The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 132

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I laughed at the question. "It's not that. My other subjects were just fine. It was just poetry I could never... grasp well."

Admittedly, it had also been my least favorite subject. I had been young and jaded, and I was almost certain that I would never find someone who would make me feel the way the great poets felt about their phoenixes. I looked at Morgan and found myself grinning at the thought.

She tilted her head. I'm surprised you had time for poetry."

"My tutors wanted me to be... cultured. As I said, I excelled in other subjects."

"Like?"

I blinked, hesitating and struggling with this rush of warmth that went through me. She wasn't looking at me, but the question spoke to her wanting to know more about me. Given how we met, I never imagined that maybe one day we'd be here. She grabbed one of the fruits and started to peel it with an expert hand. It reminded me of have picnics with my parents when I was younger.

"What's on your mind?"

I shook my head. "Nothing."

She eyed me and kept peeling without watching her hands. It had to be a human thing. I couldn't imagine many of the celestial realm outside of the kitchen staff doing so.

"Did you cook a lot in the human realm?"

She shook her head. "No, but I used to do this for my dad and my younger brother when we had

the time." She looked down at the fruit and knife in her hands. "It wasn't often but it was great

when it could happen especially in the spring, when all the flowers would start blooming. We always made a habit of watching the flowers bloom together."

"Flowers bloom that quickly in the human realm?" I hummed. "I was under the impression that magic had dwindled quite a bit there. Though that gives me hope for what's to come later."

She laughed a little. "It's not that they bloom quickly It's just that there are certain times of year where they appear to bloom all at once. They're the freshers and the most beautiful a certain week in the spring. Unless you count lotuses those bloom very quickly."

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too, literally," I said. "I said, here, there are flowers that

if

as an hour. You have to be there when they bloom for the first time to pick them at their

sound

flowers in the

be there right when they bloom to eat

flower has to be picked within an hour of blooming, or it

better be delicious for all that trouble.

only difficult if you can't

head. "Count me out on

couples." I smiled." You're not gonna have much choice when we go."

closer, lowering my voice to a whisper." You'll just have to wait

and went back to peeling. When she was done, she cut it into

drift to lighter topics, steering clear of the looming worries of the Convening or the trouble brewing within the palace walls. For a moment, it was just us in a way that we only had in the comfort of our room or sitting

almost be

normal."

the soft sway of the trees around us. "I'd say it's

the peel aside and started cutting it into

this. I didn't get to have a lot of rest back when I was just the heir. Just being able to sit and not think about the fate of the world, the family or beyond that, hanging in the balance is nice. It feels like I could almost believe

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at the longing

that something you want? To be back in the

grew tight at the thought, the weight of the dread felt like it would

my chest. "Somethings were simpler then. Some weren't. I think

on

that. I suppose that's

took her hand. I squeezed her hand gently. She looked up

happen," I said, meeting her gaze. Nothing will happen that you

twitched and she nodded. A bit of

busy doing other

"Like what?"