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