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The False Bride Of Hades
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00:00The armor of the war god she brought back from the Dawn Temple is practically indestructible.
00:05It will be a perfect fit for Lyra.
00:08Once we extract Seraphina's divine power,
00:11it won't take long for Lyra to regain her original form.
00:14I've waited 300 years for this day.
00:17Isn't this too ruthless?
00:19No matter what, she has nurtured Lyra for you.
00:22She was struck by the Blade of Curses.
00:24No medicine in existence could heal that.
00:26I used half my divine power to save her and gave her 300 years of happiness.
00:30Over the years, every rare herb we could find in the three realms went straight into her body.
00:35She's enjoyed all of this.
00:36It's only fair she repays it to Lyra now.
00:38Standing outside the heavy doors,
00:39I felt as if the heavenly lightning had struck me all over again.
00:43I stumbled back to my room, my entire body trembling uncontrollably.
00:47My blood ran cold.
00:48The suffocating terror mirrored exactly how I felt on the day I married Seravius.
00:53During that wedding, Seravius had suddenly turned on me.
00:57He stole my septal, critically wounded me, and butchered my people.
01:03As I lay dying, the Lord of the Underhill defied the heavens to save me.
01:08He risked his life to protect me and made me his wife.
01:11After we married, his devotion had utterly flawless.
01:14I had been pregnant for 99 years.
01:16In just one more year, the child would be born.
01:19He had promised me that once the baby arrived, he would accompany me back to the heavenly realm to take
01:23back everything Seravius had stolen.
01:25I believed him.
01:26I loved him with every fiber of my being.
01:28Never in my wildest nightmares did I imagine he merely saw me as a vessel.
01:32An incubator meant to resurrect the woman he truly loved.
01:34Seeing my violent trembles, my handmade iris rushed over with a blanket, thinking my chronic illness was acting up.
01:40My lady gets cold so easily.
01:42The Lord commanded that you must drink your herbal tonic after lunch.
01:45He even had the starlight blooms brought down from the heavenly realm to replenish your divine power.
01:51Iris was a healer handmaid Aetherian had specifically brought from the heavenly realm to serve me.
01:55She knew how impossibly rare starlight blooms were.
01:58They grew only on the highest cliffs of the heavenly domains, blooming once every few centuries, and withered the moment
02:03sunlight touched them.
02:05For our 300 years of marriage, Aetherian had treated me like glass.
02:09Knowing I missed my home, he frequently sent his men to procure heavenly artifacts just to make me smile.
02:14The underworld was perpetually freezing, so he built me a climate-controlled palace modeled exactly after my home in the
02:19heavens.
02:20Afraid I would be lonely, he moved his study here, working by my side every day.
02:24Saving me had left him with lingering injuries.
02:26Whenever he overworked himself, he suffered agonizing pain, but he would always smile through it, telling me that as long
02:31as I was safe, every sacrifice was worth it.
02:33His sincerity had won me over.
02:35Once I learned I was pregnant, I swore I would protect this child with my life, but it was all
02:39a lie.
02:39Everything he did was for Lyra.
02:41He even planned to strip me of my divine power and hand it over to her once she was born.
02:45As I forced down the bitter tonic, the movements in my womb grew violently erratic.
02:49Blinding pain ripped through my abdomen, leaving me drenched in cold sweat.
02:53That was when the horrifying realization hit me.
02:55The tonic wasn't for me at all.
02:57He was feeding Lyra.
02:58He was accelerating her growth.
03:00No wonder normal divine pregnancies lasted 200 years, yet I was already showing signs of labor at 100.
03:05I took several deep, shethering breaths until my racing heart settled.
03:10The truth was crystal clear.
03:11It was all a meticulously crafted trap.
03:14But perhaps it wasn't too late to run.
03:16In our three centuries of marriage, he had never once taken me back to the heavenly realm,
03:20claiming my fragile body couldn't withstand the lightning bat lesion at Tenlin Gates.
