Ex-husband Stole My Daughter's Cure: Regretted Knowing I'm The Elven Queen

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00:00:00I lay on the stone bed of the sacred infirmary, trembling violently.

00:00:05Every doctor in the Wind Kingdom was on edge for my sake.

00:00:09Yet my husband, Lord Ronan, was nowhere to be seen.

00:00:15I was used to his coldness.

00:00:17But at this moment, having gambled my life and burned my manna to bear this child,

00:00:25the ridiculous shred of hope still flickered in my heart.

00:00:27Years ago, when I was in a desperate situation, the young Ronan saved my life.

00:00:36That kindness became my lifelong obsession.

00:00:39But he had no idea that I was the sole pure-blooded daughter of the High Elfin King.

00:00:48When I met with disaster in my youth, I was rescued by him, the lord of a mere mid-tier

00:00:55Elfin Kingdom.

00:00:57To repay that debt, I concealed my supreme identity, even using a forbidden ritual to seal away the radiant wings

00:01:06of nature on my back that symbolized supreme divine authority.

00:01:12I willingly became an ordinary female elf, with no background, marrying into his territory.

00:01:19Under a false name for years, I remained gentle and submissive, using my own pure-blooded mana to nourish his

00:01:27family, all for a sliver of his affection.

00:01:35Yet, I could never warm a heart of stone.

00:01:38In Ronan's heart, there was only ever room for his first love, Vanessa.

00:01:47The agony intensified, as the mana and bloodlines within my body surged in a violent reverse flow.

00:01:55But I held on to my last strength.

00:01:58Yet, all that arrived was a cold, ruthless message from a guard.

00:02:04My lady, the lord is busy with official matters and cannot come.

00:02:08Please deliver the child on your own, and do not delay the lord's business.

00:02:12At that moment, a self-deprecating laugh escaped my lips.

00:02:16This life of mine and the child in my womb never mattered to him.

00:02:20After an entire day and night of deathly struggle, a soft, fragile wile finally shattered the silence of the infirmary.

00:02:29This was my daughter, a precious treasure, bought at the cost of all my mana.

00:02:36I named her Iris.

00:02:38At that exact moment, my personal guard rushed in to report.

00:02:43My lady!

00:02:44The lord has finished his external affairs, and has returned to the main manor in his unicorn sacred carriage.

00:02:49Within my deadland heart, a tiny spark suddenly ignited.

00:02:54I instinctively assumed that no matter how cold or selfish he might be,

00:02:57at least he would at least want to look at his newborn flesh and blood.

00:03:00Forcing my exhausted, severely depleted body up,

00:03:03I carefully held my daughter in her swaddling clothes,

00:03:05making my way toward the promenade of the main temple to see my husband.

00:03:09But just as I reached the promenade and looked through the lush courtyard of the sacred elven tree,

00:03:14I froze instantly, the blood in my veins turning to ice.

00:03:18My husband stood there, tall and elegant in his black robes,

00:03:22and right beside him stood a woman, the first love he had yearned for and never forgotten.

00:03:27It was Vanessa.

00:03:28What struck me like a bolt from the blue was that in front of them stood a little elfin boy,

00:03:32roughly three years old, with long pointed ears and a pair of eyes that flashed with a cunning disguised as

00:03:38inonence.

00:03:39Countless absurd possibilities flashed through my mind.

00:03:42My hands shook uncontrollably from shock and rage, but I forced myself to stand my ground,

00:03:48enduring the tearing pain of the postpartum mana reverse flow.

00:03:51Vanessa looked up and spotted me, her mouth curving into a flitting, provocative smirk.

00:03:56She intentionally leaned closer into Ronan's embrace, her voice soft yet dripping with malice.

00:04:01Ronan, so she's the one who stole my man and my title while I was away?

00:04:07Tenderness instantly flooded Ronan's eyes as he wrapped his arm around her.

00:04:11He comforted her softly, even placing a lingering kiss upon her forehead, right in front of me.

00:04:19When he turned to me, his tone was piercingly cold and dismissive.

00:04:23Think nothing of it, Vanessa. You are my true love.

00:04:29I have never loved her. She is nothing more than a tool to manage the tribe.

00:04:35Ronan, look closely. This is the daughter I just risked my life to give you.

00:04:40Look at her, she was just born. Look how beautiful she is.

00:04:43Ronan cast a brief, indifferent glance downward.

00:04:46In his eyes, there was not a shred of paternal emotion, only naked disgust and annoyance.

00:04:51He swiftly averted his gaze, as though looking at his own flesh and blood for even a second longer would

00:04:56defile his relationship with Vanessa.

00:04:58Vanessa's gaze locked onto the infant in my arms, a flash of venom crossing her eyes.

00:05:04Promptly, she lifted her pitiful face, gazing up at Ronan with a trembling sob.

00:05:09Ronan, she has already born a child for the tribe. Then what about our Jasper?

00:05:14He followed me, wandering among foreign kingdoms, and suffered for three long years.

00:05:19He is your eldest son, the future heir of the Wind Kingdom.

