The Eldest Princess Walked the Way of Flowers

The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 3

The Eldest Princess Walking Down the Way of Flowers - Chapter 3

Translator: Yonnee

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Chapter 3

Hot tears streamed down Radis cheeks.

He could feel the shadow of death looming beside his bed, waiting for an opportunity to devour him.

He had never felt alive before, but now he was going to die.

Is he really going to die now?

Like these?

He had been thrown into the thorny path when he was born, and ever since, he had only been trying to survive. He endured enough pain that he forgot what the pain was like.

All this time, he only believed that happiness would come someday.

But at the end of the road is death like this.

At that moment, Radis felt a violent emotion settling in his heart, something he had never felt before.

Why did he have to die after everything he went through on that thorny road?

He could not accept that he would only find peace after death.

Many times, he believed that happiness would come someday.

"... It's all just a pipe dream."

Radis' lips twitched.

“I should never have lived for my parents, for my brothers ... for my family. I should have lived for myself..!”

Radis is devastated.

He could not believe he realized such an important thing at the end of his life!

Slowly, he became difficult to breathe.

His heart is so sick.

He did not know if it was because of physical pain or because the sadness because the grief he felt for himself was so great that it could not be distinguished from his fatal wound.

The light began to leave his blurred vision.

Radis could no longer move.

Then, a colorful light enveloped him. And the pain is gone.

Feeling that this was the end of his life, he slowly closed his eyes.

Radis died without anyone by his side.

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2. The eldest daughter’s second life (Life of the two eldest daughters)

Radis Tilrod was the eldest daughter of the family of Tilrod.

'Known as a princess nobody wants.'

Her parents, Jade and Margaret, were typical couples put together by matchmaking.

Jade had a woman she loved before she married — Flora, who worked at a flower shop in the village.

Margaret doesn't love Jade either.

Jade was much older than him, and her legs were paralyzed from accidents that had occurred in the past. Margaret hated Jade because Jade was far from her ideal husband.

However, although not a friendly couple, at least they agreed to respect each other as a couple…

—If the firstborn were a son.

"Daughter?"

—If only Jade had not reacted that way when she heard that the baby was a girl.

“For God's sake, a princess? Damn it, so this is all I can get from the hellish wedding that I've been through so far ?! ”

—If only Margaret, who had just given birth, had not heard this.

"Get rid of it."

Margaret pushed the baby in her arms as if it were a giant leech.

"Get rid of this fucking girl right now!"

So the baby is abandoned, and the relationship between Jade and Margaret becomes broken and irrevocable.

...* * *...

The baby was raised by a maid who did a small job at the employee's residence.

Whenever he was hungry, he would crawl under a goat, which regularly grazed in the backyard, then drink milk from it. Whenever he was sleepy, he would just curl up and fall asleep anywhere.

To him, the warmth of the sun was his blanket, and the whistling wind was his lullaby.

The baby would then grow like one of the tall, sword-like flowers in the backyard.

Naming her with the flower, the servants began calling the unnamed child 'Radis' only after she was two years old.

Margaret could no longer turn a blind eye to her daughter due to the pressure of public attention as the child began walking on her own two feet, so she called her to the mansion.

However, just because there is a closer physical distance between them does not mean that affection will grow naturally if there are no seeds to nurture in the first place.

Margaret could not understand the boy. In his eyes, Radis was like a strange beast.

So Margaret would scream hysterically every time she saw the child.

“Why are you eating so mannerlessly?”

“Why are your clothes always dirty? Why, why, why are you peeing on your shirt like that! Uh! I can't stand it!”

Radis is afraid of his own mother.

Because she was so intimidated, she could not even get out of her room, which was as small as a closet. When the waiter brought her food, Radis would desperately hang her apron.

The waiter didn't know what to do. She wasn't taught to be a babysitter—she was just a maid doing housework. He did not know how to treat the Madam's child who kept clinging to him.

The waiter pulled Radis' hand from the apron.

“No, Young Miss. Madam doesn't hate you. Lady is the mother who has you in her stomach. There is no parent in this world who hates their child. If he's angry at you, maybe you're doing something wrong. You have to make it up to him. You should try."

