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

That wasn’t all.

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

bought the best land on

would even gift her jewelry that wasn’t even owned by

imagination ensued.

It

the villa that she was nothing like him and that their relationship would be over

greed that every illegitimate child in the world had to suffer through.

villa alone for the rest of her life, just like her

least give her the right to stay in

similar to

thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his

kissed her forehead and soon followed her into a deep

woman whom he had ever been affectionate besides his mother.

***

was Laritte who opened her eyes to the chirping

turned her gaze

“Wake up.”

larger than her was sleeping

as she expected it by the size of the bed.

quickly opened his eyes to the sound of her voice.

few days left until the National Foundation Day, there were many things that

Ian hiding his

the same bed was a luxury.

had

luggage and prepared to move

in the morning

they finally

place seemed to be more lively

then, their journey became nothing eventful.

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

the dress that Ian had given

looked down

she couldn’t tell how she looked since there wasn’t a mirror. However, it was

it’d look good on you,

looks like

jumped down the

“Really?”

patched the hem of her

such a high-end dress. It

“Well, then……”

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

do something first,

was a

***

old rental wagon among those

gorgeous woman and a servant in a robe got off, people cast their eyes upon

nervous, pulling over his

gatekeeper stood at the first gate

gatekeeper thought it was

the woman, unexpectedly, had

that dress too expensive for an

show me

eyes widened as he read the

Duchess of

far more humble than he

fact that she was a popular topic in social conversations

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