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
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
He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he sat
"That's terrible."
always wanted to try it,
leaning my head back against the stone and closing
cracked an eye open. His eyes were
hard to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his
haven't had a proper honeymoon,"
bulged at
that, but... I wouldn't be
looked away.
things settle down,"
mind, I think you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to have magical properties, and
The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing
will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something
sunk down a little more into the
a genuine
"You need not thank
me, wife."
The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The world outside seemed
blood roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else as
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laughing, gossiping about me. About what
my chambers,
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 rule side-by-side. I was destined
Empress.
His wife!
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
"That little bitch!"
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 the lazy servants do exactly what they should
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