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.

it would be the last thing he cherishes before

That wasn’t all.

Duke gained back his property, he could give Laritte many things

the best land on the continent and

that wasn’t even owned by

imagination ensued.

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

accepted from the time she left the villa that she was

abandonment, and greed that every

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

believed Ian would at least give her the right

similar to it.

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

her forehead and soon followed her into a deep slumber.

first woman whom he had ever been affectionate

***

opened her eyes to the chirping of the

she turned her gaze

“Wake up.”

larger than her was

as she expected it

quickly opened his eyes to the sound of her voice.

few days left until the National Foundation Day, there were many things that needed to be prepared in advance.

about Ian hiding his

the same bed was

they had to hurry.

of them simply packed their luggage and prepared to

outside early in the morning to get to

day, they finally arrived in

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

their journey became

wearing a dress on time, and making

into a dress, specifically the dress

looked down at herself.

tell how she looked since there wasn’t a mirror.

on you, but it looks

like a

down the

“Really?”

hem of her

high-end

“Well, then……”

noticing Ian, who couldn’t take his eyes

to do something

a

***

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

servant in a

nervous, pulling over his hood

the first gate leading to the

gatekeeper

surprising that the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding

too expensive for an outsider?’

please show me your invitation?”

widened as he read

Duchess of Reinhardt?’

someone far more humble

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

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