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

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

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

wanted to try it, so

leaning my head back against the stone

I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright

reconcile

a proper honeymoon,"

eyes bulged at the thought. He

that, but... I wouldn't be

away. "You

settle down," he

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

pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds

we will go to these Jaki Baths

a little

genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

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of my way, but 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

to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed

streamed down my face, blurring my vision. How 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 were destined to

Empress.

His wife!

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.

"That little bitch!"

I was at his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their

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