When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 36

At around 9 in the morning, her eyelids slowly opened. As she sat up, tangled silver locks flowed down to cover part of her face.

“Are you awake, madam? Do you want me to prepare your breakfast?”

Just as Alice opened the window next to Laritte, a cool spring breeze touched the tip of her nose.

“The scent of flowers…….”

Laritte murmured blankly.

“It smells nice, doesn’t it, ma’am? I will comb your hair for you!”

The Duchy of Reinhardt was also known for the full bloom of the flower Crocus during the months of spring.

In particular, a village in the duchy was named Crocus. Perfume manufactured from that village was also one of the popular products in the society.

The fragrance of those flowers usually reached everywhere in Reinhardt’s estate in spring.

This mansion was no exception.

Laritte asked.

“What about Ian?”

“Oh-uh, don’t ask me!”

Shivering, Irene replied, stopping at her work of changing the vase.

“As far as I know, the Duke has been working since early in the morning. Do you want me to inform him?”

He said he’d see her.

Laritte shook her head.

She didn’t want to interrupt him.

If he said he’d come to see her, he would when he was free.

“If madam doesn’t have anything to do today, how about we watch the knights train?”

“Or you can call someone over to shop at the mansion, madam. I’ll go to the street and get the catalogue.”

There could have been a lot of things for Laritte to do after waking up.

Cleaning, washing dishes, or repetitive chores.

But she wouldn’t have to do those anymore.

It felt new and foreign to set a schedule for enjoyment.

Laritte saw employees of the Reinhardt household smiling at her wherever she went.

“Madam!”

“Madam.”

“Have a nice day, ma’am.”

A gardener, picking up flowers, said when she was passing through the garden at sunset.

“Madam, you’re looking very pretty like the pansy today.”

“Thank you……”

He held out a purple pansy flower towards Laritte which she took.

Ian still didn’t visit her.

to see her

would he only come

thoughts crossed her

at the flower

those thoughts saddened her. She wished he’d think

up around the stalk

at her hand, the flower was already

me, madam, I didn’t know that you didn’t like pansies……Please forgive me, madam!”

It’s not like

do her best for ten minutes to clear up the gardener’s misunderstanding and to calm

that, she spent two days. Alone.

was three days later when Ian finally

“Laritte!”

hall as

been trying to see her for what felt like an eternity and had

soon as he

bite of

how have you been?”

“Oh- oh, my.”

The air in the room felt relaxing.

‘It’s exciting!’

you two love each

a kind,

loved each other, but it was

whose smile was

the thrilled maids, Laritte was cold.

Grace, the Duke, I could get out of

“……Laritte?”

finished moulding her mind during the

friends with him even if he made connection with a mistress about his

spent in the villa during the winter was enough to make her feel they were

But they weren’t.

with giving her

shown his face these past three days.

eyebrows followed her as she moved to another

wrong? Did something happen to you these

“Nothing has happened.”

that nothing was there.

didn’t break his promise.

can fix it….anything, only if you speak

must be busy, so he should

“What– Laritte.”

walked away, as if running away from

passed by the flower beds and crossed the wide field.

Ian followed her

of escaping him grew quite difficult for

and her breathing became faster, but she

stopped in front of a small stream flowing through the

was cool, very

“Huff, huff…….”

the contrary, Ian was

keep up, the maids had

beside Laritte, said.

really wish to listen

glaring at

have followed me if I’d broken

her spine, surprised at the threat

he stepped back.

with her fingers, she said

“It’s nothing.”

to stare down at the

white foamy transparent water was accompanied

head, as if