The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 125

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 125

Though her front teeth would no longer fall out, Elizabeth still habitually covered her mouth with both hands whenever distress came to her.

With her mouth covered by both hands, she said.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

She left the greenhouse with elegant steps.

Only after arriving at the quiet rest area did she burst into tears.

“Sob…!”

Elizabeth slumped down against the rest area door.

The moment she was completely alone in the enclosed space, she could finally let out her voice.

“I don’t want to marry that foolish Shar…!”

But the moment those words left her lips, the despair she already knew so well came flooding in like a tide.

She had never wanted to marry Charle from the beginning.

That’s why she could only be passive in the competition to win the position of crown princess.

Naturally, the rivalry became a matter between Rollis Relbelloa and Clara Coban.

Rollis Relbelloa made every effort to win the Empress’s favor, while Clara Coban struggled desperately to monopolize Charle’s love.

Elizabeth, on the other hand, only waited for all of this to end quickly.

What she wanted was just one thing: to escape from her position as a crown princess candidate and become free.

However, Empress Adrianne kept postponing the selection again and again.

For an incomprehensibly long time from Elizabeth’s perspective.

More than ten years passed like that.

Having lived only as a crown princess candidate during that time, Elizabeth no longer knew what she was.

“Sob…!”

Elizabeth, who had been shedding tears with her face buried in her hands, got up to look for a handkerchief.

Then she made eye contact with someone who was crouched on the sofa.

Elizabeth, who hadn’t expected anyone to be there, was so startled she nearly fainted and let out a scream.

“Kyaah!”

At her scream, Radis slowly got up so as not to startle Elizabeth.

Then she waved her hands and shook her head.

“I… I didn’t hear anything…”

Elizabeth blinked her tear-filled eyes while covering her mouth with both hands.

“Are… are you a knight…?”

“That… that’s right?”

“My goodness!”

Elizabeth’s eyes, which had been brimming with tears, suddenly began to sparkle with admiration.

“You’re so cool…!”

Radis smiled awkwardly and scratched her head.

It was a somewhat embarrassing situation to be called cool.

She had been hiding here to avoid Eve, who was chasing her with a dress.

A banquet would be held soon, but in her opinion, the banquet wasn’t what was important right now.

She didn’t want to walk around in front of the Emperor wearing a dress and high heels when the situation could become urgent at any moment.

While quietly hiding in the rest area like that, the difficult problems she had put off began to complicate her mind.

She would meet Olivier today, but Radis didn’t know what to say or how to say it to him, so she had been crouched on the sofa, digging a tunnel in her mind.

Elizabeth approached her little by little with sparkling, moist eyes.

“I knew there were female knights, but this is the first time I’ve seen one up close…!”

“Ah, yes…”

“I’m Elizabeth Russel. It would be an honor if you called me Elizabeth…!”

“I’m Radis Tillord, Miss Elizabeth.”

Elizabeth forgot about her sadness and looked up at Radis with bright, sparkling eyes.

There was a reason she was this excited seeing Radis.

‘【That girl had red hair like burning flames and black eyes like the night sky…】! Ah, oh, what should I do? Lady Radis is totally Knight Angela protagonist material…!’

She was an avid fan of 【Knight Angela】.

Radis smiled faintly and took out a handkerchief from her pocket to hand to Elizabeth.

“Miss Elizabeth, I don’t know what happened, but… cheer up.”

Elizabeth received it in a daze and carefully tucked it into her bosom.

Radis looked down at her with a slightly bewildered face and thought.

‘I gave it to her to wipe her tears…’

Radis smiled awkwardly and picked up Regia.

“Well then, I’ll be going…”

“Kn, knight…!”

“Yes?”

“Don, don’t go…!”

Radis raised her eyebrows slightly.

“Yes…?”

“Sob, sob… you heard everything I said, didn’t you?”

“Ah, um…”

Radis swallowed and looked down at the woman before her.

She had never seen such a delicate and beautiful woman before.

She seemed like a completely different species from herself.

Her light green eyes were like peeled grape flesh, and her skin looked as smooth and soft as whipped cream.

Moreover, her body was so slender that it seemed like it would crumble like a sugar doll if grabbed too firmly.

Radis couldn’t bring herself to lie to such a person.

“Uh… yes.”

“Sob, sob… since you’ve already heard… could you listen just a little more…?”

“Yes?”

Elizabeth approached Radis with small steps, her eyes shining pitifully.

