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.

then it would be the last thing he

That wasn’t all.

back his property, he could give

really have any desires, he could have bought the best land on the continent and could have built

that wasn’t even owned by the Imperial

happy imagination ensued.

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

she left the villa that she was nothing like him

was due to the concessions, abandonment, and greed that every illegitimate child in the world had to suffer through.

alone for the rest of her life, just

believed Ian would at least give her

something similar to

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

her forehead and soon followed her into a

first woman whom he had ever been affectionate besides

***

was Laritte who opened her eyes to the chirping of

turned her gaze sideways.

“Wake up.”

her was sleeping soundly next to

she expected it by the size of the

quickly opened his eyes to

days left until the National Foundation Day,

Ian hiding

impression that they shared the same bed was a luxury.

they had

their luggage

morning to get to the

day, they finally arrived in the

because it was just before the National Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more

journey

on schedule, wearing a dress on time, and making other

a dress, specifically the

down at

there wasn’t

on you, but it looks great.”

looks like

down the horse.

“Really?”

hem of her neck awkwardly.

never seen such a high-end dress.

“Well, then……”

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

do something

was a secret weapon.

***

among those fancy horse cars,

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

nervous, pulling over his hood more closely.

stood at the first

small carriage, the gatekeeper

it was surprising that the woman, unexpectedly, had

dress too expensive

please show me your invitation?”

widened as he read the

of

far more

she was a popular topic in social conversations as the illegitimate

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