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00:01At an auction, my sister chose the strong and older merman.
00:06I picked the injured and younger merman.
00:08I healed him with my own blood and making him the strongest merman.
00:13One day, when my sister was hurt, he killed me to save her.
00:18If it weren't for you, she would have taken me with her.
00:21You tore us apart!
00:22When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back at the auction.
00:26I spotted Caspian at once, still hiding in the far back.
00:29A merman's pride is in his tail.
00:31Every other tail glowed in the water cell.
00:33His was a wreck. Scales gone.
00:35Tail half ruined. Just like last time.
00:38Rora, let's take those two. Hurry up or all the strong ones will be gone.
00:44Last time I listened, I figured there was no way she'd actually pick the weakest one.
00:48I was wrong. She really bought the dying one.
00:51Father had been furious, but Morgana only smiled and said,
00:55Father, that was the one Aurora wanted.
00:58You know how she is. I had no choice but to pay for him.
01:03Anyway, I picked the strong one. I'm taking him.
01:06Not this time.
01:07Then you take him. I want that one.
01:14Then you take him. I want that one.
01:16I pointed to another merman, the one standing there expressionless, and raised my bid without hesitation.
01:21This time, I didn't care who I picked. I wanted one thing only. Loyalty.
01:26Rora, you're bidding too high. Father only gave us so much money. If you spend it all, what am I
01:30supposed to use?
01:31That one doesn't look bad either. If you run out of money, buy him.
01:38Him? I wouldn't even take him to warm my bed.
01:42Poor Caspian. Last life. He really thought I had torn him away from Morgana.
01:47What he never knew was simple. Morgana had never wanted him. Just like before, she took Gideon.
01:53But as I left with my merman, Caspian suddenly started slamming himself against the wall of his water cell.
02:00The crowd laughed.
02:02What's that?
02:03With a tail like that, only an idiot would buy him.
02:06Had Caspian come back too? Was that why he was panicking? Because the woman he'd wanted in both lives still
02:12hadn't chosen him?
02:13A lifetime of fantasy. Gone in one second. That had to hurt.
02:19What surprised me was his face. He didn't look relieved to be bought.
02:24You don't want to come home with me?
02:26He looked cold. So I asked him directly. He gave me one flat look and said nothing.
02:32As far as I know, mermens in those water cells rank each other too.
02:37If I hadn't brought you out, you'd still be fighting for your place every day.
02:42Here, I can protect you.
02:44I'm not the useless trash who let other mermens wreck his tail.
02:48He wasn't wrong.
02:49If you don't want to stay here, then leave.
02:52A spark flashed in his eyes. He was tempted. But before he could move, I leave first.
02:58Where are you going?
02:59If you don't want to stay, then I'll go buy another one.
03:03If I'm going to raise a merking, I won't keep someone with divided loyals.
03:10He looks at me, clearly caught off guard. Every merman wants the throne. Talent matters, but talent can be sharpened.
03:18A traitor like Caspian? Worthless.
03:21The auction is over.
03:25You really think a family rich enough to buy mermens would have only one source?
03:32For the next few days, I was out from morning to night.
03:36Aldrin hadn't left yet. Good. But I still needed a backup plan.
03:39What I didn't expect was Caspian.
03:41Roya, why didn't you take me? Please. Take me with you. What you chose was me.
03:47What did you just say?
03:49Rora, look at me. Are you really not choosing me this time?
03:53That was enough. Caspian had come back, too.
04:00What nonsense are you talking about? Who's your master? Stop grabbing strangers in broad daylight!
04:05I turned to leave, but he followed me like he couldn't let go. I was about to lose my temper
04:10when I saw Aldrik a short distance behind me. A thought flashed through my mind.
04:16That tale of yours? Were you bullied by the other mermens?
04:19Yes. Master, will you take me home?
04:34I'm still here.
04:36How could you hit him that hard? Weren't you leaving? Then why stop me from finding another Maimon?
04:42I'm not leaving.
04:43I smiled. Good. Mermen have minds of their own.
04:47Master, you said you'd take me!
04:49I'm sorry. I changed my mind.
04:53Take one more step, and it won't be the ground that breaks. It'll be your bones.
05:05To make sure I never got betrayed by a Maimon yet again, I forced Aldrik to bloodbind himself to me.
05:13You really can make me king.
05:15I didn't answer. A master should have the final word.
05:19Last life, I poured everything into making Caspian the Mer King.
05:23And forgot the simplest truth. The only real power is your own.
