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00:00:03Seven years ago, I was only three. You kicked me and mom out of the family, just because they couldn't

00:00:08speak quickly.

00:00:09And now, you actually want me back?

00:00:14That's right. The Sterling Air is nothing but a pathetic mute. I'm a disgrace to the family, right?

00:00:20And that is why. You all thought I totally deserved to be dumb, right?

00:00:25The Sterlings only produces geniuses. But you? You had a mute for a son. He's turning us into a complete

00:00:31laughingstock in Solar Raid.

00:00:32When my mom died last year, you didn't even flinch. And so because of that, I'm done with this family,

00:00:38and done with my dad.

00:00:40But now out of nowhere, you're talking about family ties, and saying you miss me? Do you actually think I'm

00:00:46nothing more than a dumb kid?

00:00:48Souththor's birthday is the day after tomorrow. The Sterling family will be at his banquet, and I'm still the family's

00:00:53heir apparent on paper.

00:00:55If I don't show up, Souththor would take it as a sign of disrespect. That's the only real reason behind

00:01:02all of this.

00:01:05I've been away for seven years. I can't find my way around. Where's the main hall?

00:01:10Well, if it isn't the great heir coming back, you're the stupid mute the Sterling's tossed out. What's with all

00:01:15the hand-waving? I don't understand it.

00:01:18Why the hell are you staring at me?

00:01:20You have no idea who you're dealing with.

00:01:25I've slaughtered you. Vermin's like you. In another life.

00:01:33I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I didn't mean it. That was a joke. Your grandpa's right there, and everyone's been

00:01:39expecting you.

00:01:40Everyone in this world only sees me as the pathetic, mute outcast of the Sterlings.

00:01:44If only they knew I'm not one of them. My soul's from another realm. I was Friar Oren. The rivers

00:01:51ran red where I walked. That's why they called me Hollow Friar.

00:01:58Hollow Friar. A thousand javelins have perished by your hand. You won't get an easy death. The Underworld's waiting for

00:02:06you!

00:02:06I walk the path of mercy, a journey that leads towards the Gate of Enlightenment. Yet you fixate only on

00:02:13my wrath, but never see the compassion beneath. Come.

00:02:22Allow me to show it to you properly.

00:02:32By the grace of his holy light, the javelins were parasites leeching off the villagers down the mountain. Only by

00:02:39purging your whole family can suffer and be entered.

00:02:41You'll never comprehend this truth.

00:02:44By the grace of his holy light, mortals can never see.

00:02:49This is the path of solitude.

00:02:51If no divine hand guides me, then I shall guide myself.

00:03:07From this day forward, as long as I cultivate in silence for eight years, I'll reclaim my power from my

00:03:14past life.

00:03:14Jude, he's your grandfather. Say hi to grandpa.

00:03:19He's born deaf and mute

00:03:22Our Jude is the sterling heir

00:03:24But a defective heir is unworthy

00:03:27Of the legacy of our name

00:03:30Start driving

00:03:37But even in her death

00:03:38Mom told me to come back

00:03:40But this is beneath me

00:03:42Yet here I stand

00:03:43This time, I'm here to make things right

00:03:46You will grovel before her tomb

00:03:48Mark my words

00:04:05Hey

00:04:06Did you walk here from the village?

00:04:08Huh?

00:04:09Grandpa's been sitting here

00:04:10You've been keeping him waiting

00:04:14Cousin Sean

00:04:14Are you worried that I'll take your inheritance?

00:04:16I wonder what god you all worked up

00:04:18Jude sterling

00:04:19How have you been all these years?

00:04:21Save your breath, Grandpa

00:04:22You don't have to ask him anything

00:04:24Why do you even bother

00:04:26Getting a sign language teacher for this mute?

00:04:28This is ridiculous

00:04:32It's been seven years

00:04:33Since I last saw your brother

00:04:35Don't you think we should catch up?

00:04:37Prince South Horse Banquet

00:04:38Is the day after tomorrow

00:04:39If any disagreement

00:04:41Between him and us

00:04:42Becomes even slightly visible

00:04:44It would tarnish the dignity of our entire family

00:04:47How can you be so dense?

00:04:49It's obvious that you're not thinking

00:04:51But I...

00:04:52That's okay

00:04:53Please hold your temper

00:04:59You know, Jude

00:05:00In all honesty

00:05:03We've wronged your mother and you all these years

00:05:05Yet we must ask for your understanding

00:05:08It's only natural for a great family

00:05:11To encounter and to endure many complications

00:05:20It's not your fault

00:05:21That you were born mute

00:05:22You are

00:05:23And always will be

00:05:25Part of the sterling bloodline

00:05:26From now on

00:05:27You will be living here with us

00:05:29He can't live here

00:05:31Dad

00:05:31Sterling can't be broken

00:05:32That's enough

00:05:34Jude

00:05:35Kneel and show your gratitude

00:05:37Wait

00:05:38There's no need for that

00:05:40It is, after all

00:05:41The right thing to do

00:05:50All these years

00:05:51You kept me like a dog

00:05:52And yet you have the nerve

00:05:54To call this mercy

00:05:57What?

00:05:58What is he saying?

00:06:00Well...

00:06:01What does he mean by that?

00:06:03You kept me like a dog all these years

00:06:05Jude

00:06:05How dare you speak like that?

00:06:08A dog

00:06:09At least he knows his place

00:06:11Must you twist every single thing so viciously?

00:06:14The only reason why I'm even offering you a place

00:06:17Is because you're my grandson

00:06:18And we're bound by blood

00:06:20So you don't have to wander out there like a stray

00:06:22I am the prodigy that heaven itself ordained

00:06:25This isn't your mercy

00:06:27It's my mercy

00:06:29To let you kneel

00:06:30I didn't come back here

00:06:31To join your family

00:06:32I'm here to get justice for my mother

00:06:35Every last sterling

00:06:37Should grovel before my mom's tomb

00:06:41What?

00:06:41What did he just say to me?

00:06:48What did he just say to me?

00:06:51What does he mean by that?

00:06:55He's telling us that it's already late

00:06:57And he wishes to rest

00:06:58I'm sorry

00:06:59But I can't afford to lose this job

00:07:05Indeed

00:07:06It's late

00:07:07Time passed by so quickly

00:07:09Lydia

00:07:10Take him to his room

00:07:12Right away sir

00:07:14Sir

00:07:14This way please

00:07:17Not even a bow?

00:07:18Did the countryside erase every bit of your manners as well?

00:07:24You're in no position to tell me that

00:07:30He says he'll remember to bow next time

00:07:33My silent cultivation will end in two days

00:07:36Otherwise I curse you to hell

00:07:38Hold it

00:07:39At the princess upcoming banquet

00:07:42Every noble will be watching

00:07:44Prince Althor values cultural refinement above everything else

00:07:48Also if I'm not mistaken

00:07:51The banquet will include a literary duel

00:07:54Among the noble heirs

00:07:56Grandpa

00:07:56Why are you wasting your breath on a peasant?

00:07:59Does he even know the classical virtues?

00:08:01Or the way scholars duel?

00:08:03Keep your mouth shut

00:08:06I am well aware

00:08:07That you were raised without any sense of culture or education

00:08:10That is why

00:08:11A tutor will begin instructing you

00:08:14In calligraphy

00:08:15And classic studies

00:08:16Starting tomorrow morning

00:08:18If fortune favors you

00:08:19The banquet guests will go easy on you

00:08:22I wonder if

00:08:22The art of carving spells into the flesh of your enemies

00:08:25Might somehow be counted as calligraphy

00:08:28Did you hear what I said?

00:08:30Tomorrow your lessons will begin

00:08:31I expect you to study hard

00:08:34Don't humiliate us

00:08:38What's he up to?

00:08:40Huh?

00:08:40He knows calligraphy?

00:08:41That's impossible

00:08:42But he's mute

00:08:43He only went to some charity school

00:08:46He had no proper education

00:08:50These are the five principles

00:08:51Raise

00:08:52Press

00:08:53Hook

00:08:54Support

00:08:55And resist

00:08:55Fingers firm

00:08:56Your palm must remain hollow

00:08:58Your wrist must be level as water

00:09:01And a brush straight as a ruler

00:09:03Do you understand?

00:09:04It will take you a lifetime

00:09:05To grasp these five principles

00:09:07So this is how the five principles my mother taught me actually work

00:09:11This requires decades of dedicated practice

00:09:15And yet he's only ten years old

00:09:22Pearl

00:09:23Keen as a falcon sigh

00:09:24Fierce as a rearing stallion

00:09:26What a masterpiece

00:09:27Cast into the mud

00:09:29My son's master calligraphy

00:09:31His brush source

00:09:32Hitting the paper like a warhorse

00:09:35Yet they dare to

00:09:41Mock its radiance

00:09:52A pearl cast into the mud

00:09:54Yet they dare to mock its radiance

00:09:58Why does this handwriting look so familiar to me?

00:10:01He's basically calling us ignorant

00:10:03He's implying he's the pearl

00:10:05And we're ignorant to not see his true worth

00:10:07Absolutely ridiculous

00:10:09What an arrogant kid

00:10:12Go home and rest

00:10:13As you wish

00:10:20This writing feels so familiar

00:10:23Where have I seen this before?

00:10:27Benjamin

00:10:28Wake up

00:10:28Look at this

00:10:29This one

00:10:30Is the princess treasured fragment

00:10:32Charlemagne surviving work

00:10:33He only gave us three days

00:10:35Observe it carefully

00:10:36Or our relatives will take it

00:10:38Mother

00:10:39What is this?

00:10:40I've never seen this before

00:10:41That's Carolingian minuscule

00:10:43It's created thanks to Emperor Charlemagne

00:10:45It means clear graceful

00:10:47And it's

00:10:49How dare you take this?

00:10:50The princess treasure is far above your station

00:10:53It is not for you to see

00:10:56Someone as wretched as you

00:10:58Shouldn't even aspire to that

00:10:59I'm sorry

00:11:04Benjamin

00:11:05How much did you memorize?

00:11:11Carolingian minuscule

00:11:13But that kid

00:11:15Is only ten years old

00:11:16Could it be

00:11:17That he is the prodigy

00:11:19The prophecy spoke of?

00:11:28The study

00:11:29They managed to make it look almost respectable

00:11:35Allow me to educate you on the proper ways to handle

00:11:39Scholarly tools

00:11:40This exquisite mahogany desk

00:11:42Cost no less than a million

00:11:44And was crafted by the best hands

00:11:46Behold

00:11:47Our severus inkstand

00:11:49Swan feather quills

00:11:50And flemish parchment

00:11:52Just so you know

00:11:53These few treasures alone

00:11:55Prove that our family's impeccable taste

00:11:57Has spanned generations

00:11:59Did that amuse you?

00:12:02It's nothing but a fake parchment

00:12:05What swan feather is she talking about?

00:12:08This is nothing but dog hair

00:12:09These are just cheap bristles

00:12:11Created for cheap men to use

00:12:13But I'll have to admit

00:12:15This inkstand is genuine

00:12:16Two out of four are fakes

00:12:19That's truly remarkable

00:12:20Such impeccable taste

00:12:23He can't even name these treasures

00:12:24What a savage

00:12:28Sir

00:12:28Let's pray

00:12:30That your brain survives your tutoring tomorrow

00:12:32It would be unwise

00:12:34To waste your grandpa's generosity

00:12:36Also

00:12:37As for the tutor that they hired for you

00:12:40He is one of the great minds

00:12:43Be sure not to waste it

00:12:44And remember

00:12:46To treasure this opportunity tomorrow

00:12:54The sterling household

00:12:56Is full of illiterate masters

00:12:58And bowing, groveling servants

00:13:00They boast of noble heritage

00:13:02And impeccable taste

00:13:06You've got to be kidding me

00:13:08Had I not been bound by my oath

00:13:11A solemn vow of silence

00:13:13I would have flayed them alive with my words

00:13:18Mrs. Wilkins

00:13:20Is he asleep now?

