Chapter 12

There was no one here who would visit them.

Since the National Foundation Day was in early spring, is it the person who delivers the invitation in advance?

But they would have at least waited until the melting of the snow.

Laritte did not hear anything.

In the first place, the sound of footsteps outside could not have been heard by ordinary human beings.

The moment he put his hand away from her mouth and tried to say something…..

“Is there anyone inside?”

A deep voice was heard at the door.

Laritte felt goosebumps.

“Are you sure there are people inside?”

Someone kept knocking at the door.

Laritte and Ian exchanged their glances.

Laritte whispered quietly.

“I’ll take care of it. You stay here.”

No one should have known that Ian was here.

If a rumor spreads to the Royal family that there was a man in the Duke’s Villa….it would be terrible.

Ian could also not afford the Imperial Household’s strength at the moment.

Bartolt, who betrayed Ian, was one of his swordmaster candidates.

Such a talented man, who could not even miss, works under the orders of the Royal Family.

It was highly likely that he was now a member of the royal family after the fall of Ian.

Furthermore, if he hears the rumor of Ian being alive, he would definitely come to investigate it.

Laritte could also suspect it.

While Laritte approached the front door carefully, Ian disappeared from the view.

The light of the villa was surely going out through the cracks. So, it would be even more suspicious if they pretended to be quiet.

“Who is this?”

“Oh, someone is really here, isn’t it? Can you please open the door for a second? I’m from the government office.”

It did not seem to be a lie.

She seemed genuinely surprised by the voice of the person.

Laritte carefully unlocked the door.

A man in a long winter coat was holding a report in his hand.

“Oh….”

It seemed as if his eyes were scanning over Laritte’s body.

It was a familiar sight.

Laritte looked just like her biological mother.

woman with silver hair like

ocean blue

get out

stare at

had grown up, her beauty

that Laritte appreciated

showed affection to

to be a mistake, Rose slapped him and kicked him

‘not meant to be appreciable’, it was a good thing for

asked, trying to ignore the man’s stare.

“What is it?”

We are conducting a nationwide census on

“…..”

the herbalist said that he saw a woman

Laritte had heard about it from the

quality of life of the people by producing

was just to get the

here alone. Is that enough?”

tried to close the

between the crack trying to hold the

is it

way back, I noticed two footprints heading

Her heart sank.

go up the mountain when the snow was

Ian was not alarmed

that it was coming back

Laritte calmly retorted.

It has been a long time since I’ve

were two footprints to the villa, one of them belonged to Laritte. So it could not

the man did not know that this place belonged to the Duke because it seemed like he just stopped here by chance.

believed Laritte.

collecting taxes was only meant to be conducted in a

who lived alone like her were excluded as

there was no need for a census

entirely because of the laity that

exact, it was

because the herbalist had praised Laritte’s appearance……

lonely girl, you

open the

need to know if there are more people or not. I will be

“Hey!”

way here, so please give me

the man forced himself into the house.

followed the man around, her eyes searching

he now?’

out of

no one in the

the torn carpet and turned

is in

the hell are you doing……!”

was more concerned about Ian than she was angry. He would

hiding well….’

crash was heard from the kitchen.

“What was that?”

said

the kitchen before him. The kitchen

that led towards the

Ian had jumped

“Huh.”

with wooden boards lying here and there.

see at a

wooden staircase outside the

by anyone, seemed to be

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