The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 31

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 31

The carriage stopped in front of the Golden Rose Theater.

The Golden Rose Theater, befitting its splendid name, was filled with golden waves both in its exterior and interior.

Eve Russel, who stepped out of the carriage first, held the carriage door while looking up at Radis with a smile.

“Shall we go, Lady?”

“…Lady?”

It was the first time she had heard such words in her life.

But who could look at Radis ascending the theater stairs covered with red carpet while being escorted by Lord Russel and not call her a lady?

In the beautiful lobby, it seemed like a small-scale social gathering was taking place.

People who had come to the theater to watch the play were gathered in the lobby, engaging in pleasant conversation.

Then a gentleman with a very fine mustache approached Eve.

“Well, who do we have here! Isn’t this Lord Russel?”

“It’s been a while, Count Brandt.”

“Hahaha! You seem to have grown even more since then. You’ve gained quite the dignity. Dear, come over here! You must see who’s arrived!”

Lady Brandt and the people in the lobby gathered around them.

Eve seemed to be acquainted with all of them.

After exchanging greetings among themselves, it was natural that people’s gazes turned toward Radis.

Eve said.

“This lady is Miss Radis Tillord.”

Radis, unaccustomed to being the center of attention, felt her face flush but greeted them as politely as possible.

“Oh my, the Tillord family? That Tillord family? Of Sir Alexis Tillord, the founding father?”

“That’s correct, madam.”

“Goodness, now that I think about it, the Russel Marquis family is also the family of Sir Veraad Russel, a founding father, isn’t it? Oh my, how wonderful!”

“Seeing the two of you together like this is truly meaningful.”

A storm of social conversation swept through.

Radis couldn’t collect herself.

Golden light was pouring over her head, and the walls and pillars surrounding her were all golden.

The theater was splendid, but people’s smiles sparkled even more.

Elegant laughter, subtle jokes she didn’t know how to handle, sudden toasts, champagne, bursts of laughter.

It felt like being surrounded by ten monsters casting illusions and suffering mental attacks.

“…s.”

“…”

“Radis!”

When she came to her senses, Radis was standing like a drunkard with two glasses of champagne she couldn’t refuse in both hands.

And Eve Russel was chuckling as he watched her.

“Good heavens. You’re supposed to just touch your lips to it and pass it around, but you drank it all?”

Eve Russel took the remaining champagne from Radis’s hands and returned it to a servant.

Then he placed the back of his hand against Radis’s cheek.

“Your face is bright red, Radis.”

Radis almost instinctively twisted his wrist, but whether from being too flustered or because of the champagne, she couldn’t do it.

It was fortunate.

She didn’t know what would happen if she broke His Lordship’s wrist in such a crowded theater lobby.

“…I just turn red easily.”

“Wait here.”

Eve personally brought her ice water.

And he sat facing her, grinning broadly until she finished drinking it all.

People watching this scene were wide-eyed.

“They don’t seem to be just ordinary acquaintances?”

“Has Lord Russel finally found a lover?”

“There were all sorts of rumors since he never had any scandals, but this is rather reassuring.”

Theater staff brought pamphlets to Radis as she sipped her ice water.

The play’s title was 【Knight Angela and Two Men】.

Curious, Radis opened the pamphlet.

The play was an adaptation of part of a romance novel called 【Knight Angela】.

Radis asked Eve.

“Have you read this novel, Lord?”

“What novel?”

“【Knight Angela】.”

Eve Russel shook his head nonchalantly.

“No.”

“This is… a play adapted from part of a novel?”

Radis looked dismayed.

“I’ve never read the novel, so will I be able to understand the content by watching the play?”

Eve shrugged.

“It doesn’t matter. A novel is a novel, and a play is a play, right? They’re different things, aren’t they?”

“What? Of course they’re different! Sigh, if you had told me beforehand, I would have read the novel too! I came all the way through the Gate to watch a play, I can’t let this happen… I should at least read the pamphlet.”

Radis, who was unfolding the pamphlet, looked at Lord Russel.

“Wouldn’t it be better for you to read it too, Lord?”

“Then read it to me.”

“…”

Radis glared at Eve once before reading the pamphlet aloud.

“In Dallit Village, there lived a mysterious girl named Angela who possessed the power of flames. The villagers thought she was a witch and feared her.”

