Chapter 100 Eric's dramatic talent
Inside the house.
"It seems that Miss Cinderella is unwilling to attend the dance tonight."
Prince Eric looked at Cinderella, who was standing there in a daze without reacting at all, with a rather self-blaming expression:
"Sure enough, it must be because we only came to inform you today, which is really too rude!"
The prince turned around with great regret and took his wife Ariel away.
"Well, Miss Cinderella doesn't want to attend the ball. We should tell our father to consider canceling the ball. If Miss Cinderella doesn't attend, is there any need to hold the ball?"
Ariel complained to the prince:
"Eric, I've already told you, why did you wait until today to come and see Miss Cinderella?
"It's so hasty to send Cinderella the invitation to the ball now! Miss Cinderella must be very busy on weekdays. How can she spare the time to change her plans and attend Henry's ball?"
Prince Eric admitted his fault sincerely and bowed his head to reflect:
"Yes. I was inconsiderate and overlooked that Miss Cinderella has her own schedule."
I am busy, but it's because I have to do housework. This is totally wrong! Can someone tell me what happened...
Cinderella was in a state of confusion, and quickly called out to Prince Eric and Ariel who had already walked out the door:
"Wait. His Royal Highness Prince Eric. I'll be at His Royal Highness Prince Henry's ball tonight!"
Prince Eric and Ariel turned their heads excitedly.
"Eric, did you hear that? Miss Cinderella agreed!" Ariel was very surprised.
Prince Eric also seemed to have received some kind of great honor:
"That's wonderful! Even Miss Cinderella will be at the ball, and my brother Henry will be very honored."
Prince Eric and Ariel left happily, passing by their two sisters and stepmother who looked confused. As they walked, they kept saying: "I was so scared. I thought Miss Cinderella would not come. This ball almost couldn't be held."
…
After the prince and Ariel left, the stepmother recalled what had just happened and her legs went weak with fear.
She pulled her two biological daughters to the corner of the yard and said, “Your sister Cinderella must be of a very noble status.
“You saw it, even the eldest prince Eric spoke to her with the same attitude just now.
"Well, she must be a lost member of the royal family. Oh no, it could be much more than that. She must be a princess of some great empire!"
The stepmother guessed that this noble bloodline must have come from Cinderella's deceased biological mother!
God, she never knew her husband's original wife had such an exaggerated background! Two lines of desperate tears flowed from Cinderella's stepmother's eyes:
"It's all over now, my two stupid daughters.
"We always made Cinderella do the dirtiest, most tiring and smelliest work, and never gave her any of the delicious food."
"We just found out today that Cinderella has such a prominent background. If she told anyone even one percent of how we abused her, we would all be in big trouble!"
The eldest daughter scratched her head:
"But I don't think we need to move. We live very well here."
The second daughter was much smarter. She immediately understood her mother's intention and showed an expression of "as expected":
"I see. Mother, you mean..."
Cinderella's stepmother understood and nodded at the same time.
"Kill Cinderella quietly!" The second daughter made a gesture of wiping her neck.
The stepmother was so angry that she took out another bottle of water and poured it on her second daughter's head, covering her mouth:
"You idiot! Keep your voice down!
"If Cinderella doesn't come to Prince Henry's ball tonight, we'll be in trouble.
"What I mean is that we should hurry up and do everything we can to please Cinderella while she is still in our house, and gain her forgiveness, so that she will never tell anyone about our abuse of her, not even a little bit!"
The two sisters nodded, not quite understanding.
It was still morning, and there was still some time before the dance tonight. They had to seize the last minute to make up for everything.
The stepmother rushed into the house with her two sisters. When she saw Cinderella, who had not yet recovered from the shock, she made an expression of great distress: "Cinderella, how can you dress like this? How can you be so dirty? This is really too unfair to you. Let me help you wash a bath."
She snatched the broom from Cinderella's hand again: "How can I let you do such a job?"
The stepmother ordered the two sisters who stood up:
"You, go sweep the floor. You, go cook. You must prepare the most delicious food for Cinderella at noon today."
Cinderella stood there in a daze.
Her stepmother's 180-degree change in attitude made her feel like it was a dream!
Respectfully inviting Cinderella to sit on the chair, the stepmother carefully brought a cup of tea to this child who had been oppressed and ridiculed countless times in her daily life.
The stepmother tried to find out Cinderella's identity indirectly:
"By the way, lovely Cinderella. Can you tell me where your deceased mother came from? Does she have any special background? Did she say anything to you before she passed away?"
When mentioning Cinderella's deceased mother, her stepmother wiped her tears with a handkerchief:
"Oh, it's such a pity for your biological mother. She was so young, as beautiful as you, gentle, generous and considerate, but she died of illness."
Cinderella found it strange and was completely unable to adapt to the drastic change in her stepmother's attitude.
