I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 47

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 47

“All the Western Nobles.”

“Yes, understood.”

Sebastian answered with a slightly overwhelmed expression at the larger number than expected.

The Head Maid, who had been listening to the conversation, also bowed her head deeper to hide her surprised expression.

“You may leave.”

“Yes, Duke.”

Only after the two had left the office did Marine let out the breath she had been holding.

“Prepare to go out by noon tomorrow.”

“Go out?”

“We need public activities to avoid suspicion.”

“Ah, a date?”

His shoulders flinched at the word “date,” but Marine didn’t notice.

“We’ll start at that shop where you had your dress fitted before.”

Marine pictured the dress shop full of ribbons and ruffles alongside the Duke and suppressed her laughter.

A dress shop and the Duke. They were surprisingly mismatched.

“Yes, Duke. But… there’s one problem.”

The Duke gestured for her to speak.

“As you already know, Duke, I can’t ride in carriages.”

Since the Duke had already investigated her family, he would probably guess the reason she couldn’t ride carriages.

“…How difficult is it for you?”

Unlike the Duke’s usual tone, she could sense hesitation. The way he leaned slightly toward her suggested he was gauging her reaction.

“When I get in a carriage with all sides closed, I feel trapped and get very scared.”

Marine closed her eyes with a bitter expression.

She heard the neighing of horses in her ears. As red blood spread before her eyes, Marine snapped her eyes open.

“I see.”

Marine hurriedly offered her suggestion to shake off the painful memory.

“So could I ride ahead on horseback and meet you at Bloria Dress Shop? If I don’t go with you, Duke, people won’t pay attention to me.”

“Do that.”

When the Duke’s permission fell from his lips, Marine felt a little relieved. She would have to ride in a carriage someday, but she wanted to postpone it as long as possible.

Then, the Duke pulled out a sheet of paper from his desk drawer and handed it to her.

Engagement Employment Contract.

Marine roughly skimmed through the lengthy content and only checked the amount section.

10 gold per day.

Marine’s eyes sparkled brightly.

Endless plans of what she could do with this money formed in her mind. She should quickly save money and buy land in a good location. Build a house, hire at least one maid…

“Aren’t you going to sign?”

The Duke’s cool voice pulled her out of her imagination.

“Yes! I will! I’ll do it!”

Marine quickly signed the contract.

“I’ll work hard to be a fiancée starting today!”

She clenched both hands into fists and spoke energetically.

“Excellent attitude.”

“Then I’ll come see you at bedtime. I’ll take my leave now.”

Marine bowed to the Duke and left the office with excited steps.

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Bloria Dress Shop’s glass window always displayed new dresses for each season.

However, this time they were too busy with orders from the Duke’s Castle to create new seasonal dresses.

Since they couldn’t dress the mannequins in last season’s dresses, they had temporarily put on the dresses meant for Marine.

Idre hummed as she adjusted the ruffles of the golden dress on the mannequin and turned around.

Her assistant Julie looked at her with curiosity.

“Designer, you always seem to be in a good mood lately.”

“What’s there to feel bad about? I have a financial backer- I mean, valued customer who trusts me and lets me work freely, and the person wearing the dresses is kind too.”

Idre spoke with a voice full of laughter.

“Who exactly are they? Who are they that it’s even a secret from me?”

Julie was a commoner who had been employed as an assistant since Idre opened Bloria Shop.

“Secret.”

Idre’s eyes sparkled mischievously as she entered the workshop.

“Wow! Really, you’re going to…”

Ding-a-ling.

At the sound of the bell hanging on the door, Julie stopped speaking and headed to the entrance.

“Welcome.”

A woman with an elegant platinum blonde updo, bright green eyes, pale pink lips, and cute features entered.

“Oh my! Miss Marine!”

Idre came out of the workshop at the sound of a customer and brightened upon seeing Marine.

“Hello, Designer.”

“What brings you here? You could have just called if you needed something.”

Unlike her usual manner with customers, Idre greeted her enthusiastically, so Julie observed the customer with curious eyes.

The white embroidery on the customer’s subtly lustrous blue dress caught her eye immediately. It was embroidery she had worked on all night just a few days ago.

Julie widened her brown eyes and stared intently at the secret customer Idre had been hiding.

“I have a dress I need to request urgently.”

“I was already making dresses for you, Miss Marine, and now more?”

Idre couldn’t hide her joy and her lips twitched upward.

“Yes. Please prioritize this over the other dresses.”

“Oh my! What kind of dress is it that you’re requesting so urgently?”

Marine’s face flushed slightly.

For the first time, she was about to mention engagement to someone other than family, which made her feel strangely embarrassed.

“Well…”

Bang!

Just as she was about to speak, someone burst through the shop door.

Startled by the loud noise, Marine’s shoulders shot up and then dropped.

“Who’s the designer here?”

A fat middle-aged noble woman with crimson hair piled high like a three-tier cake, and a beautiful young noble woman with reddish-orange hair and crimson eyes barged in together.

“Miss Marine, just a moment.”

Idre looked at Marine with bewildered eyes, asking for understanding, and stepped forward.

Marine nodded slightly and quietly stepped back.

“Hello. I’m Idre Smill, the designer of this shop. What can I do for you?”

The middle-aged noble woman threw a pale pink dress on the floor with obvious displeasure.

“How exactly do you do business, making and selling dresses with such low-quality fabric?”

Idre calmly picked up the pale pink dress from the floor. At a glance, it was definitely a dress she had designed.

“This is a dress I made.”

“Hmph. Of course it’s from here since we bought it here.”

“But what seems to be the problem?”

“Our beautiful daughter went to the tea party wearing that dress and was humiliated. How poorly must you have made the dress, tsk tsk. How are you going to take responsibility?”

Upon examining the light pink dress, the waistline seam was messily torn. It wasn’t torn from wearing it, but looked like it had caught on something sharp.

Idre gripped the light pink dress tightly in her hand and stared at the young noble woman.

The young noble woman looked back at Idre provocatively and smiled sweetly.

“I don’t remember selling my dress to you, customer.”

“This is exactly why you shouldn’t buy from such low-quality shops. Didn’t you just say that you made that dress?”

The middle-aged noble woman’s eyes narrowed sharply.

Idre swallowed a sigh and spoke to the young noble woman.

“Customer. I clearly told you that I wouldn’t sell this dress to you. I said it didn’t suit you. That’s why I recommended a different dress. I remember your friend purchased this dress, so why are you wearing it?”

“This is absolutely ridiculous. What are you doing right now?”

The middle-aged noble woman interrupted.

“I’m telling you that I didn’t sell this dress to your daughter.”

“I bought it from my friend. So this dress is mine.”

The young noble woman spoke with an arrogant expression.

“Really so low-class that I don’t even want to deal with this.”

The mother and daughter simultaneously rubbed salt in Idre’s wounds.

Idre barely managed to hold back the curses tickling her throat. Once or twice a year, troublemakers like this would show up.

She thought she’d get through this year without incident.

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