03:24But I'd rather take my chances with the heavenly tribulation than be discarded like trash after giving birth to Lyra.
03:30If I survived the lightning, I could return to the Dawn Temple and retrieve the primordial artifact my mother left
03:36me.
03:36Tears blurred my vision as I swallowed the remaining starlight bloom whole, roots and all.
03:41I made a vow.
03:42I would never let Lyra be born.
03:44And if I made it out alive, I would make Aetherian pay in blood.
03:47I channeled every ounce of my fading strength to suppress the violent movements in my womb.
03:52I coughed up a mouthful of blood, the crimson splatter staining a decorative chest nearby.
03:58It was the chest containing every gift he had given me during our courtship.
04:03Fighting through the agonizing cramps, I pulled out a magnificent gown woven entirely from gold threads.
04:10Aetherian had sort out the giant race, mining the purest ore from their ancient reserves.
04:15He spent three years drawing the gold into thread, weaving this gown stitch by stitch with his own hands.
04:20On our wedding day, dignitaries from across the three realms attended.
04:25There wasn't a soul who didn't envy me.
04:28But right now, the golden threads burned my eyes like needles.
04:31With a flick of my wrist, I summoned a flame.
04:34Fully intending to incinerate the dress, suddenly the doors swung open.
04:39Aetherian walked in.
04:41Did you drink your medicine today, darling?
04:43What made you dig up the wedding dress?
04:46I heard the giants guarding the gold mines were imprisoned by the heavenly realm for three hundred years for unelaparated
04:52mining.
04:54Now that our wedding is long past, why don't we melt this dress down and return the gold to them?
04:59Aetherian's face instantly dropped.
05:01No, I'm saving this dress for-
05:03He cut himself off, quickly recovering.
05:05Let's keep it as a mementi.
05:07After all, it's a testament to our love.
05:09Be good, Serafina.
05:11Put it back.
05:12Hearing the word love from his lips brought the memory of his conversation with Morpheus crashing back.
05:17A hot wave of fury surged through my veins.
05:20I ignited a fireball and hurled it straight at the gown.
05:23Aetherian lunged forward, plunging his bare hands into the magical flames to snatch the dress back.
05:29The fire instantly seared his flesh, leaving his hands blistered and bleeding.
05:33Yet he didn't even flinch.
05:34He just pulled the dress to his chest, whispering,
05:37As the hem of the gown tumbled from his arms,
05:39My eyes caught something stitched into the inner lining.
05:43Lyra.
05:43I froze.
05:44He had woven this dress by hand, alone.
05:47It wasn't for me.
05:48He had made it for Lyra.
05:49No wonder he panicked when I suggested melting it down.
05:52He was willing to burn his own hands to protect it.
05:54I reached out, ready to torch the entire chest of jewelry.
05:58Serafina, are you out of your mind?
06:01Keep throwing this tantrum and I'll throw you into the Abyss of Shadow.
06:05I flinched, all the color draining from my face.
06:08The Abyss of Shadows.
06:10That was the underworld's maximum security prison.
06:13Seeing my stricken expression, his tone softened.
06:17He reached out to pull me into an embrace.
06:19Serafina, I was joking.
06:22Promise me you won't touch these things again.
06:24And I'll make you your favorite honey-glazed figs.
06:28How does that sound?
06:28I bit the inside of my cheek so hard I tasted copper, refusing to speak.
06:34He tried to coax me a few more times, his voice a gentle hum, but I simply closed my eyes
06:39and turned my face away.
06:40Fine.
06:41Since you want to be stubborn, go cool your head in the deep dungeons!
06:45The Abyss of Shadows was a living nightmare.
06:47Mangled corpses and bleached bones.
06:49I held my swollen belly, carefully navigating the treacherous path.
06:53But by the time we reached the cell, my lower back felt like it was splitting in two.
06:57My lady, I really don't get it.
07:00The Lord treats you so well.
07:02Couples fight all the time.
