When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 29

Not long after the carriage started rattling, she carefully chose her words.

“Ah, can I ask you something presumptuous?”

“What is it?”

“Do you feel attached to her?”

Ian raised his eyebrows at her question, but his eyes never left the figure beneath him. His palm, which was gently tucking a silver strand behind Laritte’s ear, paused.

“That’s a strange thing to say.”

“But…..”

“I’m just returning the loyalty. Do you think I’ve fallen in love?”

Redra restrained herself from uttering, “I asked because it seemed like that is the case”, while he continued.

“She saved me, helped me heal, and even accompanied me on my operation. Haven’t you taken a note of those things?”

He asked, delivering a sudden glance to Redra.

Ahem! She coughed out of embarrassment, a slight blush finding its way onto her cheeks.

“……That’s what it’s all about.”

“I see…..”

As a token of allegiance to her captain, Redra decided to assume that for now.

***

The dukedom of Reinhardt was located in the southeast of the capital.

Even in the vast Iassa Empire, which occupied an entire continent, the duchy was particularly a fertile land for harvesting crops. Rich sources of iron constantly emerged out of the depths of the mines. The duchy was large enough to hold thriving towns and villages.

Although the duchy’s officials were bemused by the loss of their master after his collapse, the dukedom was still in great power.

The word began to spread through the region that Ian, who was known to have died, was returning.

The carriage arrived in front of the Duke’s mansion in the afternoon.

“You may step down, Captain.”

After stepping down from the carriage, Ian walked to the gate holding the weak figure in his arms.

gave off a dreary creaking sound as it opened before him, which served as a piece of evidence that this place was deserted for a few months. Even the garden had lost its former beauty. The harmonious colors of the flowers had long gone, and the jagged surfaces of the trees

as his eyes fell

of swords and chatter of his students, was now filled with piles

“……”

of the front door, Redra, who was following him, cautiously informed him.

an employee of our family, so the main building

with the Order of Duchy. She must have managed the house to the extent that it could be

if it was untidy.”

eyes somehow printed the image of his former employees standing on either side of

fact, his ears used to go sore due to the

said he was known to be a murderous and terrifying Duke, but inside the mansion, he was known as a kind

influence of

shoulders felt

those employees might have starved to death. They couldn’t have found a job for the stigma of being

there must be some people

to

he opened the

anticipated the interior of an

faced a young maid, her hands busy in

one of the Duke’s many employees.

“…..Oh my.”

her mouth as if she was moved by

“M-M-M-Master is here!”

out running from every direction of the place.

eyes seemed anxious.

this day to arrive.”

you crying on

happy to see you alive again, master!”

here

joy, they hugged each other since they couldn’t hug Ian.

to hug Redra, Ian murmured.

“But how?”

a couple of employees under Count Reikla, but he didn’t expect to find his employees as

been planning on bringing all the

employees from all

made up less than 30 percent of his total employees, there were still many.

The cook…….

raised Ian from his childhood.

to the frail form of Laritte

lady? Is she asleep? Please let me

“Nanny.”