Everyone Was Obsessed With Me After I Became the Youngest Princess Favorite

A few days ago, in the evening after he had yelled at and gotten angry with Lia, Allen received unexpected news from his father and mother who had suddenly come to visit.

Among the things they discussed was information about the daycare center where Lia had been, but what caught Allen’s attention was what they said about the place where Lia had been.

The Duke and Duchess had not told Allen much about the Tesseract Daycare Center, as they were plagued with guilt over Diana’s disappearance.

After hearing all of the stories, Allen was shocked to learn that not only had Diana been kidnapped in such a frightening place, but that Lia had taken good care of her there.

It was then that he remembered Diana’s words at the dining table, as she watched Lia take care of her food.

<Sister is hungry too, so she gave it to me. That’s why I’m the only one>

At that time, Allen believed that Lia didn’t genuinely treat Diana well.

He thought that there must have been some calculation or hidden agenda behind it.

But what kind of calculation can you make in such a dire situation?

Diana was not just her younger sister, but a really smart kid.

If Lia hadn’t sincerely treated Diana, Diana wouldn’t have followed Lia wholeheartedly.

As Allen realized this belatedly, his face turned pale.

‘What a waste of a pink diamond.’

Moreover, she didn’t even covet it.

In fact, I also expected the possibility that Diana was just pretending for a moment. 

But still, I got angry and said, “I just took it out on her.” 

Diana’s kidnapping, Sid Valerie’s true identity, and the guilt and self-loathing I am experiencing now, none of it is Lia’s fault… 

But I used that easy target to vent my anger. 

At that moment, I remembered my cowardice, where I couldn’t do anything and instead hid my body, as I looked at Lia, who was with Sid Valerie. 

Allen clenched his fist without realizing it. 

Afterward, Allen kept hovering around Lia to apologize. 

But Lia was very busy taking care of Diana all day, and when she was alone, she seemed to be deeply lost in thought, making it difficult to talk to her. 

Of course, the biggest problem was himself.

As for himself, Allen was like a coward, avoiding eye contact with Lia.

So, during the party, Allen followed Lia from behind, hesitating to approach her.

He hesitated to approach her, but Ria whispered something to Diana, and surprisingly, Diana walked towards him.

‘Taking care of me when I’m alone like this.’

Allen hugged Diana, stealing glances at Lia.

He saw Lia heading towards the food table and felt his tension rise.

In fact, the enormous chocolate fountain and desserts were all prepared by Allen as an apology to Lia, whom he heard liked chocolate.

But Lia seemed a little disappointed as she did not take any of the chocolate.

The atmosphere was a little strange.

The children who had been standing far away slowly approached Lia, and her face hardened.

It sounded like something was being said, but Allen couldn’t hear it clearly.

As Diana seemed to want to go to Lia, Allen hesitated while holding his younger sibling and followed behind Lia when the accident happened.

With a loud noise, Lia fell over towards the table.

And now.

“What are you talking about, Allen?” 

At the Duchess’s words, Allen shouted, pointing to Leticia. 

“I saw it! She suddenly pushed Lia!” 

“W-what are you saying?” 

Leticia said, her voice trembling thinly. 

“I never pushed this maid… I didn’t do such a thing.” 

“What? I clearly saw it, are you denying it?” 

Allen was stunned.

The incident when I decided not to cowardly hide behind others was a few days ago.

I wasn’t purposely looking for an opportunity, but Allen, who had been keeping his eyes on Lia the whole time, saw it happen.

He saw that child pushing Lia with all his might between a group of children.

“That’s not it… Maybe the young master was mistaken. There were a lot of other people around this servant girl earlier. And as you can see now, I’m much further away from them than anyone else.”

“What!”

Allen’s breath became rough.

“You tell me! Didn’t you see her do it?”

“…”

The children blinked in bewilderment and kept their mouths shut.

With no evidence to prove his point and the other party denying it outright, Allen was at a loss.

That’s when it happened.

“Why isn’t anyone asking the victim?”

“Your Highness?”

The owner of the chilly voice was Duke Ellard.

All the people in the left center looked incredulous. They couldn’t believe that he, who had always been indifferent, would intervene in such a matter involving children.

As the bewildered onlookers exchanged glances, the Duke spoke again in a cool voice.

“There’s no use trying to get the third party involved. Lia, answer me directly. Who pushed you? Was it someone else, or did you fall by yourself?”

