The house was dark and dawn seemed to be far off. Having skipped dinner to take care of her unexpected guest, Laritte was quite hungry.

Ian panicked as he watched Laritte march to the kitchen to have her late night dinner. This lady had slept on the knee of a man she didn’t even know, asked him if he liked stew, and was now walking away.

You would even treat a stranger so well? The sound of chopping vegetables and boiling water told him that she really was making stew. Ian could do nothing more than stay seated by the warm fireplace. Not long after, she came back with…

“It really is stew,” Ian mumbled under his breath

The freshly-made and steaming stew looked so appetising that it nearly made him drool. She made it herself, and although it didn’t look like something fit for a noble, it was still good enough. Laritte tilted her head, not understanding his words.

“So that means there’s such a thing as ‘fake stew?’”

“That’s not….”

He wasn’t able to keep his mouth shut. Somehow, though, he felt like he couldn’t continue speaking with her attitude.

“Excuse me, miss.”

“I’m not a ‘miss’. I got married not too long ago.” Laritte answered neatly.

Ian looked at the inside of the house. Thinking about it, she definitely lived alone. But she says she’s married? What the hell was her husband doing then?

Since he showed no sign of taking the stew, Laritte placed his portion by the fireplace. Then, she stood back up and began eating her portion with a carefree attitude.

The meat and vegetables disappeared one by one into her small mouth.

“What are you doing…?”

“The only chair here was taken by my guest.”

“That’s not what I… Huu, do you know where we are?”

This was Duke Reinhardt’s last remaining property. That’s what he heard the sleazeballs in the back-alley say. So, in his opinion, the uninvited guest here was Laritte and not him.

“Of course. Is this not the Duke’s villa?”

“So you know this is a house without an owner…”

“Sorry, but I’m now the owner of this place.”

clearly because it seemed like he

the Duke’s wife. Therefore, I am

may seem like nothing to others, it was a precious title to her. As the owner with the rights to this villa, Laritte could finally relax.

that moment that Ian realized who this woman was. The nanny and his vassals had worked together to pester Ian about his marital status. It’d gotten worse as of late, especially because he had been on the

things like how he couldn’t get married because ladies were scared of him. So, as

name

blurry. They’ve never talked before

was thinking earlier. What

gave not a single speck of mercy to his enemies. He was a man with remarkable skills on the battlefield and in academics, and was beautiful. It seemed like the world

before. It was quite embarrassing

a moment. That means you…!”

his head, pain erupted all over his body. Ian relaxed himself and

Tch!

man praised for being a swordmaster, reduced to someone stuck

stared at him in an

clear as the blue sea showed neither pity nor ridicule. He felt strange. Ian covered the site of his stab wound with his

know who I

finish his sentence. She was all alone. At first, he thought she was an ordinary miss or lady.  He also thought that she was lying to kick him out of

that were the case, then she must know what he looked like. In addition, she likely recognized

wasn’t even a drop left in her bowl! It

conversation was going

to end up becoming a the traitor’s accomplice.”

Would you

asking me that?”

I brought you? Obviously, her stomach wasn’t that big, so Laritte returned his stew to this kitchen. She then came back

opened his mouth but he was tired of

are you going to do with

pretty sure you have quite

through his shirt from the cut.

the rumors about him being the traitor were true, it wasn’t like she’d be able to take back her actions and her sympathy. She hoped that when he got better, he would run away. But she wouldn’t mind hiding him here either.

heal him

chair. Ian didn’t stop her from

“……!”

make him bite down in pain. Ian screamed silently

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