00:05:23Looking at that three-year-old elfin child clinging to their side, I felt as if my soul had been

00:05:28struck by lightning.

00:05:30It turned out that my suspicion was actually the truth.

00:05:33What exactly is going on here?

00:05:36Ronan looked down at me, entirely devoid of guilt, and let out a righteous, cold snot.

00:05:43Good, you saw it. Saves me the trouble of explaining.

00:05:45When Vanessa left three years ago, she was already pregnant with my child!

00:05:48For these three years, she raised Jasper alone among foreign kingdoms, enduring endless grievance.

00:05:52Now that she has returned, I must make it then properly, restoring everything that belongs to them a thousand times

00:05:57over!

00:05:58I stared at the picture-perfect family of three before me, as a boundless despair swallowed me like a tidal

00:06:06wave.

00:06:07Just as I was on the verge of collapsing, Ronan's mother, Elodie, walked over hoarsely, flanked by attendants.

00:06:14Three-year-old Jasper was incredibly sweet-talked, twitching his delicate little elven ears.

00:06:19He immediately ran over on his short legs and tightly hugged Elodie's leg.

00:06:24Grandma! I finally get to see you!

00:06:28Mother said you are the most benevolent and noble elder in the entire kingdom!

00:06:35Elodie, who was extremely superstitious about bloodlines and male esters, melted instantly.

00:06:42She gathered Jasper into her arms, treating him like her ultimate treasure.

00:06:47Seizing the moment, Venetha leaned into Ronan's embrace, weeping with feigned grievance.

00:06:53It's all my fault! If I had been stronger!

00:06:57Your perfect grandson wouldn't have spent three years starving in exile!

00:07:04Elodie's heart ached for them.

00:07:05She snapped her head around to look at me with my deathly, pale face and my weakly, wailing daughter, her

00:07:13eyes instantly turning into daggers of piercing disgust.

00:07:17You nearly died just to produce a magicless, useless girl?

00:07:25What a pathetic waste!

00:07:27Pack up that defective brat and drag yourselves to the Wythen Tower at the border right now!

00:07:33I won't let you bring your bad luck near my precious grandson!

00:07:39Ronan, Iris is your flesh and blood too.

00:07:44How can you just let them trample all over us?

00:07:48But Ronan's face remained completely indifferent, his tone dripping with disdain.

00:07:54Mother is right.

00:07:56Jasper is the future, and hope of Wind Kingdom.

00:08:01The daughter you gave birth to has a dull divine mark.

00:08:06She is utterly unworthy of living in the main manor.

00:08:12Going to the tower is your only option.

00:08:16Vanessa threw a provocative glance my way, squeezing her throat to spit out the most poison words.

00:08:21Loser.

00:08:23Since you possess no noble bloodline, staying here will only bring you self-inflicted humiliation.

00:08:32Looking at their hypocritical, I clenched my fingers, and the very last ember of gratitude within me was completely extinguished.

00:08:41The cold wind wowed through the withered tower, a place that never saw a single ray of moonlight.

00:08:48I held my frail little daughter close, huddling in the corner of the freezing stone wall.

00:08:54Having barely survived childbirth, and with my mana completely burned out,

00:08:59my chest felt as if it were being torn apart.

00:09:03By ten thousand winds.

00:09:06Just when I was completely helpless and desperate,

00:09:10the heavy wooden door of the tower was suddenly pushed open,

00:09:14and Ronan walked in, silhouetted against the light.

00:09:18In that single instant, a ridiculous shred of hope actually flared up once more in my deadland heart.

00:09:28He was the child's father.

00:09:30Had he finally softened coming to bring some mana, to ward off the cold?

00:09:35Or to take my daughter and me back?

00:09:38Forcing my mana-depleased body up, my pale looks trembled.

00:09:43Did you come to see Iris?

00:09:44Iris, she caught a chill, and the divine mark on her forehead is growing weaker and weaker.

00:09:51Please, save her.

00:09:53But before I could even get close,

00:09:56Ronan took a disgusted step backward.

00:09:59Serafana.

00:10:00As if the child and I were some kind of...

00:10:02I only came here to warn you.

00:10:05Stay in your withered tower quietly.

00:10:07Sign this declaration relinquishing your rights as the primary mistress,

00:10:10and don't try any clever tricks.

00:10:12I felt as though I had been struck by lightning,

00:10:15taking a shocked step back.

00:10:17I stared firmly at the man.

00:10:19I had loved with my very life for three years.

00:10:24You came all the way to this desolate place,

00:10:27not to cast a single glance at your own daughter,

00:10:30but merely to force me to give up my position.

00:10:34And to warn me?

00:10:36Ronan let out a cold laugh,

00:10:38his eyes filled with arrogance,

00:10:40and a fierce protectiveness for Vanessa.

00:10:43Vanessa is kind-hearted.

00:10:45And she suffered terribly.

00:10:49While wandering among foreign kingdoms with our child.

00:10:52I will not allow anyone...

00:10:53...to disrupt Jasper's upbringing.

00:10:57I am warning you.

00:10:59Put away that jealous face of yours.

00:11:02Stay where you belong.

00:11:03And do not provoke Vanessa and her son.

