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00:00My sister and I found twin worms in the northern wastelands.
00:03She took the black worm Wesley, gentle and caring.
00:06I took the white worm Chaos, cold as ice, but I refused to give up.
00:11I spent ten years feeding him, my own magic blood, but he never grew close to me.
00:16Just as I was about to quit, he suddenly changed his mind.
00:19Let's bond.
00:20I thought I'd finally melted his heart, but the night before our bonding, I learned the truth.
00:26He only wanted to bond with me, to stay close to my sister.
00:29After he becomes a dragon, he'll kill me and marry Eliza.
00:32That's when I realized I was just a tool to him.
00:36The twin worms we found dying had both fallen for my sister, but that's fine.
00:40Now that I know the truth, I have my own plan.
00:43I dragged myself back home.
00:45Kylus came home late.
00:46We bumped into each other.
00:48He doesn't know I know everything.
00:50Don't touch me.
00:52Same reaction as when I first tried to touch his tail.
00:55I thought he was just born cold, but no.
00:57He was disgusted by me.
00:59I let out a bitter laugh.
01:01My eyes burned.
01:02Tears fell.
01:04Drop by drop.
01:05Kylus turned and walked away.
01:07Annoyed.
01:07Didn't look at me once.
01:09The only time he shows any warmth is when I give him my magic blood.
01:12I thought about the winter hunt.
01:14Our house holds every year.
01:16Every time I brought double supplies, hoping he'd come with me.
01:22Kylus, will you come with me?
01:23He didn't even look up.
01:25No.
01:29Everyone brings their bonded beasts.
01:31They'll laugh at me if you don't come, he said coldly.
01:34Then bond a new one.
01:35I don't care.
01:36So for ten years, I went alone.
01:37The hunt beasts are clever.
01:39They attack anyone alone, and I always came back covered in wounds.
01:43One time, I ran into Eliza and Wesley.
01:46Wesley has the same face as Kylus, but his smile was warm.
01:49He held my sister's hand gently.
01:53Eliza, your palms are raw.
01:55Let me do the hunting from now on.
01:57She smiled and nodded.
01:59She reached for his tail, and he wrapped it around her waist, letting her touch as much
02:03as she wanted.
02:04How wonderful.
02:05I envied my sister.
02:07She had Wesley's true heart.
02:09For three days, I didn't eat or drink.
02:11I just sat in my room, the only place I felt safe.
02:15Day turned to night, then day again.
02:18I was empty but not hungry.
02:20My parents only saw Eliza.
02:22No one noticed I'd disappeared.
02:24Not even Kylus, who lived with me.
02:26Or maybe he just didn't care.
02:28On the third morning, Kylus left.
02:31I walked through every room and every corner held our memories.
02:34Ten whole years.
02:37He was like an accident in my life.
02:39I thought I could melt ice, but he was a knot I couldn't undo.
02:44My stomach twisted in pain.
02:46I packed up everything I owned and decided to leave.
02:49For ten years, my only goal was him.
02:51Bond with Kylus.
02:53Grow together.
02:54But that dream was dead now.
02:56I remembered bringing him home.
02:57He was so weak, almost dead.
02:59His worm blood was special.
03:01Normal herbs and magic stones did nothing for him.
03:04I had no money, no status, so I fed him my own magic blood.
03:08What's stronger than a Karen's blood?
03:10It hurt every time.
03:12I don't know how I kept going, but seeing his face turn healthy again gave me courage,
03:16again and again.
03:18I thought we'd grow old together.
03:19Even if he was cold, he was still my little dragon.
03:22I did so many things for him.
03:24I never told him the cost.
03:26I didn't want him to feel guilty.
03:27But even that wasn't enough.
03:30He still hated my kindness.
03:31I decided to let go.
03:33Free him.
03:34Free myself.
03:35I packed my bag and left.
03:37I wandered with no direction.
03:38I found myself at the valley where we used to watch the moon.
03:41I love the moon.
03:43So does Kylus.
03:44But he never watched it with me.
03:46Only when Eliza and Wesley came.
03:48Then he would join us.
03:49That was the only time his cold face came alive.
03:54He couldn't even hide his true form.
03:56His tail trembled under his robe.
03:58I thought it was because they were twin worms.
04:01The signs were so obvious, but I was too blind to see.
04:04I took a deep breath and blinked back the tears.
04:07Just as I turned to leave, I ran straight into a chest.
04:10I knew that scent.
04:12Kylus.
04:12His voice wasn't cold for once.
04:14What are you doing here?
04:15I remembered how he flinched the last time I touched him,
04:18so I stepped back quickly.
04:20Nothing.
04:21Just walking.
04:22His eyes lingered on my bag.
04:24He smiled.
04:25A warm smile.
04:27I need to talk to you.
04:29I looked at him.
04:29Confused.
04:31He brushed the hair from my face.
04:33So gentle.
04:35Like a different person.
04:39He said softly.
04:41Let's bond.
04:42My mind went blank.
04:43I'd waited ten years for these words.
04:45I thought I'd given up on him, but my heart still leaped.
04:48I nodded before I could think.
04:50Forgetting the days I'd locked myself away.
04:53Maybe it was ten years of hope.
04:55Maybe I could still warm him.
04:57He took my hand and led me home.
04:59The first time we'd touched in ten years.
05:01I held on tight and leaned into him.
05:04He held my hand loosely, like it would slip away the moment I let go.
05:09Back at the Karen estate, Kylus smiled gently.
05:13His eyes sparkled like shattered stars, just like when we first met.
05:17My heart soared from the depths.
05:19I told my parents about the bond, and then magic fireworks exploded outside.
05:25I thought Kylus had planned it, so I ran out, excited.
05:28But Eliza and Wesley stood beneath the lights.
05:30Not for me.
05:31I'd done it again.
05:33Disappointment washed over me.