Only then did many people seem to notice the existence of the young maid named Lia, who was the protagonist of this disturbance. Inwardly, they hoped that she would quietly faint and disappear from the scene.

But…

“I didn’t fall alone. Someone pushed me.”

Lia’s answer was not particularly welcome.

“Did you see who pushed you?”

Lia noticed a subtle anticipation and curiosity in the sharp gaze of the Duke, as usual. It seemed like he wanted to test something and verify something.

Lia lowered her heavy head and shook it.

“Ah….”

A sigh escaped from someone’s lips.

It was none other than Lady Leticia’s father, Viscount Jude.

Watching the situation with cold sweat, he felt inwardly relieved.

Leticia felt the same way.

If even this maid had pointed her out here, the situation could have turned against her, even if there was no evidence.

As for the children around her, they would have to pretend they didn’t see or know anything to avoid being blamed for mocking her.

However, while she was relieved, she didn’t understand the situation.

She felt humiliated and thought he would die of embarrassment, having momentarily thought of her as a noble, and with her dressed in clothes similar to those of a high-born lady.

How could even Alan and Duke Ellard be on her side?

” I saw it! She definitely pushed her!”

“Your Highness, I don’t know what kind of suspicion you have toward me, but I really didn’t push her.”

Leticia boldly retorted toward jumping Allan.

At that moment, Allen, who was getting angry, was about to shout with his face reddened.

“Did you really not push her?”

The Duke asked with a cold gaze.

A chilly silence fell during the digging time.

Viscount Jude intervened with a face that looked like he was about to faint.

“L- Leticia! I understand that you feel wronged, but why would you say something disrespectful to young Master? Quickly apologize for what you did wrong.”

He believed that the reason for the Duke’s intervention was not because of the servant’s mistake, but because Leticia had lied about what his son Allen had said.

“Viscount Jude, I did not ask for your opinion.”

The Duke’s cold words silenced the viscount quickly.

Leticia was in a panic as well.

But there was no evidence anyway.

She bit her tongue to hold back the urge to sink into the ground and shouted out.

“Yes! I didn’t even go near her!”

“I…”

That was when Lia opened her mouth.

“It’s true that I didn’t see who pushed me, but…”

And she held out her hand that she had been holding tightly until now.

“Hm? Isn’t that… the lace from Viscount Jude’s daughter’s dress?”

Hearing the spreading murmur, Lia said to Leticia.

“I’m sorry, I think I tore your dress when I fell.”

At the same time, everyone’s gaze turned to Leticia’s dress. In fact, there were marks of tearing on the dress.

Upon seeing that, Allen shouted triumphantly.

“Hmph! You said you didn’t push her! You didn’t even go near her, so how could Lia have torn your dress?”

“Well, um…”

“I don’t think there’s anything else to hear. Viscount Jude, you should take responsibility for the disturbance at today’s party caused by your female companion.”

“Y-Your Grace!”

After finishing his words, the Duke turned around, but then looked back and spoke again.

“Oh, and don’t forget to compensate for the dress. It was made to match with our Diana, but now it’s a mess.”

“What? Oh, yes!”

Only then did the people start alternating between looking at Lady Diana’s dress and Lia’s dress, which was in a pitiful state, and expressing their condolences.

The jewels hanging from the dress, which was the work of the most famous dress shop in the aristocratic order, seemed too much for Viscount Judd to handle.

However, Viscount Judd couldn’t say anything, even as he watched the Duke leaving the room with a frustrated look on his face. Lady Judd was the only one who looked pale and was trying to take Lady Leticia out with her.

As Lady Leticia fled, Allen shouted after her, “She’s our Diana’s person. She’s not someone you can touch as you please!”

The already chilly temperature around them dropped abruptly.

The noble children who insulted Lia and the nobles’ faces turned pale, and their eyes trembled. They shuddered at the thought that they might have become like Lady Leticia.

“Lia, are you okay?”

At that moment, the Duchess finished tidying up the surroundings and approached Lia.

A gentle hand cleaned up the thickened hair and face, which were covered in spilled drinks.

Lia, who swallowed her saliva because her throat was hot, slowly opened her mouth.

“Madam, I’m sorry. About the dress….”

It wasn’t just the dress.

Unintentionally, she ruined the party that she had worked so hard to prepare for.

She didn’t want to cry.

She tried to hold it in, but her eyes were too hot.

In the end, Lia broke down in tears right there.

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