184 - I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke
Engaged to the Blind Duke Chapter 184
"Grrraaawwwrrr!"
"Kyaaah!"
"It's the gray wolves!"
The startled villagers came running toward the cabin to distance themselves from the gray wolves.
"Everyone, stay alert and hold out what you have in your hands!"
A hunter keeping watch on the gray wolves shouted at the sturdy men around him.
Finally coming to their senses, the men held out their weapons and slowly distanced themselves from the gray wolves.
"Ronnie! Mini!"
A woman who had run to the cabin first hugged the children with both arms.
"Mom."
Trembling with fear, the children buried themselves in their mother's warm embrace.
"Brie!"
"Dad!"
Brie was also embraced by her portly father.
Marin watched the situation with a tense face, then checked behind her.
BaniBani was holding a boy under his arm and kicking the gray wolves with his feet.
Aldo and Elmis were busy dealing with the other gray wolves.
For gray wolves to appear all at once and attack...
Since BaniBani wasn't dangerous, she hadn't thought to bring the knights.
Marin pressed the proposal ring she was wearing on her finger.
"Lord Gerald! I'm at the cabin right now! Please come quickly and help!"
Today was the day Gerald, who had gone to check on the Demon Flower, was returning to the Duke's Castle.
Please, let him be within range of her voice.
She saw Rabbit getting his foot bitten by a gray wolf while protecting a child.
"Grrrrrrrl."
Marin ran toward Rabbit and shouted.
"Rabbit, give me the child first!"
BaniBani, who had looked back, threw the child.
Marin caught the boy flying toward her and rolled on the ground. Once she stopped rolling, Marin quickly checked the child's condition.
"Are you okay?"
"Sob. Yes."
The child nodded, bursting into tears from relief.
"That's good. Are you Joseph?"
"Yes."
Marin got up and took the child to the villagers.
"Joseph!"
"Mom!"
Joseph's mother, covered in freckles, embraced the child.
"Are you okay?"
"Rabbit, Rabbit saved me."
Joseph managed to speak while sobbing.
"What?"
"That's right. Rabbit saved us before too!"
Ronnie, who had been listening to the story nearby, chimed in.
"Ung!"
Mini also nodded her head as if agreeing.
At their words, the villagers looked at each other with confused eyes.
A Monster saved the children?
"Earlier, Mini got hit by a stone, and Rabbit protected us."
Ronnie showed Mini's forehead to the people and spoke clearly.
The child's mother looked at Mini's torn forehead with wavering eyes. Since she hadn't taken her eyes off the children for a single moment, she remembered that situation.
Just as Ronnie said, after Mini got hurt, Rabbit had blocked the front of the children.
"Then it's not a Monster?"
"No. Ra. bbit. Rabbit!"
It was then that Mini clenched both hands firmly and shouted at the adults.
"Grrraaawwwrrr!"
"Eeek!"
One flank of the men's defensive line, which had been holding up well, collapsed. One man had his arm bitten by a gray wolf and was being dragged away.
"Sa, save meeeeee!"
At the moment when people closed their eyes tightly and turned away from the man, Marin, covered in dust, rushed forward.
"Get away!"
As she swung a stick with sparks flying out, the startled gray wolf released the man and jumped back.
"You there, the man in black clothes, the man in brown clothes. Move the injured person."
When Marin pointed them out precisely, two men finally ran over and dragged the injured man inside to hide.
Marin stepped into the spot left by the injured person, filling the gap in the defensive line.
Marin kept a stronger flame than before ignited and watched the gray wolves intently.
A man standing nearby holding a pickaxe asked in a trembling voice.
"Miss, will knights come from the Duke's Castle?"
"Earlier, a villager said they went to the Duke's Castle to call for help, right?"
"Yes."
"I'm not the one he called. So we just need to buy a little more time until that person brings the knights."
"Yes!"
The man's voice, filled with hope, became a bit firmer.
However, the gray wolves didn't seem inclined to give them more time.
"Awoooooo-"
When the largest gray wolf, which looked like the leader, let out a long howl, the gray wolves all leaped forward with all their might at the same time.
The men who had been standing there building a defensive barrier swung their weapons wildly with terrified faces.
At that moment when everyone was despairing.
"Marin!!"
Miraculously, Gerald was seen running swiftly toward them.
"Lord Gerald! Over here!"
Marin raised her hand high while glaring at the gray wolf in front of her.
Thank goodness. Just the thought that he had come calmed her trembling body.
Gerald lightly swung his sword horizontally.
It was a simple motion for him, but it meant despair for the gray wolves that had charged at him.
Thud. Thud.
Two fell to the ground, dead on the spot.
At this, all the gray wolves bared their yellow teeth fiercely toward Gerald.
Gerald stopped in place with an indifferent gaze, as if telling them all to come at him.
"Grrraaawwwrrr."
Dozens of gray wolves charged at him simultaneously.
Each time Gerald swung his sword once, one wolf fell to the ground. The dozens of gray wolves had been reduced by half before anyone knew it.
The villagers who witnessed this were all astonished.
The martial prowess of the Duke of the West had been passed down to people like a myth, but this was the first time they had seen it up close.
"Th, The Duke……."
"As expected of the Baines family!"
"Of course. He's the shield of the West!"
The villagers wore relieved expressions, seeming proud just to live in the West.
"Kekekeng."
As the already halved gray wolves diminished further, they finally began to tuck their tails between their legs.
"Awoooooo."
Following the leader's signal, all the gray wolves began fleeing toward the mountains.
Gerald didn't bother pursuing the gray wolves.
More than that, Marin, who looked like she had rolled on the ground, was stuck in his eyes so he could see nothing else.
He quickly approached Marin directly, but she ran to him first and hugged him.
"Lord Gerald."
Thump-thump. The fierce sound of her heartbeat echoed from her small body.
"Are you okay?"
Gerald pressed his lips to her head and asked carefully.
"Yes. I'm fine."
When Marin met his eyes as if to reassure him, his heart, which had been tightly clenched with tension, finally found its proper rhythm.
He had been on his way back after confirming that the Demon Flower hadn't grown yet. But then he suddenly heard Marin's voice from the ring. How fortunate that he had been able to arrive in time.
"But what exactly happened?"
He had rushed over in a frenzy as soon as he heard Marin's voice from the ring, so he hadn't grasped the situation yet.
At that moment, BaniBani, Aldo, and Elmis emerged from behind the cabin.
Aldo whispered to Gerald, who had been absent for some time, to report what had happened during that period.
The Shadows didn't fully know all of the Duke's abilities, but they had ascertained that his hearing was exceptional.
After hearing the circumstances, Gerald observed BaniBani, who was bleeding Blue Blood here and there.
He saved a child twice, and didn't attack even when people threw stones?
Could that really be called a Monster?
His gaze met BaniBani's in mid-air.
BaniBani, who always looked at him with a cheeky expression, lowered his head with a sullen face.
"The Duke! Thank you for saving our village."
At that moment, Rumus, the village administrator, stepped forward on behalf of the villagers and bowed.
"Didn't you receive the order not to enter the cabin?"
Cold words fell from Gerald's lips.
Rumus broke out in a cold sweat with his head still bowed. He had definitely received a special order not to approach the cabin.
"Well, they said the Monster was eating children, so we had no choice."
"Where is there a Monster here?"
"Huh?"
Rumus looked up in surprise.
