I Raised Snow White!

90. Sage Time

[Episode 90] – Sage Time

“It would be better to answer truthfully. “Unless you want to become an example to the criminal.”

Morgan asked, pressing her lips to the back of my hand.

What happened to the ‘magic power’ of a criminal emanating from my body?

Her bright blue eyes flashed with a cool chill. Her icy gaze sent a chill down my spine, and I unconsciously shrugged her shoulders. She was just looking up with her eyes rolling, but Morgan was already speaking in a tone that seemed certain that I had come into contact with the culprit.

‘Maybe it’s good…?’

Her neck moved spontaneously and she swallowed her saliva.

Really, maybe it would be good?

I guess I misjudged Morgan because she looked young, had a high nose, and seemed like a cute idiot. This person in front of me is the witch from that myth, and she has lived for thousands of years. There was no way I was an idiot who would smile brightly at a compliment like that.

‘…What should I do to get over this situation?’

Magic? Will my poor magic work on the archwitch? So should I just tell them Snow White’s location? However, I haven’t even had a proper conversation with Snow White yet. Wasn’t it ‘I’ who decided to judge after talking with that child?

Then the only recourse I can take here is-

“…Well? “I really don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He was just bluffing.

I tilted my head as if I really didn’t know and looked at Morgan with an innocent expression. Morgan’s eyes were still full of doubt as he looked at me, but I couldn’t stop.

“As you know, today is the day of the masquerade ball. “It’s a day when everyone wears masks, dresses up, hides their identities, and enjoys a dance like me.”

I acted like I didn’t know until the end, and instead I had to force Morgan to do it. No matter how much this may seem like a prank in her eyes, she could never stop showing off her bravado.

“Because I dressed up as a man, I danced with quite a few ladies. Since dancing involves frequent changes of partners, wouldn’t it be possible that you passed by the criminal at that time? Or you…”

I twisted my grasping hand and gently cupped Morgan’s chin.

He could have slapped my hand down, saying it was rude, but Morgan just stared at me quietly. I gently lifted the chin I was holding and made Morgan look up at me.

Then he smiled the smile he had been practicing in social circles. The smile that ‘Vivian’ often wore when threatening other ladies.

A smile that appears to be smiling with the corners of the eyes flowing down, but is not actually a smile. To give an example, this smile is-

“Do you really doubt me? “Am I the criminal?”

It was a smile like a rose with thorns.

When I gave a smile that could truly be described as a ‘bad girl’, Morgan’s eyes narrowed slightly as she looked up at me. Honestly, I felt like I did as much as I could. I’m fretting inside, wondering what I’ll do if this bravado doesn’t work…

“hehehehe, I’m sorry. “I was just saying this as a joke, but I never thought I would react so harshly.”

“…Yes? I beg your pardon? “Nong?”

So, threatening me with death like that was just a joke? As I frowned in annoyance, Morgan held my chin and smiled brightly. What can I say about this old man?

Because of my anger, I unconsciously tightened my grip on Morgan’s chin. Then, Morgan’s cheeks were pushed forward and his lips were sticking out like a duck’s mouth. The sight was so funny that I burst out laughing without even realizing it.

“Anyway, I don’t know. And, if you look at them like they’re going to kill you, of course they’ll overreact! Do you know how surprised I am?!”

“You really don’t care…Please let go of my hand first…”

When I let go of my hand, Morgan stroked her cheek with both hands as if it was tingling. Is this foolishness his true nature, or is his sharp appearance his true nature… I was so confused. Morgan, who was caressing her cheek, smiled and raised her head to look at me.

“Really, Vivian has never done anything like this to her own daughter… But you are the first one to ruin the face of her great witch.”

“…Do you really miss Vivian?”

The expression on Morgan’s face as he spoke with a bitter smile gave me a solemn feeling.

Could it be that Morgan misses Vivian through me? No matter how much Vivian was said to be human trash, was it slightly different for Morgan? When I asked with a pitiful expression, Morgan opened his eyes and answered.

“No? I don’t really miss it. “It’s because she doesn’t like Vivian.”

“Yes?”

“Don’t you know, baby? Because Vivian’s personality was so similar, no one in Kirven liked her. “She was the one who brought this child to Kirven, but she really felt like she was brought in wrongly.”

“…….”

“I didn’t attend the meeting, and even if I did, I was in a lot of trouble. Besides, think about it. If the main woman really cared for that child, wouldn’t she have done whatever it took to prevent the child from performing her strange ritual?”

“Wow, I’m sure… I guess so.”

“Does she know why that child can’t make a contract with a fairy other than Ain Cell? That very nature is the problem. In the first place, the contract with Ainsel was close to a threat. No matter how good the taste of magic power is, its personality~”

Morgan must have accumulated a lot from Vivian, and once she opened her mouth, she could not easily close it. Still, should I say that I am glad that the topic of the story shifted to Vivian rather than Snow White? I smiled bitterly and began to listen to Morgan’s complaints.

