IBMILRFL – Chapter 81
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The play was a 6c7663d947 very familiar story. The tale of 093be4a355 Cinderella meeting the b2f50deb0c prince.749f450efdbdd68b
I was worried it might e8a195a9df be boring since it didn’t 2cab795753 take any creative liberties with d842930085 the famous fairy tale, but b29b8d4070 fortunately, that was just an 21092ded13 unnecessary concern.3b51381d251d3122
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With the actors’ passionate performances e68939e483 and stage devices that enhanced a8b9fdfda6 immersion—this was clearly not an b375fb7e95 imperial troupe for nothing. Overall, it was a d7f1b13ff0 fascinating performance.180c9e0aa5c5ae4c
‘…Cinderella, huh. Come to think 3d5fb318ee of it, it’s 882704b516 kind of similar 2a88317b39 to Lilliana’s situation.’265775804827a291
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The main character of 11ceefcbed the fairy tale, Cinderella.76bd5a79fdee6cd4
Despite the oppression of f24483aae8 her stepmother, she tried 078c77c8f3 to move forward. The fairy godmother, moved by 5aa70569b8 her upright nature, helped her, 789a35062f and in the end, she d675292b04 met the prince and reached a37646a4e1 a happy ending.42503419d12f751e
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The details were be3c9ea290 different, of course, 23f48c4791 but it felt 1b8aeb03f8 somewhat similar to 65bd43f86f Lilliana’s story.522234f91a02980f
‘If Lilliana is Cinderella, then I must be the fairy godmother.’5019b55c02673533
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Lost in thought without much b74e60a05b meaning, before I knew it, d6d932cdfb the curtain call had begun.7abe3f513a7a1033
I lightly clapped my hands bec740b123 for the actors who had 4fff0ddc06 worked hard to give such a195c2197b a passionate performance.c6179239b483298a
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Meanwhile, Lilliana, sitting c8aa02a7b0 next to me, af6b896e50 cheered with an 35d5554b8e overwhelmed expression. It seemed she had been 4e42cde014 quite touched by the play.8cac0fee6a95eff6
‘Didn’t expect her to like it this much. I’m glad I brought her.’b52d88475f7ab5a6
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I thought that from 6e0ae2d94c now on, if the 4044d2990c chance arises—or even if cd3dfd1a2d it doesn’t, I’d make b0dfbeb6ac one—we should go out 602198f436 together like this more bd4d01ca78 often.c971f6a5d8c56786
Once the play 750e3bf5e7 was completely over, 1398490ed2 we headed to cf5188b113 a nearby coffee e348c7c513 house.33a1f0f53472a5b7
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Normally, we would have af5dffae55 used a reserved seat 59918c0341 hidden from the outside, dfd6cc8922 but today, we sat 2206b3e704 by the window.b0889a3ff1b3449c
“Wow, the scenery is so pretty! Maybe it’s because the weather’s c496c8ecab so nice.”21dc28ae61bd6f20
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Pleasant sunlight poured 0c52447739 through the window, 91ad7369ac brightly illuminating the bcafd01cf2 table.3f8a7348baafab89
Maybe because of that, Lilliana 9e2846488e seemed particularly excited today.73c7096013e3bfee
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After settling in, she cheerfully 956a043d51 asked,d77bf1bc5a0ea7fa
“What are you going to have? I’m curious about cd675fb9d5 your taste, Mother!”b0c69f3d7ef5db0e
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Come to think of 9697202f47 it, until now, I’d ceeed0ade2 only had tea with c01c01b7cc Lilliana at the mansion, 3fab8d1798 so this was our c3562cbb74 first time at a 371345c402 coffee house.d3e1749256579e86
“Hmph, what’s there to be curious about? I’ll just have a 5763e61c78 black coffee.”4d6344ccaf9d6747
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It was a natural response.bc94ef27ba1e23e5
But for some reason, Lilliana ff76da3a8c let out a quiet giggle bbf72f6178 at that short sentence.8b191153db3dcde4
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“What are you smirking about now?”45a3cd0f2951dbdd
“It’s just… it really hit me how much jeremyon resembles you, Mother.”7ceb65394708094b
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“jeremyon… and me?”cc4e9aef0f9cda28
“Yes! In personality and taste. jeremyon always drinks black fe3d804197 coffee, too.”4d2fd74e9dbea372
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“You might be the only person in this world who says we look alike.”cbd03d6dc9730cdd
Though we were mother and f02a2e19a2 son, that was just a 67450fd581 relationship on paper.9dce53790d075b66
