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00:00The day after I helped Lassander's cradon claim my throne,
00:04he handed me a glass of poisoned wine.
00:07For the moment, I was blind.
00:09Hecate had taken my sight, leaving me going into the world.
00:13In Solos, a crippled noble lady like me was treated,
00:17with the frayed edge of a fine banner.
00:19I endured the disdain in the cold stares of the highborn.
00:23Yet, none knew Hecate had gifted me the mind sight.
00:26The power to see what lies in one's heart.
00:28Jealousy, green as seaweed.
00:31Resentment, black as night.
00:34Love, peach, blossom pink.
00:36With this gift, I guided the overlooked Prince Lysandros to the throne.
00:41I saw the lies behind every mask, and cleared every obstacle from his path to rule.
00:46But the day after he took the crown, all I could see around him was darkness.
00:51So thick, it swallowed everything.
00:55He handed me the poisoned wine.
01:01So my sister, dead too soon, might take a place in the royal tomb.
01:06Thyah Myra, this is what you deserve.
01:08If you hadn't taken Irada's place, she'd be my queen today.
01:12Not you!
01:13You vined creature!
01:22The defiance in my blood stirred a roadblocks, a serpent of endless return.
01:33When I opened my eyes, I found myself back on the day Lysandros came to propose, in this life.
01:39I see something different, in the hearts of the crowd.
01:42One shone golden, clear as glass.
01:45That's the heart of Sotero and Lysandros, sitting upon a wheeled chair.
01:51Irina Myra is my true love.
01:54No one else could ever take her place.
01:56At House Myra's matchmaking banquet.
01:58As if he's afraid I, the blind one, might pick him again.
02:01Fifth Prince Lysandros rushes over to Irina.
02:04The hall falls quiet as he walks up to her.
02:06His eyes burning with a deep, urgent longing.
02:09Irina is the love of my life.
02:11I'd pay any cost for her.
02:14Even my life!
02:16In my past life, I spoke before him, and claimed him as my husband.
02:20It was only before I died that Lysandros admitted he had agreed for honor's sake.
02:24And his heart always belonged to my sister, Irene.
02:27Irene's beauty is angelic, and her charm captivates everyone.
02:31Lysandros is no exception, even in this life.
02:33As Lysandros's words fall, all eyes turn to me, full of pity.
02:37Every prince chose Merelda's daughter.
02:40Poor thing, no one wanted her.
02:42What do you expect?
02:43She was born blind.
02:44Even the fifth prince passed her by.
02:50Amid the whispers, I catch a fleeting glance from Lysandros.
02:54A gaze with pure, unyielding hatred.
02:57He's reborn, just like me.
03:03I was born blind, and I have long endured the scorn of the world.
03:07Fifth Prince Lysandros was basically in the same boat,
03:10ridiculously handsome, but his mother was just a lowly maid,
03:13who once caught the king's eye.
03:15People figured he'd pick someone of his own kind.
03:17Namely me.
03:19Yet even he, like all the princes, fell under Irene's spell.
03:23Irene's gaze scanned each prince, measuring their worth.
03:26In her past life, she chose the eldest prince.
03:29The one most likely to ascend the throne.
03:31Only to be ruined and killed by his twisted desires in bed.
03:35A chill runs through me at the memory.
03:37Lysandros' expression shifts.
03:39His face a mask of urgency and coldness.
03:41He might have thought the same thing.
03:43He kneels before Irene and vows.
03:44Iria, marry me.
03:47I swear, I will make you the most honored woman alive.
03:51Even though I'm blind, I can feel the menace in his voice.
03:54He's confessing to Irene, but it's really a warning aimed at me.
03:58He believes he can claim the throne, even without me.
04:01Yet he knew nothing, in my past life, before he poisoned me.
04:04I was the one quietly saving him from every assassination I thought.
04:08Although I cannot see the world.
04:10My blindness lets me read the hearts of all.
04:16Jealous hearts glow green.
04:18Resentful hearts burn black.
04:19And hearts full of love blush pink.
04:21The deeper the passion, the richer the hue.
04:24In my past life, I used this gift to save him from assassinations,
04:28bend the will of ministers, and guide him step by step to the throne.
04:32But this life, I smiled calmly.
04:35Lysandra still thinks I'd cling to him as before.
04:37But he does not know.
04:39In this life, he is just a pawn on my board, meant to be sacrificed.
04:43Since he throws himself away, may he not regret it.
04:46With the maid's support, I rise, feeling my way forward to bow before the crowd.
