The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 60

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 60

Whether she was shocked or not, Olivier only looked at her with a bright smile.

The winter sunlight filtering through the window slid over his uncovered silver hair, creating a rainbow-like gleam.

Below that, his pale and pretty face also sparkled.

His breathtakingly beautiful violet eyes also sparkled.

Ding—ding—

‘Oh, please!’

Radis had to tremble her shoulders to avoid hearing the bell ringing frantically above her head.

Olivier, who had been gazing intently at Radis, smiled and leaned his body over the table, bringing his lips close to her ear.

And whispered softly.

“What I just said was sincere.”

Ding ding ding ding ding!

Radis squeezed her eyes shut and cried out inwardly.

‘Lord Marquis! Please help me…! I feel like I’m going to die of a heart attack at this rate…!’

But Eve Russel was not by her side.

Moreover, even if Eve were beside her, would he really help her?

If he saw this scene now, far from helping, he would obviously give double thumbs up in delight.

Just then, a server bringing dessert saved Radis from her heart attack.

Olivier pointed to two dessert plates and asked.

“Which would you like, chocolate cake or apple crumble?”

“I’ll take… the less sweet one.”

The sweetness had reached its limit now.

Any sweeter and her heart would shrivel up like a sugar-preserved plum.

“Then have this. The cold ice cream and warm pastry go well together. It has cinnamon in it, so it’s good for your body too.”

With the sparkling attack and sweet dessert attack, plus his gentle smile added on top, Radis had no choice but to surrender.

“Thank you…”

She could see Olivier pulling his chair closer under the pretense of moving the dessert plate, but having exhausted all her energy, Radis couldn’t say anything.

In the end, she had to sit closely beside Olivier like lovers who were crazy about each other, eating dessert while looking down at the Duras River.

“The green area you see over there is a botanical garden managed by the Imperial Court. It’s closed now because it’s winter, but it will reopen when spring comes and flowers bloom.”

“That must be really wonderful…”

“I’d really like to go there together.”

“Ah, hahaha…”

Radis could only laugh awkwardly instead of responding to those words.

She couldn’t say she would do so, even as empty words.

This time she had been able to come to the north quite simply through the Gate, but that wasn’t a method that could be used easily.

Ordinary people had to make very long journeys when traveling between the south and north.

It was because of the Monster Forest.

The vast Monster Forest had permanently separated the southern and northern parts of the continent.

Radis nodded to herself, recalling how different the south was from the north.

‘So that’s why the north and south are so different. If not for the Monster Forest, they would be much closer…’

Radis, who had been lost in thought for a moment, was startled to realize that Olivier was staring intently at her.

“What were you thinking about just now?”

“No, nothing in particular…”

“I’m a bit shocked.”

“Pardon?”

“You’re the first person to think about something else with me right in front of you.”

At his words, Radis nearly jumped up from her seat.

“No, no, no! What do you mean something else? The cake is so delicious! This cheese is really tasty!”

“That’s ice cream.”

“Ah, hahahaha!”

Olivier chuckled as he watched Radis, whose ears were starting to turn red from embarrassment.

Radis buried her nose in the apple crumble bowl and quickly finished the ice cream to destroy the evidence.

‘Why is His Highness acting like this toward me? Could the Marquis really be right, and he has feelings for me…’

So much heat rushed to her face that her head felt dizzy.

Radis mentally knocked her forehead hundreds of times and cried out.

‘No, no! That can’t be! Get a grip, Radis!’

Then Olivier spoke.

“Today is really enjoyable.”

Olivier put down his chocolate cake, of which he had only eaten a spoonful from the corner, and spoke as if to himself.

“I’ve come to Duras and this restaurant often, but this is the first time it’s been so enjoyable.”

A melancholy expression appeared on Olivier’s face as he gazed into the distance.

His slightly lowered silver eyelashes curved so prettily that it made her heart flutter.

“Though I seem to have made you uncomfortable in my excitement.”

That lonely smile playing on his lips.

Even though he probably wasn’t wearing lipstick, his lips had such a beautiful color.

It was like the color of pink rose petals with a few drops of red ink dropped on them, stopped at the most beautiful and pitiful moment?

