I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 79

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 79

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Marine, whom he encountered in the corridor, came running over with a delighted face. Sebastian looked at her as if watching a beloved granddaughter.

“Is something the matter?”

“Butler- no, Master. There’s something I’d like to ask of you.”

“Why are you speaking formally again?”

“Because right now I’m asking a favor from my Master.”

Marine smiled shyly.

“Please ask me anything.”

“When you meet Lady Garnet Adria, could you show her that horse from before? Since it was her mother’s horse, I think the Lady would like it too. And please have some conversation with her as well. The other nephews seem to be gradually adapting to this place, but only the Lady seems to be somewhat left out.”

“Oh my. I failed to pay proper attention. I apologize.”

“No, Master! And, if the Lady happens to ask for anything separately, it would be good if you could accommodate her requests as much as possible.”

“Of course.”

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“Why do you want to learn swordsmanship?”

“Because I want to protect. I want to protect both Sister and my siblings.”

Garnet’s clear green eyes shone with strong determination.

Sebastian the butler drooped his wrinkled lips and nodded.

“That’s a good goal. I understand. There happens to be a good senior here, so shall we start tomorrow?”

“Yes! I want to!”

Garnet answered energetically.

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Ah- I don’t want to do this.

“Why are you here?”

Garnet, who had arrived at the training ground following Sebastian the butler from early dawn, looked at Marine with a bewildered expression.

“Oh! Lady, no wait. Junior Garnet! You’re here?”

Marine raised both hands high as if welcoming her.

“Junior?”

When Garnet asked back in a sharp voice, Marine grinned and called the red-haired man standing beside her.

“Yubis. It’s correct that we call each other senior and junior based on the order of joining the knight order, right?”

“Of course.”

The one called Yubis smiled mischievously and played along.

“See? I trained first, so I’m the senior, and Garnet is the junior.”

Marine pointed at herself once with her finger, then poked at Garnet for emphasis.

“Is this place a knight order?”

Garnet didn’t back down and rebelled.

“Since our Master is a former Vice-Captain of Knights, we have to follow those rules. Right? Master.”

Sebastian the butler, who had been watching the situation from behind, twitched his lips to suppress his laughter.

“There are indeed such rules.”

At the butler’s words, Garnet looked up at him with aggrieved eyes.

The butler quickly averted his gaze.

“Now, now. You heard, Junior Garnet? Let’s start with 10 laps around the training ground.”

“Why 10 laps?”

“Swordsmanship comes from stamina. I’m going to run 15 laps now.”

Marine puffed out her chest proudly and boasted.

“Hmph. If I run more than 15 laps, I don’t have to be your junior, right?”

Garnet threw down a challenge to Marine with blazing eyes.

Marine smiled confidently.

“Fine. If you run more than 15 laps, we’ll do that.”

“Good.”

“Start from here.”

The man called Yubis drew a long line on the floor with his scabbard.

Garnet pouted and approached where he pointed.

Looking closely, he seemed like a peer, just tall and broad-shouldered.

“Hmph. Got it.”

“Yes, yes.”

Yubis slung his sword over his shoulder and answered halfheartedly.

I don’t like any of this.

Garnet looked straight ahead with a sullen face. I’ll finish those 15 laps in no time!

“Huff, huff, huff.”

This is impossible.

Garnet sat down right on the ground after running 11 and a half laps. Marine and the red-haired man sitting under a tree were whispering to each other.

They’re definitely making fun of me.

Garnet used her anger as motivation and stood up again.

Her heart was running far away, but her feet wouldn’t move as if they were stuck to the ground.

Move, you stupid legs.

Garnet walked slowly while hitting her thighs. As she gradually moved forward, she got closer to the group sitting and chatting.

“Isn’t that amazing?”

“Isn’t that just basic?”

“I couldn’t do that well from the beginning.”

“That’s because Miss’s stamina is worse than a puppy’s.”

“What? A puppy? Hey, puppies have great stamina. They don’t rest!”

“Aw, I mean a newborn puppy. Not a grown dog.”

“What? Do you want to taste the fist of someone worse than a newborn puppy?”

“Wow, I’m against violence.”

Garnet turned her gaze away with bleary eyes. She wanted to pretend not to know the two people having a childish argument.

She wanted to pass by them quickly, but her feet were too heavy. This was the first time her body wouldn’t move as she wanted.

“Lady Garnet. How about stopping here for today?”

A gentle angel’s voice came from somewhere.

Garnet quickly turned her head toward where the voice came from. Sebastian the butler was looking at her with pity.

“Can I stop now?”

“Of course. If you overdo it on the first day, you won’t be able to come out the next day. Like someone we know.”

At his last words, Marine could be heard clearing her throat.

Soon Marine got up from her seat and approached Garnet.

“11 laps is amazing too, Junior Garnet.”

“…11 and a ‘half’ laps. Senior.”

Where are you trying to cut off the half?

Garnet gritted her teeth and emphasized the half.

“Right, 11 and a half laps. Good work. Let’s do well going forward.”

“Hmph. Fine.”

Marine’s gentle smile was somehow annoying, so Garnet snorted again.

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After finishing her dawn training, Marine had breakfast with Mother and went down to the second floor.

Peridot, dressed neatly, was coming out of the room holding Dia’s hand in one hand and carrying a pastel bag securely in the other.

“Hello, Teacher.”

“Hello, Teacher.”

“Good morning, Dia, Peridot.”

When she glanced into the room, Garnet was nowhere to be seen.

She seemed to be groaning in her room from the dawn training.

Rubiana peeked her face out between the door.

“Hello, Teacher.”

“Hello, Ruby. Let’s meet in the library after lunch.”

“Yes!”

Hearing Rubiana’s bright response, Marine took Peridot’s hand from Dia.

Chatting with Peridot as they walked, they quickly arrived at the Duke’s office.

The office was bright today as well. The table in front of the sofa that had become Peridot’s designated seat was piled high with snacks.

Peridot let go of the hand he was holding and stood in front of the Duke, then took a deep breath that made his chest heave.

A tension filled with some kind of determination flowed across the child’s small face.

Not knowing what was happening, Marine was charmed by Peridot’s cute face and cheered him on in her heart.

“Hello! Uncle!”

“…!”

The Duke’s eyebrows shot up and then came back down. He seemed surprised by the unexpected form of address.

“Sister Ruby said to call you this way.”

“…I see.”

The Duke answered slowly.

Peridot grinned with a proud face as if he had accomplished something very important. His now plump cheeks bulged out from smiling.

Marine, who had been watching the situation from behind, felt her fingers tingle because Peridot was so adorable.

If only she could grab and pull those chubby cheeks.

She was so proud of the child who must have gathered his courage just to say those words.

“Teacher, I’ll sit here and draw. Please do your work, Teacher.”

Peridot went to the sofa and sat down obediently, picking up the paper placed on the table.

“Thank you, Peridot. Let me report to Uncle Peridot and then we’ll draw together.”

“Yes!”

Oliver, who had been standing behind with a pleased expression, handed Marine a report.

Marine’s eyes sparkled as she read through the report.

Finally, opal had come into the world.

“This is a report about the silver mine in Nairon Territory. We have dealt with all the underground tunnel demon beasts that appeared frequently. The minerals that were judged to be low-grade minerals were collected and crafted. According to the jeweler’s assessment, they are very beautiful jewelry unlike anything seen before. We are sending the crafted minerals together, so please make your judgment.”

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