The boy believed the servant's words.

Indeed, he trusted her with all his heart.

That's why Radis took so long to realize that this was wrong.

Because he tried, and tried again.

He ate properly and cleaned himself in the bathroom so that his mother would not get angry again.

He tried to be a good boy, but that didn't change anything. Margaret still considers Radis to be ruining the scene and leaves the boy to feed himself.

He plays by himself too, because no one cares about him.

If he took the branch, that would be enough. He can play all day.

But then, one day.

David, the eldest son of the Tilrod family, was born.

The birth of David was celebrated as if he were a true blessing from heaven. It's not like Radis' birth.

When told that she had given birth to a son, Margaret's face immediately beamed as if she were the Virgin Mary.

And when Jade heard the news of her son's birth, she ran out of her employer's house and returned home with enough flowers to fill her mother's room.

Radis was happy because everyone was happy. Even though she returned to her little room alone and fell asleep on an empty stomach, she remained happy.

David grew up bringing hope to the family.

Jade brought two wet nurses from the capital for the family's eldest son.

David, who gained weight after being breastfed from two nursing mothers, is a very adorable baby. And Margaret didn't know what to do because she was so amazing.

“How can my baby be so cute? David, you're the only light in my life!”

Radis could only look at David with envy in his eyes.

A year after David was born, Margaret gave birth to her third child, Yurhi. He wanted the third child to be another son, but he was not too disappointed because he did not want to see the two sons fighting for succession.

"I'm sure you'll be beautiful!"

“Madam, Young Lady Yurhi resembles you a lot. Look at how beautiful her golden hair and green eyes are!”

Margaret smiled in satisfaction at her third child, who was very similar to her.

"That's right. You really are my daughter..!”

Radis and David both have red hair and black eyes like their father, but Yurhi is different.

"You're almost like my twin!"

Margaret felt a special affection for Yurhi. For the first time, she felt happy for her daughter as she kissed the thick golden key of Yurhi.

When David was four years old, Margaret brought in a tutor.

A tutoring teacher who teaches one child has a salary comparable to a tutoring teacher who teaches two children. It was only then that Margaret thought of letting Radis be educated a little.

Her tutor was a smart woman, but she was weak-minded.

He had trouble dealing with David because he was too hyper and violent. Radis, on the other hand, was calm and studious, so he was easy to teach.

“Mistress, Young Miss Radis is very smart. I think he will be able to get into the academy in the capital. ”

But Margaret was upset about this.

“He's two years older than David. No wonder he looks so good compared to her! ”

The tutor who immediately understood Margaret's attitude towards her children, stopped praising Radis afterwards.

When David was eight years old, the indifferent Jade opened her mouth.

“We are a family of knights, so David, learn swordsmanship and become a great knight. You better be diligent because the South is filled with demon monsters. ”

After eating when Jade left, Margaret laughed behind her back.

"He's paralyzed, but still a great knight ?!"

Margaret stroked David's plump cheeks, laughing at her husband's words.

"My dear! You should never be like your father. You must be an outstanding knight. Our David will march like a king in shining silver armor as you ride on a white horse. Then, everyone will look up and know that you are my son and I am your mother!”

After that, Margaret pulled Radis arm and thrust her nails into Radis arm, then said, “Silence and return to your room!”

Radis did it obediently.

The sword teacher who came to teach David was a man named Armano.

Having never been taught how to use a sword, David had to spend a week holding a wooden sword, but all he did was run away trying to get away from his teacher.

“Ah, stupid boy. Do you even want to learn how to use that thing? ”

Hearing this, David grasped his sword properly for the first time.

Then, he shouted, hitting Armano's leg.

"Cripple! Lame legs idiot!”

Armano could only hug his forehead with his hands.

Then came Radis who was holding a limb and playing alone in one corner of the backyard. And with that, Armano immediately saw his potential.

"You're good."

When he spoke to her, Radis turned around with flushed cheeks, stepping back as she hid the branch behind her back.

“No, no. Don’t run away. Why don’t we learn together?”

Armano only tries to motivate David by using his sister as a rival.

But it was the first compliment Radis had ever heard in his life.

It was their first meeting.