151 - I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke
Blinded Duke and I Got Engaged 151
“Ah… Come to think of it, where is Lord Gerald?”
Kay flinched, then lowered his head to hide his gaze.
“You will meet him soon.”
“Ah, he’s on his way. But isn’t Kay always by Lord Gerald’s side?”
“I also carry out tasks separately when I receive orders from His Excellency.”
“I see.”
As Kay seemed embarrassed, Gerald interjected.
“Marin, take off your clothes.”
“Pardon?”
Startled by the words from behind, Marin hurriedly covered her body with both arms.
“Why my clothes?”
Kay took out a life-sized doll from the large bag he was carrying on his back.
“I’m going to dress this doll in your clothes and pretend it’s you, then go in a different direction from Kay.”
“Ah…”
Certainly, it seemed like it could fool someone from a distance.
Marin immediately looked around.
But where should I change my dress?
Then Kay took out a large cloth from the big bag and went behind a large rock to create a place to change clothes.
“You can change here.”
“Thank you.”
Marin took the clothes Kay had prepared and went inside.
Wearing sand-colored yellow shirts and black pants, she felt like she had returned to the time when she had disguised herself as a man for the first time in a long time.
When she came out dressed, Cal looked at her with a displeased expression.
Gerald couldn’t take his eyes off her clothes.
Kay seemed to have prepared clothes that fit her figure for the sake of activity, but her figure was too exposed due to the tight-fitting clothes.
“Here you go.”
“Yes.”
Kay took her dress and put it on the doll.
“Then I’ll be on my way.”
“Be careful.”
“Yes.”
Gerald watched Kay run away quickly with the doll in his arms.
For the next two days, Kay would carry the doll around in the desert as if it were Marin, then return straight to the Duke's Castle.
“Let’s go too.”
They had shaken off the pursuers from afar, but they didn’t know when they would be followed again. They had to escape as quickly as possible.
“Yes.”
As Cal put a small bag on his shoulder and naturally tried to take her hand, Marin widened her eyes and took a step back.
Cal turned to her with a look that asked why.
“Why are you holding my hand?”
“The desert is dangerous. Especially at night, many Monsters roam around.”
“Ah…”
Marin stared at his outstretched hand with hesitant eyes.
Is it okay to hold the hand of a strange man like this? I’ve already been hugged and slept with him, is it too late to worry?
When Marin raised her eyes, he was holding out his hand with an indifferent face.
Well, he said he liked men.
As he said, the desert night was dangerous, and it was safest to stay as close to him as possible.
Marin carefully took his outstretched hand.
His hard hand was definitely a swordsman’s hand. The Duke's hand was like this too.
Meanwhile, Gerald held Marin’s hand tightly, which he had grabbed after a long time. How much he had wanted to hold it.
He wanted to caress her hand gently and kiss it right away.
But he couldn’t reveal his identity yet.
He couldn’t let his guard down until he got out of the desert.
He was planning to reveal that he was Gerald as soon as he shook off the Third Prince.
“Cal, you seem really similar to Lord Gerald. Even your hand feels similar to Lord Gerald.”
There was longing in Marin’s voice.
He couldn’t control the joy that spread through his heart every time she thought of him.
On the other hand, Marin looked up at Cal with an ‘oops’ face. As expected, he couldn’t hide the prickly smile that was leaking out.
Oops, I said something that reminded me of the Duke again. Belated regret washed over her, but she couldn’t take back what she had already said.
Does he really like the Duke?
“Ahem. Cal, what do you think of scary men? Lord Gerald is a bit scary. When I first met him, Lord Gerald was spewing out a fierce aura and asking me if I was a spy, it was really scary.”
Cal’s embarrassed gaze was fixed on her profile, but Marin pretended not to notice and stared straight ahead.
“That’s… not true. He’s a warm guy inside if you get to know him.”
Marin was convinced by Cal’s defense of the Duke.
He really likes him.
It’s that feeling of hiding your true feelings and staying by his side as his closest friend.
Marin pondered with a sullen face. She couldn’t figure out how to treat him.
