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.

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

That wasn’t all.

the Duke gained back his property, he could give Laritte many things to make

best land on the continent and could have built a lovely home

gift her jewelry that wasn’t even owned by the

happy imagination

him, she would have been frightened. It surely

the villa that she was nothing like him and that their relationship

was due to the concessions, abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate child in the

in the villa alone for the rest

believed Ian would at least give her the right to stay in that villa.

something similar to

thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his fingers through her

her forehead and soon followed her

the first woman whom he had

***

opened her eyes to the chirping of the

turned her

“Wake up.”

man larger than her was

very surprised as she expected it by the size of the

to the sound

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

hiding his

that they shared the same bed was

had

of them simply packed their luggage and prepared to move out.

in the morning to

they finally arrived in the

just before the National Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more lively than

then, their journey

schedule, wearing a dress on time, and making other arrangements…..

dress, specifically the

looked down at herself.

since there wasn’t a

look good on

looks like a

jumped down the horse.

“Really?”

the hem of her neck

high-end dress. It felt so different.

“Well, then……”

luggage, noticing Ian, who

do something first, don’t

a

***

rental wagon among those fancy horse

woman and a servant in a robe got

over his hood more

gatekeeper stood at the first gate

gatekeeper thought it was a small inquiry.

was surprising that the woman, unexpectedly,

expensive for an

show me your

eyes widened as he read

Duchess of

more

she was a popular topic in social conversations as the illegitimate child, who became

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