And why was his lower lip so plump and glossy?

“No, Your Highness…”

At that pitiful profile, Radis found herself saying without realizing it.

“I’m enjoying myself too. Truly.”

At her words, Olivier looked at her and smiled brightly.

“Really?”

For a moment, it seemed like two suns had risen over Duras.

Dazed by this, Radis nodded countless times and said.

“Of, of course…!”

“Then… could you stay with me a little longer?”

“Of, of course!”

Staying with him longer would obviously make her heart shrivel up like a dried plum, but she couldn’t help it.

Radis gave up on protecting her heart and stood up from her seat following Olivier.

‘Lord Marquis, save me…’

Radis called out to Eve Russel inwardly, then immediately shook her head.

His reaction was obvious.

‘Well done, Radis!’

Imagining Eve shouting that while giving thumbs up with both hands and feet, Radis couldn’t help but burst into brief laughter.

Since the restaurant was connected to Golden Road, they naturally began walking along the well-decorated path of Golden Road as if it had been planned.

Warm sunlight scattered down through the branches of tall street trees.

The faces of people coming and going on the street overflowed with happiness.

Children with gift boxes in their hands were busy running from shop to shop, and the families watching such children also looked joyful.

Not to mention the lovers choosing gifts to give each other.

On this street where everyone came to buy joy, all people looked happy.

“Hah…”

Except for Radis.

It wasn’t that this place was unpleasant.

This path was a magical place overflowing with happiness that money could buy.

The servers were also very kind.

Looking at precious objects amid such hospitality was a new pleasure she had never known before.

The only problem was this beautiful prince who bought everything she looked at.

Radis watched the Imperial Court maids carrying five boxes from the hat shop and loading them into the carriage, then said.

“Lord Olivier.”

“Yes.”

“I was just looking around! What am I supposed to do if you buy everything I glance at?”

At her accusatory words, Olivier’s eyebrows drooped dejectedly.

Though his eyebrows had only dropped by the tiniest bit, he looked as pitiful as a puppy scolded by its mother and left alone in the rain.

“But those were items that caught your eye. How could I just leave them behind…?”

“Pardon?”

Radis was so dumbfounded she couldn’t even speak.

Was there some rule in this neighborhood that you had to buy anything you merely looked at?

As Radis resolved not to look at anything from now on, Olivier cautiously approached her.

“Radis, are you angry because of my actions?”

“No, Your Highness. I’m not angry, but…!”

Radis looked at the carriage with a troubled expression.

Even without adding five more hat boxes, the carriage was already at its limit.

Three large music boxes, two sets of plates, three sets of teacups, ten boxes of chocolate, and even a pet bed.

She didn’t even have pets, nor did she plan to get any!

‘At this rate, the imperial finances will go bankrupt because of me.’

Radis opened her mouth.

“Your Highness, let’s stop shopping now.”

Though she desperately wanted to look around more, it seemed she had to give up her personal desires for the sake of the Empire’s well-being.

Radis looked at the dazzling cake shop two blocks away and wailed inwardly.

But if Olivier ended up buying several boxes of cake too, she might have to eat nothing but cake three times a day until the day she returned to the South.

“Let’s just walk. Let’s walk looking only straight ahead.”

“Shall we?

Though it was a suggestion from Radis who had no particular destination in mind and hadn’t decided what to do, Olivier gladly accepted.

As they walked down that street that felt like a warm dreamscape, Olivier told her stories about this street in his sweet voice.

“The old name of Golden Road was Glory Road.”

“Does that mean the path of glory?”

“That’s right. Long ago, it’s said that every kingdom had Gates. Countless mages, heroes, and adventurers came and went through this road via the Gates. It was a name dedicated to their achievements.”

Radis recalled the Demon Stones that the Gate administrators used to place on the altar.

“Were Demon Stones cheap back then? Cheap enough for adventurers from all kingdoms to use them…?”

Olivier smiled and shook his head.

“In the old days, mana was very abundant in the atmosphere, so there were many mages and Mage Knights. The amount of mana they possessed was also incomparably greater than now. So they could use Gates and magical tools very easily with their own mana.”

What had happened in the Forbidden Zone came to Radis’s mind.

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