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The Duke's Regret - He Repented After Abandoning His Wife - Fu EP - ENGSUB
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00:03They say every beautiful story starts the same way.
00:05A hero saves a damsel, and she gives him her heart forever.
00:09But my story is not that.
00:11It was my wedding night to Duke Kyle Blackwood.
00:14His lips were just inches from mine, about to complete our vows.
00:17Then his servant burst pale and panicked.
00:20Your Grace, Miss Lena has collapsed.
00:22Her father just passed away.
00:24Without a word, he abandoned our wedding and rushed out of the manor into the night.
00:28From down the hall, his voice carried through the house.
00:31Best physician in London at once.
00:33Lena is weak. How can she bear such grief?
00:36I stood there, looking at the spilled wine, the overturned table.
00:39Amanda, my mother's maid.
00:41Her eyes were red.
00:42Lady Allara, this is too much.
00:46Tonight was your wedding night.
00:48He left a lady of the realm alone on her wedding night for a court attack.
00:52This is a disgrace.
00:53All high society knew it.
00:55All the noble world knew it.
00:56The great Duke of Blackwood's heart had long belonged to that courtesan.
01:00Tonight, I lived the truth of it.
01:02And the truth was worse than any rumor.
01:05The wedding candles burned through the night.
01:07The Duke did not come back.
01:10But the truth is, the rumors started long before our wedding.
01:14Duke Kyle Blackwood had stepped in to protect a fragile young woman named Lena.
01:18A courtesan who was being harassed by powerful nobles at the top salons.
01:22Lena was the kind of woman you couldn't look away from, slender, seemingly fragile, but with a beauty that left
01:28every noble in the room speechless.
01:30A lord tried to force her into marriage.
01:33The Duke stopped her.
01:34A hero saves a helpless woman.
01:36She gives him her heart.
01:38An old tale.
01:39But then the Duke said something that surprised everyone.
01:41I have no Duchess, so I will not take a mistress lightly.
01:45Lena deserves better than that.
01:47She should not be treated that way.
01:48The Queen heard about it too.
01:49She worried I would be hurt.
01:51So before the wedding, she called me to the palace.
01:54Allura, you've heard the rumors about Blackwood and that corsant.
01:57If you're not comfortable with this match, I can cancel it.
02:00I won't blame you.
02:01My parents and brothers had all died fighting for the bride.
02:05The Queen honored House Calloway's sacrifice and took me in.
02:08She gave me something almost no woman had ever received.
02:11She let me inherit the Calloway family title.
02:14She had always been more than fair to me.
02:16Far more than the crown required.
02:18But becoming Duchess of Blackwood was the Queen's own command.
02:22It couldn't be undone easily.
02:23So I knelt before her and said what I had to say.
02:26Your Majesty, I am not wronged.
02:29The Duke is one of the most powerful noble of Esheroli's generation.
02:33This is exactly the married I want.
02:36There's no need to cancel it.
02:37As for the rumors, noble marriages were never about love.
02:40As long as he didn't humiliate me after the wedding, I could live with it.
02:44But I never imagined that the humiliation of my wedding night was only the beginning.
02:51The next morning, I went to pay my respects to the Duke's mother.
02:54Kyle was already there.
02:55Lena clung to his side, dressed head to toe in black mourning clothes.
02:59It was a style noble women almost never wore.
03:02Its hem barely reaches her thighs.
03:04She hid behind the Duke.
03:06She swayed like she might collapse at any moment.
03:09Then right in front of me, she sank into a deep comfort seat.
03:12Lena greets the Duchess.
03:13Last night was all my fault.
03:14I ruined your Grace's wedding night.
03:15Please punish me however you wish.
03:18Then, the Duke's face was caught between guilt and pleading.
03:20Her father just died.
03:22She has no one.
03:23Now nobles are circling her, trying to force her into marriage.
03:26She has nowhere to go.
03:28I thought I could take her as my mistress.
03:30Give her a place to belong.
03:32If you can't accept this, I'll send her away at once and you'll never see her again.
03:36Lena wept in silence.
03:37She lifted her head, her face soft and helpless.
03:41Please, your Grace, have mercy.
03:43Lena has nowhere else to go.
03:44If there's no place for me here, then Lena would rather die.
03:49Allura, the decision is yours.
03:53Our family is known for kindness and generosities.
03:58As Duchess, I trust you'll choose the true one.
04:07Taking her as a mistress costs you nothing.
04:10Her status will never surpass yours.
04:12If I refused, I was cruel.
04:13If I accepted, I was a fool.
04:15The play had been written before I even walked through the door.
04:18My lord saved Lena's life.
