The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 274
Chapter 274
Translator: Yonnee
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As Robert gazed at Thierry, the tension in his eyes slowly eased. He patted Thierry on the back with his large hand.
“Stand tall.”
“……!”
“Live well.”
“Huh?”
“If anything happens, come to the Russell Marquisate and find me.”
Robert left those words behind and turned around, starting to walk away. If they had parted ways like that, it would have been a rather beautiful ending.
Thierry, who had stood there in a daze for a moment, quickly ran up and clung to his side.
“W-What? Do you know me? And how are you so strong?”
“……”
Noeri also ran over and clung to his arm.
“Lord Robert! You saved me. Please let me repay you! What do you like? What’s your ideal type? Do you perhaps like cute, lively girls who sing well? Because that’s me…!”
“……”
* * *
“Physical training is fundamental, after all. In the morning, we focus on basic physical conditioning. As for the afternoon, well, it varies, but we usually have swordsmanship training, hand-to-hand combat, duels, and so on…”
As Radis half-listened to the subjugation squad member guiding her, she busily scanned every corner of the training ground.
She opened doors and peeked inside any place that looked secluded, but Thierry was nowhere to be found.
Where on earth is he?
While searching, she noticed a group of people gathered at the edge of the training ground and began walking toward them.
“Lady Radis? Where are you going?”
The subjugation squad member, startled, hurried after her.
In the corner of the training ground, three or four people were surrounding one person.
Radis, suspecting it might be Thierry, braved the situation to take a closer look, only to find someone completely unexpected.
‘Ah…!’
For a moment, Radis thought it was herself—Radis Tilrod from her previous life.
She blinked.
It wasn’t.
It was her younger brother, David.
His appearance was miserable.
His face bore the marks of a life of debauchery, and his clothing was disheveled.
To make matters worse, he was covered in bruises, as if he had been severely beaten somewhere.
Seeing him, Radis was struck with a deep sense of dismay. The dam of her memories broke, and the painful recollections and regrets from her past life flooded over her like a tidal wave, overwhelming her.
After standing still for a while, Radis finally managed to speak.
“…What are you doing there?”
At the familiar voice, David slowly raised his head.
He blinked dumbly, not immediately recognizing his older sister.
In his memory, his sister had always been smaller and more insignificant than she really was.
Realizing only belatedly that the strong and beautiful woman before him was his sister, David’s mouth fell open.
“Ra, Radis?”
Radis looked down at her younger brother, her eyes filled with a flood of emotions.
Unlike Jurich, David resembled her to a frightening degree. They had always looked alike, but seeing him in such a pitiful state made her shudder.
Recognizing her, David crawled on his knees toward her, reaching out his hand.
“R-Radis! Help me…!”
While Radis stared blankly at him, the subjugation squad member who had been guiding her ran over and introduced her to the people around David.
“This is Lady Radis Tilrod from the Russell Marquisate’s subjugation squad, here for a tour.”
The people who had been warily watching Radis relaxed at the mention of the Russell Marquisate’s subjugation squad, but their eyes widened in shock at the name Tilrod.
One of them stepped forward to explain the situation.
“Ah, I apologize for the poor sight. We were just discussing what to do with this fellow.”
“…What do you mean by ‘what to do with him’?”
“This fellow couldn’t endure the subjugation squad’s training and has deserted multiple times.”
Clicking his tongue in disbelief, the man continued,
“As someone from the Marquisate’s subjugation squad, you’re likely aware that desertion is a serious crime, usually punishable by the loss of a limb. But because Sir Felix introduced him to the subjugation squad, we’ve turned a blind eye to it several times.”
A portly man shook his head.
“He was a hopeless case from the start.”
“In the end, he ran away again, this time borrowing money under the Roschilde family’s name to gamble.”
David yelled out,
“It was just a few coins! My family promised to pay it back!”
The portly man smacked David on the head.
“Not even dry behind the ears, and you’re rotten to the core.”
“Agh!”
David, seemingly determined to make a fuss, clutched his head with both hands and trembled.
Then, shivering all over, he looked up at his sister.
“S-Sister…!”
At the sound of David properly calling her ‘Sister’ for the first time in her life, any budding sympathy Radis might have felt immediately vanished, leaving her blood cold.
It seemed the subjugation squad members hadn’t realized they were siblings, as they recoiled slightly in surprise.
Radis slowly bent down and knelt in front of David. She stared at his filthy face and said,
“So this is what you’ve become.”
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