They met once and let it slip away… but fate gave them another chance. This time, they refuse to repeat the past. I Met You Twice and It’s Not Too Late is a touching short drama about destiny, timing, and a love that refuses to be forgotten.
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00:01I was gathering herbs. Then, I found a man bleeding in the woods. I took him home and nursed him,
00:08until his men came to retrieve him. Only then did I learn he was President's son.
00:14Staying here alone with you had ruined my reputation. That's my fault. I must protect you with a marriage vow.
00:23Confused, I followed him to the city, but I didn't know. He had a childhood sweetheart waiting for him. When
00:29she heard about us, she didn't say a word. She just gave me a fob watch. That was the token
00:34of love he once gave her.
00:35She helped me into my wedding gown and into the carriage. Soon after, she married a man chosen by her
00:41family. I thought they felt nothing for each other, that life would simply go on. But shortly after our wedding,
00:47he went to war.
00:48In the end, he died on the battlefield. He sent a final letter before he passed.
00:54Alina, I spent my life repaying your kindness. But I never married her. I owe her far too much. In
01:00the next life, may we both find peace and never meet again.
01:04Only then did I realize I was never the one he loved. Heartbroken and numb, I charged alone into the
01:11enemy camp and was cut down in the fray.
01:15Unexpectedly, I opened my eyes again to the day we first met. This time, I would give him exactly what
01:21he wanted.
01:22Using my memories, I found a signal flare on him. I lit it, then turned to leave. As the signal
01:28burst in the sky, I tossed the fuse aside.
01:31Soon, I heard horses in the distance. I closed my medicine chest and took one last look at his face.
01:36Charles, the president's son, my husband from my past life. I turned away, not a single regret in my heart.
01:44But as I stepped out, shadows materialized like specters. The gun was pressed right against my face in an instant.
01:51The leader's eyes were cold.
01:52Who are you?
01:54The one who saved him.
01:55Rafe looked at me warily. I lowered my medical bag with deliberate calm.
02:00His subordinate checked it quickly. A moment later, he put his gun away.
02:04Thank you for your kindness. Mr. Charles is lucky to be alive. Take this as payment. You'll get more reward
02:10when he's safely home.
02:11I don't do this for money.
02:13Then what do you want? A title? Power? Just name your price.
02:17What I want, you cannot give. A faint cough came from the side.
02:21Rafe's expression shifted. He rushed to Charles' side.
02:25Mr. Charles, you're awake!
02:26I stood there, completely calm. In this life, we owe each other nothing. But as I turned to leave, Rafe
02:34blocked my path.
02:35Mr. Charles wishes to see you.
02:37I took a deep breath and walked back inside. Charles was sitting up. He was pale, but his eyes were
02:43locked on me.
02:44You saved me?
02:45It was nothing.
02:46Being alone here with me could ruin your reputation.
02:50My reputation is mine to define. You are the president's son, the future of this nation. Besides, someone is waiting
02:57for you. She's the one who needs you. I don't.
03:00If you really want to thank me, then please, just forget about me. Forget everything that happened. Let's just pretend
03:07we never met.
03:08I thought I could just walk away. But after three steps, the gun was raised at me once again. This
03:14time, it was harsher and more final.
03:17Stop right there.
03:20I told you, we're even.
03:23Until Mr. Charles is fully alert and confirms you're no threat, you aren't going anywhere.
03:30And if I insist, just as he moved to act, the rapid poof means approached. It was her, Isolde Vos,
03:37the most gifted woman in the capital, his childhood sweetheart.
03:41Charles, how are you? You scared me to death.
03:45Charles didn't answer. He was staring intently at me. Isolde followed his gaze.
03:50Who is this?
03:52Miss Vos, this lady saved Mr. Charles' life.
03:55Isolde looked me up and down with a scornful gaze. Looking at my muddy straw shoes and my coarse plain
04:02clothes, her eyes filled with disdain.
04:04Ugh, just a local healer. Thank you for your work. Take this. As a token of my thanks. No need.
04:12Is my jeweled bracelet not enough?
04:14I rely on my skills, not charity. You misunderstand me. I'm only showing gratitude. Or, do you want something more?
04:23I've heard some country girls trying to scheme their way into high society.
04:27She spoke softly, but her words cut sharp as a blade. The bodyguards fixed me with suspicious stares.
04:33I want no part of high society. My future is right here in these hills with every patient who depends
04:39on me.
