The hooded man is fascinated at the woman who attacked him, though he countered it without much thought. He was still fascinated.

Because the woman has a different aura that he can't fathom and thus he glued his eyes to her, which made this mess right now.

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"Oh wow. What a f*cking creep."

He is flabbergasted at how the woman could swear like a sailor.

"I told you, I'm not a creep. I just…" he sighs. He also can't understand himself, so he took his hood off.

What is underneath the hood and shadows is a man with a parallel scar on his left eyes that seems to be from a long time ago. His unwavering and clear hazel eyes with his brown hair and muscular body can be seen.

Evelyn, who is still disguised as Adelyn, shot her brows up.

"You just what?"

"I'm recruiting strong individuals, I'm Ricardo."

"And what's that got to do with me?"

"Well, my senses say that you're pretty strong also, that guy that was with you."

"I don't care what you want… but I'm not interested."

"Hmm… then, if you ever are interested, you can find me in the guild. We're always open to have people who are strong. You see we need to take the lights that are blinding the people."

"What?!"

"Bye, Miss"

And with that, the person who was following Evelyn vanished into the crowd.

"What the heck was that? And what? ... take the lights that are blinding the people? Are they talking about the temple of light?" she mumbled.

'This is unexpected… Does anyone also know what the temples are doing to the citizens? Heh, Ricardo? We will meet again.' she thought and also made her way out of the dark alley.

***

Three days have passed by and evening comes, it's time for the celebration of the nth foundation of the Kingdom of Levingstone. The nobles have gathered at the large hall of the royal palace with their luxurious dress and jewels while the gentleman wears their tuxedos.

Tall ceilings, red carpet, luxurious chandelier, gold carvings, champagne, buffet foods, neat tables, blooming flowers and the people enjoying and waiting for the kingdoms king are all in this space.

The Levingstone kingdom have gone all out with the preparations.

Evelyn dressed as Adelyn looked at the nobles who were in the party enjoying gossip and trying to make connections with the envoys of different countries.

They have been here a few minutes earlier and Silvester has been pestered by nobles when he arrives.

And Evelyn is at the back, dressed like a knight and besides her is Sir Izzy the mage. She doesn't know why Sir Edrich isn't here but if she thought about his affinity and the church of light attending then it makes sense.

So, when she saw Sir Izzy she just smiled and nodded her head. The mage also did the same. And now, they need to stand guard to his highness Crown Prince Silvester while he does his job as a neighboring prince.

Evelyn with her chestnut locks and her eyes along with the black mask, she feels a gaze but seems to have a hard time finding out who it is as there's a lot of nobles here in the grand hall.

Before she could figure it out, a voice was heard from the other side of the luxurious door. Everyone stopped and looked at the golden door.

"The saint of the temple of light, the light of our kingdom and the Crown Princess, Lady Elise von Acker."

The noble's eyes all gathered in one place.

Elise long pink hair sways and her beautiful yet simple design of her dress that speaks of simplicity is elegant and accentuates her beauty and her clear blue eyes form a crescent as she smiles at the nobles.

'She really looks like the heroine of "A happy Ending" novel if only I didn't know her real self. What a fake.' Evelyn thought as she looked at Elise who's busy greeting other nobles.

Then Evelyn heard the other young ladies.

"Why is the saintess alone? Where's the Crown Prince?���

"Isn't it weird that the Saint always attends a party alone? And the Crown Prince would come a bit later? Why aren't they coming together?"

"True… I also find it odd. But when you look at them together they always seem to be too in love with each other."

"Oh, by the way, did you hear that representatives from the Bahalkii Kingdom will also arrive here to congratulate our kingdom?"

"Really? That's unexpected…"

Evelyn heard them talk and only focused on the topic about Saint Elise and Edickart and brushed off the other gossip. She knew that the Crown Prince Edickart so she thought that it would be expected if Elise is alone.

She smirked at what she heard. She has this funny thought that Edickart must have been wary of Elise from the start.

'That guy has a sharp intuition and good senses… he must have known all along that Elise isn't the pure girl that everyone thought she would be.'

