[Comprehensive Fairy Tale] A long, long time ago

22. The Last Dance

So the situation took a turn for the worse, and Monica actually went to dance with John.Before Monica left, she gave Lilith a look, and Lilith shivered, with an indescribable expression on her face—why do you think that Monica has become a lot more detached after she came out for a while?

Sure enough, the gang of pirates should be blamed, right?

When it was twelve o'clock, the clock struck twelve exactly.Lilith went to pull Cinderella out of the hall very professionally.Cinderella was a little bit reluctant, but she followed Lilith obediently.Still the same as last time, when Cinderella stepped out of the hall, her stepmother and her two stepsisters came back.

Lilith glanced at the three of them just as she was about to go out, and saw that the hair of the three was disheveled, as if a strong wind had blown all the way over, she couldn't help being curious—wonder what method César used today?

César sat in the tavern and took turns giving rewards to the men who worked hard today: "Good job, show me all your skills on the last day of tomorrow." The sailors took the money and were very happy, listening César said that he would work harder tomorrow.

"It's enough for them to take off the roof of the carriage today." A sailor giggled while counting the money, "The night wind may wake them up." All the people burst into laughter again, very happy Arrogant.

When Lilith came back, César was already in the room.Lilith sat across from him, patted the table with her little hand, and a hair accessory fell on the table.Lilith stared at Cesar: "Will you explain to me?" But it was the hair accessory that Cesare took from Lilith before.

César took a look and said, "Is there something wrong with your hair accessories?" "You gave this to Monica just to let her investigate John?" Lilith asked, "Only this?"

"Of course that's the only thing," César sighed, "what else can I have? So I have no credibility in the hearts of Her Royal Highness?" Lilith still maintained a skeptical attitude: "I see Monica's behavior today. The performance is really wrong... She also has her own problems, but you definitely said something."

There was no smile on César's face, he looked at Lilith a little deeply, and didn't speak for a while.The two confronted each other for a while before César said slowly, "I can't say."

Lilith frowned: "Why?" "Maybe you shouldn't ask me this question," César said, "You should ask Monica." Lilith seemed to understand something, she gave up: " Alright...I understand, but you are absolutely not allowed to do this kind of thing in the future, and I don't want to involve Monica."

César muttered, "Maybe he is willing to be involved..." "What did you say?" Lilith glared at him, and César immediately smiled obediently: "I said you should go to bed."

The two people in this room are fighting back and forth. In the tailor shop in the other room, Cinderella is carefully sewing the blue dress. Finally, there is only a little lace left, and Cinderella refurbished the dress. After going through it again, before the last dance, I was finally able to finish it.

The light was dim, but Cinderella kept running the needle in her hand regardless of the soreness in her eyes.The sky had begun to turn white, and Cinderella had been working all night without knowing it, and finally sewed the skirt completely.She put down the needle and thread in her hand, lifted her skirt and looked at it, with a satisfied smile on her face.

This is the last dress her mother left her, and Cinderella wants to wear it to the last ball and spend the last wonderful night with Constantine.

And... Cinderella put down her skirt and looked at the unremarkable old box that was put aside.At the end of the day, it's time to wear it, too.

At night, Cinderella, wearing a blue dress and stepping on a pair of crystal slippers, took Constantine's hand again.The people around have all decided that this girl who danced with the prince for three days in a row must be the future princess. Constantine stared at Cinderella with tenderness in his eyes.

Lilith watched while holding her glass, dealing with two men who came to strike up a conversation from time to time.When she sent another wave away, she turned around and found that Cinderella was gone, but Constantine was still there.

……what happened?Lilith suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart. She squeezed through the crowd and came to Constantine: "Where is Cinderella? Why is she missing?"

"She went to the toilet," Constantine keenly noticed something was wrong, "What's wrong?" "I think something happened," Lilith pressed her heart, and said decisively, "Come with me."

