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It was natural to hate her because she was the daughter of his younger sister. When he saw Lelia, he felt guilty about his dead wife and resented his sister. It felt like the closed wound was reopening and blood was coming out of it.

Perseus did not want to hear Lelia's name at all, so he decided to postpone the child's disposal until later.

Lelia had to live the same life as before in the last tower she had lived as a child.

A life of hunger.

There was an episode of encountering Juliana at that time. Lelia had made a mistake because she was jealous of Juliana. Unlike Lelia, who was a nuisance to everyone, Juliana stole all the love and affection.

But Juliana was a child who deserved to be loved. A child who absorbs all the sunlight with her body and radiates it out with love.

Lelia, on the other hand, had always been a shady and skinny child.

Lelia, in the story, felt miserable when she saw Juliana, who was different from herself.

However, her role wasn't about hitting or humiliating Julianna. Unfortunately, she was hungry that she had no strength, and instead of hitting Juliana, she tried to steal things.

To put it simply, Lelia was just a tool made for the episodes that happen to the main character in the novel.

The first was to show how fussy Julaina's brothers were.

The story of that day came to Lelia's mind.

Juliana fell asleep under a big tree while taking a walk in the small forest behind the forest. On the picnic mat, was Juliana's favourite doll and that was the first doll she had received from her stepfather, as well as some pretty looking snacks and books.

The maid, who was in charge of Juliana, who was smiling pleasantly in her sleep, headed to Juliana's room for a while to get a blanket. The surrounding was calm, but in fact, dozens of elite soldiers secretly guarded Juliana. Despite being safe in the Imperial Palace, Emperor Perseus was so protective of her that he sent Juliana the head of the army's elite unit.

Watching Juliana who was sleeping, while hiding, caught their hearts with her cuteness.

Then, Lelia appeared.

She is walking around looking for fruits in the woods, and she was surprised to see the sweet dessert on the picnic mat. She finds a doll next to Juliana, who is asleep. The doll was a white bear that came right into her arms, and it was so cute. Without realizing it, Lelia put the dessert in her mouth and hugged the doll. The soft touch was really pleasant. Unknowingly being greedy, Lelia hugged the doll and tried to take it.

It was then...

"Hey! Wait, what are you doing?"

"I can't believe there is a thief in the Imperial Palace."

It was Cedric and Damien, the twin sons of Emperor Perseus, who appeared cold.

"This is her, right? Aunt's daughter who bullied our mother."

"Correct."

The uproar wakes up Juliana from her sleep.

"... Uhhh? My doll!" Juliana was shocked to see her favorite doll in Lelia's arms.

"Huh? Wasn't it enough to bother and bully our mother that now you are trying to steal Juliana's doll?"

"You dare to steal anything from the Imperial Palace."

The two brothers walked slowly towards Lelia, and Lelia trembled, holding the doll in her arms, looked terrified.

Juliana said, 'Ah.... They are acting like this again!', clutching her head, and she pushed them.