I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 67

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 67

Peridot looked startled and tightly grasped Dia’s hand, hiding behind her skirt.

“…Yes. Hello.”

Dia also hid her flustered expression and answered a bit slowly.

“Hmph.”

Garnet, who was standing next to Dia, glared at Marine with sharp eyes and turned her head away abruptly.

Rubiana was still looking up at Marine with eyes full of curiosity.

“Well then, we’ll be going.”

Dia bowed her head slightly and was about to leave immediately.

“Um, Lady Adriana.”

Marine carefully called out to Dia who had turned her back.

Dia slowly turned around with an attitude that showed she had no choice. Her whole body expressed that she didn’t want to deal with this.

“…Yes.”

“I’m also staying in the annex.”

Marine could see Dia’s pale face stiffen.

“Yes. I heard from the maid.”

“Won’t it be uncomfortable for you?”

“What do you mean?”

Dia finally raised her head and met Marine’s gaze with her deep green eyes.

“You must want to rest comfortably, but now you have to stay in the same place as a stranger. If it’s uncomfortable, I can ask the Duke- no, Gerald if I can move somewhere else.”

Dia listened to Marine’s words silently with emotionless eyes.

“No. I heard you were staying in the annex before us. We’ll be as careful as possible.”

Her words were polite, but there was a thorough sense of distance in her tone.

“Sister, let’s go quickly.”

Garnet, who had been standing beside them with a displeased expression the whole time, urged Dia.

“Alright. Well then, goodbye.”

“Yes.”

Marine nodded as if telling them to go ahead.

Rubiana, who was following her sisters, turned around and waved her hand slightly.

Marine smiled brightly and waved back at her.

Garnet, who noticed this, grabbed Rubiana’s arm as if telling her not to interact and pulled her forward.

“Ow, sister.”

“Don’t greet just anyone.”

“She’s not just anyone.”

“Listen to your sister.”

As Marine heard the sisters bickering, she stood there and smiled bitterly.

She felt worried about whether she could become close with them in the future.

Still, she had to make it work.

No, she wanted to make it work.

The children who had lost their parents in an instant resembled her greatly. That’s why she was so concerned about them.

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The next day.

Marine deliberately went down to the second floor and wandered around. Thinking that frequent encounters would build affection, she planned to run into them as often as possible.

As she was walking slowly down the second floor corridor, the door to the central room opened.

The person who came out rubbing her eyes with a sleepy face was none other than Garnet.

“Hello…”

Bang.

Before Marine could finish her greeting, the door slammed shut.

It was a strong wall of rejection.

The next day.

Marine deliberately loitered outside the annex in the late afternoon. Just in case the nephews came out for a walk like last time.

Just then, all four nephews in mourning dress came out together.

“Hello. The weather is really nice.”

Rumble. Suddenly, thunder struck from a clear sky.

Oh, what a surprise.

When she looked up at the sky in shock, she could see dark clouds gathering.

Wow, even the weather won’t help me.

“Sister, the weather doesn’t look good today. Let’s go inside.”

Garnet glanced at Marine with a triumphant look and then spoke to Dia.

“Alright. Well then, goodbye.”

Dia bowed her head slightly and went back inside the annex.

In the meantime, Rubiana glanced at her sisters and waved her hand slightly.

Marine also quickly smiled and waved back.

Even so, Marine watched them with worried eyes.

Dia and Garnet’s faces looked very gaunt. They were so thin that their chins looked sharp.

Peridot, who was tightly holding Dia’s hand, wasn’t much different either. The child, who was only six years old, was very thin, and his under-eyes were dark, making him look very sick.

Wasn’t he just suffering from shock-induced mutism?

Marine watched them with a thoughtful expression until they entered the annex.

The next day.

Marine headed to the kitchen with Yulia.

When only she and Mother were staying in the annex, Yulia would bring food from the main house, but now with the Duke’s nephews there as well, three cooks from the main house were coming to prepare food.

When Marine entered the kitchen, the head chef wearing a white hat stopped preparing food and greeted her. Following his lead, the kitchen staff also stopped what they were doing and all bowed in greeting.

“Hello, Miss.”

“Good day, Miss.”

“Yes. Everyone continue with your work.”

Marine responded and approached the head chef.

“The food is very delicious. Thank you always.”

“It’s my pleasure that you find it tasty.”

The head chef smiled brightly. Praise from superiors was a great driving force for work.

“I know you’re busy, but could you spare me a moment?”

The head chef quickly bowed his head at Marine’s polite request.

The Duke’s fiancée was indeed a kind person to subordinates, just as rumored.

“Yes. I have plenty of time.”

“I was wondering if the Duke’s nephews are eating well.”

The head chef’s previously bright expression darkened in an instant.

“I’m sorry. It seems I haven’t been able to suit the young ladies’ and young master’s tastes yet.”

“Are they not eating well?”

“They leave more than half of their food.”

The head chef confessed honestly with a dejected face.

“Have you tried serving southern cuisine?”

“Yes. That cook over there is from the southern region.”

A young cook who had been stirring soup in the back bowed his head in greeting. Marine acknowledged him with a nod and listened to the Head Chef’s words.

“Even when he prepares southern cuisine for them, they can barely eat their meals.”

The Head Chef lowered his head with a guilty expression.

For a cook, empty plates were like medals of honor. However, the Duke’s nephews could only pick at their food and couldn’t properly eat at all.

“What about dessert then?”

“They do eat a little bit of dessert at least.”

“Well, it’s fortunate they eat even that much…”

Marine fell deep into thought.

The fact that they couldn’t even enjoy southern food seemed like they were either sick or had some emotional problem.

“Oh, do we have bananas?”

“Yes.”

Bananas were fruit that only grew in the deep southern jungle. She remembered a scene from the novel where the Female Protagonist and the nephews shared them together.

“Could you prepare pancakes with finely sliced bananas on top and drizzled with honey as snacks for the nephews?”

“Yes. I understand.”

“And I’d appreciate it if you didn’t mention that I asked you to prepare this.”

“I’ll do as you say.”

The Head Chef answered immediately as if he understood.

It seemed rumors had already spread among the servants that things weren’t good between her and the nephews. With the nephews openly avoiding her, there was no way rumors wouldn’t spread.

After leaving the kitchen, Marine headed straight to Oliver’s office.

Although the nephews enjoyed bananas in the novel, she couldn’t feed them only bananas every day.

A fundamental solution was needed.

Marine knocked on the advisor’s office and entered.

“Oliver.”

“Yes, Lady Marine.”

“There’s something I’d like to discuss with you.”

“Please go ahead.”

Oliver, who had risen from his desk, gestured toward the sofa.

Though she had decided to continue reading reports, she had stepped back from assisting Oliver.

This was due to Oliver’s strong insistence that he couldn’t make the Duke’s fiancée do such work.

“The nephews don’t seem to be eating their meals well. They’ve gotten quite thin too. I think it would be good to have them see their personal physician.”

“Actually, I’ve been thinking we should have Young Master Peridot see the personal physician…”

Oliver trailed off with a worried expression.

“Do they perhaps not want to meet with the personal physician?”

Oliver gave a bitter smile as if that was exactly right.

“Yes. They already met with many doctors at the Count’s Estate. Since they all just said it was a mental illness, it seems they don’t want to see any more doctors.”

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