The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 92

CH92 Morgan

"Am I ever going to get an explanation about what exactly you mean by that?"

"In our case, it would be better to show you. But I cannot do that so long as you are not agreeable to our circumstances. For as long as you remain completely unaware of what ex. ly it means to be the phoenix, nothing will make sense." She huffed, crossing her arms. "It is completely unfair that he has it so easy. Though I suppose

that Tarofu has the need to have it as easy as possible."

I blinked. "Is that what you call him?"

She pressed her hands to her cheeks and blushed. It was so odd seeing that sort of girlish

expression on my own face.

"It is what he has allowed me to name him. He did not have a name until I gave it to him." Her eyes turned sad," No one had ever thought to give him a name. And he had never considered. himself worthy of one... So I called him that: Tarofu..." First-born Husband.

I shook my head. "You two had quite the love story, didn't you?"

She turned bright red. "Well, at first you couldn't decide whether or not to kill me or fuck me."

My jaw dropped open. "Who

She sighed dreamily." He was such a brash young dragon then. And angry, too. It was Danta's fault, honestly. If he hadn't provoked him and started all that mess, it wouldn't have been so bad. But what can you expect from a tiger?" "Now there are tigers involved?" I thought back to the vision and frowned. "The Celestial Beasts are real. It's not just dragons?"

"Of course not, dear. If it was just dragons, and what would we be?"

I ran a hand through my hair and grimaced. She had a point.

the phoenix urged, her anxiety rippled through the air, stirring up the clouds. I know him well enough. I assure

because that wasn't a phrase that Tsuneo knew before I had taken him to the human room. How had

guess that's what he meant

that I can't stay mad at him for long. Who knows what

palace and what he'll do? How

it needs to, I'm sure he won't cause that much of

was allowed to run amok, half

eyebrow. "What did they

"That is not an appropriate response! Never in all the times I've been reincarnated, have I ever had an incarnation who agreed with him!" 'Maybe that's why we

scowled. "You sound like

me quite a bit about it, which, by the way, how does it work? She's True Phoenix, right?" She laughed. "She has the blessing of my hand, as in she was found worthy to access a piece of my power, to connect with the palace. We are the only true phoenix." She

I'm agreeing to. I have no interest in letting essentially a pacifist take over my body. Who knows what to let people to get away with? You see him at the time not

"I will heal. They will

teach you something called self-preservation. Though I'm glad, you're no

"I suppose

my last incarnation either..." She shook her head. "Very well. We can agree to be separate for now. Though we will still be in your body, as I do not have one of my own."

and my husband would have to take over- it would be very complicated and very messy. This is much simpler." "Fine. I guess we'll set some ground rules. Tsuneo and I... are..." I hesitated. "Courting, essentially.

again before her shoulders slumped. "Are you telling me I can't sleep with my husband because

shook her head. "So you take

need to rush into sleeping with a man I only just met after a lifetime

"Fuck?"

"Yes!"

is partially my fault... You've never... We've never

you and

you'll have

husband. Why do I have to tell him

not to be convincing. If