07:04Why couldn't you just apologize?
07:06Did it really have to come to this?
07:08The other guard nodded in agreement.
07:10Knowing I was the Lord's wife, they didn't dare treat me roughly.
07:13Suddenly, a shrill, piercing female voice echoed from inside my womb.
07:18Punish her.
07:19You useless trash.
07:21Do you think she's here on vacation?
07:24I stared at my stomach in sheer horror.
07:26It was Lyra's voice.
07:27She had already developed awareness of the outside world.
07:30She was communicating with her former subordinates through my flesh.
07:35Lady Lyra, is it you?
07:38You're alive.
07:40Shut up!
07:41If you know it's me, then punish this bitch!
07:45If you disobey me, I'll make you wish you were dead when I get out!
07:50Lyra had been the underworld's war goddess.
07:53There wasn't a soldier in the realm who hadn't suffered under her command.
07:57The two guards exchanged a dark look, all prior hesitation vanishing.
08:01They dragged me toward the river of fire.
08:04Suspended over the roaring, molten current was an iron cage.
08:07They forced the cage open and shoved me inside.
08:09The moment my shoulder grazed the iron roars, I heard the sickening hiss of searing flesh.
08:14The stench of my own roasting skin flooded my nostrils.
08:17Lyra's soul temporarily detached from my womb, hovering nearby to revel in my agony.
08:21The cage was suffocatingly small.
08:24I couldn't even shift my weight.
08:25My clothes melted upon contact with the bars, dripping away in charred clumps.
08:30My bare skin pressed directly against the superheated metal.
08:33It blistered, split, and bled.
08:35But the blood evaporated into steam before it could even hit the ground.
08:38I convulsed in agony.
08:39I wanted to scream, but my throat was so stourged that no sound came out.
08:44Can't take it anymore, you pathetic bitch.
08:46The river of fire won't kill a god, but it will make every inch of your body remember what pain
08:52is.
08:52How long do you think it'll take before you pass out?
08:55A day?
08:56Three days?
08:57I didn't answer.
08:58I didn't have the strength left to try.
09:00Time lost all meaning.
09:01My consciousness began to fray.
09:03I couldn't feel my arms or legs anymore.
09:05The only thought echoing my shattered mind was, I am going to die.
09:08Back in the palace, Aetherian finished preparing the honey-glazed figs.
09:11He wiped his hands and mentally linked with the guards.
09:14Has she learned her lesson?
09:15If she's done reflecting, bring her up.
09:18I made her favorite pastries.
09:20We can go for a walk after she eats.
09:22My lord, the lady hasn't said a word.
09:25She's just been pretending to sleep.
09:27Through the mental link, they sent him a manipulated visual of me curled up on the ground.
09:31My clothes intact, breathing steadily.
09:33Making it look as though I was merely napping in an ordinary cell.
09:36Keep her locked up!
09:38I refuse to believe I can't break her stubbornness!
09:41Mashing the plate of honey figs to the floor.
09:43Seeing me on the brink of death, Lyra panicked that she might lose her host.
09:47She quickly darted back into my womb, using her own divine power to shield my heart.
09:51But she wasn't showing mercy.
09:53She deliberately kept me conscious, crashing violently inside my stomach so I would feel every agonizing second of the flames.
09:59The pain was unbearable.
10:00I knew she was doing it on purpose, but I was completely powerless to suppress her.
10:04You whore! You took advantage of my death to steal Aetherian, hoarding everything that belonged to me!
10:11Today, I'm going to make you pay it back tenfold!
10:14Lyra screamed as she punched and kicked my insides.
10:16Cold sweat poured down my face as my bloody hands gripped the red-hot iron bars so hard the metal
10:21wore.
10:21Stop struggling! Just enjoy the ride!
10:25Her phantom hand reaching up to squeeze my heart.
10:27Right as my vision went black from lack of oxygen, she'd let go, only to do it again and again,
10:32treating my torture like a morbid game.
