I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 133

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 133

Marine gently stroked Yulia’s hair.

“Thank you for everything, Yulia.”

“Miss, why are you saying that? As if you’ll never come back.”

Yulia said with an anxious face.

“I’m saying it because I’m truly grateful that you protected me and took care of me like this.”

Marine smiled gently.

“Yes. Please come back soon.”

Yulia smiled cutely as if she understood.

Marine suppressed her increasingly sad feelings and smiled back.

* * *

Early in the morning, many people gathered in front of the annex to see her off.

Since they had already finished their farewells, they just needed to wait for the carriage to arrive.

A coachman wearing a black scarf could be seen driving the diamond carriage.

Marine was inwardly surprised when she saw the coachman’s face.

It was the coachman who had driven the servants’ carriage during the capital trip.

Could it be that the assassins were able to ambush them in advance because of him? Were that coachman, the assassins who attacked then, and even the kidnapper all on the same side?

Marine stared intently at the coachman’s face.

“John Doe, what brings you here? Doesn’t Sam usually drive this carriage?”

Sebastian asked the coachman with a puzzled expression.

“Sam has a cold. So I’m driving in his place.”

The coachman said with an innocent face, scratching his head.

“I see. Thank you for your trouble.”

“Yes. I’ll ensure a comfortable ride.”

The Duke, who had been standing behind them, called her.

“Marine.”

“Yes.”

“Think only of me while you’re away.”

Marine, who had been tense with nervousness, couldn’t help but chuckle.

“I will.”

Marine got into the carriage first, followed by Elmis.

As Elmis closed the carriage door, the carriage slowly began to move.

Marine turned around and took in the sight of the Adria siblings, Yulia, Sebastian, the Page Head Maid, Oliver, and finally the Duke watching the carriage.

While the others gradually began to move, only the Duke remained standing firmly in place.

Marine watched with sad eyes until the Duke became a small figure in the distance.

* * *

The Duke stood by the window in his office, gazing into the distance.

Though Marine was already out of sight, he directed his gaze in the direction she would travel, imagining her route.

“Kay.”

“Yes.”

Kay prostrated himself before him.

“Did you attach a shadow?”

“Yes. I attached M.”

“El won’t like it if she finds out. She’ll think we don’t trust her.”

“Since you care so much for the young lady, she won’t think that way.”

As the Duke closed his eyes again, Kay quietly hid behind the curtain.

“Come in.”

Sebastian and Oliver entered together.

The Duke returned to his desk and sat down.

“The reason I called you both is…”

At the Duke’s solemn voice, both men looked at him with tense expressions.

“Because the gifts didn’t work.”

“The gifts didn’t work?”

Oliver immediately understood and became dejected.

The Duke nodded heavily.

Sebastian stood there blankly, not understanding their conversation.

“So this time I called the butler, who is the only married one among us. Butler.”

“Yes.”

Sebastian had a very good relationship with his wife, and recently even his grandson had gotten married.

“What do women like?”

Sebastian, who finally understood the flow of conversation, softened his wrinkled eyes gently.

“Women do tend to like gifts.”

Oliver, who had been expressing disappointment with his whole body by drooping his shoulders, straightened them as if he knew it.

“But she doesn’t love me even when I give her gifts?”

When the Duke asked back with a quite serious expression, Oliver’s face became gloomy again.

“What do you mean by that?”

Sebastian asked with a bewildered face.

“Isn’t there any other good method besides that?”

“There is. It’s sincerity.”

Sebastian wore a kind smile.

“Sincerity?”

“Yes. You just need to sincerely tell her you love her.”

“What?”

The Duke frowned as if asking what he was talking about.

“Pardon?”

Oliver, who had been listening from the side, also looked at Sebastian with a surprised expression.

“No, why are you both so surprised? As if you’ve never confessed your love before. Hahaha…?”

Sebastian, who had been laughing heartily, slowly stopped laughing when he saw their stiff faces.

