I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 228

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 228

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Marine, who was strolling through the garden with Roanna, pointed to a bench upon noticing Roanna’s tired expression.

“Shall we sit for a moment?”

“Let’s do that.”

Roanna sat down and looked up at the sky. Marine also followed her gaze upward.

It was a bright and clear summer day. White clouds like sheep’s wool were floating gently across the pale blue sky.

“The weather is so nice. I hope it will be this beautiful on your wedding day too.”

Since it was an outdoor wedding, they couldn’t help but be affected by the weather.

However, Marine met her eyes affectionately as if telling her not to worry.

“I’d be happy even if it rains. There’s an old saying that couples who marry on a rainy day will live well together.”

“Is there such a saying?”

When Roanna tilted her head slightly as if thinking, Marine realized her mistake and hurriedly made up an excuse.

“It’s something that circulates among commoners. That’s why Mom wouldn’t know about it.”

“I see. Then I won’t have to be disappointed even if it rains that day?”

Roanna looked at her daughter with a caring smile.

“After you have your wedding, I’m planning to return to the Baronial Estate.”

“What?”

When Marine looked at her with a surprised expression, Roanna patted her hand.

“This is your house now, and I should return to my own house. We have so many memories there, don’t we?”

At those words, Marine’s eyes trembled.

When she heard that the Baronial Estate was given as a gift through the proposal, Roanna cried for a long time.

Wouldn’t that place be filled with Mom’s memories more than her own?

Her newlywed life with Father. Brother’s and her own childhood.

How could she stop Mom from returning to a place where she could cherish her memories?

“I’ll visit often.”

“Yes. I’ll come often too.”

Roanna looked at her daughter with warm eyes.

Her daughter was such a kind-hearted child.

A good child who understood her desire to live at the Baronial Estate. A child who pretended to be a commoner and worked to earn money when their family fell and they had to hide their status.

She had only felt sorry for her daughter who suffered because of having a weak mother like herself, but in a few days, she would marry the Western Duke.

Though she had lived as a noble of the Western Region her entire life, who would have known she would become entangled with the Western Ducal House like this?

My proud and beloved daughter.

It seemed like it was time to share the story she had never told her daughter.

Roanna gently placed a black stone wrapped in a handkerchief into Marine’s hand.

Marine looked down at the stone with trembling eyes, then quickly wrapped it with the handkerchief as if to hide it.

“Mom… I’m sorry. I should have thrown it away long ago, but strangely, I couldn’t bring myself to…”

Her daughter’s expression darkened.

Roanna gently took Marine’s hand that was clutching the stone.

She must be worried that seeing this stone would remind her of her deceased husband and son.

“Thank you for not throwing it away, Marine.”

“Mom….”

“I want to tell you today what I couldn’t tell you before.”

Soon, Roanna slowly began to tell the story behind the stone.

Listening to that story, Marine smiled at first, but by the end she was teary-eyed.

“Your father must have placed this stone in your unconscious hand.”

Marine lowered her head and quietly looked at the half-broken stone.

“Your father probably saw it, didn’t he? The stone that wouldn’t break even when struck with an axe, breaking on its own when placed in your hand. Seeing that must have given him great peace of mind.”

The tears that had been welling up in Marine’s large eyes finally spilled over and flowed down.

“So will you treasure this stone until the very end?”

“Yes. I will.”

Marine gripped the stone tightly with all her strength.

She had tried to throw it away several times because she didn’t want to remember the carriage accident, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

But now she finally understood everything.

She had always wondered why she remembered her past life, and it turned out to be the power of this mysterious stone.

And she was glad to finally understand, even if belatedly, her father’s warm heart in giving her this stone.

Marine quickly wiped away her tears and spoke cheerfully.

“I want to hold this stone and walk down the aisle on my wedding day.”

Roanna nodded.

“Let’s do that.”

The two looked at each other and smiled happily.

She wanted to continue their conversation, but Marine stood up for the sake of the people who would be waiting for her.

But from somewhere, she felt a piercing gaze on the back of her neck.

“What’s wrong?”

“I keep feeling someone’s gaze. It’s nothing.”

“Maybe it’s because you’re putting a lot of effort into preparing for the wedding?”

Roanna looked at Marine with a worried expression.

