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.

will, then it would be the last thing he cherishes before

That wasn’t all.

could give Laritte many things to make her happy.

Laritte didn’t really have any desires, he could have bought the best land on the continent and

jewelry that wasn’t even owned by

happy imagination ensued.

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

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

abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate child in the world had to suffer

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

at least give her the right

something similar to

sweeping his fingers

soon followed

whom he had

***

opened her eyes to the chirping

she turned her gaze sideways.

“Wake up.”

than her was sleeping soundly next to

surprised as she expected it by the size

opened his eyes to

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

Ian hiding

that they shared the

they had to hurry.

simply packed their luggage and prepared to move out.

in the morning to

day, they finally arrived in the

just before the National Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more lively than when they had arrived.

then, their journey became nothing eventful.

a dress on

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

down at herself.

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

expected it’d look good on you,

looks like

down

“Really?”

the hem of her neck awkwardly.

had never seen such a high-end dress.

“Well, then……”

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

do something first, don’t we?”

was a secret

***

an old rental wagon among those fancy horse cars, they got off the

a servant in a robe got off, people cast

pulling over

stood at the first gate leading to

small carriage, the gatekeeper

that the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding

too expensive for

please show me your invitation?”

eyes widened as he read

Duchess of

far more humble

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

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