05:27If Aldrik performs well, the throne is your.
05:30If you shows even one sign of betrayal, then in this life you'll be nothing but something warm in my
05:36bed.
05:37I'm yours now. Your mermaid.
05:40Then get on it.
05:44You know when a family buys a mermaid home, the daughter marries him, right?
05:48By that logic, you're my husband now.
05:54Once Aldrik's tail healed, training started. Every day, no breaks.
06:00This life, I trained too. A Mer King's wife can't be helpless.
06:06We hadn't been at it long when Morgana showed up with Gideon.
06:11Wow. Look at you, little sister. You really threw yourself in as a training partner.
06:15You spent so long choosing at the auction I thought you'd pick somebody special.
06:18Turns out he's nothing. Not even half of Gideon.
06:20I didn't speak.
06:23Aldrik stepped in front of me first.
06:26Morgana laughed.
06:28You dare bare your teeth at me?
06:31I'm the eldest daughter here. This house will be mine one day.
06:33Gideon, teach him a lesson.
06:36Gideon charged.
06:39Aldrik didn't even hurry.
06:41He had enough time to move me out of harm's way before turning to fight.
06:46Good. I wanted to see what he could really do.
06:48The two of them went at it hard.
06:51But only a few exchanges in.
06:54Gideon was already losing ground.
06:57Kill him!
06:58What are you holding back for?
07:00Kill him! I'll cover for you!
07:03Just as he was about to break Gideon's tail, Morgana let out a scream.
07:10How dare you!
07:11Aurora, is this the kind of beast you raise?
07:14He dares touch my merman like this?
07:16She couldn't beat me with words.
07:18So she rushed at me instead.
07:22If Gideon gets hurt, father will punish you for this!
07:26I paid a fortune for him!
07:28I held her gaze for a beat.
07:30Then told Aldrik to let Gideon go.
07:32Only then did Morgana sneer.
07:34At least you know your place.
07:36Then she stormed off with Gideon.
07:38Still cursing.
07:39I should've killed him.
07:41I watched them leave and murmured.
07:43What's the rush?
07:43Now she would hate me even more.
07:46And if I wanted her destroyed, I first had to let her go mad.
07:49After that, Morgana started picking fights with me over everything.
07:53I thought she'd go crying to father first.
07:56Instead, she brought Caspian home and made him a servant.
07:59The day he blocked my path inside the house and started begging.
08:02I almost laughed from the shock.
08:04Why are you here?
08:06Morgana stepped out from the side.
08:08Smiling.
08:08Father was with her.
08:10Looks like the rumors outside were true after all.
08:12I looked at her blankly.
08:14What rumors?
08:15Father's face darkened.
08:17Aurora.
08:18You've already chosen a merman.
08:20Why are you still tangled up with him?
08:22Your sister ran into him outside.
08:24To keep him from spreading nonsense.
08:26She had no choice but to bring him back.
08:28Otherwise your reputation would be ruined.
08:31What?
08:31Morgana walked over with a smug smile and-
08:34He's been trying every possible way to get into Stormcrest Manor.
08:37All just to get to you.
08:38Honestly.
08:39If you wanted him that badly.
08:41Why didn't you just buy him at the auction?
08:43The more she talked.
08:45The darker father's face got.
08:47Aurora.
08:47If you can't clean this mess up.
08:49Then get out of this house.
08:51Then he stormed off.
08:53Caspian knelt on the ground.
08:54Looking up at me with naked longing.
08:56If you like me that much.
08:58Then stay.
08:59Better to keep him where I could see him.
09:01Without my heart's blood.
09:03This version of Caspian wouldn't survive long anyway.
09:05From then on.
09:07Caspian started hovering around me every day.
09:10Aldric.
09:10Meanwhile.
09:11Suddenly stopped coming near me.
09:13I cornered him in the back garden one morning.
09:16You're still looking for me?
09:17Shouldn't you be with that poor little Caspian instead?
09:20That whole thing on the street was a setup.
09:23Wasn't it?
09:23You just wanted to trick me into bonding with you.
09:26He was genuinely angry.
09:28I looked at him with amusement.
09:30Once the bond is made.
09:31You can't run.
09:32So what now?
09:34Do you still want to be king or not?
09:36He shot me a dull look.
09:37Like he thought I was feeding him a lie.
09:39There's a mere king tournament in two months.
09:42If you want the throne.
09:43That's your chance.
09:44He still looked doubtful.
09:46So I explained a little more.
09:48Really?
09:48There's nothing between you and that merman?
