I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 241

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story Episode 11

Side Story 6 The Path to Becoming a Father?!

Marine was lying with her back against the long sofa reading a book when she lifted her head at the noisy sounds coming from outside the window.

“What is that noise?”

“The servants are working.”

Elmis answered with a calm expression without even looking outside the window.

“Huh? Is there work that needs to be done so noisily?”

“Shall I tell them to be quiet?”

“No, it’s fine. But what kind of work is it?”

As Marine put down her book on the sofa and tried to get up while holding her round belly, Elmis, who was standing beside her, quickly extended her arm.

Marine chuckled softly as she took Elmis’s hand and stood up.

“I can get up by myself.”

“It’s my duty.”

Elmis shook her head slightly and stood exactly half a step away from Marine.

Marine approached the window and looked outside, then her eyes widened in surprise.

Soon, Marine came to her senses and looked back at Elmis with an incredulous expression.

“Right now… what is that?”

“It’s His Grace the Duke’s order.”

Marine looked outside the window again with a bewildered expression.

The servants were picking out stones from the dirt ground and laying thick red carpets over it.

In the middle, she could see Sebastian the butler giving instructions to the servants while showing off his bulging muscles.

Marine spotted the red carpets piled up like a mountain behind him and squeezed her eyes shut.

Yesterday while taking a walk, she had almost tripped over a small stone. Of course, Elmis who was behind her had quickly caught her, so there was no mishap of falling.

She had casually mentioned it to Gerald to praise Elmis’s agility, but she never expected him to cause such a commotion.

“Sigh. There goes the money again… No, Sprout. Mom didn’t say anything.”

Marine quickly placed her hand on her belly and whispered affectionately.

With a tired expression, she lifted her head and looked at Elmis.

“Where is Gerald?”

“…”

Elmis, who had been answering straightforwardly all along, hesitated for a moment.

“…He is carving wood.”

“Suddenly? Why?”

Marine tilted her head and asked back.

Carving wood? Did Gerald have such a hobby?

“He says it’s for Madam and the baby.”

Marine frowned and fired off questions.

“What do you mean by that? Where is he right now?”

“He’s in the workshop.”

“Workshop? He made a workshop without me knowing? Guide me there first.”

“Yes.”

As they left the room, an empty corridor came into view.

The corridor that had been decorated with splendid picture frames and beautiful porcelain until she became pregnant had all been cleared away by Gerald’s orders.

Something about it being dangerous if there was suddenly an earthquake.

The carpet laid in the corridor had long since become much more cushioned than before.

Marine walked slowly and let out a deep sigh.

She felt dismayed about how to stop her husband’s rampage of unusual behavior since her pregnancy.

Following Elmis’s guidance, Marine headed toward the back of the Duke’s Castle.

Fortunately, this area was still (?) dirt ground.

As she walked slowly, the cemetery of knights who died for the Vines Family came into view.

She had stopped by M’s grave this morning too and left flowers, but she never thought there would be a workshop near here.

“Here?”

“If you go inside there, you’ll find it.”

Elmis stepped back half a step, and Marine took the lead in the direction she pointed.

After passing through dense trees, a small cabin built quite properly came into view.

When was something like that there?

Through the open door, Gerald could be seen, and every time he swung his hand once, it sparkled and flashed.

“Haa…”

Look at that waste of talent, using aura to carve wood.

Marine shook her head from side to side and knocked on the open door of the cabin.

“Excuse me.”

“Marine?”

Whether he had reduced his five senses ability, he looked back at her with surprised eyes.

“I came because I heard there was a workshop here.”

His eyes narrowed slightly.

“Why are you talking like that?”

“Because I heard there was an ability user who uses aura to carve wood.”

He straightened his shoulders confidently.

“Originally, you should do your best in whatever you do.”

At Gerald’s shameless attitude, Marine stuck out her swollen belly and confronted him boldly.

“What exactly are you doing when you must be busy with work?”

Gerald, who lost his spirit after seeing her belly, relaxed his shoulders.

“Porcelain dishes are dangerous, so I was making wooden plates for you and the baby.”

“Are you trying to fill the entire Duke’s Castle with non-dangerous things?”

“Of course.”

Watching Gerald speak while straightening his shoulders confidently again, Marine was so dumbfounded that she ended up laughing.

“If other nobles hear that the Great Western Duke is being this fussy, they’ll laugh at you.”

“When have I ever cared about them?”

Marine found herself nodding without realizing it.

It would be stranger if the Western Duke cared about the nobles’ opinions.

Marine turned her gaze toward the wooden plates neatly arranged on one side.

As if he had learned woodworking, she could see elaborate engraved patterns on the round wooden plates.

“But why are they all round?”

“Angular ones might hurt you.”

“Ah, yes…”

Marine answered with clouded eyes and took another step closer to him as he sat there.

