The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 30

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Chapter 30

It felt as though the shackles that were placed upon her ankles were clinking, slowly being taken off.

“Lady Radis, your tailored dress has also arrived! You can wear your new dress to the play!”

Berry seemed just as excited as Radis.

She brought in a box containing the new dress along with April, the marquis’ maid who’s in charge of clothes.

As she took out the dress made of dark green velvet and green silk, April spoke.

“Since Milady’s going to watch a play, a dress with a classic design would be nice, right? What do you think about this green dress?”

On the other hand, Berry chose a sensual evening dress made of black fabric and adorned with rose designs.

“Lady Radis, what about this?”

Radis pretended to contemplate, but eventually chose the dress that April recommended.

Berry seemed to sulk after that, but the moment Radis turned around in the green dress, Berry bounced on her feet.

“Wow, wow, wow! What do I do…! You’re so pretty, Lady Radis!”

Radis was very surprised as well.

This dress was leagues away compared to that pink sponge, which had been sold at ninety percent off at the Rhode boutique.

Made of dark green velvet and green silk, the dress was very luxurious, pretty, and much more comfortable to wear than she originally thought.

“Berry, get out of the way.”

While holding her makeup tools in both hands, Nicky pushed away Berry with her butt.

While stroking Radis’ cheek with the back of her hand, Nicky spoke with an affectionate tone.

“Lady Radis! Ahh, you’re so cute. I’ll doll you right up!”

Nicky’s makeup techniques were nothing short of amazing.

She trimmed Radis’ eyebrows into a pretty shape and curled her eyelashes nicely.

“Milady is already so pretty that there’s nothing for me to do!”

And she was showered with sweet compliments.

As she wore her new dress, had makeup on, and neatly styled hair with even a pretty hat on, Radis was surprised to see herself in the mirror.

Her reflection showed a beautiful, noble young lady who seemed to have been plucked out of the scene of a banquet somewhere else. It wasn’t like anything she’s seen before.

Radis was amazed.

“Wow…!”

Berry also burst into an exclamation.

“Oh my gosh…!”

April was pleased, too.

“Lady Radis, you look so great!”

Nicky pushed Berry away again with her butt as she said this with an excited voice.

“You’re as lovely as a baby deer, Lady Radis…!”

Frustrated that Nicky kept pushing her out with her butt, Berry pulled at Nicky and shouted.

“Nicky, stop it! You’re being a lech!”

“Oh my, I only like beautiful women though? Not a kid like you!”

“Go away, go away!”

With one hand on her waist, Berry pushed Nicky out with her butt, and the two scuffled out of the room little by little.

Meanwhile, Radis was just staring blankly at the mirror without hearing Berry and Nicky bickering.

‘That’s me?’

The girl in the mirror was really pretty.

No, not only did she look pretty, but she looked lovely and precious.

It was like she was raised by a generous father and a sweet mother and grew up in a harmonious family, as if sometimes, she and her siblings would argue, but they generally got along well… She looked like such a noble young lady.

‘That’s Radis?’

At any moment in her life, which had already been cut short before, but all that time, Radis had never looked at herself for this long.

When she was at the Tilrod household, there was a time when she had passed by a mirror and saw herself.

When she faced her reflection and saw that endlessly forlorn gaze staring back at her, she felt so dizzy. It was as if she was looking down the end of a cliff.

It was the same when she was masquerading as David whenever she went out for subjugations at the forest of monsters.

The moment she would look into the surface of the water to wash her face in the murky water, or whenever she’d find herself in the reflection of her blade, she’d see her gaunt, exhausted face. And just as though she’d trip on a flight of stairs, her heart would drop to the ground.

The Radis in the mirror was so lovely and pretty that her memories of the past almost felt like a lie.

Behind her, she saw that the black-clad Yves Russell was approaching.

His cloak and suit were all black, but that was more acceptable today. Men’s formal wear was usually black after all.

With a well-tailored suit over his adequately built solid physique Yves Russell looked quite, no, rather dashing. And his hair looked less disheveled.

Radis looked at Yves Russell in the mirror.

And Yves Russell looked back at her in that reflection as well.

A strange pair.

They were such different people that it would make sense if they came from the opposite sides of this mirror in different worlds.

With both still looking at the mirror, Yves Russell placed a necklace on Radis.

It was an amethyst necklace adorned with silver and diamonds.

Over the dark green velvet, just as the fabric’s darkness began to deepen, the diamond-studded silver cord shone brightly like the night sky around her chest.

