I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 198

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“What I want to ask is, is the nanny doing well?”

 

“Yes.”

 

The Duke nodded once again.

 

At that, Nezart took out a letter envelope from his pants pocket.

 

“Could you please deliver this to the nanny?”

 

“Is this your request?”

 

The Duke asked with surprise as he received the letter.

 

Nezart nodded his head vigorously.

 

In truth, he wanted to ask to see the nanny, to ask him to bring the nanny to him.

 

But he couldn’t say that.

 

 

 

“Nanny! Nanny! Don’t go!”

 

 

 

At that time, Nezart had cried loudly, clinging to the hem of the departing nanny’s skirt.

 

A grandmother he’d never seen before tried to stop him, but he didn’t want that. He didn’t want to be surrounded by strangers again like at the orphanage.

 

 

 

“Nezart. You promised the nanny, didn’t you?”

 

“I don’t want to keep that promise! I thought I was going to live with the nanny!”

 

“Nezart, the nanny has to go help someone else. I’m sorry I can’t stay with you.”

 

 

 

The nanny stroked his head with a sad smile.

 

The small hands gripping the nanny’s skirt trembled.

 

Just like how she had saved him from the orphanage, the nanny had to go save someone else again.

 

If I hold onto the nanny, that person will be crying somewhere just like me, won’t they?

 

Nezart finally let go of the nanny’s skirt.

 

He forcibly swallowed his tears and looked up.

 

 

 

“Then, if I keep my promise later, will you come see me?”

 

“Yes. When Nezart becomes very strong, I’ll come see you then.”

 

“Promise?”

 

“Promise!”

 

 

 

After hooking fingers and making the promise once more, he sent the nanny away.

 

Nezart stared intently at the Duke before him.

 

He had learned when studying about noble families that His Grace the Western Duke was the strongest in the Empire.

 

I need to become strong like this person. So I can meet the nanny.

 

“Yes. When I become strong, I’ll go meet the nanny. I promised.”

 

The Duke nodded slightly as if he understood.

 

“I’ll deliver this letter properly.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

As Gerald stood up, Edena looked at her grandson affectionately.

 

“Nezart. Could you step out for a moment? Grandmother has something to discuss with the Western Duke.”

 

“Yes. I will.”

 

Oliver bowed toward Nezart and smiled kindly.

 

“Young Duke. Do you have a favorite snack?”

 

“Cake.”

 

“Our Ducal House’s patissiers make cake very well. Shall we go taste some together?”

 

“Yes, I’d like that.”

 

Oliver respectfully escorted the still young Young Duke Nezart outside.

 

Once the two had left, Gerald pointed to the sofa in one corner of the office.

 

“Please sit over here.”

 

Edena nodded in greeting and took a seat on the sofa.

 

Soon there was a knock and a maid brought in refreshments.

 

Even after the maid poured tea and quietly withdrew, the two remained silent.

 

Edena took a sip of the warm tea and quietly gazed at the Western Duke.

 

“Thank you once again. And also for granting my grandson’s request.”

 

“Not at all.”

 

At the Duke’s blunt response, a slight smile appeared on Edena’s lips.

 

He truly was someone you could know yet not understand. For such a rigid person who seemed like not even a needle could penetrate, to kneel on one knee for a child.

 

“Actually, I have something to tell you, so I used my grandson as an excuse to come.”

 

“Please go ahead.”

 

“‘That person’s’ greed is increasingly going too far. The people are starving, and though the nobles protest daily, that person blocks his eyes and ears.”

 

Cynicism appeared on Edena’s lips as she referred to the Emperor as ‘that person.’

 

The Duke listened silently with an expressionless face, then spoke.

 

“I have a question.”

 

“Yes. Please ask.”

 

“Are you trying to enthrone His Highness the Crown Prince?”

 

“That’s correct.”

 

“The noble faction wants to use His Highness.”

 

At Gerald’s cold voice, Edena shook her head.

 

“His Highness will endure it.”

 

The Crown Prince would become an excellent monarch.

 

Of course, initially after ascending through a coup, he would be swayed by the nobles’ power, but she believed he would ultimately overcome it.

 

“I ask that the Western Duke join us as well.”

 

If only the Western Duke would side with them, the coup would surely succeed.

 

“Vines only protects.”

 

Gerald declared bluntly.

 

“Who do you intend to protect?”

 

At her question, Gerald remained silent.

 

As expected, the noble faction intended to enthrone the Crown Prince. To bring down the Emperor, that would be their only option.

