The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path

Armano turned to Yves, then he continued.

“And Marquis… I must have troubled you, haven’t I?”

Yves narrowed his eyes, then nodded in response.

“That’s, well… I should apologize. I’m sorry.”

“Master? What kind of trouble?”

Yves opened his mouth.

“Let me explain briefly. Seven years ago, Sir Sheldon secretly came down to the South under His Majesty the Emperor’s orders, and he asked me to allow him to use the warp gate so that there wouldn’t be a record of his travels. It wasn’t a difficult thing to do.”

Yves’ voice was filled with so much irritation.

“But the problem is this—Sir Sheldon went off the grid ever since then! Sure, it’s possible to lose contact when you’re in the middle of a mission, but the problem is that it’s been like that for six entire years!”

Armano’s shoulders slowly cowered just as his chin was slowly tucked inwards as if he’d become a turtle.

“The Emperor demanded that I bring Sir Sheldon in front of him. But tell me, would it be an easy task to find someone who’s determined to hide? And the one who’s making sure to hide himself well is none other than the twelfth member of the White Dragon Knights?”

Yves snorted.

“But, you were just at House Tilrod!”

“I have nothing to say to you, Your Excellency. I’ll make sure to pay back this debt to you.”

Armano smiled awkwardly, then he turned to Radis.

“Radis, I have nothing to say to you either.”

But Radis just grabbed one man’s hand, her eyes twinkling.

Of course, she grabbed Armano’s hand.

“Master, I’m so glad…!”

“Huh?”

“Master, you don’t know how sorry I was that you were kicked out like that without even a letter of introduction for your next employer. Besides that, the Marquis saw me practice my swordsmanship—but then I just found out that it’s a technique that shouldn’t be talked about. That’s why I was so worried that there’ll be a problem…!”

Armano jumped up and hugged Radis tightly.

“Ohh, what a lovely heart you have, my cute and lovable student!”

“Master!”

As she was in her teacher’s arms, Radis felt as if she had gone back to the days of her childhood.

Her eyes started welling up with tears of joy.

She didn’t care whether her teacher’s name was Armano or Daniel, or whether he was a knight of the White Dragon Order or just a knight without a title to his name.

In both her lives, Armano was the only one who had stood by her side at any given moment.

As though he was holding a baby in his arms, Armano took out a silk handkerchief and wiped Radis’ tears away.

“To be honest with you, I was thinking of bringing you in as my disciple. I’m not in a favorable position myself, but I thought that it would be better than leaving you at House Tilrod. Still, I’m glad to see that you’re doing well.”

Yves scoffed for a moment, then he dug in between Radis and Armano.

“Yes, Radis is doing very well at the Russell Marquisate. Her situation there is a hundred times better than being lugged around by the irresponsible Sir Sheldon.”

“Marquis…!”

“Hahahaha! I have nothing to say. Your Excellency is right, a hundred times over.”

Daniel accepted Yves’ words with ease.

Normally, this matter would have ended here.

Yves, however, was not aware of it himself, but he was feeling pretty jittery right now.

Witnessing Daniel’s shameless cheerfulness nearly made him hate the man, but what grated at his nerves even more was that Daniel kept hugging Radis. It’s twice in a row now.

Yves’ nostrils flared up.

“She is now under the care of the Russell Marquisate, and it will continue in this way as far as you’re concerned. Please note that treating her recklessly like this is tantamount to treating the Marquisate in the same way.”

At Yves’ cold warning, Armano looked at Radis awkwardly.

And Radis, on the other hand, was at a loss for words.

All she could do was look at Yves as she wondered what might be wrong with him right now.

‘Master put the Marquis in such huge trouble a long time ago… Maybe that’s why he’s so upset right now?’

This was what Radis thought inwardly, trying to rationalize just what’s gotten into Yves here.

Then, Armano smiled brightly as he placed a hand over Radis’ shoulder.

“Your Excellency, I’ve been Radis’ teacher ever since she was ten years old. Don’t you think that the relationship I have with her is like a parent-child relationship? It’s true that Your Excellency is now in charge of Radis’ personal affairs as you are her current guardian, but it’s only been a few months. How can you split us up when we’ve built our relationship for such a long time already…”

As soon as Daniel’s hand was about to reach Radis’ shoulder again, Yves jumped up with a start.

He hugged Radis, hid her completely behind him, and then shouted.

“D-Don’t touch her so recklessly, I said!”

“……?”

“……!”