I Raised Snow White!

99. Family Gathering (1)

[Episode 99] – Family Gathering (1)

The day after Veronica returned.

There was so much going on at the Masquerade Ball that I was completely exhausted and decided to take a break with Titania today. There was nothing to do in terms of rest, but honestly, I was happy just lying in bed and lazing around. Because it’s been really hard these days.

As I lay flat on the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling, I flinched and trembled as I felt like I was going to have a cramp in one of my legs. When I glanced up and looked at my legs, I saw Titania reading a book using my thighs as a pillow.

When I shook my leg to tell Titania to get off my leg, I started to press my head against her leg to prevent her from moving. It looked kind of cute, so I brushed her hair, and Titania moved her body and soon lay down between my legs.

With my legs freed from Titania’s head, I stared blankly at the ceiling and began to wonder when I should bring up Veronica’s story to Titania. Since we were planning to meet next week, I had to let him know slowly, but when I actually wanted to bring it up, I was at a loss as to how to say it.

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‘How should I introduce Veronica? First of all, Titania knows that child, but…’

I pursed my lips, raised her upper body at an angle, and looked at Titania, who was lying between my legs and reading a book. When I looked at Titania reading a book intently while looking at the ceiling, I sighed involuntarily. Even when he lies down, he always lies between my legs?

“Titania?”

“Yes?”

When I called, Titania turned over from looking at her ceiling and looked at me. Titania looked at me with her chin resting on her face, as if she had no intention of getting out from between my legs. For some reason, she was in a strange mood, so I half-folded one of her knees and ended up in an awkward position, neither lying down nor standing up.

…Anyway, this is not important.

“Titania, what would you think if… You had a sister?”

“…Sister? She’s not even a little brother, she’s a big sister?”

Titania rested her chin and began to worry when she said that she was her older sister. Titania, who was contemplating while making her humming and snorting sounds, soon rolled her eyes and glared at me, as if her worries were over. She’s not imagining something strange, is she?

“By any chance, her mother remarried…”

“No.”

Look at this. I’m imagining something strange again.

What kind of remarriage am I doing? Why would the queen of a country remarry in the first place? In this country, is it okay for the queen to remarry? When I looked at Titania as if I was really dumbfounded, she tilted her head as if it was strange.

“I know it doesn’t make sense, but… I don’t know what my mother’s intention is when she says this to me. “Perhaps her mother remarries and her child becomes her half-sister…”

“My daughter has always had a great imagination. Haven’t I told you so many times? Don’t just read romance novels. The book you’re reading now isn’t a strange book, is it? “It’s not a cover…”

“Okay, sure. I guess not…?”

Titania secretly hides the book she was reading.

When I started watching Titania read romance novels, she even changed the covers of the books and put on different covers. I also didn’t think romance novels were particularly bad. It would be okay to read sometimes to relieve stress.

But, did they say that anything in excess can be poisonous? This was exactly what he was saying about Titania. She was having a really hard time because ever since Titania read her romance novels, she often had strange fantasies. What I meant was that please read moderately. Moderately.

“Didn’t I say ‘what if’? Really, I was asking what would happen if you had a sister. Doesn’t that sound pretty good? “I think it would be nice for you to have a sister…”

Titania was looking at me, resting her chin. She blinked exactly once, twisted her eyes and smiled. Titania then placed her cheek on the inside of my thigh and smiled her eyes in response. As if there was already an answer to my question.

“There is no need.”

“But… You’re less lonely when you have brothers and sisters, right…?”

“Well? I used to think so, but these days, I’ve never felt lonely because I’m alone. “I think it’s better these days because I’m alone.”

“So…?”

Titania replied and began to rest her head on my inner thigh as a pillow. When Titania’s slightly cold cheek tickled the inside of her thigh, my body trembled involuntarily. Then, Titania, who was showing a lot of cuteness between my legs, smiled brightly and continued talking.

“For me, my family is not just my mother and I, but three of us together with Ainsel is enough.”

-Princess… You didn’t just forget that…?

“No, no. “It’s not like that.”

When the Ain Cell around Titania’s neck let out her crying voice, Titania, who was startled, was busy comforting her Ain Cell. I looked at the two children who were rolling between my legs and starting to chatter, then I immediately lay down on the bed and looked at the ceiling again.

It seems that introducing Veronica will not be as easy as I thought. I definitely believed that since Titania was alone, she would be happy if she had an older sister or younger brother, but she answered that she wasn’t particularly lonely. Is it because Eincel is already by her side?

‘…I don’t know. It might be different when we actually meet.’

