I Raised Snow White!

80. Overprotection

[Episode 80] – Overprotection

Titania went to get dressed while I also waited for the maids to help her get dressed. I took off her earrings and looked at her angel. Because Ainsel had to help at this masquerade ball.

“I told you last time, but I can’t wear earrings at this prom. Because I’m trying to hide my identity as much as possible. “First of all, I won’t take my eyes off Titania in the ballroom, but…”

-I know. Since you can’t wear earrings, you’re saying you’ll replace them with a necklace? And you’re telling me that you can’t hear my voice because I’m going to put it inside my clothes, right? So, please protect the princess well… And shout loudly if anything happens… I’m really going to feel like my ears are prickling.

“…Okay, I’ll definitely ask you this time. “If anything happens, shout out loud.”

-You… You’re really overprotective. To be honest, this is just spying on the princess. I told you this until you had a scab in your ear, but…

“I know. Now that Titania has grown up a bit, you’re saying she should get into the habit of staying away from me, right? “I will try my best, but…”

I sighed softly and looked at Ainsel.

It wasn’t easy to take Titania away from me. Could it be that I am rather obsessed with Titania? Because it made me think, I know that this child will leave me one day, but…

“…Look at it even if it looks a little ugly. Not until Titania enters her academy. You know? “When that time comes, I too…”

-…I didn’t say it was ugly. I’m just worried about whether you’ll be able to leave the princess’s side like you promised. Honestly, I don’t think you really need to leave, but…

I smiled bitterly at Ainsel’s gaze as if he was truly worried. I knew what Ainsel wanted to say to me.

As Titania grows up, won’t it be that I depend on Titania rather than Titania relying on me? I had a vague feeling.

The reason I exist here is for Titania. Because I decided that way from then on. So, I had no choice but to rely on Titania.

Because that child is everything in my life.

But the more I depend on Titania, the more she depends on me. Then, I depended more and more on Titania, and Titania depended on me again and again and again, like a snake biting its own tail.

Is that why it is like that? The thought that I would never be able to escape Titania’s side began to fill my head if I continued like this these days.

Isn’t that so? One day, Titania will become queen, get married, and leave me, but even then, I can’t rely on her. She didn’t want to be a clingy parent to her child.

Knowing that I shouldn’t do that, I had to keep my promise to the Queen Mother. Even when Titania grows up, me being next to her is no different from poison to both Titania and me.

So, I…

*

“Mother! “Look at this!”

While she was being dressed up and surrounded by her maids, Titania suddenly opened the door and appeared. Titania, who had already finished dressing up for the masquerade ball, approached me at a brisk pace.

Titania is wearing a white blouse and a bright red skirt that the common people would wear, rather than a dress. There she was, wearing her bright red cloak and holding a basket of snacks in one hand.

And even a bright red mask that covers half of her face.

As if she was showing off, Titania grabbed the hem of her skirt and spun around in place to show off her makeup. Titania’s makeup was like ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ from the fairy tale.

“It suits you well. Did you finally decide on Little Red Riding Hood?”

“Yes, I liked this one the most.”

Perhaps because most of the participants in this masquerade are children, Hayley chose ‘fairy tales’ or ‘fairies’ as the theme for this masquerade. Of course, my influence must have been involved to some extent.

Titania said it was a little childish, but it was still much wholesome than her adult masquerade. Usually, at a masquerade ball, any mask could be worn unless the host decided on a theme.

The mask there is simply used to show off one’s wealth. At a masquerade ball where the rule was to hide one’s identity, their masks were not intended to hide their identity.

Embrace jewels on the mask or use high-quality fabric. To make the makeup look realistic, you hire a craftsman to make the clothes. At the adult masquerade ball, dressing up was no different from ‘competition’ with others.

Moreover, such masquerade balls were usually lewd events where people pretended to be noble on the outside but enjoyed being promiscuous and promiscuous behind the scenes, so to be honest, it was an event that Titania had nothing to learn from.

So, even now, right before the masquerade ball, I was still feeling a bit of regret. Even though it is an event where only children gather, I think it was a wrong decision to allow a masquerade ball.

…If I keep complaining like this again, there will be no end to it. The sound of Ainsel shouting, ‘Stop being overprotective!!’ Seemed to be ringing in my ears now.

