NOT THE USUAL CINDERELLA (Season 2)

SECRETS ABOUT SUN-ENGRAVED PLAQUES AND LION HEADS

Deanda deliberately chose a long-sleeved dress with a shanghai collar shape in order to cover well the many traces of kissmark given by Alvero to her. The knee-length light brown dress worn by Deanda today makes her look so graceful and dazzling.

(Shanghai collar is a type of shirt collar that is plain and has an upright shape parallel precisely to the neck with a width of between 2 to 4 cm. This type of collar has a characteristic round shape circling the neck and can not be lowered. Although initially only applied to shanghai dress from China but this shanghai collar is now widely adopted for various types of clothing both men and women).

"Good morning Empress Deanda." neither Ernest, Erich, nor, nor did Madam Rose immediately say a greeting while paying her respects to Deanda who immediately returned their greeting with a sweet smile and hand gestures as a sign she received greetings of respect from them.

"I must return to where I work Your Majesty, Empress." Madam Rose immediately said goodbye to Alvero and Deanda to leave Alvero's study, which immediately signaled Deanda to approach her.

"What brings you here, sweetie? Why not wait for me to go back to my room? I plan to go back to the bathroom immediately and take you along to the palace dining room so we can have breakfast with the others." Alvero asked as he raised his head, staring at Deanda who was already standing right next to him.

"Did Your Majesty find out who mixed alcohol in my drink last night?" Not only was Alvero, Ernest seemed a little jolted at the question from Deanda just now in a slightly high-sounding tone, showing Deanda to be so curious and angry at the brash actions of the person to him last night.

Deanda is not angry because the drunkenness caused her to turn herself over to Alvero, instead she knows sooner or later she must do her duty as Alvero's wife. But she felt so ashamed that due to her drunkenness last night, she had already acted strangely and acted so aggressively towards Alvero, something that in a conscious state it was impossible for a girl like her to ever do, she said, which has been so innocent and keeps a distance from men.

"Eh, sweety.... Yesterday there was an information error. Madame Rose thinks you'll love rum-mixed juice which is usually my favorite juice drink. Madam Rose did it by accident. Don't put it in the heart huh." Alvero said in a soft tone towards Deanda who was ultimately only able to take a deep breath.

How can Deanda be angry at someone who accidentally made a mistake, while usually the person who is guilty only, when apologizing to him, Deanda will easily forgive the person. And Deanda's nature as such was well known to Alvero, so Alvero deliberately admitted mistress Rose's guilt as one form of unintentionality to relieve Deanda's anger.

Ernest could only gawk while scratching his non-itchy forehead hearing how in front of the current Deanda, Alvero was trying to cover up the mistake of Madame Rose who obviously deliberately mixed the rum into the Deanda drink.

"Sweety... are you still mad at Madame Rose?" Hearing Alvero's question, Deanda could only shake her head slowly as she looked back at Alvero who was staring at her.

Looking at the plaque that was in Deanda's palm, Alvero involuntarily rose from his seat with his hazel eyes glaring, staring intently at the thing with a sharp eye. Alvero quickly took the plaque from Deanda's hand.

"Where did you get this sweety plaque?" Alvero asked as he held tightly to the plaque and threw his body into his work chair violently.

Ernest and Erich who saw the plaque that was being held by Alvero immediately moved closer to Alvero's desk with a face no less shocked by Alvero, even Erich involuntarily clenched his hand tightly as soon as he saw the plaque, and his chest churned violently, making Ernest's hand instantly block Erich's wrist, trying to calm his twin.

For Alvero, the plaque reminded him of how Larena Hilmar died from a severe fire in her residence after leaving the palace. Because when the fire was extinguished, near where the body of Larena found, there was a plaque with the same carving, engraved with a picture of half the sun and the head of a roaring lion. And the plaque was found in a condition gripped tightly by the hands of the corpse of Larena who suffered burns above 80 percent so that it could not be recognized again.

Alvero looks back at the same plaque when she was kidnapped and nearly killed. One of the kidnappers was seen wearing the plaque as a necklace. Alvero, whose blindfold had been opened, saw some of his captors being carried away with their hands bound by the royal guards, saw one of them looking at him with a sinister look and smirking lips. On his neck was a rope, where at the bottom hung the plaque.

After a few days had passed since the day of the kidnapping, the, Alvero overhears Vincent's important conversation with the king's exclusive guard leader talking about a plaque that became a symbol of a rebel organization that eventually managed to spill even though some of them managed to escape at that time.

As for Erich, the plaque reminded him, what about the eyes of his head saw all the male villagers he lived in who were teenagers and adults were massacred sadistically by a group of people whose bodies had tattoos with the same image as the plaque. Including cousins, neighbors and siblings. The ruthless horde with many grim-faced men destroyed, burned down his village and killed the men over 15 who were unwilling to join their group to rebel against the kingdom.

Not long after that came reinforcements from the palace, but almost the entire village was destroyed by being burned and corpses scattered everywhere. At that time Ernest did not see the incident because his uncle was taking him to the palace to face Vincent who was looking for a personal bodyguard for Alvero who he would train since childhood.

At that time the royal guard managed to save Erich in a state of shock. And because of her trauma, Erich had difficulty speaking for several years after the incident. As a result of the terrible events that befell Erich in the end Vincent decided to train Erich as a personal bodyguard Alvero also along with his twin brother, as well as by returning to bring Ernest closer to Erich, Vincent hopes Erich's emotional state will recover.

"Poster.... Who... the owner of the plaque?" Erich said softly with a growling tone, his eyes bulging with a red color clearly visible in those eyes, indicating at this moment Erich's emotions were completely stirred up and showing he was really angry. An event that Deanda had never seen before, how Erich showed emotions on his face that usually always look flat without expression. It made Ernest directly hug Erich's shoulder tightly for Erich to calm himself down.