Thinking of that, I knocked on the side of my bed, telling him to stop playing between my legs and come up here. Then Titania crawled onto her bed from where she had settled down at my legs and lay down next to me. She then asked me to use her arm as a pillow and she pulled my arm behind my head.

I sighed heavily and glanced down at Titania, who had begun to snuggle between my armpits. What’s so good about Titania that just makes her laugh? She wished she could give me this smile again when she met Veronica… But it didn’t seem like it would be easy.

*

Time passes so quickly.

The day came when Titania and Veronica met.

As soon as night fell, the landscape of the terrace changed to the sea, and one more chair was added to the table I sat at last time. Titania was startled by the change in scenery, and soon she started looking at the night sea as if she had never been so surprised.

She started asking me excitedly, saying that it was her first time seeing the sea, that it smelled different from a lake, and if it would be okay if she came closer later. As I was looking at that scene, Veronica came out of nowhere and approached me and Titania with her arms crossed.

I unconsciously opened my eyes wide as I saw that he was wearing a different outfit than when I met him. Long black hair down her back and a dress with little decoration. Although it was a dress with little exposure, the black mermaid dress that perfectly revealed the lines of the body gave off a s*xy and elegant feeling.

The sight of her wearing black lace gloves and holding a fan was enough to make her young 17-year-old face look more mature. Moreover, since it was a dress that Titania did not usually wear, it had a different feel and felt strange. Wouldn’t this be what it would feel like if Titania grew up?

“You really came.”

“…Because I promised. And, it’s true that I want to talk to Titania…”

The moment Titania, who was looking at the sea with sparkling eyes, and Veronica, who was smiling shyly, made eye contact, a short silence fell between them.

I knew Titania would be surprised.

I don’t know what to say about Veronica until today, so she decided to just go with the surprise feeling. So, it was natural for Titania, who didn’t know she would meet Veronica, to be surprised. But…

Titania’s face, which had been smiling brightly as she looked at the sea, gradually hardened, and when she looked at Veronica’s face, her eyebrows began to gradually frown.

In the end, her brightly smiling face disappeared everywhere and Titania looked at me and Veronica alternately with an angry expression. Titania soon sighed and asked me.

“What would it be like if I had a sister? Did you mean this? Mother?”

“……”

I was unable to say anything as Titania glared at me as if she was really angry. Just smile shyly. Veronica must not have expected Titania to be this angry, as Veronica’s expression showed embarrassment.

“I don’t like it. A sister like you. “For my family, my mother and two people are enough.”

-Princess…

Titania quickly approached Veronica, raised her head and glared at Veronica.

“I still remember, right? “What you said to me when you came to me dressed as Princess Fiona.”

When I saw Titania looking up at Veronica and growling like a puppy, I quickly started to comfort her.

“Hey, just calm down and sit down. Huh? “Shouldn’t we at least talk about it first?”

I pushed Titania’s shoulders and almost forced her to sit on the chair, and Veronica and I also sat down. Veronica and Titania sat on either side of me with me in the middle. Titania was busy glaring at Veronica, who was sitting across from her, as if she still didn’t want to admit it.

To change the mood as much as possible, I clapped my hands and continued speaking in a bright voice.

Wow!

“Wow, the family has finally gathered together. “Now let’s forget all the bad memories of the past and make a new start-“

“Who calls you family?”

“Who is that person’s family?”

Veronica and Titania glare at me, saying similar things at almost the same time. I felt strange because it felt like I had another teenage daughter. However, even though the two daughters tried to resist, it was no use. Because I have already decided to treat Veronica like my own daughter, just like Titania.

“I’m not complaining about her mother’s decision.”

“But, mother! Please listen to me! That woman caused a wedge between me and her mother when I was young?! Besides, it was there then! “I said it wasn’t a note I wrote!”

Titania appealed to me as if she felt truly unfair.

…When was that? When she came mixed up with the delegation? Is this a story about when the two of you had a tea party while dressed as Princess Fiona? Are you the reason Titania ran away from home at that time? She also left a note saying that Titania was running away from home…!

When I narrowed my eyes and glared at Veronica, Veronica spread her fan and covered the corner of her mouth, avoiding my gaze and muttering in a low voice.

“Who was it that suggested we forget the bad memories of the past…?”

“You…!”

I was in tears and angry, but I held my breath and held back. Yes, because it’s in the past and it’s not really a problem now. Since the culprit is right in front of me anyway, that won’t happen anymore.

“Ha… Anyway, please introduce yourself first.”

“What? Me? “Are you asking me to introduce myself?”

