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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 dumped, right?

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

00:00:31complete laughingstock 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

00:00:54heir 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.

00:01:33I'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 Sterling's. If only they knew I'm

00:01:46not one of them.

00:01:47My soul's from another realm. I was Friar Oren. The rivers ran red where I walked. That's why they called

00:01:53me 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!

00:02:07I 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.

00:02:17Come.

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.

00:02:39Only by purging 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,

00:02:47mortals can never see.

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

00:02:52If no divine hand guides me,

00:02:54then I shall guide myself.

00:03:07From this day forward,

00:03:09as long as I cultivate in silence for eight years,

00:03:12I'll reclaim my power from my past life.

00:03:14Jude, he's your grandfather.

00:03:17Say hi to grandpa.

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

00:03:22Our Jude is the sterling heir.

00:03:25But a defective heir is unworthy of the legacy of our name.

00:03:30Start driving.

00:03:37But even in her death,

00:03:39mom told me to come back.

00:03:41But this is beneath me.

00:03:42Yet here I stand.

00:03:44This time,

00:03:45I'm here to make things right.

00:03:47You will grovel before her tomb.

00:03:49Mark 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,

00:04:15are you worried that I'll take your inheritance?

00:04:16I wonder what got you all worked up.

00:04:18Jude Sterling?

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

00:04:21Save your breath, grandpa.

00:04:23You don't have to ask him anything.

00:04:24Why do you even bother getting a sign language teacher for this mute?

00:04:28This is ridiculous.

00:04:32It's been seven years since I last saw your brother.

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

00:04:37Prince Althor's banquet is the day after tomorrow.

00:04:40If any disagreement between him and us

00:04:43becomes even slightly visible,

00:04:45it would tarnish the dignity of our entire family.

00:04:48How can you be so dense?

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

00:04:51But I...

00:04:53That's okay.

00:04:53Please hold your temper.

00:04:59You know, Jude,

00:05:01in all honesty,

00:05:02we've wronged your mother and you all these years.

00:05:06Yet 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 that you were born mute.

00:05:23You are and always will be part of the Sterling bloodline.

00:05:26From now on,

00:05:27you will be living here with us.

00:05:30He can't live here!

00:05:31But, Dad!

00:05:31Sterling can't be broken!

00:05:34Jude,

00:05:35kneel and show your gratitude.

00:05:38Wait,

00:05:39there's no need for that.

00:05:40But it 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,

00:05:53you have the nerve to 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!

00:06:06How 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

00:06:19and we're bound by blood

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

00:06:23I am the prodigy that Heaven itself ordained.

00:06:26This 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.

00:06:33I'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?

00:06:44Ugh.

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.

00:06:59I'm sorry,

00:07:00but I can't afford to lose this job.

00:07:05I can't afford to lose this job.

00:07:07It's late.

00:07:08Time passed by so quickly.

00:07:09Lydia?

00:07:11Take him to his room.

00:07:12Right away, sir.

00:07:14Sir,

00:07:15this way, please.

00:07:17Not even a bow?

00:07:18Did the countryside erase

00:07:20every 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.

00:07:34My silent cultivation will end in two days.

00:07:36Otherwise, I curse you to hell.

00:07:39Hold it.

00:07:40At the princess' upcoming banquet,

00:07:43every noble will be watching.

00:07:44Prince Althor values cultural refinement

00:07:47above everything else.

00:07:48Also,

00:07:49if I'm not mistaken,

00:07:51the banquet will include

00:07:53a literary duel

00:07:54among the noble heirs.

00:07:56Grandpa,

00:07:57why are you wasting your breath

00:07:58on a peasant?

00:07:59Does he even know

00:08:00the 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

00:08:08without any sense of culture

00:08:10or education.

00:08:11That 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,

00:08:20the banquet guests

00:08:21will go easy on you.

00:08:22I wonder if

00:08:23the art of carving spells

00:08:24into the flesh of your enemies

00:08:25might somehow

00:08:27be counted as calligraphy.

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

00:08:30Tomorrow,

00:08:31your lessons will begin.

00:08:32I 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.

00:08:44He only went to some charity school.

00:08:46He had no proper education.

00:08:50These are the five principles.

00:08:52Raise,

00:08:52press,

00:08:54hook,

00:08:54support,

00:08:55and resist.

00:08:56Fingers firm.

00:08:57Your palm must remain hollow.

00:08:59Your wrist must be level as water.

00:09:01And the 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

00:09:09my mother taught me actually work.

00:09:11This requires decades

00:09:13of dedicated practice.

00:09:15And yet,

00:09:16he's only ten years old.

00:09:21A pearl.

00:09:23Keen as a falcon side.

00:09:24Fierce as a rearing stallion.

00:09:26What a masterpiece.

00:09:28Cast 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,

00:09:36they dare to.

00:09:41Mock its radiance.

00:09:57Why does this handwriting

00:09:59look 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

00:10:06to not see his true worth.

00:10:08Absolutely ridiculous.

00:10:09What an arrogant kid.

00:10:12Go home and rest.

00:10:14As you wish.

00:10:20This writing feels so familiar.

00:10:24Where have I seen this before?

00:10:27Benjamin,

00:10:28wake up.

00:10:29Look at this.

00:10:29This one

00:10:30is the prince's treasured fragment.

00:10:32Charlemagne surviving work.

00:10:34He 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.

00:10:42That's Carolingian minuscule.

00:10:44It's created thanks

00:10:44to Emperor Charlemagne.

00:10:46It means clear graceful

00:10:47and it's...

00:10:49How dare you take this?

00:10:51The prince's treasure

00:10:51is 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.

00:11:00I'm sorry.

00:11:05Benjamin,

00:11:06how much did you memorize?

00:11:11Carolingian minuscule.

00:11:14But 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

00:11:31almost respectable.

00:11:35Allow me

00:11:36to educate you

00:11:38on the proper ways

00:11:38to handle

00:11:39scholarly tools.

00:11:40This exquisite

00:11:41mahogany desk

00:11:42cost no less than a million

00:11:44and was crafted

00:11:45by the best hands.

00:11:47Behold,

00:11:48our 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

00:11:56impeccable taste

00:11:57has spanned

00:11:58degenerations.

00:12:00Did that amuse you?

00:12:02It's nothing

00:12:03but a fake parchment.

00:12:05What swan feather

00:12:07is she talking about?

00:12:08This is nothing

00:12:08but dog hair.

00:12:10These are just

00:12:11cheap bristles

00:12:11created for cheap men

00:12:13to use.

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

00:12:15this inkstand

00:12:16is genuine.

00:12:17Two out of four

00:12:18are fakes.

00:12:19That's truly remarkable.

00:12:21Such impeccable taste.

00:12:23He can't even

00:12:23name these treasures.

00:12:25What a savage.

00:12:28Sir,

00:12:29let's pray

00:12:30that your brain

00:12:31survives your tutoring

00:12:32tomorrow.

00:12:32It would be unwise

00:12:34to waste

00:12:35your grandpa's generosity.

00:12:36Also,

00:12:37as for the tutor

00:12:38that they hired for you,

00:12:40he is one

00:12:41of the great minds.

00:12:43Be sure not to waste it.

00:12:45And remember

00:12:46to treasure

00:12:47this opportunity

00:12:48tomorrow.

00:12:54The sterling household

00:12:56is full of

00:12:57illiterate masters

00:12:58and bowing,

00:12:59groveling servants.

00:13:00They boast of

00:13:01noble heritage

00:13:02and impeccable taste.

00:13:04Hmph.

00:13:07You've got to be

00:13:08kidding me.

00:13:09Had I not been

00:13:10bound by my oath,

00:13:11a solemn vow of silence,

00:13:13I would have

00:13:14flayed them alive

00:13:15with my words.

00:13:18Mrs. Wilkins,

00:13:20is he

00:13:21asleep now?

00:13:22What's wrong?

00:13:23He suddenly slapped me

00:13:24right after I showed him

00:13:25the way to the main hall.

00:13:27Please stand up for me,

00:13:28Mrs. Wilkins.

00:13:28That mute brat

00:13:29attacked 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,

00:13:35Mrs. Wilkins.

00:13:36He's nothing but

00:13:37a lowly mutt

00:13:38from the fields

00:13:39and he dares to

00:13:40strike those above him?

00:13:41Just wait.

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

00:13:43until Mr. Clay

00:13:44tutors him tomorrow.

00:13:46They'll surely

00:13:47beg for mercy.

00:13:48Mr. Clay?

00:13:49Are you talking about

00:13:51Mr. Henry Clay,

00:13:52who used to mentor

00:13:53Master 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

00:14:00Mr. Clay myself.

00:14:01He's the literary

00:14:02titan of Soloraine.

00:14:06Eight long years

00:14:08of total silence

00:14:09to strip away

00:14:10the layers

00:14:11of mortal vanity.

00:14:13To see the world

00:14:14as it truly is

00:14:15and touch

00:14:16the cosmic truth.

00:14:17One more day

00:14:18and I'll finally

00:14:19achieve the great perfection.

00:14:21Eight long years

00:14:22of total silence.

00:14:23This is killing me.

00:14:29There's something

00:14:30divine in the air

00:14:31and it is definitely

00:14:32coming somewhere near.

00:14:34I can feel that hunger

00:14:36like a black hole.

00:14:38His cultivation

00:14:39is draining

00:14:39every ounce of life

00:14:40from the whole

00:14:41surrounding region.

00:14:42I was fortunate

00:14:43to withdraw my energy

00:14:44in time

00:14:45or the devouring force

00:14:47would have claimed me.

00:14:49Your highness.

00:14:50That's Mr. Jensen

00:14:50in the council chamber.

00:14:52This cannot wait.

00:14:54Your highness.

00:14:55There's been a disaster.

00:14:56Mr. Jensen

00:14:57collapsed in seclusion.

00:14:58He coughed up blood

00:14:58and was badly hurt.

00:14:59He did what?

00:15:02A madman.

00:15:03He has risen

00:15:04in Dawnshire.

00:15:05The land's very essence

00:15:07is being sucked dry

00:15:07by his immense power.

00:15:13His power surpasses

00:15:15mortal limits.

00:15:16Teetering or demonic?

00:15:17How is it possible

00:15:18that such might

00:15:19still walks the earth

00:15:21in our era?

00:15:26I've never come

00:15:27this close

00:15:27to a being

00:15:28of such overwhelming power.

