The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 36

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 36

Eve poured wine into her cup, took a sip, and said.

“Give me a sandwich too.”

Annoyed, Radis simply placed the entire basket on Eve’s lap.

Eve pulled out a large sandwich from it, devoured it with chomping sounds, then alternated her gaze between another sandwich and Radis.

“…Please eat it.”

“Is that okay?”

“I already had dinner, so I’m not hungry.”

“You had dinner. I was so busy working that I couldn’t even eat dinner. I told Marcel—oh, Marcel is my aide. I’ll introduce you later. Anyway, I told Marcel to find out the auction schedule, and it turned out to be today! I don’t know if this is good luck or bad luck. That’s why I came here with you like this without even eating dinner. For you!”

“How… thoughtful of you…”

“Ah, you don’t need to thank me for something like this!”

Eve said in a very greasy voice.

“Radis, I’ll do anything you want.”

“Ugh… Just don’t spill your sandwich.”

“Urk.”

While Eve desperately pushed the sandwich filling that was about to spill back into her mouth, Radis looked at Eve with eyes that wondered what kind of person this was.

Surely when they first met, she seemed like a person with the gravitas befitting the position of marquis…

‘Well, what does it matter to me. I just need to do my job well.’

From what she had observed during her stay at the marquis’ estate, Eve Russel seemed to be quite a capable person.

The marquis’ domain wasn’t noticeably prosperous, but it seemed to be running well without any particular problems.

Peaceful enough to be described as such.

‘Her personality has nothing to do with me. I can just ignore her.’

Radis ignored Eve, who was sneakily reaching for the pumpkin salad, and looked around the auction house.

The auction house was packed with spectators.

Some people showed their faces without hesitation, but there were also people like Eve who covered their faces, and there were humans who gave off a somewhat dangerous atmosphere.

She began to understand what Eve meant when she said it was dangerous.

Under the watchful eyes of that suspicious crowd, the auctioneer climbed onto the platform, spread both arms wide, and spoke in a loud voice.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this auction has no preview. No appraisal certificates. There are only items! Judging their value and setting prices is entirely up to you! That is what the Night Market is all about. Now let’s begin the auction. The preparatory work for the masterpiece of the century that everyone has been waiting for, Caro’s 【Woman in a Gown】! We’ll start at ten million rupen!”

Items like paintings, ceramics, and jewelry came up on the platform one after another.

To Radis, who couldn’t judge such items, everything just looked suspicious.

However, the people in the auction house were passionate about such items.

Seeing how unimaginable amounts of money changed hands so casually, Radis felt her sense of money becoming numb.

“How can a plate the size of a sauce dish cost twenty million rubles?”

Eve, who had finished the pumpkin salad, wiped her mouth with a napkin and said.

“If that’s authentic, it would be worth fifty million rubles.”

“Is it authentic?”

“I wouldn’t know. If it’s authentic, it’s a jackpot, and if it’s fake, well, it’s fake. But it probably isn’t a completely terrible fake. More importantly, now it’s time for the weapons.”

At the word weapons, Radis’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the platform.

After the turn of collectibles like war heroes’ helmets and mercenary kings’ armor passed, weapons finally came up on the platform.

“Ooh!”

When the auctioneer lifted a sword with his white-gloved hand, the crowd stirred.

“Now, most of you gathered here today must have heard the story of this beautiful sword with two faces. The face of good, said to be a sword created by god to protect the world! At the same time, the face of evil, containing destructive power enough to end an era! The sword of fire, ‘Für’!”

The beautiful silver sword in the auctioneer’s hand shone with brilliant light.

The beautiful blade that stretched out refreshingly like a shooting star had flame patterns carved into it, and the sword’s hilt, which was shaped like flames, was also beautiful like a work of art.

In the center of the handle was embedded a bright red mana crystal that emitted brilliant light.

A triumphant smile appeared on Eve’s lips upon seeing that sword.

The reason she had postponed all her schedules today and hurriedly brought Radis to the Night Market was to show her this very sword.

The auctioneer continued in a secretive voice.

“This ‘Für,’ which belonged to ‘Flame Sword’ Alexis Tillord, one of the founding contributors and greatest knights, has been missing until now. The Imperial Court has denied the very existence of this sword, and countless replicas have been circulating in the world. However, ‘Für’ definitely existed, and now it has appeared before you again, transcending time! The sword of fire, ‘Für’! We start at one hundred million rupen!”

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, Eve raised her ringed finger and said.

“One billion rupen.”

“…!”

Silence fell over the auction house.

Eve looked at Radis with a smug smile.

Expecting starlight to pour from her black eyes.

‘Radis, this is all for you…!’

However, Radis wasn’t looking at ‘Für.’

She was looking toward the back of the platform, lost in thought.

Noticing that Eve was looking at her, Radis looked at Eve and tilted her head.

“Are you going to buy that sword?”