00:11:06If I discover that you dare to secretly harm them...

00:11:11...or attempt to steal the resources...

00:11:14...that belong to Jasper,

00:11:16I will absolutely show you no mercy!

00:11:18In the darkness,

00:11:20my daughter let out a faint, protesting cry.

00:11:23Ronan, however, did not bother to spare even a glance from the corner of his eye.

00:11:27He turned and departed resolutely,

00:11:29the heavy iron door slamming shut with a resounding thud.

00:11:33Holding my child,

00:11:34I collapsed into the freezing mud,

00:11:36laughing at my own stupidity.

00:11:38He came only to warn me.

00:11:40The night sky hung low

00:11:42as the freezing wind raged

00:11:44through the dead silence of the Withered Tower,

00:11:46preventing even a single slimmer of moonlight

00:11:49from penetrating the darkness.

00:11:51I had burned through the vast majority of my mana during childbirth.

00:11:54The magic within my body had completely dried up.

00:11:57I could only hold my little princess tightly in my arms,

00:12:00using my own faint body wheat to provide warmth for my infant,

00:12:03who was running a continuous low fever inside her swaddling clothes.

00:12:07Yet at this very moment,

00:12:08inside the Wind Kingdom's main temple,

00:12:11there was a completely different scene

00:12:13of brilliant lights, music, and extravagant luxury.

00:12:17Vanessa and her son sat on a soft couch

00:12:19covered in the rarest luminescent beast skins,

00:12:22basking in the attention and adoration

00:12:24of all the high-ranking elves in the kingdom.

00:12:27Three-year-old Jasper fluttered the tiny green elben wings

00:12:30that had just begun to develop on his back,

00:12:32holding an exquisite elben sacred berry in his hands,

00:12:35his face completely smeared with juice.

00:12:37Elayda sat high upon her throne, grinning from ear to ear,

00:12:41her eyes overflowing with a dotting pride.

00:12:44Watching this warm and harmonious scene,

00:12:46the more Elayda looked at this chubby grandson,

00:12:49the more pleasing he seemed to her eye.

00:12:51Stroking the staff that symbolized her power as the High Priestess,

00:12:54she impatiently turned to prompt my husband,

00:12:56Ronan, who was standing beside her.

00:12:58Ronan, Vanessa and her son have wandered among foreign kingdoms for years,

00:13:02enduring endless hardships.

00:13:05Now my precious eldest grandson is already three years old,

00:13:09and the wind-attributed mana within his body is so abundant.

00:13:13How can he continue to stay in the guest room so illegitimately?

00:13:17Tonight, you must have Vanessa and Jasper officially move into the Lord's main manor,

00:13:22into the bedchambers that rightfully belong to the primary mistress and the heir!

00:13:27Ronan lowered his eyes, looking at Vanessa's adoration-filled face,

00:13:30as she leaned coyly against him,

00:13:33and then at the child, who was sweetly calling him father.

00:13:36The scales in his heart had already tipped completely.

00:13:39Without a shred of hesitation, he nodded his agreement coldly on the spot.

00:13:43Mother is right.

00:13:44The best location in the main manor should naturally be reserved

00:13:48for the heir who truly carries the excellent bloodline of our kingdom.

00:13:52Seeing her son agree so readily,

00:13:54Aloy's face flushed with even more delight.

00:13:56Standing up hauntily while leaning on her staff,

00:13:59she addressed all the tribal high officials present,

00:14:01in a grand, supreme tone.

00:14:03Not only that!

00:14:05Wind Kingdom has thrived to this day,

00:14:07and our bloodline is supreme!

00:14:09Jasper is exceptionally bright,

00:14:10displaying astonishing magical talent at such a tender age.

00:14:13He deserves the recognition of all kingdoms!

00:14:15I propose that in three days,

00:14:17we hold the most grand and magnificent official announcement celebration

00:14:20for three-year-old Jasper.

00:14:22We shall high-profilely declare him

00:14:24as the primary heir of our Wind Kingdom's future!

00:14:28In three days, Jasper would be declared the primary heir.

00:14:32Following her move into the main manor,

00:14:34Vanessa began to carry herself entirely as the queen of the Wind Kingdom.

00:14:37Dressed in extravagant silks,

00:14:39she glided through the temple flanked by her entourage,

00:14:42soaking in the endless, shallow flattery.

00:14:44Yet a stubborn sliver of anxiety remained buried deep in her chest.

00:14:47Whenever night fell,

00:14:48she would catch Ronan standing on the balcony,

00:14:50staring with a conflicted expression towards that dark,

00:14:53desolate, withered tower.

00:14:54Though he spoke with absolute coldness, subconsciously,

00:14:57he still harbored a faint trace of worry for my baby and me,

00:15:00a worry he refused to admit even to himself.

00:15:02This lingering gaze made Vanessa's jealousness and paranoia grow wild.

00:15:07As long as my daughter and I were breathing,

00:15:09her position and Jasper's future would never be safe.

00:15:12An opportunity presented itself sooner than expected.

