The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 106

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Tsuneo

His eyes lit up and he threw his arms around my legs, squeezing tight. I pat his head.

I'll be the best little brother," he said soft and carnest.

"Of that, I have no doubt."

He looked up. "Are you going to be there for dinner too? You have lots of work to do, right?"

""I'll do my best."

He nodded. "Do you have to stay in the palace all day? Or do you get to go outside sometimes?"

"Sometimes.

That sounds boring," he remarked with a small pout. "I bet I could help. I'm really good at organizing things."

A faint smirk tugged at the corner of my lips. "Is that so?"

"Yup!" Kai said proudly. "Just you wait until I can read and right. I'll be the best helper ever."

Better than Lady Morgan?"

de flushed. "I don't know about that."

chuckled, squeezing him to my side as we reached the room.

You're a smart man."

knocked on the door. His tutor, an elderly man with a stern expression, opened the dor. He was ew and a bit unfamiliar to me, but Tarofu gave me his name. Master Neo," I nodded. "Thank you for educating him."

sternness faltered for a moment, warming as he bowed

He looked down at

Kai followed the man inside.

time before disappearing into the

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silence returned, wapping around me like a familiar shroud, but it wasn't uncomfortable. Even Tarofu seemed a little more at ease. What was

Pyrn taught me that. Something as simple as acknowledging someone by name is the first brick for a strong foundation. I chuckled. Your wife is quite

have found that those with a sense of time,

themselves.

that the secret to my father's wisdom? I couldn't say

that they were always running out of time, they would naturally want to conserve as much of it as possible. Repeating the same battles, the same struggles, never trying to make things better would indeed be miserable.

learn a lot more from my wife's human experience than I ever

laughed. Look forward to it, and the day that you will teach her something that she

and made my way to my father's office. The office was dimly lit, the shelves stacked high with ledgers, records, and scrolls that held the history and affairs of the palace. The door to the left led into my own office.

or

flipping open the latest report from the treasury. My fingers traced the lines of figures, just checking to make sure that things were in order,

scanned the most recent entries, I noticed several inconsistencies. There were several large sums of money that had vanished it seemed. Not all at once, but in little increments that wouldn't have seemed strange at the first glance. I couldn't take the time to trace all of the amounts at the moment, but I could see enough to understand. Someone was siphoning money, and they

and how much money was truly missing. This wasn't the first time

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sitting with mother, going over the books, learning

sussed out the issue fairly quickly and taken care of it. This felt like the same pattern as then

again

They ha

royal family, but

over the years?

deer with a

the snap and stood, my mind already working through the possibilities. This would require more than a casual investigation, and I wasn't sure if we had the time to do it before the Convening, but

that it had started recently. I opened it again, flipping to where

and nodded.

had to be involved,