00:15:29I wonder

00:15:30if I can be

00:15:31ever truly worthy

00:15:32enough to witness him

00:15:33fully unveiled

00:15:34in all his glory.

00:15:36Toward the Sterlings?

00:15:38What kind of being?

00:15:39What kind of power

00:15:40could devour

00:15:41the energy

00:15:42of an entire city

00:15:43with such force?

00:15:44It's heading

00:15:45towards the Sterlings?

00:15:47Unbelievable.

00:15:48How could they possibly

00:15:49be connected

00:15:49to that existence?

00:15:50I am less than

00:15:52a mere worm

00:15:52when standing

00:15:53before such overwhelming power.

00:15:55I won't even think

00:15:56of seeking him out.

00:15:57Not with power

00:15:58such as his.

00:16:00A dukedom

00:16:01would be a mere trifle,

00:16:02a petty price to pay.

00:16:04If it means

00:16:05I could stand

00:16:06beside true power.

00:16:11I am almost there.

00:16:13Soon enough,

00:16:14my old power

00:16:15will ignite.

00:16:27This boy is plain

00:16:28looking and mute.

00:16:29I'm Henry.

00:16:30You're Jude Sterling?

00:16:31Your family

00:16:32paid a fortune

00:16:33to have me educate you.

00:16:35Or rather,

00:16:37to teach you

00:16:38the alphabet.

00:16:39If he weren't born

00:16:41as Sterling,

00:16:42he'd never get

00:16:43to encounter

00:16:43a literary genius

00:16:44like me.

00:16:46And yet,

00:16:46he has the audacity

00:16:47to look displaced.

00:16:48Unbelievable.

00:16:51Can you even

00:16:52memorize just one

00:16:53of these books

00:16:53in a single day?

00:16:55Even as a bond

00:16:56would fail.

00:16:56Here are seven books.

00:16:58Choose one.

00:16:59I will drill you

00:17:00for 15 hours

00:17:01without rest.

00:17:02By the end,

00:17:03you will have

00:17:03fully comprehended

00:17:04at least one

00:17:05entire volume.

00:17:06These are just

00:17:06children's primers.

00:17:07And this is

00:17:08the profound heritage

00:17:09they boast about?

00:17:11Hilarious.

00:17:12I'm well aware

00:17:13that you're

00:17:13a slow learner.

00:17:14And yes,

00:17:15these texts

00:17:16are far beyond

00:17:17your comprehension.

00:17:18But then...

00:17:20Enough with your charades.

00:17:22Hurry,

00:17:23pick 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

00:17:43that not a single one

00:17:44appeals to you at all?

00:17:46Listen, child,

00:17:47these are all...

00:17:49Don't tell me

00:17:50you actually expect

00:17:51to study them all?

00:17:53Let me tell you,

00:17:54even ants cannot

00:17:55move mountains.

00:17:56Even two days

00:17:56still won't be enough.

00:17:58Then what do you mean?

00:18:00Stop toying with me.

00:18:01I'm one of

00:18:01Solorane's

00:18:02ten literary titans.

00:18:03Were it not

00:18:04for the Sterlings,

00:18:05you...

00:18:16This pressure

00:18:17and this flow.

00:18:18Is he really

00:18:19ten years old?

00:18:20How can he write this

00:18:21when it takes decades

00:18:22to master?

00:18:23I had already

00:18:24mastered all of this

00:18:25by the time I was three.

00:18:27Minds flow free,

00:18:28no rigid rows.

00:18:29Grace found in chaos,

00:18:30balls,

00:18:30strokes,

00:18:31tans,

00:18:32the italic script.

00:18:32Do you 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.

00:18:40To truly reach

00:18:41the mastery of this craft,

00:18:42one must first conquer

00:18:43both Gothic and cursive styles.

00:18:45Yet somehow,

00:18:47it's fallen into the hands

00:18:48of a mute child.

00:18:51Now you choose, silence.

00:18:57A backwater mute?

00:18:58Possessing imperial-grade calligraphy?

00:19:01What utter nonsense!

00:19:02It's true,

00:19:03your writing is impressive,

00:19:04but do you really

00:19:05expect me to believe

00:19:07that you mastered

00:19:08all of these three?

00:19:09I find it hard to believe.

00:19:11Very well,

00:19:12let's see you prove it!

00:19:18In Plutarch's parallel lives,

00:19:20which Roman general

00:19:21boldly crossed the Rubicon

00:19:22declaring,

00:19:23the die is cast,

00:19:25do you know that?

00:19:26Now tell me,

00:19:27against whom did he wage

00:19:28this 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...

00:19:50You've already memorized

00:19:51parallel lives!

00:19:52I can't believe it!

00:19:53He's mastered this

00:19:54through and through.

00:19:56Finish this line

00:19:57from Cicero

00:19:58or Tempora.

00:20:00Or Moris

00:20:00from Cotillian Marians.

00:20:02Denouncing Catelyn's conspiracy,

00:20:04which speech was it?

00:20:04First Cotillian Marians.

00:20:06He breathes the classics.

00:20:08Fortune favors the bold.

00:20:10Whose famous words are these?

00:20:12Write it down.

00:20:13Virgil's Aeneid.

00:20:15Dulce at the Choral Master.

00:20:17To die for one's country.

00:20:18Pro patria mori.

00:20:20How about

00:20:21the art of living

00:20:22is more like...

00:20:23The wrestlers

00:20:23than the dancers.

00:20:25This boy's a real protégé.

00:20:26Who first refused

00:20:28to fight in the Iliad?

00:20:30Achilles,

00:20:31the greatest warrior.

00:20:32He chose pride over war.

00:20:36Who leads

00:20:37Aeneas

00:20:38through the other world?

00:20:40The Sibyl

00:20:41of Cule.

00:20:46What you've done

00:20:47goes well beyond

00:20:48the limits

00:20:48of the syllabus.

00:20:50This is truly

00:20:50next-level

00:20:51Homeric wisdom.

00:20:55I'm unworthy

00:20:56to be your teacher.

00:20:57Your wisdom

00:20:58and talent

00:20:58are far beyond mine.

00:21:00You mentioned earlier

00:21:01that you've memorized

00:21:02all these

00:21:03by the age of three.

00:21:04I believe that

00:21:05your brilliance

00:21:06is on another level.

00:21:08You should be

00:21:08the one teaching me.

00:21:09What three years old?

00:21:10I wasn't talking

00:21:11about this life.

00:21:12I'm talking about

00:21:13a life long ago.

00:21:16I must be off.

00:21:20I was supposed

00:21:21to scorn

00:21:21the whispers

00:21:22of wisdom.

00:21:23Divine wisdom

00:21:23met 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

00:21:31have to attend

00:21:32the Prince's Feast

00:21:34tomorrow.

00:21:34His name will echo

00:21:35across the city?

00:21:36That means

00:21:38tomorrow at the banquet

00:21:40that will be

00:21:41his defining moment.

00:21:48The italic script.

00:21:51Is this the piece

00:21:52he wrote?

00:21:53Even his italic writing

00:21:54seems to dance on paper.

00:21:56Piscales are otherworldly.

00:21:58Crowned with confidence.

00:22:00I'm finding it hard

00:22:01to believe

00:22:01that he's ever been mute.

00:22:03Hello, sir.

00:22:06Frame this

00:22:07just like the one

00:22:08from last night.

00:22:09Use a gold frame.

00:22:10Place it in the study.

00:22:13This writing floats

00:22:14gracefully

00:22:15yet cuts really deep.

00:22:16Sir,

00:22:17such mastery

00:22:17takes decades

00:22:18to achieve.

00:22:19Who could possibly

00:22:20create such artistry?

00:22:21Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:22:37Dad.

00:22:38Jude won't be able

00:22:39to learn in time.

00:22:40Even Mr. Clay

00:22:41gave up while

00:22:42trying to teach him

00:22:43this morning.

00:22:43That's true, Dad.

00:22:45Mr. Clay refused

00:22:45to instruct him.

00:22:46The servants reported

00:22:47to me that they saw

00:22:48the tutor left

00:22:49Jude's study by noon.

00:22:52Dad, how about

00:22:53we don't let him

00:22:54attend tomorrow?

00:22:55He's going to make

00:22:56fools out of us

00:22:57in front of everyone.

00:22:58This is settled.

00:22:59Enough with that topic

00:23:00because the child

00:23:01will have to be there.

00:23:06The wind is howling

00:23:07strangely.

00:23:08That's true.

00:23:09Let me close the door.

00:23:27That recluse again.

00:23:29He resumes his cultivation.

00:23:31I don't know why

00:23:33but I've been getting

00:23:35this feeling.

00:23:36What is it?

00:23:37I can sense that.

00:23:39Our meeting

00:23:40with the powerful being

00:23:41is drawing near.

00:23:43Are you sure?

00:23:45So Jensen

00:23:45has finally won

00:23:47their approval.

00:23:48What about me?

00:23:49Where does that

00:23:50leave me?

00:23:58Soon.

00:23:59Almost there.

00:24:08Done at last.

00:24:13Trinity crowned.

00:24:14My breakthrough's done.

00:24:16I've transcended.

00:24:17Trinity convergence

00:24:18achieved at age 10.

00:24:19I've matched my past

00:24:20life's peak.

00:24:21I read the celestial signs

00:24:22that the hollow fire

00:24:23of legend has 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

00:24:40is of the highest importance.

00:24:42Must we really be held up

00:24:43by 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

00:24:48will mock us

00:24:49if we parade a mute

00:24:49in front of everyone.

00:24:51Besides,

00:24:51he's been raised

00:24:52in the countryside.

00:24:53He lacks all cultured grace.

00:24:55Nobles always judge

00:24:56first by one's refinement

00:24:57and wit.

00:24:57He goes.

00:24:58And that's why

00:24:59the butt.

00:25:00Grandpa.

00:25:01In just one day,

00:25:02this extraordinary talent

00:25:03has shattered

00:25:04my expectations.

00:25:05I was a fool

00:25:06to scorn the whispers

00:25:07of wisdom.

00:25:08Divine wisdom

00:25:09met my eyes today.

00:25:10You absolutely

00:25:11have to attend

00:25:12the Prince's Feast

00:25:13tomorrow.

00:25:15This time,

00:25:16perhaps Jude

00:25:17may astonish

00:25:18all the noble guests,

00:25:19the entire

00:25:20Sterling clan

00:25:21and even the Prince.

00:25:23Move it, sir.

