I’m a Mother-in-Law, but I Dislike Conflict with My Daughter-in-Law - Chapter 137
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I’m a Mother-in-Law, But I Don’t Want Family Conflicts Episode 137
Judging from Nata and Rohan’s reactions, it seemed Oberon’s voice was only audible to me.
Pretending not to have heard Oberon’s death threat, I looked toward the terrace and spoke.
“Show yourself, Oberon.”
[Hmm, I wanted to have a private conversation with you.]
“No. I trust these two more than you.”
It meant being alone with you would be dangerous.
In the past, I would have agreed without much burden, but while investigating his identity, I belatedly realized how dangerous the being I was facing was.
In the first place, not a single person had returned alive and sane from the Fairy Kingdom in nearly 500 years.
‘He doesn’t seem to have a dangerous personality. But I should still be careful.’
Since the reason for calling wasn’t goodwill either, it was natural to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
[…You’ve become wise.]
With a laugh, the door to the terrace opened.
It wasn’t opened by grabbing the handle, but rather tore open vertically as if a zipper had appeared in space.
The appearance of Oberon who emerged by tearing through space wasn’t the form of my student I had seen before…
‘This bastard.’
Harsh words came out without me realizing it – it was the appearance of my ‘ex-boyfriend’ from my Kim Hana days.
“How is it? Someone with an appearance you’d like, right?”
“…Do you want to die?”
“You cursed at me for being a divorced man, but now you’re annoyed when it happens to you?”
Actually, that guy might not be the Fairy King, but rather a childish brat who should be participating in camp.
He had joked about ‘appearing in a form you’d like next time,’ but I never dreamed he would actually appear in such a form.
“…Does the Grand Duchess like black hair?”
“Don’t get strange ideas, Rohan. He took that form to tease me.”
Since Rohan was muttering strange things, I dismissed it with one word and then glared at Oberon.
Of course, he wasn’t ugly. Even in this world full of handsome men, he had quite refined features.
But more than the advantage of such looks, what was annoying was the existence called an ex-lover.
However, Oberon had no intention of changing his appearance, and calmly walked over to sit in the chair that had been prepared for Rohan.
“Well now, we parted saying we’d meet in dreams, but who would have thought I’d be invited like this. Wilhelmina, if it weren’t for you, I’d be wandering between life and death trapped in nightmares by now.”
He spoke as if joking, but it probably wasn’t a lie.
There were actually records of people suffering misfortune for not keeping promises with fairies.
“If there had been another way to meet you, I wouldn’t have done such a thing.”
“True, I also had no intention of showing myself to the outside world for a while. I was just wandering around in dreams.”
I poured tea into his teacup as he cheerfully laughed, saying he had seen all kinds of human nightmares.
“The tea color is unusual.”
Oberon peered at the tea color mixed with purple and sky blue and muttered as if finding it curious.
I concentrated my mind to avoid unnecessary thoughts and spoke.
“It’s something I like. After you drink it, let’s get straight to the point.”
“Such an impatient personality.”
Though he said that, he didn’t refuse.
Oberon reached out his hand toward the entrance he had come through. The torn space closed, and the outside scenery turned pitch black.
Rohan frowned as he watched this.
“…You’ve separated the space.”
“The curse is strong here, so something wicked might come rushing in.”
“And we won’t be able to escape either.”
“Thinking of escape first – how unlike a Guard Knight.”
Oberon, who had been sneering, gestured toward me with his chin. It was an arrogant gesture telling me to speak first.
‘Who’s the homeowner here.’
With a sigh, I began explaining the truth I had organized so far.
“First, Oberon. You have a close relationship with the Layton Family’s curse.”
No question came back asking why I thought so.
“Before the First Emperor appeared, the Snow Queen who conquered the Western Region. Her true identity is ‘Titania Layton’.”
The ruler of the west whose records only left the name ‘Layton’.
She earned the nickname Snow Queen because she could freeze people with a single word of magic.
Just as there’s a myth that the First Emperor received blessings from the sun, the Western Region’s history books also described the Snow Queen as a transcendent being who wielded Winter Authority.
