I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 250

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 8

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The maid looked around nervously, rolling her eyes with a tense expression.

She remembered the day she first started working at the Duke’s Castle. That day, everyone in the neighborhood had congratulated her on getting the job.

With generous wages, a fair Duke, and a kind Duchess.

But the Duke’s Castle, which had been praised as a dream workplace, now felt like walking on thin ice.

It had been three days since His Grace and the Duchess had stopped talking to each other. They were even eating separately. Just like now.

The maid gulped as she watched His Grace’s broad back as he dined alone.

“Noisy.”

Who had made a sound?

The maids exchanged fierce glances.

Was it you?

Not me. Wasn’t it you?

Are you clueless? Don’t even swallow your saliva. Don’t roll your eyes either.

After giving each other silent warnings, the maids bowed their heads demurely again. It seemed like His Grace would find even their exchanged glances noisy.

“Where is Marine?”

Oliver, who had been standing quietly at the end of the dining room with documents in his arms, stepped forward.

“She is with the baby.”

“Of course she is. My wife probably doesn’t even care whether her husband eats or not.”

“I care, Your Grace. You should eat more.”

“I don’t need your concern.”

The Duke slammed down his spoon and got up from his seat, leaving the dining room.

Having been pushed around by the Duke for many years, Oliver didn’t flinch at such words. He simply steeled his resolve to get approval for the documents today no matter what and followed after him.

After following him for quite a while, the Duke stopped at a place not far from the baby’s room.

The Duke’s gaze was directed precisely toward the baby’s room.

“Who does our Saessak take after to be so pretty? She has Mom’s eyes, Mom’s fair skin, and Mom’s pink lips. There’s not a single part that resembles Father. Ho ho ho.”

“Madam, the baby’s hair color is exactly the same as His Grace’s.”

Maid Yulia said innocently.

At that, Marine narrowed her eyes and quietly stared at Elmis standing next to Yulia.

“Yulia needs to take lessons on reading the room.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Madam.”

As Yulia hurriedly covered her mouth, Marine let out a deep sigh.

“What do you have to be sorry for? It’s my problem that I don’t even want to hear Gerald’s name because he keeps being so stubborn.”

Gerald, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation from outside, hung his head with a hurt expression.

“…Oliver.”

“Yes?”

“Has Surenne ever said she doesn’t even want to hear your name?”

“Surenne has never called me by my proper name to begin with. She always calls me by the nickname Olive Oil.”

When Oliver spoke as if bragging, Gerald’s expression turned coldly stern.

“What’s with that annoying expression?”

“…I apologize.”

“From now on, talking about Surenne is forbidden.”

“Your Grace brought her up first.”

Oliver protested with an aggrieved expression, but Gerald had already vanished from sight in an instant.

Oliver held up the documents he had been carrying and waved them around.

“Please approve these before you go, Your Grace!”

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“Madam, please save us.”

“Madam, please forgive His Grace…”

“Madam!”

“Madam, sob sob.”

Marine was hearing a word from every servant she encountered on her way. They were all victims of the cold war between the ducal couple.

As Marine tried to escape their complaints by fleeing to the garden, Surenne appeared before her with a serious expression.

“Surenne?”

“Marine. Olive Oil really seems like he’s going to become actual olive oil. He cries every night.”

“He cries?”

“Yeah. Because the Duke won’t approve anything. So Marine, please just forgive the Duke once. Our Olive Oil really can’t become actual olive oil!”

Marine thought of the Duke and placed both hands on her waist with an incredulous expression.

“No, even if he’s rebelling, shouldn’t he still do his work properly?!”

“Exactly!”

“The baby is so adorable, so why does he say he won’t have any more!”

“That’s… wait, is that why you two are having a cold war?”

Surenne was agreeing but then asked in surprise.

“Yeah.”

Marine dropped her hands from her waist and nodded weakly.

“Olive Oil also said we shouldn’t have babies. Says he can’t bear to see me in danger?”

“Why are all the men in the Duke’s castle such cowards?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Surenne crossed her arms and nodded in agreement.

“Surenne, what should we do about these cowards?”