Yves Russell’s lips could be seen in the mirror smiling sweetly.

And he whispered into Radis’ ear.

“You’re beautiful, Radis.”

The words seemed to strike a chord in her heart.

Radis thought that they would go to a theater somewhere in the south for the play.

But that wasn’t it.

The marquis’ carriage headed towards the highlands of Larrings.

It was a place where the ‘gate’ was for teleportation.

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“Wait, we’re passing through a gate?”

“Yes. Is there a problem? Do you get motion sickness from passing through a gate?”

“That’s… I don’t know. I’ve never gone through one.”

The moment Radis said so, Marquis Russell took out a paper bag from under his carriage seat and puffed it up.

After that, he politely handed it to her.

With a tight grip on the paper bag, Radis asked.

“Are we going through a gate just to watch a play?”

“Yes. Why?”

“The gate fee, it’s really expensive! And not just anyone can use it.”

There were only a few gates across the empire. It was an ancient magical relic that warped space by engraving runes on the ground.

In addition, a staggering number of mana stones was needed for teleportation.

But Marquis Russell answered.

“The Larrings gate belongs to the Russell family.”

Radis was speechless. She just followed after him.

The gate was mysterious.

Its flat surface was made of white marble and numerous pillars stood around it.

All over the surface and the pillars, ancient letters that glowed subtly appeared as a complex pattern.

In the middle of it, Yves and Radis stood side by side.

The gatekeeper even kindly tied a large handkerchief over Radis’ neck when they saw her holding a paper bag.

When the preparations were over, the gatekeeper placed a handful of mana stones on the altar.

‘Ah…!’

At that moment, the surface beneath her feet shone starkly.

‘…Bright!’

And the next moment, they were standing at the Dvirath gate, located at a city near the capital—at the northern region of the empire.

Yves, whose lips had turned slightly pale, looked at Radis and asked.

“Are you alright?”

Radis removed the handkerchief around her neck and placed it inside the paper bag.

“I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief. People who get motion sickness through the gate sometimes throw up.”

Radis hesitated and shuffled away from Yves. Then, she asked.

“Marquis, are… are you alright?”

“I’m used to it because I pass through gates often. Anyway, this is interesting. It’s your first time using a gate, but you’re fine. Your stomach must be like steel.”

Near the gate, there was a carriage with the insignia of the marquis waiting.

As soon as she was about to get on the carriage, Radis stumbled and felt a little nauseous.

“Here.”

Yves Russell smiled and reached out a hand to her.

“I guess it’s not so much like steel. Take my hand.”

It felt really strange.

Perhaps because of the gate’s side effects, Radis felt like she was dreaming.

After passing through the highlands, the carriage headed to the center of Dvirath.

A city built around the gate closest to the capital, Dvirath was the most spectacular city in the empire.

Most of the largest banks and many guild branches were here.

Apart from that, the most famous shopping district of the empire called the ‘Golden Road’ was right here, complete with casinos and other entertainment establishments.

In other words, Dvirath was a place that all of the empire’s citizens would want to visit at least once in their lives.

Yves Russell chuckled as he watched Radis, who was busy admiring the Dvirath cityscape through the carriage’s window.

“Having fun?”

Radis nodded vigorously as she looked back at Yves Russell.

“How could I not! Everyone says that it’s their lifelong dream to go to Dvirath!”

“Really? Is it the same for you, too?”

Radis looked around.

She was curious as well.

However, she didn’t particularly dream of it.

She had never even been to a theater down south.

She was someone who ate only oat porridge every day. Just as he couldn’t imagine what kind of exquisite delicacies the emperor would have stacked on his dinner table, she never even thought that she wished to go to Dvirath.

But of course, it was great to be here.

“I never thought about it, but anyway, I like it!”

Yves Russell nodded.

“If you like it that much, then next time we go here, let’s plan a longer itinerary and stay for a few days.”

“Huh?”

“My family has a townhouse in Dvirath, so you can come here anytime.”

Radis watched the people walking on both sides of the boulevard where the carriage passed through.

They were all dressed to the nines in colorful clothes, smiling happily as they looked through shop windows.

There were also children dressed in pretty clothes, their arms full of gifts as they skipped lightly.

There was another child blowing bubbles, and so large bubbles fluttered all over the street.

Looking intently at the round bubbles, Radis took in the wonderful, brilliant sight before her.

Everything was shining more beautifully than a rainbow.

It felt like she was dreaming.

But she had never experienced having such a happy dream.

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