The Eldest Princess Walked the Way of Flowers

The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 14

The Eldest Princess Walking Down the Way of Flowers - Chapter 14

Translator: Yonnee

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Chapter 14's

Radis looked at Huber, who was still unconscious.

He knew that he was a merchant of which stones.

But he never imagined that it would go this far.

No, he could not believe it even when he saw everything with his own eyes.

"I can't believe it's this bad... Even with the Imperial Conquest Army, they would not gather this much after going to the monster forest all year."

Without a second thought, Radis picked up the yellow mana stone.

“……!”

Again.

This again.

The yellow energy that had flowed within the mana stone disappeared as if it was an extinguished candle.

And as before, when the mana stone lost its light, it turned into dust.

Radis took one more mana stone, this time with his left hand. And the result is the same.

Radis repeatedly picked up more mana stones as if he had been possessed, and the stone continued to turn into dust.

After a while, almost all the rocks had turned into dust, and Radis was left dumbfounded.

He can't believe it.

"What the hell is going on?"

Radis gripped the tip of her dress, then finally, carefully picked up the largest thumb-sized red mana stone in Huber's secret compartment.

This time, the light did not disappear.

He took a deep, rough breath as he calmed his heart.

And he focused all his senses on his fingertips.

After which, he slowly touched the mana stone once more.

When his fingertips came into contact with the stone, the light fluttering within the stone where it was grew even larger.

Warm energy could be felt in his fingers.

And beyond this warmth there was a feeling of nostalgia, and it began to spread within him starting from where he touched the mana stone.

He felt it clearly this time.

It felt like his entire body was heating up from running for a long time.

A clear feeling of his bones, his muscles, waking up from a long sleep.

An increased sense of excitement that made it seem like he could touch the sky if he just extended his hand upwards.

“... Where.”

Ooongs.

The mana absorbed from the mana stone made his entire body buzz with a strange ringing. This was something familiar, something he missed.

"How's it?"

He really doesn't believe.

Mana cannot be obtained like this.

As far as he knew, mana could only be obtained through body training for a long period of time until he could recognize mana, and this was only by receiving mana continuously into the body. It was a strength that could only be obtained after a long and exhausting training process that would make anyone want to give up.

Meanwhile, the red mana stone in his hand, the mana that had all been transferred to him, slowly turned gray.

Then, it immediately broke apart, collapsing as it turned into dust.

Radis rubbed dust between his fingers.

It was soft, like burning ash.

It really turned into dust.

“This is impossible..”.

That's not possible.

What was contained within the mana stone was the mana of the demon monsters, or their demonic energy.

Just because someone grabbed the lightning did not mean they would gain the power of the lightning. In the same way, one can make fire through the use of flint, but that does not mean the person will gain power over fire. People could not use demonic energy if they did not have it inside them from the very beginning.

One would only be electrocuted if one touched lightning, and one would also burn if one touched fire. If one came into contact with demonic energy, it would be like poison to that person's body.

That's why people are afraid of demonic energy. And in his previous life, he died of an addiction.

Radis sensed the mana, which was heating up his entire body, slowly seeping into his system.

He carefully raised one hand and placed it on his stomach, in the middle of his body.

Perhaps inside was a core of mana that was not originally present in the body of 16-year-old Radis.

His core has a lot of power.

“I can't believe.”

He had only managed to create a mana core in his previous life, and it happened when he was 24 years old. Even that's like a miracle.

This mana was something that knights, who had trained their entire lives, could not even handle without side effects.

On the other hand, Radis had never been taught how to train mana properly.

It was really just a coincidence that he managed to create a mana core.

When his body was on the verge of collapse due to his addiction to demonic energy, he felt a certain echo within his body throbbing strangely.

It felt like he had two hearts.

Echoes had allowed him to stand up once more when just a moment ago he was dying from an addiction to demonic energy.

It seemed like there was a furnace in his heart, and the furnace was burning demonic energy to create another power that let him live.

He instinctively felt that it was where.

Even then, Radis did not believe it.

