I’m a Mother-in-Law, but I Dislike Conflict with My Daughter-in-Law - Chapter 250

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I’m a Mother-in-Law, But I Don’t Want Family Conflicts Episode 250 Special Side Story

“….”

Helene hesitated to answer for a moment. She should have said yes, but she realized that showing sympathy could also be hurtful.

She chose her words carefully for a moment.

“…I became curious about something. I brought you here to satisfy my curiosity.”

“What are you curious about?”

“You defended our Mother when you were fighting with them earlier. What was your reason?”

“Ah.”

Cassius’s face turned bright red. She looked like someone caught in a confession scene.

“Th, that’s….”

After keeping her mouth shut for a while, she slowly began to tell her story.

“It was about a month ago….”

When Cassius had just appeared in the Western Social Circle, a Baron’s House held a Reading gathering. It was a gathering started to show off their newly built Library Building, and Wilhelmina was invited at that time.

Cassius was in a situation where she had participated somewhat unexpectedly after hearing ‘there’s an event happening near Home.’

The theme of the Reading gathering was to introduce Books they owned and encourage Reading.

Expensive Ancient Books, Poetry Books containing beautiful poems, famous epic Novels, and so on… all kinds of Books were introduced.

For reference, what Cassius brought was a Fairy Tale Book. Although she was ridiculed from here and there and couldn’t even introduce it properly.

‘The Book I will introduce is the record of His Imperial Majesty the First Emperor’s southern expedition!’

The problem occurred during the turn after Cassius. Someone brought the biography of the First Emperor who had subjugated and unified the Southern Region.

That Book was treated as Forbidden Books in the Southern Region. This was because it described the Southern Region as if it were a backward area, and stated that conquering and developing them was the duty of the Empire’s people.

Originally, the Empire was a country created by unifying three kingdoms located in the Western Region, Eastern Region, and Capital, and following that flow, the Southern Region, which was a minor area, was incorporated without even leaving its name.

Therefore, the Southern Region had no influential figures, let alone a Duke’s Estate.

In other words, when such cruel Books were published, there were no Nobles to stop them.

‘Come to think of it, there were quite a few in the Western Region who loved reading the southern expedition records.’

Helene clicked her tongue as she listened to the story.

There were quite a few who savored passages about brutally killing Southern people and stealing their land like poetry.

The noble who introduced the southern expedition record also loudly read passages about subjugating lowly Southern people and barren lands.

Although it was a Book with extreme content, if they denied that they disliked the Book, it would be like insulting the First Emperor, so the few Nobles from the Southern Region could only endure their anger.

“I was about to shout for them to stop reading.”

Among them, Cassius did not endure it. She was about to snatch the Book from that noble and tell them not to look down on Southern people.

But there was someone who moved before Cassius, and that was Wilhelmina.

‘So what do you want to say?’

She asked in a coldly subdued voice.

‘I understand that Book is touching to you. So, what’s your reason for introducing it to us? Do you want to inform us of His Imperial Majesty the First Emperor’s greatness, or are you promoting that Books with content about people dying are interesting?’

‘Ah, don’t you feel anything? Through this Book, praising His Imperial Majesty the First Emperor’s achievements….’

‘That thing, do you really need the book? Even if it makes everyone uncomfortable?’

Wilhelmina let out a deep sigh.

‘What kind of literature you’re intoxicated with is your freedom. But at least you should consider the place and time. We gathered to introduce books to each other, not to watch your narcissistic display.’

‘Gr-Grand Duchess, are you disparaging His Imperial Majesty the First Emperor’s achievements?’

‘It’s not disparaging… You really don’t understand, do you? I just don’t want to hear passages that get excited about killing people. Do you enjoy hearing about fellow citizens of the Empire dying so much?’

‘Th-the Southern people back then were such people that…’

‘Southern people aren’t human? Is that what you want to say?’

‘…’

‘If you want to discuss the Empire’s achievements so badly, go to the Imperial Palace. I’ll personally ask His Imperial Majesty to arrange a seat for you.’

When the word Emperor came up, the noble who had been introducing the book turned pale.

Because he realized that the floating rumor about Wilhelmina being acquainted with the Emperor was reality. Leaving the noble who returned to his seat and fell silent, Wilhelmina cleared her throat and gathered everyone’s attention.

And she said this.

“…Let’s start again. By the way, the book I’ll introduce is a fairy tale book called Adventures of Fairy and Cat… and she continued the sequence as if nothing had happened.”

“…”

It was truly a Wilhelmina-like ending. Helene barely managed to suppress the laughter that was about to spill out.

On the other hand, Cassius spoke with melancholic eyes as if recalling that time.

“I thought she was wonderful. Both the way she showed consideration for us Southern people, and how she spoke her mind confidently and logically… I wanted to emulate her.”

‘Indeed, her shouting at those ruffians earlier must have been Mother’s influence.’

