I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 20

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 20

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Marine was just about to enter the annex when she heard voices from behind the building.

“Yulia, how’s that commoner? Acting all high and mighty?”

“Of course she is. A mere commoner who’s settled right into the annex.”

“Right. She’s definitely a courtesan.”

“No, she’s not. Marine is helping the Duke.”

Yulia hurriedly defended Marine as if it were her own business.

“What’s with calling another commoner ‘Lady’?”

“Did that woman tell you to call her that? How ridiculous.”

Marine resumed her stopped steps. She didn’t care much about the servants’ gossip.

She would be leaving this place soon anyway. There was no need to please the servants or make them her allies.

“Then is that woman’s mother also a courtesan? She looked so arrogant I thought she was a noble.”

Marine tightened her grip on the fairy tale book.

She didn’t mind them insulting or misunderstanding her. But touching her mother was an exception.

“No! Don’t talk about Lady Roanna like that.”

Yulia shouted angrily.

“Is this orphan getting bold and raising her voice? Want to receive some proper discipline again?”

When she went behind the building, she saw a maid raising her hand toward Yulia.

Without thinking twice, Marine threw the hardcover fairy tale book at the maid’s back.

The hard corner of the fairy tale book hit the maid’s spine precisely.

“Ahhh!”

“Where exactly are you raising your hand?”

“Lady Marine?”

“Yulia, come this way.”

Just as Yulia was about to step toward Marine, the Slit-Eyed Maid grabbed Yulia’s red hair.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

“Let go of her.”

Marine suppressed her anger and glared fiercely at the maid.

“How amusing. Why should I follow your orders?”

“Let’s call it a request, not an order.”

“A request? That’s not how you make a request. Why don’t you get on your knees?”

Marine’s last thread of patience snapped.

“You’re too rude and ignorant for me to deal with.”

“Ha, a courtesan acting like she’s a noble. Think you’re something special because you have the Duke’s favor?”

The maid gripping Yulia’s hair spoke triumphantly.

From the situation, it seemed this maid was the leader of the group.

Marine rolled up her sleeves and quickly approached the maid.

As she got closer, the flustered maid let go of Yulia’s hair.

Not missing that moment, Marine quickly hid Yulia behind her.

The maid who had lost Yulia in an instant raised her voice in disbelief.

“Girls, it’s education time.”

Then the Fat Maid and the maid who had been hit with the fairy tale book surrounded Yulia and Marine, breathing heavily.

“M-Marine.”

“Yulia, stay behind me. I’ll protect you.”

Marine clenched both fists and stood firmly in front of Yulia.

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Gerald had been agonizing for days over an emotion he had never felt before in his life.

“Why do you keep staying awake instead of sleeping?”

“It’s bothersome.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s been too long, so it’s bothersome. As if I won’t be able to wake up once I fall asleep.”

The word “bothersome” he had confided to Temporary was actually based on fear.

He was someone who had sliced through monsters three times his size in one stroke.

Who would have thought such emotions would arise in someone who knew no fear.

He hadn’t realized it himself, so he had unconsciously confided in her.

But he shouldn’t have told Temporary.

“Coward. Hmph.”

Wasn’t she openly mocking him?

“How brave.”

Gerald, who chuckled without realizing it, was genuinely impressed.

What on earth did Temporary trust to be so brave?

A woman who deceived and mocked him, the Western Duke.

“Does she have multiple lives?”

Then suddenly, the commotion from outside reached his ears sporadically.

A fight between women…

Gerald had a strange premonition.

“Kay.”

“…”

Kay, who appeared swiftly, prostrated before him.

“Tell Oliver to bring Temporary.”

“…”

Kay’s footsteps quickened as he disappeared without a response, as if he had been waiting for this moment.

Once Kay disappeared, the office became quiet again.

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Yulia bit her lips seeing Marine, who was smaller and thinner than herself, trying to protect her.

She didn’t want to cause trouble for Sebastian, who had introduced her to this job. That’s why she endured the harassment called “discipline.”

But now she was about to cause trouble for Marine, whom Sebastian had earnestly asked her to serve well.

“Lady Marine, thank you. I’ll handle this myself, so please get away quickly.”

“Get away from what? That one needs education too.”

The Leader Maid glared at Marine and shouted.

“Education? Don’t use such a sacred word in a place like this.”

Marine snorted and retorted to the Leader Maid’s words.

“You really need to get a taste of pain to come to your senses! Girls, start!”

The maids surrounding Marine and Yulia swung their hands roughly. Marine didn’t back down and pushed and hit whatever she could grab.

In an instant, five women were entangled with screams and punches flying everywhere.

Marine deliberately screamed even louder. So that anyone could hear.

“Kyaa! Let go of my hair?!”

Marine’s hair was grabbed by the Leader Maid, making it disheveled.

“Why did you grab it if you’re going to let go!”

The Leader Maid pulled Marine’s hair even harder.

“Someone save me! Kyaa! Kyaa!”

Even though she deliberately screamed louder, not a single person showed up.

“What is all this commotion!”

Finally, someone came!

A stern-looking middle-aged woman burst in. Sebastian, who followed behind her, looked at Marine with a shocked expression.

“Miss Marine!”

Marine, who had been pinned under the maids, barely lifted her head at Sebastian’s booming voice.

“Hello…”

Though she had deliberately screamed louder for someone to hear, her face burned when she actually saw a familiar face.

“Oh my, please get up quickly.”

Sebastian lifted the maids effortlessly and threw them aside.

“Ack.”

“Kyaak.”

“Aaaak.”

The maids who were mercilessly thrown to the ground screamed.

Sebastian hurriedly helped Marine and Yulia to their feet.

“Yulia, what is all this about?”

“I’m sorry.”

Yulia muttered with a face that looked like she was about to cry from shame.

“Not an apology, how did things end up like this?”

At Sebastian’s stern expression, Yulia stammered as she explained the situation.

“The maids called Miss Marine and Miss Roanna courtesans…”

Sebastian’s and the Page Head Maid’s faces instantly hardened.

This was truly a major incident.

“Butler, since this is a disturbance caused by the maids, may I handle it myself?”

The Page Head Maid hurriedly stepped forward and spoke to the butler.

“Normally I would, but Miss Marine is neither a maid nor a courtesan. This matter cannot be easily overlooked.”

“Yes. I understand. I apologize, Miss Marine.”

The Page Head Maid approached Marine and bowed deeply in apology.

She was a Head Maid who rarely bowed to anyone except the Duke.

The maids trembled in fear seeing this.

“I cannot say it’s alright.”

At Marine’s firm answer, the Head Maid lifted her head and met her gaze with quiet eyes.

“What can I do for you?”

“Those maids insulted not only me but also my mother. That is absolutely unforgivable.”

The Page Head Maid looked coldly at the maids huddled in one corner before speaking.

“Tell me what you want. Anything.”

“May I decide the punishment instead of you, Head Maid?”

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