Chapter 299: The Witch and The Ash-Covered Bride (9)
The reason why the Tin Knight’s party ended up staging a play was simpler than expected.
It was because there were too many people.
More precisely, the problem was that the ball itself was split into several events.
“This might be more disadvantageous to Miss Cinderella than we thought?”
“Is that so? I saw her trying on the completed dress, and she looked incredibly beautiful, like a princess from a fairy tale…”
“It would be fine if she could compete in beauty with her rivals at the same ball. But if they select candidates from several balls and then choose among them, appearance won’t be an absolute criterion but just one of the evaluation factors.”
Indeed, the moment when beauty gave the strongest impact to a person was at the first meeting.
Even if the prince fell for Cinderella’s beauty and had his heart stolen, as he continued to face her two or three times, that impact would inevitably weaken compared to the first meeting.
In contrast, the power or wealth of a family didn’t decrease in value, no matter how many times it was confirmed.
No matter how outstanding Cinderella’s beauty was, no matter how appearance-obsessed the prince was, Cinderella, from a fallen noble family, was at too much of a disadvantage to compete with other young ladies backed by formidable forces like royal or count families—of course, this was generally speaking with the standards of the Tin Knight’s party being an exception.
Therefore, a new method was needed.
The first method was to strengthen Cinderella’s backing to a level that wouldn’t lose to other competitors.