04:51I am but a blind girl, unfit to wed the fifth prince.
04:55My sister and he are made for each other by the gods.
04:59Lysandra spares me a glance.
05:00A rare one.
05:01Surprise flashes in his eyes, quickly replaced by a satisfied smile.
05:05You blind girl.
05:07You do know your place.
05:10But even if you begged, I would never marry you.
05:13Tharia may be blind, but whoever marries her will have her help to claim the throne.
05:17But my blindness drags even her to the lowest realm of power.
05:22In the roar of the crowd, her words are lost, soft, faint, and unheard.
05:27Through the slits of my blindfold, I take in the princes at the banquet.
05:31The second prince's heart is dark, scheming, grey.
05:34The fourth prince burns with lust.
05:36A vivid red.
05:37Compared to them, Lysandra's heart appears normal.
05:39That is why I chose him in my past life.
05:41A prince with no power.
05:43No influence.
05:43But who knew he could hide his true self so well?
05:46The day my sister died, I finally saw his heart.
05:49Deep purple.
05:50Nearly black.
05:51Filled with hatred.
05:52He forced the poison down my throat, ignoring my choking and blood I sweat.
05:57I loved your sister.
05:59You blind fool.
06:01If you had never chosen me, how could my royal brother have brought her to ruin?
06:05He laid my dead sister in a lavish coffin as the queen.
06:08And I, left in my face, to be devoured by beasts.
06:16Memories of past pain flash before me.
06:19In this life, Irene's smiling face looms.
06:21Like a venomous snake from the abyss, flicking its tongue.
06:25Thallius.
06:26Who do you want to marry?
06:28Look at me.
06:29All the princes may have chosen me.
06:31But you are my dear, it itself may may.
06:34Whatever your eyes fall on, I'll let you have him.
06:37The smugness in her heart is dark green, harsh and ugly to behold.
06:41I turn my gaze away.
06:43Seeing me ignore her, Lysandra's flares with anger.
06:46Thallius, sir!
06:47You're just a blind girl.
06:49Despised by all.
06:50Your sister took you in out of kindness.
06:53Don't be ungrateful.
06:54Beg her now.
06:55And I might yet allow you to serve at her feet.
06:59I have no desire to argue.
07:01Just as I turn to leave this mad scene behind, the rumble of wheels reaches my ears.
07:05I look up.
07:06It is all gold, blinding and dazzling.
07:08He has come.
07:09The true king I saw in his life.
07:11The man in the wheelchair is like a spring breeze.
07:13His moon-colored robe runs in an air of gentle elegance.
07:16His name is Soterion, often seen in a wheelchair.
07:19Some may mistake him for a cripple and look down on him.
07:22But his heart is unlike any other, a piece of glass.
07:25With a golden light swirling within, the aura of a true king, I hold my breath.
07:29It reminds me that I once backed the wrong man, a false king, and suffered the consequences.
07:35I passed beyond Lysandros and took my place before Soterion.
07:39He is the one I'll marry.
07:44In my past life, Soterion never showed up at the matchmaking banquet.
07:48Later, when I helped Lysandros seize the throne,
07:51I was stationed at a frontier fortress, leading his warriors in defense.
07:55In the end, he fell in battle upon the ramparts.
07:58Yet in this life, he appears at the banquet.
08:01Lysandros sneers at me.
08:04Thalia, clever choice.
08:06A blind girl choosing a cripple.
08:08What a match.
08:09Thalia, you cannot see.
08:12How could you know he sits in a wheeled chair?
08:14Perhaps I should let you choose once more.
08:16Her words are soft, but her heart is cruel.
08:19Dark green.
08:20Thassia, if you fail to find a suitable match to watch over you,
08:24then come with me when I wed and serve as my handmaid.
08:27Be her maid.
08:28She says it as if it's the greatest favor in the world.
08:31I shake my head, eyes flashing beneath the black veil, surveying the crowd.
08:36I, Thassius, will never tolerate this.
08:39Such humiliation.
08:41Soterion wheels closer.
08:42His cool, gentle fingers take my hand, guiding it to his knee.
08:46Proof that his leg truly fails him.
08:48I brush my hand over his knee.
08:50I feel him tense.
08:51I glance at his heart once more.
08:53Clear as glass.
08:54A golden light flickering inside.
08:56As always.
09:00I look up at him.
09:02I can heal your leg.
09:05You're not even engaged yet.
09:08Soterion is an outsider.
09:10You can't touch his leg like that.
