I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 105

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 105

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“We dealt with another spy from the Imperial Palace today.”

Gerald clicked his tongue low as he received the report.

“More mayflies are gathering because of the Crown Prince.”

“Doesn’t His Highness the Crown Prince follow Your Grace?”

Oliver smiled bitterly.

“How useless.”

“It seems worse because he has no one to attach his heart to in the Imperial Palace. His Majesty the Emperor keeps His Highness the Crown Prince at a distance, and Her Imperial Majesty is so frail that his maternal grandfather the Marquis has been caring for him since childhood…”

“For a Crown Prince, he’s pathetic.”

Oliver quietly closed his mouth. He wasn’t bold enough to curse the Crown Prince alongside the Duke.

“By the way Oliver, how old are you?”

“Don’t you know I’m the same age as Your Grace?”

Oliver answered with an expression asking why he would ask such a thing to the Duke’s sudden question.

Lately the Duke had been strangely asking the age of every male peer he met.

“That’s what I mean. Why are you the same age as me?”

“Pardon?”

Oliver fell into contemplation about how he should answer this.

“Ask Butler Canolam. Whether there are any secrets about your birth.”

Oliver looked at him wondering if the Duke was joking, but his face was serious.

“Ah… Yes.”

Oliver had no choice but to answer.

He decided to worry later about what scolding he’d get from Father after asking about birth secrets. Since it was the Duke’s order, he would just follow it.

“What about Zero?”

“He says something broke along the way so he’ll be a bit late.”

“What about Marine?”

“She’s taking a walk with Miss Diana. You asked thirty minutes ago as well.”

“Has it been thirty minutes already?”

The Duke quietly rose from his seat.

“Where are you going?”

“Taking a walk for thirty whole minutes is strange. She might be meeting someone like that Crown Prince bastard again somewhere.”

Let’s set aside why “bastard” was attached to the Crown Prince’s title.

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Gerald heightened his hearing and strode forward with large steps.

Marine’s clear voice couldn’t be heard from inside the manor, so she must still be on her walk.

As he went outside the manor, sunlight poured down harshly.

Unlike the desolate and cold weather of the Western Region, even though it was late winter, the capital had warm spring-like weather.

The gently blowing wind slowly brushed past his face.

Gerald raised his head and slowly lifted his eyelids.

A drop of light fell into his black field of vision. Soon the area around it gradually brightened and he could see the wide sky shining blue.

It’s been a long time. Blue sky.

‘…!’

In an instant Gerald froze solid as if he had turned to ice.

He closed his trembling eyelids again. He closed his eyes and opened them again, but the sky was still dyed bright blue.

“Ha.”

A sound that was neither a groan nor a sigh leaked from his mouth.

His vision, which had only been blindingly white, changed to black, and his silver-gleaming pupils changed to deep gray.

While drinking dandelion blossoms every day, he opened his eyes once a day to check if anything else had changed.

But each time his vision was dark as if a black curtain had been drawn. Even last night when he had last opened his eyes, it had been pitch black.

The sky was visible so suddenly like this?

He could see white clouds floating in clusters against the blue sky.

When he lowered his gaze, he could see fresh green leaves and black-tinted trees.

Looking at the ground, he could see the small mouths of ants crawling around his feet.

He could see everything.

He raised his head again to look up at the sky. He could see the blue eyes of a bird flying far in the distance.

He could distinguish colors, and his vision was as good as before.

He could see his own hands trembling from excitement he couldn’t contain.

Gerald concentrated on his five senses with his eyes open.

All his senses had returned to their proper place. He was finally completely freed from pain.

“Marine.”

She had healed him. If it hadn’t been for her hint, he never would have tried it.

If someone had tried to convince him that he could be healed with flowers when he had been hurt by a flower demon beast, would he have listened to those words?

He had met all the famous doctors in the Empire, but none could heal his eyes.

