I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 146

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 146

“Are you alright?”

“That dress….”

As he trailed off, Marine’s face turned bright red.

Seeing her blush all the way to her neck made his chest throb as if he’d been punched hard in the solar plexus.

This is driving me crazy. Why is she so pretty?

“Well, all the dresses here are only like this….”

As he pressed his solar plexus, she asked worriedly again.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m not alright. I should just destroy this Empire or something.”

“Pardon?”

When she looked at him with an expression that said ‘I must have misheard,’ the jealousy he’d hidden deep in his heart poked its head out.

“Isn’t this room too cramped?”

“It’s not cramped at all though?”

Marine looked around. Since it was the Prince’s room, it was about as large as the Duke’s office.

“Were you alone here with just the 3rd Prince? Without any other maids?”

“Well….”

She slightly averted her gaze.

“Why are you avoiding my eyes?”

“Will you tell Gerald about this?”

“Is it a secret?”

Marine lowered her eyes and fidgeted with her fingers. It was what she did when she was flustered or troubled.

“I’ll keep it secret.”

“We were together, but actually the 3rd Prince Your Highness was trying to protect me. The 2nd Prince Your Highness appeared and kept demanding that I be handed over.”

“Why?”

“To capture me, torture me, and extract the Western Duke’s weaknesses. So it would have been terrible if Gerald had come here. All the knights in the palace would probably have tried to capture and kill Gerald. Under the pretext that he had infiltrated secretly….”

Marine shuddered as if the mere thought was horrifying.

A chill settled in Gerald’s eyes.

The Second Prince… I’ll have to kill him.

“But, were you serious about what you said earlier?”

Marine asked cautiously with hesitant eyes.

“Which words?”

“Earlier, when Gerald lo- I mean, confessed.”

“I love you.”

Gerald said while looking straight into her eyes. Now he could say it as many times as needed.

Marine stared at him with dazed eyes, then her face flushed bright red.

“You’re good at confessing. It really felt like you were saying it to me.”

“It’s real.”

“So you mean Gerald asked you to relay those words to me?”

“…Yes.”

“But that part is so strange.”

Marine tilted her head and murmured.

“Why?”

“Karl knows that we have a contract engagement. Then there would be no need to ask Karl to relay a fake love confession, so why would Gerald make a fake confession?”

“Why are you so certain it’s fake?”

“Why would Gerald lo… confess to me?”

Marine changed her words midway as if she was too embarrassed to say the word love.

Why couldn’t she believe his sincerity?

Gerald wanted to tear open his chest right now and show her his heart that beat only for her.

“Why can’t you believe it?”

Gerald’s voice flowed out slowly as if in anguish.

“Well….”

Marine hesitated for a moment.

All this time, she had firmly believed that while she could love the Duke, there was no possibility of the Duke loving her.

Because the Duke had the Female Protagonist.

But the Female Protagonist was gone now.

Could it be that the Duke really loved her? Why? Since when?

Marine’s face gradually turned bright red.

“Uh, uh, well, um.”

As if something was broken, words wouldn’t come out properly.

The Duke loved her? Really? For real?

A silly smile leaked from the corners of her mouth.

What should I do? Really?

“Kyaa!”

Marine buried her face in both palms and crouched down again.

“…What’s wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?”

Gerald knelt on one knee following her and lowered his posture.

“I’m happy.”

“…What?”

“I’m so happy it’s embarrassing. I don’t look ugly right now, do I?”

Marine peeked out only her eyes from behind her palms covering her face.

His seemingly stern expression crumbled. His sharp eyes softened gently and a smile formed at the corners of his mouth.

“No. You’re cute. Maddeningly so.”

“Really? Where’s a mirror? If I meet Gerald with this face, will he say I’m cute? No wait, I shouldn’t look cute but pretty.”

Marine got up from her spot again and carefully examined her face in front of the mirror.

What should he do with this maddeningly lovable woman?