04:39I won't spend my future confined to some man's backyard.
04:42Show some respect! Do you know who you're talking to? Do you know he is the president's son?
04:47Because he is president's son, he should stay away from me.
04:50Rafe. Let her go.
04:54Understood, Mr. Charles.
04:56I did not hesitate for a second. I pushed deep into the woods. No one tried to stop me this
05:02time.
05:02Three years have passed. I've passed through 16 towns and treated over 300 patients.
05:08My medicine bag grew heavy. I had grown out of that girl and become a true healer.
05:13I heard nothing of the president's son. By my calculations, he must have married long ago.
05:18He must be living happily with Isolde, just as it should be.
05:22We were from two different worlds. Until that autumn, when war broke out on the border.
05:28The pass fell to the northern tribes. War swept across the land for months.
05:33More and more wounded came to me.
05:35I worked day and night without rest. My herbal stove never went cold.
05:41One day, just as the herbs finished, a man walked in. It was Colonel Harry, the local commander.
05:47Is there any way to save this soldier?
05:49The other doctors shook their heads.
05:51He's gone. There's nothing we can do. Prepare the funeral.
05:55I said nothing. I stepped forward in silence, removed his clothes, cleaned the wound, and stitched it up.
06:02If the fever breaks, he will live.
06:04What? How is that possible?
06:06Dr. Maeve, please come with me to be our chief medic.
06:10My boys are great soldiers. They can die charging the front, but I can't watch them rot away in pain
06:16inside a tent.
06:17His words hit me hard. He was right. Where am I needed more than the front?
06:21In the days that followed, I slept only four hours a night.
06:24My hands smelled of blood I could never wash away.
06:27I saved more people than I could count.
06:29I became known as the one who cheated death, because I always stole lives back from death.
06:35I went from a simple village healer to the head of all medical staff.
06:39Dr. Maeve, hurry! Mr. Charles...
06:42I followed the bodyguards to a tent.
06:44As I stepped inside, the stench of blood and herbs washed over me.
06:48The personal physician were on their knees, completely helpless.
06:52I walked forward, looking at the handsome face from years ago, now pale and fragile.
06:58I unbuttoned his robe and saw that the wound had turned black.
07:03It reeked of death. The poison had already reached his heart.
07:07I need Snow Lotus to clear his veins or he won't last long.
07:11Snow Lotus? That's a holy herb on the highest cliffs.
07:14The mountains are snowed in completely. It's impossible to get there.
07:18I'll go get it, I said, turning to leave.
07:21Dr. Maeve, you're going on a suicide mission. No woman can handle that blizzard.
07:26I didn't look back, only I knew exactly where to find it.
07:29In my past life, this poison killed him. In this life, I won't let him die again.
07:34Not for love, but because this army needs its leader.
07:37I am a doctor. Saving lives is my calling, with a rope and a herb hoe.
07:42I vanished alone into the whiteout. I fell three times.
07:47At the most dangerous moment, I hung midair on a single dead vine.
07:51But when I saw it, that pure white blossom dancing in the gale, I smiled.
07:56I returned with the lotus.
07:58On the morning of the third day, I heard Isolde's sobbing.
08:02Charles, wake up! Look at me!
08:05I handed the lotus to a helper boy.
08:07Simmer it slowly over a low flame to make the medicine.
08:11I walked inside. Isolde froze, then snapped.
08:14Who are you? Do you know where-
08:17Not another word.
08:19Unless you want to watch him die.
08:22She trembled with rage, but stayed silent.
08:24I went to the bed and reached for his forehead.
08:27The moment my fingers touched his skin, his lips moved in a faint, mumbled whisper.
08:33Helena.
08:34I froze in my tracks.
08:36Had he returned from the past as well?
08:38The thought was like a snake, slithering into my mind.
08:42A cold shiver ran through me.
08:44Memories of my past life, the ones I tried to bury, came rushing back all at once.
08:50The distance on our wedding night, the cold stares from the bodyguards,
08:54Isolde's fake pity, and that final, soul-crushing letter.
08:58I yanked my hand back.
09:00I forced myself to stay calm.
09:02Whether he remembered or not, he was just my patient now.
09:05He was the hope of this army.
09:07My logic finally returned.
09:09I ordered the medics to prepare.
09:11The snow lotus was ready.
09:13Mr. Charles needs surgery now.
09:15The medics scrambled to help.
