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My Daughter's Pets Are All SSS-Tier Beasts - Hot
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00:00The moon wolf howled at the border, shaking the earth for three days.
00:04The serpent swept over the imperial capital.
00:06All twelve elders spat blood at once.
00:09The phoenix flapped its wings, and thirty thousand troops dropped to their knees.
00:14No one knew the master of them all was me, the trash with no beast core.
00:23I exist by your will, master.
00:32Master, I am yours to command.
00:35Five years ago, I was the worthless outcast of House Blackpool.
00:38I failed to form a beast core during the trial, so they stripped me of my resources.
00:43They threw me and my infant daughter into the Ashwood forest, and left us there to die.
00:48I raised Sophia alone in the forest.
00:51To keep my daughter company, I turned ordinary animals into SSS tier beasts.
00:56Now they became her pets, that was how she called them.
01:00Sophia's gone off somewhere again.
01:03Whatever.
01:05Moonpaw and Nyx are watching her.
01:07She'll be fine.
01:09Three bounty hunters stumbled into the clearing near the eastern forest.
01:12In front of the three of them coiled a giant serpent.
01:14Stop!
01:15Why is there an SSS tier beast here?
01:18It's Captain!
01:19That's not one SSS tier!
01:21That's two!
01:23Our scanners showed this area had no beast activity at all.
01:26We only came for a few for a few B-ranked spirit herbs.
01:30Either one of those things could level a city district.
01:32We don't have a prey of surviving this.
01:34Just as they were waiting for death, a girl stepped out.
01:37Hey Moonpaw, Nyx!
01:39Don't scare the Unxles!
01:41The black serpent lowered its enormous head toward her.
01:43You're going to be eaten alive!
01:45Run!
01:46Uncle, don't be scared.
01:48They're good babies.
01:49Right, Snowpaw.
01:51Good boy.
01:51The SSS-ranked monster immediately lowered himself and carried the girl away on his back.
01:56Who the hell is this child?
01:58Several luxury SUVs stopped outside the forest.
02:02Where's the spirit, Herb?
02:05Mr. Blackwood, the mission failed.
02:10What?
02:10There are two SSS-ranked beasts inside that forest!
02:14We couldn't even get close!
02:16Such rare SSS-tier beasts in this dump forest?
02:20You think I'm an idiot?
02:22My lord, we saw them ourselves!
02:24Marcus waved them off.
02:25Then he and his entourage went to collect the spirit, Herb, themselves.
02:28Mr. Blackwood, there must be a hundred A-raid plants here.
02:32And those over there, that's an S-class crimson root.
02:34And gods, is that a dragon's mouth orchid?
02:38Young master, we're rich!
02:40Marcus was already grabbing.
02:42Load everything, now!
02:44Hey!
02:44Sophia stepped out from the tree line, holding a basket in her arms.
02:47There was a little dog at her feet, and a small snake on her shoulder.
02:51What are you doing in my garden?
02:53Go away, kid!
02:54We're handling business!
02:55This is my family's field!
02:57You're stealing!
03:03Kid, run along before you get hurt.
03:06This field belongs to House Blackwood now.
03:08Otherwise, I'll kill you.
03:11You're bullying people!
03:13I walked out from the forest shadows.
03:16And who gave you permission to threaten my daughter?
03:20Everyone turned instantly.
03:22Ethan!
03:23You're still alive!
03:25Lily immediately ran toward me.
03:28Daddy!
03:29They took our herbs and they were mean to me!
03:33I see that.
03:33My voice became ice cold.
03:38You trespassed into my territory.
03:41You threatened my daughter.
03:42So tell me, how do you want to die?
03:46Ethan!
03:47Have you lost your mind?
03:49Five years ago, you couldn't even form a Beast Corps.
03:52You were thrown out of House Blackwood like a stray dog!
03:55And now you think you can threaten me?
03:57You're nothing now!
03:59A failed Beast Bond loser.
04:01How dare you be so insolent in front of the Blackwood heir?
