The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path

Chapter 149

Translator: Yonnee

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Flustered, Marcel replied.

“But he said he’d wait until you meet him…”

And Yves responded in a brooding tone.

“I hardly did any work yesterday.”

“……!”

“Have you processed all of the reports given by the administrators?”

“I’ve… I’ve dealt with about half of them.”

Looking through the documents from yesterday that hadn’t been processed yet, and the new ones that came in only this morning, Yves murmured.

“So, should I still go out and argue with that guy from House Roderick? That’s going to take me about half a day…”

Marcel sat down with a big, pasted smile on his lips.

“No, I’m sure he’s just been trying to pick a dirty fight. Would it be necessary for Your Excellency to spend any energy on such a thing? If he’s left alone, he’ll get tired of waiting and leave on his own.”

Yves clapped his palms together and spoke in a clear tone.

“Marcel, I really like that part of you.”

The aide smiled brightly in return. Beneath his desk, however, he crossed his index and middle fingers together before saying,

“Hahaha, I really like you too, Your Excellency.”

“Alright, let’s get to work then.”

After that, they dove deep into the mountains of documents in earnest all morning, and they completely forgot about the existence of the uninvited guest from House Roderick.

At lunchtime, Allen came and hinted, “The uninvited guest is still waiting, sir,” but the words came through one ear and out the next with Yves.

He was busy chewing food in his mouth while recalling the conversation he had with the merchants yesterday.

“It seems like there’s finally some conflict between the mermaids of the White Silver Bay.”

It was a veiled message from Largot.

This was exactly what Yves Russell wanted.

Some of the monsters could be controlled.

As the head of the Russell household whose estate was in close proximity to Monsterwood, Yves Russell knew about this very well.

The lower the level of a monster, the more obsessed they were with human blood.

Sea mermaids were a superior species.

Rather than an instinctive thirst for human blood, they had more complex desires.

With that premise in mind, humans would be able to control them.

Yves Russell had long known that a small number of merchants had been trying to communicate with mermaids thus far.

There were merchants who had a propensity for doing as such, so as the owner of Duran Port, Yves had implicitly given them many benefits so that they would flock to his estate more.

In particular, Largot and Ramsay were two such merchants who were successful in making direct contact with the mermaids.

With their strong sense of adventure, they overcame their fears and were able to teach mermaids that they could get what they wanted without fighting.

As a result, Duran Port was able to achieve peace, even if only temporarily.

Yves Russell told them,

“What I want is peace.”

But not all mermaids wanted the same thing.

There was a long history of bloodshed between humans and mermaids, which had been going on for hundreds of years already. The mermaids who had been successfully coaxed into cooperation by the merchants were rather an anomaly amongst their kind.

Then, estrangement was inevitable.

This was what Yves Russell was after.

“The Remonstrance of Duran.”

Hearing what Yves Russell added in the end, Largot and Ramsay understood his true intentions and smirked furtively.

If there was a divide amongst the mermaids, then the violent mermaids would have to leave Duran Port.

But the mermaids would not be able to escape the White Silver Bay completely, so the only path left to them was up north.

Then, the peace achieved by Duran Port would be consolidated, while all the ports north of the Silver River would become more chaotic.

To be precise, this would include Ortiz Port, the largest port in the northwest region and owned by the Lebeloia Duchy.

‘Finally, the economy of the marginalized southern region will be revived.’

Having a cup of tea after his meal, Yves Russell cleared his mind.

‘It’d be nice if I can get the cooperation of the other southern nobles, but the biggest drawback with the people with power in this region is that they all have heavy butts and are cranky to the max. If I want to compel them to move…’

As he was taking a walk through the garden right now to move his body for a while after his meal, Yves stopped walking.

Radis was sitting underneath a gazebo in the garden.

She seemed like she was in a daze, just staring into the air blankly.

Just one glance at her face made all the complex thoughts in his head fly away.

“Why’s she sitting there blankly?”

Forgetting that he was also just walking around aimlessly with a blank face until just a second ago, Yves chuckled secretly at Radis.

He strode up to her with broad steps.

“Radis…!”

With his voice pulling her out of her reverie, Radis looked up at him with round eyes.

Though she had been startled like that, her eyes curved gently into crescent moons.

And so, after seeing her smile—thump!—Yves felt his heart throbbing heavily.