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The Dragon Serpent Outplayed My Life
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00:13Agus Viorel!
00:21Don't be afraid. We'll get out.
00:29One left. This should heal you.
00:37You've got this.
00:43I knew it. I knew you could.
00:46Are you alright? You gave me a heart attack.
01:01So that's how it is.
01:03I'm sorry, tutor. He never loved you. It was always me.
01:10You should have seen it coming.
01:12All this time? Then why, why didn't you go to her at the summoning?
01:16Go to her? You're her tutor, Robin. The Headmaster's favorite. She stood only because of you.
01:24How could you? I gave you everything. I would have died for you, and this is what I get?
01:31What? How can you say that, tutor? If you hadn't told him about the seal, none of this would have
01:37happened.
01:40The Headmaster.
01:41You're special.
01:41You're special.
02:07Ten years, and I never knew you hated me this much.
02:11Every touch, every word, it was all just to humiliate me.
02:14And I was so obsessed with him, even the professors who cared, suffered because of me.
02:19Merlin, if I had a do-over, I would never choose him.
02:34I'm back. The day of the Binding.
02:39I'm Rowan Ashford, top of the Magical Research Department, Headmaster Thorn's adopted daughter.
02:45In my past life, everyone thought the strongest Petraindrian would answer me.
02:50I believed it too.
02:52Rowan, first in every exam, the year's finest.
02:57The strongest patroness should answer her call first.
03:05What's a freshman doing here?
03:08Isn't that Rowan's tut-in?
03:10She's the half-blood from the Muggle world, right?
03:19Wait, the bird wants the rookie?
03:22Seraphina, you've barely touched a wand!
03:25Your magic's unstable, and even if Icebird likes you now, you'll never control him!
03:31Tutor, I know I'm not your match, but I've never seen anything like this in the Muggle world.
03:38I just...
03:43They were already a pair.
03:45I was just the villain in their way.
03:50It's my turn.
03:51Rowan, don't be stupid!
03:53That bird is a legend!
03:54You're the best we've got!
03:55That snake is trash!
03:56It's not worthy of you!
04:04I...
04:05choose this serpent.
04:11She's...
04:12actually walking away from the Icebird.
04:15All those years being the top...
04:17just for this?
04:18Trading a legend for a dying snake?
04:20She's lost her bloody mind.
04:21She's lost her bloody mind.
04:31Rowan!
04:33Rowan!
04:34From that moment on, I swore I would become the strongest mage.
04:39Have the most powerful guardian.
04:41Because only then, I would never lose anyone again.
04:44But who's to say...
04:46Professor!
04:47May I try one more time?
04:51Faster, more precise.
04:54The Icebird Clan.
04:55They are the strongest guardians.
04:57They will protect you from all harm.
05:00If I had the strongest guardian,
05:01no one would ever be able to hurt me again.
05:05Will it choose me?
05:10So, it's never me.
05:12If I just try a little harder.
05:14He'll take human form.
05:16We'll understand each other.
05:17He'll look at me.
05:18Just once.
05:20Ten years.
05:21I never even got a single thank you.
05:32So, he could be gentle.
05:34Just, never to me.
05:37The Serpent is my choice.
05:38I bind my soul to it.
05:40This is throwing her future away just to prove a point.
05:43She'll regret this for the rest of her life.
05:46I gave my life for him.
05:48Spoiled him.
05:49Thought he'd turn back.
05:51But all I got was betrayal.
05:53Shame.
05:54And a death without mercy.
06:00Look, I know Vos is your tutee,
06:02but you're being too soft.
06:03She's basically moved in with your Icebird.
06:05What are you talking about?
06:06Serafina and the Icebird?
06:08She's with him every time you left the school.
06:10She told everyone you asked her to watch over him.
06:12I never asked her to do that.
06:15Doesn't she have her own predantus?
06:17Why is she messing with mine, Rowan?
06:20You mean that black serpent?
06:22It died back in second year.
06:24What?
06:25Ten years.
06:27I spent ten years raising him.
06:29Spoiling him.
06:30Even though he never wanted the bond,
06:32I never regretted it.
06:39I was a joke.
06:40Ten years.
06:41Nothing.
06:42But raising a man for someone else.
06:47Since both parties have consented,
06:50continue the ritual.
06:51Form the circle.
07:11Tutor, I guess you and that snake really were meant for each other.
07:16Cut the act, boss.
07:18If Rowan hadn't handed him over,
07:20you wouldn't get near him.
07:21Stop playing the victim.
07:23Here we go again.
