Chapter 17

“Would you like to wash up first?”

Laritte asked as her eyes fell on the small bathroom in one corner of the room.

“……What?”
“Are you not going to wash up? There seems to be plenty of water.”
“Ah, yes. Yes…..”

Trying to hide his agitation, he stepped towards it.

He brushed off his thoughts and returned back to the room after cleaning himself up.

Laritte was already asleep on one side of the bed.

Before he became a swordmaster, he was still skilled in swordsmanship, but he did not develop much of his physical strength.

But Laritte was different.

Ian didn’t know that Laritte began to take care of her meals only recently.

Although she didn’t use much of her energy, the journey must have been tiring.

Ian shook her carefully, but she didn’t open her eyes.

Only the sound of her breathing peacefully reached his ears.

‘Sigh.’

Eventually, he sighed, lifting her in his arms and laying her down properly.

It was strange to think about whether or not she was waiting for him.

“Don’t you think you should cover yourself with a blanket?”
“Mm-hmm.”

She made a sound in her sleep.

Ian lied down next to her gently, covering themselves with the blanket.

The bed was so narrow that it forced him to shift towards her.

The ends of her silver hair were tickling his arm.

He turned towards her.

As he stared at her, a gentle smile crept upon his face unknowingly.

He didn’t know, but such a smile was also noticed by him by his nanny when he was a child.

However, it wasn’t a moment to cherish such childhood memories.

The two had spent one long season together and came all the way here.

The highlights were in front of them now.

The word companion could not be more fitting than it was now.

Ian whispered softly in her ear.

“Hey.”
“…….”

She couldn’t open her eyes, but she tossed and turned.

Eventually, she shifted into his arms. It was something to be felt all the way.

Anyway, they were married. He wished this moment would not end in a flash.

then it would be the last thing he cherishes before he

That wasn’t all.

gained back his property, he could give Laritte many things to make her happy.

really have any desires, he could have bought the best land on the continent and could have built a

jewelry that wasn’t even owned by the Imperial

happy imagination

frightened. It

that she was nothing

to the concessions, abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate child in the world had to suffer through.

in the villa alone for the rest of her life, just like her

give her the right

something similar

her thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his

followed her into a deep slumber.

woman whom he had ever been affectionate besides his

***

Laritte who opened her eyes to the chirping

turned her

“Wake up.”

was

she expected it by

quickly opened his eyes to the sound of her

left until the National Foundation Day, there were many things that needed

hiding

they shared the same

had to hurry.

simply packed their luggage

in the morning

finally arrived in the province.

Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more lively

then, their journey

dress on time, and making

into a dress, specifically the dress that

down at

she looked since there wasn’t a mirror. However, it

look good on you, but it looks great.”

looks like a Goddess.’

jumped down the

“Really?”

hem of her neck awkwardly.

high-end dress. It felt

“Well, then……”

Ian, who couldn’t take his eyes off

to do something

a

***

those fancy horse cars, they got off the carriage.

woman and a servant in a robe got off,

nervous, pulling over his hood more

first gate leading to the

gatekeeper

woman, unexpectedly,

that dress too expensive

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