124 - I Got Engaged to the Blind Duke
Blind Peacock and Engaged Chapter 124
"Teacher?"”
“Uh, uh?”
“Are you okay?”
“Uh, uh.”
Marin moved forward creakily, her face blank.
“Are your hands and feet moving together right now?”
“Uh, uh.”
Marin gave the same answer again, moving her hands and feet like a doll as she walked.
Oh, my god. My ideal type is the Duke.
Once she realized this, her mind was completely messed up. Her chest felt suffocating, tight, and heavy.
“Teacher?”
“I, I, need, to walk alone.”
Marin blurted out the words incoherently and strode forward.
Life hadn't been easy enough for her to spend time thinking about her ideal type.
The words she had unconsciously uttered were pointing to one man, as Dia had said.
She had said that her ideal type was a kind man because she wanted to meet someone like her father, but she actually knew.
How kind the Duke was to her.
“Marin, love me.”
Those words she had tried to forget.
Those words she had tried to laugh off.
The Duke's command was faithfully carried out.
She had come to love the Duke. Foolishly.
His command was firmly engraved from her mind to the depths of her heart.
When on earth did it start? When did she start loving the Duke?
Was it when she heard her parents' story and readily decided to have the engagement ring made of Aquamarine?
Was it when he revealed the fraud her father had suffered and offered her his hand instead of a handkerchief?
Was it when he protected her from the Monster?
Was it when he teased her and laughed?
Was it when he called her name kindly?
She didn't know. When it started.
Marin shook her head.
Was there a need to decide when it started?
She had slowly and gradually permeated him.
And so she came to love the Duke.
In fact, she knew her own feelings, but she was going to pretend not to know and leave.
Because she couldn't become aware of it like this.
She wanted to run away somewhere right now and disappear from the world.
Marin ran quickly and tripped over a stone.
She was falling.
The moment she squeezed her eyes shut and braced herself for the dull impact, a solid body supported her.
“Be careful.”
Her heart pounded.
Was it because she was running? Or was it because she was being held by him?
“Marin?”
“Yes?”
A shrill voice, as if her throat was being strangled, burst out on its own.
“Are you okay?”
His low voice conveyed concern for her.
Why did he have to be so kind?
Why did he have to be so handsome?
Why did he have to make her fall for him?
Why did he have to tell her to love him?
It wasn't his fault that the Duke was so perfect, but she resented him. She really didn't want to cry, but tears welled up.
“Why, why……”
He felt the moisture in Marin's voice and gently patted her back.
“Were you very surprised?”
His smooth jawline, red lips, sculpturally beautiful high nose, and closed eyes.
If only she could see those eyes. Then she wouldn't have to worry about his eyes not being able to see.
The transparent dew that had formed in his green eyes flowed down her cheek.
“Marin?”
“Yes?”
At her dazed voice, he lowered his head slightly as if worried.
As his handsome face came closer, Marin bit her lower lip without realizing it.
“Are you crying again?”
“No.”
Marin roughly wiped away her tears.
“You were crying?”
The Duke carefully pulled her shoulder and hugged her.
“Why?”
“I don’t have a handkerchief.”
“I don't need a handkerchief. I'm really not crying.”
Marin said firmly and tried to pull away from him, but he slowly opened his mouth.
“……Bee.”
“Bee?”
“Yes. A bee. It's behind you right now.”
She was in his arms, so she couldn't turn her head and see if there was a bee.
“Is it gone?”
“Not yet. It's still hovering nearby.”
Don't wonder how he saw the bee when he can't even see.
Marin relaxed the stiffness in her back and leaned her cheek slightly against his firm chest.
The Duke's heartbeat sounded pleasantly in her ear.
She had just realized that she loved this man, was it okay to be hugged like this?
“Is it still there?”
“Yes.”
As Marin leaned deeper into him after hearing his answer, Lord Gerald's chest swelled and he found it difficult to breathe.
He hugged her small, soft body tightly and looked down at the platinum blonde crown of her head.
Was there no way to hide her in his arms so that she couldn't run away anywhere?
If he brought thousands of bees flying in from afar, would she hide safely in his arms?
As he watched over her, the dangerous desires within him kept raising their heads.
Soon, when they arrived at the Duke's Castle, Marin would bring up the end of their employment engagement.
He needed time for her to love him.
A kind man…….
He was the most different man from himself. Was that why Jeromian and the Third Prince were also kind to her?
Sly bastards.
He had to be kind to her from now on.
So that she could love him.
“Lord Gerald?”
“Why?”
Lord Gerald tried to make the kindest voice he could, but his low voice was only rough.
It was a failure.
“Is the bee still there?”
“Yes. There are many.”
There were many far away.
“By any chance, can you see even a little bit?”
She asked in a cautious tone.
Damn it. He knew it. If he said he could see, she would leave right away.
“No. I can't see at all. So you have to stay by my side and read to me. That's the only way I can fall asleep.”
“……Yes, I understand.”
Her voice was subdued. Was she disappointed that she missed the chance to leave?
He would never let her go.
The arm holding her tightened even more.
\ \ *
Inside a luxurious inn room.
Marin stared blankly at the Mandelesong she had picked from the field.
Clearly, in the book, the female lead made medicine with Mandelesong and fed it to the Duke.
It was clear that it was effective not by applying it, but by directly feeding it to him.
Marin lowered her gaze and looked at her chest, which was pounding just by thinking of the Duke.
If the Duke could see before he met the female lead, wouldn't it be okay to confess?
She wanted to tell the Duke her feelings honestly.
It was the first time. Loving a man.
And she didn't want to pretend not to know and trample on her first love.
If there was even a small possibility, wouldn't it be possible to at least try?
It seemed like that was the proper thing to do for her first love.
Of course, the Duke might listen to her story and laugh it off coldly.
In fact, that possibility was higher.
Because an extra was confessing to the male lead.
A bitter smile formed on Marin's lips and disappeared.
Right now, she had to focus on healing the Duke's eyes rather than her own feelings. Only then could she try to confess or anything else.
Marin steeled her heart and picked up a Mandelesong.
Yuria, who had entered the room, discovered the Mandelesong and naturally prepared to make a poultice.
“Yuria.”
“Yes.”
“Have you ever eaten Mandelesong?”
Yuria raised her head sharply and quickly shook her head.
“That would be a disaster, Miss.”
“Huh? Why?”
“I once saw a child who had a stomachache after eating Mandelesong because he was hungry. You should only apply it.”
It seemed that even the common people knew about Mandelesong.
“Even the adults who sometimes make Flower Tea don't drink Mandelesong tea.”
“Flower Tea?”
“Yes. Poor commoners can't afford expensive tea. So they dry the flowers that grow in the fields and brew them into tea.”
At that moment, Marin's eyes lit up.
She had tried chewing and eating Mandelesong, and she had tried making a poultice and applying it.
What if she dried it and drank it as Flower Tea? Would the effect be different?
Originally, the efficacy of medicinal herbs changed depending on how they were handled.
“Yuria, shall we try drying this?”
“If you want to drink Flower Tea, you should use other flowers instead of this……”
“No. I want to try drinking it with this.”
“If you get a stomachache……”
Yuria trailed off with a worried look.
“It's okay. If I get a stomachache, I can get medicine from the Attending physician. For now, the Flower Tea is a secret between you and me.”
Marin looked at the Mandelesong and decided to challenge herself to another in vivo experiment.
