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.

should I really be cagey about this? 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 of my family hated

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused,

"That's terrible."

always wanted to try it, so this is a pretty

my head back against the stone and closing my

open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned at

made it hard to reconcile the fact that he'd

had a proper honeymoon," he began,

at the thought.

but... I wouldn't

away.

things settle

There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within

shot through me. The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than

go to these Jaki Baths so you have

sunk down a

whispered, a genuine smile playing

"You need not thank

me, wife."

we sat in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy

in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that

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hall away from the dining hall toward my room. Servants jumped out of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said. How

and consuming, pulsed through my veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with

could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children that we

Empress.

His wife!

with a shriek of fury, knocking over a delicate porcelain vase in the process. The sound of shattering echoed through the room was almost cathartic. I screamed and 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

"That little bitch!"

the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip.

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