Chapter 17

“Would you like to wash up first?”

Laritte asked as her eyes fell on the small bathroom in one corner of the room.

“……What?”
“Are you not going to wash up? There seems to be plenty of water.”
“Ah, yes. Yes…..”

Trying to hide his agitation, he stepped towards it.

He brushed off his thoughts and returned back to the room after cleaning himself up.

Laritte was already asleep on one side of the bed.

Before he became a swordmaster, he was still skilled in swordsmanship, but he did not develop much of his physical strength.

But Laritte was different.

Ian didn’t know that Laritte began to take care of her meals only recently.

Although she didn’t use much of her energy, the journey must have been tiring.

Ian shook her carefully, but she didn’t open her eyes.

Only the sound of her breathing peacefully reached his ears.

‘Sigh.’

Eventually, he sighed, lifting her in his arms and laying her down properly.

It was strange to think about whether or not she was waiting for him.

“Don’t you think you should cover yourself with a blanket?”
“Mm-hmm.”

She made a sound in her sleep.

Ian lied down next to her gently, covering themselves with the blanket.

The bed was so narrow that it forced him to shift towards her.

The ends of her silver hair were tickling his arm.

He turned towards her.

As he stared at her, a gentle smile crept upon his face unknowingly.

He didn’t know, but such a smile was also noticed by him by his nanny when he was a child.

However, it wasn’t a moment to cherish such childhood memories.

The two had spent one long season together and came all the way here.

The highlights were in front of them now.

The word companion could not be more fitting than it was now.

Ian whispered softly in her ear.

“Hey.”
“…….”

She couldn’t open her eyes, but she tossed and turned.

Eventually, she shifted into his arms. It was something to be felt all the way.

Anyway, they were married. He wished this moment would not end in a flash.

it would be the last thing he cherishes before he got back his reputation.

That wasn’t all.

he could give Laritte many

best land on the continent

gift her jewelry that wasn’t even owned by the Imperial

imagination ensued.

had heard him, she would have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her of

from the time she left the villa that she was

concessions, abandonment, and greed that

villa alone for the rest of her life,

give her the right to stay in that

something similar to it.

sweeping his fingers through her hair until she fell

soon followed her into a deep

the first woman whom he had ever been

***

eyes to the chirping of

her

“Wake up.”

larger than her was sleeping soundly next to her.

as she expected it by the size of the

to the

still a few days left until the National Foundation Day, there were many things that needed to be prepared

about Ian hiding his

the same bed was

had

simply packed their luggage and

in the morning to get to

another day, they finally arrived in the province.

the place seemed to be more lively than when they had arrived.

their journey became nothing

wearing a dress on time, and making other

a dress, specifically the dress that Ian had given her.

down

since there wasn’t a mirror. However, it

it’d look good on you, but

looks like

down the horse.

“Really?”

the hem of her neck awkwardly.

had never seen such a high-end dress. It felt

“Well, then……”

something out of her luggage, noticing Ian, who couldn’t take his eyes off her.

something first, don’t

a secret weapon.

***

an old rental wagon among those fancy horse cars, they

servant in a

over his

at the first gate

small carriage, the gatekeeper thought it was

it was surprising that the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding

that dress too expensive

show

he read the letter.

of Reinhardt?’

was someone far more humble

the fact that she was a popular topic in social

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