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00:00My sneeze hit like a cannon blast.
00:03Crystal pendants clinked overhead.
00:05Thirty noblewomen gasped.
00:06King Lucian stared at me.
00:08Keep her. She can scare the demons out of this castle.
00:11Months later, a war hero sent me dried meat.
00:13I sent him beets.
00:15Put on some armor, my lady.
00:16You'd be the fierce knight in the Empire.
00:19That was me, Lady Vespera Vance.
00:22My first cry snapped an ancient oak's branches.
00:25Father stood frozen.
00:26I carried my cousin on my shoulders while other girls chased butterflies.
00:30At seven, Mother gave me a lute.
00:33Snap. Three strings broke.
00:35At ten, I wandered into the training yard.
00:37I was tall, sun-browned, solid muscle.
00:40She's born to wield a broadsword.
00:42Mother sighed.
00:43Someone will appreciate your unique beauty.
00:45You're impossible.
00:47At twelve, I went to my grandmother.
00:49We played chess.
00:52Studied war codecs.
00:55Rode a wild horse.
00:57We liked those years.
01:00Then came the royal decree.
01:02The king needed a bride.
01:05The royal palace is a grand place.
01:09Vesper.
01:11The kitchens, they never run out of food.
01:15I packed my trunk.
01:17Ancient war manuals went in, right next to a sack of seeds.
01:24The day I left, the royal carriages waited, father's eyes filled with tears.
01:30I clapped his shoulder.
01:32Crack.
01:33His knees buckled.
01:34Relax, old man.
01:36I know how to grow food.
01:38I'll survive.
01:42The selection ball was packed.
01:44The girl next to me reeked of roses.
01:46The chandelier rattled.
01:48The king turned to look at me.
01:49The noble women gasped.
01:52Then the herald called,
01:54Lady Vesela Vase, the chancellor's daughter.
01:57Present yourself before his majesty.
02:01I marched forward.
02:02King Lucian glanced at his mother, then swept his gaze over me, stopping at my stance.
02:07The queen dowager's jeweled hand trembled.
02:10I stopped, squared my shoulders, and gave a knight's courtesy.
02:13My name is Viserra Vance.
02:15My loyalty is to the crown.
02:17Lucian waved his hand.
02:19Rise.
02:19I stood.
02:20Tradition gave two choices.
02:22White rose for rejection.
02:24Crest for acceptance.
02:25The queen dowager held the white rose.
02:27Then Lucian spoke.
02:28Keep her.
02:31The queen dowager froze.
02:34I placed a fist over my chest, bowing.
02:38Grant her the raven tower for resignation.
02:43It sat in the forgotten northwest corner of the palace.
02:49Plaster was peeling off half the walls.
02:51I looked at the trembling group in the courtyard.
02:54Walked with a heavy limp.
02:55Tilly, the headmaid, stuttered terribly.
02:58Pointed at the overgrown yard.
03:03Put him in charge of the inventory.
03:05I stayed at my tower.
03:07Worked from sunrise to sun.
03:10One afternoon she arrived with her circle.
03:12The smell of earth, vulgar and repulsive.
03:16Don't argue with foolish people.
03:19Silas clenched his fists, shaking with anger.
03:21I stood up.
03:22Looked up and down at her.
03:24Serafina's smirk vanished.
03:26Her face turned pale.
03:27Monster!
03:28The shame of the Vange family!
03:32She spun around and stormed off.
03:35I went back to pulling weeds.
03:39Tilly shuffled over, eyes red.
03:43My little lady, please don't be sad.
03:47Sad?
03:48Why would I be?
03:49Tonight we're having roast pork.
03:51Huh?
03:52Get the fire going.
03:54I stood and wiped my hands.
03:56I heard footsteps coming near.
03:58Got the manure?
03:59Pile it in the corner.
04:00Dead silence behind me.
04:02Something was off.
04:04I turned around slowly.
04:07King Lucian stood at the doorway.
04:09His face was as dark as a thundercloud.
04:12The head chamberlain stood behind him.
04:14His jaw dropped wide enough to catch a flying bird.
04:17My grip on the pitchfork froze.
