The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 59

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 59

Though a slight anxiety crept over her at the feeling that something was wrong with her body, Radis forced a smile and lightly bent her knees to greet Olivier first.

Olivier approached her and opened his mouth.

“Thank you for taking precious time out of your day today.”

Precious time, he said.

Radis almost shook her head to say no.

She wasn’t such a busy person. Today too, she had just been thinking ‘I’ll eat my fill and maybe explore the estate since I’m bored.’

Then Olivier took Radis’s hand and lightly brushed his lips against the back of her hand.

Even though it was just an ordinary greeting, her heart began to pound.

“Oh my…”

She could hear Lina letting out a small exclamation from behind.

That “oh my” sound filled Radis’s head completely.

If it were someone else’s business, she would have exclaimed the same way.

There weren’t many people who could look so picturesque while bowing and kissing a woman’s hand.

However, it was she who had to spend time with that picture-perfect beautiful man.

‘What exactly does one do on a date? Am I supposed to entertain His Highness? How? Should I dance or something?’

Her shoulders began to feel heavy with the burden.

Radis walked behind Olivier with unconfident steps, following him.

In front of the splendid imperial carriage guarded flawlessly by five knights, Radis turned around weakly.

From the estate’s entrance, Lina was waving with a bright smile.

Eve’s bedroom window would be somewhere on the second floor, but Eve was nowhere to be seen.

As Radis took her seat, Olivier opened his mouth.

“Are you alright?”

Radis looked at Olivier in surprise.

Olivier, wearing a reddish-brown hat, had his long hair braided and hanging to one side today.

His perfectly beautiful face was full of worry.

“Did I contact you too suddenly?”

Radis was so surprised she could have jumped up right there, waving her hands dismissively.

“No, not at all! That’s not it at all.”

“I must have been thoughtless. I should have anticipated that you’d be tired the day after the banquet…”

Radis’s eyes widened.

She was someone who had gone on expeditions hunting monsters for as short as 3-4 days and as long as half a month.

There was no way she’d feel tired from just a banquet.

“Your Highness, I’m really fine! This much is nothing to me!”

Radis was flustered by the knight-like tone that came out without her knowing.

“No, that’s not what I meant… Lord Olivier, I’m really fine. You don’t need to worry about me.”

At her words, Olivier blinked.

He gazed at her quietly with those jewel-like eyes.

It seemed like he had something he wanted to say.

However, instead of saying those words, he turned his head to look out the window and opened his mouth.

“Have you had a meal by any chance?”

“Ah, no…”

Come to think of it, she hadn’t put anything in her mouth since morning except for the tea Eve had made.

Radis quietly touched her stomach.

The strange feeling she kept having seemed to be because she was hungry after all.

At her answer, Olivier looked at her with a gentle smile.

“I’ve made a restaurant reservation. If it’s alright with you, shall we have a meal first?”

“I… Yes, that sounds good.”

Radis nodded.

She felt like she’d feel a bit better after filling her stomach.

Olivier gave her a gentle look, then turned his head to gaze out the window with a relaxed attitude.

Confirming that he wasn’t looking at her, Radis slightly lowered her head and let out a thin sigh.

‘3rd Prince, Your Highness. Really, truly, why are you doing this to me?’

With her head lowered, Radis only lifted her eyes upward and stole glances at Olivier.

She hadn’t noticed until now because she’d been so flustered, but Olivier, who had a pure white coat draped over his shoulders, was wearing a poppy-red outdoor jacket underneath.

The exact same color as Radis’s hair.

Seeing that, Radis’s face burned redder than the fabric.

It was fortunate beyond measure that she was wearing a green dress.

If she had worn the silver and purple dress that Eve had ordered, Olivier and Radis would have looked almost like newlyweds who were crazy about each other.

‘It, it must be a coincidence…’

Radis pressed her cheeks firmly with her cold hands to calm her reddened face.

She couldn’t believe this situation.

It felt exactly like a dream.

‘Could it be that the Marquis got so angry after losing at chess earlier that he hit my head with the chessboard? So I’m unconscious and dreaming right now?’

Radis quietly pinched her cheek with the hand that had been pressing it.

