The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 71

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 71

 

She regretted opening the door without checking who was on the other side.

 

Margaret shrank her shoulders slightly and stepped back.

 

“Wh-what do you want…? Who are you to act like this…?”

 

Though Margaret showed signs of rejection, Robert didn’t care in the slightest.

 

He stepped forward as much as Margaret had retreated, trampling the clean lobby with his mud-covered boots.

 

Margaret couldn’t hold back any longer and screamed.

 

“What the hell do you think you’re doing!”

 

At her shout, Robert’s gray gaze pierced toward Margaret.

 

What was contained in those eyes was deep disgust.

 

“Where is she?”

 

“What? Who?”

 

“Radis. Where is she?”

 

The moment she realized he wasn’t a knight who had come about David’s matter but someone looking for Radis, Margaret’s patience snapped completely.

 

Margaret screamed at the top of her lungs.

 

“What kind of outrageous person are you? Get out, get out! Otherwise, my son and husband won’t let you be!”

 

Robert’s lips twisted ever so slightly.

 

It was really just a little, but that alone brought a chillingly cold smile to his face.

 

“Parasites like you…”

 

In fact, from Robert’s perspective, that was quite restrained, but at his insult, Margaret’s healthy complexion turned pale in an instant.

 

“What? Pa-parasites…?”

 

Parasites, he said.

 

A few days ago, she was treated as less than a beast just for giving her own daughter a little lecture, and now she was being treated like a parasite.

 

Having lost her reason, Margaret clung to Robert’s thick arm like a tree trunk and pushed at his arm wildly.

 

“She’s not here, I said she’s not here! So get lost! Why would I keep that damn brat around? I kicked her out long ago! Go search the streets!”

 

At her shrill scream, Robert’s complexion changed.

 

His jaw began to tremble finely with anger.

 

Veins bulged on his thick neck with a cracking sound, and his right hand was already resting on the hilt of his great sword.

 

And his eyes… they looked like they could easily kill a person with that gaze alone.

 

Then Jade opened the door to the study and shouted.

 

“Again, why is it so noisy…!”

 

Jade’s face was flushed red from drinking since broad daylight.

 

Swaying as he looked down at the first floor, Jade was startled and came to his senses when he saw the huge man filling the narrow foyer.

 

He had once been a knight too. He couldn’t just stand by and watch someone enter his house with muddy feet and threaten his wife.

 

Jade shouted in a loud voice.

 

“Wh-who’s there!”

 

Having shouted that, Jade went back into the study, drew the sword hanging on the wall, and began limping down the stairs.

 

“It’s a robber! Everyone come down with weapons!”

 

Robert’s face was now filled with indescribable disgust.

 

His hand lingered over the hilt of his great sword as if conflicted.

 

But the next moment, what appeared on his face was devastating helplessness.

 

Though painful, these people were still her family members, both in the previous life and in this life.

 

Robert let out a heavy sigh, removed his hand from the sword hilt, and turned around.

 

“Where are you going! Where do you think you’re going!”

 

Margaret clung to his arm and shrieked.

 

She seemed to have forgotten that she had been screaming for him to leave just moments before.

 

Robert irritably shook his arm as if swatting away a mosquito, shaking Margaret off.

 

The force was so strong that Margaret flew through the air and landed hard on her bottom.

 

The next moment, Margaret felt her vision go white.

 

A sharp sensation spread from her tailbone up through her spine.

 

“Ahhh-ack!”

 

“Honey!”

 

Jade, his face pale, hurriedly ran over and squeezed between Margaret and Robert.

 

“What do you think you’re doing! I swear on the honor of my Tilrod Family that I will never forgive you!”

 

“…Honor?”

 

He tried to say more but couldn’t.

 

Looking at those shameless faces made him feel sick to his stomach.

 

Robert couldn’t stand it anymore.

 

He had come here to find out Radis’s whereabouts, but if he stayed any longer, he felt like he might cut them down.

 

But that would never be what she wanted.

 

Robert pressed his lips tightly together and turned away.

 

“Ahhh, huhhh, my back, my back…!”

 

“Honey!”

 

Robert brushed off the spot where Margaret’s hand had touched him and turned around.

 

It seemed she wasn’t in this house, so he would have to look for Radis’s whereabouts elsewhere.

 

“Ex-excuse me…!”

 

What stopped him as he was about to mount his horse was a maid with a red bump on her cheek.

 

The maid approached him with a frightened face and spoke quickly.

 

“Y-you’re looking for Miss Radis, aren’t you?”

 

Robert looked at Irene with suspicious eyes before nodding his head.

 

Irene grabbed the edge of his cloak and whispered very quietly and quickly.

 

“Pl-please help the young lady…!”

 

At Irene’s words, Robert’s complexion changed.

 

He set aside his suspicion and bowed his head toward Irene as he asked.

 

“Help her? What do you mean? Is she imprisoned?”

 

“It’s wo-worse than that…!”

 

Irene’s eyes reddened.

 

“The ma-madam… sold the young lady for money!”

