The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 140

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 140

At her words, Jade’s face contorted unpleasantly.

Radis left him behind and walked over to pound loudly on Flora’s house door.

A coquettish voice came from inside the house.

“Please come in.”

Radis opened the door so forcefully it made a loud bang.

“Oh my, what a shock! You’ll bring the house down!”

A woman wearing a starched apron came out with a startled face.

She was Flora, the owner of Willingheim’s only flower shop and Jade’s mistress.

Of course, a flower shop business couldn’t possibly do well in this small, poor village.

Though it wasn’t just about money, Flora had become Jade’s mistress.

And she lived in this small village acting like a little lady.

Radis stared intently at Flora as she wiped her wet hands on her apron.

This was the first time she had seen her father’s mistress up close.

She had thought that seeing Flora would only bring unpleasant feelings.

But unexpectedly, she felt no particular emotion.

Rather, even the slight unpleasant feelings she had harbored seemed to crumble away.

Flora looked that ordinary.

Her attire was not much different from the people of Willingheim standing on the streets.

She wore nothing but an apron over worn clothes, and her unkempt hair was dry and brittle.

Her face was ordinary too.

Her lower face was elongated as if stretched, and her chin was a large protruding jaw.

In her narrowly slit eyes, flat nose, or crooked lips, there was no trace of the demonic woman who had contributed to driving a family into the pit of misfortune.

“Oh my.”

A strange expression appeared on Flora’s face when she spotted Radis standing at the doorway.

It was surprise and bewilderment, and then quickly trying to hide it.

She tried to feign friendliness with sharp eyes, but what appeared on her crooked lips was definitely a sneer.

“Good heavens, is it the eldest young lady?”

Radis ignored that disgusting form of address and spoke.

“It’s nice to meet you for the first time.”

At her words, Flora brightened and reached out her still damp hand to grab Radis’s arm.

“That’s right! This must be the first time for you, eldest young lady. But I’ve always been watching over you from afar. I don’t know what you’ll think of me saying this, but I think of you like my own daughter, eldest young lady.”

From Flora came a mixture of strong floral fragrance and damp earthy smell, like the scent that would come from a cluster of poisonous mushrooms.

Radis, who disliked that smell, held her breath slightly and said.

“Is that really so?”

“Of course. To think you’d come looking for me after growing up so much…”

“I never dreamed you would think of me that way.”

Radis said with a furrowed brow.

“Since you think of me so highly, it’s rather difficult to bring up what I want to say.”

“Oh my, eldest young lady. What are you trying to say?”

Radis, who didn’t want to waste any more time, got straight to the point.

“Please leave Willingheim.”

At her words, Flora closed her mouth.

Flora glared at the worn door frame and the dusty spider web hanging there with eyes full of dissatisfaction.

As if that spider web had commanded her to leave Willingheim.

Radis spoke again.

“I would like you to leave Willingheim.”

Flora, who had been glaring at the spider web while jutting out her protruding jaw, opened her mouth.

“Do you hate me? Do you think I destroyed your family?”

“…”

“His heart was never in that house from the beginning. It was by my side. From your perspective, I might seem like the perpetrator, but that’s not it at all. We’ve loved each other deeply for a very long time. From my perspective, rather…”

Radis interrupted her words.

“I know.”

“What?”

“How could I not know the reason why father can’t put his heart into the Tilrod Estate? Is our mother a bit peculiar?”

Radis continued calmly.

“I think there’s no one in this village who doesn’t know what kind of treatment I received growing up in the Tilrod Family. You know too, don’t you?”

“Ah…”

“I’m also sick of mother.”

Radis could feel Flora trying to put on a pitying expression.

“You must have been. It’s completely understandable. Good heavens, poor eldest young lady…”

Radis cut off the dragging, inadequate words of comfort and said.

“I’m going to become the head of the Tilrod Family.”

At her words, Flora’s eyes widened.

“What?”

“With David having deserted the Extermination Corps and being locked in prison, it’s quite possible now.”

“What?”

“The surname Tilrod always follows my name, and the estate of Willingheim comes with it. I find all of this shabby and tiresome. I plan to become the family head and completely overturn this place.”

Radis tried to imitate Eve’s sinister smile as she continued.

“If I’m going to inherit the position of family head, the obstacles aren’t my young siblings. It’s my father.”

She said in a gentle tone.

“I’m not asking you to leave alone. Please persuade father so that both of you leave Willingheim.”

