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Hot 💗The Crippled King's Blind Queen
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00:00The day after I helped Lassander's cradon claim my throne, he handed me a glass of poisoned wine.
00:07From the moment, I was blind. Hecate had taken my sight, leading me going into the world.
00:13In solos, a crippled noble lady like me was treated, at the frayed edge of a fine banner.
00:19I endured the disdain and 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. Jealousy, green as seaweed.
00:32Resentment, black as night. Love, 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! You vined creature!
01:22The defiance in my blood stirred a wordless, 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.
01:40I see something different. In the hearts of the crowd, one 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. No one else could ever take her place.
01:56At House Myra's matchmaking banquet, as if he's afraid I, the blind one, might pick him again.
02:01Fifth Prince Lysandros rushes over to Irina. The 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. I'd pay any cost for her. Even 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.
02:34As Lysandros' words fall, all eyes turn to me, full of pity.
02:37Every prince chose Merelda's daughter. Poor thing, no one wanted her.
02:42What do you expect? She was born blind.
02:45Even 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, who once caught the face.
03:14People 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.
03:27In her past life, she chose the eldest prince.
03:29The one most likely to ascend the throne, only to be ruined and killed by his twisted desires in bed.
03:35A chill runs through me at the memory.
03:37Lysandros' expression shifts, his face a mask of urgency and coldness.
03:41He might have thought the same thing.
03:43He kneels before Irene and vows.
03:45Iria, 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.
03:57He 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, my blindness lets me read the hearts of all.
04:16Jealous hearts glow green, resentful hearts burn black, and hearts full of love blush pink.
04:21The deeper the passion, the richer the hue.
04:25In my past life, I used this gift to save him from assassinations, bend the will of ministers, and guide
04:31him step by step to the throne.
04:32But this life, I smiled calmly.
04:35Lysandros still thinks I'd cling to him as before.
04:38But he does not know.
04:39In this life, he is just a pawn on my board, meant to be sacrificed.
04:44Since 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.
04:59Lysandros spares me a glance, a rare one.
05:02Surprise flashes in his eyes, quickly replaced by a satisfied smile.
05:05You blind girl, you 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.
05:18But 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.
05:28Through 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, a vivid red.
05:37Compared to them, Lysandros' heart appears normal.
05:39That is why I chose him in my past life.
05:42A prince with no power, no influence.
05:44But who knew he could hide his true self so well?
05:46The day my sister died, I finally saw his heart.
05:49Deep purple, nearly black, filled with hatred.
05:53He forced the poison down my throat, ignoring my choking and blood I spent.
05:57I loved your sister.
06:00You 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 arms.
06:11To be devoured by beasts.
06:17Memories of past pain flash before me.
06:19In this life, Irene's smiling face looms.
06:22Like a venomous snake from the abyss, flicking its tongue.
06:26Thallius, who do you want to marry?
06:29Look at me.
06:30All the princes may have chosen me.
06:32But you are my dear, it itself may may.
06:35Whatever your eyes fall on, I'll let you have him.
06:38The smugness in her heart is dark green, harsh and ugly to behold.
06:42I turn my gaze away.
06:43Seeing me ignore her, Lysandros flares with anger.
06:46Thallius, sir!
06:47You're just a blind girl.
06:49Despised by all.
06:51Your sister took you in out of kindness.
06:53Don't be ungrateful.
06:55Beg her now.
06:56And 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 brulis.
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 the golden light swirling within, the aura of a true king, I hold my breath.
07:30It 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 Sotelion.
07:40He 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, he 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. A blind girl choosing a cripple. What a match.
08:10Thalia, you cannot see. How could you know he sits in a wheeled chair?
08:14Perhaps I should let you choose once more.
08:17Her words are soft, but her heart is cruel, dark green.
08:20Thassia, if you fail to find a suitable match to watch over you, then come with me when I wed
08:26and serve as my handmaid.
08:28Be her maid.
08:29She 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, Thassias, will never tolerate such humiliation.
08:40Soterion wheels closer. His cool, gentle fingers take my hand, guiding it to his knee.
08:46Proof that his leg truly fails him. I brush my hand over his knee. I feel him tense.
08:51I glance at his heart once more. Cleo's glass. A golden light flickering inside, as always.
09:00I look up at him. I can heal your leg.
09:05You're not even engaged yet. Soterion is an outsider. You can't touch his leg like that.
09:12Brag if you dare, fail, and you will answer for it.
09:16Soterion's interest sparks, his voice gentle.
09:19My leg. Can you really heal it?
09:22I can, but it'll take a little special stimulation.
09:28He catches my meaning. Jealousy chants in Lysandris' eyes.
09:33I sneer inwardly. What's there to be jealous of?
09:36Was he not the one who poisoned me?
09:38Trading 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.
09:48Every day, he showers her with gifts.
09:50Until he wins her over.
09:52In this life, my sister gives up the crown prince and chooses to marry Lysandros.
