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 289: Swoons, Smoke, and the Child Who Offered to Pay


My eyes widened as I watched Velira swoon.


She didn't just swoon dramatically — she committed to it. Her free hand flew to her forehead, her bunny was crushed against her chest, and her purple wings fluttered so fast they became a blur of colour against the light. She staggered backward like she had been struck by something invisible, her mouth open in a perfect circle of awe.


"My heart," she gasped, her voice somewhere between a whisper and a scream. "My heart is about to combust. From beauty. Beauty befitting a demon. Beauty befitting the Queen."


I stared at her, trying very hard to contain my laughter. My lips pressed together, my cheeks hurt from the effort, but the sound kept threatening to escape.


Thalira's eyes had gone wide too, her light blue hair swaying as she tilted her head to take me in from a different angle.


Chapter 289 - Swoons, Smoke, and the Child Who Offered to Pay