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Chapter 11
Dun-dun!
Bunny, with her nose held high, grinned and popped open the lid attached to the elephant’s trunk before tilting the elephant forward.
Clink, clink.
Coins poured out in a rush from the elephant’s trunk.
Bunny carefully picked out the cleanest and shiniest coins for quite a while, scooped up a handful with her tiny hands, and put them into a cloth pouch. Then she pushed the rest back into the elephant’s trunk and firmly pressed the lid shut.
She took out her rabbit bag, placed the quail egg wrapped tightly in cloth inside it, added the precious cloth pouch too, and packed Ma-Gom, who gave her courage, once again.
And for good reason.
Because today, Bunny was going to stand in line for a guardian candidate!
Even though she had failed to show anything impressive during the summoning ceremony, Bunny had immediately returned to her room afterward and diligently read Luriel’s secret notebook to solve the problem.
If the little one who failed to summon something cool and amazing opens this page while crying, here’s a useful tip!
Don’t worry. You can approach them first. Go to the person you like and just say this:
<Lotis Imperial Year 887, May 18th. A strange disease will break out in the southern Rubia Territory. The ingredient for the cure is the sap of the Minella Tree.>
If someone asks how you know that, say the thing you summoned told you. Then you’ll become the little one who summoned something cool and amazing!
“Luri… liar after all……”
Of course, kind little ones may think this is lying. But you are going to become the most evil, super strong, giant Demon King in the world, so you must also learn how to deceive humans skillfully! And after saying those words, make sure to read the entire secret notebook.
Take back what I just said.
“Luri… genius after all.”
Thinking that, Bunny rubbed under her nose.
After memorizing the two sentences Luriel taught her, Bunny hid the notebook back inside Toto’s stomach and slung her bag over her shoulders with a determined face.
She had prepared a gift, and she had perfectly memorized the lines Luriel taught her.
‘Bunny going to make guardian now.’
Bunny marched out of the room and stood behind the children lined up.
Among children wearing colorful beautiful dresses and fancy suits, Bunny stood at the very back, dressed in rather rough clothes, her rabbit bag dangling behind her.
“…Hey.”
Hearing a voice from behind, Bunny tilted her head and turned around.
“Oh, giant snake.”
“My name is Allen!”
Allen stared at Bunny’s shabby appearance with a complicated expression.
‘What’s with this kid? She keeps approaching me like it’s nothing……’
Even though she would definitely call him disgusting once she saw his real form……
‘And why does she look like she picked her clothes up off the street?’
Whether Allen was deep in thought or not, Bunny let out a smug little snort and slightly turned her back toward him. The rabbit bag’s limp arms and legs dangled as it swung.
Jealous?
Allen’s lips twitched when he saw Bunny’s gaze practically saying that.
“…Clothes.”
“Hm?”
“I’ll buy you clothes later. Let’s go.”
Allen, whose ears had turned faintly red for some reason, spoke gruffly as he quickly turned around and awkwardly held out his hand.
Bunny’s eyes widened into circles.
Not long after, among the children walking while holding their parents’ hands, Allen and Bunny tightly held hands and strode forward together.
The Yudia Ducal House banquet was crowded because both the direct family and branch family members had gathered together.
Of course, even after the bustling banquet had begun, nobody approached Bunny.
Well, except for Allen.
Since the other children from the branch families already knew one another, they gathered in small groups with their parents and chatted happily. But around Bunny and Allen, it was as if an invisible barrier had been placed there.
“I be back.”
Of course, Bunny, who had been extremely nervous since before entering this place, paid no attention to that.
“Huh? W-Where are you……?”
Allen reached out, but he could not catch her. Seeing Bunny quickly disappear into the crowd, Allen froze stiffly.
“Hey!”
Allen hurriedly pushed through the crowd with a flustered face.
And understandably so, because Bunny was heading toward where the direct members of the Yudia family were gathered.
Not only that.
The children who ranked near the top in the House of Trials and were expected to lead the next generation of the Yudia Ducal House were also there.
