The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 85

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 85

Eve nearly spat out the tea she was drinking.

“What did you say?”

Ardon, who had suddenly visited her office, repeated what he had just said.

“I would like to recruit the Mage Knight, Miss Radis, whom Your Excellency brought, into the Knight Order.”

“Ma… What?”

“A Mage Knight, I said.”

“Radis is a Mage Knight? Why?”

“Since she uses mana, it’s proper to call her a Mage Knight. And she was at an incredible level.”

Ardon was excited in a way that was rare for him.

“And the young man from the Rodrick Family, he was a Master who had surpassed the level of Mage Knight. Did Your Excellency know this?”

“Ma… What?”

Eve’s mouth fell open in an unseemly manner, having planned to kick Robert out as soon as possible.

“A Master! Since he can convert mana into sword aura, he should be called a Master. I can’t believe how he could have remained unknown until now.”

Ardon said with a determined tone.

“Of course, I know he’s from the Rodrick Family. But Your Excellency is more magnanimous than the head of the Rodrick Family, aren’t you? Your Excellency should open a path for him. If you do so, that young man will also be deeply moved by Your Excellency!”

After Ardon finished his lengthy speech about the vessel of a ruler and left, Eve pressed her temples and fell into deep contemplation.

‘Radis, you…!’

It hadn’t been long since she had accepted her as a knight.

But now she’s a Mage Knight.

‘And why is that bastard a Master?’

As far as he knew, there were only about a hundred knights throughout the entire Empire who had received the insignia of Mage Knight.

The next level, Master, had only fourteen people, and twelve of them were in the North.

Not only Mage Knights, but the birth of a Master was truly a cause for celebration.

‘But the fifteenth Master comes from the Rodrick Family?’

Eve Russel unconsciously clutched her stomach and groaned.

“Ugh, my stomach hurts…!”

However, personal grievances about origins had to be set aside.

This was a golden opportunity for a knight from the South to receive the insignia of Master.

Even if her stomach was torn apart, she had to acknowledge what needed to be acknowledged.

Eve Russel, clutching her aching stomach, invited Radis and Robert to dinner.

However, the moment she saw Radis with her shoulder-length hair braided to one side, Eve Russel could forget all envy, jealousy, and humiliation.

“Radis, come here.”

At his call, Radis ran to him with a bright smile.

He noticed that Radis’s bangs had become unusually short.

“Your bangs…”

“Ah, this… got a little burned, so I tidied it up.”

Radis touched her shortened bangs shyly.

At the final moment of the sparring match, Robert’s sword aura had caused Radis’s mana to flow backward, cutting through the wall of fire she had created.

Her bangs had burned because of that.

Originally, one’s own mana doesn’t harm oneself, but the flames that became more intense after clashing with Robert’s sword aura had burned her hair.

“Does it look strange?”

“Not at all… you look like an angel?”

It was sincere praise, but Radis seemed to think it was a joke.

Radis smiled with narrowed eyes and grabbed his hand, pulling him closer.

The sensation of warm, soft fingers sliding into his hand and wrapping around it made him stagger.

Radis whispered into his ear as he bent forward as if about to fall.

“Marquis, I have something to tell you later.”

Above Radis’s forehead, her short bangs were swaying.

Eve Russel had to use all his strength to suppress the urge to kiss those endlessly sweet and soft-looking bangs.

No, if he hadn’t seen Robert standing behind Radis with the face of a death god, he might have actually done it.

“Ahem, ah, let’s go inside. Dinner will be served soon.”

Robert glared at Eve with his ominously gray eyes and entered the charity event hall.

Shortly after, Brendan appeared pushing a trolley loaded with the main course.

When Brendan lifted the lid of the large tray, something like a pile of pure white snow was revealed.

Radis asked.

“Brendan, what is this?”

“Lamb ribs roasted with a generous coating of precious rock salt from Blanchart.”

When Brendan broke the rock salt chunk with an ice pick, perfectly roasted meat emerged from within.

Brendan skillfully cut it and transferred it to individual plates.

Robert muttered in an unpleasant voice.

“How luxurious.”

Eve Russel brought up the main topic as if he had been waiting.

“I cannot be negligent in hosting two Mage Knights.”

Radis asked in surprise.

“Mage Knights?”

“Since you use mana, it’s proper to call you Mage Knights.”

Eve repeated Ardon’s words exactly while sending a heated gaze toward Radis.

