Evelina was horrified even more. why? Why in the world did he smile!?

Although she didn't truly love him. She still knew his personality; warm.

So, what exactly happened to the gentle and warm Chase?

"Truly unmannered! What did your teachers even taught you!?" The marquess finally spoke.

"Your grace...this....this is all a misunderstanding! I-i was just having a bad day a-and... forgot!" Evelina tried to make an excuse.

"We do not want to hear your excuses! Do you take me for a fool, lady Evelina?" The marchioness bit her lip.

As if her plan changed, Evelina quickly chose another strategy.

"Your grace... Why are you making this difficult for me? I-i really didn't mean anything...." Eveline who said this, was unaware of a maid in the room who widened her eyes and sneered.

"What did you say!? Are you blaming me now lady Evelina!?" The Marchioness was a person who was gentle with people she had a good impression of, but was not merciful towards people she disliked.

"Marchioness....." Evelina once again turned to Chase and tugged his sleeve. Her beautiful teary blue eyes stared at him.

By this point, Chase, if going along with the first timeline, should've felt his heart soften and immediately took action to protect her.

But instead, he looked at her with eyes filled with contemplating and judgment. As if he was thinking about something.

The maid standing in the corner of the parlor with Carol, seeing Chase's indifference, her smile widened.

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Evelina returned to the Skyler estate in a embarrassed and ashamed manner. Everyone instantly knew something was wrong.

The Duke and Duchess rushed to comfort her and so did Alex.

The extra maid who followed Evelina to the Casspan estate with Carol, her eyes which were previously lifeless, began to be filled with life again.

The maid looked around in confusion and was stupefied.

The Skyler family tried to console the crying Evelina, but she didn't open the door.

Everyone was worried. Even the servants were confused and curious about what happened to their eldest miss.

Angelina, Marie, and Eric were the only who wasn't bothered and was instead pleased. To them, the next few days in the mansion would be much more comfortable without her.

*************

Angelina spent her days leisurely. Since she has finally debuted, she was able to attend bigger events and banquets.

She was able to establish a good reputation under her name.

Angelina established herself as an elegant, dignified, intelligent, and humble lady on her debut. She has learned her lesson. In the past, no one liked her arrogant personality. So she began to act humble.

How you establish yourself on your debut was important. It will determine how people judge and view your character.

Evelina established herself as a cute, innocent, and ditzy girl, and that's how people view her character.

Angelina managed to find herself a few followers and allies. Such as lady Arianna from the Chandler family, Alice from the Illiya family, lady Rienne from the Balloria family, and even the noble ladies she met before.

Most of the nobles agreed that she was a polite and intelligent young lady. They also agreed that they should not offend her. The Emperor and Empress, and even the powerful Emperor of the Vancelia Empire came to the debut! Of course they didn't dare offend or belittle her.

But there were still a few nobles who disliked Angelina. Although the past rumors about Angelina has ceased to exist. They still disliked.

Why? Because they were envious of course. The few noble ladies who hated her were the ones that were envious of her. The few noblemen who hated Angelina were all Evelina's admires.

However Angelina wasn't to bothered by this. The majority of the nobles respected her, the few people who disliked her weren't that powerful.

The shop has also been doing extremely well. It has only been a few weeks since it's reopening, but it has already gained many support.

Angelina earned so much from the shop, her allowance given by the duke looked like pocket change.

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"Lady Angelina, I must ask how you keep your skin so white and smooth?" One of the young women attending Angelina's tea party asked.

"It's all thanks to my dedicated maid. She's very protective of my skin. If a single spec of dirt touched my skin, she would immediately force me to take a bath" Angelina jokingly responded.

Marie who was holding an empty tray and standing aside, blushed and covered her rosy red face with the tray.

"Oh! Lady Angelina, as I was on my way here, I saw boy that was quite the looker! Who is he?" Another noble lady asked.

"Ah, you must be talking about Eric. He's an orphan I'm sponsoring. He has potential" Angelina gracefully sipped her tea.

Eric has been doing very well these past few days. He was able to learn combat magic very quickly. And the more he learned, the more motivated he was to learn more.

"Lina, I passed by lady Evelina in the halls earlier. Her expression was extremely dark, and she was wearing a turtleneck that almost reached her chin. Is something wrong with her?" Alice asked innocently and with eyes filled with curiosity.

"Well the weather is getting quite chilly lately. Perhaps she's just feeling cold." Angelina replied.

"Oh. Okay" Alice didn't find anything wrong with Angelina's words, so she put what she earlier saw into the back of her mind.

Angelina moved to a new topic and stopped talking about Evelina.

Evelina was indeed acting strange. But only a few people knew the reason.

Over the past two weeks, the rashes on Evelina's legs spread up to her neck. Once it reaches the face, it will stay there for a few days before disappearing.

Angelina only wanted Evelina to feel panicked and distraught.

***************

Evelina was pacing back and fourth in her room. She could only wear dresses that covers her neck in the past few days.

She used several medicine on her rashes, but nothing worked! Will he skin be ruined like this forever!?

The rashes kept spreading up. She was worried it would soon reach her 'treasure'. Her face.

For a noble woman, their face was the most important. Without it, they couldn't get betrothed.

But her nightmare came sooner than she thought.

The next day when she woke up, her face was extremely itchy and red. It reached her face.

Evelina panicked. She suddenly felt a strong pain in her chest and fainted.

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"What did you say..?" Angelina asked with a stunned expression.

"The eldest miss has fainted!" Marie repeated her words.

"....." Angelina was silent for a moment before following Marie to Evelina's room.

***************

When she entered, Angelina was stunned.

Evelina was unconscious and was placed on her bed. The whole Skyler family was here. There were also the doctor and Carol, who's neck was filled with rashes.

But what stunned Angelina the most was that the rashes that were supposed to be on Evelina's face....has disappeared...

"Mother, what happened?" Angelina approached the Duchess and asked quietly.

"Eve...she....she still hasn't woken up....the doctor said she might be in a coma..." The duchess was choked with her overflowing tears.

Angelina was confused and shocked. Was Evelina that upset when she found the rashes on her face?

They all stood there conflicted an in silence. After an hour, Evelina slowly opened her eyes.

But as soon as Evelina opened her eyes and regained consciousness, Angelina felt her heart pound. Her throat felt suffocated.

She didn't know why but there was a pain in her heart.

Angelina glanced at the now conscious Evelina, and immediately determined that....

Something is wrong

There was something off about Evelina.