04:19I leaned the pitchfork against the wall.
04:22Greetings, your majesty.
04:24Lucian looked at me.
04:25Then at the pitchfork.
04:27Lady Vessora, what exactly are you-
04:30Turning the soil.
04:31Lucian fell silent.
04:32He waved a hand.
04:35Then he walked into the courtyard, looking around.
04:38It's quiet here.
04:40He sat at the stone table, the only clean spot in the yard.
04:44On it lay an unfinished chess game and a worn copy of the Imperial War Codex.
04:49You can read military doctrine?
04:53Barely a fraction.
04:56Your grandmother was born a Hildedrid, wasn't she?
04:59You knew?
05:04The old Countess Hildegard was a legend.
05:08Lucian traced the books covered.
05:10I heard tales of her northern campaigns against the barbarians when I was just a crown trince.
05:14He looked up.
05:15Play a match with me.
05:18My hands are dirty.
05:20I don't care.
05:22I washed my hands and sat opposite him.
05:25He moved fast.
05:26Every move was precise and aggressive.
05:30I moved more slowly.
05:33But 15 minutes later, Lucian's face shifted.
05:3730 minutes later, his queen was trapped.
05:4045 minutes later, his king was exposed.
05:43I tipped my king over.
05:45I yield.
05:48You didn't lose.
05:49I did.
05:51You played exceptionally well, your majesty.
05:54Lying to the king is treason, Viserra.
05:57Fine.
05:58I won.
05:59He stared at me for a long moment.
06:02Then, he laughed.
06:03A genuine laugh.
06:05You're interesting.
06:08I'm honored, your majesty.
06:10You're a Vance.
06:11Daughter of the Chancellor.
06:13Bloodline of Knights.
06:16He glanced at me, let out a dry cough.
06:20I come here so those ancient fossils can't accuse me of neglecting duty.
06:26Those old advisors, they've been arguing with me for an hour.
06:30He rubbed his temple.
06:32Let them stew.
06:35They want attention.
06:38Let them wait.
06:40Oh?
06:42That lord is eager to prove his loyalty.
06:45Leave him hanging.
06:47Lucian stared at me in silence.
06:49Just thinking out loud, your majesty.
06:51Don't take it seriously.
06:53He left in a surprisingly good mood.
06:55He pointed at the dirt before stepping out.
06:59Send some to the palace when they're ready.
07:02As you wish, your majesty.
07:05That evening, the palace received word.
07:07The king would spend the night at the raven tower.
07:14He took the grand canopy bed.
07:17I lay on the sofa next to the bed.
07:21A mile of cold stone between us.
07:25Not joining me?
07:28Honestly, the bed was too small.
07:31Afraid I'd kick him off in my sleep.
07:33Then get up.
07:35Another match in the courtyard.
07:36Ten games that night.
07:38A dead tie.
07:40It felt like two comrades sharing a quiet post.
07:43He returned the next day.
07:45Chess.
07:46Ale on the steps.
07:48Is that I don't have to act.
07:50You act elsewhere, your majesty.
07:53He vented about the council while I worked the soil.
07:56My lady, they say you brew love potions.
08:00If I had that kind of magic, would I look like I belonged in a forge?
08:05Martianess Serafina couldn't take it anymore.
08:07She came snooping again.
08:09Barbarian tribes are getting restless.
08:11I was scrubbing a freshly pulled beet.
08:15Lucian's eyes lit up.
08:16What?
08:17My grandmother told me hunger is the only true enemy.
08:21Serafina arrived, carrying a bowl of rare tonic soup.
08:24Your majesty, I brewed this myself.
08:26Serafina looked confused.
08:28Don't like being interrupted.
08:30Are you discussing military matters with her?
08:34Get out.
08:37New rumors fired up.
08:39Some said I poisoned his wine.
08:41Actually, a male salsord disguised as a lady.
08:45Days later, Lucian returned.
08:48Slumped into a chair.
08:51What happened?
08:52Spent all day arguing with the council.
08:54Did you win?
08:56Lost.
08:57I tossed him a pair of leather gloves.
09:00Is Mil dopes.
09:02I am the king.
09:03Consider it a royal inspection.
