A World Where You All Are The Villains - Chapter 221

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Special Side Story Episode 4
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With Isidore finally freed from his busy schedule and snow falling in thick, fluffy flakes, the twins were absolutely thrilled.
“Snow!”
Vanessa bounded through the Garden like a puppy, her coat barely fastened, while Bares stood quietly on the roof, gazing at the pristine snow with a wistful expression.
Though they were fraternal twins, their personalities were so starkly different that it never ceased to amaze me.
What was remarkable was how close they remained despite their contrasting natures.
“…Mother.”
Suddenly, Bares, who had been standing quietly, called out to me.
“Yes?”
“When snow comes, does the snow fairy appear?”
“…A fairy?”
He must have seen fairies in the fairy tales he’d been reading lately.
I was torn between telling him the truth and preserving his innocence when Isidore asked gently.
“Bares. What kind of fairy is the snow fairy?”
“White, and has wings like a butterfly.”
“Would you like to go see our fairy?”
My eyes widened at Isidore’s words.
“Isidore, do… do fairies actually exist?”
As I whispered with an uncertain, almost anxious expression, he smiled softly and leaned close to my ear.
“There’s something fairy-like near the Mountain Lodge.”
“Dad. Can we really go see the fairy?”
Bares was already looking up at Isidore with anticipation gleaming in his eyes.
“Of course. Let’s go.”
“Hurry!”
Bares, usually so composed, was unusually excited and urged us forward, while I too felt a flutter of anticipation at the mention of fairies and hastily prepared for an outing.
And so, our family set off on an impromptu trip to the Mountain Lodge.
“So much snow!”
“Vanessa. You’ll catch cold if you go out like that.”
The moment the Carriage arrived near the Mountain Lodge, I quickly caught Vanessa, who was about to bolt out like a bullet, and hastily placed a white ear warmer with rabbit ears on her head.
She looked so adorable.
I wanted to admire her in that ear warmer for longer, but the moment I tied the chin strap, Vanessa dashed outside and left footprints all over the white snow.
Bares, wearing a brown bear-shaped ear warmer, descended from the Carriage slowly, holding Isidore’s hand firmly.
“Kyaaah!”
Vanessa squealed with delight and tumbled about in the snow like a puppy, and I let out a short sigh.
“You little troublemaker.”
As I gently brushed her rosy cheeks, the child blinked her large eyes and asked an unexpected question.
“Mother! But why does snow fall?”
Watching Vanessa, who had been asking so many questions lately, I smiled softly.
“When the clouds feel cold in winter, they create snowflakes and send them to the world. It’s like a gift from the clouds.”
“Wow!”
Vanessa exclaimed softly, then grasped the snowball with her small hands before attempting to tuck it into her pocket. She clearly had excellent taste.
“Vanessa, if you put it in your pocket, it will melt. Try doing it like this instead.”
I shaped my snowball into a perfect sphere. Vanessa’s eyes sparkled with delight as she mimicked me with her delicate, fern-like hands.
“Mother’s is prettier.”
Unlike her own lumpy snowball, Vanessa showed keen interest in my perfectly rounded one.
“Would you like to have it?”
“Yes!”
“What are you two doing?”
Isidore and Bares, who had been watching the winter squirrels, approached us.
“Vanessa, did you make that to have a snowball fight with Father?”
At Isidore’s question, Vanessa tilted her head in confusion.
“A snowball fight?”
“In a snowball fight, the person who hits their opponent the most wins.”
Isidore demonstrated by flinging a snowball at a tree, and Vanessa shook her head sadly.
“I’m not going to throw it. Mother gave it to me.”
I watched Vanessa cradling the snowball tenderly, then shaped another sphere and set it on the ground.
Given Vanessa’s nature, she would try to carry that snowball all the way into the Mountain Lodge, but it would melt quickly indoors, so I decided to leave it outside.
“If you stack your snowball on top of this one, it becomes a snowman.”
“A snowman! I’ve seen one in a storybook.”
Vanessa’s face brightened as she carefully placed her snowball on top of mine.
“Vanessa, would you like to give the snowman a name?”
“This is Vanessa’s snowman. Can we make Bares’s snowman too?”
As Vanessa busily packed snow, Bares helped her enthusiastically beside her.