10:34Just as the pain reached a breaking, a brilliant golden light erupted from my chest.
10:38Strange, ethereal threads extended from my body, surging with an unfamiliar, chaotic divine power that nearly blew the iron cage
10:44apart.
10:44In the royal bedroom, Aetherian had just hugged my pillow, preparing to sleep, when his heartily started racing.
10:50Serafina!
10:52The guards just reported that the lady is still resting, my lord.
10:56It's almost midnight, why not check on her tomorrow?
10:59A night of sleep might be exactly what she needs to see reason.
11:04Aetherian nodded slowly and lay back back to him.
11:07Down by the river of fire, my handmade iris dropped to her knees in front of my cage, sobbing uncontrollably.
11:12My lady! Who did this to you?
11:16When my divine power leaked, she sensed it and used the cloaking spell I had taught her to sneak into
11:21the dungeons.
11:22I was too weak to even open my eyes.
11:24I only recognized her by her voice.
11:26Unable to speak, I gathered enough strength to trace letters in the ash on the floor.
11:31She pulled out the ones I hadn't finished.
11:32Twelve stalks in total.
11:34Ignoring my scorched, bleeding throat, I swallowed them all at once.
11:37Twelve starlight blooms will only buy you two hours of power!
11:40What will you do after that?
11:41I offered her a weak, blood-stained smile.
11:44Two hours.
11:44That was more than enough time to fly to the heavenly realm and force a miscarriage.
11:48The temporary surge of divine power gave me the strength to suppress Lyra and heal the superficial burns covering my
11:53body.
11:53I blasted my way out of the Abyss of Shadows and shot upward, hurtling straight towards the heavenly realm.
11:58Half an hour later, the magical ring on my finger vibrated.
12:02Aetherian's voice echoed in my mind.
12:04Seraphina, where are you?
12:05Come back.
12:06I made the honey-glazed figs.
12:07It was an artifact we forged together when we married, allowing us to communicate across realms.
12:12I ignored him, pushing myself to fly faster.
12:14Seraphina!
12:15Stop hiding from me!
12:17My patience is wearing thin!
12:19Then, I heard the blood-glading screams of the two guards through the connection.
12:23Deep in the Abyss of Shadows, Aetherian stood before the molten cage.
12:26His face twisted into a mask of pure terror and rage.
12:29His suffocating divine Arama crushed the soldiers to the floor.
12:31The cage had been scrubbed clean, completely devoid of my presence.
12:34But it was too clean.
12:36That was what made him suspicious.
12:38He had sensed a heavenly aura here last night.
12:40Why was it completely gone now?
12:42The lady just vanished out of nowhere!
12:43My lord, we swear we had nothing to do with it!
12:46Find her!
12:48The entire Abyss was turned upside down.
12:50The river of fire raged, torturing the damned souls within, and the underheld echoed with screams of agony.
12:56Where is she?
12:57How can there be no trace of her?
12:59Aetherian was losing his mind.
13:01His eyes bloodshot from days without sleep.
13:03The ring pulsed wildly with his calls, hardening my heart.
13:06I ripped the ring from my finger and hurled it into the void below, finally severing his hold on me.
13:11Just before my divine power ran dry, I breached the heavenly gates.
13:14Before my feet could even touch the ground, a massive bolt of heavenly lightning struck down from the sky.
13:19I channeled the very last remnants of the starlight room's power to brace myself.
13:23But the impact sent me crashing to the floor, coughing up blood.
13:26When I tried to push myself up, I realized my body was completely empty.
13:30I had no divine power left.
13:33Freed from my suppression, Lila began screaming from inside my womb.
13:37You crazy bitch!
13:38What are you doing?
13:39If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!
13:41Go back!
13:42The second bolt of lightning tore through the sky.
13:44My war god armor manifest, shielding me from the catastrophic blow.
13:48Lila instantly stopped screaming.
13:50The armor shattered, the backlash searing my flesh and heavily wounding her soul inside me.
