The house was dark and dawn seemed to be far off. Having skipped dinner to take care of her unexpected guest, Laritte was quite hungry.

Ian panicked as he watched Laritte march to the kitchen to have her late night dinner. This lady had slept on the knee of a man she didn’t even know, asked him if he liked stew, and was now walking away.

You would even treat a stranger so well? The sound of chopping vegetables and boiling water told him that she really was making stew. Ian could do nothing more than stay seated by the warm fireplace. Not long after, she came back with…

“It really is stew,” Ian mumbled under his breath

The freshly-made and steaming stew looked so appetising that it nearly made him drool. She made it herself, and although it didn’t look like something fit for a noble, it was still good enough. Laritte tilted her head, not understanding his words.

“So that means there’s such a thing as ‘fake stew?’”

“That’s not….”

He wasn’t able to keep his mouth shut. Somehow, though, he felt like he couldn’t continue speaking with her attitude.

“Excuse me, miss.”

“I’m not a ‘miss’. I got married not too long ago.” Laritte answered neatly.

Ian looked at the inside of the house. Thinking about it, she definitely lived alone. But she says she’s married? What the hell was her husband doing then?

Since he showed no sign of taking the stew, Laritte placed his portion by the fireplace. Then, she stood back up and began eating her portion with a carefree attitude.

The meat and vegetables disappeared one by one into her small mouth.

“What are you doing…?”

“The only chair here was taken by my guest.”

“That’s not what I… Huu, do you know where we are?”

This was Duke Reinhardt’s last remaining property. That’s what he heard the sleazeballs in the back-alley say. So, in his opinion, the uninvited guest here was Laritte and not him.

“Of course. Is this not the Duke’s villa?”

“So you know this is a house without an owner…”

“Sorry, but I’m now the owner of this place.”

question clearly because it seemed like

I became the Duke’s wife. Therefore, I

to her. As the owner with the rights

vassals had worked together to pester Ian about his marital status. It’d gotten worse as of late, especially because he had been on the battlefield most of the

get married because ladies were scared of him. So, as soon as a

name Rose Brumayer?

blurry. They’ve never talked before so he didn’t expect her

 What the hell was her

care of his people with an iron fist, but gave not a single speck of mercy to his enemies. He was a man with remarkable skills on the battlefield and in academics, and was beautiful. It seemed like the world revolved around

of these reasons that he’d never really been interested in someone before. It was quite embarrassing for him to

moment. That means you…!”

because as soon as he raised his head, pain erupted all over his body. Ian relaxed himself and leaned back into the

Tch!

tongue. This severe situation felt indescribable to him. The man praised for being a swordmaster, reduced to someone stuck sitting in a rocking

at him in an obvious

nor ridicule. He felt strange. Ian covered the

know who

his sentence. She was all alone. At first, he thought she was an ordinary miss or lady.  He also thought that she was lying

he was a ‘traitor’. But she was his wife. If that were the case, then she must know what he looked like. In addition, she

spoon in her mouth. Suddenly, she realized there wasn’t even a drop left in her bowl! It was completely empty. When had she eaten all of her stew?

the conversation was going in another direction. But the damn stew

You’re going to end up becoming

true. Would you like some

asking me that?”

you? Obviously, her stomach wasn’t that big, so Laritte returned his stew to this

but he

to

you have quite the cut

said, fresh blood was seeping through his shirt from

traitor were true, it wasn’t like she’d be able to take back her actions and her sympathy. She hoped

thought it’d be better to heal him since he was already

the chair. Ian

“……!”

of touches from moving his clothing was enough to make him bite down in pain. Ian screamed silently and felt that, with the severity of his wound, it wouldn’t

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