04:04Know your place!
04:05Now kneel and beg forgiveness from our young master.
04:07Otherwise, you and your bastard daughter will die here today.
04:13Alright!
04:15Your parents' memorial relics are still inside the Blackwood Ancestral Hall.
04:19My brother now ranks second only to the Patriarch.
04:22He already said it.
04:23Soon, those relics will be thrown out with the rest of the trash!
04:26Nobody touches my parents.
04:28It's perfect timing.
04:30I was already planning to return to House Blackwood.
04:33To settle every debt.
04:35You!
04:35A loser!
04:36Then I'll grant you the mercy of joining your parents in death!
04:40Kill him!
04:41Several Beast Tamers instantly summoned their contracted creatures.
04:45Daddy...
04:46They're scary.
04:47Close your eyes.
04:48The next second, the forest shook violently.
04:51What is that?!
04:52AHHHHH!
04:54Another...
04:56OHHHHH!
05:05SSS rank?!
05:06All of them are SSS rank?!
05:10That's impossible!
05:12Ethan didn't have Beast Corps!
05:13How could he possibly control I've SSS rank beasts?!
05:21Young Master Ethan!
05:22Please!
05:23We were blind!
05:25Please spare us!
05:27How...
05:27How can you control five SSS rank beasts?!
05:30The debt between me and House Blackwood...
05:33Starts with you.
05:34Wait, you can't kill me!
05:35We're both Blackwoods!
05:36If you spare me, I'll speak for you when we return to House Blackwood!
05:39When you threw me and Sophia out into the wilderness...
05:42Did any of you show mercy?
05:45That...
05:46That was different.
05:47Now you have five SSS rank beasts!
05:50The family will definitely welcome you back!
05:52My brother already has enormous influence inside Blackwood.
05:56As long as I help you, you'll become one of the most important people in the entire house!
06:00You really expect me to believe you?
06:02I didn't return for forgiveness.
06:03I came back for my parents' relics.
06:06As for coming back to House Blackwood, I couldn't care less.
06:11Ethan Blackwood!
06:12Don't push your luck!
06:14You think controlling a few SSS rank beasts makes you invincible?
06:18House Blackwood will crush you!
06:19Fuck you sooner or later!
06:22And that bastard daughter of yours!
06:28Daddy...
06:28My daughter was too kind.
06:30She doesn't like blood.
06:31He's scared.
06:34He's letting us go.
06:35When we go back to the House Blackwood,
06:37I'll get the secret from that trash.
06:39How he controls SSS rank beasts.
06:42And when we do,
06:44I'll be the one to kill him myself.
06:47The serpent immediately coiled itself around the fleshwood.
06:50And dragged them into the forest.
06:52No, Ethan please!
06:55Daddy, where did they go?
06:59They won't bother us anymore.
07:02House Blackwood.
07:04After five years,
07:07I was finally returning.
07:09In the cabin,
07:10Sophia was looking outside through the window.
07:12Sophie,
07:13I have to deal with something at the Blackwood estate.
07:16Wait for me at home.
07:18No, Daddy, I wanna go with you.
07:22Just to retrieve something.
07:23Blackwood is dangerous.
07:25There may be fighting.
07:25I won't let anyone hurt my daughter again.
07:27Nyx and Moonpaw will stay here and protect you.
07:30I'll come back very soon.
07:32Okay.
07:34Hm.
07:35I'll secretly follow Daddy anyway.
07:38Meanwhile,
07:39in the castle of House Blackwood,
07:40Victor Blackwood frowned
07:42while sitting at the head of the council chamber.
07:44Alexander Blackwood sat across.
07:46Patriarch,
07:47my brother and the others still haven't returned.
07:49Do you think something might happen to him?
07:51This is White Hollow City.
07:53Who would dare touch a member of House Blackwood?
07:56Hm.
07:56But there are rumors.
07:58They say SSS rank beasts appeared in the forest.