Normally, you don't talk about my biological mother like this! She thought.
Cinderella recalled her biological mother's smile before she passed away. Her mother said that she would protect her in the afterlife, and nothing else. She believed that her mother was nothing special.
"No." Cinderella shook her head. "There is nothing special about my biological mother."
"Oh no! This Cinderella must have a grudge against me and doesn't want to tell me the truth." The stepmother was thinking, "Forget it, as long as I can win Cinderella's forgiveness, that's enough."
The stepmother looked at Cinderella's dirty clothes and said, "Oh, my lovely Cinderella. How can you wear such clothes? I will buy you the most beautiful dress so that you can attend Prince Henry's ball tonight in the most beautiful posture!"
The stepmother spent the whole morning and a lot of money buying the most beautiful clothes in town.
When bargaining with the clothing store owner, the stepmother felt very distressed because this dress almost cost her half of her savings - but it was worth it as long as she could gain a little understanding from Cinderella.
She returned home wearing her most beautiful dress.
"Hurry, hurry, Cinderella, put on this dress. As long as you put on this dress, you will be more beautiful and will charm Prince Henry!"
As for the two sisters who were in charge of cleaning and cooking, they were in a mess due to lack of experience.
They looked at Cinderella, who was praised to the sky by her stepmother, and who was bullied by them and wore dirty clothes on weekdays, and now wore expensive dresses made of silk and gauze, and they felt very unhappy.
"Oh my God, this dress is 100 times more beautiful than mine," exclaimed the elder sister.
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"Today's dream was so ridiculous." The second sister pinched her face.
…
Not only her two sisters were as confused as Cinderella, but also the fairy godmother Leila who was watching the whole process.
"What on earth is going on here?"
Fairy Leila was confused.
"See, I told you I would prepare a beautiful dress for Cinderella to attend the ball tonight." Rhine said with a proud smile.
"So, the way you said to prepare a dress for Cinderella is to let her stepmother buy one for Cinderella out of her own pocket?"
Fairy Leila was shocked by the boy's magical train of thought!
"Yeah." Rhine smiled, "Isn't this good? As a stepmother who has bullied her daughter for so long, the stepmother must pay a price to compensate Cinderella."
The little magician looked at Cinderella in the yard wearing a sky blue dress:
“The most crucial point is that Cinderella not only got a dress to attend the party, but also gained respect that she had never had before and received compensation from her stepmother.
"From now on, her stepmother and two sisters will never dare to bully her again."
Fairy Leila had to admit that this was indeed a better help than simply preparing a beautiful dress for Cinderella.
Looking at the fairy Leila who was doubting the value of her existence, Rhine changed the subject and said:
"Why did you help Cinderella?"
According to this world, the fairy Leila should also be considered a witch.
"I was dressed as an old woman before, asking people on this street to give me water. Only Cinderella gave me a bottle of milk. She must be a kind girl." Fairy Leila replied, "So I swear to help her once."
The fairy looked into the yard ahead. At this moment, the stepmother begged Cinderella, who was wearing beautiful clothes, very sincerely not to tell anyone about her abuse of her.
Fairy Reina also agreed with Rhine's words in her heart.
"Speaking of which, little magician, what are you going to do next? After the ball is over, you can't let Cinderella return to this house, right? Hey? Where have you been?"
At this time Leila discovered that the mysterious little magician had mysteriously disappeared again.
…
In the royal palace of the West Asian Kingdom.
"Prince Eric, Ariel, you guys acted really well. I didn't expect you guys to have such a talent for acting."
Rhine leaned back in his chair and praised the two.
He had, of course, written the script just now, but Prince Eric had improvised quite a bit, and his emotions seemed genuine.
"I've seen many similar plots and similar scenes in novels and plays," said Prince Eric.
He elaborated:
“Usually the protagonists of this kind of story start out pretty down and out, either a poor boy or a poor girl.
“However, the protagonist will accidentally pick up a magical item, or get help from some other magician, and then become rich.
“In some stories, before the protagonist fully rises, outsiders still think that the protagonist is still as miserable as before, and have no idea that the protagonist has obtained a magical item.
"When they hear about the great achievements of the hero, they will all be shocked."
It seems that Prince Eric has read a lot of fantasy stories... Rhine laughed in his heart.
He could clearly feel that Prince Eric had become much more cheerful since his wedding with Ariel.
"Helping Cinderella attend the ball is just the first step of the plan," Rhine thought.
He did not forget that his real goal at the moment was to help the mermaid boy win Cinderella's affection.
…
The sun sets and dusk falls.
The time for the dance is almost here.
Cinderella, wearing the most beautiful dress she had ever worn in her life, arrived at the palace in a carriage rented by her stepmother, feeling very nervous.
Cinderella had no idea that the fairy Leila, who had used magic to make herself invisible, was following her quietly.
(End of this chapter)