“Compared to that, the baby is really no different from an angel. Have you ever thought of learning about magic? She will teach you like a true disciple. No, I will make you my wife’s disciple. The Great Witch’s teachings are not easy to receive? With your daughter-“

“hahahaha… I’ll just accept your heart. Just my heart…”

I waved my hand at Morgan, who was approaching me with sparkling eyes, and somehow refused. It would be a lie to say I’m not interested in magic, but I haven’t had any inconveniences living without magic so far. Well… Actually, we’ve all adapted to this medieval-like era.

As I listened to Morgan’s story in a daze, Vivian’s story was forgotten and Morgan started talking about Kirven. He started talking about how all the witches were like his family, what Kirven had been doing so far, etc. – A story that seemed like it would be quite long.

‘It looks like it’s going to take quite a while… Will Snow White and Titania be okay? Well… Since Ainsel is with us, nothing much will happen…?’

I smiled bitterly and just listened intently to Morgan’s story. Just like a subordinate who smiles and listens even when his boss talks about something he is not interested in.

“So, Fran, who I first met back then, hmm? “Baby, you’re not thinking about something else while your wife is talking, are you?”

“Ahahahaha, I’m listening… I’m just listening…”

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About 10 minutes have passed since Titania entered the common room where Snow White was. The atmosphere in the room was so awkward that it was truly unbearable.

Titania and Snow White didn’t know what to say to each other, so they just sat on the sofa and looked somewhere else blankly.

How long on earth will this atmosphere continue? When Titania sighed as her land disappeared, Snow White looked at her and opened her mouth.

“…Did she send you here?”

“That woman…?”

“I mean Vivian. “Isn’t that what she sent you?”

Wiggle.

One of Titania’s eyebrows slightly rose at the tone of Snow White calling her mother that woman.

When she first thought about it, she realized that the woman who looked exactly like her had been like that for a long time. Even when she turned into Princess Fiona, she was a woman who tried to break up her relationship with her mother.

No matter how much that woman hated her mother, she didn’t want to see her mother insulted in front of her.

It’s like, when she looks in the mirror, it looks like she hates her mother. Besides, who gets to call their mother by her first name?

“…I don’t know about that. From now on, please refer to her as Her Royal Highness, not Vivian. “Your mother is not your friend, is she?”

Hearing those words, one of Snow White’s eyebrows twitched like Titania’s and rose high into the sky.

Snow White was the same as Titania. It was hard for her to honestly see how someone who looked exactly like her liked Vivian. Still, she’s different from Titania…

‘Whoa… hold on, hold on. Because unlike that child, I am an adult. It’s strange to get angry over something like this. In the first place, Titania grew up receiving love differently from me, right? So, you might like Vivian differently than I do. Yes, that’s it.’

Snow White took all her heart and somehow managed to smile her face and look at Titania. When our eyes met, I was excited! Titania blew her nose and turned her head. Really, unlike herself, she was a bold child.

“…Did Her Majesty the Queen send you?”

“Yes, that’s right. My mother told me to wait here. “She didn’t tell me she had you here…”

“I guess she kept quiet as much as she could because she was trying to hide me from her archwitch. “Don’t worry too much.”

“Are you hiding yourself? “Are you my mother?”

Titania’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as if she was puzzled. First of all, even Titania could fully understand what the situation was.

The culprit that the Great Witch came looking for was the woman in front of her. It was unclear what she had done, but it seemed clear that she had done something bad.

That’s why Titania couldn’t help but wonder. Why does her mother try to hide this culprit that the Great Witch came looking for?

As Titania was thinking hard, Snow White, who was looking at Titania’s crumpled expression, widened her eyes as if she noticed something.

‘Could it be that that child is jealous of me just because she hid me?’

Snow White burst out laughing at the absurdity.

I thought it might not be true, but the emotions Titania was clearly pouring out towards her were clearly jealousy. Don’t call her mother by her name, or that crumpled expression on her face when she sees someone helping someone other than herself.

Snow White was convinced that Titania was pouring out her feelings of jealousy, and for a moment her annoyance rose to the top of her head.

She just didn’t want to see Titania, who had the same face as hers and was at a loss for what to do because she liked Vivian.

‘It’s as if I like Vivian and don’t know what to do!’

So, Snow White decided to tease Titania for a while. Snow White looked at Titania with a sinister expression, saying that she couldn’t be angry at a thirteen-year-old child, so she would have to be satisfied with her teasing.

“That’s right, Her Majesty the Queen said she wanted to talk to me alone. So I was waiting for Her Majesty the Queen.”

“……What?”

“I thought I would have a secret conversation with Her Majesty the Queen alone… But honestly, I feel a little disappointed, don’t you? I didn’t know you would come. Ah~ I’m so sorry~”

Snow White continued her words sarcastically at Titania. When she opened her eyes and looked at Titania, Titania, whose face was bright red with jealousy, glared at her and shook her shoulders.

At first, I was happy to see Titania so angry that her body shook, but…

She soon said that she liked Vivian, but because of her actions and words, she felt both a sense of desolation and a terrible sense of self-destruction.

Snow White, drooping, lowered her head and sighed heavily.

‘What on earth am I going to do with a 13-year-old…?’