05:35I looked at Kylus beside me.
05:37He was still smiling, but I could see the sadness.
05:40Ten years together, I knew his face.
05:42He still loved my sister.
05:44The joy I'd felt faded.
05:46Then Kylus squeezed my hand, so hard it made me cry.
05:50News of the bond spread fast.
05:52Your family is so lucky.
05:55No true dragon since the Dragon Lord fell a thousand years ago.
06:00Works are the next best thing.
06:02The Karas have two works.
06:06Dragon blood plus the Karen's natural healing magic.
06:10Boundless potential.
06:12Other houses burned with envy, but they only praised Eliza, the gifted one, the first daughter.
06:18I was an afterthought.
06:20Wesley will become a true dragon with the strongest heir of this generation.
06:25Too bad KS got stuck with the failure of the family.
06:28When Wesley is Dragon Lord, Eliza will be the most powerful woman on the continent.
06:32She can let her failure sister share some of the glory.
06:37I've heard words like these my whole life.
06:39My sister is the moon in the sky.
06:41I'm mud in a well.
06:43Even my own parents play favorites.
06:45So how can I expect fairness from others?
06:48I don't care about any of that.
06:50The only one whose opinion matters to me is Kailas.
06:53Does he think bonding with me wastes his bloodline?
06:56The night before our bonding, I asked him,
06:59Will you regret this?
07:02No.
07:02On the night before the ritual, Kailas and I weren't supposed to see each other.
07:07We each had to purify ourselves in the magic spring.
07:09But I remembered I hadn't given him his monthly magic blood yet.
07:14I went somewhere private and extracted it.
07:19Carefully put it in a bottle and held it close.
07:23Following his scent, I found him.
07:25Just as I was about to call his name, I heard him scoff.
07:28Ilaza, you know I only agreed to bond with her so I could stay by your side.
07:33She has no talent.
07:35Her magic blood is pitifully weak.
07:37How could she compare to you?
07:39My feet were frozen to the ground.
07:41He was holding my sister's hand, his eyes burning like I'd never seen before.
07:45More words spilled from his mouth.
07:47Once I become a dragon, the first thing I'll do is break my bond with her.
07:53Then I'll make you the dragon lord's wife.
07:55My sister didn't respond.
07:57I felt a little better.
07:58At least she hadn't betrayed me.
08:00Growing up, whenever people called me ugly or useless,
08:04Eliza was the one who spoke up for me.
08:06My parents always favored her, but I never envied her.
08:10She was the only one in the family who never looked down on me.
08:17Eliza frowned.
08:18I thought she was about to scold Kalis.
08:20I really hate that you...
08:22But instead, she said,
08:24Have to stay with a failure like Lena.
08:27How is her weak magic supposed to help you train?
08:34I stepped back.
08:35I couldn't believe those words came from my sister.
08:38She even reached for Kalis' tail and played with it in her hands.
08:41If I accidentally touched Kalis' tail, he'd say it disgusted him.
08:48But he let my sister touch it however she wanted.
08:51Kylis said calmly,
08:53I have Lena's magic blood.
08:55Once we bond, the benefits will be even greater.
08:58My sister smiled sweetly.
09:01Can a little bit of blood compare to my talent?
09:05Kalis' eyes flashed with cruelty I'd never seen before.
09:08If it's not enough, I'll take more.
09:13She's obsessed with me anyway.
09:16What's a little blood to her?
09:18So Kalis always knew.
09:20He knew I'd been feeding him my blood.
09:23At that moment, I felt like my heart was being squeezed and stomped on.
09:29I thought having Kalis meant I'd never be alone again.
09:32I thought he wanted to bond with me because he didn't want me to leave.
09:36But it was all just a way for him to stay close to my sister.
09:41Only then did I finally admit to myself,
09:45Kalis never cared about me.
09:47Those twin worms we found dying in the northern wastelands?
09:51Their first love was always my sister.
09:56I stumbled back to my room.
09:58My hands trembling, I packed up everything I'd just put away.
10:01I was really leaving this time.
10:05Before I left, I wrote a note.
10:07Kalis, you're free.
10:09I raised my hand to my eyes.
10:11Day after day of draining, my magic blood had taken my vision first.
10:15Soon, I wouldn't be able to see anything at all.
10:19My chest felt heavy.
10:20I finally let go of my white dragon.
10:23Let go of the me who threw myself into the fire.
10:26I didn't tell anyone where I was going.
10:27I couldn't breathe here.
10:29I just wanted to run.
10:30After leaving House Karen, I moved around a lot.
10:33Finally, I settled in a border town.
10:35Where no one knew me.
10:37Simple people.
10:38Simple life.
10:39Lots of small, untamed, magical beasts.
10:42Slowly, everyone learned I had healing powers.
10:44For magical creatures.
10:46Word spread.
10:47The local tamer's guild found me.
10:49They convinced me to join.
10:50They promised not to reveal who I really was.
10:53At House Karen, I was a failure.
10:55But in this border town, I was just good enough.
10:57The people were kind.
10:59Especially the children.
11:00They'd pick colorful magic stones from the wild.
11:03And leave them on my windowsill.
11:05To thank me for calming their restless beasts.
11:07Miss, you're so amazing.
11:09Why don't you have your own magical beast?
11:12I'm not amazing.
11:14I'm not pretty either.
11:15No beast would want to bond with me.
11:17Who said that?
11:19You're the kindest, prettiest tamer we've ever met.
11:22I forced a smile and shrugged it off.
11:25Kids get distracted fast.
11:26Soon they ran off to play with their own beasts.
11:29I suddenly thought of Kalis.
11:31Had he noticed I was gone yet?
11:33I shook my head.
11:34Pushed those thoughts away.
11:36House Karen and Kalis had nothing to do with me anymore.
11:39Someone said,
11:40My dad found a lame beast.