Even though Cassius and she hadn’t exchanged conversations with each other, Wilhelmina seemed to have greatly influenced her life.

“I wanted to see the Grand Duchess after that too, but there was no opportunity. She didn’t participate in banquets, and suddenly disappeared… That’s why I came to this charity event.”

And then the misfortune of getting splattered with mud happened.

Now that she knew all of Cassius’s circumstances, Helene fell into thought.

Though it was something she had done out of sympathy, she actually hadn’t decided what to do afterward. It was unlike her, who usually acted with a tightly packed schedule.

‘It’s not like I particularly helped her either.’

Cassius must have felt the same sense of discomfort, as she cautiously opened her mouth.

“Um, if your curiosity is satisfied, could you let me down now?”

“…Wait a moment.”

“I want to clean my shoes quickly… These are shoes my younger sister made for me, so they’re precious.”

After hearing those words, something she wanted to do suddenly came to mind. This too was a desire unlike Helene.

She called the coachman. And ordered him to head to a certain place.

“Duchess?”

“Wait. There’s something left to do.”

“Something to do…?”

“You entered High Society but couldn’t make friends, right?”

“That… yes.”

If she had any, she wouldn’t have attended the event alone. Helene fell silent for a moment, then continued speaking.

“…First, let’s properly introduce ourselves. You must have heard my name earlier, so I’d like to hear your name.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I should have mentioned… I’m the first daughter of Baron Kellia House, Cassius Kellia.”

Helene nodded and murmured quietly.

“Good, Miss Cassius. Then from now on, we…”

But just then the carriage came to a stop. Because the horse neighed loudly, Cassius couldn’t hear the last words.

“What? Sorry, I couldn’t hear, could you say that again…?”

“No, let’s get out first.”

Just where were they going that they arrived so quickly?

Leaving behind Cassius with her bewildered expression, Helene stepped outside through the door the coachman had opened. Cassius followed her out.

“Oh my, Helene? Who is that with you?”

And an unexpected person greeted Cassius.

“G-G-Grand Duchess?”

It was Wilhelmina.

This was a tea house near the performance hall where the puppet show was held, where an after-party and tea gathering was taking place.

Helene glanced at Cassius, who had frozen in shock.

‘I was planning to just go back since I didn’t participate in the event, but…’

Suddenly she wanted to introduce Cassius to Wilhelmina, so she had no choice.

“Mother, this is Cassius Kellia. Miss Cassius, please introduce yourself.”

“Oh, yes, um, well, I’m C-Cassius. I’m the daughter of Baron Kellia House…”

Wilhelmina watched Cassius, who couldn’t even introduce herself properly, then shifted her gaze to Helene.

At the look that demanded a proper explanation, Helene cleared her throat and spoke.

“I’d like to recommend her for the reading club. So… she would become my first recommended member.”

Just as Wilhelmina had brought Ilina.

It meant that Cassius would be Helene’s first recommended member for the reading club, her first friend.

“Ah.”

Wilhelmina, who finally understood the situation, smiled warmly.

It seemed the conversation they had while strolling in the garden came back to her belatedly.

“What? Me, in the reading club? Why?”

Only Cassius, still not grasping the situation, flailed her hands in confusion.

Wilhelmina took Cassius’s trembling hands in hers and said.

“Welcome, Miss Cassius. So you’re our daughter-in-law Helene’s first friend?”

“F-friend…?”

Cassius looked at Helene. Helene slightly averted her gaze. A faint blush rose on her cheeks.

The process of sympathy becoming familiarity, and familiarity leading to friendship, wasn’t uncommon.

“And…”

Wilhelmina subtly lowered her gaze, glancing at Cassius’s shoes.

Cassius instinctively tried to pull her feet back, but Wilhelmina smiled as if it was fine.

“This child seems to have her circumstances too. Would you like to come in and talk about it? Whatever worries you have, once you share them, your heart will feel lighter.”

“Is, is that really okay?”

“Of course.”

Wilhelmina spoke to Helene, who was still feeling shy.

“Since she’s Helene’s friend, of course I have to help her.”

‘No matter what situation Helene is in, no matter who she’s fighting with, it’s all the same. I’m unconditionally on Helene’s side.’

…Wilhelmina had not forgotten her promise.

Forcibly guiding Cassius into the tea house, Wilhelmina spoke in a playful voice.

“There’s no mother-in-law like me, right?”

“Well, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships can’t always be peaceful, so who knows.”

“Your joking skills have improved a lot.”

The two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other for a long moment, then burst into laughter. It was laughter filled with affection that you couldn’t imagine coming from two people who had gone through a long mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict.

“But Helene. Miss Cassius really… looks like me. Even her hair color is exactly the same…”

“You’re mistaken.”

“…Really? If Helene says so.”

Special Side Story 2 【End】

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