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

“Oh! Aren’t you the Duchess of Elad?”

 

A middle-aged woman approached me with a knowing look on her face.

 

“Ah… Countess Petier.”

 

“I guess the Duchess also visited to see her son?”

 

Countess Petier quickly rolled her eyes, smiling brightly as she said she too had come to see her son. Her eyes sparkled as soon as they reached Allen, who was holding Diana’s hand.

 

‘This person is so consistent.’

 

I burst into laughter in my heart as I looked at the Countess Petier, who was younger than I remembered, but who had not changed at all. I knew her quite well, as she was now her mistress of the Petier family, which had a large trading business. This is because she, who had three daughters, was a more enthusiastic visitor to the information guild than any other lady in the capital. A few years later, when her family’s fortunes declined sharply and the entire family was on the verge of bankruptcy, she became even more desperate to find a son-in-law for her daughter.

 

“We met like this, so why don’t you come with us?”

 

The Countess smiled and asked in her gentle manner.

 

“Ah… I plan to meet my eldest son here soon.”

 

“Oh, my son too. The princess met my children at the salon last time, so wouldn’t it be better if we could have a look at her together?”

 

It was natural in the aristocratic world to want each other’s children to become friends, but Countess Petier’s attitude was quite blatant. That was when the Duchess made a perplexed face when she caught a glimpse of three girls with similar faces in bonnets standing side by side behind her.

 

“Mother.”

 

I froze as I saw a boy standing next to Countess Petier. Since the place was such a place, and since I had met the Countess Petité, I thought we might run into each other, but I never thought we would run into each other so soon.

 

“You’re out, Kenneth! Hurry up and say hello to the Duchess of Elad.”

 

“Hello. My name is Kenneth Pettier, and I am one year your junior, Lucio. It’s an honor to meet you.”

 

Hearing the countess’s words, the boy straightened his posture and greeted her humbly. Perhaps because Lucio’s name was mentioned, the Duchess’s expression softened. The boy smiled politely and spoke to Allen and Diana.

 

“They are Lucio’s younger brothers! I heard that you are coming to the capital this time.”

 

He spoke as if he was a close friend of Lucio, and bent down on his knees to give Diana a friendly look, as if he wanted to show her a brother who had three younger sisters. When I saw that scene right next to me, I clenched my fists. Kenneth Petier. He was the boy who had accused me of being a thief and humiliated me. To be honest, on the outside, he seemed like a quite gentlemanly and upright nobleman. But as someone who knew his true nature, all of these actions just gave me goosebumps. Fortunately, Allen didn’t seem to like him very much either, and it seemed like he hoped Diana would accept her cursory greeting and send him off quickly.

 

“Ugh, I hate monsters!”

 

At that time, Diana suddenly shouted and hugged Allen. He looked at Diana even though she really couldn’t see him, and the Duchess was embarrassed, and Countess Petier’s face darkened drastically. In particular, although it was a fleeting moment, Kenneth’s expression was overwhelming. His face, crumpled like a yaksha, was similar to when he accused me of being a thief. Just when I was about to get scared, he immediately said, “You’re very shy, princess.” And he smiled bitterly. However, as Diana’s crying grew louder and Allen’s expression began to worsen, her embarrassed mood continued. Moreover, when, using this commotion as an excuse, other noble ladies around began to pretend to know the Duchess, the face of Countess Petier, who was trying to monopolize the Duchess, stiffened slightly.

 

“Then, ladies, let’s talk for a moment. “I think there will be enough time for that.”

 

The Duchess, unable to completely separate herself from the ladies who were anxious to introduce them to their children, spoke. It seemed like he had decided to handle them alone. Then, she spoke very firmly in front of those who had not yet let go of their expectations and whose eyes were shining.

 

“Allen, wait here for your brother. And when Lucio comes, I go in first and look around. I will follow you soon.”

 

When Allen nodded her head, the Duchess turned away immediately, without even giving the others a chance to introduce her children. Disappointment spread not only on the faces of the Countess Petier but also on the faces of her other ladies, but like nobles, they all immediately took control of their expressions. Kenneth looked back and forth between the departing ladies and us, and when he saw Diana still sobbing, he must have thought he had a bad day, so he withdrew his attention from us. Then, he hurriedly ran towards her women, saying that he would lead them to the most famous cafe on Academy Street. Meanwhile, looking at me coldly while standing next to Allen and Diana, it seemed that he still had the same disposition to look down on people who were not nobles.

 

“Diana. Now that they’re gone, you can raise your face.”