00:15:15Early this morning,

00:15:16desperate to give my frail daughter a single drop of clean water,

00:15:19my completely helpless self was forced to drag my broken body out of the tower,

00:15:23heading deep into the woods to harvest pure spring water filtered by ancient divine marks.

00:15:28Learning of this,

00:15:29Vanessa's eyes turned ice cold.

00:15:30She knew her moment had arrived.

00:15:33She quietly dismissed the guards around the main manor,

00:15:36taking only a few of her most ruthless disconfidence,

00:15:38as she slipped into the dark, abandoned, withered tower.

00:15:42The wooden door creaked open, letting in the piercing chill.

00:15:46Vanessa stepped over the debris, advancing slow pace by slow pace,

00:15:50until she stopped right in front of the primitive stone bed.

00:15:54Inside her swaddling clothes, newborn Iris was sleeping soundly.

00:15:57Though her little face was pale,

00:15:59the faint golden divine mark shimmering on her forehead radiated an undeniable nobility and purity,

00:16:04a mark that made Vanessa's eyes burn with pure envy.

00:16:08You pathetic little freak.

00:16:10You think you're worthy of Ronan's blood?

00:16:14If you want to blame anyone, blame your useless mother.

00:16:18The mask of innocence slipped from Vanessa's face,

00:16:21her eyes twisting with pure malice.

00:16:23From her wide sleeve,

00:16:25she slowly pulled out a porcelain vial that emitted an eerie green glow.

00:16:30Inside was a forbidden, lethal toxin she had purchased at an exorgent price from the black market.

00:16:35Soul-eating elixir,

00:16:37specifically designed to dissolve a newborn elf's mana core,

00:16:41and cause their soul to rot away inch by inch.

00:16:44With a trembling hand,

00:16:45she popped the cork and violently clamped her fingers over my baby's fragile jaw.

00:16:50The sharp pain forced my sleeping princess to snap her eyes open,

00:16:55letting out a weak, agonizing cry.

00:16:57But Vanessa was entirely unfazed.

00:17:00With a distorted, demonic sneer,

00:17:03she forced the entire bottle of icy, corrosive poison straight down my infant's tender throat.

00:17:08When I returned to the withered tower,

00:17:11thoroughly exhausted,

00:17:13and clutching that tiny container of pure spring water tightly to my chest,

00:17:17what greeted me was not the gentle sound of my daughter's breathing,

00:17:20but a deathly silence.

00:17:21My heart skipped a beat,

00:17:24and a boundless panic instantly seized me in a death grip.

00:17:29I practically crawled and scrambled my way toward that freezing stone bed.

00:17:36Iris,

00:17:39Mommy is back.

00:17:40The moment my trembling hands pulled back the swaddling clothes,

00:17:44the sight before me caused me to drop

00:17:47into an abyss of ice.

00:17:51Her originally pink little face was now completely white,

00:17:57even faintly tinged with an eerie, sickly green, deathly energy.

00:18:01What truly shattered my soul

00:18:03was that the faint golden elven divine mark on her forehead,

00:18:07which had been flickering softly,

00:18:09was now darkened across a massive area.

00:18:14Iris!

00:18:17Wake up.

00:18:19Look at Mommy.

00:18:21Don't scare Mommy.

00:18:23Sprinting once more

00:18:24toward the Wind Kingdom's infirmary,

00:18:30I slammed the infirmary doors open

00:18:32with immense force.

00:18:35The sitting doctor took one look at the infant in my arms,

00:18:38who was hanging onto life by a mere thread,

00:18:41and his face instantly changed color.

00:18:44His hands trembled

00:18:45as he probed the fluctuations within my daughter's body,

00:18:49his eyes filling with horror.

00:18:52Heavens!

00:18:54This is the forbidden poison

00:18:56that destroys the mana core.

00:18:58The child's natural core is withering away,

00:19:01inch by inch.

00:19:03She is in critical danger

00:19:04and will not survive past half a month.

00:19:06The doctor's words were like a massive hammer,

00:19:09smashing my heart

00:19:10to the point where I wished

00:19:12I could die on the spot.

00:19:14To suppress this aggressive toxin,

00:19:18we must immediately inject

00:19:20a powerful, compatible mana

00:19:23from her father's kingdom

00:19:24to protect her heart path.

00:19:28Otherwise...

00:19:29Trembling, I closed my eyes,

00:19:31disregarding any cost.

00:19:32I forcibly reversed the remaining essence within my body,

00:19:35frantically activating the soul transmission

00:19:38unique to the elven race.

00:19:39A connection never lightly opened

00:19:42unless it was a matter of life or death.

00:19:44Rowan, save our daughter!

00:19:46Save our daughter!

00:19:47From the other end,

00:19:49there was only a deathly silence,

00:19:51followed by a completely heartless rejection.

00:19:54Rowan had actually severed my soul transmission,

00:19:57treating my soul cry for hair

00:19:58entirely as nothing.

00:20:14I knelt on the freezing floor of the infirmary,

00:20:17sending out the soul transmission

00:20:18over and over again.

00:20:19Even though maintaining it

00:20:20for every additional second

00:20:21brought a tearing, agonizing pain

00:20:23to my dried up sea of consciousness,

00:20:25I refused to let go.

