I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 247

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 5

Side Story 3

Inside the baby room decorated with colorful hues.

Marine gently patted the belly of the baby lying in the small bed, reading a fairy tale book in a soft voice.

“…The Moonlight Fairy longed for the Sun Fairy for a very long time. What should the Moonlight Fairy do to meet the Sun Fairy in the future?”

Marine put down the finished fairy tale book on her lap with an incredulous expression.

“Why does it end by asking the reader? So how do the two actually meet?”

I’m curious. Isn’t this too much of an open ending? I should track down the author who wrote this fairy tale book.

That’s when it happened.

Tingle.

Marine narrowed her eyes and looked outside the window. She felt a persistent gaze from somewhere that made her face sting.

It was probably because Gerald was watching from somewhere.

Even though it had been over two weeks since the baby was born, Gerald couldn’t come close to the baby.

As if he carried some terrible disease, he kept the maximum distance from the baby.

Even now, he was probably watching her and the baby from somewhere outside that window with his Long-Distance Vision Ability.

Marine pouted her lips and whispered to the sleeping Saessak.

“Saessak. I’ve known your father was a coward from before. How did I know? Your father couldn’t sleep before, so Mom decided to help him sleep. Mom is quite a Great Ability User, so she succeeded from the first day. But your father was shocked that he actually fell asleep and started avoiding Mom. So Mom bravely said it. Coward! Back then, your father was so scare-”

“Ahem, Marine.”

Getting excited while talking about the past, she was cheerfully chattering to the sleeping baby when the Duke appeared behind her and called her name.

“What?”

Marine asked with a sullen expression without even turning around.

“Well, first impressions are important in any meeting. Wouldn’t it be a bit much for our baby’s first impression of daddy to be ‘coward’?”

Only then did Marine turn around with an incredulous expression.

“The baby can’t even understand words yet!”

And she saw it. Gerald standing at the doorway, unable to even enter the baby room.

Marine stared at him with an exasperated look.

“Gerald, will something terrible happen if you cross that line?”

“Where’s the line here? Is it dangerous?”

Gerald’s eyes blazed as he thoroughly scanned the floor, as if there couldn’t be anything in the baby room that he didn’t know about.

“Ah, there isn’t one. I thought there was some line you couldn’t cross since Gerald won’t come into the room. Hmph.”

Marine snorted sarcastically.

At that, Gerald drooped his shoulders with a pitiful expression like a puppy caught in the rain.

Since someone as big as a mountain was making such an expression, she couldn’t say anything more.

Marine let out a deep sigh and gestured to him.

“Gerald, hurry up and come in.”

“I can’t.”

“No, what do you mean you can’t!”

Her voice naturally rose higher.

“I’m too big and dangerous compared to the baby. What if something terrible happens to the baby while I’m next to it?”

Marine looked at him with an incredulous expression.

Of course, compared to the baby, he was much larger. No, not just compared to the baby, but compared to anyone else, he was big.

It was good that he had good self-awareness, but—

“So you really won’t try holding the baby?”

“No matter how much I reduce my abilities, if I even touch the baby with one finger, it feels like the baby would break.”

When Gerald spoke so seriously, Marine also looked back and forth between the baby and Gerald with an expression of ‘Is that so?’ before shaking her head.

“It’s not that extreme.”

“Marine, do you know how much strength I have to hold back when I hug you? I always think of it as holding glass.”

Marine’s eyes widened in surprise.

Wait, to that extent? If she was like glass, what should the baby be compared to? Should he think of it as a soap bubble that would disappear at the slightest touch?

His strength was indeed strong. He was someone who could tear Monster Hide with his hands, hide that wouldn’t cut easily even with a sword.

Eventually, Marine, convinced by his words, also fell into contemplation.

“Have you ever touched Cloud Candy with your hands?”

“No.”

“Then let’s start with that! If you can touch it without losing its shape, then you’ll be able to hold the baby too.”

“Would Cloud Candy be enough?”

“Of course. A baby is much sturdier than Cloud Candy. Lord Gerald? Where are you going?”

Marine called out in surprise as he immediately turned around.

“To practice.”

Was that serious expression really appropriate for just going to practice holding babies with Cloud Candy?

Still, her husband’s effort was admirable, so she should at least give him some encouraging pats on the bottom.

Marine got up from her seat and approached Gerald, but he stepped back.

“Stop right there. What are you doing?”

Marine crossed her arms and glared at him sharply.

At that sight, his broad shoulders flinched and trembled.

“I didn’t do anything.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Marine uncrossed her arms and reached her hand toward him.

Then Gerald instantly moved away to a position where her hand couldn’t reach him.

“See, see. Caught you red-handed! Come back here! Now!”

“Marine, where did you learn those military terms?”

He looked at her with bewildered eyes.

“I’m also Sebastian’s top disciple.”

“Since when has Marine been the top disciple?”

He asked with an amused voice, but Marine only narrowed her eyes and watched him.

“Do you think I don’t know you’re trying to naturally change the subject right now?”

He approached her a little closer with an expression of being caught. But it was still a position where her hands couldn’t reach him.

“Now you’re avoiding me too, after avoiding the baby? Come to think of it, we’ve been sleeping in separate rooms for over two weeks.”

“Since Marine gave birth to the baby, I thought it would be better for you to take good care of your body.”

It was a reasonable explanation, but why did it feel somehow suspicious?

Marine cautiously took a step toward him with a careful expression like a hawk snatching prey.

Then he took a step back.

“Gerald! Are you really going to do this? At least tell me the reason. Why are you avoiding me!”

When Marine finally raised her voice, he pressed his lips tightly shut with a dejected expression.

“Are you pretending to be pitiful right now?”

“I’ve never pretended to be pitiful. I’m just genuinely a pitiful person right now.”

He answered in a melancholy voice.

“Why would Gerald be pitiful?”

Marine asked with a puzzled expression.

“Because I can’t hold my beloved wife or my beloved baby!”

After saying that, Gerald spun around and disappeared from sight in an instant, looking like he was running away in tears.

“What on earth is wrong with that man?!”

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“Postpartum depression?”

Roanna pondered thoughtfully before setting down her teacup and speaking.

“What? Postpartum depression? But I’m the one who gave birth to the baby.”

After giving up on chasing her husband who had been busy running away for several days, she had carefully confided in Mother, who had come to see the baby.

“You said His Grace ran out crying?”

“He didn’t actually run out crying. It’s just that his retreating figure gave off that kind of feeling?”

“And he’s so anxious about the baby getting hurt that he can’t even approach the baby. Is he sleeping well?”

“Probably?”

Wait, is he actually sleeping well? After living in separate rooms for over two weeks, I don’t even know if he’s sleeping well.

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