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00:02Dorian, that monster, you poisoned me, but I'll never submit to a frost.
00:20Someone needs help over there.
00:34Are you all right?
00:45Are you all right?
01:05Are you all right?
01:12It's been seven years, but that man never left my dreams.
01:16Was he a god or a ghost?
01:22My princess, the selection is beginning.
01:25The candidates from the Seven Kingdom have arrived.
01:28Let them wait.
01:30I'm interested to see which hero is brave enough to marry a flame.
01:34Listen up.
01:35Only the winner, the strongest among you, is worthy of joining the Veil Kingdom as the princess's husband.
01:42Who dares to step forward and claim this honor?
01:49Not a single one of you can even stand a chance.
01:53Daddy, look!
01:54It's Mummy!
01:55She's even prettier than she is in my dreams!
01:59Keep your voice down, little star.
02:00We're here to apply for a job, remember?
02:03A job as a husband?
02:04You're going to be the best husband ever.
02:07A beggar with a child?
02:11Can't be a child!
02:19Let's be a child!
02:23Yeah!
02:25Keep his ass, Daddy!
02:33Yay!
02:33Woo!
02:34Woo!
02:35Yeah!
02:36Woo!
02:37Woo!
02:39Woo!
02:40Yay!
02:40Woo!
02:40Woo!
02:40Woo!
02:40Woo!
02:52I don't know.
03:12Never seen you before. Tell me your name and power.
03:15My name is Caelan. Caelan Grey. You could say I'm just extremely lucky. Also, I win.
03:20Well, if he's the only choice...
03:23I hereby declare Caelan Grey is now the husband of mine.
03:32Daddy, why don't you summon a dragon to fly us and mummy back home?
03:36I don't want your mummy to be scared.
03:39Remember what I told you? Not everyone is like us.
03:44Let's go.
03:58Grandma! Grandpa! Why the long faces? My daddy is a total badass.
04:05A badass.
04:06Sarah, the Frostmarch Legions are breathing down our necks, and you bring a gutter rat into the embassy's inner sanctum?
04:12Who?
04:14The selection is over, Father. He's not a gutter rat. He's the man I chose.
04:20Respect the contract or respect me.
04:37Mummy, I want you to cut my steak, too.
04:48Caelan, stand down. Don't you dare ruin this. Act like my lucky husband.
04:54Got it, my princess. I'm just here for the free steak anyway.
04:58Is there more wine?
05:07My spell reversed on me. It shouldn't be possible.
05:10I felt a heat I've never felt before.
05:12And the fork, it turned back at me. That wasn't my mistake.
05:16So our daughter is shielding him for that drifter.
05:19She even dares to interfere with us.
05:26My dear princess, have a taste. Your husband cut this just for you.
05:36What a pathetic little dinner party.
05:39The Emberville throne is a joke, Sarah.
05:42Marry me by midnight, or I'll turn this manor into a goddamn morgue.
05:55Bad move, snowman. You just ruined my father-in-law's favorite chair.
06:04Look at you, Sarah. Playing with a beggar.
06:08Your mighty parents are pinch-patches.
06:11Pathetic for a veil.
06:15Dorian, you've crossed the line. I will kill you for this.
06:18I will burn your entire legacy to ash.
06:20With what? That little spark?
06:22That drink seven years ago forgot.
06:24It was him who drugged her so she ended up with me that night.
06:33What? What is this?
06:34You freak! I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you!
06:39Aurora? Baby, what did you just do?
06:42Mommy said no fighting at the table.
06:44But he wasn't sitting at our table.
06:48Tomorrow at the Seven Kingdoms trial, Emberville gets thrown out.
06:51Unless you come to me tonight to exchange for my forgiveness.
06:54You know the price, Sarah.
06:56If I'm meant to be humiliated tomorrow,
06:58at least this man is my husband.
07:00I'm giving my space self to him.
07:02I don't know who you really are, Kaylin,
07:04but being my husband right now is dangerous.
07:07Frostmarch will come for us.
07:09You'll need more luck.
07:10You're planning a sacrifice.
07:12I can smell it, Sarah.
07:15I'm protecting Emberville.
07:17And I'm protecting you.
07:19If I fall tomorrow,
07:22I want the world to know the Vale Heiress chose her own man.
07:42Daddy, Mummy left for the council.
07:45She thinks she's not coming back.
07:46You must save her.