04:19Lena swore to repay him.
04:21I am willing to take the medicine and will never challenge your position.
04:25Allura, Lena doesn't scheme.
04:27You don't have to be so hard on her.
04:31Your Grace, please!
04:33My lady can't take that potion!
04:34She's already carrying the Duke's child.
04:36Help her up at once!
04:38A woman with child must not perform deep kerfals!
04:41Why didn't you tell me?
04:42How long have you been carrying this alone?
04:44I thought I would quietly end the pregnancy myself
04:47so you wouldn't have to suffer because of me.
04:49Allura, even if this child is born,
04:51it will never surpass your children.
04:53But this is Kale's blood.
04:55We cannot abandon it.
04:56When the child is born, it will call you mother.
05:00I looked at the three of them,
05:01watching their tears in performance.
05:03I smiled.
05:04If his feelings are as deep as the rumors say,
05:07he should make her duchess.
05:08That would be a love story worth telling for generations.
05:12Kale relaxed at the first half of my words.
05:14Then the second half hit.
05:15His face hardened.
05:16Make her duchess.
05:18Allura, Lena and I have never-
05:19Never what?
05:20Never loved each other?
05:22Or the child she's carrying isn't yours?
05:24You once announced I will not take mistresses lightly.
05:26Now I understand what those words really meant.
05:28Not a mistress.
05:30Just a secret kept in the shadows.
05:32Isn't that right?
05:35Duchess.
05:36Lena is not that kind of woman.
05:38Lena only-
05:39Only loves him.
05:41I never asked for more.
05:42Not even a mistress?
05:44Then that's worse.
05:46At least a mistress has a title.
05:48Without one, what will her child be when it's born?
05:50A bastard with no standing in society?
05:53Lena didn't mean-
05:54Whatever you meant, I will give your love exactly what it deserves.
05:58My lady,
05:59last night's wedding ceremony was never completed.
06:02The Duke spent his wedding night with Lena.
06:03All of my attendants saw it.
06:04Every servant in this manner can testify to it.
06:07Therefore,
06:08this engagement is void.
06:12What do you mean?
06:13I know last night was my fault.
06:15But Lena's father had just died.
06:17I had no choice.
06:18This won't happen again.
06:20We start over.
06:21I will spend the rest of my life making this up to you, Alara.
06:24If you dissolve this engagement,
06:26you are trampling the Queen's command.
06:28Do you understand what that means?
06:31Kale,
06:31this engagement was the Queen's gift.
06:33And you buried it on the very first night,
06:35abandoning your Duchess to comfort a court, sir.
06:38If the Queen seeks to punish anyone,
06:39she will not punish the orphan daughter of a general that you abandoned.
06:42You speak to me of duty.
06:43When you decided what she needed,
06:44did you spare even one second to think of me?
06:47Duchess, please!
06:48This is all Lena's fault.
06:49I will leave the manor right now.
06:51You will never see me again.
06:53I will never let the Duke fall into trouble because of me.
06:56She stepped closer and lowered her voice so only I could hear.
06:59Lady Calloway,
07:01he has always chosen me.
07:02He always will.
07:03You never had a chance.
07:05If you leave,
07:06the Queen will punish the Duke, please.
07:08If anyone should go,
07:09let it be me.
07:09If you really want me to stay,
07:11then hear this clearly.
07:13If I stay,
07:14you will never set foot in this manor again.
07:16Not once.
07:19Lena doesn't know what to do.
07:21Please, Duchess,
07:22tell Lena.
07:24She turned to the Duke,
07:26her voice turning small and fragile.
07:28Kale,
07:29did Lena do something wrong?
07:30Lena only wanted to repay you.
07:32Lena can be a servant.
07:33Lena asks for nothing.
07:34Only,
07:35please let Lena stay by your side.
07:37Alara,
07:39let her stay.
07:40She defers to you in everything.
07:43You have my word.
07:44He still thought he was worth bargaining with.
07:48Duke Kale,
07:49my answer stands.
07:50The engagement has resolved.
07:51From this day forward,
07:52your life has nothing to do with mine.
07:55Lena clutched her black mourning dress,
07:57putting on a pitiful act
07:58as she made to turn away.
07:59If the Duchess has no place for me,
08:02then I shall leave.
08:03There's no need for more words.
08:04Kale grabbed her arm.
08:06You're not going anywhere.
08:08I am the Duke of Blackwood.
08:10Everything in this malice
08:11is mine to decide.
08:13He turned to me.
08:16I am merely giving her
08:17a protected status.
08:18What noble house in London
08:20hasn't taken in a woman in distress?
08:22What Duchess would make such a scene over this?
