The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80
Instead, let’s earn some points from other people. We’ll use the cute charm strategy on the maids and knights! And gather information from them! Then everyone will adore the Young Master, so you won’t be lonely.
“…Points.”
It’s fine. If you just do as I say, the Young Master will be able to find happiness. For now, it would be good to casually mention the information I’m about to share with the maids or knights once every few days. The cute charm strategy is essential too!
“….”
Bunny stared intently at the numerous pieces of information written beneath the text, committing them to memory, and after a long silence, she gently bumped her forehead against the notebook.
Oh, and… among the mines owned by the Duke’s House, there’s a place called the Zirael Mine, which is known as an abandoned mine. It was originally a diamond mine, but it’s already been designated as abandoned since nothing more comes out of it. However!!
At the intriguing words, Bunny’s eyes widened.
With a flutter, Bunny turned the next page and blinked her eyes.
If you dig into the floor inside that mine, something called ‘purification stones’ will come out! Don’t tell the maids or knights about this, but it would be good to tell Kiriel Yudia or Ludbreed Yudia.
“Mm.”
The Young Master is the best! The Young Master is amazing! The Young Master is a genius! Our Young Master can do anything! So please don’t make that sad expression. I will definitely make the Young Master happy.
“Hehe.”
The Young Master won’t die and will safely grow into adulthood to become a magnificent ruler. You’ll find happiness!
Bunny silently gazed at the notebook before hugging it tightly to her chest.
『Luri, I miss you.』
The moment the soft murmur ended, the sound of writing scratched across the page.
Bunny looked back at the notebook she held in her arms with a puzzled expression.
The Young Master has a unique constitution, so balance must be maintained. So… please don’t harbor evil intentions and get consumed by demons. Don’t seek love and become wounded. Just grow safely into adulthood and leave that mansion. Then the Young Master will become the protagonist of this world.
After reading the contents several times over, Bunny tilted her head.
Luri’s words are always difficult to understand.
‘But she’s always been right.’
Luri has never been wrong.
‘The protagonist!’
Bunny would become just like the protagonist of the fairy tale that Luriel often read to her, 【I Thought I Was a Human Baby, But I Was Actually a Massive Demon King?!】
【I Thought I Was a Human Baby, But I Was Actually a Massive Demon King?!】 was a story about the protagonist being adopted into a human family.
The protagonist, who grew up thinking she was human, awakens as a member of the Demon Clan one day when a crisis strikes, and her true nature is revealed to the humans who raised her.
After that, everyone, including the father who loved the protagonist, fears and avoids her as a “villainess,” but the protagonist doesn’t yield to such hardship and grows into adulthood with unwavering resolve.
Having become such a wonderful adult, she saves the world from a great crisis and becomes an incredibly massive Demon King, beloved by all.
‘The protagonist, somehow similar to Bunny.’
Bunny was also going through tremendous trials right now.
‘The cute charm strategy. But not Father.’
Father said he doesn’t dislike Bunny, so why does Luri tell me not to get close to Father?
The moment Bunny, lost in thought, pushed the notebook deep into Toto’s belly.
Knock knock.
At the knock on her ear, Bunny’s ears perked up.
“Young Lady, it’s Melissa! May I come in?”
“Mm!”
With a click, the door opened and Melissa entered.
“Young Lady! The Marquis has just returned!”
Bunny’s eyes sparkled at the news Melissa brought.
“The Marquis has asked if you would join him for dinner. Would you like to go eat with me?”
“Yes!”
Bunny answered with enthusiasm and was about to rush toward Melissa when she stopped.
But from now on, you absolutely must not bother Kiriel Yudia. Actually, from now on, it’s important that you stay out of sight as much as possible!!
At the contents of Luriel’s notebook that flashed through her mind, Bunny let out a squeak and halted in her tracks.
‘When I eat with Father, he always feeds me.’
He would lift me onto the dining chair, and when I finished eating and started kicking my feet restlessly, he would scoop me up like a baby and carry me all the way to my room.
‘Father is so bothersome.’
