I Raised Snow White!

07. The World of Fairies

[Episode 7] – The World of Fairies

This was the first time he had left the castle after being possessed by Vivian’s body. Every day in the castle, you could only walk around on the same floor.

It wasn’t that someone specifically prevented him from going. There was no justification or reason to move to another place, so I only wandered around on the floor where my room was.

I felt burdened by the maids following me just walking around the hallways…

So the only way I could look outside was to look out through the window. The garden of the royal castle overlooking directly from the window.

When I set foot there for the first time, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut at the sight of the royal castle’s garden with dazzling roses and the ‘world’ seen through Vivian’s eyes.

Ellie, who was watching the garden with roses in full bloom, called me with a bright voice like sunlight, pointing at the roses with one hand.

“Look at this, Her Highness the Queen! Roses are already like this!”

“…Yes, it is pretty.”

Obviously, it’s pretty, but…

To me, the ‘something’ on the rose stood out more than the rose. Does Ellie know? That there is a ‘something’ the size of a thumb lying on a blanket with petals in that rose.

As I stared blankly at ‘something’, the ainsel in her earring cleared her throat and began to explain ‘something’.

-That’s a fairy called ‘Sylphy’. They are like carrying the wind or the wind itself. Don’t worry too much about the cute appearance. You know? They are like wind at heart, so they lose interest in an instant. So never give up!

‘That’s a fairy..?’

When Ellie touched the rose flower, the fairy who was making a bed for the rose frowned at her in annoyance, spread her wings like a dragonfly, and fled to another rose flower.

Starting with that fairy, the surrounding fairies came out and sent eyes as if they noticed Ellie’s existence. As I stood still, the fairies flitted around me chattering like they were singing.

-It’s Vivian!

-It’s ‘Baba Yaga’ Vivian!

‘Baba Yaga..?’

Isn’t that what Baba Yaga is?

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A witch from a fairy tale?

It was a word that I was familiar with because it was a name that often appeared in subcultures such as novels and cartoons.

Usually, the person with the name ‘Baba Yaga’ was either a ‘witch’ or a name often used by ‘villains’.

‘Has Vivian been called a witch by the fairies?’

As one of the fairies gently landed on my shoulder, the ainsel in her earring yelled at the fairy so loudly that it made her deaf.

-Don’t come close to Vivian! You flirt!

-Do you have Ainsell?

-Are there any Ainsels who were tricked by Baba Yaga?

-Profit..!

I couldn’t see it, but it was clear that Ainsel’s face was blushing. The fairies flew around her ain cell, giggling as if the reaction of the ain cell was amusing.

-Fool~ A bastard fairy who is only fooled by witches~

-You can’t hit it because it’s a mirror, right? Heojeop~

-Heoheo~ Heoheo~

– Profit!! Annoying!! Vivian!! Get them out!!

The fairies fighting each other was so cute that I laughed without even realizing it.

At Ainsel’s request, I waved her hand to chase the fairies away, and Ainsel got angry as if his anger hadn’t cooled down yet.

The other fairies giggled as they watched Ainsel disintegrate and then disappeared, but one fairy sitting on my shoulder did not run away, unlike the other fairies, and just sat there.

Should I say that it looks a little different from the normal ‘sylphys’? It was a little bigger, and had a benevolent expression like a mother.

As I stared blankly at it, the laughing fairy whispered in my ear.

-You are the baby that Baba Yaga possessed.

Awkward.

My shoulders trembled at the kindly whispered voice.

-Don’t be surprised. I just came to see the ‘rumor’ that flowed like the wind.

– Hey!! Get off Vivian’s shoulders!!

-Yes, I can understand it when I look closely at you. As rumored, in the end, Baba Yaga is dead.

It was a fairy who smiled benevolently as she stroked my cheek, but for some reason, that action seemed to penetrate deep into me.

What the hell is that? Are all fairies like this?

-…What a stupid death. The woman and everyone stopped the ‘ritual’. There is no way that a ritual that is wrong from the premise will succeed.