00:13:22What's wrong?

00:13:23He suddenly slapped me

00:13:24Right after I showed him the way to the main hall

00:13:26Please stand up for me, Mrs. Wilkins

00:13:28That mute brat attacked me

00:13:30What?

00:13:31How dare he?

00:13:32Don't worry

00:13:33I'll inform Mr. Sterling

00:13:34Thank you, Mrs. Wilkins

00:13:36He's nothing but a lowling mutt from the fields

00:13:39And he dares to strike those above him?

00:13:41Just wait

00:13:42We'll see what'll happen

00:13:43Until Mr. Clay tutors him tomorrow

00:13:46He'll surely beg for mercy

00:13:48Mr. Clay?

00:13:49Are you talking about Mr. Henry Clay

00:13:52Who used to mentor Master Sean?

00:13:54Yes

00:13:54That was him

00:13:55His temper is legendary

00:13:56And wow

00:13:57He's in it for tomorrow

00:13:59I've never met Mr. Clay myself

00:14:01He's the literary titan of Soloraine

00:14:06Eight long years of total silence

00:14:09To strip away the layers of mortal vanity

00:14:12To see the world as it truly is

00:14:15And touch the cosmic truth

00:14:17One more day

00:14:18And I'll finally achieve the great perfection

00:14:20Eight long years of total silence

00:14:23This is killing me

00:14:28There's something divine in the air

00:14:30And it's definitely coming somewhere near

00:14:33I can feel that hunger

00:14:36Like a black hole

00:14:38His cultivation is draining every ounce of life

00:14:40From the whole surrounding region

00:14:42I was fortunate to withdraw my energy and time

00:14:45Or the devouring force would have claimed me

00:14:49Your highness

00:14:50That's Mr. Jensen in the council chamber

00:14:51This cannot wait

00:14:53Your highness

00:14:54There's been a disaster

00:14:56Mr. Jensen collapsed in seclusion

00:14:57He coughed up blood and was badly hurt

00:14:59He did what?

00:15:02A madman

00:15:03He has risen in Dawnshire

00:15:04The land's very essence is being sucked dry

00:15:07By his immense power

00:15:13His power surpasses mortal limits

00:15:16Teetering or demonic

00:15:17How is it possible that such might

00:15:19Still walks the earth in our era?

00:15:26I've never come this close to a being of such overwhelming power

00:15:29I wonder if I can be ever truly worthy enough to witness him

00:15:33Fully unveiled in all his glory

00:15:36Toward the Sterlings?

00:15:38What kind of being?

00:15:39What kind of power could devour the energy of an entire city with such force?

00:15:44It's heading towards the Sterlings?

00:15:46Unbelievable

00:15:47How could they possibly be connected to that existence?

00:15:51I am less than a mere worm when standing before such overwhelming power

00:15:54I won't even think of seeking him out

00:15:57Not with powers such as his

00:16:00A dukedom would be a mere trifle

00:16:02A petty price to pay

00:16:03If it means

00:16:05I could stand beside true power

00:16:11I am almost there

00:16:12Soon enough

00:16:13My old power will ignite

00:16:26This boy is plain looking in mute

00:16:29I'm Henry

00:16:29You're Jude Sterling?

00:16:31Your family paid a fortune to have me educate you

00:16:35Or rather

00:16:36To teach you the alphabet

00:16:39If he weren't born as Sterling

00:16:42He'd never get to encounter a literary genius like me

00:16:45And yet he has the audacity to look displaced

00:16:47Unbelievable

00:16:51Can you even memorize just one of these books in a single day?

00:16:55Even as a bond would fail

00:16:56Here are seven books

00:16:57Choose one

00:16:59I will drill you for 15 hours without rest

00:17:02By the end

00:17:02You will have fully comprehended at least one entire volume

00:17:06These are just children's primers

00:17:07And this is

00:17:08The profound heritage they boast about?

00:17:11Hilarious

00:17:12I'm well aware that you're a slow learner

00:17:14And yes

00:17:15These texts are far beyond your comprehension

00:17:18But then

00:17:20Enough with your charades

00:17:22Hurry

00:17:22Pick one of these books

00:17:24In front of you

00:17:27The Iliad

00:17:34What do you mean by that?

00:17:41Are you saying

00:17:42That not a single one appeals to you at all?

00:17:46Listen child

00:17:47These are all

00:17:49Don't tell me

00:17:50You actually expect to study them all?

00:17:52Let me tell you

00:17:54Even ants cannot move mountains

00:17:55Even two days still won't be enough

00:17:58Then what do you mean?

00:18:00Stop toying with me

00:18:01I'm one of Solorane's ten literary titans

00:18:03Were it not for the Sterlings

00:18:05You

00:18:16This pressure

00:18:17And this flow

00:18:18Is he really ten years old?

00:18:20How can he write this

00:18:21When it takes decades to master?

00:18:23I had already mastered all of this

00:18:25By the time I was three

00:18:27Lines flow free

00:18:28No rigid rows

00:18:29Grace found in chaos

00:18:30Balls

00:18:30Trunks

00:18:31Tans

00:18:31The italic script

00:18:32You already know that?

00:18:34Gothic script is neat

00:18:35Cursive is wild

00:18:36But italic script?

00:18:37It's perfect balance

00:18:38Controlled yet elegant

00:18:39To truly reach the mastery of this craft

00:18:42One must first conquer both Gothic and cursive styles

00:18:45Yet somehow

00:18:46Now it's fallen into the hands of a mute child

00:18:51Now you choose silence

00:18:56A backwater mute?

00:18:58Possessing imperial grade calligraphy?

00:19:00What utter nonsense

00:19:02It's true

00:19:03Your writing is impressive

00:19:04But do you really expect me to believe that you mastered all of these three?

00:19:09I find it hard to believe

00:19:11I find it hard to believe

00:19:12Very well

00:19:12Let's see you prove it

00:19:18In Plutarch's parallel lives

00:19:20Which Roman general boldly crossed the Rubicon declaring

00:19:23The tie is cast

00:19:24Do you know that?

00:19:26Now tell me

00:19:27Against whom did he wage this great civil war?

00:19:31Julius

00:19:34Caesar

00:19:39He waged his civil war

00:19:41Against Pompey the great

00:19:43Once his own ally

00:19:45And his partner?

00:19:47Crassus and Pompey

00:19:49You've

00:19:49You've already memorized parallel lives

00:19:52I can't believe it

00:19:53He's mastered this through and through

00:19:56Finish this line

00:19:57From Cicero

00:19:58O Tempora

00:19:59O Moris

00:20:00From Cotillinarians

00:20:02Denouncing Catelyn's conspiracy

00:20:03Which speech was it?

00:20:04The first Cotillinarian

00:20:06He breathes the classics

00:20:08Fortune favors the bold

00:20:10Whose famous words are these?

00:20:12Write it down

00:20:14Virgil's Aeneid

00:20:15Dulce at the coral mass

00:20:16To die for one's country

00:20:18Pro patria mori

00:20:19How about the art of living is more like

00:20:22The wrestlers

00:20:23Than the dancers

00:20:24This boy's a real prodigy

00:20:26Who first refused to fight in the Iliad?

00:20:30Achilles

00:20:31The greatest warrior

00:20:32He chose pride over war

00:20:36Who leads Aeneas through the underworld?

00:20:40The Sibyl

00:20:41Of Cule

00:20:46What you've done

00:20:47Goes well beyond the limits of the syllabus

00:20:49This is truly next level Homeric wisdom

00:20:55I'm unworthy to be your teacher

00:20:57Your wisdom and talent

00:20:58Are far beyond mine

00:21:00You mentioned earlier

00:21:01That you've memorized all these

00:21:03By the age of three

00:21:04I believe that

00:21:05Your brilliance

00:21:06Is on another level

00:21:07You should be the one teaching me

00:21:09What three years old

00:21:10I wasn't talking about this life

00:21:12I'm talking about

00:21:13A life long ago

00:21:16I must be off

00:21:19I was a fool to scorn the whispers of wisdom

00:21:22Divine wisdom met my eyes today

00:21:25Jude Sterling

00:21:26After tomorrow

00:21:27Your name will echo

00:21:29Across the entire city

00:21:30You absolutely have to attend

00:21:32The prince's feast tomorrow

00:21:34His name will echo across the city?

00:21:36That means

00:21:37Tomorrow at the banquet

00:21:40That will be his defining moment

00:21:48The italic script

00:21:51Is this the piece he wrote?

00:21:53Even his italic writing seems to dance on paper

00:21:56His skills are otherworldly

00:21:58Crowned with confidence

00:21:59I'm finding it hard to believe

00:22:01That he's ever been mute

00:22:03Hello sir

00:22:06Frame this

00:22:07Just like the one from last night

00:22:08Use a gold frame

00:22:09Place it in the study

00:22:13This writing floats gracefully

00:22:14Yet cuts really deep

00:22:16Sir

00:22:16Such mastery takes decades to achieve

00:22:19Who could possibly create such artistry?

00:22:37Dad

00:22:38Jude won't be able to learn in time

00:22:40Even Mr. Clay

00:22:41Gave up while trying to teach him this morning

00:22:43That's true dad

00:22:44Mr. Clay refused to instruct him

00:22:46The servants reported to me

00:22:47That they saw the tutor

00:22:48Left Jude study by noon

00:22:51Dad

00:22:52How about

00:22:53We don't let him attend tomorrow

00:22:55He's going to make fools out of us

00:22:56In front of everyone

00:22:57This is settled

00:22:58Enough with that topic

00:23:00Because the child will have to be there

00:23:06The wind is howling strangely

00:23:08That's true

00:23:09Let me close the door

00:23:27That recluse again

00:23:28He resumes his cultivation

00:23:31I don't know why

00:23:33But I've been getting this feeling

00:23:35What is it?

00:23:37I can sense that

00:23:39Our meeting

00:23:40With the powerful being

00:23:41Is drawing near

00:23:42Are you sure?

00:23:44So Jensen

00:23:45Has finally won their approval

00:23:47What about me?

00:23:49Where does that leave me?

00:23:58Soon

00:23:59Almost there

00:24:07Done at last

00:24:13Trinity ground

00:24:14My breakthrough's done

00:24:15I've transcended

00:24:16Trinity conversions achieved at H-10

00:24:19I've matched my past life's peak

00:24:21I read the celestial signs

00:24:22The hollow friar of legend

00:24:23Has returned

00:24:33By the grace

00:24:34Of his holy light

00:24:36What's taking him so long?

00:24:38Where is he?

00:24:38Grandpa

00:24:40This feast is of the highest importance

00:24:41Must we really be held up by that mute?

