The Oracle of the Villainous Baby - Chapter 9

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Chapter 9
After a full hour and twenty minutes had passed, Bunny finally opened her eyes, her face darkened with exhaustion.
As Bunny spread her hand, a pure white light floated up and burst with a soft pop.
“Ooooh!!”
Exclamations erupted from all around at once.
Thud, roll roll.
The spreading light gradually faded, and something fell to the ground, tumbling and rolling until it came to rest at Bunny’s feet.
The murmuring of those who had been marveling fell silent.
An egg….
No, it was a quail egg.
‘Total disaster….’
In Bunny’s imagination, the line of potential fathers snickered, turned their backs on her, and walked away.
“This can’t….”
Thump.
Bunny fell to her knees before the quail egg.
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The moment Bunny’s hand touched the orb, it pulled her in, and her world transformed in an instant.
She was flying above the clouds. Floating above a sea of clouds, Bunny found herself surrounded by countless wondrous lights gathering around her.
They were beautiful lights of every color imaginable.
‘These! The lights!’
Only then did Bunny realize these were the same lights that had been in the children’s hands.
Weaving through the converging lights, Bunny’s eyes sparkled. She could sense it instinctively. There was a Dragon here.
‘The biggest, brightest light!’
To fly through the sky, Bunny stretched her clenched right fist forward and, in a prone position, kicked her legs rapidly. And she surged forward.
Bunny began searching for the Dragon, dodging and fleeing from the countless clusters of light that kept approaching her.
“Luriel, what’s the Black Flame Dragon?”
“Huh? Oh, the Black Flame Dragon on your left arm? Ah… um…. It’s the super strong pitch-black Dragon next to the Demon King. Um… if the Black Flame Dragon dwells in your left arm, incredible courage wells up and you can do anything.”
“Wow….”
The Black Flame Dragon on the left arm!
Bunny’s eyes sparkled brilliantly. The Black Flame Dragon would surely be a black light.
With that single purpose, Bunny ignored the countless radiant lights creeping toward her and rummaged through the pure white clouds.
How long did she kick and search?
Bunny discovered a single cluster of black light at the Secluded Tree.
It was a small light, but it was definitely black.
“Got it!!”
Black Flame Dragon on the left arm! Wait for me!
Bunny’s eyes sparkled as she ran eagerly toward the black cluster of light and reached out her hand.
A pure white and bright red light rushed forward and slipped right into Bunny’s hand.
“Huh…?”
Flicker flicker.
Bunny blinked her bright eyes several times.
She turned her head to gaze at the trembling black light, then looked back at the pure white and crimson radiance forcibly grasped in her small hand.
“No way!!”
Just as Bunny was about to drop what she held, the world seemed to flip.
Her small body was suddenly yanked downward with tremendous force.
“Wahhhhh! My precious treasure…!”
Bunny’s sorrowful cry echoed across the Cloud Sea.
Of course, the Black Flame Dragon
—or what was presumed to be one—
never ended up in Bunny’s grasp.
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Sniffle. Sniffle.
I held what rolled across the ground—not an egg, but a quail egg—in my hand as I swallowed back bitter tears.
“My precious treasure….”
Every word dripped with heartbreak.
“Bunny… is completely ruined….”
Whimper.
Roden Heiner watched helplessly as I clung to his legs, burying my face in his pristine white uniform and sobbing pitifully. He glanced toward Jessie.
Trust in Luriel. Young Master will surely summon something truly magnificent and amazing.
Luriel, you liar.
It’s not impressive at all.
I thought that since the light in my hand was so enormous and vast, what summoned would be equally enormous. But it was far, far smaller than my palm. Even smaller than an egg. It was the tiniest egg I had ever seen.
“Young Master, you understand, don’t you? Once you leave the Orphanage for adoption, you must create a guardian. It doesn’t have to be a father—any human adult who will stay by your side until you grow up will do.”
Father plan failed.
‘Bunny… can’t even read human letters, has no dragon… becoming a great Demon King is a secret….’
…Does this make Bunny completely ordinary?
No father would want Bunny. In none of Luriel’s stories was there a supremely powerful demon father who loved a child without abilities.
‘Bunny isn’t real but a future Demon King anyway….’
Still, Luriel said a guardian was absolutely necessary.
If not a father, then I’d just have to find a guardian. A fake must do their best in their own way.
‘There’s no helping it.’
Sniffle.
I rubbed my eyes vigorously and quickly shook off my sorrow.
Tears and snot stains from my eyes remained on Roden Heiner’s trousers.
‘Then next is the money operation!’
Everyone loves a rich child—that was the operation.
Like the web novels Luriel told me about every day: 【The Hated Illegitimate Demon is the Richest on the Continent?!】, 【How I Became Rich at Age 4】, 【Self-Made Tycoon Life Starting from a Worthless 3-Year-Old Demon】!
Having switched my goal from adoption to finding a guardian, I sniffled and wiped my nose.
Sniffle.
I wiped my tears roughly with my sleeve, then carefully lifted my head to survey my surroundings. As expected, no father candidate was waiting in line.
Bunny released the legs that had been so perfect to hold, rubbing her eye sockets with the back of her hands as she surveyed her surroundings.
If the father candidates weren’t lining up, then I would have to search for father candidates myself!
Sniff.
Bunny recalled what Luriel had said, sniffling through her flushed nose.
No matter how many people line up, the selection criteria come down to handsomeness or beauty. Originally, the importance of roles changes based on how handsome they are.
Handsome or beautiful people….
After rubbing her eye sockets a couple of times, Bunny rolled her eyes to survey her surroundings, and her gaze locked with someone sitting at the Upper Seat, causing her to pause.
Bunny’s eyes widened.
Gleaming crimson eyes.
Jet-black hair.
And….
‘So handsome…!’
Approved!
Bunny stamped an approval seal in her mind—bang, bang, bang.
Because in the fairy tales Bunny knew, all the big and powerful fathers had black hair and red eyes. And since Luriel had said he was handsome too, the approval was certain.
‘Bunny’s guardian!’
Since Bunny had nothing special about her right now, being a father would be difficult, but wouldn’t being a guardian be enough?
Of course, while Bunny was lost in her imagination, the surroundings had grown remarkably quiet due to the unprecedented incident of drawing what seemed like an egg of a divine beast that had never even been born.
Ludbreed Yudia rose from his seat with narrowed eyes, maintaining silence.
“Everyone has worked hard conducting the summoning ceremony. We shall hold individual interviews later, so let us adjourn for today.”
At the Marquis’s words signaling the end, everyone who had been watching rose from their seats.
“Furthermore, I expect most of you to attend the banquet this evening. There are those meeting their children after a long time, so I hope you will enjoy a pleasant reunion.”
With a cool voice, Ludbreed Yudia rose from his seat and vanished in a flash.
The moment Ludbreed Yudia left, the children who had been standing with composure began bolting from their seats one after another. Simultaneously, several people sitting in the chairs surrounding the space descended the Stairs swiftly.
It was the moment Bunny turned her head with a puzzled expression.

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