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The Phoenix's Second Reign Dramareel
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00:02I'm the last princess of house phoenix, yet I was drained of my blood by the very husband
00:07I myself had raised to the dragonborn's throne.
00:11If I didn't need your blood to complete Lilith's awakening, I wouldn't have wasted a single
00:17second pretending to be with you.
00:25I can take this throne with or without you.
00:28The woman drinking my blood is my stepsister.
00:33I felt the fire leaving me, my power slipping away, my vision growing blurry.
00:37If I could live again.
00:44Seraphina, have you decided who you will take as your husband?
00:48The dragon blood council chamber?
00:49It's the day of the choosing!
00:51I'm reborn!
00:52Your majesty, I-
00:53Your majesty!
00:54Calus dropped to one knee and cut me off in the exact spot I remembered him standing.
00:57Your majesty, I know Seraphina has feelings for me.
01:01But the only woman I love is Lilith.
01:04I have sworn a blood oath.
01:05If I betray her, let dragon fire burn me to ash.
01:08I knew he was reborn too.
01:09A gasp rippled through the chamber.
01:11How dare you!
01:14Your majesty, I have decided whom I will marry.
01:22I have decided whom I will marry.
01:25I know Seraphina cannot live without me.
01:29I am willing to take her as my second wife.
01:33I will care for her for the rest of my days.
01:36How dare you!
01:38A girl of common birth who exists only by the mercy of the phoenix clan.
01:42She is not worthy to be compared to the princess.
01:46What are you standing there for?
01:47You've been dying to marry me.
01:49I just gave you your chance.
01:51Take it.
01:52Lilith has generously agreed to share me with you.
01:54You should be grateful.
01:55I nearly laughed out loud.
01:57King Aldrich's gaze turned sharp, his aura of authority forcing Calus to his knees.
02:02Seraphina, say the word and he is yours to punish.
02:07Your majesty, the one I wish to marry is.
02:15The king was stunned by my choice, but the look of confusion on his face quickly faded.
02:20If that is truly what you want, I will arrange it.
02:23Get out!
02:24I don't want to see you right now.
02:28He looked at me with contempt, still confident that I would refuse to marry anyone but him,
02:33just as I had in my past life.
02:35I did not spare him a single glance.
02:37My gaze moved past him to the young man standing in the far corner of the chamber.
02:41Two small horns jutted from his forehead.
02:43In my past life after I died, Calus ordered my body left to rot atop the tower, untouched by anyone.
02:49Every dragon heir in the kingdom feared the new king and dared not defy him.
02:53He alone was the exception.
02:54Darion trekked through the northern wind and snow for three months to reach the tower.
02:59He knelt beside my body and personally bandaged every wound Calus had inflicted on me.
03:03He kept vigil for seven days and seven nights.
03:06King Aldrich dismissed the suitors asking to speak with me alone.
03:09As I left the chamber, Calus and Lilith were waiting outside.
03:13Seraphina, thank you for letting me be with Calus.
03:16There were no tears on her face.
03:18How had I never seen how vile she was in my past life?
03:22If my parents were still alive, they would be so grateful to you.
03:26Why are you thanking her?
03:27I'm the one who chose to marry you.
03:29Even if there's any gratitude to be have,
03:31it's she who should thank you for generously sharing me.
03:34Lilith's parents died because of you.
03:36She lost everything when you came back.
03:39The least you can do is give her some compensation.
03:42Lilith's bloodline is weak.
03:44She'll get picked on.
03:45You've been giving her my gifts for years.
03:48Who would dare lay a hand on her?
03:50That's not the same as real power.
03:51I want your blood.
03:54I never thought he could sink to such depths of shamelessness.
03:57The agony of that tower flooded back into my chest.
04:00My hands trembling.
04:01Hatred rose so fast I could barely hold back the phoenix fire in my veins.
04:05Letting them die an easy death would never be enough to sate my rage.
04:08But in that moment, I truly wanted to kill them.
04:10We're going to be husband and wife soon.
04:12Give your blood to Lilith.
04:15And I'll take care of you forever.
04:23Princess Seraphina.
04:25The king sent me to find you.
04:26It was the young man from the corner of the hallway.
04:28Even as the pressure forced Calus to his knees, he remained standing straight and tall.
04:32No strain.
04:33No fear.
04:34Then let's go.
04:36Wait!
04:36A lowly black work.
04:38What could you possibly have to say to him?
04:41Instead of worrying about who I talk to, you'd be better off focusing on the dragon's trial in five days.
04:47You don't need to worry about that.
04:49I'm the strongest suitor of this generation.
04:51The trial is nothing.
04:52I can complete it even without your help.
04:54In five days, you just sit there and wait for me to marry you.
04:58The king told you everything?
05:00Princess.