Bunny waddled right between them and stopped firmly in front of someone before suddenly bowing deeply at the waist. As always, her hair touched the floor, and Bunny confidently opened her mouth.
“Hewwo.”
“Hey……!”
Allen also squeezed through the crowd and reached out, but when everyone’s gazes poured onto him, he turned pale and stepped back a couple of steps.
“Uh, I’m four years old, Bunny.”
As Bunny spread out four fingers proudly in front of her, everyone’s jaws dropped open.
And for good reason.
Out of all people, Bunny had approached Kiriel Yudia, the most indifferent and lethargic member of the direct Yudia family, someone said to possess no holiness or divinity aside from his appearance.
Kiriel Yudia.
The man who completely ignored anything he did not want to deal with, never bothered lifting even a finger, and had ignored more people than he had ever spoken to, whether they were children or adults.
The youngest son of the Yudia Ducal House, who overcame the curse of the demon race, received enough divine power to be engraved into history itself, and during his summoning ceremony at the age of seven, summoned something so shocking that even the usually expressionless Duke Yudia was stunned.
But perhaps because he had been unusual since birth, he lacked emotions as if they had been removed entirely. He was uninterested in others and arrogantly refused to deal with those beneath him. Most of the time, he stayed secluded in a private room within the temple.
That was Kiriel Yudia.
Just look at him moments ago. He had been sitting in his chair with dead eyes, resting his chin on one hand as if he had absolutely no interest in the banquet.
“Tsk tsk, how unfortunate……”
Everyone clicked their tongues.
No one thought Kiriel Yudia would take interest in a child who had summoned nothing more than a quail egg.
Many children admired Kiriel Yudia, but very few had ever actually spoken with him.
Rumors said he found even talking bothersome.
To put it nicely, the man had no prejudice.
Which meant he ignored both children and adults equally.
“Lotisss Empire Year 887!”
Having successfully pronounced the difficult words she had stumbled over countless times before, Bunny let out a relieved sigh and wiped sweat that did not even exist from her forehead with her sleeve.
“May eighteeeen! South Rubia… territory? Rubi, hello……?”
Bunny suddenly stopped after accidentally greeting Rubi instead.
‘Dat not right……’
Her eyes rolled around silently.
Kiriel Yudia quietly watched her for a moment before suddenly chuckling and speaking.
“Rubia Territory?”
At the faint amusement mixed into his voice, mouths dropped open once again all around them.
Kiriel Yudia laughed.
That Kiriel Yudia actually spoke.
He even corrected her words.
“Ah! Yesss! Thank youuu.”
Happy about even that much, Bunny bowed deeply once more before continuing what she wanted to say.
“Rubia Territory! Strange disease appear! Cure ingredient is Minella Tree sap!”
At last, Bunny successfully recited everything she had memorized without looking at the notebook, then proudly puffed out her chest and straightened her shoulders.
Hmhm.
As expected, Bunny had successfully proven her genius!
After hearing Bunny’s words, Kiriel Yudia blinked once.
Then he slowly moved and crouched down in front of Bunny so their eyes met.
“A strange disease will break out in the southern Rubia Territory on May 18th, Lotis Imperial Year 887?”
Wow, Bunny really was amazing.
How did she say it so perfectly?
With her nose sticking high in the air, Bunny rubbed beneath it smugly and raised one hand high while answering.
“Yesss!”
“And the ingredient for the cure is the sap of the Minella Tree……?”
His slow, slightly dragging tone might have frustrated others, but Bunny simply smiled brightly and nodded repeatedly.
Kiriel Yudia rubbed his chin twice before asking,
“How do you know this?”
Hmph. She had already perfectly mastered the answer to this question too.
As expected of the super king-best Bunny acknowledged by Luriel.
A giant genius.
“Dis! Bunny’s eggie told me!”
Bunny proudly declared as she pulled out the quail egg wrapped in tissue paper from her bag with the dangling rabbit arms.
