Chapter 67

Oscar hugged him before Ian could understand what he said and entered his carriage.

“You may proceed!” He pleasantly spoke to the coachman and his escort.

Laritte waved her hand at the leaving carriage as it disappeared beyond the path between the fields.

She stared blankly at the field where she could see butterflies fluttering their wings before she turned to Ian.

He was standing so still, she wondered what the Crown Prince told him before he left.

Laritte was so quiet that he couldn’t hear her approach.

“What did His Highness say? A secret between friends?” She looked up at him.

The answer took a long while to come back.

“…..Yes, it’s a…. secret,” he was staring over the horizon as well.

Laritte shrugged when his eyes fluttered strangely.

“If you don’t want to say it, don’t. I also have friends.”

Only then did Ian, who had frozen like a stone statue, look at Laritte. Jealousy started raging inside him again because of what she said.

He tried his best to press down his jealousy and ask, “Who’s your friend?”

“Hmm, Sir Mason? Lady Redra? And Bertrand……”

“……Oh, yeah.”

Laritte found it strange that Ian took a beat to understand.

But soon, she shrugged it off and went back to the mansion, “hurry up.”

“I’ll follow you soon.”

Yet he found it difficult to catch up with Laritte.

His ears were bright red.

“You indeed like her, so don’t whine anymore and confess your feelings to your wife,” he kept recalling Oscar’s words again and again.

Since he really likes her……

Stop!

Ian screamed to himself.

If his skin was fair like Laritte’s, he would’ve been in trouble trying to hide his condition from her.

All of a sudden, his thoughts went somewhere else.

Indeed, Laritte looked beautiful because of her snowy skin.

‘No. It’s not the time to think about this.’

But he could not get control of his thoughts.

He kept remembering various aspects of his wife the longer he kept pruning.

The heat gradually reached his head, and now his neck was flushed red.

He buried his face in his hands so as to not be caught by the

be honest, he did know about his feelings. He dragged it for a long time like a fool.

swept past his burning head.

in the distance, he could hear the faint echo of the knights

by an old memory.

former Ducal couple lived together

his mother, said that the footing of everything was

every morning because of love, and it’s because of love that you worry about your mother’s illness. Every morning the Duke kisses me because of love.

when a passerby

“K-Kiss?”

mean you’ve never

as she hugged a much smaller Ian.

take back the last one. The Duke doesn’t really love me.”

That’s not

could clearly recall

had kissed her in front of

harbored a straight

that? Ian thought he wouldn’t be able to do

For at least one

also in

terribly intertwined

he grabbed his chin.

wouldn’t be able

when Laritte was afraid of revealing her

prevented her from being taken away after she was detained at

stopped the carriage and shouted proudly

the hell are you going without your husband!

showed a great spirit

not shy in

I can’t,” Ian calmed down as he stroked

feelings for Laritte

in

***
The Exchange Ceremony was a 10-day event that only invited the higher 30 aristocrats from the Empire of Iassa.

began with the further distribution of the harvested goods in the first half

it spread to the capital city, foreign figures were also

in May was the second largest event after the founding

event someday! It receives

a walk inside a castle in

lady who arrived in the capital before the exchange.

the center of the castle where the party was generally held, only 30 aristocrats, their companies,

separate gathering in a

of the grand meeting, the children continued their

nobles stared at only one place. As did the officials who were in

was time for the real

from the guests. Such

nobles peered outside their wagons with the utmost curiosity, while some waited outside the castle.

waiting for a carriage to

for them, aren’t they?” the young lady whispered to

was very obvious.

always been famous in society, but even more

of Reinhardt, who

to see Laritte, who was known to

other nobles were curious to see Ian’s

his mind after his absence in the exchange for three

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