The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 30

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 30

It felt like shackles that had been fastened around her ankles were finally clicking off.

“Lady Radis! The dress you ordered has arrived too. You can wear your new dress to go see the play!”

Berry seemed just as excited as Radis.

She had brought a box containing the new dress along with April, the maid in charge of clothing at the Russel Estate.

April took out a dress made of deep green velvet and green silk and said.

“Since you’re going to watch a play, a classic dress would be good, right? How about this green dress?”

What Berry had chosen was a sexy evening dress in black rose color.

“Lady Radis, how about this one?”

Radis pretended to consider before choosing the dress April had recommended.

Berry seemed a little sulky, but when Radis put on the dress and turned around, she jumped up and down excitedly.

“Wow, wow, wow! What should I do…! You’re so beautiful, Lady Radis!”

Radis was also amazed.

That dress was incomparable to the pink scrubber that had been a 90 percent sale item at Rode Store.

The dress made generously with deep green velvet and green silk was luxurious and beautiful, and much more comfortable than she had expected.

“Berry, move aside.”

Nicky, holding makeup tools in her hands, bumped Berry with her hip and pushed her way in.

She gently stroked Radis’s cheek with the back of her hand and said affectionately.

“Lady Radis! Ah, how adorable you are. I’ll make you look beautiful!”

Nicky’s makeup skills were truly amazing.

She trimmed Radis’s eyebrows into a pretty shape and curled her eyelashes up high.

“You’re already so beautiful that there’s not much I need to do!”

Plus the sweet compliments that came with it.

After putting on the new dress and makeup, with her hair neatly pinned up and a pretty hat on top, Radis couldn’t help but be surprised when she looked in the mirror.

Because standing in the mirror wasn’t the self she had always seen, but a beautiful noble young lady who looked like she had been plucked from some banquet hall.

Radis exclaimed in admiration.

“Wow…!”

Berry also burst out in amazement.

“What should I do…!”

April was also pleased.

“Lady Radis, it really suits you well!”

Nicky once again bumped Berry with her hip and pushed her way in, then said with an ecstatic expression.

“Really, you’re as lovely as a baby deer, Lady Radis…!”

Berry, angry at being constantly pushed around with hips, grabbed Nicky and shouted.

“Nicky, stop it! You pervert!”

“Oh my, I just like beautiful people? Not little kids like you!”

“Get away, I said get away!”

Berry put her hands firmly on her hips and pushed Nicky’s bottom with thump, thump, thump, driving her out of the room.

Meanwhile, Radis was staring blankly at the mirror, unable to hear the sounds of Berry and Nicky bickering.

‘This is me?’

The girl in the mirror was truly beautiful.

Not only beautiful, but lovely and precious-looking.

She looked like a noble young lady who had grown up under a generous father and kind mother from some wealthy and harmonious family, and who had siblings who sometimes fought but got along well.

‘This is Radis?’

In all the moments of her life, which might have been short but could also have been long, Radis had never looked at her own appearance for this long.

During her time at the Tilrod Estate, there were times when she would suddenly pass by a mirror and catch a glimpse of herself.

When she encountered that unhappy face with endlessly sorrowful eyes, she would feel a dizzying sensation like looking down from the edge of a cliff.

It was the same when she hunted monsters in the Monster Forest under David’s name.

The moment she discovered her own image while looking into the water surface to wash her face in dirty water, or when she found her own shadow reflected in a polished blade.

Seeing that sick and tired face would make her heart sink like missing the last step on a staircase.

The Radis in the mirror was so lovely and beautiful that those memories felt like perfect lies.

She could see Eve Russel approaching behind her, wearing black formal wear.

Those clothes were also black as usual, but today they looked fine.

After all, men’s formal wear is often black.

Eve Russel in formal wear that fit snugly on his well-trained, solid body looked quite, no, extremely attractive.

His hair also looked less disheveled.

Radis looked at Eve Russel in the mirror.

Eve Russel was also looking at her in the mirror.

A strange couple.

They were people from a separate world in the mirror that didn’t actually exist.

The Eve Russel in the mirror put a necklace around the neck of Radis in the mirror.

It was an amethyst necklace decorated with silver and diamonds.

The silver chain decorated with diamonds gleamed white against the deep green velvet, and the amethyst like the night sky just beginning to deepen sparkled near her chest.

