# Chapter 6: 6
[Translator: Begg]
The Eldest Daughter Walks Along the Flower Path 006
He tried and tried again.
He ate well and cleaned himself in the bathroom so that his mother would not be bothered anymore.
She tried to be a good girl, but that didn't change anything. Margaret still considered Radis an eyesore and let the girl eat alone.
She also played alone, because no one cared about her.
If he picked up the branch, it was enough. I could play all day.
But then, one day.
David, the eldest son of the Tilrod family, is born.
David's birth was celebrated as if it were a true blessing from heaven. It was nothing like the birth of Radis.
When she was told that she had given birth to a son, Margaret's face instantly lit up as if she had become the Holy Mother.
And when Zade heard the news of her son's birth, she ran out of her lover's house and returned home with enough flowers to fill the mother's room.
Radis was happy because everyone else was happy. Even though she returned to her small room alone and fell asleep on an empty stomach, she was still happy.
David grew up carrying the family's expectations.
Zade brought two wet nurses from the capital for the eldest son of the family.
David, who gained weight after being breastfed by two wet nurses, was a lovely baby. And Margaret didn't know what to do because he was so wonderful.
"How can my baby be so cute? David, you are the only light in my life!"
Radis could only look at David with envy in his eyes.
The year after David's birth, Margaret gave birth to their third child, Jurich. She wanted the third child to be another boy, but she was not too dismayed because she did not want to see two children fighting over the succession.
"I'm sure you'll be a beauty!"
"Ma'am, Miss Jurich looks a lot like you. Look how beautiful her golden hair and green eyes are!"
Margaret smiled contentedly at her third child, who looked a lot like her.
"That's right. You really are my daughter...!"
Radis and David had red hair and black eyes like their father, but Jurich was different.
"You're almost like my twin!"
Margaret had a special kind of affection for Jurich. For the first time, she felt touched by her daughter as she kissed Jurich's thick golden locks.
When David was four years old, Margaret hired a tutor.
The live-in tutor teaching one child had a salary comparable to that of a tutor teaching two children. Only then did Margaret think about letting Radis educate himself a little.
The tutor was a brilliant woman, but weak-minded.
She had trouble dealing with David because he was too hyperactive and violent. Radis, on the other hand, was calm and studious, so she was easy to teach.
"Madam, Miss Radis is very intelligent. I think she will be able to enter the academy in the capital."
But Margaret was irritated by this.
"She is two years older than David. It is only natural that she seems better compared to him!"
The tutor, who immediately picked up on Margaret's attitude towards her children, stopped praising Radis afterwards.
When David was eight years old, the indifferent Zade opened his mouth.
"We are a family of knights, so David, learn swordsmanship and become a great knight. You better be diligent because the southern region is infested with monsters."
After the meal, when Zade left, Margaret laughed behind his back.
"He is a cripple, but what is he saying about a great gentleman?"
Margaret caressed David's chubby cheek, laughing at her husband's words.
"My baby! You must never become like your father. You will be an incredible knight. Our David will march like a king in shining silver armor while riding a white horse. Then everyone will look up and know that you are my son and I am your mother!"
After this, Margaret pulled Radis's arm, dug her nails into the girl's flesh, and then screamed.
"Shut up and go back to your room!"
Radis did so obediently.
The sword master who came to teach David was a man named Armanus.
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 from his teacher.
"Ah, what a stupid kid. Do you even want to learn how to use that thing?"
At this, David grasped his sword in his hand properly for the first time.
Then, he screamed, hitting Armano's leg.
"Crippled! Crippled leg idiot!"
Armano could only cradle his forehead in his hand.
Then came Radis, wielding a branch and playing alone in a corner of the backyard. And with that, Armano immediately saw his potential.
"Good."
When he spoke to him, Radis turned around with blushing cheeks and took a step back while hiding the branch behind his back.
"No, no. Don't run away. Why don't we learn together?"
Armano was just trying to motivate David by using his sister as a rival.
But it was the first compliment Radis had ever heard.
That's how they met for the first time.