11:41Its face is covered in ugly scars.
11:44I've never seen such an ugly beast.
11:46No wonder its owner dumped it.
11:48The kids' chatter drew a crowd.
11:50I saw it too.
11:51With all those injuries, it must have escaped from the underground arena.
11:54Everyone went quiet.
11:55In this small town, people didn't talk about places like that.
11:58Back at House Karen, I'd heard my father say,
12:01Only savage beasts get sent to the arena.
12:03Beasts that won't obey.
12:05The arena doesn't treat them like living beings.
12:07They just make them fight each other, endlessly.
12:11I couldn't help asking,
12:13Where is he now?
12:14The older man frowned.
12:15Lena, you're not thinking of going to find him, are you?
12:20Don't do it.
12:21If he really escaped from the arena, he's dangerous.
12:24He could go crazy and hurt you.
12:26I smiled and asked,
12:27You've seen him today, haven't you?
12:29The man hesitated.
12:31I saw him in that abandoned shack by the mountain.
12:34You're not thinking of taking him in, are you?
12:36Take in a new beast?
12:37The scar on my chest ached.
12:39I probably didn't have the courage to raise another beast.
12:43Ten years with Kalis had nearly drained all my magic.
12:46But I couldn't help feeling bitter.
12:48Why do only the pretty ones, the talented ones, get seen, get treated well, get loved?
12:53We who long to be noticed and loved, don't we count too?
12:57Looking at the worried faces around me, I said,
13:00Even arena beasts can tell right from wrong, just like people.
13:04As long as he means no harm, I don't think he'll attack anyone.
13:08Please don't judge him too harshly.
13:10Maybe he's just an ordinary beast who's suffered a lot.
13:13I followed the man's directions, to the abandoned shack by the mountain.
13:17It was dark inside.
13:18Two black stone-like things glowed in the darkness, the beast's eyes.
13:22I placed the food I'd brought in front of the shack.
13:25This is for you to eat.
13:26Don't be afraid.
13:28They're just ordinary things.
13:31After a moment, a voice came from inside.
13:34Who are you?
13:35The voice was rough.
13:36I smiled and answered softly,
13:38I'm like you.
13:39Someone with no home.
13:41Maybe he could tell I meant no harm.
13:43There was a rustling sound from inside.
13:46The beast moved to the doorway.
13:48He carefully picked up the food.
13:50Only then could I see him clearly.
13:52His true form was a wyvern.
13:54Nothing like the man had said.
13:56He didn't seem fierce at all.
13:57Just lifeless, like ash.
14:00The scars on his face were deep.
14:02His hair was matted into knots.
14:04He ate while watching me nervously.
14:06Like he was afraid I'd take the food away.
14:09What's your name?
14:10He swallowed the food with difficulty.
14:13Caspian.
14:15My name is Caspian.
14:16Caspian.
14:18That's a lovely name.
14:19Even through the scars, he was beautiful.
14:21When he finished eating, I got ready to leave.
14:23I told him,
14:24Caspian, the people here are kind.
14:26No one will hurt you.
14:27Caspian nodded hesitantly.
14:29Such a gentle beast.
14:31Why would anyone send him to the arena?
14:33Why treat him so cruelly?
14:34I sighed and turned to leave.
14:36But Caspian grabbed my sleeve.
14:38I looked back into his eyes, wet, begging.
14:41Could you, could you take me in?
14:44I'm not a bad person.
14:47I was stunned.
14:48Afraid I'd say no, he rushed out words.
14:50I know my leg is hurt, but I can still work.
14:53Build fires, cook soup, clean the house, mend clothes.
14:56I can do all of it.
14:57Anything you need.
14:58Just tell me.
14:58Looking at Caspian, I saw my younger self.
15:01I did everything to get my parents to notice me.
15:04Copied spells for them.
15:05Cleaned their magic circles.
15:07Organized my sister's spell books.
15:09Polished her magic tools.
15:10Just to seem useful.
15:11Like if I did less, I didn't deserve their love.
15:13But my sister did nothing.
15:15She just stood there.
15:16And she was always their favorite.
15:18I carried that feeling of not being good enough.
15:21My whole life.
15:22I always wished someone would tell me,
15:24You don't have to earn our love.
15:25My heart ached.
15:26Are you sure you want to follow a contract master like me?
15:29Who isn't good look and have such low talent?
15:33Caspian let go of my sleeve.
15:35My heart sank.
15:36Of course.
15:37Looks and power were all that mattered.
15:38Lena, you are very beautiful.
15:40More beautiful than anyone Caspian has ever seen.
15:43I want to follow you.
15:45No one had ever said that to me before.
15:48Caspian's eyes were clean.
15:50No disgust.
15:51No judgment.
15:52Looking into his honest eyes,
15:54I reached out my hand without thinking.
15:56Afraid I'd change my mind,
15:58he grabbed it quickly.
15:59And just like that, I took Caspian in.
16:01Caspian was nothing like Calus.
16:03With Caspian around,
16:05I didn't have to lift a finger.
16:09He kept the house perfectly.
16:11Always found ways to cook things that made me smile.
16:13He knew what I liked.
16:14There was always hot soup waiting on the stove.
16:17I told him he didn't have to do all this.
16:19To stay with me.
16:20I said I didn't want to trap him with gratitude.
16:22But really, I was scared.
16:24Scared that one day he'd turn cold like Calus.
16:26And I wouldn't know how to handle it.
16:28Even the old man who warned me about him
16:30had changed his tune.
16:31Good things come to good people,
16:33he said.
16:34Caspian is so capable.
16:35You're lucky.
16:36The neighbors were jealous too.
16:38They compared Caspian to their own beasts.
16:40I just smiled and said nothing.
16:42I thought Caspian would be gentle.
16:44But I never expected him to be this good.
16:47Being with him taught me something.
