I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 51

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 51

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Marine, who had returned to the annex, dove into the bed with her exhausted body.

“I don’t want to do anything….”

“Lady Marine. Shall I prepare a bath for you?”

Yulia, who had followed her in, kindly removed her velvet shoes.

Marine only poked her head out from the bed and looked up at Yulia.

“Yulia, calling me ‘Lady’ seems too natural, doesn’t it?”

“Hehehe. I’ve always wanted to call you that. Actually, I noticed long ago that you were a noble.”

Marine was startled and sat up properly on the bed.

“How?”

“Nobles have a different atmosphere from the beginning.”

“You noticed from the moment we first met?”

“Yes. Most of the other servants probably knew too. Those maids who used to gossip about you probably noticed and wanted to put you down even more, so they spoke that way.”

Marine nodded and fell into thought.

She had thought she’d been doing a pretty good job of acting like a commoner, but had they all just been pretending to be fooled?

Even when she was in male disguise? Even when she sat on the floor and acted rough?

“Thank you for telling me.”

Marine quickly pushed the thought away, feeling like she’d glimpsed a new dark history.

“Oh right, the Head Maid asked what time you’d be available tomorrow. She said she has something to discuss about party preparations.”

“I don’t want to do anything.”

Instead of answering, Marine flopped back down on the bed.

“But you’re not doing anything right now?”

“Right. I’m not doing anything, but I want to do nothing even more intensely. I just want to breathe.”

Yulia tilted her head and watched Marine rolling around energetically on the bed.

If she says she doesn’t want to do anything, why is she rolling around on the bed?

Our Lady is lovely, but sometimes strange.

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At the knock that came early the next morning, Yulia quickly answered.

Marine was having tea with Roanna and silently set down her teacup.

“Good morning. Baroness, Lady Marine.”

The Page Head Maid entered the room with her hands full of something.

“Good morning.”

When Roanna greeted her kindly, the Page Head Maid bowed her head slightly with a dark expression.

“Baroness, please speak comfortably to me.”

At Roanna’s hesitant look, Marine gave her a slight nod.

She had already decided to do so herself, so her mother couldn’t speak formally to the servants.

“I will.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

When the Head Maid politely thanked her and raised her head, Marine asked with a curious expression.

“I heard you wanted to see me?”

“Yes.”

The Page Head Maid set down the catalogs she had been holding beside the tea table.

“What is all this?”

Marine was already scared, remembering how Idre had overworked her.

“These are catalogs for party preparations. Since it’s an engagement celebration party, your opinion is important too. This catalog is about tablecloth colors, this one is about curtain colors, this one is about party food, and this one….”

“Wait, wait a minute.”

As expected, it was troublesome and difficult work. Marine looked at Roanna with a gloomy expression, once again faced with countless choices.

Help me, Mom.

“This is something you’ll have to do from now on.”

Her mother, reading her expression, patted her hand encouragingly.

No. That’s not right. The female protagonist will do this kind of thing from now on.

Marine swallowed her inner words and sent Roanna a desperate look asking for help.

“Alright. I’ll help you.”

“Head Maid, you heard that? You can discuss it with my mother.”

Marine looked back at the Head Maid with a happy face.

Roanna looked at her daughter with an incredulous expression.

“I said I’d help, not that you should leave everything to me.”

“Mom, I haven’t even chosen a dress yet. You know I’m bad at making choices. Since you have more experience hosting parties than I do, I’ll follow your wishes.”

Marine clung to Roanna’s arm and acted cute.

“Oh, you’re hopeless.”

Roanna glared at her daughter without real anger.

“I’ll learn a lot by watching. Please, okay?”

“Fine.”

The Page Head Maid, who had been silently listening to their conversation, smoothly pushed the catalogs toward Roanna.

“Would you like to take a look?”

“I will.”

“Then you two take your time talking, I have work to do.”

Marine naturally stood up from her chair.

“Marine, didn’t you say you’d learn by watching?”

“Hehe. Today isn’t the only day.”

Roanna shook her head.

But then, the Head Maid straightened up again and faced Marine.

“Lady Marine. I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“This party is being prepared hastily, so I think I need to be here, but after the party ends, I intend to step down from this position.”

The Head Maid mentioned resignation with a calm face.

Marine, Roanna, and even Yulia standing behind them looked at the Head Maid in surprise.

“Why so suddenly?”

“As the person responsible for the maids, my poor management caused you harm.”

“That was something that ended long ago.”

The Page Head Maid spoke with upright eyes.

“Yes, it was. Actually, I’ve been thinking about how to take responsibility since then. You are the Duke’s fiancée. So I must take even more responsibility for letting such false rumors spread.”

Marine looked at the Head Maid with frustrated eyes.

She was as rigid as her straight back.

She was a fake fiancée anyway, and she didn’t want the Head Maid to lose her job because of a fake engagement.

“Head Maid.”

Marine made eye contact with the Page Head Maid.

“Yes.”

“Do you know what Yulia did after dinner yesterday?”

The Page Head Maid’s face stiffened slightly.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know.”

Marine watched the Page Head Maid and called out to Yulia who was standing behind her.

“Yulia.”

“Y-yes.”

Yulia, tense from the serious atmosphere, stammered again.

“What did you do after dinner yesterday?”

“I, I did em-embroidery in my r-room.”

After hearing Yulia’s answer, Marine smiled brightly at the Head Maid.

“Head Maid, do you know what Yulia did a week ago in the morning?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Yulia?”

“I, I don’t know either. I’m s-sorry.”

Frightened Yulia didn’t know what to do with herself and bowed her head.

“You don’t need to apologize. I can’t remember what I did a week ago in the morning either. Yulia, let me ask you just one more question. Do you know how many maids there are in the Duke’s Castle?”

Marine asked Yulia gently.

“I think there are about 200…”

Yulia thought for a moment, then answered in an uncertain voice.

“Head Maid?”

Marine turned her gaze back to the Page Head Maid.

“252 people.”

“The Head Maid can’t know every single move of 252 maids. You understand what I mean, right?”

The Head Maid, who grasped the intention behind Marine’s question, bowed her head deeply.

“Yes.”

“Having a strong sense of responsibility is good. But bringing up something I’ve already forgiven and saying you want to quit – are you indirectly saying you don’t want to work under me?”

Marine smiled brightly as she stared at the Page Head Maid.

“Absolutely not.”

Her trademark composed expression crumbled, revealing a flustered face.

“I almost misunderstood. Please continue to serve well as Head Maid.”

“Yes. I will serve you wholeheartedly.”

At Marine’s kind but pointed words, the Page Head Maid bowed deeply at the waist.

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