# Chapter 92
Chapter 92
"Oh, I just peeked in to see if the young lady was inside."
"You mean, without permission, in a room where the owner isn't present?"
Belial slightly furrowed his brows as if troubled, then awkwardly laughed while rubbing the back of his neck.
"My apologies, that was inappropriate.
I guess my body moved on its own because I wanted to quickly take in the beautiful and lovely sight of Lady Bunny, who is so adorable that just looking at her relieves all fatigue."
Sensing the tense atmosphere, Belial clasped his hands behind his back and deeply bowed his head.
Kiriel, watching him silently, opened Bunny’s door and spoke.
"I don’t care what kind of personality you have as long as you’re skilled, but Bunny is your master, whom you must protect with your life.
If you cross the line again, then…"
"Yes, I will be careful, my lord."
Thud.
After seeing the door close, Belial slowly lifted his head and turned.
Behind him, standing tall, was Lefha, who very slowly opened his mouth.
Master of Destruction and Greed.>Belial’s eyes widened slightly at the title Lefha used, then his lips curled into a round smile.
{Nice to meet you.
I am Balian~!
Elf, sir.
First, let me show you around the mansion.
This way.}
Belial spoke with a smile and nodded his head toward him.
Lefha, who had been standing stiff, slowly started walking, following Belial into the dim corridor where no light reached.
The mansion was silent.
As if something was about to happen at any moment.
***
Flap.
Pop, pop, pop!
As the page turned, a small burst of fireworks appeared from the paper.
Bunny, who had been lying on her stomach reading her notebook, widened her eyes.
"My dear baby!!
Happy 8th birthday!!"
Reading the words, Bunny’s shoulders lifted, and her nose tilted up high.
That’s right.
Today!
Bunny!
Finally!
She turned 8 years old.
She had grown taller.
Her once chubby cheeks had slimmed down quite a bit.
And even her fingers had grown slightly longer than a sausage!
Feeling like she had taken another step toward adulthood, Bunny was in an extremely good mood.
It even felt like she was floating in the sky.
Because now, Bunny was 8 years old!
"An 8-year-old Bunny isn’t a baby anymore."
Hehe.
Giggling, Bunny flipped to the next page, but then suddenly froze.
"My dear baby has survived safely and finally stepped onto the first stair of adulthood!!"
Gasp.
"Huh?
This is the first step...?"
Bunny, unable to believe it, read the first sentence over and over with her mouth hanging open.
Then, did that mean all the steps she had climbed until now weren’t even real stairs?
Rolling back and forth on the large bed in her pastel-toned room, Bunny groaned.
"Ummm..."
Looking serious, she lay flat on her back, staring at the ceiling while holding the notebook.
As she flipped to the next page, new words began to appear smoothly.
"My beloved, adorable, beautiful, and perfect baby, today, in celebration of you becoming an adult, I want to tell you a little secret I’ve been keeping.
That’s why you must read this when you’re alone."
Unlike usual, the tone seemed a bit serious.
Bunny anxiously tapped her feet and blinked.
Then, she hopped off the soft bed, grabbed the doorknob, and locked the door.
Now that she was a grown-up Bunny, she didn’t have to jump up and dangle from the doorknob.
She could reach it just by standing on tiptoes.
"I might not be super big, but I’ve definitely become a big Bunny."
Feeling even prouder, Bunny went back and continued reading the notebook.
"Baby, the truth is, I have an amazing ability to see the future.
I am the super king-awesome genius Luriel!"
"Huff..."
Bunny knew Luriel was a genius, but she never expected Luriel to be a "super king amazing great genius." Bunny was a great genius, but Luriel was even more incredible.
Bunny, with her mouth wide open, shook her head repeatedly, then cleared her throat and continued reading.
"And according to this super amazing genius Luriel, who can see the future, a new child will soon come to the lady's house.
I've told you several times, haven't I?
That another child might come, and you shouldn't be jealous."
"Yeah."
Bunny nodded several times as she answered.
She didn't check the notebook as often as when she was a baby, but she still opened Luriel's secret notebook whenever she faced something difficult or challenging.
"A new child will come.
She'll be introduced as the daughter of Dios Yudia, the eldest son of the Duke of Yudia, meaning Kiriel Yudia's eldest brother...
But to reveal an incredible secret about her birth..."
As the dots at the end of the sentence stretched longer and longer, Bunny swallowed hard.
"An incredible secret about her birth!"
Bunny quickly glanced around, then pulled the notebook close to her face as if she were about to bury her nose in it.
She swiftly flipped to the next page.
"Actually, that child is not Dios Yudia's daughter.
Hmm, she’s a homunculus, an artificial human created by a witch.
In short, she's not a real human.
Her heart is actually a stone of life, made by mixing Dios Yudia’s blood, a magic stone, a witch’s blood, and a human soul."
"Wow..."
Luri's words made no sense at all!
As expected, Luri was a true genius.
Even genius Bunny couldn’t understand half of the words.
"Artificial human?
Homunculus...?"
So basically, she was a fake human, right?
Bunny's mind spun as she tried to understand.
"So, my dad’s brother's daughter, who is coming to my house, is a fake human...
And a witch and a human mixed a soul together..."
Her head was spinning so much it felt like the whole world was spinning.
Bunny chewed her lip, then rolled onto her stomach and opened the notebook again.
"One more secret to reveal...
Actually!!"
"Actually?!"
Bunny's eyes widened as she read.
"Dios Yudia's daughter is actually you, Bunny."
"...Huh...?"
Bunny tilted her head, making a confused noise before suddenly opening her mouth wide in shock.
People always said that Dios Yudia was the hero of the Yudia Duchy.
And Bunny knew well that she was the child of the Demon King.
She had learned in the Trial Mansion that the Yudia Duchy and demons had fought fiercely.
She even attended lessons about the Holy War and remembered them clearly.
"And a baby is made when a mom and dad hold hands tightly!"
Not long ago, Bunny was really curious about how babies were made, so she asked Melissa, and Melissa explained it to her.
"Which means!"
Bunny crossed her arms, pretending to adjust imaginary glasses, then smirked.
"...Dad and Mom were fighting and then held hands to make Bunny?!"
Bunny had become a great genius who could now make such deductions.
Because Bunny was no longer 5, 6, or 7 years old—she was 8 years old now!
"...So does that mean Bunny is actually a real duchess?!"
All this time, she had thought she was a fake duchess.
But she was actually real?!
Shocked by this incredible truth, Bunny rolled back and forth on her bed with her mouth hanging open.
"So Bunny is the real duchess, and the new kid coming is the fake duchess."
Bunny wiggled excitedly as she quickly flipped to the next page.
"If that’s true, then Dad isn’t a fake family member—he’s Bunny’s real, blood-related family."
"Our incredible baby has already half-conquered the duchy with her adorable tactics!
But the real battle starts now.
If you’re not careful, our cute baby might be kicked out of the duchy."
"Why?"
"Because, even though she’s a fake baby, she’s basically the protagonist of this world.
You know, like the main characters in all those fairy tales I’ve read to you."
"Ugh..."
"This world has a protagonist too, and that protagonist... is the child who is coming."