16:48It's not about being human or beast.
16:50It's about whether someone wants to care.
16:53Time passed quickly.
16:54With Caspian by my side,
16:56I thought about the past less often.
16:57But sometimes I still had nightmares.
16:59I dreamed about the fourth year with Calus.
17:02We were ambushed by our family's rivals.
17:04Fireballs exploded.
17:05Swords clashed.
17:06Wesley protected Eliza.
17:08I pulled Calus trying to escape.
17:10They chased us to the edge of a cliff.
17:12I was so focused on protecting Calus.
17:14I didn't watch my step.
17:15I fell.
17:16As I fell, I hated myself for being useless.
17:18I was still worried about Calus.
17:25But in the dream, I saw things more clearly.
17:28Right before I fell,
17:29someone tried to attack my sister.
17:31Calus pushed me aside.
17:32He and Wesley both shielded Eliza.
17:34It wasn't an accident.
17:35I was just in the way.
17:36The cliff wasn't that high and I survived.
17:39But all my limbs were broken.
17:40I was bedridden for six months.
17:42My parents visited once.
17:43They were too busy.
17:45Eliza had scratches.
17:46They couldn't let her have scars.
17:47They searched everywhere for healing potions.
17:50Calus came once too,
17:51when Eliza came to check on me.
17:53A voice screamed in my head.
17:54Lena Karin, you're a waste of air.
17:56No one will ever love you.
17:57I shook my head,
17:59trying to push it out.
18:00Even the beast you raised abandoned you.
18:02You're worthless.
18:03Always have been.
18:04The voice grew sharper.
18:05Sometimes my father's voice.
18:07Sometimes my mother's.
18:08Sometimes my sister's.
18:09Then it became Calus's voice.
18:11Don't touch me.
18:12You make me sick.
18:13I backed away, begging.
18:15I'm sorry.
18:15I'm sorry.
18:16The new walls I'd built crumbled.
18:18I almost drowned in self-pity again.
18:21Then I felt warmth on my forehead.
18:22The voices disappeared,
18:24like someone tore open the darkness.
18:26I ran toward the light.
18:27It grew brighter and brighter.
18:31When I opened my eyes,
18:32Caspian was kneeling by my bed.
18:34His hand was on my forehead.
18:35When he saw I was awake,
18:36he let out a breath of relief.
18:38Lena, did you have a nightmare?
18:39His voice was soft and gentle.
18:41It made me feel safe.
18:42Caspian didn't know how to comfort me,
18:44so he just held me awkwardly.
18:45His arms were gentle.
18:46He patted my back.
18:47Don't be sad, Lena.
18:48Caspian is here.
18:49If I cried in front of Calus,
18:51he'd just tell me coldly to leave.
18:52But with Caspian,
18:53I didn't have to pretend to be strong.
18:55My lips trembled.
18:56I said something without thinking.
18:57Can I touch your tail?
18:59Caspian's breath caught.
19:00He let his tail appear
19:01and placed it in my hand.
19:02I touched it gently.
19:03The green scales shimmered with dark light.
19:06Beneath the scales,
19:07golden veins glowed.
19:08Were all wyvern tails this beautiful?
19:10I'd seen my sister touch Wesley's tail.
19:12Worms are the closest things to dragons,
19:14but even Wesley's tail wasn't as beautiful
19:16as Caspian's.
19:17My hand trembled as I touched it.
19:19Something I'd wanted since I was young.
19:21My fingers moved along his snake tail.
19:23Suddenly, he grabbed my hand.
19:24His voice was rough.
19:25Lena, do you know what it means to touch a tail?
19:29What does it mean to touch a tail?
19:31Ever since I could remember,
19:33I'd seen my sister touch beasts' tails.
19:37My sister said beasts only let powerful tamers
19:39touch their tails,
19:41so I never dared to try.
19:43I only touched Calus because I loved him so much.
19:46Seeing that I didn't understand,
19:47Caspian blushed.
19:49He turned his head away and whispered,
19:50A tail is the most sensitive part of a beast.
19:54Touching it means you want to mate.
19:56My face burned.
19:57So that's what it meant.
19:58My sister lied to me.
20:00No one had ever taught me this.
20:02I'd thought it was just a casual sign of affection.
20:05I'd been a tamer all these years for nothing.
20:07Did that mean I'd been perverted?
20:09When I watched my sister touch Wesley's tail,
20:12and my sister touched so many beasts' tails,
20:15did her magic get stronger every time?
20:16I thought it was just talent.
20:18I quickly let go of Caspian's tail.
20:20My face was hot.
20:23Don't misunderstand, Lena.
20:25I want you to.
20:26It just...
20:28feels intense.
20:29I looked away.
20:32He took my hand again,
20:33guiding my fingers along his tail.
20:35Everywhere I touched,
20:36golden light glowed.
20:40I was born in the wastelands.
20:43I was taken to the arena when I was small.
20:46He wanted me to fight.
20:47I refused.
20:49I barely escaped.
20:50I thought I'd live in the shadows forever.
20:52Then I met you, Lena.
20:53My heart ached.
20:55Caspian had suffered so much.
20:56If I'd met him instead of Calus back then,
20:58would everything be different?
21:00He kept talking.
21:01I want to bond with you.
21:02Be with you forever.
21:03If you don't mind that I'm ugly.
21:05Of course not,
21:06I blurted out.
21:07I meant I didn't mind.
21:08But Caspian was overjoyed.
21:10He let go of me and held me tight.
21:12Lena, is that a yes?
21:14I thought about saying no.
21:15Yes.
21:15But when I opened my mouth,
21:16I said yes.
21:17Looking ahead,
21:18a life with Caspian didn't seem so bad.
21:20Caspian took care of me.
21:22I took care of his leg.
21:23Slowly, we both got better.
21:24Every evening,
21:25we walked through the hills,
21:26the breeze in our faces.