“I heard from Ardon. Radis, you’re truly amazing.”

Radis’s face turned red as she was cutting the lamb.

“Am-amazing is too much…”

“No, Radis! This was the first moment I truly understood why Earl Sheldon stayed at the Tilrod Estate. While there are occasionally prodigies who awaken mana in their teens, those who can use it freely are maybe one out of a hundred prodigies!”

Radis’s face turned as red as the radish garnish placed next to the lamb.

“No, I…”

Radis swallowed the words “I’m not in my teens though.”

She had to quietly put down her knife without being able to cut the appetizing lamb.

Looking at her with burning eyes, Eve said in a clear voice.

“Radis, you’re a genius.”

In the end, Radis had to bow her head while covering her steaming face with both hands.

Watching her, Eve Russel smiled contentedly.

‘So cute…! Should I grant her a knight’s title? Would she be happy if I offered her an estate?’

The next moment, his face hardened.

‘An estate… won’t work! Then she’d leave here, wouldn’t she? No estate!’

Suddenly he realized that Robert was looking at him.

And with the face of someone looking at a very suspicious person.

Eve cleared his throat and spoke to Robert.

“Ah, guest of the Rodrick Family.”

Robert’s brow furrowed slightly.

“…Please call me Robert.”

“Very well. I also heard from Ardon about your skills…”

Having just lavished praise on Radis’s abilities like applying gold leaf, he couldn’t just pass this over.

“You, you too…”

Eve’s complexion turned pale.

Trying to praise the son of his enemy made his stomach turn.

Eve’s lips and chin trembled as he forced a smile beyond mere pretense.

“Amaz… ing…”

Robert’s face also drained of color as he realized what Eve was trying to say.

He had never had good feelings toward Eve Russel in his previous life, and he didn’t now either.

No, to be honest, the more he met him, the more he disliked him.

Robert absolutely did not want to hear words like “amazing” or “genius” from Eve Russel.

If he did that, he felt like he’d be so disgusted that he wouldn’t be able to hold a sword for a while.

Robert spoke quickly.

“Please spare me the praise. I’m just a foolish person with a long way to go.”

“Hmm, keep working hard.”

“Thank you.”

While Robert and Eve breathed sighs of relief, Radis, whose color had returned to her face, lifted her head.

She fanned herself with her hand to chase away the heat that kept hitting her cheeks as she spoke.

“Anyway, there’s something I want to tell you, Marquis.”

“What is it?”

“You once told me to think about what I wanted to do, remember?”

“Oh, oh yeah? I did.”

Eve saw Radis take a nervous breath.

Her incredibly lovely black eyes were gazing at him.

Without realizing it, he had turned his body completely toward Radis and even leaned his upper body forward.

Robert’s presence had long been forgotten.

“I want to create a mercenary group.”

“I see.”

Eve, who had been nodding with a gentle smile, came to his senses and asked back.

“What? A mercenary group?”

“Yes.”

“Why? Why suddenly a mercenary group? Radis, if you want to become a knight, I can arrange a suitable position for you.”

Radis spoke calmly.

“Ever since you told me about Baekryeong last time, I’ve been thinking about it continuously, and I don’t want to become a member of a knight order like Baekryeong. If you belong to a knight order, you have to fight people, not monsters.”

“…Th, that’s right.”

Radis shook her head.

“I don’t want to do that unless it’s truly necessary.”

“Wait, Radis. If not a knight, then a mercenary? What kind of choices are those? You…!”

Eve almost shouted this.

‘You could stay by my side! Don’t do dangerous things like that, forever, by my side.’

Eve Russel couldn’t bring himself to say those words and closed his mouth.

That wasn’t what Radis wanted.

It was what he wanted.

Eve Russel rubbed his nose and mouth with one hand.

As if trying to wipe away the traces of the words he had almost spoken.

After a moment, Eve Russel opened his mouth again.

“…Are you serious? Is that really what you want?”

Radis nodded with sparkling eyes.

“I don’t mean I’ll do it right away. I mean I’ll prepare for it little by little.”

Eve turned his gaze toward Robert and said.

“You didn’t put this idea in her head, did you?”

“Marquis, Ro… no, Robert is my friend. This is all my own thinking, and Robert said he would help me.”

With her saying this much, there was nothing more to say.

Eve made a groaning sound and rubbed his eyes with his hand.

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