“What do you mean what should we do? We should pounce on them.”

Surenne spoke confidently as if it was obvious.

“I’m still recovering from childbirth…”

As Marine’s face turned red and she trailed off, Surenne grinned and her eyes sparkled.

“Marine, there are many ways to pounce, you know.”

At Surenne’s whispered words in her ear while glancing around, Marine’s face turned as red as a beet.

Marine opened her eyes to a new world that day!

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To repay Surenne for opening her eyes to a new world, Marine decided to first extend a hand of reconciliation to Gerald.

When she opened the office door, he was looking at documents without even raising his head, as if he had already noticed her arrival.

Upside down, no less.

“Your Grace, you’re holding the documents upside down.”

“Your Grace?”

Gerald slammed the documents down with a thud and raised one eyebrow in displeasure.

“I heard you haven’t been eating or sleeping well lately, so I came to read you a book. I’m temporary, but I read well.”

“Temporary?”

His voice rose as if asking what on earth she was talking about.

Marine approached him with a fairy tale book in one hand and dandelion extract in the other.

A smile spread across his lips as he confirmed what she was holding.

“What exactly are you trying to do?”

“This extract has the effect of cooling fever.”

“It’s better not to use it on someone who doesn’t have a fever to begin with.”

He said with a voice tinged with laughter, recalling old memories.

“Plus it makes unseeing eyes see. Look carefully.”

Marine pretended not to hear his words and placed the fairy tale book and dandelion extract on the desk. Then she slowly removed the thick robe she was wearing, revealing a thin slip underneath.

His eyes widened as much as they could.

He instantly shot up, wrapped the thick robe that had fallen to the floor around her shoulders, and let out a deep sigh.

“Haah… I really need dandelion blossoms now.”

“It’s hot, so why do you keep putting it on me?”

When Marine grumbled and tried to take it off again, Gerald looked at her with a desperate expression.

“Marine, is this some kind of new torture?”

“No. A display item showing you what you can’t touch or have in the future?”

His fingertips trembled as he carefully fastened the front of her robe.

“Why are your hands shaking like this?”

When Marine asked in surprise, he glared at his own hands.

“The hand that wants to undress you and the hand that wants to dress you are fighting each other.”

“The hand that wants to dress me is winning.”

“Wicked thing. It’s a coward and stubborn too.”

Marine flinched, then awkwardly avoided his gaze with an embarrassed face.

“You heard?”

“The one good thing about being apart from you is that I can use my ability freely. Marine, do you still love a man who’s a coward and stubborn?”

A faint tremor could be felt in his voice.

When she only stared at him silently with her pale green eyes without answering, he called her name again as if urging her.

“Marine….”

“Just how long are you going to be stubborn?”

“I can’t put you in danger….”

“It’s not dangerous. I’ll swear to it. You know I’m a woman who’s strong in crises.”

“I hate those crises.”

“I overcame those crises and gained you. And I gained our Sprout too. I obtained the most precious things, so wouldn’t it be too greedy if there were no risks at all?”

Marine lifted her head proudly.

“I don’t mind being greedy. I want you to always be safe and unharmed.”

“Then let’s compromise with each other. I originally wanted to have three children, but I’ll have just one more. You had your sister, and I had my brother. That was good, wasn’t it? So please compromise a little too, Gerald.”

“Just one more?”

Sensing anxiety in his voice, Marine hugged him while patting his broad back.

“Are you comforting me or hitting me?”

“Both. It doesn’t even hurt anyway.”

“…Fine. Just one more. No more than that.”

Gerald embraced her tightly as if he had been waiting for this, pressing a deep kiss to her forehead.

“Marine, I missed you.”

“Me too!”

“Then shall we start making a baby now?”

The hands trying to undress her finally won. Just as he was about to remove her robe, she gripped the front of her garment tightly.

“Unfortunately, I still need to take care of my body more. Just stick to dandelion blossoms for now.”

“Ugh. Marine….”

Marine let his whining(?) go in one ear and out the other while wearing the victorious smile of someone who had finished her revenge against him for avoiding her for a week.

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