00:25:25Hurry.

00:25:25Why do you walk

00:25:26so slowly?

00:25:29Hurry, Jude.

00:25:36All right.

00:25:38Everyone's here.

00:25:39Let's go

00:25:39to the Princess Manor.

00:25:47Sean.

00:25:48All literary elites

00:25:49will attend

00:25:50the Prince's birthday today.

00:25:51Ten years of effort

00:25:52has led you

00:25:52to this moment.

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

00:25:54It has finally come.

00:25:56All noble houses

00:25:57will assemble.

00:25:57I expect you

00:25:58to completely stun

00:25:59every single one of them

00:26:00in the scholarly duel.

00:26:02Besides,

00:26:02Mr. Clay

00:26:03is your former mentor.

00:26:04I'm very sure

00:26:05that he will back you up

00:26:06during the duel.

00:26:07Your success

00:26:07in that duel

00:26:08will shine like

00:26:09a favorable light

00:26:10on Mr. Clay

00:26:10in front of the royalty.

00:26:15Jude,

00:26:16today's feast

00:26:17is merely a ceremony.

00:26:19What matters the most

00:26:20is the intellectual contest

00:26:21they will be holding.

00:26:22As I have predicted,

00:26:24your cousin Sean

00:26:25will try to stun everyone.

00:26:27Ten years of effort

00:26:27has led you

00:26:28to this moment.

00:26:28You see,

00:26:29when your father retires,

00:26:31your cousin Sean

00:26:32will be the head

00:26:32of the Sterling family.

00:26:34But you are still

00:26:35the Sterling heir's apparent.

00:26:36Your uncle fears

00:26:37your claim.

00:26:38Once Sean gets the position,

00:26:40he'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

00:26:48of seeing you

00:26:48be exiled once more,

00:26:50Jude.

00:26:51For many years,

00:26:53I've prepared

00:26:54for this moment.

00:26:56Just heed me this once.

00:26:58Starting now,

00:26:59humble yourself.

00:27:00Trail Sean like a servant

00:27:02and remember your place.

00:27:04Today he'll be meeting

00:27:05literary giants.

00:27:06Perhaps you'll even have

00:27:07an audience with

00:27:08the Prince today.

00:27:09Stick close to him,

00:27:10you'll at least

00:27:11get 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,

00:27:26will bow to no man.

00:27:28You can speak now.

00:27:31You're not a mute.

00:27:32Indeed.

00:27:33I never was.

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

00:27:46Oh well.

00:27:48You'll know soon enough.

00:27:51Oh, nice to see everybody here.

00:27:54I believe he's a man.

00:27:56I never was.

00:27:57I never was.

00:27:58I never was.

00:28:04I never was.

00:28:04Mr. Reeves,

00:28:05thank you for coming.

00:28:06And 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

00:28:13in 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,

00:28:20a mute kid,

00:28:20wields diverse script styles

00:28:22and by ten

00:28:23has already mastered

00:28:24all the classical works

00:28:25and even outdone you?

00:28:26Heh,

00:28:27that's impossible.

00:28:29Ten 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.

00:28:35For this hearsay,

00:28:37I'd dismiss it.

00:28:40Honestly,

00:28:41it's a shame

00:28:42that the child

00:28:43cannot 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

00:28:48their eternal blessings.

00:28:50Philip Reeves?

00:28:51That reclusive prodigy

00:28:52graces us.

00:28:53He may soon stand

00:28:54among Solorane's

00:28:55literary masters.

00:28:56Ah,

00:28:57my brilliant student

00:28:58at last.

00:28:59Master,

00:29:00I hope you are well.

00:29:06And respects to

00:29:07Mr. Clay

00:29:07and Mr. Turner.

00:29:09He is a true

00:29:09gentleman indeed.

00:29:11Bearing of a

00:29:11classical scholar.

00:29:14The house of Sterling

00:29:15has arrived.

00:29:16Coming to wish

00:29:17the prince

00:29:18enduring prosperity

00:29:19and honor.

00:29:20They're finally here.

00:29:21Come,

00:29:21let's go.

00:29:22Let's go greet

00:29:22the Sterling family together.

00:29:24I'll be the one

00:29:25to judge myself

00:29:25what sort of prodigy

00:29:27he truly is.

00:29:28What's so special

00:29:28about the Sterlings?

00:29:29Why would the great

00:29:30scholars greet them?

00:29:32Surely they're not

00:29:33going there to greet

00:29:33that Sean Sterling.

00:29:34He's a complete imbecile.

00:29:35I wonder who.

00:29:36They have no one else

00:29:37but Sean.

00:29:38And he's totally

00:29:39useless.

00:29:39Mr. Sterling,

00:29:40it's been too long.

00:29:41Finally,

00:29:42yesterday was just

00:29:44a warm-up,

00:29:44yet his brilliance

00:29:45was clear

00:29:46even in that

00:29:46brief moment.

00:29:48Today on the

00:29:49grand stage,

00:29:49he will awe

00:29:50the Soloran

00:29:51with this

00:29:51divine presence.

00:29:53I told you,

00:29:54Jude,

00:29:54your name

00:29:54will carry

00:29:55like a mighty roar

00:29:56throughout

00:29:56of Soloran.

00:29:58So what

00:29:58if you're mute?

00:29:59Where's Anthony?

00:30:00What's taking

00:30:01so long?

00:30:01No idea.

00:30:02No matter.

00:30:03Let's go in.

00:30:05Huh?

00:30:08My reputation

00:30:09truly carries

00:30:10this much weight now.

00:30:11The three

00:30:12literary giants

00:30:13together with

00:30:13these powerful

00:30:14high lords,

00:30:15they're all here

00:30:15just for me.

00:30:16I raised the

00:30:17great son.

00:30:18Only the princess

00:30:18yet to arrive.

00:30:22Sir Jensen.

00:30:24I have this

00:30:25strange feeling.

00:30:26Me too,

00:30:27your highness.

00:30:28He's getting close.

00:30:31I can sense it.

00:30:32That powerful

00:30:33presence is nearing.

00:30:35It's getting closer

00:30:36by the second.

00:30:38Prince Southar,

00:30:38Mr. Jensen.

00:30:39Where is everyone?

00:30:40The Sterlings

00:30:41are here.

00:30:41Mr. Clay

00:30:42and the other

00:30:42masters went

00:30:43to welcome them.

00:30:44Even the others

00:30:44have followed.

00:30:45The Sterlings?

00:30:49In that case,

00:30:51we should have

00:30:51missed this.

00:30:58Mr. Clay,

00:30:59Mr. Barrett,

00:31:00Mr. Turner,

00:31:01you honor me

00:31:02too much.

00:31:02You flatter me.

00:31:08Dad.

00:31:08What's going on?

00:31:09Dad, what was that?

00:31:13There he is.

00:31:19That's Jude Sterling.

00:31:20He has the dignity

00:31:21of a true gentleman.

00:31:26It's rare for a kitten

00:31:27these times.

00:31:28Jude Sterling?

00:31:29But wait,

00:31:30who is Jude?

00:31:30Who is he?

00:31:31They say they cast him

00:31:32out as a child.

00:31:34But that brat

00:31:35has never spoken a word.

00:31:36Sam.

00:31:37Does Sterling mute air?

00:31:38Jude Sterling's here?

00:31:40They're all gathered

00:31:40here for Jude.

00:31:42We've been waiting

00:31:44for you.

00:31:44Hail to Prince Southor!

00:31:48The Prince has arrived.

00:31:50Hail to Prince Southor!

00:31:51May your highness reign

00:31:53with greatness

00:31:53for millennia!

00:31:55Hail to Prince Southor!

00:31:57May your highness reign

00:31:58with greatness

00:31:59for millennia!

00:32:00Hail to Prince Southor!

00:32:06Hey Jude,

00:32:07on your knees!

00:32:08The Prince demands respect!

00:32:10Neil?

00:32:10The one who should kneel

00:32:12is him!

00:32:16Jude!

00:32:17What 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

00:32:24to get us all killed?

00:32:40Are you Prince Southor?

00:32:45Prince Southor?

00:32:46Are you Prince Southor?

00:32:49Wasn't he mute?

00:32:50What?

00:32:50Why is he speaking?

00:32:51He's not a mute!

00:32:52Impossible!

00:32:52The grandson!

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

00:32:54How dare you!

00:32:55Get down on your knees

00:32:57for the Prince!

00:32:58We're doomed!

00:32:59Your highness!

00:33:00We renounced him years ago!

00:33:01He's not our kin!

00:33:02We're not related!

00:33:07Step back!

00:33:08But, your highness!

00:33:09Step back!

00:33:10As 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

00:33:21heard that Mr. Clay

00:33:22brought everyone out here

00:33:23to greet you personally

00:33:25once you arrive.

00:33:26So we thought

00:33:26we had to see

00:33:28what the commotion

00:33:29is all about.

00:33:30There is no need

00:33:30for formalities.

00:33:32Frankly speaking,

00:33:33the only reason

00:33:34I came here was

00:33:35for him.

00:33:36Oh?

00:33:37And what is so special

00:33:38about this young man?

00:33:39The boy commands

00:33:40the brush

00:33:40like an immortal master.

00:33:42Every technique

00:33:43aged to perfection.

00:33:44He moves

00:33:45with the gracious 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.

00:33:55Not just that.

00:33:56He's also

00:33:57astonishingly learned

00:33:58a walking library.

00:33:59A walking library?

00:34:02Mr. Clay,

00:34:04age must have

00:34:04dulled your mind.

00:34:05Are you seriously

00:34:06claiming

00:34:06that a child's babble

00:34:08counts as philosophy now?

00:34:09Maybe next time

00:34:10you'll claim

00:34:10that he invented writing.

00:34:13He's gone crazy.

00:34:17Mr. Clay,

00:34:19age must have

00:34:20dulled your mind.

00:34:21I saw it

00:34:21with my own eyes.

00:34:22I warn you

00:34:23not to judge him

00:34:24by sooth.

00:34:24Of all the scholars

00:34:25I've met,

00:34:26he alone possesses

00:34:27the greatest literary genius

00:34:29like a demon.

00:34:31He's a demon.

00:34:35Mr. Clay,

00:34:36I know that you

00:34:37wish to impress

00:34:37the prince today,

00:34:38but this has gone

00:34:39from ambition

00:34:39to outright madness.

00:34:41Don't you think so, huh?

00:34:42Silence!

00:34:42Yes, master.

