00:08The river's place! It is up ahead!
00:19The pursuers are less than three miles away!
00:22At 3,000 riders! All gone! All gone!
00:27As long as we're alive, it is not over!
00:56Bladesmith! Territory!
00:59Back!
01:04Let's go! Find Mr. Rivers!
01:14Hold Mr. Rivers! Please lend us a blade!
01:21I am Arthur Snow of Greymoor! The world is in chaos! I don't lack soldiers, not generals, nor courage! What
01:30I lack is a blade to wield the Emperor's fate! I will make this world mine!
02:03I am Leonard Wiesmore of North Vale!
02:04I escaped! I was the only one! My 3,000 brothers! The youngest was just 16! The night before we
02:11left, his mother chased us for miles just to give him two boiled eggs! I want my 3,000 brothers
02:16back!
02:16I am Edward Hawke of Stonefield!
02:18Oh, sir! I am not here for the throne! Stonefield City! 37,000 women, children, and the elderly! We've been
02:24out of food for seven days! The general is already discussing surrender! When the city falls, all men will be
02:29killed! The women will be made camp followers! The children will be sold!
02:32I don't want the emperor! I just want those 37,000 people! To live! To see! Next! Spring!
02:39Hold Mr. Rivers! Please lend us a blade!
03:03Alright!
03:18This is the fortune blade! It controls the world's wealth! Whoever wields it will gain endless gold and rival kingdoms!
03:25In 15 years, if your granaries are full, return this blade to me and your Whitmore descendants will give me
03:31half their fortune!
03:32This is the fate blade! It controls life and death! Whoever wields it can extend life and raise the dead!
03:39In 15 years, if you are not fated to die, return this blade to me! To save your people, you
03:45must die in their place!
03:47This is the heart blade! It controls fate and love! Whoever wields it will find love and ensure their lineage!
03:54In 15 years, when your debt is paid, return this blade and you! You said you'd make the world yours!
04:01Your ambition is too great! There is no blade here for you! Leave!
04:15Finally! We've waited so long for this day!
04:18Three years ago, the late emperor died! The Four Realms all thought our Southland was finished! Who could have guessed
04:22that the Grand Princess, all by herself, would save the realm!
04:24Now we must call her your majesty!
04:32Not to brag, but of the Four Realms! The most stable now is our Southland! The Empress's glory is eternal!
04:37I heard that! After her coronation, her top priority is choosing an imperial consort!
04:41Look at the man behind the Empress! That is Quentin the Scholar!
04:45He is the Empress's most trusted confidant!
04:48More than a confidant! How many officials can be like him, staying by her side day and night?
04:53They're a perfect match! A match made in heaven!
05:08Charles, you have the doomed star fate! Only a woman with a phoenix destiny can save you! Fifteen years ago!
05:15Arthur Snow of Greymoor, Southland, took a blade from me on credit!
05:19His granddaughter has the phoenix destiny!
05:22Father!
05:24Do I have to collect this debt?
05:25You don't have to!
05:27But if you don't, when your curse mark shatters, your soul will be scattered!
05:31No one to bury you! No grave! No marker!
05:35The River's Bladesmith lineage will end with you!
05:38The Millennial Bladesmith Pact is a vow! And a vow must be kept! Your choice!
05:51The Millennial Bladesmith Pact is a vow!
05:51She is quite a stunner!
05:56Kneel!
05:58Off and the Empress! Off and the Empress! Off and the Empress!
06:02Victoria! Snow!
06:05The Snow family's debt to the Rivers is due!
06:16You say Southland owes the Rivers family a debt? What that?
06:21A marriage!
06:22How dare you! What madman would dare! In the royal court! To insult the Empress!
06:27A marriage! I've been on the throne for half a day! And already someone's here to claim kinship!
06:31You've got perfect timing!
06:32His brow is sharp as a blade! His eyes are cold as frost! Unlike the others here, those obsequious officials!
06:37He is more like a wild crane from the mountains!
06:40Tell me! What is your rank? Where are you from? What is your fortune?
06:44No rank! From Westmore!
06:47Family tradition! That figures! A commoner! And you dare propose marriage to me!
06:53Fifteen years ago, your father wasn't emperor yet! When he knelt at our door, begging for a blade, he was
06:58just a warlord trapped in a single city!
07:01Living on borrowed time, or rather, a desperate, defeated dog!
07:05Your wealth and power today, this vast kingdom, your grandfather kneeled before my father, bowing his head, one by one,
07:11to earn it!
07:12How dare you!
07:13Calm yourself, your majesty! Young sir, you say the late emperor made a pact with your family! What blade was
07:20it? What was the pact? Any witnesses? Any proof?
07:24And who are you?
07:25I am Quentin Drake! By her majesty's grace, I am the new imperial scholar!
07:31Never heard of you! Besides, with your status, you have no right to meddle in the rivers and snow family
07:37business!
07:38What did you say?
07:39Enough! Quentin is my most trusted minister! As for you, I've never heard of any bladesmith!
07:46Exactly! We've never heard of it!
07:48Southland's prosperity today, it is thanks to your majesty's tireless efforts and our unity!
07:54What does some bladesmith, or some damn bladesmith have to do with it?
07:58Say that again!
08:01Damn! Blade!
08:08Phew! I told you to say it! Then you did!
08:13Charles Rivers!
08:14We forge blades and make pacts! We keep our word and collect our debt!
08:18You never taught me to take it when someone calls me trash! You never said to hold back!
08:22Guards! Seize this madman!
08:32Hold on!
08:34I have proof!
08:39What proof?
08:41That winter, your grandfather begged my father for the blade. He knelt at my door for an hour.
08:47Please! Old Mr. Rivers! Let me the blade!
08:53I am begging you! Old Mr. Rivers! Let me the blade!
08:59Sigh!
09:01Why must you do this?
09:04Old Mr. Rivers! If you won't lend me the blade, I won't get up! Please! Old Mr. Rivers! Lend me
09:09the blade!
09:09Fine! I'll lend you the blade. But there is one condition.
09:15Old Mr. Rivers! Please!
09:16Your granddaughter must be betrothed to my son.
09:20Do you agree?
09:21I agree! I agree!
09:23This is the sovereign blade. It holds the imperial fate.
09:26Whoever wields it, can conquer all lands, stabilize the realm, and rule the people.
09:31In 15 years, when the realm is settled, return this blade to me.
09:35When your granddaughter comes of age, my son will-
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