[Cinderella] Prince go away

Because of Cinderella's injury, Marquis Gutenberg naturally knew about the accident that happened on the day of the horseback riding outing.

But soon, the manor—especially the servants working in the mansion—discovered the changes in the twins, An Ti and Tana—not referring to her temper, perhaps her temper had also changed, but the most important thing was her temper. Attitude towards Cinderella.

The twins no longer reject and alienate Cinderella as before. Although they and Cinderella are not as close as they are, their relationship is indeed improving day by day, and every day is better than the day before. Be more friendly.

Maybe one day, they can become real sisters.

The conflict between the twins and Cinderella—or the twins' first love for Cinderella is being resolved day by day, even the servants working in the mansion are aware of this, let alone being at the same table with them every day Marquis Gutenberg and Rebecca who dined.

However, no matter who they are, they all have a happy attitude towards this matter.

Antioch and Tana's previous hostility towards Cinderella naturally couldn't be concealed from Marquis Gutenberg, but they felt that Cinderella could handle this matter well - even after Rebecca decided to hand over the twins' prank to Cinderella herself Before, I thought so.

Although he was also worried, he finally decided to trust Cinderella, just like Rebecca trusted her.

It turns out they were right.

Cinderella did handle it properly, no, it should be said that she handled her relationship with her step-sisters naturally.

Even though An Ti and Tana have always been very unfriendly to her, even though she knew the pranks the twins played on her, she never gave up the idea of ​​getting along with them, and even reached out to An Ti desperately in the most critical time. hand.

I'm afraid that what she thought in her heart at that time was how to save An Ti.

All her good intentions are sincere, even An Ti and Tana have discovered this, so they finally accepted her.

The warm spring sun dispelled the last bit of cold air of this winter. As the spring rain infiltrated everything again and again, new buds finally appeared on the branches that had lost their color throughout the winter, and the withered yellow grass was replaced by new green.

Just as the ice between the twins and Cinderella has been melted by Cinderella's sincerity and kindness, and then replaced by friendship; this cold winter has finally been replaced by spring.

"Father, Mrs. Rebecca, good morning." After returning from a walk in the courtyard, Cinderella found that other people had already been seated when she entered the restaurant. Sister Tana...Huh?"

The ending sound dropped, and the smile on Cinderella's face was replaced by confusion. The Marquis of Gutenberg, who was reading a newspaper and drinking tea, cast a puzzled look at her, not knowing what happened; Rebecca, who stopped because of Cinderella's arrival, showed a knowing smile.

But he didn't say anything.

Cinderella looked back and forth at her two stepsisters, as if confirming something, and finally she smiled at her father and shook her head, "It's okay."

This should... not be her illusion, right?

Not long after Cinderella was seated, the maids brought breakfast one by one. Cinderella looked at An Ti and Tana beside her and diagonally across from time to time, but the knife and fork in her hand was skillfully Slice the bacon.

An Ti and Tana naturally noticed Cinderella's gaze, but after they looked at each other, they pretended that they didn't know anything.

Rebecca pretended that she didn't see anything. Although Marquis Gutenberg felt that Cinderella's behavior was a bit strange today, and probably had something to do with the pair of twins next to her, he still didn't say anything in the end.

Anyway, their current relationship is much more harmonious than before, and it is estimated that nothing will happen-even if something does happen, they can handle it by themselves.

Perhaps because she realized that her sight was too obvious, Cinderella quickly finished her breakfast after looking around enough and reaching a conclusion, but even so, she was much slower than others.

It was rare for An Ti and Tana not to be the first to leave today, and they sat in the restaurant for a while after they had finished eating first.

After finishing the greasy breakfast, Cinderella was drinking black tea to get tired, and then found that the two step-sisters next to her and opposite her were looking at her; when she looked at them, the twins smiled at her in unison stand up.

At this moment, Marquis Gutenberg had returned to his study, and Mrs. Rebecca had just left.

Cinderella looked at An Ti and Tana for a while before speaking.

"Sister An Ti," she looked at the person beside her, "Sister Tana," and then looked at the other end of the dining table, "Are you...are exchanging identities?"

Usually, Tana sits next to her when dining, while An Ti sits opposite her. When I entered the restaurant today, I found that the two of them had changed places. I thought it was just a whim of them. Believe her, this kind of thing happened Been too many times.

But then Cinderella discovered that they not only changed positions, but even changed into each other's clothing and jewelry.

As twins, An Ti and Tana have too many sets of clothes of the same style but different colors, and the jewelry is similar, but Cinderella has not reacted when she saw them for the first time; This conjecture was only confirmed when the first dress was yellow and Tana was pink.

"Guessed right!" Tana nodded, but then showed a displeased expression, "Cinderella guessed too fast, it's really boring."

"There is no class today, did my sister choose today on purpose?"

When she said this, Cinderella thought about it again, and confirmed again that there are indeed no class arrangements for today, "If the two sisters take each other's classes, they will probably be exposed all of a sudden."

After all, they have been studying for so long, if it is another person who has no foundation and is a twin, it is estimated that the tutor will find out immediately.

