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."

faltered for a moment, warming as he bowed

is a great student." He looked down at

the man inside. The boy

last time before disappearing into

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the silence returned, wapping around me like a familiar shroud, but it wasn't

my Pyrn taught me that. Something as simple as acknowledging someone by name is the first

that those with a sense of time, understand the

themselves.

at that, trying to get over in my mind. Was that the secret to my father's wisdom? I couldn't say that

one knew that they were always running out of time, they would naturally want to conserve as much of it as possible.

my wife's

it, and the day that you will teach her something

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. I wondered, for a moment, how often he'd

or

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

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

of things and how much money was

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mother,

the issue fairly quickly and taken care of it. This felt like the same pattern as then too, so it

the palace again using the same techniques, but I could

They ha

royal family, but who had my father given access

over the years?

deer with a

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

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

and nodded.

the Elders had to be involved, too.