# Chapter 96
Chapter 96
"Finished!!"
Bunny raised her arms in celebration, looking at the freshly baked "pizza" that had just come out of the oven.
Sharlone, who had worked hard kneading the dough on Bunny’s behalf, had slightly flushed cheeks.
The three pizzas all looked different.
Luka’s was nearly perfect, good enough to be sold.
Sharlone’s had a few clumsy touches, but it still looked delicious.
And Bunny’s…
‘…Hmm.
Bunny’s looks kind of mushy.’
The others had a shiny, neat appearance, but Bunny’s looked uneven and a bit sloppy.
Plop, roll.
Did she put too much ham and cheese on top?
Like lava flowing down, the cheese was dripping off the sides.
‘It doesn’t even look like a circle.’
But what does that matter?
‘Bunny’s pizza is the most delicious pizza in the world.’
Probably.
Bunny wiped the flour off her nose, which still hadn’t been cleaned off, and shrugged her shoulders.
It didn’t matter because making pizza had helped her get closer to Homung.
“By the way, the new lady is quite talented at cooking too.”
“Oh, no.
It’s just that Luka, the chef, is so skilled that even just following along helped a lot.”
Sharlone twisted her body slightly as she spoke, her cheeks turning red with embarrassment.
Her blushing face looked adorable.
Luka smiled slightly.
“Oh no!
Thank you for saying that, but calling me ‘chef’ is too much.
Just call me Luka.”
Luka, looking embarrassed, nodded with a friendly expression.
“Luka, can I take this to my dad?”
“Of course.
I’m sure he’ll love it.
But it’s hot, so should I go with you?”
“No, Bunny is already eight years old.
A grown-up.
Now, I can carry something like ‘pizza’ by myself.”
“Got it.
Then I’ll put it on another plate so it’s safer to carry.”
“Okay!”
Bunny stomped her feet excitedly and turned to look at Sharlone.
“Sharolong, do you want to come too?”
“It’s not Sharolong, it’s Sharlone…”
Sharlone instinctively responded but trailed off.
Bunny’s bright smile didn’t have a trace of darkness.
As if she had never experienced any hardships.
Her stomach twisted.
‘What the heck?
They said if I just did as told, everything would go well.’
She wasn’t being pushed aside.
No one feared her or avoided her.
Instead, she was soaking up all the love.
It even seemed like everyone was going out of their way to cater to her.
‘For a demon…’
A filthy demon.
It bothered her to see Bunny standing confidently in a place that could have been hers.
The witch who created Sharlone once said—
Sharlone was the rightful protagonist of this world.
That it was only natural for her to receive love in the Duke of Eudia’s household.
She whispered that everything belonged to her.
Because she was a precious being born from the blood of Eudia’s hero.
“Oh, should I pack one for the new lady too?”
“Oh, yes.”
Luka smiled and packed Sharlone’s pizza just like Bunny’s.
Bunny balanced her pizza on her head, grinning mischievously at Sharlone.
“Let’s go to Dad!”
“Oh, uh… yeah.”
Sharlone followed behind Bunny with a gentle, melting smile.
“Hmph~!”
Bunny hopped across the hallway.
With every bounce, the pizza box shook.
It probably wouldn’t look great when the lid was opened.
‘I don’t like this.’
Demons were said to be fierce and brutal creatures.
They could lie with a smiling face and kill someone they had just shared a meal with the day before.
‘Such a monster shouldn’t be in this house.’
For the sake of this household, that girl had to be driven out.
Even if it meant exposing her true identity and completely destroying her.
As she was deep in thought, making up her mind, Bunny suddenly slowed down and then trotted back to walk beside Sharlone.
“Hey, Sharolong.”
“Huh?
Oh, yeah?
What?”
“I like you, Sharolong.
Even though we just met, my heart beats fast, and I wish you could be my big sister.
If you weren’t here, I might even cry…”
Sharlone blinked at Bunny’s words.
‘The first move of Bunny’s famous cuteness strategy: Confession!’
Bunny looked at Shalone with bright, sparkling eyes.
Shalone immediately frowned, then forced an awkward smile and opened her mouth.
“What are you suddenly saying?
Is that a line from some novel?
If you’re just asking for my thoughts on that greeting, personally, I don’t think it’s a very good one for a first meeting.”
Thud!
The heartfelt confession was coldly rejected.
Bunny stared at Shalone with her mouth wide open.
‘…Failure…’
For the first time, her cutesy strategy, the first step—confession—had failed.
“Hmm…”
As Bunny walked dejectedly, she arrived at the office.
A soldier waiting at the entrance widened his eyes before curving them into a smile and kneeling on one knee.
“Young Lady, are you here to see the Young Lord?”
“Yes.
Is my dad here?”
“Yes, of course.
I will announce your arrival.”
After exchanging glances and finishing their short conversation, the soldier nodded with a smile and informed the office that Bunny had arrived.
“Come in.”
As soon as permission was granted from inside, Bunny jumped on the spot and slipped right in.
“Daaaad!”
Bunny ran in and threw herself at Kiriel’s leg.
Kiriel caught Bunny in midair before she could cling to his leg and lifted her up.
“Hello, my daughter.
What were you doing to get your face so white again?”
In fact, it wasn’t just her face—her entire body was practically white.
Kiriel took out a handkerchief, wet it with water, and wiped the child's face as he asked.
“Hehe, to celebrate Bunny becoming a big grown-up, I tried a completely new dish!”
Tada!
Bunny proudly stretched out the box in her hands and shouted.
Hearing her bright voice, Kiriel gently patted her head.
“Oh, um… Hello, Young Lord.”
At the sudden voice, Kiriel looked up and saw Shalone.
He slowly nodded.
“So you came together.”
Noticing the identical box in her hands, it seemed like they had spent time together.
“Have you two already gotten close?”
At Kiriel’s question, Shalone hesitated for a moment before giving a clear smile and nodding.
“Yes, Bunny is very cute.”
“I know.
She’s so ridiculously cute that I worry about letting her outside.
You have good taste.”
“…Ah, yes.”
Shalone forced a smile and nodded at Kiriel’s comment, which wasn’t much different from Calbard’s or Allen’s.
“It looks like you brought something to eat, so have a seat.”
Kiriel tilted his head slightly.
Still holding Bunny, he sat down on the sofa.
Shalone also carefully placed the box she brought down and sat across from him.
“Come to think of it, I heard you were looking for me a few days ago, but I was too busy to meet you then.
What was it about?”
“Ah!
Bunny’s choco factory!
Bunny is going to become a baby CEO and get super rich.
Not just choco, but also choco cookies and spinning swirls too!”
“You want to expand your business?”
“Yeah.
Yup.
With Bunny’s Choco Factory—‘You thought I was just a baby, but actually, I’m a chocolate factory kid CEO and super-rich?’—I want to do something like that.”
Since she was too excited, she was just blurting things out, making no sense at all.
But Kiriel managed to pick up on the main point—she wanted to do business—and quietly nodded.
‘…Maybe this household just isn’t normal at all?’
Was this the famous Yudia Ducal House?
With a very serious expression, Shalone pondered deeply.