The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 171

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 171

After Radis left, Olivier took out the restoration order for the Russel Marquis title from his drawer and placed it on the table.

A moment later, the door to the audience hall opened and Eve Russel entered.

Olivier thought to himself.

‘Why does he look particularly more sinister and ominous when he wears the same black formal attire?’

However, Olivier decided to set aside his personal feelings toward Eve Russel for now.

What he wanted was Radis’s happiness.

And no matter how much he disliked and resented him, Eve Russel was the man Radis had chosen.

Olivier called out to Eve.

“Lord Russel.”

At his call, Eve Russel strode forward.

A strange silence flowed between the two men for a moment.

It was Eve Russel who broke the heavy silence.

“Your Majesty the Emperor, I congratulate you on the Imperial Court’s greatest celebration.”

Olivier looked at Eve Russel with strange eyes.

He had clearly offered congratulations with a sufficiently respectful attitude, yet he couldn’t understand why he looked so irritating.

Olivier suppressed such feelings and nodded his head.

“Thank you. Please, have a seat.”

At his words, Eve Russel quickly found a comfortable spot and sat down.

Olivier sat across from him and thought.

‘He’s sitting because I told him to sit, so why do I find it so unpleasant to watch…?’

He tried to shake off his unpleasant feelings and reached for the order on the table.

“The reason I called you here today is about what you want…”

At that moment, Eve Russel made a faint sound like a sigh.

Olivier stared intently at Eve Russel and asked.

“What’s wrong?”

“You mentioned what I want… Your Majesty the Emperor, have you ever thought about wanting to become a different being…?”

With his hand still on the order, Olivier blinked.

“What do you want to become?”

At his words, Eve Russel let out a deep sigh and said.

“I want to become Radis’s lipstick.”

“…”

“Your Majesty, have you ever seen Radis applying lipstick… no, of course you haven’t. You never will in the future either. How unfortunate for you.”

“…”

“Anyway, I just saw that sight for the first time. Ah, really… I just want to become her lipstick and stay attached to her lips all day long.”

“…”

“Oh, Your Majesty the Emperor. This is quite a personal question and I’m concerned, but may I humbly ask?”

“…What is it?”

“Your faithful subject requests – could you please tell me the secret to Your Majesty’s hair texture?”

“…”

“As you can see, your faithful subject has severely curly hair. I want to look even a little prettier to Lord Gloria, so I need Your Majesty’s advice.”

Olivier removed his hand from the order and placed it on his knee.

Then he twisted the corners of his mouth into an elegant smile and said.

“How could I refuse my faithful subject’s request? There’s a prescription made by the Imperial pharmacist, so I’ll have it sent to you.”

At his words, Eve Russel brightened up and smiled broadly.

“Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor!”

Olivier, who had been looking at him with transparent eyes, spoke gently.

“Lord Russel.”

“Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“Make Lord Gloria happy.”

A happy smile appeared on Eve Russel’s lips.

“Hahaha! Your Majesty the Emperor, it’s the opposite. Lord Gloria will make me happy.”

From somewhere came the sound of something snapping with a crack.

Eve Russel, who heard the strange sound, looked at Olivier, but Olivier was still looking at him with a transparent face, just smiling.

Olivier laughed.

“Is that so? Hahaha!”

“That’s right, Your Majesty the Emperor! Hahaha!”

“…”

“…”

The banquet continued past midnight, but Radis and Eve left the banquet hall early, thinking of tomorrow.

The royal maids guided them to their respective bedrooms.

Before parting, while escorting Eve, Radis asked.

“Earlier, what did you talk about with Lord Olivier?”

Eve shrugged his shoulders.

“He congratulated us on our marriage, and we had some light conversation.”

“…That’s it?”

At her question, Eve stroked her face and whispered.

“He told me to make Lord Gloria happy?”

“Ah…”

Radis felt a corner of her heart warming up.

Eve pressed his lips to her ear and whispered sweetly.

“Following His Majesty’s command, would you permit Lord Gloria’s prisoner of love to serve for the Lord’s happiness tonight?”

Coming to her senses, Radis firmly pinched the back of his hand that was slowly wrapping around her waist.

“Your Excellency the Marquis, please remember that this is the Imperial Palace!”

“Ah, I was joking!”

“Sleep well, Your Excellency the Marquis. Very well.”

“Then I’ll postpone tonight’s happiness for next time, Lord Gloria.”

“Stop talking nonsense and go to sleep quickly.”

Radis pushed him into the bedroom.

“Ah, my heartless lover.”

As Eve, now alone, was changing clothes, he heard a knock knock sound at the door.

Eve slightly loosened the front of his robe and opened the door.

“Lord Gloria?”

However, the person standing in front of the door was not Radis, but the Emperor’s aide, Yael.

Yael held out something on a silver tray and said.