07:25The water works.
07:32He's taking human form?
07:33High-level petroniums don't even need a wizard to shift.
07:36Merlin.
07:38She's actually pulling this off in one go.
07:54What's wrong?
07:55A patronus reflects its master.
07:57If the wizard's core is too weak to hold the bond,
07:59it withers.
08:00So the bird didn't get weaker.
08:01It's just her.
08:01She's dragging it down.
08:02High and mighty one second.
08:03Humbled the next.
08:04What a fool.
08:04Told you.
08:05A patronus like that doesn't just settle for anyone.
08:18Look at you.
08:20Barely a runt.
08:22And your anatomy is a mess.
08:24A tail fin?
08:26You're a hybrid.
08:27Sea serpent mixed with sirrin.
08:30No wonder Hargrey called you a mutt.
08:36Greedy little thing.
08:38Careful.
08:39I could have laced that water with a potion to send you straight to Merlin.
08:51Relax.
08:52I chose you.
08:54I'm not letting you die on me now.
09:10Who the hell are you?
09:12This is the research department.
09:13Don't even try it.
09:19You...
09:19You're the serpent?
09:26Manners, please.
09:27I have a name.
09:28Nyx.
09:31You...
09:31You can take human form?
09:33I've been doing this since I was five, Master.
09:35How?
09:36How is that even possible?
09:38Is it meant to be hard?
09:39We're born with it.
09:40Then why were you...
09:41So weak?
09:43I was ambushed.
09:45Badly hurt.
09:46Then brought here.
09:49You...
09:49Your magic.
09:50It healed me enough to shift.
09:58The bound is sealed.
10:00I am your Patronos.
10:03Why so tense?
10:05You're the master.
10:06I'm just the servant.
10:08How do I know you're telling the truth?
10:10You're a mystery with a mile-long list of enemies.
10:12Why should I trust you?
10:14Hmm.
10:20If you don't trust me, Master...
10:23Just put a collar on me.
10:32Pin me.
10:33Then I'm not going anywhere, huh?
10:39Maybe you're just too scared, Master.
10:42I'm...
10:42I'm not!
10:43I'm not!
10:47You asked for this.
10:53You actually knew the spell.
10:55You told me to.
10:59Master.
11:00Are you sure...
11:01You're the one holding the leash?
11:05Better study hard.
11:07Or...
11:08You might not even have the power to take it off.
11:15Nyx!
11:24Tudor Ashford?
11:30What do you want?
11:32Who is he?
11:33You've met.
11:34My little black serpent from the ritual.
11:36Didn't you say we were a perfect match?
11:38Tudor.
11:39I've come to ask for help.
11:40The Icebird needs too many potions.
11:42I can't afford them.
11:43My own training has beat me stalled.
11:44And?
11:45You took that serpent and left me with the Icebird six months ago.
11:48You owe him.
11:49And me.
11:50You should help me raise him.
11:51And you're my tutor.
11:52Isn't that kind of your job?
11:54I'm your tutor, not your Nami.
11:56I've taught you everything you need.
11:58If you can't handle him, that's your problem.
11:59I owe you nothing.
12:00How can you say that?
12:01You took the serpent and left me with him!
12:03Do you take me for a fool, Seraphina?
12:04Spend my resources raising a legend for you to play with?
12:07Do I look that thick?
12:08You really think you did nothing wrong, tutor?
12:09If a patronus like him doesn't break through, it's a loss for the Academy.
12:13The Academy isn't your pawn to play with me.
12:16As for you...
12:29If you can't handle him, break the bound.
12:32Leave the legend for someone who's actually worthy.
12:36You will regret this, Rowan!
12:43I thought you were actually going to give me away.
12:46Don't you have better things to do?
12:49Next!
12:50You spent the whole time looking at her.
12:53Am I not even allowed to tick her off?
12:54No.
12:55I don't like it.
12:59Master, it's me you're raising now.
13:01Are you jealous?
13:02So, very.
13:03Stay away from the rubbish.
13:06Trying to boss me around?
13:07Catch me first.
13:12She came to see me today, you know?
13:16She said you entrusted me to her.
13:19She said I was supposed to be hers all along.
13:23How many potions do you need?
13:24Honestly, you can't even manage a bloody word!
13:27Rowan serpent drifted months ago.
13:29What can you do besides eat?
13:32Don't look at me like that.
13:33I don't owe you anything.
13:38You're hard to find, Tutu.
13:45Tutu, what brings you here?
13:47Nothing, Major.
13:48Just had a question.
