I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 263

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 19

* * *

Dawn, when only the pale moonlight illuminated the surroundings.

Near the cabin close to the Woasis Commercial District, figures dressed in black night clothes gathered one by one.

Sergei, standing before five strong men, spoke to his subordinates.

“Kill the man immediately, but don’t let even a hair on the woman be harmed.”

“Yes, yes, we get it. How many times are you going to say that?”

A subordinate picked his ear and replied as if annoyed.

“Because you idiots are so stupid you keep forgetting what I say.”

“It’s stuck firmly in our heads. Don’t touch the boss’s woman! But since that tavern does good business, there must be a lot of money in the house too, right?”

“Probably quite a bit.”

When Sergei smiled wickedly, his subordinates laughed along.

Since they planned to kill the male shop clerk from the start, they hadn’t even bothered to cover their faces.

Just then, something grazed past Sergei’s earlobe, and hot liquid dripped onto his shoulder.

Sergei slowly touched his ear with a face that showed he had no idea what had just happened. His earlobe was split exactly in half.

“Aaah!”

Clutching his earlobe, Sergei involuntarily let out a scream of pain.

His subordinates looked at their boss in surprise.

“Wh-who’s there! Don’t hide like a coward and show your face!”

Sergei cut off a piece of his subordinate’s clothing with his sword and wrapped his injured ear tightly.

Chills ran down his back. If the sword had been just a span to the side, his neck would have been split in half.

Was it a mistake? Or intentional?

“Ah- what a waste. I haven’t been training lately so my skills aren’t what they used to be. Don’t you think so, Uncle?”

“You were a span short.”

“Exactly. I should have thrown it a span to the side.”

Male and female voices came from the dim cabin, then the door opened and two people emerged.

Even though it was dawn with only faint moonlight, the beauty of the woman who came out of the cabin was not concealed.

“B-boss. Should I grab that woman? She’s really amazing!”

“Boss. Don’t try to keep her all to yourself, let’s all share. Okay?”

The subordinates showed their greed upon seeing the woman’s face.

However, Sergei bit his lips and gripped his sword tighter.

Didn’t those idiots hear what they said? That woman had just thrown a dagger at him.

“Snap out of it!”

“No, really. Don’t think about hogging her all to yourself!”

“These stupid fools…”

His instincts were warning him. These people were dangerous.

Sergei gritted his teeth and glanced behind him.

Always quickly identifying escape routes was the reason he had survived even with an X-shaped scar on his face.

Whoosh. At the sound of the woman throwing a dagger into the air and catching it, Sergei fixed his gaze forward again.

One subordinate whistled in admiration.

“You’re quite skilled. What else can you do besides that?”

“Me? Besides this, I can also use poison. I’ve killed even those in the highest positions.”

When the woman smiled beautifully as she spoke, the subordinates who were smitten by her appearance chattered noisily again.

“She’s pretty and good at jokes too.”

“Hehehe. If we take her with us, we’ll never be bored playing with her.”

As soon as the subordinates finished speaking, the woman’s dagger shot out.

The dagger lodged precisely in the forehead of the one who had spoken last.

“Kyaa, success! Uncle, did you see? Skills ingrained in the body really don’t go anywhere. Hehehe.”

She spoke proudly to the man beside her.

The man looked down at her as if she were cute and patted her head.

Unlike their harmonious atmosphere, the subordinates were frozen like stones looking at their fallen comrade.

The dagger the woman threw at their comrade was too fast to be seen.

Cold sweat broke out on their backs. These weren’t people that thieves and thugs like them could handle.

As the subordinates slowly backed away, Sergei also retreated little by little.

“Oh my, the guests who came at dawn are trying to leave? You came without permission, and now you want to leave without permission too? Says who?”

When the woman tilted her head with an innocent expression, her blue hair flowed down smoothly. That beautiful sight was even more chilling.

Was that woman even human? Had some humanoid demon beast appeared in the Sairan Desert?

Sergei glanced behind him once more.

Since the cabin was situated between the Woasis Commercial District and the Sairan Desert, the only place to flee was the Sairan Desert.

If he fled to a place crawling with demon beasts at this hour, could he survive? Should he just fight that woman desperately?

As he was weighing which option had a slightly higher chance of survival, the man who had been standing quietly beside the woman raised his sword. A strong blue aura emanated from his blade.

Damn, an aura! Why would a master of that level appear in a place like this! What should he do?

His deliberation was brief. Sergei dropped to his knees and pressed his head to the dirt ground.

“We’re sorry. We were just following orders. If you spare us just once, we’ll live righteously from now on. Please, forgive us.”

The subordinates who had been stunned by the aura also hurriedly knelt down.

“We’re sorry. Our only crime was following our boss.”

“Do you think you’re the first night visitors like you to come here? But they all disappeared without a trace. Where do you think they went?”

In the quiet dawn, only the woman’s enchanting voice echoed.

“We’re sorry. We’re truly sorry.”

“Who ordered you to do this?”

“Jimson, the tavern owner.”

“Ah, that person. I didn’t think he was like that, but he was a bad person. He should be punished too, shouldn’t he?”

“I figured as much and had him waiting in advance.”

A middle-aged woman’s voice came from behind the bushes.

When the middle-aged woman pulled a long rope, Jimson appeared with his wrists bound and a gag in his mouth, tears streaming down his face.

Eira’s eyes widened as she looked at the middle-aged woman who had suddenly appeared.

“…Nanny?”

“Hello.”

Anna smiled warmly and waved one hand lightly.

Eira’s blue eyes shook restlessly.

She had left the Empire and wandered for several years. She had settled in Woasis for the past few months, and now her nanny had come looking for her.

There were occasional happenings like these night visitors, but she had been enjoying the fun of mingling with people and doing business. It seemed it was time to leave this place.

Jimson, who was beside Anna, dropped to his knees and bowed his head as if begging for his life.

When Anna removed his gag, Jimson spoke in a trembling voice.

“I’m sorry… Please spare me. I will never do such things again.”

“What did you do wrong?”

“…Business wasn’t going well, so I asked them for help…”

“He ordered us to kidnap you. Said he could sell you for a high price.”

“You said you fell for her the moment you saw her face and wanted to kidnap her right away!”

As the two men blamed each other and fought, Eira sighed and shook her head.

“This isn’t fun anymore. Since Nanny came looking for me, Uncle, will you take care of this?”

“Sure.”

“Nanny, let’s go inside.”

“Alright.”

Anna, who had been dusting off the hand that held the rope, went into the cabin amicably with Eira.

Soon, the men’s screams could be heard.

Eira, who had entered first, lit the candle.

As the candlelight illuminated the inside of the cabin, Anna looked around the interior.

It was a small cabin with just one bed, a blanket spread on the floor, a table, and a kitchen.

Reading her gaze, Eira smiled sheepishly.

“It’s simple, isn’t it? I use the bed, and Uncle uses the floor.”

“Doesn’t Sir Dimon need a bed too?”

“That’s what I said. I tried to get another one, but he says the floor is more comfortable.”

Eira poured warm water from the kettle and handed it to Anna, carefully watching her expression.

Having killed the Emperor, her very existence was a sin.

Yet despite saying she would leave the Oman Empire, she had settled in the Woasis Commercial District, not far from the Western Region. Her desire to feel even a little closer to the Western Region, which was like her hometown, had been the root of the problem.

She shouldn’t have come to this place, especially for the sake of those who had worked hard for the 7th Imperial Consort’s fake death.

Eira bowed her head with a face full of guilt.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come to this place… I’ll leave soon.”

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————