‘Besides… I probably won’t be able to enjoy the masquerade ball as much as I expected anyway. This masquerade ball will also be an opportunity for Titania to face reality.’

With inconclusive thoughts, I sighed and looked at Titania. Certainly, it was cute to see her dressed up in a way that you don’t usually see. If she hadn’t been getting dressed, I would have hugged her right away.

I sighed softly and asked Titania with a worried expression.

“Titania. “Do you remember what I said?”

“Yes, I remember everything. “You said it so loudly that it made her ears prick up.”

“Once again, take at least two masks of different shapes. Be sure to cover your face with a cloak. And since you can’t dance, regarding the first dance…”

When I nagged again, Titania felt like a scab would form in her ears. She sighed and let my nagging go in one ear and out the other. What’s the point of saying something that hurts your mouth? You have to experience it to know.

Titania probably didn’t like my attitude as if I was scolding her young child, so she straightened her waist and breasts to increase her height, pounded her breasts with her fists, and looked at me. What is he doing now?

“Mom, don’t worry. It’s just a masquerade ball with kids my age, right? My mother is worried because she is so worried. “Am I now a grown woman?”

“What, what??? Are you a lady??? Puheup, puhuhuh, ahahahaha!”

I burst out laughing when I heard the word ‘lady.’

What kind of lady is a child of only thirteen years old?

I must have done that after reading a strange novel again. Wasn’t it Titania’s little conscience that said at the end that she was ‘no different’ from a grown woman?

As I burst into laughter, the maids who were helping me dress up next to me also shook their shoulders.

The maids tried to hold back the laughter that was about to burst out, but in the end they probably couldn’t hold it back, and a subtle laugh burst out from between the maids’ thinly opened lips.

“Wow, Her Majesty the Queen, princess, I am so sorry. “We just thought the princess was so cute…”

“Whew… The way you just looked was unbearably cute…”

Perhaps because most of them were maids with children, they seemed even more unbearable. The maids always treated Titania like their own children, so she had no intention of scolding them at all.

As the maids and I burst into laughter, Titania’s face turned bright red. Her skirt, cloak, and mask were bright red, and even her face turned bright red, making her look like a perfectly ripe apple.

Seeing Titania shaking her whole body, perhaps because she was angry or embarrassed, she thought, “Oops,” So she quickly calmed down her laughter with a deep breath and apologized to Titania.

“I’m sorry. However, in my eyes, I am still a child. He is only thirteen years old, and even now, he has trouble sleeping at night unless he sleeps with me. “If you want to be referred to as a lady, shouldn’t you get into the habit of sleeping separately from me and have a debutante after you turn fifteen?”

Titania said ‘sigh’ at my point, and was unable to refute it.

I don’t know why the word ‘lady’ is used, but even considering that the definition of ‘lady’ is ‘a woman with culture, courtesy, and dignity, a beautiful term for a woman who has come of age,’ it would never be used to refer to Titania, who has not even had a coming-of-age ceremony. It wasn’t.

‘Well… Her face is slowly starting to break away from young Haiti… But it’s still too early for a lady.’

I held back the laughter that escaped me and patted Titania’s back, which looked like she was about to burst into tears.

“Don’t cry and go to the ballroom first. “It’s the masquerade ball I’ve been looking forward to so much, but if I’m late and put on makeup again, it’ll be in trouble.”

“…What about your mother? She asked, “What will your mother be dressed up as?”

“Me?”

I pretended to think for a moment and cupped her chin with my fingers, then grinned and popped Titania’s ass! And hit me. Titania, startled, jumped up in her place, puffed out her cheeks, and glared at me.

“You said it was a secret. “You won’t notice me unless I talk to you first.”

“There is no hint…?”

“There is none. So, always act with the thought that I will be watching. “You know when you do something bad, right?”

“Yes…”

Titania seemed to be in pain where I hit her, so I patted her butt a few times and walked out of the room with a slightly sullen expression. I was also slowly finishing my makeup, so all I had to do was put on my costume and I was done.

“Okay then… slowly…”

After finishing my makeup, I got up from her seat and looked inside her closet that the maid had opened. The outfit I secretly asked Hayley and Yvette to prepare for today. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of an outfit I’d never worn before.

“Let’s get ready. “If you’re late, you’ll be in trouble.”