The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 265
Chapter 265
Translator: Yonnee
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Thud, thud, thud, crack!
“Argh!”
The strike must have been too forceful due to the emotions behind it.
The knight who was hit by the wooden sword fell backward and started rolling on the ground.
After rolling a few times, the knight managed to stop using a breakfall technique and shot a fierce look at Radis.
Radis looked around and asked,
“Next?”
But there were no knights left standing properly on their own feet in the training yard.
Radis spoke to the knights of the marquisate who had asked for the spar.
“Thanks to you, my mind is clear now. Thank you for the sparring session.”
After she bowed and left the place, groans erupted from various directions.
“Wow, am I not bleeding? Check my head…!”
“Let me see. Wow, not a single crack. She hit you perfectly, like a piece of art.”
“S-Scary…”
One knight mumbled with a dazed face.
“This is the first time I’ve felt this. It’s like getting struck by lightning… I’m glad I chased her around asking for a spar.”
“Hugo, are you in love?”
“Why are you holding on to the spot where you got hit so dearly?”
“And Ian, when you got hit and rolled back, you used a breakfall technique trying to look cool? You were hilarious. I almost burst out laughing during the spar.”
“S-Shut up! It’s a habit…”
Covered in bruises here and there, the knights of the marquisate burst into hearty laughter.
* * *
Marcel, the aide of Marquis Russel, spoke in a bright voice.
“Your Excellency! These are the matters that piled up while you were away. I have organized them by priority, so please go through them one by one. The most urgent matter that needs to be addressed today is…”
“Marcel.”
“Yes?”
While Yves had been away from the estate, Marcel, with a brightened face, looked at him warmly.
Yves Russel was leaning against the window on the north side, overlooking the training yard.
Seeing his expression, Marcel dropped the top-priority documents he was holding.
Yves Russel was… smiling.
Documents scattered to Marcel’s feet.
‘What is this? What’s happening? Has he finally decided to annihilate House Roderick? No, he went to the capital, right? Did he find something to regain his family’s ducal status? Could it be, did he catch the Emperor’s weakness? Is he planning treason…?’
At that moment, Yves Russel slowly opened his mouth and spoke in an arrogant tone.
“Yes, Marcel. What you’re thinking is correct.”
Marcel’s face turned pale in an instant.
“N-No, you can’t, Your Excellency..!”
“Why not? That’s all I want now.”
“Your Excellency…!”
Marcel ran over and clung to him.
“No, look at me!”
A startled Yves looked down at Marcel, who was clinging to his pants.
“What are you doing?”
“My lord! You can’t do this. There are so many people who look up to you…! Please, for my sake, reconsider!”
Yves recoiled in shock and hurriedly stepped back.
“Y-You… Have you been looking at me like that all this time?”
As Yves stepped back, Marcel clung even more.
Marcel wrapped his arms tightly around Yves’ waist and shouted resolutely.
“Your Excellency, my family has served House Russel for hundreds of years. If the household falls, we fall with it!”
“Why would the household fall? Let go of me!”
“Take responsibility!”
“What!”
“Take responsibility for me!”
At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and it opened.
Radis peeked her head in and spoke.
“Marquis, about lunch…”
She found Yves with disheveled clothes and Marcel clinging to his waist, shouting for him to take responsibility.
“…Sorry for disturbing you.”
Radis quietly closed the door again.
Yves shouted desperately.
“No, Radis! It’s a misunderstanding!”
But Marcel was desperate.
He clung to Yves like an octopus, his limbs wrapped around him.
“Even if I have to throw myself, I will stop you, my lord. You have done well so far! Why are you planning treason now?”
“What nonsense are you talking about!”
Yves shook all over and then pushed Marcel away with all his strength.
Marcel, with his arms spread like an octopus to cling again, was yelled at by Yves.
“Are you crazy? You even have a fiancée!”
“Yes! I don’t want to die a bachelor! I want to live a sweet life with Lorraine, saying ‘Your star is my star!’ and have three kids! My life motto is to live a long and straightforward life!”
“Me too! With Radis!”
“…What?”
Yves, fixing his disheveled clothes, burst out in anger.
“Why the heck are you talking about treason? Why would I plan something like that?!”
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