08:24He slowly stood up straight.
08:27You're nothing more than an orphan
08:28sheltered by royal favor.
08:30Your title was given.
08:31Your status was given.
08:33Step outside this manor.
08:34You have nowhere to go.
08:37Do you really believe the Queen
08:38will go to war with House Blackwood over you?
08:40He thought he had cornered me.
08:42He forgot what I was.
08:44I was the daughter of the Calloway Hill line.
08:47Before Ford Crown ever took me in,
08:49I was already forged in iron and blood.
08:52True nobility does not kneel.
08:54Amanda,
08:55my voice carried clear
08:56and steady through the hall.
08:57Pack our things.
08:59Raise the Calloway's crest.
09:01I lifted my gaze,
09:03cold and proud.
09:05We are returning to the Calloway estate.
09:10The room went silent.
09:15This is no retreat.
09:18It is the beginning of his ruin.
09:21The Calloway estate had been sealed
09:23for over a decade.
09:24Since my father and brothers
09:26fell on colonial battlefields,
09:28this manor,
09:29once the very symbol
09:30of English martial nobility,
09:32had been locked away,
09:33untouched,
09:34life left.
09:35The servants shined the silver candle lips
09:37and brass fixtures.
09:38They relit the marble hearths
09:40in the great hall.
09:40I personally oversee
09:42the restoration of the family library
09:44and the gallery of military honours,
09:47my father's battle maps,
09:48his sword,
09:49his portrait,
09:50his medals.
09:52Every detail placed
09:53according to the strict customs
09:55of Victorian nobility.
09:57I stood at the centre
09:58of the great hall,
09:59looking up at the portraits
10:01of my ancestors.
10:02My spine was straight.
10:04I had lost an engagement.
10:06I had lost the shelter
10:07of a husband.
10:08But I had not lost my blood.
10:10I had not lost my honour.
10:13On the seventh day
10:15after the estate
10:15came back to life,
10:16a carriage bearing
10:17the royal crest
10:18drew up before the gates.
10:20A royal messenger
10:21in red uniform
10:22bowed and presented
10:24a letter sealed with wax.
10:26The summons from the palace
10:27had arrived.
10:29I entered the carpeted
10:31audience chamber,
10:32lowered myself
10:33into a graceful curty
10:35before the queen,
10:36then knelt in silence,
10:37back straight,
10:38waiting to be addressed.
10:40I knelt before her,
10:41composure unbroken.
10:43Your Majesty.
10:44The engagement between myself
10:46and the Duke of Blackwood
10:47cannot proceed.
10:48His heart belongs to another.
10:50And Miss Lena
10:51is already with child.
10:53Beside me,
10:54Amanda knelt as well,
10:55tears streaming down her face
10:57as she recounted
10:58every detail
10:59of the wedding night.
11:00The queen listened
11:01from her throne,
11:03her expression
11:04growing darker
11:05by the moment.
11:06I knew Blackwood
11:07was frivolous of heart,
11:09she said at last.
11:10But I did not
11:12him so bold
11:13to abandon
11:14a royal engagement
11:15on the wedding night
11:16itself
11:17for a courtesare.
11:21She exhaled slowly,
11:23her tone softening
11:24as she offered
11:25a reminder.
11:25But Ilara,
11:27if you retreat
11:28to the Calloway estate now,
11:29London society
11:30will talk.
11:32I lifted my gaze,
11:33my eyes were clear,
11:34my voice was steady.
11:36Your Majesty,
11:38the fault
11:39was not mine.
11:40My father
11:41and brothers
11:41gave their lives
11:42for this realm.
11:44The honour
11:44of House Calloway,
11:45I can uphold it myself.
11:47The queen was silent
11:48for a long moment,
11:50then something like
11:51approval
11:51surfaced in her eyes.
11:53You are truly
11:54your father's daughter.
11:56Strength,
11:57honour,
11:57House Callaghan
11:58will rise again
11:59by your hand.
12:00With those words,
12:02the audience,
12:02this matter of dignity,
12:04of honour,
12:05came to its close.
12:07And I,
12:08at last,
12:09had walked
12:09completely out
12:10of the cage
12:11called marriage.
12:13Three days
12:13after my audience
12:14at the palace,
12:16the queen's royal gifts
12:17began arriving
12:18at the Calloway estate.
12:19Word spread,
12:20the tide of London society
12:22turned overnight.
12:24The lords,
12:25the generals,
12:25widows,
12:26the ladies of title,
12:27those who had kept
12:28their distance
12:29when my engagement
12:30fell apart,
12:31now sent their
12:32calling cards,
12:33eager to renew
12:34their ties
12:35with House Calloway.
