The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73
“…Bunny.”
“Don’t be scared. Bunny will eat the king and protect you.”
At Bunny’s words, Roel’s eyes widened considerably, and his cheeks flushed slightly. Soon, his ears turning crimson, Roel pulled Bunny into a tight embrace and spoke.
“Would it be okay if I got eaten?”
“Would it be okay if I got eaten?”
“Huh…?”
“I… I think it might be okay if Bunny ate me….”
At Roel’s strange words, his cheeks burning bright red, Bunny tilted her head in confusion.
‘If Luriel said something like that, she meant I shouldn’t do it because it’s scary….’
Something was off about Noel.
Bunny sighed softly at the thought.
Still, fortunately, unlike before, fear was nowhere to be seen in Roel’s eyes. He wasn’t afraid at all. That was a relief.
‘Roel, you’re suffocating me….’
He was holding me far too tightly.
If it were out of fear, there was nothing to be done, but still, I couldn’t help but feel my breath being squeezed out.
No matter how much of an adult or prodigy I was, being uncomfortable was being uncomfortable.
“Thank you, Bunny.”
Roel, still holding Bunny in a tight embrace, murmured softly.
‘I can’t be this scared.’
In truth, Bunny was probably more scared than he was.
‘Bunny’s in real danger—will Father come to rescue me?’
According to Luriel’s fairy tales, in moments of crisis like this, Father always came to rescue children.
‘Will I get to see the amazing, powerful Father?!’
Bunny’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
“Bunny, don’t worry. I’ll save you.”
“It’s fine. Father will come. Father is really strong.”
In this moment of crisis, just like the incredibly powerful demon father in the fairy tales who rescued the protagonist, Bunny’s father would surely come to save her.
‘I have to protect Bunny. And I need to find a chance to use the teleportation stone somehow.’
So at least if Bunny could escape, that would be acceptable.
‘When will Father come to rescue me?’
Today too, within one bundle, two different thoughts crossed paths.
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Gurgle, gurgle.
Her stomach made a loud, churning sound.
Bunny hung limply, clutching her hungry belly. Since night had come twice already, two days had definitely passed.
“Smells worse than rotten feet….”
The bad people had brought Bunny and Roel to an extremely narrow, foul-smelling, musty room.
The room had absolutely nothing in it, the outside was locked, and insects crawled across the floor.
Roel had been taken away by the bad people earlier. They said they were taking him to figure out if he was a Demon Clan member or something.
And Bunny….
“I’m hungry….”
My stomach was growling.
“Whimper….”
Bunny’s face crumpled into a pitiful expression.
“Luri says I’m the only one who doesn’t feed children….”
Luri had said that any adult who didn’t feed a child was garbage among garbage, and if you ever met such a person, you should turn around without hesitation, beat them with Ma-Gom, and run away.
‘But Bunny is trapped right now….’
Bunny’s eyes rolled around before she slowly slipped off the rabbit backpack she’d been carrying like part of her own body.
‘Bunny, I have some hidden chocolate that I bought with Roel earlier.’
I was planning to take it home and eat it with Father, Allen, and Kalvada, but this is a huge crisis situation right now, so I can’t help it!
Bunny rummaged through the bag with quick, nimble fingers.
After pulling out the gift box for Father that filled most of the bag, she thrust her short arms deep into the rabbit’s open head and searched around inside.
Soon, Bunny pulled out a box of chocolate.
Click, creak.
The door opened with a loud screech from rusted hinges.
‘Is it Roel?’
Bunny’s eyes widened as she quickly lifted her head to suggest they share the chocolate together.
Thud.
Roel flew through the air and crashed limply to the ground, sprawling helplessly. It seemed like cruel people had thrown him.
Bunny’s eyes widened in shock. Roel’s body was covered in wounds.
“Noel…?”
Bunny called out to Roel in a panicked voice, but he remained unconscious like a corpse, giving no response whatsoever.
“Ah, that was fun. I thought he was a Demon Clan member because he had those eyes, but I guess that’s not it? Turns out Demon Clan eyes aren’t really anything special.”
“….”
After blinking once, Bunny rose to her feet and walked over to Roel with heavy steps, crouching down in front of him.
Then she gently shook his body. Something red was smeared on his turned face.
‘Ketchup?’
No.
Bunny knew this smell. It was the smell she hated most. A smell she’d breathed in so much when she was very young.
In the darkness, the light in Bunny’s eyes slowly began to fade.
Hurting Bunny is bad. Very bad.
Yes, Young Master. Even if you were kidnapped by cruel people while shopping for Kiriel Yudia’s gift and something terribly painful happened to you, you must not use magic on that day. Do you understand? It’s alright. Someone will come to save you. If you do that… that day… as long as you don’t get caught, you’ll be able to grow into a wonderful adult.
Bunny slowly blinked, recalling the words she’d seen in Luriel’s notebook.
‘Bunny, become a wonderful adult.’
Then I can’t use my powers today. Luri’s words are always difficult to understand, but what Luri says is always right.
Bunny, lost in thought, slowly rose to her feet.
“Huh? What’s this? Hey, didn’t anyone take things from this little brat?”
Thud.
The Man kicked the box over with his foot. It was the gift for Father that Bunny had worked hard to buy with Roel. They’d said it contained glass beads and needed to be handled carefully.
“That’s Bunny’s. Don’t.”
“What’s this? Oh, so it’s Bunny’s gift? Puhaha! Anyway, these brats who’ve grown up pampered without knowing hardship don’t know their place.”
Crack!
The Man, mimicking a child’s speech pattern with obvious disdain, stomped on the gift with brutal force.
The box crumpled instantly. I didn’t need to think hard about what happened to its contents.
“…No, don’t. Bunny, Father’s surprise gift….”
“Where did you leave the Phoenix brat anyway? Tsk.”
“According to the Client, a Divine Beast and its master are connected, so if the master is in danger, the Divine Beast is automatically summoned. What if we just stab them enough that they won’t die?”
“Ah, that’s a sure method. What about the 500 million?”
“They said they’ve prepared it properly. They sent people this way. They should arrive by this afternoon. If it comes into our hands safely, they might even add more to it.”
None of their conversation reached my ears. It was all difficult words. 500 million, adding more, automatic summoning.
I couldn’t understand any of it.
Only that Noel looked hurt.
Only that the precious gift I’d been carrying was trampled.
Bunny blinked her bright eyes. Her pink irises began to gradually turn red.
The round, cute eye shape sharpened to a point, and soon the round pupils narrowed vertically in an instant.
“Why?”
“Huh?”
“Why are you doing this?”
Bunny lifted her head and stared directly at The Man. For a moment, he froze. A chill ran down his spine.
In the dim space, the pink eyes beginning to glow red caught his attention distinctly.
‘Were her eyes always that color?’
In that instant, The Man, thinking he’d been slightly outmatched by a child, bared his teeth even more savagely.
“What? Why, you brat? That’s our job—selling little things like you and making a living!”
“Not just me.”
“Ugh, what a troublemaker. Tsk, forget it. What’s the point of talking to a snot-nosed kid?”
Shing.
The Man drew his sword and began walking toward Bunny with long strides.
Bunny stood her ground, watching him approach, and opened her mouth.
“Don’t. Bunny much stronger than you. Noel hurt, heal him.”
Goooooo—
The Man didn’t notice, but the temperature around Bunny began to drop gradually.
A cool and parched gaze, devoid of any brightness, fell upon him.

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