I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 238
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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke
Side Story Episode 8
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Clang clang clang.
Surenne hammered the sword while letting her complicated feelings flow away.
If she accumulated days like this, she would be able to let go of her feelings for him too.
Just then, the voice of someone she missed came from beyond the door.
“Surenne, I’m coming in.”
“Don’t come in.”
“I’m sorry.”
Oliver calmly apologized and opened the door to come in.
“I told you not to come in!”
Surenne stared intently at Oliver’s face, which she was seeing after a long time, while deliberately speaking harshly with her mouth.
Why is his face so hurt like that. I missed you so much. Now that I’m actually seeing your face, I’m dying of happiness, but I’m angry because there’s nothing I can do.
Oliver, who had come close, took out the ring he had returned last time and knelt on one knee in front of her.
“Surenne, let’s get married.”
He who always used formal speech dropped his honorifics for the first time.
Surenne looked at him for a long while with trembling eyes, then opened her mouth with difficulty while clenching her fists tightly.
“I already refused…”
“I’m not a noble anymore.”
“What?”
Surenne’s eyes widened in surprise.
“I wrote a letter to Father. That I would leave the Family House.”
“Are you crazy?”
Surenne pressed him with an incredulous face.
“Yes. I’m crazy about you. If you’re a commoner, then I’ll become a commoner. If you’re a slave, I’ll become a slave too. You just need to be you. I’ll come to you.”
Surenne moved her lips and then knelt down in front of him as well.
“Are you an idiot?”
“Do you like idiots? Then I’ll become an idiot.”
Oliver smiled gently and gazed at her as if she were lovely.
Clear dew gathered in her purple eyes.
“How nice it would be if you were just a little bit of a bad guy. So I wouldn’t feel guilty about being greedy for you.”
He wiped away her tears while whispering tenderly.
“You just need to accept me.”
“Won’t you regret becoming a commoner?”
“I just need you.”
“You’re really crazy. Oliver.”
Surenne wiped her tears with both hands and threw her arms around his neck.
“I love you. Surenne.”
A sweet confession reached her ears.
“Me too. And let’s get married!”
Surenne stared intently at his eyes sparkling with the joy of acceptance.
And she grabbed Oliver’s face and pressed her lips firmly against his.
This man was definitely not in his right mind. That made her want him even more.
She wouldn’t give him to anyone. She would never meet a man like this again.
Side Story Episode 5
The Second Imperial Consort’s Palace, the most beautifully decorated in the Sanders Empire’s Imperial Palace.
That place which had always shone even from afar was now shrouded in darkness, and the footsteps of people who used to visit the palace had ceased long ago, leaving it wrapped in silence.
Thud, thud.
At the sound of footsteps echoing in the quiet corridor, the maid guarding the front of the Second Imperial Consort’s bedroom raised her head.
She saw Tan approaching with an indifferent face and his guard knight.
When he stood in front of her, the maid hurriedly bowed at the waist in greeting.
“Welcome.”
“Report.”
The maid spoke with a trembling voice.
“I apologize. The Second Imperial Consort is not feeling well right now and has ordered that no one be allowed in.”
“You said the same thing yesterday, and a week ago too, didn’t you?”
“…”
The maid only bent her waist further to hide her fearful gaze toward the prince.
“I’ll do it myself.”
Then the Second Imperial Consort’s weak voice came from inside.
“Let him in.”
The maid opened the door and quickly stepped back.
Tan went inside and looked around the room.
Black curtains were drawn over every window, but objects were visible in the dim light that filtered through.
In that gloomy place sat the Second Imperial Consort with disheveled hair and a vacant expression.
Tan met eyes with the Second Imperial Consort who seemed empty as if she had no soul.
Then the Second Imperial Consort’s gaze instantly turned vicious.
“3rd Prince! How dare you come here!”
Her voice, which had always addressed him with a gentle tone, was now sharply edged.
“Have I come somewhere I shouldn’t?”
Despite his cold gaze, Tan showed his usual smiling expression.
“How dare you stand before me so brazenly after killing my child!”
