The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

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Tsuneo looked surprised.

"What is it?"

"I was under the impression that your family of humans-"

I snickered. He wrinkled his nose.

"Is that odd phrasing?"

"A little," I smiled at him. "But a little endearing..."

His smile turned warm, and his eyes brightened. I looked away.

"You were saying?"

"Your family... is from an area that bathes communally, isn't it?"

"My father's family, yes." I nodded. "But I never got the to never had the time, and I was always excluded from going."

go to the communal baths. I

My lips twitched at the thought.

"The Jaki Baths in my hometown are the best on this side of the continent, but I never went."

"Why?"

"Well..." I shrugged. "It was a luxury, for one."

"Your family didn't seem to be poor."

aren't really. It's

It wasn't like it was my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to go with me when I had time, I said. "Then... I was too busy to go. Even though the estate has communal bathing arrangements, I never bothered to use them. It was pretty obvious that most

genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then

"That's terrible."

always wanted to try it, so this is

back against the stone

I cracked an eye open. His

that made it hard to reconcile the

proper

eyes bulged at the

that, but... I wouldn't

looked away. "You

things settle

like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said

in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better

next time we are in your realm, we will go to these

and I sunk down a little more into the bath with a

I whispered, a genuine smile playing

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted

maddening drumbeat that drowned out

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I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said. How the king was treating me now. How everything between me and

stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a

could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo...

Empress.

His wife!

threw chairs. I clawed through a tapestry I'd had since I was child. I couldn't stop until every surface was bare and overturned. My pillows on the floor. Sheets ripped and shredded, yet it did nothing for the tempest raging within me. This wasn't fair! It wasn't

"That little bitch!"

he was in his coma. I was at his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king

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