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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."

Saved By The Mad Duke

The mage removed his bare hands from the Duke's body and wiped the scarce beads of sweat from his forehead, his somewhat tired voice addressing the princess,

"It was a very brave but undeniably clever decision to risk using your magic to help with the fever, Your Highness. I must confess, if it were not for your decision, I might have been too late. I am impressed and incredibly proud of you. Well done."

Several hours after Aideen had fallen asleep, Sir Noah brought Ahspid, who successfully healed Tillian's wounds and put a sleeping spell on him to help his body effectively recover.

While the princess was still happy from her own miraculous success and fluttered from her teacher's encouraging words, she had to urge herself to remain levelheaded. Therefore, with a look of determination on her tired face, she grabbed the mage by the hand and declared,

"Ahspid, I want you to teach me healing magic too!"

Ahspid raised his eyebrows in bewilderment.

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