09:51I practically had to swear it.
09:53Only then did Aldric huff a couple of times and go back to training with me.
09:56We trained together in the back garden every day.
09:59Sweating through the afternoons.
10:01Every so often.
10:03Caspian would happen to pass by.
10:05One day Aldric muttered darkly.
10:07I should snap his tail.
10:08Aldric.
10:09I have my own plan.
10:10After all.
10:11I had fed Caspian enough heart's blood in my last life.
10:14That debt deserved interest.
10:16If he was stupid enough to walk back into my hands on his own.
10:19Then I had every right to be cruel.
10:21That night.
10:22I called Caspian into my room to serve me.
10:25The Mare King from my last life was now kneeling at my feet.
10:28Because of his injuries.
10:29He kept swaying weakly every few moments.
10:32You're not well?
10:33I asked the question casually.
10:36The annual Mare King tournament was close.
10:38Caspian had to be desperate by now.
10:40In my last life.
10:41I had helped him become king.
10:43How could someone who had once stood at the top ever be willing to stay a servant?
10:47Which meant for the sake of my heart's blood alone.
10:50He would endure anything.
10:51He slumped weakly to the floor.
10:53My tail was injured in the water cells.
10:55I nodded like I knew nothing.
10:57This house doesn't keep useless people.
10:59He looked at me.
11:01Cautious.
11:01It takes human heart's blood.
11:0349 days.
11:04Drink it every day.
11:06And I recover.
11:07I said nothing.
11:08At this point.
11:09He was just a servant.
11:11Seeing I didn't respond.
11:13He coughed twice and kept going.
11:15I know I'm useless.
11:16In this life.
11:17All I want is to stay by your side.
11:19I wouldn't dare ask for heart's blood.
11:21Then why insist on staying by my side?
11:24He studied my face.
11:25Only when he was sure I was sincere did he lower his head in sadness.
11:29So Rora really doesn't remember me.
11:31You saved me once before.
11:33Merman always repay kindness.
11:35That's why I insisted on staying near you.
11:37Even if you and Aldrich.
11:39As long as I can see you live this life in peace.
11:42I'll die with no regrets.
11:43I dug my nails into my palm to stop myself from slapping him.
11:47Repay kindness?
11:48He was a snake.
11:49He had taken my trust and sunk his teeth into it.
11:52And he still dared to sound so sincere.
11:55If I didn't remember my last life.
11:57I might have believed him.
11:58So I put on my best moved expression.
12:01If 49 days of heart's blood would really heal you.
12:04Then you'd recover completely?
12:05His eyes lit up.
12:07The greed was obvious.
12:08Even if he was trying hard to hide it.
12:10Yes.
12:11But Rora.
12:12Taking heart's blood hurts.
12:14I paused like I was really thinking it over.
12:16Then I said softly.
12:18I can save your life.
12:19But once you're healed.
12:20You don't come near me again.
12:22A flash of hurt crossed his face.
12:24Then he nodded.
12:25I won't.
12:26I swear.
12:27He lowered his head.
12:29I smiled too.
12:30My heart's blood wasn't that easy to get.
12:32From that day on.
12:33I had Aldrich buy fresh chicken blood off the street every day.
12:37Diluted with water.
12:38The taste got lighter.
12:39I also mixed herbs into it so Caspian wouldn't notice.
12:42I needed just enough visible effect to keep him convinced.
12:46He drank bowl after bowl.
12:48Frowning every time.
12:50Rorya.
12:50This heart's blood tastes strange.
12:54Is that so?
12:56Maybe it's the herbs.
12:57I instantly put on a wounded look.
12:59Blood was never going to taste good.
13:01I cut open my own chest for you.
13:03If you hate it that much.
13:05I'll just pour it out.
13:06He panicked so fast it was almost funny.
13:09He licked the bowl clean.
13:10Rorya.
13:11I will never forget this kindness.
13:13If only I were the merman you chose.
13:15Then I could stay by your side and repay you forever.
13:18That earned him a quiet.
13:20Miserable sigh from me.
13:21You're already causing me enough trouble by staying in this house.
13:25You heard what father and my sister said that day.
13:27As I spoke.
13:28I watched him from the corner of my eye.
13:31The second Morgana came up.
13:32I saw it again.
13:34Not love.
13:35Not longing.
13:36Hatred.
13:36So after I died in my last life.
13:39Something must have happened.
13:41Judging by that look.
13:43Becoming Mare King hadn't given him a happy ending at all.
13:46I sighed again.
