The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 188

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 188

Radis advised with a pitying expression.

“Then change your clothes.”

“How annoying! Why do humans wear clothes anyway? And why do they keep changing them by season and situation?”

When Ban clicked his tongue in annoyance, his clothes changed into the casual uniform of the Gloria Mercenary Corps. It wasn’t exactly appropriate attire for an audience with His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress, but… Radis decided to just leave it be. Honestly, she was too lazy to explain further.

‘He’s a monster anyway, so it probably doesn’t matter.’

She reached out and patted Ban’s head.

“Good job.”

The Fenrir seemed satisfied with her praise. Ban rubbed his head vigorously against her hand and said.

“I always do well. More importantly, where are you going?”

“I have something to ask Eve.”

“What are you going to ask? I just met with Eve too.”

Radis’s eyes widened, then narrowed again. She asked probingly.

“You too, huh. Did Eve also ask you to meet secretly without me knowing?”

“Yeah. Eve sent a messenger bird asking me to come play today. But he wanted to see me separately for a moment before meeting you.”

“Ban.”

“Yeah?”

Radis grabbed a handful of Ban’s fur tightly. Then she asked in an ominous voice.

“What did you talk about with Eve?”

The innocent Fenrir, who belatedly realized he had fallen into a leading interrogation, screamed.

“We, we didn’t talk about much!”

“Ban, look into my eyes.”

Ban opened his eyes wide and looked into Radis’s eyes as she commanded. But it didn’t last long. Ban slowly turned his gaze away, avoiding her stare. He looked exactly like a puppy that had done something wrong. It was obvious that Ban was lying.

Radis grabbed Ban’s fur and shook him vigorously.

“Didn’t talk about much, my foot!”

“Ma, Master. Let go of this first and then let’s talk. It hurts. I said it hurts!”

“You’re a Fenrir and this hurts?”

“You always treat me like a dog, but only at times like this I’m a Fenrir?”

Ban made whimpering sounds. Radis, whose heart softened at those pitiful sounds, finally let Ban go.

Then she crossed her arms and said.

“I need to find out what Eve is scheming. I can overlook him acting suspiciously while leaving me out, but I can’t let him drag His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress into it.”

Ban rubbed the spot where Radis had grabbed him and grumbled.

“I don’t know much about human affairs, but I think it would be better if Master just stayed put.”

“Then tell me what you talked about with Eve. If it’s not dangerous, I’ll stay put.”

Ban screamed.

“I can’t tell you! I promised to keep Eve Russel’s secret. I don’t want to break my promise!”

“Then you wait here. I’ll go find out myself.”

Radis pushed Ban aside and started walking determinedly.

“I came to visit after so long and what kind of bolt from the blue is this?”

Ban, who had been restless, quickly followed Radis.

“Master, let’s have tea in the drawing room and wait for everyone.”

“You drink plenty and wait by yourself.”

“…!”

Ban let out a deep sigh and stopped in place.

“Fine.”

Radis also stopped and turned to look at him.

“What do you mean, fine?”

“I guarantee that right now, no one will want to tell Master what Eve Russel is scheming. So if Master is this eager to know, everyone will be put in a difficult position, right?”

Radis was momentarily at a loss for words. She didn’t want to put other people in difficult positions either.

But there was a really easy solution to this.

“Then you can just tell me a little bit!”

Ban shrugged his shoulders.

“I don’t want to tell you either, you know?”

A faint anger flashed in Radis’s eyes, then they narrowed. Ban looked at her face and said.

“But there might be someone who wants to tell Master.”

Her eyes instantly widened.

“Really? Where?”

“Hmm… well, not here.”

“If not here, then there is someone somewhere else? Where are they?”

Ban waved one hand. Then the corridor scenery in front of Radis was torn away in long streaks as if clawed by fingernails.

Ban gently pushed Radis’s shoulder.

“Over there.”

“…!”

When Radis came to her senses.

She was in a forest.

Radis was dumbfounded.

“Ban, did you suddenly send me to a place like this?”

She shouted, but there was no answer in return.

Radis let out a short sigh and looked around.

“Where on earth is this?”

She had been dropped in the middle of a forest.

“It seems like our forest but also doesn’t…”

The forest was very similar to the ‘Garden’ she knew well.

Trees of various species stood clustered together, wrapped in soft moss. Small, pretty birds flew between the branches, and the air was fragrant and refreshing with abundant magical power. It was the familiar scenery of the Garden.

But there was one difference: not a single spirit could be seen.

“I can sense their presence, but I can’t see them.”

Radis decided to look for spirits first. Since she had been dropped in the middle of a pathless forest, unfortunately she was as good as lost. She thought she should find a spirit first and ask for directions.

As she was following the spirits’ presence like that, she heard a whimpering sound from somewhere.

‘What’s that?’

Radis naturally headed toward where the sound was coming from. Along with the whimpering sound, the spirits’ presence was getting closer too. Looking around, she found that the spirits were also hiding in tree branches, watching something.

She also poked her head through the thicket with the spirits and looked around. Without needing to search hard, she could see two fluffy doll-like bundles holding hands and walking slowly along the forest path.

‘What are those really? Moving dolls? Or some unusually shaped fairies?’

But it was neither. Looking closely, they were two young children wearing doll-like fluffy clothes.

“…Older Sister, Sister Daphne!”

The young child in rabbit clothes sniffled and called to his sister. The girl in bear clothes, Daphne, replied in a rather calm voice.

“What’s wrong, Ashur?”

The boy called Ashur sniffled and asked.

“Sister and I are looking for the fairy door that Fenrir made, right?”

Daphne nodded vigorously.

“That’s right.”

“The clock tree in the garden said the fairy door is in a big tree near Mist Lake, right?”

Daphne’s voice began to tremble slightly.

“Y, yes.”

Ashur said with sniffles.

“But Sister, I can’t see Mist Lake.”

“It, it will show up soon. We walked straight after passing the Squirrel Tree!”

“Sniff, I think we walked straight in the wrong direction from there.”

“…!”

Ashur sniffled.

“Because Sister wanted to look at the squirrel house…”

“Ah, there were baby squirrels! How could we just pass by them? And now you’re saying it’s because of me? You were the one who climbed the tree first!”

“That’s right, Older Sister. We saw them together… So, I think it would be good to go back to the Squirrel Tree first.”

“Sh-should we?”

Rustle rustle, the sound of the children moving around could be heard.

Soon Daphne asked carefully.

“But which way did we come from?”

It was the moment when Ashur’s faith in his older sister came crashing down. Ashur burst into the tears he had been struggling to hold back.

“Mommy… Daddy…”

“Ah, Ashur! Don’t cry. Sniff, if you cry… I’ll start crying too…!”

In the end, Daphne also burst into tears with a wail.

“M-Mommy. Daddy…!”

Why was Mother called Mother but Father called Daddy?

Radis was curious about that, but that wasn’t what was important right now. She had to comfort the poor little children who were crying like frogs.

“Ahem.”

She made some noise first so the children wouldn’t be too startled, then slowly walked out from between the thicket.

The two small children looked up at her with their already marble-sized eyes wide open in surprise. Radis screamed internally.

‘They’re so cute!’

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