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

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

He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he sat

"That's terrible."

to try it, so this is a

head back against the

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

reconcile the fact that he'd killed his

had a proper

eyes bulged at the thought. He

that, but... I wouldn't be

away. "You

settle down," he

place in 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

in a magical pool, surrounded by

the next time we are in your realm, we will go

sunk down a little more into the bath

incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile playing on my lips. "Thanks,

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of

a maddening drumbeat that drowned out

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Servants jumped out 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

veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my

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

Empress.

His wife!

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 had since I was child. I couldn't stop until every surface was bare and overturned. My pillows on the floor. Sheets

"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 the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing.

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