05:01I swear by the old gods, should I betray you in this life, may dragon fire melt my bones to
05:06marrow.
05:07He swore on his very soul.
05:09I felt the budding bond stir within me too.
05:12I trust you.
05:16Princess!
05:17They've smashed your mother's memorial!
05:24This was my mother's memorial.
05:26The shrine she had built with her own hands in the center of the courtyard.
05:29She had pricked her finger, let her blood fall upon the shrine's peak, and ignited the phoenix fire.
05:34Fire that no storm or tempest could ever extinguish.
05:38Seraphina, I'm going to a far away place.
05:41When you miss me, come sit by the shrine.
05:45Mommy will always be with you.
05:47That fire was the last thing my mother ever gave me.
05:50How dare you.
05:52Lilith loves the Nightingale Crest.
05:54From this day forward, this courtyard will fly her family's banner.
06:01Listen, I know you're angry with Lilith.
06:03I'll let your little tantrum attend him slide for now.
06:05When that happens, even if you get down on your knees and beg me, I won't spare you a single
06:08glance.
06:08He studied my face closely, searching for any trace of panic, but he found nothing.
06:13His tone turned hypocritical once more.
06:15I'm doing this for your own good.
06:17Get along with Lilith, and I'll grant you the honor of bearing my firstborn son.
06:21Calus, you will never be my husband.
06:23If not me, then who?
06:24The king himself announced he's arranging our wedding.
06:27Stop speaking out of anger, and think this through.
06:33There would indeed be a wedding, but it would never be yours.
06:37Five days later, everyone gathered at the Proving Grounds.
06:40To my surprise, Lilith was there too.
06:42Serafina, I'm counting on you today.
06:44I'm the strongest heir here.
06:46Use your blood to get me through this trial.
06:48I'll marry you, and the two of you will get along well after this.
06:51His gaze swept contemptuously over the other suitors,
06:54until it suddenly landed on the sigil at Darian's waist.
07:00Why is the phoenix sigil in your possession?
07:02Darian did not move.
07:03He met Calus's gaze calmly.
07:05That calm only enraged Calus further.
07:07He was about to lash out when Lilith grabbed his arm.
07:11Calus, that ring can't be real, it's a fake.
07:13A man like him probably won't even survive the first layer of dragonfire.
07:16Don't waste your time on this.
07:18Moments later, King Aldrich arrived and ordered the trial to begin.
07:22One suitor after another stepped into the arena.
07:24The dragon eggs lay wrapped in flame, waiting for blood to awaken them.
07:28Most could only withstand a single layer of dragonfire.
07:31The very best made it to three.
07:32A flicker of disappointment crossed King Aldrich's eyes.
07:35Then it was Calus's turn.
07:37He stepped forward with brash confidence, Lilith hot on his heels.
07:40The fire from the dragon eggs raged fierce.
07:43Someone of Lilith's caliber would be incinerated the moment they drew near.
07:46Don't worry, Serafina won't let me fail.
07:49Just wait for me to come out and marry you.
07:54Lilith, what are you doing?
07:56You only need to be with me.
07:57You don't have to worry about anything else.
07:59Losing this much blood will ruin you.
08:01Calus, I know my bloodline can't pair to the phoenix princesses,
08:05but I want to do something for you.
08:07Let my bloodline help you through the trial.
08:09Blood of that caliber, it'll burn to ash the second it gets near the dragon egg.
08:15She's got guts, I'll give her that.
08:17What's so special about Calus anyway?
08:19Isn't she scared?
08:20If he can't withstand the fire, her blood will burn first.
08:23She's done for.
08:23I can't believe the phoenix princess ever had eyes for a man like this.
08:27I watched this little performance, one that never happened in my past life,
08:31and wondered where it would lead.
08:35Calus strode confidently into the proving grounds.
08:38He sliced open his palm before the dragon egg,
08:41letting a flood of blood fall onto the shell.
08:43The dragon fire surged violently upward.
08:46He triggered all nine layers at once.
08:49Wave after wave of searing heat blasted outward, forcing the crowd back.
08:53Everyone was shocked by what he had done.
08:55Is he insane?
08:56Triggering all nine layers at once?
08:58No one has ever done that!
09:01Even with the princess's help, he might not pull this off!
09:09Even Lilith froze.
09:10She had clearly not expected him to go this far.
09:13I watched with a blank face.
09:15This was who he had always been.
09:17In my past life in this one he cared for no one but himself.
09:20This time I wanted to watch him try it alone.
09:22Seraphina, don't you want to marry me?
09:26You're here to get me through the trial.
09:28Come in at once!
09:32Seraphina, hurry up!
09:34This isn't funny!
09:37The nine layers of dragon fire will kill me!
09:39I barely recognized him.