It was all an embellished story.
Her authority wasn’t granted by a god, but her own power.
Because…
And before she reigned as queen, her status was that of ‘Oberon’s wife’.
‘There were two kings in the fairy world. Oberon and Titania. Since fairies are genderless, there’s no need to distinguish between sexes, but… in fairy tales, they were fairies representing male and female forms.’
‘In the fairy world, there were two kings. Oberon and Titania. Since fairies are genderless, there’s no need to distinguish between sexes, but… in fairy tales, they were fairies representing the male and female forms.’
But in modern times, no records of Titania remain.
However, no records of Titania remain in modern times.
Probably Titania herself erased them to blend into human society.
She probably erased it herself in order to blend into human society.
The remaining traces of her could be found in the fairy tale 【Witch Bayaga】, which is as old as the Empire’s history.
The only remaining traces of her could be found in 【The Witch Baba Yaga】, a fairy tale as old as the empire’s history.
The witch Bayaga, who traveled because she needed human friends.
Baba Yaga, the witch who said she needed human friends and set off on a journey.
She was the protagonist of the witch mask that Mabel had presented at the recital.
Mabel was the protagonist of the witch mask she had presented at the recital.
Bayaga was said to wear an Ice Cloak.
It is said that Bayaga wore a cloak of ice.
Here, the cloak meant Fairy Wings. Her wings were probably blue in color.
Here, the cloak represented the fairy’s wings. Her wings were probably blue in color.
‘Besides, Nata said before. In ancient times, fairies with strong power were often called witches. Because they were born with beautiful looks and Magic Power.’
‘Besides, Nata said this before. In ancient times, they used to call fairies with strong powers witches. Because they were born with beautiful looks and magical power.’
A witch (fairy) wearing an Ice Cloak, the Snow Queen who froze people, and the Fairy King who disappeared hundreds of years ago… With this much information gathered, it was easy to deduce the truth.
A witch (fairy) wearing an ice cloak, a Snow Queen who freezes people solid, and a fairy king who vanished hundreds of years ago… With this much information gathered, it was easy to piece together the truth.
Therefore, the reason she appeared in human society could also be easily inferred.
Therefore, it was also easy to infer the reason why she had appeared in human society.
“That’s right, Titania is the Fairy King who betrayed the fairies because she loved humans.”
“That’s right, Titania is the fairy queen who betrayed the fairies because she loved a human.”
Because she loved humans so much that she turned away from even her own origins, like the witch Bayaga.
Because like the witch Baba Yaga, she loved humans so much that she turned her back on even her own origins.
Oberon took another sip of tea and continued as if sighing.
Oberon took another sip of tea and responded with a sigh.
“She felt affection for humans with their ever-changing and limited lives rather than eternal fairies. So she broke her vow with me and went out into the human world to care for them.”
“She fell in love with humans—ever-changing beings with limited lives—rather than eternal fairies. So she broke her covenant with me and went out into the human world to care for them.”
Stories of gods who lost their authority because they loved humans too deeply often appeared in Earth’s mythology as well.
The story of a god who loved humans so deeply that they lost their divine power has often appeared in Earth’s mythologies.
Titania also met a similar end to those gods.
Titania also met a similar fate to those gods.
“Continue the explanation.”
“…Titania helped the Western Region people who were exhausted by the harsh winter. Over time, people gathered around her and a community was formed. That became the origin of Layton.”
Titania’s reign continued for decades like that. There was no one who rebelled against her.
No matter how fallen she was, as someone who had been the Fairy King, she possessed powerful magical abilities and the authority to suppress humans.
Moreover, she was blessed with indescribably beautiful looks.
I glanced at Nata.
Exceptional abilities and beauty are bound to bring unwanted trials.
“But her power didn’t last long. Because the First Emperor appeared.”
The history that followed was the ‘Unification War’ that every citizen of the Empire knew about.
Though it was called unification, it was essentially no different from a war of invasion.
The Emperor, backed by the Sun’s Protection, invaded the Eastern Region and Western Region, forcing the kings of both nations to declare defeat.
