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.

fell to his knees on the ground. He buried his face in his hands so as to not be caught by the employees around

honest, he did know about his feelings. He dragged it for a long time like a fool. It was time for him to admit them.

of flowers swept past his burning head.

the faint echo of the knights

by an old memory.

former Ducal couple

Reinhardt, his mother, said that the footing

bedroom 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

when a passerby

“K-Kiss?”

never

she hugged a

The Duke doesn’t really

not

clearly recall

kissed her in front of

always harbored a straight face.

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

he could. For at least

also

terribly intertwined

grabbed

wouldn’t be able to do it even

when Laritte was afraid of revealing her name to

from being taken away after she was detained at Rose’s

carriage and shouted proudly

are you

showed a great spirit that time.

shy in the

confess. I can’t,” Ian calmed down as he stroked his fingers

feelings for Laritte had been a

exchange meeting to be held in May

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

harvested goods in the first

it spread to the capital city, foreign figures were also invited.

years later, the exchange meeting in May was the second largest event after the

to attend the exchange event someday! It receives

was taking a walk inside a castle

lady who arrived in the capital

generally held, only 30 aristocrats, their companies, and foreigners

allowed to enjoy a separate

the children continued their stroll around

at only one place. As did the officials who

was time for the real

from a simple hello from the guests. Such

utmost curiosity,

a carriage to

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

very

lion. They have always been famous in society, but even more so

family of the Duke of Reinhardt, who rarely appeared

young girls were eager to see Laritte, who was

curious to see

mind after his absence in the exchange for three

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