Angelina pretended to look shocked and embarrassed.

"Uhm... young master?" Angelina said as her cheeks were rose red.

Chase was slightly stunned for a couple of seconds. Then he laughed.

"....."

'w-what...?' Now Angelina was stunned. Did he....did he just laugh!?

Angelina hasn't seen Chase laugh towards her for so long...

She couldn't even remember the last time he smiled warmly at her when she was Lilith.

It was...maybe...when they were still children...when their relationship was still good.

Seeing Angelina's stunned expression, Chase immediately stopped himself from laughing and blushed in embarrassment.

"...." Angelina was even more stunned. But she was also sad.

She tried so hard to see him smile and act warmly towards her after Evelina appeared. But she always failed.

But it seems so easy to make Chase warm up to her now....but how...

Was it because she faked being an soft hearted, pityful, and cute lady?

Was it because she was acting like Evelina?

Was that it?

But everything is going well so far so Angelina smiled back.

"I-i..." Chase coughed two time then said, "pardon me. I have shown lady Angelina an embarrassing sight..."

Angelina shook her head. "Not at all young master. In fact, I'm feel quite happy that young master feels comfortable enough to be laughing in front of me."

********

"Eve.... don't be upset.." the duke was outside Evelina's room.

After Angelina left for the Casspan estate, Evelina locked herself in her room and cried.

When the duke came over to pacify her, she didn't let him in and threw a tantrum.

"Leave me alone!"

"....." The duke sighed and left.

Inside the room, Evelina laid on her bed while hugging a stuffed animal.

Her eyes were red and tears flowed down her eyes.

"Why..why....why!?" She mumbled to herself.

Evelina knew she needed to make a plan, or else her engagement with Chase won't happen!

But she was so frustrated that she couldn't think straight. All she could do was squeeze the stiffed animal tightly and cried.

Her resentment for Angelina grew.

If Angelina just died in the Vancelia empire, her engagement with Chase would have no problems!

She probably would be already engaged to him and received the title of Chase Casspan's fiancee!

'why couldn't she just die!? Why is she always getting in my way!?'

Evelina's room was styled in a very girl style. It looked like a princess's bedroom.

There were cute stuffed animals. Almost everywhere you looked, there was at least a stuffed animal.

Aside from cute things, there was also piles of fairy tale books.

Beside Evelina was an opened fairytale book. It told the story of the female lead who was poor but because of her beauty and kind heart became a rich duchess after stealing the handsome male lead's heart.

"No...I can't accept this...I can't stop now.."

********

It was time for Angelina's training. Earlier, Chase told her to use a guest bedroom to change into something more of training wear.

The knights that were supposed to be on the training ground was ordered to take a break, and of course they wouldn't refuse.

Chase had already change into a white buttoned up top and black trousers.

The maids gave Angelina female training clothes.

Although the Casspan couple didn't have a daughter, the marquess had a niece who would go training along with Chase.

Unfortunately Chase's cousin, Emilia died of illness.

So the maids just gave Angelina Emilia's old clothes.

Angelina's hair was tied in a high ponytail. It made her look quite different from her original appearence as a delicate and elegant young lady.

When Chase saw her, he couldn't help but be stunned. If it weren't for her face, silver hair, and golden eyes, he almost couldn't reconize her!

Her aura was completely different!

Earlier, Angelina carried the aura of a graceful and fragile noble lady.

But now she seemed to carry the aura of a female knight!

"Is something wrong with my appearence, young master?" Angelina smiled.

Chase coughed then said, "no,no. Let's begin"

First Angelina needed to be able to hold a sword. Of course, she wouldn't be given a real sword first.

She was given a wooden sword since she was a 'beginner' .

To Chase's surprise, Angelina picked up the wooden sword with ease.

Even though it was a wooden sword, it was still heavy so it could be similar to a real sword. It was only a little lighter than a real sword.

"Young master?" Angelina pretended to be clueless about Chase's reason for his shock.

"Nothing..."

Chase began to teach Angelina how to use a sword and how to strike.

And to his surprise again, Angelina looked to be a complete natural!

He was taken aback....

Even he struggled when he first started out...

So how did she...?

Perhaps Angelina was just born with talent?

But Chase didn't know Angelina had down this before. She was no beginner.

It only looked like she was talented with the sword because she wasn't an actual beginner.

She wasn't a genius with the sword. She was merely okay with it. She was no where near Chase's level.

But because Chase didn't know this, he merely thought Angelina was gifted.

And without him even realizing it, his sense of interest and favor for Angelina grew.

....

They both practiced until the evening.

They were about to return to go back inside the mansion, when they saw a maid running towards them anxiously from afar.

"Is something wrong?" Angelina asked as the maid approached her.

"Lady Angelina, your father has requested that you return. He has just received a report telling him that your aunt, countess Belphilia has...died" the maid said with her head lowered.

"What?" Angelina was stunned.

She never met Angelina's aunt as Angelina, but she did meet her when she was Lilith.

The countess wasn't a good person. She was always rude and cruel.

She didn't have a good reputation at all.

But to her memory...the countess didn't die...

Well when Lilith was executed, she hadn't died.

"it seems you must return quickly." Chase turned to the maid and said "bring lady Angelina to the guest bedroom and help her wash up and change"

"Yes,young master." The maid bowed and led Angelina away.

After having a quick bath and changing back to her gown, Angelina rushed back to the Skyler Mansion.

When she came back, the first thing that she saw was Evelina who was in tears.

The duke's face was ashen.

Alex was trying to comfort the griefing Evelina.

And the duchess was was speaking to the duke quietly.

"Father, mother, I have returned."

"En" the duke nodded but he didn't even glance at Angelina.

"I heard auntie has passed away..."

After Angelina said this, she was Evelina glare at her. But Angelina didn't think much of it.

Although the countess wasn't a good person, she doted upon Evelina heavily. So it made sense that Evelina is extremely upset.

"What's the cause of her death...?"

"Your aunt passed away because...of a carriage accident" the duchess answered.

'carriage accident? It seems there's a lot of carriage accidents... didn't someone else die of that same reason...?'

Then Evelina who was full of emotion said, "why do you look so calm!? How could you be so heartless!? Auntie is dead but you look unaffected at all!"

Of course Angelina was unaffected. She never got along with the countess anyway.

"Eve..." The duchess was about to say something, when Angelina approached the crying lady and held her hands.

"Don't be too sad, sister. Of course I'm not as upset as you...I have never met auntie...you know I spent most of my life bedridden."

"I know you and auntie were very close. I'm also upset but...what happened has already happened...we can't change the fact that Auntie has passed away..."

Angelina chose her words carefully. To others it would look like a sweet moment of a younger sister comforting her elder sister.

But to Evelina her words meant something else.

If you put it bluntly...Angelina basically said 'so what if she's dead? You can't do anything about it. To me she's merely a stranger'

Aside from that, Angelina also held Evelina's hands very tightly. It even stared to hurt.

When Evelina lifted her gaze from her held hands, she met Angelina's cold eyes.

They were very close.

Although Angelina was smiling, her eyes looked threatening.

It was like she was staring right through her soul.

Evelina couldn't help but be stunned.