The Abandoned Prince’s Ghost Bride - Chapter 162

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The Abandoned Prince’s Ghost Bride
Side Story 12. Kaiser’s Connections (4)

“Ugh, I was going to make a quick fortune, but you ruined it.”
“So you really did get captured on purpose?”
“Why else would I be here?”
“Then what’s the point of putting on such a terrible act and staying in this place?”
“Obviously, I was planning to bleed the bastard who bought me completely dry.”
“Ugh…”
Beatrice giggled at Kaiser’s look of disgust.
“Humans are weak to appearances. Especially when they see Dragons like us in Polymorph form—they go absolutely mad. Look at this body! Quite beautiful for a human, wouldn’t you say?”
In other words, she was just complimenting her own Polymorphed form by admitting her true form was beautiful.
“It’s hilarious when those humans who strut around so dignified in public reveal their ugly true colors behind closed doors! And especially the thrill of stabbing them in the back and taking everything they have…! Haa!”
“…Your mind’s gotten twisted since I last saw you.”
“Hmph, I don’t care if I’m taking down no-good bastards. I figured with that 10,000 Gold sale price, there’d be plenty to strip from them… but then YOU bought me! What’s this?”
“I thought maybe you’d hit your head and forgotten you were a Dragon. If that weren’t the case, I wouldn’t have bothered. There went my precious 10,000 Gold.”
“That’s for me to worry about.”
Beatrice stuck her tongue out to tease him, but Kaiser merely narrowed his eyes.
“By the way, what was all that talk about Dragon’s Tear and such a while ago?”
“I spent 12,000 Gold total this time. I got tired of counting it out one by one, so I just traded for goods instead. One of them was Dragon’s Tear.”
“You… can you really do that?”
“What?”
“I mean, how can you give humans precious Dragon artifacts? There are already plenty of humans in the Odrian Empire talking about Dragons appearing, wanting to hunt them down and make a fortune!”
Kaiser’s hand, which had been touching the fake Dragon’s Bone, went still.
“Even this fake bone right now—we know it’s fake, but ordinary humans don’t. What if those fools get blinded by greed and start hunting for real Dragons?”
“…Beatrice.”
“What?”
“You don’t really think I’m that thoughtless, do you?”
At his meaningful smile and scheming tone, Beatrice’s brow furrowed.
“I never intended to give the Dragon’s Tear away.”
“…Then?”
“I’ll take it back. It was mine to begin with. And besides, since they sold me a fake, don’t I deserve proper compensation?”
“…Hahahahaha! You’re insane! You’d complain even if they’d sold you the real thing.”
“I don’t want to hear ‘insane’ from a pervert.”
Beatrice burst out laughing, rolling around.
“Count me in on that plan.”
The two Dragons’ eyes met, and they smiled wickedly together.

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“Boss, is this really Dragon’s Tear?”
“Didn’t you see the effect just now?”
“I did…”
Just moments ago, they’d quickly commissioned a sorcerer to make a fast potion to verify whether this was real Dragon’s Tear.
When a single drop of Dragon’s Tear was added to a simple herbal mixture, a supreme-grade Potion was born.
“Whether this is real Dragon’s Tear or not doesn’t matter. What matters is we’ve proven it has remarkable potency. Any sorcerer who sees this will be wild with desire.”
“But if this really is Dragon’s Tear, then there’s even more reason to hunt Dragons.”
“Right, and we just saw that Dragon’s Bone sell for 2,000 Gold. Dragons are money! So we need to recruit Mercenaries to hunt Dragons by any means necessary. Pol.”
“Yes, Boss.”
“Is that customer the one you brought?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Looks like they’ve got plenty of goods. Sweet-talk them into staying here permanently. Failing that, I’ll support you—use whatever method you need, even seduction, to cripple them. Can you do it?”
“I can, but… they seem like a dangerous person.”
“When have they ever not been dangerous? Do this right, and I’ll give you a nice position. Stop whining and get to it.”
Watching the Boss ignore even his warnings, Pol felt uneasy.
Normally his proposals would’ve made his eyes gleam with greed, but his instincts were screaming at him to refuse.
“Sigh… what do I do?”
While Pol stood there, fingers running through his hair in indecision, a sudden violent wind slammed into him.
Crash—!
“What, what is this!”
Knocked backward by the mysterious wind pressure, Pol heard an enormous roar behind him.
Ahhhhhhh! We’re under attack!
Fire! There’s fire!
Amid the screams of panicked people, Pol could see a building burning in the distance.
From the cries calling out for the Boss, it seemed something had happened to him.
“…Let’s end this right now.”
Even the Boss who ruled this Dark Market had lost his life in an instant—there was no way a mere flunky like him could survive in this brutal world.
Pol slipped out of the building under the cover of chaos.