13:54But it wasn't enough.
13:56I wanted her dead.
13:57Down in the underworld, Aetherian heard the thunderclaps and finally realized what was happening.
14:01I was being judged by the heavenly tribulation.
14:04Pain ripped through his chest as he shot toward the heavens.
14:07As the third and deadliest bolt of lightning descended, he arrived just in time to intercept half of the blast.
14:12Even though he absorbed most of it, I had nothing left to defend myself.
14:16I collapsed, my abdomen erupting in blinding agony.
14:19Seraphina, are you insane?
14:21But a split second before he reached me, Lyra tore her way out of my body.
14:26Aetherian, save me!
14:28This bitch tried to kill me with the lightning!
14:31But she looked nothing like the majestic portraits Aetherim kept hidden in his study.
14:35Half of her face was mangled by horrific burn scars, devoid of any war goddess glory.
14:41The lightning damage and the premature birth had rumened her.
14:44She glared at me with pure venom, stumbling forward with her hands outstretched, trying to strangle me.
14:51I threw my hand up to push her away.
14:54With her weakened state, she flew backward like a paper doll, crashing directly into Aetherian's arms.
15:01Aetherian, I just wanted to help her up, and she tried to push me off the edge of the realm!
15:06Aetherian raised his hand and struck me hard across the face.
15:09The slap echoed like a gunshot.
15:11Seraphina! You heartless monster!
15:14You tried to use the heavenly lightning to execute Lyra, leaving her disfigured and premature.
15:19For 300 years, I treated you like a queen!
15:22I merely borrow your womb! I never intended to harm you!
15:25How could you be this vicious?!
15:27I couldn't speak. I just stared at him.
15:30My face is ruined.
15:32I'd rather be dead than live like this.
15:36Just kill me.
15:39No, no, I have a way to fix you. Just trust me.
15:42What way?
15:43Flaying the skin off my face and grafting it onto hers.
15:46I spat out another mouthful of blood.
15:48I didn't have the energy to argue anymore.
15:51I didn't even want to.
15:52Lyra was the one trying to kill me.
15:54But the moment she played the victim, he believed her without a second thought.
15:59I was lying there in a pool of my own blood.
16:01My armor shattered to pieces, yet all he saw was her.
16:05I looked down at my broken body.
16:07The humiliation of being exiled from the heavenly realm years ago washing over me anew.
16:12A sphere of fire ignited in Aetherian's palm, ready to strike me down.
16:16But before he could cast it, a blinding beam of white light shot from the distance.
16:21I didn't see who cast it before the world went black.
16:23I don't know how long I was out, but I woke up in a massive, sunlit bed.
16:28I shifted my limbs.
16:30The agonizing heaviness was gone.
16:32The burns from the heavenly lightning had vanished without a trace.
16:35But what truly shocked me was the power stirring deep within my soul.
16:39It felt as though an ancient entity inside me was slowly opening its eyes.
16:43The last thing I remembered was Aesirian preparing to execute me.
16:47Why was I perfectly fine, lying in this lavish palace?
16:50I bolted upright in shock.
16:52A man in flowing white robes, wearing a crown of golden laurel leaves, walked into the room.
16:58Seeing me awake, his face lit up, and he pulled me into a tight embrace.
17:02Serafina, you're finally awake.
17:04Does anything hurt?
17:06I stared at him in bewilderment.
17:08Realizing my confusion, he offered a fond, indulgent smile and gently flicked my forehead.
17:13A flood of memories that didn't belong to me, crashed into my mind.
17:17When I was expelled from the heavenly realm three centuries ago, a single tear I left behind
17:22drifted to the steps of this very palace.
17:24The domain of the primordial god Orion.
17:27The tear transformed into a tiny, ethereal serpent made of light.
17:31Orion kept the little light snake as a pet.
17:33Over the last 300 years, bathed in the spiritual energy of a primordial god,
17:38the serpent slowly took on my physical form.
