NOT THE USUAL CINDERELLA (Season 2)

FOR ALVERO AND DEANDA

As soon as he got a phone call from Rose's mistress, Ernest, who was under Alvero's window, looked around the palace while resting his body, which felt quite tired despite the work of today dealing with the brain, not physically, immediately picked up the phone call.

"Good night, Miss Rose. Is there any order from my majesty?"

"Ernest, tell Erich that tonight the empress is not feeling well, so his highness Alvero will accompany the empress' rest today. Don't let anyone interrupt both of them tonight. His Highness Alvero asks for any business regarding the palace and the others, enough you and Erich handle it." Madam Rose said with a smile looking at the bottle containing rum that was on the table in her room.

"Oh, is that how bad the empress is?" Hearing an innocent question from Ernest, Madam Rose immediately laughed a little, making Ernest immediately frown at the confusion of why suddenly Madam Rose laughed.

"Ah, not the empress' health is problematic. But their relationship is both. If we do not intervene, I fear that our desire to immediately obtain the next crown prince will not be achieved soon. You know Ernest, both noble Alvero and empress are both innocent people and do not know how to express their love deeply. To be sure, I've paved the way, next depends on how your majesty and empress do." Ernest who immediately understood the direction of Madam Rose's conversation could only come laughing while looking at the dim-looking window of Alvero and Deanda's room, it was seen that since entering the room, they had not turned on all the lights, only the small lights on the walls usually light up when no one is in the room or Alvero is asleep.

"Thank you for your info about the empress who can't stand alcohol. That info really helped. It seemed like the empress' tolerance level to alcohol was really low. Alright Ernest, keep everyone who is trying to get closer to the noble room tonight. Let them enjoy their honeymoon tonight." Madam Rose said as she recalled how she had deliberately mixed rum in the juice Deanda drank.

"Good Madam Rose. I'll make sure there's no commotion or trouble tonight." Ernest immediately responded to Madam Rose's words with a smile on his face and turned his eyes away from Alvero's room window.

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With a satisfied smile, Madam Rose kept her rum bottle back and put her cell phone on the nightstand beside her bed.

Consort Larena, if only you were alive. You will also feel happy to know that the current crown prince Alvero has grown well and great, becoming a Gracetian king. She is married to a beautiful and kind woman. His Majesty Alvero loved his wife very much. I pray that tonight everything goes well, what I plan to do will go well, although I know it's a big risk to get punished when his highness Alvero finds out what I did to Empress Deanda. But for me, it was better to accept punishment than to see the two of them keeping quiet so that a third party took advantage of their condition. I hope after this the bond between them gets stronger and they can not be separated again by anyone.

Madame Rose said in her heart as she looked at the photo of Larena Hilmar she had well kept, in the drawer that was at the bottom of the nightstand, which was beside her bed. It's been a long time, but for Madame Rose it's still so hard to release Larena's memories from her mind.

Ah, poor consort Larena, I hope that the crimes of empress Eliana will soon be exposed, and she will soon be removed from this palace. Otherwise, I'm afraid the same thing will happen to Empress Deanda. And I really dare not imagine what would happen to His Holiness Alvero if for the second time, the woman he loved left him. If that's the case, I'm not sure if this time that noble Alvero can survive like he used to. The existence of Empress Deanda had such a great influence on her majesty Alvero, it was even like the wand of a fairy godmother to her, who gave power to his highness Alvero and gave light in his world that had been dark.

Madam Rose said as she stroked the picture of the smiling Larena holding a small Alvero whose hands pointed towards the camera taking their photo at that moment.