I’m a Mother-in-Law, but I Dislike Conflict with My Daughter-in-Law - Chapter 255

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I’m a Mother-in-Law, But I Don’t Want Family Conflicts Episode 255 Special Side Story

Even for Mikhail, who believed he would do anything for his family, sleeping together with his entire family at this age was something he had never imagined.

‘No, if I think of it as a normal household… wouldn’t it be strange?’

Like a family staying by the side to care for a mother who could barely manage her body.

In such a situation, he could somehow understand it, but Wilhelmina’s case was different.

Mikhail wanted to explain properly, but he felt that doing so would be rude to Wilhelmina again, so he only moved his lips slightly.

Helene, who had been quietly watching him, spoke.

“I know this behavior goes against etiquette. But Mikhail, you are more important to me than such appearances.”

“Helene…”

To think that Helene, who used to say that etiquette and proper conduct were more important than anything else in the world, would say such a thing.

To the moved Mikhail, Helene continued in a low voice.

“If you’ve decided, let’s hurry up and sleep. You’re going past my bedtime.”

“U, uh-huh.”

For her, who valued proper living, the current time past midnight was very late. Looking closely, blood vessels had appeared in the whites of Helene’s eyes.

Mikhail avoided eye contact with Helene and asked Wilhelmina.

“But why did you bring Zeonil and Minerva? Even if we dream together, it’s dangerous for these children.”

“So, the fact that you’re suffering from dangerous nightmares that can’t be shown to children is true, isn’t it?”

‘Oh no.’

He had fallen for Wilhelmina’s way of catching him by his words.

Mikhail, who had never confessed with his own mouth that they were nightmares until now, covered his mouth with his hand, saying he had made a mistake.

Wilhelmina sighed and continued speaking.

“Don’t worry, only Helene and I will enter the dream world. That strange box Helene brought can only be used by two people.”

“Then these children…”

“I brought them so you wouldn’t be nervous. They say children’s body heat helps with deep sleep too.”

Indeed, Zeonil and Minerva’s warm body temperature and gentle breathing sounds had something that put his mind at ease.

Mikhail ran his hand through his hair with complicated eyes.

‘Even so, to sleep together as a family in a place like this.’

He never thought that the leader of the Western Nobles would end up sleeping on the bare floor when it wasn’t even camping.

But Wilhelmina seemed accustomed to it. She arranged the blanket and sat on it as if it were nothing.

“Before we sleep, I’d like to hear about your situation too. The being that trapped you in nightmares is the ‘King’, right?”

The name that couldn’t be spoken aloud, the Fairy King Oberon.

At this point, there was no use denying it. Mikhail hesitated and then nodded his head.

“I heard directly about the relationship between Mother and that person.”

“And this nightmare must be related to breaking your curse.”

“That’s correct.”

“Ha, that bastard. Not even telling me…”

Wilhelmina bit her lips as if displeased.

While grateful for her affection, Mikhail guessed the reason why Oberon hadn’t told her.

‘Because she would never allow it.’

She would have somehow tried to meet Oberon directly and settle things. He could easily picture her arguing with Oberon.

“So what kind of nightmare did you have?”

“That’s…”

Just as Mikhail was stammering to answer, Helene collapsed beside him.

“If we’re going to talk, let’s continue in the morning. I’m going to sleep now.”

She seemed to have reached her limit. Wilhelmina and Mikhail nodded awkwardly. Then Helene immediately closed her eyes.

About a minute later, steady breathing flowed from her mouth.

“She’s already asleep?”

Mikhail smiled sheepishly at the astonished Wilhelmina and said.

“When Helene decides to sleep, she falls asleep instantly anywhere. I’ve never seen her toss and turn unable to sleep.”

“Such… she has the ability that modern people would envy most…”

What an enviable daughter-in-law, Wilhelmina pouted.

“Anyway, what nightmare was it?”

‘She’s determined to hear it to the end.’

He had hoped to change the subject somehow, but it seemed difficult. With complicated feelings, Mikhail explained the trials he had experienced.

Apologizing to people who held resentment against the Successive Family Heads, enduring their revenge with his body for a long time. Then meeting the Family Heads and learning their feelings, and finally his conversation with Adeline.

After hearing everything, Wilhelmina closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath.

“Are you angry?”

“A little. No, quite a lot.”

“I’m sorry for not telling you in advance. But I felt like this trial was something I had to handle…”

“I’m not angry at Mikhail. I’m angry at myself for not noticing.”

She let out a deep sigh.

“I’m not trying to play the fake mother role even in matters like this. But since I think of you as family… I’m frustrated that I couldn’t do what I should have done as family.”

“What you should have done…”

“Recognizing when family is struggling.”

Even if you can’t help, isn’t empathizing with their pain what family does?

At this unfamiliar answer he had never heard in his life, Mikhail couldn’t respond for a moment.