07:49She thinks she's a shield,
07:51but she forgot that she's married to the mightiest sword.
07:55Then we go now.
08:07Up, little star.
08:21The last High Marshal, my father, is in seclusion.
08:24No need to vote.
08:25He remains Supreme Marshal.
08:27If you disagree, come fight me.
08:30His father is half a step from Supreme.
08:32No one in the Seven can stop him.
08:35Even if we beat the sun today,
08:36the father could wipe out a kingdom tomorrow.
08:38Don't provoke Frostmarch.
08:40Survival first.
08:41Fine.
08:41Let his father keep the seat.
08:43We agree.
08:46Ember Vale doesn't agree.
08:48The Marshal is chosen by strength, not threats.
08:52Then step in.
08:54Show me you're worth it or not.
09:02Touch my daughter.
09:03You go through me.
09:05The Queen of Ember Weald is here.
09:06Watch yourself.
09:07Careful, Elders.
09:09If you break, I'm not paying.
09:20Father!
09:23Mother!
09:25Mother!
09:36Now it's your turn, princess.
09:48Now it's your turn, princess.
09:56Kneel and Emberville lives.
10:00Never.
10:17She does not kneel to animals.
10:26Didn't I tell you not to come?
10:28It's dangerous here.
10:31My wife was in danger.
10:33Her husband doesn't stay away.
10:35Enough!
10:35Don't get in the way!
10:37If Sarah gets hurt protecting you, what then?
10:39Move!
10:41My daddy is really strong!
10:49These days, any stray thinks he can challenge me.
10:52Seems I've been too merciful.
10:55Your whole family wants to die?
10:56Fine.
10:58I'll oblige.
10:59Today, the Vale Royals end here.
11:10Sheep tricks, you coward.
11:13You call it a sneak attack because you're losing?
11:15He really is lucky.
11:17But luck only lasts so long against real power.
11:23Behind you!
11:35That's what our daughter did yesterday.
11:37Did he steal her power after sleeping with her?
11:40What if that's true?
11:44You damn drifter!
11:50So that's your luck!
11:52You're here to drain my daughter!
11:58Touch her again and I'll burn you alive!
12:01No!
12:02I chose him!
12:04I went to him last night.
12:06You...
12:07Are you insane?
12:09You'd sleep with a drifter.
12:11But not me!
12:16I'm Ember Whale's heir.
12:18The future queen.
12:20He's my chosen husband.
12:22My future king consort.
12:24Not a drifter.
12:25A man who lives off a woman.
12:26What is he worth?
12:29I'll crush you where it hurts.
12:34That's the sevenfold elixir.
12:37How did he get that?
12:39Thirty minutes to supreme power.
12:42We're done.
12:43Honey, take Aurora and my parents.
12:45Run!
12:46I'll hold him off.
12:48Supreme?
12:49As far as I know, this land has only one.
12:58Who is he talking about?
13:00The...
13:01Supreme Dragon Rider?
13:03No one's seen his face.
13:05Funny this drifter knows a name.
13:07But you don't get to speak it.
13:26He isn't moving at all.
13:28Did he take that much from me?
13:30Were my twenty years for nothing.
13:32No one's seen it.
13:36No one's seen it.
14:01Help me!
14:04Help me!
14:12Help! Help! I'm dying!
14:18I've seen that fire as a child.
14:21That's dragon fire.
14:23Impossible.
14:24No dragon has been seen for nearly a hundred years.
14:27Watch your words.
14:29Dragons may be unseen, but the Dragonrider Elysian is untouchable.
14:34Honey, are you okay?
14:37You caused a huge mess.
14:38Take Aurora and go.
14:40Get away.
14:41Never come near my daughter again.
14:43Take your trouble and leave.
14:46Do I look like I'm in trouble?
14:48Stop worrying.
14:50I'm taking you and our girl home.
14:54That's enough. Don't burn him to death.
14:55Your mummy hates corpses.
15:11Dragon fire can't be quenched by any water.
15:24Brother, you're pathetic.
15:27A tiny flame made you beg and roll.
15:29I could have handled it.
15:30Who asked you to show off?
15:32Enough. Stop whining.
15:34We still have a bigger problem.
15:36I'm Selina Frost.
15:38First daughter of Frostmudge.
15:41You may kiss my hand.
15:45What are you supposed to be?
15:58Selina, stay out of this.
16:00It's over.
16:01We won.
