84 - I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke
Eyeless Duke and Engaged 84
“I mistook the time. I’m sorry. The Young Ladies all wanted to see my dress, so I couldn’t help it.”
At Susan’s attempt to naturally blame the Young Ladies, those standing behind her glared at her with dissatisfaction.
“Ah, so in the West, you invite guests over to look at dresses.”
Dia persistently dug in.
“There are many Young Ladies who are still young.”
Susan gave an awkward smile and once again blamed the other Young Ladies.
Perhaps feeling that she would only have to apologize if she stayed next to Dia, Susan looked around.
“Well, since this is a celebration for the Debutante Young Ladies, shall we all raise our champagne glasses together?”
The Young Ladies raised their champagne glasses.
“Congratulations to the Debutante Young Ladies. Especially to Adria Young Lady, who has had many hardships, congratulations.”
Susan smiled brightly and raised her glass high.
Perhaps because it was a party without men, the Young Ladies each took a sip of champagne.
Meanwhile, Dia’s face hardened. Marin hurriedly approached Dia.
“Are you okay?”
“Marin Teacher. I don’t like it here. Let’s just go.”
Marin looked at Dia with an apologetic expression.
“I wanted to make friends for Dia.”
“Marin Teacher is my friend.”
Dia widened her eyes as if asking what she was talking about.
Marin burst into laughter at those words.
“Thank you for saying that.”
“I’m also very thankf……”
“Oh my, she’s really thick-faced. Did she seduce The Duke in that way, pretending to be kind?”
Dia couldn’t continue speaking at the sudden words and froze with a shocked expression.
Marin patted Dia’s hand as if to say it was okay. Now that she had revealed her past, she knew that this kind of talk would come out.
“Seeing that she hasn’t left The Duke even after losing her purity, isn’t it obvious?”
“Her family went bankrupt, they say.”
“Adria Young Lady doesn’t seem to know anything. That’s why she’s sticking around, right?”
“How pitiful.”
Their malice was thick, dark, and vile.
Dia looked at Marin with worried eyes.
Marin smiled as if to say she was okay and swallowed a sigh.
This level of talk didn’t really affect her. However, the problem was that Dia was hearing words she didn’t need to hear just because she was in the same place.
She tried to be patient, but these things were touching the sleeping lion’s whiskers.
Marin patted Dia’s hand and then turned sharply to look at the Young Ladies who were whispering among themselves.
Young Ladies who were Dia’s age or younger were exchanging awkward glances with each other.
Those young Young Ladies are all saying a word each as if it were a play?
She was so dumbfounded that her fighting spirit fizzled out.
Before she knew it, Susan, who had approached them, opened her red lips with a stern expression.
“Oh my, Young Ladies. You mustn’t say such things carelessly.”
A blonde Young Lady, who seemed to be the leader of the young Young Ladies, asked Susan with a face that said, ‘Why are you only coming now?’
“Even if it’s true, it’s rude.”
Marin chuckled.
She thought she was going to stop them because she was the host of this party, but she was actually making the lie a foregone conclusion.
Dia looked at her, worried.
At that moment, a Young Lady with a round face hurriedly approached the group of young Young Ladies.
“Young Ladies, you mustn’t say such things carelessly. The Duke will scold you if you carelessly tell lies.”
She spoke as if she were scolding the young Young Ladies, but it was a clear warning.
“I heard everything too. Shouldn’t she not be next to Duke after going through such a thing?”
The blonde Young Lady asked accusingly.
Then, the Young Lady with the round face shook her head with a troubled expression.
“Young Lady, stop it.”
“Oh my, Borandi. Why are you doing that to my sister? How unexpected. I thought you admired The Duke so much, but now you’re even trying to cover up the truth.”
Susan ridiculed Borandi, the Young Lady with the round face.
Borandi’s face flushed, and she said in a faintly trembling voice.
“Susan. I certainly respect The Duke, but how could you spread such nonsense?”
“Respect? Was Borandi secretly entering The Duke’s room also part of your respect?”
Susan’s red lips formed a painted smile.
“Susan, what are you talking about? I’ve never done such a thing!”
Borandi protested with an aggrieved expression.
As a noble Young Lady, secretly entering a man’s room was the worst disgrace.
The Young Ladies around her looked at Borandi with surprised faces.
“Wasn’t that another Young Lady?”
“I also thought it was someone else……”
Several Young Ladies looked back and forth between Susan and Borandi.
“Susan! Why are you saying such things? I would never do such a thing!”
Borandi’s lips trembled with a resentful expression.
“Oh my, I just heard the story. What should I do since there’s no evidence?”
Susan’s green eyes took on a cruel light.
She knew that it was rumored among the Young Ladies that she had done it. But then a good prey appeared to take the blame. It was an opportunity.
Tears welled up in Borandi’s big, resentful eyes.
Marin, who couldn’t stand it any longer, intervened.
“Stop lying, Ayer Young Lady.”
Susan turned her head and glared at Marin.
“What do you mean?”
“It was Ayer Young Lady, not that Young Lady, who broke into The Duke’s room. Why are you trying to put the blame on another Young Lady?”
Susan glared fiercely at Marin with a venomous look.
“Schwentz Young Lady is the one who is putting the blame on me without any evidence.”
“What if I have evidence?”
Marin looked straight into Susan’s eyes.
Suddenly, Jeromian’s words, ‘Are you going to fight?’ came to mind. He’s so smart, perhaps because he’s an alchemist.
“If you have evidence, please show it in front of these Young Ladies.”
Susan spoke confidently with a very mocking face.
The Duke and the aide, who could testify to what happened that day, were not here, so there was no way there would be any evidence.
“Alright. Since Young Lady directly permitted it, I’ll show you.”
As Marin touched her bracelet, a video suddenly appeared in the center of the greenhouse.
In the video, Susan, who looked a little younger than she did now, was lying on a wide bed, hugging a pillow tightly and burying her face in it.
<The Duke has this kind of scent. Would I get caught if I took this?>
At that moment, the door opened silently, and The Duke appeared in the video.
Although it was a video she had already seen once, Marin stared at The Duke’s black eyes as if she were possessed.
His silver eyes were pretty, but his jet-black eyes were also beautiful.
<Seeing that she’s trying to steal useless things, she’s not a spy.>
At The Duke’s cold tone, Susan froze.
<It’s Susan Ayer Young Lady. She wouldn’t be a spy.>
Olive, who followed behind, was looking at her as if she were pathetic.
<I wasted my time. Send her back.>
The Duke turned away coldly.
Only then did Susan come to her senses and hurriedly got up from the bed.
<Duke, I…….>
<Young Lady. Secretly breaking into someone else’s room is a crime.>
<I, I took the wrong turn.>
<Are you burying your face in the pillow when you take the wrong turn?>
At Olive’s sharp rebuke, Susan shed tears.
<I just love The Duke…….>
<Ha, Young Lady. Duke has forgiven you because you are still young, but it would be better if you don’t catch Duke's eye in the future.>
Olive warned with a pathetic expression.
As Susan ran out of The Duke’s room crying, the video floating in the air disappeared.
The Young Ladies gathered in the greenhouse became as quiet as mice.
Susan stared at the air with a dazed expression at her own image.
“Ha, Ayer Young Lady! You did that and then tried to put the blame on me?”
Borandi’s voice was trembling with bitter betrayal.
