I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 152

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karl hesitated to answer with a troubled expression.

 

Could the Duke have some important matter to attend to?

 

“Do you want to see Gerald?”

 

“Of course.”

 

Marine looked at him as if asking why he would ask such an obvious question.

 

Once again, she could see him forcibly holding back his laughter.

 

Life savior and rival.

 

An angel and devil fought within Marine’s heart.

 

Get a grip!

 

While she was agonizing alone in her thoughts, Karl offered her some jerky.

 

Marine chewed on the tough jerky while earnestly cheering in her mind.

 

Go angel! Go devil! Whoever wins is on my side!

 

“…By any chance, do you love Gerald?”

 

Suddenly Karl asked cautiously with a highly tense voice.

 

Marine froze while chewing the jerky.

 

Her rival had asked about love.

 

Marine swallowed the jerky she had been chewing and boldly faced Karl.

 

Since he threw the first punch, she would throw one too!

 

“What about you, Karl?”

 

Karl raised one eyebrow and looked at her as if asking what she meant.

 

“I’m really quick to notice things. I noticed it.”

 

“…What?”

 

He asked slowly, seeming nervous.

 

“Karl, you love Gerald, don’t you?”

 

“…What?!”

 

Karl blinked slowly, then suddenly raised his voice. As if asking whether he had understood correctly.

 

Marine looked at him with a “no way” expression. Could it be that he hadn’t noticed his own feelings yet?

 

“Sigh… I knew you were eccentric, but still.”

 

“I’m not eccentric though?”

 

Why is he talking as if he’s known me for a long time? Did he hear from the Duke? Gasp, he didn’t say I was a fighter, did he?

 

Marine widened her eyes and watched his reaction carefully.

 

Then he chuckled and stared at her intently.

 

Marine pretended to look away while covering her head with both hands. It would be terrible if the Duke’s friend could also read her mind.

 

“How on earth could you think such a thing…”

 

Gerald shook his head at her words that he could never have imagined.

 

He couldn’t even guess what thoughts were contained in that small head of hers.

 

“But, you said you love men, Karl.”

 

“…”

 

That was something he had to answer because of the 3rd Prince.

 

“Every time I talk about Gerald, you keep smiling and seeming happy…”

 

Marine continued while fidgeting with her fingers, watching his reaction.

 

Of course he was happy when she thought of him. Had it been that obvious?

 

Marine met his gaze directly.

 

“You do like Gerald, right?”

 

At her eyes that held not a shred of doubt, Gerald covered his eyes with his hand. It seemed better not to see this situation.

 

“Seeing that you can’t speak, it really is…”

 

“I don’t like men.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

Gerald lowered his hand and met her trembling light green eyes.

 

“I lied to get hired by the 3rd Prince. I like women. Especially cute women.”

 

Like you.

 

He swallowed the rest of his words and looked straight at her face.

 

“Gasp!”

 

She suddenly distanced herself from him, moving slightly away.

 

“Where are you going?”

 

“Well, I held hands and hugged you because you said you liked men… But since you like women, I think I should be more careful.”

 

“Are you indirectly saying you’re cute right now?”

 

Gerald forcibly held back his laughter and asked in as calm a voice as possible.

 

Marine widened her eyes and waved both hands.

 

“No. That’s not what I meant. I just don’t want Gerald to misunderstand if he sees me being close to you.”

 

“What kind of misunderstanding?”

 

“Gerald seems quite jealous. They say I drive men crazy.”

 

Her face turned red even as she said it herself. It’s not like she was some femme fatale of the century.

 

Karl nodded as if agreeing, but Marine didn’t notice.

 

Marine continued while fanning her flushed face with her hand fan.

 

“I don’t want to be misunderstood by the man I like.”

 

“…What did you just say?”

 

Karl widened his eyes and stared at her intensely.

 

Marine felt her face getting even redder after blurting out those words.

 

“…You like Gerald?”

 

“Yes. But this is a secret! I absolutely have no intention of confessing through someone else, so only you should know, Karl!”

 

She looked up to get his promise, but Karl’s eyes were hazily unfocused.

 

“Karl?”

 

“What?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“I didn’t hear what you just said.”

 

Was my voice too quiet?

 

Marine looked straight into his gray eyes and spoke clearly, word by word.

 

“I said I love Gerald.”

 

His face suddenly turned bright red. She could see him quickly lower his head and cover his mouth with his large hand.

 

What’s this? Is he dry heaving or something? Was her confession that shocking?

 

Gerald covered his mouth to suppress the cheer that threatened to burst out from the overwhelming joy.

