When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 7

When Ian was young, his mother Selena had nothing to do ever since she began to take care of herself and Ian at the villa.

The Duke also couldn’t serve as a caretaker to her, and no one came to the cottage in the mountains.

Selena, who liked to be in a calm atmosphere from the beginning, was satisfied with him.

She would knit often. She could hold the wool all day long.

Young Ian would often run around the villa and come in exhausted.

He would hear the sound of noodles squirting as it boiled down the stove while falling asleep.

Turning her head, Selena would start to knit while sitting on the rocking chair.

Ian, who collapsed after not being able to speak to Laritte, had a dream.

He went back to face his ‘enemy’ who used to live in the villa with his precious mother.

“Did you wake up?”

As Selena said that, Ian blinked and shifted his upper body on the bed.

He felt like he had forgotten something, so he peered at both of his hands and saw a little child’s fingers.

‘I am sure they were a lot bigger than this.’

“I’m going to have breakfast. Betty said you have been working hard.”

Selena put down what she was knitting and raised Ian up.

He felt a sense of Déjà vu but soon followed her.

The villa where he stayed as a child was as colorful as a peacock without a speck of dust.

But there was also a cozy side.

A clean, soft-colored wallpaper, that could be seen under the light of an electric lamp, while walking along the corridor….

“Are you going to eat here? You could have let me send it up.”

“Good morning, Master.”

“Did Master sleep without washing up again?”

The employees, who followed to serve Selena Reinhardt, were usually energetic and active.

It was the result of the generosity of the Duke of Reinhardt at that time.

Selena was quiet and fragile. Betty was afraid that she might lose her energy sooner than expected.

In addition, Selena took good care of the employee.

“Can you serve my breakfast and Ian’s?”

“Yes, madam! There’s an amazing smoked dish. There was a meat festival down there, and I brought the best quality from the market.”

Cough cough

“Oh, Betty. You don’t have a cold, do you?”

She was a woman who would worry if a maid was sick or not.

She was elegant and smooth, and she did not require much formality.

That’s why the employees would often forget that their family was the second most powerful house after the royal family.

for always being loyal to

a time like this.

medicine needed for Selena’s rapid deterioration had

due to heavy snow, a servant volunteered to walk through the snow and buy

when young Ian got frostbite all over his body, they took care of him like

cold, madam. I had something stuck

What if you ignore it and it gets more

madam! Even though it’s getting cold, there is a hostess who is like

the table,

the maid, approached Ian.

that she will arrive at the villa tomorrow after her

cut up the meat and put it in his mouth. Then he raised

Selena talked first.

more

must have gotten up early. Does

“I’m fine, mother.”

thought popped out on Ian’s mind

like his head

I will have gray

grazed his

over

was a silver-haired young woman.’

the time

if she was uncomfortable with

was it?’

woman’s name. She said

I’m still a child. What

Selena rose up

Betty asked,

you finished?”

I will go sit on

madam, you haven’t been eating well

beckoned Ian to eat slowly

up to the second floor with

chair. Where is it

remembered that the rocking chair was in his room and he went that way.

Selena was

your meal yet?”

about

I am a fragile

She was sitting on the rocking chair

true. She doesn’t seem to be getting

sick because everyone is taking care of

lay down on the bed, with his

view. The light seemed brighter as if someone had added candles

closed his eyes at it

Please,

this peace with Mother and the servants last

***

Ian woke up.

see a ceiling similar to that of his dream just now, but he couldn’t win back those tens of years, so he felt like

warm atmosphere turned into a cold winter

was shedding

of the great heat

water and wiping the area

“You’re up.”

greeted him with her usual calm tone.

“I….”

cough cough

his throat was swollen and it