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

‘Ah… this situation. He said he was strangely used to it.’

She remembered the first time Master took her to the guild. Terencium’s colleagues were both wary of the sudden appearance and at the same time curious. And everything that happened after that was embarrassing and upsetting to .

‘It will be the same this time.’

If you attract people’s attention for no reason, whether it’s goodwill or hostility, troublesome things will happen.

‘So, in order to live freely in the future, I mustn’t reveal all of my abilities.’

It was time to think that while staying at the Duke’s residence, she should only be smart enough to be next to Diana.

The Duchess said to the lady-in-waiting.

“I sent a message in advance before coming to the capital,” she said. “This is Lia. She is our Diana’s favorite child, so we wanted the next room to be prepared for her…”

“Lady. That is not possible in principle.”

“…yes?”

“How can a maid stay in the main building, and in the room next to her, lady? I’ve got a room in the maids’ quarters, so let her stay there.”

“But Diana will keep looking…”

“Then we will set up a chair in the aisle so she can wait on you through the night.”

“…”

The Duchess, who seemed flustered from the moment the maid cut off her words, soon hardened her face. It was the angry face she hadn’t seen in a long time since the incident with Sid Valerie. As the atmosphere subsided in an instant, it was felt that the employees who were watching were perplexed. At the same time, the gaze of subtle resentment poured into her. It was probably because of her dissatisfaction with her for creating this situation from the first day she met the Duke’s mistress.

‘It feels completely different from when I was living in the dukedom.’

It was a bit embarrassing, but she understood. It was because, before she came up to the capital, the Duchess had taken her word on Diana’s disappearance and told her that only the butler and the chief maid knew the reason for her existence. If the story of Diana’s disappearance spreaded throughout the capital, it would only take an instant for news to spread across the empire. All sorts of rumors and speculations were created that might tarnish Diana’s reputation in the future. She also had no complaints at all because Diana’s honor was important and how she entered the Ducal family was not important. She didn’t like that Jack and she were treated like victims who had been rescued from a poor orphanage. Indeed, in the past, Jack was known to have been brought in by a Duke who happened to recognize his talent. But even if she didn’t expect a friendly response, she didn’t expect this kind of attitude.

She didn’t really want to compare it, but it felt too hard compared to the workers of Duke Castle. And the Duchess also seemed uncomfortable with this atmosphere.

She was about to open her mouth with a hardened face.

“Lady. I’m OK.”

She urgently grabbed the Duchess. She opened her eyes wide, as if the Duchess had never expected her to come out like this. But in fact, if you think about it carefully, the situation so far has been strange.

‘I thought it was too much to stay in the guest room even during the Duke’s writing, let alone Diana’s next room.’

The main building of the Duke’s residence was where only the direct descendants of the duchy stayed. She knew that not only the collaterals but also the honored guests stayed in the annex rather than the main building.

‘Of course, the maid’s behavior towards the duchess is annoying.’

If the Duchess persisted here, she would eventually get her word out in the long run. After all, it’s strange that she, a maid, stayed in the room next to Diana. Besides, they were already whispering about her, so there was no need to come to the room for nothing. Since she came to the capital, she had to be careful about her every move. She grabbed the Duchess’ sleeve and whispered, “Please.” She did, and as she asked again, the Duchess let out a sigh as if she couldn’t help it.

“This time, let’s do as the head maid wants.”

The maid bowed her head and the situation was settled. She unpacked her things in her newly prepared room, following the maid, whom the maid-in-waiting had assigned to her. 

It was small and shabby compared to the room she had been living in at the Duke’s, but it was more than enough for a little maid.

Even the bed, which she was most concerned about, did not creak. She also lived in a place like Tesar Nursery School, but this was paradise. She smiled and looked down at the Duke’s garden through the small window in the room.

Her smile faded a little when she saw the rain and hazy fog. For some reason, she had an ominous feeling that life in the capital would not be easy.

* * *

Time passed quickly, and a week had passed since she came to the capital. It was difficult for them to see the Duke as he was traveling to and from the imperial palace as the Minister of Military Affairs, and the same was true of the Duchess. For as news of her arrival in the capital spread, invitations from the ladies who dominated the social circle flooded. Behind her, no matter what they say about her origin, she was the true mistress of the Duke of Elad, so you couldn’t ignore her.

‘Besides, she has two more children, including a great heir.’

