The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36
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Bunny, who had been sleeping fitfully, suddenly snapped her eyes open.
Blink, blink.
Her small eyes fluttered rapidly before gradually widening into perfect circles.
‘No throbbing. No heat either.’
I rubbed my forehead with my tiny hands, smoothing it over and over, before suddenly sitting bolt upright. My small fists clenched tight.
“Bunny, revived.”
Just as I squeezed my fists and grinned crookedly, turning my head left and right, my eyes went wide.
“….”
A boy lay sprawled uncomfortably across the bed, and I noticed him immediately. It was Allen.
My lips softened into a smile. I reached out my small hand and gently tapped Allen’s head.
Flinch.
Allen’s shoulders trembled at my touch, and he slowly opened his eyes.
“Good morning, Allen.”
“You…!”
At the sound of my voice, Allen’s head snapped up, his eyes flying wide open.
Then he rushed toward me and pulled me into a tight embrace. My eyes went wide at the sudden hug.
“A-Allen? Can’t… breathe….”
“You… you. I thought you were dead. Why did you go alone! You said we’d go together later. No, wait… that’s not it….”
Allen shouted frantically, his words tumbling over each other in confusion, and I smacked his cheek with my small hand.
Allen’s eyes flew open at the slight sting, looking down at me.
His face crumpled as though he might cry at any moment.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I should have gone with you too…. If I’d known you’d catch such a dangerous, potentially fatal illness….”
But I’m completely healthy.
At Allen’s words, I tilted my head slightly.
“I didn’t know you had the kind of sacred power that absorbs and purifies demonic energy.”
But I don’t have sacred power.
“And I didn’t know your innate sacred power was so elevated that you couldn’t accept external sacred power…”
That’s because I’m a Demon Clan member….
“I didn’t know my little sister was incredibly strong but also a sickly human….”
I’m a Demon Clan member….
“You treated the Crown Prince because he looked sick too, didn’t you? You sacrificed your own body… accepting and purifying the demonic energy.”
At Allen’s words as he held me close, I blinked. There were so many difficult words—I understood about half and didn’t understand the other half.
‘I just slept for a bit and woke up, and somehow I’ve become someone incredibly important.’
I thought seriously about this, nestled in Allen’s embrace.
That’s what Luriel said. I was a special young Demon Clan member, so I shouldn’t be exposed to too much demonic energy.
That was also why we had to part with Luriel. She said that when I grew up, I’d become very strong, but right now I’m still a child, so it’s not possible.
“I’m okay.”
I patted Allen’s back with my short arms as I spoke.
Allen’s eyes widened sharply.
“It’s not fine. This fool… I was worried you wouldn’t wake up for two whole days.”
“No, really, I’m okay…”
Because even though Bunny was a young Demon Clan member, she would naturally digest the demonic energy over time since she was one of the Demon Clan.
Until then, she would simply feel incredibly sticky and feverish, lacking strength.
‘But this time, I stopped feeling sticky much faster.’
In the past, I’d felt sticky for over a week, which was so frustrating.
‘Bunny, maybe you’ve grown.’
Since I didn’t turn to powder even when exposed to pure white light, I had definitely grown tremendously. That’s why I opened my eyes after just two days instead of a week.
“Ah, ah, your father was very worried about you too.”
“…Huh? Father?”
“…Yes.”
At the stammering words that tumbled from Kiriel’s flushed face, Bunny’s eyes widened.
“Allen, you have a daddy now?! Wow… that’s amazing. Congratulations!”
At Bunny’s cheerful congratulations, Allen’s eyes widened before he quickly spoke up.
“What? He’s your father too. That, um, the Marquis…”
“The Marquis… Bunny’s protector.”
“The Marquis said not to call him Marquis. He said it feels too formal…”
Allen spoke with his cheeks flushed red.
Tap.
A large hand came to rest on Allen’s head, and both Bunny and Allen’s eyes widened simultaneously.
“Ah! Marquis! Hello!”