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The entire world knew 9c18fd81f8 we weren’t biologically related.f63256985c76098a
‘Anyone who didn’t know would figure it out right away upon seeing us.’449ac2c2a9b45f1d
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I was too 35db989d35 young to be fb9cb80f8b the mother of 02c6987657 a grown adult, 5a6207da83 but more importantly, 95d5b0c7f6 we just looked 9973fa4940 too different.f5c70d9bfdf1e3cf
Unlike me, with my fierce 9574e9d1be and sharp impression, jeremyon looked 488a16af01 cold and standoffish. From eye color to hair 5ad14780aa color, not a single thing def1f62c8b was alike.65d9d7bc9a41d334
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‘Well… I suppose we both don’t give off a gentle vibe, at least.’79f4558a95be6e56
So I had rarely ea1001e45a ever thought we resembled dfbe455160 each other.d69b062771dd6cb3
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Perhaps sensing my puzzled gaze, c4a7777087 Lilliana emphasized once more.762a8c1bdc780562
“Really? But you do look alike. They say family members b01b027125 resemble each other, right? Maybe that’s why?”00c7a86657f2b118
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Family… huh.cfd25261cfd27a4a
Yes, Jeremyon and 8a298ed49e I were indeed 7734e2f368 family.fa39333f28e4f202
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It was something 906594682b I was well 3266cdb793 aware of, yet d1a81e6526 hearing it come 025df12d32 from someone else’s 51af871180 mouth made it 76183ba2e7 feel strangely unfamiliar.1e7b3e6e804e030b
A peculiar resonance 4e03ee3de5 spread through my c43da8c187 chest.a34927e643e1dc94
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As I delayed 024bbba5c1 my response, turning 9d12238c2b her words over a20f8960cf in my mind, 780cdec599 Lilliana gave me 55b131ffe0 a bright smile.42c49e3b98664bb5
“Anyway, I mean it, hehe. You two really look alike. Maybe that’s why I like c9168f25da both of you so much.”5d9bd20cab8547a2
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There she goes 03d8c24169 again, being all de0b5668e5 cute.63900a5eb81b07b1
At some point, Lilliana 1c289f8610 had started expressing affection 113ec3af84 as naturally as breathing.ffc56d4462d2a113
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She was so warm 5698d72eef and bright that being 63219d54e9 with her made me 8c41af64c6 feel as if the a2754b4363 demon inside me was 4016c2871f being exorcised.4a5739a5c880fb2b
While we continued 36463dab76 our light conversation, 6955c435e1 the staff brought 7cf5c292a7 our coffee.b02b79eebdbaca9a
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Unlike me, who 68300aae76 chose black coffee, e05d6f48e3 Lilliana picked a c3413afcae café au lait f8e2052cc8 with savory milk. It suited her, as 196784fe4e she didn’t like bitter 813ff708a0 things.1263f5d5843cafe4
“Come to think of it, Mother, what did you think of the play?”2eb421c2b0e3b5cc
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“Well, it wasn’t bad.”0a0f86c7c1c4dc2e
“Ah, I knew it! Actually, I really ca10b9ff41 enjoyed it too. How should I say… 4bedad7ff1 I felt like my dc38044890 situation was similar to f882958fa9 Cinderella’s.”054601509eed3053
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Hearing her chatter excitedly de478f2e77 surprised me a bit—because ba123de726 I had thought the cdb8c5bec5 same thing throughout the 84370949a7 play.36fe8530a2f0b9c5
“It was fun because it reminded me of all the things that happened with you, Mother.”b67bc41f336300de
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I gave a light snort.767567b6c5652b12
“Hmph, are you saying I’m like the fairy godmother?”3c8599217051aeb0
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It was a comment I 8962e7e968 made half-consciously, without much thought.34ea2e959a999761
But then Lilliana looked a76ea00dde at me with the 930744ebdd most baffled expression I’d d75fd246bc ever seen on her.41738dc533e8775e
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“Huh?”4212d4ae339b87a2
What? Did I say something wrong?e2a99a7f7eedc57e
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Lilliana looked so 9fa47231e4 genuinely puzzled that b62a8d5297 I started feeling 8f4f3163a9 flustered myself.3acd9298bd6d18b0
“You’re… saying you’re the fairy godmother, Mother?”3f6aaacebd9f5279
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I looked at 59c37e63c6 her with an eab13ee973 expression that asked 6e160d948b what was wrong 07859f86c2 with that.546c6b9fdb4f77c5
Lilliana stared at me with d593bccd27 wide eyes, then spoke firmly.0c5bc9a67cfde779
