The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 205
Chapter 205
Translator: Yonnee
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25. Life’s entrapment
Around the time most of the nobles who had visited the marquis’s residence to meet Third Prince Olivier had returned home, Robert, who had taken a short trip, finally returned.
After the storm had swept through the marquis’s residence, there lingered a slightly reassuring and peaceful atmosphere.
The quiet golden sunlight was the only thing filling the garden and banquet hall emptied of guests.
In the small reception hall, Allen supervised as the maids cleaned the silverware and as the attendants cleaned the guest rooms, closed the curtains, and shut the doors.
Returning to his room after a quick wash, Robert went straight to find Radis.
When he found her, Radis was in the library.
Unaware of Robert finding her, the thick door of the library closed soundlessly, shutting out the faint noise from outside.
Radis was deeply buried in an armchair, engrossed by the book she was reading.
The hair that Berry had meticulously styled cascaded over her shoulders.
Her side profile, immersed in reading, looked extremely serene.
Absentmindedly, she touched the pages of the book, and her slender legs, occasionally stretched out like a pendulum, tapped rhythmically like a ticking clock.
In the tranquil moment, as if time had stopped, Robert stood there for a while.
Not wanting to disturb her serenity, Robert slowly walked towards Radis.
Her black pupils were gently scanning the characters in the book.
While her expression deciphering complex theories mostly remained neutral, occasionally, when she seemed to grasp something, a light smile would flicker on her lips.
In the peaceful stillness, Robert felt a full sense of relief.
With a faint smile, he gently placed his hand on Radis’s shoulder.
“Robert.”
Radis, with surprised eyes, looked up at him.
“When did you arrive?”
“What kind of book are you reading that you’re so focused on it?”
Radis shrugged her shoulders and lifted the book, showing its cover.
“Sor…cery? Are you planning to become a mage and swordmaster at the same time?”
Radis chuckled lightly.
“Robert, just trust me. I have a plan.”
Robert, who was about to sit on the sofa, paused and said,
“Why does that sound ominous?”
Radis playfully flicked her finger with a confident face.
“Ufufu, just trust me.”
Robert smirked.
“I don’t know exactly what you’re telling me to trust, but since we’re already in this together, I’ll follow you even to the depths of hell.”
Robert placed a crumpled paper on the table.
“Here’s a list of those shackled punks.”
Perplexed by the term ‘shackled’, Radis unfolded the piece of paper.
To her surprise, it was a list of their comrades from their previous lives, who they had been through life and death together with.
The reason Robert had left the marquis’s residence was to recruit them as mercenaries.
“Shackled?!”
Radis gave Robert an unimpressed look.
While taking a bite of an apple on the table, Robert continued,
“They’re scattered everywhere, and since time was running short, I couldn’t look into them much.”
“But you’ve met quite a few, right? The construction of the lodgings is taking a bit longer, so we’ve got time.”
“Laszlo said he’ll definitely come. He guaranteed that he’ll do anything as long as we feed him.”
“I could imagine.”
Radis laughed.
“It’s fortunate that we caught him before he fell into a bad path due to hunger.”
“And… Tez, that guy isn’t in the village.”
“Oh? Has he already joined the smuggling ring?”
“Well, I’ll find out soon.”
After letting out a light sigh, Robert continued,
“Rather than that, I should visit the capital. Thierry, that punk… He should be there.”
“Thierry…”
Radis recalled Thierry, who was one of the rare nobles among the members of their subjugation squad.
Thierry was originally a member of House Roschielde’s subjugation squad, but down the line, he ended up killing a high-ranking opponent in a duel.
“That bastard was a bastard even in death.”
Thierry always said that, but occasionally, he would shout like this in his nightmares.
“I’m sorry…!”
Thinking of Thierry having nightmares, Radis said,
“We should prevent it before it happens.”
“If that’s possible, it would be great.”
“We can definitely prevent it! But more importantly…”
Radis quickly tidied up the desk and stood up.
“Congratulations in advance!”
With a cheerful smile, Radis went to him.
“Fifteenth Master!”
In response to her words, Robert pretended to throw the apple core at her.
“Why are you like this? O, great and powerful Fifteenth Master…!”
“I’m not a swordmaster yet. Stop teasing.”
“I’m not teasing! I’m saying it because I like it.”
Hehe. Radis giggled.
The reason Robert’s journey got cut short was because of the upcoming seal bestowment ceremony in the capital.
Radis, holding two thumbs up, said,
“Our fearless captain who always succeeds no matter where he goes…!”
Robert actually threw the apple core at her this time.
Radis laughed and simply dodged it.
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