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00:00I finally got the rarest magic corps for you.
00:04You've worked hard.
00:12No!
00:19After rebirth, I abandoned the mighty phoenix as my magical pet.
00:23Instead, chose an almost dead little black snake in my past life.
00:27I'd hunted rare ingredients for phoenix,
00:28pouring every resource I had into his growth.
00:31He cheated with my sister behind my back.
00:33Finally, to make their little love story easier, they killed me together.
00:36This time around, I wanted to see how that perfect couple managed without me as their stepping stone.
00:41The same pact ceremony, the same standout, undeniably that golden phoenix.
00:45Even caged with a suppression collar, he held his head high, like the rest of us were beneath him.
00:50As expected, the ceremony elder assigned him to me.
00:53The phoenix tilted its head back and rolled its eyes,
00:55just like in its previous life, its face full of disdain.
00:59That was when my sister Evelyn walked in, cradling a limp little black snake in her palms,
01:03tears rolling down her cheeks.
01:05My sister was too weak.
01:06Phoenix fell in love with her pitiful appearance immediately,
01:09which made me look like the villain standing between them.
01:11The ceremony elder shifted awkwardly and turned on Evelyn.
01:14Your power isn't strong enough. Even if the phoenix is drawn to you now, you won't be able to handle
01:20him.
01:21She didn't react, instead pretended to be scared by my gaze, bit her lip with tears down.
01:25Lila, I know I have no right to compete with you. It's just, I've never seen a golden phoenix before.
01:31I didn't have the patience to listen to her feigned weakness.
01:34I reached out and lifted the limp black snake from her hands, smiled at the ceremony elder.
01:38I've taken a liking to this one. The phoenix clearly doesn't want me.
01:42Why not let her have him? I'll take the snake.
01:45The others thought I'd lost my mind. They pulled me aside.
01:48You're the strongest here. This black snake has a mixed bloodline. He's basically worthless.
01:53But I knew the truth about that phoenix. He was no prize.
01:56In my last life, in my past life, scene had played out exactly the same way.
02:00The phoenix ignored me. I felt the sting of being rejected for the first time in my life.
02:05And instead of thinking clearly, I thought, he's so hard to get. I'm obsessed.
02:09As the archmaster's student, I was supposed to be an example to the others.
02:13I told myself I had to tame the phoenix, strengthen the spirit-packed academy.
02:18So I threw everything I had at him. Every student got a limited ration of elixirs.
02:22So I took assassin missions, hunting rogue creatures, the kind that had lost their minds and turned feral,
02:27to earn extra elixirs. I came back bleeding every time.
02:30The phoenix pretended not to notice. He only came near me when I pulled out elixirs,
02:35took what he wanted, and walked away. Ten years.
02:38I spent ten years helping him break through his limits and take human form.
02:42When he finally did, he was stunning. Tall, sharp-featured. But the warmth stopped there.
02:47He always treated me like I was his errand girl. I told myself it was fine.
02:51Creatures with strong bloodlines had pride. One day he'd recognize what I'd given him.
02:55One day we'd fight side by side and I wouldn't have to face those feral creatures alone.
02:59Then one day, I saw him kissed my sister passionately. She was laughing, dancing around him.
03:05A fellow student rode past on her white tiger, saw them in the distance, and shook her head at me.
03:10Liar, you really need to stop asking Evelyn to look after the phoenix when you go on contracts.
03:15When did I ever ask her that?
03:17She says it every time you leave.
03:19I saw stars. I'd been out there risking my life, and she was back here cheating with my things.
03:24Doesn't she have her own creature?
03:26That little black snake died in its second year.
03:30Then it clicked. I'd spent ten years sewing a wedding dress for someone else.
03:33I wasn't some gentle, forgiving heroine.
03:36Turned on Evelyn. It enraged the phoenix.
03:38As punishment, he lured me to the back forest under false pretenses, then broke open the wards keeping it sealed.
03:44The creatures trapped inside started pouring out, and among them was one that had fallen into complete madness.
03:49A leviathan. The phoenix joined forces with my sister to shoot me down the cliff.
03:53In the end, I died in the beast head, and I could only watch Evelyn snuggle up beside it.
03:58So this time around, I wasn't going to be anyone's sacrifice.
04:01I just wanted to see what this couple would do next.
04:03The phoenix held onto Evelyn tightly, refusing to let go.
04:06The elder sighed, and spirit-packed academy-ed the pact circle drawn.
04:10Once a creature bonded with someone, they were bound to that person's commands.
04:14Harm the bonded partner, and the creature suffered for it.
04:17The bonding ritual's energy agitated the black snake.
04:20He wound himself around my arm with everything he had.
04:23Evelyn got the phoenix, and was clearly thrilled.
04:25Then she looked at the snake clinging to me.
04:27You and that serpent really do seem meant for each other, Lyra.
04:30She was very smug.
04:31Had she also been reborn?
04:32Watch your tongue, Evelyn!
04:34If Lyra hadn't stepped in for you, you'd never have gotten the phoenix!
04:37If I were you, I'd be on my knees thanking her.
04:39Oh, stop.
04:40She's crying again.
04:42Always crying.
04:43You'd think she was the tragic one.
04:44The phoenix paced anxiously while Evelyn sniffled.
04:47Anxious didn't help him.
04:48Evelyn had almost no power at this stage.
04:51The creatures shared energy with their bonded partners, but Evelyn's reserves were basically empty.
04:56Probably the first time in either life that the phoenix had been on the losing side of a situation.
05:02Good.
05:03He'd adjust.
05:04This was the consequence of choosing weakness and cheating.
05:07The black snake, finally convinced I wasn't abandoning him, went limp and passed out in my arms.
05:14Back home, I finally got a good look at the snake.
05:17He was tiny.
05:18Couldn't have been more than a few decades old.
05:21Barely past the threshold of maturity.
05:23But he was strange.
05:25Different from the serpents I knew.
05:27Water serpents had snake-like tails.
05:29This one had a tail more like a fish, with a fin.
05:32Mixed bloodline.
05:34Serpent and something older.
05:36Seafolk, maybe.
05:37I had a natural spring in the courtyard.
05:39The moment he hit the water, he came alive.
05:42Diving and surfacing.
05:44Pulling in energy from the current.
05:46I laughed.
05:47Relax.
05:48I fed a golden phoenix for ten years.
