
One day in the past, on earth.
"Wulans! Don't bring the food I eat!!"
A girl in a shabby High School uniform is bowing her head in front of another student. The girl's face looked dull and greasy, until her round glasses fell many times from her nose, and she had to fix them many times as well. Wulan's name tag is sewn on the chest of the girl.
Currently, Wulan was in the school rooftop, surrounded by three other schoolgirls who looked at her vilely. In Wulan's arms were the bread and drinks that the three girls ordered. But one of the students named Celly is not so satisfied to see it.
"What you ordered is over, Celly." she replied timidly.
Celly snorted in annoyance. She flicked her long hair and turned to look at the other girls smoking near them.
"Oh, Zi!!" celly shouted annoyed. Zizi looked amusedly at Wulan.
"Guys? Indiscriminate lo," he said as he exhaled his cigarette smoke on Wulan.
"Steak stepfather will remain adek." said Reny who had been silent just enjoying the bread that was brought by Wulan.
"Please try it, he's not my brother, but a waiter!"
Bruk!!
"Akh!!"
Zizi landed a kick towards Wulan's thigh which was indeed his half-brother. The girl laughed happily when she saw Wulan grimacing in pain.
Before long, countless attacks landed all over Wulan's body, coming from Zizi, Reny and Celly. Starting from the face, stomach, and legs. For what they did, there was no reason. Just because it's fun. Even though Wulan was screaming in pain, they remained unconcerned, as long as no teacher heard it.
Like three kids getting stuffed toys. It's just that these dolls can breathe and have lives, just like them. But they don't care enough. Torture after torture must be received by Wulan from her stepbrother and her two friends.
Coming home with bruises all over the body is nothing new for Wulan. The girl was used to facing him to numbness. He neither wept nor begged for forgiveness, for it was useless.
At least at school he had to face cruelty only from his stepbrother, because if at home, his stepmother also tortured him. When his father is not home, of course. His father was not always home. Busy taking care of the family-owned factory outside the city makes his father rarely at home and just trust his second wife.
After school, Wulan went into a 2x3-meter room located in the corner of the room, next to the laundry room. This was the waiter's room. But her stepmother fired all the servants in the house that big, and charged all the homework on Wulan.
Now, the restroom in the corner of the room became the room he had to occupy when his father was not at home. When his father was home, his stepmother told him to return to his original room which was much wider than this servant's room.
Wulan sat on the edge of her bed. The girl took a photo she had hidden under a pillow. The old picture of her family, her father, her mother and herself, when her mother was still there before dying of cancer when Wulan was 12.
Wulan stroked her mother's face in the photo. His mother's voice is still echoing even now 5 years after he died.
"Mama's son is so beautiful..."
"Mama... When will you recover?"
"Mama must be healed, really, just calm down. Mama won't leave you. beautiful mama's daughter..."
"Mama, am I really beautiful? You see, at school, my friends always make fun of me ugly and four-eyed..."
"You're beautiful, baby... You are the most beautiful... You're Mama's Cinderella Princess..."
"Daughter Cinderella...?"
"Yes dear..When you grow up, you will definitely become the most beautiful princess in the world.and meet the prince you dream of..."
"Then, Mama don't ever stay with me, huh?"
"Darling, my mom would never leave you..."
A few months after the conversation, her mother took her last breath and denied her two words. First, he said that he would be healed. Second, about Wulan who will become a princess. Rather than a princess, her life was more like an ash-upik now.
The entertainment of the ash-upik this one is just reading a webtoon from a simple smartphone that he always managed to hide from his mother and stepbrother. His favorite is a webtoon called Heart Story. It tells the story of a servant daughter from a poor village named Kiara Perez, who finds her happiness alongside a marquess son named Louis Vandyke.
All parts of the story Wulan liked, starting from the plot line, the characters, the setting of his kingdom, the scenery, everything.
What Wulan likes most is of course Louis Vandyke, the male protagonist in the webtoon. With black hair and red eyeballs, exuding pride and ice-cold attitude, but it can melt when meeting and falling in love with Kiara Perez the female protagonist.
Up to five times Wulan read the story in the webtoon, permeating the scenes in the heart. He recalled his mother's words before he died, then looked at Kiara Perez's character in his smartphone.
"Neverything should be a crown princess like Cinderella. So his wife's Marquess Louis Vandyke I'd be very happy..."
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Zizi's been nervous lately. This half-brother from Wulan has not been getting the proper pocket money from his father for a week. His mother said his father's factory was in crisis so it could not meet the demands of his wasteful son.
Everyone knows Zizi as a rich girl. He occupied the ranks of the socialites of his school. Beautiful and clever is a combination of two traits that are rarely found in most people but both are on him. And he's so embarrassed to have a stepbrother like Wulan who's an ugly polarist.
A socialite at school does not have the money to buy her friends shopping and spend the money in a week. It will make him fall in the eyes of his people. Before his mother married his father, he was often ridiculed by his friends for being poor. Zizi did not want to repeat the bitter experience again. So, with cigarettes moving from one finger to another, he was thinking hard.
A minute later Zizi got the idea. An idea that greatly benefited him, and greatly harmed Wulan. He quickly incised the screen of the smartphone, executing his plan.
