I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 140

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 140

At that moment, a rumbling sound echoed from the ground.

Santi was crawling toward him from within the sand.

It probably thought it was approaching stealthily, but even Santi’s breathing reached his ears in precise detail.

“Kraaaak.”

As Santi revealed its face from the sand, Gerald with his aura-wrapped sword leaped into the air.

While it takes 10 knights to kill one Santi, that was only when he wasn’t present.

The aura-wrapped sword struck down directly at the joint connecting Santi’s head and body.

“Kraaaaa!”

Santi let out a scream-like roar and twisted its entire body to shake him off.

Gerald paid no heed and pressed down harder with his sword.

“Kraaaaa!”

Santi thrashed the sand with dozens of legs and burrowed straight into the sand to hide.

Gerald withdrew his sword and listened carefully.

He could hear Santi fleeing far away, but there was no time to chase after it and finish it off.

Had it left anything else behind?

Gerald looked around the area with a small hope.

Something was glinting in the sand under the sunlight.

He hurriedly dug through the sand and found a recording stone.

When Gerald activated the recording stone with trembling hands, an image soon appeared in the air.

The recording stone must have been accidentally pressed, as it was out of focus and the screen was moving around.

Marine tore her pocket.

White powder scattered through the air.

She had called Santi.

“…Marine.”

Ha. Gerald felt his chest swelling with emotion.

The most magnificent woman in the world was captured in that image.

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Marine tried to slowly open her eyes, but her eyelids stung.

Moreover, something heavy like herbal paste was pressing down on her face.

“Oh my, miss. Are you awake?”

An exotic woman’s voice came from beside her.

Marine tried to raise her hand to remove the cloth covering her face but was stopped by gentle hands.

“Your face is completely red and burned, so it’s better to let it calm down.”

Ah, so that’s why her face stings like this?

Marine lowered her hand again and parted her lips.

“…Where is this?”

Her voice was hoarse, so only a faint sound escaped.

“This is Prince Leoram’s Palace.”

Leoram? That’s a name I’ve heard somewhere.

Could it be?

Marine was startled and sat up abruptly.

The herbal paste and white cloth that had been covering her face fell onto the bed with a thud.

“3rd Prince Your Highness?”

“Yes. This is the palace of 3rd Prince Tan Leoram Sanders Your Highness.”

A woman wearing a dress with a deeply cut neckline offered her a wet towel.

Marine obediently took the wet towel and carefully wiped her face.

As the woman said, her face stung as if it had been burned by the sun. While pretending to wipe her face diligently, she rolled her eyes to survey her surroundings.

Golden pillars, golden tables, and even the bed she was lying on was made of gold.

After the diamond carriage, now a palace made of gold.

She could almost hear Surenne’s voice saying ‘What a waste of money.’

Marine looked slightly disgusted before turning her attention back to the woman sitting in front of her.

The kind-looking woman with black hair was wearing a light blue dress so sheer that her skin showed through.

They say the Sanders Empire is hot, so their clothing style is liberal.

“Then, is this the Sanders Imperial Palace?”

Marine, having finished wiping her face, offered the wet towel to the woman in front of her.

The woman took the wet towel and nodded with a bright smile.

“That’s right.”

“By any chance, was I lying here for a long time?”

“You slept for about two days.”

“Ah…”

She had been lying here for two whole days.

Two days in the desert, and two days unconscious. Four days had already passed.

She needed to return to the Duke’s Castle quickly.

“Could you tell 3rd Prince Your Highness that I’m grateful for saving me? I need to return now-“

“Sweetie. You should say such things directly so I won’t feel hurt. Don’t you think?”

Tan, who had interrupted her words, entered the room with a mischievous smile.

“Have you arrived, Your Highness.”

The woman rose from her seat and bowed to Tan.

“Bitra. Thank you for taking care of Sweetie.”

“Not at all, Your Highness. Taking care of Your Highness’s lover is my great pleasure.”

Marine’s eyes widened in surprise as she stared at Tan intently.

What? Your Highness’s lover?