05:50I think I can manage one little snake.
05:52He froze.
05:53And stared at me with those tiny green eyes.
05:56Then he spat water at my face.
05:58I flicked him on the head.
06:00Heal up.
06:01You're not going anywhere.
06:02The next morning, I woke up wrong.
06:04I turned my head and found a face three inches from mine.
06:07Dark lashes.
06:09Warm skin.
06:10The kind of face that belonged in a painting.
06:13Long lashes that trembled slightly.
06:15Objectively gorgeous.
06:17Didn't stop me from nearly jumping out of my skin.
06:19He'd gotten into bed without waking me.
06:22Whoever this was, his power was well above mine.
06:25He stirred, opened gold-slit eyes, and looked at me.
06:29I scrambled to the corner.
06:31Who are you?
06:32This is Spirit Pact Academy grounds.
06:34Don't try anything.
06:35He sat up.
06:36I noticed he was wearing the clothes I'd set aside for when a creature took human form.
06:41A dark-fitted robe with a subtle pattern.
06:43He wore it well.
06:45He was tall.
06:46He'd had to curl up to fit in my bed.
06:48Under those long lashes were a pair of gold vertical pupil eyes.
06:52The answer was obvious.
06:53A snake?
06:54He smirked, reached out, and flicked me on the forehead.
06:58Rude.
06:58I have a name.
06:59It's Kieran.
07:01Kieran, it turned out, had been fleeing an enemy when he crossed paths with my tutor.
07:05He'd taken the form of a small, injured serpent.
07:08My tutor, true to form, had taken him in.
07:11Kieran clearly hadn't been injured because he was weak.
07:13Please tell me your enemies aren't about to show up here.
07:16We're bonded now.
07:18You're the master, I'm your mate.
07:20So I suggest you train hard, and try not to slow me down.
07:24He taught me a breathing and absorption technique developed for serpentkind.
07:27Most days I sat in the spring practicing, while Kieran sprawled in the tree above me,
07:32watching with half-closed eyes.
07:33The breeze moved his hair and caught the light on his skin.
07:36Evelyn appeared at my gate, peering in.
07:38I sighed and got out of the spring.
07:40Kieran dropped from the tree and draped a dry robe over my shoulders without being asked.
07:45Who is this?
07:46You remember him?
07:47The little black snake from the bonding ceremony.
07:50You said yourself we seemed meant for each other.
07:52A flicker of something crossed her face.
07:55What do you want?
07:55This is training time.
07:57I was hoping we could raise the phoenix together.
08:00Kieran's hand tightened on mine.
08:02I glanced at him.
08:03He was watching me, clearly unhappy.
08:05I'm not your backup plan.
08:07Figure it out yourself.
08:08How is it not your responsibility?
08:10You took the black snake and left me with the phoenix.
08:13You don't get to just walk away.
08:15Half a year's gone by and I've given him every elixir I had.
08:19There's nothing left for my own training.
08:20And I was in the lower ranks.
08:22I can't go hunting rare ingredients.
08:23I'd die out there.
08:25You bonded with the phoenix first.
08:26You should be helping.
08:27I cut her off mid-sentence.
08:29Sent a gust of air to push her back through the gate.
08:31And led Kieran inside.
08:33Little sister.
08:34Don't mistake everyone for a fool.
08:35I'm not spending my resources raising your creature for you.
08:39If you can't afford to keep him.
08:40Dissolve the bond.
08:42Let someone else take him.
08:43I'm sure the elders would be happy to.
08:45She wouldn't do that.
08:46Her ambitions were too big.
08:48Weeks passed.
08:49I broke through to a new level of power.
08:51What those in the Spirit Pact Academy called
08:53Fourth Circle Stage.
08:55At the same time.
08:57The arch master arranged for me to escort a rare spirit fox.
09:00To the Spirit Pact Academy.
09:02Alongside Elder Celia.
09:04Who was about three centuries older than me.
09:07And acted like a kid half the time.
09:09I sweet talked her through the hand over to the creature registry.
09:12And she settled for it.
09:13Before she left.
09:15She pressed her hand over her mouth to hide a smile.
09:17Your little serpent is very clingy you know.
09:20I didn't understand until I started up the mountain path.
09:24And saw a silhouette leaning against a tree in the distance.
09:28He didn't move.
09:29When I got closer.
09:30He reached out and grabbed the back of my neck.
09:32Lyra.
09:33Am I not good to you?
09:34Why are you trying to give me away?
09:36What are you talking about?
09:37That girl came to the courtyard today.
09:39Said you sent her to check on me.
09:41Did you change your mind about bonding with me?
09:43You hit Fourth Circle and now you're done with me?
09:45Again.
09:46Same playbook.
09:47Different life.
09:48Before I could explain.
09:50Kieran's pupils contracted to thin lines.
09:52He bent his head and pressed his face into my neck.
09:55His tongue brushed the skin there.
09:57Light.
09:58Quick.
09:59I shivered hard.
10:00Smells like fox.
10:02Lyra.
10:03Did you already find yourself a replacement?
10:06Doesn't matter.
10:07Once I eat that fox, I'll be your only option.
10:10You hit me for her?
10:11That fox belongs to my Archmaster.
10:13You touch her and I will end you.
10:15Kieran stopped fighting me and let himself be pulled along.
10:18Most students weren't training, so the residences were quiet.
10:22A few people raised their eyebrows when they saw me coming.
10:25Short greetings, and then they told me.
10:28Evelyn had gone to the back forest with the phoenix.
10:30I frowned.
10:31I wasn't in the phoenix's way anymore.
10:34Why were they sneaking off to the forest?
10:36We found them mid-argument.
10:38Or rather, Evelyn was arguing in the phoenix,
10:41who still hadn't taken human form,
10:43was responding in scratched letters on the ground.
10:46Don't look at me like that.
10:47I've done nothing wrong.
10:49I didn't force you to come to the Spirit Pacht Academy.
10:52You said this place would help you grow.
10:54I've given you every elixir I had and you're still not satisfied?
10:59You want me to go out hunting rare ingredients?
11:01I just started training.
11:03You'd be sending me to die!
11:05I almost felt something in my past life.
11:08He'd given me nothing for ten years.
11:11Not a glance, not a word, not a gesture.
11:14Now he was writing letters in the dirt.
11:16The contrast was something.
11:18Evelyn, I've been looking for you.
