I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 225

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 225

The Western Duke shook his head slightly with an expressionless face.

“I simply owe her a debt.”

At his answer, the Empress looked at the Western Duke with deep eyes.

Whether the Western Duke’s words were true or false didn’t matter.

Tomorrow, the Crown Prince would legally hold his imperial coronation ceremony.

The Former Emperor was already buried in the ground, so any arising suspicions had to be buried as well.

She had to know nothing, and she must not know anything.

That was life in the Imperial Palace.

“I promise. You may withdraw.”

“Thank you.”

The Western Duke gave a brief bow and left.

And another person had also come to ask a favor just before she stopped by here.

“Mother.”

“His Majesty the Emperor.”

“The autopsy results for His Majesty the Former Emperor have come out.”

“….”

The Empress looked at her son who had become Emperor with a tense expression.

“There was nothing wrong. It was indeed a heart attack.”

Watching his face as he spoke calmly, the Empress let out the breath she had been holding.

“Mother, please release the 7th Imperial Consort.”

Following the Western Duke, even Alexpert was saying this.

“I shall do so….”

Awakening from her thoughts, the Empress looked at Eira with calm eyes.

“I have already received His Majesty’s permission, so leave immediately. Sir Dimon, can you escort Eira outside the Palace?”

The Empress’s gaze reached Dimon, who had a presence like air.

The tight-lipped Knight was the first to discover Eira and had stayed by her side until the end to keep her from dying.

He was probably the one who least wanted her death.

“I receive your command.”

Dimon bowed his head with a stoic face.

Soon the Empress left quietly, just as she had arrived.

Eira remained in a daze for a long time.

She wanted to die, but everyone was telling her to live.

After completing her revenge, she didn’t even know what to do next. She couldn’t understand why everyone was telling her not to die.

She couldn’t return to her hometown where she was born and raised, nor could she return to the Western Region where she had lived dreaming of revenge.

When she lowered her gaze, there was an unfamiliar pouch where the Empress had been sitting.

“To even prepare travel expenses for us, how thoughtful of you.”

Eira looked up at Demon with eyes filled with sorrow.

“Uncle. Doesn’t Her Imperial Majesty resemble my sister? Every time I saw Her Majesty’s frail body, I was reminded of my sister. My sister was also very weak.”

“….”

Demon quietly looked at her face.

Did she know that she was the one who most resembled his sister?

“Let’s leave.”

“Yes. We should. Her Imperial Majesty gave us this opportunity. But I’ll leave alone.”

Eira stood up from her seat and gazed at him calmly.

“I also have no more reason to remain here.”

Demon carefully took in Eira’s face with his eyes.

He had dreamed of revenge against the Emperor who drove his fiancée to death and destroyed her family house.

He worked himself nearly to death to become an Imperial Knight.

And when he was constantly watching for an opportunity, the child who had been so young appeared as a woman.

The child had grown to the same age his sister was when she died, and remained by the Emperor’s side.

At first, he was shocked.

“Uncle. Don’t even dream of revenge. I’ll do it. They were my family. Just try to cut in line. I’ll die right then and there.”

Rather than killing him, she said she would die, so he could only watch without being able to do anything.

It was hell, it was agony. Because he knew better than anyone what state of mind she was in while staying by the Emperor’s side.

And finally, she succeeded in her revenge.

She who had endured life hoping only for revenge lost her will to live once she succeeded.

Could there be anyone who understood her feelings as well as he did?

The woman’s empty eyes held no attachment or affection for life.

It was the same for him as well.

But just as he had saved the child from the fire long ago, he decided to bring her back to life again.

Though he couldn’t carry out revenge with his own hands, he would save this child—no, this woman.

A life he had saved once—couldn’t he save it twice?

Thus he carved a new purpose in life into his heart, not revenge.

If she wanted to live again, he could do anything for that.

“We cannot let Her Imperial Majesty’s final consideration go to waste like this. Let’s go.”

