I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 63

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 63

The nobles who followed her gaze were startled. The female nobles covered their faces with fans, and the male nobles grimaced as if they knew that pain.

“I kicked him there to escape from him that day. If you ask the Count’s Personal Physician, he would have treated that person on the day it happened, so he can be a witness.”

“So he lost something he should never lose for life…”

Christine, who had been trembling in fear on one side, muttered to herself with a dazed expression.

Since the surroundings were so quiet, the nobles who heard her words each nodded their heads.

“D-Duke, Your Grace, p-please spare me…”

Gobiem’s eyes were gradually losing focus.

“Give me one reason why I shouldn’t kill you right here and now.”

Gerald brought his face close to Gobiem and whispered in a terrifyingly low voice.

Even when he had overheard their conversation from afar, he was angry at this bastard mocking Marine’s poverty. So he forced him to kneel before her and beg.

But what did he do in the past?

Unbearable rage burst forth in an instant, and his unseeing vision turned bright red.

Gerald gritted his teeth and forcibly released the power that had made Gobiem prostrate. Otherwise, he would have crushed him to death on the floor.

If this weren’t a party celebrating their engagement, he would have done just that.

In the Southern Region, he followed proper procedures, but this was the Western Region. Even if the Emperor came, he would step back in the Western Region.

He wanted to break the neck of the bastard in his grasp right now.

Really, couldn’t he do it?

Meanwhile, Gobiem, in his fading consciousness, thought only of his desire to live.

Eventually, thinking he had to escape this moment somehow, he uttered words he should never have spoken.

“Marine, she deceived her father…”

The words whispered in his dimming consciousness could only be heard by the Duke who was closest. Gobiem eventually couldn’t finish his words and fainted.

Gerald’s lips hardened stiffly.

Was there another reason why the Schwentz Viscount family was ruined? Fortunately, Marine didn’t hear it. It seemed an investigation would be necessary.

What a tenacious life.

The Duke threw him onto the marble floor.

“Butler. Clean this up.”

“Yes.”

Sebastian, who had been glaring at Gobiem with blazing angry eyes, bowed his head.

The butler simply grabbed Gobiem by the scruff of his neck and dragged him away. As Gobiem was dragged across the floor unconscious, no trace of noble dignity could be found in him anymore.

The nobles’ gazes now turned to Christine.

They had never seen the usually indifferent Western Duke publicly punish a noble like this. It meant that the Duke’s fiancée was an important person to the Duke.

The nobles thought that the moment they left this party hall, no one would be able to speak of any scandal about the Duke’s fiancée.

The Duke’s head turned toward Christine. She trembled violently with a face that looked like she would burst into tears at any moment.

“Y-Your Grace. I’m sorry. Lady Schwentz, I’m sorry. I misunderstood. I had no idea Lord Gobiem was that kind of person.”

Christine finally shed tears and sniffled.

“But deliberately spilling wine doesn’t seem like a misunderstanding?”

Zeromian, who had been standing to one side watching the situation, crossed his arms and spoke sarcastically.

“I-it was an accident, an accident.”

Christine hurriedly wiped her tears while making excuses.

“You said it was an accident, Lady?”

Zeromian gave a cold look and smiled as if painted on.

“Y-yes.”

Christine, feeling fear from the unfamiliar man who was questioning her in place of the Duke, hurriedly answered.

When the man waved his hand, she saw the transparent barrier that had been protecting the Duke’s fiancée disappear.

Whoever this man was, he wasn’t ordinary.

Why were these two impressive-looking men so desperate to protect that woman?

“Do people announce accidents beforehand?”

The Duke, who had been listening from the side, slowly added.

Startled, Christine looked at the Duke. Surely the Duke had been far away. He couldn’t have heard their conversation.

“Ah, I…”

Christine couldn’t continue her words. The Duke with his eyes closed seemed to see right through her.

Her vision became dizzy. Her chest felt tight and her breath was suddenly blocked.

Christine suddenly felt her throat being constricted and scratched at her own neck. Someone please help. Please.

When Christine’s face turned pale from being crushed by the Duke’s killing intent, a desperate voice burst from her mouth.

“Su…”

“Your Grace!”

Susan burst out from among the watching nobles.

Christine was startled. Just as she was about to blurt out Susan’s name, Susan had come to help her.

“Lady Susan!”

At that moment, the suffocating pressure was released with a pop.

Christine collapsed onto the floor and gasped for the breath she had been lacking.

While doing so, she looked at the friend who had come to help her with moved eyes.

However, Susan avoided her gaze with a cold face, then soon spoke to the Duke in a gentle voice.

“Lady Wears has committed a great wrong, but it happened because she misunderstood her fiancé’s past. Please have pity on Lady Wears.”

Christine looked at Susan with confused eyes.

She thought Susan was standing up for her, but somehow the title had returned to ‘Lady,’ and the brief eye contact was surprisingly cold.

Could it be… she came forward to silence her because she thought she was about to say her name?

As the Duke stood silently, Susan’s gaze turned to Marine.

“Lady Schwentz would have pity on Lady Wears, wouldn’t you? Since your beautiful dress is intact.”

Marine inwardly admired Susan’s appearance as she spoke kindly with her hands clasped together.

If she pressed Christine further in this situation, she would seem like a villainess who wouldn’t even forgive the mistake of an innocent lady who didn’t know her fiancé’s past.

Marine met eyes with Susan, who was looking directly at her with a challenging gaze. Her skill at guiding the conversation as she wanted was considerable.

Marine gently placed her hand on the Duke’s arm.

“Thanks to Gerald and Zeromian, I was fine. So let’s just let it go this time.”

At this, Count Wears, who had been holding his breath in the back, appeared and bowed his head.

“Your Grace, please forgive my inadequate daughter.”

“Father…”

“I don’t want to see you for a while.”

A cold command fell from the Duke.

Count Wears’ face turned ashen with grief. It was a warning not to appear in high society until he was forgiven.

The Count, who had forcibly lifted Christine, bowed so deeply that his head nearly touched the floor.

“I will keep this in mind.”

Soon he roughly dragged Christine outside.

At this sight, the nobles closed their mouths like mutes who had eaten honey.

Two nobles had been dragged out of the party hall.

Such a bizarre spectacle at an engagement celebration party was unprecedented. No one knew how to act, so they stood in place hesitating.

Marine looked around and then sighed deeply inwardly.

This is ruined, completely ruined. What are we going to do about this atmosphere?

She grabbed her dress slightly with a sense of mission.

Still, we have to save it somehow!

“Gerald.”

Marine approached the Duke and whispered.

“What?”

“Would you like to dance with me? Our party is ruined right now.”

“…I suppose so.”

Marine linked arms with the Duke and led him to the center dance floor.

Just as they were passing by Susan, she caught sight of her eerie gaze.

Startled, she looked back, but Susan had already turned her head and was walking away to another area.

She was a woman she’d never seen before, so why was she looking at her with such eyes? Wasn’t she just trying to help her friend?

As the engaged couple moved harmoniously to the dance floor, the orchestra hurriedly began playing a piece.

Soon, beautiful melodies enveloped Arena Hall.

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