09:05For the next hour, he looked like a stable boy.
09:09He pulled out the beet.
09:11Looks much happier.
09:14Handed it to me.
09:16Brushed the dust off their body.
09:17Better.
09:19Quite a capable worker.
09:20He sat against the stone wall.
09:22Not bad.
09:23Of course, I grew it.
09:24He took another bite.
09:26His mood seemed to improve.
09:28After that, he came often.
09:31Watch how I grow vegetables.
09:33Sometimes, for chess.
09:34With scrolls.
09:35Enjoy a plain and simple life.
09:38That autumn, victory came from the north.
09:42Commander Caelan Graves led the heavy cavalry.
09:46Crushed the barbarian horde.
09:48Reclaimed the frontier.
09:52He returned in triumph.
09:55The royal victory banquet was held in the crown hall.
09:58As one of the highest-ranking ladies, I sat near the front.
10:02But still on the fringes.
10:05Noble women crowded the side tables.
10:07Dripping in jewels.
10:09Suffocating in corsets.
10:11Their eyes kept drifting toward the general's table.
10:14I followed their gaze and saw him.
10:17Commander Caelan Graves.
10:19He was taller than Lucian.
10:21And weathered like a man carved by the frontier.
10:24Like something carved out of the frozen wastelands.
10:27A pale scar slashed from his brow to his temple.
10:31He just sat there.
10:32Still and silent as a gargoyle.
10:34High lords came to toast him.
10:37He accepted every cup.
10:39But rarely spoke.
10:40Just like me, he was an outsider in this room.
10:44Suddenly, a noble girl accidentally bumped my table.
10:48My silver goblet tipped over.
10:51Dark red wine spilled everywhere.
10:53The cup rolled away.
10:57She covered her mouth.
10:58Flashing a fake smile.
11:00Oh, my deepest apologies, my lady.
11:03How clumsy of me.
11:05A few girls nearby snickered.
11:07I couldn't care less.
11:08Bent down to retrieve it.
11:10My boot accidentally kicked the goblet further away.
11:16I reached out.
11:17A hand beat me to it.
11:19A massive hand.
11:21Thick, rough calluses webbing the thumb and index finger.
11:24The kind of hand built from years of swinging a broadsword.
11:28I looked up.
11:30Caelan Graves stood over me, holding the silver goblet.
11:34Up close, his skin was weathered.
11:36A high brow.
11:37Deep-set eyes.
11:39A gaze as piercing as a polished blade.
11:41The pale scar looked like a drawn bow.
11:44He offered the goblet and gave a clean military salute.
11:48My lady.
11:49Very few people looked at me like that the first time.
11:53I paused for a second.
11:55Then took the goblet.
12:03Thank you, Commander Graves.
12:05He gave a curt nod and turned away.
12:08I watched his back disappear into the crowd.
12:11Interesting guy.
12:13Either fearless or blind.
12:17I went to the spring pilgrimage to the Grand Cathedral.
12:22On the way back, the mercenaries struck.
12:25The royal guards were scattered.
12:27The carriages flipped and shattered.
12:30Only my heavy carriage stayed upright.
12:33The horses bolted.
12:35I jumped out of the carriage alone.
12:41Warm blood dripped into my eye.
12:44I yanked the heavy, solid gold hairpin from my braids.
12:48Fit for a light lady of the realm.
12:52Tilly had forced it on me before we left.
12:57An assassin spotted me.
12:59He charged, raising a massive broadsword.
13:03I gripped the gold hairpin like a dagger.
13:05I lowered my stance,
13:07just as the old weapons master had taught me.
13:10The assassin swung his blade down.
13:13Suddenly, a shadow dropped from above.
13:16A flash of steel.
13:18The assassin collapsed.
13:20His throat slashed open.
13:22It was Commander Kalen Graves.
13:25His knight's longsword dripped with fresh blood.
13:29A flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.
13:31That's not a dagger, my lady.
13:33Stay back.
13:33Then he was gone.
13:36Back into the blood and steel.
13:44Kalen fought like a corner feast.
13:46Steel clashed.
13:47Bone cracked.
13:48Then dropped.
