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

That wasn’t all.

back his property, he could give Laritte many

have bought the best land on the continent and could have

even gift her jewelry that wasn’t even owned by the Imperial

imagination ensued.

him, she would have been frightened. It surely

that she was nothing like him and that

and greed that every illegitimate child in

villa alone for the rest of her life, just like her father had

give her the right to stay in that

similar

her thoughts, Ian spent his time sweeping his

her forehead and soon followed her into a deep slumber.

the first woman whom he had

***

who opened her eyes

turned her

“Wake up.”

than her was sleeping soundly

as she expected it by the size of the bed.

quickly opened his eyes to the

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

Ian hiding his

they shared the same

had

them simply packed their luggage and

morning to get

finally arrived in

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

journey became nothing

wearing a dress on time, and making

specifically the dress that Ian had

looked down at herself.

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

it’d look good on you, but

looks like

jumped down the

“Really?”

patched the hem of her neck awkwardly.

had never seen such a high-end dress. It felt so

“Well, then……”

her luggage, noticing Ian, who couldn’t take

something

a

***

among those fancy horse cars, they got off the carriage.

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

nervous, pulling over his hood more closely.

gatekeeper stood at the first gate leading to

noticing the small carriage, the gatekeeper thought it was

the woman, unexpectedly, had an outstanding appearance.

expensive for an

please show me your invitation?”

eyes widened as he read the letter.

of

was someone far more humble

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

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