00:24:44Exactly

00:24:44Nothing will change

00:24:45Even if he won't go with us today

00:24:46She's right dad

00:24:47The other nobles will mock us

00:24:48If we parade a mute

00:24:49In front of everyone

00:24:50Besides

00:24:51He's been raised in the countryside

00:24:53He lacks all cultured grace

00:24:55Nobles always judge first

00:24:56By one's refinement and wit

00:24:57He goes

00:24:58And that's final

00:24:59But

00:25:00Grandpa

00:25:00In just one day

00:25:02This extraordinary talent

00:25:03Has shattered my expectations

00:25:05I was a fool to scorn

00:25:06The whispers of wisdom

00:25:07Divine wisdom met my eyes today

00:25:10You absolutely have to attend

00:25:12The prince's feast tomorrow

00:25:14This time

00:25:16Perhaps Jude

00:25:16May astonish all the noble guests

00:25:19The entire Sterling clan

00:25:20And even the prince

00:25:23Move it sir

00:25:24Hurry

00:25:25Why do you walk so slowly?

00:25:28Hurry Jude

00:25:36All right

00:25:37Everyone's here

00:25:39Let's go

00:25:39To the princess manor

00:25:46Sean

00:25:47Sean

00:25:48All literary elites will attend the prince's birthday today

00:25:51Ten years of effort has led you to this moment

00:25:53It's been far too long

00:25:54It has finally come

00:25:56All noble houses will assemble

00:25:57I expect you to completely stun every single one of them in the scholarly duel

00:26:01Besides

00:26:02Mr. Clay is your former mentor

00:26:04I'm very sure that he will back you up during the duel

00:26:06Your success in that duel will shine like a favorable light on Mr. Clay

00:26:10In front of the royalty

00:26:14Jude

00:26:16Today's feast is merely a ceremony

00:26:18What matters the most is the intellectual contest they will be holding

00:26:22As I have predicted

00:26:23Your cousin Sean will try to stun everyone

00:26:26Ten years of effort has led you to this moment

00:26:28You see

00:26:29When your father retires

00:26:31Your cousin Sean will be the head of the Sterling family

00:26:33But you are still the Sterling heir's apparent

00:26:36Your uncle fears your claim

00:26:38Once Sean gets the position

00:26:39He'll exile you for sure

00:26:41Unless

00:26:42The prince acknowledges you

00:26:44However

00:26:45That won't happen

00:26:47I can't bear the thought of seeing you

00:26:48Be exiled once more Jude

00:26:50For many years

00:26:52I've prepared for this moment

00:26:55Just heed me this once

00:26:57Starting now

00:26:58Humble yourself

00:27:00Trail Sean like a servant

00:27:01And remember your place

00:27:03Today he'll be meeting literary giants

00:27:06Perhaps you'll even have an audience with the prince today

00:27:09Stick close to him

00:27:10You'll at least get recognized

00:27:13What's with that smirk?

00:27:17I, Jude Sterling

00:27:19Will bow to no man

00:27:21Must you always defy me?

00:27:24I, Jude Sterling

00:27:25Will bow to no man

00:27:27You can speak now

00:27:31You're not a mute

00:27:32Indeed

00:27:33Indeed

00:27:33I never was

00:27:42What do you want from us?

00:27:46Oh well

00:27:47You'll know soon enough

00:28:04Mr. Reeves

00:28:05Thank you for coming

00:28:05And this must be

00:28:07He's the literary comet

00:28:09Philip Reeves

00:28:11Everyone speaks of you

00:28:12A true prodigy in literature

00:28:13Since your teens

00:28:14This way please

00:28:17So what you're saying is

00:28:18The Sterling's heir

00:28:19A mute kid

00:28:20Wills diverse script styles

00:28:22And by ten

00:28:22Has already mastered

00:28:23All the classical works

00:28:25And even outdone you?

00:28:27Huh

00:28:27That's impossible

00:28:28Ten years old

00:28:29He couldn't have mastered that

00:28:31Unless

00:28:32He started studying

00:28:33While still in the womb

00:28:35Or this hearsay

00:28:37I'd dismiss it

00:28:39Honestly

00:28:40It's a shame

00:28:41That the child cannot speak

00:28:44Huh

00:28:44From the Dawnshire Reeves

00:28:46Their lord and rising star

00:28:47Philip Reeves

00:28:48Here to offer their eternal blessings

00:28:49Philip Reeves?

00:28:51That reclusive prodigy

00:28:52Grazes us

00:28:53He may soon stand

00:28:54Among Soloran's literary masters

00:28:56Ah

00:28:57My brilliant student at last

00:28:58Master

00:29:00I hope you are well

00:29:06And respects to Mr. Clay

00:29:07And Mr. Turner

00:29:08He is a true gentleman indeed

00:29:10Bearing of a classical scholar

00:29:14The house of Sterling has arrived

00:29:16Coming to wish the prince

00:29:17Enduring prosperity and honor

00:29:20They're finally here

00:29:21Come let's go

00:29:21Let's go greet the Sterling family together

00:29:24I'll be the one to judge myself

00:29:25What sort of prodigy he truly is

00:29:27What's so special about the Sterlings?

00:29:29Why would the great scholars greet them?

00:29:32Surely they're not going there

00:29:33To greet that Sean Sterling

00:29:34He's a complete imbecile

00:29:35I wonder who

00:29:36They have no one else but Sean

00:29:38And he's totally useless

00:29:39Mr. Sterling

00:29:40It's been too long

00:29:41Finally

00:29:42Yesterday was just a warm up

00:29:44Yet his brilliance was clear

00:29:46Even in that brief moment

00:29:47Today on the grand stage

00:29:49He will awe the Soloran

00:29:51With this divine presence

00:29:52I told you Jude

00:29:54Your name will carry like a mighty roar

00:29:56Throughout a Soloran

00:29:57So what if you're mute?

00:29:59Where's Anthony?

00:30:00What's taking so long?

00:30:01No idea

00:30:02No matter

00:30:03Let's go in

00:30:05Huh?

00:30:05Oh

00:30:08My reputation truly carries this much weight now

00:30:11The three literary giants

00:30:12Together with these powerful high lords

00:30:14They're all here just for me

00:30:16I raised a great son

00:30:17Only the princess yet to arrive

00:30:22Sir Jensen

00:30:23I have this strange feeling

00:30:26Me too, your highness

00:30:28He's getting close

00:30:30I can sense it

00:30:32That powerful presence is nearing

00:30:34It's getting closer by the second

00:30:37Prince Southar, Mr. Jensen

00:30:39Where is everyone?

00:30:40The Sterlings are here

00:30:41Mr. Clay and the other masters went to welcome them

00:30:44Even the others have followed

00:30:45The Sterlings?

00:30:49In that case

00:30:50We shouldn't miss this

00:30:56Mr. Clay, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Turner

00:31:00You honor me too much

00:31:02You flatter me

00:31:08Dad

00:31:08What's going on?

00:31:09Dad, who was that?

00:31:12There he is

00:31:19That's Jude Sterling

00:31:20He has the dignity of a true gentleman

00:31:25It's rare for a kid in these times

00:31:28But wait

00:31:29Who is Jude?

00:31:30Who is he?

00:31:31They say they cast him out as a child

00:31:33But that brat

00:31:34Has never spoken a word

00:31:36Sam

00:31:37Does Sterling mute air?

00:31:38Jude Sterling's here

00:31:39They're all gathered here for Jude

00:31:42We've been waiting for you

00:31:44Hail to Prince Southar

00:31:48The Prince has arrived

00:31:50Hail to Prince Southar

00:31:51May your highness reign with greatness for millennia

00:31:54Hail to Prince Southar

00:31:56May your highness reign with greatness for millennia

00:31:59Hail to Prince Southar

00:32:06Hey Jude

00:32:07On your knees

00:32:08The Prince demands respect

00:32:10Kneel?

00:32:11The one who should kneel

00:32:12Is him

00:32:16Jude

00:32:16What are you doing?

00:32:18Stop it

00:32:19On your knees

00:32:21This is bad

00:32:22This is treason

00:32:23Is he trying to get us all killed?

00:32:41Are you Prince Southar?

00:32:45Are you Prince Southar?

00:32:49Wasn't he mute?

00:32:50What?

00:32:50Why is he speaking?

00:32:51He's not a mute

00:32:51Impossible

00:32:52The grandson

00:32:53Wasn't he the mute one?

00:32:54How dare you?

00:32:55Get down on your knees for the prince

00:32:57We're doomed

00:32:59Your highness

00:32:59We renounced him years ago

00:33:01He's not our kin

00:33:02We're not related

00:33:06Step back

00:33:07But your highness

00:33:09Step back

00:33:09As you wish

00:33:14He never holds back

00:33:16Rise now

00:33:17All of you

00:33:18Thank you your highness

00:33:19Mr. Jensen and I

00:33:20Heard that Mr. Clay

00:33:22Brought everyone out here

00:33:23To greet you personally

00:33:24Once you arrive

00:33:25So we thought

00:33:26We had to see

00:33:27What the commotion

00:33:29Is all about

00:33:29There is no need

00:33:30For formalities

00:33:32Frankly speaking

00:33:33The only reason

00:33:34I came here was

00:33:34For him

00:33:35Oh?

00:33:36And what is so special

00:33:38About this young man?

00:33:39The boy commands the brush

00:33:40Like an immortal master

00:33:42Every technique

00:33:43Aged to perfection

00:33:44He moves with grace

00:33:46Of masters

00:33:48A ten year old boy

00:33:49Like an immortal

00:33:50Mr. Clay

00:33:51Your arithmetic

00:33:52Is failing you now

00:33:54Not just that

00:33:56He's also astonishingly learned

00:33:58A walking library

00:33:59A walking library?

00:34:02Mr. Clay

00:34:03Age must have dulled your mind

00:34:05Are you seriously claiming

00:34:06That a child's babble

00:34:08Counts as philosophy now?

00:34:09Maybe next time

00:34:10You'll claim that he invented writing

00:34:13He's gone crazy

00:34:17Mr. Clay

00:34:18Age must have dulled your mind

00:34:21I saw it with my own eyes

00:34:22I warn you not to judge him

00:34:24By his youth

00:34:24Of all the scholars I've met

00:34:26He alone possesses

00:34:27The greatest literary genius

00:34:28Like a demon

00:34:35Mr. Clay

00:34:36I know that you wish

00:34:37To impress the prince today

00:34:38But this has gone from

00:34:39Ambition to outright madness

00:34:40Don't you think so, huh?

00:34:42Silence!

00:34:42Yes, master

00:34:46Benjamin

00:34:47Mr. Clay claims that

00:34:49Your grandson is exceptional

00:34:50Is this all true?

00:34:53No

00:34:53Careful, your highness

00:34:54It's clear that Brad

00:34:55Is putting on an act

00:34:56Mr. Clay

00:34:57Must have been tricked by him

00:34:58John

00:34:58Shut up!

00:35:00I'm ashamed to be your teacher

00:35:01You're blind not to see

00:35:02His brilliance

00:35:03Silence!

00:35:04If you had even a tenth

00:35:05Of Jude's talent

00:35:06You'd dominate the literary world

00:35:09What?

00:35:10A tenth of his talent?

00:35:11Mr. Clay's gone mad

00:35:12He lost his senses

00:35:14How can he even compare

00:35:16That backwater brat

00:35:17To my son?

00:35:20All talk and no proof

00:35:22Well then

00:35:22Let the literary duels decide

00:35:24Since Mr. Clay

00:35:25Speaks so highly

00:35:26Of your abilities

00:35:27Why don't you fight

00:35:28For your family's honor

00:35:29Jude Sterling?

00:35:32Represent the house of Sterling?

00:35:34What makes them worthy

00:35:35Of my efforts?

00:35:36No way

00:35:37Absolutely not

00:35:40He'll humiliate all of us

00:35:41I'm the genius of our house

00:35:43The undisputed genius

00:35:45Of our generation

00:35:46I've prepared for this contest

00:35:48For many years

00:35:49But what about him?

