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 heart.”

the Duke! We should not even be using that traitor’s title!”

quietly eating, put down her salad fork as a

a barbarian in the

go. Your father was able to

“Ahem!”

clearing his throat. The Countess wiped her mouth with her napkin but continued to

from head to toe. With her fulfilling

reason other than to allow the Brumayers keep the

rotting in

mountain. Laritte had been sent there with no support. All she had

was extremely happy.

stain on the otherwise happy Brumayer

disliked her father who sired an illegitimate child, but she loathed Laritte even more.

lacked the typical Brumayer characteristics. Rather than red hair and freckles, Laritte resembled her dancer of a mother with her pale

that, her eyes…’

was that cold look, as if

can’t wait to get rid of

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

was: firewood to fight off the chill of

what a complete fool, right?

that she was heading to the mountains where trees were plenty, so why would

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

ground, even the smallest bit of dampness would have made it

would be fighting the cold on her very first

cold…’, Laritte thought as she entered the house

already realized this fact when she was six

living with her birth mother, Laritte had to pick herbs from the mountains in order to

but she couldn’t help it.

once, just once, Laritte had gotten lost in

survive the cold. But one day, a

branches for dear life, succeeding in lighting them and starting a fire only

“Phew…”

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

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