How did Marine know that dandelion blossoms could heal eyes? But why didn’t she make him take them quickly? Seeing how she even experimented on herself, had she also been half-doubtful?

Marine.

Marine.

Marine.

When he thought of her, he wanted to see her like crazy.

What did she look like? What color was her hair? Her eyes? Her nose? Her lips?

“Your Grace, what are you doing here?”

Diana’s voice came from behind.

The Duke quickly closed his eyes again. The person he wanted to face first when he opened his eyes was already decided.

“Why are you alone? Where’s Marine?”

“Ah, she said she wanted to pick flowers so she went to the back of the garden.”

“I see.”

“Your Grace.”

“What?”

As he was about to leave hurriedly, Diana called out in a small voice.

“Do you dislike that I meet His Highness the Crown Prince?”

“Do you want to meet him?”

“I’m not sure.”

“Then let’s continue this conversation when you’ve made your decision.”

“Yes.”

He felt Diana nod her head slightly.

“So, anything else to say?”

When Gerald asked impatiently, she spoke in a voice tinged with laughter.

“No. Have a safe trip.”

“Right.”

Gerald walked quickly in the direction Diana had indicated.

As he increased his speed more and more, wind rushed past him with sharp whooshing sounds.

Even in the midst of this, he listened carefully to find Marine, but perhaps because she was silently picking flowers, her voice couldn’t be heard.

Then Gerald, realizing something, stopped abruptly and opened his eyes.

“Pathetic.”

Like a fool, he had been closing his eyes out of habit and relying only on his hearing to find her.

With his brightened vision, he passed through the garden in full bloom and entered the forest path lined with dense trees. Due to the thick trees, sunlight couldn’t penetrate the forest path, casting pitch-black shadows even in broad daylight.

Soon, he could see clusters of Mandelesong blooming here and there beneath the thick tree trunks.

A woman was crouched in front of them.

Marine.

He instinctively knew that woman was Marine.

The moment he recognized her, his heart began beating frantically.

The woman in the light purple dress was thin, just as he had expected.

Bitter saliva rose in his mouth. Even after feeding her so much, she was still this thin.

At the same time, he remembered how soft her body had felt when she fit perfectly in his arms.

The corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

He’d just have to feed her more.

Her platinum hair was braided long to one side, dangling as if it might touch the floor.

Just seeing her from behind made his heart race wildly as if it had broken down.

He tried taking deep breaths, but he couldn’t breathe well, as if his throat was constricted.

He quickly unbuttoned his shirt one button at a time. Even so, his chest still felt stuffy.

Had his regained sight given him heart disease?

Step. Step.

He deliberately made his footsteps audible so she wouldn’t be startled.

I’m coming to you, so don’t run away.

As expected, he could see Marine flinch in surprise at the sound of his footsteps.

Her small animal-like body became even smaller. Wasn’t she going to disappear at this rate?

He could see Marine carefully turning her head to look at him.

Though he was confident in his eyesight, her face appeared hazily blurred like a dream. His eyes naturally squinted.

Only then did she come into focus.

Marine’s white skin was flawlessly smooth, and her fresh green eyes like spring buds were vibrant. Her moist-looking pink lips were slightly parted, and the neat white teeth hidden within were adorably charming.

Marine’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled brightly, seemingly recognizing him.

Gerald closed his eyes and clutched his chest at the stifling pain in his heart.

Ah, why does she smile so beautifully?

Wanting to see that face forever, he traced and retraced her face in his mind.

“You are Lord Gerald, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“The shadows over there make it hard to see your face clearly. What brings you here?”

“…I wanted to see you.”

I came because I wanted to see you.

Only after quietly uttering those words could he realize.

Why this woman’s single smile made his heart so painfully chaotic.

“Pardon? I couldn’t hear you well. What did you just say?”

“I came because I wanted to see you.”

Gerald decided to acknowledge this blind emotion toward her. His heart beating for her was proof of that.

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