17:40Orion had offered to reconstruct a proper physical body for her, but she refused.
17:46Because a Tyrion had cloaked my aura in the underworld, Orion couldn't locate me.
17:52Thank you for treating me with such care.
17:55But I am not her.
17:56I cannot stay here.
17:58I tried to pull away.
17:59He leaned in and kissed me fiercely.
18:01The sensation was dizzying, of the serpent's desperate longing and my own instinctive resistance.
18:07I didn't know whether to push him away or kiss him back.
18:10He kissed me until my mind went blank.
18:13He suddenly froze.
18:14He pulled back, chest heaving.
18:17I'm sorry.
18:17I forgot you just gave birth.
18:20Your body is still recovering.
18:22I rushed this.
18:24Focus on healing first.
18:25I hastily pulled my robes up, but a wave of profound gratitude washed over me.
18:30Unlike a Tyrion, Orion understood boundaries.
18:33I was desperate to regain my strength so I could exact my revenge.
18:37Seeing my urgency, Orion literally extracted his own divine power and infused it into my veins.
18:42He fed me countless celestive herbs.
18:45Within a week, 30-40% of my original power had returned.
18:49More importantly, the dormant power of fate inside me was slowly awakening.
18:53Just as I was plotting my revenge on my ex-husband, Seravius, the bastard delivered himself to my doorstep.
19:00Seraphina, my beautiful fiancé.
19:02It was my father who forced me to take your septer that day.
19:05There hasn't been a single day in the last 300 years that I haven't thought of you.
19:09Will you return to the heavenly realm and be my queen?
19:11He put on a masterful display of remorse, but my heart felt nothing but venomous hatred.
19:16I knew exactly what had happened.
19:18He stole the Scepter of Dawn to murder his own father and seize the throne.
19:21No one forced him. It was his choice.
19:24He knew I was suffering in the underworld for three centuries, yet he never once came looking for me.
19:29He was only here because he sensed my power growing.
19:33The Scepter of Dawn was reacting to its true master, and he was losing control of it.
19:38I was going to make him pay for the humiliation of my exile and the 300 years of torture in
19:42the underworld.
19:43Today, even if it cost me my life, I would have my revenge.
19:47Gripping the Starforged sword Orion had given me, I charged.
19:51Cerevis stood his ground, a sickeningly arrogant smirk playing on his lips.
19:54He knew my body was still weak, and I didn't have the seppler.
19:57His little apology speech was just a formality.
19:59He wanted to coax me back about a fight so he could torture me behind closed doors.
20:03During the clash, he tactically forced me backward, driving us down toward the mortal realm.
20:08The mortal world had no divine oversight, with his countless legions killing me quietly down there in child's play.
20:16Just as Cerevis moved in for the kill, a blinding golden light struck the earth.
20:22Orion materiized out of thin air, throwing a protective arm in front of me.
20:26Seraphina, leave this filth to me. Don't dirty your hands.
20:30His divine arima erupted like a tidal ray.
20:34Even as the heavenly god-king, wielding two elemental septelsals,
20:38Cerevis could barely hold his ground against the primordial god.
20:42Taking advantage of the distraction, I closed my eyes,
20:45reaching out with the threads of my returning power to summon the seppler of dawn from within Cerevis' chest.
20:51Cerevis gasped, clupping his heart as he frantically tried to repress the weapon, but it was useless.
20:57The scepter ripped its way out of his chest and flew into my waiting hand, radiating a familiar, scorching warmth.
21:03The moment my fingers closed around the hilt, an explosive shockwave of light leveled the battlefield.
21:08It was singing for me.
21:10So what if you're the god-king?
21:12You touch my woman.
21:13You pay the ultimate price.
21:15With a mere flick of his finger, Orion yanked the second artifact, the scepter of thunder,
21:20straight out of Cerevis' body.
21:22It floated in the air, humming with trapped lightning.
21:25Your... woman?
21:27Cerevis choked out, his eyes wide with horror as his body ill-voluntarily dropped to its knees.