“His Majesty the Emperor asked me to deliver this to Your Excellency Lord Russel. It’s a secret prescription for His Majesty’s hair texture.”

“Oh…!”

Eve picked up the luxurious medicine container from the silver tray and opened the lid to look inside.

The medicine container was filled with fragrant-smelling cream.

Eve asked.

“How do I use this?”

Yael whispered secretively.

“Apply it to your hair before sleeping and then go to bed.”

“Wow…!”

Eve smiled brightly and picked up the medicine container from the tray.

“Could you tell His Majesty the Emperor that this faithful subject expresses deep gratitude?”

Yael bowed his head respectfully.

“I will do so, Your Excellency Lord Russel.”

Eve excitedly returned with the medicine container and stood in front of the mirror.

“The fragrance is nice too.”

He generously scooped it up and carefully applied it to his hair.

Already his hair was starting to glisten, which was a good sign.

While he was at it, Eve ordered the maid to bring thinly sliced cucumbers as well.

Then he lay on the bed, placing them one by one on his face while humming a tune.

“Hmm hmm hmm~”

He lay on the bed with his eyes tightly closed, imagining himself with sparkling, lustrous hair.

“Kuhh, perfect.”

Finally, Eve placed two cucumber slices over his closed eyes and went to sleep.

And the next morning.

Standing before the mirror filled with anticipation, he had to let out a blood-curdling scream.

“Ugh, huh, huh, uhhhhaaahhh!”

Elizabeth sat in a daze wearing a pure white wedding dress decorated with diamonds.

The maids adorned her wavy golden hair with pearls and hung a blue diamond necklace, a treasure of the Imperial Palace, around her neck.

Elizabeth was dazzlingly beautiful, but her expression was not very bright.

Elizabeth, who had been anxiously looking toward the door, rushed to Violet when the door opened and Violet, her personal maid from her family home, entered.

“Violet, what happened? His Imperial Majesty?”

Elizabeth had asked Violet to call for Olivier.

Violet said with a flustered face.

“Well… he’s right behind me.”

When Olivier opened the door and entered, the maids who had been helping Elizabeth dress bowed and withdrew from the room.

Elizabeth nodded to let even Violet leave before opening her mouth.

“Your Imperial Majesty. Really, is it truly alright for you to do this?”

Olivier said with an expressionless face.

“What are you asking if it’s alright, Lady Russel?”

At that cold tone, Elizabeth’s face became as pale as her wedding dress.

“You don’t like me! But suddenly marriage like this…!”

“Lady Russel.”

“While I was confined to my room under house arrest, everything was decided. When I came to my senses, the wedding date was already set…! I didn’t even have time to figure out what to do!”

“Lady Elizabeth.”

“Haa, I promised Your Imperial Majesty I would break off the engagement…!”

Olivier placed his hand on the rambling Elizabeth’s cheek and called her.

“Jojot.”

“Yes, I’m listening. Your Imperial Maj…!”

Elizabeth, meeting Olivier’s eyes, realized he was smiling and froze.

“…Haaah?”

Olivier smiled gently and said.

“Have I ever once said I don’t like you?”

“…!”

Elizabeth, who had been staring at him blankly, came to her senses and said.

“You never said that, but… I know.”

“What do you know?”

Elizabeth swallowed hard, then squeezed her eyes shut and poured out her words.

“Your Majesty loves Ra, Radis! That is… Lord Gloria! I have that much sense!”

“Aha.”

“I, I’m fine with it. I want Your Majesty to be happy…!”

“Jojot.”

“Hic, yes?”

“Won’t you listen to what I have to say too?”

“Hic, yes?”

Elizabeth, who had been contorting her entire face to hold back tears, slowly opened her eyes.

In her vision appeared Olivier’s beautiful face looking down at her with a troubled smile.

Olivier looked into her eyes and opened his mouth.

“You’re right. I did love Radis.”

Olivier whispered softly in a somewhat subdued voice.

“Before I met her, my heart was desolate. It was full of dried-up thorns, and no emotion could sprout.”

He placed one hand on his chest and continued.

“She was like a spark thrown into my heart. She burned hotly, consuming everything. She awakened me to the fact that such emotions existed within me, and that I had possessed them from the beginning.”

Olivier looked deeply into Elizabeth’s eyes and said.

“Now that the flames have passed, the dry earth must sprout. Since Radis gave me new life, I will live my life.”

A smile slowly appeared on Elizabeth’s tear-stained face.

Her precious person, who had to endure all injustice toward him by standing still like a glass doll, who had lived as if he had lost all emotions, was now telling her he would live his own life.

“Oli…!”

Elizabeth unconsciously threw her arms tightly around his neck.

“Jojot, the necklace. It’s sharp.”

Even as Olivier said this, he warmly embraced her shoulders.

He held her and whispered gently.

“Jojot. A very long time ago, I lost the first girl I ever liked for a really foolish reason. Shall we start over from there?”

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