Death by overwork? Check. 

Isekai’d into a glittery kingdom called Aelthryndivoryssalindria, yes, that's the name but I call it Aelthryn, because who has time for that? Double check. 

All I wanted was a soft life filled with pastries, naps, and no husband. But five years into my new life as Princess Elyndravyssorathielindria Sylvarindelthys—Elyn, please, God knows why the names are so difficult to pronounce—my father demands I marry. 

But explain to me why all the potential suitors look like they were picked up from the fucking gutter? I kid you not. one of them literally suggested teaching me to ride a horse and guess who found out he could not ride one at all and at the end of the day cried begging for his mother...me.

And that's just one. There's also the fact that I don't want to even get married. So in a panic, after scaring my suitors away, I tell my father I'm in love with Zorathys Vaelkyrion. 

What I didn't plan for was the fact that Zorathys is real, he’s at our annual ball, and he’s calling me his lover to settle Dad’s debts.

Now I’m stuck in the Underworld, managing Hell’s paperwork, babysitting demon nobles, and dodging a giant snake with a sweet tooth. 

Oh, and Zor? A lazy, body-pillow-hugging tease who makes my heart race. Worse, every escape portal dumps me in his bedroom, and he’s not so bad. 

But when I stumble into a plot to overthrow him, my soft-life dreams might cost me everything—unless I fight for the husband I never wanted. Send help please, I just wanted a soft life and not a demon husband..

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"...you can't marry my daughter," my father said to the demon king and I nodded. "...she...she's gay. Yes," he said with a nod like that was the most reasonable explanation ever. "She's into girls."

I was shocked and stared at him then back at the demon king who paused. Maybe this could work after all. I nodded too, supporting my father's words.

The demon king smiled then. "What good taste you have, there's a reason why we belong to each other after all. I'm into women too."


What?

Chapter 177: Starplumes and the Quiet Way Hearts Learn to Wait


He walked, slow and deliberate, like he was afraid that if he moved too quickly, something fragile would break. His small fingers were curled tightly around the sweet, the thin, shimmering wrapper crinkling softly with every step. The colors—reds, blues, golds, and greens—caught the light as he stopped in front of Aziren, holding the starplume out with both hands.


Aziren went still as he watched Azerion approach him. Honestly, the distance between the both of them wasn't even much, but with how slow Azerion was walking, one would think it was.


Azerion swallowed when he finally reached Aziren.


"Finally," Rin muttered behind her hand. She thought it was quiet, but I heard her and gave her a glare. She immediately mimed zipping up her lips, although I knew that would do nothing to stop her from saying something stupid later.


Chapter 177 - Starplumes and the Quiet Way Hearts Learn to Wait