21:32She is my fiancée.
21:33Before he could finish, his divine form shattered, reverting to his true, pathetic shape, a plucked, golden crow.
21:40You murdered your wife and slaughtered your father. You deserve worse than death.
21:44With a sweeping gesture, he swatted the miserable bird over, the edge of the bottomless abyss.
21:49Seraphina, let's go home. The apples in the sanctuary orchard are ripe. I'll pick the sweetest ones for you.
21:55He pulled me into his arms, gazing at me with overwhelming tenness.
22:00I was moved by how fiercely he protected me, but my body still instinctively tent.
22:05I wasn't used to this kind of intimacy.
22:07In the brief moment I had summoned the septal, I caught Orion glancing at me from the corner of his
22:11eye.
22:12It was a dark, complicated look. One I couldn't quite decipher.
22:15But regardless, he had just eradicated Seravius.
22:19He had helped me extract my revenge.
22:21I cast one last look towards the heavenly realm.
22:24A silent goodbye to my past.
22:26That night, back in Orion's sanctuary, my sleace plagued by violent nightmares.
22:31It started peacefully.
22:33My clan dancing and singing around a bonfire.
22:36Then, the world warped into hell.
22:38Severed limbs and fountains of blood flooded my vision.
22:41Sister, save me! Auntie, it hurts!
22:44The screams of my family tore through my skull.
22:46I shot up in bed, screaming, drenched in a cold sweat.
22:50A familiar voice broke through the panic.
22:52My lady, don't be afraid. It's just a nightmare.
22:54I blinked against the darknesses.
22:57It was Iris.
22:58How did you get to the sanctuary?
23:00Aetherian actually let you leave?
23:01Her eyes were red, her voice thick with tears.
23:04I missed you so much, my lady.
23:06I begged the lord on my knees to let me go.
23:09When he heard I was coming to find you, he didn't stop me.
23:12She gently wiped the sweat from my forehead and offered me a cup of hot tea,
23:15carefully bringing it to my lips.
23:17Just as the rim touched my mouth, a memory sparked in my mind.
23:21By the way, when my uncle was injured by the Hydra,
23:24I heard you took care of him for three years before he recovered.
23:27I saw him in my dream just now.
23:29He said he misses you.
23:31Iris froze.
23:32A flicker of panic crossed her eyes before she nodded vigorously.
23:36I miss him every day, too.
23:37If Saravis hadn't been so cruel and banished our people,
23:41I could go back and see him right now.
23:43I stared into her eyes.
23:44They were beautiful, but entirely devoid of life.
23:47I backhanded the cup, splashing the scalding tea directly into her face.
23:51My uncle was killed instantly by the Titan gods!
23:55You never took care of him for three years!
23:58You're not Iris!
24:00As the enchanted tea burned her skin, thick green smoke bullowed from her face.
24:05When the smoke cleared, it revealed Lyra's grotesquely scarred visilage.
24:09She threw her head back and cackled.
24:11Iris has been dead for weeks!
24:14The moment she helped you escape, I threw her into the Abyss of Shadows.
24:18A pathetic little handmaid.
24:20She couldn't even survive the lightest torture.
24:23I flag her alive.
24:24She died screaming.
24:26It's a shame you saw through my disguise.
24:28I was going to trick you into coming back to the underworld to butcher you properly.
24:33You pathetic bitch!
24:34I really underestimated you!
24:36Rage and grief blinded me.
24:38My hands shook violently.
24:40Iris had only survived the heavenly realm's purge because she had sneaked down to the
24:44mental world to play.
24:45Aethrian had moved mountains to find her and bring her to me.
24:49She was the very last of my bloodline.
24:51Unleashing my full divine power, I seized Lyra by the throat and dragged her out towards
24:56the Sanctuary's Judgment Cliff.
24:58Everything you did to me in the Abyss of Shadows, plus Iris' life, today you pay it all back
25:04in blood.
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