“Hello. You should stop calling me Marquis too. Having fearless adjutants and the humans around me call me Marquis constantly is quite enough.”
His languid, drawling voice sounded affectionate.
Kiriel was always expressionless, but his voice was infinitely gentle.
Bunny loved that particular lazy and unhurried tone of his.
“I don’t want to hear it even from my own children.”
At Kiriel’s words, Bunny blinked a couple of times, then tilted her head.
“Would Bunny calling you Marquis, Daddy make you happy?”
At Bunny’s straightforward question, Kiriel hesitated before slowly nodding.
“Yes.”
Bunny’s face brightened instantly.
“Bunny’s super strong daddy?”
“I’m fairly strong, yes.”
“Bunny, Young Lady of Gongja-kka?”
“That’s right.”
“Like, just give Bunny everything from here to here, okay?”
Like the protagonist from the fairy tale Luriel had told her, Bunny eagerly recited her list of things she wanted to try if she had a super strong daddy, and Kiriel let out a soft laugh before sitting on the edge of the bed.
He naturally lifted Allen and placed him on one knee, then set Bunny on the opposite knee and stroked their heads.
Allen’s face flushed with embarrassment, while Bunny’s cheeks glowed with joy.
“Is that what you wanted? If my daughter wants something, I have to give it to her.”
At Kiriel’s words, Bunny’s eyes widened in surprise.
Bunny, the cuteness offensive succeeded?!
Heh.
‘As expected of Bunny, an absolute genius.’
The invincible Demon King to whom nothing was impossible.
Approved.
“Dad!”
Having reached her conclusion, Bunny suddenly clung to Kiriel and threw her arms around him.
She leaped up and wrapped her arms around his neck, and at the sight of Bunny’s beaming smile, Kiriel’s eyes widened slightly.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
The sound of his heart beating rapidly echoed through him.
“….”
As something swelled from deep within his chest, filling him with a strange fullness, Kiriel gazed silently at the child nestled in his embrace.
The warmth of the two children transmitted to him without filter, enveloping Kiriel in an odd sensation.
“What about me?!”
Allen suddenly cried out.
As Bunny looked at him, the boy continued speaking.
“Can’t I be called big brother or older brother or something….”
At the sight of Allen with his head bowed, his face flushed crimson, a lightbulb flashed above Bunny’s head.
Big brother? Older brother?
The kind of older brother who indulges the protagonist no matter what they do?
‘Did Bunny conquer Allen without even using the cuteness offensive?’
Bunny is so talented it’s actually becoming a problem.
‘If Bunny conquers the Human Realm while she’s still a baby Demon Clan member, what am I going to do?’
Bunny pondered this with a serious expression.
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One corner of the Mansion of Trials.
When Bunny appeared with Allen, her arms full of something, padding along softly, the eyes of the children lingering in the Lobby of the Mansion of Trials suddenly turned toward her.
Bunny let out a long sigh, wiped her brow in a gesture of exhaustion, found an appropriate spot, and began laying out a small mat.
Allen helped Bunny from beside her, setting things down and beginning to stack them like a mountain, then rolled up a thick bundle of paper and placed it in Bunny’s hands.
Soon Bunny lifted her head and tapped the bundle of paper against the floor with a pat-pat sound.
“Listen up! These aren’t the usual snacks that come every day! They’re special treats that you can eat without even noticing when you’re eating them—only available today, limited to ten batches!”
“Chirp! Chirp!”
The Red Sparrow also fluttered its wings from Bunny’s shoulder.
And the moment those words ended, the children who had been meaninglessly lingering near the Entrance Hall came running and formed a line.
“Me! I want some! Two!”
“Me too! I want three! I’m going to give one each to my maid and knight!”
“Hey, you all, form the line properly. Don’t push. Do you want to hurt ‘my little sister’?”
As Allen stood beside her and shouted in a sharp voice at the chaotic line, the children hesitated, then with annoyed expressions, obediently formed a proper line under Allen’s guidance.

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