Radis stepped back to avoid the beautiful woman who seemed like she would melt at just a touch, but ended up plopping down on the sofa.

Elizabeth smoothly sat down next to her.

Then she clasped her hands together and looked at her with earnest eyes as she spoke.

“Kn, knight. I am…”

Tears began to well up again in Elizabeth’s eyes as she spoke.

At her tears, Radis felt like she couldn’t breathe.

Elizabeth, with her eyes tinged pink and shedding glass-like tears drop by drop, was so pitiful and lovely.

Radis had to wait frozen in place for Elizabeth’s next words.

“As you heard earlier… I’m a crown princess candidate for the 1st Prince. But knight, I don’t love him. Of course, he feels the same way.”

When Elizabeth slowly closed and opened her eyes, her golden-brown eyelashes could be seen getting wet and tangled.

At that forlorn sight, Radis felt her heart sink.

Radis said indignantly.

“No, what’s with that guy? How could he not love you?”

At her words, Elizabeth shook her head.

“No, knight. I… don’t want his love. I have someone else in my heart…”

Elizabeth continued in an utterly sad voice.

“But he doesn’t know my feelings, and even if he did, he’s not someone who would respond to them. I’m destined to never be with anyone in this lifetime.”

“Miss Elizabeth…”

“Sob…! Knight, I’m really sorry. You must be very surprised that I suddenly brought up such a story?”

Radis carefully reached out and patted Elizabeth’s shoulder.

“I’m fine.”

Elizabeth said miserably.

“I probably won’t become Lord Charle’s consort. If that happens, I’ll probably be confined to a convent and live out the rest of my life in loneliness. But it doesn’t matter. I’ve never been loved, but I have loved. That’s enough for me.”

Elizabeth smiled as lonely as a bare tree with all its leaves fallen.

Radis, who had been lost in thought with her lips pressed together for a moment, opened her mouth.

“No, Miss Elizabeth.”

“…?”

“That can’t be true. If they knew you were suffering like this, everyone would want to help you. Starting with me right now, even though there’s not much I can do, I want to help you.”

“…!”

Radis continued in a gentle voice.

“I can tell just by looking at you. You surely have good people by your side. Were you crying alone because you didn’t want to disappoint them?”

“Ah…!”

Elizabeth covered her mouth with both hands and burst into tears.

“…I’m, I’m scared. My parents have been working for a very long time to make me Prince Charle’s consort. I don’t want to disappoint them…!”

Radis smiled warmly and placed her hand on Elizabeth’s delicate shoulder.

“They might be disappointed for a moment. But they’ll soon realize. Though it was hard for them too, the one who suffered the most from this unwanted marriage was you, Miss Elizabeth. Once they realize that fact, they’ll surely try to help you.”

Elizabeth lifted her trembling gaze to look up at Radis and asked.

“Do you really… think so?”

Radis slowly looked into Elizabeth’s eyes.

Because it was her, she could tell.

Elizabeth’s eyes were clear.

In her eyes, there was no trace of the dark despair of someone reluctantly walking a thorny path.

She truly loved those who loved her and was afraid of disappointing those who gave for her sake.

Radis smiled brightly and said.

“They will.”

“Sob…!”

Suddenly Elizabeth spread her arms wide and hugged Radis tightly.

“Knight, thank you so much…!”

Elizabeth’s body was so small and soft that Radis was startled.

It felt exactly like hugging a soft young animal.

After a moment, Elizabeth, who had been hugging Radis’s neck, released her arms and smiled lovingly.

“This was the first time I’ve opened up my heart like this.”

Radis asked with a slightly reddened face.

“But Miss Elizabeth, this is the first time you’ve seen me, so how could you tell me such a secret? Did I seem that trustworthy to you?”

“Of course that’s part of it, but Knight, you were also groaning terribly.”

“…What?”

“You were lying face down on the sofa, holding your head and groaning. You must have been doing that because of some secret you couldn’t tell anyone, right?”

Elizabeth said with a bright smile.

“Quickly, please tell me your secret too, Knight.”

Radis’s cheeks began to burn.

She wasn’t skilled enough at hiding her emotions to keep secrets in a situation like this.

“Ah, um… I’m… too… embarrassed….”

Elizabeth’s eyes began to sparkle anew.

“Could it be a man problem?”

“Uh, I, I….”

“Do you like him, Knight, or does the man like you?”

Radis’s face was now almost like a ripe tomato.

‘Oh my…!’

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