158 - I Got Engaged to the Blind Duke
Blind Duke, I'm Engaged, Episode 158
Whoosh!
The sound of the wind slicing through the air rang out again as a flower stalk flew menacingly.
Thump. Marin quickly pulled out her notebook and began to read the fairy tale.
"Is there truly no one more beautiful than I in this world? At the prince's words, the princess glared coldly at the prince. The prince was smiling brightly. The princess slowly opened her lips. Your Highness, you’re…"
Marin slowly read the fairy tale, praying to the flowers in front of her.
Sleep. Just sleep. Don't do anything, just sleep.
Do plants sleep? She didn't know.
But if it was a Demon Flower emotional enough to plan revenge, wouldn't it sleep?
Marin repeatedly read the fairy tale, glancing down at BaniBani.
Bunny. You sleep well, too.
BaniBani's eyelids, which had been slightly open and twitching, slowly closed. It seemed to have fallen asleep.
As she continued to read the fairy tale and looked around, the attack of the flower stalks had stopped.
Did it work?
She saw the Duke looking back at her with surprised eyes in the middle of the fight.
Marin sent him a look of encouragement, as if to say, trust me.
He chuckled and immersed himself in the fight again.
The attack of the flower stalks resumed as she stopped reading the fairy tale to look around.
Glancing down, BaniBani was also groaning and twitching its eyelids.
There was no time to rest.
Marin began to read the fairy tale again.
Gerald glanced at her reading the fairy tale, then turned his head back to face the Demon Flowers.
He thought it was strange that the attacks of the Demon Flowers were decreasing, but it coincided with the time she was reading the fairy tale.
Could it be that the Demons fall asleep when she reads them a fairy tale?
It was already amazing that she could put people to sleep, but she had such a special ability?
But why wasn't he falling asleep? Could she specify who could fall asleep?
Numerous questions floated up and down in his head.
The attack of the leader Demon Flower had also slowed down, but it was still sharp.
If Marin could really put the Demons to sleep, he had to end the attack inside.
Gerald dodged another flying petal and struck down on the flower stalk.
He used to be able to cut the flower stalk of the old leader Demon Flower in one go, but this leader had Aura around it, and there wasn't even a scratch.
But Gerald didn't give up and kept hitting the same spot. The Sword was now being used like an axe.
Avoiding the flying petals and continuing to hit the same spot, it began to chip away little by little.
It was then.
Beeeeeeep-
The leader Demon Flower made an ear-piercing sound as if trying to disrupt Marin's voice.
The flower stalks that had been sprawled near Marin slowly twitched.
Marin read the fairy tale in a louder voice with a pale face.
He had to finish quickly.
Gerald gathered all the energy he could draw from his body and created the strongest Aura. The brightly shining Aura stretched to 1 meter.
"Let's end this."
Gerald, floating in the air, struck down on the flower stalk with all his might.
Thwack!
The leader's flower stalk limply bent to the side.
"Marin! Close your eyes-!!!"
It might shoot poison again like last time.
The moment Gerald shouted that, something like liquid shot into his mouth.
He quickly closed his lips, but it was already too late.
More poison?
What kind of poison was it this time?
"Marin, are you okay..."
The words didn't come out completely.
The tingling sensation in his tongue was gradually becoming dull. It was gradually hardening.
Gerald slowly lifted his eyelids.
He saw the Demon Flowers withered and collapsed in his vision. It seemed that they had all died together this time as well, when he killed the leader.
"Lord Gerald, are you okay?"
Gerald walked towards Marin.
Since he couldn't speak, he was going to let her know he was okay with his hands.
But with each step he took, his legs became numb. Marin, who was far away, also looked more and more blurry.
Damn it. Was this poison going to make him lose all five senses?
Gerald, unable to reach Marin, eventually collapsed to the ground as his legs stiffened.
He saw the sky straight ahead. The blue sky gradually turned grey as if the color was fading.
