# 27
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The first thing I saw was the display case behind the glass window.
A pink ruffled dress, rich jewels and shiny shoes caught the eye.
At first glance, it looked like a place that specialized in ling children's clothes.
She immediately followed the Duchess and Diana inside and stopped in front of the door.
I rolled my eyes and looked around to see if anyone was stopping me, but the employees standing at the entrance were smiling very kindly.
Suddenly, an old thought came to mind.
〈What are you looking at like a rat! Why don't you go away? If ars like you act carelessly, customers won't come!〉
When I was walking around the streets, I was afraid because even if I looked at it from a distance, the owner would chase me with a broom.
Even as I got older, I still bought all my clothes from the market, so I felt very embarrassed in these high-end stores.
However, perhaps because I came well washed and dressed, accompanied by the knights, no one cursed me.
On the contrary, there was even a gentle look in his eyes as if he was asking him to come over.
Is that all?
When I went in and sat on the sofa, they gave me some refreshment and milk.
I was more impressed by the friendly attitude of the staff than the flashy clothes that caught my eye.
Then, when I came to my senses, I had already entered the locker room, been measured, and was changed by the staff.
“Hmm, this is nice too, so it suits you well.”
"my lady . … ".
“Huh?”
She quietly approached the Duchess, who tilted her head and whispered.
“I think the staff misunderstood something, measuring me and dressing me...”
The Duchess burst into laughter when she said this, almost crying.
“Leah, all you wear are your own clothes. Taking your size also means trying to fit your clothes.”
"Yes?"
My eyes widened in amazement.
To be honest, up until now I was wearing clothes of too good quality to be a maid.
I asked the Duke's butler for a maid's uniform like the other maids wear, but he told me they didn't have sizes for children.
However, I was still embarrassed to wear the clothes provided by the factory, so I seriously asked them to make it in my size, but all I got back asking me to wait was a small apron.
At least it was a pleasure to wear and wait for Diana, so why did I have my clothes sewn in a shop like this?
“Ma’am, I...”
“Noona!”
At that time, Diana, who had just changed her clothes in the dressing room, walked out.
I felt like my heart stopped.
Diana, who was wearing the gorgeous pink dress I saw upon entering, was a really sweet fairy.
"Diana! You really look like a fairy!"
I forgot that I was in front of a duchess, so I took the child in my arms, and gave her a nickname that I had not used for some time.
As the beautiful baby girl rubbed her chubby cheek against mine, I felt my heart melt.
While she was distracted for a moment, the Duchess began speaking to the clothing store employees.
I went out to the dressing room with Diana.
Diana, whose nap time had been interrupted by a sudden outing, must have been tired from changing her clothes so many times, so she quickly fell asleep on my lap.
It was a time when I could spend quiet time patting my baby girl's plump belly.
“Why not! Don’t you know that I already chose him months ago?!”
I heard a noise from behind.
“It's... because you didn't put a deposit on it, sorry.”
When I turned my head, I saw a girl my age who was screaming and screaming, and the staff who were in trouble.
The moment Diana, who had been sleeping soundly in her sleep, frowned, wondering if the noise would wake her, my eyes met mine and the girl's.
“What are you looking at!”
I was startled by the feeling of the slap, but I quickly turned my head because I thought he might have felt bad because he thought he was watching me.
However, I kept my ears open, but the girl's mother, who came to the store later, heard the clerk's whisper and quickly reassured the girl and immediately left the store.
He apparently knew that the Duchess, the owner of the property, was visiting and went out to avoid causing a disturbance.
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“Noona, sit here! I want my hair done!”
Returning to the castle after shopping, Diana woke up.
Since it was dinner time, Diana, who had eaten a larger meal than usual, sat me in front of the mirror with sparkling eyes.
Then he started combing it with his fern-like hands.
“What are you going to do with your hair today, miss?”
Since I had already set the tone for Diana's doll play several times, I asked quietly while holding the child's hand.
“Let's make all the hair up!”
I laughed and nodded.
My short hair, cut haphazardly and spiky, was meticulously groomed by a skilled maid while I lived in the Duke's household.
The hair texture was also silkier compared to before.