 

Marine loves him. She loves me.

 

His heart pounded wildly, aching in his ribs. He thought his heart might actually burst.

 

But he didn’t care. If she loved him, his heart could burst for all he cared.

 

When he raised his head, she was watching him with a worried expression.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

“No. …I’m not alright.”

 

Gerald barely managed to answer with a trembling voice. He clenched his fists tightly to keep from embracing her.

 

“Is it true?”

 

“What is?”

 

“Do you really love Gerald?”

 

“Yes. But this is really a secret.”

 

He wanted to honestly confess that she had already told him directly, but he had to wait for the right time.

 

“I understand.”

 

He slowly nodded his head.

 

Marine finally felt relieved and looked up at the pitch-black night sky, then turned back to look at Karl again as a thought suddenly occurred to her.

 

“But when do you sleep, Karl? I don’t think I’ve seen you sleeping even at the Imperial Palace.”

 

He was always steadfastly guarding by her side even late at night.

 

Ever since Karl arrived, she had been sleeping more peacefully with the hope that she could escape from the Imperial Palace.

 

“I can sleep later.”

 

“Is it because you’re friends? You really are similar to Gerald. Even the lack of sleep is similar. Your way of speaking is similar, not sleeping is similar, being good at combat is similar, even the feeling when holding hands was similar, so maybe Gerald took Zeromian’s medicine and transformed…”

 

Marine, who had been chattering away like it was a joke, slowly stopped talking.

 

Gerald tensed his jaw to hold back laughter as he watched her wide-open eyes.

 

Marine’s light green pupils were trembling incessantly.

 

“…No, right?”

 

“Who knows.”

 

“…No, it can’t be.”

 

Gerald smiled slyly while watching her deny reality.

 

He had planned to tell her as soon as they escaped the desert, but she had noticed first.

 

“…Tell me it’s not true.”

 

She shook her head with desperate eyes.

 

“I am Geral-”

 

“Stop!”

 

Marine quickly shouted and ran behind a large rock.

 

What is she doing?

 

“Is she trying to have some reflection time?”

 

“Wh-why do you know about that?”

 

Marine looked at him with resentful eyes and then hid behind the rock.

 

“Marine.”

 

Marine pretended not to hear the affectionate baritone voice calling her name and knocked her head against the rock.

 

Really, why didn’t I notice earlier? Where did my intuition go? What have I been saying all this time?

 

She had been barking up the wrong tree asking if he loved the Duke, and had openly said she loved the Duke.

 

Oh no. I confessed.

 

I saw Zeromian change from a young child to an adult, so why didn’t I suspect Karl even a little?

 

Of course, because the Duke can’t see and Karl can see.

 

…Eyes?

 

Marine froze like a stone. The Duke can see?

 

The moment she realized that fact, all her complicated thoughts flew away in an instant.

 

The Duke can see!

 

Marine hurriedly came out from behind the rock.

 

Karl was looking at her with a gentle smile.

 

“Gerald?”

 

She already knew the answer, but she wanted to hear it confirmed directly from his mouth.

 

“Yes.”

 

It wasn’t the Duke’s face, but it was the Duke.

 

Marine looked into his eyes with a tearful expression.

 

Deep gray pupils. Those pupils were looking directly at her.

 

Marine ran over and threw her arms around his neck.

 

He too exhaled a deep breath like a sigh and embraced her back.

 

“Your eyes… you can see?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Thank you, thank you…”

 

Marine buried her face in his broad shoulder and endlessly repeated the same words.

 

He gently pulled her away and looked at her with eyes that said he couldn’t help her.

 

“You’re doing it again.”

 

“Doing what again?”

 

Marine couldn’t take her eyes off his, with tears welling up.

 

“I should be the one thanking you, but you’re giving me thanks.”

 

“What does it matter who does it? What’s important is that Gerald can see.”

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

He politely bowed his head and apologized.

 

“What? Why?”

 

“For not telling you quickly that I could see. I apologize.”

 

When he couldn’t raise his head with a sorry expression, Marine shook her head vigorously.

 

What did it matter when he told her?

 

As long as the Duke could see, that was enough.

 

“As long as Gerald can see, everything is fine.”

 

She smiled brightly with tears welling up in her eyes.

 

Gerald hugged her tightly again.

 

He had thought he would hear resentment for deceiving her. He had been prepared to pay the price for it. As long as Marine stayed by his side, he would have been fine even becoming her doormat.

 

However, Marine was always someone who exceeded his expectations.

 

His predictions about her were always wrong, and the results were happier than he could imagine.

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