I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 240

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story Episode 10

Tan and News’s eyes met simultaneously.

“Want to bet on who catches him first? Today’s drinks are on the line.”

“Of course I’ll be faster than my drunk superior-”

Before News could finish speaking, Tan shot out like the wind.

“He wasn’t drunk after all!”

As he tried to dash out with an aggrieved expression, someone grabbed his shoulder.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

The 2-meter giant Tavern Owner with a menacing face was gripping his shoulder crushingly tight.

“Don’t you know me? I’m News!”

“Whether you’re News or Paper, how many times have I been fooled?”

“Ah, seriously! I’ll pay you. You saw it, the Pickpocket!”

“Sit here quietly until your companion brings the money.”

News, forced back into his seat by the Tavern Owner’s grip strength, scowled deeply.

“What bet, my ass. I’m paying anyway. The rich guy- no, sir is doing more.”

News pulled out his Money Pouch and threw it to the Tavern Owner.

“I’ll be back, so keep it safe.”

“Yes, Customer.”

The Tavern Owner’s menacing expression changed to a gentle face upon receiving the money.

News hurriedly chased after the Crown Prince while constantly cursing his superior under his breath.

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The small-framed Pickpocket seemed to know the alleys well, slipping through the complex paths like an eel.

Tan ran after the Pickpocket, genuinely smiling for the first time in a while.

Then, the voice of a Knight in Stealth was heard.

“Shall I handle it?”

“I’ll do it. I made a bet with News.”

“Understood.”

When the Pickpocket turned into a Side Path, Tan climbed straight up to the Roof.

Looking down, he could see that the end of that Side Path was a Dead End.

He could see the Pickpocket glancing back. Reassured that no one was following anymore, his pace slowed.

Tan chuckled and was about to jump down in front of him when suddenly a woman came running and grabbed the Pickpocket’s wrist.

“You!”

“Sister?”

“I told you not to do this kind of thing!”

“What did I do?”

The young Pickpocket hurriedly hid the Money Pouch behind his back.

“I told you if you did that one more time, I’d never see you again. Remember?”

Tan silently jumped down behind them.

The two people, not noticing he was standing behind them, continued their argument.

“What did I do to deserve such scary words?”

The young pickpocket said with an aggrieved expression.

“Where did that money pouch come from?”

The woman with black hair tied tightly in one bundle asked coldly.

“A friend gave it to me.”

“Which friend?”

“Hmm, since when have I been your friend?”

Tan asked, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.

The pickpocket and the woman turned their heads simultaneously.

The woman with black hair and deep green eyes looked at him in surprise.

Though she had been fiercely pressing the pickpocket, her eyes were clear and her round eye shape was very gentle.

Her pink lips trembled slightly, then pressed firmly shut.

The woman quickly snatched the money pouch from the pickpocket and held it out in front of him.

“I’m sorry.”

“News, what’s the punishment for pickpocketing under Empire law?”

“Huff, huff, they cut off the wrist.”

News, who had come running while breathing heavily, answered while pressing his side firmly.

At that, both the young pickpocket’s and the woman’s faces turned pale simultaneously.

“Is that so?”

Tan looked at the young pickpocket with a bright smile.

The young pickpocket with brown curly hair looked to be only about 12 years old.

As if blocking his gaze, the black-haired woman stood in front of the child.

“This child is still young. I’ll substitute my wrist instead.”

Tan watched the woman quietly with a look of surprise.

She met his gaze head-on without avoiding it, as if she meant it sincerely.

“Sister, are you crazy? Why should you be punished for what I did!”

The boy jumped out in front of her.

“Right. It’s the punishment you should receive. News, sword.”

News held out the dagger he had been wearing at his waist.

The boy looked at the sword, then immediately knelt down with a terrified face and shed tears.

“I, I was wrong. I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. Please forgive me just once.”

“News, hold him.”

News grabbed the boy’s arm with a stoic expression.

As he raised the dagger up, the woman urgently placed her arm over the boy’s arm.