*****
"What's this??" Wulan yelled wriggling with both hands tied behind her back, before finally her mouth was covered with duct tape by Celly and Crispy. Both of his stepbrother's friends were trying to take him to the rooftoop, where the socialite trio used to spend their time skipping lessons.
But Wulan felt that something was different. It's not like usual. What was common was that if the trio needed Wulan, they only needed to call him and tell him to be like a lackey. The three of them did not need to tie and silence his mouth like this.
Arriving at the rooftop dragged by Reny and Celly, Wulan saw her stepbrother there, smiling at her. But Zizi is not alone, next to him is Tony, a high-class playboy who is famous for his fun at school.
Tony is someone who will not hesitate to do indecent to the students. But even so no one dared to report it because his father had great influence and wealth, who was ready to be a shield if his son was exposed to trouble.
"Finally the long-awaited come as well" said Tony, grinning. The fingers of his right hand swept his lips, as if preparing to eat a meal. Wulan looked at him in horror. That strange feeling is becoming reality. Wulan struggled to free herself, but in vain.
"Where's the money?" Zizi raised his hand. Tony pulled out his smartphone, took a quick look at the screen, then showed it to Zizi.
"Okay, enjoy it. Don't spoil it, make me sell it again to the others." Zizi breezed towards the exit of the rooftoop.
Celly and Reny hand Wulan over to Tony. With a swift Tony holding Wulan's arm. Wulan's scream that was held in duct tape was not touched. Tony's hand quickly got inside Wulan's collar, trying to grab what was inside.
"Oh, even though his face is like this, the inside turns out to be smooth as well."
"Hmmphh!! Hmmph!!!"
Wulan continued to shout wriggling as Tony buried his lips at the nape of Wulan's neck. The wet and hot that Wulan felt disgusting was there.
Wulan sees the trio of Zizi, Celly, and Reny walking off the school rooftop laughing.
The plis! The plis! Zizi Brother! Plis, not this one! I'm going to give you all my will, but not this one! Not virginity! Sis!!
Wulan's tears flowed profusely down the cheeks with a great roar, yet the socialite trio didn't care enough about any of it. The important thing for them was to earn five million in instant time without having to sacrifice anything.
They stepped away from the rooftop, without the slightest care that they had sold one's virginity for personal pleasure.
*****
That night, it rained heavily, soaking Wulan's walking body with a blank look that did not know where to go. Her tears had melded with the rain. His clothes were torn here and there due to the ferocity of the school playboy. The pain in the lower part of his body was no longer felt, covered with sadness.
"Darling, my mom would never leave you..."
The words of his late mother ringed in his ears. No other sounds could be heard other than her mother's.
"Mama's son is so beautiful..."
Wulan did not even hear the screams of the people who asked her to get off the railway tracks. Padahak from a distance already seen train lights will pass quickly.
"When you grow up, you'll be a beautiful princess..."
"Mama.... Mamaaahoo!!!"
"Sir, awass!!"
BRAKK!!!
*****
"Penny, your baby's born. A very beautiful baby..."
Where am I?
Wulan blinked her eyes. He recalled the last time, a car grabbed his body. But strangely, he did not feel any pain. Even now the girl was in a room with a ceiling made of wood. His body seemed to float, like it was being carried by someone.
"My baby..."
Wulan's body swayed slightly and moved. Wulan looked around. Strange, his eyes became a little myopic. Everything seemed a little blurry in his view. But he felt like he was hugging someone. A warm and comfortable hug. A moment later, Wulan raised her hand upwards.
How did my hand get so small...?? This is where!! What the hell is going on??!!
"Young, owaaaaa!!" Wulan wanted to scream, but instead the sound of baby crying was heard.
The woman named Penny was holding her. With a warm smile she tried to comfort the baby.
"Mama's son... Mama's son is beautiful..."
Mama...?
The words Wulan longed for so much, despite coming from a different voice. But his affectionate gaze and compassionate tone were similar.
"Penny, what name are you going to give this kid?"
"Hmm, her name is Kiara." replied Penny without hesitation. "His father left me that name when a woman was born, before I was driven out of Perez's house."
Wulan was surprised. But only another baby cry could be heard from his mouth.
"Beautiful mama's son don't cry anymore, yeah..."
What did he say just now? Kiara's... Perez's? Kiara Perez is in the Heart Story webtoon??!
There is no way Wulan can remember wrongly, the name of the webtoon character who has become his favorite.
No way... Is this serious? This one carrying me is Kiara's mother, who was expelled for having conceived the child of a baron's son, right?
That means I haven't met Louis Vandyke, and now I'm 16 years before the webtoon story happened...
"One day you and the baron's son will meet again. He will definitely take you and Kiara to the city again" said Penny's friend calming. Penny smiled too.
"Until the time comes, I will raise this child as a beautiful princess..."
Wulan smiled happily. A smile that was never present on her face as Wulan, and now appears as Kiara. He remembered his mother's face on earth.
Mama's dream will be true. Maybe not as Cinderella, but as Kiara Perez.
I'll follow the storyline, until I can be the wife of a Louis Vandyke.
I'm going to be a princess in this world, just like you wanted me to be...
*****
((Ryby: Hayoo who already hates Kiara... how the impression and message after reading this chapter? wkwkwkwkwk 😂))