12:36The Countess of Harwit
12:37came herself.
12:39She took both
12:40my hands in hers,
12:41her voice earnest.
12:43Elara,
12:44you carry the spirit
12:46of a warrior's daughter.
12:47You have the crown's favour.
12:49You deserve nothing less
12:50than the finest
12:51this world has to offer.
12:53Blackwood and that
12:54cordycet,
12:55they are but specks
12:56of dust in your path.
12:57Do not waste
12:58a thought on them.
13:00I received them
13:00with poise,
13:01every gesture
13:02impeculate,
13:03neither pride
13:04nor resentment
13:05marved my composure.
13:07Victorian high society
13:08does not
13:09weep for tears.
13:10It bows only
13:11to those
13:12who hold their honour
13:13high
13:13and stand
13:14with their backs
13:15straight.
13:15I had not cried,
13:17I had not begged,
13:18I had not clung
13:19to any man.
13:20And yet,
13:22by blood of the
13:23Calloway line,
13:24by the trust
13:25of the crown,
13:26I had claimed
13:26the most honourable
13:27place in London society.
13:30All of this,
13:31Cale Blackwood
13:32did not yet know.
13:33He still believed,
13:34in his innocence,
13:35that I was merely
13:36smulking,
13:37that in a few days,
13:38I would swallow my pride,
13:40and come back
13:40to Blackwood Manor.
13:42He would never know,
13:42that I had already
13:43walked towards something
13:45far freer,
13:46far brighter,
13:48far more my own,
13:49than any duchess's title
13:50could ever be.
13:53Cale had always believed
13:54that I was merely
13:55throwing a tantrum.
13:56A bride wronged
13:57on her wedding night,
13:58nothing more.
13:59He was certain
14:00that in a few days,
14:01I would swallow my pride,
14:03return to Blackwood Manor,
14:05not until the crown's gifts
14:06arrived at Calloway House,
14:08not until the old allies,
14:09entitled ladies,
14:10began arriving at my door.
14:11Did the truth
14:12finally strike him?
14:14I was never coming back.
14:15I submitted the formal
14:17dissolution of the engagement
14:18to the ecclesiastical court
14:19for filing.
14:21Soon after,
14:21the Queen addressed
14:22the matter at court.
14:24Blackwood has set aside
14:26the match I arranged
14:27for him in favor
14:28to a court assay.
14:29I will not force a man
14:31to honor what he has
14:32already dishonored.
14:33All of London
14:34understood clearly.
14:35The Queen's displeasure
14:36was never with me.
14:37The disappointment,
14:38the disdain,
14:39they belonged to
14:40Cale Blackwood.
14:41When word reached
14:42Blackwood Manor,
14:43Cale found himself
14:43like a beast
14:44caught in a trap.
14:45No room to maneuver.
14:47He had no choice left
14:48but to marry the courtesan
14:49who carried his child.
14:50But he never understood
14:51that in the world
14:52of Victorian nobility,
14:53no great house
14:54would ever accept
14:55a courtesan
14:56wearing the Blackwood
14:57Ducal crown.
14:58He had torn apart
14:59the crown's dignity
15:00with his own hands.
15:01And with those same hands,
15:02he had thrown his family's honor
15:04into the mud.
15:05The humiliation
15:06that awaited him,
15:07the mockery,
15:08had only just begun.
15:11In London,
15:12a noble wedding
15:13was never a private matter.
15:15It was a ceremony
15:15of lineage,
15:16of honor,
15:17of the crown's recognition.
15:18But the wedding
15:19of Kyle and Lena
15:20was a laughing got
15:20from the very start.
15:21On the day of the ceremony,
15:22the guests filled the hall.
15:24Yet not a single heart
15:25carried genuine well wishes.
15:26They had all come to witness
15:27how this scandal
15:28would unfold.
15:29Let the bride
15:30step forward
15:31to receive her vows.
15:35Suddenly,
15:36her face changed.
15:37Her stomach turned.
15:38She could no longer
15:39hold it back.
15:40Before the eyes
15:40of every guest,
15:41Lena bent over
15:42and vomited
15:43onto the ceremonial carpet.
15:44The air frozen.
15:45Then,
15:46pandemonium.
15:47She's already with a child.
15:49Who the father is.
15:50Only she knows.
15:53Take her away.
15:54The honor of House Blackman
15:56has been dragged
15:57through the mud.
15:57The hasty wedding,
15:59barely begun,
15:59ended in contempt and chaos.
16:01The once charming
16:02Duke of Blackwood
16:03had become overnight
16:04the greatest joke
16:04in London City.
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