I Raised Snow White!

81. Different from what I imagined (1)

[Episode 81] – Different from what I imagined (1)

The first thing Titania felt when she arrived at the ballroom wearing her mask was.

It was a regret that made her sigh.

Titania’s reason for attending the masquerade ball was simple, even as Vivian threw her tantrums. Because the masquerade ball from the romance novel I was reading with Viola looked really attractive.

For Titania, her act of ‘hiding her identity’ was a very difficult task. Normally, she rarely even left the royal castle, where everyone knew her face, and even when she did, it was not easy to hide her identity as a princess.

Is it because such small complaints are accumulating? Titania admired only the slightest deviations from her novels. The main characters in the novel hide their identities and go out of hiding to enjoy the village festival of the common people, or they look forward to a romantic meeting while hiding their identities at a masquerade ball.

Like her adolescent self, Titania dreamed of the freedom of escape that comes from her books. So when she received an invitation to the ‘masquerade ball’ from Viola, she really couldn’t hide her excitement. Because she had an opportunity to actually do something deviant that she only read about in books.

‘So even though her mother was against it, I was a little pushy…’

Titania frowned strongly in the middle of her ballroom, saying that she regretted being unreasonable to her mother. Titania must have decided that thanks to her mask there was no way her frown would be detected, so Titania looked at the ballroom with an even more uncomfortable expression than usual.

Before she entered the ballroom, she thought there would be a wonderful masquerade ball like the world in the book. I thought everyone would wear a mask to hide their identity and enjoy freedom, but…

As soon as she entered the ballroom, Titania couldn’t hide her embarrassment as the spirits gathered around her.

“How are you, Princess Titania? “I wonder if your partner for this prom is…”

…Doesn’t this kid even know the rules of the masquerade ball?

“Go, princess! Would you like to dance with me at this ball…!”

…You are a child who has just entered the social world, right?

“Princess Titania, do you remember me? “I met you at the last prom, and this partner is…”

If you ask me if I know you with a mask on, how can I know?!

Kkugit.

Titania’s expression was so crumpled that it couldn’t be more crumpled. The iron rule of the masquerade ball was that the identity of the other party was not to be revealed out loud. If that was going to happen in the first place, there was no reason to wear a mask and make up.

This is the basic of the basics of the masquerade, but the spirits gathered around Titania did not seem to know even the basics. I just wanted to enjoy a masquerade ball like a novel. Was I hoping for something too big?

Titania was irritated to the core because of the people around her who were babbling about becoming her partner. In the first place, dressing up as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ was a secret among secrets that even Viola did not know. How on earth do you know…

‘Someone bribed the maids, or someone saw me at Count Serina’s mansion. ‘I guess it’s one of the two…’

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… It wasn’t the time to search for her culprit, but Titania just hated the culprit for letting others know about her disguise. I don’t know who it is, but she completely ruined the masquerade ball she was looking forward to because of him. Titania screamed in her mind that this was not a masquerade ball.

Now I thought I knew why her mother told her to take two masks or cover her face completely with her cloak. In the first place, she said her mother already knew and she was giving herself advice. That no matter how much she wears a masquerade ball, she cannot completely conceal her identity.

Titania let out a sigh of frustration and covered her mouth with the fan she had borrowed from her mother. First of all, she was a masquerade dancer and leaving this place was the first thing she did.

“Would you mind getting out of the way now?”

“But my dance partner… My father and mother told me to come dance with the princess…”

“Haa…”

As Titania tried to pass by, Yeongsik, who was shorter than Titania, crouched next to her and mumbled. The moment she heard that sound, Titania seethed with her familiar irritation.

Even in her usual children’s social circle, there were many young people who tried to dance with her at least once. And most of them were young people who were pushed by their parents to force themselves to dance.

The ugly thoughts of adults who are trying to somehow establish a connection with the royal family through themselves.

Titania hated that kind of thing and felt like she yearned even more for a masked ball that hid her identity. Because if she masks her status as a princess, she doesn’t have to feel subtle guilt on her part when she refuses to dance.

Suddenly, Titania turned her head and looked at the spirits around her with bitter expressions. She was crying, saying that if everything went on like this, her parents would scold her. It didn’t matter at all if I just ignored it…

“Ha… Viola. “Can we change the song for this prom to Marzooka?”

“Uh… Marzuka? It’s okay to change songs. But… Mar Zuca is a song where she changes her partner midway through. Tita… will you be okay, princess?”

