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Saved By The Mad Duke

Aideen Ruan, though a royal princess, was always unwanted due to the circumstances of her birth. Born blind to a hostage concubine, she possessed an intriguing beauty; however, her disability rendered her utterly useless to the royal family. Even when the struggling Count Crueder reluctantly agreed to take Aideen as his wife to secure the royal dowry, her life failed to improve. A year into their marriage, Aideen's inability to produce an heir sealed her fate. The princess was destined for exile to the Temple, consigned to spend the remainder of her days in isolation and abandonment. Contrary to her anticipations, instead of the Temple, Aideen found herself within the cold walls of Duke Tillian Valentine's castle. Duke Valentine, the last scion of the once-revered Valentine family that ruled the Kingdom before the "Fratricide Rebellion", now presided over the desolate Northern lands. Faced with fear and confusion, Aideen expected her life to perpetuate its cycle of misery, only to discover that Duke Valentine might hold the key to a new opportunity, a chance at a life she had never envisioned. "You bewitched my body and soul. Put an intoxicating spell on me, shackled my heart to yours with your magic. If I could exchange my eyesight with you, I would do it just to make you see what a man dying from love looks like."

yoojee · Fantasia
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228 Chs

The First Snowflake

Aideen widened her eyes in astonishment – she could genuinely feel it; the strange, round, and pointy outlines of complicated shapes that felt warm to her touch. It was a bizarre sensation that made her heart race like a galloping horse while her lungs refused to accept the air she breathed in.

Never, even in her wildest dreams, had the princess thought that she could "see" the writing with her skin, and the opportunity to do that was already nothing short of real magic.

Ahspid curled his lips into a barely visible smile and asked again,

"Seeing the look on your face and that wide smile, I assume you are happy with my little trick. So, are the shapes clear enough for you to understand them?"

The lady turned her face to the mage and nodded her head rather enthusiastically.

"They are! I can feel everything, even the tiniest detail of each rune! This is truly incredible, Ahspid! How did you do it?"