00:35:50A pathetic mute

00:35:51Why should he take my place?

00:35:53Silence!

00:35:53I won't

00:35:54Master, I'm the one

00:35:56I said be quiet

00:35:58Sir!

00:36:01Mr. Clay has spoken

00:36:03You're not even

00:36:04One-tenth of Jude's wisdom

00:36:08Grandpa

00:36:09But I

00:36:10By sunset

00:36:11You will understand

00:36:14We'll follow

00:36:15The princess commands

00:36:16I too believe

00:36:17That Jude

00:36:18Can redefine

00:36:19What genius truly means

00:36:21He'll show everyone

00:36:22Or just bluffing

00:36:23What redefine?

00:36:24Ridiculous

00:36:25They'll just embarrass themselves

00:36:27I haven't agreed to anything

00:36:30Please Jude

00:36:30Will you just do as you're cold?

00:36:38Good

00:36:38There is just one last thing

00:36:40I want to know

00:36:42Everyone knows

00:36:43That you are a mute

00:36:44So why is it

00:36:45That you can

00:36:46All of a sudden

00:36:47Speak now

00:36:48Tell me

00:36:49How come you suddenly changed?

00:36:55If you mess this up

00:36:57That'll be considered

00:36:58As treason

00:37:04It just

00:37:05Happened suddenly

00:37:08How peculiar

00:37:10Must we stand here?

00:37:12My legs are aching

00:37:15Did you hear that?

00:37:16Jude Sterling even

00:37:17Lacks basic manners

00:37:19Who would dare

00:37:19Complaint for loyalty

00:37:20The kid has no

00:37:21Matters at all

00:37:22That's because he was

00:37:22Raised in the village

00:37:23He's put a new throne

00:37:24To the mountains

00:37:25This is embarrassing

00:37:27Alright

00:37:27That's enough

00:37:28Everyone

00:37:29Let's head to the hall

00:37:35Everyone

00:37:36Let's head to the hall

00:37:44Nobody else has recognized it yet

00:37:46But I recognized your talent

00:37:48From the moment we met

00:37:50The other night

00:37:51We owe you and your mother

00:37:52For what both of you endured

00:37:54But now I need to rely on you

00:37:56The prince has kept our family

00:37:59At a distance for years

00:38:00We need to regain his attention

00:38:02But I'm not a Sterling

00:38:03Why do you think I would help you?

00:38:05Your last name's Sterling

00:38:07If it's about the name

00:38:08Then I'd be happy to change it now

00:38:11Call me Oren

00:38:27I am begging you

00:38:30In one condition

00:38:32Just name it

00:38:33Mom and I suffered out there

00:38:35For so many years

00:38:36I made it through

00:38:37But she?

00:38:39She endured endless suffering

00:38:40Until it killed her

00:38:42I didn't come back

00:38:43To join your Sterling family

00:38:45I'm here

00:38:46To demand justice

00:38:48For my mother

00:38:49So listen carefully

00:38:51If I win this contest

00:38:52You

00:38:54Benjamin Sterling

00:38:55And your whole household

00:38:56And even down to your family dog

00:38:59Will go to her grave

00:39:01And you all better show up

00:39:03You'll bow

00:39:04And confess

00:39:05How blind

00:39:06And foolish you all were

00:39:08What the hell are you saying?

00:39:09Dad

00:39:10Are you telling me

00:39:11That you were convinced

00:39:12That he actually got talent?

00:39:14Shut up both of you

00:39:22Alright

00:39:24If you win

00:39:25I'll do what you want me to do

00:39:26I'll march every last Sterling

00:39:28To your mom's grave

00:39:29We will all show our respect

00:39:32And admit

00:39:33That we were fools

00:39:35To throw you out

00:39:36Dad

00:39:36Grandpa

00:39:47I might not belong to this world

00:39:50But

00:39:50From the moment I came here

00:39:52I saw you as my mother

00:39:54Seven years ago

00:39:55They threw you out of the family

00:39:56Just because they came out mute

00:39:58Stop being lazy

00:39:59And get this mess cleaned up

00:40:00I'm sorry sir

00:40:01I made extra 50 bucks today

00:40:03You wanted the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle right?

00:40:05I'm still a thousand short

00:40:06But mama will get it for you soon

00:40:08Today

00:40:08I'll crush the Sterling family

00:40:10And I'll make sure that by tomorrow

00:40:11Their whole Sterling clan

00:40:13Will kneel before your grave

00:40:15And give respect

00:40:16They will all bow to you

00:40:18And admit

00:40:20That they were wrong

00:40:28I'm Jude Sterling

00:40:29I'm Jude Sterling

00:40:30Mom is sick

00:40:30She doesn't have much time left

00:40:32I've never called you dad before

00:40:34Dad

00:40:34Could you come see her?

00:40:47I'm so sorry

00:40:49I won't be here anymore

00:40:52To see you sore

00:40:53You're just 10 years old

00:40:56Just when you needed me most

00:41:13Mom, forgive me

00:41:15I'm not mute

00:41:16I'm sorry

00:41:17I just wish you could have heard my voice

00:41:19They want me back

00:41:20Therefore

00:41:21I'm going

00:41:22They threw you out

00:41:24Just like a piece of trash

00:41:26With no name and no rights

00:41:27I'll promise that I'll make them pay

00:41:31Every last Sterling

00:41:32Will have to kneel in mourning clothes

00:41:34In front of your grave

00:41:35I'll force them

00:41:36Until they scream at themselves

00:41:38That they were fools

00:41:39That they've wronged you

00:41:42This is madness

00:41:43Grandpa

00:41:44Why the hell is he taking my spot?

00:41:46This was our last shot to prove ourselves

00:41:47And you just handed it to him

00:41:52Remember this day

00:41:53Because of my presence

00:41:54Today

00:41:55Will become the most glorious day

00:41:57Ever recorded

00:41:57In your family's history

00:42:00So watch carefully

00:42:02And see for yourself

00:42:03How I

00:42:04Jude Sterling

00:42:05Will elevate your status

00:42:06So far beyond anything

00:42:08You could ever imagine

00:42:09In your life

00:42:10Jude

00:42:10What are you saying?

00:42:12If your entire family

00:42:13Failed to keep the promises

00:42:14You gave me

00:42:15Then keep your eyes wide open

00:42:17And watch

00:42:17How I

00:42:18Jude Sterling

00:42:19Will personally bury

00:42:20Every one of you

00:42:21In the deepest

00:42:22Darkest

00:42:23Pits of damnation

00:42:24How dare you?

00:42:25Shut up!

00:42:26Jude Sterling

00:42:26You got a death wish?

00:42:28Jude!

00:42:29Heaven or hell

00:42:31Now where destiny

00:42:32Hangs in the balance

00:42:33We'll see how

00:42:34A ten year old

00:42:35Whelp

00:42:35Can bring us glory

00:42:37In a day

00:42:37To elevate this family

00:42:39Or crush us

00:42:40Into the darkest

00:42:41Depths of damnation

00:42:43Grandpa!

00:42:43Let's go!

00:42:44Quickly!

00:42:45If destiny grants us

00:42:47As a prodigy

00:42:47I promised to kneel

00:42:48At her grave

00:42:49Dad!

00:42:49Have you really

00:42:50Lost your mind?

00:42:51Dad!

00:42:51You're the sterling patriarch

00:42:53Since when do you

00:42:53Bow down to your son's

00:42:54Wife's grave?

00:42:55Grandpa!

00:42:56This is total nonsense!

00:42:58A total nonsense?

00:42:59If he's the prodigy

00:43:00I don't care if I'm

00:43:01The patriarch

00:43:05Did you feel that?

00:43:06When he moved towards us

00:43:08It's not a man

00:43:09But a force of nature

00:43:10And I felt a crushing

00:43:13Suffocating terror

00:43:14When the heavens

00:43:15Rumbled and stirred

00:43:16Last night

00:43:17I knew that it came

00:43:18From the sterlings

00:43:19But

00:43:20I have never imagined

00:43:22What do we do now?

00:43:23He's really here

00:43:24But I am too scared

00:43:25To call him

00:43:26Skye's here

00:43:27But what if

00:43:28We are both mistaken

00:43:29The kid is still too young

00:43:30To have that power

00:43:32Attend your feast

00:43:33Thank you

00:43:33I'll be calling the masters

00:43:35I'll rally them here

00:43:36I'm out of my depth

00:43:37Let the masters judge him

00:43:38To see if he's

00:43:39The real immortal

00:43:40And if he is?

00:43:42We'll bow to him

00:43:43Huh?

00:43:44Not everyone

00:43:45Could have the chance

00:43:46Of meeting him

00:43:47If he weren't a kid

00:43:48I'd call him dad

00:43:49You should too

00:43:50If I were you

00:43:51What?

00:44:11Dawnshire breed scholars

00:44:13Half of Soloran's greatest literary legends

00:44:15Were born and raised

00:44:17Under our very skies

00:44:18And as your prince Salthor

00:44:20I cherish each and every house's cultural legacy

00:44:23And today

00:44:24The eight great families

00:44:26Stand firmly rooted

00:44:27In long and profound traditions

00:44:28Of learning and intellect

00:44:30Every four years

00:44:31We assemble in the solemn tradition

00:44:33For the battle of wits

00:44:35A gathering meant to inspire

00:44:36The younger generations

00:44:38To achieve the highest standards

00:44:40Of cultural excellence

00:44:41Here today

00:44:42In my 80th birthday banquet

00:44:45Love life and boundless fortune

00:44:47To you Prince Salthor

00:44:49May you prosper through the ages

00:44:51Love you Prince Salthor

00:44:54What an honor

00:44:55To have my birthday celebration

00:44:57Coincide with the quadrennial battle of wits

00:45:00And today we're graced by three literary giants

00:45:03First to be honored

00:45:05Is Henry Clay of the Calligraphy Society

00:45:07A master whose brushwork breathes vitality into paper

00:45:11Each stroke unfolding stories of the human soul

00:45:14Portraying emotions and truths that span the ages

00:45:18Next is Chester Barrett

00:45:20At 20 he composed The Untrammeled

00:45:23A work so profound and stirring

00:45:25That it is said to break hearts across the realms

00:45:27Leaving readers breathless with its brilliance

00:45:30You see him?

