Everyone Was Obsessed With Me After I Became the Youngest Princess Favourite - Chapter 231

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“Diana, what are you saying right now….”
“I need to leave quickly, okay? I have a lot to do.”
Lucio barely managed to open his mouth at her cryptic words, but Diana merely exhaled sharply through her nose and urged him to hurry.
Unable to press further, Lucio slowly approached Diana.
As if she had been waiting, Diana placed her hand on Lucio’s forehead and closed her eyes.
“….”
The Crown Princess had certainly said that the purification process was extremely complex and solemn.
Moreover.
“Diana, the Crown Princess said the Great Sage would come to perform the purification….”
“Shh.”
Before Lucio could finish, Diana spoke sternly with her eyes still closed.
Feeling oddly overwhelmed by his youngest sister, Lucio’s expression grew uncertain.
A brilliant flash erupted, and his vision turned white.
“All done!”
At the same moment, Diana cried out and withdrew her hand from his forehead.
“…It’s already finished?”
“Yes! The light just flashed and enveloped your entire body. Didn’t you feel that warm, pure energy?”
“…I suppose.”
Looking at the soft white luminescence still faintly glowing from Diana’s hand, it didn’t seem like a lie….
But the whole thing had happened so abruptly, and he couldn’t recall any distinct sensation.
Sensing Lucio’s skepticism, Diana shot him a sharp glance.
“Ha! I hate to say it, but I’m the Saint, after all.”
Even the High Priestess, who boasted the most powerful divine power among all living humans, could not compare to me.
“I went out of my way to take care of my own blood!”
She wanted to turn away in indignation, but Diana couldn’t ignore her concern for Lia and pretend not to care.
“Hmph! Your memories will come flooding back soon, so go lie down quickly. Since I forcibly suppressed them and am now releasing them in such a short time, you might feel nauseous.”
Lest you become dizzy and stumble into something, hitting your head and finally developing amnesia this time around.
Diana clicked her tongue as she spoke, regarding Lucio with displeasure before reaching into the bag slung over her shoulder and retrieving something.
“Oh, this.”
It was something she had deliberated over until the very last moment before bringing.
“I brought it after asking my sister specially.”
“…Snowflower?”
The moment Lucio saw the transparent silver outer petals and the blue-tinged inner petals, he recognized what it was.
A flower that bloomed only in the treacherous mountain ranges of the Snow Mountains at the End of the Continent.
‘But why….’
The instant Lucio saw the snowflower, he felt the mana in his heart surge wildly, and he was taken aback.
This had never happened before.
From birth, he had controlled his mana flawlessly without any instruction from anyone….
Then suddenly, looking at the snowflower, Lucio felt a strange sense of déjà vu, as if he had been this confused before.
His breathing growing ragged without his awareness, Lucio reached out his hand as if entranced.
“…Ugh!”
The moment the snow flower touched his hand, he furrowed his brow.
A sharp, piercing pain surged through him, as if a long needle were driving through his temples.
Diana, watching this unfold, quickly supported Lucio and led him to the bed.
“…It’s going to hurt terribly. You’re dredging up memories that should have remained forgotten.”
Diana exhaled a weary sigh as she watched Lucio struggle against the pain.
She had recovered her memories through “awakening” and possessed inherent divine power, so her body remained unharmed—but an ordinary human would endure unbearable agony in this process.
“If your Older Brother hadn’t wanted to recover his memories, it wouldn’t have been this agonizing.”
Just as I felt nothing upon seeing the remnants of the sacred artifacts I once wielded in ancient times.
Yet the moment Lucio saw the snow flower, he reacted.
Even as he writhed in torment, he clutched the flower—which bore the silver hair and azure eyes so distinctly like hers—refusing to let it go. Diana decided she had made the right choice bringing the snow flower to him.
“If you wish to understand what my words meant and what your sister signified to you, remember them well.”
Don’t repeat the same mistakes, don’t perpetuate meaningless resentment, and don’t end up regretting it all.
“…!”
Just then, as the preliminary symptoms of purifying the demon’s sorcery appeared, Lucio hastily covered his mouth.
Thinking he might as well endure all the pain at once, she had brought the snow flower—but….
Watching him bury his face in the bed and stifle his groans, Diana turned away, unable to bear the sight any longer.
Though she had used divine power to dispel the demon’s sorcery moments ago, she couldn’t alleviate this particular suffering.
He had to overcome it entirely on his own to truly recover his memories.
However.
“Older Brother. You know the legend that snow flowers bloom after someone dies from mana overload, right? It’s not entirely false, but….”
Perhaps she could offer some help in recovering his memories.
“In truth, that mana overload—he caused it himself.”
Someone who possessed the finest mana control among all humans, yet harbored a deep abhorrence for mana in the depths of his heart.
Diana left those cryptic words behind and turned away.
There was nothing left for her to do at the Duke’s Mansion.
* * *
I slowly lifted my heavy eyelids.
