Chapter 69
“Come on, let’s go this way. Bunny.”
The Crown Prince Roel, who had come looking for her early in the morning, held Bunny’s hand and pretended to tour the ducal residence, only to slip into a secluded room and pull something out.
“Ta-da.”
It was a sparkling blue stone.
“What’s that?”
Bunny tilted her head at the stone that looked no different from a Holy Power Stone.
“This? It’s a stone imbued with magic. I snuck it out of the Imperial Palace treasure vault. Whether you’re in your room, at home, or even in the bathroom, as long as you have this stone, you can go anywhere you want in the blink of an eye. Amazing, right?”
“Wooow……!”
Roel puffed up his chest at Bunny’s reaction.
With this, he could take her out without anyone noticing, just as she wanted. He knew that, which was why he’d sneaked into the vault and taken it without his father the Emperor knowing.
As Bunny’s eyes sparkled, Roel’s eyes widened before he proudly squared his shoulders with a smug look.
“With this, we can go anywhere without getting caught! You said you wanted to go to the market, right?”
“Yeah. Oh, but wait a sec. Gotta leave Hwigeomryong behind.”
What if some bad person spots Bunny’s Hwigeomryong? If she has Hwigeomryong with her, they’ll figure out it’s Bunny right away.
Daddy said to be super duper careful, so Bunny would leave it behind like a good girl.
That way, no one would know that Bunny was the one with the phoenix named Hwigeomryong.
Heh.
‘Bunny’s super duper total genius.’
So she had to leave it.
No one would ever guess Bunny had thought this far.
“Piyooot?!”
“Right here, okay?”
Bunny wrapped the phoenix in a towel so it wouldn’t get cold and placed it plop on the fluffy sofa before scampering off.
At the same time, Roel activated the Teleport Magic Stone.
“Piyoooo!”
The phoenix, rolling its eyes, wriggled free from the towel pile Bunny had wrapped it in, flapped its wings frantically, and flew toward her—but whoosh! In a flash of blue light, the two had already vanished cleanly.
“Piyo……?”
The phoenix, losing its landing spot, tumbled to the floor, its eyes filling with dismay.
The day before Bunny and Allen sneaked out to buy a surprise gift for Kiriel Yudia.
To make full preparations, Bunny opened Luriel’s secret notebook today as well.
Hello, little one! You’ve come to look for a gift for Kiriel Yudia, haven’t you!
“Luri, where’d you see Bunny to know this?”
The moment Bunny opened the secret notebook, words started appearing, and she asked with a super serious face. Of course, the notebook didn’t respond.
Bunny flipped through the pages.
Kiriel Yudia doesn’t celebrate his birthday much. The day Kiriel Yudia was born is the same day his mom died.
Bunny, sprawled on the bed kicking her feet, suddenly froze.
“…….”
Babies get sad when they’re separated from their moms.
When Bunny was a baby, she got separated from her mom, right?
‘Bunny cried tears…….’
She sniffled, wiped her nose, shook her head no-no, and flipped through the pages.
Gotta make Daddy happy!
‘So, gift, gift.’
Bunny took in the words slowly appearing on the back of the little notebook.
There isn’t much info on Kiriel Yudia’s mom. Even so, in one word, she was clever but mischievous and prankish. She often hid her own things or gifts somewhere and told people around her to find them.
“More of a prankster than Bunny.”
But there’s one thing among them that no one has found yet. If you give him that as a gift, he’ll definitely like it. He doesn’t have many memories of his mom. It’s an antique shop in the Imperial Capital, and the address is……
Bunny carefully read the words and firmly imprinted them in her mind.
The shop’s name was even written in human language.
“Antique?”
Even genius Bunny found the word unfamiliar since she was still clumsy with human language.
Ant? Poop?! Tique?
With only one word she recognized, Bunny tilted her head.
‘Daddy’s mom said to find poop?!’
Bunny go buy poop?
But first, would Daddy like a poop gift?
Bunny pondered with a super serious face.
Just go there and find something like a completely transparent glass orb. It looks super ordinary on the outside, but find the one that costs ten million Roasts!
“Ten million Roasts.”
