30 - I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke
I am already engaged to the blind peacock, Chapter 30
"Imsi is already mine."”
Zero’s eyes gleamed with an interesting expression at Gerald’s possessive words. His reaction was more amusing than he had thought.
Meanwhile, Olive’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Oho.”
“Olive, kick that guy out. You stay.”
“Yes.”
Olive, who quickly came to her senses, poked Zero in the side, causing him to recoil in horror.
“Wait, the deal isn’t over yet.”
“It’s late. Duke Gerald needs to rest. Zero, you should rest too.”
“I’m going, I’m going, so stop poking me.”
Olive, knowing that Zero couldn’t stand being tickled, continued to attack his side.
“Go to bed quickly.”
“I told you to stop! Olive Oil!”
“I’m Olive Lyon.”
Olive, completely unaffected by Zero’s name attack, smiled brightly as she replied.
“I’m going, I’m going.”
Zero slammed the door with his foot as he walked out with a dissatisfied expression. Zero’s grumbling footsteps faded away in the hallway.
“Olive.”
“Yes, Duke Gerald.”
“Find out who the author of the ‘The Grateful Raven’ is.”
“Understood.”
“You can go now.”
“Yes. Rest well.”
The moment Olive quietly closed the door and left, pain surged in his eyes again.
“Damn it.”
As soon as the pain started in his eyes, other senses ran wild as if they had been waiting for it.
The senses that he had suppressed, anticipating Zero’s noisy behavior, rebelled even more.
“Kay.”
“……”
Kay appeared before him and bowed.
After hesitating for a moment, Gerald finally ordered.
“…Get Mandelesong and make it like Imsi. And I command eternal silence about this.”
“……”
Kay paused, then lowered his head and disappeared.
He didn’t know how effective this would be, but no one should know about it as much as possible.
If that weed, which wasn’t even like a poisonous plant, really had the effect of eliminating pain, then he would have truly received help from her, whom he had teased today.
Suddenly, the story of the grateful raven came to mind.
Was the raven her, or him?
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“Snowflake Princess and the Seven Elves lived happily ever after as they prepared for another adventure.”
I adapted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs into the adventure story of Snowflake Princess and the Seven Elves. This fairy tale had many incidents and accidents, so it was two hours long.
I was thirsty from reading it non-stop.
Marin narrowed her eyes and looked at the Duke Gerald as she sipped the water she had prepared in advance.
‘Isn’t there a book that doesn’t end with ‘lived happily ever after’?’ That kind of grumbling should follow.
It was quiet.
And for the past few days, Duke Gerald had been very strange.
He obediently followed even when Mandelesong was placed on his eyes, and he didn’t object to the fairy tales as much as possible.
Suspicious, suspicious.
A Duke Gerald who didn’t pick fights was unfamiliar.
Could it be that my lie has been discovered?
Marin approached the Duke Gerald with a worried expression, holding a damp towel.
“This is a damp towel.”
Marin no longer worried that he would wake up in the middle. She knew that Duke Gerald would wake up the moment the fairy tale reading was over anyway.
After approaching Duke Gerald, she politely held out the damp towel with both hands. But for some reason, he didn’t take the damp towel today.
Even though Duke Gerald always wiped his face directly with a damp towel.
“Do what Imsi does.”
Duke Gerald’s tightly closed red lips slowly opened.
“Yes?”
Marin widened her eyes and asked back.
“You said you’d wipe it for me, didn’t you?”
Duke Gerald replied nonchalantly.
“Me?”
……When? Marin, who swallowed the rest of her words, trembled with embarrassment in her green eyes.
“Didn’t you say that at first?”
“Ah……. Yes, I will.”
She had said it when she first handed over the damp towel, but she had forgotten. Of course, it was something she said expecting Duke Gerald to refuse.
He had been quiet for the past few days. Was he backstabbing me like this?
Marin peeled off the cloth with trembling fingers.
Green grass was smeared on the black strap covering Duke Gerald’s handsome forehead and eyes.
“I, I will.”
Olive said that Duke Gerald hated being touched by others so much that he didn’t even see doctors.
Wasn’t she going to be executed if she accidentally touched Duke Gerald?
Marin bit her lower lip tightly and clenched her trembling fingers like an aspen tree.
“Do it.”
“Really, I will.”
Marin, who spoke once more in a timid voice as if vowing to herself, slowly reached out her hand towards his face.
Just a little more strength. Hand. Just a little more.
Unlike the support in her heart, her hand was advancing very slowly.
“Imsi.”
Her slow actions must have been frustrating.
Duke Gerald grabbed her wrist holding the damp towel and placed it on his forehead.
I, I touched it. No, if he was going to do this, he could have done it himself.
Marin grumbled inwardly and delicately wiped his forehead.
As expected of the male lead. His smooth forehead was very pretty.
Marin took a step closer to Duke Gerald.
She tried her best not to touch his body and wiped it carefully with all her heart. He had whiter skin than the young ladies because he hadn’t seen the sunlight for a long time.
If you don’t get enough sunlight, you’ll be deficient in vitamin D. I heard he doesn’t eat well either. The employer needs to be healthy to get paid on time. I need to make a lot of money to achieve a happy future with my mom.
Thoughts continued to follow one another.
“Are you planning to peel off my skin completely?”
“Ah, I’m sorry.”
Marin hurriedly moved away from him as if she had been burned.
Duke Gerald opened his mouth behind her as she organized the cloth and damp towel.
“Imsi.”
“Yes.”
“Who is the author of ‘The Grateful Raven’ fairy tale? Olive can’t find it no matter how hard she looks.”
“Ah, I wrote it.”
Marin answered casually and continued to tidy up.
“I see.”
His voice was slightly louder as if he was surprised, but she didn’t notice.
Marin grabbed the trolley handle after finishing organizing and greeted him brightly.
“Then I’ll be on my way now.”
“Imsi.”
Just as she was about to turn around, he grabbed her with a low voice.
“Yes.”
“…Make a wish.”
“Suddenly?”
Marin stared at him with a bewildered look.
What is it? What is this sudden development?
Duke Gerald, who was leaning lazily on the chair, nodded slightly.
“It’s a reward.”
“You’re suddenly giving me a reward?”
As Marin asked with wide eyes, he began to count.
“10. 9. 8. 7…….”
“Ah, no. Wait a minute, Duke Gerald. Give me some time to think…….”
“6. 5. 4…….”
“It’s too sudden, I…….”
Marin wrung her hands together and anxiously racked her brain.
Think quickly. This is an opportunity! I can’t miss this opportunity.
“3. 2…….”
Aren’t you counting the numbers too fast?
“A walk!”
“1.”
Marin and Duke Gerald shouted at the same time.
Marin smacked her lips with a dazed expression after uttering the words.
What did I just say?
Die, my lips. Why did a walk come out of there?
“A walk?”
“Well, I thought it would be good for Duke Gerald to take a walk. You haven’t been outside for a long time, so it wouldn’t be good to go out into the bright light right away, and it’s night now……. I was wondering if you could try it little by little.”
Marin swallowed her tears inwardly and continued to ramble.
It was the result of the extension of thoughts that started with his white skin and led to her future popping out of her mouth.
“Why?”
“Um, exercise?”
“Are you worried about my muscles?”
One corner of his lips tilted crookedly.
