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.

the last thing he cherishes before he got back

That wasn’t all.

his property, he could give

have bought the best land on the continent and could have

that wasn’t even

happy imagination ensued.

would have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her of Rose all over again.

accepted from the time she left the villa that she was nothing like him and that their relationship would

due to the concessions, abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate

for the rest of her life, just like her father had planned.

Ian would at least give her the right to stay in

similar to it.

thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his fingers through

forehead and soon followed her into

the first woman whom he had ever been affectionate besides his

***

Laritte who opened her eyes to the chirping of

she turned her

“Wake up.”

larger than her was sleeping soundly

surprised as she expected it by

opened his eyes to the sound of her voice.

the National Foundation Day, there were many things that needed to

Ian hiding his identity.

first impression that they shared the same

had to

simply packed their luggage and

the morning to get

they finally arrived

the National Foundation Day, the place seemed to

journey became

the accommodation on schedule, wearing a dress

dress, specifically the dress that

looked down

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

expected it’d look good on

like

down

“Really?”

the hem of her neck

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

“Well, then……”

Ian, who couldn’t take his

to do something first,

a

***

those fancy horse cars, they got

and a servant in a robe got off, people cast their

became nervous, pulling over his hood

at the first

noticing the small carriage, the gatekeeper thought it was

the woman, unexpectedly, had an

too expensive for

please show me your invitation?”

he read

Duchess of Reinhardt?’

far more humble than

that she was a popular topic in social conversations as the illegitimate child,

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