When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 2

1. Laritte and the new house

620 years ago, the Iyasa continent unified and the Empire was born.

The Brumayer family supported the Imperial family in their rise to power and accumulated enough accomplishments to be considered a founding contributor to the Empire.

However, the current generation of Brumayers lacked power, as seen in their current status of Count.

But now, with a daughter married to Duke Reinhardt, a man second in power only to the Imperial family, the Brumayers hoped to see the light once more.

‘…That’s what I thought.’

Count Brumayer felt regret when he thought of the current situation over dinner.

On the table was the family chef’s ‘Beef Steak’, magnificent enough to be called one of a kind. It shone brightly yet he couldn’t bring himself to lay his hands on it.

Rose, too, felt depressed about their situation.

Everytime she closed her eyes, she could see Duke Reinhardt’s shimmering form, just like how he had appeared to her three years ago.

When the continent of Iyasa had unified for the first time in history, the Empire prided itself so highly that it kept the name.

In the heart of the palace laid the first banquet hall.

The ceiling in the corridor leading to the banquet hall towered above the banquet goers. The intricate carvings on the ceiling was, in royal fashion, decorated brilliantly with gold.

Below that ceiling, Rose encountered the Duke for the first time.

‘…Ah!’

His hair was so black it seemed to absorb all the light, standing out in that bright corridor. Beneath his hair were the world’s purest gold eyes, appearing aloof and detached. Though his eyes were narrow, their masculine beauty matched well with the finely tanned muscles outlined by his shirt.

“I can’t believe such a Duke passed away…”

Rose lamented and tormented the steak with her fork.

Although there were some women who had never seen the Duke, it was said that all women who’d met him would fall in love with him.

The few swordmasters in the Empire were nicknamed ‘the murderers’, but the Duke did not care for such things as others did.

confident I could have melted his

We should not even be

quietly eating, put

was killed by a barbarian

go. Your

“Ahem!”

deliberately interrupted the conversation by clearing his throat. The Countess wiped her

Brumayer could be so useful? She resembles that crude dancer from head to toe.

sent to the Reinhardt dukedom for no reason other than to allow the

must be rotting in

old villa in some corner of a mountain. Laritte had been sent

extremely

only stain on the otherwise happy Brumayer

who sired an illegitimate child, but

freckles, Laritte resembled her dancer of a mother with her pale skin and silver hair. And those were traits that any noble girl would envy

to that, her

as if she were looking down on you! That expression had been the reason why Rose

to get rid of

Laritte. But still, no one scolded her for her choice of words. It was

abandoned house needed was: firewood to fight off the chill of the night. So, with all the

a complete fool,

as she was leaving. Rose was aware that she was heading to the mountains where trees

In truth, Rose was the one who didn’t know what the

drizzled. If Laritte were to pick a branch off the ground, even the smallest bit of dampness would have made it impossible to light with a

Laritte would be fighting the cold on

already this cold…’, Laritte thought as she entered the house and lit the fireplace using her wood.

realized this fact when she was six

had to pick herbs from the

the herbs had been useless weeds, but she couldn’t help it. The alternative

once, just once, Laritte had gotten lost in the

girl she’d somehow managed to gather enough branches to survive the cold. But one day, a violent storm wet the branches. They

those branches for dear life, succeeding in lighting them and starting a fire only when she was

“Phew…”

by her old memories, looked around. The inside of the villa was very dusty and had a spooky feeling. The furniture

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