The fairy smiled bitterly as if it were really bitter. A false consciousness from the premise? Well, seeing as the original work also fails, is there a problem with the consciousness itself?

After walking around the garden with Ellie and thinking for a while, Ainsel got angry at the fairy sitting on her shoulder growling as if she didn’t like her.

-Stop going?! Why do you keep clinging to Vivian?!

-You still get angry when someone touches you, Ainsel. Why don’t you use your heart kindly? Currently, ‘Vivian’ does not belong to anyone.

-You, you..!!

The benevolent expression of the fairy instantly smiled like an innocent expression like a child. As if teasing Ainsel was fun, the fairy stretched her out and let out a refreshing sigh.

-Only those who open it can go. She’ll call you whenever you need anything. Unlike that sleazy mirror over there, once in a while she’ll give you the right to do as she pleases.

“Why?”

I had a genuine question, so I whispered in a voice so low that Ellie next to me couldn’t hear me.

It’s the first fairy I’ve seen today, so I didn’t understand why she suddenly helped me. Is it because you and Vivien know each other to some extent?

The moment I thought that.

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The fairy smiled at my question and kissed my cheek lightly. The fairy’s lips felt like cool drops of water touching her cheeks.

-You, you, you!

Ainsel, who was watching that scene, was startled and made a loud noise that made her choke.

-Witches’ magic is sweet to us. In particular, Baba Yaga’s magical powers are a bit richer than those of other witches. In return, we fairies help the witches.

-Hey!!! Don’t keep ignoring me!!!

-If even that eccentric personality is gone… Why not help?

With those words at the end, the giggling fairy spread its dragonfly-like wings and soared high into the sky.

As I watched the fairy disappear from sight in an instant, I unknowingly stroked the cheek that my lips had touched earlier.

-I told you not to give me sperm?! They’re windy guys anyway, so they won’t even remember that promise?! Don’t think of calling?!

Is this my fault?

All I said was…?

To be honest, I didn’t understand even half of the conversation between the fairies, but Ainsel started to mistreat me for some reason.

To be honest, it’s very unfair…

As I was listening to Ainsel’s grumbling nagging in one ear and letting it flow through hers, Ellie, who was holding a parasol next to her, let out a gasp, swallowing her breath.

When she turned her head to look at Ellie, Ellie was staring at something in her surprise. Seeing that Ellie’s eyes were on the grass at the edge of her garden, I also naturally turned my gaze there.

“Ah.”

Under the big tree, someone is there.

A child with a tree root as a pillow and a large book the size of his torso as a blanket was sleeping soundly and peacefully, so that no one would know who was carrying it.

In an instant, the scene from when I first possessed passed by in my head.

A child wearing a black dress holding a white lily flower in front of me while his throat and lungs were sore. I thought I’d seen it somewhere, but now I think I know for sure.

‘Hair black as the window frame of an ebony tree, skin as white as the white snow piled on the window frame, lips and eyes as red as drops of blood falling on it.’

It was exactly as described in the game.

“Princess…”

How can I not recognize a face I have seen hundreds of times in the game? Looking at the princess’s face, for some reason, my heart started beating fast.

‘Shall we get closer to the princess?’

‘No, is it okay for me, a ‘witch’, to approach the princess?’

‘What will happen to the original work if I approach the princess?’

‘If I intervene with the princess, wouldn’t the princess die because of me like a game?’

‘But, this isn’t a game, it’s reality.’

Thump, thump, thump.

A lot of thoughts popped up in my head and it was a mess. When I saw the princess in person, I was terrified and scared.

Because now, I was the ‘witch’ who killed the princess without even trying.

Actually, it wasn’t that I hadn’t thought about it. As long as he was possessed by this body, he was somehow bound to become involved with the princess.

However, if I get involved with the princess, I’m afraid that things will go the way the ‘original story’, and I’m afraid that things will flow and I’ll kill the princess in the end.

