The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

Translator: Yonnee

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“Ohohoho! Since you’re going to the Marquisate, be sure to get along with the high-ranking people there. Talk about your family, or your younger brother…”

Radis sighed.

“Where’s Father?”

At this question, Margaret’s fake laughter crumbled.

Her face now a poisonous expression, she spoke as though she had spat the words.

“What’s the point in knowing where that man is?”

And Radis realized.

It seemed like Zade didn’t come back home last night.

In a worse mood now, Margaret took a step forward and began to vent her anger, grabbing Radis’ arm tightly.

“This isn’t just nagging but your mother’s advice, so keep this in mind! You’re leaving home, but you are still carrying the Tilrod name, so act accordingly and never forget that David is the pillar of this family. And like I said last time, no matter how loaded that person is, if you come back from the Marquisate…!”

Perhaps conscious of Jurich being there, Margaret’s voice lowered to a hush.

“You’re really going to die after being hit by my hand. Never mind helping the family, just don’t bring us any dishonor!”

It was only then that Radis realized what Margaret and the other members of the Tilrod family were thinking.

They seemed to think that Radis was going to become the marquis’ lover or something similar, that’s why she was going to the marquisate.

Far from the cold expression that Irene saw earlier, all that was on Radis’ features now were disillusionment and cynicism.

“If you’re worried about that, shouldn’t you have said that you can’t sell your daughter?”

Margaret’s lips distorted again, crushed into a strange shape.

The way her lips twisted looked so excessive, and she grumbled and tried to rationalize her decision, her voice becoming increasingly loud as though this would make her excuses plausible.

“I just made a decision that would benefit David’s future along with the Tilrod family. Think about what you’ve done so far. You got in David’s way! You should be grateful that you can even be of any help to your family. You can’t blame me for letting you go there. Hold on to any person in this household and ask. Anyone would say that it would be best to get rid of a daughter like you!”

Radis looked at Margaret with endlessly cold eyes.

Although Irene had changed…

Margaret hadn’t.

And Zade was the same.

Radis spoke.

“I have a lot to say to that, but I’ll refrain myself. I already know how you’ll react.”

“Ha! What is it?!”

Radis was already about to turn around, but she stopped.

This would be the second time she’d ask the same question to Margaret.

The first time she asked was when she was on her deathbed in her past life.

And now…

“Why are you doing this to me?”

“W-What did I—!”

“Why did you despise your own child so much? Why did you never love me? You never as much as hit David or Jurich, but why is it that whenever it comes to me, your hands are always heavy? What did I do so wrong? I don’t know why I had to sacrifice so much just because I was born as the eldest daughter of this family…!”

Radis stopped talking and took a deep breath.

She had to stop herself. If she said any more, things that hadn’t happened yet to the sixteen-year-old Radis might come out.

But this alone seemed to have set off Margaret enough.

She even threw her pretentious mask, which she usually didn’t take off in front of David or Jurich, then she began to speak recklessly with a demon-like face.

“What? This wench! What?! Sacrifice? What sacrifice have you made? I’m the one who’s sacrificed so much! Don’t you forget that I gave birth to you, I fed you, and I gave you enough grace and shelter where you can sleep! How dare you say things like you’re the only one who’s suffered! You deserve…!”

“I deserve it, that’s why?”

“……!”

Very slowly, Radis’ lips curled up into a cold smile.

“Yes, I know. That’s why you treated me that way. You never loved me or even considered me as your daughter. Even so, I did my best because I thought you’d love me eventually. I endured and worked hard just to be recognized as your family. I must have looked foolish since I struggled like that, right?”

Radis looked at Margaret, who had become silent throughout this, and she continued speaking in a dry voice.

“I don’t need you anymore. I don’t want to struggle just to stay here. I don’t wish to have that kind of life. So I’m leaving.”

An unbearably frosty silence stretched on between Radis and Margaret.

Unable to withstand this silence, Jurich shouted.

“Now… Please stop!”

As if trying to change the atmosphere, Jurich forced herself to smile and spoke to Radis.

“Ah, Radis. Brother David still hasn’t woken up yet, but don’t be disappointed. We’re going to meet again. Since we’re family, right?”

Jurich clasped her hands together under her chin, and with an earnest look in her eyes, she pleaded to Radis.

“But aside from that, once you get close to the Marquis, please invite me to the Marquisate. You can do that, right? And you’ll send me gifts, right? Right?”

Even she had not changed.

David would surely be the same.

Without even answering Jurich, Radis turned around.

And she got on the carriage without looking back.

“Please depart.”

Thus, Radis left the Tilrod family.

She felt not a single grain of regret.

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