00:45:31He's my mentor

00:45:32And Master Miles Turner

00:45:33By the age of 29

00:45:35He led Solaran's letters and offering counsel

00:45:38To emperors themselves

00:45:39Distilling the wisdom of millennia

00:45:41Into insights that shaped the realm

00:45:43This gathering's prestige is really unmatched

00:45:46We have half a Solaran's intellectual elite

00:45:48They're all here

00:45:48To be recognized here would make one's reputation

00:45:51Today I will be hosting the battle of wit

00:45:54With the three masters as our judges

00:45:56In the previous contests we held

00:45:58We offered modest prizes just a billion or two

00:46:01But today happens to be my birthday

00:46:04Therefore the rewards must match the occasion

00:46:09Whoever wins first place in this intellectual duel

00:46:12Gets five billion in cash

00:46:15Five billion

00:46:16Five billion

00:46:17Five billion

00:46:20Five billion

00:46:21This is unreal

00:46:21You must win

00:46:22The prize is five billion

00:46:24That's more liquid wealth than the entire family ever has

00:46:27But that bastard stole Shon's place

00:46:29Now he's flaunting his wealth

00:46:31Truly a prodigy

00:46:33He is a ten year old

00:46:34The proper composure of an emperor

00:46:36And that is not all

00:46:38Should you emerge victorious today

00:46:40I will personally petition the throne to crown your house

00:46:44With the title of

00:46:48Dawnshire's Paramount Bloodline

00:46:51Paramount Bloodline

00:46:52Paramount Bloodline by Imperial Mandate

00:46:54Double dominance over the Dawnshire's nobility

00:46:56No Dawnshire house has ever claimed this title

00:46:58I wonder who will get it this time

00:47:00If you lose

00:47:01I'll break your legs myself

00:47:03Philip

00:47:04You must win this duel

00:47:06Dad

00:47:06No one outmatches me

00:47:10Except

00:47:10Maybe him

00:47:15The Paramount Bloodline

00:47:17Isn't this the very thing they were desperately craving

00:47:19Yet this honor

00:47:21Forces even the noble to drag themselves through hell for the name

00:47:24With one calculated move

00:47:26They'd rocket to divine status

00:47:28Let's begin

00:47:30Announce your numbers

00:47:31Confirm if all are present

00:47:32House Zeller

00:47:33All present

00:47:34House Reeves

00:47:35All present

00:47:36House Spencer

00:47:36All present

00:47:37House Zinc

00:47:38All present

00:47:39House Stones

00:47:39All present

00:47:40House Sterling

00:47:41All present

00:47:42For the battle of wits

00:47:44Let the heir of every clan come forward

00:47:46Keith Wilkins of House Wilkins

00:47:48Philip Reeves of House Reeves

00:47:49Owen Hayes of House Hayes

00:47:51Ethan Spencer of House Spencer

00:47:52Rowan Stone of House Stone

00:47:53Morgan Zinc of House Zinc

00:47:55Caleb Zeller of House Zeller

00:47:59Jude Sterling of House Sterling

00:48:03All right

00:48:04Let the battle begin

00:48:05And may each contender step forward

00:48:07This battle tests three essential skills

00:48:10First

00:48:11Intellect

00:48:11Second

00:48:12Erudition

00:48:13And third

00:48:15Calligraphy

00:48:18Grandpa

00:48:18This wait and see

00:48:19Choosing Jude over me

00:48:21Will disgrace us

00:48:22Clearly

00:48:23You underestimate your brother

00:48:24But he outshines you tenfold

00:48:26But that's absurd

00:48:27Dad

00:48:28I'm not buying any of it

00:48:30Dad

00:48:30Now is not the right time

00:48:32To make all the worst decisions

00:48:34Be patient

00:48:35Time will tell in the end

00:48:37Round one

00:48:37Intellect

00:48:38Test your reflexes

00:48:39Master the couplet duel

00:48:41Survive the verse chain

00:48:42What?

00:48:43Couplets?

00:48:43We've never had that before

00:48:44I memorized everything

00:48:45Except the couplets

00:48:46There's no way I'll survive this

00:48:48Who even studies couplets anymore?

00:48:50Even I can barely get through them

00:48:51I can only imagine

00:48:53How panicked the others

00:48:54Might feel right now

00:48:56But not him

00:48:59Round two

00:49:00Erudition

00:49:01It is to test your memory

00:49:02As well as the depth of your knowledge

00:49:04The masters will recite a classic

00:49:06And the challenge is for you to name its source

00:49:09Its history

00:49:10As well as the exact page where it is from

00:49:13Huh?

00:49:14I honestly thought the noble exams

00:49:16Would be nothing more than child's play

00:49:18But these are harsh rules

00:49:19How thrilling

00:49:20Truly

00:49:21Hold on

00:49:22So you're saying

00:49:23You expect us to know its history

00:49:25And the exact page where they got it from?

00:49:28Huh?

00:49:30What test is this?

00:49:31This battle is absurd

00:49:32This is madness

00:49:33Naming the book is hard enough

00:49:34Even for most scholars

00:49:36And now you're even demanding them to know the page numbers?

00:49:39Nobody can answer that

00:49:40At least I'm spared

00:49:42I won't survive in couplets

00:49:44And this?

00:49:45I probably won't get one right

00:49:47At least humiliation isn't mine today

00:49:49Honored masters

00:49:51Doesn't this

00:49:52Seem to be a bit too difficult?

00:49:58The battles in the previous years

00:50:00They weren't so harsh

00:50:01But for today

00:50:03We've made it

00:50:04Nearly impossible

00:50:05Why would you do that?

00:50:08Because

00:50:09This year's contest

00:50:10Includes none other

00:50:12Than Jude Sterling

00:50:13Him?

00:50:14Huh?

00:50:15Because of him

00:50:15These impossible standards

00:50:17Are tailored for him?

00:50:18What makes him so special?

00:50:19Did he actually do this?

00:50:20So this

00:50:21Is supposed to be my stage?

00:50:23Is his mastery truly so outstanding

00:50:26Just like they say?

00:50:27Round three

00:50:28Calligraphy

00:50:29This time it's ten distinct styles

00:50:31Master more styles

00:50:32Execute them well

00:50:33And you win

00:50:34What is wrong with you?

00:50:36You need three lifetimes

00:50:37To learn all of that

00:50:38You need ten years

00:50:39To master just one style

00:50:40But ten styles?

00:50:41They don't want anyone to win

00:50:43Prince South Thor

00:50:44Never really meant to pay

00:50:45That five billion to anybody

00:50:46No one can pass this battle

00:50:48Glad I'm not the one humiliated

00:50:49At least Jude volunteered

00:50:50To fall for all of us

00:50:53That makes no sense

00:50:54How so?

00:50:55Explain yourself then

00:50:57You want ten scripts at a time?

00:50:58It's impossible

00:50:59No mortal has that kind of skill

00:51:13You mean him?

00:51:14There's no way

00:51:14They're all just lying to us

00:51:16Enough with the chatter

00:51:17Let the battle begin

00:51:19Mr. Barret

00:51:20Do the honor

00:51:21Very well

00:51:22All right

00:51:23Here's your first challenge

00:51:25Today

00:51:26We honor the birthday

00:51:27Of Prince South Thor

00:51:29So my first couplet

00:51:30Shall be for longevity

00:51:32Oh no

00:51:33Not just the couplet

00:51:34But a birthday couplet

00:51:36First line

00:51:37Eagle brings blessings

00:51:39By Emerald Streets

00:51:41Excellent

00:51:42Well played Master Barret

00:51:44The outstanding young elites

00:51:46Before us

00:51:47Are they not the same eagles

00:51:49Mr. Barret spoke of?

00:51:53The second line should mirror

00:51:54The imagery and tone

00:51:56And also be about longevity

00:51:57This is way too difficult

00:51:59These couplets are tricky

00:52:01Since when do they have it?

00:52:02This is the starting level?

00:52:03Mr. Barret's merciless

00:52:05He started at this difficulty

00:52:08Why is everybody quiet?

00:52:10None of you knows?

00:52:11I know that it is difficult

00:52:13But don't give up

00:52:15Come on

00:52:15Give it a try

00:52:16You should at least give it a try

00:52:18Even if you fail at it

00:52:20That one is rather easy

00:52:23Why the hesitation?

00:52:26He's so arrogant

00:52:28Bold talk from someone

00:52:29Who can't spell doom

00:52:30Dude, Sterling, right?

00:52:31You didn't catch the full depth

00:52:32Behind his couplet

00:52:33Listen carefully

00:52:34It's not just about

00:52:36Birthday celebrations

00:52:37It's all about us gift bearers

00:52:39We're the eagles

00:52:40And other than that

00:52:41You also have to know that

00:52:42Griffin grants fortune

00:52:43Through ancient oaks

00:52:45What?

00:52:46Griffin grants fortune?

00:52:47Exquisite

00:52:48That's perfection

00:52:49Mr. Barret called us eagles

00:52:51But Jude Sterling

00:52:52Made Prince Southor

00:52:54The griffon

00:52:55That is brilliant

00:52:56That is the right answer

00:52:58Indeed, you're correct

00:53:00By emerald streams

00:53:02Two through ancient oaks

00:53:03Eagle brings blessings

00:53:05To

00:53:06Griffin grants fortune

00:53:08Excellent

00:53:09He's gifted

00:53:10He's a genius

00:53:12Perfect couplet

00:53:13He actually did it?

00:53:15Brilliant couplet

00:53:17Wait

00:53:17But he's only 10 years old

00:53:18He barely tried answering

00:53:20Yet he shames all of us in here

00:53:22He actually answered it

00:53:24Blind luck

00:53:24He just got lucky

00:53:25Dude, Sterling

00:53:26Mr. Clay didn't just acknowledge you

00:53:28He showered you with praise

00:53:30Such overflowing talent

00:53:32We doubted that in the beginning

00:53:33But now

00:53:35I can finally see why

00:53:37Then I'll give the first line

00:53:39Do you think you can complete it?

00:53:40Young man

00:53:41Of course

00:53:42Why wouldn't I?

00:53:45Our Prince Southor

00:53:46Remains firmly in his prime

00:53:48As you see

00:53:49His martial prowess is undiminished

00:53:51It's only fair

00:53:52That he remains the focus

00:53:54Of the challenge

00:53:55Is that alright?

00:53:56Go ahead, Mr. Turner

00:53:57Good

00:53:58Jude Sterling

00:53:59Listen very carefully

00:54:01Just wait a minute

00:54:02Mr. Turner

00:54:03Since when is this his private test?

00:54:05Yeah

00:54:05Why is he the only one

00:54:06Getting a challenge?

00:54:07He was able to answer one

00:54:08That proves nothing

00:54:10But none of you

00:54:11Will be able to answer it

00:54:13Impossible

00:54:13So you're implying

00:54:14That we're not capable

00:54:15But he somehow is?

00:54:17Exactly

00:54:18Mr. Turner

00:54:18Do you really think

00:54:19The seven of us

00:54:20Will lose to this child?

00:54:22That's right

00:54:22Then listen closely

00:54:24Hold it

00:54:25And the first line is

00:54:28Twice harvest moon's turn

00:54:30As silver crescents cast

00:54:32Gentle shimmering glow

00:54:36This is even more difficult

00:54:38It sounds simple

00:54:39But it's deeper

00:54:40It's a numerical couplet

00:54:42You must match both the theme

00:54:44As well as the math

00:54:45What's harvest moon?

00:54:46And why does it turn twice?

00:54:48How about that?

00:54:49You've stumbled to answer it, right?

00:54:51Mr. Turner

00:54:52He may have gotten us this time

00:54:53But that doesn't mean

00:54:54That he won this battle

00:54:55Yeah

00:54:56That's true

00:54:57This one's trickier than the last

00:54:59I don't like cutting in

00:55:00But I've already given you

00:55:02Ten full breaths to think

00:55:03If you still can't figure out the answer

00:55:06I will take my chance

00:55:08For I

00:55:09Already know what it is

00:55:11You know the answer?

00:55:12Already?

00:55:14Then please go ahead

00:55:16As silver crescents

00:55:17Cast gentle shimmering glow

00:55:20Twice harvest moon's turn

00:55:26My answer is

00:55:28With gilded autumn's show

00:55:29Double the sage's prime

00:55:33Very well

00:55:34That's the one

00:55:35Seriously?

00:55:36There's no way

00:55:37That's two in a row

00:55:38Another lucky guess

00:55:39How's that possible?

