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 his

That wasn’t all.

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 lovely home

jewelry that wasn’t even owned by the

happy imagination

have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her

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

concessions, abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate child in the

the villa alone for the rest of her life,

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

something similar to it.

his time sweeping his fingers through her hair

kissed her forehead and soon followed her into a deep

first woman whom he had ever

***

was Laritte who opened her eyes to the chirping of the

turned her gaze

“Wake up.”

man larger than her was sleeping soundly next to

very surprised as she expected it by the size of

his eyes to

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

about Ian hiding

that they shared the same bed was

had to hurry.

their luggage

morning to

they finally arrived in the

the place seemed

then, their journey became nothing

the accommodation on schedule, wearing a dress on

dress, specifically the dress that Ian had given her.

down

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

it’d look good on you, but it looks great.”

like a Goddess.’

down

“Really?”

patched the hem of her neck awkwardly.

seen such a high-end

“Well, then……”

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

something first, don’t

a secret weapon.

***

wagon among those

as a gorgeous woman and a servant in a robe got off, people cast their

became nervous, pulling over

stood at the first

gatekeeper thought it was a small inquiry.

surprising that the woman, unexpectedly,

expensive for

you please show me your invitation?”

he

Duchess of

more humble

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

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