11:21The phoenix scrambles to erase the letters when he heard us.
11:24Evelyn pulled herself together fast, though not fast enough.
11:28What do you need, Lyra?
11:33I patted Kieran's arm.
11:35He gave me a long-suffering look,
11:37then dropped to one knee and let me settle onto it like a chair.
11:40His hands locked around my waist, steadying me.
11:44Evelyn's gaze locked onto Kieran and didn't move.
11:46I'm not here about anything in particular.
11:49Just wondering why you paid my companion a visit.
11:51The phoenix's feathers flared, angry.
11:54Evelyn hadn't expected me to know so fast.
11:56No, you've got it wrong. I was just coming to find you.
12:00He rested his chin on my shoulder.
12:02She lied to me. She said you stole me from her.
12:05That I was supposed to be hers.
12:06And what did you do?
12:08She came into your territory without permission.
12:10She was weak. I didn't even use my power.
12:13Just pushed until she left.
12:14I patted his cheek.
12:16I stood and faced Evelyn directly.
12:18If I remember correctly, you didn't want Kieran in the first place.
12:21He was badly injured.
12:23If he'd ended up with you, he probably wouldn't have survived his second year.
12:27That's not true!
12:28I would have taken care of him.
12:30The phoenix's crest was fully raised now.
12:33She caught herself.
12:35You're trying to drive a wedge between me and the phoenix.
12:38I stepped forward and put my hand on her shoulder.
12:40You played your game, little sister.
12:43Don't act surprised when I play mine.
12:45Next time you pull something like this, you will get my punishment.
12:49She blanched.
12:50The council didn't forgive moves against another member's bonded creature.
12:54She couldn't risk it.
12:55On the way back, I was in a good mood.
12:58Kieran was quiet though.
13:00Wouldn't transform and carry me even when I asked.
13:02Once we were back in the courtyard, he grabbed my arm.
13:05You seem familiar with the phoenix.
13:07I didn't hide it.
13:08We have a history.
13:10It ended badly for me.
13:11Wanna hear it?
13:12He turned away, shifted into serpent form, and wound himself around my neck.
13:17No.
13:18I'm better than that bird by every measure.
13:21You're not going back to him.
13:23I won't have another mate.
13:25I promise.
13:27Days later.
13:29Laya, your growth rate is pathetic.
13:32Sharing energy with you is a form of suffering.
13:36My archmaster said,
13:38I'm one of the most talented young members in a generation.
13:41All those rare materials and elixirs I found went into me this time, not into the phoenix.
13:47Ten years passed.
13:49I moved steadily from fourth circle to sixth circle.
13:52Even the most mean elder Celia praised me.
13:55You are really a genius, Lyra.
13:57We all expected the phoenix to elevate the whole spirit panda academy.
14:01But ten years in, there's still no sign of him breaking through.
14:06I'd expected this.
14:08Sustaining creatures took enormous resources.
14:10And the spirit-packed academy never had reserves.
14:13The phoenix couldn't break through.
14:15And in my past life, I'd seen exactly what happened when his patients ran out.
14:19I'd thought about removing him.
14:21Every time I tried to bring it up with my archmaster or Kirin,
14:24it was like the words hit a wall.
14:26And acting unilaterally, killing the phoenix before anyone understood why,
14:30would have destroyed the spirit-packed academy from the inside.
14:34All I could do was watch him and contain him.
14:37Past that, I had no choice but to wait.
14:40My past life hadn't survived this year.
14:42I didn't know if this one would go differently.
14:44He stood there staring at Kirin, who was lazily floating in the spring in human form,
14:49making absolutely no effort to be welcoming.
14:51You have a bonded partner.
14:53Why are you at my gate?
14:56Right.
14:57What possible reason could you have for neglecting your own bonded partner
15:02to come stand outside someone else's home?
15:04Kirin climbed out and immediately tried to lean against me.
15:07I don't worry you're near. I'll have to notice.
15:10I just want that bird to know there's no space for him here.
15:15What exactly is here between us?
15:17That's entirely your call.
15:19The phoenix flew away.
15:21Kirin grabbed my face with both hands.
15:23He left. Can you stop worrying about him for five minutes?
15:26I have to know what he's doing.
15:27That bird has a dark heart. I don't trust him idle.
15:32He regrets it.
15:34He doesn't want to stay with your little sister anymore.
15:36I turned toward the gate, empty.
15:39But something in my gut told me the phoenix was off.
15:42There was no logical reason for him to come to me specifically,
15:46unless the phoenix had also been reborn.
15:49If that was true, then he knew about the back forest.
15:52He knew what was sealed there.
15:54He knew my parents had died there, which I'd only ever told him directly,
15:58in my previous life. I didn't stop to explain to Kirin.
16:01I pulled out a slip and went straight to the forest wards.
16:04The wards were intact. I exhaled.
16:06Then I turned around and my stomach dropped.
16:08A handful of golden feathers lay near the edge of the barrier line.
16:12He'd been here. The phoenix had come back with knowledge he shouldn't have.
16:16The friction between Evelyn and the phoenix had gone public.
16:18He'd refused her commands in training sessions, ignored her in front of others,
16:22made her look incompetent in front of the whole yard more than once in recent weeks.
16:26The reason I kept getting dragged in was simpler and more aggravating.
16:29Every time I appeared, the phoenix drifted toward me.
16:32If looks could kill, Evelyn would have had me buried weeks ago.
16:35Elder Celia found the whole thing delightful.
16:38Her bird appeared at my shoulder one afternoon.
16:40You know what this reminds me of?
16:42One of those stories where the man realizes too late what he had.
16:46He freezes her out at the start and then spends the rest of the book chasing her.
16:51Oh dear.
16:53I could talk to the girl, offer her a different creature, something she could actually manage,
16:57and transfer the phoenix over to you, quietly.
17:00No. I'm not going near the disciplinary council over this. Besides, I have Kieran. That's enough.
17:07Celia looked genuinely mournful. Then she shifted to her real point.
17:12A creature pulling against its bonded partner is a problem for everyone.
17:16And Evelyn hasn't advanced the first stage in ten years.
17:19The elders have discussed sending her out on a field assignment,
17:21a year or two away from the Spirit Pact Academy, practical experience away from all of this.
17:26I understood what she wasn't saying. They'd given up on the phoenix as a resource for the Spirit Pact Academy.