09:57And I receive a scroll from Soterion.
10:02It's handwriting is sharp and precise, undoubtedly his.
10:06My sister and I get married on the same day.
10:08She enters my courtyard, carrying a gray veil.
10:11I know it is a hint. She wants me to be her maid.
10:15Thalia, you can't see, but the fifth prince and I are generous.
10:19We don't mind your disability, and we even make you our maybe.
10:24So long as you behave and obey.
10:30Her heart blazes with arrogant red.
10:32On my wedding day, I cast aside that gray veil and wear the gold laurel crown sent by Soterion.
10:38As we set out, two carriages stand side by side.
10:43My 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, but why does she set me up like
11:09this?
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.
11:41My sister clenches her fingers and shrieks.
11:43It's our wedding day!
11:46How 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 Soterion?
12:02Soterion hasn't even shown up yet, he's just playing you.
12:05Kneel and apologize to Irini, perhaps.
12:08I'll let you keep your place as her maid.
12:11Before he finishes, the wheelchair moves into view.
12:18Who dares touch my bride?
12:20Soterion 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.
12:29Then his cold eyes fix on Lysandros.
12:31Who made her kneel? Break his legs.
12:33Lysandros snaps, furious.
12:36I'm a prince! Who dares?
12:38Soterion sneers.
12:39A disfavored prince. Dare bully my bride? Make her a maid?
12:44Lysandros screams that he'll rise again.
12:46I'll rise again!
12:48But I know, without me, he's nothing but a pitiful snake.
12:52That night, Soterion 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.
13:04The lie he hid for years immediately begins to crack.
13:07He 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, Soterion finally asks how I discovered the truth.
13:38I once looked into his heart. A faint trace of pale green rippled through it.
13:42He lied to me from the beginning.
13:43Suddenly, I think of another wedding night. Another life.
13:46Someone also poisoned Lysandros' wine.
13:49Back 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, Soterion escorts me to the palace to greet the queen.
14:01Lysandros 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. Hovering near death.
14:11His wine was poisoned.
14:13Just like in my previous life.
14:15But this time, I let the poison reach his lips.
14:21Back at Soterion's estate, Irene storms toward me like a madwoman.
14:25You poisoned him?!
14:27I calmly shake my head.
14:29The 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.
14:37Irene lunges at me, screaming for the antidote.
14:39I retort coldly,
14:41Which maid did I ever order?
14:43And did you even find any poison?
14:45She cannot answer.
14:47Soterion steps in front of him, protecting him.
14:49Then he gives a cold order.
14:51No 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 Soterion's homeland.
15:01As I study the guards through the cloth over my eyes,
15:04One man catches my attention.
15:06Broad shoulders.
15:07An honest face.
15:09But his heart is grey with murderous intent.
15:11I lean towards Soterion and whisper softly,
15:14Husband, that one cannot be trusted.
15:17We should change our route.
15:23Soterion smiles immediately.
15:25A blush spreads gently across his cheeks.
15:27I'm your husband.
15:28How could I doubt you?
15:29I kiss his cheek lightly.
15:32In my past life,
15:33He was ambushed on us.
15:35He later died from his injury.
15:37This time,
15:39Things will be different.
15:40The next morning,
15:41The guard has vanished.
15:43Soterion returns not long after.
15:45That guard is a spy.
15:46He confessed.
15:48The crown prince planted him years ago.
15:51How did you know?
15:52I smile faintly, just to guess.
15:54Soterion laughs softly.
15:56You cannot see the world,
15:57But you see more clearly than anyone else.
15:59I'm lucky to have you.
16:00He lifts me onto the wheeled chair,
16:02And holds me against his chest.
16:04I ask him when he stops pretending to be a cripple.
16:07Inside that clear heart,
16:08I see old hatred buried deep.
16:11How Spillikos is powerful,
16:13But constantly watched by the royal family.
16:15Soterion hides his strength behind the image of a cripple.
16:18Because a cripple threatens no man.
16:20Honestly,
16:21I don't care much when he chooses to stand.
16:23Because,
16:24He can satisfy me at night.
16:29Soterion's homeland is cold and rough,
16:31Far from the poisonous royal court.
16:34The people there love us deeply.
16:35They keep calling me,
16:37Your highness,
16:38As we walk through the streets.
16:39At the market,
16:41The merchants insist on not taking our coins.
16:44One day,
16:44I run ahead despite the cloth covering my eyes.
16:47The handmaid gasps in shock.
16:48Our princess is blind, but she runs so fast.
16:52Soterion laughs quietly beside me.
16:54Day by day,
16:55The color of his heart softens into warm pink.
16:58We grow used to spending every day together.
17:01Then a scroll arrives from the capital.
17:04Lysandris has awakened.
17:05But the poison livers.
17:07Severe headaches.
17:08Sudden bursts of violent rage.
17:11For Lysandris,
17:12His suffering has only begun.
17:13A second scroll follows soon after.