13:50Why have you been pattering my Patrenus?
13:56No, no!
13:57You've got it wrong!
13:58I was looking for you!
14:02Master, she's lying.
14:04She told me you stole me from her.
14:07Said I was supposed to be hers.
14:08I didn't!
14:09I...
14:10I would have treated him perfectly!
14:14You're poisoning him against me!
14:17You were the one who rejected him back then.
14:20I won't say another word this time.
14:22Next time, the Tribunal will decide.
14:25And if you get expelled, don't come blaming me.
14:32What?
14:32Still sulking?
14:33You and that bird.
14:34You know him too well.
14:36I'm 10,000 times better than that heap of feathers.
14:39You're not allowed to bind with him again.
14:41Relax.
14:42I'm not getting any other Patrenus.
14:44Ever.
15:00Do not use that spell!
15:10Do not use that spell!
15:14We tried pulling resources to force a human shift.
15:17It wasn't even close.
15:18We really thought he'd be the one to elevate the Academy's standing.
15:21Resources are not infinite, Professor.
15:23A patronym's of that kind.
15:25You can't force it.
15:26Besides, that bird...
15:30What?
15:31What?
15:33The
15:34Arch and
15:50Slacking off again, Rowan Ashford?
15:56Behave. I'm doing my best.
16:05Nyx? What are you doing?
16:08Come on. Let's go for the fireworks.
16:17Shh. I'm shifting back. Don't want to be spotted.
16:25Don't you dare blame me. I didn't force you to choose this academy.
16:31You're the one who said it was perfect for training.
16:34I could have been at the Potions Guild by now, not being stuck in this dump penniless, all because of
16:40you.
16:41So that's it. No wonder the bird was so obsessed with her. They knew each other all along.
16:47The faculty hands you to Rowan on a silver platter and you threw it in her face.
16:51Now she's done with you. She's the headmaster's favorite. She has everything.
16:55You'd have shifted to human form years ago if you'd stayed with her.
16:59It was all a setup. I wasn't special. Just the mark.
17:02The research department is just their stepping stone, Edward the Bird, was doomed.
17:04He wasn't trying to ditch me. He planned to burn the academy down and walk away with Serafina.
17:10Me!
17:26Shouldn't you be helping her train? What are you doing here?
17:31Exactly. My master actually pities me. She'd never run me ragged with drills.
17:36What's your excuse for abandoning yours?
17:38Absolute drama, queen.
17:43I want that overgrown pigeon to know there's no room for him in our relationship.
17:49And what relationship is that?
17:53Whatever you want it to be.
17:57The Ice Bird has left. I ignore him.
17:59I need to know why he was here. That bird is pure malice.
18:03Fire's remorse. He's sick of your little 2T.
18:10Something's wrong. I've gone out of my way to avoid him.
18:12If he wanted a new master, he'd go to the faculty. He wouldn't come to me.
18:16Unless...
18:16No time to explain. I have to go.
18:30Thank Merzen. The seal is intact.
18:35The Ice Bird. He's back from the past life too.
18:39Have you heard? Seraphina's Ice Bird is completely ghosting her.
18:44I saw it at the training grounds. It refused every single command.
18:48She looked like an idiot. And it won't stop pestering Rowan.
18:52The bird follows every time Tudor Rowan shows up.
18:55You'd think she was its master, not Seraphina.
19:11Honestly, Rowan, that bird is like one of those blokes who dumps you
19:15and then spends the rest of his life paying for a same chance.
19:23He ignored you when he had you. And now he's realised you're the best he'll ever get.
19:30Blimey, that's terrifying. The girl can't afford to keep him anyway.
19:34How about I talk to her? I'll find her a more budget-friendly pridgnus
19:37and have the Ice Bird I rang check.
19:39Bloody hell, shut it. Please.
19:41Nyx is all I need.
19:46Fine. But we have to deal with the bird.
19:48A Praetorinus that hates its master is useless to the Academy.
19:52It's just dead weight for the student.
19:54Seraphina's been stuck at the Novus rank for ten years.
19:56The faculty has decided to send them down the mountain for field training.
19:59Besides, with you and Nyx here, the Academy won't miss one bird.
20:05The Headmaster and the faculty are still backing me.
20:08Good.
20:09If they get Seraphina and the bird out of the way,
20:11I'll have time to guard the seal.
20:14I can still fix this.
20:18Headmaster, please.
20:19Don't send me away.
20:21The Academy is my home. I can't leave.
20:24It was Tutor Rowan, wasn't it?
