- 6 weeks ago
The Dragon King's Runaway Bride
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00:12Tomorrow is my 18th birthday. I can finally leave this place for good and live with my knight, my fiancé
00:18Leon, forever.
00:24Damn, you're getting better and better at this.
00:26I only have your highness's training. I'm nothing but your loyal weapon from battlefield to bed chain.
00:33Leon, how could you do this to me? Tomorrow is the day you're supposed to come and take me as
00:39your bride. I've been waiting for this since I was ten.
00:46You're really willing to let your fiancé marry that evil dragon who feasts on brides and feel nothing at all?
00:51She's only the king's bastard after all. Being able to spare you and her majesty the burden by sending her
00:57in your place.
00:58And if he rip us her before he kills her?
01:03Then her sacrifice will be even more meaningful. Her blood will buy the kingdom at least ten years of peace.
01:08It's the best deal we could ask for.
01:27Eileen, you're not going anywhere. Come with me. We have a wedding to prepare.
01:31What's the point of preparing for a wedding? Wouldn't it be simpler to just kill me now?
01:37How could we do that? You're the princess.
01:40I never imagined that the freedom I've waited eighteen years for would end like this.
01:45Because you're the filthy little snake blood half-breed father could never stand the sight of.
01:51Eileen, mind your tongue around the princess.
01:53Guards, take her. Lock her in the water dungeon.
02:01Every ten years, the Empire must offer ten brides to the Dragon King. Otherwise, dragon fire will rain down and
02:10burn our towns to ash.
02:12This year will be different. I only want one of you. The rest may live.
02:20My patience is running out. Otherwise, you all die.
02:27Ten. Nine.
02:29Even if I live, what then?
02:31I've never had a family who loved me.
02:33I've been a walking corpse for years, but they're different.
02:38They still have family's lovers waiting for them.
02:51Eileen!
02:53Eileen, farewell.
02:55I'm sorry, Maya. I swore I'd take good care of her, but I had no choice.
02:59If I didn't do this, the people would revolt and the kingdom would fall.
03:04You're still thinking about that shameless woman?
03:06She was the one who couldn't keep her legs shut.
03:09Cheated on you with the snake folk, and that's how that little snake blood half-breed came to be.
03:13Trading her for ten years' peace is a bargain.
03:16You, on the other hand, should be worrying about your own daughter.
03:19Wiki is already eighteen.
03:21Prince Silmus of the Serpent Clan.
03:23May his magic truly protect Wiki, and this kingdom.
03:27A wise decision, my king.
03:29I'll go make the marriage arrangements.
03:32You pathetic old fool.
03:34This crown should have been mine long ago.
03:42Who are you?
03:44Are you a dragon too?
03:46You don't bite, do you?
03:47Can I pet you?
03:49Don't touch it.
03:50That's the fierce beast of the Sky Castle.
03:53Its guardian.
03:55My lord, I offered myself willingly as your bride.
03:58You can eat me if you must.
04:00Just spare the innocent commoners.
04:02In the eyes of you foolish humans, I'm nothing but a man-eating monster, am I?
04:11I don't know if you eat people or not, but...
04:14I'm hungry!
04:16I need food!
04:18Otherwise, I'll starve to death here!
04:20There is no food in the Sky Castle.
04:23Drink some sky water, and you'll feel full.
04:25I'll do it, honey.
04:29I'm hungry, and you'll feel great.
04:29. . .
04:47My lord, wake up!
05:10Don't come any closer.
05:12This is a lady's bathroom.
05:13Men and women shouldn't share a bath.
05:15But I'm not human.
05:17That still doesn't mean you can just strip my headclaws off whenever you want.
05:22If I don't take off your clothes to wash you, how can I eat clean and delicious food?
05:28You can eat me.
05:30I'm willing to be eaten by you.
05:32But before I die, could you at least let Celi want one big time?
05:36How dare you mention another man in front of me!
05:52He's actually more handsome than humans.
05:57If I looked like this, would you still reject me?
06:02Didn't you volunteer to be my bride?
06:04I won't eat you, but you must let me.
06:07Let me insert this huge thing down below into your body.
06:10W-what did you say?
06:12Then you should become pregnant.
06:14Give birth to a more powerful dragon egg for me.
06:16But because of this, you might not be able to withstand it.
06:20Facing the risk of exploding and dying.
06:24Please.
06:25Please, just eat me.
06:27How could I ever eat you?
06:30As long as you bear my egg,
06:33I'll guarantee the people of your kingdom safe and unharmed.
06:37You swear?