00:20:27At this moment,

00:20:28inside the Wind Kingdom's main manor,

00:20:31Ronan was patiently keeping Vanessa

00:20:33and her son company.

00:20:35Three-year-old Jasper,

00:20:36dressed in a luxurious outfit

00:20:38embroidered with green leaves and gold thread,

00:20:40was pulling back

00:20:41a delicate short wooden monobow.

00:20:47When he hit the bullseye,

00:20:49it drew bursts of gasps and praise

00:20:51from the surrounding attendants,

00:20:53perhaps perturbed and annoyed by my weeping,

00:20:57blood-soaked pleas

00:20:58that continuously echoed in his mind

00:21:00like an act of self-mutilation

00:21:02after coldly cutting it off over a dozen times.

00:21:06Ronan finally accepted the connection.

00:21:09His phantom projection materialized in midair,

00:21:11looking down at my battered and wretched form

00:21:13from a great height,

00:21:15his eyes filled with absolute impatience

00:21:17and disgust.

00:21:18Serafana,

00:21:20Serafana,

00:21:20haven't you thrown enough of a tantrum?

00:21:23Is the soul transmission something you use

00:21:26as a prop to throw jealous fits?

00:21:29Ronan,

00:21:30no,

00:21:31Iris has been poisoned.

00:21:33Her mana core is about to shatter

00:21:34and the doctor said we must have the compatible mana

00:21:37from your body immediately

00:21:39to protect her heart path.

00:21:41I beg you,

00:21:43come and see her.

00:21:44Poisoned?

00:21:46The moment Vanessa and Jasper move into the main house,

00:21:50you begin fabricating such an absurd lie.

00:21:53Are you trying to curse my heir?

00:21:55I am not lying!

00:21:58She is really about to die.

00:22:04Enough!

00:22:06I know you are resentful

00:22:08because you gave birth to a daughter

00:22:11and your position as the Lord's Concord is insecure.

00:22:16But I am warning you,

00:22:18do not use a child as an excuse

00:22:23to disturb me.

00:22:27Jasper has to try on his robes

00:22:28for the dawn celebration in a moment.

00:22:30I have no time

00:22:33to play mad with you!

00:22:38Dropping these piercingly cold words,

00:22:40Ronan did not wait for me

00:22:42to utter another syllable

00:22:45before callously cutting off

00:22:46the soul transmission

00:22:47with a wave of his hand.

00:22:50The phantom projection in mid-air

00:22:52dissolved instantly

00:22:54and along with it,

00:22:56the very last shred of my hope

00:22:58was crushed

00:22:59to pieces.

00:23:02After the soul transmission was severed,

00:23:04Ronan stared at his empty palm,

00:23:06his brow frowned tightly together.

00:23:08Even though he utterly detested

00:23:09Serafina's jealous fits,

00:23:11he hearing a word like dying

00:23:12still caused a faint inexplicable wave

00:23:14of irritation and unease news

00:23:16to ripple through the depths of his heart.

00:23:18Vanessa, who was watching from the side,

00:23:20keenly captured the shift

00:23:21in Ronan's expression.

00:23:23A flash of panic crossed her eyes,

00:23:26but it was quickly replaced

00:23:27by a profound, calculating look.

00:23:30Vanessa stepped forward gently,

00:23:32considerably smoothing out the wrinkles

00:23:33on Ronan's groves

00:23:34as she spoke in a strained,

00:23:36high-pitched voice.

00:23:37Ronan, the primary mistress

00:23:39wept so heartbreakingly

00:23:40during the soul transmission.

00:23:41It has left my heart

00:23:42in a bit of a flutter as well.

00:23:43How about we go to the infirmary

00:23:45to take a look right now?

00:23:46After all,

00:23:48the little princess

00:23:48is also your flesh and blood.

00:23:50He absolutely mustn't let

00:23:51anything terrible happen.

00:23:53Seeing Vanessa being so

00:23:54magnanimous and understanding,

00:23:56the irritation in Ronan's heart

00:23:57dissipated quite a bit,

00:23:59and he nodded immediately.

00:24:01Very well.

00:24:02We will do as you say.

00:24:04I want to see

00:24:06what kind of tricks

00:24:07she can fabric.

00:24:08Then I will go prepare

00:24:09some mana spring water

00:24:10to soothe the child's mind.

00:24:13Wait for me a moment.

00:24:14Vanessa turned around,

00:24:15and the moment she was at an angle

00:24:17where Ronan could not see her,

00:24:18the tenderness on her face

00:24:20stently transformed

00:24:20into a twisted, venomous malice.

00:24:22She did not go to prepare

00:24:24any spring water.

00:24:25Instead,

00:24:25she dispatched

00:24:26trust Vicent

00:24:27carrying heavy gold

00:24:28mana crystals

00:24:28to secretly bribe

00:24:30the doctor who had received Iris.

