The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 148

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 148

Not even a formal smile could be found on Olivier’s face.

He didn’t offer even light compliments about Elizabeth’s beautifully adorned appearance.

He simply raised his sharp, blade-like chin and spoke in a businesslike tone devoid of any emotion.

“I don’t wish to take up any more of your precious time, so I’ll be brief. Lady Russel, I do not wish to marry you.”

Elizabeth’s lips parted slightly.

She knew what she was supposed to say.

She should have shed tears saying ‘If I had known I would hear such words, I wouldn’t have come here,’ or said ‘What did I do wrong? Your Highness, you’re being too cruel to me’ before turning away to buy time to think of an answer.

However, she didn’t want to do that.

Ironically, at that moment, beautiful streams of water began shooting up from the fountain.

The crystal-clear streams split the light rays in multiple directions, creating beautiful bubbles in the air.

He stood there amidst the dazzling display created by fleeting things.

That sight was captured in Elizabeth’s light green eyes.

She decided to remember this scene forever.

Elizabeth slowly nodded her head.

“I understand, Your Highness the 3rd Prince.”

Olivier’s eyes narrowed, not having expected her to agree so easily.

Elizabeth continued speaking.

“Since it was such a sudden engagement, it wouldn’t be strange for it to be broken just as suddenly. Besides, I was originally a candidate for Crown Princess. It would be natural for the Russel Family to request the annulment.”

Though her body was visibly trembling, her voice came out so steadily that even she couldn’t believe it.

Elizabeth found some comfort in that fact.

Olivier, who had been looking at her appraisingly with his transparent violet eyes, stepped closer and spoke again.

“Can you really do that for me? Is there anything you want in return?”

Elizabeth felt her emotions welling up at the faint relief she sensed in his voice.

She shook her head and said.

“No. There’s nothing like that. I, I know too. That Your Highness doesn’t like me even a little.”

Holding back tears that were about to burst, Elizabeth continued.

“For Your Highness’s sake, that would be the right thing to do. I, I, I want Your Highness to… be happy…”

After saying those words, Elizabeth habitually tried to cover her mouth with both hands.

She also remembered Violet’s words about lipstick on her teeth.

But what did it matter.

Whether there was lipstick on her teeth or her front teeth were missing making her look unsightly, such things weren’t important.

More than that, she didn’t want to experience the regret of not saying what she needed to say for a second time.

Elizabeth forced her hands, which were about to rise up, back down and said.

“But, if I could ask Your Highness for something in return for the annulment… then please listen to what I have to say now.”

Elizabeth could read the faint disappointment spreading across his face once again.

It was always like this.

Elizabeth had failed to properly fulfill her role as companion to the princes or as a candidate for the 1st Prince’s princess consort.

On the stage called the Imperial Palace, she was always a clumsy actress, always disappointing Olivier.

She could instinctively sense that it was time for her to leave the stage.

If she couldn’t become the 1st Prince’s Crown Princess and also broke off her engagement with the 3rd Prince, she would have to leave the Capital’s social circles forever.

‘But it’s okay. I was happy, even if just for a moment.’

During these few days as Olivier’s fiancée, she had been truly happy.

So she could understand.

How much she loved him.

‘So it’s okay. Ollie, if that’s what you really want…’

Olivier met her gaze and slowly nodded.

“Please speak. Whatever you request, I’ll do my best to fulfill it.”

Then Elizabeth said in a trembling voice.

“Just know this one thing. Back then, the cookie you gave me was really just a cookie…!”

For a moment, Elizabeth thought he wouldn’t understand what she was talking about.

But surprisingly, Olivier seemed to understand her words immediately.

Olivier bowed his head toward her.

And placing his lips near her ear, he whispered softly.

“I saw you bleeding after eating it.”

Elizabeth finally burst into tears.

She clenched her fists and stamped her feet as she shouted.

“St-stupid! My front tooth broke!”

Olivier flinched and stepped back at her suddenly raised voice.

Elizabeth was glaring at him while breathing heavily.

Olivier, who had returned to his original expression as if he had never been surprised, said coldly.

“That’s all you wanted me to hear in exchange for the annulment?”

At his attitude of immediately drawing a line the moment distance was created, Elizabeth wiped her tears with the back of her hand and nodded.