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“Mother, you’re the prince! Not the fairy godmother!”dd42f08b92b2f5a3
“What?”48e5364fab77a2e9
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Did I hear that right?33ec63025c97511b
This time I ea73efeef4 was the one 83b650036f taken aback and 20cbff5e2a asked again.3e957b7631a2b51f
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Lilliana, uncharacteristically frowning slightly, a5de636242 repeated her words.2bd6118602b9971c
“I mean it. If I’m Cinderella, then you’re b4487c46f0 the prince, Mother!”55e88209003dcae6
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“…?”9a845ca91c411182
“Hmm?”4792e3c264465c0a
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We both stared at ba841b1688 each other, question marks 0b47ed4a38 written across our faces.e5b940a060e050f5
A long silence c6accc618a fell between us.531d0f5e78c2b917
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Me? The prince?acd6195916200251
It was such 33cb614188 an interpretation I 4f9d1aa407 had never even 0530c7d60e considered, I couldn’t 68085530c3 quite grasp it.35d9df71e7e7b00e
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Lilliana also seemed cc3e4e5486 unable to understand 1b4af3fe7c why I had 69a048d057 referred to myself 9cf7881efc as the fairy 0699b6ec7e godmother.803df9399c68c5cd
In the end, she was a295a4d71a the first to break the 134130e45d silence.3dabf59aca31e8be
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“This is what I think. In the play, 46b7db55c9 Cinderella’s true happiness d303472c38 was overcoming hardship 38cd26bda8 and meeting the 729063d00f prince of her 9d620fc34a dreams. The fairy godmother was the 39ef727842 one who helped her get 5554c1a2b0 close to that happiness.”eb9676d8ec58dbf2
“That’s true.”b83af18d18225ee1
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I nodded since that much 037ac9b2ca I agreed with.a44f445331878e64
“So I thought Jeremyon was more like my fairy godmother.”6527ae3ef42044ec
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But suddenly jumping to that b5f6597a99 conclusion without context—I couldn’t follow e617a63217 her logic.daa461a28c79f3d7
Perhaps sensing my confusion, Lilliana e2307dd2ce added an explanation.5f7908e4ed230998
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“Jeremyon helped me reach true happiness, just like the fairy godmother did.”c5a794a04e023503
“I don’t get it. What is this ‘happiness’ you’re e776d2d2d2 talking about?”fce0c020d011749e
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“Huh? Meeting you, of course!”45236efe41c54e50
As if wondering why I c80806c71c was asking something so obvious, d304be92f8 Lilliana tilted her head.670821f397684f7d
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Ah.f0012881741521d5
Now I finally understood what 6c094e33a4 she meant.161eec0c4c7dce44
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‘So that’s what she meant…’3011070c43ff8148
A quiet laugh slipped 14a606cb0a out, and I hurriedly 69563a1dde covered my mouth.0d0e8887dc9e4c5f
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She really thought of 134c3138e3 me as someone that f19760e9a0 precious.a20ba963d17e3daa
I was happy—but 65365a2db1 I deliberately kept 159a32020b a straight face 575036a9f3 as I replied.5f92956e161a91f1
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“Still, don’t go saying that kind of thing to Jeremyon.”cd26536b0cc6fa3a
“Ah, why not?”52e86cbbf91448ac
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“There’s just… a reason.”c443a39a7c94d730
Lilliana blinked, looking like 956da42d4a she didn’t understand.8dac428e3fbccaa3
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‘That Jeremyon kid… looks like he’ll be suffering a little more in the future.’5fdb6ed5695c570e
Thinking of a 997e55e917 son who might b0e020170c get jealous of 18cb246422 me made me 5fcb7334a9 feel a little afcb19d44a sorry for him—but 5f339ef8ee I didn’t intervene 5b35d686ef further.0973787b750ded91
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From now on, 7aa2398542 it was up a963b60310 to him.5404272731221c12
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A tea party somewhere 37e79a53bb in the capital.c1e8060500aad217
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“Everyone, do you know what I saw yesterday?”46606594f646a820
At the exaggerated voice, all 4a8ec2746f the noble ladies at the 472d800260 table turned their gazes toward 8b9ad1527f one spot.5071fa082159b990
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“What happened?”f341ac1bac42c5ac