00:24:32When Vanessa accompanied Ronan

00:24:33and arrived at the infirmary

00:24:34in a hurried rush,

00:24:36she took advantage of a gap

00:24:37while Ronan was speaking

00:24:38with the nurses outside,

00:24:39using the excuse of checking in,

00:24:41first to stealthily slip

00:24:42into the patient room

00:24:43ahead of him,

00:24:44entirely unnoticed.

00:24:45Staring at the infant

00:24:46on the hospital bed

00:24:47who was hanging onto life

00:24:48by a mere thread,

00:24:50the divine mark on her forehead

00:24:52flickering arridly,

00:24:53she ruthless gleam

00:24:54flashed through Vanessa's eyes.

00:24:57She pulled an advanced,

00:24:59consecutive illusion potion

00:25:01from her sleeve,

00:25:02a formula capable

00:25:03of temporarily suppressing toxicity

00:25:06and forging a false

00:25:07appearance of health.

00:25:09Pinching the little princess'

00:25:10delicate neck,

00:25:11she poured the illusion potion down

00:25:13without the slightest hesitation.

00:25:15The instant the illusion potion

00:25:17entered her mouth,

00:25:18the sickly green deathly energy

00:25:20on the little princess' face

00:25:21began to recede rapidly

00:25:23and the divine mark

00:25:24that was on the verge of cracking

00:25:26eerily smoothed over.

00:25:28Even her burning body temperature

00:25:30began to return to normal

00:25:31at a rapid pace.

00:25:33Aside from falling into a deep slumber,

00:25:35she looked exactly like a healthy infant

00:25:37who had merely caught an ordinary chill

00:25:40and was sleeping peacefully.

00:25:43The moment Ronan pushed open the door

00:25:45to the patient room,

00:25:46I was collapsed by the bedside,

00:25:48my eyes filled with absolute disbelief

00:25:50as I stared at my daughter.

00:25:52Just moments ago,

00:25:54after Vanessa came in,

00:25:55under a false pretext,

00:25:57the deathly energy on Iris' face

00:25:59suddenly vanished.

00:26:01Even her shriveled, divine mark

00:26:03smoothed out.

00:26:05Ronan stepped forward

00:26:07with a freezing expression.

00:26:12He only touched her forehead.

00:26:16Iris'a.

00:26:17Her temperature was normal.

00:26:19Her breathing was steady.

00:26:21Then he whipped his head around,

00:26:23staring dead at my deathly pale face.

00:26:27His voice was sharp,

00:26:29cutting,

00:26:30and poisoned.

00:26:31Seraphana!

00:26:33This is the life-threatening danger

00:26:35you spoke of?

00:26:37This is the shattered core you claimed?

00:26:40Her temperature is normal.

00:26:42Her breathing is steady.

00:26:44As the Lord's Concord,

00:26:46you dared to deceive me.

00:26:48Using your newborn daughter

00:26:50as bait for a jealous tantrum.

00:26:54You disgust me.

00:26:55Looking at his furious face,

00:26:57my entire body turned cold.

00:26:59No!

00:27:00Ronan, listen to me!

00:27:02Just moments ago,

00:27:03she was not like this!

00:27:04It was Vanessa!

00:27:05She came in just now!

00:27:07She fed something to Modell!

00:27:08But Ronan did not believe me

00:27:10for even a second.

00:27:12So I turned to the doctor beside us,

00:27:14as if he were my last saving straw.

00:27:17Doctor, speak up!

00:27:20You clearly told me

00:27:22had been struck by a forbidden poison.

00:27:24You said it was destroying her core,

00:27:26and she would not survive half a month!

00:27:28But the doctor who had been pale with Tara moments ago

00:27:31had already accepted Vanessa's massive bribe.

00:27:34He did not dare look at me.

00:27:36Then, syllable by syllable,

00:27:38he pushed me into the abyss.

00:27:40Reporting to the Lord,

00:27:41the little princess merely caught a bit of a breeze,

00:27:43but there may be O-double.

00:27:44It is only ordinary discomfort.

00:27:46The primary mistress is unsettled after childbirth,

00:27:48overly sensitive and blowing a small matter out of proportion.

00:27:51My entire world shattered like a bolt for moments of blue.

00:27:52How could it suddenly change?

00:27:55Watching me fall to the ground in a distrevelled, helpless state,

00:27:59Vanessa, hidden just behind Ronan,

00:28:00let a fleeting, venomous smile of triumph play

00:28:03on the corners of her lips.

00:28:05Then, stepping forward at the perfect moment,

00:28:07she submissively wrapped her arm aground Ronan's,

00:28:10practically melting half her body into his embrace.

00:28:13While casting feigned looks of pity

00:28:15at the little princess on the sickbed,

00:28:16she continuously blew poisonous whispers into Ronan's ear.

00:28:20Ronan, don't blame the primary mistress too much.

00:28:24Iris is a girl, after all,

00:28:26born with a weak constitution.

00:28:27It is only natural she panicked

00:28:29when a minor chill threw the child into such a state.

00:28:32It's just,

00:28:33the primary mistress is far too sensitive.

00:28:37Always catching at shadows

00:28:38and blowing minor inconveniences entirely out of proportion.

00:28:42She looked up,

00:28:44her eyes brimming with tenderness and adoration.

