I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 5

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 5

“M-monsters.”

“….”

The Duke remained silent as if telling her to continue.

“I know that tunnel monsters like minerals that shine like jewelry. The fact that tunnel monsters frequently appear means there might be other gems besides silver. That’s why I thought it would be a waste.”

Tunnel monsters looked like rats but were as large as big dogs. They loved shiny things so much that they would even raid civilian houses to steal sparkling objects.

After finishing her words, Marine hung her head weakly. She had somehow racked her brain to speak, but she wasn’t confident it would satisfy the Duke.

“When was this report submitted?”

The Duke turned his head toward Oliver.

“Three months ago.”

“Didn’t you say it was an urgent report?”

“There were many more pressing matters, so it was postponed.”

Oliver hung his head like a guilty person.

“Postpone the mine closure and send knights down to investigate further.”

“Yes. Understood.”

After finishing his words, the Duke took a step closer to her.

Marine, who was terrified, tried to step back as much as the Duke approached, but her feet got tangled and she swayed.

Oh no, I’m falling.

Just before she fell backward, the Duke grabbed her wrist and straightened her up.

“…A twig?”

Marine blinked in surprise at nearly cracking her head, then pretended not to hear his muttering.

Surely he wasn’t talking about a person.

But wait, wasn’t this Duke supposed to be blind? How could he move so quickly?

Marine calmed her startled heart and bowed to the Duke.

“Thank you.”

“Your name?”

“M-Marine.”

“Are you a commoner?”

“Yes….”

Marine whispered evasively with a trembling voice. Her calmed heart began pounding again as she tried to lie.

The Duke tilted his ear toward her as if listening for something.

Marine fidgeted, wondering if she should say something more.

But when is he going to let go of my wrist?

“A commoner who can read and even has the ability to analyze reports?”

Marine’s eyes widened as much as possible. Her heart dropped to the floor with a thud.

Why did my casual remark become an ability to analyze reports? Why?

“Are you a spy?”

“Whaat?”

Her heart that had fallen to the floor attached back to her body and fluttered like a fish out of water.

“Are you confessing now?”

“N-no. It’s not that. Absolutely not. You don’t have to hire me. I was short-sighted. Well then, I’ll take my leave now.”

Marine turned around to leave, but her body wouldn’t budge. She had forgotten that her wrist was still caught in his hand.

“Oliver.”

“Yes.”

“Write up an employment contract.”

“Understood.”

Oliver answered quickly with a bright smile.

“Make it temporary.”

“Temporary…. Understood.”

Oliver’s expression, which had immediately deflated, showed clearly.

“Thank you.”

Meanwhile, Marine bowed to the Duke with a moved expression.

Temporary or whatever, anything was fine as long as she could earn money.

“Feed her.”

“What?”

“What?”

Both Oliver and she questioned simultaneously at the Duke’s sudden command.

“Like a twig.”

The Duke lifted her wrist once and let it go, driving the point home.

Ah, I didn’t mishear earlier. It’s not that bad though.

Marine pouted and clasped her own wrist.

She was grateful he helped when she almost fell, but that grateful feeling was disappearing like smoke in an instant.

“Yes. I’ll follow your orders.”

Oliver smiled brightly again for some reason.

The Duke turned his back as if he didn’t want to deal with them anymore and headed to his office desk.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

“Duke. I’ll take my leave now.”

“Um…. Thank you once again.”

Marine hesitated slightly, then hurriedly gave her farewell and left the office.

Once they left, the office became quiet again.

The sound of two people’s footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

Oliver’s footsteps with his left foot slightly heavier.

The woman’s footsteps that seemed light as a feather.

After holding the woman’s wrist, he could understand why her footsteps were so weightlessly light.

He had called it a twig, but it might have been even thinner than that.

An interesting woman.

The report read by the woman didn’t grate on his ears at all, like the sounds of nature. For the first time since going blind, the content of a report actually entered his ears properly.

He couldn’t remember how long it had been since he could think after hearing a report.

He understood why Oliver had been so desperate to arrange a meeting with that woman.

