The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 91

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Morgan

When my tears finally died down, Dad pulled away, wiping his own face.

"Well, you've come to see a doctor, I suppose I should treat you... even if you're immortal. now." "What does that mean?"

He turned away from me back to his mortar and pestle. "When I woke up here, they gave me a job. Said it was a reward for all the good things I hadn't been able to do in my life because I was too busy doing other good things." He laughed. "The administration here has quite the funny way about them. They said I can either work towards my next life or stay here for the rest of my eternal one. Part of my new job is being able to tell what kind of spirits come to see me. I can see the changes you're going through. Though they all concern me as your father... I also recognize that they are inevitable."

will, you choose to go back?"

He sighed. "Maybe after I've met my brother and my wife again... Hiro and a few other people." He started mixing something together. I tried not to wrinkle my nose at the thought of him calling.

tell them by those familial titles still. My father had always been more forgiving than me. "If you ne what ails you, huh? Other than your new status? What's happened?"

watched him. I couldn't help but smile, recognizing what he was making.

Do you think they'll taste the same here?"

le turned back and grinned. "I'm hoping they'll taste even better. I hear celestial peaches are finitely better than, you know, regular peaches."

grinned at that. I loved the nea

ones. My dad had made me medicinal lollipops for as

ir back as I can remember. Making medicine for the family was the only thing of his healing udies that he'd been able to continue to keep up really. I took a deep breath and began to tell im everything. ad said nothing, nodding and listening the way he always did. His brow furrowed in incentration as he started rolling the lollipop onto a stick. The sugar stretched and folded like ffy as it began to cool. suppose I shouldn't have hoped that the man who tried to attack you had ended up here. He's

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lucky he was a celestial. Hopefully he'd suffering for what he's done." He looked back at me. "But Queen, huh?"

1 kicked my feet and nodded, looking down at the ground. "I've helped a lot of people already. It's strange how being queen is so much like being the heir of the family. But Ari is much worse than Mizuki was."

laughed. "I never thought I'd hear you say

met her, so

to have your

flicker of pride playing on his lips as he wrapped a set of lollipops

Ren," he said, his voice filled with a sense of warmth and affection.

you could have been around

I was you wouldn't be where you are right now..." He shook his head. "Though I wish I didn't have to see it that

swallowed. "Did it hurt?"

worst pain of it was realizing that I wouldn't be around to protect you any onger... I worried about the kind of person you'd become. I knew it wouldn't take you long to igure

murderers."

had never actually crossed my mind

eyes were misty. "Then I

and came to

be expected," I said. "I want to bring him to the dragon realm with

laughed. "You vicious little thing. He'd enjoy

another child

my head, looking up through the swirling

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happy as I can expect to be... And

lips twitched. "I think...

wrapped his arm around me. "That's all anyone

flickered overhead like a warning. He

means our time

and let him help me off the bench.

said and kissed my temple. "I'm hoping

eyes already stinging. "I love

too, Ren. Give them hell, for

bright and then I was standing on the cliff again, overlooking the

had

understand that we're... technically the same person, but there's got to

phoenix flicked its

I heard