The two sneaked out of the hall, and after asking the guard, the guard said that Cinderella was taken to the garden by two maids.Lilith didn't care much anymore, she lifted her skirt and almost ran towards the garden.Constantine followed closely behind, and he was very nervous by Lilith's appearance that something bad happened.

Soon the garden arrived, and Lilith heard someone talking in the distance. She gestured to Constantine, and the two quietly walked towards the source of the sound.

Cinderella originally only wanted to go to the toilet, but two maids led her farther and farther away. She couldn't help feeling vigilant and wanted to leave.The two maids held her up without any explanation, and forced her into the garden.Cinderella wanted to call for help, but her mouth and nose were covered, and she could only whine.

She was forced to stand there, glaring at the person in front of her, and the crystal slipper on her feet was also stained with a little dirt.The two maids withdrew after taking her to the garden, and now there are only two people left.

The woman in front of Cinderella was wearing a long black robe, which completely covered her entire face, with only her chin exposed.Her complexion was pale and her figure was thin. Against the backdrop of the night, she gave off an inexplicably gloomy feeling.

Cinderella gradually stopped struggling. She looked at the woman with doubts in her eyes.The woman moved a bit, as if awakened by a start, and finally began to speak: "...you can't stay in the palace anymore."

Cinderella was overwhelmed by the woman's endless words.The woman didn't care about her reaction, but continued: "You are in a very dangerous situation now, and you must not stay in the palace any longer! Hurry up, before you become Prince Constantine's concubine, hurry up Get out of here."

Cinderella had already spat out the cloth ball in her mouth. Hearing this, she sneered: "Why should I listen to you?" "You will suffer if you don't listen to me!" The woman seemed a little excited, "You must leave this place! Stay away from here! Only then will you be safe!"

Monk Zhang Er, who Lilith was watching from the side, was puzzled - listening to the woman, it didn't seem like she wanted to harm Cinderella, but rather wanted to save her.What kind of woman is she, who can still be used as a maid in the palace?

Lilith suddenly turned her head to look at Constantine. Constantine didn't look at her, but stared at the two people standing there.Cinderella didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this woman's gourd, so she could only cautiously probe: "...What if I say no?"

"You will die!" The woman suddenly became excited, "Do you think that only one person saw you put on the glass slipper today! Do you think that only Konstantin can protect you!"

"I also want to know, if I can't protect her, who else can." Constantine couldn't hold back, and walked out from the dark.The moment he came out, the woman took a step back, trying to run.As a result, Constantine gave his body shape with one sentence: "Mom, what do you want to do?"

Queen of Ingra indeed!Lilith held back her exclamation, and worked harder to reduce her sense of existence.This is fun now. I originally wanted to help Constantine with the flame gem, but judging from the current results, it seems that I helped myself.

The queen was called out by Constantine, and she simply stopped hiding it.She pulled down her hood, revealing a face that was no longer young but still beautiful, she looked at Cinderella with pity, and shook her head in pain: "Listen to me, child, get out of here quickly, You can still live."

"Mother, if you don't tell us clearly, I won't let Cinderella leave." Constantine held Cinderella's shoulders and noticed that her body was shaking, "...Cinderella? What's wrong? ?”

"Mother..." Cinderella looked at the queen and spit out two words, her eyes filled with disbelief and shock, "Mother! Why! Why are you the queen of Ingra!" Aren't you dead!Didn't I die when I was six years old!

Lilith hid behind the bushes, and instantly felt that her brain cells were not enough.She tried hard to digest the news she had just received—the queen of Ingra, and then Constantine called her mother, so why did Cinderella also call her mother!If it's all real...

For some reason, a sentence suddenly flashed in Lilith's mind - I wish all lovers in the world will eventually become brothers and sisters.

Cinderella was on the verge of collapse: "Who the hell are you!" The Queen's eyes were also full of tears. She looked at the two children supporting each other and closed her eyes: "...I am your mother." ()