When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 12

There was no one here who would visit them.

Since the National Foundation Day was in early spring, is it the person who delivers the invitation in advance?

But they would have at least waited until the melting of the snow.

Laritte did not hear anything.

In the first place, the sound of footsteps outside could not have been heard by ordinary human beings.

The moment he put his hand away from her mouth and tried to say something…..

“Is there anyone inside?”

A deep voice was heard at the door.

Laritte felt goosebumps.

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Someone kept knocking at the door.

Laritte and Ian exchanged their glances.

Laritte whispered quietly.

“I’ll take care of it. You stay here.”

No one should have known that Ian was here.

If a rumor spreads to the Royal family that there was a man in the Duke’s Villa….it would be terrible.

Ian could also not afford the Imperial Household’s strength at the moment.

Bartolt, who betrayed Ian, was one of his swordmaster candidates.

Such a talented man, who could not even miss, works under the orders of the Royal Family.

It was highly likely that he was now a member of the royal family after the fall of Ian.

Furthermore, if he hears the rumor of Ian being alive, he would definitely come to investigate it.

Laritte could also suspect it.

While Laritte approached the front door carefully, Ian disappeared from the view.

The light of the villa was surely going out through the cracks. So, it would be even more suspicious if they pretended to be quiet.

“Who is this?”

“Oh, someone is really here, isn’t it? Can you please open the door for a second? I’m from the government office.”

It did not seem to be a lie.

She seemed genuinely surprised by the voice of the person.

Laritte carefully unlocked the door.

A man in a long winter coat was holding a report in his hand.

“Oh….”

It seemed as if his eyes were scanning over Laritte’s body.

It was a familiar sight.

Laritte looked just like her biological mother.

A woman with silver hair like the Milky Way Galaxy.

She had beautiful ocean blue eyes.

However, Laritte was not able to get out of the cluttered limbs from birth.

Nevertheless, sometimes people also used to stare at her with a greedy look.

Now that she had grown up, her beauty was shining even more.

There was only one thing that Laritte appreciated in Rose.

Any male servant, who showed affection to Larrite, was punished.

Even when he pretended it to be a mistake, Rose slapped him and kicked him out of the house.

Although it was done because Laritte’s beauty was ‘not meant to be appreciable’, it was a good thing for her.

She asked, trying to ignore the man’s stare.

“What is it?”

“O-oh. We are conducting a nationwide census on the Imperial Order. We have orders.”

“…..”

“But the herbalist said that he saw a woman climbing up the mountain.”

As for the census, Laritte had heard about it from the Count.

It was intended to improve the quality of life of the people by producing accurate statistics.

After all, it was just to get the tax off.

“I live here alone. Is that enough?”

Soon, Laritte tried to close the door with a cold reply.

But the man put his hand in between the crack trying to hold the door off.

“…..What is it again?”

“On the way back, I noticed two footprints heading here.”

Her heart sank.

No one had to go up the mountain when the snow was piled up.

Also, Ian was not alarmed about going out.

She could not believe that it was coming back like this.

Laritte calmly retorted.

“The herbalist was going out of town with a horse. It has been a long time since I’ve had a guest.”

Since there were two footprints to the villa, one of them belonged to Laritte. So it could not be a possible lie.

Besides, the man did not know that this place belonged to the Duke because it seemed like he just stopped here by chance.

The man believed Laritte.

Initially, collecting taxes was only meant to be conducted in a community like a village.

People who lived alone like her were excluded as a fluid.

So, there was no need for a census to come this far.

It was entirely because of the laity that this had to be done.

To be exact, it was her appearance.

He came here because the herbalist had praised Laritte’s appearance……

‘You’re such a pretty lonely girl, you know?’

He pushed open the door.

“I need to know if there are more people or not. I will be leaving after searching this place.”

“Hey!”

“Ay, I’ve come all the way here, so please give me some tea.”

Despite Laritte’s dissuasion, the man forced himself into the house.

Laritte followed the man around, her eyes searching for Ian.

‘Where is he now?’

“Get out of here!”

“Let’s see, there is no one in the living room……”

He glanced at the torn carpet and turned his eyes.

“Who is in the kitchen?”

“What the hell are you doing……!”

Laritte was more concerned about Ian than she was angry. He would not have expected this to happen.

‘Are you hiding well….’

As soon as she thought…… a crash was heard from the kitchen.

“What was that?”

The man said casually.

Laritte ran towards the kitchen before him. The kitchen window was wide open.

It was a window that led towards the outside of the villa.

It was clear that Ian had jumped over the snow covered ground.

“Huh.”

The surroundings were messed up with wooden boards lying here and there.

Laritte could see at a glance what happened.

There was originally a small wooden staircase outside the window.

The shelf, which could not be reached by anyone, seemed to be available for sale.

When Ian suddenly jumped down, all of the snow that was piled up fell down…

But there was a bigger problem that Laritte could see.

It was seemingly a strong wooden staircase, but it had actually been sawed and broken down.

Without knowing it, when Ian stepped on the stairs over the window, it collapsed, and that made Ian lose his balance….

“Ugh…..”

Ian tried to hold down his voice and held onto the injured area on his belly.

If it were his original reflexes, he would not have fallen. But he was not healthy.

“What were you talking about?”

The man came all the way to her from behind.

Laritte had to make an excuse.

After thinking for a moment, she shouted…..

“You fucking loony bastards!!”

Although she was a wretched woman who seemed to be saddened by the falling petals, Larrite was also the daughter of a lowly maid.

This meant that she had learned all kinds of swear words and harsh words that were used in the back alley.

“When winter arrives, those junk keep coming in. You people were supposed to eliminate them…! Wait, there is still one over there!”

Larrite did not stop there.

She turned around stomping her foot, took out a kitchen knife and ran back to the window.

She swung her knife in the air.

“Get out of here! Don’t come here ever again. Otherwise, you will be seeing your blood the next day!”

Ian, who was sitting under the window, stared at the open area blankly.

She turned around without looking at Ian. She gnashed her teeth at the man, thrusting the knife towards him.

“So, anything else you want to do? You saw yourself that there was no one!”

Her blue eyes seemed like they were burning.

The man realized intuitively.

‘She is crazy.’

When Laritte swung the knife harder while walking towards him, he stumbled backwards.

“If you don’t have anything else, get the hell out of here! Because you’re annoying!”

“Pu-put it down!”

“If you set foot here again, I’ll kill you!!”

He felt the threat of his life for the first time ever. His heart was beating very fast.

In fact, the man was timid.

He was always weak towards people who had a nasty temper.

‘I thought you would be fun to play with because you were so pretty!’

There must be a certain reason that she lived alone in such an old house. He was sure she was kicked out of her house because of her horrible personality.

He did not want to get involved again. He was not going to let anything happen here.

He decided not to disclose anything about this matter to anyone.

Determined, the man left the villa.

“If you bother me again, I’ll stab you in the neck next time!”

Laritte shouted back at the man, who was leaving on his horse.

She closed the door with a ‘Thud!’…..and the villa was quiet again.

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