 

That was the first thought he had considered as well.

 

However, there was a problem with that.

 

The Duchess of the East said the Crown Prince, who ascended to the throne through the noble faction, would withstand the nobles’ pressure, but really?

 

In this coup plan, did the noble faction ask for the Crown Prince’s opinion?

 

If the Crown Prince were to bring down the Emperor and inherit the throne, it should be his own choice, not through the noble faction.

 

The Crown Prince would soon become Dia’s husband. Depending on the Crown Prince’s choice, the target Vines would protect would be determined.

 

Was it impossible to draw him into the noble faction after all? Then she would have to persuade him using the people as an excuse.

 

“I know well what you’re concerned about. So this time, please protect the people.”

 

“Do you truly think that would be protecting the people?”

 

The Duke’s gray eyes shone clearly. It was a question of whether siding with the noble faction was truly for the people.

 

Edena bit her lips tightly.

 

She could be confident that the East had no other intentions, but the hearts of the other nobles wouldn’t all be the same.

 

Unable to tell a lie, she was hesitating to answer when

 

The Western Duke placed a teaspoon on top of the gold-rimmed teacup, then placed square sugar cubes on both sides.

 

My gaze was naturally drawn to the teaspoon. The teaspoon was precariously balanced on the teacup.

 

Are those square sugar cubes the people and nobles? The Emperor’s faction and the noble faction?

 

Either way, the precarious balance would collapse if one side was chosen.

 

The Duke was saying that with that small teaspoon.

 

Being able to refuse so clearly without a single word was also a clever move.

 

Edena chuckled softly and raised her gaze to the Duke.

 

“You have good dexterity.”

 

“That’s why I handle my sword well.”

 

Edena couldn’t help but laugh at the Duke’s blunt joke. It wasn’t something she had high expectations for anyway.

 

“I understand the Duke’s intentions well.”

 

Edena stood up from her seat with a feeling of relief.

 

“What the Duke protects as top priority would be your fiancée, wouldn’t it?”

 

In an instant, the Duke’s atmosphere sharply changed.

 

“Of course.”

 

“Since you came up to the capital, you must have guessed ‘that person’s’ intentions, and the Southern Region is also being evasive. Please be careful.”

 

Edena spoke quietly and turned around.

 

 

 

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The Adria Siblings sitting side by side on the wide reception room sofa kept glancing at the door.

 

Today was the first day they were to meet the Crown Prince, so the siblings were extremely tense.

 

“Sister Dia, do I really have to wear this? I want to look cool, but this looks too childish.”

 

Peridot pointed to the apple-colored cravat around his neck. Since it was in the form of a large ribbon, it made his cute appearance shine even more.

 

Just as Dia was about to open her mouth, Rubiana, sitting next to Peridot, spoke firmly.

 

“Peridot, stay still. His Highness the Crown Prince will be here soon.”

 

Rubiana, who was always gentle, was radiating determination today.

 

“Tch, he’s not here yet.”

 

“Still, we don’t know when he’ll arrive, so you need to stay still. We can only say what we need to say if His Highness the Crown Prince finds nothing to criticize!”

 

Just as Peridot was making a sullen expression at Rubiana’s unusual strictness,

 

The butler’s voice was heard from beyond the reception room door.

 

“His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived.”

 

The siblings jumped to their feet.

 

The reception room door slowly opened, and the tense siblings’ gazes were drawn to the door.

 

With wavy golden hair, golden eyes holding a gentle light, and a smile filling his lips, the Crown Prince who appeared scanned those in the reception room once.

 

Finally, his gaze turned to Dia, the lover he had missed.

 

Alecpet approached her and looked warmly into Dia’s eyes.

 

“It’s been a long time.”

 

“Your Highness, have you been well?”

 

“I’m sorry…”

 

In that short phrase was contained all of his anguish, sadness, and regret.

 

Dia looked pitifully at the Crown Prince’s sincere expression.

 

It wasn’t even his fault, yet he was apologizing.

 

“Please don’t say such things.”

 

Dia smiled brightly as if to comfort him.

 

“It’s all because I’m lacking.”

 

Deep emptiness reflected in Alexpert’s eyes.

 

“No, Your Highness is more excellent than anyone.”

 

Dia spoke more firmly, hiding her pitying heart.

 

“Ahem.”

 

At that moment, a soft clearing of the throat was heard, as if breaking the world of just the two of them.

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