I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 75

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 75

Peridot tilted his head with an expression that seemed to say ‘Is this flower pretty?’ and crouched down in front of the flower.

Marine picked the flower stem, bent it into a circle, and tied it.

“Ta-da, if you do this, it becomes a flower ring.”

When she slipped the ring onto Peridot’s small finger, the child’s eyes finally sparkled.

‘Wow! It’s pretty.’

Seeing how much Peridot liked it, she picked more flower stems and wrapped them around the child’s small wrist, making a flower bracelet as well.

Peridot jumped up from his spot and ran over to Garnet, who was standing far away, showing off his flower bracelet and flower ring proudly.

“Well, they’re pretty.”

She didn’t like the person who made them, but Garnet’s effort not to crush the child’s innocence was admirable.

Then, Peridot took off his flower ring and put it on Garnet’s finger.

“Peridot….”

Garnet, who had been treated coldly by Peridot many times, looked at him with a moved expression.

Peridot grinned and took her hand, pulling her over to stand in front of Marine.

“Huh?”

‘You should say thank you. Teacher made it for you.’

“He says you should thank me since I made it?”

Garnet’s touching moment completely shattered as she looked at Marine with a sullen face and whispered quietly.

“Thank you.”

She looked like she wanted to take off the flower ring immediately, but she seemed to be restraining herself for Peridot’s sake.

A wary but gentle cat.

“You’re welcome.”

Marine answered with a bright smile.

“Peridot, shall we make more and give them as gifts to all your sisters?”

‘Yes!’

“Then, pick only the flowers with long stems from those flowers. Can you do that?”

‘Yes!’

Peridot answered energetically and observed the flowers on the ground.

He carefully avoided the flowers with short stems and picked the flowers little by little.

Marine, who was crouched on the ground examining the flowers, looked up at Garnet.

“Would you like to make some too, Lady?”

“Why would I?”

As expected, a sharp answer came immediately.

“If you don’t want to, you don’t have to.”

Marine laughed softly because she found Garnet cute.

When Marine didn’t get upset but laughed instead, the corners of Garnet’s eyes shot up.

“Yes, I don’t like it. Not these worthless flowers, and not the fiancée either.”

“Oh my, worthless? Dandelion blossoms are such helpful flowers. You’re hurting the flowers’ feelings. I’m not hurt though, so don’t worry.”

“Who’s worrying! Hmph!!”

Garnet crossed her arms and snorted loudly.

At this rate, she might blow snot out.

Marine was satisfied with just exchanging a few words with Garnet, so she lowered her head and looked at the dandelion blossoms.

Since she had come all this way to play, she should pick enough to make dandelion extract.

When Marine quickly plucked flowers at a rapid pace, Garnet frowned.

“Why are you picking so many flowers you won’t even use? Poor things.”

See, she really is gentle.

“I’m going to use these as medicine.”

Garnet, torn between her desire not to talk to the fiancée and her curiosity, eventually lost to her curiosity.

“Medicine?”

“Yes. If you make a paste with these and put it on your forehead, it’s cooling. It’s a folk remedy that commoners use.”

“How do you know about such things when you’re a noble?”

“Ah, didn’t you hear the story about how my father passed away and our family fell to ruin?”

Of course she hadn’t heard.

Garnet’s green eyes visibly trembled with shock.

“The maids at the ducal house have tight lips. Since our family fell to ruin, I lived no differently from commoners, so I learned about it.”

She had heard about the effects of dandelion extract from Yulia, but explaining the whole story in detail would be too long.

“Ah…. Um, well.”

Garnet stammered with a flustered face.

“It’s okay. I’m doing well now because Gerald takes care of me.”

When the Duke’s name came up, Garnet’s expression hardened completely.

Seeing this, Marine sighed inwardly. It felt different from her simply disliking Marine herself.

Garnet seemed to want to escape the awkward atmosphere, so she looked for Peridot.

“Peridot. What are you doing over there?”

Peridot had gone quite far away and was standing there blankly, looking up at the sky.

When Garnet approached, Peridot hung his head with a dark expression.

Marine also went closer to Peridot, holding flowers in her hand.

“Peridot?”

‘Teacher, over there….’

Peridot raised his head and pointed at the sky.

