Ep. 16: Charles assumes Cinderella's duties while Duke Zarel rejects her deceptive step family.

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After Cinderella collapses from exhaustion, Charles hires a physician and promises she will rest. He takes over her household tasks, gaining a newfound respect for labor. By the episode's conclusion, he resolves to embrace his royal duties and focus more diligently on his studies. Meanwhile, Duke Zarel visits Cinderella’s step family, who insist that Charles prepared their meal. After tasting the soup, he is repulsed by the quality and the family’s false claims of cooking it themselves. Consequently, he abandons his plans to utilize them for his schemes. This sequence highlights Charles’s character growth through service and Duke Zarel’s sharp discernment regarding the step family’s incompetence and dishonesty.