I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 254

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 12

Oliver tapped on the desk as he recalled the day of the Count’s Masquerade Ball.

“Oliver. Did you really have to reveal your identity so obviously with that mask?”

Inside the carriage returning to the Duke’s Castle, the Duke spoke curtly.

Oliver silently removed his olive mask.

It was a specially made mask under the Duke’s orders to wear something conspicuous so he could be found anywhere.

“Your Grace is also obviously Your Grace to anyone who sees you.”

Black hair and pitch-black eyes. And even a jet-black crow mask.

Could there be another person who suited black so well?

Gerald threw the crow mask into a corner of the carriage, then spoke as if something had suddenly occurred to him.

“Have you ever seen a rabbit dying from eating candy?”

“No.”

Oliver looked at the Duke with confused eyes.

Since when did rabbits eat candy? And to think that eating candy would kill them.

“The rabbit’s voice sounds strange.”

The Duke, who had made an unusually random remark, leaned back against the carriage and closed his eyes.

Oliver tried his best to remember the rabbit’s voice while picking up the crow mask the Duke had thrown away.

“Seeing that Madam was wearing a rabbit mask that day, it seems the rabbit that ate candy was Madam, and the crow that saved the rabbit was His Grace…”

Oliver smiled and got up from his seat, heading to his room.

He was thinking of opening a box containing items from several years ago for the first time in a while.

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Gerald frowned as he looked down at the crow mask placed on top of the report.

Why is this here?

When he looked up with dissatisfied eyes, Oliver, whose eyes met his, smiled kindly.

“Why did you bring this?”

“Madam is looking for Your Grace.”

At the mention that Marine was looking for him, Gerald immediately tried to get up from his seat but hesitated when he saw the crow mask.

“I don’t think you mean she’s looking for me right now.”

“Yes. She’s looking for the ‘passerby.'”

After Oliver spoke with an amused voice, he held out the paper he had been holding.

Something unexpected was written there.

Especially when reading the part that said “Madam said he was rude,” his eyes trembled.

“Haa…”

Gerald let out a big sigh.

On his way to propose, while talking with Marine, he discovered that the woman he had saved from the tree was Marine.

That day, he had somehow managed to get through it without her finding out, but now another crisis had come.

She was looking for a passerby. Moreover, there were two passersby who had saved her life. Of course, both were him.

His complicated gaze fell on the crow mask.

So the rabbit-masked lady from that time was also Marine. Could such a coincidence exist?

He had saved her life twice. Indeed, we were destined to fall in love.

On the day he proposed, while talking with her about the passerby, he had been slightly suspicious.

However, he stopped being curious and buried it in his mind.

He remembered being extremely cold to her when she wore the rabbit mask that day, so he rather hoped it wasn’t true.

But why was she suddenly looking for him now?

“Why does Marine want to find the passerby?”

“Baroness Roanna brought some candy this time. It seems seeing that reminded her of the past. She apparently looked for His Grace after the masquerade ball too, but couldn’t find him then, so this time she seems determined to find him through the Shadow’s intelligence network.”

“Tell her we couldn’t find him.”

Oliver’s eyes widened in surprise.

He had been proud thinking he had immediately solved the task the Duchess had given him, but His Grace the Duke wanted to hide it.

“Why do you want to hide it?”

Gerald pointed to a part written on the paper with his finger, his face showing it was hard to say with his own mouth.

Oliver’s gaze moved downward.

Madam said he was rude, but

“…Perhaps, were you very rude?”

Gerald clenched his teeth so hard his jaw bulged and nodded.

“Ah…”

Oliver sighed quietly.

Currently, His Grace the Duke had softened considerably after meeting Madam, but the Duke of the past was so cold and cool that not a drop of blood would come out if you pricked him. He especially hated doing useless things.

That day too, he had no choice but to save Madam, but he probably acted very coldly. That’s why Madam directly said he was rude despite receiving his help.

His Grace the Duke didn’t want Madam to discover his past self.

Understanding the situation, Oliver nodded slightly and continued speaking.

“But if we tell her that, Madam will distrust the Shadow’s intelligence network from now on.”

“It’s fine.”

It was better than being found out.

When he recalled how coldly he had treated her, he wanted to completely erase the past, so what did the Shadow’s intelligence network matter?

Just then, the curtain behind him shook violently.

The two men pretended not to see Kay, the leader of the Shadow, protesting.

“Then I’ll proceed that way. But the first and second benefactors share the common trait of ‘being rude’ – is the first one also you, Your Grace?”

Gerald nodded slightly without saying a word.

“That’s truly amazing. How did you manage to save Madam’s life twice?”

Oliver’s eyes sparkled as he expressed his admiration.

“It’s destiny.”

For the first time, a pleased smile formed on Gerald’s lips as he had been frowning with guilt about having to deceive Marine.

Unlike the peaceful conversation between the two, the curtain behind the Duke was swaying as if a fierce wind was blowing.

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The Duchess’s Office.

“You couldn’t find him?”

Marine, who was sitting in front of the desk, looked at Oliver with a disappointed expression.

“Yes. I’m sorry.”

“You said the Shadow organization has the best intelligence network in the Empire.”

At Marine’s words, Elmis, who was standing on one side of the office, watched Oliver with suspicious eyes.

Oliver pretended not to notice Elmis’s gaze and bowed his head again.

“I tried my best, but there’s so little information.”

“…That’s true. The masquerade ball list doesn’t specify what masks people wear.”

“Yes.”

“But isn’t a crow mask rather unusual? People avoid black crows because they’re considered ominous, so there probably weren’t many people wearing that mask?”

At her sharp reasoning, Oliver gave an awkward smile and avoided answering.

In fact, the Duke had chosen that crow mask to keep people from approaching him.

Marine narrowed her eyes and looked up at Oliver.

There’s no way Oliver wouldn’t know something she knew too. How suspicious.

“Elmis. The Shadow organization’s intelligence network is truly the best in the Empire, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct. It was definitely the best when I worked there, so it’s strange that they can’t find one person in just a few years.”

Elmis stared intently at Oliver while pointing out the suspicious aspect.

Oliver flinched and his shoulders trembled, then he glanced toward the door as if trying to figure out an escape route.

Marine quickly stood up from her seat before Oliver could escape.

“Elmis, block the door!”

“Yes!”

Elmis rushed like the wind and blocked the front of the door.

Oliver’s brown eyes trembled with fear.

“Ma, Madam. Why, why are you doing this?”

“Oliver, tell me straight. Gerald found out I was looking for my benefactor, didn’t he? So Gerald ordered you to prevent me from finding my benefactor, right?”

At her guess that was half right and half wrong, Oliver dropped his head with a resigned expression.

“Madam. I can’t say anything.”

“Ha, caught red-handed! Saying you can’t speak is the most accurate answer. Where is Gerald right now?”

“He’s in his office.”

“Even if he’s jealous, how can he be jealous of my life’s benefactor? This time I’m going to settle this once and for all and find my benefactor!”

Marine left the office vigorously with fighting spirit blazing in her light green eyes.

Elmis quickly followed behind her, then looked at Oliver with cold eyes.

“Kay won’t forgive you for making the Shadow organization sound incompetent.”

“I’m being wronged!”

“I’ll just say that Kay holds grudges for a very long time.”

“I’m really being wronged here!!”

Oliver spoke sadly, but the person who might have listened had already gone outside.

It was another day of suffering for Oliver.

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