I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 199

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only then did Dia come to her senses and turn around.

 

“Ah, these are my siblings.”

 

“Garnet, Rubiana, and Peridot of Count Adria’s Estate greet His Highness the Crown Prince.”

 

The siblings greeted him in order, just as they had practiced beforehand.

 

“It’s a pleasure to meet you all. Please, have a seat.”

 

When the Crown Prince smiled warmly and offered them seats, the siblings who had been standing stiffly sat down on the sofa.

 

Dia watched her nervous siblings and suppressed her laughter inwardly.

 

They didn’t need to be that tense.

 

She felt both proud and concerned that they seemed to be trying even harder, worried they might cause trouble for her.

 

Knock knock.

 

Just then, a maid knocked and entered, setting down refreshments before leaving.

 

Alexpert picked up his teacup first and offered some to the nervous siblings.

 

“Please, help yourselves.”

 

“Yes. Thank you.”

 

Garnet picked up her teacup like a stiff wooden doll.

 

Though she hadn’t been intimidated even in front of the Western Duke, she seemed nervous before His Highness the Crown Prince.

 

Alexpert seemed to notice this as well, smiling gently with soft eyes.

 

“Lady Adriana.”

 

All three Ladies Adriana looked up simultaneously.

 

Alexpert gave Garnet an apologetic look and directed his gaze to her.

 

“May I call you by your name?”

 

“Of course. And please, speak comfortably to us.”

 

Garnet, who had been spending most of her time with the Knight Order lately, spoke stiffly like a knight.

 

“Shall I?”

 

“Yes. Please do so.”

 

When Garnet bowed her head in request, the Crown Prince smiled gently and spoke again.

 

“Very well. I hear you’re learning swordsmanship?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Garnet answered hesitantly with a flustered expression.

 

“I hope you’ll be recorded as the first female knight in the Empire’s history.”

 

Alexpert spoke affectionately with a smile on his lips.

 

The first female knight recorded in the Empire’s history. Garnet clenched her fists tightly, overwhelmed just by the imagination.

 

Yes, she would work hard and definitely achieve it.

 

Alexpert turned his gaze and now looked at Rubiana.

 

“Rubiana likes books, I hear?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Rubiana, who was usually gentle, answered coldly.

 

Dia watched her sibling with surprised eyes.

 

“What kind of books do you like?”

 

“I’m reading novels these days.”

 

“Can you tell me what they’re about?”

 

“A Crown Prince and a noble lady fall in love, but the Crown Prince betrays the noble lady and marries a foreign princess. So the noble lady takes revenge.”

 

Rubiana explained firmly while looking straight at the Crown Prince with sharp eyes.

 

Dia and Garnet looked at Rubiana with flustered expressions.

 

Their imaginative sibling seemed to have projected the Crown Prince from the novel onto the Crown Prince before them.

 

No wonder Rubiana seemed so determined.

 

“Hahaha.”

 

Alexpert burst into loud laughter.

 

Dia had pointed to Rubiana in her letter as the sibling who would be most favorable toward him, but the way she was looking at him seemed unusual, so he wondered what was going on.

 

“Rubiana. I’ll be different from that Crown Prince, so don’t worry.”

 

“How can I believe that?”

 

Rubiana asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes.

 

Garnet was startled and poked Rubiana in the ribs.

 

“Ow, Sister.”

 

“Stop it.”

 

“I have to protect our big sister. What if big sister gets betrayed?”

 

“Could you not use your imagination for things like that?”

 

Garnet scolded her quietly while glancing at the Crown Prince.

 

“Why are you acting like this, Sister? You’re supposed to be the most cautious person?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“You were won over by ‘first female knight.'”

 

“That’s…”

 

Garnet, hit right on target by Rubiana, was at a loss for words for the first time in a while.

 

Then Dia, who had been watching the two, called Rubiana in a gentle voice.

 

“Ruby.”

 

Rubiana carefully watched Dia’s expression. She couldn’t carelessly talk back to her big sister.

 

“Did the noble lady in that novel succeed in her revenge?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“If His Highness the Crown Prince betrays me, I’ll take revenge worse than that novel’s Female Protagonist, so will you trust your sister?”

 

“I trust you, Sister.”

 

Alexpert’s eyes trembled at their conversation. She was openly declaring revenge right in front of him.

 

It had been the same on their first meeting day, and he felt flustered yet his heart raced at Dia’s unusually strong side that occasionally showed.

 

Did he like strong women?