Making the mana core was a great achievement, and a knight who had become a mana user would be recognized for their abilities and would subsequently be known as a magician knight rather than an ordinary knight.

Because instinctively, he knew that it was not what was normal.

He did not believe that his ability had increased due to being able to extract mana from demonic energy.

'It was weird at the time, but it was really ridiculous. How could it absorb the demonic energy from which stone and turn it into mana?'

Radis' body began to tremble beyond his control.

"That's impossible. Impossible.”

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5. Contract with the Marquis (Contract with Marquis)

The dawn after dinner.

Radis returned to the house of the Tilrod family with a pale face.

With how painful her skin was, even Irene asked him.

"Mrs ... Are you okay?"

Radis staggered into the room without answering.

Looking at Radis back, Irene shouted inwardly.

"Something has happened…!"

By noon on the same day, almost everyone already knew how Radis returned hope only in the morning.

Including Margaret.

He jumped up from his seat without waiting a second, and walked straight towards Radis' room.

When Margaret kicked the door open, Radis gasped awake, and she glared at Margaret as she sat down.

"Can't you knock?"

Margaret would usually slap Radis, but she instead gasped.

This was because Radis had risen from his bed and stared intently at Margaret's hand.

“Are you going to try again?”

Cold eyes that contain no emotions.

This gaze reminded Margaret of the terrible consequences when she tried to hit Radis the other day.

He only fell because he could not defeat Radis' power, but in reality, it was not Margaret's bluff hiding in his room afterwards.

In fact, Margaret was completely dislocated and unable to move for days.

'Mistress's back condition ... Almost the waist of the old man.'

This is what the doctor who came to call the house said while shaking his head.

'Miss, even if you live a luxurious life, you have to exercise a little. You have no muscles and your whole body is soft. Your back is only slightly dislocated now, but if this continues to happen, you will suffer so much that even a slight trauma to your back will leave you unable to move.'So you will be able to move.'

With her pride broken like that, Margaret threw the teacup over the doctor's face and kicked the shaman out of her house.

His back immediately improved, but the difficulty he was experiencing could not be expressed in words.

Margaret didn't want to suffer like that anymore.

So, instead of hitting Radis with her raised hand, Margaret instead pointed to her face.

"Why do you look up with such pride!"

“Then, did I do something wrong?”

“Yeah, you're really crazy. You came home at dawn and now you're saying that you didn't make a mistake? How free!”

Radis.

"You niggles? Aren't you the one who pushed Huber towards me? Who told me to do well?”

"Yes, I told you to do well, but who told you to come home early in the morning?!"

Radis breathed a heavy sigh.

She had already dealt with quite a number of puzzling thoughts, but when Margaret forced her way in here, it felt like her head was about to explode.

Besides, he's not in good shape.

It was natural because mana was poured into a body that was not a drop of mana before.

Radis shook his head.

“Nothing happened, so just stop. You and Yurhi left first and I got caught up in a difficult situation, so let's just say I owe the Cradium Guild for this. So now…"

“Do not lie!”

“……”

“Haa, how can you lie so well without stopping to take a breath? It's disgusting! Forget it. Just remember this. I Don't care where you are or what you do, but if you go home bring something in your stomach!”

Margaret shouted with all her might.

"You will die in my hands!"

Radis's eyes were wide.

All sorts of emotions stirred in his heart.

She could not understand why Margaret thought this way, why she criticized Radis for being 'promiscuous' as if she had not told her own daughter to snatch away a rich man.

She pretended to be a strict mother to her daughter even when she never took care of her at all, and now she's acting like she's worried enough to scold her daughter for being in trouble because she deserves it.

Radis realized.

In her previous life, she did not think it was unfair or strange even when she experienced Margaret's arbitrary behavior.

Even silly acts are removed and labeled as 'the affection of a mother' to justify the act.

But in fact, there was never a single speck of affection there.

Margaret was just blabbering and acting arbitrarily like this without a care.

And Radis is always caught up in his desires while blaming himself when he suffers.

When she realized this, Radis felt nauseous about Margaret's hostility.

With clenched teeth resist nausea, Radis said firmly.

"This is not going to happen."