21:28Neither of us had happy memories to look back on.
21:30But walking hand in hand,
21:31we always had things to talk about.
21:33The wind is strong today.
21:34Lots of berries fell from the mountain.
21:36Then I heard someone call my name from behind.
21:38Lena!
21:39My heart stopped.
21:40Why was he here?
21:42I froze.
21:43I used to have hope for this man.
21:45My father.
21:46Lena, your father has passed away.
21:48I hoped he'd remember his younger daughter.
21:50Even if he didn't love me,
21:51at least don't act like I don't exist.
21:53He bought magic candy and dolls for my sister.
21:56He'd barely even smiled at me my whole life.
21:58Still, hearing he was dying made me sad.
22:00As a daughter, I should be there at the end.
22:02Even if he didn't care whether I came or not.
22:05Caspian looked at me with worry.
22:06I said to him,
22:07Caspian, let me heal your face.
22:09Caspian looked down.
22:10Lena, are you going back to that house?
22:15Don't overthink it.
22:16I just don't want anyone to look down on you.
22:20Caspian nodded gently.
22:22I trust you.
22:23It's in a beast's nature to be cautious.
22:25But after everything Caspian had been through,
22:27he could still trust someone.
22:29That made his trust precious.
22:30I couldn't help touching his face.
22:32The skin without scars was smoother than any woman's.
22:35Suddenly, Caspian revealed his true form.
22:38His tail wrapped around my waist.
22:40I touched his golden scales gently.
22:43Did you touch his tail too?
22:45I knew who he meant.
22:46I smiled bitterly.
22:48He hated when I touched him.
22:49Because I wasn't the one he wanted.
22:51Don't touch him anymore.
22:52I don't like the way he looks at you.
22:54That night, Caspian didn't sleep in his room.
22:57I knew Kylos' sudden appearance had made him anxious.
23:00When he got emotional, he'd shift into his true form.
23:03I hadn't paid attention before, but now I noticed a horn on his forehead.
23:07Wyverns don't have horns.
23:08I stopped Caspian from moving against me.
23:10What are you?
23:15Caspian's eyes were red.
23:16He could barely stay conscious.
23:18Whatever you say, I am...
23:19I am that.
23:21He didn't know what he really was.
23:22The golden light on his tail, the horn on his head, hard as a blade.
23:27They looked like the symbols on the dragon carvings.
23:29My sister and I saw in the ruins.
23:32Could Caspian be?
23:33I didn't dare finish the thought.
23:35Caspian didn't give me time to think.
23:37His true form was incredibly strong.
23:39He wrapped around me.
23:40Nothing like the gentle Caspian I knew.
23:43I held him back.
23:44Wrapped in layers of his body, I felt completely safe.
23:48I forgot about House Karen.
23:49Forgot about Kylos.
23:51Forgot 20 years of pain and struggle.
23:53The next day, I found an excuse to send Caspian away.
23:56I held a blade to my eye.
23:58The skin under the blade throbbed.
24:00You never learn, do you?
24:01I laughed bitterly.
24:02But going back to House Karen, this was the fastest way to heal Caspian.
24:06I bit down and pressed the blade in.
24:08The familiar pain hit me.
24:10Then a clink.
24:10The blade fell to the ground.
24:12Didn't I send Caspian away?
24:13How was he back?
24:14His eyes were wide.
24:15Are you going to self-harm?
24:17Seeing his panic, I explained quickly.
24:19No, no.
24:19I was just getting some magic blood.
24:21I know I have weak magic, but my blood is good for you.
24:24Drink it.
24:25The scars on your face and your leg will heal.
24:28Caspian stepped forward.
24:29He backed me into the corner.
24:31It was the first time I'd seen him so angry.
24:34No one is worth hurting yourself like this.
24:36Not even me.
24:37His words exploded in my ears.
24:39But in my memory, Kylos' voice echoed too.
24:42If it's not enough, take more.
24:44She's obsessed with me anyway.
24:47Looking at Caspian's angry face, my heart felt soft instead.
24:51Just once.
24:53Extracting some essence blood once will heal most of your injuries.
24:56But Caspian ignored me.
24:58He touched the scar on my chest instead.
25:00Caspian is almost jealous of him.
25:01Then he let go of me.
25:02He reached into his own chest and pulled.
25:06Sweat poured down his forehead.
25:08Veins bulged.
25:09I grabbed him, trying to steady him.
25:11His body heat burned my palm.
25:12Then a flash of gold.
25:14A dark green scale appeared in his palm.
25:17He pressed it over my eye.
25:18I stared at Caspian in shock.
25:21What are you doing?
25:22Do you want to get yourself killed?
25:27He'd torn out his own heart scale.
25:30My heart scale.
25:31Nothing can pierce it.
25:33Now you can't hurt yourself anymore.
25:36The scale had already merged with me.
25:38A pure, powerful magic gathered there.
25:40And the scar I'd had for years was gone.
25:42I finally understood why Caspian had been sent to the arena.
25:46His power was terrifying.
25:47So much stronger than my clumsy magic.
25:50He had this incredible healing power.
25:52But he never used it on himself.
25:54He let me fumble and make things worse.
25:56So many times.
25:57Why?
25:57Why didn't you heal yourself?
26:00Because if I healed my wounds, you would have sent me away.
26:03So he kept his wounds on purpose.
26:05Tears filled my eyes again.
26:07Caspian panicked and tried to wipe them away.
26:10But the more he wiped, the more they fell.
26:12He used his magic desperately.
26:15Your wounds are healed now.
26:17Don't cry.
26:18Through the blur of tears, I looked at Caspian.
26:21The scars on his face were gone.
26:22His skin was pale underneath.
26:24But beneath the scars, he was breathtakingly beautiful.
26:27Eyes like black gems set in long, narrow sockets.
