The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 47

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 47

Even in the Empire, there were only a few banks.

Among them, the most famous were the Imperial Bank, which issued the Empire’s currency, and the Pelletier Bank, which was said to be the most trusted across all continents.

What they had in common was that opening an account at either of those banks was as difficult as plucking stars from the sky.

To open an account, one needed sufficient financial resources and honor worthy enough to serve as collateral, which naturally was something the Tilrod Family couldn’t even dream of.

However, if it were possible to create one, having an account would be beneficial.

When necessary, one could receive loans, and storing money in the bank was not only safe but also earned interest on the principal.

“It would be good to store it in a bank.”

Eve nodded her head.

“Good. Since the new year is approaching, we’ll need to go to the Capital, so let’s open one then.”

“The Capital?”

“I need to attend the New Year’s gathering.”

Eve lifted one corner of her mouth into a sinister smile.

“This time I should smile while gazing at His Highness the Prince, shouldn’t I?”

Having said that, Eve seemed delighted to death as she drummed the table with both hands and laughed.

“Kuk, kehehehe!”

Radis, who had been slightly moved by Eve Russel’s consideration for her, now looked at Eve with a face like a Tibetan fox.

‘She’s really killing the mood…’

“Kehehe, kehehehe!”

Watching Eve rolling back and forth on her chair, she seemed no less annoying than David.

‘The Countess really doesn’t live up to her looks. Is that why she covers her face?’

She wanted to smack herself on the back of the head for being enchanted by Eve’s pretty eyes and pretty fingernails.

Radis said.

“Why on earth are you acting like this?”

“Kehehe! What do you mean?”

“If it weren’t for you, Countess, they would all be good memories, but because you butt in and act so disgracefully, everything becomes a mess.”

At her words, Eve froze solid like ice.

“What? Di-disgracefully…?”

“That’s right.”

Radis turned away so coldly that a chill seemed to blow through the air.

“Countess, please grow up.”

“Gr-grow up…?”

Eve stared blankly with her mouth agape at Radis’s retreating figure as she left the study.

In the charity event hall, preparations for gifts were in full swing.

The gifts were for children, items to be added to the relief supplies sent to orphanages every year-end.

Though they were simple gifts, since the Countess’ mansion sponsored three orphanages, the amount of gifts to prepare was enormous.

Brendan entered the banquet hall carrying three stacked oven pans and shouted.

“I brought the cookies!”

“You have to wait until they’re completely cooled before decorating. The sugar mustn’t melt.”

“Are they cooled?”

Nicky picked up a small cookie and popped it into her mouth.

“Mm…! They’re cooled.”

Berry, who had been embroidering a small handkerchief, shouted angrily.

“Nicky, stop eating them!”

“I’m checking if they’re cooled.”

“How many is this now that you’re ‘checking’? Remove her from the cookie team!”

“Oh my, Berry! Don’t be angry. Here, you eat one too.”

Nicky stuffed a large cookie into Berry’s mouth, which had opened in anger.

Berry, whose mouth was suddenly full, chewed the cookie with an angry face, making crunching sounds.

‘It’s delicious!’

The cookie, specially enhanced with cinnamon and spices, was too delicious to eat while angry.

Berry, who had somehow become happy, munched on the cookie contentedly.

“The cookies seem delicious. That’s a relief.”

“They’re really delicious…”

Radis, who had returned at some point, was removing cookie crumbs from Berry’s cheek with a pleased expression.

“Ah, oh…”

“Berry, take your time.”

“Huh, hueng… I, I… wasn’t trying to eat it…”

Berry glared at Nicky with teary eyes.

Nicky was already holding a piping bag filled with sugar frosting, laughing “Ohoho.”

“Berry, stop eating already. Really, there’s no stopping you. Lady Radis, aren’t the cookies pretty? I think the children will love them!”

“They’re even cuter with these decorations. It’s amazing how you put colors in the sugar frosting. I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

“Ohohoho, we made a lot, so I’ll bring some for you later, Lady Radis. We’re sending gifts, so you should taste-test them. Ah, Berry already knows since she tried them, right?”

“Ugh, ughhhhh… Nicky!”

Radis left the bickering Berry and Nicky behind and returned to her station.

Radis was on the doll team led by April.

“I’m back. What should I start with?”

“Lady Radis, please sew the doll’s hair!”

“Yes!”

The doll’s head was made of thick fabric resistant to dirt, and since the hair thread was wool yarn, both the thread and needle were thick, making it quite difficult to sew.