13:49Finally, the last assassin fell dead.
13:52Kalen's arm was slashed wide open,
13:54deep enough to see his bones.
13:56His majesty is safe.
13:57Minor injuries.
13:58The royal physicians are with him.
14:00I exhaled a long breath.
14:02He sat on a stone.
14:04Using his teeth,
14:05he tore his linen tunic into strips,
14:07trying to bandage himself.
14:09I walked over,
14:10crouched down in front of him.
14:12Let me...
14:13He looked up,
14:13trying to pull away.
14:14My lady,
14:15your hands shouldn't...
14:16I snatched the bloody cloth right out of his grip,
14:19wrapped it around his forearm.
14:21Keep bleeding,
14:22and you'll turn into a corpse.
14:23So shut up.
14:26You're not afraid, my lady?
14:28Of course I am.
14:31But fear is useless.
14:33What if another wave hits?
14:36Am I supposed to hack them with my hairpin?
14:39I need you alive to protect me.
14:42The corner of Kalen's mouth twitched,
14:44like a smile.
14:47Back in the capital,
14:49Commander Kalen Graves was preparing to return to the northern frontier.
14:52Before leaving,
14:53he sent a gift,
14:54a pouch of dried reindeer meat.
14:57Hard enough to shatter teeth,
14:59but surprisingly good.
15:03So I sent a gift back.
15:05A crate of freshly harvested beets,
15:08crisp and fresh,
15:10with a note attached.
15:11No need for formalities, Commander.
15:14Root veggies are cheap,
15:15but better than starving.
15:17Slice and roast them if your rations run low.
15:21Two weeks later,
15:22a military dispatch arrived.
15:25Received.
15:26Better than military rations.
15:27My knights devoured them.
15:30After that,
15:31we started writing regularly.
15:33Lucian allowed it.
15:34He'd even roll his eyes.
15:35Your commander wrote again.
15:37Take it.
15:39It reeks of rust and blood.
15:41At first,
15:42we kept it strictly formal.
15:44Gradually,
15:44the tone shifted.
15:46No more fake noble pleasantries.
15:50Once,
15:51I slipped a sketch into the letter.
15:53An improved livestock shelter.
15:56Heard warhorses freeze to death up there.
15:58Try this half-underground layout.
16:01Tested it here.
16:02Even the pigs sleep soundly.
16:05Kaylin's reply came fast.
16:07There was a smudge of ink on the parchment.
16:09Received.
16:10The fortress builders are trying it now.
16:13Also,
16:14your drawing is highly abstract, my lady.
16:17That horse.
16:18Strong resemblance to a pig.
16:20I laughed out loud.
16:23Later,
16:24we debated ancient warfare.
16:26I mentioned a flaw in his supply lines.
16:28Citing grandmother's old notes.
16:30He replied that he personally scouted the area.
16:33Then,
16:34he rerouted the caravans.
16:36Put on some armor, my lady.
16:38You'd be the fiercest knight in the empire.
16:41I wrote back,
16:42if I'm busy fighting,
16:44who's going to grow your food?
16:52Lucian was a highly perceptive man.
16:54I'd begun to suspect he noticed more than he let on.
16:57He didn't seem to notice I was distracted during our chess matches.
17:01My mind was somewhere else.
17:02The northern frontier.
17:04He tapped the board.
17:05Your move.
17:06I snapped out of it and moved a knight.
17:09A terrible move.
17:11Normally,
17:11he'd mock me and crush me.
17:13But this time,
17:13he quietly sacrificed a pawn,
17:15forcing a draw.
17:17He said,
17:18The north's been getting heavy snow.
17:21I froze.
17:22Tucked inside my boot was a letter from Kalen.
17:25He'd built a snow figure and stuck a carrot on it.
17:27Said it had my presence.
17:29Lucian sipped his wine.
17:30Your beets are turning yellow.
17:32If you're making dried rations,
17:34use the royal sealed clay jars.
17:35I'll have the steward send them over.
17:37Keeps the damp out.
17:38If you're making dried rations,
17:40use the royal sealed clay jars.
17:42I perked up instantly.
17:43Your majesty,
17:44you are a generous and practical man.
