The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 58

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 58

Radis gathered up the chess board while speaking in a deliberately weak tone.

“Yes, scold me to your heart’s content. Isn’t that the victor’s privilege?”

“Privilege?”

“The loser has nothing to say.”

A faint smile appeared at the corners of Robert’s mouth.

He was like a golem with only one command carved into him: to lead the Extermination Corps.

However, when he smiled like this, Radis would realize that he was quite a handsome man.

‘What am I thinking right now?’

Radis widened her eyes and turned her head away.

She was not Radis right now.

She was David Tilrod, the vice-captain of the Imperial Monster Hunting Corps.

As the vice-captain of the Extermination Corps, she was merely participating in leisure activities to help the captain relax for a moment.

Radis forced herself to speak in a solemn voice.

“Then ask me anything, Captain.”

Truth game.

It was a betting game as frequent within the Extermination Corps as switching meal duty or night watch shifts.

Usually it consisted of childish questions like ‘Were you the one who stole my canteen cap and stuck a mandrake head in it?’, or ‘Was it you who put your foot in my mouth last night?’, or ‘Did you happen to kiss Jane from the tavern?’

In fact, the truth game was absolutely the last thing Radis wanted to choose, given that she was living a huge lie.

However, when it came to chess bets with Robert, there was no choice.

She couldn’t push meal duty or night watch shifts onto the captain.

“…Never mind.”

But fortunately, Robert had never once asked her a question.

Each time, he would just look at Radis with those gray eyes that resembled a cloudy sky.

As if he knew without asking, without hearing an answer.

Radis said.

“Checkmate.”

Eve clutched her bangs and shouted.

“You tricked me!”

“I didn’t know you played this poorly, Lord Marquis.”

Radis said, gazing at distant mountains.

“But you gave black an advantage.”

“That wasn’t an advantage! Radis, how could you do this to me? You completely toyed with me, took away all my pieces so I couldn’t do anything, then cornered me and killed me miserably!”

“Hmm… Ahem, the world of competition is ruthless.”

Eve breathed heavily with anger, then curled up under the blanket, hugging her knees.

“Fine. Cruel competitor lady, I surrender. I admit defeat. Ask me anything. What are you curious about? The Marquis family’s greatest secret passed down for hundreds of years? Or perhaps a hidden diamond mine? Secret assets concealed underground in Luare?”

Radis almost burst out laughing.

She placed one hand on Eve’s shoulder, who was rolled up in the blanket, and spoke.

“Why do you like black so much, Lord Marquis?”

Eve’s mouth fell open.

It seemed like a question she had never expected.

“That… That’s what you’re curious about?”

Radis shrugged and glanced at the black silk blanket, black curtains, and black tapestries hanging on the walls.

“Wouldn’t it be strange not to be curious?”

“Really? You were curious…”

“If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to.”

“No, it’s not that I don’t want to.”

Eve scratched her head and said.

“I was just surprised because it’s the first time anyone has asked me that. Yes, I suppose you could be curious… Alright. I’ll tell you.”

Eve took a deep breath and spoke again.

“It’s… a beautiful story related to my long-standing love.”

At Eve’s suddenly distant voice, Radis grimaced and stood up.

“Yes, that’s enough. I heard you well.”

“Wow, Radis! How can you do that? You asked and then!”

At Eve’s expression as if the sky had fallen, Radis had no choice but to sit back down.

But she had to resist the urge to get up again soon.

“She is… an angel who came down from heaven.”

“…”

“It’s not a metaphor, it’s real. She came down to me flapping black wings when I was lost in the forest.”

“…”

“Don’t make that face, will you? I can talk about it casually now, but I really almost died back then. I was just a child then. How scared must I have been? It was truly tremendous fear that felt like I’d go insane. Actually, I think I did go a bit insane. I barely remember what happened then. Anyway, the black angel protected me.”

Eve had quite a serious expression.

It didn’t seem like she was joking.

Radis had no choice but to nod.

“So that’s why you like black so much?”

“That’s right. For a long time after that, it was the only thing I could rely on. I think it’s become a complete habit now.”

Radis thought to herself that it was fortunate Eve hadn’t met a pink angel or a light green angel.

