The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63
“Be quiet. Can’t you hear me?”
“Ugh, here we go again. Wipe that scowl off your face. Why are you glaring at the youngest like that? Wait, is it true you got disowned by your own son?”
At Salame’s lighthearted jab, Klein’s eyes twitched noticeably.
He clicked his tongue harshly in irritation.
“Can’t you keep that mouth of yours in check? From childhood to now, your tongue never stops wagging. It’s infuriating.”
“Oh please, sitting in a meeting with a face like you’ve swallowed something foul while glaring at the youngest—that’s not irritating?”
“Since when did you become a proper elder sister? You’re a spinster heading toward the grave, for gods’ sake.”
“Well, at least I’m not a divorced man disowned by his own child. Maybe you should work on that personality of yours. Do you even know why you’re living alone despite being married?”
As the conversation grew increasingly harsh, Ludbreed exhaled a long sigh and pressed his palm to his forehead.
They’d been quarreling like this since the old days, so it wasn’t surprising, but today their words carried more weight and sharper edges than usual.
“I’m sorry, but…”
Kiriel, who had been silent, opened his pocket watch to check the time, then spoke in a flat, languid tone.
“In two hours it’ll be dinner time, so I’d appreciate it if you two could either shut up or leave.”
At Kiriel’s monotone voice, both their gazes snapped toward him.
“Look at the audacity of this kid, seriously.”
“Tsk, who does he think he is.”
To their retorts, Kiriel remained expressionless, slowly lowering his gaze before crossing his legs and speaking again.
“A sister with a mouth like a filthy rag and a brother abandoned by his own son—you two idiots creating a duet only produces discord, so shut your mouths.”
The moment both of them opened their mouths to respond to Kiriel’s words—
Crash!
Ludbreed slammed his fist violently against the marble table. The table shook violently.
“Enough! You disrespectful, ungrateful brats!”
At Ludbreed’s fierce roar, all three fell silent.
Exhaustion radiated from the Old Man’s face as he held his forehead in pain.
“Why do you always fight whenever you meet? Huh? Is fighting all you know how to do? How do you manage to quarrel every single day! Watching something as squirmy and cute as Bunny, then having to look at you repulsive lot—it makes my head want to split open. So keep quiet!”
“My daughter is rather adorable and squirmy, isn’t she.”
Kiriel interjected smoothly, and Ludbreed’s cold gaze immediately fixed on him.
Kiriel shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression.
“Anyway… the Ancient Elf Ruins. I heard you discovered the entrance during a re-exploration. Is that correct, Klein?”
“Yes. As I mentioned, there’s a powerful magical seal in place, so it seems difficult to break without cooperation from the Mage Tower. For now, we only confirmed the location and withdrew.”
“According to the deciphered ancient texts, the Ancient Elves were quite proficient in magic.”
“…”
Kiriel turned his head away with an indifferent expression, quietly listening to the conversation unfold.
“The issue is whether we should request cooperation from the Mage Tower or not. If we do, they’ll definitely demand a share, whether ancient artifacts or Ancient Elves are discovered.”
At Ludbreed’s words, Klein crossed his arms, narrowed his eyes, and grinned wickedly, baring his teeth.
“Wouldn’t it be better to just keep the doors sealed forever rather than request their cooperation?”
“But shouldn’t we excavate it since it’s an ancient ruin? We don’t even know what might be inside.”
Klein and Salame’s responses were starkly opposed.
Ludbreed sighed, crossed his arms, then turned his head to look at Kiriel.
Since the two of them disagreed, it was a way of asking for my opinion—the last remaining voice.
Whether Kiriel understood the implication or not, our eyes met, and he let out a short exclamation. “Ah.”
Ludbreed watched Kiriel with barely concealed anticipation, and he opened his mouth.
“One hour and thirty minutes.”
“What?”
But what tumbled from Kiriel’s lips was a contextless statement that completely shattered his expectations.
“Time. I have one hour and thirty minutes remaining. I have a prior engagement, so I’ll leave when the time comes.”
At Kiriel’s blunt words, Ludbreed’s face hardened sharply, and then he released a long sigh.
His youngest son had always been difficult to handle. I could never tell what he was thinking, and he only ever listened to Dios.
After Dios died, he became so fragile that even the slightest touch seemed like it might shatter him. But then that boy adopted a child, and something shifted.
He used to be confined to his room, but now he ventured outside more often. He never showed any expression, yet I sometimes caught him smiling at the child.
He acted as though he knew nothing of consideration, yet he even told the child a well-intentioned lie—that a dragon would be born from that small egg.
And that was not all. Though reluctant, he showed his face at the meetings, and it seemed he was even sharing meals with them.
To others, it might have seemed like trivial, insignificant change, but to Ludbreed, it felt like tremendous progress.
“What do you think would be best?”
At Ludbreed’s question, Kiriel regarded him in silence.
But instead of answering, Kiriel slowly turned his head away, his arms crossed.
Ludbreed sighed and clicked his tongue. The fact that Kiriel was even participating here was miraculous enough.
‘Perhaps I should have Klein lead the initial exploration without Kiriel’s cooperation.’
Just as Ludbreed was about to speak again, having decided it was pointless to expect an answer from Kiriel—
“Bunny said…”
At Kiriel’s sudden words, all three turned their attention toward him.
Kiriel’s quiet gaze fell upon Klein.
“Not to send you alone, she said.”
“What? Suddenly, what are you talking about? Why is Bunny bringing this up now?”
At Kiriel’s unexpected remark, Ludbreed’s brow furrowed.
“Bunny told me this morning. She said the elves have spent so much time in dark places that they’re likely filthy, so it would be better if everyone went together.”
As bewildered gazes turned toward me, Kiriel narrowed his brow and continued.
“Daddy! The elves are dark. All dirty. They suffered a lot. So only one person can’t help them, so mister Kalbad can’t go alone, she said.”
“What? What are you saying, Bunny?”
“Mister Kalbad is daddy’s. So I’m not greedy.”
“Who would ever—”
Whoosh!
Bunny’s body sprang up.
“Bunny’s Heu-Gyeom Dragon… no, Phoenix!!”
Swish.
Bunny held the Phoenix forward with eyes squeezed shut and cried out.
Click, click, click.
At the sight, Lebon pressed the shutter with his usual terrifyingly expressionless face.
Kiriel blinked once with a displeased expression, shaking off the unnecessary image that had surfaced in his mind.
Ludbreed’s brow furrowed deeply.
“My granddaughter said such things?”
“My daughter said such things.”
Ludbreed’s eyebrows twitched once.
“…In any case, the child has always been rather peculiar. There was the matter with the plague before…and I’ve heard there were a couple of instances where you made certain investments.”
At Ludbreed’s words, Kiriel nodded slightly, his arms still crossed, his posture tilted at an awkward angle. He clearly had no desire to speak.
“Kiriel, did the child speak of such things frequently?”
After a moment of silence, Ludbreed narrowed his eyes and asked.

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