I Raised Snow White!

41. My child’s birthday party (3)

[Episode 41] – My child’s birthday party (3)

Titania, the fairy queen.

She is the wife of Oberon, the king of fairies, and is called the queen of fairies. Although she doesn’t have a given name originally…

As it appeared in Shakespeare’s play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and became famous, it is said that the name was popularly used in other works as well.

Of course, this popular name was also used in the game ‘Snow White’, and there was also a fairy queen named ‘Titania’ in the game.

Isn’t the name ‘Titania’ really appropriate for a princess who will sign a contract with the ‘seven dwarf fairies’, be supported by them, and become the ‘queen of this country’?

I think it’s a good name, but there was also a reason the queen mother was worried. The country’s royalty did not use the names of “Fairy or divine beings,” He said.

Of course, the names of ‘Fairy King Oberon and Fairy Queen Titania’ were also among them.

Is it the pressure from the temple, or is it just because of the idea that humans shouldn’t go over the name of God? Or was it because of her custom of avoiding witches?

It is said that among the names of the royal families here, there has never been a single one where the names of divine beings have been borrowed.

That’s why the Queen Mother was also worried that something would come out behind the scenes, and that there would be people arguing that there would be no precedent.

Anyway, faults are just faults. It’s not like flying sparks, it’s just dust-like faults that I just have to brush off with my own hands.

‘I can do that.’

I watched the princess as she slowly walked towards the party. Her eyes blushed as if she would burst into tears at any moment, and her fists clenched at the hem of her skirt trembled.

However, the princess’ step into the party hall was as confident as it was. She lifted her head, looked down at the nobles below her, and waved her hand.

At the sight of the princess gently waving her small hands to the nobles who were looking at her from a high platform, some of the nobles who were watching from below were busy covering their mouths with fans because of the corners of their mouths soaring.

At the first official appearance of the princess, everyone was busy looking at her.

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What would he say with that little mouth, how could he be so small even though he was seven years old, wouldn’t he be afraid of his first public appearance?

Especially, noble wives with children looked at the princess and were at a loss for what to do. ‘It’s okay if you make mistakes, I hope you don’t get hurt…’ I looked at the princess with anxious eyes.

“Eh, hmm!”

The princess climbed onto the podium, cleared her throat and opened her mouth with a trembling voice. As everyone looked at the princess, the princess slightly staggered her leg from tension.

Recalling the greetings she had prepared so far, the princess calmed down and began to slowly recite the greetings.

A greeting that everyone praised for being well prepared.

“I am the 7th child drama this time!”

Kwakduk.

But maybe it’s because I’m nervous? The princess bit off his tongue so loudly, that it seemed painful to the viewer.

The princess, who had bitten his tongue so painfully that the sound of chewing reverberated, covered his mouth with both hands with tears in her eyes.

I tried to hold back the pain, but the words didn’t come out.

As the nobles began to mutter a little below, the Queen Mother, who was sitting in the front seat looking at the princess, glared at me.

With a look in her eyes, ‘Let the princess deal with this situation quickly so that she is not ashamed.’

Receiving the queen’s gaze, I slowly approached the princess standing on the podium. The princess looked up at me standing next to her with tears in her eyes.

Hmm.

I put my hands in the princess’s armpits, lifted her up, and took her into my arms.

And then, thinking I might be a bit dignified, I lowered my voice and looked down at the nobles below without lowering my head.

“Everyone, thank you for coming here to celebrate the princess’s birthday, despite all the hardships of late.”

As I honored the king’s death, the nobles, unaware of the truth of the incident, briefly honored the king’s death with their heads bowed.

After a very short silent bow, I also raised my head and looked at the nobles again. I expected it, but the gaze of the nobles looking at me was not very nice.

Anxiety, avoidance, worry.

A lot of negative gazes were stuck on me.

According to Ainsell, before Vivian became queen, she was a beautiful and intelligent young lady who was called the flower of society.

But then what? My personality was a b*tch.

Vivian uses Ainsel to dig up the secrets of her nobles, and she often uses it as a pretext to blackmail her, she said. That’s why everyone hates Vivian…

So, since she became the queen of a country, couldn’t Vivian not be invited to any social circle?

I understood why everyone was looking at me like that. However, it was the Vivian of the past, not the present me.

I declared this without paying attention to their negative gaze.

“Princess Titania is my treasure, and will become the kingdom’s treasure in the future. No, I will make it that way.”

These words were a bit like a declaration of war to the nobles. He told the princess, who had just entered the social world, not to dream of doing anything stupid.

If you touch it, the royal family will move.

Vivian’s threat to reveal secrets will start again.

Gri Alla was like a small check.

