I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 256

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 14

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Roanna looked at her daughter’s haggard face with a pitying expression.

Monica, who had been throwing a tantrum and crying for a while, was also exhausted and lay in her baby crib, wheezing and gasping for breath.

“Monica is a mama’s girl.”

“Mom, I must have been like this to you when I was a baby too, right? I’m sorry.”

At Marine’s apology, Roanna fell into thought for a moment as if recalling the past, then smiled gently.

“Your brother cried day and night just like Monica at that age, but strangely, you hardly cried at all. Isn’t that interesting?”

“Really?”

Marine asked with wide eyes.

After experiencing Monica’s tantrums and crying, she had only felt sorry for her mother, so this was a relief.

“Yes. You just looked around curiously as if this world was fascinating and rarely cried.”

“Oh! Past me was quite a decent baby then.”

Roanna burst into laughter at Marine’s playful remark.

“Yes. Our daughter was truly a baby angel.”

It was fascinating. She had thought all babies cried like this.

Could it be that when she was a baby, she had memories of her past life?

Marine patted her daughter’s belly as she clenched both fists tightly in the baby crib and started gearing up to burst into tears again.

Our daughter is like ordinary babies, so she probably doesn’t have memories of a past life. How fortunate that is.

As Monica pursed her pink lips, Roanna gently stroked her grandson’s downy hair and spoke soothingly.

“Our Monica. Now that you can see the world before your eyes, you’re scared, aren’t you? When you were in mommy’s belly, you were only safe, but now there are too many things you don’t know, right? That’s why you don’t want to be separated from mommy.”

As if understanding those words, pitiful tears welled up in Monica’s light green eyes.

“Yes, yes. Everything’s okay. Mommy and daddy will always be by your side. You don’t need to be afraid of anything.”

As soon as Roanna finished speaking, Monica burst into tears.

“Waaaaah. Waaaaah-”

Marine quickly picked up her daughter and patted her.

“Shh. Monica. Mommy’s here.”

Roanna looked at her daughter and grandson with wistful eyes.

“I wish she would come to me at least.”

“She seems to dislike everyone except me. She’ll get better soon, right Monica? Right?”

Marine asked with hope as she affectionately patted her daughter’s back.

“Waaaaah. Waaaaah-”

Monica answered vigorously with even louder crying.

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Marine unconsciously patted Monica’s back and slowly woke up from sleep.

It seemed she had fallen asleep without knowing when, lying on the bed with her crying and fussing daughter.

Marine tried to force open her eyes filled with drowsiness, but perhaps because she was so tired, her eyelids wouldn’t lift easily.

Then, a familiar voice was heard.

“Monica. I cherish and love you more than anyone, but it pains me to see you continue to make your mother suffer. Please, I beg you. Stop this now. Let your mother go.”

At Gerald’s earnest and blunt voice, Marine smiled slightly with her eyes still closed.

“Kya.”

When Monica showed a different reaction without crying for the first time in a while, Gerald seemed encouraged and lowered his voice even more as he spoke to her.

“Yes. You’re smart because you’re our daughter after all. Now you’ve deeply realized your mother’s hardships, haven’t you? Your mother is a delicate person, but she becomes strong when taking care of you. However, even the strongest person needs to be able to rest. Otherwise, they’ll break. Think about it carefully. If your mother gets sick from this, you’ll become mine to handle. You won’t be able to reject me like you do now. So-”

“Waaaaah. Waaaaah-”

Monica’s short patience seemed to have run out.

“Oh no, are the negotiations breaking down? Monica, if you just cry unreasonably like that-”

Marine struggled to lift her eyelids and quickly picked up her daughter to soothe her.

Gerald, who had been standing beside the bed, frowned slightly and looked at his daughter with displeasure.

“Lord Gerald. No matter how smart our daughter seems, she’s still a baby. Do you think you can negotiate with a baby who’s not even three months old?”