Silvester saw her smirking and followed her line of sight and arrived at where the saint is standing and is smiling so purely like an angel.

Silvester's eyes and Saint Elise made eye contact.

He saw Elise coming towards their group and the nobles who were surrounding him have given a path to Elise for them to meet.

"It is an honor to meet you again, Crown Prince Silvester. May the moon shine brightly under your guidance." Elise greets him as what the Kingdom of Perspiru kingdom greets their royals.

"You flattered me, it is I who is honored to be in the presence of the Saint of the Levingstone Kingdom. May the light shine brightly upon you." Silvester also greets her the ways of the temple of light.

Silvester takes her hand and kisses it. Evelyn who saw this look at Silvester with pity in her eyes.

Evelyn and Elise's eyes made contact for a while before Evelyn lowered her head and nodded. She still needs to act her part as a knight. Elise smiles and turns her head to Silvester again.

"It��s been awhile since I saw a classmate from the St. Prisch Academy." Elise said.

Silvester made his signature businessman smile and agreed with Saint Elise.

"You are right, even though I was there for only a short period of time, it was the happiest day of my life because Lady Evelyn was there."

The nobles around the Saint and Silvester became quiet when a name who is like a taboo for the nobles were uttered by a neighboring prince.

Evelyn, who is disguised and is covered by her black mask, scans the surroundings and sees the noble's eyes whispering and avoids making eye contact with Silvester. She turns her head to Elise.

She saw Elise forced a smile towards Silvester. Her wretched face that she made earlier when she heard the name didn't let Evelyn pass her eyes. She looks at Elise with her icy chestnut eyes before she stares at the back of Silvester.

'This guy really knows where to hit the enemy…' she thought.

Elise then exchanges a few words with Silvester before she bids him goodbye with an excuse that she also needs to greet the other nobles.

"Did I do great?" Silvester mumbled that only Evelyn can hear.

She smiled at his cousin. That was enough validation that he really did great just by uttering her name. She needs to make them remember the lady who died unexpectedly, that's why she was happy at what Silvester did. A neighboring Crown Prince remembering and uttering her name would have a great impact and they would think that Silvester was a close friend of the lady.

Anyways…

Another shout was heard from the other side of the golden door.

"From the Bahalkii Kingdom, Commander Gabriel Louise Denzell."

Tuk!

"What?"

Evelyn heard Silvester utter a shock when he saw the person who entered through the doors.

Silvester also looked at Evelyn who had the same face as he is.

It was unexpected. The kid that she picked up in the Shield Forest is here as a representative of his Kingdom and not only that, he is also the commander? Evelyn is extremely shocked.

The man who walked in had red hair and golden eyes. He grew so tall that Evelyn thought she needed to tilt her head, so she could look at his face.

She heard his cousin then. "It's Gab."

The confirmation came from his cousin, she saw that Gab looked at her and her heart then beat so fast.

She unconsciously mumbled. "I think I need to get out of here…"

Sir Izzy heard her and was baffled. Silvester redeemed his shock and walked to meet Gab in the middle as he saw Evelyn's surprised reaction. And besides, he saw Gab's golden eyes scanning the area and resting to their spot. While he walks like a bull ready to plunge anyone who gets in his way.

He had this weird feeling that he needs to meddle and stop Gab from approaching Evelyn. He also saw that different mix of look in Gab's eyes. It was surprise, happiness, sadness but the most vivid was madness and anger.

"It's nice to meet you, Commander Gabried." Silvester spoke that made Gab stop his tracks and look between the lady with chestnut locks and Silvester.

He stares at Silvester's eyes and also greets him. "The pleasure is mine, your highness crown Prince Silvester." he said but his eyes were staring daggers at him because of intensity.

Without uttering words, Silvester can make out Gab's eyes saying 'What the hell are you doing standing in my way?!'

'This kid! Does he think that Evelyn will be happy when she sees him with that scary look?'

Silvester smiled and extended his hands. He suddenly had this thought.

'I shouldn't let this bastard near Eve…'