17:32In the council hall, Evelyn made the whole thing into a production.
17:35She cried. She accused me of engineering her removal to take the phoenix.
17:40In front of all the senior elders, she made her counteroffer.
17:44If senior wants the phoenix, she should just say so. I won't stand in the way.
17:49But if she takes him, she gives me Kieran, a mixed lineage serpent for a pure-blooded phoenix.
17:55Honestly, Lyra comes out a laugh.
17:57Which one, Evelyn? You focus on your phoenix and stop coming up with terrible ideas.
18:03While the elders dealt with Evelyn, I was at the creature registry with the head keeper, investigating a disappearance.
18:10Three had vanished overnight. Two small rabbits and a unicorn.
18:15I reinforced the gate myself before I left. Any disturbance at all, and I would have felt it.
18:22There was nothing. Not a sound. Not a rogue creature. No trace of that energy anywhere. Right?
18:30I looked around. The registry was built into the mountainside. The rock face itself was warded.
18:36No slipping through the earth. No passing through walls. I was still thinking when the keeper started
18:42cooing at one of the deer. Don't be scared. Big Brother Serpent just looks mean. He won't eat you.
18:48That pulled something loose in my mind. I hesitated.
18:54Do creatures ever turn on each other? What a horrifying thing to say.
18:59They have awareness. They would never- Kieran slipped an arm around me and spoke low into my ear.
19:05People do terrible things to each other. Creatures aren't different. I've heard of a practice.
19:11A dark technique used by creatures who want to advance without resources.
19:15My skin had gone cold. Wild creatures had no access to elixirs or rare materials.
19:21If they wanted to grow in power fast, the most efficient shortcut was this.
19:26Consume the core of another creature. The higher the level of the creature they took from,
19:31the faster the gain. Kieran had nearly died at the hands of one practicing exactly that method 10 years ago.
19:37Once it works, it will come back for more. We staked out the registry that night. Nothing
19:44happened. Quiet all the way until dawn. I reassured the keeper and headed out.
19:51Hallmaster, there's an incident at the residences. Kieran shifted, wrapped around me and moved.
19:57When we landed, I didn't need to go inside to know it was bad. I could hear the crying from
20:02the courtyard. It was one of my newest students. A girl who'd come to the spirit-packed academy with
20:06his own creature. Fox. Soft and round and always sprawled in patches of sunlight. Kind of creature
20:12that made people smile just looking at it. She was sitting on the ground, holding what remained of her.
20:16Not much left. Your guess was right. The core was removed. One strike, clean. It happened before
20:22she could make a sound. She only noticed when she felt the bond break. I felt the cold settle in
20:26my chest.
20:28Without thinking, I looked around for the phoenix. He was standing beside Evelyn, still as a statue.
20:33The picture. Don't look. It's him. You're certain. I went to the archmaster. Don't move yet.
20:41You need proof. Catch him in the act. He said it with total gravity. Meanwhile, behind him,
20:47his courtyard had become a small zoo. Several of them had taken human form and were crowding around
20:53Kieran to ask about his parents' bloodlines. I keep all my creatures close. Your new firehound
20:58relieved himself on the floor. You could clean it up for your teacher. Absolutely not. The senior elders
21:03started watching the phoenix. Their eyes went to him more carefully during training. They noted that
21:09his power had grown noticeably in ways that weren't explained by his circumstances. Then,
21:14nothing. Weeks passed. No more disappearances. No incidents. Two weeks went by. The girl never
21:20quite recovered from losing his fox. The other students spoke about the disappearances less and
21:24less until the whole thing drifted into the category of strange spirit-packed academy legend. Something
21:30that had happened, maybe, possibly. Nobody quite remembered the details. But I couldn't let it go.
21:35Kieran's certainty sat with me every day. I went to the archmaster and asked to have the phoenix
21:40formally restricted. You think we don't see it? But without evidence, what do I tell the students?
21:46If I punish someone without proof, I lose the trust of the whole spirit-packed academy.
21:51And without that trust, the spirit-packed academy dissolves. Then one night, while I was deep in
21:56meditation, something flashed past my window. A pair of red eyes. Bright. Gone in an instant. Where was
22:03Kieran? I moved to the water's edge. Floating on the surface. A single golden feather. An invitation.
22:09Or a taunt. Find me and I'll give him back. I reached out through the bond and found Kieran's location.
22:14The back forest. I hit the ground running. I arrived through the wards in a flash of light.
22:19And walked straight into a shockwave from two powers colliding. Kieran and the phoenix were
22:24already fighting. Fully committed. I went rigid. When had the phoenix broken through? He moved
22:30through the trees in a golden coat. Fast and precise. Ducking and redirecting Kieran's strikes.
22:36With the ease of someone who'd had longer to prepare for this moment. Beside the ward barrier,
22:41Evelyn sat perfectly still. Like a doll that someone had set down and forgotten.
22:47When I got close enough to see her clearly, my stomach turned over. Evelyn was dead. Her eyes were
22:53still open. Fixed in an expression of complete disbelief. Her abdomen had been cut open. Her
23:00core. The source of her power. The root she'd spent years building. Was gone. I hadn't even had time to
23:07process it. Before the sky above the forest went dark. Clouds banking hard and fast. Thunder starting
23:14low and rolling. Bond close. Harm your bonded partner. And the consequence comes down from the
23:20sky itself. He'd killed his own bonded partner. He'd lost his mind. A lightning judgment of this scale
23:27would leave nothing of him. All that power. All that scheming. And he'd thrown it away for this
23:34moment. I didn't bother playing it soft. You spent ten years plotting with Evelyn against
23:39the Spirit Pact Academy. You used every person here as a platform. And this life you had the
23:45chance to change and instead you gutted her for her core. The god is watching. Today it ends.