00:55:41Oh well

00:55:41Very good

00:55:43That's a perfect match

00:55:46Harvest moon's the sage's prime

00:55:48Crescent glow to autumn's show

00:55:50That's flawless

00:55:51A perfect match

00:55:59My turn

00:55:59Listen Jude

00:56:00Ever since I left

00:56:02I've been knowing on this problem

00:56:04And it won't give me peace

00:56:06This one kept me up

00:56:08It is surely

00:56:09A genuine

00:56:10Mind melter

00:56:12Do you think

00:56:14You can answer it this time?

00:56:16Very well

00:56:17Let me hear it

00:56:23Very well

00:56:23Let me hear it

00:56:30It's all about the digits here, kid

00:56:32So better keep those numbers tight

00:56:34Mr. Klee

00:56:35Let me hear it

00:56:39First line

00:56:40A hundred suns

00:56:42A temple up

00:56:42Thousands of tiles

00:56:44Hundreds of bricks

00:56:48How about it

00:56:49What do you think of this one?

00:56:52I'll give you

00:56:53Five minutes to think about it

00:56:55You have to

00:56:56Four bridges passed

00:56:57Three souls over

00:56:58One boat, two oars

00:57:00Seriously?

00:57:01That was fast

00:57:01Did he even think about it?

00:57:02Lightning fast

00:57:03Quicker then

00:57:03A hiccup

00:57:04He's a freak

00:57:05A total freak

00:57:06Wow

00:57:06I'm still trying to make sense of the first line

00:57:09And he's already finished answering?

00:57:12See it now?

00:57:13The sterling bloodline is legendary

00:57:15You're even more brilliant than I ever imagined

00:57:19Here goes

00:57:20Three long, two short

00:57:21One palm upholds the heavens

00:57:23Jude, we're still dealing with numbers here

00:57:26But the trick is you have to read the pattern

00:57:28My answer is

00:57:29Already?

00:57:30He's got it again

00:57:33But the trick is you have to read the pattern

00:57:36My answer is

00:57:37Six days shape creation

00:57:38Four horsemen

00:57:39Eight beatitudes

00:57:40You

00:57:40He's got it again

00:57:42Now answer this one

00:57:43Where water breeds worms

00:57:45It thickens

00:57:46Where water breeds fish

00:57:48It feeds

00:57:48Waters multiplied

00:57:50Creek, lake, and endless sea

00:57:52Time to level up the questions now

00:57:54You better prepare for linguistic acrobatics

00:57:58Listen closely

00:57:59Where root meets earth it anchors

00:58:01Where tip meets sky it reaches

00:58:03Woods compounded

00:58:04Pine, oak, a towering forest

00:58:06But what?

00:58:07Even a sage would struggle with that

00:58:10Even a sage would struggle with that

00:58:11You're a dictionary demon

00:58:12That's witchcraft

00:58:13Alright, I'll be giving my last one

00:58:15It's the ultimate one

00:58:17If you could answer it

00:58:18You will earn my respect

00:58:20You mean that one?

00:58:22Mr. Barrett

00:58:23I know that one

00:58:24But asking that would be too much

00:58:26Nobody's ever solved that riddle for ages

00:58:29Wait, is he actually referring to that line?

00:58:32The one that everyone swears is unsolvable

00:58:35Or without a line to match

00:58:36Ah, this means that their pride's been pricked

00:58:39Now they'll hit him with the impossible one to answer

00:58:42It's true

00:58:43Jude answered quickly

00:58:45In the blink of an eye

00:58:46He's embarrassing all those older scholars

00:58:49Unless they give a hard one

00:58:51I'm afraid they'll carry that shame forever

00:58:54Father

00:58:54What would be the question?

00:58:56I have no idea

00:58:57But if they all call it unsolvable

00:59:00Then

00:59:00It's no child's riddle

00:59:04I know that couplet

00:59:05If you can crack it

00:59:07I promise to call you my master

00:59:09I'm not interested to become your master

00:59:12The arrogance in this kid

00:59:13How insolent

00:59:14How dare you

00:59:14Can we all begin now?

00:59:16Let's say

00:59:17I solve your unsolvable couplet today

00:59:19Does that seal my victory

00:59:21In this battle of wit?

00:59:22You've already won this battle

00:59:24Whether you can solve this line or not

00:59:26The brilliance of your intellect

00:59:28Has proven no equal in this world

00:59:30I have no objections

00:59:31You've definitely earned the title

00:59:33Fair and square

00:59:35Very well

00:59:36You may choose not to answer this one

00:59:39As this problem remains unsolved for ages

00:59:43Since you put it that way

00:59:44Now I'm curious

00:59:45What is this unsolvable riddle of yours?

00:59:50Listen well

00:59:51Lotus leaf

00:59:52Lilac

00:59:53Lilac

00:59:54Lake

00:59:54Lichen

00:59:54What does it mean?

00:59:56Lotus

00:59:56Lilac

00:59:57And lichen

00:59:58Aren't all those names

00:59:59Names of plants?

01:00:01Not so hard, right?

01:00:03Hmm

01:00:04Interesting

01:00:05I'll need a moment

01:00:06I got it

01:00:07I know the answer

01:00:09What?

01:00:10What?

01:00:10You?

01:00:13You?

01:00:14Keith!

01:00:15Be quiet!

01:00:15This challenge is beyond you

01:00:17Dad

01:00:17Must you question me?

01:00:19This is child's play

01:00:20Child's play?

01:00:21The answer is thorny

01:00:22Though in my eyes

01:00:23Hardly worth a second glance

01:00:24You owned the stage long enough

01:00:26Yet you're being so quiet now

01:00:28Finally

01:00:29It's now my turn to shine

01:00:30And earn the crown

01:00:31Alright

01:00:32Let's hear it then

01:00:33Lotus leaf

01:00:34Lilac lilt

01:00:35Lake lichen

01:00:36It captures a vision of life

01:00:38They expand their reach

01:00:39From water to shore

01:00:40So here's my answer

01:00:42Green hills

01:00:43Granite glance

01:00:43Glowing springs

01:00:48Mr. Wilkins

01:00:49That doesn't pair

01:00:50Just what the hell is that?

01:00:51Yeah

01:00:51How is it not fitting?

01:00:53Mr. Reeves

01:00:53Don't you know verses?

01:00:54Shut it

01:00:55Guards

01:00:56Remove this simpleton out of here

01:00:59Throw him out

01:01:00Mr. Barrett

01:01:01Green hills to lotus leaf

01:01:03The hills on their side is springs

01:01:04My logic stands

01:01:05The artistry of that first line

01:01:07Escapes you entirely

01:01:09And yet you dare to answer it?

01:01:11Throw him out

01:01:12What do all of you here know?

01:01:14My imagery fits

01:01:15My rhythm true

01:01:16And it captures the cliff's menace

01:01:18Just stop it Wilkins

01:01:19Lotus leaf

01:01:20Lilac lilt

01:01:20Lake lichen

01:01:21Think about these words carefully

01:01:23They're all starting with letter L

01:01:26Yeah

01:01:26This is no mere imagery only

01:01:29What we have here

01:01:31Is alliteration

01:01:32A flawless line

01:01:33An impossible standard

01:01:35All starts with L

01:01:36Indeed

01:01:37All L initials

01:01:38Lotus

01:01:38Starts with L

01:01:40From lotus to lilac

01:01:41And even lichen

01:01:42They all start

01:01:44With the letter L

01:01:45All crelled with L

01:01:46You fool

01:01:47You're blind to its design

01:01:49And yet you strut like you won

01:01:50You made things difficult

01:01:52Lotus leaf

01:01:52Lilac

01:01:53Well

01:01:53Lake lichen

01:01:54All starts with L

01:01:55The art is in the sound

01:01:57Exactly

01:01:57Oh god

01:01:59How did I miss that?

01:02:00Guards

01:02:01Remove this gesture from this hall now

01:02:05I'm sorry

01:02:06I'm begging you

01:02:07I am ready to answer

01:02:09Not again

01:02:10Is he bluffing like him too?

01:02:12The first line was hard

01:02:13But he solved it?

01:02:14Let go of me

01:02:15I'll leave this place

01:02:16But let me hear his answer first

01:02:19My answer is

01:02:20Rose root

01:02:21Reed brush

01:02:22Red rose hip

01:02:24He got it

01:02:25A true marvel

01:02:26The unsolvable line

01:02:27He solved it

01:02:28A genius

01:02:30A true genius

01:02:31This can't be

01:02:32This is sorcery

01:02:33He actually cracked it

01:02:34I yield utterly

01:02:35I'd hardly call this line difficult

01:02:37I only pause because I don't want to rush it

01:02:39Not because I don't know the answer

01:02:41Then what was on your mind?

01:02:42What's on my mind?

01:02:43To reduce your legendary test to rubble

01:02:45Until there's nothing left for you to boast about

01:02:48To rubble?

01:02:49Explain yourself

01:02:50I crafted five answers

01:02:52What?

01:02:52Five?

01:02:53This is not a timeless riddle

01:02:55From now on

01:02:56Never use this for tests again

01:02:58You thought of five answers?

01:02:59You're just wildly

01:03:00How dare you?

01:03:02What five?

01:03:04Lotus leaf

01:03:05Lilac lilt

01:03:06Lake lichen

01:03:07The first answer that I gave you

01:03:09Is roast root

01:03:10Reed rush

01:03:11Red rose hip

01:03:13As for the second answer

01:03:14Moss mound

01:03:15Maple mist

01:03:16Misty meadow

01:03:18That fits

01:03:19He's right

01:03:21And for the third answer

01:03:23Willow wood

01:03:24White wood

01:03:25Wild wheat

01:03:26The fourth answer will be

01:03:28Bay beach

01:03:30Broadbanks

01:03:31Briny billows

01:03:32There's no way

01:03:32And lastly

01:03:33The fifth

01:03:36Brookbend

01:03:36Bayou branch

01:03:37Blue brine

01:03:39That's unbelievable

01:03:40Five answers

01:03:41Five answers

01:03:42I can't believe it

01:03:43What about it?

01:03:45Please take me

01:03:46I want to learn from you

01:03:49You want to learn from me?

01:03:50I've never witnessed such a brilliant mind like yours

01:03:53You outshine the ancient

01:03:54That's crazy

01:03:55My god

01:03:56Even Mr. Barrett's bowing to him

01:03:59You really want to learn from me?

01:04:02Right now

01:04:03You still

01:04:04Don't qualify

01:04:07What did you say?

01:04:08That's way too cocky

01:04:08How dare you?

01:04:09Mr. Barrett even bowed to him

01:04:11And he turned him down

01:04:12Who does it think he is?

01:04:13Mr. Barrett doesn't qualify?

01:04:15How dare you?

01:04:15Who taught you that?

01:04:17Mr. Barrett kneeling to him?

01:04:18This world has gone completely mad

01:04:20He actually refused him

01:04:21Even if he said no

01:04:22He didn't have to say he doesn't qualify

01:04:25Jude

01:04:25Quit running your mouth

01:04:27Unless Mr. Jensen and I are blind

01:04:29We're looking at a true legend

01:04:31If that's the case

01:04:32Then he really doesn't measure up

01:04:35Maybe

01:04:35Even I fall short of the standard as well

01:04:38Can we finally move on to the next trial?

01:04:41Chester

01:04:41Stand up

01:04:42You simply

01:04:43Don't have the qualities that he requires

01:04:47What?

01:04:48Stand up

01:04:48The Lunamount delegation

01:04:50Will explain everything

01:04:51Lunamount?

01:04:53So you mean

01:04:54The Solorane's protectors

01:04:55The Lunamounts?

