Translator: Nox

105 - I Got Engaged to the Blind Duke

I got engaged to the blind duke Chapter 105

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"I took care of another spy from the Imperial Palace today.”

Gerald clicked his tongue as he received the report.

“The Crown Prince is attracting more flies.”

“Doesn’t His Highness the Crown Prince follow The Duke?”

Olive gave a bitter smile.

“Useless.”

“I think it’s because he doesn’t have anyone to rely on in the Imperial Palace. His Majesty the Emperor keeps His Highness the Crown Prince at a distance, and Her Majesty the Empress is so weak that his maternal grandfather, the Marquis, has taken care of him since he was young……”

“Acting weak when he’s the Crown Prince.”

Olive quietly closed his mouth. He wasn’t bold enough to curse the Crown Prince like The Duke.

“By the way, Olive, how old are you?”

“Don’t you know that I’m the same age as you, Your Grace?”

Olive replied with a look that asked why he was asking such a question to The Duke’s sudden question.

Recently, The Duke had been asking about age whenever he met men of his age.

“That’s right. Why are you the same age as me?”

“Yes?”

Olive was lost in thought about how to answer this.

“Ask Butler Canolam. See if you have any secrets of birth.”

Olive looked at The Duke, wondering if he was joking, but his face was serious.

“Ah……. Yes.”

Olive had no choice but to answer.

He decided to worry later about what his father would say if he asked about the secret of his birth. He was just following The Duke’s orders.

“Where’s Zero?”

“He said he’s a little late because something broke down in the middle.”

“Where’s Marin?”

“She’s taking a walk with Miss Dia. You asked about it thirty minutes ago.”

“Has it been thirty minutes?”

The Duke quietly got up from his seat.

“Where are you going?”

“It’s strange to be taking a walk for thirty minutes. She might be meeting some Crown Prince-like guy somewhere again.”

Let’s leave out why the title of Crown Prince has ‘guy’ attached to it.

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Gerald heightened his hearing and strode forward.

Marin’s clear voice wasn’t heard from inside the mansion yet, so she must still be on a walk.

As he went outside the mansion, the sunlight poured down hotly.

Unlike the desolate and cold weather of the west, the capital was like a warm spring, even in late winter.

A gentle breeze slowly brushed past his face.

Gerald raised his head and slowly lifted his eyelids.

A drop of light fell into the black field of vision. Soon, the area around it gradually brightened, and a wide sky was seen shining blue.

It’s been a while. Blue sky.

‘……!’

In an instant, Gerald froze as if he had turned to ice.

He closed his trembling eyelids again. He closed his eyes and opened them again, but the sky was still dyed blue.

“Ha.”

A sound that was neither a groan nor a sigh escaped from his mouth.

The whiteness that had only been chilling turned black, and the silver-shining pupils turned dark gray.

Every day, he drank Mandelesong and opened his eyes once a day to see if anything had changed.

But every time, his eyes were dark as if a black curtain had been drawn. It was dark until last night when he last opened his eyes.

The sky is suddenly visible like this?

White clouds were seen floating in the blue sky in groups.

When he lowered his gaze, he saw fresh green leaves and black trees.

When he looked at the ground, he saw the small mouths of ants crawling away from his feet.

He, saw everything.

He raised his head again and looked up at the sky. He saw the blue eyes of a bird flying far away.

He could distinguish colors, and his eyesight was as good as before.

He saw his hands trembling because he couldn’t contain his excitement.

Gerald focused on his five senses with his eyes open.

All senses were back in place. He was finally completely free from pain.

“Marin.”

She healed him. He would never have tried it if it hadn’t been for her hint.

If someone had convinced him that he could be healed with flowers after being attacked by a Flower spirit, would he have listened?

He had met all the famous doctors in the Empire, but none of them could cure his eyes.

How did Marin know that Mandelesong would heal his eyes? But why didn’t she feed it to him sooner? She must have been half-doubtful since she even experimented on her own?

Marin.

Marin.

Marin.

When he thought of her, he wanted to see her like crazy.

What does she look like? What color is her hair? What color are her eyes? What about her nose? Her lips?

“The Duke, what are you doing here?”

Dia’s voice was heard from behind.

The Duke quickly closed his eyes again. The person he wanted to face for the first time with his eyes open was decided.

“Why are you alone? Where’s Marin?”

“Ah, she said she wanted to pick flowers, so she went to the back of the garden.”

“I see.”

“Your Grace.”

“Why?”

As he was about to leave in a hurry, Dia called out in a small voice.

“Do you not like me meeting His Highness the Crown Prince?”

“Do you want to meet him?”

“I don’t know.”

“Then let’s continue this conversation when you’ve made a decision.”

“Yes.”

He felt Dia nod slightly.

“Then, is there anything else to say?”

Gerald asked anxiously, and she said in a playful voice.

“No. Have a good time.”

“Okay.”

Gerald walked quickly in the direction Dia had told him.

As he increased his speed, the wind whistled sharply past him.

Even in the midst of all this, he listened to find Marin, but he couldn’t hear her voice because she was picking flowers silently.

Then Gerald stopped abruptly when he realized something.

“How pathetic.”

Like a fool, he was closing his eyes out of habit and relying only on his hearing to find her.

With his brightened vision, he passed through the garden full of flowers and entered a path lined with dense trees. The path, where sunlight could not penetrate due to the dense trees, was covered in dark Shadows even in broad daylight.

Soon, he saw a colony of Mandelesong blooming here and there under the thick tree trunks.

A woman was squatting in front of it.

Marin.

Instinctively, he knew that she was Marin.

The moment he recognized her, his heart beat like crazy.

The woman in the light purple dress was thin as he had expected.

A bitter taste rose in his mouth. She’s still so thin even though he fed her so much.

At the same time, he remembered how soft her body was when she fit perfectly in his arms.

The corners of his lips lifted slightly.

He’ll just have to feed her more.

Platinum blonde hair was braided long to one side, dangling as if it would touch the floor.

Even though he only saw her from behind, his heart was racing out of control as if it had broken down.

He took a deep breath, but he couldn’t breathe well as if he was being strangled.

He quickly unbuttoned his shirt one by one. Still, he felt stuffy inside.

Did he get heart disease because his eyes got better?

Step. Step.

He deliberately made footsteps so she wouldn’t be surprised.

Don’t run away because I’m coming to you.

As expected, Marin seemed startled by his footsteps and flinched.

Her small animal-like body became even smaller. Is she going to disappear like that?

Marin carefully turned her head and looked at him.

He was confident in his eyesight, but her face looked blurry as if in a dream. His eyes narrowed on their own.

Only then did she come into his sight.

Marin’s white skin was smooth without any blemishes, and her light green eyes, like spring sprouts, were fresh. Her moist pink lips were slightly open, and the white teeth hidden inside were neat and cute.

Marin’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled brightly, as if she recognized him.

Gerald closed his eyes and grabbed his chest at the throbbing pain in his heart.

Ha, why is she smiling so prettily?

He wanted to see that face forever, so he drew and redrew her face in his heart.

“You’re Gerald, right?”

“Yes.”

“I can’t see your face well because of the Shadows over there. What brings you here?”

“……I wanted to see you.”

I came because I wanted to see you.

Only after he said those words softly did he realize.

Why his heart is so messed up and painful with just one smile from this woman.

“Yes? I can’t hear you well. What did you say just now?”

“I came because I wanted to see you.”

Gerald decided to acknowledge this blind feeling for her. His heart beating for her is the proof.