I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 100

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 100

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Through the open window, transparent white curtains fluttered in the breeze.

Against the beige-toned wallpaper, a bookshelf that occupied an entire wall was packed tightly with books.

The Capital Townhouse office was smaller than the Duke’s Castle office, but had an overall brighter atmosphere.

Gerald, who had returned to his office, received Oliver’s report.

“Zero will arrive within ten days with the gift you prepared.”

“The condition of the gift?”

“Frozen solid.”

Oliver smiled meaningfully.

“Good.”

“It’s fortunate that Zero found this task amusing. Otherwise, he would have thrown a tantrum and refused to do it.”

Oliver shuddered as if the mere thought gave him a headache.

“News about that woman?”

“We’re still searching for Jelmia.”

Oliver answered with a serious expression.

“You’re late.”

“I apologize. She’s hidden herself quite well, with her tail properly tucked, showing just how solid her backing is.”

Oliver bowed his head slightly with an apologetic expression. Though finding that woman was their top priority, they couldn’t seem to catch her trail.

“Pick up the pace.”

“Yes.”

The moment Oliver answered and raised his head, the Duke stood up from his seat.

“Where are you going?”

“Marine.”

The Duke answered briefly and took a step forward.

“Pardon?”

Oliver looked at the Duke walking toward the door with a puzzled expression.

“Is there any other business remaining?”

“The Imperial Palace sent word asking you to come…”

“Ignore it.”

The Duke cut off his words mid-sentence with a cold voice.

“Yes. Understood.”

“Anything else?”

The Duke raised his eyebrows in displeasure.

Sensing an atmosphere where he should say no even if there was something, Oliver swallowed dryly and smiled his usual gentle smile.

“Nothing.”

The reports he was currently holding could be postponed until tomorrow.

Since coming to the capital, he had resumed the task of reading reports.

This was due to the Duke’s judgment that it wasn’t as easy to filter out spies here as it was at the Duke’s Castle, and it would be better not to reveal Marine’s ability as much as possible.

The Duke nodded as if he understood and left the office. The sound of his retreating footsteps was getting faster and faster.

A smile formed on Oliver’s lips.

Could he be that pleased?

At the unconscious thought, Oliver hesitated and stopped as he was about to follow the Duke.

He didn’t know exactly what kind of contract existed between the Duke and Marine, but what if the Duke had truly come to like her?

Oliver smiled contentedly alone in the empty office.

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When the man with half his face covered by a black scarf shouted that he was the Crown Prince, Elmis’s sword stopped right in front of his throat.

“Please quickly order this maid to lower her sword.”

The self-proclaimed Crown Prince glanced down at the sword at his throat and pulled his scarf down to reveal his face.

At his gesture that seemed to say ‘Look here,’ Marine and Dia looked at each other.

“Dia, have you ever seen a portrait of His Highness the Crown Prince?”

“No. What about you, Teacher Marine?”

“I haven’t either.”

Since they didn’t know what the Crown Prince looked like, how could they tell if this man was the Crown Prince or not?

Wavy golden hair, golden eyes with a vivid glow, clearly defined red lips, broad shoulders and long legs.

The man before them had beautiful features that gave off a honey-sweet feeling.

When they failed to recognize him, a troubled light flickered through the Crown Prince’s golden eyes.

As he pondered how to prove his identity, the sword pointed at his throat suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, the maid with cool eyes knelt and prostrated herself before him.

“Elmis greets His Highness the Crown Prince. I made a grave mistake earlier, thinking you were an assassin. Please forgive me.”

“No. Since I came with my face covered, you fulfilled your duty. You may rise.”

Marine and Dia hurriedly stood up from their seats with surprised expressions.

Since Elmis’s main duty was security, she had memorized all the important figures of the Empire.

“Marine of House Schwentz greets His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Dia of Count Adria’s Estate greets His Highness the Crown Prince.”

When the two curtsied politely, holding their skirts and bending their knees, the Crown Prince hurriedly waved his hands.

“Please, all of you rise.”

As Marine and Dia straightened their backs, the Crown Prince approached them.

“I apologize for startling you.”

The Crown Prince was a gorgeous young man who appeared to be a year or two older than Dia, but his manner of speaking was as old-fashioned as an elderly grandfather. Was it because he was the Crown Prince?

“Not at all. Would you like to sit?”

When the Crown Prince looked at them hesitantly, Marine spoke first.

“I would.”

Soon the three of them sat in a triangular formation around the tea table in the center.

Marine and Dia sat there like mutes, not knowing what to say.

In fact, Marine’s mind was quite complicated.

The novel was changing because of her.

In the novel, the Crown Prince and Dia promised to marry. However, their first meeting wasn’t here but at the Debutante Ball.

If she hadn’t been there, Dia wouldn’t have had tea time here, and then she wouldn’t have encountered the Crown Prince either.

Realizing this, the anxiety she had pushed to a corner of her heart came rushing in.

Until now, she had been thinking carelessly that it would be okay if minor parts changed. Things unrelated to the important flow of the novel like her existence or the Opal Mine.

However, there was one part that absolutely must not change.

It was the Duke’s eyes.

Surely she wouldn’t fail to cure his eyes?

Anxiety rushed in like a tide from her toes. That fact absolutely must not change.

She had tried applying mandlesong grass to the Duke for a long time, but there had been little improvement. Perhaps mandlesong wasn’t the important herb that would cure the Duke’s eyes.

Something else that the Female Protagonist mixed with mandlesong. What if that was what neutralized the poison of mandlesong and made the Duke’s eyes see?

Only the Female Protagonist knew that method.

In the continuing silence flowing around the tea table, Marine slowly opened her mouth.

“But Your Highness the Crown Prince. What brings you here? And with your face covered…”

The Crown Prince said while loosening the scarf around his neck.

“I came because I wanted to meet the Duke.”

“It would have been better if you had sent a letter in advance.”

Marine smiled brightly, conveying that he should make an appointment before visiting next time.

“I sent a letter to the Duke, but there was no reply…”

Marine offered tea to the embarrassed Crown Prince. He picked up his teacup and continued speaking.

“He’s someone who even ignores His Majesty the Emperor’s letters, so I wanted to create an opportunity to meet him somehow.”

The Crown Prince smiled bitterly.

He knew the Duke was unruly, but he didn’t expect him to ignore even the Emperor’s letters.

Marine was inwardly dismayed, but smiled outwardly.

Smile. At times like this, you have to smile.

“Lady Adriana. I pray for the deceased’s peaceful rest.”

The Crown Prince turned his gaze to Dia and spoke in a solemn voice.

“Thank you for your concern, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Dia expressed her gratitude with a surprised face, as if she had heard something unexpected.

When the Crown Prince stared intently at Dia, Marine felt anxious.

Dia had just said she wanted to become the Crown Princess – what if the Crown Prince had heard those words?

Dia also didn’t avoid his gaze and met the Crown Prince’s eyes directly.

Marine observed the sparking eye contact between the two with an anxious heart.

Is he smitten? Or is he acting this way because he heard the earlier conversation?

It was at that tense moment.

“What exactly are you doing here right now, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

The Duke’s low voice rang coldly through the garden.

The startled Crown Prince turned around.

“D-Duke.”

“Vines greets the Crown Prince.”

The Duke nodded slightly with an annoyed expression.

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