However, for Radis, piercing fabric with a thick needle didn’t even count as exertion.

But…

“This is quite difficult.”

This was Radis’s first time doing needlework.

Holding the round doll head and implanting hair on it was unexpectedly quite challenging.

“Lady Radis, it’s okay if it’s a little crooked. We’re going to attach ribbons on top.”

“Still, since I’m doing it anyway, I want to make it pretty…”

Radis stared at the needle tip.

‘Right. Let’s think of this as training.’

She channeled mana into the needle.

Very lightly.

Thinner than a strand of hair!

“Oh my!”

Watching Radis move so fast her hands were barely visible despite using a thick needle, April’s eyes filled with wonder.

“Lady Radis, how are your hands so fast? You must have talent for needlework too!”

“That can’t be.”

Embarrassed, Radis shook her head vigorously.

Meanwhile, Ellis, whose fingers had turned red from piercing fabric with the thick needle while Radis was away, stared at Radis with her mouth agape.

‘Lady Radis…? H-how is she doing that? What’s the difference between her and me?’

Having finished sewing the hair in an instant, Radis looked around and said.

“The doll clothes April is making are really cute.”

“Hehehe, I’ve been collecting fabric scraps for this day.”

“Ellis’s corsages too.”

“Th-thank you…!”

Radis smiled warmly while looking at the corsages Ellis had made for the little girls.

‘I never thought I could make children happy like this.’

Cookies, handkerchiefs, small dolls, corsages and such.

From an adult’s perspective, they might seem like trivial items, but for children, they would be gifts as joyful as the relief supplies necessary for daily life.

Radis wanted to do something more, but she wasn’t confident about making doll clothes.

She sat next to Ellis and asked.

“Ellis. Could you teach me how to make this?”

“Huh? O-of course! It’s not difficult. First, you choose fabrics that seem to go well together, then you hold it here and…”

Radis chose the most abundant black fabric, thinking she’d start with practice.

She could guess without asking why there was so much black fabric.

As Ellis said, making corsages wasn’t that difficult.

You trim and fold fabric pieces to make a corsage shape, then decorate with lace pieces and sew on a clothing pin or hair pin to the back to complete it.

Looking down at the completed black corsage, Radis thought of Eve.

‘I think I was too harsh. Still, it had been a while since we saw each other…’

April, who had a pleased smile spread across her face, spoke to Radis who was looking down at the corsage with a serious expression.

“Lady Radis, you’re really skilled with your hands.”

Ellis was also surprised when she saw the corsage in Radis’s hand.

“Wow… It’s so pretty!”

Radis, who wasn’t used to receiving compliments, blushed and shook her head.

“No, it’s not. It’s because Ellis taught me well. This one is too clumsy to use as a gift.”

“Lady Radis, would you like to practice making a few more?”

Watching Radis put the corsage in her pocket as if hiding it, Ellis was genuinely amazed.

‘I only became familiar with it after lots of practice, but Lady Radis is really… amazing…!’

Ellis stared blankly at Radis’s profile as she chose the next fabric.

Ellis, who was timid, was afraid of men.

The boys she had seen in her hometown during childhood were truly like wild beasts.

That’s why Ellis liked the Russel Estate, where even the employees had dignity.

The men here were generally gentlemanly.

However, Ellis was still afraid of men.

Just being close to men would make her body freeze up.

In such a situation, romance was unimaginable.

‘If Lady Radis had been a man…’

With her short hair, height much taller than girls her age, and well-trained body, Radis had a mysteriously androgynous charm.

She was too cool to call a woman, but too beautiful and gentle to call a man.

Feeling Ellis staring at her blankly, Radis looked at her.

Ellis, whose eyes met with Radis’s, blushed and lowered her head.

Radis looked at Ellis like that and smiled, then gently held the checkered corsage she had just made up to Ellis’s dark brown hair.

“I chose this because I thought it would suit Ellis.”

“…!”

Radis spoke with an embarrassed smile.

“I’m sorry it’s something I made for practice, but I’ll give this to you as thanks for teaching me.”

“…Sob…”

“Ellis?”

“…I’m sorry…!”

Ellis, who suddenly burst into tears, jumped up from her seat and disappeared in an instant.

Flustered, Radis froze while holding the corsage, not knowing what to do.

Nicky, who was decorating cookies, shook her head and muttered.

“Lady Radis… You’re truly such a sinful person.”

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