Strangely, it didn’t hurt much.

‘Is it really a dream?’

Radis put proper force into the hand pinching her cheek.

“Huh…”

It was a faint moan with her voice completely suppressed, but at that sound, Olivier was startled as if she had screamed and turned his head to look at her.

She could see a few strands of silver hair that had fallen from his forehead swaying over his beautiful face.

His wide-open eyes were more brilliant than jewels, and his lips, slightly parted in surprise, were indescribably enchanting.

“Radis.”

Olivier grabbed the wrist of her hand that had been pinching her cheek.

“Why… why did you do that?”

She could see his coral-colored lips trembling finely.

Radis was flustered.

“No, well… I was wondering if this was a dream or reality, so I…”

She could see Olivier biting his lips tightly as if she had pinched him instead.

“Of course it’s not a dream.”

“It, it seems that way…”

Olivier let out a thin sigh.

Looking at Radis with a complicated expression, he suddenly took off his white leather gloves and brought his hand to her cheek.

“…?”

A white haze-like light bloomed before her eyes, and she felt the stinging pain in her cheek subside.

Radis looked at Olivier with bewildered eyes.

“Your Highness…? What did you just do?”

Olivier put his gloves back on and smiled gently.

“I cast magic.”

“What?”

“So that you won’t hurt anymore.”

Radis touched her cheek with a puzzled expression.

Her cheek really didn’t hurt at all.

‘What is this? Could it really be magic?’

Looking at Radis, who was looking up at him with a face full of doubt, Olivier smiled.

“This is… a secret.”

“…!”

Radis nodded in surprise.

Olivier smiled mischievously with his eyes narrowed.

Because of that expression, Radis couldn’t tell whether he was being serious or joking.

Just as questions began to swell and bubble up in her mind, the carriage came to a stop.

“Ah, we’ve arrived.”

“….”

Radis stepped down from the carriage with Olivier’s escort, looking dazed.

The carriage had stopped at a beautiful estate overlooking the river.

Though quite late in realizing it, Radis understood that this was her first time coming to a place called a restaurant.

“This kind of place is a first for me.”

During her time with the Extermination Troops, she had often eaten at inns run by Pioneers, but inns were places meant for lodging, and meals were secondary.

For someone from the South like her, the very culture of buying food outside was unfamiliar.

Olivier explained in a gentle voice.

“There aren’t that many restaurants in the North either. Even in Duras, there are only a few. This place is famous among them for Northern cuisine.”

The restaurant’s lobby was decorated with fresh, vibrant flowers despite it being the middle of winter.

Staff members stood in a line to greet them.

Seeing the vast interior space behind them completely empty gave her an ominous feeling.

The manager guided them to the best seats overlooking the river.

As the manager poured aperitifs with fluid, smooth movements, Radis lowered her voice and asked.

“Your Highness… Why are we the only customers?”

It seemed as if two question marks appeared on Olivier’s snow-white cheeks.

“I wonder. Why could that be?”

Then he looked at Radis with an expression as innocent as a baby.

“This establishment doesn’t seem to be as famous as I thought.”

Those violet eyes were so clear that Radis almost believed with absolute certainty that he truly knew nothing.

“…You didn’t perhaps rent out this entire spacious restaurant… did you?”

“What you’re hoping isn’t the case probably is the case.”

Olivier said with a bright smile.

“I tend to get nervous when there are many people around.”

“That doesn’t seem like something the Imperial Prince should be saying.”

“It’s true. I freeze up like a stone.”

While Radis shook her head in disbelief, the staff brought out the dishes.

The food was absolutely delicious.

The North’s specialty of freshly baked crispy cheese bread and clear fish soup, salad with all sorts of abundant ingredients, and even veal—every dish was new and fresh.

Though these were all dishes she was trying for the first time, they suited her taste perfectly.

If she were to follow proper etiquette, she should leave some food behind, but she simply couldn’t bring herself to do so.

Watching Radis scrape up every last drop of soup, Olivier wore a happy smile.

Feeling a bit embarrassed by his smile, Radis asked.

“…Why are you smiling like that?”

“Because you’re pretty.”

“…!”

Radis ended up dropping her spoon with a clatter.

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