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.

thing he cherishes before he

That wasn’t all.

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

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

wasn’t even owned

imagination

have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her of

from the time she left the villa that she was nothing like him and that their relationship

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

the rest of her life, just like her father had planned.

her the right to stay in

something similar to it.

his fingers

her forehead and soon followed her

was the first woman whom he had ever been

***

was Laritte who opened her eyes to the

her gaze

“Wake up.”

her was sleeping soundly next to her.

expected it by

opened his eyes to

left until the National Foundation Day,

Ian hiding

shared the

had to hurry.

their luggage and prepared

the morning to get

another day, they finally arrived in the

just before the National Foundation Day, the place seemed to be

journey

a dress on time, and making

specifically the dress that

looked down

wasn’t

good on

like a

jumped down the horse.

“Really?”

the hem of her neck awkwardly.

high-end dress.

“Well, then……”

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

to do something first, don’t

a secret

***

among those fancy horse cars, they got off

a robe got off, people

pulling over his hood

the first gate

noticing the small carriage, the gatekeeper

that the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding appearance.

too expensive for

show me your invitation?”

eyes widened as he

Duchess of Reinhardt?’

someone far more humble

social conversations as the illegitimate child, who became

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