Cinderella Crazy
Of course I'll tell you

Feeling her energy starting to recover, Ashley decided to take a little longer break. At least until the pain all over his body improved. Knowing that it was likely for her to return to fight, the woman had to thoroughly prepare herself.

Had been unconscious twice, Ashley did not know how many hours he had been locked in the place. While Eva who had been there for a few days before her arrival, was it really alright?

"They.. ngelakuin something?"

Ashley's habit of starting and changing topics suddenly made Eva think for a moment. Then after capturing the meaning of the Blonde question, he felt a little hesitant to answer it.

"...i'm used to doing that, so it doesn't matter."

Is correct. That's what Eva used to do. What makes it different this time?

Turning her face to the side, Ashley clenched her teeth restraining the turbulent anger within her. His chest felt so painful as he tried hard to suppress the uncomfortable feeling that he was very difficult to control.

Until Eva's arm then hugged her gently.

"I'm fine."

"Imagining you'll teach them a lesson has satisfied me."

Having the same surname as Ashley makes Eva increasingly consider the blonde woman as her sister. And which brother can stand it if he sees his sister struggling?

"From that, how do you know Daryl? He's not a socialite, is he?"

Looking towards Eva who was smiling innocently after blatantly switching the conversation, Ashley could only sigh.

Following the flow of the woman's conversation, Blondie slowly began to ask about Daryl. Starting from his old nature, his friends, what he does not like, to about his family.

Isn't weird? For someone like Ashley to ask you personal things that have nothing to do with their plans? He was impressed as if he wanted to know more about the man.

"Do you like it?" Eva asked before answering Ashley's last question.

"Yes." Yeah."

Answered so quickly and without hesitation, Ashley made Eva even more surprised. He thought that people who never wanted to look weak would be evasive. Especially when the woman just thought Eva was Daryl's fiancee.

No longer feeling the tightness in her chest as Eva talked about the Marquis, Ashley understood. No matter what others felt towards the man, he only reacted to Daryl's feelings to other women.

There is no point in evading it anyway. Whether or not you can have it is not a problem for him. There are boundaries between worlds that he cannot cross.

He just wanted to get to know Daryl a little bit more.

"But, if it's about her family, I think it's better that Daryl himself tell it." Eva was later.

"He won't answer."

"How did you know?"

Hearing from the story, Eva is convinced that Daryl really likes Ashley. If the blonde woman asked him directly to the person concerned, Daryl would have answered her.

"Maybe." Ashley started to think the same.

"Gaenak also nanya cave so."

"I don't feel entitled to tell it either."

"But some people don't like it."

Staunchly maintaining her morals, Eva still does not want to say anything that should be the privacy of others.

"So you wanna tell me what? The cave of Coret lo of Miller."

"I'll tell you of course." Eva answered quickly without a second thought.

Hey, hey Eva, where did your determination that upheld moral values just now go?

Daryl's last name was actually Grekstine, but later changed to Ristoff because it was taken from his father's third name 'Ristoff Grekstine'. The third prince did so to keep his son as far away from the royal lineage as possible.

Letting the Grekstine family end in just one generation, the third prince wanted at least Daryl to live one step safer. Then, knowing this, Daryl always followed his father's orders regardless of his dislike for Duke Grekstine.

Living in a world full of discord and conflict, both father and son can only keep an eye on each other's backs.

In the novel Ashley reads, the third prince is a cunning, opportunist and considered a coward for always running away when trouble is growing. Given that Daryl had not been touched upon much in the dispute, Duke Grekstine's plan to secure his son must have gone smoothly.

His nature as the masked protector of the criminal is very similar to Ashley who also secretly guards the families of his subordinates who have fallen. The reason why there were family genealogy documents in his room, and the reason why he had beaten one of his men to death.

Not without a trigger, the third prince did just that after his wife's death. While in the residence area of Duke Derius, after finishing talking with the second prince, the favorite woman of the Grekstine family was killed because it was suspected as the Duchess of Derius.

Lack of care, slow handling, and an undiscovered offender are the reasons why the two brothers' relationship broke out. Things that then foster hatred in the heart of Daryl's father because he suspects his brother also took part in the incident.

The longer she heard the story, the more Ashley was made to think. The fiction book he read as a child was already very full of conflict, but after hearing the story that was not even listed in it, the complexity of the novel became very pronounced.

Makes him feel more and more if the world he lived in at that time did exist and was not a mere fictional world.

After hearing Daryl's background, Ashley becomes eager to see the man immediately. Is this what it feels like to miss someone?

They told me long enough. Despite not sleeping, Ashley's energy had completely returned. Similarly, the pain in his body that no longer feels disturbing.

Believing that it was time to leave before it was too late, Ashley explained the plan they were going to make to get out of the place.

Unlike Bellena who was always scared and not confident at the beginning, Eva was very enthusiastic when Ashley gave her a role.

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Hearing the voice of the screaming woman calling for help, one of the warehouse guards came to their 'catch' to confirm what happened.

Entering the storage area, he found a tiny woman there covered in tears asking for help from the guard to save his partner.

Glancing at the blond woman lying motionless, the man became a little worried. It would be terrible if one of the special captives died before Far could see him.

Seeing the condition of the woman, he muttered in his heart. Anyway, she is a woman. His comrades were acting too much by beating him up like that.

Noticing Eva looking panicked and thinking only about Ashley's safety, the guard believes they are not planning anything. The door of the cage was opened by the guard. With a sword he held tightly in his left hand just in case, he went in there.

Squatting down in front of Ashley, the man then touched Blonde's arm and woke him up. Not getting a response, the only clue he had was Ashley's cold body temperature. He's not dead, is he?

Stretching out her hand to check the pulse on Blonde's neck, her attention was distracted by Eva's shadow. Taking out his sword and directly pointing it at the woman, he was not aware of which danger he should be more aware of.

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