I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 95
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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 95
“It’s Yubis.”
When Yulia looked at Marine with a flustered expression, Marine smiled brightly and said.
“Come in.”
Yubis entered with bandages wrapped tightly around one thigh. Yulia glared at Yubis with sharp eyes.
“Don’t look at me like that. I said I was wrong. Lady Marine, I’m sorry. I made a mistake.”
“It’s not your fault. I was just standing in the way when you were running, so I got caught up in it. If I hadn’t been there, you would have escaped just fine on your own.”
“Yulia, could you step out for a moment?”
“Why?”
“I have something to say to Lady Marine.”
“Alright. Yulia, go out for a bit. I’ll eat this slowly.”
Marine had a good idea of what this was about, so she sent Yulia out.
“Apologize properly to Lady Marine.”
Yulia still glared at her younger sibling with sharp eyes.
“I know.”
After she closed the door and left, Yubis hung his head low.
“I’m truly sorry, Lady Marine.”
“I told you it’s fine.”
“And El. Thank you. I kept El a secret.”
Yubis looked around in the air as he gave his greeting.
“El probably heard too.”
Marine answered instead of El, who gave no response.
“Yes. I’m going to work harder. I realized last night that I was being cocky just because everyone said I was doing well. Next time, I’ll definitely protect you, Lady Marine.”
Yubis raised his head and spoke with eyes full of determination.
It was a good look in his eyes.
Marine nodded and smiled gently.
“I’ll cheer you on. And you should carry a compass with you.”
“Yes…”
At her last words, Yubis deflated again.
“Go rest. Get proper treatment.”
“Yes. You rest too, Lady Marine.”
After sending Yubis away, just as she was finishing her meal, there was another knock.
“Come in.”
The door opened quietly and the Duke entered.
Marine’s eyes widened as she looked at the Duke.
“Oh, I thought it was Yulia.”
“How’s your body?”
“I’m fine.”
“Then let’s go out for a bit.”
The Duke suggested curtly.
“Alright.”
Since she had run hard last night, it would be good to take a walk today to stretch her legs.
He extended his large hand.
Marine thought he was going to examine her wrist right away, so she placed her wrist on his hand.
He chuckled softly and naturally took her hand in his.
Not the wrist?
Marine’s face turned red as she looked down at their clasped hands.
“There’s no one around right now.”
“From now on, except when sleeping, stay within ten steps of me.”
“What do you mean…”
“It means there won’t be any more dangerous situations.”
Last night’s incident must have been quite a shock to the Duke as well.
Marine looked at her own hand wrapped in the Duke’s large hand. Looking at it this way, her hand really did look small.
Marine unconsciously smiled softly as she looked at her tightly held hand.
* * *
She left the manor with the Duke. Following the Duke without any particular thought, she could see the back gate.
“Huh?”
“You recognize it.”
“Last night I thought I just had to avoid this place.”
Marine answered with a voice that sounded absurd even to herself.
“Want to see the mine?”
Go back to the place where all that chaos happened last night? Had they cleaned up the demon beast’s corpse?
Curiosity and fear coexisted in her heart.
“Don’t worry. I’m here with you today.”
She looked up at his profile. This person probably doesn’t know how reassuring those words sound.
“Yes.”
She followed the Duke out through the back gate. Walking on the dirt road, they soon came to the forest.
The Duke headed forward without hesitation. Anyone watching would never believe he couldn’t see.
“Greetings, Your Grace, Lady Schwentz.”
At the mine entrance they had somehow reached, two knights were standing. The demon beast’s corpse had already been cleaned up without a trace.
Why weren’t you here yesterday?
Marine looked at the knights with sad eyes and just gave a slight nod in greeting.
“Let’s go in.”
Entering through the cave-like entrance, there were torches here and there.
Once inside, memories from last night came flooding back.
Marine wrapped her arm around the one holding the Duke’s hand. Then the Duke’s hand gripped hers more firmly, as if to reassure her.
* * *
Going deeper inside, they came to a cave with a subtle blue-green glow. Inside, a miner was breaking the wall with a pickaxe.
“Found one!”
At one miner’s words, the miners gathered.
“This one’s black. Black ones seem to be rare.”
“Then take it straight to His Lordship.”
There was also a knight standing where the miners were breaking the wall. The knight who spotted the Duke quickly bowed his head.
“Greetings, Your Grace, Lady Schwentz.”
When the knight gave his greeting, the miners stopped their movements and bowed deeply.
“Greetings, Your Grace.”
“Continue your work.”
At the Duke’s words, the miners resumed their pickaxe work.
The miner who had just discovered the black opal approached and offered the mineral.
“These black ones are found in very small quantities here.”
The Duke, taking the opal, spoke in a low voice.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Oh my, yes. Thank you.”
The old miner was delighted, as if the fact that he had conversed with the Duke felt like a dream.
Black opal was rare and expensive even in her previous life, and it seemed like not much was produced here either.
“Do you like it?”
“What?”
“Here.”
“Of course. I named it Opal myself. I like it so, so much.”
This smell of money— no, the smell of gems. She couldn’t imagine how much all this would be worth.
“Take it.”
“What?”
Marine asked back with a dumbfounded expression.
“You said you liked it.”
“You’re just giving me this mine because I said I liked it?”
“A bonus.”
The Duke leaned toward her and whispered.
“It’s too big a gift.”
When she looked flustered, he chuckled.
“You can’t accept a pure gift? Then it can’t be helped. Let’s consider this as payment for the debt from yesterday.”
“Debt?”
“Yes. I said I would protect you, but I exposed you to danger, so I owe you a debt. Now there’s no debt. I refuse your refusal.”
“Then… I’ll gratefully accept it.”
When she first read the report about this mine, she thought it would be good to get even just one mineral.
Marine forcibly suppressed her urge to cheer.
The Duke secretly opened his eyes without others knowing.
In the black field of vision, he could see slightly less black light moving faintly.
Was it not an illusion?
* * *
They left the territory with the enthusiastic farewell of Lord and Lady Nairon.
The continuing journey was also peaceful. They finally left the Western Region and entered the Central Region where the Emperor was.
Dia grew to like the Diamond Carriage more and more. The reason was that the carriage had less shaking, making it comfortable when embroidering.
When they left Nairon Territory, Yulia also boarded the Diamond Carriage. She had decided that no matter what happened, she should stay with her.
The three of them enjoyed the carriage journey while chatting pleasantly.
Thang. Thang. Thang.
“What is this sound?”
Dia looked up with a startled face while embroidering.
Marine’s gaze reached the side of the carriage. Arrows flying from somewhere were hitting the carriage.
“Kyaa!”
Yulia, who had likewise looked to the side, screamed and quickly covered her mouth. The two young ladies were calm, so she shouldn’t be the only one making a fuss.
Marine calmly locked the carriage latch from the inside. According to the scroll manual Zeromian had given her, if locked with the latch from inside, it could never be opened from outside.
While doing so, she took out a dagger from the rolled leather and placed it beside her so she could grab it anytime.
“It seems like an attack.”
“An, an attack?”
Yulia’s red eyes widened with fear, but she tried not to show it.
“This happens as soon as we leave the Western Duke’s Territory.”
Dia gripped her embroidery hoop tightly while looking at the arrows that kept flying.
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