The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 29

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 29

Rich cream with the savory aroma of high-quality milk.

The exotic flavor of a fruit called banana that only grows on islands across the sea.

And the taste created by the combination of chewy caramel cream that tops it all off and the crispy cookies at the bottom!

‘Delicious…!’

Radis was completely absorbed in the amazing taste of the banana toffee pie.

And watching Radis’s eyes grow misty with each bite of pie, Berry was frantically tapping her feet hidden beneath her long skirt.

‘Lady Radis! You’re so, so, so adorable…!’

After eating a few bites of the banana toffee pie, Radis set down her fork as if it would be a waste to continue eating, then took a sip of the richly brewed tea.

And she spoke in a very calm voice.

“The dessert is really delicious, Berry. Could you tell Brendan thank you for me?”

“I’ll do that, Lady Radis!”

After closing the door, Berry began stomping her feet in earnest and shouted.

“What should I do…!”

The marquis estate had always been a place with the highest job satisfaction for the estate’s maids.

Setting aside the generous salary and satisfactory benefits, the biggest advantage was having few people to serve.

Generally, a marquis family would have at least the marquis himself, the marquis’s wife, the marquis’s sons and daughters, the marquis’s concubines, children born to those concubines, and sons and daughters the marquis brought from outside would typically be crawling all over the estate.

In such households, whale fights would break out daily, and the subordinate employees would get caught up in them, becoming like shrimp with broken backs several times a day as a matter of routine.

In contrast, the composition of the Russel marquis family was remarkably simple.

It was just Lord Russel himself.

Moreover, the marquis was so busy that from the employees’ perspective, it was hard to even see his face.

Generous salary, satisfactory benefits, a work environment free of troublesome politics, and an employer who was hard to see!

The work environment had already been excellent, but when Radis was added to it, Berry found each day enjoyable lately.

Berry expressed her joy to the fullest as she bounced down the stairs with light steps.

“La, dy, Ra, dis! You’re, so, so, a, do, ra, ble!”

Arriving in front of the kitchen, she stuck her head through the open door and shouted.

“Brendan, Lady Radis really loves the pie!”

Brendan, who had been kneading bread dough, dusted off his flour-covered hands and gave a hearty laugh.

“That’s a relief. If it seems like she could eat more, bring her another slice!”

Perhaps because his nose was tickled by the flour flying around, Brendan wrinkled his nose as he spoke.

“Good heavens, such a skinny child. I can’t bear to see her like that.”

Berry also giggled.

When the marquis said he was bringing a young lady from some family, everyone at the estate was nervous.

The employees’ imagination wasn’t much different from Meriel’s.

Everyone thought Lord Russel had fallen for some young lady and was bringing her over.

In other words, a candidate for the marquis’s wife!

However, what actually appeared was a boy with beautiful features that seemed to have some shadow about him.

Of course, it was quickly revealed that Radis wasn’t a boy, but Radis’s lonely appearance was enough to capture all the attention of the sympathetic maid.

Hair so short it could be mistaken for a boy’s, a thin body, and those sad eyes.

‘Please be kind to Lady Radis!’

Seeing how gorilla Allen, who wouldn’t even snort at most things, looked like a grandmother watching her pitiful grandchild whenever he saw Radis and gave such requests to the employees, she must have some unspeakable past.

For these reasons, the people at Lord Russel’s estate, including Berry and Brendan, were desperate to do something more for Radis, like caring for a baby kitten shivering in the rain.

‘I really must treat her well!’

A happy smile appeared on Berry’s lips as she placed another slice of banana toffee pie on the tray.

Even without Allen’s request, Berry liked Radis.

Her red hair that looked as sweet as strawberry jam, and her obsidian-like black eyes that were rare to see in this area, all looked so pretty and wonderful to Berry.

‘I’ve seen many pretty and wonderful people while working at the marquis estate, but Lady Radis is the best. Won’t she become an incredible beauty later?’

Berry’s eyes grew dreamy.

Berry liked pretty people.

That’s why she really wanted to attend Prince Olivier’s birthday banquet held at the marquis estate’s annex not long ago.

She wanted to see Prince Olivier, who was rumored to be beautiful, even from a distance.

However, that day Berry lost at rock-paper-scissors and had to stay at the main house for dishwashing duty.