“…!”

At her words, Flora’s pupils shook violently.

“What, what did you say? You’re telling me to leave the house I’ve been living in and go away?”

“You said you love father, didn’t you? If you leave this place, the two of you could love each other freely without having to mind anyone.”

Flora, who couldn’t speak for a moment, finally frowned.

“Eldest young lady, I’m not a fool blinded by love. You said it’s tiresome and shabby, but I’m quite satisfied with this life. He takes quite good care of me. But if we leave here, that’s a different story.”

“What’s different about it?”

Flora didn’t rashly open her mouth.

Radis waited patiently.

Finally, Flora’s mouth opened.

“He would become my burden.”

“…”

“That’s right, isn’t it? If he’s not the head of the Tilrod Estate, what can he do? He’s just a middle-aged man who limps and has no skills.”

Radis chuckled.

“You said you love him.”

Perhaps thinking there was no need to hide anymore, Flora lifted her chin defiantly and said.

“I’m talking about reality.”

“I see. Then how about this? You leave Willingheim alone.”

“Why should I leave the house I’ve been living in…!”

Radis stopped her words.

“I’ll give you money.”

Flora hesitated.

“What?”

Radis continued clearly.

“Please abandon father very coldly and leave. Something like falling in love with a merchant who visited Willingheim. Father is a weak person. He’ll surely become a wreck, falling into drinking and gambling. Then I can send father somewhere else under the pretext of recuperation.”

Radis imitated Eve’s seductive tone as she spoke.

“Honestly, I don’t want to give money while sending both of you off to live well together, but if you’re leaving alone, that’s a different story. I’ll prepare enough money for you to start a new life.”

“Mo, money… Can you really do that for me, eldest young lady?”

“You know where I’m currently staying, don’t you?”

Flora mumbled, not knowing what to do.

“You’ve become Lord Russel’s mistress…”

Radis inwardly cursed the people of Willingheim who had spread such ridiculous rumors, while outwardly wearing a faint smile.

“That’s right. His Lordship is completely smitten with me.”

The jeweled seal and golden-decorated sword sheath she had hastily brought seemed to add credibility to her words.

Judging by how Flora’s pupils were trembling as if struck by an earthquake.

Radis drove the point home.

“Since you said you thought of me as your own daughter, I’m giving you this opportunity. I’ve already made up my mind to take the position of head of the family. When that happens, Father will no longer be the head of House Tilrod. As you said, he’ll be nothing more than a limping, talentless middle-aged man.”

Radis could feel Flora working her mind frantically.

Radis stood calmly, waiting for the predetermined outcome.

This was someone who had lived half her life clinging to another woman’s husband.

Radis expected neither loyalty nor shame from her.

Indeed, Flora did not betray Radis’s expectations.

“Fine.”

Flora nodded primly.

“I’ll follow the young lady’s words.”

She tried her best not to make eye contact with Radis, but Radis caught sight of Flora’s slightly lowered eyes gleaming brightly.

Her deep bronze pupils seemed to glitter not with moisture but as if covered by a thin film of oil.

Radis said.

“The money is behind the horse.”

Flora began walking in that direction, trembling.

Just as she was passing by, Radis grabbed her arm.

“May I ask you one last thing?”

“What is it?”

“When Father married my mother, how did it feel?”

At Radis’s question, Flora wore a strange smile.

“…Honestly, it wasn’t bad.”

“…”

“Being able to torment that hateful woman with just my charm alone – how could that not be fun? Watching that person ruin his own life and live in chaos because he was completely infatuated with me was quite entertaining too.”

Flora shook off Radis’s hand as if worried she might change her mind and quickly ran toward the back of the standing horse.

And there she came face to face with Jade, who was standing stiffly.

“…!”

Flora was speechless, unable to say anything, and Jade couldn’t speak due to the spell.

Radis leisurely walked between them and struck Jade’s forehead once more with Regia.

As soon as the paralysis was released, Jade let out a fierce shout and grabbed Flora’s shoulders with both hands.

“…What did you say? Say it again!”

“Ah!”

“Say it again – that I’m a limping, talentless middle-aged man!”

“You, you bastard? Let go of me!”

Watching the two people tangled up and fighting, Radis couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh.

As she climbed onto the horse, she shouted.

“Father, you know that was all a joke, right? I wouldn’t take this kind of estate even if you gave it to me.”

Of course, there was no answer.

The shattered scene of adultery was chaos itself.

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