17:16The crown prince demands Soterion return to Solos
17:19For his birthday banquet.
17:25At the banquet,
17:26I hold Soterion's hand tightly and whisper that he shouldn't eat anything here.
17:30In my past life,
17:32Assassins attack during this very feast.
17:34This time,
17:35I am ready.
17:37The dancers spin through the hall,
17:39Veils swirling like mist.
17:40Then one dancer draws a blade and lunges at the princess.
17:43But Soterion reacts first.
17:44In the shadows,
17:45His warriors strike forth,
17:47guarding us.
17:49Bodies lie across the floor.
17:51Only Soterion and I are still standing.
17:54A blade pierced Lysandris' leg.
17:56Blood pours between his fingers.
17:59His eyes find me instantly.
18:01Fear.
18:02Desperation.
18:03Regret.
18:04All swirling green and black inside his heart.
18:07My face remains calm.
18:08I'm blind.
18:09I see nothing.
18:10So naturally.
18:11I do nothing to save him.
18:13The blade carries poison.
18:15After the banquet,
18:16Lysandris' wound worsens day by day.
18:19His leg rots.
18:20He is crippled and has to use a wheelchair.
18:23Half a year passes.
18:25The crippled prince quickly loses all value at court.
18:28In my past life,
18:30Lysandris rose so easily because I guided every step of his.
18:33I read hearts for him.
18:35I 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.
18:50After marrying one crippled prince, she desperately crawls back toward the eldest prince.
18:55In the end, she becomes nothing more than his servant.
18:58One day, we cross paths in the market.
19:04She snatches a bottle of perfume from my hands and lifts her chin proudly.
19:08You are blind.
19:09Your 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.
19:21The dead cannot compete with the living.
19:23Rain clouds cover the sky on the day.
19:25Lysandris comes to my gates.
19:27The guards turn him away like a stray.
19:29He falls into the mud, soaked and shaken.
19:32Why, Thalia?
19:34In our last life, you helped me become king!
19:37How did everything end like this?
19:40He beats uselessly at his ruined heart, and sobs at the magic.
19:44Eventually, he drags himself closer to beg me.
19:47Thalia, I regret it.
19:49Come back to me.
19:51Be my wife again.
19:53Together, we can still rule the world.
19:57I look at his heart.
20:00Dark green, real regret twisted together with endless greed.
20:03I smile coldly.
20:05Throw him farther away, and if he ever steps onto my land again, I will show no mercy.
20:13Soon after, news arrives. My sister is dead. The eldest prince tortures her to death. When they found her body,
20:19she still carried the perfume she snatched from me.
20:22Lysandris reads the scroll from his wheelchair. Then suddenly, he bursts into wild laughter.
20:27Good! That witch is dead! Good!
20:29I loved her. I gave her everything. And she still crawled into another man's bed. Serves her right.
20:37I quietly take out the poison I prepared for him. Not a strong poison. A slow one. It steals his
20:45senses one by one.
20:47A month later, trapped alone in darkness, Lysandris scratches his face raw before dying.
20:52I send his body to a mass grave for wild dogs. The debt from my past life has finally been
20:57repaid.
20:58That night in the bedchamber, Soterian bites my earlobe, his back covered with sweat. Soterian gently unties the cloth covering
21:05my eyes.
21:08Then carefully ties it back into place.
21:11You truly cannot see. It does not matter. I will be your eyes.
21:15Because he trusts me completely. Because he asks for nothing in return.
21:19I tell him everything. I tell him about my first life. The poison. The way my body was abandoned in
21:23the wilderness after death.
21:25Warm tears fall silently against my skin. When I explain my gift and the colors I see inside human hearts.
21:31Soterian stays silent for a very long time. Then he pulls me tightly into his arms.
21:36You must have suffered so much.
21:38Later lying beside me, he whispers near my ear.
21:41And my heart? What color is it?
21:44The clearest, most beautiful color in the world.
21:47Together, we survive every storm.
21:50My gift guides us. Soterian's mind leads us.
21:53From the border to the capital, we fight our way across the land and carve out our own territory.
22:01And when Soterian finally takes the throne, he does not keep you behind him.
22:05Before the entire court, he declares that I would rule beside him.
22:09Not as an ornament. Not as a silent queen hidden in shadows.
22:13The man who once poisoned me spends his final days trapped in darkness deeper than death.
22:19Nothing like my first life.
22:21Soterian and I take an oath before the altars of Hecate and Athena.
22:24We will not rule through hatred. We will not destroy the kingdom for personal revenge.
22:28The cloth still covers my eyes even now.
22:31But my gift of mind sight lets me see into every soul.
22:34Soterian's heart has slowly changed from clear glass into soft pink.
22:39Like flowers blooming after rain.
22:42Once, I lived only for revenge.
22:45Now, I hold the world in my hands beside the man I chose.
22:48And across the stone streets of Argos.
22:51Our names are spoken together.
22:53Our fate was chosen by the gods.
22:55And chosen by ourselves.
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