I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 212

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 212

The Western Duke’s cold gaze pierced into the Emperor.

Meeting that gaze, the Emperor smiled with obvious delight.

That detached face would be distorted soon enough—what a joyful occasion this was.

Meanwhile, Marine couldn’t take her eyes off Bunny Bunny with a shocked expression.

She had expected the worst, but this was even worse.

Seeing the blue blood on the rabbit’s body made her chest tighten with a stinging pain. How much had they tormented it while dragging it here?

Gerald looked down at Marine’s face, which seemed ready to burst into tears at any moment, with pity and hardened his expression.

Just as he turned his gaze back to the Emperor and was about to open his mouth, a haggard-looking man burst out and prostrated himself flat before the Emperor.

“His Majesty the Emperor!”

“Who are you?”

“I am called Rumers, living in the Western Region. I have something to tell you, so I have come before His Majesty the Emperor. Please listen to my words.”

After the demon beast, now a commoner had suddenly appeared at a hunting festival that only nobles could attend. And he said he came from the distant Western Region.

The nobles looked back and forth between the Western Duke and the commoner.

Meanwhile, Rumers lowered his body even more to avoid the piercing gazes focused on him.

From the kidnappers’ conversation, he had learned that the one who brought him was the Southern Duke.

He wished he hadn’t known.

He would only be able to leave this place alive if he did what the Southern Duke wanted.

“Yes, speak.”

At the Emperor’s words, the nobles’ expressions changed strangely.

The Emperor was going to listen to a commoner’s words?

But the doubt was brief, as surprising words flowed from the commoner.

“His Majesty the Emperor, I have come forward because I know well about that demon beast. It’s called Bunny Bunny, and it appeared in the village where I lived. And I saw with my own eyes that demon beast following the Western Duke’s fiancée. The Western Duke’s fiancée is…”

When Rumers paused briefly, the nobles’ attention focused even more.

“A frightening and strange being who communicates with demon beasts.”

Rumers finished speaking while still prostrated flat.

The shocked nobles gasped and looked at Marine standing beside the Western Duke.

“What is that commoner saying right now?”

A noble lady covering her lips with a fan spoke to the woman standing next to her.

“The Western Duke’s fiancée communicates with demon beasts…”

“Good heavens. Where would such a person exist?”

“Such a person is a witch… isn’t she?”

A young lady who had been listening to the conversation whispered quietly.

Witch.

When demon beasts first appeared hundreds of years ago, there were beings who could communicate with them.

The world called them witches.

However, in the present day, no one could know if that was true. At that time, witches were also targets for extermination along with demon beasts.

Demon beasts had tenaciously survived to the present, but the witches were known to have all died at that time.

“A witch?”

“They say she’s a witch.”

“Communicating with demon beasts, she really is a witch.”

“Did the Western Duke know that lady was a witch?”

The young lady’s innocent words spread out like ripples in a pond.

Through the mouths of whispering people, the word “witch” grew even larger.

The nobles’ malicious gazes, curious stares, and disgusted looks turned sharply toward the Western Duke’s fiancée.

While the Western Duke was untouchable, wasn’t that lady from a humble family the perfect target to tear down and gossip about?

With the plausible justification of communicating with demon beasts, the eyes glaring at the Western Duke’s fiancée became fierce.

“Is there no falsehood in your words?”

“Yes. I have spoken only the truth, staking my life on it.”

A satisfied predator’s smile appeared on the Emperor’s face.

“You wouldn’t dare lie to me. However, the crime of a commoner interfering in the hunt and disturbing my entertainment cannot be overlooked. Take him away and cut out his tongue.”

Just as Rumers, who had been prostrating himself, tried to lift his head in shock, a knight covered his mouth and dragged him away.

Desperate struggling followed, but no one paid any more attention to the commoner.

“Western Duke, it seems your fiancée has a mysterious ability.”

The Emperor looked down at the Western Duke with a fishy smile.

The nobles’ gazes now focused on the Western Duke.

The Western Duke met the Emperor’s gaze with an expressionless face, giving no answer.

The Emperor stared directly at the Western Duke and commanded the knights below.

“Open the iron cage door.”

