When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 2

1. Laritte and the new house

620 years ago, the Iyasa continent unified and the Empire was born.

The Brumayer family supported the Imperial family in their rise to power and accumulated enough accomplishments to be considered a founding contributor to the Empire.

However, the current generation of Brumayers lacked power, as seen in their current status of Count.

But now, with a daughter married to Duke Reinhardt, a man second in power only to the Imperial family, the Brumayers hoped to see the light once more.

‘…That’s what I thought.’

Count Brumayer felt regret when he thought of the current situation over dinner.

On the table was the family chef’s ‘Beef Steak’, magnificent enough to be called one of a kind. It shone brightly yet he couldn’t bring himself to lay his hands on it.

Rose, too, felt depressed about their situation.

Everytime she closed her eyes, she could see Duke Reinhardt’s shimmering form, just like how he had appeared to her three years ago.

When the continent of Iyasa had unified for the first time in history, the Empire prided itself so highly that it kept the name.

In the heart of the palace laid the first banquet hall.

The ceiling in the corridor leading to the banquet hall towered above the banquet goers. The intricate carvings on the ceiling was, in royal fashion, decorated brilliantly with gold.

Below that ceiling, Rose encountered the Duke for the first time.

‘…Ah!’

His hair was so black it seemed to absorb all the light, standing out in that bright corridor. Beneath his hair were the world’s purest gold eyes, appearing aloof and detached. Though his eyes were narrow, their masculine beauty matched well with the finely tanned muscles outlined by his shirt.

“I can’t believe such a Duke passed away…”

Rose lamented and tormented the steak with her fork.

Although there were some women who had never seen the Duke, it was said that all women who’d met him would fall in love with him.

The few swordmasters in the Empire were nicknamed ‘the murderers’, but the Duke did not care for such things as others did.

I could have melted his heart.”

of the Duke! We should not even be

who had been quietly eating, put down her salad fork as

barbarian in the western sea! Plus, the war was nearly over!”

circumstances involved in his death. We have to let him go. Your father was able to

“Ahem!”

his throat. The Countess wiped

useful? She resembles that crude dancer from head to toe. With her fulfilling the contract, we

sent to the Reinhardt dukedom for no reason other than to allow the

right! She must be rotting

that remained to the dukedom was an old villa in some corner of a mountain. Laritte had been sent there with no support. All

extremely

the only stain on the otherwise happy Brumayer

may have disliked her father who sired an illegitimate child, but she loathed Laritte

of a mother with her pale skin and silver hair. And those

that, her eyes…’

eyes resembled the ocean, yet they felt so similar to Duke Reinhardt’s golden eyes. It was that cold look, as if she were looking down on you! That

wait to get

one scolded her for her choice of words. It was clearly demonstrated here how Laritte

thing this abandoned house needed was: firewood to fight off the chill of the night. So, with all the money

what a complete fool, right? Hahaha!”

was heading to the mountains where trees were plenty, so why would she

Laritte until the very end. In truth, Rose was the one who didn’t know what the outside world was

branch off the ground, even the smallest bit of dampness would have made it impossible to light with a flint.

be fighting the cold

cold…’, Laritte thought as she entered the house and lit the fireplace using

this fact when she was six years old.

Laritte had to pick

it. The alternative was to be home, where her mother could

once, just once, Laritte had gotten lost in

a little girl she’d somehow managed to gather enough branches to survive the cold. But one

them and starting a fire only when she was on the brink of

“Phew…”

had a spooky feeling. The furniture was old,

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