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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bit too, literally," I said. "I said,

if

You have to be there when they bloom for the first

make it sound

edible flowers

have to be

flower has to be picked within an

nose. That flower had better be delicious for all that trouble. Let me guess, it grows in some highly difficult place to

only difficult if you can't

head. "Count me out on

gonna have much choice when we go." She cocked an eyebrow

my voice to a whisper."

When she was done, she cut it into slices on the tray. 1 waited until she

trouble brewing within the palace walls. For a moment, it was just us in a

I said between bites, "This might almost be better than bath

normal."

sway of the trees around us. "I'd say it's at least on par,

and started cutting it into

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 I'm back

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the

want? To be

thought, the weight of the dread felt like it

paused and hummed. It did nothing for the discomfort in my chest. "Somethings were simpler

be on

nodded at that. I suppose that's

nervous. On instinct, I reached out and took her hand. I squeezed her hand gently. She looked

to happen," I said, meeting her gaze. Nothing will

she nodded. A bit of her nerves

be too busy doing other things

"Like what?"