NOT THE USUAL CINDERELLA (Season 2)

ALVERO AND ENZO

"Since when has your chess playing technique improved so much?" Enzo asked while running back his chess piece after some time had to think hard before making his next move.

"Since a while ago, you were the only one who was unaware of my development. Because now I've found a great teacher. Blame yourself for earning the title of grandmaster in the world of regulation, but not being able to produce capable disciples. If I continue to rely on you to teach me chess, the result will definitely be like that." Alvero said as he glanced at Deanda, asking for a hint of which piece he should move to compensate for Enzo's pawn movements, so that Alvero would not blunder.

(Blunder is a very bad move that causes the loss of many pieces, even to the point of causing defeat).

“Ya…. Blame me constantly. I'm not a good teacher.” Enzo said his eyes were watching Alvero's eyes watching his chess piece.

"Do an interpose on your king's piece using the fortress. To get Prince Enzo's attention distracted. After that do a double attack using your queen." Deanda whispered softly towards Alvero which made Enzo scrunch his forehead, for he did not know what Deanda was whispering to Alvero, but Enzo knew after this for sure Alvero would make an unusual movement of pawns again.

(Interpose is also referred to as "block", which is to put a piece that is usually weaker in front of the stronger one to block the capture by the opponent. A double attack is a special type of discovered attack or discovered check. Occurs when two pieces attack the opponent's king at once. This step is very deadly because it cannot be stopped by capturing or dispelling any piece).

"Enzo, after your birthday celebration, I hope you can get to Renhill as soon as possible. Meeting directly with duke Evan, because Evan wanted to discuss something about the whereabouts of the woman. You know you are the most suitable person to go to Renhill. Because your family owns most of that city." Alvero said as he moved his chess piece in the form of a fortress like Deanda had just said, making Enzo again wrinkle his forehead.

Whoa... Alvero really found a great teacher. I think I have a bad feeling about this. I was defeated today by Alvero, who was assisted by Deanda. This time I was wrong to underestimate Alvero because he thought his chess skills were still as usual.

Enzo said inwardly as he watched his chess piece which had moved out from the top of the chessboard in front of Alvero and Deanda because it had been defeated by the two of them.

"No problem. I'll be leaving for Renhill in 3 days at the latest. All right, I also have to check my family's property business there. I'll meet duke Evan while I'm there, all the way to Uncle Vincent. I heard Uncle Vincent has been transferred to my family's villa in Renhill." Alvero nodded his head while observing Enzo's next chess piece movement.

"Papa says he feels more comfortable going through the recovery period in your family's villa than in the hospital. To me it was precisely the right thought, so that Eliana could not freely interfere in papa's treatment." Alvero said with her beautiful hazel eyes looking grim.

I do not know how long each Alvero mention the name of Eliana like opening old wounds that never healed even though whatever he experienced with Eliana was over a dozen years ago.

"I heard you won't take any medical personnel from the Gracetian hospital?" Enzo asked as he looked towards Alvero, deliberately turning his gaze from the chessboard to rest his brain for a while, as facing Alvero's chess game this time completely drained his brain.

"Oh yeah, how's that friend of ours? May the marriage go well. At your wedding I couldn't talk to her much because of the number of guests I had to greet. After all with his great figure Ornado managed to make himself like an artist who came to his best friend's wedding, so many businessmen, leaders of other countries and nobles who tried to approach him. But Uncle Vincent's condition still seems to require treatment even longer. Will the next doctor Ornado still handle uncle?" Enzo's words made Alvero hold his breath a glance before answering him.

"Ornado said that for how long we need his doctor to stay in Gracetian, the doctor and his team will stay. I was thinking maybe within a month and two months until papa really recovered it's good for Ornado's doctor who handles papa. There is something that papa suspects with the drug that he has been taking, but, and the team of doctors from Italy is conducting a thorough analysis of the health condition of papa and will do a blood check to start researching all this drug that has been consumed by papa. Therefore I ask you to go to Renhill to make sure they also get all the facilities and conveniences during their stay in Renhill city. They are important guests for us." Enzo immediately nodded his head upon hearing Alvero's explanation.

"Don't worry about it. I'll take good care of it. You know for my family the city of Renhill is like the city of Tavisha to a Gracetian king. We controlled the city and could get anything there. They'll get all the best there is. I'll take care of Uncle Vincent's safety and health, so you can focus more on dealing with the royal issue, too. soon find evidence of the crimes of Queen Elizabeth's mother." Hearing the promise from Enzo made Alvero immediately smile with relief and satisfaction, seeing how Enzo had always been a brother and friend, as well as a person who always supported him sincerely, he said, something he never got from his other brothers, even Dion who should have been more blood-related than Enzo.

"In the meantime, our classmates in college left their singles one by one. You yourself want to wait for the girl of your dreams that I even heard was almost engaged to the man from Renhill?" Hearing Alvero's words, Enzo could only take a deep breath while scratching his non-itchy forehead.

"Deanda, do you have a girl like you that you can introduce to me?" Enzo asked as he looked towards Deanda who could only smile while shaking her head slowly.

"It feels like from all the girls I know, I dare not introduce her to Prince Enzo. Afraid the girls don't fit the criteria of prince Enzo." Deanda said as she looked towards Enzo who instantly grimaced.

"Ahhhhh…. Lucky Alvero met you before we were the other princes. I told you, for us princes of Adalvino, there's only one kind of girl who can make us so interested, it has to be a girl like you Dean..."

"Don't you go ahead with what you say or you want me to bring your target girl here so that your eyes won't come after someone else's wife?" Alvero immediately cut off Enzo's words as his palms moved swiftly towards Deanda's face, trying to cover his wife's face with his palms, to block Enzo's eye gaze that was fixed towards Deanda.

Alvero knew Enzo's eyes to his wife were not those of a man looking with a loving gaze at his wife. Just a look of admiration and fascination to see the figure of a beautiful girl, strong, kind, as well as intelligent as Deanda. Alvero knew who a normal man who was not fascinated by the beautiful and attractive figure of his wife was. However, Alvero certainly will not be easily let alone willing to let a man look at the figure of his wife even though it is just a look of admiration.

Love also initially arises because of awe and fascination. If people cannot control their admiration and let it continue to grow, it will surely turn into love.

Alvero said inwardly as he glanced towards Deanda whom he knew at first, the girl's feelings for him at first were also just a sense of admiration for him as a crown prince and idolized him as a fan without loving him at all. Eventually, Deanda opened her heart and began to love her. But Deanda's love for Alvero is a love that begins with admiration. Given the long process he had lived to get his wife's heart made Alvero smile happily, realizing for now Deanda had given her heart and body to him