20:26She wants me gone. She can steal my Ice Bird for herself.
20:28Miss Vos, don't read too much into it.
20:30This was the faculty's call, all of us.
20:32If she wants him so badly, I'll hand him over.
20:34But shouldn't she give me Naxx in return?
20:36A legendary bird for a common sea spurt?
20:39Any way you slice it, she's coming out ahead.
20:41Miss Vos, a Patronus is a bonded soul, not a tradable good.
20:45Now go, prepare for your departure.
20:47I reinforced the wards myself.
20:50I should have felt so much as a breeze, but there was nothing.
20:53Three rare form Patrentums.
20:55Just vanished.
20:57Into thin air.
20:59Not the work of dark creatures.
21:02No scent.
21:04This hall is carved into the mountain.
21:06The wards here negate affection and vanishing spells.
21:10Only someone with an Academy mark can enter.
21:12To take three of them without a sound.
21:14You'd have to be one of our own.
21:15Or know the research depart inside out.
21:24There, there. It's alright.
21:26The serpent brother just looks mean.
21:28He won't eat you.
21:30Sir, do Patratiums ever kill their own kind?
21:33Huh? What a horrible thing to say!
21:35They're sentious beings! It's impossible!
21:37Don't listen, darling.
21:38Rowan's just telling a scary story.
21:40Humans devour their own.
21:41Patronums are no different.
21:43There's a type of the dark magic.
21:45Want to hear about it?
21:51You're sure a dark creature would risk coming here?
21:54Wild Patroniums don't have the luxury of potions.
21:57If they want to grow, the fastest way is to harvest mana from their own kind.
22:03I nearly died at the hands of one ten years ago.
22:06Nyx.
22:07The higher the rank of the victim, the faster the predator ascends.
22:11Once they get a taste for it, they always come back for more.
22:15All quiet. Please some rest, sir.
22:18We'll take the next watch tonight.
22:25Help!
22:28Trouble in the dorms.
22:29No.
22:46Blood.
22:54You were right.
22:56The mana was drained in an instant.
22:58Barely a sound.
23:00The master didn't sense the Patronus until it was too late.
23:10Was it him?
23:16Don't look.
23:19It's him.
23:21How do you know?
23:23I know the scent of a dark Patronius.
23:25That bird reeks of it.
23:28It's him.
23:32Have you heard of that old rumour about the disappearing Pretentians?
23:37Seriously?
23:38I just got into the research department last year.
23:41That actually happened?
23:42No idea.
23:43Might just be a ghost story to keep us on our toes.
23:46Since that day, the Ice Bird went quiet.
23:48No more accidents.
23:49Two years on, only the cat's owner remembers.
23:52To everyone else, it's just Academy lore.
23:57Headmaster, I'm formally requesting the Ice Bird be confined.
24:00Even if there haven't been any new victims, we can't leave a threat like this lurking in the Academy.
24:05Do you think we haven't noticed he's off?
24:08But Rowan, what proof do you have?
24:11I...
24:12Without proof, how do we justify it to the students?
24:16Confine a Thur Patronus belong to an innocent student, and we'd be risking the stability of the entire Academy.
24:23Nyx wouldn't lie to me.
24:24You'll slip up eventually, you bird.
24:40Nyx?
24:41Nyx!
24:57The seal.
24:58What is that bloody bird up to now?
25:03Nyx?
25:05Nyx?
25:06Nyx?
25:07Nyx?
25:08Nyx?
25:09Nyx?
25:10Nyx?
25:11Nyx?
25:24Nyx?
25:30Nyx?
25:31Nyx?
25:32Nyx?
25:32Nyx?
25:32Nyx?
25:32Nyx?
25:41Nyx?
25:41did that on purpose did what you murdered your own master and drained every drop of her mana
25:50if i hadn't caught you my master would have been next you're back from the dead too aren't you
25:57rowan what do you want let me guess you knew at the summoning ritual that's why you rejected me
26:04who gave you the right to walk away this black snake
26:12fine watch me rowan i'll unleash the horrors right now we're starting over this serpent won't get a
26:19chance save the act last life you and seraphina used the whole academy as a stepping stone and
26:25now you killed her no you think you get a third chance wait for the ancient bond to burn you
26:40too late i'm one step away
27:02rowan the seal is failing hold back the tide of monsters i'll handle the resealing
27:23you can't stop it rowan spend another life with me i promise i'll be devoted only to you
27:32rowan it's over you can't stop this come with me this time i'll give you everything
27:43take her try like this focus don't get distracted
27:54say it
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