He wanted to reveal right now that he was Gerald himself and embrace her crushingly.

After examining her face from every angle in the mirror, she came running back to him.

“But why did Gerald ask Karl to say such things?”

“Because he regretted….”

Questions appeared in her eyes.

“As soon as he realized his love, he regretted not being able to say it. He wanted to tell her as soon as he met her.”

Her cheeks were tinged with pink.

Gerald found Marine so lovable that his fingertips tingled.

“Oh my, he shouldn’t do proxy confessions like this.”

The girl who had been twisting her fingers smiled shyly with a bashful face.

Gerald couldn’t take his eyes off her face.

Marine wasn’t upset about hearing his confession. Could he consider this a good sign?

At that moment, Marine’s head suddenly shot up.

“Since I received a proxy confession, will you relay my words too?”

“…Yes.”

Gerald, breathless with tension, could barely manage to let out an answer like a sigh.

Just moments ago he’d been thinking positively, but now he was terrified again.

What if she rejected his confession? Could he live without her?

No, his eyes darkened. Whatever Marine’s answer was, he had no intention of letting her go.

Marine gestured as if asking him to lower his head a little.

Gerald slightly lowered his head.

As her warm breath touched his ear, his chest tightened painfully.

“Say such things to me directly.”

She whispered in a small voice.

“Ah….”

He had said it directly though.

Gerald chuckled softly and raised his head.

“Make sure to convey it clearly.”

“Yes.”

Marine smiled lovingly.

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The lavishly decorated Second Imperial Consort’s Palace came into view. It was the most beautiful place in the Imperial Palace.

The only place in the Imperial Palace built in the middle of the desert that was decorated with an artificial pond and flowers that bloomed all year round.

A maid announced his visit to the Second Imperial Consort.

“3rd Prince Your Highness has arrived.”

“I see.”

The Second Imperial Consort, who had been receiving a manicure in the room, looked at him and smiled as if painted with her red lips.

Though she had two grown sons, the Second Imperial Consort still maintained her youth and was bewitchingly beautiful like a flower.

“Prince, have you come?”

“Yes, Mother. I heard you called for me.”

The Imperial Consort gestured for the maids to leave.

“Please sit.”

The Imperial Consort drew a kind smile and pointed to the chair across from her.

“Yes.”

“You’ve taken in a new woman recently, haven’t you?”

“Once or twice, perhaps?”

Tan burst into laughter as if amused.

“This mother is very pleased that the Prince is living enjoyably.”

“If Mother is pleased, then I am pleased too.”

Tan smiled prettily with his eyes.

“Is that so? Then would you please make this mother a little happier?”

“As long as you don’t touch my women, I’ll do whatever Mother wants.”

At Tan’s words, the Imperial Consort’s beautiful forehead slightly furrowed then smoothed out.

“This mother is about to feel hurt by the Prince’s words.”

Tan smiled gently with his eyes while hiding his already coldly hardened inner thoughts.

“Don’t I always follow what Mother says?”

When Tan rejected in advance, the Imperial Consort could no longer throw a tantrum.

As he said, the 3rd Prince listened well to her words. And he hated having his women touched.

The Imperial Consort, who had no choice but to step back, smiled seductively again.

“Of course. I know everything.”

The Imperial Consort took Tan’s hand and patted it.

He had been a son who acted like the tongue in her mouth since childhood.

He was also the son whose buds she had cut off early to make her first son, the Second Prince, the Crown Prince.

The Imperial Consort took out a box from the basket on the table.

Tan’s smiling face briefly hardened, then drew a gentle eye smile again.

“You’re eating the candy well, aren’t you?”

“Of course, Mother.”

“How does it taste?”

“The fact that it’s not sweet suits my taste perfectly.”

“It was made especially for our Prince, so please eat it often. If you run out, come find me anytime. This mother called you to give you this gift.”

The Imperial Consort pushed the candy box toward him.

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