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

After everything, 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

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused,

"That's terrible."

to try it,

back against the stone and closing my

and I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He

to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his

had a proper honeymoon," he began, then

bulged at

that, but... I

looked away. "You

settle down,"

hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water

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

we will go to these Jaki Baths so

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

a genuine smile playing on my lips. "Thanks,

"You need not thank

me, wife."

of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of

my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything

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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

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

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

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made

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