I’m a Mother-in-Law, but I Dislike Conflict with My Daughter-in-Law - Chapter 79

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I’m a Mother-in-Law, But I Don’t Want Family Conflicts Episode 79

The first thought that came to mind as soon as I opened my eyes was…

“…It hurts.”

My cheek was hurting.

When I absentmindedly touched my cheek, I could feel heat radiating from my face.

I gently stroked my cheek while looking around.

I was lying on a sandy beach. Every time I moved my arms, sand fell off my body.

Just as I was wondering where I was, I heard a voice beside me that had woken me up.

“Oh, are you coming to your senses?”

When I turned my head, a woman was sitting beside me, looking down at me.

She had appeared suddenly without any footsteps, and I couldn’t properly make out her face due to the shadows.

But I could guess what she might look like from her voice.

“You’re finally awake.”

It was a familiar voice, but questions came before the sense of déjà vu.

“…Did you hit me?”

It was a question asking if she was the one who slapped my cheek.

“Huh? Uh, yeah.”

“Why?”

“Because you wouldn’t wake up…”

“So you hit me?”

“Yeah…”

If you’re going to wake someone up, you should shake their shoulders, not slap their face.

I wanted to give her a piece of my mind, but I held back considering this was our first meeting.

I slowly sat up.

My body felt heavy, so it seemed like falling into the water wasn’t a dream.

She seemed flustered by my words and stammered as she moved her lips.

“I, I thought all humans were woken up like this…”

“And so?”

“Sorry…”

Right, if you hit someone, an apology should come first.

I nodded to show I would forgive her and looked at her as she knelt politely.

‘As expected, she looks exactly the same.’

It wasn’t just the voice that was the same.

She had exactly the same face as the student I had taught.

The difference was that pure white tree branches were tangled in her hair, and she was wearing unusual clothes reminiscent of priest robes.

Perhaps because of that, even though her appearance was the same, her impression felt completely different.

“Who are you?”

“I’m a fairy.”

“Other than that, your name. I know you’re a fairy.”

“Oh… really?”

Since the Seal Fairy said she would take me to the King, she must be the King based on the circumstances.

She seemed flustered by my unexpected reaction and scratched her head with a confused expression.

“This isn’t right… Um, well, I’m the King of the fairies. I can’t tell humans my name, but you can call me ‘Orb’.”

“Alright, Orb. I’m Wilhelmina, and I’m the person that seal who appears to be your subordinate kidnapped.”

“Mmm, I’m sorry about that.”

The Fairy King, Orb, dusted off her bottom and stood up from her spot.

“That child really loves singing and food. It seems your singing got her excited. And since she ate something delicious too, she must have really wanted to repay you.”

“…Bringing me here is repayment?”

The sea stretching to the horizon, the endless sandy beach, hills blooming with mysterious flowers, and the sky decorated in various pastel colors… Another World spread out like a fairy tale setting. It was clearly not reality.

“Yes, do you know about the Fairy Realm? An Earthly Paradise, a fantasy world where everything is beautiful and you can meet the people you want to see. I brought you here.”

I had heard of it before.

The Fairy Realm that appears in fairy tales and legends, where you can’t feel hunger, sadness, or anger, and enjoy only love and happiness for eternity.

But I had never heard stories of anyone who had actually been there and returned.

“Well, it doesn’t seem to be repayment for you though. You want to go back right away, don’t you?”

“…Can you read minds too?”

“I can read them, but I didn’t. Just looking at your expression shows what you’re thinking.”

She looked at my face with a mischievous smile.

“Let me see. Are you the cause of that dream, why do you look like that, where are Nata and Rohan… you’re thinking things like that, right?”

“You know well, so will you answer me?”

“Hehe, let’s take it slow. We still have plenty of time.”

She began walking slowly toward the direction where the sun had risen.

When I stood still, she leisurely gestured for me to follow.

The two of us walked with the gentle sound of waves behind us.

“Actually, I had no intention of inviting you to this place. I was going to give you a pleasant dream as repayment for the kindness you showed our child and send you back.”