23:52Nick smiled. Cold and strange. Almost. One more step. His hands were already moving behind his back,
24:00breaking the wards. The creatures locked in the forest felt the loosening. The ground shook. Thunder
24:06gathered directly above him. The Archmaster arrived in a streak of light from the peak. Lyra, hold the
24:12creatures back. I'll work on resealing from out here. Lightning above. The forest breaking
24:20open below. The phoenix stood in the middle of it all with a look of pure madness. And he turned
24:26it
24:26on me. Lyra, you can't stop this. Come die with me. I'll do better by you this time, I swear
24:34it. In my
24:35past life I had died in this exact forest. In this exact way. With no one at my back. I
24:42felt fear. That was
24:44honest. Old fear. The kind that lived in the body. Then a hand landed on my shoulder. Kieran. Eyes lit
24:51with
24:52the cold fire of someone who had never once considered losing. You want to take her down with you? He
24:58laughed
24:58once. Short and sharp. Ask me first. You're nobody. Right. I had Kieran. This time, I wasn't fighting
25:09alone. Kieran pressed forward and I covered him. He trusted me at his back without checking. I trusted
25:15him to end what he started. Kieran wasn't breaking and the phoenix couldn't find a way past him. Then he
25:22understood. I wasn't going to die here. The plan had failed. He broke. This isn't right. You're
25:29supposed to die. We're supposed to die together. I raised one finger and pointed at the sky. Goodbye.
25:36The lightning came down in a column as wide as a well. The phoenix didn't scream. No rebirth for
25:42those taken by judgment. Final and total. I finally got the rarest magic core for you.
26:05After rebirth, I abandoned the mighty phoenix as my magical pet. Instead, chose an almost dead
26:10little black snake in my past life. I'd hunted rare ingredients for phoenix. Pouring every resource I
26:16had into his growth. He cheated with my sister behind my back. Finally, to make their little
26:20love story easier, they killed me together. This time around, I wanted to see how that perfect couple
26:25managed without me as their stepping stone. The same pact ceremony. The same standout. Undeniably
26:30that golden phoenix. Even caged with a suppression collar, he held his head high, like the rest of us
26:35were beneath him. As expected, the ceremony elder assigned him to me. The phoenix tilted its head back
26:41and rolled its eyes. Just like in its previous life. Its face full of disdain. That was when my sister
26:46Evelyn walked in. Cradling a limp little black snake in her palms. Tears rolling down her cheeks. My
26:51sister was too weak. Phoenix fell in love with her pitiful appearance immediately. Which made me look
26:56like the villain standing between them. The ceremony elder shifted awkwardly and turned on Evelyn.
27:00Your power isn't strong enough. Even if the phoenix is drawn to you now, you won't be able to handle
27:06him. She didn't react. Instead, pretended to be scared by my gaze. Bit her lip with tears down.
27:12Lila, I know I have no right to compete with you. It's just, I've never seen a golden phoenix before.
27:17I didn't have the patience to listen to her feign weakness. I reached out and lifted the limp black
27:22snake from her hands. Smiled at the ceremony elder. I've taken a liking to this one. The phoenix
27:27clearly doesn't want me. Why not let her have him? I'll take the snake. The others thought
27:31I'd lost my mind. They pulled me aside. You're the strongest here. This black snake has a mixed
27:37bloodline. He's basically worthless. But I knew the truth about that phoenix. He was no prize.
27:42In my last life, in my past life, scene had played out exactly the same way. The phoenix ignored me.
27:48I felt the sting of being rejected for the first time in my life. And instead of thinking clearly,
27:52I thought, he's so hard to get. I'm obsessed. As the archmaster's student, I was supposed to be an
27:58example to the others. I told myself I had to tame the phoenix. Strengthen the spirit-packed academy.
28:04So I threw everything I had at him. Every student got a limited ration of elixirs. So I took assassin
28:09missions. Hunting rogue creatures. The kind that had lost their minds and turned feral. To earn extra
28:14elixirs. I came back bleeding every time. The phoenix pretended not to notice. He only came near
28:20me when I pulled out elixirs. Took what he wanted. And walked away. 10 years. I spent 10 years helping
28:26him break through his limits and take human form. When he finally did, he was stunning. Tall. Sharp
28:31featured. But the warmth stopped there. He always treated me like I was his errand girl. I told myself
28:36it was fine. Creatures with strong bloodlines had pride. One day he'd recognize what I'd given him.
28:41One day we'd fight side by side and I wouldn't have to face those feral creatures alone. Then one day,
28:46I saw him kissed my sister passionately. She was laughing, dancing around him. A fellow student
28:52rode past on her white tiger, saw them in the distance, and shook her head at me. Liar. You
28:57really need to stop asking Evelyn to look after the phoenix when you go on contracts. When did I ever
29:02ask her that? She says it every time you leave. I saw stars. I'd been out there risking my life,
29:08and she was back here cheating with my feelings. Doesn't she have her own creature? That little black snake
29:14died in its second year. Then it clicked. I'd spent 10 years sewing a wedding dress for someone else.
29:19I wasn't some gentle, forgiving heroine. Turned on Evelyn. It enraged the phoenix. As punishment,
29:25he lured me to the back forest under false pretenses, then broke open the wards keeping it sealed.
29:30The creatures trapped inside started pouring out, and among them was one that had fallen into complete
29:35madness. A leviathan. The phoenix joined forces with my sister to shoot me down the cliff. In the end,
29:40I died in the beast head, and I could only watch Evelyn snuggle up beside it. So this time around,
29:45I wasn't going to be anyone's sacrifice. I just wanted to see what this couple would do next.
29:50The phoenix held onto Evelyn tightly, refusing to let go. The elder side and spirit-packed
29:55academy the pact circle drawn. Once a creature bonded with someone, they were bound to that person's
30:00commands. Harm the bonded partner, and the creature suffered for it. The bonding ritual's energy agitated the
30:05black snake. He wound himself around my arm with everything he had. Evelyn got the phoenix,
30:10and was clearly thrilled. Then she looked at the snake clinging to me. You and that serpent really
30:14do seem meant for each other, Lyra. She was very smug. Had she also been reborn? Watch your tongue,
30:20Evelyn. If Lyra hadn't stepped in for you, you'd never have gotten the phoenix. If I were you,
30:24I'd be on my knees thanking her. Oh, stop. She's crying again. Always crying. You'd think she was the
30:30tragic one. The phoenix paced anxiously while Evelyn sniffled. Anxious didn't help him. Evelyn had
30:35almost no power at this stage. The creatures shared energy with their bonded partners, but Evelyn's
30:41reserves were basically empty. Probably the first time in either life that the phoenix had been on
30:46the losing side of a situation. Good. He'd adjust. This was the consequence of choosing weakness and
30:53cheating. The black snake, finally convinced I wasn't abandoning him, went limp and passed out in my arms.