09:12Brag if you dare, fail, and you will answer for it.
09:15Soterion's interest sparks.
09:17His voice gentle.
09:18My leg.
09:20Can you really heal it?
09:22I can.
09:23But it'll take a little special stimulation.
09:28He catches my meaning.
09:30Jealousy churns in Lysandros's eyes.
09:32I sneer inwardly.
09:34What's there to be jealous of?
09:35Was he not the one who poisoned me?
09:37Trading my life for my sister's honor.
09:40Sealing me in a coffin in my past life.
09:43After the banquet, Lysandros uses memories from his past life to charm my sister.
09:47Every day, he showers her with gifts.
09:50Until he wins her over.
09:51In this life, my sister gives up the crown prince and chooses to marry Lysandros.
09:56And I receive a scroll from Soterion.
10:02His handwriting is sharp and precise, undoubtedly his.
10:05My sister and I get married on the same day.
10:08She enters my courtyard, carrying a grey veil.
10:11I know it is a hint.
10:12She wants me to be her maid.
10:14Thalia.
10:15You can't see, but the fifth prince and I are generous.
10:19We don't mind your disability, and we even make you our maybue.
10:24So long as you behave and obey.
10:29Her heart blazes with arrogant red.
10:32On my wedding day, I cast aside that grey veil and wear the gold laurel crown sent by Soterion.
10:38As we set out, two carriages stand side by side.
10:42My sister climbs straight into the luxurious carriage, decked with pure white flowers.
10:47But the attendants drag her out roughly, leaving her a complete mess.
10:52Lysandros, here to escort her, arrives just then.
10:56My sister throws herself into his arms, crying over the wrongs done to her, while secretly blaming me.
11:03She may be jealous of me and refuses to be my maid.
11:07But why does she set me up like this?
11:16The crowd points, whispers, mocking me without end.
11:19Lysandros' face darkens, his heart black as ink.
11:22He stands before my sister and snaps at me.
11:25Thalia, what right do you have to wear a pure white gown?
11:28You think you can marry me again, like in our past life?
11:33I smile coldly.
11:35Tonight, the wedding night, is the day you die.
11:40My sister clenches her fingers and shrieks.
11:43It's our wedding day!
11:45How dare you curse us!
11:48She sounds frail, yet defiant.
11:51Lysandros orders his men to seize me.
11:53As the guards step forward, I say coldly,
11:58Aren't you afraid of angering Sotorian?
12:01Sotorian hasn't even shown up yet, he's just playing you.
12:04Kneel and apologize to Irini, perhaps.
12:07I'll let you keep your place as her maid.
12:10Before he finishes, the wheelchair moves into view.
12:18Who dares touch my bride?
12:20Sotorian appears, seated in his wheelchair.
12:23He wheels over to me, and takes my cold hand.
12:26Forgive my delay, and that you had to endure this.
12:28Then his cold eyes fix on Lysandros.
12:31Who made her kneel?
12:32Break his legs.
12:33Lysandros snaps, furious.
12:35I'm a prince! Who dares?
12:38Sotorian sneers.
12:39A disfavored prince. Dare bully my bride?
12:42Make her a maid?
12:44Lysandros screams that he'll rise again.
12:46I'll rise again!
12:47But I know, without me, he's nothing but a pitiful snake.
12:51That night, Sotorian and I shared wine together, honoring the vows of our marriage.
12:57Warm color slowly rises across his pale face.
13:00His eyes soften as he looks at me.
13:02I climb onto his lap.
13:03The lie he hid for years immediately begins to crack.
13:06He is not truly crippled.
13:08The moment I settle against him, heat rushes across his face.
13:12He tries to pull away, clearly flustered.
13:15I wrap my arms around his waist and lean close to his ear.
13:19My husband, are you sure you don't want your legs healed?
13:23Deep into the night, I tease him until he finally stands from the chair.
13:27We do not sleep until dawn.
13:32Afterward, tangled together beneath the blankets, Sotarian finally asks how I discovered the truth.
13:37I once looked into his heart.
13:38A faint trace of pale green rippled through it.
13:41He lied to me from the beginning.
13:43Suddenly, I think of another wedding night.
13:45Another life.
13:46Someone also poisoned Lysandros' wine.
13:48Back then, I caught the handmaid responsible.
13:51I secretly switched the cups and killed the woman myself.
13:54But this time, I won't save the man who once murdered me.
13:57The next morning, Sotarian escorts me to the palace to greet the queen.
