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