06:41Of course I swear by this dragon.
07:05You swear?
07:07Of course I swear by this dragon.
07:12Who are you?
07:13Have you forgotten your own husband this soon?
07:16What are you for real?
07:17A dragon?
07:19Or a man?
07:20We dragons can take on any form we wish.
07:22But humans cursed us.
07:24When only one dragon remains in this world,
07:26the curse says he can't fully change back.
07:29Unless the bride who truly loves him bears his child.
07:33Only then will the spell be broken.
07:35So right now, you're...
07:37Last night, you...
07:38Took the initiative to have my descendants.
07:40So I can manage to change back halfway.
07:49Seems you're still not quite used to your husband's appearance.
07:53I could never fall in love with a beast.
07:55I have endless time to wait.
07:58Until you...
08:05It's freezing here.
08:06Can you take me away from this place?
08:08I have to get out of here.
08:10Before I die in coldness.
08:21That bitch!
08:22All of this perfect man should have been mine!
08:26My sweet girl, the Serpent Clan is way stronger.
08:29The Dragon Tribe has come down to that pathetic half-dragon, half-human freak.
08:32I don't care!
08:33That one doesn't get to walk away with this!
08:34I was supposed to be the dragon's bride!
08:36Me!
08:37Enough!
08:39You're about to be betrothed to the Serpent Prince.
08:42Watch your tongue.
08:43Father, why is Eileen still breathing?
08:45Eileen was taken by the Dragon King to save your life.
08:48Silas has already agreed to send troops against the Sky Castle and bring Eileen back.
08:51As long as she's still alive, you should pray she returns to us safe.
08:54What did you say?
08:56Are you sending an army to rescue her?
08:58It's the perfect excuse to march on the dragon.
09:00And besides, I gave Maya my word I'd look after her daughter.
09:03I won't discuss this further.
09:07Mother, it's not fair!
09:09Don't worry.
09:11Eileen will die.
09:12I can guarantee.
09:18Let me go!
09:20You...
09:21You monster!
09:23It seems I've been far too indulgent with you.
09:33Reflect on your actions here.
09:35You'll stay until you've come to your senses.
09:42Open up!
09:44Let me out!
09:51I'm so cold.
09:53I'm so hungry.
09:55I'm so hungry.
09:59I'm so hungry.
09:59The Dragon Sanctrum is no playground for mere mortal.
10:15You think you can just march in here?
10:19I'm so hungry.
10:21I'm so hungry.
10:23I'm so hungry.
10:24I'm so hungry.
10:25I'm so hungry.
10:26I'm so hungry.
10:26What a high-maintainments woman.
10:35My lord, save me.
10:39I'm freezing.
10:40Now you finally remember me.
10:43Darling, I'm sorry.
10:45I'm so hungry.
10:54Wait!
10:55It's too much!
11:01Dear lord.
11:03Oh, my God.
11:37Do you actually think you're someone special? I am the Princess of the Empire. I'm not asking, Leon. I'm ordering
11:44you to kill that wrench.
11:47As you command, my princess.
11:50Do this right, and Silas might just let you stay on as my little secret. My lapdog.
12:00I'll deploy my troops on one condition. You publicly declare me the rightful heir to the throne.
12:10Is the Sky Castle not enough for you?
12:12Keep it, then. It doesn't matter. Once you're dead, the Empire falls to me anyway.
12:19Everything will be yours, provided you marry my daughter. And Eileen must be mine as well.
12:29Not a chance! She is Maya's daughter!
12:31Old man, the only woman I'm marrying is the one you've proclaimed to the world as the princess of this
12:38empire.
12:39This empire.
12:40This empire.
12:49My lord.
13:00You expect me to eat this raw? Just like that?
13:03How else are you supposed to eat it?
13:05You clearly have no idea that humans don't do raw.
13:08So much trouble.
13:10My lord!
13:14My lord, how about I teach you how to grill?
13:18Absolutely not. I re-
13:20Your turn. Light the fire, please.
13:24You want me to use my noble dragon flame to cook a fish?
13:28Exactly.
13:29Sorry.
13:38Um, would you mind if we went back and caught another one?
13:43Nooooooo!
13:51Say uh.
13:53Uh.