08:01SSS rank in those wastelands,
08:03the strongest beasts there are barely B rank.
08:06People exaggerate nonsense whenever they get scared.
08:09And if there truly were SSS rank monsters,
08:13Marcus's team would never have survived long enough to report it.
08:16That's true.
08:18Patriarch is right.
08:21Still,
08:23they've been gone too long.
08:26Send an elite squad to locate Marcus.
08:30Yes, Patriarch.
08:34Patriarch.
08:36What is it?
08:38Ethan Blackwood has returned.
08:41It had been five years.
08:44That trash actually dared come back?
08:48Alexander left the moment he saw her.
08:50Well, well.
08:51Isn't this the failure they threw out five years ago?
08:53What happened?
08:53Couldn't survive outside?
08:54So now you came crawling back?
08:55Begging the family to take you in?
08:58And where's that bastard daughter of yours?
09:00She didn't starve to death out there, did she?
09:01No.
09:02You're asking for death.
09:11Enough.
09:12You are no longer part of House Blackwood.
09:14And as Patriarch, I will never allow your return.
09:18Good.
09:19Because I'm not interested in returning.
09:20I came for one thing only.
09:23My parents' memorial relics.
09:24Those relics, they don't deserve to remain in the Blackwood anyway.
09:27But you think you can simply walk in and take them?
09:30I wasn't asking for a deal.
09:32House Blackwood hands them over peacefully.
09:34I may spare the family.
09:36But if anyone tries to stop me,
09:38they'll end up exactly like Marcus.
09:43What did you say?
09:44What happened to Marcus?
09:46He's dead.
09:49That's impossible!
09:50Who killed him?
09:52I did.
09:55You?
09:56Killed Marcus?
09:58Leon had an A-ranked Beast contract,
10:00and you couldn't even form a Beast Corps!
10:02If Ethan really killed him, I'll eat dirt right here!
10:07Enough games.
10:08Ethan, say it clearly.
10:10What really happened to Marcus?
10:11You clearly know something.
10:13You're not leaving this estate until you explain.
10:16I'm not here to explain anything.
10:18Bring me my parents' relics.
10:21Or don't blame me for what happens next.
10:24You traitor!
10:26You colluded with outsiders to murder members of House Blackwood!
10:29You're the disgrace of this bloodline!
10:35Alexander unconsciously stepped back.
10:36Fine.
10:38You want the relics?
10:39I'll have them brought here.
10:40Alex, you...
10:42Rest assured, patriarch.
10:45Damien,
10:46retrieve them.
10:47I couldn't wait to see what game the Blackwoods were playing.
10:51Far across the city,
10:52inside a black luxury car,
10:55sat a stunning woman.
10:56Evelyn Sterling,
10:57heiress of House Sterling.
10:59One of the most powerful Beast Houses in the entire region.
11:02It's been five years.
11:04I wonder how Ethan and our daughter are doing now.
11:07Back then,
11:07I had no choice but to leave without saying goodbye.
11:10But this time,
11:11when I return,
11:12I'll make it up to them properly.
11:14Miss,
11:14are you thinking about him again?
11:16I heard he failed to form Beast Corps.
11:19He's not worthy of you.
11:22Pull over.
11:25Miss Sterling?
11:32Miss?
11:33Miss?
11:34Do you know this child?
11:36No.
11:37But she gives me a strangely familiar feeling.
11:41Where did this wild little brat come from?
11:43You ate food without paying.
11:45I wasn't trying to not pay.
11:48I was just really hungry.
11:50My daddy is nearby.
11:53When I find him,
11:54he'll pay you double.
11:55Oh, really?
11:56Then where is your father?
11:58Call him over.
12:01I can't find daddy.
12:04I got lost.
12:09At your age and already lying.
12:11How much?
12:12Oh, Miss, it's fine.
12:15I'll pay.
12:16Yes, yes, yes.
12:17Thank you, Miss Sterling.
12:20Aww, what a pretty big sister.
12:24It's alright now.
