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

him. I-bit-my lip and dropped my gaze to my knees. 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 the estate has communal bathing arrangements, I never bothered to use them. It was pretty obvious that most of my

that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it, so

sighed, leaning my head back against the

an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He

made it hard to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother over

proper honeymoon," he

eyes bulged at the thought.

but... I

away.

settle down," he

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

in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half

are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something

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

whispered, a genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The world outside seemed to fade away.

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

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down the 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

over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a

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

Empress.

His wife!

human's face flashed through my mind. I whirled around 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

"That little bitch!"

side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king loved me. The entire palace bent to my

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