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“Hahahahaha! You crazy bastard! You actually set a fire!”
“You’re the one who killed all those humans around us.”
“Call me a hero who punished the wicked?”
“Hero my ass.”
“Still, I’m in an amazing mood! Those bastards were real scum. I’ve wanted to backstab them forever, and now I feel completely satisfied! Ah! You did manage to swipe the goods?”
“Of course.”
Kaiser grinned and showed her three items he’d stashed in his Subspace.
The two Dragons smiled wickedly and high-fived each other.
Less than a minute after escaping the Dark Market, they blended seamlessly into the crowd of ordinary people going about their day.
Beatrice’s beauty was so striking that Kaiser had masked her face with Magic to make it plain.
“Phew! Like a tooth finally falling out after aching forever. Thanks to you, that was fun. What are you going to do from here?”
“I have companions. I’m traveling with them.”
“Oh? Then travel hard. And if you ever mention me to Grandmother, you’re dead. I mean it.”
Well then, goodbye!
She gave a simple farewell and was about to leave cleanly when—
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Kaiser grabbed her hood.
“Where? Each of us has our own path. I’ve got things to do too.”
“Originally, wouldn’t you be figuring out how to fleece your next human owner by now?”
“That may be true, but it wasn’t another human—it was you who bought me.”
“Exactly.”
Beatrice tilted her head at the circular, pointless argument.
“I bought you for 10,000 Gold.”
Kaiser looked down at her with the expression of someone who’d just made their winning move.
“Wait, hold on…!”
“Your ownership belongs to me.”
“That’s void! 10,000 Gold is pocket change to you!”
“And yet I spent even that pocket change buying you, didn’t I?”
“You already got that 10,000 Gold back from the robbery! That’s basically the same as not spending anything!”
Kaiser raised one eyebrow and acted as though he hadn’t heard a word.
“I’ll give the 10,000 Gold back! Then…”
“No. Why would I?”
At Kaiser’s flat refusal, Beatrice was speechless. Then Kaiser smiled slyly and pressed his finger to her forehead.
“From now on, you’re mine. Understood, Bebe?”
“Ahhhhh! Don’t say ridiculous things, you bastard!”
“How rude to your master, our little Bebe.”
“Eek! Bebe is nobody’s name! Drop that cake-like nickname right now!”
“Bebe?”
The moment he called her by that annoying name, Beatrice’s face flushed deep red and she vanished instantly from in front of Kaiser.
Watching her figure bound away across the distant rooftops, Kaiser’s eyes narrowed.
“Run if you like. You’re still in the palm of my hand.”
For the first time in ages, Kaiser felt genuine joy, and he decided to enjoy this little chase.

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“…Lucian, you kicked Kaiser out just for this, didn’t you?”
“Hm? For what?”
Lia narrowed her eyes and glared at Lucian.
Lucian’s face was gleaming. Irritatingly so.
Ever since he’d kicked Kaiser out this morning, Lia hadn’t left the bed until this late evening.
As a result, she had no strength left in her entire body.
True, Lucian was right that she’d never properly enjoyed their honeymoon because Kaiser had always been on her mind… but.
“This is too much!”
“Mm, are you hungry? Wait a moment. I’ll have someone bring food.”
“That’s not the real problem here…!”
Realizing Lia’s anger was greater than he’d expected, Lucian retreated to a place where she couldn’t reach him.
He briefly asked a hotel attendant to bring food, then turned back. Lia lay on the bed wrapped in blankets like a cocoon, looking far cuter than he’d imagined.
In the end, Lucian approached the cocoon-like Lia prepared for a scolding and blew her a kiss.
“You’re adorable, my bride.”
“I’m going on bride strike starting today.”
“You can’t. I’ll waste away.”
“Not my problem. You tormented me all day.”
“Hmm? Did I only torment you? You seemed to enjoy the middle part…”
Smack—!
A cushion flew at Lucian’s face, cutting off his words.
But when he just sat there grinning stupidly despite being hit, Lia found she couldn’t muster another word of complaint.
In the end, the bride surrendered to her vigorous groom once again.
“I’m going to bathe. Kaiser will be here soon.”
“I’ll help you.”
“…If you lay a hand on me even once this time, I’m finished with you. I mean it.”
“I won’t touch anything else today.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Today.”
The promise felt oddly suspicious, but she decided to take it at face value anyway.
After enjoying a leisurely bath together, the two of them returned to the room where food had been laid out and waited for Kaiser to arrive.
“…He’s later than expected.”
“Should we eat first?”
“If we do, he’ll definitely complain about why we didn’t wait for him. And since he’s probably upset about being sent away this morning, let’s wait a bit longer.”
About five minutes passed.
“I’m back!”
“See? I told you.”
Kaiser had indeed arrived.
The two of them went to meet the sulky Dragon and make peace.
“Kaiser, how was your day out?”
“The market was fun… huh?”
Their unusually warm greeting was cut short when they noticed something(?) draped over Kaiser’s shoulder.
Squirm! Wriggle! Squirm-squirm!
“Did you two have a nice time while I was away?”
“…What exactly were you doing out there?”
“Could it be… there’s a person inside that?”
Draped over his shoulder was an enormous sack the size of a human, writhing and making strange sounds inside.
“Oh! You’ve prepared food? Perfect, I was hungry!”
Kaiser completely ignored Lia and Lucian’s puzzled stares and casually dropped the sack on the ground before heading straight for the table with the prepared meal.
“What is…?”
They looked at Kaiser hoping for an explanation, but he was already nose-deep in his plate, eating with full concentration.
Lia and Lucian exchanged an awkward glance before carefully opening the sack.
“…You crazy bastard.”
Inside the sack was a beautiful woman with tears streaming down her cheeks.

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