16:05Oh, it's just getting started.
16:07Hobo, a talent like yours is wasted on a sinking ship like Emberwest.
16:11Come to Frostmount.
16:12Be my father's right hand.
16:14He's my husband.
16:15Take your brother and get out of this arena.
16:17Husband?
16:18Don't make me laugh.
16:19He's an asset you dragged out of the gutter.
16:21Let's settle the debt now.
16:23Transfers cont to me and your family lives.
16:27Fine, if it keeps them alive.
16:31I don't recall signing a bill of sale, Sarah.
16:35And I don't take orders from women who stink.
16:38Who stink.
16:46For once, my sister and I agree.
16:49She wants to hope and I agree.
16:50Fine.
16:51I'll tolerate her taking the trash.
16:54You'll marry me like a good girl.
16:59Let go of me.
17:05Shit, you little turd.
17:14Who allowed you to touch my family?
17:32Cross-march guard, hear me!
17:35Break the beggar's legs first!
17:52Lucky bagger.
17:55See that?
17:56This is not a place for you to step up.
17:58No amount of luck will save you twice.
18:01I don't need luck.
18:04Don't talk big right now.
18:05Listen to me, Sarah.
18:08By protecting him, you're dragging Emberville to the greve with him.
18:14That bad man tried to steal mummy.
18:17Why is everyone blaming daddy?
18:20Because your daddy is useless.
18:22You're the useless one.
18:24You couldn't even survive one bite from me.
18:27You're dead.
18:28As the Alliance Marshal, I demand immediate execution.
18:31This beggar threatens the order.
18:33Kill him now!
18:47Crossbows, that's your big plan, Dorian.
18:51What are you waiting for?
18:53Fire!
18:55My prince.
18:56Those are the Vale Royals.
18:58If that little beast hadn't bitten me, they'd be dead.
19:01I'm the Marshal.
19:02I authorize it.
19:03Father is the Marshal.
19:04You have no right to claim it.
19:13Then ask them.
19:15Do they accept me as Acting Marshal?
19:18Refuse.
19:19And when my father returns, your kingdoms burn.
19:23This summit could have ended in peace.
19:26Now one beggar may drag all seven kingdoms into war.
19:30Princess of Emberville, you would place the whole continent on a pyre for one man.
19:36He is the husband I chose in open trial.
19:38The king can port acknowledged by Emberville.
19:40If you seek blame, start with me.
19:44Sarah!
19:45You're protecting disaster!
19:46Boy, you have no right to make seven kingdoms bleed for you.
19:50I never asked them to.
19:52Be quiet.
19:54Stay behind me.
19:56Fine.
19:57Then from this moment on, anyone who stands with Emberville stands against Frostmarch!
20:05Brother, you're eager.
20:08Your sister is here.
20:09Didn't you want my blessing?
20:11I'm the only rightful heir of Frostmarch.
20:14Don't posture, you bitch!
20:20Come with me quietly.
20:22And everything that happened today is forgotten.
20:25Stay away from my husband.
20:37Stay away from my husband.
20:39What a joke.
20:42Have both of you women lost your minds?
20:44One after another fighting over a beggar like he's some kind of pride.
20:48You idiot.
20:49He's been your curse all day and you still can't see it.
20:52That's right.
20:53Once I take this man, all that absurd luck becomes mine.
20:56Then father's throne won't be yours.
20:59Beggar, come with me.
21:01Stay with Sarah and you die with her.
21:03Come with me and I'll show you real power.
21:06Bad woman.
21:07You have no shame.
21:09Little thing.
21:10When adults speak, children stay quiet.
21:14I'm not a child.
21:16I have money, flunders, soldiers and connections.
21:19Even someone like the Dragonrider Legion can hear from me if I wish it.
21:22Does she really know the commander of the Dragonrider Legion?
21:26If that's true, then this is even worse.
21:29Narissa doesn't know you at all.
21:33Beggar, dare say, the commander of the Dragonrider Legion named so casually?
21:37I think he's insane.
21:40One less sentence from you means one less disaster.
21:43Honey, I'm telling the truth.
21:46Good.
21:47The more you talk like that, the more I want to take you away.
21:52He belongs to neither of you.
21:54He is my husband.
22:00Then let's see who your husband walks away with in the end.
22:07Daddy, I don't like this bad woman.
22:12I don't either.
22:26Let him go!
22:28Sarah, hand your husband over to me.
