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[Episode 90] – Wise Man Time

“You’d better 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 the criminal emanating from my body?

Her bright blue eyes flashed with a cool chill. The icy cold gaze sent a chill down my spine, and I ended up shrugging my shoulders without realizing it. Although Morgan was only slightly rolling his eyes and looking up, his tone seemed to be certain that I had already come into contact with the criminal.

‘Maybe it’s good…?’

His neck moved spontaneously and he swallowed his saliva.

Really, maybe it’s a good thing?

I guess I had misjudged Morgan without realizing it because she looked young and had a high nose and cute goofy look. 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 ‘me’ who decided to judge after talking with that child?

So the only recourse I have here is-

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

It was just a bluff.

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 away, saying it was rude, but Morgan just looked at me quietly. I gently lifted his chin, making him look up at me.

Then, she smiled the smile she had been practicing in social circles. The smile Vivian often wore when threatening other ladies.

A smile that appears to be smiling with the corners of the eyes falling, 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 truly ‘evil woman’s’ smile, Morgan’s eyes narrowed slightly as she looked up at me. Honestly, I felt like I did the best I could. I’m fretting inside, wondering what I’ll do if this bravado doesn’t work…

“Hehehe, 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 her 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 recklessness her natural personality, or is that sharp look her natural personality… I was so confused that I couldn’t even tell. 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 girl to ruin the face of an archwitch.”

“…Do you really miss Vivian?”

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

By any chance, does Morgan miss Vivian through me? No matter how much Vivian was said to be human waste, was it a little different for Morgan? When I asked with a pitiful expression, Morgan answered with wide eyes.

“no? I don’t really miss it. “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. “I brought this child to Kirven, but I felt like I brought her there in the wrong place.”

“…….”

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

“Wow, I’m sure… I guess so.”

“Do you know why that child can’t make a contract with a fairy other than Ainsel? 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 probably had a lot to accumulate from Vivian, but once his mouth was open, he couldn’t close it easily. 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? I will teach you like a true student. No, I will make you my wife’s disciple. The Great Witch’s teachings are not easy to receive? With your daughter-”

“Haha… 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, etc., which seemed like it would be quite a long story.

‘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… right?’

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?”

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

*

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

Neither Titania nor Snow White knew what to say to each other, so they just sat on the sofa and looked somewhere else blankly.

How long will this atmosphere continue? When Titania sighed as the ground 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 here?”

Wiggle.

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

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

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

It’s as if he hates his mother when he sees himself reflected in the mirror. Besides, who gets to call his mother by her first name?

“…I don’t know about that. From now on, please call her Your Highness the Queen, not Vivian. “Your mother is not your friend, is she?”

Upon 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. To be honest, it was hard to see someone who looked exactly like her like Vivian. Still, if there is anything 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 composed herself, somehow managed to smile, and looked at Titania. When our eyes met, I was excited! Titania snorted and turned her head. He was truly a bold child, unlike himself.

“…Did Her Majesty the Queen send you here?”

“yes that’s right. My mother told me to wait here. “You didn’t tell me you were here…”

“I was trying to hide myself from the archwitch, so I guess I said as little as possible. “Don’t worry too much.”

“Hide 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.

That the woman in front of me was the culprit that the Great Witch had come looking for. I didn’t know what had happened, but it seemed clear that I had done something bad.

Therefore, Titania could not help but wonder. Why is my mother trying to hide this criminal that the Great Witch came looking for?

As Titania was thinking deeply, 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 into laughter at the absurdity.

I didn’t think so, but the emotions Titania was clearly pouring out towards her were clearly jealousy. Things like not calling your mother by her name, or that crumpled expression on your face when you see someone helping someone other than yourself.

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

He just didn’t want to see Titania, who had the same face as him, not knowing 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 teasing her.

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

“……I beg your pardon?”

“I thought I was going to have a secret conversation with Her Highness just the two of us… Honestly, I’m a little disappointed, don’t you think? I didn’t know you would come. Ah~ I’m so sorry~”

Snow White continued speaking to Titania sarcastically. When he opened his eyes and looked at Titania, her face turned bright red with jealousy and her shoulders shook as she glared at herself.

At first, I was happy to see Titania so angry that she was shaking, but…

Soon, due to his actions and words that made it seem like he liked Vivian, he was simultaneously filled with feelings of despondency and a terrible sense of self-destruction.

Snow White, drooping, lowered her head and sighed.

‘What on earth can I do against a thirteen year old…’