31:00Back home, I finally got a good look at the snake. He was tiny. Couldn't have been more than a
31:06few
31:06decades old. Barely passed the threshold of maturity. But he was strange. Different from the serpents I
31:12knew. Water serpents had snake-like tails. This one had a tail more like a fish, with a fin. Mixed
31:19bloodline.
31:20Serpent and something older. Seafolk, maybe. I had a natural spring in the courtyard. The moment he hit
31:27the water, he came alive. Diving and surfacing. Pulling in energy from the current.
31:32I laughed. Relax. I fed a golden phoenix for ten years. I think I can manage one little snake.
31:39He froze, and stared at me with those tiny green eyes. Then he spat water at my face. I flicked
31:45him
31:45on the head. Heal up. You're not going anywhere. The next morning I woke up wrong. I turned my head
31:51and found a face three inches from mine. Dark lashes. Warm skin. The kind of face that belonged
31:58in a painting. Long lashes that trembled slightly. Objectively gorgeous. Didn't stop me from nearly
32:04jumping out of my skin. He'd gotten into bed without waking me. Whoever this was, his power was well
32:10above mine. He stirred, opened gold-slit eyes, and looked at me. I scrambled to the corner.
32:17Who are you? This is Spirit-Packed Academy Grounds. Don't try anything. He sat up. I noticed he was
32:24wearing the clothes I'd set aside for when a creature took human form. A dark, fitted robe with
32:28a subtle pattern. He wore it well. He was tall. He'd had to curl up to fit in my bed.
32:34Under those
32:35long lashes were a pair of gold, vertical pupil eyes. The answer was obvious. He smirked, reached
32:42out, and flicked me on the forehead. Rude. I have a name. It's Kieran. Kieran, it turned out, had been
32:49fleeing an enemy when he crossed paths with my tutor. He'd taken the form of a small, injured serpent.
32:54My tutor, true to form, had taken him in. Kieran clearly hadn't been injured because he was weak.
32:59Please tell me your enemies aren't about to show up here.
33:03We're bonded now. You're the master. I'm your mate. So I suggest you train hard and try not to slow
33:09me
33:09down. He taught me a breathing and absorption technique developed for serpentkind. Most days
33:14I sat in the spring practicing, while Kieran sprawled in the tree above me, watching with half-closed eyes.
33:19The breeze moved his hair and caught the light on his skin. Evelyn appeared at my gate,
33:24peering in. I sighed and got out of the spring. Kieran dropped from the tree and draped a dry
33:28robe over my shoulders without being asked. Who is this? You remember him? The little black
33:34snake from the bonding ceremony. You said yourself we seem meant for each other.
33:38A flicker of something crossed her face. What do you want? This is training time.
33:43I was hoping we could raise the phoenix together. Kieran's hand tightened on mine. I glanced at him.
33:49He was watching me, clearly unhappy. I'm not your backup plan. Figure it out yourself.
33:55How is it not your responsibility? You took the black snake and left me with the phoenix.
33:59You don't get to just walk away. Half a year's gone by and I've given him every elixir I had.
34:05There's nothing left for my own training. And I was in the lower ranks. I can't go hunting rare
34:09ingredients. I'd die out there. You bonded with the phoenix first. You should be helping.
34:14I cut her off mid-sentence, sent a gust of air to push her back through the gate,
34:18and led Kieran inside. Little sister, don't mistake everyone for a fool. I'm not spending
34:22my resources raising your creature for you. If you can't afford to keep him, dissolve the bond.
34:28Let someone else take him. I'm sure the elders would be happy to. She wouldn't do that.
34:32Her ambitions were too big. Weeks passed. I broke through to a new level of power.
34:37What those in the spirit-packed academy called fourth circle stage.
34:42At the same time, the archmaster arranged for me to escort a rare spirit fox to the spirit-packed
34:48academy, alongside Elder Celia, who was about three centuries older than me and acted like
34:53a kid half the time. I sweet-talked her through the handover to the creature registry, and she
34:59settled for it. Before she left, she pressed her hand over her mouth to hide a smile.
35:03Your little serpent is very clingy, you know. I didn't understand until I started up the
35:09mountain path, and saw a silhouette leaning against a tree in the distance. He didn't
35:14move. When I got closer, he reached out and grabbed the back of my neck.
35:19Lyra, am I not good to you? Why are you trying to give me away?
35:22What are you talking about?
35:23That girl came to the courtyard today, said you sent her to check on me. Did you change your
35:28mind about bonding with me? You hit fourth circle and now you're done with me?
35:31Same playbook, different life. Before I could explain, Kieran's pupils contracted to thin
35:38lines. He bent his head and pressed his face into my neck. His tongue brushed the skin there.
35:43Light, quick. I shivered hard.
35:46Smells like fox. Lyra, did you already find yourself a replacement?
35:52Doesn't matter. Once I eat that fox, I'll be your only option.
35:55You hit me for her?
35:57That fox belongs to my Archmaster. You touch her and I will end you.
36:02Kieran stopped fighting me and let himself be pulled along. Most students weren't training,
36:06so the residences were quiet. A few people raised their eyebrows when they saw me coming.
36:11Short greetings, and then they told me. Evelyn had gone to the back forest with the phoenix.
36:17I frowned. I wasn't in the phoenix's way anymore. Why were they sneaking off to the forest?
36:22We found them mid-argument. Or rather, Evelyn was arguing and the phoenix,
36:27who still hadn't taken human form, was responding in scratched letters on the ground.
36:32Don't look at me like that. I've done nothing wrong. I didn't force you to come to the Spirit
36:37Pocked Academy. You said this place would help you grow. I've given you every elixir I had and
36:43you're still not satisfied? You want me to go out hunting rare ingredients? I just started
36:48training. You'd be sending me to die! I almost felt something in my past life. He'd given me
36:55nothing for ten years. Not a glance, not a word, not a gesture. Now he was writing letters in the
37:02dirt. The contrast was something. Evelyn, I've been looking for you. The phoenix scrambles to erase
37:09the letters when he heard us. Evelyn pulled herself together fast, though not fast enough.
37:14What do you need, Lyra?
