The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56
“Bunny, your brother made it to the finals.”
Kiriel’s words, offered as if to dispel the somewhat gloomy atmosphere that had settled over them, caused Bunny’s eyes to brighten. She lifted her lowered head with renewed interest.
While Bunny ate pastries and pondered, the ranking determination match was reaching its crescendo.
When Bunny caught sight of Allen appearing alongside an enormously massive serpent of ashen gray, her eyes widened in surprise.
“Allen! Fighting!!”
At Bunny’s shout, Allen’s eyes widened. He lifted his head to gaze directly at where Bunny stood, then broke into a broad smile and waved his hand. Seeing this, Bunny quickly raised her arm and waved back enthusiastically.
Then, noticing that Kiriel remained still, she tugged insistently at his sleeve.
“Father, your hand! Wave it!”
“Yes, of course.”
At Bunny’s urging, Kiriel raised his hand and slowly waved it back and forth a few times.
Allen’s eyes widened slightly.
Soon after, Allen’s cheeks flushed crimson. He rubbed the back of his neck, waved his hand a couple more times, then quickly lowered his arm.
For Allen, this sensation was utterly unfamiliar. No one had ever cheered for him, nor had anyone ever watched over him with such care.
But Kiriel… he had initially thought the man had taken them in as a mere jest, yet he was observing Allen far more attentively than expected.
When conflicts arose, Kiriel inquired about them. After tests, he asked how Allen’s scores were.
That was why Allen had felt a flutter of anxiety recently when his grades hadn’t been as strong.
When no one had cared, he had never once harbored such feelings.
“Half-breed, I never expected you to climb this far.”
“….”
Allen narrowed his brow as he regarded his opponent.
The boy who had claimed first place in the very first ranking determination match on the day of his admission to the Mansion of Trials.
The sole third-generation direct bloodline of the Udiah Duchy with the highest probability of leading the next generation of the Udiah Duchy.
“Why, did that upset you? Still, isn’t a half-breed better than a beast’s spawn?”
The dark-skinned boy burst into snickering laughter.
His combative nature was evident enough to discern his lineage at a glance, and his refreshingly carefree smile appeared quite pleasant.
“You’ve been putting on airs lately, playing family games, but do you really think that makes you something of the Udiah Duchy?”
“….”
“You’re just a half-breed beast’s spawn anyway, and he’s a bastard without parents. Don’t foolishly mistake your uncle’s amusement with you lowborn wretches for something more. Understand?”
Allen furrowed his brow and exhaled a short sigh.
At that contemptuous gaze, Kalvad Yudia’s lips tightened.
“Your mouth is what’s vulgar, and your head is what’s foolish. What good is being first if you’re direct bloodline? Your father has no interest in you anyway.”
Allen smiled faintly with an indifferent expression as he spoke.
Kalvad Yudia’s face trembled visibly.
“…What?”
“It’s well-known. Your father sighs the moment he sees you and turns away in haste. How pathetic, watching you struggle for his attention.”
“You… want to die?”
Regarding that coldly frozen face, Allen smiled with derision and flicked his finger lightly.
Ssssshhhhh—
The enormous ashen serpent flicked its tongue and coiled around Allen’s body once before displaying its hostility toward Kalvad Yudia.
A brilliant white light burst forth from around Kalvad Yudia, who bared his teeth with a savage snarl.
Boom.
Something massive materialized behind the boy.
A long tail descended to the ground.
It was a beautiful creature adorned with scales that shimmered brilliantly in five-colored light.
Its face was that of a dragon with a single horn jutting sharply upward, and its elongated body was wrapped in scales of five-colored radiance.
Beneath that, soft fur enveloped its belly, and its legs resembled hooves. Near the hooves, pristine white fur cascaded downward in luxuriant strands—every aspect of its form was breathtakingly beautiful.
Its appearance was somewhat ambiguous—neither purely dragon nor purely beast—but one thing was certain: it was an extraordinarily beautiful creature.
“It’s a qilin.”
Someone cried out at that very moment.
Shrieeek—
Groooowwwl—
Two Divine Beasts, their cries low yet sharp as a blade, collided ferociously.
“Wow.”
Bunny clapped her hands together at the dazzling display of light and turned her head to look at Kiriel.
A serpent versus a qilin—what a matchup!
“Father, what’s a qilin?”
Of course, Bunny had no idea what a qilin was.
Kiriel opened his mouth to answer Bunny’s innocent question, her eyes wide and clear.
“A qilin. It’s a Divine Beast with quite a high rank among them.”
“Higher than the Heu-Gyeom Dragon?”
“…Well.”
Kiriel’s gaze shifted away from Bunny’s naive question, and he found himself staring intently at the small red bird nestled peacefully in Bunny’s arms.
Certainly, it was a rather peculiar-looking bird, but it didn’t appear in any records of Divine Beasts or sacred summons throughout the history of the Udiah Duke Family.
‘There’s never been a case of one being born from an egg before.’
As for red birds, the only one on record was the phoenix summoned by the first patriarch of Yudia, but Bunny’s Divine Beast was far too insignificant to compare with such a creature.
“I’m not entirely sure. The Heugyeomryong being summoned is unprecedented.”
Kiriel answered while stroking Bunny’s water-blue hair a couple of times. A soft chuckling sound came from beside him.
Huh?
When he turned his head, there was Klein Yudia, staring straight ahead with an expressionless face.
Bunny’s head tilted once more.
Kiriel shot Klein a disapproving glance, then returned his attention to stroking Bunny’s hair and turned his gaze toward the Training Arena.
Crash!
Boom—!
The two Divine Beasts collided with savage ferocity.
A ranking determination match fundamentally served to assess how well one communicated with their Divine Beast, how well they shared their heart with it, and how skillfully they could control it.
Rankings were determined by incorporating academic performance from regular exams and assignments alongside these factors.
The Udiah Duchy was a family whose worth was determined by the strength of their Divine Beast and the power of their divine essence. And this ranking determination match was the very place to prove that.
Screeeech—!
“You fool! What makes you think you can beat me?!”
Kalvad Yudia raised his voice.
Light gathered in his hand, and soon a pristine white sword materialized. Grasping it firmly, Kalvad Yudia charged straight at Allen.
“Hmm… to already wield the form of a blade through divine power alone.”
Allen hastily retreated, gathering divine power into his palm.
A spear materialized in Allen’s hand.
“…So the previous ranking of eighth place wasn’t a lie, it seems. They say even beasts have their uses as medicine—a half-blood of the Yudia Duchy who can handle divine power to some degree, I see.”
“Yet it appears unstable, does it not? Observe—compared to the solid blade of the steadfast Young Master Kalvad, yours is murky and uncertain, betraying its instability.”
Though they spoke from a distance in hushed tones, Bunny’s ears caught every word with crystalline clarity. Her ears twitched upright.
‘Cruel and wicked words.’
In that instant, Bunny’s lips pouted.
Snap!
Kiriel, who had been observing quietly with his chin resting in his hand, suddenly flicked his finger.
“Kyaaaagh!”
“Ahhhhh! What is this, who did—!!”
Simultaneously, screams erupted from those who had just spewed their curses.
Bunny’s eyes widened in astonishment. For she had witnessed it.
The moment Father flicked his finger, a streak of divine power shot forth with a whistle!
“Who the hell are you!!”
As someone shouted, Kiriel—who had been leisurely stroking Bunny’s hair—opened his mouth with an expressionless face.
“I’m that bastard.”
His voice was monotone and not particularly loud, yet somehow it resonated with crystalline clarity throughout the stands, as though it had been driven directly into their ears.

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