The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51
“Hehe, so fluffy.”
Bunny burst into delighted laughter.
Kiriel, who had been quietly observing, approached Allen and knelt on one knee, bringing his eyes level with the young wolf’s.
Allen hesitated, then glanced nervously at Kiriel.
“Thanks to your remarkable daughter and son, I’ve lost any chance to show off. Let me say something, even if it’s belated…”
Kiriel reached out and gently stroked the head of the wolf—already tall despite his youth, standing nearly as high as Bunny—before speaking. Allen’s drooping ears perked up.
“Allen.”
“Yes…”
“If anyone calls you a monster…”
A cold smile played across Kiriel’s usually expressionless face.
“Beat them.”
“…What?”
“I’ll handle the consequences, so just pummel them. Staying quiet and enduring won’t change anything. Those types only listen when they’re beaten.”
Allen’s eyes widened at Kiriel’s words.
It was shockingly blunt advice to come from someone with such an impassive expression.
“That’s what education really is, you see. Look at me—when I attended the Mansion of Trials, people called me a monster, cursed, even a demon. But now, no one dares speak such nonsense.”
“…I see.”
“Daughter, son. There’s only one thing you must remember.”
Kiriel spoke warmly, simultaneously stroking both Bunny and Allen’s heads with his large hands.
“If anyone disrespects you, beat them and crush them to win. And when time passes and you find yourself looking down at those bastards from a higher place than anyone else, that is victory.”
Allen slowly nodded.
“If it still doesn’t seem right, come tell me. I’ll personally trample them for you. That’s how power should be used.”
“Yes!”
Faced with Bunny’s spirited response, Allen couldn’t bring himself to say otherwise.
“Answer me.”
“Yes.”
A faint smile appeared at the corners of Allen’s mouth as he answered quietly.
His heart felt strangely warm.
* * *
Whoosh.
Bunny, wearing a rabbit backpack with Ma-Gom tucked under one arm and a soft, fluffy rabbit hat with yarn pom-poms that her father had bought her, laughed with a “huff” as the crisp wind struck her face.
October 31st.
Today was an incredibly important day for Bunny.
One week remained until the ranking tournament.
The day Bunny had memorized 50 out of 57 human characters.
And Bunny’s special day!
So Bunny had woken before dawn, practiced her exercises with determination, and then snuck outside after completing her routine.
Of course, she had left a note.
[B] [u] [n] [n] [y]
[Male] [Female]
It was a splendid letter written in human script for the first time by Bunny, though her penmanship was clumsy—a simple message saying she would be back soon.
Of course, since she couldn’t memorize words, she had managed to compose the text using only the few characters she knew, and those mere four characters had filled an entire sheet of paper.
I was quite satisfied with my first letter. After gazing at the carefully formed characters, I placed it on the floor in front of the door where anyone entering would see it immediately.
‘This way, they’ll notice it right when they come in, won’t they?’
Bunny packed the still-sleeping Heugyeomryong into her bag and left the Dormitory Mansion.
“Let’s go, Joa.”
Bunny took long, purposeful strides.
The Dormitory Mansion at late night was heavily guarded.
However, today Bunny had to leave the Dormitory Mansion without being detected.
‘Children who wander alone at night get kidnapped.’
But it was already dawn, and today of all days, I absolutely needed to slip away in secret.
Bunny swiveled her head left and right rapidly.
“Where are you going, Young Lady Bunny?”
“Belial?”
“Yes.”
“You’re not sleeping?”
“For us, the night is the most comfortable hour. How could we waste such a precious time on something as trivial as sleep?”
Belial shrugged his shoulders and licked his lower lip, speaking leisurely with a faint smile.
“So then, where is my beloved Young Lady headed?”
“Want to sneak out.”
Crack.
At Bunny’s words, Belial grinned widely.
“Sigh….”
Belial exhaled a long breath, chuckled softly, and moved his fingers lightly.
“Shall I kill all the guards for you?”
“No way. Jump!”
Bunny pointed at the towering wall.
Belial clicked his tongue regretfully a couple of times, then bent at the waist and gently lifted Bunny into his arms.
“Pardon me.”
“Mm.”
He lightly pushed off the ground and effortlessly leaped over the high stone wall.
Belial gazed at Bunny, who was giggling innocently in his embrace, and smiled faintly.
“How far shall I escort you?”
“The Capital! The Market!”
“I shall obey your command.”
Before he finished speaking, Belial’s form vanished.
* * *
A few hours later.
Knock knock.
Knock, knock.
At the urgent knocking that had been echoing since early morning, I furrowed my brow while lying half-reclined on the sofa, listening to Lebon’s monotone report.
“K-Kiriel, my lord! Something terrible has happened!!”
Melissa, Bunny’s dedicated maid, cried out in an urgent voice without waiting for a response from inside.
I scowled and straightened my posture on the sofa.
“Come in.”
Whether she had run all the way here or not, her hair was disheveled, her cheeks and earlobes flushed crimson, and she was breathing heavily and roughly—a sight that made my brow furrow involuntarily.
“What is the matter, Melissa?”
At Lebon’s question on my behalf, Melissa clenched her fists and thrust forward the crumpled paper she had been holding.
“I believe the Young Lady has left the house.”
Lebon quickly accepted the letter, observing Melissa’s ashen complexion.
I snatched it from him and unfolded it, then paused.
[B] [U]
[N] [N]
It was a letter with nothing written on it—no indication of where she was going or what she intended to do.
“Was this all there was?”
“Ah, yes. Yes… When I arrived, only this was rolling about on the floor. What should we do? Should I go out now and search for her…?”
Melissa drew a sharp breath, her fingertips trembling.
I kept my mouth firmly shut, staring down at the paper for a long while before slowly opening it again.
“Lebon.”
“Yes. I will immediately check with the soldiers who stood guard from night until dawn to see if anyone saw the Young Lady.”
“When was the last time you saw Bunny?”
“Yes, I watched the Young Lady fall asleep and then returned to my quarters…”
I stared at Melissa’s contorted face with a hardened expression, then wiped my face once and waved my hand lightly.
“I’m not in the mood to deal with this. I’ll punish you later.”
Melissa drew a sharp breath and slowly bowed.
Watching Melissa leave the room, I rose from my seat with a hardened expression.
“Where are you going, my lord?”
Lebon’s monotone voice stopped me as I draped on my coat.
“That girl has peculiar tendencies, so she might be pointlessly selling things at the Market again.”
“It’s possible she may have run away.”
“That’s unlikely.”
I answered with uncharacteristic firmness, my voice lacking its usual drawl.
“A girl who wants to become a respectable adult and claims she needs a guardian would never leave without me.”
“…Well, I’m sorry, but may I say this is pathetic?”
“Would you like your salary cut in half?”
“My apologies.”
Lebon quickly and quietly backed down. His salary was precious to him as well.
“Report to me as soon as you find out anything—”
Lebon turned his head to speak, then paused and blinked. I was already gone from the room.
A faint, barely perceptible smile played at the corners of Lebon’s lips.
“Yet you said it couldn’t possibly be.”
Noting the contradiction between his words and actions, Lebon swiftly crossed the corridor as well.

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