09:41Kalos was actually begging.
09:45The first wave of dragon fire erupted.
09:53Save me.
09:54Please, I am your husband.
09:58You cannot just stand there and watch me die.
10:03Who said you're my husband?
10:12Lilith's face was twisted with terror.
10:14The blood she had offered, evaporated the instant the dragon fire struck.
10:18Life drained from Lilith like running water.
10:21Her skin wrinkled.
10:22The crowd stared at her without a shred of sympathy.
10:30All trace of Kalos' arrogance was gone.
10:34I pulled the token from Darien's waist,
10:36the one etched with the phoenix clam crest, gleaming in the firelight.
10:40I made a pact with King Alder.
10:43Darien is my choice.
10:45He is my one and only betrothed.
10:48Then the crowd erupted.
10:50No way!
10:51How is this possible?
10:54Him? Darien?
10:56The neglected heir to the black dragon lineage?
10:59I have loved her for 200 years.
11:02May she find someone who loves her as I do in her next life.
11:05Many men desired me.
11:07But they only craved what I could give them.
11:09The phoenix bloodline dragon eggs, the crown.
11:11Darien was the only one who was different.
11:19The dragon's trial.
11:20Dragon heirs would enter the proving grounds, offering their blood to the dragon egg.
11:24Whoever could withstand the dragon fire and be accepted by the egg would become the new dragon king.
11:29If the egg rejected them, the dragon fire would burn them alive.
11:32Most suitors chose to undertake the trial in stages.
11:35Multiple attempts over years even decades slowly building up their tolerance.
11:39I looked at Kalos.
11:41Last time he'd only dared to unleash three layers of dragon fire.
11:44Three layers had nearly killed him.
11:46He had begged me to protect him.
11:48I sliced my palm open and shielded him with all my strength.
11:52In the end, he endured all nine waves of flame becoming the first to do so in 5000 years.
11:57The whole world bowed to him.
11:59Everyone knew his name.
12:00But my soul was damaged.
12:02My power would never return to what it once was.
12:04This time, he was greedier.
12:06Armed with the memories of our past life, he triggered all nine layers without hesitation.
12:11He did not care at all if I was hurt.
12:13What a pity.
12:14I stared at the churning dragon fire in the trial grounds.
12:17This time, he would not survive the second layer.
12:34I stared at the churning dragon fire in the trial grounds.
12:47Lilith was not so fortunate.
12:48She slid her wrist and gave everything she had.
12:51When the dragon fire struck, her blood evaporated in an instant, and the flames rebounded on her.
12:57The young woman was gone.
12:59In her place stood a withered 80-year-old crone.
13:02King Aldrich's gaze locked onto me.
13:04I gave a slight nod.
13:06Kalos caught the tiny gesture at once.
13:08A flicker of hope flashed in his eyes.
13:10He stumbled toward me and dropped to his knees.
13:12King Aldrich's gaze.
13:14Seraphina, I was wrong.
13:19Seraphina, please.
13:21Forgive me.
13:23I want you.
13:25Only you.
13:26I swear I'll be faithful to you.
13:29I beg you.
13:36Kalos, did you ever think of this day, when you drained my blood for Lilith?
13:53Come, I will stay with you.
13:59What's wrong?
14:03He doesn't want you, Seraphina.
14:06Do you truly think everyone craves you?
14:13Princess, I wish to complete the trial on my own.
14:17I know your bloodline is powerful, but dragon fire is cruel.
14:21I will not let you pay that price for me.
14:24Are you afraid?
14:27A little.
14:28He did not pretend to be brave.
14:30He was afraid, but he would not let it stop him.
14:32I let go of his hand.
14:34Darien turned and stepped into the trial grounds.
14:36The dormant dragon egg glowed faintly.
14:38He sliced his palm open, letting blood drip onto it.
14:44The first layer of dragon fire struck.
14:48Only one layer.
14:49It's too easy.
14:50I'm disappointed.
14:51The second layer followed and the crowd slowly fell silent.
14:55I had not expected the second layer of flame to be this fierce.
14:58It meant his bloodline ran deeper than any of theirs.
15:03Third layer.
15:04The fourth layer.
15:05He still stood straight.
15:08The suitors who had scorned him minutes ago stared at him.
15:18After the fifth layer,
15:19the suitors in the stands felt the pressure of the dragon fire.
15:22So he held fast.
15:24His robes had burned to tatters.
15:26I could see the extensive burns across his chest and arms.
15:29But he did not flinch.
15:31I thought this would be his limit.
15:32In my past life, five layers had been all he could bear.
15:36The finest of his generation.
15:38But this time he did not step out.
15:40He was clearly on the brink of collapse.
15:42Covered in wounds he could barely stand.
15:45The sixth layer of dragon fire crashed down.
