[Cinderella] Prince go away

It has been a tradition over the years for the Smith family concert to be followed by a dance.

Sisters Anti and Tana, who had always wanted to enter the upper class, naturally knew about it, and Rebecca also knew about it—not to mention that Mrs. Smith also mentioned it when she handed her the invitation letter.

Who made the members of the Marquis of Gutenberg's family not appear in various social places before this, and even the current Marquis was newly married recently?

As for Cinderella...

It can be said that today is the first time she has appeared in a social place, and before that she was not interested in these things at all, so she naturally didn't know about it. This is because Rebecca didn't mention it at all before today. , and when Mrs. Smith came to talk to Mrs. Rebecca during the intermission just now... she happened to be away.

Of course, Rebecca deliberately kept it from Cinderella.

Because from the very beginning, she never planned to let Cinderella participate in any ball—the degree of disgust of this word in Rebecca's heart, who got that memory, was almost on par with "Prince".

prom?

Go to hell!

Using the excuse that the Marquis of Gutenberg who stayed in the manor today was unwell, Rebecca found Mrs. Smith after the concert, and after saying hello to her, she hurriedly left Smith with the twins and Cinderella Home.

I don't know if Rebecca said something to An Ti and Tana before the concert. The twins, who should have been looking forward to tonight's dance, learned that they had to go back early tonight. He didn't show any loss, and was even so calm that it could be said to be a little abnormal.

But Cinderella didn't notice this.

If it was normal, she might be able to notice the problem immediately - after all, after getting along with each other in the past few months, she has already understood very well how much her two sisters like these social activities - especially the dance party.

But today... Cinderella really doesn't have that kind of time and energy.

Although nothing happened tonight, in the eyes of others, Cinderella just attended a concert held by the family of her tutor, and then went to the courtyard during the break time to relax and come back a little late. And because of his father, he returned home early with his stepmother and sisters.

The only thing that no one else will know is that Cinderella was hit by a group of children in the courtyard, and then met a handsome young man.

But for Cinderella, what she heard and encountered one after another tonight, she needs a period of time to sort out her emotions, but before that...

"Is father okay?"

What she cared more about was her father's problem.

For Cinderella, who has been distracted by other things too much, after hearing Mrs. Rebecca leave early on the grounds that her husband is unwell and needs to go home early, she completely forgot about herself. Her father was fine this morning—or until they left the house, without any signs of illness at all, only thinking that his father was really seriously ill.

Not knowing that this was an excuse that his father and Mrs. Rebecca had discussed from the beginning, sitting in the carriage back to the manor, Cinderella looked at Rebecca sitting next to her worriedly, hoping that she could reveal the situation of some fathers.

Even though...she didn't see when the servants at home came to contact Rebecca.

"Don't worry, Cinderella, the Marquis is fine."

Seeing that the carriage had driven some distance away from Smith's house, Rebecca no longer concealed it, but comforted Cinderella who was sitting on her right side in a gentle voice, and told the truth—or the truth that could be made public, " This is what the Marquis meant, let us use his illness as an excuse to leave Smith's house early."

Cinderella blinked in confusion. She seemed to understand Rebecca's words, but she still didn't seem to understand the situation at hand.

Rebecca also understands that for Cinderella, who can be said to be stubborn in a sense, sometimes she must speak clearly before she can really feel at ease-especially in terms of family members.

For Cinderella, who lost her mother when she was young, the Marquis with whom she depended for life can be said to be the only relative. It is impossible for Cinderella to keep calm about matters involving the Marquis.

Naturally, Rebecca didn't pretentiously think that she was already a qualified mother for Cinderella.

Especially when he hurt Cinderella like that back then.

Even she herself didn't feel that she could be Cinderella's mother, and what she did now was not even called compensation—because she really owed Cinderella a lot.

"Tonight's concert is too boring," Rebecca unabashedly commented on the concert that the Smith family is proud of, and then continued, "The Marquis is worried that you can't adapt now, so let me find an excuse , bring you back earlier."

Cinderella nodded after pondering for a few seconds. She finally understood Rebecca's meaning and her father's meaning.

Cinderella had to admit that they were extremely thoughtful, because after experiencing these things tonight, she really wanted to leave the Smith's house urgently.

In other words, avoid re-meeting with that strange gentleman in a short period of time.

Although she didn't know why she thought so.

However, while Cinderella thanked her father and Mrs. Rebecca for their thoughtfulness, she also thought of her two sisters. She couldn't help but looked at the twins sitting opposite her and Mrs. Rebecca, and then happened to meet them. their eyes.

"I'm sorry, Sister An Ti, Sister Tana..."

She subconsciously apologized to them.

An Ti and Tana were taken aback, they didn't expect that Cinderella would choose to apologize to them after hearing her mother's explanation.