22:31If you do, I can pretend none of this ever happened.
22:35Honey, we've only been married for one day.
22:39Are you really abandoning me already?
22:41I'm going to save you.
22:43Mommy, don't worry about Daddy.
22:46Let's just go home first.
22:49What I hate most is children.
23:15How did her power surge like that?
23:18Thank the gods!
23:20Sarah, your power is back!
23:22No, not just back.
23:24Her level has risen!
23:26What is happening?
23:27I can feel my power rising to another level.
23:30See?
23:31You slept together for just one night,
23:33and your power rose this much.
23:36Honey, don't abandon me.
23:38I want to sleep with you every night.
23:41Shut up.
23:44Sleeping with him does this?
23:45Then I have to take him for myself.
23:48Emily?
24:07Ah!
24:09Ah!
24:10Ah!
24:11Ah!
24:11Ah!
24:12Ah!
24:14Ah!
24:16Honey, you caught me beautifully.
24:18Say one more word and I'll drop you.
24:20Mummy is so cool!
24:24Fire!
24:25Now, kill them all!
24:27Veil guard, defend our honor to the deck!
24:32She's mad.
24:33Is she really going to execute the king and queen of Embervale in public?
24:37Good.
24:38Kill the old fools, then drag that bregger down and chop him to pieces.
24:45Sarah, fall back!
24:47You burned too much power.
24:49Keep forcing it and you'll damage your core.
24:51Your father and I are not dead yet.
25:01Easy, little star.
25:03But they're really annoying.
25:05Kill the little brat first.
25:07Caelan, my fire is low.
25:08Can you protect my parents?
25:10Relax.
25:11I already called my people to rescue us.
25:14Is this really the time for jokes?
25:26When my father returns, all of you die!
25:29Kneel now or watch your kingdoms burn.
25:32I'll turn your cities into frozen graves!
25:56All hail the commander of the Dragon Rider Legion.
26:02Are you insane?
26:03Kneel!
26:06Why?
26:07She's the backup I called.
26:09This is not the time for nonsense!
26:13What took you so long?
26:15A little later and my mummy would have been a widow!
26:18Long time no see.
26:19Still this cute.
26:20Here.
26:21Candy.
26:22I'm not a kid.
26:23I don't want candy.
26:24I'm way older than you.
26:25Call me Big Sis.
26:31This woman can't possibly be the commander of the Dragon Rider Legion.
26:35She's a fake the beggar hired!
26:37Who is the commander of the Dragon Rider Legion supposed to be?
26:40Why would she show up and start joking with a brat?
26:43What a joke.
26:44This beggar lives by cheap tricks.
26:47He hired her to scare us.
27:10What are you to stand up without my permission?
27:17Do you dare strike me when my father emerges?
27:21You're a dead woman!
27:23Prince of Frostmarch, if your father knew you used crossbows to assassinate an heir at the summit,
27:29he'd strangle you himself.
27:31Commander, it's a misunderstanding.
27:33We were simply helping Princess Sarah discipline her gutter-mat husband.
27:38My Sovereign, shall I erase them now?
27:40Not yet. I'm having fun.
27:43The Sovereign is hiding his identity for a reason.
27:46I will follow his lead.
27:48You mean, this exceptionally lucky man?
27:53Commander, my husband meant no harm.
27:56Since it's a misunderstanding, Frostmarch owes this lucky man an apology.
28:01Kneel, apologize.
28:03Kneel to a beggar? Unless the sun rises in the west!
28:08As you wish.
28:33Now, kneel.
28:36Impossible.
28:37Is this the power of the Legion?
28:41Woohoo!
28:42This is so fun! Do it again!
28:45This power, it's beyond the reach of mortals.
28:48What kind of existence is the Dragon Rider Legion?
28:51A bit too much, Narita.
28:53Don't terrify my wife.
29:06A bit too much, Narita.
29:08Don't terrify my wife.
29:10As you command, my Sovereign.
29:12Restoring everything now.
29:22Do you know what needs to be done?
29:27Our apologies, Mr. Grey.
29:29We were out of line.
29:32Louder.
29:33My daughter didn't hear you.
29:34Yeah!
29:35A mosquito is louder than you!
29:38I am sorry!
29:39Honey, did you hear that?
29:41They're apologizing to me.
29:43I'm so lucky.
29:44This is absurd.
29:45But if not luck, what is it?