However, she didn’t say that out loud.

Instead, she patted the area around Eve’s shoulders covered by the blanket and said.

“I see.”

“Hmph.”

She could see Eve pouting her lips as if to show off.

That face looked strangely cute, so Radis smiled.

Eve, who had been a bit sulky, seemed to cheer up when Radis smiled.

“I’ll win next time.”

“Sure.”

“When I win, I’ll ask you something too.”

“Is there something you want to ask me?”

Flustered by her question, Eve awkwardly opened and closed her mouth.

“Ah… Well… A little…?”

Radis said with a smile.

“You should think of a question in advance. It’s surprisingly hard to think of one on the spot.”

“R-right…”

Just then, someone knocked on the door and Lina, the butler and manager of the Town House, entered the room.

Eve said nonchalantly.

“Is it time to eat?”

Lina said with wide eyes.

“A message came from the Imperial Capital!”

“From the Imperial Capital?”

Eve held out her hand as if asking for the letter.

Then Lina held up the letter to show the recipient.

“It’s for Lady Radis!”

“For me?”

Radis opened the envelope’s seal with a puzzled expression.

When Lina appeared, Eve also emerged weakly from the blanket, perhaps feeling embarrassed to stay inside like a hermit crab.

Seeing that Radis’s cheeks had turned slightly red while reading the letter, he hurriedly approached and asked.

“What is it? Who is it? The 3rd Prince? What does it say?”

“…”

Radis read the simple few-line letter two or three times repeatedly.

No matter how many times she read it, the content was the same.

“The 3rd Prince… suddenly asked if we could meet this afternoon…”

“Oh my my my!”

Instead of the flustered Radis, Lina clapped her hands and rejoiced on her behalf.

“Did His Highness the 3rd Prince ask Lady Radis on a date?”

At the word “date,” Radis’s eyes shook wildly as if an earthquake had struck.

She looked at Eve helplessly, not knowing what to do.

But Eve’s eyes were also trembling.

Radis asked in a shaking voice.

“Wh-what should I do?”

“What do you mean what should you do!”

Instead of Eve, Lina fluttered her hands like butterflies and answered in a cheerful voice.

“First, since the imperial messenger is waiting, we need to send a reply saying you agree! Then you need to bathe and choose a dress!”

“Uh, uh…”

“Hohohoho, leave it to this Lina and first Lady Radis should go bathe! Oh my, you’ve sweated quite a bit!”

Radis only rolled her eyes back and forth.

It was so sudden that she couldn’t think straight at all.

But there was no reason to refuse Olivier’s request either.

“O-okay…”

“Good! I’ll send the reply to the messenger.”

Eve, who had been standing there dazed, asked.

“Wh-what about me…?”

Lina, who was about to leave the room holding Radis’s hand, said kindly.

“You said you wouldn’t come out of bed today, didn’t you? You ordered that breakfast, lunch, and dinner should all be brought to your room. Hohohoho, rest comfortably!”

Radis also nodded.

“That’s right, Lord Marquis. Sorry for disturbing you. Please rest well now.”

“Huh, huh…?”

Eve, left alone in an instant, made a tearful face.

“Th-this isn’t right…”

It was extremely fortunate that besides the silver and purple dresses Eve had chosen, there were several dresses they had almost been forced to buy at 【Chaperone】.

She didn’t want to wear dresses dominated by silver and purple until today.

Radis chose a fresh green outdoor dress and a winter fur cloak.

For her hair, she braided it up tightly and secured it with pins so it wouldn’t get messy even if she wore a hood.

After receiving help from a maid for light makeup, Lina announced the 3rd Prince’s arrival.

When she went down to the lobby, she could see three statues standing there.

A naked male statue holding a water pitcher and lute respectively, and between them stood a statue that looked exactly like Prince Olivier.

When Radis appeared, the statue that looked exactly like Prince Olivier moved smoothly and turned toward her.

A smile was carved onto the statue’s perfect lips, and she could see a faint blush rising on his pale cheeks.

‘Huh?’

Radis quietly placed her hand on her solar plexus.

Strangely, her chest seemed to be throbbing.

‘What is this? Is there a problem with my mana core?’

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