I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 253

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 11

Side Story 4 Passerby

“Monica, Grandmother is here.”

Roanna placed the small basket she had brought onto the table and walked straight to the baby crib where Monica was lying.

Monica, who had been squirming and moving in her baby crib, stopped and looked at Roanna.

“Now you can see people properly.”

As Roanna stroked the baby’s head, green eyes resembling fresh sprouts stared up at Roanna intently.

“Yes. Now she follows things with her eyes.”

When Marine moved her finger back and forth in front of the baby, Monica’s green eyes busily chased the finger.

But perhaps quickly losing interest in the finger movement, Monica pursed her lips as if sucking on a pacifier.

Seeing this, Roanna looked up and gazed at the nanny standing to one side.

“She seems hungry?”

“No. She just had milk. But isn’t it amazing how well-behaved Monica is? Even the nanny finds it amazing. She sleeps well, drinks milk well, and doesn’t cry much.”

As Marine proudly boasted about her daughter, Roanna’s lips curved up gently.

In her eyes, Marine still seemed like a young child, yet she already had the face of a mother with her own daughter.

“Shall I hold our amazing baby Monica?”

Roanna cooed at Monica as she picked her up.

The baby didn’t fuss and rested comfortably in her arms. The baby’s sweet scent brushed past her nose.

“But Mom, what’s that basket?”

“Handmade candy made by the Head Chef. I brought it to give to Ruby and Peridot. Our Monica should grow up quickly so she can eat candy too.”

As she spoke while patting the baby, Marine’s face stiffened slightly.

Seeing this, a look of sympathy flashed through Roanna’s eyes.

“Is it still hard just hearing about candy?”

“No. I’m fine.”

Marine spoke awkwardly while glancing at the basket.

She remembered how delicious the Head Chef’s handmade candy was, making her mouth water, but fear welled up in her chest.

Who would have thought candy could be such a life-threatening snack?

“I’ll have to tell the children to be very careful when eating it.”

“Yes, do that. Come to think of it, you never found the knight who saved your life that time, did you?”

“No. Father made inquiries in various places at that time, but we couldn’t find him in the end.”

Marine trailed off as if she truly regretted it.

After the party ended that day, they even obtained the party guest list and searched, but couldn’t find him.

Come to think of it, Gerald had also visited that party that day. If it hadn’t been for Young Master Norman, she would have gone to see Gerald like the other young ladies.

At that time, it was purely out of curiosity to see the great Western Duke.

What would have happened if she had met Gerald that day? Would they have fallen in love like now?

As Marine let her imagination run wild, Roanna spoke up.

“Marine, how about using the Duke’s Family’s Intelligence Network? He saved your life, but you couldn’t even thank him properly, so I sometimes think of that person too. And the person who saved you from the tree before.”

Marine’s eyes lit up as if she had never thought of it.

“What a wonderful idea! Why didn’t I think of that sooner? I don’t know if those two people are the same person or not, but he was truly someone I’m grateful to. Mom is right. Even though time has passed, if it’s the Duke’s family, we’ll surely be able to find that knight.”

She decided to go find out right away.

* * *

Marine knocked on Oliver’s office door.

“Please come in.”

When she opened the door and entered, Oliver immediately put down the report he was reading and guided her to the tea table.

Teacups and desserts were quickly prepared in front of Marine, who sat in the same spot she had occupied a few weeks ago.

Marine naturally picked up a macaron and began to speak.

“Oliver, I came because I have a favor to ask.”

“Yes. Please tell me anything.”

Oliver smiled with his usual gentle expression.

“Is it possible to find someone using the Shadow’s intelligence network?”

“Of course. The Western Duke Family’s Shadow has the Empire’s finest intelligence network.”

When Oliver spoke confidently, Marine looked relieved and got to the point.

“There’s a knight I really want to find.”

“…A male?”

Bewilderment flashed across Oliver’s brown eyes.

“Yes. He’s someone who saved my life twice. I don’t know if it was the same person both times, but once he saved me when I was hanging from a tree, and once when I was choking on candy.”

“Madam, please chew thoroughly.”

The more she spoke, the more Oliver watched the macaron in her hand with anxious eyes.

Marine put down the macaron under Oliver’s piercing stare.

“Madam, it’s fine if you chew thoroughly.”

“No, I’m fine too.”

Eating dessert in front of Oliver, who was looking at her like a child left by the water’s edge, would probably give her indigestion.

“Anyway, you’re saying you want to find the person who saved Madam twice?”

“That’s right.”

“Do you remember his name or any distinguishing features?”

“No, I don’t know anything at all. Both times it was a dark night. I remember his body felt solid when he held me, so I’m guessing he might be a knight.”

“That person, he’s alive, right?”

Oliver asked urgently, his brown eyes growing impossibly wide.

Marine looked at Oliver with a bewildered expression.

“I don’t even know where that knight lives, so how would I know whether he’s alive or dead?”

“…I see. But Madam, even though he’s your benefactor, do we really need to find him? His Grace probably won’t forgive…”

“He’s someone who saved me, so of course he would give him a reward.”

Marine looked bewildered as if asking what he was talking about.

However, Oliver was serious.

“You said he held you?”

“Since I fell from the tree, he naturally held me to catch me, right?”

“Exactly. The circumstances beforehand don’t matter. The important part is that he held Madam. For a knight, arms are precious, so to cut off his arms—”

“Oliver!”

Marine quickly cut off Oliver’s words as his story was heading in an increasingly gruesome direction.

However, Oliver continued speaking with a still serious expression.

“I think it would be better not to look for that lifesaver if you’re thinking of him.”

“Gerald isn’t that extreme.”

At that, Oliver shook his head vigorously with a disgusted expression.

“He is that extreme. No, he’s even worse.”

Marine looked at him with a disbelieving expression, then carefully looked around and whispered.

“Then what if we proceed without Gerald knowing?”

“Madam. Isn’t that person’s life important to you?”

Oliver worried about the life of her benefactor they hadn’t even found yet with a serious expression.

“I’ll just meet him secretly by myself and express my gratitude.”

“It won’t be easy to avoid His Grace’s eyes.”

“I’ll trust in Oliver’s competence!”

“Thank you, but I’m scared of His Grace…”

Oliver answered listlessly, his shoulders drooping.

“Don’t worry. Even if Gerald finds out in the middle, I’ll take full responsibility.”

“…Understood.”

Oliver answered weakly and brought some paper.

“Please tell me everything you remember.”

“Okay!”

* * *

In the administrative office after Marine left, Oliver read the paper he had written notes on and fell into thought.

[First benefactor. Appearance unknown. Appeared suddenly late at night. Judging by his solid build, seemed like a knight. Disappeared suddenly. Didn’t seem to have a good personality. (Madam said he was rude, but I couldn’t write that about a benefactor, so I rephrased it) Identified himself as a ‘passerby.’]

[Second benefactor. Count’s masquerade ball. Man with black hair and black eyes wearing a crow mask. Didn’t seem to have a good personality. (Same as before) Identified himself as a ‘passerby.’]

The first benefactor would be difficult to find since they met by chance in the mountain, but he remembered the Count’s masquerade ball where she met the second benefactor.

And he knew one man who wore a crow mask that day.

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