15 - I Got Engaged to the Blind Duke
Blind Duke and Engagement Episode 15
"Then, I will return to my post." The servants will move your belongings inside.”
Butler Sebas, who was standing behind her, said with a smile.
“Thank you.”
“Thank you, Butler.”
Loanna and Marin hurriedly bowed.
“There was nothing much to do, but I receive overflowing gratitude. Then.”
Sebas, who received the greetings with a formal posture, turned and walked away.
“Shall we go, you two?”
Olive spoke softly.
“Yes.”
Marin supported Loanna as they entered the annex. The hallway was decorated with expensive-looking porcelain and colorful flowers here and there.
The annex was more spacious and luxurious than she had expected. She wondered if this was really an annex exclusively for servants.
“First, this room will be used by Marin’s mother. It’s the room with the best sunlight.”
Olive opened the white door wide and stepped back.
As soon as Marin and Loanna entered the room, they widened their eyes and looked at each other.
Sunlight poured in through the large window. A chandelier that sparkled as it reflected the light. Golden wallpaper. A comfortable-looking large bed. The room was beautifully decorated with luxurious-looking furniture.
“Is this really the servants’ quarters?”
Loanna whispered in Marin’s ear with a dazed face.
“I don’t think so?”
Marin also looked around the room with a bewildered look and looked at Olive.
“Olive. I think we came to the wrong room.”
“Are you not satisfied? Shall I change it to another room then?”
“Yes? Ah, no. It’s not that I’m not satisfied….”
Marin trailed off with a perplexed face.
“This entire third floor of the annex is emptied for Marin and Marin’s mother, so you can look around all the rooms and choose the one you like.”
Olive smiled brightly and explained kindly.
Marin’s lips parted in surprise.
To use this entire third floor?
At first glance, there seemed to be more than five rooms.
“Olive. Is this really an annex exclusively for servants?”
Marin asked the question she had been wondering about while looking around the room.
“Of course not.”
Olive shook her head with a bright smile.
“Right? I didn’t think so either.”
Marin nodded and then asked in this situation where she was dying of curiosity.
“But why did I come here?”
Olive stared at her with eyes that seemed to ask why she was saying such strange things.
“Marin is not a maid, is she?”
“Am I not a maid?”
“You are the assistant to my assistant, who is the Duke’s aide.”
Was that position treated so grandly?
Marin swallowed the words that she couldn’t bring herself to say and drew an awkward eye smile.
“That’s right. I’m an as.sis.tant.”
She deliberately emphasized ‘assistant’ when she said it, but Olive still only wore a kind smile.
“Shall we look around the other rooms then?”
“Mom.”
Marin turned to her mother, who was standing next to her, to ask for Loanna’s opinion.
“If it’s okay to use this room, I want to use this room.”
Loanna whispered carefully to Marin.
“Okay, Mom. Olive, can I have the room next to my mother’s?”
“Of course. And will you have breakfast in your room?”
“Is that okay?”
Marin asked back with a surprised face.
“Of course. Because you are the as.sis.tant to my assistant, who is the Duke’s aide.”
Olive smiled kindly and emphasized assistant as if she was imitating her.
“Ah… thank you.”
Marin bowed her head with an awkward smile.
A luxurious room and even meals. Being an assistant to the Duke’s aide was a very good job.
“Would you like to come to the office after breakfast? There are some things I want to fix in the contract.”
At those words, Loanna grabbed Marin’s sleeve tightly with trembling fingers.
Marin patted her hand as if to say it was okay.
“Yes.”
“Then, rest well.”
Olive, who pretended not to see the two’s actions, bowed slightly and left.
“This room is as good as the old room. The bed is also fluffy.”
Loanna’s voice trembled slightly as she stroked the cozy bedding as if she couldn’t believe it.
“Mom, I’ll buy you a better bed than this one.”
“I didn’t mean it that way.”
Loanna shook her head with an embarrassed face.
“I know. I’m just bragging in advance because I’m going to make a lot of money soon.”
When Marin put her hands on her waist and said boastfully, Loanna laughed out loud.
It was then.
Knock knock. Their conversation was interrupted by a cautious knock.
“Yes. Come in.”
A young maid with red bobbed hair that fell slightly below her ears, who looked about 15 years old, pushed a trolley and entered.
“Hello, hello. Miss. From to, today, I will be ser, serving Miss and, and Miss’s mo, mother. I’m, I’m Yuria.”
Yuria’s face turned as red as her hair, as if she was ashamed of stuttering.
“Hello, Yuria. Rather than that, I’m not a Miss, so please don’t call me Miss.”
When Marin gently refused, Yuria made a crying face with a flustered expression.
“Then, wh, what sh, should I ca, call you?”
“Just call me Marin. My mother’s name is Loanna.”
“Ye, yes. Marin. Loanna.”
“You don’t have to add ‘nim’ either.”
At this, Yuria widened her eyes as if something terrible had happened and waved her hands greatly.
“I ca, can’t do th, that. The, the aide and the butler to, told me to se, serve Marin we, well. I’m, I’m sorry. I, I stutter wh, when I’m in fr, front of people I’m me, meeting for the fi, first time. I’m re, really so, sorry. I’ll get be, better soon.”
“It’s okay. I can understand you well. Right? Mom.”
“That’s right.”
Yuria’s face gradually regained its original color at their kind attitude.
“I’ll pr, prepare your me, meal.”
Yuria pushed the trolley to the tea table and took out the food.
Warm pumpkin soup and freshly baked bread. Cheese and ham. Various jams. Pudding and macarons for dessert.
A wonderful breakfast was quickly prepared.
Yuria, who had finished her work and stepped back, took a deep breath and spoke slowly to avoid stuttering.
“Wh, what ti, time would you li, like lunch? Sh, shall I se, serve lunch he, here too?”
“Yes. Please serve all meals here from now on. Breakfast at 8, lunch at 1, and dinner around 7.”
“Ye, yes. I un, understand. Wh, when you’re do, done, just le, leave it as is and I’ll cl, clean it up. If you ne, need anyth, anything, pl, please ri, ring the be, bell ne, next to the be, bed at an, any ti, time.”
“I will. Thank you.”
Yuria bowed slightly and left.
As she left, Loanna’s expression darkened.
“This is a big problem.”
“Why, Mom?”
“I was short-sighted. I was so caught up in the Duke treating us well that I forgot. What kind of person he is.”
Fear settled in Loanna’s green eyes.
“You’ve heard the rumors too, right? That he never shows mercy to his enemies.”
“Yes….”
Marin nodded heavily.
“If he finds out we lied….”
As Loanna’s voice trembled, Marin held her hand warmly.
“Mom. Don’t worry too much. I’ll try my best to help the Duke as much as I can.”
“Will that be enough?”
“Of course. Just trust me. More than that, let’s eat before it gets cold.”
Marin deliberately spoke more bravely to reassure Loanna.
“Okay. Let’s eat together.”
Marin also sat down, watching Loanna sit down.
In fact, she was also uncomfortable. She felt uneasy about the unlimited kindness she was receiving just because she was an assistant to the aide.
After her father passed away, the only people who treated her kindly were scammers.
But the Duke wouldn’t scam her.
Marin tried to shake off her worries and swallowed the soup.
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Marin entered the office.
“Welcome.”
“Yes. You wanted to rewrite the contract?”
Marin sat down and glanced at the paper on the table.
“There’s something I added here.”
She took the contract that Olive handed her and hurriedly read only the part that said ‘additional items’.
1 gold will be paid each time the Duke falls asleep.**