“It’s true.”
“Yes? What is?”
“Gerald is a good guy, ahem, I mean.”
Marin looked up at Cal with suspicious eyes.
Why is he embarrassed? Is he shy about praising the man he likes?
“Yes, yes.”
Marin casually brushed off his words and pondered how to keep her rival away from the Duke.
“Careful.”
The moment Cal pulled the hand he was holding, a cobra-like Monster popped out of the sand.
As he quickly swung his Sword, the Monster's body was cut in half.
“Whew.”
Marin, who was in Cal’s arms and calmed her surprised heart, forced strength into her trembling legs.
She could see Monster blood dripping from Cal’s Sword.
As expected, the night in the Sairan Desert was scary. How many times would something terrible have happened if she hadn’t held Cal’s hand?
She understood why the Third Prince was so surprised that she was alone in the desert.
How did I survive? Did BaniBani keep other Monsters from approaching? She felt grateful to the Rabbit Monster.
“Are you okay?”
Marin quietly nodded at the low voice that penetrated her ear.
When she raised her eyes, she saw dark gray eyes looking down at her worriedly.
I was only thinking about how to separate him from the Duke, who was a rival, but when I think about it, he was a grateful person who helped me escape from the palace and helped me like this.
It’s like I don’t even know this grace.
Marin scolded herself inwardly and greeted him.
“Thank you.”
“Let’s go a little further and rest.”
“Yes.”
As she tried to move her steps again, he suddenly put his hand on the back of her knees and lifted her up.
Marin was so surprised that she opened her eyes wide.
“I thought your legs were giving out.”
“H-how did you know?”
“I just know.”
No, just like the blind Duke knows everything even with his eyes closed, does the male lead’s friend know everything too?
Come to think of it, the Duke's other friend, Jeromian, made everything perfectly.
As expected, you can’t be ordinary if you want to be next to the male lead.
What am I good at? Would putting someone to sleep count as an ability?
“What are you thinking about again?”
“Wow! This is similar too.”
“What?”
“How did you know what I was thinking about right now?”
While looking at her cute face with wide eyes as if she was amazed, Gerald tried to exert patience.
He also tried to put as little strength as possible on the arm holding her.
Otherwise, it was dangerous because he felt like he would crush her.
When she, who chirped like a bird, became quiet, it was when she was thinking about something strange. It’s funny that she doesn’t know it herself.
“I just know.”
“As expected, everyone is unusual.”
Gerald chuckled at her mutterings and quickly moved his feet.
He could feel Marin relaxing her body and leaning on him carefully.
He spread his chest wider with the hope that she would rest comfortably in his arms even a little.
After running for a while, he stopped at a place with a large rock.
This place would be able to avoid the eyes of Monsters and people.
He carefully put Marin down and handed her a water bottle from a small bag.
“Thank you.”
She drank the water urgently as if she was very thirsty.
When Gerald grabbed the water bottle to stop her, Marin looked at him with a puzzled face.
“Drink slowly. It’s not good to drink in a hurry.”
“Yes.”
Following his advice, Marin held water in her mouth and drank it slowly.
She handed him the water bottle when she had drunk enough.
“Cal, you drink too.”
“Okay.”
Gerald hesitated for a moment, looking at the mouth of the water bottle where her lips had touched. Can I drink this?
“Ah, if it’s dirty, I’ll wipe it…”
Before she could finish speaking, Cal put his lips to the entrance.
Marin tilted her head at the sight. He told me to drink the water slowly, but it looks like he’s just putting his lips on the entrance.
“Hey.”
At Marin’s call, he put down the water bottle with a regretful touch.
“Why?”
“Where are we going?”
“Of course, the West.”
“Lord Gerald said he came to the Sanders Empire too, right?”
“Yes.”
He subtly avoided her gaze.
“Then can’t you take me to Lord Gerald? It would be nice to go to the West with Lord Gerald.”
She was receiving a lot of help from Cal, but she still missed the Duke.
And she wanted to meet him and ask if he really loved her. She also wanted to honestly tell him her true feelings.