00:28:46Jasper's succession ceremony is in just two days.

00:28:49That is the true matter of gravity for the kingdom's legacy.

00:28:52We cannot let Seraphina delay your proper business

00:28:55over these trivial backyard squabbles.

00:29:00Let us return to the main manor.

00:29:03We shouldn't let her hysteria ruin our precious time with Jasper.

00:29:11Ronan averted his eyes in disgust,

00:29:13refusing to grant even half a glance

00:29:15to his biological daughter on the sickbed.

00:29:17Vanessa,

00:29:18you are the one who is truly sensible.

00:29:20Come,

00:29:21let us return.

00:29:22And ignore this mad woman.

00:29:25If she wishes to stay here

00:29:27and make a spectacle of herself,

00:29:29let her be.

00:29:30Leaning triumphantly against Ronan,

00:29:32Vanessa accompanied him

00:29:32as he strode out of the infirmary.

00:29:34Only when the footsteps of the pair

00:29:36had completely faded,

00:29:38did the doctor,

00:29:39who had been kneeling on the ground,

00:29:41suddenly collapse in a heap.

00:29:42He scrambled on his hands and knees to my feet,

00:29:46co-oating frantically

00:29:47while crying out in absolute despair.

00:29:49Your heinous primary mistress!

00:29:52Please do not blame me!

00:29:55I deserve to die!

00:29:56I deserve to die!

00:29:58Why did you lie just now?

00:30:00Madam Vanessa has officially moved

00:30:02into the Lord's main mansion with the heir

00:30:03and enjoys the Lord's absolute favor.

00:30:07She is the future primary mistress of the kingdom!

00:30:10Before the Lord entered just now,

00:30:12she pulled me aside

00:30:13and threatened that if I did not cooperate,

00:30:15she would take my entire family's lives tonight

00:30:17and even have the Lord take my head.

00:30:18She would truly kill me!

00:30:19Listening to the doctor's desperate wails,

00:30:21I looked at my daughter on the sickbed,

00:30:22whose condition was forcibly masked

00:30:23as peaceful by the illusion of poison.

00:30:25Ronan,

00:30:26to cater to your first love,

00:30:27you personally abandoned the sole opportunity

00:30:29to save your biological daughter.

00:30:30You will live to regret this.

00:30:35Three days later,

00:30:38Elid spared no expense,

00:30:40utilizing over half of the Wind Kingdom's treasury

00:30:42to organize an incredibly extravagant dawn trial

00:30:45for three-year-old Jasper.

00:30:47The streets of the main city

00:30:49were carpeted with sacred florencent petals,

00:30:52and they went so far

00:30:55as to exceptionally tame

00:30:56nine pure white unicorns

00:30:59to draw a crystal-invented float

00:31:03in a high-profile parade

00:31:05across the territory.

00:31:08As Vanessa held the hand

00:31:10of a magnificently dressed Jasper,

00:31:13his delicate little elven wings fluttering,

00:31:16and ascended the float,

00:31:18waves of deafening cheers erupted

00:31:21across the skies of the Wind Kingdom.

00:31:23Meanwhile, in a dark corner of the Grand Hall,

00:31:26I cradled my daughter,

00:31:27whose life force was growing fainter by the moment,

00:31:30watching this absurd fast with cold detachment.

00:31:33Without the Lord's explicit permission,

00:31:36my daughter and I lacked even the right

00:31:37to enter the main hall,

00:31:41forced to stand in the freezing wind

00:31:43of the outer gallery.

00:31:45Just then,

00:31:46Vanessa,

00:31:47basking in the adoration atop the float,

00:31:49spotted my figure from afar.

00:31:51With a flicker in her eyes,

00:31:52she intentionally walked towards me

00:31:54with a smug smile.

00:31:56Covering her mouth with a handkerchief,

00:31:58she let out a feigned sigh of self-reploach,

00:32:00though her eyes were filled

00:32:01with condescending charity.

00:32:03Sister,

00:32:04do not blame Mother and Ronin

00:32:06for being heartless.

00:32:07The Withered Tower is peaceful,

00:32:09making it the perfect place

00:32:10for your magic-deficient daughter

00:32:12to recuperate.

00:32:13Today is our Jasper's succession celebration.

00:32:15You shouldn't have brought her out

00:32:16in the first place.

00:32:17Look at her.

00:32:17Even her Divine Mark

00:32:19is on the verge of dispersing.

00:32:21We must not let her clash

00:32:23with Jasper's unicorn fortune

00:32:24after today.

00:32:26Jasper will be the rightful first heir,

00:32:28while you,

00:32:29the Primary Mistress,

00:32:31are fit only to watch us

00:32:32ascend to the peak from the mud

00:32:33for the rest of your life!

00:32:34While Vanessa subjected me

00:32:36to endless mockery,

00:32:37the parade reached

00:32:38its absolute climax.

00:32:40Clad in a magnificent

00:32:41silver-white robe,

00:32:43a commanding and majestic Ronin

00:32:44ascended the central Divine Altar

00:32:47under the gaze of the masses.

