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.

would be the last thing he cherishes before he got back

That wasn’t all.

he could give Laritte many things to make

have any desires, he could have bought the best land on the continent and could have built a lovely home for her.

even gift her jewelry that wasn’t

happy imagination

It surely would have reminded her of Rose all over

had already accepted from the time she left the villa that she was nothing

abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate child in the world

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

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

something similar to it.

her thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his fingers

followed her into a deep

had ever been affectionate besides

***

opened her eyes

she turned her

“Wake up.”

larger than her was sleeping soundly

it by

quickly opened his eyes to the sound of her voice.

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

hiding

first impression that they shared the same bed was a luxury.

had to hurry.

their luggage

early in the morning to get to

they finally arrived

was just before the National Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more lively than when they

journey became nothing

a dress on time, and

a dress, specifically the dress that

looked down at

there wasn’t a mirror.

expected it’d look good on you, but it

like

down the horse.

“Really?”

patched the hem of her neck awkwardly.

a high-end dress. It felt so different.

“Well, then……”

took something out of her luggage, noticing Ian, who couldn’t take his eyes

to do something first, don’t we?”

was a secret weapon.

***

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

and a servant in a robe got off, people

pulling over

at the first

small carriage, the gatekeeper thought it was a

the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding

dress too expensive for an outsider?’

show me your invitation?”

widened as he read the letter.

of

someone far more humble

in social conversations as the illegitimate child, who became the wife of a

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