12:26Thank you for helping me pay.
12:30Why are you here alone?
12:32Where are your parents?
12:33I never had a mommy.
12:36Daddy had something important to do and didn't bring me.
12:40I'm sorry.
12:42I didn't know your mother had passed away.
12:45Oh, no, no.
12:46She disappeared right after giving birth to me.
12:48What kind of mother abandons her own child?
12:53People these days.
12:56Pretty big sister.
12:59Can you help me find daddy?
13:01Of course.
13:03Where is your father?
13:05My daddy went to House Blackwood.
13:07House Blackwood.
13:09Your father is from the Blackwood family.
13:12My daddy is not one of them.
13:14He said everyone in House Blackwood is bad.
13:17My daddy is nothing like them.
13:20Then why did he go there?
13:22He said he had something important to do.
13:25But he wouldn't tell me.
13:29What a coincidence.
13:32I'm going to House Blackwood too.
13:34I'll take you there.
13:36Really?
13:37Thank you, pretty sister.
13:40The car slowly drove toward the Blackwood estate.
13:42Big sister.
13:43My name is Sophia.
13:45What's your name?
13:48Evelyn Sterling.
13:50Wow.
13:51Big sister is pretty and has a pretty name.
13:54Big sister.
13:56Can you be my mommy?
13:58What?
13:59My daddy is super handsome and really, really powerful.
14:06He definitely deserves someone as pretty as you.
14:09But big sister already have a husband and child.
14:12Then where are they?
14:16I came back to this city to find them.
14:20Inside House Blackwood, dozens of beast tamers surrounded me in the ancestral courtyard.
14:26Young master.
14:28The relics have been retrieved.
14:30Those were the final remains left behind by my parents.
14:34Give them to me.
14:35I only said I would bring them here.
14:37I never said I would give them to you.
14:42Five years ago, I made you crawl out of this house like a stray dog.
14:47And five years later, you're still that same pathetic dog.
14:50You came back here only to humiliate yourself again.
14:56You want these?
14:59Simple.
15:00Kneel.
15:01Then explain exactly how my brother died.
15:05If I'm satisfied, I might return them to you.
15:09Or I'll break it now.
15:10No!
15:17Dad.
15:20Mom.
15:23Ethan!
15:24You actually let those filthy beasts attack me!
15:27Kill him!
15:28Every beast tamer in the courtyard summoned their creatures simultaneously.
15:34House Blackwood no longer needs to exist.
15:45Daddy!
15:48Sophia.
15:52It's you.
15:54It's you.
15:56Daddy.
15:57You know this pretty big sister?
15:59Sophia.
16:01Why are you here?
16:03Didn't I tell you to wait for me?
16:06You cannot reveal the truth right now.
16:08If your past becomes public, then everything you've worked for these past years will collapse.
16:13In the Sterling family, only the next heir could truly protect Ethan and Sophia.
16:18Right now, she still wasn't strong enough.
16:20Ethan.
16:22Sophia.
16:23I'm sorry.
16:25I still can't acknowledge you openly.
16:28I need to become the heir of House Sterling first.
16:32Only then, can I truly protect both of you.
16:37Miss Sterling.
16:39We didn't know you were coming.
16:41Please, forgive our poor hostility.
16:44House Blackwood is merely cleaning up internal matters.
16:47This arrogant trash simply refused to understand his place.
16:51Hmph.
16:52You're not allowed to insult my daddy.
16:55So this little trot is already this big.
16:58She's just as worthless as her father.
17:04Who did you just call worthless?
17:07I meant Ethan's daughter.
17:10Miss Sterling.
17:11Do you know Ethan?
17:17Ethan?
17:17Ethan Blackwilled.
17:19Once saved my life.
17:20Ethan saved Miss Sterling!
17:22That's impossible.
17:25Miss Sterling only called me her savior.
17:27She never admitted our real relationship.
17:30There had to be a reason.
17:31Back then, she vanished overnight without even saying goodbye.