09:17Isolde stayed by the bed, sobbing while holding his hand.
09:21She looked so fragile today.
09:22I stepped forward and spoke softly.
09:25Miss Isolette, please move.
09:26I need to treat him.
09:27She looked up with teary eyes.
09:29Her worry was mixed with suspicion.
09:33Who exactly are you?
09:34She asked with a sharp gaze.
09:36I know every one of his personal physicians, but I have never seen you.
09:40I gave a short answer.
09:41Without even looking at her.
09:43I am Dr. Maeve, the army's chief medic.
09:45I began preparing my tools.
09:48Elena.
09:49Isolde whispered the name.
09:50Her face suddenly turned pale.
09:52You're the local healer.
09:54The one who saved him back then.
09:55I cut her off.
09:57This is not the time for memories.
09:59This is a matter of life and death.
10:02Please, step aside.
10:04Isolde bit her lip and finally moved back.
10:07But she kept staring at Charles.
10:09Her eyes full of complex emotions.
10:12The first treatment was done.
10:14I brought the lotus medicine, feeding him, drop by drop.
10:17His brow was locked in pain, as if he couldn't bear the agony.
10:22I whispered words of comfort, like soothing a small child.
10:26Isolde tried to help, but I refused her coldly.
10:29Black blood seeped from the wound, a sign the medicine was working.
10:33I cleaned the wound over and over.
10:36The process was dangerous.
10:38One slip could spread the poison.
10:40I was fully focused.
10:42Sweat beaded on my forehead, but I didn't dare to wipe it.
10:45Time passed slowly.
10:47The only sounds were the tools and the heavy beat of a heart.
10:51His breath was uneven.
10:53Sometimes fast, sometimes weak.
10:55Twice his heart stopped.
10:57But I pulled him back.
10:58For 12 long hours.
11:01I didn't leave his side.
11:03Isolde fainted halfway.
11:04The soldiers took her away.
11:06The other doctors waited, taking turns outside the tent.
11:10Only I stayed by the bed, watching over him alone.
11:14Late into the night, his high fever finally broke.
11:17He was still very pale, but the deathly gray faded.
11:20I checked his heart rate.
11:22It was almost back to normal.
11:24My nerves finally relaxed.
11:27An exhaustion washed over me.
11:29I leaned against the bed and fell fast asleep.
11:32In a daze, I woke up.
11:34I saw him staring at me.
11:36What a look in his eyes.
11:37The confusion quickly faded.
11:39It turned into pure shock.
11:41Then into a deep, aching pain.
11:44He just kept staring at me, trying to say something, but no sound came out.
11:48That was not a look of thanks.
11:50Absolutely not.
11:51My heart sank to the bottom.
11:53His voice was raspy.
11:54Elena.
11:55The sound was like a blade, stabbing straight into my ears.
11:59Mr. Charles, you're mistaken.
12:01I am just an army doctor.
12:03His eyes were locked on me, as if carving my image into his soul.
12:07It really is you.
12:09I cut him off, my voice cold.
12:11You have just recovered.
12:13Your mind is still clouded.
12:15You are awake now, which means the treatment worked.
12:19Follow the doctor's orders.
12:20I will take my leave now.
12:22I turned to leave quickly.
12:24Don't go!
12:25He struggled to sit up, hissing as his wound pulled.
12:29I paused for a second, but I did not look back.
12:33Elena, don't leave!
12:34Rafe appeared at the entrance.
12:35He blocked my path.
12:37President Sun just woke up.
12:38He still needs your care.
12:40His gaze was sharp.
12:42He seemed to recognize me.
12:43I suppressed my irritation and spoke calmly.
12:47President Sun's condition has improved.
12:49A weak but firm command came from inside the tent.
12:53Better stay.
12:54There was a trace of pleading in Charles's voice.
12:57In the end, I stayed.
12:59It wasn't because of the command.
13:01It was because I saw it.
13:03The flash of despair in his eyes.
13:05It was the look of a man, grasping his last hope while dying.
13:09The snow lotus was truly a holy relic,
13:12working its magic deep inside his wounded body.
13:15With my care and the power of the sacred flower,
13:19his blackened wound slowly turned back to normal.
13:22Fresh pink flesh started to grow over the injury,
13:25but his gaze toward me made my chest feel tight.
13:28It was not thanks, nor was it simple curiosity,
13:31but something heavy, dark, and impossible to name.