Tan, whose eyes met hers in her bewildered state, grinned and winked.

“You may leave.”

“Yes.”

After Bitra left, Tan sat in the chair she had occupied and looked at Marine’s face with worried eyes.

“Your cute face is still red. How upsetting.”

Marine, still in a state of shock, moved her lips wordlessly before rapidly firing off words like a machine gun.

“Your Highness’s lover? Me? Why? I have a fiancé though? Something seems very wrong here?”

Tan burst into laughter, his eyes crinkling.

“Whoa, whoa. Calm down, Sweetie.”

“Calm down or whatever, please explain.”

“When I found Sweetie in the desert and brought you to the palace, people just misunderstood on their own. What can I do? Should I grab each servant one by one and say ‘Actually, she’s not my lover’?”

“That’s exactly what you should do!”

Marine nodded as if it were obvious.

“I’m a prince, you know?”

“You still have to do it!”

“I said I’m a prince?”

Tan repeated the same words while giggling and laughing.

As she had felt before, this person was impossible to reason with.

Marine squeezed her eyes shut and took a deep breath to calm the anger boiling up inside her.

As he said, it would look strange for a prince to meet with maids one by one to make excuses that she was just some woman he knew.

Still, it was unfair to be suddenly misunderstood as another man’s lover.

Marine calmed her mind and opened her eyes, then bowed her head to Tan who was looking at her and giggling.

“Thank you for saving me.”

“Oh, you finally decided to greet me?”

When Tan smiled and made that pointed remark, Marine’s face turned red.

She should have thanked her lifesaver who rescued her in the desert first, but she had forgotten after hearing such absurd talk.

“I admit it. The order was wrong. I’m sorry.”

At her sincere apology, the corners of Tan’s eyes curved gently.

“As expected, I like Sweetie. Still no thoughts of breaking off the engagement?”

“No. I don’t. And I’m Marine, not Sweetie.”

“Yeah, Sweetie.”

As expected, reasoning was impossible. It would probably be more satisfying to talk to a wall.

Marine sighed and looked down to get out of bed, then her eyes widened.

She was wearing a light apricot dress that was somewhat see-through and flowing.

Marine looked up with a bewildered face and made eye contact with Tan.

Tan read her gaze and chuckled.

“The dress suits you well.”

“Eek!”

Marine let out a belated scream and quickly wrapped herself tightly in the blanket.

“…Why? Why are my clothes!”

“The maids washed Sweetie’s dress. You rolled around in the desert. The current dress is what the maids put on you after cleaning you up.”

Marine fumbled around her wrist from inside the blanket. The bracelet Gerald had given her was also gone.

“What about my things?”

“Over there.”

Looking where he pointed with his finger, she saw her cleanly washed navy blue dress, dagger, bracelet, and even her notebook. What a relief.

Seeing her belongings, her anxious heart calmed down.

“But I know the Western Region is quite well-off, so why were you wearing such a dress?”

Marine pretended not to hear his words and said what she wanted to say first.

“I want to change my dress, so could you please leave?”

“Hmm, that won’t work?”

Tan made a troubled smile and wiggled his finger.

“Why not?”

“This is my room.”

“What?”

Marine opened her eyes wide and looked up at Tan.

Of course, the room was decorated entirely in gold, so it did look extraordinary.

But this was the prince’s room?

“Why am I here?”

“Because you’re my lover?”

“You know that’s not true!”

When she raised her voice, her throat stung.

“I know. But the maids don’t.”

Haa… Marine sighed with a tired face.

“Then could you lend me a room? I’ll move.”

“That won’t work either?”

“Why not?”

Marine made a tearful face and stared at Tan.

“Because you’re my lover?”

“What?”

“If Sweetie leaves my room at this hour of night, rumors will spread that Sweetie has no charm, and rumors will spread that I have no stamina, right?”

Marine made a dumbfounded expression and opened and closed her mouth. She was so absurd she was at a loss for words.

What? Charm? Stamina? Why is he making them rhyme!

“So you’ll have to spend the night with me today.”

Tan slowly got up and approached the bed.

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