The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 46

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 46

“Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! How much pain must Lady Radis have endured!”

Brendan, who had been preparing Radis’s meals for three whole days, was also worried about Radis and filled with anger, but as soon as he saw her face that clearly showed she had been starving, his anger melted away like snow and only worry remained.

“To become so gaunt like this, did you really not eat anything at all for three days? Good heavens, how could you lose all that weight you had gained…!”

Brendan beat his chest and rushed to the kitchen to prepare food.

April, who had almost fainted last night upon seeing Radis’s clothes stained with monster blood and torn by Arachne’s claws, was also filled with anger.

But April couldn’t bring herself to be angry either.

“Lady Radis, I’m so relieved to see you’re safe. When I saw your torn clothes yesterday, I really… I was so worried about what had happened to you…”

April dabbed at her tears with her apron.

“Sob sob!”

“Lady Radis, are you in a lot of pain?”

“Please don’t be in pain!”

“Waaah!”

Radis was startled.

She hugged Berry, who was covered in tears and snot and practically wailing.

Then April, Nicky, Ellis, and even Tanya all came running over crying and formed one big group hug.

Radis tried not to cry.

But tears seemed to be contagious, as her nose tingled and her eyes began to redden.

‘Everyone was worried about me.’

She could see Allen on the opposite end of the corridor blowing his nose into a handkerchief.

‘These people… they were all worried about me…’

This feeling was a first for her.

Her heart swelled so large it seemed to reach her throat.

Perhaps because of that, the inside of her throat ached, and eventually, perhaps because of that pain, tears finally welled up in her eyes.

“I’m sorry.”

Radis spoke in a choked voice as she patted the maids’ shoulders.

“I… I think I was only thinking about myself. I didn’t know everyone was worried.”

Having said that, Radis was stunned by her own words.

She really hadn’t known.

That she could make someone worry about her.

It was an emotion she had never felt even when living with her family.

When she returned from monster hunting with serious injuries, her family would actually be displeased.

If she showed even the slightest sign of pain, David would storm into Radis’s room saying “Are you showing off that you went hunting instead of me?” and turn the room upside down before leaving.

The maids would openly show their annoyance at the increased workload and wouldn’t properly bring the necessary medicine or bandages, and Margaret was similar.

She would just be slightly more mindful of Radis than David, but would constantly nag saying “Is being sick something to be proud of?” and “If you don’t do anything because you’re sick, what are you but a parasite?” preventing her from resting comfortably.

This was the first time anyone had worried about her to the point of shedding tears.

“Alright, that’s enough!”

April, with reddened eyes, spoke firmly.

“Can’t you see Lady Radis’s condition? Lady Radis needs to rest. Come on, let’s talk later and prioritize Lady Radis resting!”

The maids, all with reddened eyes, obediently let go of Radis despite still sobbing.

Berry took Radis back to bed and made her lie down.

“Sniff! Lady Radis, if you need, sob! anything, sniff! please tell us, hic! anytime, anything…!”

Berry’s face was all scrunched up from holding back tears and snot, but even that looked adorable to Radis.

‘Berry is just like my little sister.’

Actually, rather than being in pain, she was now hungry and had been thinking of going down to the dining room to eat something, but Radis decided to lie in bed a little longer for Berry’s sake.

Besides, there was no need to go down to the dining room.

Because Brendan and the maids began bringing food as if they were moving the entire dining room upstairs.

Berry, with reddened eyes, looked at the whole roasted lamb with an incredulous expression.

“Are we planning to hold a banquet here?”

Brendan, holding a large fruit jelly, looked troubled.

“I didn’t know what Lady Radis would like, so I just…”

“How can Lady Radis eat all of this by herself!”

Radis, looking at the dishes that filled the large table, said while suppressing her laughter.

“Then let’s eat together. Like Berry said, it’s far too much for one person to eat alone.”

Brendan protested that he couldn’t do such a thing, but the maids, who usually dined with Radis anyway, said it was a good idea and pressed down on Brendan’s shoulders to make him sit in a chair.

“This wasn’t what I intended…”

Brendan looked dismayed at first but soon relaxed and began skillfully cutting and serving the food.

“Lady Radis, I’ll cut the best part for you. Lamb goes well with salt or sauce, but it’s also good with this mint jelly or that honey-pickled seed mustard.”

“Brendan, cut some for me too!”

“Miss Nicky, please help yourself.”

“That’s mean!”

“You know I’m joking, right? Don’t pout!”

With so many people, the table quickly became noisy.

Among the people cheerfully joking, sharing food, and tasting together, Radis also laughed along.

Suddenly, Radis realized that this was the first time she had eaten so noisily while laughing with so many people.

There was no need to mention the Tilrod Estate, and even when eating with her comrades in the Extermination Corps, she had never eaten while chattering like this.

Although she cherished her comrades in the Extermination Corps, she was always too tense about her identity being discovered to open her heart.

“Lady Radis, please try this too!”

Berry placed a prettily cut fruit jelly in front of her.

“Oh my, what childish taste! Lady Radis prefers pudding, you know?”

Nicky snorted and offered pudding.

Then Brendan solemnly shook his head and spoke.

“You’re all wrong. After Lady Radis eats strongly flavored meat like lamb, she always has sherbet. Right?”

Nicky asked.

“Where is this sherbet?”

“Oh no…! I haven’t made the sherbet yet! It melts quickly.”

“Then shouldn’t you hurry and go make it?”

“Oh dear…”

Radis grabbed Brendan’s arm as he tried to get up hurriedly.

“Brendan is wrong. Today I’m going to eat jelly and pudding.”

“Lady Radis…!”

Everyone burst into laughter seeing Brendan’s eyes redden like a young girl’s.

Laughing with them, Radis thought it was really strange.

The people of the Countess’ Mansion felt more like family than the people of the Tilrod Estate, with whom she had spent 16 years, or even more years if she included her life before death.

Radis made a resolution to herself.

‘I should refrain from sneaking out from now on.’

Before, she thought it didn’t matter what she did as long as she wasn’t causing trouble for anyone.

But Radis realized.

That now she too had people who worried about her.

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