13:35He would stare at me quietly for hours on end,
13:38especially when I gently changed his bandages.
13:41His eyes were so deep and full of unspoken things
13:44that I dared not meet them or look back at him.
13:48Isolde came to visit him nearly every single day,
13:51showing him perfect gentle care and pure devotion.
13:54Her eyes were filled with warm love for Charles,
13:57but they held cold suspicion when they turned to me.
14:00One day, she walked in with a cup of warm nutrient drink
14:04and saw him gazing longingly at my quiet back.
14:07The cup slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor,
14:10and her voice shook with fear and sudden disbelief.
14:14Charles! Have you two met each other before now?
14:18Charles stayed silent. His face was hard to read.
14:21After a long moment, he finally spoke in a low voice.
14:24Isolid, I don't know how to explain this to you.
14:28He did not deny it, not even a single little word.
14:32Isolde's face turned pale, as pale as a ghost.
14:36I let out a quiet sigh, deep inside my own heart,
14:39feeling the wheel of fate start to turn once again.
14:43No matter how hard I tried to change my own path,
14:45it all led back to the same sad old ending.
14:49Once Charles could walk, he started visiting my tent more often.
14:53He didn't say a word, just watched me quietly as I treated soldiers.
14:57Sometimes he would help with small tasks,
14:59or order supplies to be sent to me.
15:01Soon, rumors began to spread throughout the entire military camp.
15:06People were making up stories about a romance between the two of us.
15:10I couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to finally confront him.
15:14Mr. Charles, your wounds are healed,
15:17and I am resigning from my post.
15:19Charles swayed slightly, almost losing his balance as he stood there.
15:23You're leaving?
15:24To where?
15:25He asked me with a trembling voice.
15:27I avoided his gaze, looking away as I answered him.
15:31To where I am needed.
15:32You have fully recovered now.
15:34Isolde is devoted to you.
15:36And the soldiers need their leader here.
15:38I no longer belong in this place.
15:40It is time for me to go.
15:42Who says you don't belong?
15:44Elena, I know I owe you so much.
15:48I cut him off,
15:49the anger from two lifetimes finally exploding.
15:52You owe me nothing!
15:54In our past life, you only trapped me.
15:57You ended everything with that letter,
16:00saying you owed her, not me.
16:02In this life, I saved you twice,
16:04and now we are finally even.
16:07Please just let me go.
16:08My words hit him like a bolt of lightning.
16:11Charles turned ghostly pale as the light in his eyes went dark.
16:14So you really are back?
16:17And you remember everything?
16:18His voice was trembling, with his eyes turning a deep red.
16:22I remained perfectly calm as I told him the cold truth.
16:26I remember every single thing.
16:28So I know how to choose now.
16:31In this life, I only want to heal people,
16:33and live as a free woman.
16:35Your power, your duties, and your love
16:38have nothing to do with me.
16:40He looked at me, his face filled with overwhelming pain.
16:44What if I told you that I only just realized...
16:47Don't say another word!
16:49Turning away to pack my bags.
16:52Whatever you want to say,
16:53it is already far too late.
16:56Our story ended when you wrote that letter,
16:59maybe even long before that.
17:00I picked up my luggage,
17:02walking to the entrance of the tent.
17:04I paused for a moment,
17:06but I did not look back at him.
17:07I hope you recover soon.
17:10Reclaim your power and grow old with Isolate.
17:12Then I lifted the flap,
17:14stepping out into the cold, dark night.
17:17This time, no one tried to stand in my way.
17:20I thought that I was finally free.
17:23I intentionally avoided the main roads,
17:26traveling through the quiet back roads.
17:28The war was not over yet,
17:30and wounded villagers were everywhere.
17:32I traveled around practicing medicine,
17:35but I no longer used my real name.
17:37I went by Dr. Maeve,
17:39living as a simple, local healer.
17:42About one year later,
17:43I stayed in a small town in the south.
17:46This place was untouched by war,
17:48and the local people were very kind.
17:50I settled down in a wooden cabin,
17:53right by the edge of a peaceful lake.
17:55I treated patients during the day
17:57and studied herbs throughout the night.
18:00Life was supposed to be quiet
18:01until one very rainy night.
18:03A sudden, urgent knocking
18:05started echoing loudly against my door.
18:08I opened the door.
18:10Two strangers were carrying a stretcher,
18:12and the person on the stretcher
18:13was covered with a cloak.