17:34Now it finally made sense.
17:36Something must have happened inside House Sterling.
17:38I slowly glanced toward her.
17:40After this was over, I would ask her everything.
17:42If Mr. Ethan is Miss Sterling's benefactor,
17:45then of course he may take the memorial relics at any time.
17:50Several Blackwood members looked horrified.
17:52How did Ethan end up connected to House Sterling?
17:54But none of them dared speak further.
17:56House Sterling was one of the supreme beast houses of the entire continent.
18:00Provoking them meant destruction.
18:03Alexander laughed nervously.
18:05This was all just a misunderstanding.
18:07Please don't take offense, Miss Sterling.
18:09It was not a misunderstanding.
18:12They sent people into the mountains to steal Daddy's herbs.
18:15They even wanted to kill us.
18:18Good thing Nyx and Moon Pan protected us.
18:21Evelyn's eyes instantly turned cold.
18:23You sent people after them?
18:25Alexander's entire face paled.
18:27There must be some misunderstanding.
18:29Daddy and I have lived in the forest the whole time.
18:33You've really been living that for five years?
18:36Five years ago I was expelled from House Blackwood.
18:39I stopped being part of this family long ago.
18:41A terrifying pressure exploded in the couple of months.
18:44Very good.
18:47House Blackwood humiliated my benefactor.
18:51From today onward.
18:52From today onward.
18:53All Sterling Industries will terminate every partnership with House Blackwell.
18:57The entire courtyard instantly exploded into pain.
18:59Miss Sterling please!
19:01This will destroy House Blackwell!
19:04Now you're afraid.
19:06Too late.
19:07Alexander immediately turned toward me desperately.
19:10Ethan!
19:12As long as you speak for us,
19:14House Blackwood will compensate you.
19:17Spirit herbs, treasures, ancient cultivation manuals,
19:21anything we own, you may choose freely.
19:24You should apologize to him.
19:25You'll apologize.
19:29Ethan!
19:30We were wrong!
19:32Please show mercy!
19:33Please spare House Blackwell!
19:36Daddy!
19:37Take all their treasures!
19:39The hundred year blood screwed,
19:41the thousand year moon fungus,
19:43and all the treasures inside their vault!
19:49We'll give them all to you.
19:51Sophia happily held my hand.
19:53Daddy, let's go!
19:55It's only the beginning.
19:57If something more important hadn't happened today,
20:00I would have destroyed all of you personally.
20:03After I and the others left,
20:04the entire Blackwood estate exploded into fury.
20:09Today, House Blackwood was humiliated like this because of Ethan.
20:12No one expected that trash would become connected to Evelyn Sterling.
20:16Because of Ethan.
20:19We've completely offended House Sterling.
20:21How are we supposed to rebuild ties with them now?
20:26Young master,
20:27you've forgotten something.
20:30House Sterling doesn't belong to Evelyn alone.
20:34You mean...
20:35Lucas Sterling.
20:38Evelyn and Lucas are competing for the position of heir.
20:42They despise each other.
20:44If we support Lucas with everything we have,
20:47then once he becomes a patriarch,
20:49Evelyn Sterling will become nothing more than a stray dog.
20:54And Ethan,
20:55he'll be ours to crush whatever we want.
20:58And those beasts beside him
21:00will belong to House Blackwood.
21:02Meanwhile, inside the Sterling convoy,
21:05Evelyn quietly sat beside me.
21:09I'm sorry, Ethan.
21:11You and Sophia suffered in those mountains because of me.
21:15I want to know the truth.
21:19Why did you disappear five years ago?
21:22Five years ago,
21:24my grandfather fell critically ill.
21:27He announced a succession trial for the next heir of House Sterling.
21:30My opponent was my brother, Lucas Sterling.
21:35He's ruthless.
21:37Even if I lost,
21:39he never would have spared me.
21:42If he discovered you and Sophia existed,
21:45he would have used you against me.