14:00Lysandros and Irene never appear.
14:03We barely step out when we hear the rumor.
14:05The fifth prince collapsed on his wedding night.
14:08Poisoned.
14:09Hovering near death.
14:10His wine was poisoned.
14:12Just like in my previous life.
14:14But this time, I let the poison reach his lips.
14:20Back at Sotarian's estate, Irene storms toward me like a madwoman.
14:24You poisoned him?!
14:26I calmly shake my head.
14:28The fifth prince's poisoning has nothing to do with me.
14:32She searches desperately for evidence.
14:34But she finds nothing but her own anger.
14:36Irene lunges at me, screaming for the antidote.
14:39I retort coldly.
14:40Which maid did I ever order?
14:42And did you even find any poison?
14:44She cannot answer.
14:46Sotarian steps in front of me, protecting him.
14:49Then he gives a cold order.
14:50No one from Lysandros' household is allowed near his wife again.
14:54The woman is dragged away.
14:57Soon after, I begin to prepare for the journey to Sotarian's homeland.
15:01As I study the guards through the cloth over my eyes, one man catches my attention.
15:05Broad shoulders.
15:07An honest face.
15:08But his heart is gray with murderous intent.
15:11I lean towards Sotarian and whisper softly,
15:14Husband, that one cannot be trusted.
15:16We should change our route.
15:22Sotarian smiles immediately.
15:24A blush spreads gently across his cheeks.
15:26I'm your husband.
15:27How could I doubt you?
15:29I kiss his cheek lightly.
15:31In my past life, he was ambushed on my fellow woman.
15:35He later died from his injury.
15:37This time, things will be different.
15:39The next morning, the guard has vanished.
15:42Sotarian returns not long after.
15:44That guard is a spy.
15:46He confessed.
15:48The crown prince planted him years ago.
15:50How did you know?
15:51I smile faintly.
15:52Just a guess.
15:54Sotarian laughs softly.
15:55You cannot see the world, but you see more clearly than anyone else.
15:58I'm lucky to have you.
16:00He lifts me onto the wheeled chair and holds me against his chest.
16:03I ask him when he stops pretending to be a cripple.
16:06Inside that clear heart, I see old hatred buried deep.
16:10How Spiller Coast is powerful, but constantly watched by the royal family.
16:15Sotarian hides his strength behind the image of the cripple.
16:18Because a cripple threatens him.
16:20Honestly, I don't care much when he chooses to stand.
16:23Because he can satisfy me at night.
16:29Sotarian's homeland is cold and rough, far from the poisonous royal court.
16:33The people there love us deeply.
16:35They keep calling me, your highness, as we walk through the streets.
16:39At the market, the merchants insist on not taking our coins.
16:43One day, I run ahead despite the cloth covering my eyes.
16:46The handmaid gasps in shock.
16:48Our princess is blind, but she runs so fast.
16:51Sotarian laughs quietly beside me.
16:53Day by day, the color of his heart softens into warm pink.
16:58We grow used to spending every day together.
17:00Then a scroll arrives from the capital.
17:03Lysandris has awakened.
17:05But the poison leaves.
17:07Severe headaches.
17:08Sudden bursts of violent rage.
17:10For Lysandris, the suffering has only begun.
17:13A second scroll follows soon after.
17:15The crown prince demands Sotarian return to Solos for his birthday banquet.
17:24At the banquet, I hold Sotarian's hand tightly and whisper that he shouldn't eat anything here.
17:30In my past life, assassins attack during this very feast.
17:34This time, I am ready.
17:36The dancers spin through the hall.
17:38Veils swirling like mist.
17:39Then one dancer draws a blade and lunges at the pinces.
17:42But Sotarian reacts first.
17:44In the shadows, his warriors head forth, guarding us.
17:49Bodies lie across the floor.
17:51Only Sotarian and I are still standing.
17:53A blade pierced Lysandris' leg.
17:56Blood pours between his fingers.
17:58His eyes find me instantly.
18:00Fear.
18:01Desperation.
18:02Regret.
18:03All swirling green and black inside his heart.
18:06My face remains calm.
18:08I'm blind.
18:08I see nothing.
18:09So naturally.
18:10I do nothing to save him.
18:13The blade carries poison.
18:14After the banquet, Lysandris' wound worsens day by day.
18:18His leg rots.
18:20He is crippled and has to use a wheelchair.
18:23Half a year passes.
18:24The crippled prince quickly loses all value at court.
18:27In my past life, Lysandris rose so easily because I guided every step of his.