“Please, substitute my wrist instead.”

Tan raised his eyebrow sharply, and News, catching the silent instruction, lifted the boy up.

“Coveting what belongs to others is this frightening, you brat.”

“Are you really going to cut off our Sister’s wrist?”

“Yeah. You bastard.”

“No…! Sister, Sister! I’m sorry! Sister…!”

The news grabbed the wailing boy and slipped away down a side path.

Tan turned her gaze, which had been endlessly watching her Younger Sibling being dragged away, toward himself.

“Well then, shall we start with introductions?”

“So, shall we start with introductions?”

Tan spoke nonchalantly with the corners of his eyes curved.

Tan said nonchalantly with a slight smile at the corners of his eyes.

“Ah, I am Rogia Last.”

“A Noble? But your Younger Sibling is a Pickpocket? Are you ruined?”

“Oh, I’m Rogia Last.”

However, she nodded with a composed expression as if such rudeness was familiar to her.

Tan deliberately asked the question even more rudely and bluntly.

“Don’t you know who I am?”

Tan quietly looked at the woman before him.

“Yes.”

But even if ruined, how could a Noble woman not know him?

Tan quietly gazed at the woman in front of him.

Rogia looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“When did your Family House fall to ruin?”

But no matter how ruined they are, how could a noble lady not know who I am?

Rogia’s dark green eyes stared straight at him.

Rogia looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Though she wasn’t showing it outwardly, when he gripped her wrist, he could feel her trembling body directly.

As he raised the Dagger high, the tip of the blade reflected the Sunlight and sparkled.

“15 years ago. But what does my wrist have to do with my family’s downfall?”

“Let me correct that first. Not your wrist, from now on this is my wrist.”

Tan chuckled and grabbed her wrist.

Without a wrist, how would she do sewing from now on? She still needed to earn money for her Siblings’ meals.

But even after a long time passed, she felt no pain.

As he raised the dagger high, the blade’s tip gleamed brightly in the reflected sunlight.

A sparkling Bracelet made of Silver was fastened around her wrist. The Bracelet had been on the wrist of the Man before her.

“Let me correct that. It’s not your wrist anymore—from now on, this is my wrist.”

“It means that wrist now belongs to me. From now on, whenever I need my wrist, you must come.”

“Pardon?”

How will I sew in the future without my wrist? I need to earn money to feed my younger siblings.

“By the way, it’s expensive. If you sell that thing, both your wrists will become mine. Got it?”

Rogia opened her eyes slightly and looked down at her wrist, realizing what the cold sensation was.

“Um, how should I find you?”

A shimmering silver bracelet was fastened around my wrist. The bracelet had been on the wrist of the man who was in front of me.

“This is….”

“That wrist is mine now. From now on, whenever I need my wrist, you have to come.”

“What?”

Rogia opened her eyes wide and asked. How could it be simple when she didn’t even know who this person was?

“Just so you know, that’s expensive. If you sell that off, both your wrists become mine. Got it?”

The man winked one eye and smiled like a mischievous boy.

“Excuse me, how do I get there?”

“You’ll naturally find out when I call for you.”

“What do you mean….”

Tan waved his hand at her bewildered expression and turned to walk away.

A woman who would sacrifice even her wrist for her younger sibling….

It was interesting.

The mother who tried to feed him poison. The brothers who tried to kill him. The father who ignored and treated him coldly.

All the family members surrounding him were this bleak and cold.

How could that woman sacrifice her own wrist for her family?

Could he learn the reason by calling her occasionally when he was bored and observing her?

After becoming Crown Prince, his life had been nothing but tedious and boring. It wouldn’t hurt to have at least one interesting thing in his uninteresting life.

He had no idea at the time what meaning this woman, whom he thought of as simple entertainment to pass the time, would come to have in his life.

Was it because he had run without thinking for the first time in a long while?

Was it because the sky was blue and the wind was cool?

Or was it because he had won the bet against News?

Tan savored the enjoyment he hadn’t felt in a long time, a smile playing on his lips.

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