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

It was a night when everyone couldn’t sleep.

The Duke of Elad’s servants thought that when the Duchess, who was already unable to wake up, suddenly began to wander in the deathbed in the early morning, she thought that she would end up in great trouble. But when dawn dawned and morning came.

Viscount Bardot, the duke’s doctor, told the employees who had prepared their hearts, “Your wife has passed a critical moment.”

At the same time, the knights who had been thoroughly isolating and guarding the duchess’s room and office returned to their places.

The tense atmosphere in the mansion, which felt like walking on thin ice, began to relax little by little.

“It’s so reassuring, right?”

“Of course. Honestly, I really… Ah, Chief Maid.”

The maids who were whispering as they swept and wiped the central hall to do the deep cleaning that they had not been able to do for several days noticed the maid entering the hall and her body trembled. But the head maid, who of course expected her to harshly reprimand her by shouting “Stern!”, only glared coldly at them, and she said nothing.

Of course, the sight of her standing still with her arms crossed was even scarier.

Still, the maids, who thought it was fortunate that they did not receive penalty points or be punished, tilted their heads at her.

This was because the maid, Jang, looked a little different from usual.

The maid, Jang, who was usually thorough and never showed any slack, was biting her nails as if she was lost in other thoughts. She seemed like a nervous and anxious person.

Come to think of it, it seemed like her maid Jean had been in a bad mood ever since the duchess collapsed.

At that time, she thought it was due to the misfortune that had happened to the hostess, but now her expression seemed even darker.

The maids, who had been glancing at her maid Chang in puzzlement, soon had a bit of an epiphany as they saw a small child coming down her stairs.

The young maid, who had monopolized the lady’s favor since her duchy, showed an unexpected side when this incident occurred.

Naturally, she thought she would stick by her side and comfort the anxious girl, but she stepped forward and took care of her wife.

Not only that, but she was busy running all sorts of errands for her doctor, Viscount Bardot.

Thanks to this, she was able to freely enter and leave the Duchess’ room, where even her butler and chief maid were prohibited from accessing it, under the strict guard of the Knights of Rexion.

Of course, the fact that the child had to handle even carrying a glass of water in alone was not a privilege but rather an abuse, but one thing was certain that her child was gaining the duke’s trust.

And although most of the duchy’s employees who watched this were sad or proud of her child, her maid Jang’s position may be different.

It occurred to her that she might be upset because she had been deprived of the job of serving her in the nearest place.

“Chief maid.”

At that time, before she knew it, Lia had come down to the hall and stood in front of her maid, Jean.

As expected, her maid, Jean, looked down at her child with a cold gaze as if her guess was wrong. However, the child met the gaze of her maid, Chang, who made even grown adults feel intimidated by her, and spoke without avoiding her eyes.

“The master is looking for you now.”

“…me?”

To the puzzled maid Chang, Lia nodded her head and moved her body aside.

She meant that the maid Jang should take the lead.

The maid, Jang, thought for a moment that her eyes were shaking, but then took a step away from her.

The maids tilted their heads as they watched Lia quietly follow her.

She somehow felt that the back of her child, who usually seemed gentle and gentle, was very big.

* * *

“This is the head maid. I’m going in.”

I held my breath, which was getting increasingly rough, and watched the head maid enter the duchess’s room.

The duke’s family, Viscount Bardot, and Tays were all gathered in the bedroom that was entered through the wide open drawing room door. But she was eerily quiet in the room, as if no one was there.

She was as expressionless as usual, as if she did not feel the heavy sinking air. But even for a moment.

That was when her eyes widened in surprise as she saw the Duchess leaning against the headboard of her bed with her unharmed face.

“Mom, are you really okay now?”

Allen asked sniffling, her eyes red from her tearful reunion with the Duchess moments ago.

The Duchess smiled weakly and stroked Allen’s head.

“Okay, Mom, I’m okay now.”

Then she turned her gaze to the maid, Jean.

“Helen, I’m thirsty. Could you give me some water?”

“…Yes, ma’am.”

There was a silence that made you feel like you could hear a needle falling again.

The head maid slowly poured water from the kettle into a glass.

She would be very embarrassed and anxious.

When I saw his posture that didn’t waver even an inch, I stuck out my tongue inwardly. At the same time, anger rose.

