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.

will, then it would be the last thing he cherishes

That wasn’t all.

his property, he could give

bought the best land on the continent and could have

jewelry that wasn’t even owned by

happy imagination ensued.

would have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her of

already accepted from the time she left the villa that she was nothing like him and that their relationship would be over soon.

and greed that every illegitimate child in the world had

for the rest of

Ian would at least give her the right to stay in that

similar to it.

her thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his fingers through her hair until she fell asleep.

and soon followed her into a deep

the first woman whom he had ever been affectionate besides his mother.

***

who opened her eyes to the chirping of

her

“Wake up.”

than her was sleeping

very surprised as she expected it by the

his eyes to

there were still a few days left until the National Foundation Day, there

hiding his identity.

that they shared the same bed was a luxury.

they had to

simply packed their luggage and prepared

outside early in the morning to get

day, they finally arrived in the province.

Day, the place seemed to be more lively

their journey became nothing eventful.

the accommodation on schedule, wearing a dress on time, and making other arrangements…..

dress, specifically the dress that Ian had

looked down at herself.

she couldn’t tell how she looked since there wasn’t a mirror. However, it was replaced by Ian’s

expected it’d look good on you, but it

looks like

down the horse.

“Really?”

the hem of her neck

had never seen such a high-end dress. It felt so different.

“Well, then……”

Ian, who couldn’t take his eyes off her.

do something first, don’t

a

***

rental wagon among those fancy horse cars, they got off the carriage.

woman and a servant in a robe

over his

at the first gate leading to the

the small carriage, the gatekeeper thought it was

that the woman,

expensive for

please show me your

eyes widened as he read the

Duchess of Reinhardt?’

was someone far more humble than he thought.

was a popular topic in social conversations as the

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