As I blinked several times through the haze, an ornate chandelier hanging from an unfamiliar ceiling came into view.
My entire body felt leaden and sluggish, as though someone had placed iron weights not just on my eyes but across my entire frame.
Recalling my last memory at Terenchium Headquarters, I slowly rolled only my eyes to survey my surroundings.
I had vaguely expected a dim, desolate, harsh, and cold space—but the unexpected sight left me bewildered.
The ornate ceiling seemed strange enough, but as my gaze took in the bed’s pillars, the floor, the walls, and the furnishings—all adorned with white marble, gold, rubies, pearls, and gems like diamonds—I found myself in a space of breathtaking luxury.
Opulent enough that one might believe this to be the Imperial Palace itself, the most resplendent in the entire Empire. I rose unsteadily. Then came a strange sound.
“…?”
An odd noise reached my ears.
I turned my gaze to find its source and my jaw dropped.
“Seriously….”
One ankle felt unusually heavy.
“They actually put shackles on me?”
A long iron chain fixed to the wall hung heavily around my ankle.
Clink, clink. Clang, clang.
As I struggled down from the bed and swung my foot, the deafening noise filled the entire room.
I knew they would kidnap and imprison me, but I never expected them to shackle me like this!
And it wasn’t just any shackle—it appeared to be a mana-suppressing golden restraint that artificially controlled magical power.
Given the massive magic circle drawn on the floor, it seemed they had taken triple precautions to prevent me from casting spells and escaping.
“This is no different from a prison.”
No matter how lavishly they decorated the interior, this room was nothing but a cell to me.
‘How much time has actually passed?’
Unable to hide my bewilderment at being completely confined, I belatedly realized the most crucial thing and hurried toward the room’s only window.
The clanking noise followed with each step, which was somewhat irritating, but I approached the window without hesitation and drew back the curtain.
“…?”
I became even more baffled than before.
‘Wait, the Black Forest?’
The Black Forest—where the earth, grass, and trees were all darkened, appearing as though no living creatures existed there!
I could understand them decorating the room this way, but naturally I had imagined the outside to be a desolate forest like a cemetery or one where Demon Beasts might suddenly leap out.
Yet again, my imagination was completely wrong.
Beyond the window, I gazed blankly at trees with small budding shoots, meadows, and a glimmering lake.
Winter had been approaching just yesterday, but it felt as though we had suddenly skipped winter and arrived at spring.
“…It’s far more beautiful than I expected.”
My aesthetic sense, sharpened by daily views of the vast seascape of Belus Duchy stretching across the horizon, found this thoroughly satisfying.
Far from being gloomy, it radiated vitality, and the leisurely, tranquil atmosphere made me feel as though I had come to a secluded villa for a getaway.
Unable to tear my eyes from a landscape I could gaze upon all day without tiring, I suddenly froze.
A chill ran down my spine, and an eerie sensation washed over me.
I quickly lifted my head and saw a cloudless… ‘morning’ sky.
I gasped in shock.
“Wh-where is the full moon?!”
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Clink, clink. Clang, clink, clink. Clang.
“Ugh, seriously!”
Biting my nails nervously as I paced the room, I glared at the iron chain that kept making that infernal noise.
But that lasted only a moment. Soon I let out a deep sigh, sat on the bed, and cradled my head in both hands.
I simply couldn’t believe it.
“…Did a whole day really pass?”
When I went to meet the Master yesterday, it was already evening with the sunset painting the sky!
And my plan was that once night fell and the full moon rose, I would guide Diana and Raezl to the entrance of the Demon Realm.
But now it’s daylight!
“C-could it be… I’m already in the Demon Realm?”
That couldn’t be right.
I lost consciousness completely, but surely they didn’t offer a sacrifice on the altar and open the entrance to the Demon Realm while I was unconscious….
“No, it couldn’t be.”
…But what if it were true?
‘What if so much time really has passed?’
If that were the case, Diana and Raezl would have already entered the Black Forest, and they’d be waiting for my signal….
“No!”
As dizzying possibilities cascaded through my mind, the color drained from my entire body in an instant.
I had confidently persuaded Diana, Raezl, and my family, yet here I was, utterly destroying the plan.
I fell into complete panic, my eyes darting frantically around the room.
I had already confirmed that the door and windows wouldn’t open.
The chains made it impossible to jump out or escape.
‘Should I bash my head against the wall?’
I had said countless times that if things went wrong, it would be fine if I died, but now that I actually faced this situation, my heart pounded wildly like it had lost all reason.
‘What if Master doesn’t turn back time this time?’
No. He said he loves me.
‘But what if something goes wrong….’
I froze.
I stopped moving, my panic-stricken pacing coming to an abrupt halt.
I sensed someone’s presence in front of the door.
Three measured knocks sounded at the door.
Instead of answering, I held my breath and simply stared at it.
The knock seemed perfunctory—soon I heard the sound of a key turning in the lock, and the door swung open.
And then.
“…!”
The moment I saw who stood in the doorway, I froze solid.

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