Chapter 48

Count Brumayer pointed his finger in a frenzied manner.

“Laritte wouldn’t have been born without me! That little girl dared to–”

He choked on his words as soon as Ian appeared.

“The Count has never thought of her as your child, so how does it matter now?”
“D-Duke!”
“Very well. If the Count relentlessly curses Laritte, I shall hold no judgment before ending his life. I’ll make sure of it.”

The Count stuttered in response.

“W-Where is Laritte…..?”
“She doesn’t wish to come out here. I doubt she has any reason to care about you.”

Rose, who was hiding behind the Countess, yelled.

“It can’t be true!”

Ian flashed his smile at Rose.

“I see the lady still hasn’t come to her senses. She came all the way here.”

He took heavy steps toward Rose.

“Have you been dreaming when Laritte saved your life?”
“Eek!”

Rose hid behind the Countess in fear again.

The Countess fell to her knees on the floor.

“I beg you! Please have mercy on us! There’s nowhere we can go. Doesn’t our family’s property appear as dust in front of the Duke’s?”
“Indeed. Why have you come here then?”
“T-That…..”
“Do not worry about your journey from now on. I hear the Marquis lacks the resources to rule the cold north. Many people keep freezing to death.”

Ian gestured to his knights.

“Prepare to send them to the North.”
“Yes, Captain!”

The knights obeyed and captured the Brumayers with both arms.

The Countess realized that their entire plan had failed. She screamed.

“Then, Duke! How are you any different from us?!”
“Hmm.”

Intrigued, Ian raised his right hand, and the knights stopped dragging the family at his command.

“Go ahead.”
“We admit that we’ve mistreated Laritte! But we had fair reasons!”

Ian once received a report on Laritte’s frail figure to have numerous injuries.

The fact that those injuries had to be covered by clothes was very pressing.

thorough underdog in your family, wasn’t she? Was it a fair manner to mistreat such a child?” “Y-You are

a load of trash’, Ian thought.

and the

He shrugged.

as you are. So what if

continued as Ian beckoned again.

“Duke! Arghhh!!”

remained emotionless as the Count’s family was

nanny Ava approached behind

should we do with them, Duke?” “Present the stolen dress to Laritte in a box. Burn the rest.” “But the goods seem valuable. Especially Count Brumayer’s. He’s only known to

took the dress and stepped into the mansion.

in the

fat. Has your mother been feeding you a lot?”

walked back

That was it.

to the foundation of the empire, came to an eternal end.

one calm afternoon.

***
Ian declared as he walked into the study.

a present for you, Laritte.”

held out a long box, beautifully wrapped

you bring when you went to meet the

she accepted the

are they?” “You don’t want

innocent and indifferent eyes seemed to be mixed with

it, but she shook her

from here. If they

had no chance of running into them.

in

have a look at

Ian’s reminder, she

the dress that used to belong to Ian’s mother, Selena.

given it to Laritte, who in turn lost it to Rose. It finally found its

“Oh……”

she lost

reading her

to covet because of the dragon’s fabric. This dress made you suffer

he was trying to comfort

present it to you again to be sure

said as she stared at the dress in

her of Ian’s mother, whom she had never even

Lady Selena. If you give me another chance, I promise I’ll never lose it

She firmly committed.

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