37:20I patted Kieran's arm. He gave me a long-suffering look, then dropped to one knee and let me settle
37:25onto it like a chair. His hands locked around my waist, steadying me. Evelyn's gaze locked onto
37:31Kieran and didn't move. I'm not here about anything in particular. Just wondering why
37:36you paid my companion a visit. The phoenix's feathers flared, angry. Evelyn hadn't expected
37:42me to know so fast. No, no, you've got it wrong. I was just coming to find you. He rested
37:47his chin
37:47on my shoulder. She lied to me. She said you stole me from her, that I was supposed to be
37:52hers.
37:53And what did you do? She came into your territory without permission. She was weak. I didn't even use
37:58my power. Just pushed until she left. I patted his cheek. I stood and faced Evelyn directly.
38:04If I remember correctly, you didn't want Kieran in the first place. He was badly injured. If he'd
38:10ended up with you, he probably wouldn't have survived his second year. That's not true! I would
38:15have taken care of him. The phoenix's crest was fully raised now. She caught herself.
38:21You're trying to drive a wedge between me and the phoenix. I stepped forward and put my hand on her
38:26shoulder. You played your game, little sister. Don't act surprised when I play mine. Next time
38:32you pull something like this, you will get my punishment. She blanched. The council didn't
38:37forgive moves against another member's bonded creature. She couldn't risk it. On the way back,
38:43I was in a good mood. Kieran was quiet, though. Wouldn't transform and carry me even when I asked.
38:49Once we were back in the courtyard, he grabbed my arm.
38:52You seem familiar with the phoenix.
38:53I didn't hide it. We have a history. It ended badly for me. Want to hear it?
38:59He turned away, shifted into serpent form, and wound himself around my neck.
39:03No. I'm better than that bird by every measure. You're not going back to him.
39:09I won't have another mate. I promise. Days later.
39:15Laia, your growth rate is pathetic. Sharing energy with you is a form of suffering.
39:23My archmaster said, I'm one of the most talented young members in a generation.
39:28All those rare materials and elixirs I found went into me this time, not into the phoenix.
39:33Ten years passed. I moved steadily from fourth circle to sixth circle. Even the most mean
39:39elder Celia praised me. You are really a genius, Lyra. We all expected the phoenix to elevate the whole
39:46spirit-panned academy. But ten years in, there's still no sign of him breaking through.
39:52I'd expected this. Sustaining creatures took enormous resources, and the spirit-packed academy never had
39:59reserves. The phoenix couldn't break through, and in my past life, I'd seen exactly what happened when his
40:04patience ran out. I'd thought about removing him. Every time I tried to bring it up with my archmaster
40:09or Kieran, it was like the words hit a wall. And acting unilaterally, killing the phoenix before
40:15anyone understood why, would have destroyed the spirit-packed academy from the inside.
40:20All I could do was watch him and contain him. Past that, I had no choice but to wait.
40:26My past life hadn't survived this year. I didn't know if this one would go differently.
40:30He stood there staring at Kieran, who was lazily floating in the spring in human form,
40:35making absolutely no effort to be welcoming. You have a bonded partner. Why are you at my gate?
40:42Right. What possible reason could you have for neglecting your own bonded partner to come stand
40:48outside someone else's home? Kieran climbed out, and immediately tried to lean against me.
40:53I don't worry you're near. I'll have to know this. I just want that bird to know there's no space
40:59for
41:00him here. What exactly is here between us? That's entirely your call. The phoenix flew away.
41:07Kieran grabbed my face with both hands. He left. Can you stop worrying about him for five minutes?
41:12I have to know what he's doing. That bird has a dark heart. I don't trust him idle.
41:18He regrets it. Doesn't want to stay with your little sister anymore.
41:22I turned toward the gate. Empty. But something in my gut told me the phoenix was off.
41:28There was no logical reason for him to come to me specifically. Unless the phoenix had also been
41:35reborn. If that was true, then he knew about the back forest. He knew what was sealed there. He knew
41:41my
41:41parents had died there, which I'd only ever told him directly in my previous life. I didn't stop
41:46to explain to Kieran. I pulled out a slip and went straight to the forest wards. The wards were
41:51intact. I exhaled. Then I turned around and my stomach dropped. A handful of golden feathers lay
41:56near the edge of the barrier line. He'd been here. The phoenix had come back with knowledge he shouldn't
42:01have. The friction between Evelyn and the phoenix had gone public. He'd refused her commands in
42:06training sessions. Ignored her in front of others. Made her look incompetent in front of the whole yard
42:11more than once in recent weeks. The reason I kept getting dragged in was simpler and more
42:15aggravating. Every time I appeared, the phoenix drifted toward me. If looks could kill, Evelyn
42:20would have had me buried weeks ago. Elder Celia found the whole thing delightful. Her bird appeared
42:25at my shoulder one afternoon. You know what this reminds me of? One of those stories where the man
42:30realizes too late what he had. He freezes her out at the start and then spends the rest of the
42:35book
42:35chasing her. Oh dear. I could talk to the girl. Offer her a different creature. Something she could
42:43actually manage. And transfer the phoenix over to you. Quietly. No. I'm not going near the disciplinary
42:49council over this. Besides, I have Kieran. That's enough. Celia looked genuinely mournful.
42:55Then she shifted to her real point. A creature pulling against its bonded partner is a problem
43:01for everyone. And Evelyn hasn't advanced the first stage in ten years. The elders have discussed
43:06sending her out on a field assignment a year or two away from the Spirit Pact Academy. Practical
43:11experience away from all of this. I understood what she wasn't saying. They'd given up on the
43:16phoenix as a resource for the Spirit Pact Academy. In the council hall, Evelyn made the whole thing into a
43:21production. She cried. She accused me of engineering her removal to take the phoenix.
43:26In front of all the senior elders, she made her counteroffer. If senior wants the phoenix,
43:32she should just say so. I won't stand in the way. But if she takes him, she gives me Kieran,
43:38a mixed lineage serpent for a pure-blooded phoenix. Honestly, Lyra comes out a laugh.
43:44Which one, Evelyn? You focus on your phoenix and stop coming up with terrible ideas.
43:49While the elders dealt with Evelyn, I was at the creature registry with the headkeeper,
43:54investigating a disappearance. Three had vanished overnight. Two small rabbits and a unicorn.
44:01I reinforced the gate myself before I left. Any disturbance at all, and I would have felt it.
44:08There was nothing. Not a sound. Not a rogue creature. No trace of that energy anywhere. Right?
44:16I looked around. The registry was built into the mountainside. The rock face itself was warded.