The first time Diana went out to comb my hair, the comb got stuck in my hair and I sobbed.
It was a time when I realized that my situation had changed from the time I lived as a ar, as the texture of my hair changed significantly.
“Ha...”
Diana's eyes suddenly lit up.
“Why are you doing this, miss?”
When I asked urgently, Diana said in tears.
“Your hair is strange...”
She seems upset because she can't do it like the maids in charge of serving the ladies.
The maids, who were stifling a laugh at my cute complaints, eventually combed my hair again and twisted my hair.
Diana quickly felt relieved, so she jumped up and went to the dressing room and came out with her jewelry.
“At first, I almost died from this burden.”
Even though it was a doll toy designed for a little girl, the jewels with precious jewels were very uncomfortable.
But since the maids and even the Duchess didn't say anything, there was nothing I could do.
Others might have a hard time checking, but just in case, I'll remember everything I wore every time, and watch them carefully as I unpack and organize them one by one.
Diana must have made up her mind at that moment and said: “This!” She raised her hand.
It was a pink diamond hairpin.
"amazing . … ".
The dark pink diamond, the size of my small fingernail, looked so beautiful and precious even to me, who doesn't know much about jewelry.
“It's beautiful!”
Diana, who put a pin in my hair, clapped her hands and screamed.
I tried not to be conscious of it, but the pink diamond on top of the light pink hair in the mirror looked amazing to me.
'Of course, it won't seem that way to others.'
"Mom! Mom has to see this! Wait!"
Diana burst through the door in a very excited voice.
From the open door, “Diana, what if I fell and ran like this down the hall?” I heard Allen's voice.
She then made eye contact with Allen who was walking by the door.
When I stopped at the face I had not seen for a long time, Allen's face, which looked equally embarrassed, gradually turned cold and quickly changed into an expression of astonishment.
"What are you doing now?"
Allen wasn't very friendly with me from the beginning, but his voice when he asked that question was so harsh that it couldn't be compared to the harshness he had used so far.
On a large scale!
Before I knew it, Allen came into the room, snatched up the hairpin I was wearing, and threw it on the floor.
A breathtaking silence fell.
From the moment Allen raised his hand, I closed my eyes tightly and froze, and the maids in the room were looking at me, unable to even breathe.
After a while, I slowly opened my eyes and saw Allen's face was extremely distorted.
“Allen, what is this?”
At that time, a strong voice came from behind Allen.
She was a duchess.
He seemed to guess the situation by the bloody atmosphere, the hairpin that had fallen to the floor, and my slightly disheveled hair.
“But he!”
“Diana did it. There's nothing wrong with Leah, you know that.”
"But this! She gave her this!"
“Oppa...”
Diana wiggled her fingers and called out to him, but Allen looked at Diana as if she was being mean.
Then he turned his head and said to me.
“I hate you, I really hate it! It’s all because of you! Even if you don’t come to my house....!”
“Allen!”
Allen, who was breathing and chest heaving despite the Duchess' urgent cries, stared at me and walked out of the room.
“It's okay, it's not your fault.”
The Duchess said as she gently arranged my hair.
“Allen gave it to Diana as a birthday present some time ago, but she seems to have misunderstood that Diana gave it to you.”
“Diana didn't usually wear jewelry, and she didn't say much when she didn't wear it, so I thought she forgot...”
There is no way I can forget her.
From the side, I could clearly feel how much Allen cared for his sister.
Because the phrase “younger brother is stupid,” which I only knew as information in the past, was not a waste of time at all.
"I'm fine."
However, for Diana to be treated so preciously by someone is an understatement. …
I'm just jealous.
“I will have to formally apologize to Allen soon.”
Diana often gave me her share of food, and even gave me my favorite dolls and games.
Meanwhile, Allen didn't know that Diana and I were playing with dolls, so there was really a misunderstanding.
And it will be really disappointing if you don't appreciate what you gave as a gift and give it to someone else.
'Even with the mind of an adult, this is what it would be like for a young Allen.'
But contrary to my feelings, apologizing wasn't easy.
Allen started wandering around again, and I was too busy preparing to go to the capital on my own.
In the end, the day of the banquet dawned without anything being resolved.