When I opened my eyes again and glared at Veronica, Veronica sighed helplessly and began to worry, covering her face with her fan. Then hit the fan! Asked Titania, folding it loudly.

“Titania. “If I told you now that I did it for you, you wouldn’t believe me, right?”

“…Of course. “How can I believe that you broke up the relationship between me and my mother for my sake?”

“Well, believe it or not, I really did that for you back then. Even now, for your sake, I am meeting you in front of Vivian, whom I really hate. You know? “How I hate Vivian.”

“I know. “That’s why I hate you.”

Veronica smiled in response, stretched out all five of her fingers, held them out to Titania, and continued.

“Then, if I grant you a few wishes, will you trust me a little?”

“A wish…?”

“Okay, since I did something sorry to you, you can think of it as compensation for my apology. First of all… okay.”

Veronica folded one of her fingers.

“When you grow up a little more, I can take you out of the palace. Oh, I don’t mean running away from home. “Sometimes, I’ll let you ‘secretly’ visit the capital’s festivals and other places.”

“Huh…?”

“Look at my face. It’s the same as you, right? In just two years, you will be the same height as me. Besides, I am a princess like you, so I know the royal castle well. It appears often in novels, right? “The main characters set up a stand-in and secretly go to the festival.”

Wow, is it because it’s me?

Veronica, who presented exactly what Titania wanted, looked at Titania with a giggle. It was a story about Titania, who could not go out of her castle due to her position as a princess, and was inevitably shaken.

“Secondly, if you want, I will teach you magic. “My dwarves will help you.”

“You…! “I told you not to teach Titania her magic…!”

“Do you really think what you teach and what I teach are the same? “What I was worried about was you being jealous of Titania, who has a talent for magic.”

“……”

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Faced with irrefutable words, she could only keep her mouth shut. Veronica continued to seduce Titania by promising to grant her many wishes. With all five of her fingers folded, Veronica added these words:

“Instead, call me sister. Then I’ll give you everything you want. “I am somewhat capable.”

Wow, that’s disgusting. It’s really disgusting.

Is that the attitude of someone who apologizes? Rather, it was the attitude of a person who took what he wanted while showing the gap between himself and Titania. What Veronica truly wants is to have Titania as her younger sister.

Is it because he knows Veronica’s past? She felt a little sorry to see her like this, so she couldn’t stop her. Titania hesitated, considering what Veronica had suggested, but then she frowned and asked,

“Are you really going to listen to all of that…?”

“Yes, as long as you call me sister. “You may not believe it, but I have always been by your side since you were little.”

“……”

Titania, who was worried, looked at me with a helpless expression. I really hate bowing down to Veronica, who had insulted me, but the wish she offered was so attractive.

Furthermore, they were all wishes that I could not grant. In the end, she looked at me with tears in her eyes as if Titania, who had not been able to choose, was asking me to choose for her.

“…Titania, I don’t care anymore if that kid insults me or anything. “At best, I think my teenage daughter is acting like a brat.”

“Who are you saying is your daughter?”

“If I could give you one piece of advice, just accept wishes from that child and don’t learn that kind of personality. “I think I’d be a little sad if you changed like that too.”

Titania, who was crying, nodded her head vigorously, telling her not to worry about that.

“And… I wish you had a sister. Having more people you can rely on is really important. Until when…”

The words ‘Because I can’t be by your side forever.’ Rose all the way up her throat, but she swallowed them with dry saliva and smiled bitterly.

“So, don’t think about me and just go and get what you wish for. “Because that child really cares for you.”

Titania looked at me and Veronica alternately, then sighed heavily, looked at Veronica, and muttered in a voice that made her ants crawl.

“…Ni.”

“What? “I can’t hear you very well?”

“……Sister…Sister…”

When Veronica heard that it was her older sister, the corners of Veronica’s mouth began to rise to the sky. She quickly spread her fan and began to cover the corner of her mouth, which she couldn’t control.

In comparison, Titania was in real danger of death. She seemed to be on the verge of tears, as if she felt ashamed for calling Veronica her older sister. Titania, with her fists clenched and her shoulders shaking, could not raise her head.

“Okay, self-introduction is over!”

“? No, what are you talking about? “You haven’t told me the most important thing yet.”

“What? This is enough, right? What else…”

Ah. Veronica’s face began to turn red as she remembered something. She frowned at me as if she didn’t want to die, but she had no intention of putting me off either.

How can you introduce yourself without even saying your name? When I glared at her as if telling her to speak quickly, Veronica clicked her tongue in annoyance, cleared her throat, and looked at Titania.

“…Veronica.”

“…Yes?”

“My name. My name is Veronica. “From now on, call me Veronica.”