She could see the lips of Eve Russel in the mirror forming a sweet smile.

He whispered in Radis’s ear.

“Beautiful, Radis.”

Those words seemed to knock gently on her heart.

Radis thought they would be going to some theater somewhere in the South to see a play.

But that wasn’t the case.

The Russel Estate’s carriage headed toward the highlands of Ralings.

It was the location where the ‘Gate’ was.

“Wait, are we going to take the Gate?”

“Yes. What, is there a problem? Don’t tell me you get Gate sickness?”

“That… I don’t know. I’ve never ridden one.”

At Radis’s words that she had never ridden a Gate, Lord Russel pulled out a paper bag from under the carriage seat and shook it out to inflate it.

Then, he politely placed it in her hands.

Clutching the paper bag tightly, Radis asked.

“Are we taking the Gate to see a play?”

“Yes. Why?”

“Gate fees are incredibly expensive! And not just anyone can ride them.”

The ‘Gate,’ an ancient magical relic that carved spells into the earth to connect space to space, was one of only a few in the entire empire.

Moreover, a large amount of Mana Crystal was needed to operate the spells.

Lord Russel said.

“The Gate in Ralings is owned by House of Russel.”

Radis was left speechless and followed him.

The Gate was mystical.

Marble was laid across a wide plain and countless white pillars stood.

On the floor and pillars, softly glowing ancient characters formed complex spells.

Eve and Radis stood side by side in the center.

The Gate administrators, seeing Radis clutching the paper bag, were kind enough to even wrap a large napkin around her neck.

When preparations were complete, the administrators placed a handful of Mana Crystals on the altar.

‘Ah…!’

At that moment, the ground beneath their feet glowed white.

‘…Bright!’

The next moment, they were standing on the Gate in Duras, a city near the capital in the northern part of the empire.

Eve, whose lips had turned slightly pale, looked at Radis and asked.

“Are you okay?”

Radis removed the napkin from around her neck and put it in the paper bag.

“I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief. People with Gate sickness sometimes vomit.”

Radis hesitantly moved away from Eve and asked.

“My Lord, are you… alright?”

“I’ve gotten used to it from riding frequently. But it’s fascinating. To be this fine on your first ride. Your stomach must be like steel.”

Near the Gate, a carriage bearing the Russel Estate’s crest was waiting.

Just as she was about to board the carriage, Radis felt a light dizziness and swayed.

“Here.”

Eve Russel extended her hand with a grin.

“Not steel after all, I see. Take my hand.”

The feeling was truly strange.

Whether it was the aftereffects of riding the Gate, it felt exactly like being in a dream.

The carriage that left the highlands headed toward the center of Duras.

Duras, a city formed around the Gate closest to the capital, was the most splendid city in the Empire.

The Empire’s largest banks and most trading companies had their headquarters here.

Besides that, the Empire’s most famous shopping street, Golden Road, casinos, and all other social facilities were also located in this city.

In other words, Duras was the kind of place every citizen of the Empire wanted to visit at least once in their lifetime.

Watching Radis absorbed in sightseeing through the carriage window, Eve Russel chuckled softly.

“Enjoying yourself?”

Radis looked at Eve Russel and nodded vigorously.

“Of course! Everyone said visiting Duras was their lifelong dream.”

“Really? Was it yours too?”

Radis’s eyes rolled around.

She was curious too.

But it would be more accurate to say she had never even dared to dream of it.

She had never even been to a theater in the South.

Just as someone who only ate barley porridge every day couldn’t even imagine the delicacies served at the Emperor’s table, she had never even thought of wanting to visit Duras.

But now that she was here, it was wonderful.

“Not exactly, but anyway, I love it!”

Eve Russel nodded.

“If you like it that much, next time let’s plan a longer schedule and stay for a few days.”

“What?”

“The Russel Estate has a townhouse in Duras. We can come anytime.”

Radis looked at the people walking on both sides of the road the carriage traveled.

Splendidly dressed people were peering into shop windows and laughing joyfully.

Children in pretty clothes, their hands full of gifts, were hopping lightly among them.

She could see a child blowing soap bubbles.

Large soap bubbles floated gently throughout the entire street.

Radis captured in her eyes the sparkling scenery reflected on the round bubble surfaces.

Everything was shining in rainbow colors more beautiful than reality.

It felt like being in a dream.

But she had never dreamed such a happy dream before.

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