18:15Dr. Maeve,
18:17please save this traveling merchant.
18:18We found him outside town.
18:20His old wounds flared up.
18:21He is dying.
18:22Please help him right now.
18:23I told them to carry the man inside quickly.
18:25When I brushed away his wet, messy hair,
18:28my entire body froze in complete shock.
18:30It was Charles,
18:31looking thin and almost unrecognizable.
18:34His face was flushed with fever.
18:36His lips cracked.
18:38His breathing was so weak,
18:39it had almost stopped.
18:41Even in this mess,
18:42I could never forget that face.
18:44I snapped my head
18:45toward the men who brought him.
18:47One of them was Rafe,
18:48disguised but with familiar eyes.
18:51His voice was hoarse,
18:52filled with a desperate plea.
18:54I beg you,
18:55please save his life.
18:57No one else can save him except for you.
19:00Anger and helplessness washed over me all at once.
19:03I wanted to kick them all out of my house.
19:05But I am a doctor.
19:06I cannot ignore the dying.
19:09Everyone get out.
19:10I need quiet, quiet to examine him.
19:12After the checkup,
19:13my heart sank halfway down.
19:15Old wounds hadn't healed,
19:17and new ones were added.
19:18On top of that,
19:19constant worrying had drained him.
19:21It was a miracle that he even made it here.
19:24That night,
19:25I used everything I had ever learned.
19:26I poured precious medicines into his body like water,
19:30just to steal this man back from the grip of death.
19:33This man,
19:34whom I had once both loved and hated.
19:36I thought that we were already even.
19:38But by dawn,
19:39his fever finally started to drop.
19:42I was so exhausted that I felt like collapsing.
19:45Leaning against the wall,
19:47I watched Charles' sleeping face.
19:49Even in a coma,
19:50his brow was tightly furrowed.
19:52Why?
19:53Why are you doing this to me now?
19:57You failed me in our past life,
19:59so why must you torture me in this one too?
20:02He didn't wake up until two days later.
20:05The setting sun shone through the window onto his face
20:08as he slowly opened his eyes to the world.
20:11His gaze was filled with a deep, silent emptiness.
20:15He turned his head to watch me mixing herbs,
20:18staring at me for a very long time.
20:20You still chose to save me,
20:22he whispered.
20:23His voice was raspy,
20:24but I didn't stop my work.
20:26I am a doctor.
20:28I know you hate me.
20:29I hate those memories too.
20:31In my mind,
20:32I see your back as you left me.
20:35I see you sitting alone in the mirror on our night.
20:37I see your face when you read that final letter.
20:40His words came in broken pieces,
20:42like a blunt knife cutting my old scars.
20:45I thought I married you only for gratitude,
20:47and that what I felt for Islo was love.
20:50But in this life,
20:51when I saw the light fade from your eyes,
20:54I finally understood.
20:56Alina, it was a feeling for you
20:58that I was simply too afraid to admit.
21:01Back when you first saved me,
21:03during those days and nights,
21:04I loved you.
21:06But I carried too much responsibility,
21:07and I couldn't see my own heart clearly.
21:10So I masked my feelings with duty,
21:13calling it gratitude just to hide the truth.
21:15I thought making you my wife
21:18was the best way to repay your kindness.
21:21I never realized that for you,
21:23it was nothing more than a cage.
21:25His voice grew more and more excited
21:27as a sickly red flush crept across his face.
21:31In this life,
21:32I wanted to make amends.
21:34But I realized I didn't even have the right.
21:37You left so firmly,
21:39choosing to walk away with absolutely nothing.
21:42I broke off my engagement with Isolid,
21:45spending every moment trying to find you.
21:47But I didn't know what to say.
21:49Sorry is too light,
21:50and I love you as a joke.
21:52This time,
21:53I got hurt on purpose.
21:55His voice was terrifyingly calm now,
21:57and I completely stopped mixing the medicine.
21:59I knew my old wounds hadn't healed,
22:02and I knew the enemy was waiting for me.
22:04I thought if I died right there,
22:06I would finally be free from this pain.
22:09Maybe then,
22:10I could finally stop torturing you once and for all.
22:13And I would not have to torture myself either.
22:16Rafe fought to the death to save me,
22:18he said with a bitter smile.
22:20But in my coma,
22:21I had only one thought.
22:22If I could see you just one more time,
22:25I would be willing to die right now.
22:27So they brought me here to find you,
22:29even if they had to use this desperate way.