When she turned her head in the direction the child’s finger pointed, she could see a tall tower rising high.

She had seen it every time she came here, but it was a place she hadn’t paid much attention to.

“What about there?”

‘Is that where the Duke lives?’

“No. That’s not it.”

This was the first time the child had mentioned the Duke.

Why all of a sudden?

Marine was looking down at Peridot’s round head when the child turned his head with a dejected expression.

“Do you want to see the Duke?”

Marine lowered herself to the child’s eye level and asked carefully.

Peridot shook his head with empty eyes.

‘I want to go to my room.’

“Alright, let’s go.”

She didn’t know why Peridot’s mood had suddenly turned bad, but deep sadness had settled on the child’s face. Peridot tightly grasped Garnet’s hand and walked forward.

Marine, who was following behind them, looked when Peridot turned around again to look at the tower.

She didn’t know what about that place had stimulated the child’s curiosity, or made him tremble with fear.

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Marine sent Peridot back to his room and headed to the guest reception room.

Idre greeted her with a welcoming smile.

“Lady Marine.”

“What brings you here, Designer?”

“What brings me here? I came to work.”

“Work?”

“Yes. I brought the dress you ordered before.”

“Is that still available?”

“Of course. I still need to make about twenty more dresses, Valued Customer.”

Yulia set out refreshments on the table.

“Thank you, Yulia.”

“Not at all. Then I’ll be going now.”

As Yulia bowed her head and left, Marine picked up her teacup and asked about everyday matters.

“Have you been very busy lately?”

Idre picked up her teacup as if to say don’t even ask, then put it back down and waved her hand.

“You have no idea how busy I am. I need to hire more assistants.”

“That’s such wonderful news. Congratulations!”

Marine congratulated her sincerely.

“Hehehe. It’s all thanks to Lady Marine. Everyone’s clamoring to wear dresses made by me, the exclusive designer of the future Duchess.”

Idre burst into hearty laughter.

“I, I see.”

Oh dear, I’m not the future Duchess though.

Marine picked up her teacup again to hide her awkward expression.

“Oh, and the young ladies who will soon have their debutantes want dresses too, so it’s chaos again.”

“You’ll be rich soon.”

“Just thinking about it makes me happy. Oh, Count Air’s Estate is hosting a small dessert party gathering the young ladies who are about to debut.”

Marine quietly set down her teacup and asked.

“Really?”

“Yes. It’s something they do every year. This time, Count Air’s eldest daughter seems to be organizing it. The second daughter is having her debutante this time.”

Marine smiled bitterly.

If it happened every year, it meant it existed when she had her debutante too.

But she had never received such an invitation.

Count Air’s eldest daughter was named Susan, wasn’t she? She recalled how she had stared at her eerily.

“His Grace’s eldest niece is also having her debutante, right?”

“…Yes.”

Of course Dia didn’t want to, but there was no need to create unnecessary gossip.

“Then you’ll receive an invitation soon. Will you go?”

“Do I have to go?”

“Well, all the young ladies from the Western Region will gather. Wouldn’t it be good for the ladies having their debutantes this time to get along beforehand?”

“I haven’t received an invitation yet. I’ll think about it when I do.”

“Oh, have you found a debutante dress?”

Marine gently shook her head.

“The Lady is still wearing mourning dress.”

“Then please contact me later without fail. I’ll work on it as top priority over anything else.”

Idre spoke as if making a promise.

“Yes, thank you.”

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Thump thump thump.

Marine, awakened by the sudden noise, sat up in bed.

Unconsciously checking outside the window, it was still dark night.

Thump thump thump.

The door sounded again.

Marine got out of bed and cracked the door open slightly.

Dia stood there pale as a sheet, wearing thin nightclothes.

At the appearance of someone she never expected, Marine opened the door wide.

“Lady, what’s wrong at this hour of the night?”

“I’m sorry. I know I shouldn’t come barging in like this…”

Dia’s face was unusually pale. Her fingers were visibly trembling.

Marine grabbed her hands tightly with a worried expression and asked.

“It’s fine. What happened?”

“Please help me…”

Dia’s delicate voice was desperate. Tears instantly filled her large eyes.

Startled, Marine hurriedly asked.

“What’s wrong?”

“Pe, Peridot is gone. Peridot has disappeared.”

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