14:04my bride looks after me and me alone
14:16that's the first time i've seen you smile
14:25oh
14:26oh
14:26oh
14:26oh
14:27oh
14:27oh
14:28oh
14:31oh
14:33oh
14:54noah stop
14:55you're hurting me please
15:11noah
15:13why did you bring me here
15:16the wind
15:17it feels like it's screaming
15:19it's not the wind
15:21it's the ghosts of my kind
15:23look at this cliff Eileen
15:25what happened here
15:27ten years ago
15:29i watched my father die
15:31pierced by human spears
15:33i was so small
15:36so full of hate
15:38i jumped from this very road
15:40to mission for death
15:46but you survived
15:52i didn't just survive
15:53i changed
15:56at that moment
15:56i became the last dragon
15:58on earth
16:14stop
16:14i can hear them
16:16the women crying
16:18that is the legacy of my ancestors
16:21they sang the dragon song
16:23to lure girls like you
16:24why
16:25just to kill them
16:27to survive
16:27to breed
16:29but no human girl could survive the hatching of a dragon egg
16:38they died in agony
16:40they died in agony
16:40their bodies
16:43they literally burst from the inside
16:45and the dragon fire
16:50i saw it in my dreams
16:54my ancestors burned alive
16:56hoping the flames
16:58would save the eggs
17:00it never worked
17:06now you know why i keep you at a distance
17:08to touch you
17:10is to sentence you to death
17:17he told me the truth
17:19how every bride before me died
17:21burned and torn apart from the inside
17:23i should be screaming
17:24but all i see is a man drowning in a curse
17:26i won't let him face it alone
17:29get away
17:30didn't you hear me
17:31if you don't run
17:32you'll be the next name carved into these stones
17:36my inner beast has smelled your blood
17:38it's begging me to tear you apart
17:41then why are you shaking
17:42if you were just a beast
17:44you wouldn't be suffering like this just to warn me
17:54because i refuse to be a monster like my father
17:57i won't watch you turn to ashes in the flames
18:00then don't be him
18:01i'm right here
18:04i'm not afraid
18:05her kindness is a trap
18:07if i let her stay close
18:09i will lose control and kill her
18:11if i can't make her leave
18:13i'll make her wish she had never stayed
18:21you want to save me
18:23i'll make you regret every heartbeat you spend in this castle
18:27noah
18:29what are you doing
18:30kindness is meaningless to a monster eileen
18:33since you've chosen this fate
18:35i will lock you away and show you the true power of the dragon
18:39i will break you before the curse does
18:51you
19:16noah
19:17noah let me go
19:17why are you doing this
19:19the humans and the serpent clan
19:21they are coming for my head
19:23i need the dragon's power to kill them
19:26then let me help you
19:28don't lock me away like a prisoner
19:32you don't understand
19:33the more i stay a dragon
19:35the less i can control the hunger for you
19:38wally
19:41keep your pet quiet or i'll feed him to the storm
19:46you're becoming a monster before the battle even begins
19:55stay alive
19:57even if you hate me
20:02so
20:03she likes it rough
20:04a little fast pay to keep the marriage spicy
20:09eileen
20:10you're getting more and more to my taste
20:15i can't wait to see you scream in my chairs
20:19the king thinks i'm his savior
20:21he actually believes i'll help him rescue you his daughter for free
20:27foolish old man
20:28i will use the human army as bait to lure the dragon into my curse formation
20:37once
20:37once the beast is trapped
20:39i will swallow the empire
20:41and the sky hustle in one bite
20:47and you eileen
20:48you are the ultimate key
20:50you are the dragon's heart and the human princess
20:54by making you my bride i won't just be a king
21:01i will be the god of the three realms
21:04your scream
21:06will be my victory song
21:16i brought some food from the human realm
21:19the kind you used to like
21:21i don't want your cakes
21:23i want my freedom
21:24freedom
21:26to run back to that traitor leon
21:28or to be eaten by the serpents
21:31that is my home
21:32i won't die
21:34don't you understand yet
21:36you are just a disposable pawn
21:39they can sacrifice at any moment
21:41you have no home anymore
21:43your freedom is to stay
21:44right here
21:46and live
21:49noah are you okay
21:50stop hurting yourself
21:53i'm trying to keep you safe
21:58why can't you just obey me
22:00because i'm your woman not your trophy
22:03fight the beast noah
22:05don't let it win
22:19stay back
22:21the dragon
22:22it wants to tear you apart
22:24and consume you
22:25no noah
22:26look at me
22:27not with the dragon's eyes
22:28but with yours
22:30it's too late
22:31the scent of your blood
22:33it's calling to the beast
22:34then listen to this