29:49Did you bring the thing I told you to bring?
29:51I have it, my Sovereign.
30:01Are those invitations to the Dracalfire Conklet?
30:05That is the supreme honor!
30:08The Conklet hasn't been held in a century.
30:10Legend says only there can one see the true form of the Dragon Sovereign and his dragon.
30:16Impossible!
30:17My father waited a century and wasn't qualified.
30:20Why give it to this beggar?
30:22It must be fake!
30:30Just one.
30:32What about my wife's?
30:34My Sovereign, you could just take her yourself.
30:36Do you really need me to play along with this show?
30:38Hurry up and hand it over, or I'm not going.
30:42Is he serious?
30:43If he doesn't go, who's going to open the Kanyam?
30:47I only brought one today.
30:49The other, I will have it delivered to the Palace of Embervale.
30:53The commander actually agreed?
31:04Who the hell is this drifter?
31:06Why would the commander crush Frostmark just for him?
31:08And even give him the invitation?
31:10Maybe.
31:11He's just lucky.
31:12He happened to be the perfect excuse for the commander to discipline Frostmark.
31:17Honey, let's go home for dinner.
31:18It's dusty here.
31:22The Conclave, the Frostmarch threat, and this man.
31:27I feel like I'm falling into a vortex.
31:31Kaelin, tell me the truth.
31:34You and Commander Nerissa, what is the real connection?
31:41Honey, I'm just lucky.
31:44Even the commander said so.
31:56Watch out!
32:02Nerissa, since you're here, clear the trash.
32:05As you command, Sovereign.
32:21Whoa, honey, save me.
32:28What happened to him?
32:43Mommy, are these uncles performing circus tricks?
32:47Two top assassins.
32:50One stabbed himself.
32:52One hit a pillar.
32:53This luck is terrifyingly godlike.
33:08Report.
33:09Frostmarch has blocked all ports.
33:11Our merchant ships are sunk.
33:14Report.
33:15Five nations sent severance letters.
33:17They won't offend Frostmarch for a beggar.
33:20Those beasts, they're going to watch us starve.
33:30We know the price, Sarah.
33:32I know you will come.
33:35This is reality.
33:38Luck doesn't buy respect.
33:40Only strength moves.
33:43Honey, where are you going so early?
33:45Those two assassins must have been cursed by the heavens.
33:48Let's go fishing to celebrate.
33:50Frostmarch assassins crawled into our bedroom.
33:53Do you think you'll be that next time?
33:55I've always been lucky.
33:56Look, aren't we doing just fine?
33:59At the Conflim, you'll be a target.
34:02Dorian's father, the King of Frostmarch, will tear you to pieces.
34:05If I don't go to that place, we all die.
34:16Are you certain?
34:17Father, I won't watch Embleval fall.
34:21Nor will I watch my husband and daughter die.
34:24Kaelian, your luck won't save Embleval.
34:27I must go to that place.
34:29If I don't return, tell him to take Aurora and run as far as possible.
34:35But he is the one summoned by the Conorlef.
34:38That invitation was just the Commander's whim.
34:41Before real power, he is nothing but a sacrifice.
34:45Kaelian, stay in your lucky dream.
34:47I'll face hell alone.
34:58This is Embleval's trial ground.
35:02Only a half-step supreme can trigger the trial and endure the lava's cleansing fire.
35:08If the heart of Embleval accepts the air,
35:12I will achieve Phoenix Rebirth and ascend to the Supreme Realm.
35:16I've trained for years to become the rightful successor.
35:21But I'm still only high tier, and I've run out of time.
35:25With no way back, I must try.
35:30For Embleval.
35:32For Embleval.
35:42For Embleval.
35:42For Embleval.
35:43For Embleval.
35:45For Embleval.
35:47For Embleval.
35:50For Embleval.
35:51For Embleval.
35:54For Embleval.
35:55For Embleval.
35:57For Embleval.
35:58For Embleval.
35:59For Embleval.
36:00For Embleval.
36:01For Embleval.
36:01For Embleval.
36:02For Embleval.
36:03For Embleval.
36:03For Embleval.
36:15I'm sorry, honey. It's my fault that you've had to suffer.
36:36I didn't die. Was it you? That golden light?
36:43Don't ask. Just feel me, Sarah.
37:23This feeling, this heat, there's mine.
37:35It was you.
37:42These damn ants, choosing this exact moment to die.
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