I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 107

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 107

The Emperor walked to the center of the Debutante Hall with a benevolent smile.

“Everyone, raise your heads.”

As the nobles lifted their heads, the Emperor looked leisurely at the young ladies and smiled.

“Those who are having their debutante today, listen. I bless your future.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

The young ladies standing here and there slightly bent their knees, then rose and greeted. Dia did the same.

When the Emperor looked at the orchestra with a satisfied smile, music began to play.

Only then did the young lords approach the ladies having their debutante.

Marine looked at the young lords rushing toward them with a slightly disgusted expression.

“Are you sure I don’t need to be here?”

The Duke standing beside her asked in a leisurely voice.

Marine smiled awkwardly.

“I think you could stay a little longer.”

The Duke chuckled at her words, stepped forward, and released a strong aura.

The approaching young lords suddenly stopped in their tracks and began to scatter in all directions.

Seeing this, Marine lightly slapped the Duke’s shoulder without hurting him.

“What if you emit such a frightening aura and no one asks Dia to dance?”

“Earlier you said to stay?”

“Gerald, just by standing there, most young lords won’t approach. Put away that fierce aura.”

When the Duke contained his aura, conflict appeared on the faces of the young lords who had been hesitating nearby.

The Duke was scary, but they wanted to approach Dia.

Marine had no choice but to lightly poke the Duke’s side.

“This won’t work. Go farther away. We can’t make our Dia a wallflower.”

“You keep changing your mind.”

The Duke grumbled with dissatisfaction.

“Shoo, shoo.”

The Duke’s jaw twitched.

“There are already people moving to the dance floor.”

Marine looked anxiously at the young ladies and lords holding hands and going to the dance floor.

Dia’s dance card (a list of partners to dance with) was empty, yet there were already people dancing.

Our Dia should be the star of the debutante!

Gerald glanced at Marine’s restless face with his eyes lowered, then closed them again.

“We don’t need guys who don’t have the guts to approach my niece.”

At this, Dia lightly grabbed Marine’s arm with a voice full of laughter.

“Teacher Marine, I’m fine. I don’t really want to dance anyway.”

Marine looked at Dia’s beautiful face with pitying eyes.

Instead of staying in this corner, everyone should see this beauty.

That’s when it happened.

“How nice to see you all here.”

The Crown Prince approached, his softly curled golden hair neatly swept back.

Dressed splendidly for the party, he was definitely eye-catching. The young ladies nearby were stealing glances at his face in a daze.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince…”

When Marine and Dia quickly tried to greet him, he raised his hand to stop them.

“No need for greetings.”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince, you look wonderful today.”

Marine welcomed him with a pleased smile.

“Thank you for the compliment. You look beautiful today as well, Lady. More than that, I’d like to write my name on Lady Adria’s card.”

The Crown Prince said with a gentle smile.

When Marine hurriedly looked back at Dia, Dia nodded slightly.

Marine smiled broadly and handed him the dance card.

The Crown Prince wrote his name on the very first line of the dance card. And he continued writing his name down below as well.

Marine watched this with wide eyes.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince?”

“Oh, is this not allowed?”

The Crown Prince smiled sheepishly while meticulously writing his name in every last space.

Marine watched this with a bewildered expression, then looked back at Dia.

Dia was staring intently at the Crown Prince with a strange look in her eyes.

“Then Lady, would you dance with me?”

“Yes.”

When the Crown Prince extended his hand, Dia, wearing black satin gloves, gently placed her hand on top of his.

The warmly glowing Crown Prince and the softly glowing Dia standing together looked perfectly matched like a painting.

After the two left, Marine looked down at the dance card.

Should I draw more spaces below this?

“What are you doing?”

“Thinking. The dance card is only palm-sized. I wonder if I could make spaces on the back too?”

The Duke chuckled and took her hand.

“Why?”

“Five steps.”

“I’m already within one step though?”

“Places with many people are especially dangerous.”

“Ah, yes yes.”

Marine answered half-heartedly when suddenly the nobles parted like the Red Sea.

Looking unconsciously in that direction, she saw the Emperor walking toward them with a smile on his lips.

Marine quickly withdrew her hand from the Duke’s, then bent her knees and bowed.

“Marine of House Schwentz greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire.”

“Vines greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire.”

“Raise your heads.”

“Yes.”

When Marine raised her head, she could feel the Emperor observing her with curious eyes.

Marine tried to collect herself.

His Majesty the Emperor.

She never thought she’d see the Emperor this close.

The Emperor was one of the people tormenting the Duke. A petty villain who coveted the Duke’s wealth from western trade and was jealous of the Duke’s military power.

Meanwhile, the Emperor examined the lady standing before him.

How did this lady capture the Western Duke’s heart? Was their engagement real or fake?

He had approached because Lady Adria stood out the most here, but the Crown Prince had completely swept her away.

That son of his never had a single likeable aspect.

It would have been good to have one more son.

Through the Imperial Consorts, he had ten princesses so far, but none of the consorts had borne him a son.

Naturally, there was no succession struggle, and the Crown Prince became the heir directly.

What he had fought countless battles with his brothers to seize – the Crown Prince position – his son had received very comfortably.

That was displeasing.

Since he was still healthy, he had no choice but to strive to have more sons.

“Nice to meet you, Lady.”

The Emperor smiled warmly, contrary to his inner thoughts.

“Your Majesty the Emperor, it is an honor to meet you.”

The Lady’s shoulders could be seen trembling slightly with fear as she greeted him.

Unlike the Duke, this Lady seemed to know her place very well.

It would be better for the Duke to marry a Lady from such a humble family rather than marrying into a powerful noble house.

For the first time in a while, the Emperor smiled genuinely.

“I was late with my greetings. Congratulations on your engagement. May you be truly happy.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“Western Duke as well.”

“Yes.”

The Duke answered curtly in his blunt manner.

The Emperor’s smiling face turned cold for a moment before quickly relaxing again.

“I cannot keep busy people for too long. You may withdraw now.”

“Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

The Duke took his Fiancée’s hand while gripping his cane and began to walk.

His Fiancée could be seen taking a step ahead of him.

A blind Duke and a Fiancée from a humble family… What a perfect sight to behold.

A deep sneer appeared at the corners of the Emperor’s mouth.

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When the Crown Prince and Dia walked toward the dance floor, the Lords and Young Ladies around them gradually stepped back. Naturally, they became the center of attention.

Soft melodies began to flow and the Crown Prince and Dia started dancing. The Lords and Young Ladies who had been standing still also resumed their dancing.

“You are dazzlingly beautiful tonight.”

The Crown Prince said with a gentle smile.

“Thank you. You as well, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Do you mean it?”

Dia, who had been keeping her head down, raised her gaze to look into the Crown Prince’s golden eyes.

“Yes.”

“I missed you.”

At his direct confession-like words, a puzzled light appeared in her deep green eyes.

“Why?”

The Crown Prince smiled again.

“Would you believe me if I said I fell for you at first sight?”

However, his eyes were not filled with the longing of someone in love, but shone with pure goodwill.

A gentle smile formed on Dia’s pink lips.

“Your Highness is not good at lying.”

“Why don’t you believe my words?”

“Because I know.”

“What do you know?”

“There are people in love around me, aren’t there? Watching them naturally teaches me what lovers in love are like.”

Dia turned her gaze to look toward the Duke and Marine. The Crown Prince’s gaze followed hers.

“Are those two really in love?”

Dia’s eyes curved as if she found it amusing just thinking about it.

“When you’re around those two, it’s impossible not to know.”

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