00:34:46Benjamin.

00:34:47Mr. Clay claims

00:34:49that your grandson

00:34:49is exceptional.

00:34:50Is this all true?

00:34:53No.

00:34:53Careful,

00:34:54your highness.

00:34:54It's clear that

00:34:55Brad is putting on

00:34:56an act.

00:34:56Mr. Clay

00:34:57must have been tricked

00:34:58by him.

00:34:58John, shut up!

00:35:00I'm ashamed

00:35:00to be your teacher.

00:35:01You're blind

00:35:02not to see

00:35:02his brilliance.

00:35:03Silence!

00:35:04If you had even

00:35:05a tenth of Jude's talent,

00:35:07you'd dominate

00:35:07the literary world.

00:35:09What?

00:35:10A tenth of his talent?

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

00:35:13He lost his senses.

00:35:14How could he even

00:35:15compare that

00:35:16backwater brat

00:35:17to my son?

00:35:20All talk

00:35:21and no proof.

00:35:22Well then,

00:35:22let the literary duels

00:35:24decide.

00:35:24Since Mr. Clay

00:35:25speaks so highly

00:35:26of your abilities,

00:35:27why don't you

00:35:28fight for your

00:35:28family's honor,

00:35:29Jude Sterling?

00:35:32Represent the

00:35:33House of Sterling?

00:35:34What makes them

00:35:35worthy of my efforts?

00:35:36No way!

00:35:37Absolutely not!

00:35:40He'll humiliate

00:35:41all of us!

00:35:41I'm the genius

00:35:42of our house!

00:35:44The undisputed

00:35:45genius of our generation!

00:35:46I've prepared

00:35:47for this contest

00:35:48for many years!

00:35:49But what about him?

00:35:50A pathetic mute!

00:35:52Why should he

00:35:52take my place?

00:35:53Silence!

00:35:53I won't!

00:35:54Messer,

00:35:55I'm the one!

00:35:56I said

00:35:57be quiet!

00:35:58Shut up!

00:36:02Mr. Clay

00:36:02has spoken.

00:36:03You're not even

00:36:04one-tenth

00:36:04of 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.

00:36:17I too believe

00:36:18that Jude

00:36:19can redefine

00:36:19what genius

00:36:20truly means.

00:36:21He'll show everyone

00:36:22just bluffing!

00:36:23What redefine?

00:36:24Ridiculous!

00:36:25They'll just

00:36:25embarrass themselves!

00:36:27I haven't

00:36:28agreed to anything.

00:36:30Please,

00:36:30Jude,

00:36:31will you just

00:36:31do as you're cold?

00:36:38Good!

00:36:39There is just

00:36:40one 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?

00:36:49Tell me,

00:36:49how come you

00:36:50suddenly changed?

00:36:55If you

00:36:56mess this up,

00:36:57that'll be

00:36:58considered as

00:36:58treason!

00:37:03Hmph.

00:37:04It just

00:37:05happened suddenly.

00:37:08How peculiar.

00:37:10Must we

00:37:11stand here?

00:37:12My legs are

00:37:13aching.

00:37:14Oh!

00:37:15Did you hear

00:37:16that?

00:37:16Jude Sterling

00:37:17even lacks

00:37:18basic manners!

00:37:19Who would

00:37:19dare complain

00:37:20for royalty?

00:37:20The kid is no

00:37:21manners at all!

00:37:22That's because

00:37:22he was raised

00:37:22in the village!

00:37:23He's with a new

00:37:24throne to the mountains!

00:37:25This is embarrassing!

00:37:27Alright,

00:37:27that's enough!

00:37:28Everyone,

00:37:30let's head to the hall!

00:37:35Everyone,

00:37:36let's head to the hall!

00:37:44nobody else has

00:37:45recognized it yet,

00:37:47but I recognized

00:37:47your talent

00:37:48from the moment

00:37:49we met the other

00:37:50night.

00:37:51We owe you

00:37:52and your mother

00:37:52for what both

00:37:53of you endured,

00:37:55but now I need

00:37:55to rely on you.

00:37:57The prince

00:37:58has kept our

00:37:58family at a

00:37:59distance for years.

00:38:01We need to

00:38:01regain his

00:38:02attention!

00:38:02But I'm not a

00:38:03Sterling.

00:38:04Why do you think

00:38:04I would help you?

00:38:05Your last name's

00:38:06Sterling!

00:38:07If it's about

00:38:07the name,

00:38:08then I'd be

00:38:10happy to change

00:38:11it now.

00:38:12Call me

00:38:12Oren.

00:38:27I am begging

00:38:29you.

00:38:31In one condition.

00:38:32Just name it.

00:38:34Mom and I

00:38:34suffered out there

00:38:35for so many

00:38:36years.

00:38:37I made it

00:38:37through.

00:38:38But she?

00:38:39She endured

00:38:40endless suffering

00:38:40until it killed

00:38:42her.

00:38:42I didn't come

00:38:43back to join

00:38:44your Sterling

00:38:44family.

00:38:45I'm here

00:38:46to demand

00:38:47justice for

00:38:48my mother.

00:38:49So listen

00:38:50carefully.

00:38:51If I win

00:38:52this contest,

00:38:53you,

00:38:54Benjamin

00:38:54Sterling,

00:38:55and your

00:38:56whole household,

00:38:57and even

00:38:58down to your

00:38:58family dog,

00:39:00will go to

00:39:01her grave,

00:39:01and you all

00:39:02better show up.

00:39:03you'll bow

00:39:04and confess

00:39:05how blind

00:39:06and foolish

00:39:07you all were.

00:39:09What the hell

00:39:09are you saying?

00:39:10Dad,

00:39:10are you telling me

00:39:11that you were convinced

00:39:12that he actually got talent?

00:39:14Shut up,

00:39:15both of you!

00:39:22All right.

00:39:24If you win,

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

00:39:26me to do.

00:39:27I'll march every last

00:39:28Sterling to your

00:39:29mom's grave.

00:39:30We will all show

00:39:30our respect,

00:39:32and admit

00:39:33that we were

00:39:34fools to throw

00:39:36you out.

00:39:36Dad!

00:39:37Grandpa!

00:39:47I might not

00:39:48belong to this

00:39:49world,

00:39:50but from the

00:39:51moment I came here,

00:39:52I saw you as

00:39:53my mother.

00:39:54Seven years ago,

00:39:55they threw you

00:39:56out of the family

00:39:56just because

00:39:57they came out

00:39:58mute.

00:39:58Stop being lazy

00:39:59and get this mess

00:40:00cleaned up!

00:40:00I'm sorry,

00:40:01sir.

00:40:01I made extra

00:40:02fifty bucks

00:40:02today.

00:40:03You wanted

00:40:03the Anglo-Saxon

00:40:04Chronicle,

00:40:05right?

00:40:05I'm still a thousand

00:40:06short,

00:40:06but Mama

00:40:07will get it

00:40:07for you soon.

00:40:08I'll crush

00:40:09the Sterling family,

00:40:10and I'll make

00:40:11sure that by

00:40:11tomorrow,

00:40:12their whole

00:40:13Sterling clan

00:40:14will kneel

00:40:14before your

00:40:15grave and

00:40:15give respect.

00:40:16They will

00:40:17all bow to

00:40:18you,

00:40:18and admit

00:40:20that they

00:40:21were wrong.

00:40:28I'm Jude

00:40:29Sterling.

00:40:30Mom is sick.

00:40:30She doesn't

00:40:31have much

00:40:31time left.

00:40:32I've never

00:40:33called you

00:40:33Dad before.

00:40:34Dad,

00:40:35could you

00:40:35come see

00:40:36her?

00:40:47I'm so

00:40:48sorry.

00:40:49I won't be

00:40:51here anymore

00:40:52to see you

00:40:53sore.

00:40:54You're just

00:40:55ten years old,

00:40:57just when you

00:40:57needed me most.

00:40:59I...

00:41:00I...

00:41:13Mom, forgive me.

00:41:15I'm not mute.

00:41:16I'm sorry.

00:41:17I just wish

00:41:18you could have

00:41:18heard my voice.

00:41:19They want me back.

00:41:21Therefore,

00:41:21I'm going.

00:41:23They threw you out

00:41:24just like a piece

00:41:24of trash.

00:41:26With no name

00:41:27and no rights,

00:41:28I'll promise

00:41:28that I'll make

00:41:29them pay.

00:41:31Every last

00:41:32Sterling will

00:41:33have to kneel

00:41:33in mourning clothes

00:41:34in front of your

00:41:35grave.

00:41:36I'll force them

00:41:36until they scream

00:41:37at themselves

00:41:38that they were

00:41:39fools.

00:41:39That they've

00:41:40wronged you.

00:41:42This is madness!

00:41:43Grandpa,

00:41:44why the hell

00:41:44is he taking my

00:41:45spot?

00:41:46This was our

00:41:46last shot to

00:41:47prove ourselves,

00:41:48and you just

00:41:48handed it to him!

00:41:52Remember this day.

00:41:53Because of my

00:41:53presence,

00:41:54today will become

00:41:56the most glorious

00:41:56day ever recorded

00:41:57in your family's

00:41:58history.

00:42:01So watch carefully

00:42:02and see for

00:42:03yourself how I,

00:42:04Jude Sterling,

00:42:05will elevate

00:42:06your status so

00:42:07far beyond

00:42:07anything you

00:42:08could ever

00:42:09imagine in

00:42:09your life.

00:42:10Jude,

00:42:11what are you

00:42:11saying?

00:42:12If your entire

00:42:12family failed

00:42:14to keep the

00:42:14promises you

00:42:15gave me,

00:42:15then keep your

00:42:16eyes wide open

00:42:17and watch how

00:42:18I, Jude Sterling,

00:42:19will personally

00:42:20bury every

00:42:21one of you

00:42:21in the deepest,

00:42:22darkest pits

00:42:23of damnation.

00:42:24How dare you!

00:42:25Shut up!

00:42:26Jude Sterling,

00:42:26you got a

00:42:27death wish?

00:42:27Jude!

00:42:30Heaven or

00:42:30hell,

00:42:31now where

00:42:32destiny hangs

00:42:32in the balance,

00:42:33we'll see how

00:42:34a ten-year-old

00:42:35wealth can

00:42:36bring us glory

00:42:37in a day to

00:42:38elevate this

00:42:39family or crush

00:42:40us into the

00:42:40darkest depths

00:42:42of damnation.