“*sob*, *sniff*… Yes.”

“I would have granted whatever you requested at this moment, but it seems you’ve wasted a precious opportunity.”

“I, I… that’s enough for me. I never once betrayed Your Highness. Just knowing that is enough…”

Olivier nodded and said coldly.

“I understand. Then I’ll take my leave.”

As soon as he turned around, Elizabeth collapsed onto the edge of the fountain.

Violet, who had been waiting a few steps away, hurriedly ran over to tend to her.

Overwhelmed by indescribable emotions, Elizabeth now began crying her heart out.

“Waaaaaah!”

At that childlike crying sound, Olivier couldn’t help but smile.

He covered his mouth where a faint laugh was escaping and muttered.

“Front tooth… that was her front tooth breaking?”

In his childhood, all his baby teeth had fallen out quietly.

When it was time for a tooth to fall out, Joel would carefully remove it with a handkerchief.

Joel’s skill was so good that there was hardly any bleeding.

So he had never imagined.

That a front tooth falling out could cause such dramatic bleeding.

“So that’s what it was.”

Due to that incident, Olivier had lost Jojot, whom he had considered his only childhood friend.

That memory remained somewhat sorrowful for Olivier too, but apparently not as much as it had for Elizabeth.

“And she’s telling me this now?”

Elizabeth, beautifully dressed like a summer goddess but with red lipstick marks on her front teeth making such a confession, was really… nothing but amusing and adorable.

Olivier couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

In a small drawing room with only one candle lit, Radis looked at Regia propped up in a chair and said.

“Let me summarize. After various events, Alexis was cursed because she didn’t seal the Mabesu Tree in the end, and Berard Russel cast a time-stopping seal to prevent that curse from dragging Alexis’s soul to the Underworld. Right?”

Regia, who had become tattered after being thoroughly scolded by Radis, answered politely.

[Yes, Older Sister.]

“But as time passed, that seal weakened, and Alexis is now fighting the curse.”

[Yes.]

“We need to break both the seal and the curse. We don’t know how to break the curse yet, but breaking the seal requires Chronos’s power.”

[Yes.]

“How much of Chronos’s power is left inside me?”

[Really only a little remains. Since we turned back the time of an entire world, it can’t be helped.]

“It would be difficult to break the seal with that, right? Then is our only option to pin our hopes on the egg that was in the Forest?”

[…]

Regia, who had been silent for a moment, spoke up.

[…Should I ask?]

“To who?”

[To Kairos. That guy must know something.]

“Who’s that?”

Regia let out a sigh so deep it seemed like the ground would cave in before continuing.

[Kairos, that guy is also of the main god’s bloodline like me. He traveled with Berard. People called him the ‘Shield of Eternity’.]

Radis’s eyes widened slightly as she looked at Regia.

“You mean there’s another talking weapon like you?”

At her question, Regia let out another deep sigh.

[Ugh, yeah. He’s a really annoying bastard that I don’t want to deal with, but I have no choice.]

“Where is that shield?”

[….]

“Regia?”

[…Sigh. It’s not far from here.]

“What?”

[I just found out recently too. You know, when those strange guys in Willingham used the flames of the Demon Realm? Kairos reacted faintly at that time. Thanks to that, I was able to sense his presence.]

“Can you pinpoint the shield’s exact location?”

After hesitating for a moment, Regia finally gave up and confessed everything.

[It’s inside this estate.]

Eve Russel was spending time alone in his personal study.

“Why do they all look so mediocre…?”

He was drawing ring designs on paper.

Of course, that ring was meant for proposing to Radis.

He had already arranged for the gemstone, but the important thing was the design.

“Something that really catches the eye…! One of a kind in the world! A ring that expresses my love, isn’t there one?”

Eve drew countless circles on the paper.

He tried adding flowers and other gemstones, but nothing particularly appealing came out.

“Hmmmm… Ugh, I’ll put the ring on hold for now.”

Eve, who had been racking his brain, got up from his seat and walked to the mirror.

He stared at himself in the mirror and carefully knelt down on one knee.

The posture was perfect, but the problem was what came next.

Eve Russel cleared his voice and opened his mouth.

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