The twins looked at each other, and it was Tana who finally answered.

"What are you apologizing to us for? You haven't done anything wrong."

Tana pretended to be arrogant—just like she said to Cinderella when she came to the manor with her mother and sister, but there was no contempt or accusation in her tone, and there was even an undetectable gentleness.

It seems that such an answer will make tonight's poor state-the sisters subconsciously think that this is because Cinderella went to the concert without earplugs, which also makes them more determined if they want to participate in the Smith family in the future. For the concert, you must persuade Cinderella to wear earplugs—Tana paused, seemingly thinking about the next words, and then continued:

"Don't get me wrong, we're not at all interested in tonight's dance,"

After several months of getting along, Cinderella basically knew the character of this sister Tana well. After hearing what she said, Cinderella nodded with a smile, expressing her understanding.

As if he was afraid that Cinderella would think too much, Anti took over his sister's words and added, "Actually, people in the Smith family don't care whether we stay or not, Cinderella, you don't have to worry about whether Mrs. Smith will think too much .”

Maybe they seem to be brainless and impulsive at ordinary times, but when it comes to social circles, the twins are better than anyone else.

Even if Rebecca didn't want to admit it, she had to admit it.

An Ti's explanation really aroused Cinderella's interest. After knowing that there was nothing wrong with her father who stayed in the manor, she temporarily put aside other concerns and asked An Ti, who knew too much about social etiquette than her. ,"Why?"

Anti and Tana, who have been lagging behind Cinderella a lot in the study of music and painting, saw Cinderella's confusion, and looked at her with "why don't you understand?" This little sister is usually such a smart child, how could she be so confused about this kind of thing.

No wonder their mother and the Marquis of Gutenberg were so concerned about her—yes, they were talking about her marriage.

"Think about it, why did the Smith family hold tonight's concert?"

Perhaps because she was worried that her daughters would not be able to get to the point directly, Rebecca, who had remained silent during the conversation between the three sisters, suddenly spoke up. When An Ti and Tana saw their mother speak, they stopped talking, while Cinderella spoke. Is lost in thought.

She naturally remembered what her sisters and Mrs. Rebecca had said before.

"It's because you want to promote those unmarried girls," she said, although she felt that the word "promotion" might not be so appropriate, but she couldn't find any other suitable words to replace it, "so... Ah, I see."

After thinking about Rebecca's question, Cinderella naturally understood the problem in the middle.

The Smith family held today's concert in order to promote those unmarried girls who have no musical talent, but the concert is not enough. In order to make a more direct impression on the hearts of the gentlemen attending the concert tonight, the concert A socially friendly dance afterward is the best course of action.

Therefore, the people of the Smith family will not feel troubled or dissatisfied with their departure - after all, their family members are all girls, and for this ball with the girls of the Smith family as the protagonists, their role is at most a foil.

Leaving one and three is nothing to the Smith family, and they may be thankful that they have fewer competitors-after all, their sisters are not only not married, but they are not even engaged.

"So you don't need to care about tonight."

Rebecca said meaningfully, although to the twins and Cinderella, it was more like comforting Cinderella, but only she herself understood what she was talking about.

Cinderella nodded, and Antti and Tana did not mention any more questions about the Smith family and the ball.

By the time they got home, it was already late.

It's even past Cinderella's usual sleeping time.

Under the persuasion of Rebecca and the twins, Cinderella, who was almost eroded by sleepiness, did not go to her father—after all, her father, the Marquis of Gutenberg, might have fallen asleep—but she just simply rinsed After washing, he threw himself on the bed.

After experiencing things that she had never experienced in her previous ten years of life, Cinderella felt that she was extremely sleepy both physically and mentally. She should have fallen asleep as soon as her head was placed on the pillow. , but tonight she couldn't sleep no matter what.

What Mrs. Rebecca had said to herself kept echoing in her mind.

And before her eyes, what emerged was the face of the man whose name she didn't know until she returned to the living room.

and his eyes.

Cinderella looked at the top of the bed curtain for a long time, and finally closed her eyes again, forcing herself to forget everything that happened tonight, and then let herself return to the scene that she would dream of every night.

There was Mrs. Rebecca, there was a woman whose name she didn't know—but who had an unusual sense of kinship, and...

In her mother's dream.

(Good night.)

Cinderella said silently in her heart.

Not only facing myself today, but also facing tonight, which is no different from a dream.

The pair of pigeons that had been standing outside Cinderella's room since the early morning flapped their wings and flew away from the place where they had stayed for a long time, and then merged with the night under the moonlight, and at the same time took away a faint figure .

"Good night, Cinderella."

The gentle and soft female voice dissipated into the night, but left behind the blessing from the heart.

It was a wish from a fairy.

Also a blessing from a godmother.