Yet no one paid the child’s quiet voice any attention.
“…Ahem.”
She tried again, but remarkably, still no one noticed.
Bunny, who had expected everyone to turn and look at her, wore a dejected expression before clenching her fists and opening her mouth.
“Save us, please!”
Kiriel, who had been holding Bunny in his arms with an indifferent expression, languidly sprawled out, suddenly stiffened.
And only then did everyone’s gaze pour down upon Bunny like a sudden downpour.
Bunny shrank back slightly and nestled closer against Kiriel.
Kiriel then wrapped his strong arms around her more firmly. Bunny’s lips curved upward in a smile.
‘This is a good signal! The thing Luri mentioned—this is it!’
Bunny was truly a genius.
“Did you just understand what she said!”
Ludbreed, who had been frozen in shock, cried out in astonishment, and Bunny jumped.
Kiriel narrowed his brow.
“I mentioned you would startle the child.”
“….”
Ludbreed’s mouth clamped shut at Kiriel’s subtle rebuke. This was because Bunny’s face had gone rigid.
“Ahem. I, I apologize. I was startled…. Ahem. You understood what this means?”
“Y-yes….”
Bunny answered in a crawling voice.
“What are you saying? Speak up.”
At Klein Yudia’s words, Bunny blinked and tilted her head in confusion.
“Save us please. We are… trapped… save us, yes? I am the 127th Elf Race Lerde…to?”
Bunny earnestly repeated the words that kept cycling through her mind.
With each word Bunny uttered, their eyes grew wider, and soon the murmuring intensified at the single word “Elf.”
“Elf?”
“Ancient Elf language?!”
“Isn’t that a race long since erased from history!”
“A legendary race that suddenly vanished one day, leaving barely a trace across the Continent…. You’re saying it actually existed?”
“No, this child….”
“That’s quite remarkable.”
“Wait, so this language is the language of those ancient Elves….”
From here and there came the sound of sharp intakes of breath.
Bunny snorted proudly at the gazes pouring down on me.
Indeed, I’m incredibly amazing.
“But how does this child know the ancient Elf language….”
“…I see. There’s also the possibility it could be a lie….”
“No, but it’s still strange that this child would even know about ancient Elves.”
Though it was genuinely surprising, it was simultaneously too unbelievable to accept, and doubt began to flicker in the eyes of the servants who had been filled with astonishment.
Bunny sensed that emotion keenly and opened her eyes wide.
Oh no. At this rate, I’ll be treated as a liar?
“Might we ask how you came to understand this, Young Lady Bunny?”
One of the Priest-Clothed Servants asked carefully.
Bunny stiffened completely.
‘I can’t tell the truth.’
Hmm.
Bunny, who had been racking her brain, suddenly smiled brightly.
“Actually, Bunny hears the voice of stones, you see.”
“…Pardon?”
“How would stones speak?”
“Stones? That sounds like a lie…. Besides, they’re not even living creatures.”
As whispers began to spread, Bunny’s eyes rolled around frantically.
Nobody believes me.
“A….”
“A…?”
“Actually, the egg told me! Chirp chirp! And then my head just flashed and flashed! Boom boom boom!”
Bunny, the Black Flame Dragon growing steadily in my room—
—Bunny’s thought.
she spoke, recalling the matter.
“Ooh…!”
“Indeed. It was thanks to the divine beast egg she summoned.”
“True enough… she made prophecies about the future before, didn’t she? That divine beast egg must be truly precious.”
Because Bunny’s prophecies—a couple of them at least—had proven accurate in reality, the Udiah Duchy had recently maintained strict security to ensure even the smallest information didn’t leak out.
However, those with keen eyes were well aware that internal attention had recently been focused on the Mansion of Trials.
Of course, beyond the direct family’s orders not to burden her since she was still a child, the uncertain factor that the divine beast egg hadn’t yet hatched meant everyone was keeping quiet about it.
Even Kiriel Yudia, who rarely moved about, had personally visited the Modern Trading Company and invested a considerable sum into a business that hadn’t been receiving investment, and rumors were already spreading that the stock was rising sharply.
However, it remained unclear whether this was something Bunny had helped with or not.
“Hmm… that quail egg, you see.”
“It’s a dragon egg.”
Bunny quickly countered Klein’s words.
At the child’s sharp rebuttal, Klein’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Is that so?”
He rubbed his chin with an amused smile, then gently ruffled the hair of Bunny, who sat on Kiriel’s lap beside him.
“How impressive. If it’s true, that’s quite remarkable, Father. She deciphered ancient Elf language, after all. With the ruins so poorly preserved and shrouded in the Labyrinth, there should be progress in deciphering the numerous ancient documents and relics.”
“And that’s all there is to it? Nephew.”
At Salame Yudia’s words, spoken with a gentle smile, Bunny tilted her head in confusion.
“Umm…”
Bunny wriggled and leaned halfway across the table, then quickly reached out and grasped a crystal, bringing it close to her ear.
“Our Fields Territory, the seedling planted it… um, it grew… and became a big thing, and then. A Labyrinth grows in our land.”
Crackle, crackle crackle.
Loud static kept mixing in.
Bunny’s expression grew serious as she furrowed her brow deeply. Moreover, holding the crystal made her arm grow heavy and it kept drooping.
Kiriel took the crystal and held it to his ear instead.
“Will this work?”
“Yes! Thank you so much.”
Bunny nodded her head forward in a bow, then bonked her forehead against the table.
“Ow!” Bunny let out a small cry and rubbed her forehead with her tiny palm.
Soon, hearing the voice coming from the crystal, Bunny opened her mouth again.

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