17:47He didn't look up.
17:48There's a shipment of thick highland wool blankets in the vaults.
17:52Send them to the northern fortress.
17:54Tell Graves it's a royal bounty.
17:56Your majesty,
17:57the men in the north will remember this.
18:00My eyes lit up.
18:01Stop grinning.
18:02You look ready to split your face.
18:05War erupted in the north again.
18:08The barbarian tribes returned in greater force.
18:12Commander Kalen Graves was ordered back to the front lines immediately.
18:16My lady.
18:18A visitor.
18:22Commander.
18:23He reached beneath his breastplate and pulled out a hair accessory.
18:28Clumsily carved into a tundra frost flower.
18:32I made this.
18:34Commander Graves.
18:35I am sworn to the crown.
18:37I know.
18:38But I...
18:39had to let you know.
18:41I expect nothing.
18:42This campaign.
18:44I might not come back.
18:46If I don't say it now,
18:47I never will.
18:49I didn't say a word.
18:50He turned,
18:51walked over,
18:51and put down the hair ornament.
18:55Wait for me.
18:56If I survive,
18:58I'll ask his majesty for his blessing.
19:00And if I don't...
19:05The nights in the frozen waves are black as a grave, Vesper.
19:08That's why the stars burn so bright.
19:10Like your eyes.
19:11After speaking outside the castle,
19:13he left.
19:15I didn't sleep that night.
19:17I sat on the stone bench with a jug of strong ale,
19:20staring at the sky.
19:22The stars hung there,
19:24blindingly bright.
19:25Brighter than this?
19:27I muttered and took a gulp.
19:29Brighter than this?
19:30Right before dawn,
19:31the stars faded one by one.
19:33I woke up on the stone table,
19:36reached out,
19:36and grabbed the hair ornament.
19:38It was cold,
19:39but it still carried something.
19:41Wind,
19:42frost,
19:43cold iron,
19:44and him.
19:47After Kaelin left,
19:48I fell ill.
19:50Just a sudden exhaustion.
19:52I lay there,
19:53not wanting to move or speak.
19:56Lucian came.
19:57He pulled a chair to my bedside,
19:59stared at my sunken cheek.
20:00And sighed.
20:01Drop the act,
20:02Vasella.
20:02We both know you don't have a cold.
20:05Sharp as always,
20:07your majesty.
20:08I've made a decision.
20:10I'll send you to the southern summer estate,
20:11under the pretense of recovering from a grave illness.
20:14Six months later,
20:15the royal archives will declare you dead.
20:17I'll give you a new name and a common life.
20:19A clean slate.
20:20I sat up sharply.
20:22Your majesty,
20:23why?
20:24You're the only woman in this snake hole
20:26who never tried to take anything from me.
20:28You treat me like a comrade.
20:30So I'll do the same.
20:31I'm stuck on this throne.
20:33No way out.
20:34So at least,
20:34you get one.
20:37Word came from the north.
20:39A final battle.
20:40A great victory.
20:42The barbarians routed.
20:43Their chieftains surrendered.
20:45The great cathedral in the capital rang out with bells of triumph.
20:48The sound spread through the entire city and reached my hands.
20:53I was in the cellar,
20:54putting away winter vegetables.
20:56I'd cooked a big pot of beef stew for Kalen,
20:59so he'd have something hot when he came back.
21:02Then Tilly ran in.
21:03The wooden spoon in my hand suddenly felt so heavy.
21:07Lead heavy.
21:10My lady.
21:18Spit it out.
21:20Commander.
21:22Graves, he led the vanguard chasing the remnants.
21:25It was an ambush.
21:26His heavy armor was pierced.
21:27He fell.
21:28I stood there, unable to utter a word.
21:31The wooden spoon clattered to the floor.
21:33With the last of my strength,
21:35I bent down and picked it up.
21:37And I thought,
21:38that pot of beef stew.
21:41He would never come to eat it.
21:45Crack.
21:46The wooden spoon slipped from my hand
21:48and shattered on the stone floor.
21:51The stew splashed everywhere,
21:53soaking through my boots.
21:54Fallen?
21:55That man?
21:56The one who stood like a mountain in his armor?
