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."

a moment,

a great student." He looked down at Kai. "Are

nodded let go of my hand. Kai followed the man inside. The boy glanced back at me,

before disappearing into

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around me like a familiar shroud, but it wasn't

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

that those with a sense of time, understand the value

themselves.

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

to conserve as much of it as

from my wife's

that you

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. I wondered, for a moment, how often he'd walked into my office... taken the portal that led to

or

desk, flipping open the latest report from the treasury. My fingers traced the lines of figures, just checking

But as I 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,

how much money was truly missing. This wasn't the first time I'd found errors like this. The

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been just a child, sitting with mother,

taken care of it. This felt like the

who was bold enough to steal from the palace again using the same techniques, but I could bet

They ha

royal family, but

over the years?

deer with a

investigation, and I wasn't sure if we had the time to do it before

happened recently, it was unlikely that it had started recently. I opened it again, flipping to where the

and nodded.

there, too, so someone among the Elders had to be involved,