I hugged the princess, who was sitting in my arm as a chair, so that everyone could see this better.

As soon as my cheek touched the princess who covered her mouth with both hands, the princess mumbled with her sore tongue that she was ashamed to do this in front of everyone.

However, I hugged the princess even more and appealed to everyone in front of me, saying, ‘The princess and I are so close.’

“Please, bless the future of Princess Titania. I have no doubt that everyone will pray with the same heart as mine.”

As if literally congratulating me, I kissed the princess’s forehead lightly, and applause erupted from below.

When the queen started clapping first, all the nobles around her were busy clapping along with the queen.

The princess’ greeting failed unfortunately, but at least the congratulatory speech seemed to have ended well, so I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

I smiled at the princess in my arms and wiped the tears from her eyes with my fingers.

“Titania. This will be your name from now on. How do you like it? I hope you like-“

Shortly after he finished speaking, the princess, who covered her mouth with both hands, started crying again, then reached out and hugged my neck. Then he rubbed his face against mine and acted like he was really happy.

I patted the princess on the back and smiled really happily, depending on how I was feeling. I thought that the princess must have the same expression as me.

“I sincerely congratulate you on your 7th birthday. Titania. And, I wish you all the best in the future. Just like the ‘promise’ we made together.”

At that, the princess buried her face in my shoulder, nodded, and whispered to me in a weeping voice.

“Yes…! Please take good care of me too…!”

*

After finishing the congratulatory speech, the princess and I went downstairs to say hello to the queen mother who was watching us from the front row.

When we went down to the place where the Queen Mother was, the Queen Mother made a crackling sound as she folded and opened a fan in one hand and strong liquor in one hand, as if she was not comfortable with it.

Looking at that now familiar figure, I ordered a passing attendant to bring me a suitable snack.

Once I received the plate from the attendant who had brought some overflowing food from the party, I quietly approached the queen and handed her snacks, smiling.

“Your Highness, if you keep drinking on an empty stomach, it’s harmful to your health. Since Your Highness keeps doing this, I’m acting like a maid.”

As I joked about it in a worried tone, the queen’s eyes widened and glared at me. Right at the moment when she was about to pour out her nagging, saying, ‘What the hell is a child like you?’

“Titania, do you have something to say to Her Highness the Queen Mother?”

The princess, nodding her head at my words, approached the queen, and gently pulled up the hem of her dress and turned around in front of the queen.

Then, the princess bowed her head and greeted the queen, then smiled and looked at the queen.

“Thank you so much for the pretty dress! Ha, grandma…!”

“……What now? Granny?”

The Queen Mother, who had been looking at the princess with one of her eyebrows twitching, looked at me again and frowned at her. I looked at him and covered my mouth and laughed with a kyo kyo kyo laugh.

“Wouldn’t your granddaughter say thank you, ‘Mother’. You should accept her greetings quickly.”

“……”

The Queen Mother, who was looking at me with an absurd expression, poured out arrogant curses at me with only her eyes. She then lowered her head to look at her princess, and she pursed her lips for a moment before finally she let out a small sigh of defeat and smiled at the princess.

“…It’s a small gift for my granddaughter, so if you ever need anything, just tell me, not the queen. This grandmother will give it all.”

“Yes, yes…! Granny…!”

Looking at the princess with a bright smile at the queen’s answer, the queen gulped down her drink to cover up her embarrassment.

As I looked at the Queen Mother and her princess with a happy expression, the Queen Mother looked at me again, then with her usual expression, frowned at her and waved her hand.

“Don’t just stand around here and go quickly. You haven’t forgotten that the first dance of a party should be performed by royalty, right? What are you doing here without going to your partner?”

“What do you mean? My partner is here.”

“What?”

The queen looked at me, asking what she was talking about, but I tried to ignore her gaze and turned to her side, bent her waist and held out her hand to the princess.

A typical man asking a woman to dance.

I invited the princess with a smile.

“Princess Titania, would you give me the honor of being with you in your first dance?”

The queen, the princess, and the nobles who were looking at us were surprised by my words and just looked at me without saying anything.

Originally, social dancing is a combination of men and women.

Women could also dance together, but it was an act that could only be done at informal events, dance lessons, or hidden from the eyes of others.

This was ‘common sense’ that even the princess, who had just turned seven, knew. So, after the party, the princess was going to secretly go into her room and invite me to dance…

The princess, who hesitated for a while at my unexpected invitation, puffed out her cheeks while looking at me, and held my hand as if she couldn’t help it with a pouting expression.

“I was going to invite you first…”

“Whoops, this kind of thing is originally owned by a fast person.”

As I held the princess’s hand tightly, I slowly led the princess towards the center of the party.

To share each other’s first dance.