Ch#93
“Ah, I just peeked in because I thought the young lady might be here.”
“Entering the master’s room without permission, just like that?”
Belial narrowed his brows slightly as if troubled, then gave an awkward smile while rubbing the back of his neck.
“I’m sorry. That was rude of me. It seems my body moved on its own before I could think, because I wanted to quickly take in the sight of adorable, lovable Bunny, whose mere presence in my eyes has such a profound effect on relieving my fatigue.”
Sensing the tense atmosphere, Belial said this as he clasped his hands behind his back and bowed his head deeply.
Kiriel watched him silently for a moment before opening Bunny’s door and speaking.
“No matter your personality, as long as you have the skills, I won’t mind much. But Bunny is your master, the one you must protect even at the cost of your life. If you cross the line again…”
“Yes, I’ll be careful. My lord.”
Thud.
Seeing the door close, Belial slowly raised his head, which he had bowed low, and turned around.
Lefha, who had been standing tall behind him, finally spoke very slowly.
<Long time no see. Master of Destruction and Greed.>
At the title Lefha used, Belial’s eyes widened slightly, then the corners of his mouth curved up in a round smile.
{Nice to meet you. I’m Barrian~! Elf sir. For now, let me guide you inside the mansion. This way, please.}
Belial smiled as he spoke and nodded toward him.
Lefha, who had been standing rigidly, slowly took a step and followed Belial into the dim corridor ahead, where no light reached.
The mansion was quiet. As if something was about to happen any moment.
* * *
Flutter.
Bang, boom, bwoom!
As she turned the page, an illusion appeared of small fireworks bursting from the paper. Bunny’s eyes widened round as she lay sprawled on the bed, opening the notebook.
Our baby~!!! Happy 8th birthday~!!!
Reading the words, Bunny’s shoulders perked up and her nose lifted high.
That’s right.
Today! Bunny! Finally!
Turned 8 years old.
A bit taller height.
The chubby baby fat that had faded quite a lot.
And fingers a little longer than sausages!
Having grown one step more into an adult, Bunny felt extremely, extremely good right now. She even felt like she was fluttering through the sky.
Because Bunny was now 8-year-old Bunny!
‘8-year-old Bunny isn’t a baby anymore.’
Hee hee.
Giggling to herself, Bunny flipped through the next pages of the notebook, read the words, and then froze in place.
Our baby has safely survived and finally climbed the first step to adulthood!!!
Gasp.
“Eeng? This is the first step…?”
Unable to believe it, Bunny read the first sentence over and over, then gaped open her mouth.
Did that mean all the steps she’d climbed so far weren’t even real steps?
Pinned to the huge bed in her pastel-toned, prettily decorated room, Bunny rolled from side to side—degul, degul—then lay on her back staring at the ceiling with a serious “Uuum…” expression, holding the notebook.
When she turned to the next page, words began to appear once more, sliding into view.
My lovable, cute, pretty no matter what she does, perfect baby, today to celebrate becoming an adult, I’m going to tell you a story I’ve been hiding a little. So, you must read this story only when you’re alone.
At the slightly more serious tone than usual, Bunny stamped her feet in place, then blinked her eyes once.
Then she hopped down from the fluffy bed, grabbed the doorknob, and locked the door.
Adult Bunny could now reach the doorknob just by standing on tiptoe, without jumping and dangling from it.
‘Not super-duper big Bunny yet, but maybe big Bunny now.’
Even prouder of that fact, Bunny turned back and began reading the notebook again.
Baby, actually, I’m Luriel, a super king-level mega genius who can see the future.
“Huh…”
She knew Luriel was a genius, but she hadn’t imagined she was a ‘super king-level mega super genius.’ Bunny was a big genius, but Luriel was an even more amazing genius.
With her mouth agape, Bunny shook her head repeatedly, cleared her throat with an ahem, and began reading the words again.
And according to the future seen by this king-level mega genius Luriel who can see the future, a new child will soon come to the young lady’s house. I’ve told you a few times, right? Another child might come, so don’t get jealous.
“Yeah.”
Bunny nodded several times in response.
She opened the notebook less often than when she was a baby, but whenever she faced something difficult or tough, Bunny would still open Luriel’s secret notebook.
A new child will come. The firstborn son of the Yudia Ducal Family—Dios Yudia, Kiriel Yudia’s older brother—his daughter… but to reveal an enormous secret about her birth…
As the ellipsis on the notebook grew longer, Bunny swallowed hard.
‘An enormous birth secret!’
Bunny whipped her head around, scanning the surroundings, then shoved her face right up to the notebook as if to bury her nose in it and smoothly turned the next page.
Actually, that child isn’t Dios Yudia’s daughter. Well, she’s an artificial human created by the Witch. In a word, a homunculus. Made by kneading Dios Yudia’s blood, a magic stone, the Witch’s blood, and one human soul, with the Stone of Life embedded in place of a heart.
“Wow…”
She didn’t understand a word Ruri was saying!
As expected of mega genius Luriel.
Even genius Bunny didn’t know a lot of those words.
“Artificial human? Homunculus…?”
Anyway, a fake human?
‘The daughter of Daddy’s older brother who’s coming to Bunny’s house is a fake human… made by kneading a human and a witch’s soul…’
Her eyes spun not just around but the whole world seemed to whirl. Bunny chewed her lips, then rolled over again and spread open the notebook face-down.
One more secret to reveal!
“Really?!”
Dios Yudia’s daughter is you, baby.
“…Eeng…?”
Tilting her head and making a weird noise, Bunny soon gaped her mouth wide.
People said Dios Yudia was the hero of the Yudia Ducal Family. And Bunny knew well that she was the child of the Demon King.
She’d heard that the Yudia Ducal Family and the demon race had fought tremendously. She remembered it smartly from the lesson on the holy-demon war in the mansion of trials.
‘And babies are born when Mommy and Daddy hold hands tight!’
Not long ago, too curious about how babies are made, she’d asked Melissa, and Melissa had told her.
‘That means!’
Crossing her arms, Bunny pretended to push up nonexistent glasses, then smirked, lifting her lips.
‘…Daddy and Mommy fought, then held hands and made Bunny?!’
Bunny had now become a big mega genius Bunny who could even do deductions like this.
Because Bunny was no longer 5, 6, or 7, but 8 years old!
‘…So actually, Bunny’s a real ducal lady?!’
She’d lived thinking she was a fake ducal lady until now, but she was actually real!
Shocked and amazed by the fact, Bunny rolled around on the bed for a good while with her mouth agape.
‘So Bunny’s the real ducal lady, and the new kid coming is the fake ducal lady.’
Bunny wriggled her body excitedly and swiftly flipped the notebook to the next page.
Which meant she and Daddy weren’t fake family, but real blood-related family.
Our amazing baby seems to have half-conquered the ducal family with her cutie-cutie tactics, but!!! The real thing starts now. If you mess up here, our cute baby will get chased out of the ducal family.
“Whyyy?”
Because that child is a made-up fake baby, but she’s like the protagonist of this world. You know? Like the protagonists from all those fairy tales I read to you.
“Uuum…”
This world has a protagonist too, and it’s exactly that new child coming.