Marzooka was a song where people gathered in a circle on the dance floor and changed partners at different times.

A song where everyone stomps their feet to the same beat, once to the right, once to the left, and then turns half a circle, with men going to the left and women going to the right, and switching partners at each timing.

In other words, the dance was simple, but the timing of changing partners was important. Viola, who knew that Titania was her bodyguard, asked worriedly. In the first place, she was Titania, who never danced at the ball other than the obligatory first dance.

Titania let out a sigh, then rolled her eyes again and looked at the spirits surrounding her.

Titania caught the eyes of the young children who were hesitatingly touching her fingers. Children who come to the prom and are not expecting to dance, but are afraid that their parents will scold them if they return without being able to dance with them.

Marzooka is a song that changes partners quickly in a short period of time, so after dancing a few times, I felt like I could dance with all the people around me. You don’t have to do this in the first place, but…

“Ha… Anyway, the song is Marzooka. I’ll decide the partner for you, so don’t cling to me until you start dancing. Okay?!”

“”Yes, yes! Princess Titania!

Titania gave a small tsk and clicked her tongue as she watched the spirits scattering away as if running away. In this way, it was no different from my usual social circle. Where on earth has the masquerade of your dreams gone? Titania lowered her head, feeling like she was about to cry.

‘I also wanted to experience something like a fateful meeting with one’s identity hidden like the main character in a novel…’

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Finally, the time has come for the first dance of the ball to begin. Many young people and young children gathered on the spacious dance floor and took their seats and waited for the song to start.

Titania’s first partner was…

“It is an honor to serve as Princess Titania’s partner. I’m from the western region-“

It was Yeongsik 1, dressed as a pirate, whom I caught while passing by. From now on, we’ll just call them pirates.

In the first place, women could not dance together at the ball, and only men and women had to be partners, so it was truly an inevitable choice. Titania just wanted to dance with Viola if she could.

The music to start dancing rang out on the dance floor, and Titania held out her hand to the pirate with a sullen expression. The pirate didn’t know if Titania was aware of her sullen expression, but the corners of her mouth tugged at her ears and she smiled a truly happy smile.

‘Really, in times like this, a mask is more comfortable. There is no need to hide her expression except for the corners of her mouth.’

With that thought in mind, Titania listened with one ear to the pirate’s endless talk and let it go with the other. Most of her stories were about her family and what kind of person she was.

Titania didn’t really feel the need to be interested in pirates. She danced and talked non-stop, the pirate taking her breath away, and she tried to somehow continue her words to the end, but-

“Whoa, whoa..! So, our heo-eok…! “The family mine is…!”

“Yes, yes. Great job. Bye~”

When the time came to change partners, Titania spun around halfway in place and, without hesitation, let go of the pirate’s hand and left to find her next partner.

The next partner was Yeongsik, dressed like a hunter.

Hunters were no different from pirates. Titania almost yawned as she continued to talk about their family’s boring stories since she was a child.

When standing in front of Titania, the next partner and the next partner were all the same. If I had a memorable partner, it was a young boy dressed as a fairy.

A young boy who had just entered the social world and left after running out of time without even being able to say a proper word to Titania. Other than that, I didn’t really have any memorable partners.

As the song neared its end, Titania encountered her next partner. She is taller than herself and wears a wolf mask that covers her entire face. The outfit was all gray, like a wolf, with a gray fur cape.

Titania wondered if there was such a person in the children’s social circle, but her face was completely covered by a mask, so she couldn’t tell who her partner, Youngsik, was. And unlike her other partners, she didn’t say anything, so there was no way to know who she was.

Well, I thought it was more comfortable without saying anything, so let’s just keep dancing-

“I’m still bad at dancing. When will the headbutts be fixed? “What if this simple dance still stings?”

“Huh?”

At the all-too-familiar voice heard through the mask, Titania raised her head and looked at the wolf mask.

Titania, staring intently into her eyes, couldn’t help but purse her lips when she saw the familiar green light shining from the small hole. That’s right-

“Huh? Uh, mother…?”

She never imagined that her mother would attend the masquerade ball dressed as a man.

Her face was covered by a wolf mask, but Titania could tell. That her mother is smiling broadly now. The proof was the tone of her voice that rose as if she was making fun of herself.

“So? How about a masquerade ball? It’s not as fun as you think, is it? “Do you want to go home right away?”

“Mother…”