The military power that the First Emperor possessed at that time was astounding.
He was a man who possessed power strong enough to ignore the authority of fairies.
‘And equally so, he was a man with strong desires and obsessions.’
The 【History of the Empire’s Foundation】 hidden in the underground secret room, now designated as forbidden books, described Titania like this.
[She used her bewitching appearance to seduce His Imperial Majesty.
His Imperial Majesty, in order to punish that….]
It was a false history thoroughly crafted from the victor’s perspective, but thanks to that, I could easily discern the underlying meaning.
In short, it meant that the First Emperor had fallen for Titania.
“The First Emperor, victorious over Titania, demoted her to the status of duke and accepted the Western Region people as citizens of the Empire.”
This was the reason why this country was an empire rather than a kingdom.
Because it was a nation that began by unifying three countries, not originally being a single nation.
“According to records, at that time the First Emperor wanted to make Titania his empress. But….”
“She refused. She couldn’t abandon the humans who followed her.”
Oberon let out a sigh.
As he said, Titania did not leave the Western Region.
Though the Emperor forced marriage upon her by offering all kinds of treasures, he could not change her heart.
Even though Titania had fallen from king to duke, she could not abandon her people.
‘…And here’s where one problem arises.’
The current imperial history states that Titania married a male member of the Imperial Family.
However, according to the Late Duke’s investigation, no information about the man who married Titania remained in the Western Region.
Just as the Late Duke had erased information about his second wife from history, Titania’s husband was someone who ‘existed but had no records.’
Since the Western Region people also traced their roots to Titania rather than that man, his disappearance might simply be the result of being forgotten, but probably that was….
“Wilhelmina, your thoughts are correct.”
The corners of Oberon’s eyes drooped downward.
“Titania was captured by the First Emperor.”
I unconsciously swallowed my saliva.
Though his expression was smiling, I could feel hatred in Oberon’s voice.
“The First Emperor used the Sun’s Protection to forcibly embrace Titania. What was born from that union are the cursed children of the Layton Family.”
A violent history that would never be taught at the Academy.
The secret behind the Ducal House’s birth was as horrific as I had expected.
“Wait, I have a question I’d like to ask.”
At that moment, Nata, who had been listening to the story, spoke up.
Perhaps shocked by our revelation, his expression had turned pale.
“I understand that His Imperial Majesty the First Emperor loved the First Duke…”
“It might not have been love. It could have just been vulgar desire…”
“Oberon.”
“…Fine, I understand. Continue with your question.”
I cut off Oberon’s words. Nata stammered as he spoke again.
“But if the First Duke was a fairy… having children would be impossible. Fairies are asexual beings. They don’t have the organs or functions to bear humans. How could she have given birth to children?”
That’s the second problem.
‘This must have been the question he wanted to ask ever since we mentioned that the First Duke was a fairy.’
The fact that fairies were asexual beings was something I had learned when I first met Nata.
They aren’t born from within a human womb. Nature itself was their mother.
If Titania was a fairy, then the Layton Family couldn’t have been established in the first place.
But Titania gave birth to humans.
They weren’t adopted either.
I recalled a speculation I hadn’t wanted to voice myself. The reason it was possible was…
“That bastard Emperor modified Titania.”
“…Excuse me?”
“In order to make her bear his children, he tampered with Titania’s body. Ah, I don’t mean he transplanted organs. It was more like…”
Oberon glanced at Rohan before continuing.
“He used some kind of power to manipulate her body’s memory and nature.”
Fairies are beings of magic.
They can manipulate the laws of nature with their magic power.
They can control humans, change the seasons, and even read people’s hearts.
Truly miraculous.
And the Emperor brainwashed that miracle.
He manipulated her memories countless times to make her believe she was human.
‘You are not the Fairy King.’
‘You are not a fairy.’
‘You are human.’
…The brainwashing succeeded brilliantly.
“That’s how Titania became the mother of humans.”
Titania was reborn as the human she had so desperately wished to become.
Humans were creatures who could become endlessly vile for the sake of their own desires.
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