“Maybe that’s it. Let’s go, Mom.”

Marine still felt a sting at the back of her head, but she deliberately ignored it and started walking.

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Knock knock.

“Come in.”

Yulia, who had knocked on the bedroom door, entered carefully carrying a dress.

“Miss.”

“Yulia!”

Marine welcomed Yulia with a delighted face.

She had finally returned after being dragged away by Idre as soon as she arrived in the Western Region.

“I finished the dress! Idre Designer couldn’t come with me because she’s currently suffering from body aches.”

Yulia carefully hung the dress she brought on the mannequin. Marine was captivated by the beautiful wedding dress.

“You worked so hard.”

“Not at all, Miss. I’m so happy. That I could be even a little help with your wedding dress.”

Yulia spoke with flushed cheeks and proud eyes.

“Thank you, Yulia.”

“I’m the one who’s grateful. I’m so happy to have met you, Miss.”

Yulia, who no longer stuttered when meeting strangers, smiled brightly.

“Yulia, would you like to continue working with Idre in the future?”

Marine suggested to Yulia who was standing next to the wedding dress.

Yulia opened her eyes wide in surprise and shook her head.

“No, Miss. I prefer assisting you.”

But Marine wanted to give the still young Yulia a slightly better future as a gift.

“Then if you’re okay with it, would you like to stay by my side and also go learn work from Idre?”

“Really… is that okay?”

This time Yulia asked with a slightly hesitant face.

“I want your talent to bloom.”

Marine gently pulled and held Yulia’s hand.

“Thank you, Miss. I’ll do that.”

How could her master be so kind? Being able to serve her was the greatest fortune of her life.

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Marine came outside with drooping shoulders, exhausted from organizing wedding party plans all day.

Why were there so many things to decide for just one wedding? She couldn’t do it twice.

“Teacher.”

When she turned around at the clear voice, Dia was standing there holding an embroidery basket.

“Dia.”

“Teacher, you look tired.”

“Yeah. I didn’t know weddings were this difficult.”

Marine complained to Dia, who was younger than herself.

“But thanks to you, Teacher, I’m learning a lot.”

Dia gently comforted her.

“If Dia is learning, I should work even harder.”

Marine straightened her shoulders wide as if she had never complained, returning to a spirited expression.

Dia, who watched this with amusement, smiled softly.

At that moment, Marine suddenly turned her head.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’ve been feeling strange gazes lately.”

At Marine’s words, Dia also looked around.

“There’s no one here.”

“Ah, I must have been pushing myself too hard lately.”

Marine, who had returned to her dramatic mode, linked arms with Dia.

“Where are you headed?”

“The weather is nice, so I was taking a walk.”

As the sound of the two women’s conversation grew distant, Gerald emerged from behind the tree.

Oliver, who had been forced to lie down and hide because of Gerald, brushed the grass off his head.

“You managed not to get caught again this time.”

“34 hours and 20 minutes left.”

“34 hours and 20 minutes until the wedding…”

Oliver made a slightly fed-up expression.

“Who on earth created such a ridiculous tradition where the bride and groom can’t meet for a week before the wedding? Let’s change the tradition.”

“It’s something that has been passed down in the Western Region for a long time, so you cannot change it.”

At Oliver’s proper response, deep wrinkles formed on Gerald’s brow.

Startled by his menacing expression, Oliver quickly continued speaking.

“The idea that an engaged couple shouldn’t see each other for a week before the wedding to live happily ever after is indeed nonsense. It might be good for His Grace to break that tradition this time. You don’t believe in such superstitions, do you, Your Grace?”

Just then, Marine and Dia’s conversation could be heard from afar.

“I want to see Gerald quickly.”

“Do you miss him a lot? Not being able to meet because of the Western Region’s tradition. We don’t have such a tradition in the Southern Region.”

“Ah, the south doesn’t have it.”

“Yes. So if you miss him, wouldn’t it be okay to meet? Since it’s different by region, why don’t you think of this place as the south instead-”

“No way! I completely believe in it. We absolutely cannot meet.”

“…Marine believes in it.”

Gerald spoke in a powerless voice.

“Then there’s nothing we can do.”

Oliver looked at the Duke’s drooping shoulders with eyes full of sympathy.

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