Radis flinched slightly at the word ‘flames.’

But that was just the plot of a novel.

She continued reading the pamphlet.

“Upon hearing rumors of her, the beautiful Prince Christian, the strong knight Berno, and the wise sage Luminous came to find Angela, and on the path where they met, the curtain rose on a great adventure.”

While Radis read through the brief novel synopsis in the pamphlet, Eve was busy surveying the lobby, half-listening to her reading.

“During their mysterious journey, Angela and Prince Christian are drawn to each other. Berno watches them while hiding his own feelings. Where will their adventure lead?”

That was where the synopsis in the pamphlet ended.

Radis asked.

“So, do those two become lovers?”

At her question, Eve Russel looked at her.

“What? Who?”

“Angela and Christian.”

“Who are those people?”

Radis showed him the pamphlet.

Eve Russel’s eyes narrowed.

“What, you were talking about the play?”

“Of course it’s about the play. You asked me to read it.”

“I’m a bit concerned about something right now…”

Radis almost clicked her tongue at Eve, who hadn’t even listened after asking her to read it aloud with such effort.

However, Radis held back.

Eve was her employer and today’s benefactor who was even showing her a play.

Radis looked at the people heading toward the theater and said.

“More importantly, shouldn’t we go up now? Everyone’s entering the theater.”

She carefully held both pamphlets and stood up, taking the lead.

Eve Russel reluctantly followed her.

The interior of the theater was luxurious and spacious.

Red curtains embroidered with golden roses covered the enormous stage, and the first-floor seats were already filled with people.

On the walls that surrounded the stage in a horseshoe shape, there were box seats for high-ranking nobles.

Radis was guided to one of the seats.

Radis stood at the railing of the box seat and looked around the theater.

The theater was filled with people excited with anticipation for the play.

The first floor seats seemed to be mainly occupied by families or groups of friends, with particularly many groups of women together.

They were chatting happily about the novel’s content.

Watching the people filled with anticipation, Radis thought.

‘Ever since arriving in Duras, I’ve been feeling this continuously… this city is like a city of dreams. Everyone looks truly happy.’

Then someone shouted.

“Oh, it looks like it’s about to start!”

The red curtains parted to either side as the stage curtain was rising.

Just before the play began.

The Golden Rose Theater welcomed an unexpected distinguished guest.

It was none other than the Empress of the Empire, Adrianne Arpend.

When the imperial carriage appeared, the manager of the Golden Rose Theater came tumbling down the stairs without even properly putting on his hat to greet the Empress.

“Your Majesty the Empress! What an honor that you would visit us!”

Adrianne Arpend surveyed the theater with her slender eyes and smiled elegantly.

“The theater is truly beautiful.”

Watching the manager kiss the back of her hand, Adrianne spoke.

“I heard that this theater’s plays are very entertaining, so I came all this way. I simply came to watch a play, which is why I came so quietly. Shouldn’t I have such days occasionally?”

“You speak most wisely. Our Golden Rose Theater exists as a place to present our distinguished guests with a beautiful dream!”

“Ho ho ho! A beautiful dream – what truly sweet words. Don’t you think so, Prince Olivier?”

The 3rd Prince of the Empire, Olivier, who had been standing behind her, nodded his head.

Today he looked like a sculpture made of crystal.

The dark blue formal wear embroidered with the blue peacock that was the symbol of House of Arpend suited his silver hair very well.

Thanks to his hair being neatly tied to match his splendid formal wear, his face that looked like a sculpture carved from ivory was even more prominently displayed.

“I think so as well, Your Majesty the Empress.”

However, Olivier speaking those words seemed far removed from words like dreams or sweetness.

He looked like a cold porcelain doll whose jaw simply moved.

A satisfied smile spread across Adrianne’s lips as she looked at him.

“Now, may I ask my cute doll for an escort?”

Olivier escorted the Empress with an attitude as polite as if drawn in a picture.

The word “doll” didn’t seem like a joke.

As he climbed the stairs with the Empress’s hand resting on his arm, he truly looked like a wind-up doll.

Every time his joints moved, there was an illusion of ice fragments cracking and falling, making the theater manager rub his eyes frantically.

Watching the retreating figures of the Empress and 3rd Prince, the theater manager muttered.

“They say the 3rd Prince of the Empire is like an ice doll, and those words were really true.”

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