"Of course, An Ti doesn't know how to play the piano at all," Tana replied without thinking, "She doesn't even know the staff."

Being ridiculed by his twin sister - although this is indeed true, An Ti immediately launched a counterattack, "Tana, you can't draw, even if you draw a straight line with a ruler, you can draw it like an earthworm! Do you know earthworms?"

"Anti, you're still out of tune when you sing!"

"Aren't you the same, Tana! And Tana, you can't even use a brush."

"Who said I can't!"

Cinderella looked dumbfounded at Anti and Tana who started to quarrel as if no one else was there. She didn't seem to realize that she was just saying this casually, and that the two could actually quarrel... and they still pointed each other's faults.

It was nothing more than mocking the other party's courses when I first started class, but this time I actually mocked the other party with the courses I studied... and there is a faint tendency to compare weaknesses with weaknesses.

Cinderella felt a little headache, and suddenly understood why Mrs. Rebecca no longer cared about the quarrel between them.

The battle between An Ti and Tana will not end for a while. Cinderella thought about it, looked at the sunlight outside the window, and finally took advantage of the fact that the twins who were almost about to fight again didn't pay attention—

Just slipped out.

Cinderella noticed it when she went for a walk before breakfast. Today's weather is fine. Although it rained a few days ago, the ground under her feet is not too muddy, and there are some young shoots that cannot withstand the wind and rain and are knocked down. On the ground, the dots of green on the brown ground are also pretty.

Maybe it’s because of being suffocated indoors all winter. Since spring came, Cinderella couldn’t help but want to run outside. Watching the dead wood gradually become green is her favorite thing to do every spring. thing.

But today...

Thinking of the dreams that had become clearer and more absurd in the past two days, Cinderella walked towards the end of the courtyard without thinking.

Where her mother slept.

Without anyone's company, Cinderella walked alone on this increasingly cold trail. Because it was a temporary idea, and the temperature was gradually starting to warm up this season, Cinderella did not bring a coat, so At this moment, I can't help but feel a chill.

But the road wasn't very long.

Before Cinderella entered the cemetery, she saw from a distance the banyan tree that she had planted in front of her grave the year her mother left.Although it is only the beginning of spring at this time, Cinderella should be able to see its lush branches and leaves in the midsummer this year.

But Cinderella quickly froze.

Usually, if you don't come to the cemetery with your father, basically no one will appear here except the grave guard.The Marquis of Gutenberg's family doesn't have a particularly long history, and the population isn't too large... Even until a few months ago, there were only her father and her.

But today, under the banyan tree where she usually stood when she visited her mother, there was another person standing.

It's not a stranger, on the contrary, Cinderella is very familiar with each other.

She didn't think that the other party had a reason to appear here, but when she thought of the reason why she came to the cemetery today-the dream that had gradually become clear these days, she suddenly understood.

——That absurd dream may be real.

It didn't disturb the other party. Although Cinderella knew that it was impolite and uneducated, she still carefully chose a position that would not be too close there, but enough to hear the other party's voice.

She really wanted to know the reason why the other party appeared here, and whether it was really related to her dream.

"...Sorry, it took me so long to have the courage to come to see you," the white pigeon on the banyan tree chirped, but the other party ignored it and just squatted like this, gently rubbing the tombstone with its well-maintained hands , "Because I'm not sure if you'd like to see me again."

The sunlight penetrated through the leaves, and cast mottled shadows on her coiled hair and skirt that had been stained by mud. Cinderella couldn't see her expression clearly at this time, but felt that the other party exuded an indescribable, called Sad breath.

"But whenever I see Cinderella, I always think of you, so I still come," her voice was so gentle, but Cinderella felt that her Wen at this moment was the same as how she treated other people (including her daughter) When we were inside), it was a little different.

Cinderella didn't know what that kind of tenderness belonged to, but her intuition told her that she shouldn't know the reason behind it.

"Cinderella is very similar to you in every aspect. When I saw her for the first time, I almost mistook her for you. But even her personality is exactly the same as yours. She is so gentle, considerate, and understanding. , and occasionally a little stubborn."

Saying this, she seemed to have smiled wryly, but her expression became gentler.

"But don't worry, I will stay by her side to take care of Cinderella for you, treat her well, and not let her suffer any grievances. This is also to make up for my mistakes..."

She rubbed the tombstone again, looking so reluctant, but in the end she got up slowly under the cries of the white pigeons.

"Rest in peace, dear Ogwila."

She called the other person's name affectionately, and then she turned around as if she had made up her mind to leave, but she happened to bump into Cinderella who had already come out of the corner after hearing what she said just now.

"Mrs. Rebecca," Cinderella called the other person's name, feeling her heart beating fast.

To be honest, she was full of anxiety about what she was going to say next and what would happen; she was also afraid that her mouth would not be controlled by her brain to say something insignificant—such as pretending she didn’t hear anything.

— but no.

Cinderella silently took a few deep breaths, and then directly threw out the biggest question in her heart at this time.

"Did you know my mother before?"