I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 73

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 73

“I refuse. Or is that an order? But I’m not your person, Duke, so I have no reason to follow that order.”

Dia stared directly at the Duke with cold eyes as he sat with his eyes closed.

“My fiancée will be your chaperone.”

Was he even listening to what she was saying?

Sharp thorns began to grow in Dia’s chest. Those pointed thorns wanted to stab the Duke and make him hurt.

“Are you ignoring what I’m saying? Just like how you ignored us on the day we first arrived? Why on earth did you take on being our guardian? You should have just left us alone, whether we lived or died. You ignored Mother for all those years, didn’t you? Now that Mother has passed away, are you finally feeling guilty?”

“…”

“Please don’t have even a bit of sympathy for us. We’ll just live quietly like dead mice. When I become an adult, I won’t need a guardian. I’ll take my siblings and leave for the Southern Region again.”

Dia couldn’t control her anger and shouted while trembling all over.

Looking at the Duke’s face made her think of Mother, which made her even angrier. Because he resembled someone she missed, it made her miss Mother more and pierced her heart even deeper.

“Do you dislike Marine as your chaperone?”

“No… Yes. I dislike it. I dislike the Duke’s fiancée becoming my chaperone.”

“If there’s someone you want…”

“Stop! Why on earth are you concerned about my debutante?”

“Because as a noble woman, you must have a debutante.”

“Why? Because I need to get married? Because I need to produce descendants?”

Dia was pouring out her words passionately when she suddenly realized something that gave her chills.

This person is trying to marry me off. That’s why he’s trying to separate me from my siblings.

“That reason isn’t entirely absent either.”

“You’re really unnecessarily honest.”

Dia clenched both hands tightly. Her nails dug into her tender flesh and it hurt. That was good. Otherwise, tears would spill out.

“I refuse. No matter what happens, I will never go to the Capital for a debutante. Then I’ll take my leave now, Duke.”

Dia grabbed her dress, gave a polite bow, and turned around coldly.

She knew how rude it was to leave first when the Duke hadn’t even told her to withdraw. But she was too angry to bear it.

The Duke neither blamed her for such rudeness nor tried to stop her.

As she walked toward the office door, she saw that the door was slightly open. She was about to fling the door open and leave when she saw Marine standing in front of the door.

When their eyes met, Marine smiled brightly.

Dia unconsciously covered her trembling lips.

Did she hear?

She had shouted inside the office that she disliked her. She hadn’t yet figured out how to handle her kindness, but she definitely didn’t dislike her.

“I…”

As Dia tried to part her lips with difficulty, her face filled with guilt, Marine gently stopped her.

“Lady, it’s okay.”

She heard everything.

She felt a sudden fear. What if she no longer let Peridot sleep over?

As if reading her expression, Marine spoke soothingly and gently.

“Lady, don’t worry. I’ll teach Ruby and Peridot well.”

Dia looked into Marine’s eyes and thought.

She wouldn’t have a debutante, but if she were her chaperone, it would have been very reassuring.

“…Thank you.”

“Go quickly. Your siblings will be waiting.”

“Yes.”

She wanted to apologize and say it wasn’t her true feelings, but she didn’t want to apologize where the Duke could hear.

Dia bowed to Marine and moved her reluctant steps.

Marine watched Dia’s dejected retreating figure until she disappeared, then entered the Duke’s office. She deliberately made her footsteps loud and heavy to show she was angry.

Then she approached the Duke, slammed down the report she had brought onto the desk, and placed her hands firmly on her hips.

“Why?

The Duke asked with a calm expression.

“Are you like, first place in some ‘speaking unpleasantly’ contest or something?”

“Is there such a contest?”

Would there be?

Since the Duke waited quietly as if expecting an answer, Marine said grumpily.

“No.”

“That’s fortunate. It sounds like a boring contest.”

The Duke chuckled.

“Why on earth do you speak so unpleasantly?”

“I was just being honest.”

She realized why Oliver had pressed the report into her hands and told her to hurry to the office.

“So why are you only half honest? Do you know what kind of treatment a noble woman who doesn’t have a debutante receives? Do you know how much this society will torment and trouble her? Why do you skip over saying this?”

Marine looked at the Duke with pitying eyes.

This clumsy person who was only focused on protecting seemed unable to anticipate that his actions would hurt his niece even more.

How on earth could the relationship between the Duke and his nephews improve?

“…Was it difficult?”

The Duke paused before asking.

“Who? Me?”

“Yes.”

“Well, a little. But I was immediately pushed out of noble society and lived like a commoner, so I didn’t endure the contempt for long.”

“Who looked down on you?”

As soon as his words ended, a murderous aura began emanating from him.

Marine politely brought her hands, which had been firmly placed on her hips, together in front of her.

She was definitely intimidated.

“It’s old history. Gerald, please tone down that murderous aura…”

He quickly reined in his aura and pushed the report on the desk toward her.

“Write it down.”

“What?”

Marine asked with wide eyes.

“Write down the people who looked down on you.”

What is this, a Death Note?

“Um, this is a report.”

“Isn’t there any empty space on the report? Write it on top if you have to.”

He was firm, as if he wouldn’t compromise even an inch.

Marine couldn’t help but laugh.

“Why are you laughing?”

He asked bluntly.

“You already punished him. Gobiem.”

Marine kept laughing and bit her lips tightly.

She had endured alone all this time while caring for Mother. Then she gained someone who would take her side, but he was too strong. That made her feel indescribably reassured.

She hoped the nephews would quickly understand the Duke’s heart too.

The Duke raised his head as if looking at her.

Marine took a deep breath to suppress her laughter and picked up the report.

“I’ll read the report to you.”

“Alright. And write down anyone else you remember.”

Wow, how persistent.

* * *

Roanna was sitting on a bench outside the annex to get some fresh air after a long time.

The winter air was cold enough to make her nose tingle, but the sunlight streaming down was warm.

The green leaves hanging on the winter trees were admirable. Indeed, the scenery looked different when viewed from outside rather than through a window from inside a room.

“Yulia.”

“Yes.”

Yulia, who had been looking at her worriedly from behind the bench, answered quickly.

“Why don’t you go inside somewhere.”

“No, Wife. That absolutely won’t do. I’ll bring you more blankets. Please wait just a moment.”

“It’s fine…”

Before Roanna could raise her hand to stop her, Yulia hurried into the annex.

She was already wrapped up tightly in thick blankets. Sometimes she was more fussy than her own daughter.

The problem was that her body was frail enough to make others worry about her like this.

Roanna smiled faintly and closed her eyes. With her eyes closed, she could hear the sounds around her more vividly.

Since the Duke’s nephews were staying in the annex, she could definitely hear more people’s voices.

The Duke she had seen once from afar always had his eyes closed.

He must always focus on sounds like this, right?

Thinking that he was the person who would marry her daughter made her feel concerned.

“Excuse me, are you alright?”

At the cautious voice that suddenly reached her, Roanna slowly opened her eyes.

A cute girl with light green eyes was looking at her worriedly.

It seemed she had misunderstood that Roanna was in pain because she had her eyes closed with a weary expression.

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