13:47It isn't really your fault.
13:49Morgana has never liked me.
13:50She's only using you to make things harder for me.
13:53His hand clenched slowly on the table.
13:56Seeing his clenched jaw.
13:57I knew I was right.
13:59Don't worry.
13:59Rora.
14:00I won't become your burden.
14:02That would be great.
14:04But in this lifetime.
14:05He doesn't deserve to be a bother to me.
14:09Recently.
14:10Caspian stopped hovering around me so much.
14:12Instead.
14:13He started lurking around Morgana.
14:15I know he took what I said last time to heart.
14:20Aldric and I trained indoors at night.
14:24Come here.
14:25I'll spar with you.
14:26He laughed.
14:28Actually laughed.
14:29He flashed right in front of me.
14:31So fast I barely saw him move.
14:33He came at me again.
14:35I dodged two strikes.
14:36Then lost my footing and fell backward.
14:38Aldric caught me around the waist.
14:40I was almost sure he did it on purpose.
14:42My heart started pounding so hard it felt ridiculous.
14:47Aldric.
14:48Get up.
14:49It's late.
14:50Go back.
14:52Then he pinned both my wrists over my head.
14:55Why can Caspian come to your room at night?
14:57But I can't.
15:00So he knew.
15:01He knew Caspian had been coming every night for his heart's blood.
15:05Caspian just.
15:06Has business here.
15:07Then his tail pulled the curtain around the bed shut.
15:10Master.
15:11You said it yourself.
15:12I'm your husband now.
15:14He was still whispering in my ear.
15:15Me or Caspian?
15:17Which one?
15:18I answered whatever I could just to shut him up.
15:20But deep down I had only one thought.
15:22How the hell was this merman's body so unfairly good?
15:25A month later.
15:26Gideon's tail suddenly broke.
15:28Morgana nearly lost her mind.
15:31How did this happen?
15:32Gideon.
15:33What did you eat?
15:34Where's your tail?
15:35Father.
15:36Please find someone to heal him.
15:38I've put too much into him.
15:40A healer who specialized in non-human creatures was brought in.
15:43He checked Gideon, sighed, and shook his head.
15:47Gideon went mad begging to be saved.
15:50The second the healer left, she lunged at me.
15:53Aldric stepped in before she could get close.
15:56Aurora.
15:57You did this, didn't you?
15:59You ruined my merman.
16:01Enough.
16:03One shout from him silenced her.
16:06Sister, why would I bother hurting Gideon?
16:08Gideon was never a real threat to us.
16:11She tried to scream again.
16:12Father cut her off.
16:14Stay in your room.
16:15You're not going to the Mare King tournament.
16:18As for that useless merman, deal with him yourself.
16:21That finally broke them.
16:23And Morgana without a merman?
16:25That ended every possibility she had.
16:27After this, Morgana won't be able to take anything from you ever again.
16:31I handed him the bull.
16:33Lately I had been upping the herbs.
16:36On the surface, he really did look better.
16:38But only on the surface.
16:40The herbs were just keeping him propped up.
16:42The moment he pushed too hard, the backlash would hit.
16:45And when that happened, not even a hundred days of real heart's blood would save him.
16:51That thing with Gideon.
16:53Was that you?
16:53How did you do it?
16:55How did you ruin him without anyone noticing?
16:57He smiled and dodged the question.
16:59For you, I'd do anything.
17:02I turned my head and laughed under my breath.
17:04The only reason he even knew tricks like this was because he had been king in my last life.
17:08He finished the blood.
17:10Licked his lips.
17:10Like he was proud of himself.
17:12After he left, Aldrich stepped out from the shadows.
17:15He looked wary.
17:17Aurora.
17:17He's not a good person.
17:19Why are you helping him?
17:20I stared at the red bull and asked quietly.
17:23How do you know I'm helping him at all?
17:25He paused.
17:26So I moved on.
17:30Three days left until the tournament.
17:32Can you win?
17:34He turned my hand over and wrapped his fingers around it.
17:37If you want it that badly, I'll win even if it costs me my life.
17:41That simple line made my face heat up.
17:43But I knew the field.
17:44As long as he performed normally, Aldrich would win.
17:48The day of the Mare King tournament, father looked at Aldrich and said in a low voice,
17:52This tournament decides the honor and future of Stormcrest.
17:56Morgana stood beside him, lips curled with contempt.
17:59But for once, she stayed quiet.
18:01That alone made me suspicious.
18:03Then, right before Aldrich went up,
18:05Morgana pulled a handkerchief from her sleeve and stepped toward him.