00:42:43Grandpa!

00:42:43Let's go,

00:42:44quickly!

00:42:45If destiny

00:42:46grants us a

00:42:47prodigy,

00:42:48I promise to

00:42:48kneel at her

00:42:49grave.

00:42:49Dad,

00:42:50have you really

00:42:50lost your

00:42:51money?

00:42:51Dad,

00:42:51you're the

00:42:52sterling

00:42:52patriarch!

00:42:53Since when

00:42:53do you bow

00:42:54down to your

00:42:54son's wife's

00:42:55grave?

00:42:55Grandpa,

00:42:56this is

00:42:56total nonsense!

00:42:58The total

00:42:58nonsense?

00:42:59If he's the

00:43:00prodigy,

00:43:00I don't care

00:43:01if I'm the

00:43:01patriarch!

00:43:05Did you feel

00:43:06that?

00:43:06When he

00:43:07moved towards

00:43:07us,

00:43:08it's not a

00:43:08man,

00:43:09but a force

00:43:10of nature,

00:43:11and I

00:43:11felt a

00:43:11crushing,

00:43:13suffocating

00:43:13terror.

00:43:14When the

00:43:15heavens rumbled

00:43:16and stirred

00:43:16last night,

00:43:17I knew

00:43:18that it

00:43:18came from

00:43:18the

00:43:19sterlings,

00:43:20but I

00:43:21have never

00:43:21imagined.

00:43:22What do we

00:43:22do now?

00:43:23He's really

00:43:24here,

00:43:24but I am

00:43:25too scared

00:43:25to call

00:43:26him.

00:43:26Skye's

00:43:27here.

00:43:27But what

00:43:28if we

00:43:28are both

00:43:29mistaken?

00:43:29The kid

00:43:30is still

00:43:30too young

00:43:30to have

00:43:31that power.

00:43:32Attend

00:43:32your feast.

00:43:33I'll be

00:43:34calling the

00:43:34masters.

00:43:35I'll rally

00:43:35them here.

00:43:36I'm out

00:43:36of my

00:43:37depth.

00:43:37Let the

00:43:38masters

00:43:38judge him

00:43:38to see

00:43:39if he's

00:43:39the real

00:43:40immortal.

00:43:41And if

00:43:41he is?

00:43:42We'll

00:43:43bow to

00:43:43him,

00:43:43huh?

00:43:44Not

00:43:45everyone

00:43:45could have

00:43:46the chance

00:43:46of meeting

00:43:47him.

00:43:47If he

00:43:48weren't

00:43:48a kid,

00:43:48I'd call

00:43:49him dad.

00:43:49You

00:43:50should

00:43:50too

00:43:50if I

00:43:51were

00:43:51you.

00:43:51What?

00:44:11Don

00:44:11Shire

00:44:12breed

00:44:12scholars.

00:44:13Half

00:44:13of

00:44:14Soloran's

00:44:14greatest

00:44:14literary

00:44:15legends

00:44:16were

00:44:16born

00:44:16and

00:44:16raised

00:44:17under

00:44:17our

00:44:17very

00:44:18skies.

00:44:18And as

00:44:19your

00:44:19Prince

00:44:19Southor,

00:44:20I

00:44:20cherish

00:44:21each

00:44:21and

00:44:21every

00:44:22house's

00:44:22cultural

00:44:22legacy.

00:44:23And

00:44:24today,

00:44:24the

00:44:25eight

00:44:25great

00:44:25families

00:44:26stand

00:44:26firmly

00:44:26rooted

00:44:27in

00:44:27long

00:44:27and

00:44:28profound

00:44:28traditions

00:44:28of

00:44:29learning

00:44:29and

00:44:29intellect.

00:44:30Every

00:44:31four

00:44:31years,

00:44:31we

00:44:32assemble

00:44:32in

00:44:32the

00:44:32solemn

00:44:33battle

00:44:34of

00:44:34wits.

00:44:35A

00:44:35gathering

00:44:35meant

00:44:36to

00:44:36inspire

00:44:36the

00:44:37younger

00:44:37generations

00:44:38to

00:44:38achieve

00:44:39the

00:44:39highest

00:44:39standards

00:44:40of

00:44:40cultural

00:44:40excellence.

00:44:41Here

00:44:42today,

00:44:42in my

00:44:4380th

00:44:44birthday

00:44:44banquet,

00:44:45love

00:44:45life

00:44:46and

00:44:46boundless

00:44:47fortune

00:44:47to

00:44:48you,

00:44:48Prince

00:44:48Southor.

00:44:49May

00:44:49you prosper

00:44:50through

00:44:50the

00:44:51ages,

00:44:51love

00:44:52and

00:44:52Prince

00:44:52Southor.

00:44:54What an

00:44:55honor to

00:44:56have my

00:44:56birthday

00:44:57celebration

00:44:57coincide

00:44:58with the

00:44:59quadrennial

00:44:59battle

00:45:00of

00:45:00wits.

00:45:00And

00:45:01today,

00:45:01we're

00:45:01graced

00:45:02by three

00:45:02literary giants.

00:45:04First to be honored

00:45:05is Henry Clay

00:45:06of the

00:45:06calligraphy

00:45:07society,

00:45:08a master

00:45:08whose brushword

00:45:09breathes vitality

00:45:10into paper,

00:45:12each stroke unfolding

00:45:13stories of the

00:45:14human soul,

00:45:15portraying emotions

00:45:16and truths that span

00:45:17the ages.

00:45:18Next is Chester Barrett.

00:45:20At 20,

00:45:21he composed

00:45:22The Untrammeled,

00:45:23a work so profound

00:45:24and stirring

00:45:25that it is said to break

00:45:26hearts across the realms,

00:45:28leaving readers breathless

00:45:29with its brilliance.

00:45:30You see him?

00:45:31He's my mentor.

00:45:32And Master Miles Turner.

00:45:34By the age of 29,

00:45:35he led Soloran's letters

00:45:37and offering counsel

00:45:38to emperors themselves,

00:45:40distilling the wisdom

00:45:41of millennia

00:45:41into insights

00:45:42that shaped the realm.

00:45:44This gatherer's

00:45:44prestige is really

00:45:45unmatched.

00:45:46We have half of

00:45:46Soloran's intellectual elite.

00:45:48They're all here.

00:45:49To be recognized here

00:45:49would make one's reputation.

00:45:51Today,

00:45:52I will be hosting

00:45:53the Battle of Wit

00:45:54with the three masters

00:45:55as our judges.

00:45:56In the previous

00:45:57contests we held,

00:45:59we offered modest prizes

00:46:00just a billion or two.

00:46:02But today happens

00:46:03to be my birthday.

00:46:04Therefore,

00:46:05the rewards

00:46:06must match the occasion.

00:46:09Whoever wins

00:46:10first place

00:46:11in this intellectual duel

00:46:13gets five billion

00:46:14in cash.

00:46:15Five billion?

00:46:16Five billion?

00:46:17Five billion?

00:46:18Wow.

00:46:19Five billion?

00:46:20Five billion?

00:46:21This is unreal.

00:46:22You must win.

00:46:23The prize is five billion.

00:46:24That's more liquid wealth

00:46:26than the entire family

00:46:27ever had.

00:46:27But that bastard

00:46:28stole Soloran's place.

00:46:30Now he's flaunting

00:46:30his wealth.

00:46:32Truly a prodigy.

00:46:33He is a ten-year-old,

00:46:35the proper composure

00:46:36of an emperor.

00:46:37And that is not all.

00:46:38Should you emerge

00:46:39victorious today,

00:46:41I will personally

00:46:42petition the throne

00:46:43to crown your house

00:46:44with the title of...

00:46:48Dawnshire's Paramount Bloodline.

00:46:51Paramount Bloodline?

00:46:52Paramount Bloodline

00:46:53by Imperial mandate?

00:46:54Total dominance

00:46:55over the Dawnshire's

00:46:56nobility.

00:46:56No Dawnshire house

00:46:57has ever claimed this title.

00:46:59I wonder who will

00:46:59get it this time.

00:47:00If you lose,

00:47:02I'll break your legs myself!

00:47:03Philip,

00:47:04you must win this duel.

00:47:06Dad,

00:47:07no one outmatches me.

00:47:08Hmm.

00:47:10Except,

00:47:11maybe him.

00:47:15The Paramount Bloodline?

00:47:17Isn't this the very thing

00:47:18they were desperately craving?

00:47:20Yet this honor

00:47:21forces even the noble

00:47:22to drag themselves

00:47:23through hell for the name.

00:47:25With one calculated move,

00:47:27they'd rocket to divine status.

00:47:29Let's begin!

00:47:30Announce your numbers.

00:47:31Confirm if all are present.

00:47:33House Zeller,

00:47:33all present.

00:47:34House Reeves,

00:47:35all present.

00:47:36House Spencer,

00:47:36all present.

00:47:37House Zink,

00:47:38all present.

00:47:39House Stones,

00:47:40all present.

00:47:40House Sterling,

00:47:41all present.

00:47:43For the Battle of Wits,

00:47:44let the heir of every clan

00:47:45come forward.

00:47:46Keith Wilkins,

00:47:47of House Wilkins.

00:47:48Philip Reeves,

00:47:48of House Reeves.

00:47:49Owen Hayes,

00:47:50of House Hayes.

00:47:51Ethan Spencer,

00:47:51of House Spencer.

00:47:52Rowan Stone,

00:47:53of House Stone.

00:47:53Morgan Zink,

00:47:54of House Zink.

00:47:55Caleb Zeller,

00:47:55of House Zeller.

00:47:59Jude Sterling,

00:48:00of House Sterling.

00:48:03All right,

00:48:04let the battle begin,

00:48:05and may each contender

00:48:06step forward.

00:48:08This battle tests

00:48:08three essential skills.

00:48:10First,

00:48:11intellect.

00:48:12Second,

00:48:13erudition.

00:48:13And third,

00:48:15calligraphy.

00:48:18Grandpa,

00:48:19this wait and see,

00:48:20choosing Jude over me

00:48:21will disgrace us.

00:48:22Clearly,

00:48:23you underestimate your brother,

00:48:25but he outshines you

00:48:25tenfold.

00:48:26But that's absurd!

00:48:28Dad,

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

00:48:30Dad,

00:48:31now 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,

00:48:38intellect.

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.

00:48:45I memorized everything

00:48:46except the couplets.

00:48:47There'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

00:49:04of your knowledge.

