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."

really. It's

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

He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

it, so this is a pretty good close

sighed, leaning my head back against

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

made it hard to reconcile the fact that

proper honeymoon,"

eyes bulged at the

that, but... I wouldn't be

away.

things settle down,"

are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to have magical properties,

in a magical pool,

will go to these

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

incredible," I whispered, a genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else as

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room. Servants jumped out of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said.

I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door

wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

years, I had been as good as Tsuneo's wife. I'd taken care of him while he was in his coma. I was at his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made

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