Chapter 5: His Plan
Elisabeth Von Edelstein is a girl who grew up as the eldest daughter of House Von Edelstein. As the eldest daughter of a Duke's house, she has her own role and responsibilities to attend to, one of which is to help her family grow more powerful.
She had always been present in the long and exhausting games of nobility and their thirst for power. Her role was decided before she was even born, to be a tool of the large system of aristocracy where she will help her family gain power.
This was the reason why she agreed to her engagement with Noah Von Blitzfeld, a boy of her age. She also used Noah to avoid the sons of Counts and Viscounts from the Vassal family of her Duchy, who were constantly pestering her with their appeals.
If she was engaged to a son of a Duke, those lowly nobles would finally leave her alone and would also harmonize the relationship between the two Duchies. Two birds with one stone. But that stone, Noah Von Blitzfeld, was not to her liking.
'He was timid and annoying'
Even if Noah was a Duke's son, he would not act like one. In truth, she found Noah to be embarrassing. He was fat, weak, pestering, and annoying. He did not even awaken his legacy at the age of 13 whereas mostly who are given one awaken.
He would follow her around, pester her, and watch her with his simpering gaze although it helped her keep the other Nobles at bay, it was still too uncomfortable for her. The way he was devoted to her and followed her.
"This engagement is done only to strengthen our families, please don't take it as a sign that I have feelings for you" These were words she told him last time in order to stop his useless affection for her. She was not into him, he was not her type.
She still remembers his puppy face of sadness as tears flowed down his cheeks. It was harsh but it was necessary to establish the boundaries. And for her, it might've just worked because today when she visited the estate of Blitzfelds.
She found Noah acting differently. As if though he had changed.
When he first entered the room where Elisabeth and her father were talking with Duke Friedrich, she found his air and behavior different. He did not greet his father, he greeted her formally.