A tense knight opened the carriage’s iron cage door and quickly stepped back.

However, even though the door was opened, Bunny Bunny didn’t move.

“That demon beast has no strength at all. Poke it.”

Just as a knight with a spear was about to stab Bunny Bunny, Marine screamed out.

“Don’t!”

Bunny Bunny’s ears, which had been motionless as it crouched, perked up and it lifted its head.

Its silver eyes looked around among the people, searching for Marine.

“My goodness. Look at those silver eyes!”

“How chilling.”

“The demon beast is looking for the Western Duke’s fiancée!”

“Kyah! How scary!”

“A witch…”

Screams and gasps poured from the nobles’ mouths as they saw Bunny Bunny’s face.

Meanwhile, Marine clasped both hands tightly with a restless expression. She couldn’t move rashly in the presence of the Empire’s Emperor.

But then it happened.

“Marine, you can go.”

Gerald gently pushed her trembling back as if he had read her thoughts.

“…Lord Gerald.”

Marine looked up at Gerald with tears welling in her eyes.

Rumors began to spread that the Western Duke’s fiancée was a witch. If she approached the rabbit, those rumors would spread even more widely.

Considering his honor, it would be right to stay still.

Gerald spoke gently once more.

“It’s okay.”

At those words, Marine bit her lip.

Fine. If they want to call me a witch, let them call me one.

Marine immediately grabbed the hem of her dress and ran straight forward. Elmis followed right behind her as if protecting her.

“Henders, Yubis.”

At Gerald’s call, the two men also ran alongside as if escorting Marine.

Arriving in front of the carriage, Marine pressed her lips together, then whispered softly.

“Rabbit…”

Bunny Bunny, recognizing Marine, shed sorrowful tears that dripped down.

“I’m sorry, rabbit. I’m sorry.”

Marine also burst into tears.

It felt like it was all her fault that Bunny Bunny was suffering such hardship.

“My goodness, look at that! She’s really communicating with that demon beast.”

“Look at the demon beast nodding its head.”

“She’s a witch, a witch!”

The murmuring among the nobles grew louder.

Gerald took a step forward while keeping his gaze fixed on the Emperor.

“Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“Oh! Western Duke. Yes, do you finally have something to say to me?”

The Emperor welcomed him with a sly smile.

“Have you ever seen Bunny Bunny in person?”

Gerald looked directly at the Emperor with a cold expression.

“Isn’t it right before my eyes now?”

“That rabbit is not Bunny Bunny. It’s a new species called a Giant Rabbit, merely my fiancée’s pet.”

At Gerald’s brazen lie, the Emperor frowned and his lips trembled.

He wanted to seize that duke who dared to lie before him and tear his mouth apart, but there were too many watching eyes.

“…Is that your choice?”

“It is. So please release it. I won’t ask about your reasons for capturing my fiancée’s pet without notice.”

“How far do you think you can cover things up with lies?”

“It’s the truth.”

The nobles who had been murmuring held their breath at the fierce confrontation between the two men glaring at each other.

Then the Emperor, who had suddenly risen from his seat, swept his gaze over the nobles.

“You all saw it too, didn’t you? That lady communicating with the demon beast. That lady is a witch. To whoever captures the witch and brings her before me, I promise a sacred sapphire and promotion in rank.”

The prey of the hunt had changed.

From a demon beast to the Western Duke’s fiancée.

While the lower nobles’ eyes lit up, the higher nobles stepped back. Making an enemy of the West was something that required careful consideration.

The Duchess of the East glared at the Emperor with an incredulous expression, while the Southern Duke smiled with satisfaction.

Meanwhile, as the Crown Prince with a hardened expression tried to step forward, the Imperial Knights blocked his way.

“Move aside.”

“We apologize. These are His Majesty’s orders. We will escort you to the tent.”

As the Crown Prince was dragged away by the knights, he gazed desperately at his lover who had turned deathly pale.

“Let go! Dia…!”

Hearing the Crown Prince’s voice, Dia turned her head toward the sound, but the Crown Prince had already disappeared from sight.

In the meantime, Gerald shouted as if defying the Emperor’s words.

“Anyone who wishes to die is welcome to approach!”

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