01:04:56According to legends

01:04:57Even the Emperor must train with them

01:04:59They work side by side with each other

01:05:01They're really dispatching the envoys?

01:05:05I didn't know

01:05:06That the prince has this connection

01:05:09That even

01:05:09The Lunamounts attend his birthday

01:05:11No way

01:05:12This can't be real

01:05:14Grandpa

01:05:15What exactly is the Lunamount?

01:05:17They're what they call

01:05:18The real deities

01:05:19They wield so much power

01:05:22That even the royalty

01:05:23Are forced to kneel

01:05:25They are mystics?

01:05:27They actually exist?

01:05:28They are in this world?

01:05:29Goodness me

01:05:30Open your eyes

01:05:31There's more than just your little pond, you know?

01:05:34If Lunamount ever considered taking me in

01:05:36Who cares about inheritance?

01:05:38ArchSage would mean nothing

01:05:39All mortal achievements are dust before them

01:05:42Every name fades to nothing in their shadow

01:05:45Sean

01:05:46The Lunamount rarely appears

01:05:48This is it

01:05:49This is your golden chance

01:05:51Dad

01:05:51Work your connections to reach them

01:05:53Their simple approval

01:05:54Could make you filthy rich

01:05:55Even if

01:05:56You become their floor scrubber

01:05:58A servant?

01:05:59Any servant of theirs

01:06:00Gets to have equal treatment

01:06:02From the rich

01:06:03And even from the nobility

01:06:05What?

01:06:09What?

01:06:10Lunamount?

01:06:10From how they are acting

01:06:12They must be a mystic sect in this world

01:06:15Huh

01:06:15How intriguing

01:06:28Hello Hank

01:06:29If he came all the way here just for nothing

01:06:31I'll skin you alive

01:06:33I wouldn't dare lied to the Lunamounts

01:06:34Prince Souther and I

01:06:36We both felt it

01:06:37That suffocating pressure

01:06:39Radiating from him

01:06:40The night before

01:06:41We saw him practicing

01:06:42Devouring every spiritual energy in the city

01:06:46The entire city?

01:06:47Are you out of your mind?

01:06:48That kind of power requires a least trinity convergence

01:06:51How could such a person exist?

01:06:53That's why

01:06:54I asked you to come here

01:06:56To verify it

01:07:01Our master is coming with after hearing this

01:07:04Start preparing

01:07:05He'll arrive shortly

01:07:06Yes

01:07:11Fascinating

01:07:12Draining the entire city's energy

01:07:14Even if it's fake

01:07:16He's still a rogue mystic, isn't he?

01:07:19Do you agree with me, Hank?

01:07:20Master

01:07:20Andy is a boastful man

01:07:22Well, but if he really is

01:07:24A mystic like he says

01:07:26And only ten years old

01:07:28Perhaps I will mentor him myself

01:07:31And grant him this chance

01:07:33What?

01:07:34Master?

01:07:35You'd actually taken a disciple?

01:07:37You're on the verge of trinity convergence already

01:07:40Trinity convergence?

01:07:43The world believes that I'm close to achieving it

01:07:46Yet it is a realm beyond the ordinary mortals

01:07:51Only myths talk about it.

01:07:52But other than those myths, nobody else mentions it.

01:07:56Pentaforce Dominion? A realm of extraordinary ability.

01:08:00But for me, I won't. I'll never touch it.

01:08:05Judas solved a couplet unsolved for ages.

01:08:09I'd say there is no need to continue to the second trial.

01:08:14Indeed, you're right.

01:08:16Though the first test measured intellect, he's shown us extraordinary talents that makes him deserving of being the first place

01:08:25even in the second trial as well.

01:08:27Then further trials are simply pointless.

01:08:31I totally agree with you.

01:08:33Bring the ink and brush!

01:08:40How shall we conduct this, honorable judges?

01:08:43Please decide. If Mr. Clay insists that he knows all the ten artistic styles of calligraphy, let's see.

01:08:51Let him prove to us that he can actually write.

01:08:54Very well.

01:08:55Then let him demonstrate these ten styles.

01:08:58Ten? Really?

01:08:59That's impossible. Nobody does that.

01:09:02Yeah.

01:09:03Chester, you're suggesting...

01:09:06Write the immortal creed.

01:09:09For heaven, establish virtue.

01:09:11For mortal's secure purposes.

01:09:13For ancestors, revive wisdom.

01:09:15For eternity, forges peace.

01:09:17You have to write the immortal creed ten times.

01:09:20And each of the times should be written in a different style.

01:09:24This is clearly torture.

01:09:25This feels targeted at Jude.

01:09:27Then why are they involving us?

01:09:28You're making fun of us.

01:09:29I only know one style.

01:09:31I know the gothic one.

01:09:32Ten styles is humanly impossible.

01:09:33Silence!

01:09:36Jude, do you accept?

01:09:39Jude, do you accept?

01:09:41Why wouldn't I?

01:09:42What? Did he really master ten?

01:09:44Well, I can't do it.

01:09:45I'm out.

01:09:46However, I refuse to believe he can do it.

01:09:49Nor do I.

01:09:50I also yield.

01:09:51So, all of you behind him.

01:09:53Master, I yield already.

01:09:55I don't know ten, let alone write them.

01:09:58Same. Count me out.

01:09:59The trial is meaningless anyway.

01:10:01It's tailored solely for him.

01:10:03This was never a scholarly contest.

01:10:05The tests they gave us were beyond any of us.

01:10:07We're just foil for him.

01:10:08Yes, exactly.

01:10:10This trial is completely meaningless.

01:10:12And now, you want us to write the sacred text in ten different styles?

01:10:16No human being could possibly know those ten styles and how to write all of them.

01:10:23Unless...

01:10:26Such exquisite brushstroke.

01:10:30His grip.

01:10:31The ink flow.

01:10:32Impossibly steady.

01:10:33He moves the brush like he has mastered it for decades.

01:10:38That is just impeccable.

01:10:39Told you so.

01:10:40You didn't believe.

01:10:41He's disgustingly skilled.

01:10:43Now, are you convinced yet?

01:10:45He writes like he is the master of the brush.

01:10:51Careful.

01:10:59The cursive script.

01:11:01He's using the hardest tile.

01:11:02He even does the cursive.

01:11:04So messy.

01:11:05I can't read it like this.

01:11:06Philistine, this isn't messy.

01:11:08Can't you feel the flow of his writing?

01:11:10Indeed.

01:11:10Can you see how each character's pulse?

01:11:12As if the ink has a soul.

01:11:14Good.

01:11:15Such an excellent mastery.

01:11:24Be careful holding it.

01:11:25The ink's still wet.

01:11:28The italic script?

01:11:32The italic script.

01:11:33I told you.

01:11:34He knew that script.

01:11:35Not if you believe me.

01:11:36This is the italic script.

01:11:38Each character breathes.

01:11:40The italic script.

01:11:43The italic script.

01:11:44The italic script.

01:11:46Is he for real?

01:11:47Indeed.

01:11:48How does he know all of this?

01:11:51Prodigy.

01:11:53Absolute prodigy.

01:11:55Your mom once told me.

01:11:57That even if they called you mute.

01:11:58She always saw the genius in you.

01:12:01At an early age.

01:12:02I.

01:12:03I believe that too.

01:12:04But I lack the courage to speak up.

01:12:08The italic script.

01:12:14The italic script.

01:12:16The italic script.

01:12:16Is this cleric script?

01:12:17It's authentic cleric script.

01:12:18It's authentic cleric script.

01:12:19Unbelievable.

01:12:19He actually knows it.

01:12:22So what if he knows it?

01:12:23Talon is nothing without backing.

01:12:25The Lunamounts are coming.

01:12:26If I can win the Lunamount's favor.

01:12:28Then I can still crush you into dirt, Jude.

01:12:32A mute's a mute.

01:12:33You'll forever be a broken child to me.

01:12:36Even with all your words.

01:12:37You still look utterly helpless to me.

01:12:43Master.

01:12:44Disciple Hank.

01:12:46What script is this?

01:12:47Have you seen this?

01:12:48What's this?

01:12:49It's artistic.

01:12:50But what it is, I don't know.

01:12:51Did he invent that?

01:12:53Wait, it's...

01:12:54Carolingian Miniscule.

01:12:56What's that?

01:12:59This is Carolingian Miniscule.

01:13:01In Charlemagne's era.

01:13:03Thin yet full-bodied.

01:13:04He didn't just study it.

01:13:06He actually mastered it.

01:13:07You really are full of surprises.

01:13:22Enough with the writing.

01:13:25What?

01:13:27After Unchal's script and Carolingian Miniscule, I knew it.

01:13:30No one in this world can be a rival to you.

01:13:34Ha ha ha ha ha.

01:13:40There is no need to prove yourself to these plebeians.

01:13:45You're the champion.

01:13:46Ha ha ha ha?

01:13:48It's over just like that, champion?

01:13:50What?

01:13:51I have no arguments.

01:13:53You've earned this title.

01:13:56The champion is...

01:13:58Jude Sterling.

01:14:00Of House Sterling.

01:14:04Wow, he actually won it.

01:14:06Our champion!

01:14:08Our family hasn't produced such genius in many decades.

01:14:13It's a title well earned.

01:14:15I never bow.

01:14:16Yet today, I yield to you completely.

01:14:19Congratulations.

01:14:20Congratulations.

01:14:21I fully yield to you, Jude.

01:14:24House Sterling.

01:14:29Tell me, does this level of glory suffice for you?

01:14:34Is this high enough?

01:14:35Or must I raise you even higher, pushing you behind every mortal limit?

01:14:40Something's off.

01:14:42What's happening to them?

01:14:48Ah, this way, please.

01:14:50Andy, this had better not be false intel.

01:14:53Of course.

01:14:54I'd never lie.

01:14:55At worst, he's a young genius.

01:14:57Geniuses are a dime a dozen.

01:14:59To us unworldly mystics, they are insects beneath our feet.

01:15:03Of course.

01:15:04Benjamin Sterling, answer me now.

01:15:07Was your house of Sterling elevated high enough today?

01:15:10Is this enough for you?

01:15:13He called his grandfather's name?

01:15:15This isn't right.

01:15:17What happened?

01:15:18Jude, stop.

01:15:19Shut up.

01:15:21Jude Sterling, don't get cocky just because you won.

01:15:24The award.

01:15:25It belonged to our Sean.

01:15:27I am asking you.

01:15:29Was it enough?

01:15:30If you're satisfied, I've fulfilled my promise to you.

01:15:33Now it's your family's turn.

01:15:35Time to honor your deal.

01:15:41Kneel at my mother's grave in mourning robes.

01:15:44Admit you were wrong.

01:15:46Jude Sterling, I don't recall making such promises to anyone.

01:15:55Though I agreed with your condition, your mom was still just a woman, unworthy of my dignity.

01:16:01I am the patriarch, the face of the family, and my forehead has never touched dirt.

01:16:06So you intend to deny the oath you made?

01:16:09Jude, be reasonable.

01:16:12We belong to a noble family.

01:16:14Face matters more than promises.

01:16:16Remember that.

01:16:17So just accept the reward, and all our wealth will be transferred to you.

01:16:23Dad!

01:16:23If you won't give in, then forget it.

01:16:30Do you think I care about wealth?

01:16:32You must be kidding me.

01:16:34I don't care about your treasures.

01:16:35Those are nothing but dust to me.

01:16:38I've surpassed your petty realm entirely.

01:16:41Ha ha ha ha ha!