“Surely… that’s not it, right? Your Grace, Aide?”

Sebastian looked at the two men with trembling eyes.

“I haven’t done it.”

“I haven’t done it either.”

Both answered simultaneously.

“How would women know if you don’t even tell them?”

“Isn’t that something they naturally come to know?”

At the Duke’s words, Oliver nodded vigorously as if agreeing.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Sebastian looked at the Duke with confused eyes.

“Your Grace, you’re even engaged, but you still haven’t confessed your love?”

“There were circumstances.”

The Duke turned his head away, avoiding Sebastian’s gaze.

“Is it true that His Grace loves you, Lady?”

The Duke slowly nodded his head.

“Is it true that you love His Grace?”

“I’ve never heard such words.”

The butler raised his hand and patted his frustrated chest.

To think the Duke’s couple had such an unexpected story. Their relationship looked so good that he had never once thought about it.

“When the Lady returns, tell her immediately that you love her.”

“And then what?”

“You just need to hear Lady Marine’s answer.”

“I understand.”

“And you should confess soon too, Aide.”

Oliver’s face turned red as he averted his eyes.

“Does Oliver love someone too?”

“I’m sorry. It’s a secret.”

Oliver bowed his head with his neck flushed red.

The Duke slowly nodded.

Sebastian the butler looked at the two of them and clicked his tongue inwardly. What to do with these two romantic novices.

What good is being the strongest in the Empire?

When you don’t know a single thing about a woman’s heart.

Who would have thought their inexperience with women would show so clearly here.

* * *

Inside the Diamond Carriage was quiet.

Marine was closing her eyes and checking her plan in her head when it happened.

“Lady.”

When she opened her eyes at Elmis’s call, her expression was unusual.

“Elmis?”

“The carriage’s direction is a bit different. We can still reach the Southern Region this way, but it’s a longer route.”

“Really? Elmis knows the roads well too.”

“I memorized the Empire Map when I was in the Shadow organization. Should I speak to the coachman—”

“It’s fine. You don’t need to.”

“Pardon?”

“I asked to go this way.”

Elmis looked at her questioningly with her eyes.

“I wanted to see the Sairan Desert. So I specially asked the coachman. To go that way first.”

“Lady, that place is dangerous. The Sairan Desert has nothing but monsters. And monsters can appear on the way to the Sairan Desert too.”

Elmis narrowed her cool eyes and explained in a calm voice.

“Yes. That’s why I only brought Elmis. Excluding Yulia.”

“Why on earth…?”

“By any chance, might there be other Shadows assigned to me besides Elmis?”

“His Grace would likely have ordered that. He worries about your safety more than anyone.”

“Hmm, I see. I understand.”

Marine nodded with a thoughtful expression.

If it’s Shadow, they would follow well without being noticed by enemies.

“Elmis. Do you remember what I said before? That to protect me, you can’t just protect me alone?”

“Yes.”

Elmis answered faithfully while feeling something was strange.

“Next time something happens to people around me, please protect the people around me first, not me. That’s the one thing I want from Elmis.”

“Lady. I will protect both you and those around you—”

“It’s a must. Please promise me.”

Marine cut off Elmis’s words and gazed at her with serious eyes.

Elmis, meeting her gaze, hesitated before opening her mouth with difficulty.

“Yes.”

“I’ll trust only Elmis. I’m tired now, so I’ll get some sleep.”

Marine made an excuse and closed her eyes because she didn’t want to lie anymore.

She could feel Elmis watching her, but she pretended not to notice.

She planned to tell Elmis the truth as late as possible.

While her mother’s life was more important to her than her own, Elmis would obviously choose her over her mother.

Elmis could kill that coachman right now and turn the carriage around for her safety.

Her mother’s life was at stake. There couldn’t be any risk involved.

She planned to reveal the truth after getting as far away from the Duke’s Castle as possible, then gain Elmis’s cooperation.

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