18:09Aldrich dodged her immediately.
18:10He never let strangers touch him.
18:13Her hand froze awkwardly in the air.
18:15She forced a laugh.
18:16Little sister, honestly.
18:18I was just helping him wipe his sweat.
18:20Don't be so petty.
18:22Since when was she ever this nice?
18:24I smiled, then took the handkerchief from her and used it on father instead.
18:30She panicked.
18:32Wait, don't.
18:33That was all I needed.
18:35I rubbed even harder.
18:37Wiping his face is the least a daughter could do.
18:39I pushed Aldrich toward the stage.
18:42We had trained for two months.
18:44No one was ruining this now.
18:46Morgana started fidgeting.
18:48She kept glancing at father.
18:51Sleeping potion.
18:52Of course.
18:53And when I saw him start to sway, I smiled.
18:56Father, you were fine a second ago.
18:58Why are you suddenly like this after wiping your face?
19:01Morgana snapped immediately.
19:02What nonsense are you talking about?
19:05I looked at Morgana and smiled sweetly.
19:07This time, the drug had touched father.
19:09I didn't believe he'd ignore it.
19:12Once the matches began, Aldrich tore through the early rounds fast.
19:19Father was half conscious.
19:21Morgana and I didn't have time to care.
19:24Then Caspian walked onto the stage.
19:26Morgana's jaw nearly hit the floor.
19:29His tail was ruined.
19:30He was working in our house.
19:32Why is he here?
19:33Then she caught the real point.
19:35You did this, didn't you?
19:37How did you heal him?
19:39I tilted my head.
19:40You want to know?
19:42Heart's blood.
19:43Your own.
19:44One dose a day for 49 days.
19:46But the second she heard the price, her face changed.
19:50For a mermin?
19:51Please.
19:52I'd just go buy another one.
19:54But Aurora you healed Caspian just so he could fight Aldrich?
19:57I kept my eyes on the stage.
19:59Before coming here, I had already told Aldrich.
20:04If you meet Caspian on the platform.
20:08Hit to kill.
20:10Caspian and Aldrich finally ended up standing face to face on the same stage.
20:15Aldrich rolled his shoulders once and charged without a word.
20:18In front of Aldrich, he looked pathetic.
20:21Aldrich hoisted him straight up and smashed him down from overhead.
20:27I smiled.
20:28In the corner of my eye.
20:30Morgana had stopped smiling entirely.
20:33How is Aldrich this strong?
20:34They had barely been fighting for minutes.
20:37And Caspian was already struggling to stand.
20:39The first thing he did was look at me in the crowd.
20:43I turned away.
20:44That fake, wounded look in his eyes was disgusting.
20:47Caspian threw his head back and roared, forcing out every last bit of strength he had.
20:52Then, just as he launched at Aldrich for one final strike, his hand flew to his chest.
20:57A second later, blood burst from his mouth.
21:00He collapsed before Aldrich even had to touch him.
21:02I smiled and said softly,
21:05Sister, Aldrich won again.
21:08Morgana looked like she wanted to grind her teeth to dust.
21:10A few rounds later, Aldrich's place as Mare King was sealed.
21:14Across the crowd, he looked at me.
21:16Father's dizziness had finally worn off.
21:18The second he heard Aldrich had won and become Mare King, he was thrilled.
21:22Father, I'm the eldest daughter.
21:25This house should be mine.
21:27Father scolded her half-heartedly and looked ready to let it go.
21:32I didn't.
21:33Yesterday, Morgana tried to use this on Aldrich before his match.
21:37It was soaked in sleeping potion.
21:39Father's face changed instantly.
21:41But now I see it clearly.
21:43Stormcrest is not safe in your hands.
21:47Morgana stared at him like she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
21:50You're fawning over her?
21:52Father slapped her so hard the sound cracked through the room.
21:56Get back to your room, and from now on, you're never raising another merman again.
22:02She got dragged out screaming, that one sentence cut off every road she had left.
22:07Without a merman, what could she possibly use to compete with me?
22:12After that, Aldrich and I rose sharply in status inside the house.
22:17That night, his tail kept swishing against the bedding.
22:20Are you sleeping or not?
22:22He rolled over on top of me, his voice rougher than usual.
22:26I am.
22:27I murmured.
22:28When Caspian collapsed on the stage.
22:30What did you say to him?
22:32Aldrich laughed softly into my ear.
22:34I told him he'd been drinking chicken blood the whole time.
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