This was what I was most afraid of after possessing this body.

I was afraid to meet the princess. So I didn’t put the princess in the option to break this situation.

Because I felt it was much easier to persuade the elders, to beg His Majesty, the unemployed man in the room, not to divorce him, than to get involved with the princess.

‘Ignore it.’

Let’s ignore it for now.

In the first place, living here, it was clear that we would meet someday. So now, I decided to run away.

“…Ellie, stop-“

The moment I turned my head and was about to return to my room, the princess was once again at the end of my gaze. The sun’s dazzling eyes make an impression! I saw the princess sleeping frowning.

…Ha.

“…Give me the parasol.”

“Wow, Her Highness the Queen?”

“Quickly.”

Okay, let’s leave the parasol next to us.

It was okay to order Ellie, but I picked up my parasol because I thought that if I looked at the princess’s face up close, my troubled mind would calm down a bit.

You should know at least the face of the princess.

That way, when you meet the princess later, you won’t think about it like this. I thought I needed to get used to the princess’s face to some extent.

Gently, she moved her steps very slowly so as not to wake the princess up at the sound of her stepping on the grass. Step by step, each step closer to the princess seemed to make her heart beat louder and louder.

…Really, I don’t know who will take it.

So I was able to slowly approach the tree where the princess was sleeping.

As I gently lowered my head to look at the princess, the princess, whose face was wrinkled by the sun, groaned.

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That figure is quite cute, and for some reason I laughed out loud.

What on earth is Vivian so jealous of that she wants to kill such a young princess? No matter how much I think about it, ‘Vivian’ to me was someone I couldn’t possibly understand.

As I put the parasol on the floor so that it wouldn’t touch the princess’s body and shaded it from the sun, the princess’ wrinkled impression from frowning began to slowly unravel.

I wondered if he was still sleeping deeply and didn’t wake up when I came next to him.

I was sitting next to the sleeping princess, watching her asleep.

As I was admiring the princess’s face, Ainsel asked curiously.

-Why is the princess sleeping in a place like this?

“…..?”

Is that so?

Why is the princess sleeping in a place like this?

Seeing that he used a large book as a blanket, he must have fallen asleep in the warm sunlight while reading a book. I did a guess.

‘Even so, shouldn’t there be at least one maid around?’

I turned my head and looked around.

Because there might be a maid of the princess around. However, there was no one around except me, Ellie, and the sleeping princess.

“Ellie? The princess’s maid-“

The moment she was about to ask Ellie where the princess’s maid was, flash! The princess, who opened her eyes terribly, and I met our eyes.

I was so frightened when I opened my eyes that I almost fell backwards and hit her butt.

When our eyes met, the princess opened her eyes and for some reason did not avoid my gaze.

For some reason, the moment I made eye contact with a wild animal, I thought of a situation where I couldn’t move my body because I was nervous.

“……”

“……”

Just like that, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds passed-

It was none other than the princess who broke the silence.

“Ahh!!”

The princess lifted the large book that had been used as a blanket over her head and threw the book at me. The book was so large that it fell to the ground instead of throwing it.

Throwing the book to the ground, the princess quickly turned around and started running to the other side of the bush. I definitely expected the princess to disappear into the bushes in an instant, but…

Puck-!

“Ah! Whoa!”

The princess tripped on the roots of the tree she was using as a pillow and fell forward. It’s not even rolling around, it’s just puck.

“Oh, it hurts…”

It wasn’t a hard fall, but the little palms and knees of the princess were slightly nicked and blood oozing out as if they had hit a stone on the floor. As soon as I saw the wound, I regretted that I should have just asked Ellie.

“Ooh, ooh…”

The princess tried hard not to cry, but when she saw the blood flowing from his palm, she burst into tears.

Is this my first meeting with the princess? No, it was the second meeting after the funeral.

Ainsel’s sighs could be heard in her ears, and the startled Ellie was busy soothing the crying princess…

It was such a confusing meeting.