26:31A straight, perfect nose.
26:33Lips as red as cherry blossoms.
26:35Skin as smooth as jade.
26:36Every angle perfect.
26:37This beautiful man was Caspian.
26:40The better he was, the more worthless I felt.
26:43The old self-doubt came rushing back.
26:48Lena, do you not like how I look?
26:50I can change back.
26:52Caspian saw my face change.
26:54He reached for scissors.
26:55I stopped him.
26:56I pushed down my rising self-hatred and forced a smile.
27:00Caspid, you're beautiful.
27:03Everyone in town came to stare at Caspian.
27:05Lena, you really found a treasure.
27:08Caspian is so capable and so handsome.
27:12The neighbors all praised him.
27:14I've never seen such a handsome beast in my whole life.
27:18Caspian blushed at all the attention.
27:20I looked up at him.
27:22The sun gilded him in gold.
27:23Yes, Caspian was wonderful.
27:25I didn't deserve someone so wonderful.
27:27When I brought Caspian back to House Karen, everyone praised his looks too.
27:31Even Eliza Karen came up to him.
27:33You're too beautiful to be stuck with Lena.
27:35Word had spread that I'd abandoned Kailus.
27:38Did she force you?
27:39I chose her.
27:41She wants nothing from me.
27:45Come with me instead.
27:47Eliza wouldn't give up.
27:48I already have a bonded beast, but I'm the strongest in House Karen.
27:52I can help you train.
27:54She didn't care at all about Wesley behind her, or Kailus, hiding in the shadows.
27:59Caspian stepped behind me.
28:00She is my tamer.
28:01Only her.
28:03I don't care how strong you are.
28:06And besides, who's the strongest is still up for debate.
28:09I liked the first half.
28:10The second half confused me.
28:12For the first time in 20 years, Eliza had been rejected by a beast.
28:17Eliza was furious, and there were consequences.
28:20The entire House Karen stopped praising Caspian's looks and started gossiping about his past instead.
28:29Sure, Caspian's good-looking, but he's just a low-level sky serpent.
28:33He'll never be a real dragon.
28:35Honestly, he and Lina, that failure, deserve each other.
28:40Our family's got Issa.
28:42That's all we need.
28:43Now that the twin Hue dragons have chosen her as their master,
28:47Lina's always going to be trampled under Issa's feet.
28:50Caspian covered my ears.
28:51I shook my head and pulled his hands down.
28:53I said,
28:54Caspian, I grew up hearing this kind of talk.
28:57I'm used to it.
28:58Caspian gently touched my face, his eyes full of pity.
29:03I took him to the valley to look at the moon.
29:06That's where we ran into Caius.
29:08Lina, this is our place.
29:10How could you bring him here?
29:14He forgot how annoyed he used to get when I begged him to watch the moon with me.
29:19Caius, the moon in the sky doesn't belong to anyone.
29:22And by the way, we doesn't really work for you and me anymore.
29:27That set him off.
29:29He stormed over to grab my shoulder,
29:31but Caspian threw his hand up and blasted him back with pure force.
29:35Caius stared at his own hand in disbelief, then looked at Caspian.
29:38No way.
29:40He muttered.
29:41Aren't you just a sky serpent?
29:43If you lay a hand on her again, I'll make you disappear from this world.
29:46Caspian replied coldly.
29:49I looked at Caspian.
29:51It felt so good to be defended like that.
29:55Caius pulled himself together.
29:58The head of the family wants to see you before she passes.
30:01Tonight might be your last chance.
30:03Way dragons have an incredibly accurate sense of life and death.
30:07Their premonitions are almost never wrong.
30:09Still, I was confused.
30:11If she's dying and wants to see someone, shouldn't it be Aissa?
30:14Don't worry.
30:16I'll be back soon.
30:18But the second I turned away,
30:20I missed the dark, hateful look in Caius' eyes.
30:23The moment I stepped into the main courtyard,
30:26I knew something was wrong.
30:27It was filled with restrictions.
30:29My magic was almost completely suppressed.
30:32I looked back at Caius.
30:34He wasn't affected at all.
30:36Was this my intuition warning me?
30:38I tried to leave, but then Aissa and Wesley stepped out from the shadows.
30:43Lina, my dear little sister.
30:46It's been a few years.
30:48You've gotten sharper.
30:51Caius, come here.
30:53She waved at Caius.
30:55His body went stiff.
30:56He couldn't look me in the eye.
30:58Head down, he walked over to Aissa.
31:00I asked,
31:01What are you planning to do?
31:05Aissa chuckled softly.
31:06Lina, don't be scared.
31:07I just need a little favor from you.
31:09I almost laughed.
31:10She's never wanted my help with anything,
31:12because heaven forbid anyone say she had to turn to a failure like me.
31:16When I didn't answer,
31:18Aissa stepped closer and traced little circles over my heart with her fingertip.
31:22Caius told me your magical essence is perfect for cultivation,
31:25so I thought I'd borrow some from you.
31:28I turned to Caius in shock.
31:30So the news about my father dying,
31:32luring me here,
31:34it was all to help Aissa and Wesley take my essence.
31:37The boy I'd treasured for ten years,
31:39he felt like a complete stranger now.
31:42Caius looked away.
31:43I closed my eyes and let out a long, heavy breath.
31:46Caius,
31:47Aissa and I are sisters.
31:49We share the same blood.
31:51So why does it have to be mine?
31:53Aissa leaned softly against Wesley's chest,
31:56but her fingers kept playing with Caius' dark hair.
31:59She said it like it was the most natural thing in the world.
32:02Because I hate pain,
32:03and Caius can't stand seeing me hurt.
32:07Isn't that right?
32:08Under her gaze, Caius nodded.
32:11Seeing that, I finally burst out laughing.
32:14Then I looked him dead in the eye and said, word for word,
32:17Caius,
32:19you make me sick.