Then he flinched his broad shoulders and stepped back a span.

It was his effort to avoid touching her as much as possible since her pregnancy. He said he couldn’t bear it if they touched even a little.

However, the one who couldn’t bear it was herself. Marine boldly sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck.

He swallowed a groan and called her name.

“Marine…”

“I have a request.”

“I’ll grant you anything.”

He spoke stiffly, struggling not to embrace her in return.

“Please stop laying carpets on the ground.”

“That won’t do.”

He firmly refused.

“But you said you’d grant me anything?”

When Marine narrowed her eyes and argued, Gerald slightly avoided her gaze.

“It can’t be helped for your safety.”

“What I said yesterday was to praise Elmis’s quick thinking.”

“We just need to prevent the situation of tripping over stones from happening at all.”

When Marine couldn’t get through to him, she moved even closer.

She could see Gerald’s Adam’s apple bob right in front of her.

“I’ll be careful from now on.”

“You’ll always be careful. External circumstances are the problem.”

Marine swallowed a sigh inwardly.

She knew this would happen. Her husband, who would grant any request of hers, was firm when it came to matters related to her safety.

Marine subtly lowered her voice and pressed her lips to his ear for the one method that could melt him.

“If you grant my request, I’ll grant yours too, Gerald.”

“I don’t have anything to ask of you though?”

“You must have something.”

“What?”

Gerald asked, pulling his head back as much as possible to avoid touching her.

“I heard from the personal physician. He said it’s okay now.”

When he still looked at her with a puzzled expression, Marine blushed slightly and whispered in his ear.

“On that bed. That thing.”

Gerald’s eyes snapped open as he carefully grabbed her waist.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. So if you’ll grant my request…”

“El. Go back to your room. Kay, to the office.”

Marine’s eyes widened at Gerald’s unexpected words.

“Gerald!”

Gerald listened for a moment, then looked at her with blazing eyes.

“Marine, there’s no one around here.”

Earlier he didn’t even know she had come. Why is he raising his ability stats at a time like this!

Marine fanned her bright red face frantically with both hands. She was dying of embarrassment thinking about what those two would think.

“Marine, we’ll do everything you want. I’ll even have them remove the carpet that’s already laid out.”

Gerald lowered his eyes and rubbed his forehead against her nape like a whimpering puppy.

Really, this man is hopeless.

“Just this once.”

“…”

When he avoided answering by kissing her neck, Marine patted his broad back.

“Alright.”

He answered as if he had no choice, then looked at her with burning eyes and devoured her lips.

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“Aaaah-”

Gerald dulled his Enhanced Five Senses as much as possible.

He was on the verge of going insane from Marine’s screams that had been going on for 20 hours. No matter how much he reduced his hearing, her screams tore through his ears.

Why won’t it come out?

What if something happens to her?

Why did she say she wanted to have a baby?

Gerald collapsed helplessly under the countless regrets and self-reproach floating in his head.

How much more time passed like that?

“Wah, wah.”

Gerald’s head snapped up. For a moment, his breath caught as if all the air had disappeared.

Elmis, who was usually expressionless, came out opening the door with a slight smile.

“Your Grace, you may come in now.”

“How is Marine?”

“She’s fine.”

Gerald finally let out the breath he had been holding.

He steadied his trembling hands and entered the room, where the smell of blood wafted strongly. His chest churned at the thought that his precious person had endured this alone in such a place.

Platinum hair glistening with sweat. A flushed face. Pink lips swollen from how much she had bitten them.

On the bed lay his beautiful wife.

“Lord Gerald.”

Marine, her voice hoarse from screaming, called to him in a low voice.

Gerald quickly approached her and brushed her wet hair back.

He kissed Marine’s forehead and met her eyes. Her clear pupils that reflected him perfectly were sparkling with joy at meeting their baby.

His burning love for her burst forth.

“I love you.”

Marine smiled brightly and nodded.

“Me too.”

“Marine, you worked so hard. Never again-”

“It’s our baby.”

Marine interrupted his words and looked down at the baby in her arms as if showing it off.

Only then did he notice the small, red baby nestled in her arms.

Even though it was wrinkled, it seemed to glow.

“Yes. Our baby… So beautiful.”

The moment he saw the child, he knew.

That he would love this child for the rest of his life. That besides Marine, he now had another precious being in his life.

At his words, Marine smiled sweetly with her eyes.

“Look at this. The shape of the lips resembles you.”

When Marine pointed to the child’s mouth, the baby grabbed her finger.

Surprised, Marine’s eyes widened, then she soon smiled broadly.

Gerald looked at the baby and Marine, once again engraving in his heart what he must protect most preciously.

Words he had heard countless times and shouted countless times.

Vines protects.

Family. I will protect my beloved family for life.

-Side Story Complete-

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