21:59Who said my eyes were brighter than the northern stars?
22:02Who promised he'd come back from the slaughter
22:05and ask the king for an answer?
22:08Dead.
22:10My legs went numb from the cold,
22:12but I didn't feel it.
22:14The sky went dark.
22:17After night fell,
22:18Lucian came.
22:19He dismissed all his guards.
22:22He placed a blood-stained leather box on the stone table.
22:26Inside was a torn piece of parchment.
22:28The writing was crooked.
22:30Vesper,
22:31wait for me.
22:32I want to take you to...
22:34Take me where?
22:35Finish the sentence.
22:39For three days,
22:41I locked the tower.
22:43I just sat in front of the dead hearth.
22:46Lucian came every day.
22:47On the night of the fourth day,
22:50he picked him.
22:51Lucian stood up.
22:52I was thinner.
22:54That bastard asked me to wait for him.
22:56Said he wanted an answer.
22:58Watch me quietly,
22:59so I'll give myself the answer.
23:02In his letters,
23:03he called you Vesper.
23:04It's my real name,
23:05stripped of all titles.
23:07He once said my eyes could light up the endless dark.
23:10He must have been blind.
23:12How could mortal eyes ever surpass the stars?
23:14Don't insult my finest blade.
23:16His judgment was always true.
23:17I turned my head in shock.
23:19It was he who chose you,
23:20the one and only in this world.
23:22In the phrasing steps.
23:26Two years later,
23:28at the grand coronation ceremony,
23:31Lucian placed the queen's crown on my head.
23:36Absolutely no grace.
23:38She looks like she could rip a dire wolf apart
23:39with her bare hands on a battlefield.
23:41Lucian sat high.
23:43The queen's merits and loyalty
23:45are beyond question.
23:47Speak another word.
23:48I will strip your...
23:49With her bare hands on a battlefield.
23:51Dead silence fell over the hall.
23:53On the day of the ceremony,
23:55countesses and duchesses
23:56critzied low on both sides.
23:59I put on a staggeringly heavy velvet gown.
24:03Not a single one dared to look up.
24:10Tilly trailed behind me,
24:12wiping tears.
24:14You finally made it,
24:15your majesty.
24:16I nodded with a smile.
24:19That night,
24:20Lucian came to the queen's tower.
24:22We sat across from each other.
24:23Things.
24:24Saying what?
24:25That she could kill a bull
24:27with one punch.
24:29That rumor is an insult.
24:31Just how weak was that bull?
24:33Lucian burst out laughing.
24:35I laughed along too.
24:37Then his eyes locked onto my hair.
24:39Just how weak was that bull?
24:41To Vesla.
24:43He raised the ruby-studded goblet.
24:46To Vesper.
24:53Forty years flew by.
24:56I ruled the treacherous court like a fortress.
24:59Turned half the royal gardens into farming fields.
25:02My cellars held more food than the royal granaries.
25:05Lucian and I ruled as true partners.
25:07Are you senile?
25:13Don't you want an air of your own blood?
25:15We're on the same side.
25:17Trying to take advantage of your comrade?
25:19He burst out laughing.
25:22We never shared a bed.
25:24It's your turn, old thing.
25:26The loser buys drinks tonight.
25:28But our bond outlasted every treaty on earth.
25:36Lucian died during a brutal winter blizzard.
25:39His skeletal hand gripped mine.
25:42Vesper.
25:43Lucian, I'm here.
25:45I'll stand in front of you.
25:47Take every blade for you.
25:48Deal.
25:50Slowly closes eyes.
25:52I ruled as queen dowager for ten more years.
25:56At 72, my time was finally up.
26:00The freezing wind howled.
26:02I slowly closed my eyes.
26:04He stopped and looked back at me.
26:06Vesper.
26:07The crops look good this year.
26:09The Imperial Chronicles recorded it.
26:11Lacking in beauty, yet possessed of majesty.
26:13She forged a golden age.
26:16Queen Vespera.
26:16The Imperial Chronicles.
26:18The Imperial Chronicles.
26:19The Imperial Chronicles.
26:19The Imperial Chronicles.
26:19You
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