00:49:05The masters will recite a classic

00:49:06and the challenge is for you

00:49:08to name its source,

00:49:09its history,

00:49:10as well as the exact page

00:49:12where it is from.

00:49:13Huh?

00:49:14I honestly thought

00:49:15the noble exams

00:49:16would be nothing more

00:49:17than child's play,

00:49:18but these are harsh rules.

00:49:20How thrilling.

00:49:21Truly.

00:49:21Hold on.

00:49:22So you're saying

00:49:23you expect us to know

00:49:24its history

00:49:25and the exact page

00:49:26where they got it from?

00:49:28Huh?

00:49:30What test is this?

00:49:31This battle is absurd!

00:49:33This is madness!

00:49:33Naming the book is hard enough,

00:49:35even for most scholars.

00:49:36And now you're even

00:49:37demanding them

00:49:38to know the page numbers?

00:49:39Nobody can answer that!

00:49:41At 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

00:49:49isn't mine today.

00:49:50Honored masters,

00:49:52doesn'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.

00:50:02But for today,

00:50:03we've made it

00:50:04nearly impossible!

00:50:05Why would you do that?

00:50:09Because this year's contest

00:50:11includes none other

00:50:12than Jude Sterling!

00:50:13Him?

00:50:15Because of him,

00:50:16these impossible standards

00:50:17are tailored for him?

00:50:18What makes him so special?

00:50:20Can he actually do this?

00:50:20So this

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

00:50:23Is his mastery

00:50:24truly so outstanding

00:50:26just like they say?

00:50:27Round three.

00:50:28Calligraphy.

00:50:29This time,

00:50:30it's ten distinct styles.

00:50:31Master more styles,

00:50:32execute them well,

00:50:33and you win.

00:50:35What 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 Souththor

00:50:44never really meant

00:50:44to pay that five billion

00:50:46to anybody!

00:50:46No one can pass this battle!

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

00:50:49At least Jude volunteered

00:50:51to fall for all of us.

00:50:53That makes no sense!

00:50:54How so?

00:50:56Explain yourself then.

00:50:57You want ten scripts

00:50:57at a time?

00:50:58It's impossible!

00:50:59No mortal

00:51:00has that kind of skill!

00:51:13You mean him?

00:51:14There's no way!

00:51:15They're all just lying to us!

00:51:17Enough with the chatter!

00:51:18Let the battle begin!

00:51:19Mr. Barret,

00:51:20do the honor!

00:51:21Very well!

00:51:22All right!

00:51:24Here's your first challenge!

00:51:26Today,

00:51:26we honor the birthday

00:51:27of Prince Souththor!

00:51:29So my first couplet

00:51:30shall be for longevity!

00:51:33Oh no!

00:51:33Not just the couplet,

00:51:34but a birthday couplet!

00:51:36First line!

00:51:38Eagle brings blessings

00:51:39by Emerald Streaks!

00:51:41Excellent!

00:51:43Well played,

00:51:44Master Barret!

00:51:45The outstanding

00:51:46young elites before us!

00:51:47Are they not the same

00:51:48eagles Mr. Barret spoke of?

00:51:53The second line

00:51:54should mirror

00:51:55the imagery and tone

00:51:56and also be about longevity!

00:51:58This 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?

00:52:12I know

00:52:12that it is difficult,

00:52:14but don't give up!

00:52:15Come on!

00:52:15Give it a try!

00:52:16You should at least

00:52:17give 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!

00:52:28We'll 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!

00:52:34Listen carefully!

00:52:35It's not just about

00:52:36birthday celebrations!

00:52:37It's all about us

00:52:38gift bearers!

00:52:39We're the eagles!

00:52:40And other than that,

00:52:41you also have to know that!

00:52:43Griffin grants fortune

00:52:43through ancient oaks!

00:52:46What?

00:52:46Griffin grants fortune?

00:52:48Exquisite!

00:52:48That's perfection!

00:52:50Mr. Barret called us eagles,

00:52:52but Jude Sterling

00:52:53made Prince Southor

00:52:54the griffin!

00:52:55That is brilliant!

00:52:56That is the right answer!

00:52:58Indeed, you're correct!

00:53:00By emerald streams,

00:53:02too,

00:53:02through ancient oaks,

00:53:04eagle brings blessings

00:53:05to Griffin Grant's fortune!

00:53:08Excellent!

00:53:09He's gifted!

00:53:10He's a genius!

00:53:12Perfect couplet!

00:53:14Oh!

00:53:14He actually did it?

00:53:16Brilliant couplet!

00:53:17Wait!

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

00:53:19He barely tried answering,

00:53:21yet he shames all of us in here!

00:53:22He actually answered it!

00:53:24Blind luck!

00:53:25He just got lucky!

00:53:26Jude Sterling,

00:53:27Mr. 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!

00:53:34But 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,

00:53:41young 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 that he remains

00:53:53the focus of the challenge!

00:53:55Is that alright?

00:53:56Go ahead, Mr. Turner!

00:53:58Good!

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!

00:54:09That proves nothing!

00:54:10Huh!

00:54:10But none of you

00:54:11will be able to answer it!

00:54:13Possible!

00:54:14So you're implying

00:54:15that we're not capable,

00:54:16but he somehow is?

00:54:17Exactly!

00:54:18Mr. Turner,

00:54:19do you really think

00:54:20the seven of us

00:54:20will lose to this child?

00:54:22That's right!

00:54:23Then listen closely!

00:54:24Hold it!

00:54:25And the first line is...

00:54:28Twice Harvest Moon's turn

00:54:30as Silver Crescent's 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,

00:54:54but that doesn't mean

00:54:54that he won this battle!

00:54:56Yeah, that's true!

00:54:57This one's trickier

00:54:58than the last!

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

00:55:01but I've already given you

00:55:02ten full breaths to think.

00:55:04If you still can't figure out

00:55:06the 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 place, go ahead!

00:55:16As Silver Crescent

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,

00:55:30double 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?

00:55:40How's that possible?

00:55:41Oh well...

00:55:42Ugh!

00:55:43Very good!

00:55:44That's a perfect match!

00:55:45Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

00:55:47Harvest Moon's the Sage's Prime,

00:55:49Crescent's glow to Autumn's show!

00:55:50That's flawless!

00:55:51A perfect match!

00:55:54Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

00:55:56Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

00:55:59My turn!

00:56:00Listen, Jude.

00:56:01Ever since I left,

00:56:02I've been going 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?

00:56:17Very well.

00:56:18Let me hear it.

00:56:23Very well.

00:56:24Let me hear it.

00:56:30It's all about

00:56:31the digits here, kid.

00:56:33So better keep

00:56:33those numbers tight.

00:56:35Mr. Clay,

00:56:36let me hear it.

00:56:39First line.

00:56:41A hundred suns,

00:56:42a temple up.

00:56:43Thousands of tiles,

00:56:44hundreds of bricks.

00:56:48How about it?

00:56:50What 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,

00:56:59two oars.

00:57:00Seriously?

00:57:00That was fast.

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

00:57:02Lightning fast.

00:57:03Quicker than a hiccup.

00:57:04He's a freak.

00:57:05A total freak.

00:57:06Wow.

00:57:07I'm still trying to make sense

00:57:09of the first line

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

00:57:12See it now?

00:57:13The sterling bloodline

00:57:14is legendary.

00:57:16You're even more brilliant

00:57:18than I ever imagined.

00:57:19Here goes.

00:57:20Three long,

00:57:21two short,

00:57:22one palm

00:57:22upholds the heavens.

00:57:24Jude,

00:57:24we're still dealing

00:57:25with numbers here.

00:57:26But the trick is

00:57:27you 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

00:57:34you 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-

00:57:41He'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.

00:57:49Waters multiplied,

00:57:50creek, lake,

00:57:51and endless sea.

00:57:52Time to level up

00:57:53the questions now.

00:57:55You better prepare

00:57:57for linguistic acrobatics.

00:57:59Listen closely.

00:58:00Where root meets earth,

00:58:01it anchors.

00:58:02Where tip meets sky,

00:58:03it reaches.

00:58:03Woods compounded.

00:58:04Pine, oak,

00:58:05a towering forest.

00:58:06Oh!

00:58:07But what?

00:58:08Even a sage

00:58:09would struggle with that.

00:58:10You're a dictionary demon.

00:58:12That's witchcraft!

00:58:13All right,

00:58:14I'll be giving my last one.

00:58:16It's the ultimate one.

00:58:17If you could answer it,

00:58:19you 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

00:58:25would be too much.

00:58:27Nobody's ever

00:58:27solved that riddle

00:58:28for ages.

00:58:29Wait,

00:58:30is he actually

00:58:30referring to that line?

00:58:32The one that everyone

00:58:33swears is unsolvable

00:58:35without a line to match.

00:58:37Ah,

00:58:37this means that

00:58:38their pride's been pricked.

00:58:39Now they'll hit him

00:58:40with the impossible

00:58:41one to answer.

00:58:43It's true.

00:58:44Jude answer quickly.

00:58:45In the blink of an eye,

00:58:46he's embarrassing

00:58:48all those

00:58:49older scholars.

00:58:50Unless they give

00:58:50a hard one,

00:58:51I'm afraid

00:58:52they'll carry

00:58:53that shame forever.

00:58:54Father,

00:58:55what would be the question?

00:58:56I have no idea.

00:58:57But if they all

00:58:58call it unsolvable,

00:59:00then

00:59:00it's no child's riddle.

00:59:04I know that couplet.

00:59:06If you can crack it,

00:59:07I promise

00:59:07to call you

00:59:08my master.

00:59:09I'm not interested

00:59:10to become your master.

00:59:12The arrogance

00:59:12in this kid,

00:59:13how insolent!

00:59:14How dare you!

00:59:15Can we all begin now?

00:59:16Let's say,

00:59:17I solve your unsolvable

00:59:18couplet today.

00:59:19Does that seal my victory

00:59:21in this battle of wit?

00:59:22You've already won

00:59:23this battle.

00:59:24Whether you can solve

00:59:25this line or not,

00:59:26the brilliance of your intellect

00:59:28has proven no equal

00:59:29in this world.

00:59:30I have no objections.

00:59:31You've definitely

00:59:32earned the title

00:59:33fair and square.

00:59:35Very well.

00:59:36You may

00:59:36choose not to answer

00:59:38this one,

00:59:39as this problem

00:59:40remains unsolved

00:59:42for ages.