15:47I can do this.
15:47I clenched my fists.
15:49Seconds later, the flames faded.
15:50He dropped to one knee but he held on.
15:54He had shattered his limit from my past life.
15:56Six layers of dragon fire alone.
15:59Without the protection of my bloodline,
16:01Darion was the strongest living dragon blood heir.
16:03Yet he looked ready to break.
16:04Another layer would kill him.
16:10Let's see you fight the seventh layer.
16:12I watched him rise unsteady as the seventh layer of dragon fire erupted.
16:28I'm here.
16:34The power of the phoenix bloodline flowed from my body into his.
16:38The seventh wave struck.
16:39This time, Darion took no harm.
16:41His burns began to heal.
16:44The eighth layer.
16:48The ninth.
16:49Blazing light swallowed the trial grounds.
16:52Obscuring everything from the stands.
17:10When the final wave of dragon fire faded, a true dragon king was born.
17:15The dragon egg cracked open and a black dragon emerged, soaring into the sky.
17:19It did not look at the king.
17:21It did not look at the suitors.
17:23It did not look at the suitors.
17:23At last, it landed before Darion.
17:29The dragon egg was born.
17:29Danian, chosen consort of the phoenix clan, future dragon blood king.
17:35I, Aldric, bow to you.
17:44Darian was crowned the new king of the dragon bloodline.
17:47King Aldric bestowed treasures and titles upon him, and our wedding was scheduled in three days.
17:52I was in my chambers when I heard a commotion outside.
17:55Pippa went to check and came back fuming with anger.
18:03Princess, it's Calus. He's here to see you.
18:06And he brought Lilith with him.
18:07I am stronger than him. It torments him to live in my shadow.
18:12Lilith is weak, and women like her make men feel needed.
18:16But now he has nothing.
18:18I wonder how long this so-called love will last.
18:26Calus stood at the palace gate in a black cloak.
18:29Lilith cowered behind him, her face etched with age and decay.
18:33Seeing me frown, Calus yanked off his hood at once.
18:36Congratulations to the happy couple.
18:38She is nothing to me!
18:40Seraphina, she tricked me! She drugged me!
18:43He caught the faint smile on my face and mistook it for softness.
18:46I love you. I have always loved you.
18:48If that bitch hadn't deceived me, I would never have hurt you at all.
18:53Seraphina, you must believe me!
18:54Calus, do you really think I don't know how that drug works?
18:58To control you, she would have to be more powerful than you.
19:02But you are dragon blood.
19:04Even without finishing the trial, you are still a dragon heir.
19:07How could someone of her caliber control you?
19:10She stole a lock of your hair.
19:12She brewed a potion with it.
19:14She turned all your feelings for me onto herself.
19:16He babbled wildly now, scrambling for excuses, grasping at anything to persuade me.
19:21He shifted all the blame onto Lilith.
19:24He thought empty sweet words would make me take him back.
19:26My hand cracked across his face.
19:28His head snapped sharply to one side.
19:31He stared at me, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
19:34So what?
19:35Even if all of this is true, do you think a tragic story can erase everything you did to me?
19:41Calus, let me make this perfectly clear.
19:44You and Lilith are bound together.
19:46You will rot in the gutter for the rest of your lives and you will never be apart.
19:49Said nothing.
19:50He just stood there.
19:51But the new dragon king's aura bore down on Calus, bending his spine inch by inch.
19:56His knees buckled.
19:58He crashed heavily to the ground and Lilith collapsed beside him.
20:03They fled in terror.
20:04Darion withdrew his pressure.
20:06He turned to me once again the quiet gentleman he had always been.
20:14Curious I followed him outside and froze.
20:16In the center of the main courtyard.
20:19My mother's memorial, the shrine Calus had destroyed, stood whole once more.
20:24Every stone was back in its place.
20:26The ancient phoenix script carved into its face was cracked in places,
20:29but every fragment had been carefully pieced together.
20:32Flames burned at the shrine's peak.
20:34Not my mother's flames.
20:36Black.
20:37The genuine dragon fire.
20:38As I stared, the flames shifted to a deep amber.
20:42I cannot bring your mother back.
20:43But I can make sure her flame never dies.
20:45The night after the dragon trial, Darion had not returned to the palace with me.
20:50He had gone alone to the ancient homeland of the phoenix clan,
20:54knelt before the eldest bloodline guardian all night,
20:56and begged until she taught him the old ritual to restore the phoenix sacred stones.
21:01At dawn the next day he had returned to this courtyard alone.
21:04He lifted every shard of rubble by hand, piece by piece, and rebuilt the shrine.
21:09He did not know what words were carved on each surface.
21:12He never asked me.
21:13He only used his hands, his instinct, and set every fragment where he knew it belonged.
21:27I love you.
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