It was Radis who healed Berry when she thought she might get sick from missing such a golden opportunity.

When Radis sat quietly, she was like a red rose, and when she smiled, she was like an angel.

When lost in thought, she seemed like a beautiful boy with some wound, and when she occasionally returned from secret night walks, she even exuded dangerously charming allure like flames.

Really, these were days when her eyes were truly blessed.

Excited, Berry knocked on Radis’s door.

“Lady Radis, one more pie…!”

Berry, who opened the door, had no choice but to cover her mouth at the scene unfolding before her eyes.

“…What is this?”

“Theater tickets.”

“Theater?”

“Yes.”

Eve Russel in a black frock coat and Radis were standing face to face.

A pretty gold-leafed envelope was held between the marquis’s fingers, and his lips held a rarely seen mischievous smile.

“Have you ever seen a play?”

“…No.”

“This is a very popular play these days. It was quite difficult to get tickets.”

Radis tried to look at the envelope with a deliberately uninterested expression, but her eyes revealed undeniable curiosity.

Eve Russel spoke in a tempting tone.

“Shall I take you?”

Seeing starlight pour from Radis’s black eyes, Berry had to clench her lips tightly to avoid shouting ‘What should I do…!’

“But! There’s a condition.”

“A condition?”

Eve Russel pointed to Radis’s worn pants.

“You can’t go looking like that! You have to wear a proper dress!”

Radis gulped.

She had never experienced anything called cultural life.

Theater, for someone who had never owned even one book she wanted to read!

‘It’s not like I have to wear that pink scrubber again, just a dress.’

Radis nodded.

“I understand.”

Eve Russel smiled with satisfaction and put the theater tickets back into his coat’s inner pocket.

Then Radis’s black eyes wavered.

“The tickets… what about them?”

“What? Were you planning to go alone? Of course we have to go together.”

“Oh, is that how it works?”

Radis, excited by the mention of theater, seemed to have no suspicions whatsoever.

The smile that appeared on her face was like white daisies blooming in a field.

‘Lady Radis, that smile! For me too!’

Berry hurriedly ran over with the tray.

“Lady Radis! Please have another pie!”

Radis looked at Berry with that same smile and laughed brightly.

“Thank you, Berry.”

It was truly a heavenly smile.

Berry, who had set down the pie, giggled and stepped back.

‘Ah, it feels like the ugly feelings inside me are being washed away. I’m so happy…’

As Berry stepped back with a happy smile, her vision suddenly caught sight of a pitch-black devil looking down at Radis.

Berry frantically rubbed her eyes.

‘What, what is it? A devil?’

Looking again, it was Berry’s employer, Eve Russel.

With the collar of her black frock coat turned up high and her head tilted at an angle, secretly chuckling to herself, Eve Russel looked… exactly like an archduke of demons.

‘A play…!’

Radis felt her heart flutter like a child’s.

She had always yearned for theater.

It was because of the theater stories her younger brother David would occasionally tell.

When Radis went out hunting demons under David’s name, David had to hide away from people’s eyes.

However, David seemed to dislike being confined to the estate so much that he would go out even while disguised.

He seemed particularly fascinated by theater, eagerly going to see performances.

Once, Radis had heard David chattering about theater at the dinner table.

‘Well, fairies came down from the sky, you see?’

Radis had looked at David with curiosity at those words.

‘Everyone was so surprised they were turned upside down. But suddenly there was a commotion around us, and when I looked around, Lady Rubinek, who had come with her lover, was so shocked she fainted. What a scene it was.’

Yurhee had asked something like this.

‘Lady Rubinek’s lover – you mean that violinist?’

‘Probably.’

Radis had also asked.

‘How did the fairies come down from the sky?’

At her question, David had worn the same mischievous expression as when he used to shout ‘I’m telling mom!’ in childhood, and said.

‘If you’re so curious about that, why don’t you go see for yourself?’

But Radis couldn’t go see plays.

She had neither the money nor the time to go out for entertainment like David, nor did she have clothes suitable for such places.

Moreover, after her skin began turning purple, Margaret’s surveillance became stricter, making it difficult to even leave the estate.

But now all of that was in the past – no, it was something that would never happen again.

‘I really… escaped. I escaped from the Tilrod Estate.’

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