00:59:43Since you put it that way,

00:59:44now I'm curious.

00:59:45What is this

00:59:46unsolvable riddle

00:59:47of yours?

00:59:50Listen well.

00:59:52Lotus leaf,

00:59:53lilac,

00:59:53lake,

00:59:54lichen.

00:59:54What does it mean?

00:59:56Lotus,

00:59:57lilac,

00:59:57and lichen?

00:59:58Aren't all those names

00:59:59names of plants?

01:00:01Not so hard,

01:00:02right?

01:00:03Hmm.

01:00:05Interesting.

01:00:05I'll need a moment.

01:00:07I got it.

01:00:08I 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

01:00:16is beyond you.

01:00:17Dad,

01:00:18must 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.

01:00:25You owned the stage

01:00:26long enough,

01:00:26yet you're being so quiet now.

01:00:28Finally,

01:00:29it's now my turn

01:00:30to shine and earn the crown.

01:00:31All right.

01:00:33Let's hear it then.

01:00:34Lotus leaf,

01:00:34lilac,

01:00:35lilac,

01:00:35lake,

01:00:35lichen.

01:00:36It captures a vision of life.

01:00:38They expand their reach

01:00:39from water to shore.

01:00:41So here's my answer.

01:00:42Green hills,

01:00:43green hills,

01:00:44glowing 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?

01:00:55Shut it.

01:00:55Guards,

01:00:56remove this simpleton

01:00:57out of here.

01:01:00Throw him out.

01:01:01Mr. Barrett,

01:01:01green hills to lotus leaf,

01:01:03the hills on their side

01:01:04is springs.

01:01:04My logic stands.

01:01:05The artistry of that

01:01:07first line

01:01:07escapes you entirely,

01:01:09and yet you dare

01:01:10to 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

01:01:17the cliff's menace.

01:01:18Just stop it, Wilkins.

01:01:19Lotus leaf,

01:01:20lilac lilt,

01:01:21lake lichen.

01:01:21Think about these words carefully.

01:01:24They're all starting

01:01:25with letter L.

01:01:26Yeah.

01:01:27This is no mere

01:01:28imagery only.

01:01:29What we have here

01:01:31is alliteration.

01:01:32A flawless line,

01:01:34an impossible standard.

01:01:35All starts with L.

01:01:36Indeed,

01:01:37all L initials.

01:01:38Lotus starts with L.

01:01:40From lotus to lilac

01:01:41and even lichen,

01:01:43they 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

01:01:50like you want.

01:01:51You made things difficult!

01:01:52Lotus leaf,

01:01:53lilac lilt,

01:01:53lake lichen,

01:01:54all starts with L.

01:01:55The art is in the sound.

01:01:57Exactly.

01:01:58Oh, God.

01:01:59How did I miss that?

01:02:01Guards,

01:02:01remove this gesture

01:02:02from this hall now.

01:02:05I'm sorry.

01:02:06I'm begging you.

01:02:07I am ready to answer.

01:02:08Huh?

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

01:02:17his answer first!

01:02:19My answer is...

01:02:21Rose root,

01:02:22reed brush,

01:02:23red rose hip.

01:02:24He got it!

01:02:25A true marvel!

01:02:27The insolvable line!

01:02:28He solved it!

01:02:29A genius!

01:02:30A true genius!

01:02:31This can't be.

01:02:32This is sorcery!

01:02:33He actually cracked.

01:02:34I yield utterly.

01:02:35I'd hardly call

01:02:36this line difficult.

01:02:37I only pause

01:02:38because I don't want

01:02:39to rush it,

01:02:39not because I don't

01:02:40know the answer.

01:02:41Then,

01:02:41what was on your mind?

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

01:02:43To reduce your legendary test

01:02:45to rubble.

01:02:46Until there's nothing

01:02:47left for you to boast about.

01:02:49To rubble?

01:02:50Explain yourself.

01:02:51I crafted five answers.

01:02:52What?

01:02:52Five?

01:02:53Five?

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.

01:03:01How dare you?

01:03:02What five?

01:03:05Lotus leaf,

01:03:06lilac lilt,

01:03:07lake lichen.

01:03:07The first answer

01:03:08that I gave you

01:03:09is roast root,

01:03:10reed rush,

01:03:11red rose.

01:03:13Last for the second answer,

01:03:15moss mound,

01:03:16maple mist,

01:03:16misty meadow.

01:03:18That fits!

01:03:19He's right!

01:03:21And for the third answer,

01:03:24willow wood,

01:03:24white wood,

01:03:25wild wheat.

01:03:27The fourth answer

01:03:28will be

01:03:29bay beach,

01:03:30broad banks,

01:03:31briny billows.

01:03:32There's no way!

01:03:33And lastly,

01:03:34the fifth,

01:03:36brook bend,

01:03:37bayou branch,

01:03:38blue brine.

01:03:39That's unbelievable.

01:03:41Five answers!

01:03:42I can't believe it.

01:03:43What about it?

01:03:45Please take me!

01:03:47I want to learn from you!

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

01:03:50I've never witnessed

01:03:51such 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?

01:04:03Right now,

01:04:04you still

01:04:04don't qualify.

01:04:07What did you say?

01:04:08That's way too cocky.

01:04:09How 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?

01:04:16Who taught you that?

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

01:04:18This world has gone completely mad.

01:04:20He actually refused him.

01:04:22Even if he said no,

01:04:23he didn't have to say

01:04:23he doesn't qualify.

01:04:25Jude,

01:04:26quit running your mouth.

01:04:27Unless Mr. Jensen

01:04:28and I are blind,

01:04:29we're looking at a true legend.

01:04:31If that's the case,

01:04:33then he really doesn't measure up.

01:04:34Maybe even I fall short

01:04:37of the standard as well.

01:04:38Can we finally move on

01:04:40to the next trial?

01:04:41Chester,

01:04:41stand up.

01:04:42You simply

01:04:43don't have the qualities

01:04:44that he requires.

01:04:47What?

01:04:48Stand up.

01:04:48The Lunamount delegation

01:04:50will explain everything.

01:04:52Lunamount?

01:04:52So you mean

01:04:54the Soloraine's protectors,

01:04:56the Lunamounts?

01:04:56According to legends,

01:04:57even the Emperor

01:04:58must train with them.

01:04:59They work side by side

01:05:00with each other.

01:05:01They're really dispatching

01:05:03the envoys?

01:05:05I didn't know

01:05:06that the Prince

01:05:07has this connection

01:05:09that even the Lunamounts

01:05:10attend his birthday.

01:05:11No way.

01:05:13This 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

01:05:20so 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.

01:05:32There's more than

01:05:32just your little pond,

01:05:34you know?

01:05:34If Lunamount ever

01:05:35considered taking me in,

01:05:36who cares about inheritance?

01:05:38Arch-Sage would mean nothing.

01:05:40All mortal achievements

01:05:41are dust before them.

01:05:43Every name fades

01:05:43to nothing in their shadow.

01:05:46Sean,

01:05:46the Lunamount

01:05:48rarely appears.

01:05:49This is it.

01:05:50This is your golden chance.

01:05:51Dad!

01:05:52Break your connections

01:05:52to reach them.

01:05:53Their simple approval

01:05:54could make you filthy rich,

01:05:56even if

01:05:56you become

01:05:57their 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?

01:06:11From how they are acting?

01:06:12They must be a mystic sect

01:06:13in this world.

01:06:15Huh.

01:06:16How intriguing.

01:06:28Hello, Hank?

01:06:29Andy.

01:06:29If he came all the way here

01:06:30just for nothing,

01:06:31I'll skin you alive.

01:06:33I wouldn't dare lie

01:06:34to the Lunamounts.

01:06:35Prince Southor 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,

01:06:43devouring every spiritual energy

01:06:44in the city.

01:06:45Ha ha ha.

01:06:46The entire city?

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

01:06:48That kind of power

01:06:49requires at least

01:06:50trinity convergence.

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

01:06:53That's why I asked you

01:06:55to come here

01:06:56to verify it.

01:07:01Our master is coming with

01:07:03after hearing this.

01:07:04Start preparing.

01:07:05He'll arrive shortly.

01:07:07Yes.

01:07:11Fascinating.

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

01:07:15Even if it's fake,

01:07:16he's still a rogue mystic,

01:07:18isn't he?

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

01:07:20Master,

01:07:21Andy is a boastful man.

01:07:23Well,

01:07:23but if he really is

01:07:25a mystic like he says,

01:07:27and only 10 years old,

01:07:28perhaps I will

01:07:30mentor him myself

01:07:31and grant him this chance.

01:07:34What?

01:07:34Master,

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

01:07:37You're on the verge

01:07:38of trinity convergence already.

01:07:40Trinity convergence?

01:07:41Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

01:07:43The world believes

01:07:44that I'm close to achieving it.

01:07:46Yet it is

01:07:47a realm beyond

01:07:48the ordinary mortals.

01:07:50Only myths talk about it.

01:07:53But other than those myths,

01:07:54nobody else mentions it.

01:07:57Pentaforce Dominion?

01:07:58A realm of extraordinary ability.

01:08:00But for me,

01:08:01I won't.

01:08:02I'll never touch it.

01:08:05Judas solved

01:08:06a couplet unsolved for ages.

01:08:08I'd say

01:08:10there is no need

01:08:11to continue

01:08:12to the second trial.

01:08:14Indeed you're right.

01:08:16Though the first test

01:08:17measured intellect,

01:08:19he's shown us

01:08:20extraordinary talents

01:08:22that makes him

01:08:23deserving of being

01:08:24the first place

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

01:08:28Hmm,

01:08:28then further trials

01:08:29are simply pointless.

01:08:31I totally agree with you.

01:08:34Bring the ink and brush!

01:08:40How shall we conduct this?

01:08:42Honorable judges,

01:08:44please decide.

01:08:46If Mr. Clay

01:08:46insists that he knows

01:08:48all the ten artistic styles

01:08:49of calligraphy,

01:08:51let's see.

01:08:52Let him prove to us

01:08:53that he can actually write.

01:08:54Very well.

01:08:55Then let him demonstrate

01:08:56these ten styles.

01:08:58Ten?

01:08:59Really?

01:08:59That's impossible.

01:09:01Nobody does that.

01:09:02Yeah.

01:09:03Chester,

01:09:04you're suggesting...

01:09:06Write the immortal creed.

01:09:08For heaven,

01:09:09establish virtue.