Marine asked with laughter in her voice.

Gerald crossed his arms and spoke with a solemn expression.

“She can already hold her head up by herself now. As a proper individual, it’s time for her to understand her parents’ words. I think I could persuade her if I tried a little more.”

Marine burst into laughter at his ridiculous way of thinking.

“Go get some sleep quickly.”

“Marine, you need to rest too. You look like you’re about to collapse any moment.”

Gerald’s eyes were full of worry.

Marine met Gerald’s eyes while patting Monica’s back as she twisted her whole body and cried.

“Actually, I didn’t want to use this method, but I’ve reached my limit too. So I’m going to use that method.”

When he looked at her with a puzzled face, Marine smiled faintly without saying anything and scolded her daughter.

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“Snow Flower Princess and Seven Elves lived happily ever after, preparing for yet another adventure.”

Looking down at Monica who had fallen quietly asleep, Marine put down the fairy tale book and tapped her shoulders.

While reading the fairy tale book, she had earnestly hoped.

Please sleep soundly for just three hours.

Marine looked down at Monica, who was sleeping with her lips moving, with affectionate eyes.

Her wish would probably come true. After all, she was Human Sleep Medicine.

She could even put Demon Beasts to sleep, couldn’t she? A baby would be as easy as eating cold soup.

Until now, when she read fairy tale books to Monica, she hadn’t specifically wished for her to fall asleep. She had just read with the intention of telling an interesting story.

For a baby who couldn’t speak yet, crying was the only way to express herself. She had deliberately restrained herself from using her ability because she felt guilty about not wanting to hear that crying.

But as Gerald said, she needed rest too. And she had an excellent ability to solve the problem. Honestly, with this ability alone, it was so overpowered that she could say “childcare was the easiest thing ever.”

“I see. With this ability, I could keep her asleep continuously.”

“You can’t keep her asleep continuously.”

Gerald, who had entered at some point, glanced at Monica sleeping peacefully and then turned his gaze to her.

“Marine, don’t make that guilty expression.”

Marine gave him an awkward smile.

“Was it obvious?”

Her gaze immediately returned to her daughter.

She had steeled herself and used her sleep-inducing ability, but one corner of her heart still felt uneasy.

Should she have made her sleep for two hours instead of three? Or maybe one hour?

Reading the worry in her eyes, he approached her and knelt on one knee. Their gazes met in the air as they were now at the same eye level.

“You did well, Marine.”

“Crying is a baby’s only way of expressing themselves. Did I really do the right thing?”

Gerald firmly grasped Marine’s anxiously trembling hands.

“Yes, you did well. Monica can be better cared for when you’re healthy. I’m really sorry to you.”

Marine looked at him with wide eyes. Why was he apologizing?

“If I had been closer with Monica, you could have rested. I’m much healthier and stronger than you.”

His voice was full of regret.

Marine found her husband so endearing that she hugged his neck tightly.

“You can’t do everything.”

“I’m the Western Duke. I have to do everything.”

“Having a strong sense of responsibility is good, but what can you do when your daughter prefers her mom more?”

“Exactly. I need to work harder so my daughter will like me more.”

“Yes, yes. Yawn-”

Marine closed her eyes as she rested her head against his broad shoulder.

“Marine, are you sleepy?”

“Yes. I get sleepy right away when I lean on you. Will you wake me when Monica gets up?”

“Sure. I got it. Sleep well.”

Gerald carefully lifted his wife who had fallen fast asleep and laid her down on the bed next to the baby crib, covering her with a blanket.

His sleeping wife’s pink lips moved slightly as if she was dreaming about eating, and their daughter next to her was moving her lips in exactly the same way.

Gerald’s lips curved into a gentle smile as he watched this scene.

“Kay. Make sure no sound whatsoever occurs within a 30-meter radius.”

The sound of Kay quietly disappearing could be heard.

Gerald watched his most beloved wife and daughter endlessly with warm eyes.

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