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

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

at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it, so this

leaning my head back against the

nudged me and I cracked an eye open. His

reconcile the fact that

haven't had a proper honeymoon,"

at the thought. He

but...

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

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

are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths

I sunk down a little more

incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the water. The tension of the evening had

blood roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat

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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 that human woman had said. How the king was

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

streamed down my face, blurring my vision. How could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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. The king loved me. The entire palace

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