The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 220
Chapter 220
Translator: Yonnee
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The raised tip of her sword split Klaudio’s sword aura.
The white light shattered, scattering like petals in spring.
Radis sheathed her sword and said,
“It was an honor to cross swords with you.”
Klaudio responded with a dazed expression.
“I should say… the same…”
* * *
‘What on earth happened?’
Daniel’s face was beyond pale—it was ashen.
He knew Radis’s abilities well. She was a diligent and talented apprentice.
That was all.
She didn’t know how to manipulate mana and had never faced real combat.
Only half a year had passed since he was separated from Radis.
Such an improvement in skills was impossible in just that time.
It was an unthinkable event.
He grabbed the arm of his approaching apprentice and spoke.
“Let’s go.”
Then, a clapping sound came from behind him.
“Daniel.”
The emperor was applauding with his thick palms.
“Truly, you have an exceptional apprentice. A once-in-a-lifetime prodigy!”
Daniel shook his head.
“Something is terribly wrong, Your Majesty.”
“Wrong? My heart is fluttering with unprecedented joy right now!”
The emperor’s booming voice commanded,
“Daniel, bring that child before me.”
Daniel resisted moving.
Cold sweat started to form on his pallid face.
He gripped Radis’s arm tighter and whispered to her,
“Go.”
Radis realized something was gravely wrong with him.
He seemed to be enduring severe pain.
“Master?”
“Radis, go. Run and don’t look back.”
At that moment, Emperor Claude shouted with a resonating voice.
“Daniel, are you defying my order?”
The words pierced Daniel like a blade.
Daniel couldn’t bear the pain any longer and collapsed forward.
“Master…!”
Radis hurriedly supported him as if pulling him up.
‘What… What is this?’
She was seeing things she couldn’t normally perceive.
She could even see the flow of mana within Daniel.
‘It’s a mess…?’
Daniel’s mana wasn’t flowing properly. It was tangled and boiling in places.
The cause was two dissonant presences in his chest.
‘Those are double Geas.’
Without thinking, Radis reached out to grasp it.
But what she touched was Daniel’s hunched back.
With her hand on her teacher’s back, Radis made up her mind.
She told Daniel.
“Master. I won’t run away.”
“Radis…!”
Leaving him behind, she walked toward the emperor.
The emperor spoke to her in a greasy voice.
“I’ve seen your skill. Astonishing. And the foundation you have is the imperial swordplay taught by Sir Sheldon.”
Radis bowed her head and responded.
“Your Majesty is correct.”
“The imperial swordplay is a precious asset of the empire, established over a long time by knights sworn to protect the empire, and is passed down within the Order of the White Dragon.”
The emperor continued his speech as if bestowing wisdom on a child.
“With great power comes the responsibility to pay its price. Are you prepared for that?”
Radis lifted her head and said,
“I respect the great swordplay and the knights who have preserved and passed it down.”
Her black eyes glinted coldly.
“However, Your Majesty, I dare to make one request.”
The emperor’s eyebrows raised slightly.
“A request? What is it?”
“I will accept your Geas. In exchange, please set my Master free.”
Silence fell for a moment.
Daniel’s shoulders trembled.
His face was contorted in utter misery.
“Radis, that’s…”
Then, the emperor burst into laughter.
The laughter was almost convulsive.
He doubled over, shaking all over and slapping his thigh, laughing wildly.
Behind that laughter, a thin, sobbing laugh overlapped.
It was her, the woman.
‘You are a fool, a complete and utter fool!’
Radis closed her eyes.
The woman’s presence felt even more vivid.
She was like a ghost.
A faint mass of mana without substance.
But unlike a ghost, she had a presence.
That sad presence of red and black was calling out to Radis from somewhere intensely.
‘I had some hopes, but this is disappointing. Truly disappointing…!’
The woman pointed to the brambles wrapped around her body with her black-nailed fingertips.
‘You will end up like me!’
Radis opened her eyes.
The emperor of the empire was still chuckling.
The sun overhead was so brilliant it seemed to scorch the skin.
Radis realized that Yves was watching her.
His face was filled with despair, having run from somewhere, gasping for air.
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