Demon firmly grasped the woman’s hand. Live, even if he had to hold her hand to make her do so.

Eira looked down at that hand with trembling eyes, then carefully held her pouch close.

“Alright. Let’s go. But let’s leave the Empire.”

“Yes. Let’s go somewhere no one knows.”

“Yes, somewhere no one knows.”

The two people disappeared from the Imperial Palace, but no one noticed.

And the next day, the death of the 7th Imperial Consort was announced.

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Western Ducal Reception Room.

Marine looked back and forth between Priana and Smith, who was sitting beside her, with a pleased expression.

Weren’t they a couple who had faced just as many hardships as themselves?

“It’s so wonderful to see you two together like this.”

“There have been too many matters to attend to, so I couldn’t visit earlier. Lady Schwentz, thank you so much for saving Priana.”

When Smith bowed his head in gratitude, Marine also bowed her head in response.

The Emperor had passed away, and the Crown Prince had immediately ascended to the throne.

So many things had happened so quickly that she fully understood why the Southern Duke couldn’t visit sooner.

“I didn’t really do anything though.”

“Marine, what do you mean you didn’t do anything? If it weren’t for you, I would have been in serious trouble.”

Priana spoke up with an expression that said ‘what are you talking about?’

“Even if it weren’t for me, His Grace the Southern Duke would have saved you. Right, Your Grace?”

“Of course.”

When Smith quickly answered while carefully watching his fiancée’s mood, Priana snorted and turned her head away sharply.

Seeing this, Marine tilted her head in confusion, and Gerald, who had been sitting listlessly beside her, made a comment.

“They fought.”

Smith dropped his shoulders dejectedly with an expression that said he couldn’t deny it.

Priana fanned herself with her hand fan, cooling her face with an embarrassed look.

“Did you two really fight?”

Marine looked at them with wide eyes.

“We didn’t fight, I’m in the process of begging for forgiveness.”

Smith confessed the situation while continuing to watch his fiancée’s mood.

“Well, after telling such lies all this time, it would be difficult to receive forgiveness right away. I tend to forgive too quickly myself.”

Marine made eye contact with Priana as if she understood her feelings.

“Did Marine also have something to forgive His Grace the Western Duke for?”

Priana asked with a surprised expression.

“Of course. Gerald couldn’t see for a while, right? But later when his eyes were completely healed, he lied to me about it!”

“Ahem.”

Gerald cleared his throat quietly.

He had joined them because he didn’t want to be apart from Marine for even a moment, but ended up getting caught in the crossfire.

“Oh my goodness. Men really are…”

Priana looked back and forth between the two men with disapproving eyes.

“Priana, would you like to go see Dia’s wedding dress?”

“I’d love to.”

As the two women linked arms and left together amicably, Gerald and Smith quietly drank their tea.

“At least the Western Duke has been forgiven.”

“Seeing how she came here with you, won’t you be forgiven soon too?”

“I can only hope so. I need to be forgiven quickly so we can get married.”

As Smith put down his teacup and lamented, Gerald’s eyes suddenly widened as he realized something.

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Emperor’s Office.

“The Western Duke has arrived.”

The attendant opened the office door wide.

“Vines greets His Majesty the Emperor.”

“Come in, Duke.”

Alexpert set down his documents and greeted him with a welcoming face, when the Western Duke suddenly made a declaration of war.

“I will do it first.”

Alexpert made a puzzled expression upon seeing his determined face.

“Do what?”

“Get married.”

“Ah, so that’s what it was.”

Alexpert suppressed his laughter inwardly.

Now he understood why he was acting so determined.

The Western Duke’s wedding had been postponed because the Former Emperor suddenly pushed forward his marriage with Dia.

Currently, his own wedding was also postponed due to the Former Emperor’s state funeral.

“Give it to me.”

The Western Duke extended his hand and boldly demanded.

“Give you what?”

“His Majesty the Emperor’s approval permitting the marriage. This time I’m going to take it with me when I leave.”

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