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.

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

That wasn’t all.

could give Laritte many

he could have bought the best land on the continent

that wasn’t even owned by the Imperial

happy imagination

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

villa that she was nothing like him and that

greed that every illegitimate child in the world had to suffer

to live in the villa alone for the rest of her life, just

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

similar

his

soon followed her into a

first woman whom he had ever been affectionate besides his

***

was Laritte who opened her eyes to the chirping of

her

“Wake up.”

larger than her was sleeping soundly

expected it by the size

to the sound of her

days left until the National Foundation Day, there were

Ian hiding his identity.

they shared the same bed was a luxury.

they had to hurry.

luggage

outside early in the morning

they finally arrived

Day, the place seemed

journey became nothing eventful.

dress

specifically the dress

looked down at

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

on

looks like

jumped down

“Really?”

patched the hem of her neck

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

“Well, then……”

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

do something

a

***

those fancy horse cars, they got off

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

became nervous, pulling over

stood at the first gate leading to the

gatekeeper thought it was a small

woman, unexpectedly,

too expensive for an

you please show me your

widened as he read the

Duchess of Reinhardt?’

was someone far more humble than he

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

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