I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 3

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 3

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Marine sat on the sofa in the Servants’ Reception Room, nervously shaking her legs in anxiety.

She had made it this far. Would she be able to do well?

Just as she was trying to calm her trembling heart.

Click.

The door opened and a handsome man with slightly drooping eye corners and a gentle atmosphere entered.

Softly curled dark brown hair, warm brown eyes full of warmth, and a naturally gentle smile drawn at the corners of his mouth.

Oliver Leon.

The name of Duke Vines’ aide, one of the supporting characters in the novel, flashed through Marine’s mind.

“Miss Marine?”

“Yes. I am Marine.”

Marine jumped up from her seat and bowed her head in greeting.

“I am Oliver Leon.”

As expected, it was him.

“Please sit down.”

He offered her a seat with a gentle voice.

“Yes.”

Marine answered and gulped down her saliva.

She had never felt so acutely aware that she was truly living inside a novel as she did today.

Meeting a character from the novel for the first time, her heart pounded and cold sweat ran down her back.

Marine’s back straightened with tension as she sat back down.

“Your handwriting is quite neat.”

Oliver admired, holding up the falsely crafted resume.

“Thank you.”

“Where did you learn to write?”

“I worked in Noble Houses for a long time since I was young. The young lady and young master I served were around my age, so they taught me a lot.”

Marine lied with as much sincerity as possible.

“I see. It’s rare for women to know how to read and write. That’s quite an unusual background.”

“Yes…”

Marine answered in a timid voice.

A commoner woman learning to read and write?

She naturally shrank back, knowing well how strange it would seem.

Even noble young ladies mostly don’t learn to read and write.

Instead of spending time learning letters, they try to cultivate refinement through playing musical instruments, appreciating art, and so on.

However, Marine had pestered her father to learn letters, and after that, she cut off contact with the few young ladies she knew. Time spent reading books at home was more precious than wasting time gathering with them uselessly.

Perhaps because she was addicted to print in her previous life, she was obsessed with reading in this life as well.

After her family fell into ruin, it wasn’t easy to find work that a noble young lady could do to earn money.

Having no choice, she borrowed her dead brother’s name and pretended to be a boy.

It was something she wouldn’t have dared to do if she hadn’t known about her previous life.

She too had been just one of the common noble young ladies.

Employers who were pleased with her quick work processing wanted to continue working with her. However, she had no choice but to change jobs frequently to avoid being caught in her Male Disguise.

“Actually, if it weren’t for the introduction, this meeting wouldn’t have happened. You know that, right?”

At Oliver’s voice, Marine snapped out of her reverie.

“Yes…”

Her deflated voice became faint.

This meeting had been arranged through an introduction from a superior she had met while working in Male Disguise.

“I heard that a boy named Marion would come to assist with my work, but I was confused when a woman came.”

“Marion is my younger brother, but he left saying he wanted to work in the Capital. It’s a good opportunity to work at House Vines, and I didn’t want to miss it.”

Marine made up her story as politely as possible.

She had briefly considered disguising herself as a man again, but her true appearance would be more convenient to help the duke.

“I see. However, there are already enough female servants at the Ducal House. And hiring female servants is the Head Maid’s authority, not mine.”

“I’m… not applying as a servant, but as an assistant to you, sir.”

“Ah, that would be quite difficult. So if you understand that-“

“You will need me!”

Marine interrupted Oliver’s words as he was trying to wrap up the meeting.

“I will?”

Questions arose in his brown eyes.

“No. His Grace the Duke will.”

Oliver’s eyes, which had seemed kind with their drooping corners, suddenly turned sharp.

“What do you mean by that?”

“The unfortunate accident that His Grace the Duke suffered is known to everyone in this Western Region.”

Marine gulped down her dry saliva and continued speaking a bit more boldly.

“Miss Marine? Do you know what you’re saying right now?”

Oliver’s expression, which had been smiling, hardened like stone.

Marine pretended not to see his sharp gaze and got up from her seat, looking around.

“Miss Marine?”

Oliver called her with a voice trying hard to remain calm.

However, Marine stubbornly looked around her surroundings.

A book, I need a book.

But since it was the Servants’ Reception Room, no books caught her eye.

“Miss Marine!”

Oliver’s voice was sharp with exhausted patience.

At that moment, she spotted a book standing as if hidden at the end of the window.

Quickly grabbing the book, she began to read it aloud with all her heart.

“Where do monsters come from?”

“What are you doing right now?”

Oliver asked again in an ice-cold voice.

However, Marine focused on the book, putting him aside for now.

“Why did they come? Many scholars bring up this discourse, but none have found an answer.

Is that why? Some scholars have become absorbed in a theory that cannot even be proven.

That monsters’ ecology gradually changes to adapt to their surrounding environment.

Most scholars do not agree with this.

Count Blusher, the historian who said this theory was utter nonsense… shall I continue?”

Oliver, who had been listening to her read with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide. His face showed confusion about when he had closed his eyes.

“When His Grace the Duke cannot see documents… no, when it’s inconvenient for him to read, I can read to him like this. My voice would be more comfortable to listen to than yours, sir.”

That’s right.

She had been a book narrator (Narration voice actor) in her previous life.

Even after regaining her memories of her previous life, she hadn’t thought to utilize her past profession like this. If only she weren’t so desperately poor that she could barely put food on the table.

“Wait, please sit down.”

Oliver, hiding his confused expression, offered her the sofa again.

“Yes.”

She clutched the book in her hands as if it were her savior.

“First of all, unfortunately, I don’t have the authority to hire you, Miss Marine.”

“Ah…”

Marine couldn’t bring herself to continue speaking and bit her lips.

Rent, her mother’s medicine costs, food expenses, and soon winter would arrive so she’d have to pay for firewood too.

Before her eyes, she saw an illusion of winged gold coins flying far away into the sky.

Marine hung her head low with a dejected expression.

“But you really do read books well. Honestly, I was surprised. It’s truly a special ability.”

Olive, who had relaxed the corners of his eyes, looked at her with eyes full of favor.

“…Thank you.”

Marine mumbled in response with her head still lowered, barely managing to reply. Right now, she felt no joy even hearing praise.

“If it were just finding an ordinary assistant, I could handle it myself, but reading documents to His Grace the Duke is a different matter. So I’m thinking of recommending you, Miss Marine, to His Grace the Duke.”

“What? Really?”

Her head, which had been looking at the floor, snapped up instantly.

“Yes. Let’s give it a try. I was actually worrying about that very problem.”

Olive gave a bitter smile.

After His Grace the Duke lost his sight, reading documents to him had become his responsibility.

His Grace had a meticulous personality and was the type who wouldn’t overlook even a single document.

He would read those numerous documents or fail to read them repeatedly depending on His Grace’s mood that day.

As a result, important matters of the Ducal House continued to pile up without being resolved.

Olive observed the woman before him who was nervously gripping the book tightly with both hands.

A shabby dress that was clean but looked old, thin wrists visible beneath the sleeves, a small and very slender frame, platinum blonde hair in an updo that glowed softly in the sunlight streaming through the window but lacked luster and appeared dull, large light green eyes like spring buds on snow-white skin, and pale pink lips.

She had a cute appearance, but overall her coloring was so pale that she gave a somewhat hazy impression.

However, her voice when reading books was the complete opposite.

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