Idk this feel that the author is a bit witty because lily is the one whose dress got ruined ergo she fit the cinderela narrative more even the whole her dressbeing the talk of the party. We also see sign that the prince has some thought about her. And mildred fixing her dress like "magician"...
The funny thing is because we as reader know that everything is just misunderstanding all the scene that should be heart breaking just makes me laugh at the other chara who mistakenly making sad of everything. This story is gold 😂😂😂