21:48So the only way to protect both of you
21:51was for me to leave alone and fight for control of House Sterling.
21:55I finally fell silent.
21:57So all these years,
21:58she had been protecting us in her own way.
22:01During these years inside House Sterling,
22:04I gained access to certain hidden records.
22:08Records about your parents.
22:11What records?
22:13The deaths of your parents contain many suspicious details.
22:17They may not surely be dead.
22:21What?
22:22Now that I thought about it,
22:23nobody had ever truly seen their bodies.
22:25The family only claimed they disappeared during a classified mission.
22:28I slowly narrowed my eyes.
22:30What else do you know?
22:32House Sterling records many hidden matters,
22:35but only the next patriarch can fully access them.
22:40Ethan,
22:41when I become the heir of House Sterling,
22:44I promise I'll uncover the truth for you.
22:47Then maybe, I should help you become heir.
22:51No.
22:52You failed the Beast Bond trial.
22:54You're still officially considered an ordinary human.
22:57The power struggle inside House Sterling is far more dangerous than you imagine.
23:00I can't drag you into it.
23:02As long as you and Sophia stay safe.
23:05That's already enough for me.
23:07This stubborn woman.
23:09Sophia suddenly poked her head between us.
23:12Daddy.
23:13Big sister.
23:15What are you two doing?
23:20Nothing.
23:21It's just too hot in here.
23:23Yes. Too hot.
23:28Ethan.
23:30What are your plans now?
23:32Why don't you stay at House Sterling for now?
23:34That would make helping you much easier.
23:37Miss.
23:38Is this really appropriate?
23:40Our wenchinal purpose was to search for an A-Rage spirit herb.
23:44Now, not only did Define we one.
23:46And you're bringing back an ordinary man and a child.
23:49I'm afraid the family won't approve.
23:52If you truly care about Miss Stabling,
23:55you should leave voluntarily instead of becoming her burden.
23:58Old Grandpa!
24:00If we find that A-Rank herb thingy, then Daddy and I can go with Big Sister, right?
24:05If someone can truly provide the herb House Stallet needs, then naturally they would become honored guests.
24:14But Daddy grows lots of herbs in our garden!
24:17A-Rank spirit worms are heavenly treasures, not weeds grown in some backyard.
24:23I'm not lying! Daddy grows lots of mountain weeds!
24:29Ignorant child.
24:32If you don't believe us, then come see Daddy's herb field.
24:39All right. Let's go see it.
24:42Several beast tamers under Evelyn followed us into the forest.
24:46The deeper we traveled, the thinner the spiritual energy became.
24:51This place is practically a wasteland.
24:54I refuse to believe any high-grade spirit herbs could grow here.
24:57So Ethan and Sophia really lived in this kind of environment for five years?
25:02We're almost there!
25:03I'd like to see what kind of herb field exists in these cursed mountains.
25:07Suddenly, something huge rushed through the forest nearby.
25:15Careful!
25:16Several sterling guards instantly summoned their contracted beasts.
25:20A gigantic, demonic wolf flashed across the trees.
25:23Its terrifying aura made everyone's expressions change instantly.
25:26But the next second, the wolf suddenly stopped.
25:29Then it lowered its head slightly toward us before disappearing into the forest.
25:33That demonic wolf... ran away?
25:36With the strength of that creature, it shouldn't fear ordinary beast tampers.
25:41Perhaps it saw our numbers and chose to retreat.
25:44Was that a giant puppy just now?
25:46Does this kid even know how dangerous that wolf is?
25:49We're here!
25:51What?
25:52Spirit energy flooded the entire area.
25:54Hundreds of glowing herbs covered the fields.
25:57A-Rank Scarlet Bloodroot.
25:58A-Rank Frostvine Grass.
26:00S-Rank Dragonspine Fruit.
26:02S-Rank Violet Moon Lotus.
26:04This... How is this possible? Not only A-Rain.
26:06There are S-Rank herbs too.
26:09That's Dragonspine Fruit.