Orb sighed as she playfully kicked a small sand dune.

“But… I clearly sent you a dream of ‘the happiest time,’ yet you changed it into a dream right before death.”

“…I never did such a thing.”

“I know. It’s probably because of the peculiarity of your soul. Because two souls are overlapped, my dream seems to have been distorted.”

It seemed like something that happened because I was a reincarnated soul.

‘And she knows that I’m reincarnated too.’

Well, since she had interfered with that dream, it was natural that Orb knew my secret.

“The dreams I give have some influence on reality. If you had seen that dream to the end, you might have met the same ending. So I had no choice but to forcibly interfere with the dream. That’s how I ended up bringing you here.”

I unconsciously touched my chest.

After hearing those words, I seemed to feel a faint pain.

The burning sensation spreading from the blade, the body temperature gradually disappearing from my fingertips… It was a pain that couldn’t become familiar even after experiencing it twice.

It wasn’t easy to forget even when I tried.

“I didn’t intend to deliberately peek into your dream. If it made you uncomfortable, I apologize.”

“…No, if that was the situation, it couldn’t be helped.”

Although the dream was the cause, I couldn’t blame someone who had saved my life.

At my words, Orb smiled broadly and continued speaking.

“And the reason I appeared in this form is… because my true appearance is harmful to humans. You could go blind, so I transformed into the appearance of the person who appeared in your dream. This person’s voice was also the key that could wake you up.”

Indeed, in that distant moment of death, I was able to maintain my sanity thanks to Orb’s voice that penetrated my mind.

‘Still, to transform so precisely just from seeing someone in a dream.’

I was newly amazed at how incredible magic was. Or perhaps it meant that Orb was that remarkable of a fairy.

“…You’re not surprised?”

“Huh? I’m extremely surprised though.”

Not only by the magic, but I was very flustered by meeting the King of fairies and being invited to a star world that would only appear in fairy tales.

I touched my face wondering if it didn’t show in my expression, but Orb sighed, saying that wasn’t what she meant.

“I mean you’re not surprised by this contrived situation.”

“No, about this world and fairies…”

“You brushed off the fact that you almost died so calmly.”

“…”

“If it were an ordinary human, they would have their emotions shaken because they couldn’t believe it, show anger, or feel relieved that they survived, but you were different. The emotion you harbored was… hmm.”

Orb paused to choose her words, muttering ‘Human language is difficult.’

“Right, ‘How lucky.’ That was exactly the extent of your admiration. You were surprised that you came back from death, but you weren’t afraid. You didn’t feel relief either.”

She broke off one of the tree branches growing from her hair and waved it like a wand.

A faint light flew from the tip of the branch toward my chest.

When the light touched me, the pain that had remained faintly disappeared instantly.

“That’s an emotion too arrogant for a human to have. The act of disregarding one’s own life and pushing away passion for living – you worry excessively about others while casually giving up your own life.”

“Giving up… you say.”

“When unavoidable death comes, you plan to give up saying ‘it can’t be helped.’ You’ve abandoned your obsession, thinking that your current life could end at any time, so you shouldn’t have great expectations. Am I wrong?”

Orb swung the branch widely, pointing it at me.

“That won’t do, Wilhelmina. Such composure cannot become strength of character. Humans must desperately and stubbornly crave life. Those who don’t take care of themselves have no right to love others. Moreover…”

Tap, the branch touched my chest.

“You shouldn’t become an adult who gives up on your own life after saving someone else’s. I hate such adults.”

‘I hate adults.’

…Those were words I couldn’t forget even after death.

“Is that… your thought, Orb? Or…”

“Well, I only copied the appearance, so I can’t know that child’s inner thoughts. But I can imagine what that child would have said if she were in front of you. I only saw briefly, but I could sense the relationship between you and that child.”

Orb closed her eyes and scolded me in a tone as if she had become ‘her.’

“If it were that child… yes, she would have said this.”

“…I don’t deal with novels that aren’t happy endings, Teacher.”

It felt like I was talking to the real her, not Orb, and I unconsciously held my breath.

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