01:09:11For mortal,

01:09:11secure purposes.

01:09:13For ancestors,

01:09:14revive wisdom.

01:09:15For eternity,

01:09:16forges peace.

01:09:17You have to write

01:09:18the immortal creed

01:09:19ten times.

01:09:20And each of the times

01:09:22should be written

01:09:22in 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.

01:09:30I only know one style.

01:09:31I know the gothic one.

01:09:32Ten styles is humanly impossible.

01:09:34Silence!

01:09:36Jude,

01:09:37do you accept?

01:09:39Jude,

01:09:40do you accept?

01:09:41Why wouldn't I?

01:09:42What?

01:09:42Did he really master ten?

01:09:44Well,

01:09:45I can't do it.

01:09:45I'm out.

01:09:46However,

01:09:47I refuse to believe

01:09:48he can do it.

01:09:49Nor do I.

01:09:50I also yield.

01:09:51So,

01:09:52all of you behind him.

01:09:53Master,

01:09:54I yield already.

01:09:55I don't know ten,

01:09:56let alone write them.

01:09:58Same.

01:09:58Count 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

01:10:06were beyond any of us.

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

01:10:09exactly.

01:10:10This trial

01:10:11is completely meaningless.

01:10:12And now,

01:10:13you want us to write

01:10:14the sacred text

01:10:15in ten different styles?

01:10:16No human being

01:10:17could possibly know

01:10:18those ten styles

01:10:19and how to write

01:10:20all of them.

01:10:22Unless,

01:10:26such exquisite brushstroke.

01:10:30His grip.

01:10:31The ink flow.

01:10:32Impossibly steady.

01:10:33He moves the brush

01:10:34like he has mastered it

01:10:35for decades.

01:10:38That is just impeccable.

01:10:40Told you so.

01:10:41You didn't believe.

01:10:41He's disgustingly skilled.

01:10:43Now,

01:10:44are you convinced yet?

01:10:45He writes like he is

01:10:47the master

01:10:47of the brush.

01:10:51Careful.

01:10:59The cursive script.

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

01:11:02He even does the cursive.

01:11:04So messy.

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

01:11:06Philistine,

01:11:07this isn't messy.

01:11:08Can't you feel

01:11:08the flow of his writing?

01:11:10Indeed.

01:11:10Can you see how

01:11:11each character's pulse?

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

01:11:14Good.

01:11:15Such an excellent mastery.

01:11:17Such 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.

01:11:35None of you believe me.

01:11:36This is the italic script.

01:11:38Each character breathes.

01:11:45Ancho script?

01:11:46Is he for real?

01:11:47Indeed.

01:11:48How does he know

01:11:49all 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 believe that too,

01:12:04but I lack the courage

01:12:05to speak up.

01:12:15Clerical script?

01:12:16Is this clerical script?

01:12:17It's a fancy clerical 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 Lunamounts' 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.

01:12:52Did he invent that?

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

01:12:54Carolingian minuscule.

01:12:56What's that?

01:12:59This is Carolingian minuscule.

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.

01:13:26After Unchal's script and Carolingian minuscule,

01:13:29I knew it.

01:13:30No one in this world

01:13:32can be a rival to you.

01:13:40There is no need

01:13:41to prove yourself to these plebeians.

01:13:45You're the champion.

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

01:13:50What?

01:13:51I have no arguments.

01:13:53You earned this title.

01:13:56The champion is

01:13:58Jude Sterling

01:13:59of House Sterling.

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

01:14:06Our champion!

01:14:08Our family hasn't produced

01:14:09such genius in many decades.

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

01:14:15I never bow.

01:14:16Yet today,

01:14:17I yield to you completely.

01:14:19Congratulations!

01:14:20Congratulations!

01:14:20I fully yield to you, Jade.

01:14:24House Sterling.

01:14:29Tell me,

01:14:30does this level of glory suffice for you?

01:14:34Is this high enough?

01:14:36Or must I raise you even higher,

01:14:38pushing you behind every mortal limit?

01:14:40Something's off.

01:14:42Wait.

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

01:14:48Ah, this way please.

01:14:50Andy,

01:14:51this had better not be false intel.

01:14:53Of course.

01:14:54I'd never lie.

01:14:55At worst,

01:14:56he's a young genius.

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

01:14:59To us unworldly mystics,

01:15:00they are insects beneath our feet.

01:15:03Of course.

01:15:04Benjamin Sterling,

01:15:05answer me now.

01:15:07Was your House of Sterling

01:15:08elevated 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,

01:15:18stop!

01:15:19Shut up!

01:15:21Jude Sterling,

01:15:22don't get cocky just because you won.

01:15:24The award,

01:15:25it belonged to Arshan.

01:15:27I am asking you,

01:15:29was it enough?

01:15:30If you're satisfied,

01:15:31I'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

01:15:43in mourning robes.

01:15:44Admit you were wrong.

01:15:46Jude Sterling,

01:15:47I don't recall making such promises

01:15:49to anyone.

01:15:55Though I agreed with your condition,

01:15:57your mom was still just a woman

01:16:00unworthy of my dignity.

01:16:01I am the patriarch,

01:16:03the face of the family,

01:16:04and my forehead

01:16:05has never touched dirt.

01:16:07So you intend to deny

01:16:08the oath you made?

01:16:09Jude,

01:16:10be 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,

01:16:19and all our wealth

01:16:21will be transferred to you.

01:16:23Dad!

01:16:23If you won't give in,

01:16:26then forget it.

01:16:28Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

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.

01:16:36Those are nothing but dust to me.

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

01:16:41Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

01:16:42What a very noble speech.

01:16:44I'm really touched.

01:16:58I, Southor,

01:16:59pay my respects to the Master of Lunamount

01:17:01and Head Disciple.

01:17:08Master of Lunamount.

01:17:10Hi, Southor.

01:17:11Pay respects to the Master of Lunamount

01:17:13and Head Disciple.

01:17:16What?

01:17:17Master of Lunamount!

01:17:19Lunamount Envoy's

01:17:20didn't just show up here.

01:17:21The Master even came in person.

01:17:22That's their Master.

01:17:26The Master's here.

01:17:28Why aren't you kneeling?

01:17:29Do you all have a death wish?

01:17:31Even the Prince is kneeling to them.

01:17:33Get 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?

01:17:44Barely a divine nexus tier.

01:17:46I don't feel any power coming from this boy.

01:17:49Either he's way stronger than me,

01:17:51I can't see through him,

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

01:17:56You!

01:17:57On your knees now!

01:18:02You!

01:18:03On your knees now!

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

01:18:07He's got a death wish!

01:18:08What a waste.

01:18:09Top of the world and dead the next.

01:18:11Kneel now.

01:18:12How dare you disrespect Lunamount!

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

01:18:16Do you even hear yourself,

01:18:18young man?

01:18:18I said,

01:18:20who do you think you are?

01:18:24I'm the head disciple of Lunamount.

01:18:26My name is Hag Kaltavian.

01:18:28Lunamount?

01:18:29Are they important?

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

01:18:34Lunamount is Solorane's protector.

01:18:36Every top cultivator in the Empire gathers there.

01:18:39We have 300 disciples!

01:18:40On your knees.

01:18:42Plead for the sake of your 300 disciples.

01:18:44Were it not for my mercy,

01:18:45you 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,

01:19:00how strong must he be to talk like that?

01:19:03If not,

01:19:04is he just some reckless kid running his mouth?

01:19:07He doesn't even understand

01:19:08the weight of the words he's using.

01:19:10And now what?

01:19:11Am I about to get dragged into this mess too?

01:19:14Shoot!

01:19:16Get on your knees

01:19:17and 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!

01:19:33Please have mercy!

01:19:35Please punish him!

01:19:35Not 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?

01:19:53Ugh!

01:19:54Master!

01:19:55He'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!

01:20:03He'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?

01:20:11I'm not a sterling!

01:20:12I am an Auron!

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 to secure victory for you and elevate you to glory!

01:20:22Stop 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!

01:20:30Of course!

01:20:30Yeah!

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

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

01:20:36Jude!

01:20:36Dad!

01:20:37What are you talking about?

01:20:39Dad!

01:20:40What 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, you threw him out of

01:21:08the 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 disloyal, but I said no!

01:21:27Then you called me, the ungrateful son, clueless about the big picture, well screw that!

01:21:32You don't know what I've been through, none of you!

01:21:35My poor wife!

01:21:37She raised him alone!

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

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

01:21:44I've been living with guilt and it eats me up every day!

01:21:47He 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 kills around!

01:22:17To drill into him!

01:22:19You're a sterling!

01:22:20Make us proud!

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

01:22:22Luny Mount shows up!

01:22:24Jude both bowed to them!

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

01:22:28So which is it?

01:22:29Is he family or not?

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

01:22:34So which is it?

01:22:35Is he family or not?

01:22:37He'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?

01:22:47That'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!

01:23:01He's wrong!

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...

01:23:18is Anthony Sterling!

01:23:21Ha ha ha ha ha!

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

01:23:26Hey, kid.

01:23:27I feel sorry for you.

01:23:29Their noble house is trash.

01:23:31But to disrespect us, and mouthing off about us, sympathy won't stop your death.

01:23:37Ten years old or not?

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

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!

01:24:03Just name your price!

01:24:04You!

01:24:05Move it!

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!

01:24:32Shadow Thorn Strike!

01:24:37With just one finger!

01:24:39This could be real!

01:24:40How is this possible?

01:24:41This could be real!

01:24:42He'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.

01:25:00This 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.

01:25:27Pantaforce Dominion.

01:25:30Save me!

01:25:31Save me, Master!

01:25:32Help me!

01:25:33What is that?

01:25:34Pantaforce Dominion.

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 mastering

01:25:50Pentaforce Dominion in my lifetime!

01:25:53I can die happy!

01:25:55I have no regrets!

01:26:01Please, please, please, please, take me with you.

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

01:26:06Please accept me, Trinity 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!

01:26:23You 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!

01:26:47I'm your uncle!

01:27:11Jude!

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

01:27:26Jude, it's me, your cousin!

01:27:28How long I were for you!

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

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

01:27:36Cousin!

01:27:37Jude, hey!

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!

01:28:29Dad, she deserves to be called my mom!

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

01:28:34Will 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!

01:28:54That 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!

01:29:15You'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!

01:29:25Where 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!

[Dubbed]They Thought I Was Dumb — I'm Not Even Human #C

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