“Yeah? Oh, right, you said you b448e3d87e were going to see the 607dbd38f8 imperial troupe’s play, didn’t you? How was it?”b1dbf7501eccd751
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“The play was, of course, wonderful… but that’s not the point!”4ebaf50b3adfb194
“Then what is?”e44da1f709488e9c
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The lady who had bd0ac0c092 been answering took a 7ff6e2cf27 breath and got to 3b024b9720 the main point.26633a6334217fe4
“Well, guess what…! I saw Madam Winder and 0ece5bece7 Lady Locke together!”78995cf10de9b444
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“With that witch? Oh my… that’s b73402c02e surprising, but when fa60b3511b you think about 9843179be8 it, it kind 717863210e of makes sense? She’s basically the a1b9ab3b8a future mother-in-law… There’s 74ee93e5e5 no way that dda4cd7c77 horrible delinquent would f4d437a9b5 leave Lady Locke d84a6c263c alone.”94aa7bf2f471d71e
Yes, exactly.07c544ef72d5c44b
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At the agreeing voice, c388a524dc the noble lady at acd641a2d4 the center of attention 5b2f9cb120 shook her head in 409800cf53 frustration.8044e778bf7897e4
“No, that’s not it. If it were just that, ef025779ab I wouldn’t even mention it! They were chatting 8635b56ee3 at a coffee 06da5d50b5 house after the 9f1c8d59dc play. I thought I was seeing 490993a4d3 someone else!”589d5cd95489728c
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She continued without pause.ef00cb61c8406fcf
“They seemed closer than just ‘getting along.’ Lady Locke even shouted to defend Madam Winder!”2f3025af08fce799
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At that, most of them 158ef910a3 exchanged glances with disbelief.a4c27738b4f2fe62
At that moment, 7ceccc2893 Evelyn Lifton, who 7a4832f9a7 had been quietly 1785ccbb0d sitting in a 73c1eff813 corner, cautiously added,7299ae091237ed28
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“…It’s… it’s true! I… saw it too.”5d0aec5caa4a8077
“If Lady Lifton says so, then it must be true. But… I still can’t 9154345124 believe it. Why would that delinquent…?”f89bd94e4bdae726
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There was a reason 819a5c7304 they couldn’t believe it b1064c5817 easily.499071d71b6057ff
Though known as a villain, 7daba42563 Vanessa Windor was actually someone 5de0e052a8 many ladies secretly admired.89ad4c3fd46e89bb
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Her seductive and dazzling 2cf2fb88ea beauty—so intense that it ed55be48d1 sometimes felt like being b868d7293a poisoned.db7e5cb2a051be6a
So no matter how 725b10dfc1 infamous she was, people 4718bf675d couldn’t help but secretly f7bd46b6cc long for her.572bf3706d400003
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Some of the ladies f08164094d had even dared approach ab63b08f24 Vanessa themselves.3f1bbdcdfbba68dc
But they were only c224f79c1e met with cold rejection. Her face as a1a7ba0259 she drove them 07398131f3 away and told f841207c5f them to leave 30fc2ccfce was so cruel 520fffe2da it haunted their 8b474eec1a dreams.a1d75f8b0d2090eb
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Having gone through such experiences, d51314a2ea it was only natural they 396ef04beb found it hard to believe 021ae120ce Vanessa was with another lady.bd0b5cd3a7afcc31
A brief silence fell over 0e5d052637 the tea party.cb12a0b472537ad0
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Evelyn nervously fidgeted with her bd56b77c08 fingers before mustering the courage 9f75cbb2f3 to speak.2c5fa85a99548c71
“Maybe… Madam Winder… has changed?”7f558a749ea6cd2f
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Vanessa Winder?3e76195cf2be77b8
Everyone looked skeptical… 617273e603 but eventually, they 8b8792f4ef accepted it.2641eb129d605430
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Because if she hadn’t 1734badf39 changed, none of this 2b0cae94cd would make sense.e0fbcb50783083d9
“Come to think of it, there weren’t any incidents at the victory banquet either, were there?”1ccbb8fd04ecf1ce
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“Huh, you’re right? She used to cause a 0093cadd30 ruckus every time she came 2f9fec3e71 to a banquet…”1b68b0db9d9c710e
Could it be 6592664ed0 that Vanessa Winder 7fb1213ef2 really had changed?93ef3c3e4ecfa9b9
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No one could f248da3cec be sure, but 5f99910d38 if it were f9da37eb32 true…5023ee1d96b6d6e0
A small sense 4a6fbd2df0 of unknown anticipation 8295e31981 quietly sprouted in 1f96996a8a everyone’s eyes.3f9081cbfc98f2d7
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