44:22No slipping through the earth. No passing through walls. I was still thinking when the keeper started
44:28cooing at one of the deer. Don't be scared. Big Brother Serpent just looks mean. He won't eat you.
44:34That pulled something loose in my mind. I hesitated.
44:40Do creatures ever turn on each other? What a horrifying thing to say. They have awareness. They would
44:48never... Kieran slipped an arm around me and spoke low into my ear. People do terrible things to each
44:53other. Creatures aren't different. I've heard of a practice. A dark technique used by creatures who
45:00want to advance without resources. My skin had gone cold. Wild creatures had no access to elixirs
45:06or rare materials. If they wanted to grow in power fast, the most efficient shortcut was this.
45:13Consume the core of another creature. The higher the level of the creature they took from,
45:17the faster the gain. Kieran had nearly died at the hands of one practicing exactly that method
45:23ten years ago. Once it works, it will come back for more. We staked out the registry that night.
45:30Nothing happened. Quiet all the way until dawn. I reassured the keeper and headed out.
45:38Hallmaster, there's an incident at the residences. Kieran shifted, wrapped around me, and moved.
45:43When we landed, I didn't need to go inside to know it was bad. I could hear the crying from
45:48the
45:48courtyard. It was one of my newest students. A girl who'd come to the spirit-packed academy with
45:52his own creature. Fox. Soft and round and always sprawled in patches of sunlight. Kind of creature
45:58that made people smile just looking at it. She was sitting on the ground, holding what remained of
46:02her. Not much left. Your guess was right. The core was removed. One strike, clean. It happened before
46:08she could make a sound. She only noticed when she felt the bond break. I felt the cold settle in
46:12my
46:13chest. Without thinking, I looked around for the phoenix. He was standing beside Evelyn,
46:18still as a statue. The picture. Don't look. It's him. You're certain? I went to the archmaster.
46:26Don't move yet. You need proof. Catch him in the act. He said it with total gravity. Meanwhile,
46:33behind him, his courtyard had become a small zoo. Several of them had taken human form and were
46:38crowding around Kieran to ask about his parents' bloodlines. I keep all my creatures close. Your
46:44new firehound relieved himself on the floor. You could clean it up for your teacher. Absolutely not.
46:49The senior elders started watching the phoenix. Their eyes went to him more carefully during
46:54training. They noted that his power had grown noticeably in ways that weren't explained by his
46:59circumstances. Then, nothing. Weeks passed. No more disappearances. No incidents. Two weeks went by.
47:05The girl never quite recovered from losing his fox. The other students spoke about the
47:09disappearances less and less until the whole thing drifted into the category of strange spirit-packed
47:15academy legend. Something that had happened, maybe. Possibly. Nobody quite remembered the details.
47:20But I couldn't let it go. Kieran's certainty sat with me every day. I went to the archmaster and asked
47:26to have the phoenix formally restricted. You think we don't see it? But without evidence,
47:31what do I tell the students? If I punish someone without proof, I lose the trust of the whole
47:35spirit-packed academy. And without that trust, the spirit-packed academy dissolves.
47:41Then, one night, while I was deep in meditation, something flashed past my window. A pair of red
47:46eyes. Bright. Gone in an instant. Where was Kieran? I moved to the water's edge. Floating on the
47:52surface. A single golden feather. An invitation. Or a taunt. Find me and I'll give him back.
47:57I reached out through the bond and found Kieran's location. The back forest. I hit the ground
48:02running. I arrived through the wards in a flash of light. And walked straight into a shockwave
48:07from two powers colliding. Kieran and the phoenix were already fighting. Fully committed. I went rigid.
48:14When had the phoenix broken through? He moved through the trees in a golden coat. Fast and precise.
48:20Ducking and redirecting Kieran's strikes. With the ease of someone who'd had longer to prepare for
48:25this moment. Beside the ward barrier, Evelyn sat perfectly still. Like a doll that someone had
48:32set down and forgotten. When I got close enough to see her clearly, my stomach turned over. Evelyn
48:38was dead. Her eyes were still open. Fixed in an expression of complete disbelief. Her abdomen had
48:44been cut open. Her core. The source of her power. The route she'd spent years building. Was gone.
48:51I hadn't even had time to process it. Before the sky above the forest went dark. Clouds banking hard
48:58and fast. Thunder starting low and rolling. Bond flies. Harm your bonded partner. And the consequence
49:06comes down from the sky itself. He'd killed his own bonded partner. He'd lost his mind. A lightning
49:13judgment of this scale would leave nothing of him. All that power. All that scheming. And he'd thrown it
49:19away for this moment. I didn't bother playing it soft. You spent 10 years plotting with Evelyn
49:25against the Spirit Pact Academy. You used every person here as a platform. And this life you had
49:31the chance to change and instead you gutted her for her core. The god is watching. Today it ends.
49:38Nick smiled. Cold and strange. Almost. One more step. His hands were already moving behind his back.
49:46Breaking the ward seal. The creatures locked in the forest felt the loosening. The ground shook.
49:52Thunder gathered directly above him. The archmaster arrived in a streak of light from the peak.
49:57Lyra! Hold the creatures back! I'll work on resealing from out here.
50:04Lightning above. The forest breaking open below. The phoenix stood in the middle of it all.
50:09With a look of pure madness. And he turned it on me.
50:13Lyra. You can't stop this. Come die with me. I'll do better by you this time. I swear it.
50:21In my past life I had died in this exact forest. In this exact way. With no one at my
50:27back.
50:28I felt fear. That was honest. Old fear. The kind that lived in the body. Then a hand landed on
50:35my
50:35shoulder. Kieran. Eyes lit with the cold fire of someone who had never once considered losing.
50:41You want to take her down with you? He laughed once. Short and sharp.
50:46Ask me first. You're nobody.
50:50Right. I had Kieran. This time. I wasn't fighting alone.
50:56Kieran pressed forward and I covered him. He trusted me at his back without checking.
51:00I trusted him to end what he started. Kieran wasn't breaking. And the phoenix couldn't find
51:06a way past him. Then he understood. I wasn't going to die here. The plan had failed. He broke.
51:14This isn't right. You're supposed to die. We're supposed to die together.
51:18I raised one finger and pointed at the sky.
51:21Goodbye.
51:22The lightning came down in a column as wide as it was. The phoenix didn't scream.
51:27No rebirth for those taken by judgment. Final and total.
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