Chương 43: Rebirth and Revenge
<POV - Willow>
While Magna was busy outside, the atmosphere inside the hall was becoming strained.
Willow sat at Weiss's side as she shakily hugged her close. Whitley had collapsed as he blamed himself for Weiss getting hurt. The problem was Winter.
Anger painted her face as she watched the group of unconscious faunus closely. Or, more specifically, the woman who gave Weiss her scar.
She seemed to be contemplating whether to walk over and kill the woman or to wait for the general to come back before acting. It was plain for Willow to see that the nobles wanted nothing more than to torture the faunus yet the one thing that held them back was the general.
Sure, they didn't have to listen to him but the general held alot of power. He lead Atlas academy and the atlesian military, was an accomplished huntsmen and he held two seats on the council.
What most people didn't realise was that, thanks to him having two seats on the council, it made it easier for him to make decisions for the whole of Atlas.
A sigh escaped Willow's lips as she gentle laid her hand on Winter's shoulder. Winter twitched but didn't turn back as she hoarsely said, "She hurt Weiss, mother. She… no, THEY deserve to pay!"
Willow shook her head, "Winter, we don't get to make that decision. They will be arrested and tried by the laws. Until the general gets back, we can't hurt them. No matter how much we want to…"
Even though Willow sounded calm, she wanted nothing more than to run those faunus through with a sword and then leave them there to die in pain but she needed to be the bigger person.
She knew that when her 'husband' took over, the Schnee family business went on a sharp decline. The bright family company became a corporate monster over night.
Jacques forced people and faunus alike to slave away while he reaped all the benefits. And I mean, ALL the benefits. Klein, under Willow's direct instructions, recorded any and all things that Jacques did under the name of the Schnee family.
There have been many cases of money laundering, tax evasion and fraud. He's illegally kidnapped many faunus men and woman from menagerie and forced them to slave away in the Schnee dust mines, working them to death.
Worst of all, Willow has recieved reports of female employees being taking advantage. Once Jacques had his fun, he either fires the woman or has her 'disappear'. He's even had a few woman killed when they found out they were pregnant, just so he could uphold his reputation.
Luckily, Willow, with the secret assistance of Klein, managed to save the employees that Jacques tried to make 'disappear'. However, they couldn't save the ones that were pregnant. Jacques made sure to kill them personally.
A chill ran up Willow's spine. She knew that if she wasn't the only link between him and the Schnee family, Jacques may have just killed her when she found out she was pregnant.
Willow secretly stared at the man she used to love in pain. She watched as anger clouded his face as he barked at the guards, screaming about the mess. What even made her fall for him in the first place?
A sigh filled with sorrow escaped her lips as she gently cradled her children in her arms. Weiss was still unconscious, Whitley was crying as he clutched Weiss's arm while Winter was struggling as her eyes burned with vengeance.
It took a couple minutes but the hate in Winter's eyes dimmed as tears started to gather. Willow felt how her body seemed to just… collapse as she silently cried.
Doing what any mother would, Willow softly rubbed her back as she gently whispered into her eldest child's ear, "Shhhhh… it's alright Winter. Just let it all out…"
That seemed to be the last straw for Winter as the flood gates opened. She pressed her face into Willow's chest as she cried and released a muffled screamed.
As Willow slowly calmed her shaken children, a problem she didn't want to deal with jumped up. Jacques slowly made his way over, a fake look of concern on his face as he said, "Willow, we should take Weiss to the hospital. They can-"
"No! We have to wait for Magna. Weiss and Winter swore that they were going to take care of the boy while he stays here." Said Willow, cutting him off.
A look of pure anger appeared on his face as he spat out, "That little monster? We'd be better off worrying about our own children! Just imagine the support we can gain when the people learn that our daughter is in the hospital!"
Willow's eyes widened as Jacques continued with a crazed expression, "Not only will we gain support from the people of Atlas, the people will also realise that those faunus are nothing more than animals. We'd have a more… legal way of acquiring 'workers'."
'No…'
"We can finally put into action the more… dangerous mining plans, using the animals as a way to scout out more of the mines."
'Jacques… please…'
"Better yet, why don't we hurt Winter and Whitley as well! Imagine the support we could gain from that! The headlines! 'The children of the Schnee family were attacked by a group of faunus during a charity gala, condition unknown.' We could-"
"ENOUGH!!!"
Willow's voice boomed across the room as a huge glyph appeared under her feet, covering the entire building. The glyph was a mix of white and black, giving it an intoxicating look, like a work of art that took ones whole lifetime to create. However, no one could appreciate said art.
The glyph froze each and every person in the building. Not with ice but with space and time. No matter how hard people tried, they couldn't move a single cell in their body.
Everyone, guards and nobles alike, froze in place. A look of unbridled fury and anguish appeared on Willow's face as tears trickled down her cheeks.
"Why? Why are you like this, Jacques? Do you even care about your children? About me?"
Veins appeared on Jacques head as he wanted nothing more than to scream at Willow. She was ruining his reputation.
Willow saw the look he was giving her but scoffed, "What's wrong Jacques? Got something to say? Then…"
With a snap of her finger, Jacques fell to the floor as she continued, "Say it."
With bloodshot eyes, Jacques hastily stood up and roared, "You bitch! What the fuck do you think your doing!?! Your ruining my fucking reputation!!!"
Willow yawned as she lightly said, "Is that it?"
More veins puffed up on his head as he yelled, "What the fuck do you mean, 'Is that it?'. You fucking slut! I-"
Before he could finish speaking, Willow snapped her finger again as he froze. She slowly stood up, handing the unconscious Weiss and Whitley to the dumbfounded Winter.
Slowly, Willow walked towards Jacques as the sound of her heels echoed through the silent hall. She glared into the eyes of her former lover and finally saw him for who he was.
A liar, a cheater, a racist, a power-hungry fool. She saw so many different things yet not one of those things was good. He held no love for her, for their children, he only loved himself.
With a light tap to the head, Jacques frozen body fell onto his back as Willow said, "Due to our marriage, you own half the Schnee family while I own the other half. Had I died, you would have owned the entirety of the Schnee family fortune…"
"However… you've officially made Weiss the heiress of your half of the family. So today, I officially name Winter and Whitley as the heirs to my half, in hopes that they can run this company in the future as a family. And just so you don't try and 'create' another heir…"
Slowly, Willow lifted her leg up high as Jacques started to internally panic. Due to the gala, Willow was currently wearing very, VERY pointy high heels.
Jacques's internal cries of panic went unnoticed as Willow gave a cheerful smile and said, "I guess you don't need these anymore!"
SLAAAMMMMMM
*PUCHI*
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