18:32I read hearts for him.
18:34I manipulated nobles for him.
18:36I knew what every person desired and used it to build his power.
18:39This life, I give him nothing.
18:41And without me, he is nothing.
18:43Still, he refuses to release Irene from their marriage.
18:47Irene learns the wrong lesson from her suffering.
18:49After marrying one crippled prince, she desperately crawls back toward the eldest prince.
18:54In the end, she becomes nothing more than his servant.
18:58One day, we cross paths in the market.
19:03She snatches a bottle of perfume from my hands and lifts her chin proudly.
19:07You are blind.
19:08Your husband is crippled.
19:10Who are you even trying to impress with this?
19:13I laugh softly.
19:16If you like it that much, take them all.
19:20The dead cannot compete with the living.
19:22Rain clouds cover the sky on the day.
19:25Lysandris comes to my gaze.
19:26The guards turn him away like a stray.
19:29He falls into the mud, soaked and shaken.
19:31Why, Thalia?
19:33In our last life, you helped me become king!
19:36How did everything end like this?
19:39He beats uselessly at his real life, and he sobs at the moment.
19:43Eventually, he drags himself closer to beg me.
19:46Thalia, I regret it.
19:49Come back to me.
19:50Be my wife again.
19:52Together, we can still rule the world.
19:57I look at his heart.
19:59Dark green, real regret twisted together with endless greed.
20:03I smile coldly.
20:04Throw him farther away, and if he ever steps onto my land again, I will show no mercy.
20:13Soon after, news arrives.
20:15My sister is dead.
20:16The eldest prince tortures her to death.
20:18When they found her body, she still carried the perfume she snatched from me.
20:21Lysandris reads the scroll from his wheelchair.
20:23Then suddenly, he bursts into wild laughter.
20:26Good!
20:27That witch is dead!
20:28Good!
20:29I loved her.
20:31I gave her everything.
20:33And she still crawled into another man's bed.
20:36Serves her right.
20:37I quietly take out the poison I prepared for him.
20:40Not a strong poison.
20:42A slow one.
20:43It steals his senses one by one.
20:46A month later, trapped alone in darkness, Lysandris scratches his face raw before dying.
20:51I send his body to a mass grave for wild dogs.
20:54The debt from my past life has finally been repaired.
20:57That night in the bedchamber, Soterion bites my earlobe.
21:00His back covered with sweat.
21:02Soterion gently unties the cloth covering my eyes.
21:07Then carefully ties it back into place.
21:10You truly cannot see.
21:11It does not matter.
21:12I will be your eyes.
21:14Because he trusts me completely.
21:16Because he asks for nothing in return.
21:18I tell him everything.
21:19I tell him about my first life.
21:21The poison.
21:21The way my body was abandoned in the wilderness after death.
21:24Warm tears fall silently against my skin.
21:27When I explain my gift and the colors I see inside human hearts.
21:31Soterion stays silent for a very long time.
21:33Then he pulls me tightly into his arms.
21:35You must have suffered so much.
21:37Later lying beside me, he whispers near my ear.
21:40And my heart?
21:42What color is it?
21:43The clearest, most beautiful color in the world.
21:46Together, we survive every storm.
21:49My gift guides us.
21:50Soterion's mind leads us.
21:52From the border to the capital.
21:54We fight our way across the land.
21:56And carve out our own territory.
22:00And when Soterion finally takes the throne.
22:03He does not keep me behind him.
22:05Before the entire court.
22:06He declares that I would rule beside him.
22:08Not as an ornament.
22:10Not as a silent queen hidden in shadows.
22:13The man who once poisoned me spends his final days trapped in darkness deeper than death.
22:18Nothing like my first life.
22:20Soterion and I take an oath before the altars of Hecate and Athena.
22:23We will not rule through hatred.
22:25We will not destroy the kingdom for personal revenge.
22:28The cloth still covers my eyes even now.
22:30But my gift of mind sight lets me see into every soul.
22:34Soterion's heart has slowly changed from clear glass.
22:37Into soft pink.
22:38Like flowers blooming after rain.
22:41Once, I lived only for revenge.
22:44Now, I hold the world in my hands beside the man I chose.
22:48And across the stone streets of Argos.
22:50Our names are spoken together.
22:52Our fate was chosen by the gods.
22:54And chosen by ourselves.
22:56And chosen by ourselves.
22:56And chosen by ourselves.
22:59And chosen by ourselves.
23:01And chosen by ourselves.
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