22:36this is a human heart
22:38if you want me you have to find your own again
22:45why
22:46why don't you run
22:47i'm a monster eileen
22:48a monster wouldn't try this hard to protect me from himself
23:07no
23:12there are thousands of them
23:14leon and silas
23:15they've actually come
23:18they don't come for you island
23:19they come for the power they think i possess
23:22noah
23:23please
23:23don't let the dragon take over again
23:25i don't need the dragon for these ants
23:27watch
23:29watch
23:34it's a slaughter
23:38they never stood a chance
23:40not all of them
23:41one rat survived
23:49look at you noah
23:51playing house with a human girl while your kingdom burns
23:56you're lucky the storm hasn't ripped your tongue out yet silas
23:59oh but you should thank me
24:01do you even know who you're protecting
24:04i'm nothing to you simus leave us alone
24:06nothing
24:06you're the secret daughter of the high king
24:09the blood of the very man who hunted noah's father to death
24:15is it true
24:17you carry the blood of my father's murderer
24:19i didn't know
24:20noah i never knew
24:24she's the bait dragon
24:26and you fell for him
24:51i was so small
24:54so full of hate
24:56i jumped from this very ledge
24:58wishing for death
25:02the man who killed my father
25:04he did it for maya
25:06you have her eyes
25:08tell me the truth
25:10maya was my mother
25:11but i am not duke's blood
25:13i am the child of her shame
25:15not his crown
25:19look at her
25:20the king's pure little bird
25:23don't you want to see what happens when you clip her wings
25:27and what do i get in return my queen
25:30let your guards defile her
25:32make her your vessel
25:33do this
25:34and i am yours
25:37hehehehehe
25:51nooooooooooo
25:55duke
25:56please
25:57she has my eyes
25:59she is innocent
26:00don't
26:01don't let them kill her
26:03Innocent. She is the living proof that you were touched by those snakes.
26:08Just let her live. As a servant. Anything.
26:13This is the serpent's filth. You are my greatest shame. You are a curse I must keep in the shadows.
26:25Noah, look at you. Guarding a woman who was born in my people's fifth. Does she smell like the snake
26:31pit yet?
26:34I will rip the tongue out of your head, Silas! She is mine!
26:39Enjoy the leftovers, dragon. When I'm done, this castle becomes my nest.
26:45And Eileen, she'll finally come home to the snakes.
27:00Attack! Kill the dragon!
27:03Bring me the girl alive!
27:04I'm safe!
27:44Your heart belongs to me now, Noah.
27:48Noah! Get up!
27:51Don't let him take you!
28:03I will tear you into bloody pieces!
28:08Get out of my reel!
28:12Impressive, Noah. You burned half your life force just to kill a... shadow.
28:18No! No! A shadow?
28:21I am everywhere. And I am nowhere.
28:26If a mere projection could break your wings, imagine what I will do when I arrive in person.
28:34Next time it won't be a test. It will be your funeral.
28:40And Eileen will finally have a real king.
28:48Noah! No, please, my lord, don't die!
28:51Don't leave me alone in this darkness!
29:04Noah, look at me. His words are just poison. I am here. I am not going anywhere.
29:10I should have burned them all! I'm still a monster to them. And maybe to you, too.
29:15No. You are the man who saved me.
29:19But if you keep acting like a beast, you're just giving them what they want.
29:28And what do you want, Eileen?
29:30I want a husband. Not a weapon.
29:36Learn to control the fire inside, Noah.
29:39If you want me to stay, show me you can be more than just a dragon.
29:52How is she still alive?
29:58That servant should be dragon beat.
30:00Simus, go get her.
30:01Bring her back so I can make her pay myself.
30:06Did I hear a command, Wickie?
30:09I... I am the princess!
30:12You are my fiancée!
30:14You are nothing but a pawn for this alliance.
30:17Don't mistake a snake's patience for loyalty.
30:26I'll bring the dragon back.
30:28But the girl...
30:29She belongs to me now.
30:33A pawn?
30:34You think I'm just a piece on your board?
30:38I am the blood of the Empire.
30:41If Silas wants that servant so badly, he can have her corpse.
30:46I'll burn the Sky Castle to the ground before I let her take my throne.
30:50Or my man.
30:52You want to see her scream, Silas?
30:58I'll make sure she's screaming for mercy when she meets her end.
31:06Too hard, Noah.
31:08You're trying to touch me, not crush a stone.
31:10Again.
31:13This is ridiculous.
31:15My claws are for killing, not for stroking skin.
31:20If you want to be with me, you have to learn, softly, like a breeze.
31:25Is this... what humans call gentle?
31:29Yes.
31:30And try not to singe my hair with your breath next time.
31:36You are a very demanding bride, Eileen.