“Who says that? That I killed him? Didn’t you receive the report? Elder Brother died because of a demon beast.”
“Yes. They said you were there too. Why couldn’t you protect your elder brother? Why did your elder brother die instead of you? Why!”
Tan gazed silently at the Imperial Consort who was screaming about why he hadn’t died and lived on, then soon wore a deep smile on his lips.
“Imperial Consort.”
In an instant, the Second Imperial Consort looked at Tan with a dazed expression.
The son who called her Imperial Consort instead of Mother felt unfamiliar. Where had the son who always craved her affection gone?
Where had the son who rejoiced even when given poison, saying it was a gift from his mother, gone?
“Are you so disappointed that I didn’t die instead of Elder Brother? Do you resent me so much for not dying instead when I failed to protect Elder Brother?”
The Second Imperial Consort’s pupils trembled violently.
“Or how about this? What if what Imperial Consort just said was true, and Elder Brother didn’t die because of a Demon Beast, but because I killed him?”
Tan smiled brightly while staring at the Imperial Consort’s face with persistent eyes. As if he wouldn’t miss even the smallest expression.
The Second Imperial Consort’s eyes widened greatly. Her bloodless lips trembled violently.
“You, you…”
She had resented Tan for not being able to save the Second Prince, but she had never once thought that he might have directly killed his own Elder Brother.
That weak-hearted Child couldn’t have. Did he really kill his own Elder Brother? Why?
“I’m going to become the Crown Prince.”
The Second Imperial Consort looked up at Tan with a startled face.
Was the person before her eyes truly her son?
Why had this fellow who lived without ambition, going with the flow, changed like this? What on earth had transformed him?
Her mind worked busily. She had thought everything was over after losing the Second Prince, but this fellow was going to become Crown Prince? Was it possible?
“Tan-”
“Hahaha.”
The Second Imperial Consort’s voice was cut off mid-sentence by Tan’s laughter.
The Second Imperial Consort looked up at Tan with bewildered eyes.
“Do you know how long it’s been since you called me that?”
The Second Imperial Consort bit her peeling lips.
Thud.
When Tan loudly set down a Box on the Table, her gaze naturally turned toward it. It was the same Box she had filled with Candy and given as a Gift.
The Second Imperial Consort’s pupils shook, losing their bearings.
“Imperial Consort, I don’t think this will be needed anymore.”
The Second Imperial Consort’s gaze naturally fell downward.
She rubbed her cold, sweaty hands on her Dress. Her insides burned with anxiety.
The son who had craved her affection was now trying to leave her hands. That couldn’t happen. It shouldn’t come to that.
The Second Imperial Consort suddenly raised her head with a sad face and gripped the hem of her Dress tightly with both hands. So that nothing could escape.
“Tan, this wasn’t my intention. Your, your Elder Brother-”
“They say the dead don’t speak, but Elder Brother listening from the Sky must feel so wronged, don’t you think?”
“No. It’s really true. Please believe Mother’s words.”
The Second Imperial Consort looked at Tan with a desperate expression.
“…”
Tan’s expression was coldly hardened like a stone statue.
Could the Child who always smiled make such an expression?
The Second Imperial Consort rose from her seat and knelt before him.
If he could trust her, she could do anything. If this child became Crown Prince, she would soon become the master of this Empire.
“Can’t you trust me even when your mother begs like this? Your Elder Brother ordered all of this. This mother had no choice. You know well how terrifying your Elder Brother was, don’t you?”
The Second Imperial Consort shed tears as she looked up at Tan.
Meeting his ice-cold gaze, Tan’s lips parted.
“You said you were refusing meals?”
The Second Imperial Consort slowly nodded with a sad face.
Even though he was acting so coldly, it seemed this child with deep affection hadn’t changed. If she could just melt him a little more—
“No appetite at all….”
“You did well.”
When Tan cut off her words and praised her, the Second Imperial Consort looked up at him with a bewildered face.
“What?”
Rattle. Tan shook the Box placed on the Table.
“Isn’t that right? Knowing what might be in the Food.”
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