22:33I am sorry, Alina.
22:34It seems that I have been selfish once again.
22:36I clenched my fists until my nails drew blood,
22:39feeling a heavy, suffocating pain in my chest.
22:42I didn't feel that much hatred anymore,
22:45only an endless, hollow sense of sorrow.
22:48He looked at me with eyes that were both clear and full of despair.
22:51Alina.
22:52I don't dare to ask for a second chance,
22:55because I know that I don't deserve it.
22:57I just wanted to tell you that I was a fool,
22:59never seeing my own heart in our past life.
23:01In this life,
23:02being able to see you again,
23:03and telling you this in person is enough.
23:05I am a doctor,
23:07and I worked so hard to save you.
23:09I finally spoke,
23:11my voice sounding hoarse.
23:12I didn't save your life,
23:14just to sit here and listen to you say your final words.
23:18He looked at me,
23:19a tiny spark of light flickering for a moment in his tired eyes.
23:22I know my own body very well,
23:24Alina.
23:25My heart and lungs are already failing me.
23:27I am only staying alive for a bit longer,
23:30by using medicine to drag out my remaining days.
23:33Every moment I spend looking at you now,
23:36is time I have stolen away from death.
23:38His words felt like a cold,
23:40heartless sentence,
23:41and in my heart,
23:42I knew the truth as well.
23:43His time was indeed running out very fast,
23:46and even with all my skills,
23:48I was powerless.
23:49In the days that followed,
23:51the atmosphere was strange,
23:52but peaceful.
23:53Charles stayed inside my humble wooden cabin,
23:56as I did my best to keep him alive.
23:58We rarely spoke to each other anymore,
24:00leaving the room in a heavy silence.
24:03While I mixed medicine,
24:04he just quietly watched the lake or my back.
24:06Two bodyguards in disguise stayed nearby,
24:10hiding in the shadows to protect him.
24:12Isolde came to visit him,
24:13looking much thinner than she did before.
24:15Her expensive clothes could not hide
24:17how exhausted and broken she truly felt.
24:20When she saw the scene inside the house,
24:22the light in her eyes finally went out.
24:25She didn't make a scene or scream.
24:26She just stood silently by the door.
24:29She watched Charles from a distance,
24:30with tears streaming down her pale face.
24:33Charles looked at her with nothing but guilt,
24:35knowing he had caused her so much pain.
24:38Isolette, I am so sorry.
24:41I have wasted so much of your life.
24:44Please go back home now,
24:46and try your best to forget me.
24:48Isolde finally left the cabin in tears,
24:50realizing that Charles never belonged to her.
24:53Charles' health continued to get much worse,
24:56as he coughed up blood more often.
24:57He spent most of his time drifting in and out of a very long sleep.
25:02When he was awake,
25:03he seemed to have a bit more energy.
25:05He would chat about everyday things,
25:08carefully avoiding any heavy or painful topics.
25:11After a rainstorm one autumn afternoon,
25:14he suddenly seemed to feel much better.
25:17He leaned by the window,
25:18watching the rain wash the entire world clean.
25:22He called out to me softly,
25:24his voice barely louder than a whisper.
25:26Rather, a next life.
25:27They're mine.
25:28Let's not have a next life.
25:29He smiled at me,
25:30and his smile was very gentle and kind.
25:32And if ending this life like this,
25:34it shouldn't make out what can't affect.
25:36He looked like the young man who first woke up in the mountains.
25:38I am so sorry.
25:40You have to watch me die again.
25:43I stopped mixing the medicine,
25:45my hands starting to tremble slightly.
25:47Don't cry,
25:48he whispered,
25:49looking at me with such gentle eyes.
25:51This time, please,
25:52do not shed any more tears for me.
25:55Only then did I realize
25:56that my tears were already falling down.
25:58He struggled to raise his hand,
25:59wanting to wipe the tears from my face.
26:01But before he could touch me,
26:03his arm fell back down without any strength.
26:05I reached out to grab his hand,
26:07and he used his last bit of power to hold mine.
26:10He took one final look at me,
26:12his gaze lingering for a long, quiet moment.
26:15Forget me,
26:16and go away.
26:18Be the free and great doctor you always wanted to be.
26:21His eyes slowly drifted shut,
26:23with a smile of true relief on his lips.
26:26All the life left his body,
26:28as he let go of the world forever.
