The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 249
Chapter 249
Translator: Yonnee
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Now that her front tooth would never fall out again, Elizabeth still habitually covered her mouth with both hands whenever she felt distressed.
Speaking with her mouth covered by both hands, she said,
“Excuse me for a moment.”
She walked out of the greenhouse with graceful steps.
Only when she reached a quiet lounge did she finally let her tears flow.
“Hiic…!”
Elizabeth leaned against the door of the lounge and slid to the floor.
Once she was completely alone in the confined space, she could finally voice her thoughts.
“I don’t want to marry that idiot Charles…!”
But as soon as she uttered those words, the despair she was all too familiar with came rushing back.
From the beginning, she had never wanted to marry Charles.
That’s why she had been passive in the competition for the position of the First Prince’s consort.
Naturally, the competition fell to Rollise Lebeloia and Clara Coban.
Rollise Lebeloia did everything she could to win the empress’s favor, while Clara Coban struggled to monopolize Charles’s love.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth was simply waiting for it all to end.
She wanted only one thing.
To be free from the position of the Prince’s consort candidate.
However, Empress Adrianne postponed the selection again and again.
For an unbearably long time, incomprehensible to Elizabeth.
Thus, a decade had passed.
During that time, living only as a candidate for the First Prince’s consort, Elizabeth had lost her sense of self.
“Hiic…!”
Elizabeth, who had been crying with her face buried in her hands, stood up to find a handkerchief.
Then she saw someone curled up on the sofa, and their eyes met.
Elizabeth, not expecting anyone to be there, was so startled she almost fainted, letting out a scream.
“Ahhh!”
At her scream, Radis slowly stood up to avoid startling Elizabeth further.
She shook her head and waved her hands.
“I… I didn’t hear anything…”
Elizabeth, still covering her mouth with her hands, blinked her tear-filled eyes.
“Are… are you a knight…?”
“Yes… Yes, I am.”
“Oh my!”
Elizabeth’s tearful eyes began to sparkle with admiration.
“You’re so impressive…!”
Radis scratched her head awkwardly, feeling slightly flustered by the situation.
It wasn’t exactly a moment to be called impressive.
She had been hiding here to avoid Yves, who was chasing her with a dress.
The banquet was about to start, but she didn’t think the banquet was the most important thing right now.
She didn’t want to walk around in front of the emperor in a dress and high heels when things could get urgent at any moment.
As she quietly hid in the lounge, the postponed issues began to complicate her mind.
She was going to meet Olivier today, but she had no idea what to say or how to say it, so she was curled up on the sofa, mentally digging a hole.
Elizabeth, with her tear-soaked eyes sparkling, approached Radis slowly.
“I knew there were female knights, but this is the first time I’ve seen one up close…!”
“Oh, yes…”
“My name is Elizabeth Ruthwell. I would be honored if you called me Elizabeth…!”
“My name is Radis Tilrod, Lady Elizabeth.”
Elizabeth, forgetting her sadness, looked up at Radis with sparkling eyes.
There was a reason she was so excited to see Radis.
‘< The girl had fiery red hair like burning flames and eyes as dark as the night sky >…! Ah, w-what should I do? Dame Radis looks just like the protagonist of Dame Angela…!’
She was an ardent fan of < Dame Angela >.
Radis, with a faint smile, took a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to Elizabeth.
“Lady Elizabeth, I don’t know what happened, but… cheer up.”
Elizabeth, in a daze, accepted the handkerchief and held it dearly to her chest.
Radis, slightly bewildered, looked down at her and thought,
‘I gave it to her to wipe her tears…’
Awkwardly smiling, Radis adjusted her gear.
“Well then, I’ll be going…”
“D-Dame…!”
“Yes?”
“P-Please don’t go…!”
Radis raised an eyebrow slightly.
“Yes…?”
“Hiic… Y-You heard everything I said, right?”
“Ah, um…”
Radis swallowed hard as she looked down at the woman before her.
She had never seen such a delicate and beautiful woman in her life.
She seemed like a completely different being from herself.
Her light green eyes were like peeled grapes, and her skin appeared smooth and soft, like whipped cream.
Moreover, her body was so slender that it seemed like she might shatter like a sugar doll if held too tightly.
Radis couldn’t bring herself to lie to her.
“Y-Yes.”
“Hiic… Since you’ve already heard… could you listen a bit more…?”
“Pardon?”
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