I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 11

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 11

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Marine looked down at the picnic basket with a proud expression. She had obtained a round cheese cake, bread, and even beef.

The Duke’s order to fatten her up was more and more beneficial to her the more she thought about it. Thanks to that order, she could now feed Mother heartily as well.

Roanna’s illness was a disease of the heart.

She had lost her husband and eldest son on the same day, and lost their home and fortune as well. For her, who had been frail from the beginning, it was an indescribable shock, and Mother was losing her strength day by day.

That’s why she needed medicine to replenish her stamina and food full of nutrition. That was the only way to prevent her condition from worsening further, and the reason why she had to earn a lot of money.

When Marine arrived in front of the house, she discovered that the cabin door was wide open. Surprised, she ran inside, and saw the mess that was the interior of the house.

Chairs lying around. Trash that someone had scattered. Broken dishes here and there.

“M-Mother.”

Marine, who had lost strength in her hands and dropped the picnic basket with a thud, immediately ran to Roanna’s room and opened the door. Mother wasn’t in the room.

“Mother, where are you?!”

“Marine…”

A faint voice came from her own room.

“Mother!”

Marine hurriedly threw open her own room door.

“Mother…”

At Roanna’s unimaginable appearance, Marine burst into tears.

Mother was tightly embracing her vanity table with her frail body. Her hair was disheveled as if someone had grabbed and pulled it.

“Mother, why? Why…”

Tears flowed endlessly down her cheeks.

“It’s something you cherish, isn’t it? This was all I could do. I’m sorry.”

“What are you sorry for? What?”

Marine stood there as if nailed to the spot and sobbed.

“I’m a mother, but while my daughter is suffering, I’m only sick and can’t even help.”

“…”

That’s not it. She should say that just having Mother by her side gives her strength to endure, but her throat was choked up and no voice came out.

So she just shook her head vigorously enough to make a buzzing sound.

Mother always blamed herself, but in fact, the one feeling guilty was herself.

On the day of the carriage accident, Mother’s condition wasn’t good.

They could have waited a few days until Mother’s body recovered and then departed together. There were still many days left until the debutante ball.

However, it was she who had pestered Father to depart first because she wanted to go to the capital quickly and sightsee.

If they hadn’t left that day, they could have avoided the carriage accident.

But Mother had never blamed her for that incident.

That’s why she felt even more guilty and wanted to treat her well. To relieve her guilt even a little.

Marine ran over and embraced Roanna in her arms.

She had become so thin that she fit snugly in her embrace. Thinking that such a weak Mother had struggled to protect her memories brought tears to her eyes.

“Mother…”

“It’s okay. It’s okay.”

At Mother’s gentle patting touch, Marine cried out loud like a child.

After crying for a long time, Marine asked Roanna what had happened with her eyes still puffy from crying.

“The landlady came to visit. She said if we don’t pay the rent by tomorrow, we have to vacate this house immediately.”

“What do you mean? The day to pay rent is four days away.”

Roanna hit her own chest with a heartbroken expression.

“Mother…”

Marine held Mother’s hand and stopped her.

“That woman misunderstood you as her husband’s mistress. She should say something that makes sense. She came all angry and threw trash in the house and broke everything.”

“I’m sorry, Mother. I should have resolved this…”

“What are you sorry for? I’m your mother. I was too weak to even stop that woman. I could barely protect this vanity table. I keep living and only causing you trouble like this.”

“Mother, don’t say such things. Everything will be okay.”

Marine forcibly held back the tears that were about to come out again and gently stroked Mother’s back.

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“Mother, I’m going to the Duke’s castle.”

After barely finishing a meal with Roanna, who had no appetite, and coming outside, it was already getting dark.

The cabin was at the mountain entrance. At night, wild animals could come out, so they usually didn’t go outside much.

However, tomorrow they would be kicked out of the house immediately. She had to resolve this somehow.

Whenever the moonlight hiding among the clouds illuminated the ground, she quickened her pace.

After a long while, she could see the Duke’s castle with its tall spires brightly illuminating the outer walls with torches.

Marine urgently knocked on the Duke’s castle gate.

Then the knights came out, opening not the large castle gate, but the side gate.

“Who are you?”

The middle-aged knight looked her over with sharp eyes, having come at this hour of the night.

“I’m called Marine, working under Aide Oliver. I urgently want to see the aide, so could I enter inside?”

“You work under the aide?”

The middle-aged knight asked her back with a suspicious expression.

“Yes.”

Marine looked at him with earnest eyes.

“I haven’t heard anything about it. Hey, Yubis. Do you know this person?”

The middle-aged knight called to a young-looking knight who was behind him.

“No. I don’t know her.”

The young knight with red hair quickly scanned her face with his eyes and shook his head.

“What about Aide Oliver?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do you know then?”

“Nothing.”

“What? Hey! Come here.”

“I don’t want to.”

The young knight quickly ran away into the castle.

The middle-aged knight and Marine, who watched this with bewildered eyes, awkwardly made eye contact with each other.

“He’s still young, a little rascal.”

“Yes. Um, excuse me. If the aide is busy, could you please call Sebastian the butler?”

When she mentioned the butler, the middle-aged knight’s attitude became a bit more polite.

“You know the butler?”

“Yes.”

“I understand.”

She could hear the middle-aged knight going inside and conveying the message through another knight.

Marine waited outside the castle with an anxious heart.

Shortly after, Sebastian the butler came out with a welcoming smile.

“Miss Marine.”

“Butler!”

Marine called out to him loudly, thinking she could finally enter inside.

“Why are you here instead of coming inside?”

The middle-aged knight, who had become extremely tense with Sebastian’s appearance, answered in a rigid tone.

“Her identity wasn’t certain, so we didn’t let her inside.”

“I was away for a few days, so this happened. Miss Marine, I’m sorry.”

Sebastian apologized with a sincere voice. The middle-aged knight standing behind him visibly flinched and trembled.

“It’s fine. More importantly, I have something urgent I’d like to ask the aide, so could I see him now?”

“Of course. Come in.”

Marine followed Sebastian into the Servants’ Reception Room she had visited before.

“If you wait here, the aide will come.”

“Yes. Thank you so much.”

“From now on, come in whenever you want to visit. I’ll give strict orders to the knights and soldiers standing guard.”

The arm muscles of the kindly speaking man rippled.

Am I imagining that there seemed to be emphasis on the word “strict”?

Marine quickly bowed her waist to express her gratitude.

“Thank you for your consideration.”

Sebastian responded with a smile and went outside.

Not long after, Oliver came rushing in hurriedly. He was dressed more comfortably than when she had seen him during the day.

“Miss Marine. What brings you here at this late hour?”

Marine stood up from her seat with a determined expression.

“Oliver. Please help me.”

Marine bent her waist so low that her forehead nearly touched the floor as she pleaded with him.

“Miss Marine, please raise your head.”

Startled, Oliver hurriedly spoke. His eyes showed confusion at her unexpected behavior.

“I…”

“First, let’s sit on the sofa and talk.”

Oliver gently cut off Marine’s words and guided her to the sofa.

“I know I can’t receive weekly pay since I’ve only worked for one day, but could I get an advance?”

“An advance?”

Oliver’s eyes widened as if surprised.

“Yes. The landlord said if I don’t pay rent by tomorrow, I have to leave the house immediately. I could live anywhere, even in an abandoned warehouse, but Mother is unwell. So I’m asking despite the rudeness.”

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