32:20I threw his own words right back at him.
32:22His lips pressed into a tight line.
32:25He finally lifted his head to look at me.
32:27Whatever was in his eyes,
32:29struggle,
32:30guilt,
32:30hesitation,
32:31it didn't matter to me anymore.
32:35Lena,
32:36my dear little sister.
32:38Wesley and Caius are about to awaken and become true dragons.
32:43Just give them your magical elephants,
32:45and we'll make it up to you later.
32:47She still thought I was that little girl she used to mess with.
32:50Two Hwe dragons awakening at once,
32:52draining every last drop of my magical essence wouldn't even be enough.
32:56The whole continent can't have two dragon lords.
32:58Between Caius and Wesley,
33:00one of them is doomed to fall.
33:01And for that maybe,
33:02that one in a million chance,
33:04the boy I once cared about most,
33:06and the sister I groveled to please were ready to sacrifice me.
33:09My hands and feet trembled.
33:11My whole body went cold.
33:12The only warmth I felt came from the scales over my heart.
33:15I touched them and thought,
33:16Caspian is a true dragon.
33:18Caius and Wesley wanting to become dragons?
33:20It's laughable.
33:22They've been flattered for so long,
33:23they've forgotten their own blood and place.
33:25Not that that's surprising.
33:26Isa saw the smear on my face and lost it.
33:29She ordered Caius to tie me up.
33:30He hesitated for just a second.
33:32Then he walked toward me.
33:33Every step crushed whatever little feeling I had left for him.
33:37Caius said,
33:38Lena,
33:38don't fight it.
33:39It won't hurt as much.
33:41I let out a bitter laugh.
33:42How thoughtful.
33:43How gentle.
33:44Caius,
33:44you're going to regret this.
33:46Lena,
33:47once I awaken and become a dragon,
33:49I'll let you go.
33:51Just help me one more time.
33:53I won't let anything happen to you.
33:55Trust me.
33:55Back then,
33:56even saying my name annoyed him.
33:58Now he kept saying it over and over,
34:00and it just made me sick.
34:01Caius,
34:02the boy I used to treasure,
34:03he'd become someone I didn't recognize anymore.
34:06Caius dragged me over to Isa.
34:08She took a sword and stabbed me right in the chest.
34:10But there wasn't a single mark on me.
34:12Her eyes went wide in disbelief.
34:14Stab after stab,
34:16nothing worked.
34:17No way.
34:18No way,
34:18Lena,
34:18what kind of dark magic did you use?
34:21Isa,
34:21you can't hurt me.
34:23She handed the sword to Caius.
34:24Here,
34:24you try.
34:25Caius tested it with one stab.
34:27Same result.
34:28Try somewhere else,
34:29Caius.
34:30There's no way we're not getting any essence out of her.
34:32His hand trembled slightly as he stabbed my left arm.
34:36This time,
34:36magical essence began to seep out.
34:38Seeing that,
34:39Isa's mood lifted.
34:40She was so desperate for the position of family head
34:43and the power of being Dragon Lord's wife
34:45that she'd completely lost herself.
34:47Caius kept stabbing me,
34:48over and over.
34:49The essence pouring out of me
34:51made both Caius and Wesley lose control
34:53and shift into their true beliefs.
34:55I thought to myself,
34:56it hurts so much.
34:57I wish I could hug Caspian right now.
34:59His arms are so warm.
35:00He'd gently pat my back,
35:02the way my mother used to
35:03when she put Isa to sleep.
35:04I knew Caspian would keep waiting for me
35:06in that little town.
35:07He'd always been so gentle.
35:08I just hoped that after I died,
35:10he'd find a good master,
35:11someone who wouldn't put him through more pain.
35:14As more and more of my essence was drained,
35:16my body grew weaker and weaker.
35:18Then suddenly,
35:19a deafening roar echoed from above.
35:21Everyone stopped.
35:22They all looked up and rushed toward the sound.
35:24They saw what Isa was doing to me,
35:26every single one of them,
35:28but no one stopped her.
35:29They were more focused on that cry in the sky
35:31than on the fact that I was done.
35:33Even the elders who barely ever showed their faces
35:35came running.
35:36Tears streamed down their wrinkled,
35:38bark-like faces.
35:39That's a dragon's roar.
35:41The dragon lord has come.
35:44A deep, ancient voice echoed
35:47as if rising from the very heart of the continent.
35:50Caius, Wesley,
35:53do you know your mistake?
35:55Seeing the family's prodigy tortured like that,
35:57one of the Cairn elders stepped forward.
36:00Great dragon lord,
36:01you may be the ruler of this continent,
36:03but you can't just attack a beast taker like that.
36:06Isa is our family's most gifted member
36:08and the next head of the household.
36:10Please,
36:11spare her.
36:13Caspian pulled me protectively into his arms.
36:16Anger burned in his eyes.
36:17He swept his gaze across the Cairn family
36:20and let out a cold laugh.
36:22I don't care,
36:23but I do kill those who refuse to see the truth,
36:25who can't tell right from wrong.
36:28Great dragon lord,
36:29what did you see in the vision?
36:32Take a closer look.
36:36Who really is the most gifted one in the Cairn family?
36:39Summoning his courage,
36:41the elders stepped forward and examined my energy.
36:45Then his face went pale with shock.
36:47How is this possible?
36:49When Lina was born,
36:51her magic was barely there.
36:52She grew up average at best,
36:54but now her power is so rich she rivals me.
36:57I was just as shocked.
36:59I looked up at Caspian.
37:00He lowered his gaze to me and explained patiently.
37:03Lina,
37:03there was a seal placed inside you.
37:05It could only be broken by bonding with a magical beast.
37:08Your sister Isa knew this secret all along.
37:11That's why she broke through the seal before you did.