“…I was going to give it to you?”

“What? I don’t need it. I don’t need such an expensive sword. I don’t want to serve a sword.”

“…!”

Radis pointed to a rusty iron club-like sword that was casually placed on the platform and said.

“I like that one. How much would that cost? Could I buy it with my allowance?”

“…!”

Eve’s eyes turned pale.

The auctioneer, completely unaware of his inner feelings, shouted.

“One billion rupen, is there no one above one billion rupen?”

Then a man in the crowd burst into laughter and stood up from his seat.

“Just like a green young brat. Absolutely fearless!”

Radis looked in that direction.

The man who stood up was the person Eve had been looking at earlier, saying something about the people he hated most.

Eve’s complexion changed as she growled low.

“Brantz Rodrick…!”

Hearing his name, Radis flinched.

Brantz Rodrick.

He was the head of the prestigious Rodrick family, one of the most prominent in the South, and at the same time, he was Robert’s father, who had been the commander of the Extermination Corps.

She knew about the relationship between the Rodrick family and the Russel Marquis from what Robert had told her.

The two families had not gotten along for a very long time, and Brantz in particular had despised Eve Russel terribly since young Eve Russel inherited the marquis title.

“I came to take a look after hearing rumors of a famous sword, but you’re trying to take away even that opportunity. Would a family that failed to produce a founding contributor five hundred years ago have any place to stand in the South?”

When Brantz spoke in a loud voice while looking around, the people around him burst into vile laughter.

Emboldened by their laughter, Brantz glared at Eve with blazing eyes and said.

“Brat, you can’t have everything.”

Brantz took off his hat and said.

“1.1 billion rupen!”

“Ooooh!”

People looked back and forth between Eve and Brantz with anticipation.

Although the name of the Russel Marquis wasn’t directly mentioned, those who heard Brantz’s words could sufficiently infer that Eve was the Russel Marquis hiding his identity, or at least his representative.

Automatically, the auction for the sword of fire, ‘Für,’ became a battle of pride between the Rodrick family and the Russel family.

Reading the atmosphere, the auctioneer shouted a beat faster.

“1.1 billion rupen, is there no more?”

At the moment when everyone was looking at Eve’s finger, Eve was looking at Radis.

‘Really? Really not interested?’

A beautiful famous sword that any knight would covet.

Moreover, that sword had belonged to Alexis Tillord, the ancestor of House Tilrod.

The moment Eve obtained information about ‘Für,’ she was certain that Radis would sparkle her eyes upon seeing it.

But Radis, who had been staring at Brantz, turned her gaze away again and fixed her eyes on the rusty iron club.

Seeing her eyes sparkling, she really seemed to like that rusty lump.

Eve agonized for about ten seconds, then lowered her finger.

“Oh!”

The auctioneer shouted for the last time.

“1.1 billion rupen, are there no more bids?”

Brantz hadn’t expected Eve to give up so easily, and he stood there with his hat off, looking dumbfounded.

The auctioneer struck his wooden gavel with two sharp taps.

“Sold! It’s sold!”

‘Phew!’

Eve inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

Losing at an auction wouldn’t be particularly pleasant, but he hadn’t even shown his face.

So he could just play dumb and deny everything.

If Radis didn’t want it, then as Marcel said, a magic sword would be useless to him anyway.

Besides, such a girlish sword wouldn’t even work as decoration.

When the sword was sold for an astronomical amount beyond expectations, the auctioneer smiled broadly and had the sword placed in a box and sent to the back of the auction house.

The auction continued after that, but people’s attention was focused on Brantz Rodrick and the black-cloaked man presumed to be Lord Russel, so the excitement had completely died down.

The auctioneer pointed to a box containing the familiar rusty iron club and shouted.

“Excavated from the Southern Wilderness, this is something that was once a sword! Now it’s buried in an unidentifiable lump of rust, but only the god of time knows what story lies within the sword trapped inside. We’ll start at 100,000 rupen!”

No one raised their hand at the sight of that shabby lump of rust.

The auctioneer raised his wooden gavel and shouted for the last time.

“Are there no bidders?”

Radis carefully raised her hand.

“110,000 rupen… would that be alright?”

“Of course, beautiful lady! 110,000 rupen, 110,000 rupen! Are there no more bids? Sold, it’s sold!”

Eve simply couldn’t understand.

After the auction ended, as they walked to the back of the auction house to collect their purchased item, Eve asked.

“You asked me to buy you a magic sword?”

“Yes.”

“That’s a magic sword? That’s just a lump of rust. No matter how much you polish it, it’ll be hard to use again, won’t it?”

“That one is fine for me.”

“Good grief…!”

Just then, someone spoke behind them in an ominous voice.

“How remarkable.”

Eve and Radis turned around.

Standing behind them was none other than Brantz Rodrick.

“Was this also part of your scheme, Lord Russel?”

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