01:16:42What a very noble speech.

01:16:44I'm really touched.

01:16:58I, Southor, pay my respects to the Master of Lunamount and Head Disciple!

01:17:08I, Southor, pay respects to the Master of Lunamount and Head Disciple!

01:17:16What? Master of Lunamount!

01:17:19Lunamount Envoy's didn't just show up here!

01:17:21The Master even came in person! That's their Master!

01:17:26The Master's here! Why aren't you kneeling? Do you all have a death wish?

01:17:31Even the Prince is kneeling to them! Get down, now!

01:17:35All hail Master of Lunamount!

01:17:39Just a normal young boy!

01:17:42Is this guy what they call a mystic? Barely a Divine Nexus tier!

01:17:46I don't feel any power coming from this boy! Either he's way stronger than me, I can't see through him,

01:17:54or he's just a nobody!

01:17:56You! On your knees now!

01:18:02You! On your knees now!

01:18:05Who do you think you are?

01:18:07He's got a death wish! What a waste! Top of the world and dead the next!

01:18:11Kneel now! How dare you disrespect Lunamount!

01:18:14He's gonna get us killed this time!

01:18:15Do you even hear yourself, young man?

01:18:18I said! Who do you think you are?

01:18:24I'm the Head Disciple of Lunamount! My name is Hank Kaltavian!

01:18:28Lunamount? Are they important?

01:18:31He's got a death wish!

01:18:34Lunamount is Solorane's protector! Every top cultivator in the Empire gathers there!

01:18:39We have 300 disciples!

01:18:40On your knees! Plead for the sake of your 300 disciples!

01:18:44Were it not for my mercy, you won't be here breathing!

01:18:48Do you even know what you're talking about?

01:18:51He just threatened to exterminate them!

01:18:53Is he out of his mind?

01:18:57Is he really a mystic?

01:18:59If he is, how strong must he be to talk like that?

01:19:03If not, is he just some reckless kid running his mouth?

01:19:06He doesn't even understand the weight of the words he's using!

01:19:10And now what? Am I about to get dragged into this mess too?

01:19:14Shoot!

01:19:16Get on your knees and beg for forgiveness!

01:19:19Kneel down!

01:19:29He's an outcast from our family!

01:19:30Whatever he said has nothing to do with us!

01:19:33Nothing at all!

01:19:34Please have mercy!

01:19:34Please punish him, not us!

01:19:36He's not a sterling!

01:19:37He doesn't speak for us!

01:19:38We already cast him out a long time ago!

01:19:40Please don't drag us into this!

01:19:42I'm begging you!

01:19:43Am I still a sterling?

01:19:47Am I still a sterling?

01:19:49No!

01:19:49You never were!

01:19:50You're just a cast off!

01:19:52So am I abandoned?

01:19:54Master, he's not a sterling!

01:19:56Yeah!

01:19:57We already disowned him!

01:19:58We exiled him!

01:19:59It's true!

01:20:00Seven years ago!

01:20:02Master from Lunamount, he's the only crazy one in here!

01:20:05We have nothing to do with this!

01:20:06We're innocent!

01:20:07Kill only the guilty!

01:20:09Didn't I just make myself clear?

01:20:10I'm not a sterling!

01:20:12I am an Oran!

01:20:14Yet you insist that I'm a sterling!

01:20:15That your blood's in my veins!

01:20:17That it is my duty!

01:20:18To secure victory for you and elevate you to glory!

01:20:21Stop telling lies!

01:20:23When did I say that to you?

01:20:25You're never a sterling!

01:20:26You don't have our noble blood!

01:20:28That name was never yours!

01:20:30Yeah!

01:20:31Even you call yourself an Oran!

01:20:33You're never a sterling!

01:20:36Shoot!

01:20:36Dad!

01:20:37What are you talking about?

01:20:42Shut up!

01:20:44Love!

01:20:45I just felt the baby move!

01:20:55I'm done with this!

01:20:57All your lives, you've drowned in vanity and greed!

01:20:59Too ashamed to even acknowledge your own blood!

01:21:02Seven years ago, when Jude was only three years old, all of you!

01:21:07You threw him out of the house!

01:21:09You said, we only breed prodigies!

01:21:12That my mute child would shame us all!

01:21:15You're lying!

01:21:16Stop with the lies!

01:21:17He's only three years old, and you simply threw him out!

01:21:20You even exiled him with my wife!

01:21:23When I refused, you called me this loyal, but I said no!

01:21:26Then you called me!

01:21:28The ungrateful son, clueless about the big picture!

01:21:31Well, screw that!

01:21:32You don't know what I've been through!

01:21:34None of you!

01:21:36My poor wife, she raised him alone!

01:21:39I wasn't even there!

01:21:40And when she died, I wasn't there for them either!

01:21:43I've been living with guilt, and it eats me up every day!

01:21:47You only wanted to bring Jude home, because the prince expects the perfect family!

01:21:52But I know, that you're only using him!

01:21:56You're only using him!

01:21:58But me, I'll take it!

01:22:00You know why?

01:22:03I get to see my son again!

01:22:09Now I can proudly say, that he is my son again!

01:22:13All you wanted, was to parade his skills around!

01:22:17To drill into him!

01:22:18You're a sterling!

01:22:20Make us proud!

01:22:21And then what did you do?

01:22:22Lunamount shows up!

01:22:24Jude won't bow to them!

01:22:25And suddenly, he's no longer one of us?!

01:22:28So what you said, is he family or not?!

01:22:31He's got no peace!

01:22:39First you cast him out, then sweet-talked him into coming back home, only to cut him loose again?!

01:22:46That's just cruel and cold.

01:22:49I feel sorry for you, kid.

01:22:51After everything that's happened, a ten-year-old still managed to outshine the legends?

01:22:56Live or die today, kid.

01:22:58You're already my hero, Jude Sterling!

01:23:00He's wrong!

01:23:02No!

01:23:02He's not one of us!

01:23:04Not since I kicked him out!

01:23:05He's not one of us since seven years ago!

01:23:08Fine!

01:23:09Deny him!

01:23:11But today, I'm finally stepping up!

01:23:15I'm Jude's father!

01:23:17My name is Anthony Sterling!

01:23:20Ha ha ha ha ha!

01:23:23I understand it now, I get it!

01:23:26Hey kid, I feel sorry for you.

01:23:29Their noble house is trash, but to disrespect us?

01:23:33And mouthing off about us?

01:23:35Sympathy won't stop your death, ten years old or not!

01:23:39Today, you're going to meet your end!

01:23:42Andy!

01:23:44Yes, brother!

01:23:45Go!

01:23:46Make it quick for the boy!

01:23:48Yes!

01:23:50Sorry, kid.

01:23:51You're just ten years old, and really talented.

01:23:54However, don't blame me for what comes next.

01:23:57After today, you'll be Dawnshire's greatest prodigy, with your name resounding throughout the entire empire!

01:24:02Just name your price!

01:24:04You!

01:24:05Move it!

01:24:07Jude!

01:24:10Move behind me!

01:24:11Don't play the hero!

01:24:14You did pretty good.

01:24:15I'll spare you.

01:24:16I'll only be using this finger.

01:24:19Now allow me to show you...

01:24:21How it ends you.

01:24:22You brat!

01:24:26Shadow!

01:24:32Shadow Thorn Strike!

01:24:37With just one finger!

01:24:39This can't be real!

01:24:40How is this possible?

01:24:41This can't be real!

01:24:42It's a mystic!

01:24:43By the grace of his holy light, I didn't kill him.

01:24:47Don't you worry.

01:24:48I simply guided him towards paradise.

01:24:57He has the Petal Trail!

01:24:59This is the legendary Petal Trail!

01:25:06Trinity Convergence!

01:25:09He's...

01:25:10He's a mystic!

01:25:13Trinity Convergence!

01:25:21By the grace of his holy light...

01:25:26Penta Force!

01:25:28Dominion!

01:25:30Save me!

01:25:31Save me, Master!

01:25:32Help me!

01:25:33What is that?

01:25:33Penta Force!

01:25:34Dominion!

01:25:35They actually...

01:25:36They actually exist!

01:25:37What is that?

01:25:37I'm facing a true Master!

01:25:39Save you?

01:25:40How can he save you?

01:25:42He can't even save himself!

01:25:44Mercy Master!

01:25:45Please spare us!

01:25:48To witness an immortal Master in Penta Force Dominion in my lifetime!

01:25:53I can die happy!

01:25:55I have no regrets!

01:26:01Please!

01:26:02Please!

01:26:03Take me with you!

01:26:04I'll devote my life to you!

01:26:06Please accept me!

01:26:07Trinity Convergence!

01:26:09That's the very pinnacle that I'm dreaming of!

01:26:12If I could even get a glimpse of that realm, I promise that I will serve only you forever!

01:26:20I'm just a Baron!

01:26:22Take me as your disciple!

01:26:23Do you want to learn from me?

01:26:25You?

01:26:26No way!

01:26:30I'm not worthy enough!

01:26:33I'm your uncle, Jude!

01:26:34I'm your aunt!

01:26:35I'm your grandfather!

01:26:36I was wrong!

01:26:37Come home with us!

01:26:39What are you waiting for?

01:26:41Father, let's go!

01:26:45What did you say?

01:26:46Father, let's go!

01:26:49Yes!

01:27:11I will!

01:27:16If I failed you, I hope you can still forgive me!

01:27:26Jude!

01:27:27It's me, your cousin!

01:27:28How about I work for you?

01:27:30We share the same blood, you know?

01:27:32Like it or not, you're still a sterling!

01:27:36Cousin!

01:27:37Wait for me!

01:27:38I'll go with you!

01:27:53Where is it?

01:27:54Where's my mom's grave?

01:28:00Where is it?

01:28:01Where's my mom's grave?

01:28:03Shut it!

01:28:04She was just your aunt!

01:28:05I'm your real mother!

01:28:07She raised me since childhood, as if I was her own!

01:28:11Besides, in my heart, she's always been my mom!

01:28:13If only I could do something, I would let Grandpa kick her out!

01:28:16You dragged me into this!

01:28:18Stop speaking nonsense!

01:28:19Your father orchestrated it because of the inheritance!

01:28:21I was only fooled by him!

01:28:23Stop lying, Dad!

01:28:24Lori was the daughter-in-law I always wanted!

01:28:27When she passed, I failed to mourn for her!

01:28:29Stop blaming everything on me, Dad!

01:28:29That shame haunts me!

01:28:30I feel for your mother!

01:28:31Where in the world can we find her tomb?

01:28:33Will we ever find it?

01:28:35Our dear patriarch, Jude, won't even tell us where it is!

01:28:38We even came here to bow!

01:28:40But he says we're all unworthy!

01:28:43Unworthy or not, we must still bow in front of her grave!

01:28:46Three days with no leads!

01:28:48We must find her grave!

01:28:50I wrote 10,000 words of apology!

01:28:52I just want to say in front of her grave that we were wrong!

01:28:56That we were truly blind!

01:29:09What if we never find it?

01:29:10What if we failed to apologize?

01:29:12Jude will never ever forgive me then!

01:29:14You've all ruined my life!

01:29:16Can't even find a simple grave!

01:29:18What are you for?

01:29:19My future is rotting because of you!

01:29:23Mom!

01:29:24Where can we find you?

01:29:26We were blind!

01:29:27We were arrogant fools!

01:29:29Don't warn you, Lori!

01:29:30We were blind!

01:29:32We were arrogant fools!

They Thought I Was Dumb — I'm Not Even Human

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