I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 245

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 3

The Rabbit, who had slept deeply for a long time, opened its eyes with a startled expression.

‘…!’

Sister is gone. This place is dangerous!

Sniff sniff. When it smelled the air, Sister’s scent was still lingering. Fortunately, she couldn’t have gone far.

The Rabbit quickly hopped toward where Sister was.

‘Sister!!!’

In front of Sister was the Silver-Eyed Creature that lived in This Place.

It was quite a fierce creature. The Rabbit had seen many Humans die at that creature’s hands.

I will protect Sister!

After a fierce battle, it finally defeated the creature. Having used so much strength, it was extremely hungry.

In This Hot Region, if you didn’t eat immediately, it was difficult to find food.

The Rabbit chewed and ate the creature it had killed while looking at Sister.

I tried to protect you, so why didn’t Sister stay still?

“I didn’t run away, it’s just that you were sleeping so soundly….”

Sister muttered while watching its reaction.

The Rabbit turned its head sharply and focused on eating.

It had to eat this quickly so it could take Sister to a safe place.

Just then, Sister kept talking about something while moving little by little.

The Rabbit narrowed its eyes and followed Sister’s movements. Another bad creature might target Sister, so it needed to watch whether Sister was going to a dangerous place.

“I clearly said I don’t taste good. And right now I’m thirsty so I’m getting even less tasty. Water. I said I want to drink water. Where is something like a Deep Desert Spring hereeeee!”

Sister cupped her hands and made a drinking gesture.

Ah, Sister is thirsty.

Since it had filled its stomach somewhat, it should quickly guide Sister.

The Rabbit gestured for Sister to follow and hopped along.

‘Sister, we need to go quickly.’

While it could endure for a long time without drinking water, Humans were different. In This Hot Place, it had often seen Humans die from not being able to drink water.

‘Follow quickly.’

The Rabbit moved diligently toward where there was water for Sister’s sake.

Finally, water could be seen in the distance.

Now Sister can drink water!

When it looked back, Sister also seemed to have discovered the water as her eyes widened.

That place where water gathered abundantly was somewhere it couldn’t go. It was a Human Settlement.

Now Sister is safe. Although Sister didn’t recognize it, that was okay.

‘Sister, I was so happy to meet you again. Sister! Whenever you’re in danger, I’ll protect you! Goodbye.’

I’m a brave Rabbit who protects Sister!

The Rabbit said farewell to Sister and hopped away.

Side Story 2 Rubiana’s Worries

Rubiana headed to the library again today.

In rhythm with the child’s lively steps, her braided blonde hair bounced cheerfully behind her back.

On the way, she happened to run into Butler Sebastian.

“Hello, Miss. Are you going to the library again today?”

“Yes!”

This was what she liked about the Duke’s Castle.

Everyone reacted as if it was perfectly normal for her to read books.

It was probably because of Teacher Marine.

Teacher Marine, who was preparing for marriage with Uncle, was so busy these days that they couldn’t meet often.

That was a little disappointing, but she was ten years old now. Ten years old meant she was all grown up, so she shouldn’t show such feelings.

“Miss. Shall I carry the book to the library for you? It must be heavy since it’s a hardcover book.”

“It’s okay. This book is small so it’s not heavy. How is our sister?”

Rubiana gently declined the butler’s offer, then asked about her sister’s well-being. Sister Garnet was learning swordsmanship from Butler Sebastian these days.

“She’s working very hard.”

“That’s good. Sister has a bit of a prickly personality, but she’s tender-hearted inside and works very hard once she starts something. So please take good care of her.”

When Rubiana spoke in a mature tone, Butler Sebastian smiled and nodded.

“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Rubiana waved goodbye to Butler Sebastian and pushed open the library door with the sun emblem embossed on it.

And she headed straight to the bookshelf where fairy tale books were gathered.

The fairy tale books that had been scattered in various places were collected together with Teacher Marine on one bookshelf to create the Fairy Tale Corner.

Rubiana placed the fairy tale book she brought onto the bookshelf and looked over the bookshelf with wistful eyes.

She had finished reading all the fairy tale books here as of yesterday. What other books might be as interesting as fairy tale books?

Rubiana passed the Fairy Tale Corner and slowly walked deeper inside. It was actually a place she didn’t often go to because there were many books that were too difficult for her to read.

As she walked along scanning the titles of books on the bookshelves with her eyes, she stopped in front of one bookshelf. One book title in a fairly high position caught her attention.

“What is Magic. That looks interesting!”

She remembered the day when Teacher Marine first put her sisters and Peridot to sleep. Teacher Marine that day was just like a mage.

The fact that such a book existed meant that magic really existed, didn’t it?

Rubiana’s eyes sparkled as she reached for the book.

However, the book was placed in a higher position than she thought.

As Rubiana struggled to somehow pull out the book, she touched another book that was placed crookedly.

Then the books stacked on top of that book all came tumbling down at once.

It was just when startled Rubiana squeezed her eyes shut and curled up her body to prepare for the pain.

“Dangerous!”

The moment the books fell with a loud noise, someone approached and covered her head.

After a while, the surroundings were quiet, as if all the books had finished falling.

Rubiana lifted her head to see who was covering her head, then opened her eyes wide in surprise.

The one who had caught her was a child around Peridot’s age.

White skin and hair that shone like silver thread. Deep blue eyes that resembled a lake. The child with a cool atmosphere was as cute as a fairy that had just emerged from ice.

“Who are you?”

Rubiana asked while admiring the child’s outstanding appearance.

“You come here often but can’t even use a ladder?”

The ice fairy-like child pointed with their finger at a nearby ladder with a grumpy expression.

“Ah, I was in a hurry…”

She hadn’t known the ladder was this close.

When she discovered an interesting book, her mind was completely absorbed by it and she didn’t think to look around.

“In a hurry, really. It’s not like the book was going to run away.”

Perhaps because the child looked like an ice fairy, their way of speaking was quite cold too. Did their speech follow their appearance?

“I’m sorry.”

Rubiana apologized with a dejected face. Even she thought her behavior deserved a scolding.

Perhaps pleased by the quick apology, the child’s cold expression softened a little.

“Since you admit it readily, I’ll forgive you.”

“Yeah. And thank you for saving me. Thanks to you, I didn’t get hurt at all. Are you okay?”

Rubiana looked over the child with a worried gaze.

“I’m fine. Be careful from now on. I absolutely hate it when the library gets noisy.”

“Yeah. I will.”

Rubiana nodded while looking at the child who was smaller than herself.

As the child turned away coldly as if there was no further business, Rubiana hurriedly grabbed the child’s sleeve.

“Could you tell me your name? I’ll repay you.”

“No.”

The child shook their sleeve to brush off her hand.

“What? Why?”

Rubiana asked with pursed lips.

“I don’t like children.”

“I’m older than you. Look! I’m taller too.”

Rubiana straightened her back and used her hand to compare the height between herself and the fairy-like child.

The child was a whole span shorter than her. They seemed just the right age to be friends with Peridot.

However, the child raised one corner of their mouth as if mocking her.

“Child, what you see isn’t everything.”

The child turned around with a cold wind blowing.

Rubiana couldn’t hold onto the child any longer. The wonderful child who had saved her was even more prickly than Sister Garnet.

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