The twins worked together and completed another snowman, and soon Vanessa threw herself into making an even larger snowball with fierce determination.
“This one is Mother’s snowman!”
“You’re making a snowman for Mother too?”
“Yes. And I’ll make one for Father too. A really big one!”
Vanessa seemed completely absorbed in the joy of building snowmen.
When Isidore rolled a massive snowball up to his waist to create Father’s snowman, she bounced on her toes with unbridled delight.
-…On snowy days, I’ll build a great big snowman too….
“…!”
In that moment, the words the spirit had left behind when it departed suddenly surfaced in my mind. Was it merely coincidence?
As my chest suddenly swelled with warmth, I gazed endlessly at Vanessa, radiant with happiness.
“…Mother?”
Bares tugged at my sleeve, sensing something was wrong with me standing motionless, and as tears threatened to spill, I hastily sniffled and pulled him into my arms.
“Thank you both for coming to my side.”
“Huh?”
As the overwhelming emotion subsided slightly, I squeezed Bares’s hand and spoke.
“…Father’s already finished his snowman. Shall we go see it?”
I swallowed the overwhelming surge of emotion and approached the cluster of snowmen huddled together.
“Our first family snowmen.”
“…Hmm, it still feels a bit incomplete to call it finished.”
Unlike my admiration, Isidore glanced around with a somewhat dissatisfied expression, gathered fallen branches from the snowy field, and fashioned arms for all four snowmen.
As I watched him quietly, I removed all the buttons from my winter coat and attached them as eyes to the snowmen.
“Wow! It’s just like a fairytale!”
Vanessa gazed at the snowman family with immense pride, while Bares clapped his small hands together.
That was when it happened.
A white shimmer glimmered in the distance, and something like snowflakes began to flutter and dance down around the branches we’d placed in the snowmen.
‘Could it be… a butterfly?’
A pure white butterfly like fresh snow in this bitter cold….
While I was mesmerized by the wondrous and beautiful sight, Bares cried out in a trembling voice.
“It’s a fairy!”
Seeing his face flushed with excitement, I lowered my voice and whispered to Isidore.
“That butterfly… it’s the fairy you mentioned, isn’t it?”
“Yes. This mountain lodge is in the habitat of snow butterflies. In fact, the people of this region call them the fairies of snow.”
“So it really is a fairy….”
Feeling as though I’d entered a world of childlike wonder, I watched the snow butterfly flutter toward the branches, when I belatedly noticed Bares clasping his hands tightly together like in prayer, murmuring softly.
“…Bares, what are you doing?”
“Making a wish. The fairy grants wishes.”
I had expected him to ask to bring the fairy home, but his unexpected answer made my eyes widen.
“A wish? What did you wish for?”
“…That our whole family stays together forever and is always happy.”
“I see.”
His gentle and affectionate words spread warmth through my heart.
Overwhelmed by emotion once more, I pulled our precious twins—more beloved than anything in the world—into my embrace.
Darkness gradually began to settle around the mountain lodge.
Snowflakes brushed against the window and drifted softly, while warmth from the fireplace filled the room.
I approached the twins sitting before the fireplace wrapped in plush blankets and handed them hot chocolate topped with marshmallows.
“Ooh! Chocolate!”
“It’s hot, so blow on it first before you drink.”
“Okay.”
Bares carefully blew—a soft breath that sent white steam swirling across his face and dispersing into the air.
Vanessa stared intently at the melting marshmallow before slowly taking a sip.
“Yummy.”
A sweet smile bloomed across Vanessa’s lips.
With their chubby cheeks flushed rosy from the hot chocolate, both twins soon began nodding off simultaneously as drowsiness overtook them.
“Our little princess and princes, it’s time to head to dreamland, isn’t it?”
“Mmkay.”
Isidore carefully lifted the children whose eyes were nearly closed and laid them gently in bed.
“Sweet dreams, you two.”
I whispered to the twins sleeping peacefully, oblivious to the world, their breathing soft and rhythmic. I caressed their small hands before pressing a gentle kiss to each of their foreheads.
Outside, snowflakes continued to tap against the windowpane, swirling through the air, while the family snowman stood bathed in moonlight.
Time would flow on, and one day those snowmen would vanish, but today’s memories would settle into my heart like snowflakes, never to melt away.
【End】

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