Since going blind, his senses other than sight had become extremely sensitive.

Especially his hearing. All sounds came to him as noise, and his headaches never left.

The House of Vines, which protected the Western Region, had a bloodline secret passed down only to the direct eldest sons for generations.

They were much larger than ordinary people and had developed five senses.

Vision could distinguish the eye color of flying birds.

Hearing could distinguish all sounds within 50 meters.

Taste could distinguish everything once tasted. Especially poison.

Smell could distinguish any scent.

Touch felt extremely sensitive to even the slightest contact.

And Gerald von Vines. Among the direct lineage passed down through generations, he had the most outstanding senses.

When all five senses were developed evenly, it was fine.

He controlled them himself, sometimes suppressing his senses, sometimes manifesting them more strongly. Using those excellent senses, he won every battle against monsters and protected the Western Region.

Grand Ducal House Vines protects.

That unbreakable formula was even more praised in his generation.

However, nothing lasts forever.

A year ago, when his eyes were blinded in a monster attack, everything became twisted.

As if trying to compensate for his lost vision, his other four senses manifested even stronger.

That was the beginning of his suffering.

Due to his extremely heightened other senses, he suffered from terrible headaches constantly.

Especially his hearing – even the sound of insects crawling struck his head like thunder.

As all his senses ran wild, his mind became increasingly exhausted.

The pain caused by his other senses drove him more insane than the agony of not being able to see.

However, today for the first time, a voice created by another person did not torment his ears.

Even if she were really a spy, he would have to keep her by his side.

Just from the sound of the woman’s heartbeat, he could feel how much she feared him. And that she was lying too.

“Kay.”

As Gerald whispered, a black shadow smoothly landed in front of him.

“….”

The shadow Kay, completely covered in black clothing, silently awaited his master’s command.

“Investigate.”

“….”

The shadow disappeared soundlessly, just as it had appeared.

Gerald leaned deep into his chair and concentrated again on suppressing his four senses.

* * *

Marine returned to the reception room with Oliver, her face dazed.

She had gotten a job at the Ducal House. Her lie had succeeded.

Marine sat on the sofa with a stunned expression, unable to believe it.

Oliver handed her a heavy book.

“What’s this?”

It was the book she had set down on the floor before entering the Duke’s office. She had forgotten about it in all the confusion, but Oliver seemed to have taken care of it.

“You seemed to like this book, Miss Marine.”

“But this isn’t my book.”

“Monster-related books shouldn’t remain in this castle. Since it’s a book we were going to throw away anyway….”

“Oh, then please let me dispose of it for you.”

Marine quickly took the book.

Yes! How much is this worth?

“Let’s do that. I have some things to prepare. Please wait a moment.”

“Yes.”

When Oliver left the reception room, the tension in her rigid body was released. She leaned back against the sofa and relaxed her back.

Only then did the title of the book on her lap catch her eye.

[Where Do Monsters Come From]

For someone who knew the setting of this world, it was quite an interesting book. When she picked up the book and examined it here and there, the author was unknown.

Why was such a book in the servants’ reception room?

Such a thick hardcover book could be sold for a very high price in the market. Probably a servant was about to throw the book away but hid it because it seemed too valuable to waste.

A book someone had hidden became a lucky book for her.

A story that everyone in the Western Region knew but didn’t dare speak of carelessly.

She had brought up the Duke’s accident.

If she hadn’t read this book, she might have been dragged away by the knights.

Her shoulders trembled at the chilling thought.

“Are you cold? Should I bring you a blanket?”

Oliver, who had returned at some point, asked kindly.

“No, I’m fine.”

Marine waved both hands and straightened her back again.

Oliver, sitting across from her, smiled with his eyes.

“Please read this. It’s a temporary employment contract. We have a standard Ducal House contract, but we only changed the duration to temporary. And since Miss Marine is in a special position, we raised the wages a bit.”

Oliver handed her the contract.

Marine quickly scanned only the wage section with her eyes.

1 gold per week.

Good heavens.

1 gold was enough money for a family of four to live on for a month.

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