 

Alexpert chuckled and turned his head slightly, making direct eye contact with Peridot.

 

“Peridot.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

“You look handsome.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Peridot answered with a proud expression.

 

In fact, all of this conversation had been coached by Dia beforehand.

 

Alexpert looked at Dia with an expression asking if he did well, and Dia nodded with gentle eyes.

 

 

 

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Marine and Dia were looking down at dozens of invitations on the table, deep in thought for a long time.

 

Only three days had passed since arriving in the Capital, but invitations kept flying in almost daily.

 

“We probably can’t avoid them all.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

Dia also stared at the invitations with a slightly fed-up expression.

 

“For Dia’s sake, we definitely have to go to a few places.”

 

Dia would remain in the Capital after the wedding. Even starting to build High Society connections now, there wouldn’t be enough time.

 

“I know that, but I don’t want to go.”

 

Just as Dia was sighing lightly and sharing her honest feelings.

 

Knock knock.

 

When Elmis opened the door at the sound of knocking, Idre stood in front of the door with an anxious face.

 

Marine discovered Idre and was about to cheerfully tell her to come in, but Idre was one step faster.

 

“Lady Marine!”

 

In her eyes, weary from continuous work, there was a strange madness dwelling.

 

“Designer, what’s the matter?”

 

“I need Yulia!”

 

Idre stretched both hands forward as if pleading. Her sparkling eyes revealed an obsession toward Yulia.

 

After hearing that Yulia’s fingertips were skillful, she had worked with her help while coming to the capital. Yulia really worked well and had abundant ideas too.

 

However, after arriving at the capital, Yulia’s help had ended because she had to stay by Marine and the Baroness’s side.

 

Marine, who had guessed the situation, looked at Yulia.

 

“What do you want to do, Yulia?”

 

Yulia hung her head low with an expression of not knowing what to do.

 

Making dresses was fun, but her proper duty was being a maid.

 

Assisting the Baroness and Lady Marine should be the top priority, so would it be okay to be absorbed in fun work?

 

Marine saw that Yulia couldn’t answer right away and guessed her feelings.

 

“Yulia. I have Elmis too, and Mom has other maids as well, so don’t worry.”

 

“…Then I’ll help just a little.”

 

“Yulia, it’s okay to temporarily step away from maid duties until the work is finished. Actually, the wedding dress is more urgent.”

 

When Marine drove the point home, Yulia nodded with a determined face.

 

“Yes. I’ll do that.”

 

Idre grabbed Yulia’s hand firmly in case she might change her mind.

 

“Good, Yulia. Let’s go on a hell- I mean, a pleasant journey together.”

 

Though Idre awkwardly changed her words, Yulia, who had already experienced Idre’s Spartan work methods in the carriage, smiled.

 

“Yes.”

 

Idre, who was about to go out to work again, stopped when she saw the invitation placed on the table.

 

“Um… You two, have you heard any rumors about Lady Adriana by chance?”

 

Where had her initial vigor gone? Idre hesitantly brought up the topic.

 

“What rumors?”

 

Marine asked with a curious face.

 

Dia had barely met only the Crown Prince since arriving at the capital.

 

On the other hand, she had heard that Idre visited dress shops and famous jewelry shops to learn about the capital’s trends.

 

“It’s a bit awkward for me to say with my own mouth… but I thought it would be better than not knowing and getting hurt.”

 

Idre hesitantly pointed at the invitation with her finger.

 

“There are stories going around that the sudden scheduling of His Highness the Crown Prince and Lady Adriana’s wedding might be because of a new life…”

 

Marine opened her eyes wide in surprise, and Dia blushed and picked up her teacup.

 

“Such false rumors are going around?”

 

“Besides that, there are many false rumors floating around, like His Highness the Crown Prince has an incurable disease so he’s rushing the marriage.”

 

Marine looked at Dia for a moment with a stern face, then spoke to Idre.

 

“Thank you for telling us. It was a great help.”

 

“Yes. Then I’ll go work. Yulia, let’s go.”

 

“I’ll be back, Lady.”

 

“Alright. Good work.”

 

Idre quickly dragged Yulia away and disappeared.

 

As the two people left in an instant, Marine and Dia made eye contact.

 

“It seems like we need to decide quickly?”

 

“That’s right. We can’t keep receiving such misunderstandings.”

 

Dia, whose face was still red, nodded while fanning herself with her hand fan.

 

The two people read the invitations one by one with enthusiastic faces, looking for helpful invitations.

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