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.

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

That wasn’t all.

he could give

he could have bought the best land on the continent and could have built a

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

happy imagination

would have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her of Rose all over

villa that she

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

going to live in the villa alone for the rest of her

give her the right to

similar

Ian spent his time sweeping his fingers through her hair until she fell

and soon followed her into a deep slumber.

the first woman whom he had

***

eyes to the chirping of the birds.

she turned her

“Wake up.”

than her was sleeping soundly next to her.

it

quickly opened his eyes to

Day, there were many things that needed to

about Ian hiding his

they shared the same bed

had to hurry.

luggage and prepared to move out.

the morning

finally arrived

Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more lively than when

their journey

dress

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

looked down at

she looked since there wasn’t a mirror. However,

expected it’d look good on you,

looks like a

jumped down the horse.

“Really?”

hem of

high-end dress. It felt so

“Well, then……”

of her luggage, noticing Ian,

something first, don’t we?”

was a secret

***

an old rental wagon among those fancy horse cars, they

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

pulling over his hood more closely.

stood at the first gate

the gatekeeper thought

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

that dress too expensive for

show me your invitation?”

he read the

Duchess of

far more humble

popular topic in social conversations as the illegitimate child, who became the wife of

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