The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 246

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Chapter 246

Translator: Yonnee

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Yves’s eyes narrowed beneath his drooping bangs.

‘Look at this? The enemy of my enemy is my friend, indeed.’

Yves spoke in a solemn tone.

“I will never forgive the Emperor.”

“The Emperor will pay for what he’s done.”

“…….”

“The Emperor will learn what it means to regret something to the point of death.”

“…….”

“We must make him realize, to the point that he’s left shivering, who he dared to cross.”

Radis stood still, unable to comprehend why Yves was behaving this way.

Then she noticed that Robert had a very peculiar expression on his face.

‘Oh no.’

On the surface, Robert’s face was nearly expressionless, but having spent six years together, Radis could tell.

His eyes sparkled with such inspiration, making it almost seem like he had fallen in love.

She had seen that look on Robert’s face only once before.

In the previous life, when he had finally acquired a mana-enhanced sword.

‘No way!’

Radis hurriedly glanced at Yves’s face.

Yves was… wearing the most wicked expression she had ever seen.

Radis immediately intervened between them.

“What are you two doing?”

But their strange exchange of glances continued over Radis’s head, in the air.

“…It seems that Your Excellency’s and my deepest desires align.”

“Hmm, of course, it won’t be easy— to make the most arrogant and vile man in the Empire realize his mistakes.”

“I will help.”

“With your help, it will be like having a thousand troops.”

“A thousand troops, you say. I’m not that kind of person. But I am already deeply indebted to Your Excellency. Even if this body breaks, I will repay that debt.”

Radis elbowed them apart, creating some distance between the two.

“Enough! Why are you acting like this in the imperial capital?!”

Yves looked down at her, then pushed a cherry into her mouth.

“Radis, try this.”

“……!”

It wasn’t the time to be leisurely eating cherries, but she couldn’t spit out what had already entered her mouth.

Radis frowned as she chewed the cherry.

Her eyes grew wider and wider.

“…It’s delicious? Sweet and tart, and so fragrant…! Were cherries always this tasty?”

“Right? I think this is the first time I’ve tasted cherries this good.”

“But isn’t it not yet cherry season?”

“Do cherries have a season?”

“……”

Radis stared at the basket of cherries on the table.

The basket was roughly woven from wooden vines, and the cherries, freshly picked, still had their green stems and leaves attached.

The object felt oddly out of place in the luxuriously decorated waiting room.

While she was lost in thought, staring at the basket of cherries, Yves Russell placed his hand on Robert’s shoulder.

“I’m delighted to meet a comrade with the same goal. There will soon be a banquet to welcome the new master. Would you like to come with me and see the face of the man who’s at the pinnacle of arrogance?”

A peculiar expression appeared on Robert’s face.

He had to admit that he had been prejudiced against Yves Russell.

Most of his prejudice stemmed from the vicious rumors spread by the Roderick family, who were hell-bent on tarnishing Marquis Russell’s reputation with baseless, malicious gossip.

Moreover, it seemed that the Marquis Russell had decided to ignore these vile schemes by the Roderick family, leaving them unchecked.

Once he realized this, Robert, a member of the Roderick family despite being an unacknowledged illegitimate child, couldn’t help but feel guilty towards Yves Russell.

Once he discarded his prejudice, he began to see other things.

For instance, that Yves Russell was quite a competent leader.

The mere fact that capable talents were placed in the right positions was a considerable shock to Robert.

This was because he had experienced the almost rotten-to-the-core system of the Roderick family, which was flashy on the outside but decaying within.

Moreover, Yves Russell had a knack for speaking to people’s hearts.

He had the ability to leave an itch unsatisfied until the decisive moment when he would scratch it perfectly…!

Having fallen for this, Robert bowed his head respectfully, as if he had served the Marquis Russell’s family for generations.

“I will do so.”

Yves Russell, who had once called Robert a ‘bastard’ and had extreme disdain for him, now spoke kind words as if he had never done so.

“Well, we should change our clothes first, right? This place is too shabby, so let’s move. Radis, give me that basket…!”

“Oh… here.”

They left the waiting room in a strange atmosphere.