“Anyway, you’ve been through a lot. While we were living unaware of everything, you must have struggled alone.”

“…No, it’s fine. This is my duty as the Family Head.”

Mikhail bowed his head and avoided her gaze.

Wilhelmina lay down beside Helene.

“Then let’s meet in the dream. According to Helene, the box is already activated, so don’t worry and sleep.”

“Are you really okay with this? We don’t know what the next trial will be.”

“I’m fully prepared for that much. And I can guess what the next trial will be.”

Mikhail’s eyes widened.

“What trial is it?”

“So far you’ve been looking back at the past of ‘human’ Family Heads. Then naturally, next comes…”

She murmured as she closed her eyes.

“It’s time to face the memories of the true Family Head, the fairy.”

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When he opened his eyes, Wilhelmina was beside Mikhail.

She must have just opened her eyes too, as she looked around with a furrowed brow.

The unchanging gray sky told them that this was still the dream world.

“This place is…”

Then, a black dust mass, Oberon, descended from the sky.

“You really came together. As expected of Wilhelmina, such great initiative- I’m really good at reading people…”

“It’s been a while, Orb.”

“…Kheuk!”

Then Wilhelmina snatched Oberon.

She gripped Oberon with a contemptuous expression as if looking at something filthy.

She squeezed so hard that Oberon’s round form was crushed like mud.

“How dare you show such nightmares to my son.”

“Ha, haha, isn’t that too harsh? In my own way, this was an opportunity I prepared to break the curse…”

“Don’t try to deflect. You told me before that you couldn’t break the curse with your own power. Because it wasn’t you who cast the curse, but Titania!”

“…”

“You need to get your subject straight. This trial isn’t about you breaking the curse, but rather ‘letting you meet Titania so the curse can be broken,’ right?”

‘What?’

Mikhail’s eyes widened at this shocking truth. Did this mean all the trials he had endured so far were just Oberon’s pranks?

Wilhelmina, who knew Oberon’s personality well, spoke to the silent fairy with a sharp voice.

“Since we don’t have time, I’ll stop here… but I already know your scheme. So don’t pretend you don’t know.”

“…I’ll keep that in mind.”

Oberon answered with a voice devoid of playfulness.

Was he moved by a parent’s heart trying to protect their child? Or had he shut his mouth due to Wilhelmina’s threats?

Without facial expressions, it was impossible to tell.

“Mother, then this trial is…”

“I’ll explain later. It’s too complicated to explain briefly.”

Wilhelmina let go of Oberon and sighed.

“I haven’t forgiven you. Someday, I’ll need to receive an apology for this incident.”

“Fine, if you can break through the trial, that is.”

Oberon, who had returned to his original state, flew leisurely in front of Wilhelmina.

“Wait, where is Helene?”

Wilhelmina, who had been glaring at him fiercely, belatedly noticed that Helene wasn’t around.

“She’s in a different space. One of the two remaining trials went to her.”

There were two trials left.

One was assigned to Helene, and the remaining one to Wilhelmina and Mikhail.

“Helene is alone…”

“Don’t worry. In a way, that trial is more suitable for her than for you two. Why don’t you worry about yourselves instead?”

“What is our trial?”

As soon as Wilhelmina’s question ended, snow suddenly began falling from the gray sky.

The snow that had been falling lightly soon became a blizzard, filling the surroundings with snow.

“Wilhelmina said she expected this, right? Since you’ve met the past dukes and their victims, the last one is meeting the ‘First Duke’.”

Against the backdrop transforming into a snow field, a woman’s shadow could be seen in the distance.

She was a woman with white hair that suited the snow and blue eyes filled with deep sorrow. She was sitting on a massive Ice Throne.

Mikhail looked at her and muttered quietly.

“Titania….”

Titania, the First Duke of the Layton Family and another Fairy King, slowly looked in their direction.

Despite being dead, Mikhail’s body stiffened at the overwhelming magic power he could feel from her.

“Now, your trial is to persuade that Titania.”

Oberon left those words and disappeared.

‘Persuade her? Her?’

To persuade her, who once loved humans but was brainwashed from fairy to human by the First Emperor’s twisted desires, was an incomparably more difficult challenge than the previous trials.

At that moment, Wilhelmina stepped forward in front of the stiff-faced Mikhail.

“Mikhail, what’s the name of that Titania’s son? I mean the second Family Head.”

“The second Family Head would be… Belikes.”

“Right, Belikes.”

Then she took a deep breath and shouted in a resounding voice.

“You’re Belikes’ mother, right?! I’m the person who’s Mikhail’s mother!”

“M-Mother?”

“Let’s have a talk between mothers!”

Kids’ problems should be solved by kids, and parents’ problems should be solved by parents.

Like a mother who came to a parents’ gathering, she very confidently met Titania’s gaze.

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