He couldn't see at once before, but this time it was changing slowly, as if he was being tortured.
He hoped that the last thing he saw would be Marin.
"Lord Gerald!"
He heard Marin's surprised voice running over.
Come a little faster. I want to see you in my eyes for the last time.
He wanted to turn his head, but even his neck was stiff and wouldn't move.
"Lord Gerald!"
Finally, Marin came to him and bowed her head. He saw her face full of tears.
Even in a world that had turned completely grey, only Marin had a slightly special color. She was beautiful.
Ah, thank goodness.
He wanted to raise his hand and wipe away her tears, but he couldn't move.
"What's wrong? Are you sick? Say something."
Marin grabbed his collar and shook him.
He wanted to tell her not to cry.
He tried to open his mouth, but it wouldn't move.
"Maybe, can't you speak?"
Gerald blinked his eyes. Fortunately, his eyelids were still working properly.
He saw Marin's eyes widen.
"Could it be, is it poison again?"
Gerald blinked his eyes slowly.
"Can't you move your body either? Do you have no sensation in your body?"
He saw Marin tapping his chest, but he didn't feel anything at all.
Gerald blinked his eyes slowly again. It seemed that his eyelids were also gradually stiffening.
"Can you hear me?"
Gerald lifted his eyelids with difficulty again and lowered them.
"What about the scent? Can you smell anything?"
Marin brought her arm to his nose. He couldn't smell the scent either. Her scent always made him flutter.
Gerald blinked again.
"Is there nothing you can do except listen now?"
Marin asked, tears streaming down her face in shock.
The Duke tried to blink his eyes as if he was struggling, then closed his eyes as they were.
"Lord Gerald!"
Marin grabbed his hand with tears welling up in her eyes.
The large hand that had wrapped around her wrist was as hard as a piece of wood.
As she groped around his body, his body had also turned as hard as a stone.
"Why, why!"
Marin shook the Duke, then found a drop of tear falling from the corner of his eye and burst into tears.
"I, I'll save you. Don't worry."
Marin whispered softly in the Duke's ear and held his hand tightly.
She thought that everything would be over as long as their hearts were connected, but the Duke was poisoned again by the attack of the Demon Flower.
There was no such content in the original story. She could no longer rely on the original story, and she had to find a way on her own.
Marin hurriedly wiped away her tears and jumped up from her seat.
She had treated the Duke's eyes with Mandelesong, so she might be able to treat him the same way this time.
Marin looked around carefully.
Darkness had fallen in the forest, and after making a fire with her bracelet, she searched the area further.
But then, a long Shadow fell behind her.
Marin felt her heart sink.
Thinking it was another Monster, she gripped her Triple Staff tightly and turned her body around.
And what she faced was a completely unexpected being.
"Bunny!"
BaniBani was standing behind her, munching on something.
Looking at the belly and shoulders that had been pierced by the Demon Flower, they were about half filled with flesh. She didn't know the Monster's recovery power would be this good.
"Are you okay?"
BaniBani blinked its eyes as if to say it was okay.
It didn't understand her words exactly, but it seemed to know by feeling.
"I have to find the Mandelesong Flower now. Do you know where it is?"
BaniBani tilted its head and blinked its big eyes. It was cute, but it wasn't helpful.
Marin pointed to the withered Demon Flower nearby and made a small flower bud with her hand.
"Something like this. But not a big one, a small one. About the size of my hand."
BaniBani still blinked its eyes as if it didn't understand.
"Sigh. It's okay if you don't understand, Bunny. I'll find it myself. Rest more."
Marin shone the fire back and forth on the floor again.
But then BaniBani, who was standing behind her, suddenly jumped to one side.
A moment later, BaniBani reappeared, munching on something again.
What was sticking out of the bunny's mouth was a flower.
It looked exactly like Mandelesong, but the color of each petal was different.
Marin widened her eyes and pointed at the flower.
"This! Where was this?"