 

Robert’s jaw tensed and a grinding sound came from his teeth.

 

“…Where to?”

 

“To the Ma-Marquis! To Lord Russel!”

 

Irene whispered low while covering her mouth with trembling hands.

 

“I don’t know what might happen to the young lady. Please help her…!”

 

Robert’s eyes darkened.

 

He bowed his head to express his gratitude to Irene.

 

“Thank you. I pay my respects to your courage.”

 

“You must help the young lady…!”

 

Robert nodded his head.

 

“I will certainly do so. Even if I have to stake everything I have.”

 

Those words were his sincere feelings that needed nothing added or subtracted.

 

“…”

 

Eve Russel, who had come looking for Radis, stood at the threshold without entering the drawing room and spoke.

 

“Continue what you were doing.”

 

The maids who had been sitting around the table in the drawing room enjoying their tea party hurriedly stood up.

 

Eve Russel said awkwardly.

 

“No, I said continue…”

 

Radis spoke to the maids who didn’t know what to do.

 

“Please sit down. I’ll just talk for a moment and come back.”

 

Radis watched them sit back down, then came out of the drawing room and closed the door.

 

Eve spoke in a gloomy tone.

 

“I always seem to be a nuisance.”

 

“Ah, well… Since you’re my employer, it can’t be helped, right?”

 

“Fine. That’s just how I am. More importantly…”

 

Eve glanced sideways at Radis’s face, stealing quick looks as she asked.

 

“Are you… okay? Like, your feelings and such…”

 

Radis’s face turned slightly red.

 

A few days ago, after Margaret had caused a scene and left, the people at the Countess’ Mansion had, as if they’d made some sort of agreement, completely avoided mentioning Margaret or the Tilrod Family in front of Radis.

 

However, they did strangely watch Radis’s mood. Just like Eve was doing now.

 

“I’m… fine.”

 

“I, I see. That’s… good.”

 

Eve rubbed her lips and chin frantically like someone who didn’t know what to do.

 

Then she suddenly held out a thick letter envelope.

 

Receiving it, Radis turned the envelope over to check the sender’s name.

 

“Daniel Sheldon.”

 

She almost asked ‘Who is this?’ but she barely managed to remember that this was Armano’s real name.

 

“Teacher…!”

 

Seeing her joy, Eve snorted and said.

 

“Seeing that he sent a letter through me, it seems Earl Sheldon has finally come to his senses.”

 

Radis glanced at him sideways but still thanked him.

 

However, even after delivering the letter, Eve didn’t turn to leave.

 

“What the hell is that guy scheming?”

 

“…?”

 

“Good grief! Even if you were teacher and student in the past! You are now my! By me! For me retainer! Right, Radis? Right?”

 

It seemed he was concerned about the contents of the teacher’s letter.

 

Radis sighed and tore open the envelope’s seal right in front of Eve’s eyes.

 

Most of the letter was trivial chatter, but at the end there was this passage.

 

[My most adorable and beloved student.

 

I told my friends at Baekryeong about you.

 

When my friends heard that I had taught you Imperial swordsmanship, they said they wanted to see your skills for themselves.]

 

Eve’s eyes widened.

 

“See? He still hasn’t come to his senses! I knew this would happen!”

 

A bewildered Radis asked.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“Showing Imperial swordsmanship in front of Baekryeong knights? This is basically saying he wants to recruit you into Baekryeong!”

 

“…!”

 

“Of course that’s unacceptable!”

 

After being lost in thought for a moment, Radis said.

 

“Wait, Countess. If I became a knight… wouldn’t that help you too?”

 

Eve shook his head firmly.

 

“No!”

 

He continued in an enthusiastic tone.

 

“Radis, listen carefully. The White Crane Knight Order is the Empire’s greatest military force. Perhaps becoming a member of Baekryeong would be an honor of sorts for a knight. But! If you join the White Crane Knight Order, you’ll be bound by a Geas.”

 

This was the first time Radis had heard this term.

 

“Geas? What’s that?”

 

“Simply put, it’s a contract of oath. It’s a magical binding where you can gain more powerful strength by making an oath. However, if you violate that oath, you could lose your life.”

 

Surprised, Radis blinked.

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes! If you join Baekryeong, you’ll have to accept whatever binding the Emperor demands based on an oath of loyalty to the Imperial Court and Imperial Family.”

 

Eve shook his head.

 

“If your admission is decided, you can’t refuse being bound by the Geas. If the Emperor places unreasonable bindings on you, you’ll be dragged around by them for life!”

 

“I see.”

 

Radis nodded.

 

“I understand, Countess.”

 

“…You’re really not going, right?”

 

“Yes, I’ll think about it carefully.”

 

“Think? This is about you, you know? Why would you need to think? You should absolutely refuse! You could be bound by some strange contract to an old man who’s dying to go to war!”

 

Then Radis opened her eyes wide and spoke.

 

“Countess…!”

 

Radis pointed at his vest and said.

 

“Your clothes… they’re green?”

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