How much is that?
Bunny raised both hands, folding fingers one by one, then started wiggling her toes when she ran out.
Normally, ten million Roasts could buy a standard personal carriage without customizations.
But counting to ten million, she didn’t have enough fingers or toes.
Hmm.
“Anyway, bigger than 100!”
Daddy said the bracelet has way more than 100, so she could buy it.
Bunny stood tall without getting discouraged.
Ding-a-ling—
“Welcome.”
Upon the sound of the door opening, the owner of the antique shop greeted out of habit, then paused upon seeing the tiny customer in a robe who required him to look way down.
She didn’t look like the usual type to visit this place.
“This is an antique shop. Are you looking for something specific?”
The old man, lightly pushing up his loose monocle with the back of his hand, asked. From behind the robed child, a small head poked out.
“Hello! I’m Bunny, four… no, five rices old!”
The little girl with water-colored hair bowed her small head, flapped both arms in greeting—and the old man’s face went wide-eyed.
Fine fabric, neatly combed hair, clean nails, and an innocent face suggested she was from some noble family or a wealthy merchant’s child.
Seeing her un-shed baby fat and chubby cheeks on that bright face, the old man’s expression softened warmly.
“Yes, I’m Rolland, the owner of this antique shop.”
‘Poop shop owner……?’
Bunny’s mouth fell open a little as she nodded at the greeting old man, eyes a bit surprised.
“So, what did you come to buy? If you’re looking for something, tell me, or feel free to look around.”
“Daddy gift!”
“Daddy gift? How thoughtful. Go ahead and look around.”
The old man smiled warmly and gestured to the shop.
“Be careful, there are fragile and dangerous things that break easily.”
“Yesss.”
Bunny spun around and toddled slowly through the shop. The boy in the hood followed close behind. At the peaceful sight, the old man’s face filled with smiles.
There was something about spotlessly innocent, pure children that warmed the heart.
“Bunny, what are you looking for?”
‘It’s a boy.’
Only upon hearing the voice did the old man realize the robed one was a boy, and he chuckled.
From how he trailed after her, it was clear he had feelings for the girl.
Maybe he’d even say let’s get married when we grow up? It was a delightful encounter on a lonely day.
“Hmm, poop orb?”
“Poop… orb? What’s that?”
“Hmm, transparent antique but super ordinary. But more expensive than 100.”
The old man, listening to Bunny’s words, smiled kindly and nodded, pleased.
He couldn’t understand a single word.
“Hmm… I see.”
The child who came with her seemed the same.
Roel, trailing closely behind Bunny, smiled faintly.
Despite being much shorter than him, the way she waddled along, picked things up carefully, examined them intently, and set them down gently was adorable.
Her lips pursed in serious concentration as she peered closely for so long—Roel’s mouth curved into a grin.
‘Is she really a demon?’
He’d suspected she was a demon, but he wasn’t entirely sure.
Because after that day, no matter how much he buried himself in the library researching demons, there was nothing about demons without red eyes or black hair.
From what was known, demons were an extremely reclusive group.
Noble beings who never mingled with other races.
Though not numerous, all demons lived in an underground world accessible only through the corrupted Forest of Darkness at the border’s edge.
And they called that place the ‘Demon Realm.’
Only the Holy Knight Order from the saint-demon war had ever gone as far as the Demon Realm.
Demons were aggressive by nature, cruel-tempered, and took pleasure in slaughter, so all races in the world shunned them.
‘I heard the Demon King is already dead…….’
But the Bunny Roel had come to know was utterly ordinary.
She seemed to know something about demons, but he still doubted she was actually one.
She didn’t look like a demon, wasn’t aggressive or fierce-tempered.
She didn’t seem to like blood, didn’t attack people. She had some quirky sides, but ultimately, she was gentle.
No, beyond gentle—she was cute.
And that wasn’t all. Recently, she’d summoned a phoenix, no less!
The greatest and most sacred divine beast among divine beasts—the phoenix.
He’d heard it even saved someone on the brink of death. So he hesitated even to suspect her of being a demon.
It was then. Bunny came to a sudden stop somewhere.