26:30The rain tapped against the roof,
26:31and the damp air was filled with the scent of flowers.
26:34He had lost his very last spark of life,
26:37leaving me alone in the quiet room.
26:39I just sat there silently,
26:41holding his cold hand in mine.
26:43I let my tears fall without a sound,
26:45watching the man I once loved and hated.
26:48He finally got his wish,
26:49dying in a place where I was by his side.
26:52I watched him finish his journey,
26:54after traveling through two long lifetimes.
26:57The bodyguards eventually came inside,
26:59to take care of everything that was left.
27:01I didn't ask them where they would take Charles' body.
27:04Those things no longer matter to me,
27:06as I prepared to move on with my life.
27:08I thought that this was the end,
27:09but I realized that I was completely wrong.
27:12Three months after Charles passed away,
27:14news finally reached my small, quiet town.
27:17Mr. Charles had died from his injuries,
27:19and the entire nation was now in deep mourning.
27:24At the same time, a secret order reached my ears.
27:28Charles' younger brother became the new president,
27:30and he ordered a hunt for me.
27:32They called me a murderer,
27:34accusing the local healer of killing President's son.
27:37Charles' death caused a massive wave of shock
27:40throughout the entire nation.
27:41The congressman believed President's son was murdered,
27:45and I was the prime suspect.
27:47Isolde completely broke down
27:48after seeing that Charles was with me before he died.
27:51She claimed I poisoned President's son,
27:53out of a twisted sense of broken love.
27:56How incredibly ironic this was.
27:58In my past life, I died for him,
28:01heartbroken by his final letter to me.
28:03In this life, I was facing execution
28:06for the crime of trying to save him.
28:09Rafe found me and shouted,
28:11Dr. Maeve, you have to run now.
28:12They have already sent men to catch you.
28:14You must leave this place immediately.
28:16Where exactly could I go?
28:17The soldiers are everywhere now.
28:19Go to the northern desert,
28:20or even beyond the western seas.
28:22President's son ordered me before he died
28:24to keep you safe at any cost.
28:25This is the very last thing that he truly owes to you.
28:29There is no need.
28:30I am tired.
28:32Dr. Maeve!
28:33Thank you, but say no more.
28:35Your duty was to protect President's son,
28:37not to worry about me.
28:40Now that he is gone,
28:42you are finally a free man.
28:44He looked at me with complex emotions
28:46before turning and vanishing into the night.
28:49I did not try to run away.
28:52Three days later,
28:53the soldiers surrounded my small wooden cabin by the lake.
28:57Now I am just waiting
28:58to hear the final judgment against me.
29:00The charge was the murder of President's son,
29:03and I didn't say a single word to defend myself.
29:06I let them bind my hands tightly
29:08as they began the long journey back to the capital.
29:11On the road,
29:13I saw many familiar faces watching me
29:15from the sides of the path.
29:18Soldiers I once treated
29:19and local healers all stared at me
29:21with pity and confusion.
29:23Some people tried to step forward for me,
29:25but the soldiers quickly pushed them all back.
29:28The dungeon was cold and very damp,
29:31where I sat in a special cell awaiting my fate.
29:35Isolde came to visit me just one time,
29:38wearing a simple dress with red, swollen eyes.
29:41She asked me,
29:42Are you satisfied now?
29:44Her voice cold and filled with bitter resentment.
29:47Charles broke off our engagement for you
29:49and he spent his days miserable and alone.
29:51In the end, he died because of you.
29:54Are you happy with what you have done?
29:57I looked at her with nothing but pity,
29:59feeling sorry for the woman standing before me.
30:02Do you truly love him as a man,
30:03or do you just love the title of the First Lady?
30:06Her expression changed instantly at my words.
30:09What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
30:11I asked her,
30:12If he wasn't President's son,
30:14would you still be this obsessed with him?
30:17If he were just a simple villager,
30:20would you have waited for him all these years?
30:22Isolde was speechless,
30:24unable to find an answer,
30:25while I remained perfectly calm in my cell.
30:28I loved him once,
30:29I told her quietly.
30:31I loved the man who was a wounded villager,
30:34and the boy with the clear, honest eyes.
30:36But that man died at that very moment
30:39that he chose to become President's son again.
30:41The man you love,
30:42and the man I loved,
30:44have never truly been the same person.
30:47Isolde backed away in a total daze,
30:49then turned and fled from the dark dungeon.
30:51But that man no one,
30:52And the man who was,
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