 

Diana lifted her head at Allen’s words and looked around. Allen giggled as if he was going to die because Diana was so pretty.

 

“Good job. From now on, if a strange person talks to me, I will hide from my brother. Understand?”

 

“Wow. I was scared.”

 

Diana sniffed her snot and her body shivered. I looked at Diana in surprise, wondering if she had a summer cold or something.

 

“Buy me that! The blue!”

 

But Diana quickly raised her hand with a bright smile on her face and pointed to the iced juice sold at a street vendor near the clock tower. Allen tried to move in that direction at any moment, so I hurriedly stopped him.

 

“Master, stay here. I might run into trouble with the big master, so I’ll come back quickly.”

 

“Do you want to? Then here’s the money…”

 

“Hehe. I’ll buy it for you, so just wait a moment.”

 

When I showed off my two fat pockets, Allen and Diana said “Wow!” at the same time. He opened his mouth wide.

 

‘They seem like cute guys.’

 

I suppressed my laughter and headed towards the clock tower with Jack. Some of the escorts who came with us followed the Duchess, and the children were guarded by the rest, led by Tays, because he had told Jack to follow me.

 

“Jack, you have one too. I’ll buy it for you.”

 

“Me too?”

 

“Huh!”

 

I thought Jack would say he didn’t come to play this time, so I ordered Diana and Allen’s two blue ones, plus red, green, and yellow. It was fun to choose and eat, and since it was a hot day, I didn’t think there would be any leftover. And I was just about to calculate it.

 

“…?”

 

Suddenly Jack handed me his pocket money bag. When I looked at him as if asking why he was giving this to me, Jack scratched his head and said, 

 

“I don’t need money. You take it.”

 

As a friend, these words really made me sigh. I shook my head and pushed the pocket back to Jack.

 

“Jack, I don’t know what the future holds, so I don’t need money. Since ancient times, people only feel comfortable if their pockets are full.”

 

Of course, Jack will live a good life from now on, but there was still a problem with not valuing money and giving it away to others. Looking at it now, I wonder what I would do if I just took it without conscience and used it all up. When I clicked my tongue and said, “Tsk, tsk,” Jack gave me a dumbfounded look. However, I generously understood that it would be difficult for young Jack to accept advice based on my experience, so I paid with my own money. Since there was a lot of food ordered, it was time to wait leisurely and look around. Just below the clock tower, a beautiful fountain caught my eye. It was a strange feeling to see the sparkling water reflecting the bright sunlight. As a beggar, it was always a place I could only visit at dawn.

 

“Jack, do you see the fountain over there?”

 

“Fountain?”

 

“Huh. Can you see the angel statue up there? There is a saying that if you make a wish and put a coin in it, your wish will come true.”

 

Perhaps because Allen had been talking about various things before visiting the academy, Jack didn’t ask where I heard it. Instead, he just stared at the fountain again with a skeptical expression. Although he is two years older than me, he lived in an orphanage without knowing anything about the world, and I thought he was really smart. In the past, I didn’t know any doubts and ran every morning to make a wish.

 

〈Please don’t starve today. I wish someone would ask me if I’m okay when I’m sick. I want to sleep somewhere warm… No, no, everything is fine, so please just listen to one. I am…〉

 

I closed my eyes and prayed very earnestly. However, his wish did not come true, and he was depressed because he thought it was because he did not throw a coin.

 

〈Now, coin.〉

 

Then one day, Lucio appeared. A person suddenly appeared and Lucio held out a coin to me as my heart almost dropped.

 

〈Throw it and make a wish.〉

 

〈This, this, this, this is too much money…!〉

 

The coin he gave me was a gold coin. Not a copper coin or a silver coin, but a gold coin. However, feeling pressured by Lucio, who was looking at me as if telling me to take it, I threw a coin with my hands shaking and made a wish. Even thinking about it now, it was a crazy act.

 

‘With that money, I could have had a full meal, and for the first time in a while, I could have slept comfortably without the kids staring at me.’

 

At that time, I was surprised by the gold coin I saw for the first time, and my heart pounded at my action of throwing the gold coin into the fountain, so I didn’t even think about it. Why on earth did someone living in the academy dormitory show up there at that early morning?

 

“Do you want to try it too?”

 

At that time, Jack asked me as if breaking his sentiment. I shook my head and said sarcastically.

 

“Those are all superstitions.”

 

I even gave him a gold coin to pray for, but my wish never came true. The wish is to meet family, whether it be parents, siblings, or even distant relatives.

 

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