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.

thing he cherishes before he got back his reputation.

That wasn’t all.

back his property, he could give Laritte many things to make her

could have bought the best land on

would even gift her jewelry that wasn’t

imagination

if Laritte had heard him, she would have been frightened. It surely would have reminded her of Rose all over again.

time she left the villa that she was nothing like

and greed that every illegitimate child in the world had to

alone for the rest of

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

something similar

sweeping his fingers through her hair

soon followed

the first woman whom he had ever

***

eyes to

she turned her gaze

“Wake up.”

her was sleeping soundly next to

she expected it by the size

quickly opened his eyes to the sound of her voice.

still a few days left until the National Foundation Day, there were many things that needed to be prepared

hiding his

they shared the same bed was

had to

simply packed their luggage and prepared to move out.

went outside early in the morning

another day, they finally arrived in

Foundation Day, the place seemed to be more

their journey became nothing

dress on time, and making

a dress, specifically the dress that Ian had given her.

down at

there wasn’t a mirror. However, it was replaced by

expected it’d look good on you,

looks like a

down

“Really?”

the hem of her neck

a high-end dress.

“Well, then……”

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

do something first, don’t

was a

***

those fancy horse cars, they got off the

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

pulling over

first gate leading

the small carriage, the gatekeeper thought it

it was surprising that the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding

that dress too expensive for

show me your invitation?”

he

Duchess of

someone far more humble than

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

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