It was then.

“Allen, you should go out with Diana.”

Lucio said to Allen.

“You too.”

And to me too.

Although Allen was puzzled, he seemed to have noticed that her mood was strange, and she stood up from her seat, soothing Diana who was trying to avoid being separated from the Duchess.

‘…I also wanted to see the chief maid’s end.’

She had already somewhat expected that it wouldn’t happen, but she still felt disappointed.

I slowly walked out of the room with Allen and Diana, letting go of my regrets. And as soon as the door closes, it clangs!

The sound of glass breaking was heard beyond the door.

Diana shrugged her shoulders in surprise.

I quickly hugged Diana and stroked her head a few times. And that was when she took a hasty step to get away from the room.

“…Lia, did you know?”

Allen suddenly asked with a heavy expression.

I paused, but blinked and tilted my head.

“Yes? What?”

“Ha… it’s okay.”

Allen, who was pouting his lips, looked a little confused and distressed.

For some reason, I felt frustrated seeing the simple Allen always make that kind of expression.

“Young master.”

“…Why are you calling me?”

“I don’t know anything else, but I know one thing for sure.”

Impulsively, I grabbed Allen and spoke slowly, hoping that my feelings would be conveyed to him.

“No matter what happened, it wasn’t your fault.”

“…”

Allen was silent for a moment, then briefly nodded his head.

Relieved, I looked ahead and gestured.

Jack, who seemed to have grown taller without looking, was standing in the middle of the hallway leading to the stairs.

“Boss, you’ve been neglecting your sword training for a while lately, haven’t you? Even though you don’t study, you still do the training…”

Even though I knew it wasn’t the situation, I deliberately shook my head and said, and Allen said, “Well, that!” And her face blushed.

Before he could speak, I smiled broadly and said,

“So go ahead and work hard. I’ll have to show it to you later. You are a wonderful knight who will protect you, Master.”

Allen, who paused at my words, clenched his fists and nodded his head.

I lightly waved to Allen, who was running towards me, and Jack, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, and smiled when the two people disappeared.

Then I turned and looked at the closed door behind me.

* * *

“Say something! Are you human?”

When the children left, the Duchess exploded with the anger she had managed to suppress.

Even though she was hit with a glass and her water was dripping, the head maid made no excuses.

She was even more shocked to see that he didn’t even deny it.

The maid, Jang, who had trusted me as her duke for nearly 20 years and who had never once doubted her loyalty to the Duke of Elad, was the culprit who tried to poison her.

When she first found out about this, the Duchess was beyond shocked and panicked. However, she barely succeeded in decoding it, but after hearing the reason why she wandered about life and death again, she quickly regained her senses.

“No. If you’re really human, how…”

Could poison be put on the hands of children who say they will clean their mother with their fern-like hands?

The maid Chang’s viciousness made her shudder.

Perhaps she thought the Duchess would last too long than she expected.

She decided to use her poison once again and used Allen and Diana to avoid the eyes of the knights who tightly guard her mansion.

Knowing that the two children carefully watch over their mother by giving her a massage and wiping her face every night, she took advantage of this.

The chief maid prepared poisoned water and towels and waited for her children on the landing, out of sight of the knights.

The duchess’s room also had its own bathroom, but because it was adapted to her adult height, it was difficult for her to get water every time, so to Allen’s delight, she accepted it without question.

Teiz, who saw two children groaning and carrying the washcloth from afar, took a step closer and even carried them for them. And, coincidentally, all this happened while Lia, relieved to see the Duchess in good health, was asleep.

The Duke and Lucio also thought that all they had to do was catch the culprit, so they made a mistake by moving from place to place to exchange reports.

The Duchess, who had barely shown signs of recovery, once again faced a crisis due to poison mixed in water brought by her children. And thanks to Lia’s healing magic and the antidote she had prepared in advance, she was able to come to her senses.

Afterwards, as she identified the people who came and went in the duchess’ room and the surrounding circumstances, her culprit was quickly revealed.

Fortunately, Allen and Diana, who encountered the poison for the first time, were not exposed to the poison for as long as the Duchess and were able to avoid being affected by the poison simply by washing it off with water. However, the Duchess’s anger did not subside despite Viscount Bardot’s explanation.

“How could you do that! How can children…!”

It was that moment.

 

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