Bunny, who had been fluttering her little arms from the sudden stop, quickly thought it through, then hardened her gaze, puffed out her chest, and raised her nose high before looking at Melissa.
“…Melissa, Bunny is grown-up now. Eat food alone. Don’t need to go.”
At Bunny’s shocking declaration, Melissa’s mouth fell open.
‘Bunny won’t bother Father anymore. Won’t stand out either.’
Hmph.
After all, Bunny was already a splendid adult who could eat by herself!
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“What did you say?”
As Kiriel narrowed his brow, Melissa opened her mouth carefully with a somewhat tense expression.
“The Young Lady insisted quite stubbornly that from today onward, since she is grown-up, she would eat alone…”
“Suddenly?”
“Yes, though she seemed quite delighted when I mentioned dinner time.”
At Melissa’s words, Allen, who had been preparing decorations, let out a sigh with a disappointed expression.
“What, she’s not coming? I went out of my way to make time in my busy schedule to prepare this…!”
Kalbad’s expression darkened as he vented his frustration, then shot sharply at Melissa.
“You should have brought her no matter what. Don’t you have any sense?”
“I apologize. I tried to coax her, but she was more stubborn than expected…”
Kiriel narrowed his brow.
He had come on time following Allen’s words about holding a birthday party, yet the guest of honor was late.
In truth, Bunny being spirited was nothing new, but whenever she said something so unexpected like this, he always wanted to ask what was going through that small head of hers.
‘…Could it be because of what happened a few days ago?’
Kiriel frowned in thought.
“Could it be that Bunny’s real dream isn’t to become a great sorcerer, but to become a Demon King, and she’s just a young demon clan member…?”
He recalled how Bunny had seemed quite dispirited and dejected, which was unlike her.
“Shall I bring her, Father?”
Allen, who used to hesitate to approach without Bunny around, now readily called him Father in recent times, spoke up.
“No… I’ll go myself. Wait here for a moment.”
After brief deliberation, Kiriel gave his answer and left the room, leaving the two children in the dormitory.
When he arrived, the child’s door was firmly closed.
Knock, knock.
“Yes…”
Kiriel knocked a couple of times, and a feeble response came from within.
After a brief moment of consideration, he opened his mouth with a composed expression.
“Bunny, may I come in for a moment?”
“Eek! No, you can’t!”
At the sound of Bunny’s shrill cry from inside, Kiriel’s hand, which had been reaching for the doorknob, froze solid.
Thump.
The unexpected rejection struck like someone driving a hammer through his chest.
Without thinking, I drew in a sharp breath and held it, unable to exhale.
After remaining frozen for a moment, Kiriel slowly lowered his hand and pressed his chest several times.
When I’d only heard about it secondhand, it hadn’t seemed like much—but hearing it directly felt strange. My heart didn’t just flutter; it plummeted as if falling into an abyss.
Kiriel, who had been deliberating whether to force the door open, finally lowered his hand and spoke.
“Bunny, I heard you won’t be eating with us. Is there a reason?”
A small voice came back in response.
“Bunny needs to prepare to be a big grown-up soon, so she has to eat alone.”
“I thought I said Bunny was still small.”
Kiriel exhaled a short breath as he spoke.
Bunny fell silent for a moment.
Just as Ludbreed Yudia, waiting for the child’s response, was about to tilt his head in confusion—
“But… Bunny can do well on her own too…”
“I know you’re capable of doing many things by yourself.”
Even if that meant water dripping from her wet hair, clothes scattered across the floor, and wrinkles creasing her garments in every direction.
“Bunny doesn’t want to be seen by Father… or be a burden.”
“…What?”
At Bunny’s continued words, Kiriel’s expression became subtle.
What was she thinking now?
Kiriel narrowed his eyes slightly, let out a short sigh, and then—click—turned the doorknob.
Click, click, click.
When the door refused to open, Kiriel fell silent.
“…”
She was quite resourceful.
Whether to praise her for carefully locking the door or to give her a flick on the forehead for being so defiant—he was genuinely torn.
After a brief moment of deliberation, Kiriel applied force to his hand and—crack—wrenched the doorknob.
Or rather, he broke it.

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