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.
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
frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then
"That's terrible."
always wanted to try it, so this is a
sighed, leaning my head back against the stone and
and I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement.
way that made it hard to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his
proper honeymoon,"
bulged at the
like that, but... I wouldn't be
away. "You were
things settle
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
a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with
will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something to compare it
I sunk down a little more
incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile
"You need not thank
me, wife."
tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a
maddening drumbeat that drowned
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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 treating me now. How everything between me
stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that
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 to be
Empress.
His wife!
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
"That little bitch!"
managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king
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