31:45And I have kept my promise.
31:47I am listening to you now.
31:49But Eileen, I need you to feel my world, too.
31:53Not just the one you imagined, but the one I truly live in.
31:57You must see the sky through a dragon's eyes.
32:00Not just a prisoner's.
32:04Noah, the heights.
32:07They remind me of the storm.
32:09Of the way you grabbed me in the darkness.
32:11I'm afraid of that power.
32:15The storm is only one side of me.
32:18Humans fear the wind because it can tear down houses.
32:21But they forget it's the same wind that carries a bird home.
32:26It sounds so violent.
32:28It feels like it's screaming.
32:30Listen closer.
32:31If you don't fight it, the wind becomes a cradle.
32:37Close your eyes, Eileen.
32:39Trust me.
32:40I want to show you the world not as a battlefield, but as a masterpiece.
32:48Noah!
32:49We're going too fast!
32:51Please, put me down!
32:52Open your eyes, Eileen!
32:54Look at what it means to be a dragon!
33:05It's beautiful!
33:08The world looks so small from here.
33:10The humans only see the storm.
33:13They never look high enough to see the peace above it.
33:18I'm not afraid anymore.
33:20With you, I feel free.
33:23Then stay here.
33:24Be the only light in my endless sky.
33:42Eileen, there is a reason I haven't claimed you yet.
33:45I thought you were just trying to be human for me.
33:49It's more than that.
33:50To truly stabilize my power, we must perform the great rule of the dragons.
33:54A wedding?
33:55A soulbinding.
33:56Our hearts must beat as one during the union.
33:58Only then will the beast truly submit to my will.
34:01You mean...
34:03If we don't do this, you'll never be able to control the dragon?
34:07If I don't, I will eventually lose my mind.
34:09But I won't force you.
34:11Show me the way, Noah.
34:12I want to be your bride.
34:23A hundred years of darkness.
34:25I thought that's all I deserved.
34:27Anger kept me alive.
34:29I figured one day it'd swallow me whole.
34:32I was just...
34:33waiting to die.
34:35My whole life, I've been invisible.
34:37No one wanted me in that palace.
34:39I was a shadow with no name.
34:42A servant.
34:45Until...
34:46You were never invisible to me.
34:48The moment you stepped onto that sacrificial ship,
34:52you became the only place I could breathe.
34:55A human heart.
34:56Taught the beast how to feel.
35:00Then let the girl with no home find one in your arms.
35:03I don't need a palace, Noah.
35:06I just need you.
35:08Everything else, I can learn.
35:12This is my vow.
35:14As long as the sky remains and the dragon fire burns,
35:17you are no servant.
35:19You are the only queen of the sky.
35:24Aylan, will you bind your soul to mine?
35:27Through blood and breath, through fire and eternity?
35:31Yes.
35:32A thousand times, yes.
35:34I choose you, Noah.
35:35In this life and every life that follows.
35:47Noah, just now.
35:50What is it?
35:52Nothing.
35:53Maybe my eyes were just bluttered by tears.
36:03It's on, finally.
36:05Enjoy the wedding gift I've given you both.
36:14My ancestors used this altar to shackle their brides.
36:17To force a union.
36:19But I have cleared the blood of the past.
36:22Today, this place will witness a union of choice.
36:26Does the ceremony scare you, Noah?
36:29I can feel your heart racing.
36:31It scares me that I might fail you.
36:33The ritual will drop my barriers.
36:36For one hour, I will be as vulnerable as a human child.
36:39But it is the only way to kill the beast inside me and become the man you deserve.
36:44You are already that man, Noah.
36:45The beast is just a shadow.
36:48Don't do this for the ritual.
36:50Do it for us.
36:56I will give you a wedding that the legends will sing about.
36:59A wedding where the dragon finally finds his peace.
37:03And the girl finally finds her throne.
37:13That's strange.
37:15Huh?
37:17Maybe I'm just too excited.
37:19My heart, it feels like it's beating incorrectly.
37:22Mine too.
37:24For a hundred years, it's the first time my heart has raced like this.
37:29Beat away, little bride.
37:32When your heartbeat sinks with mine,
37:34you will know who your true master is.
37:37There is.
37:41Shh.
37:42Is he coming?
37:46Close call.
37:48We have to finish this tonight, Ollie.
37:52Tomorrow, I want to see the Dragon King's eyes when he realizes he's no longer alone.
37:57Shh.
38:01Am I just too tired?
38:04It's nothing.
38:05Maybe it's just the moonlight.
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