I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 229

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 229

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In the midst of being busy with wedding preparations, Marine was caught by Surenne and dragged somewhere with her eyes covered.

A moment later, when she opened her eyes and looked around, she was inside the reception room.

Priana was standing there with a bright smile.

The table was decorated with flowers, and finger food and champagne were also visible.

“Marine was so busy that she couldn’t even have a bridal shower. We wanted to do something simple at least.”

“It’s hard to have a drink with Lady Marine. This is our chance!”

Priana and Surenne, who had somehow become friends while she was busy, spoke in turn. Surenne’s toughness was clearly appealing to the young ladies.

Marine looked at the two of them with grateful eyes.

“Great! Let’s drink!”

She had been too busy with wedding preparations right after returning to the Western Region, so she needed this kind of break.

“Hah, that’s Lady Marine for you. Does Priana drink too?”

Priana nodded with a confident smile.

“But Surenne. Why is Priana just Priana, and I’m Lady?”

Marine pouted and grumbled.

“Lady is a nickname.”

“I’m going to be a wife soon, not a lady. Call me Marine too.”

“Alright. Alright.”

Surenne looked at Marine as if she found her cute, poured champagne generously, and raised her glass.

“Marine, congratulations on your marriage!”

“Marine, congratulations!”

“Thank you!”

The three of them clinked their champagne glasses cheerfully.

A few hours later, Surenne and Priana looked down at Marine, who had gotten completely drunk and fallen asleep collapsed on the table.

“Didn’t you say Marine could hold her liquor?”

Priana asked with worried eyes.

“She must have gotten weak from preparing for the wedding.”

Then, as if he had been waiting for this moment, Gerald appeared.

Gerald, who had been staring at Marine sleeping drunk, turned his gaze to Surenne.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.”

Surenne grinned mischievously.

Priana finally realized who had orchestrated this sudden bridal shower plan.

He said he couldn’t see her because of Western traditions, but it seemed he wanted to meet her this way at least.

Gerald lifted Marine into his arms and walked slowly. How long had it been since he last held her?

Marine had been so busy with wedding preparations without a moment to spare that she had deliberately asked Surenne to take her place.

And in the midst of all that, he was getting this benefit(?) as well.

Her scent. Her warm body temperature. Even her soft touch was perfect.

“Mmm…”

Marine rubbed her face against his chest as if complaining in her sleep and mumbled something.

“What did you say?”

Gerald, who suppressed his ability when he was with her, leaned in and asked.

Marine spoke a bit more clearly in a sleepy voice, as if asking how he didn’t know.

“Hard chest pillow is the best!”

Gerald held back his laughter and pulled her closer into his arms.

If she likes his chest that much, he should do more chest exercises.

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In the dark night, a shadow figure wearing a black robe stealthily walked somewhere.

When the shadow figure reached the desired location and carefully tried to open the door, a low voice came from inside.

“Marine.”

“You scared me!”

Marine’s shoulders shot up high and then dropped.

At that moment, when the door handle was about to turn, Marine hurriedly grabbed the handle tightly.

“Shall I open the door?”

“Didn’t you come to see me?”

When Gerald’s deep voice came from beyond the door, she got goosebumps.

Seriously, what did this man eat growing up that even his voice is so good?

She felt rewarded for secretly coming all the way here because she missed him, but Marine didn’t let go of the door handle.

“No, I didn’t.”

“You didn’t, but you came here secretly like this?”

“If you come secretly in the first place, shouldn’t you not get caught?”

When Marine grumbled with a resentful voice, Gerald laughed with the door between them.

“Alright. I’ll pretend I didn’t know.”

“But I already got caught.”

Marine pouted her lips in dissatisfaction.

“Didn’t you know I would notice?”

“You promised not to use your ability when you’re with me.”

“I don’t use it when I’m by your side.”

“But I’m by your side right now?”

“From now on, I won’t use it even while you’re coming to me.”

Marine secretly smiled because she found him cute for accommodating her unreasonable demands.

“So should I just lie down on the bed? Should I pretend to be asleep?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

When Marine firmly refused, his tone became sulky this time.

“I was going to sneak a look while you were sleeping, but since you’re awake now, I’ll just go. Tomorrow is the wedding, and I can’t break that tradition with just a few hours left.”

“I’m going to abolish that tradition in the Western Region from now on.”

Gerald’s disgruntled grumbling could be heard through the door.

“Yes, yes.”

Then, the door opened slightly.

“Lord Gerald!”

I only let go of the handle for a moment, how did he know!

Marine squeezed her eyes shut in case she might see Gerald.

Gerald, who had opened the door slightly, placed a lit candlestick and a fairy tale book on the floor.

“I didn’t look.”

Though he was staring directly at her, Gerald shamelessly lied.

“I don’t hear the door closing?”

“I’m not the only one with abilities.”

Gerald chuckled and closed the door again.

Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and open her eyes, seeing the candlestick and fairy tale book placed on the floor.

“What’s this for?”

“Read to me. I thought I was going crazy wanting to hear your voice.”

As he sighed, suppressing his desire to see her, Marine spoke more cheerfully on purpose to comfort him.

“Alright. Let me show off my skills after so long!”

Marine confidently picked up the fairy tale book.

The Grateful Crow.

It was the first fairy tale book she had adapted for Gerald.

Marine smiled softly as she stroked the fairy tale book.

When she first read this fairy tale, the Duke was a Count, and she was a crow who repaid her debt and flew away.

Marine leaned against the door and began reading the fairy tale in a gentle voice.

Gerald also sat with his back against the door, closing his eyes and listening intently to her story.

“…The crow, having repaid all her debts, soared high into the sky. And so the Count lived happily ever after, forever grateful to the crow.”

“Marine.”

“Yes?”

“The ending isn’t a happy ending.”

Gerald grumbled in a blunt voice.

“But he lived happily?”

Marine asked in a puzzled voice.

“The crow left. I don’t like the ending. Change it so the crow and the Count lived happily together.”

Marine nodded, holding back her laughter.

The Duke who used to dislike happy endings had completely disappeared.

“Understood. Shall I change the ending and read it to you again?”

“Good.”

When the fairy tales ended, she would read them again, and read them once more, and Marine spent the night together with Gerald like that, with the door between them.

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Finally, the wedding day dawned.

It was a day when the sunlight breaking into rainbow colors was dazzlingly beautiful.

Under the clear blue sky, yellow dandelion clusters were blooming in abundance.

A long white carpet was laid over them, and colorful, charming wildflowers decorated both sides of the Wedding Road.

Soon, the bride Marine stood at the starting point of the Wedding Road, wearing a transparent white veil.

Befitting a hot summer ceremony, her neck and shoulders were coolly exposed, and the pure white dress that flowed gracefully from just below the bustline sparkled brilliantly from every angle as if crushed diamonds had been scattered on it.

Marine gazed at Roanna standing beside her through the veil. Her green eyes were moistly filled with tears.

“Daughter, congratulations on your marriage.”

Marine deliberately smiled brightly.

Since it’s a happy day, I shouldn’t cry.

“Thank you, Mom.”

Marine clasped Roanna’s hand with the hand holding the black stone.

Being like this, it felt as if she was with Father.

Was it because they were holding the stone together? She seemed to see Father’s warm smile.

Marine felt a surge of emotion without realizing it. She had tried not to cry.

When Marine’s eyes trembled as if she was about to cry, Roanna smiled gently.

To think that she would escort her daughter like this in place of her husband.

“Smile, Marine.”

“Yes.”

Marine lifted the corners of her mouth again and closed her eyes before opening them.

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