64. Poor maiden

It was another morning, in the dark storage room under the stairs, the girl Cinderella opened her eyes, and then she habitually felt for the old-fashioned black-framed eye belt.

"Well, isn't anyone home?"

The girl came out of the room and looked at the empty home in some amazement, but then remembered that her father and stepmother had said last night that they had a party to attend today.

It seemed to be a gathering organized by a noble earl, held to celebrate the earl's youngest daughter's upcoming enrollment in Aldrich's college this year.

As Earl's business partner, both father and stepmother were invited, and the invitation said that they could bring their families with them, so the stepmother brought her two daughters.

Once again, poor Cinderella was ignored and abandoned.

But Cinderella, who had long been accustomed to this, was not angry, although occasionally she would have a girlish outburst, imagining herself wearing a beautiful dress, riding in a luxurious carriage, dazzling at a noble party, dancing with the handsome prince or something.

But as a scholar, Cinderella is a rational person, she is very aware that the fantasy full of girlish peach is always just a fantasy, instead of daydreaming every day, it is better to use the time of dreaming to learn, so one day she can rely on knowledge to change her fate, rely on her own strength to enter the dream party, and become the focus of attention.

So, after making sure that there was no one at home, Cinderella was not ready to enjoy this rare vacation for her, she just went back to her room, ready to change her clothes and go to the school library to study.

However, when the small cabinet was opened and the brand new uniform that had been worn once was removed, a letter fell from the uniform.

It was an acceptance letter.

Looking at the notice, Cinderella was stunned for a moment, she recalled the adventure that seemed like a dream ten days ago.

The girl sat back on the low bed and opened the notice that she had already read.

It was a typical Aldrich College letter of acceptance, with the school's crest on the letterhead, crossed swords, and an open book.

As a student of the Academy, Cinderella was naturally no stranger to the school's emblem, and it was easy to recognize that the notice was genuine and not a prank imitation.

But what the girl didn't understand was the content of the notice.

"Dear Ms. Cinderella, you have obtained the admission qualification for the occult branch of this university, please report to xxx at x:00 on x/x/x, as a new student, you need to prepare the following items in advance....."

As a prospective sixth grader who had been in Aldrich for five years, Cinderella swore she had never heard of a mystical branch in the house, and she had never heard of the textbooks listed in this notice that freshmen needed to bring their own, let alone the must-have items such as wands and mage robes.

If it weren't for the fact that the cheap teacher she had seen her perform magic before, Cinderella would have thought of this notice as someone's lame prank, but now, the girl was only a little worried about where she should prepare the supplies mentioned in this notice.

In any case, wands and mage robes could not be bought in ordinary stores, and she had seen similar books such as "Potions" and "Alchemy" in bookstores, but those obviously deceptive books were obviously not the textbooks required by the notice.

Tomorrow is the day of school, but she is not prepared for anything, and Cinderella does not know how to go to the first class of her admission to the Occult Academy tomorrow.

However, even if she knew where to buy those supplies, there was another fatal problem in front of the girl, that is, she had no money.

Well, for her harsh stepmother, not sweeping her out of the house and giving her three meals a day is already extraordinarily generous, and there is no such thing as pocket money, which is naturally not to be thought about.

Although occasionally her father would secretly give Cinderella some change, the girl also knew that it was her stepmother who was in charge of the accounts at home, and her father didn't have a few silver coins in his pocket, so every time he secretly gave himself change, he saved it from cigarette money.

Cinderella had kept the hard-won change, but the savings up to this day had only added up to five or six silver coins, and it was not enough to buy the props listed on the notice.

"Alas....."

The girl sighed a little helplessly, thinking about whether it was time to find a way to earn some tuition when school started.

For the way to make money, the girl has a little clue, after all, as a school bully, especially after the long vacation, the homework has been completed all the school bully, after the school starts tomorrow for the scum who has not completed the homework during the countless holidays, she is God, is the savior, is the ray of light in the desperate situation.

"A silver coin is copied from a door, this price should be acceptable to someone."

The girl thought so in her heart, but turned her head and hesitated, thinking that it would be too expensive.

Since the establishment of the empire hundreds of years ago, the original miscellaneous currencies have been unified, with a total of iron coins, copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins, and the exchange ratio between each currency is 10, that is, 10 iron coins for 1 copper coin, 10 copper coins for 1 silver coin, and 10 silver coins for 1 gold coin.

However, because the coins are too bulky, the major banks seem to have recently begun to carry out currency reforms, proposing a new, more portable paper currency, but that kind of paper money is popular in the new capital, and has not yet been widely used in the former capital of Cornwallis.

For Cinderella, a poor child, a silver coin is actually a very high price, if it were elsewhere, she really wouldn't dare to open the price of a silver coin, but most of the students of Aldrich College are either rich or expensive, for those who are rich and don't know how many generations are born, a silver coin is really nothing, and even someone has offered the price of a gold coin to ask for homework to copy, but unfortunately Cinderella, who didn't need money at that time, was reserved and did not agree.

Just when the girl was worried about money, the notice in her hand suddenly changed.

Like a pair of invisible hands origami, the admission letter was folded into a paper butterfly, and the butterfly flipped its wings and flew out slowly.

Cinderella quickly rose to her feet and chased after the fluttering butterfly, which flew out of the window, and the maiden opened the door, and saw the familiar carriage parked at her doorstep..........