37:14Isa had known from the very beginning.
37:15No wonder she'd always told me never to touch a beast's tail when we were kids.
37:19She said a low-level tamer like me would get killed by them.
37:22All those years she stood by and watched me get mocked,
37:25ignored,
37:26left to struggle and scrape by in the Cairn family.
37:29I'd bowed and scraped before her like a servant,
37:32pouring out all the warmth I never got from our parents
37:34and throwing it at her feet instead.
37:37And she'd been planning to keep me down from the very start.
37:42A deep, ancient voice echoed as if rising from the very heart of the continent.
37:48Caius,
37:49Wesley,
37:50do you know your mistake?
37:52You know exactly what you've done.
37:55The two of them knelt low,
37:56their eyes bleeding crimson tears from the sheer pressure of the true dragon.
38:00I looked over and saw the fierce unwillingness in their eyes.
38:04But in the face of absolute power,
38:06all they could do was bow their heads in respect.
38:08Great dragon lord,
38:10we know we were wrong.
38:11The rest of the Cairn family had no idea why the true dragon had appeared just to punish their beasts.
38:17But Issa had a guess.
38:19She glared at me with pure hatred.
38:21Lena,
38:22I know this is you.
38:24What kind of deal did you make with that evil dragon?
38:29The family's faces went pale.
38:31Magic household or not,
38:33there was nothing they could do against a dragon lord.
38:36Issa's disrespect terrified them.
38:38She grabbed the sword off the ground and lunged at me again.
38:41Caspian shifted into human form and landed in front of me.
38:44He crushed the sword between two fingers,
38:47then with a flick of his energy,
38:48pinned Issa to a pillar not far away.
38:51Ice pierced through her hands and feet,
38:53tearing the tendons wide open.
38:55Broken ribs jutted out from her side.
38:58The pain she felt was a hundred times worse than what I had just endured.
39:01Caspian lowered his gaze to the wounds on my body.
39:05His eyes were filled with pain.
39:10I'm sorry,
39:11he said softly.
39:12I came too late.
39:14I shook my head.
39:16No,
39:17you came right on time.
39:20I don't care about being the head of the Cairn family.
39:23I want to be the dragon lord's wife.
39:26Caspian looked at me with nothing but pure affection in his eyes.
39:30Everyone else was shocked,
39:32speechless.
39:33Caspian nodded.
39:35Sweetheart,
39:36I was thinking the exact same thing.
39:38Out of nowhere,
39:39he pulled out a magic ring and slipped it onto my finger.
39:42It was one I'd loved a long time ago,
39:44the one I could never bring myself to buy.
39:48The moment the ring settled at the base of my finger,
39:51a voice came from the ground.
39:53It was Caius.
39:55Lena loves me.
39:56I have a ring too.
39:58See?
40:00The one you begged me to make you back then.
40:03In his hand,
40:05Caius held up a silver ring.
40:07All those years ago,
40:08I'd fallen in love with those magic silver rings.
40:11I begged Caius for so long to make one for me.
40:14He finally agreed.
40:15Every day I waited,
40:17hoping he'd finish it and give it to me,
40:19but when it was done,
40:20it just...
40:21disappeared.
40:22Days later,
40:22I saw the exact same ring on Issa's finger.
40:25I told myself it was a coincidence.
40:27Those magic silver rings all looked alike.
40:30Unless Caius actually said he'd given it to her,
40:32it wasn't true.
40:33That's what I told myself.
40:35And just like that,
40:36I fooled myself one more time.
40:38I stepped out of Caspian's arms
40:40and walked over to Caius.
40:41He held up the silver ring,
40:43pushing it toward me,
40:44desperate for me to see it.
40:46The way I'd spent ten years
40:47being desperate for him to see me.
40:50I didn't take it.
40:53Caius, some things,
40:54once they're missed,
40:56they can't be fixed.
40:58People too.
41:03No, Lena.
41:05Give me a chance to make it right.
41:07I really want to bond with you.
41:09It wasn't until after you left that I realized.
41:12I never loved Issa.
41:14It was always you.
41:15The way I felt about her,
41:16that was just instinct.
41:17I just didn't want to be weaker than Wesley.
41:20I said flatly,
41:21do you remember that time
41:22I accidentally touched your tail
41:24and you said it was disgusting?
41:26Do you remember
41:27and they're bonded toward?
41:28Do you remember
41:29when I was covered in wounds
41:30from a beast attack
41:31and you kicked me out of the house
41:33because you didn't want to smell the blood?
41:35And do you remember
41:37pushing me off a cliff
41:38just to protect Issa?
41:40He had no answer to any of it.
41:42Then he shifted,
41:43letting his tail form
41:44and placing it in front of me.
41:46Lena, I was wrong.
41:47Do whatever you want to me.
41:50I only tricked you
41:51into coming here
41:52because I wanted to become a dragon
41:54as fast as I could
41:55so I could protect you.
41:57I want to be with you forever.
41:58I love you.
42:00Back then,
42:01I used to think Caius' tail was beautiful.
42:04Now I felt nothing.
42:05I said quietly,
42:07It's too late for all that, Caius.
42:10But I do have to thank you.
42:12Because of you, I met Caspian.
42:14Caius stayed kneeling where he was.
42:16His fingernails dug deep into the ground,
42:18carving long grooves.
42:20He looked up at me,
42:21the corners of his eyes burning red.
42:23Lena,
42:25you already knew, didn't you?
42:27I knew what he was asking.
42:29About Caspian's true identity?
42:31Or about his own ugly intentions?
42:34Maybe both.
42:35I didn't answer.
42:37I just turned my gaze into the distance.
42:40Caspian's arm tightened around my waist.
42:42His voice rang out loud and clear
42:44for everyone to hear.
42:47Do you all really not remember
42:49why the true dragons vanished from this continent?
42:53And why they've returned?
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