Her position was stronger than anyone else’s. However, she had not been socializing until now, and suddenly she was attending tea parties and gatherings, and at the same time taking care of the duchess’ house, she seemed distraught. Fortunately for her, contrary to her worries, the lady-in-waiting was assisting the duchess both physically and mentally.

In fact, the Duchess praised the maid several times, saying that she would not have been able to do it on her own. Even in her eyes, she could see that the lady-in-waiting handled the work in a perfect way, as well as doing her best for Allen and Diana. Contrary to her concerns, while the Duchess was adapting well, it was her who was floating alone.

“Hey, they say you’re the girl the lady likes?”

She climbed up on the window sill of the maid’s dormitory and wiped the dust off. She turned my head. Five or six maids with youthful faces gathered around and were watching her as if she was some kind of spectacle.

She came down awkwardly and stood up. She knew it’s her they’re referring to, but she was like, ‘That’s right. I am the maid who monopolized the lady’s favor!’ but she was embarrassed to answer.

Of course, it was difficult to deny that she had already received a lot of attention from the day she entered the Duke’s residence.

‘I didn’t know that another problem would arise right away that evening.’

“It is also against the law for this child to join her at a meal like this.”

Seeing her casually sitting next to Diana in the dining room, the maid said firmly. Just as she was about to put a salad the child didn’t like into Diana’s mouth, she hesitated and put her fork down. All the while, she thought she was serving Diana well. However, listening to the maid’s words, it seemed that the problem was with her even sitting in this seat.

It was the time when the Duchess’s face hardened again when the maid, who should take the lead in managing the rules of the servants, said that she shouldn’t act like this.

“I hate you! Onni, don’t bother me and go away!”

Diana shouted at once.

The lady-in-waiting, who seemed to be unaware of her agitation, was greatly embarrassed by Diana, who was afraid of her but fought back with her whole body. Allen barely managed to appease Diana, but she was so stubborn and the Duchess told her not to get involved in this matter, so she put down her stubbornness as if the maid couldn’t help it.

As Diana wished, they ate together as before, but… 

‘There are no cushions of thorns.’

The gazes of the maids standing on one side of the wall in the dining room stung. She was a maid in the same situation. Besides, she was an orphan of unknown origin. It was clear what they were thinking.

She stayed at the inn when it wasn’t for such a sensible mealtime or playtime with Diana. No one made her work, and a few times she was waiting in front of the room to wait for Diana’s class, and the Duchess said that there was no need to do that and kept telling her to rest. However, since she was also a maid of the Duke’s family and received a hefty salary not too long ago, she was pricked by her conscience. So, she wandered around the maids every day, asking if there was anything she could do to help them, and the maids shook their heads as if asking what she could do, and then threw a casual comment, asking her to wash the windows.

She immediately climbed onto the window sill and started cleaning. It wasn’t until after seeing that appearance that the maids came here and started talking to her, as if they thought she was quite docile.

“Honey, no matter how much you are loved by the lady, you have to know the subject.”

“I heard that you are an orphan, so consider it an honor to be able to work for the Ducal family.”

“Okay. Don’t you think it’s easy to get a job like this without a letter of recommendation?”

…Even though it seemed like a joke.

“Yes, I will do my best!”

Still, she responded mildly and enthusiastically.

“It seems she understands.”

The maids’ expressions showed bewilderment. Everyone must have known that she would run amok with the favor of Diana and the Duchess on her back. It wasn’t surprising since it was a pattern she’d seen a lot in the guild.

“Since ancient times, servants must take care of things so that their superiors can live comfortably. Please don’t cause trouble by changing your words.”

Even so, it was very meticulous to warn them to the end in case they did this only from the front and from the back. It was funny to do this to a kid who had just turned 9, but it made a little sense.

‘Everyone must have wanted to attend Diana.’

How many maids must have been expecting a noble lady to come, saying that they might be in charge of that lady. In the Elad Duchy, there were not many maids from lower aristocrats, so they must have been more hopeful. When she became a lady’s full-time maid, the salary was higher than that of regular maids, and she was much more comfortable with her body than doing cleaning, laundry, or kitchen work.

‘Besides, she must have thought that there would be a lot of soybean paste that would fall if she was treated with kindness.’

But it’s disapproving that she showed up and took the position before she even looked for an opportunity. SheI was used to being hated anyway.

‘It was like that in my past life, which had already disappeared.’

So she was fine.

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