Cinderella Crazy
So it's true you already know

The servant in charge of calling Ashley finally arrived at the dining room. The waiter then informed the presenter that their lady had not taken breakfast together today.

At that time, only Marion was there. It's not uncommon for Marion to come alone and not be with Vincent.

What can I do? Vincent asks her to go to the dining room first because there are some things that her husband has to do.

"Ah, I'm sorry you waited."

It wasn't until 10 minutes that Vincent arrived. The waiters then started serving food to the two of them. Although the meal schedule was set, they would not start until the time when their head of the family was present. Therefore, even if Marion had arrived first, she still had to wait for Vincent.

After finishing the appetizer, the waiters began to replace their dishes with the main course. Time had passed long enough, but his daughter had not come.

Vincent looked towards the door before finally asking the servants there. The eyes of the other servants glanced at the servant in charge of calling Ashley, they were as curious as Vincent.

"N-Miss Ashelia is still resting in her room."

Vincent stopped cutting the meat on his plate for a moment. He did not know what time Ashelia usually woke up before because they had never eaten together. But the girl's habits suddenly changed, and made her get used to her daughter's new attitude.

He even thought 'it wasn't the usual noble trait' when he heard his daughter was still asleep. But given Ashelia's previous habits, he did not think too much about it anymore. To be honest, Ashelia's drastic changes make her creepy and worried. What made him change that much?

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The moon has risen but the sun is still shining behind the mountain. As human activities begin to shift from the world of day to the world of night, Ashley has just awakened from her sleep.

It was a pretty quiet day for Bellena, regardless of what happened this morning. He did absolutely nothing but wait for his wife to wake up.

From walking around the house to relaxing on a park bench, he felt as if he was on vacation.

Every now and then, he comes back and checks if the nonanya is awake or not. He only slightly opened the door and closed it again when he saw his nonanya still asleep in his bed.

While enjoying the beautiful evening sky while looking at the flowers before him, he heard someone greeting the only miss in the Midgraff family.

Surprised to see her nona tidy Bellena rushed up to him. He greeted her with a bit of nervousness, afraid that her nona had been looking for her since.

"I'm sorry I didn't know Miss was up."

Without responding to Bellena's apology, Ashley asked her to prepare the train, and without asking anything, Bellena immediately carried out the task she was not given.

Ashley waited on the park bench where Bellena had sat before.

Bellena returned shortly after, approaching her sitting nona while raising her head with her eyes closed. He then asked if Ashley needed anything else.

Still closing her eyes, Ashley answered with a headband and said Bellena could rest today.

"May I know where the lady is going?"

As her family's horse-drawn carriage arrived, Ashley got up.

"Ngabicin 800 gold cave." He answered with a smile as if planning something.

He then boarded his carriage and left with the coachman and the door opener. Previously, there was a knight who was about to go with her but Ashley refused again. As long as Marion's status was still a suspect, Ashley couldn't trust the knights.

With 300 gold coins, Ashley was about to go to the casino he came to yesterday. For fun indeed, while waiting for the results of their experiments. But it's not entirely unrelated to Ashley's plan.

Before exiting the gate, Ashley glanced at one of the windows on the 3rd floor. A woman was watching him from there. The woman turned around and hid behind the curtains when she realized Ashley was about to look at her.

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Ashley exited the carriage, as if deliberately showing her identity but with a mask-covered crater. He walked in without being accompanied by anyone.

He then walked towards the circular table where the money was exchanged for coins that they used as betting material. Gambling chips in that world, but only have 1 nominal type.

The counter table there always looks crowded surrounded by many people. Even so, there were enough employees on duty, making them unnecessary to queue up.

Just walking a few steps away from the counter, someone had already greeted his presence.

"Oh, look who is this? I thought you wouldn't come again after your first defeat." Tempting a man who looks familiar to Ashley, his first opponent here.

Ashley smiled and lifted up her coin bag,

"You wanna play?"

The man leaned on a pillar while crossing his arms, changing his standing position to be more relaxed.

"You're not going to run after losing, are you?"

"Silent. Cave main until the abis cave coin."

The man smiled.

"How long? I can spend your money in 3 games if you want." His words are full of arrogance.

"Oh. Not exciting, is it? Don't you guys have to play as long as you can?"

There was a pause that he made before finally laughing knowing his conjecture about Ashley turned out to be true.

"So it's true you already know."

His gaze changed a little. He stared at some of the other places for a moment, telling his colleagues to keep an eye on Ashley. Including the person who just served Ashley's coin exchange.

Ashley chuckles.

"Why so tense, boy?"

"The purpose of the cave is here today to make your money."

The man who was older than Ashelia looked at him for a moment.

"Money is for the dipake, right?" Ashley.

At another moment. Two men were busy with their writing jobs. A pile of files can be seen on both of the person's desks. One of them checked his pocket clock and moved from his seat.

"You can rest. Continue again tomorrow."

"Where are you going?"

"I still haven't given up, you know." Daryl said as he walked out leaving his assistant.

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