26:10And over there, Violet Blood Grass.
26:12Oh my God! There are so many!
26:15How did you do this?
26:16I was bored living in the forest, so I casually planted some herbs.
26:20If you need them, just take whatever you want.
26:22Casually planted. Just take whatever you want.
26:24Those were treasures that entire beast houses would slaughter each other over.
26:27See? I told you Daddy grows lots of herbs.
26:30Now Daddy and I can go with Pretty Big Sister, right?
26:32Of course! Of course you can!
26:34Mr. Ethan is now a great benefactor of House Sterling!
26:36This man had somehow become even more unfathomable during the years she was gone.
26:40The convoy finally arrived at House Sterling.
26:43The massive silver gates slowly opened.
26:46Please enter.
26:47Well, well. You really are impossible to get rid of.
26:53Lucas Sterling.
26:54So this is the trash you brought back.
26:58Young Master Lucas. This man is Ethan Blackwood.
27:01Five years ago he was expelled from House Blackwood for failing the Beast Bond trial.
27:05He's just a useless nobody.
27:07Evelyn, did you hit your head somewhere?
27:10You brought this kind of trash into House Sterling?
27:12A failure like him already brings bad luck just by standing here.
27:15Lucas, you have no authority to drive him away.
27:18Ethan saved my life.
27:19And he brought life-saving spirit herbs for Grandfather.
27:21Spirit herbs.
27:23The Beast Bond failure found life-saving herbs.
27:25Evelyn, you aren't being scammed, are you?
27:28We're not liars! Daddy's herbs can save Grandpa!
27:31Oh really? Then where are these miraculous herbs?
27:37S-Rag's dragon's fruit!
27:40No.
27:41This has to be fake.
27:43Young Master Lucas.
27:44The Patriarch's condition is worsening.
27:47We should administer the medicine immediately.
27:49I'm taking it to Grandfather now.
27:52Who knows whether this S-Rank herb is real.
27:54Grandfather is critically ill.
27:56You can't raimely feed him unknown medicine.
27:59My A-Rank Sunflare grass is authentic.
28:01And it's far more suitable for treating Grandfather's illness.
28:04An A-Rank herb won't save him.
28:06And what exactly are you supposed to be?
28:07You failed the Beast Bond trial.
28:09You're an ordinary human.
28:10What gives you the right to speak here?
28:12I think this trash simply wants Grandfather dead.
28:15Evelyn, look carefully at the kind of people you brought back.
28:18You're the bad guy! Daddy's herbs really can't save Grandpa!
28:20Administer the Sunflare grass immediately.
28:23Any consequences, I'll take responsibility.
28:25The servants quickly fed the medicine to the old Patriarch.
28:28Everyone watched, nervously.
28:31His entire body began freezing and burning simultaneously.
28:35How is this happening?
28:37Why didn't the medicine work?
28:38My daddy already told you!
28:40But nobody listened!
28:41The Steward's face turned desperate.
28:43If the old Patriarch died now, Evelyn would never succeed Lucas.
28:47Which meant, how Sterling would become his.
28:51We still have lots more herbs!
28:54I calmly stepped forward.
28:55One glowing herb after another appeared in my hands.
28:58S-Rank Frost Moonflower.
29:00S-Rank Netherleaf Grass.
29:01S-Rank Blood Spirit Wreath.
29:03I calmly looked toward the old Patriarch.
29:06The Sunflare's grass triggered the cold toxin buried inside his body.
29:09Now Fire Poison attacks his heart while Frost Poison invades his veins.
29:12His spiritual balance has completely collapsed.
29:15Netherroot Grass.
29:16This one is perfect.
29:18Grandfather!
29:23I feel much better.
29:27Grandfather!
29:27Evelyn, so you were the one who saved me.
29:31Grandfather, it was my A-Rank Sunflame Grass that stabilized your condition first.
29:36Liar! It was daddy's herbs!
29:38Yes, Grandfather. Ethan saved you. Without his S-Rank Herbs, you wouldn't have survived.
