I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 38

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 38

When the Duke silently sat at the head table, Kilon sat beside him with the table corner between them.

“Children, you should greet him.”

“It’s my first time meeting you, Duke. I am Dia Adria, the eldest.”

Dia held her dress hem and greeted him calmly.

“Hello. I’m Rubiana Adria, the third daughter.”

Rubiana awkwardly gripped her skirt hem and bowed her head with a trembling voice.

“Hmph.”

Garnet crossed her arms, snorted, and ignored the Duke.

Kilon’s eyebrows twitched at her insolent attitude. However, since the Duke receiving the greetings remained still, he couldn’t intervene.

The Duke silently nodded slightly in response to the sisters’ greetings.

The sisters were confused about whether they could sit down again after his gesture.

“Duke has acknowledged your greetings. Young Ladies, please sit comfortably. Ah, I am Oliver Leon, Duke’s aide. It’s my first time meeting you.”

Oliver, who had been standing beside the Duke, smiled warmly and bowed formally.

Dia, representing the group, held her dress hem and greeted him.

“It’s my first time meeting you. I am Dia Adria.”

“Yes. Nice to meet you.”

When he gestured toward the chairs with warm eyes, Dia signaled to her sisters with her gaze.

As they took their seats, servants brought out mushroom soup and withdrew.

“Haha. Since Duke is joining us today, I specially told the head chef to take extra care. Even if you can’t enjoy it with your eyes, please enjoy it with your taste at least.”

Kilon subtly mocked the blind Duke, but the Duke brushed it off indifferently. It was a clear dismissal.

Kilon grimaced and swallowed his anger.

Then silence fell.

Since the Duke didn’t start eating first, everyone watched for his cue.

Kilon was very hungry, having starved all day while searching for his youngest nephew Peridot.

He looked at the Duke with dissatisfied eyes and carefully spoke up. Since the Duke’s eyes couldn’t see, he didn’t bother hiding his expression.

“Duke. Shall we begin the meal?”

“Duke has no appetite today. You may start eating first.”

Oliver, standing beside him, ignored Kilon and spoke to Dia.

Dia glanced at Kilon cautiously.

Kilon was glaring at Oliver with menacing eyes.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to curse openly and bit his lips while coldly ordering his nephews.

“Let’s eat.”

Rubiana, who was hungry, first picked up bread and dipped it in the soup to eat. Garnet also slowly ate the soup with her spoon.

Only Dia didn’t touch anything.

“Sister, why aren’t you eating?”

Rubiana asked worriedly while chewing on bread.

“I’m not very hungry.”

“You haven’t eaten all day today. Eat.”

Rubiana tore off a piece of bread and offered it. Dia couldn’t turn away from what her younger sibling offered and accepted the bread.

“Thank you, Ruby.”

Having regained his composure after starting the meal, Kilon leaned back leisurely against his chair. Holding a wine glass in one hand, he turned his gaze toward the Duke.

“Duke. Since you have no appetite, how about some wine? This is wine made in the southern region’s finest production area. The taste is incredible. Haha.”

“Oliver, have the children eaten enough?”

The Duke, once again ignoring Kilon, spoke in a low voice.

As the Duke spoke for the first time, everyone in the dining room turned their attention to him.

“Yes. They seem to have eaten to some extent.”

Oliver, who had carefully observed the sisters, calmly reported.

“Then, send them away.”

“Have the rest of the meal prepared in the ladies’ room.”

Oliver pointed to one of the maids standing like decorations against the wall and gave the order.

“Yes.”

The maid quickly nodded and left the dining room.

“Young Ladies. Please excuse yourselves for a moment.”

The sisters looked at each other with bewildered expressions.

Dia’s heart pounded.

She couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was, but the atmosphere in the dining room had changed since the Duke spoke.

Dia first signaled to Garnet and Rubiana with her eyes and stood up from her seat.

Kilon slammed his wine glass down on the table as the situation took a strange turn.

“What is this behavior? Why are you suddenly driving out my nephews?”

At his words, Oliver sighed and walked in front of the bewildered young ladies, blocking their view.

Then Gerald naturally picked up a knife from the table and flicked his hand.

Swoosh.

The knife quickly grazed past Kilon’s cheek and embedded itself in the wall, leaving only the handle visible.

It happened so quickly that Kilon couldn’t comprehend what had occurred.

As his right cheek burned, he touched his cheek with trembling hands.

“Wh-what is this…”

Blood redder than wine stained his hand.

Soon blood dripped from the split skin.

“Kyaa!”

One maid who saw the blood on Kilon’s hand screamed and belatedly covered her mouth.

Meanwhile, the sisters couldn’t immediately realize what had happened because Oliver blocked their view.

“I made a mistake.”

The Duke said with a calm expression.

Kilon’s blue eyes shook with anxiety.

The Duke, called the greatest swordsman, making a mistake?

Was it really a mistake? If it wasn’t a mistake, what was he aiming for instead of his cheek?

Kilon swallowed nervously with fearful eyes.

“Young Ladies. Shall we go now?”

Oliver continued to block the sisters’ view while herding them toward the door.

Dia stopped firmly in place after seeing Rubiana and Garnet holding hands tightly as they headed for the door.

“Garnet. Please take care of Ruby.”

“Sister, come with us.”

Rubiana looked at Dia with frightened eyes.

“Garnet.”

“Fine. But you have to tell me everything.”

Garnet gripped Rubiana’s hand tightly and got confirmation from Dia.

“I will.”

After watching Garnet and Rubiana disappear, Dia personally closed the dining room door.

“This won’t be a pleasant sight for you to see, Young Lady.”

Oliver spoke with worried eyes.

Dia suppressed her pounding heart and shook her head slightly.

She wanted to see what would happen next. She had the right to do so.

“I’ll be an adult in a few months too. Please let me stay.”

“Sigh. Duke will scold me for this.”

“I will take responsibility.”

Dia spoke strongly as if making a vow.

At that moment, Kilon’s scream-like voice could be heard.

“Duke! What is the meaning of this? There are imperial laws in place. You cannot harm a fellow noble without any reason!”

Kilon, who had covered his cheek and risen from his seat, kept his distance from the Duke with a frightened face.

“….”

“No matter how great Your Grace may be, I am also a noble. The moment you harm me, a noble, His Majesty the Emperor will not stand idly by.”

“Oliver.”

One corner of the Duke’s mouth rose coldly as he listened quietly to Kilon’s words.

“Yes.”

Oliver approached Kilon with a worried expression and held out a white handkerchief.

“You’re bleeding quite a lot. It’s dangerous, so please use this to stop the bleeding.”

He had already lost a lot of blood and his head was spinning.

Kilon quickly took the white handkerchief that Oliver offered and pressed it firmly against his cheek.

His head was dizzy and he couldn’t think properly.

The reason he had been able to provoke the Duke was because he was a blind cripple.

But he hadn’t expected him to ignore imperial law and act so arbitrarily.

“You have received the handkerchief.”

“A duel.”

The Duke leaned back against his chair and spoke languidly.

Hiiik. Startled, Kilon dropped the white handkerchief to the floor.

Only then did he realize the meaning of the white handkerchief.

The moment someone threw a white handkerchief to their opponent and declared a duel, His Majesty the Emperor could no longer intervene in the nobles’ fight.

“Th-this is fraud. It’s invalid. There are so many witnesses here.”

Like a cornered rat, Kilon’s eyes flashed as his gaze fell on Dia.

“Dia, you saw it too, right? This kind of duel is unheard of!”

“I saw you receive the white handkerchief. And I also heard His Grace’s declaration of a duel. It’s a legitimate procedure.”

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