29:44S-Rank Herbs are priceless treasures, Mr. Blackwood.
29:48How Stalin owes you a great debt.
29:50It was nothing.
29:52This man absolutely could not be allowed to live.
29:56The old Patriarch's breathing had steadied.
29:59I stood at the threshold of Lord Sterling's bedchamber, arms folded, watching the color slowly return to his weathered face.
30:05Three days ago, Evelyn's grandfather had been bleeding out from the inside, the result of a beast core rupture that
30:11even the Sterling family's A-Rank healers couldn't contain.
30:15The room still smelled of medicinal smoke and panic. It was Evelyn who had called me, and I had come.
30:21The moment I stepped into the hall, I felt the shift in the air. A familiar weight of contempt, badly
30:27disguised as aristocratic composure.
30:29I'd worn that kind of contempt myself, before House Blackwood stripped it from me along with everything else.
30:35Grandfather, it was the Herbs I brought that saved you. My A-Rank compound started the healing process.
30:41Don't flatter yourself. It was the S-Rank catalyst Ethan provided. Your Herbs were supplemental.
30:48Supplemental?
30:49That's generous. No one even knows where this failed Black will cast out a quiet S-Rank beast corps.
30:55I said nothing. I had learned over five years of exile that silence was its own kind of blade.
31:00I am aware of all your contributions, but an S-Rank beast corps, given freely, without asking price.
31:08That is not a small thing, Mr. Blackwood. House Sterling does not forget decks.
31:12It was nothing.
31:13Lucas hated that answer.
31:15He had been expecting me to stumble over gratitude, to scrape and bow. Instead, I was already turning toward the
31:20door.
31:21Rest, Lord Sterling. The bond between your system and the catalyst will fully stabilize within 48 hours.
31:26I left without looking at Lucas again. There was no point. I already knew what was coming.
31:32They sent the House Steward after me. Not Lucas himself. He was too proud for that.
31:36The man caught me in the corridor outside the guest quarters.
31:39Behind him, two of Lucas' personal bonded creatures lurked.
31:42A pair of A-Rank shadowhounds, their dark coats shimmering with suppressed aggression.
31:47Mr. Blackwood.
31:48Young Master Lucas requests a private audience.
31:52I'm not interested.
31:56I stopped.
31:58Because I was deciding how much to show them.
32:00The answer was, nothing yet. I turned.
32:03Lead the way.
32:04Lucas was waiting in one of the Sterling Manor's smaller reception rooms.
32:08The kind used for negotiations you wanted to keep off the official record.
32:14Let's skip the pleasantries.
32:16Fine.
32:17The S-Rank Beast Corps.
32:19Where did you get them?
32:21Does it matter?
32:22You were expelled from House Blackwood five years ago.
32:25At the time, you had nothing.
32:27No contracted beast.
32:28No Beast Corps.
32:29A failed Beast Bond trial.
32:31Men who can't bond don't accumulate S-Rank Catholics.
32:33So, what's your secret?
32:37I looked at him.
32:38He was young.
32:38Maybe twenty-three.
32:40Smart enough to be dangerous.
32:41Not wise enough to be careful.
32:43Help me.
32:43Share whatever advantage you've found.
32:45When I become head of House Sterling, you'll be rewarded.
32:48Status.
32:49Wealth.
32:49Power.
32:50Evelyn can't give you those things.
32:52She's fighting for her own survival.
32:54Just to be clear, you're offering me table scraps from a seat you haven't won yet?
32:58Here's my answer.
33:00You have nothing I want.
33:01You Ares!
33:02You try to move against me inside these walls.
33:04I won't wait for you to finish.
33:06And I won't be polite about it.
33:08I walked out.
33:09Behind me, I heard Lucas' voice.
33:12He knows something.
33:13Find out what it is.
33:14And bring me his daughter.
33:16My steps didn't falter.
33:17But something cold moved through me.
33:19Sophia.
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