00:32:48Raising his hands,

00:32:50he used amplification magic

00:32:51to declare to the entire field

00:32:53his voice echoing through the heavens,

00:32:56arrogant and ecstatic.

00:32:58Today is not only

00:32:59the celebratory feast,

00:33:00establishing my son Jasper's status

00:33:02as heir,

00:33:03but the starting point

00:33:04for our Wind Kingdoms,

00:33:05to march towards

00:33:06the peak of all kingdoms!

00:33:08I officially announce here

00:33:10that we are exerting every effort

00:33:11to secure multiple major cooperations

00:33:14with the mysterious and supreme

00:33:16High Elfin King of the Sanctuary!

00:33:18I couldn't help but laugh.

00:33:19The supreme High Elfin King

00:33:21they were so desperately

00:33:22trying to fawn over?

00:33:23That's my father.

00:33:24It's time for me to turn the tables.

00:33:27The moment these words were spoken,

00:33:30a massive uproar

00:33:32rippled through the crowd.

00:33:34The High Elfin King

00:33:36was the supreme ruler

00:33:37of the entire Elfin world.

00:33:40A godlike existence.

00:33:43If they could obtain

00:33:45even a shred of that lord's favor,

00:33:47the Wind Kingdom

00:33:48could instantly ascend

00:33:49into the ranks

00:33:50of the Super Kingdoms!

00:33:52Ronan's face was flushed

00:33:53with absolute pride,

00:33:55his features bearing

00:33:56an unmaskable arrogance.

00:33:59As he turned an affectionate gaze

00:34:01to Vanessa and Jasper.

00:34:04Once this cooperation is finalized,

00:34:06Jasper will not only be

00:34:08the king of the Wind Kingdom,

00:34:12but the most noble young commander

00:34:14of the future sanctuary!

00:34:16I shall use the eternal prosperity

00:34:18of the supreme sanctuary

00:34:19to make up for the greeges

00:34:22Vanessa and her son

00:34:24suffered over the past three years!

00:34:28Vanessa cast a provocative glance at me,

00:34:30her eyes brimming with ostentatience

00:34:33and disdain.

00:34:34Ronan's gaze toward me

00:34:35was also filled with ultimate coldness,

00:34:37as if mocking my instant

00:34:39magnificence and incompetence.

00:34:41However, watching Ronan's

00:34:42self-righteous declaration,

00:34:44I felt not a single shred of anger.

00:34:47Instead, I lowered my head

00:34:48and gently kissed the suppressed

00:34:50divine mark on my daughter's forehead.

00:34:52The sole direct bloodline of the High Elven King

00:34:56is, at this very moment,

00:35:00lying within the swaddling clothes

00:35:01you have dismissed

00:35:04as worthless garbage.

00:35:07Ronan, Vanessa,

00:35:10the supreme divinity you are scheming to please

00:35:12by any means necessary

00:35:14is the very person

00:35:16you have personally pushed into the abyss

00:35:19and trampled upon in every way.

00:35:22Me.

00:35:23The corners of my lips

00:35:24firved into an icy arc

00:35:25and the suppressed rage

00:35:27and hatred in my heart

00:35:28transformed into the most

00:35:29ruthless anticipation

00:35:30at this moment.

00:35:33Wind Kingdom,

00:35:34the final revelry of your lives

00:35:37ends here.

00:35:42After a few days of revelry,

00:35:44the disguise of the illusion potion

00:35:46finally collapsed.

00:35:48Like a castle of sand,

00:35:50lying on the stone bed

00:35:52of the withered tower,

00:35:53the toxins within my daughter's body

00:35:55broke past all restraint,

00:35:56erupting violently.

00:35:57She fell into a prolonged coma,

00:36:00her tiny body burning

00:36:01with a terrifying fever,

00:36:03her lips cracked and pale,

00:36:05her breathing reduced

00:36:06to a flickering candle in the wind.

00:36:10liable to extinguish

00:36:11at any moment.

00:36:13I knelt by the bedside,

00:36:15my magic entirely dried up,

00:36:18leaving me helpless

00:36:18as I pressed my cheek

00:36:20against her icy little hand.

00:36:23My tears long since dried.

00:36:26Just as I was on the verge

00:36:27of despairing unto death,

00:36:29the wooden door of the high tower

00:36:31was suddenly pushed open

00:36:32in a frenzy.

00:36:33The Wind Kingdom doctor burst in,

00:36:36dripping with sweat,

00:36:37his eyes a tangled mess

00:36:39of guilt and terror.

00:36:40With trembling hands,

00:36:42he presented a crystal bottle,

00:36:44radiating a warm,

00:36:45sacred golden light

00:36:47like the midday sun.

00:36:48This medicine can neutralize

00:36:50all poisons,

00:36:51save those on the brink of death,

00:36:53and immensely nourish

00:36:54the bloodline of an elven babe.

00:36:56Please,

00:36:57feed it to the little princess quickly.

00:36:58This is her sole path

00:36:59to survival.

00:37:01Staring at that ball

00:37:02of sacred golden light,

00:37:03my deadened heart

00:37:04began to beat frantically.

00:37:05I snatched the spiritual medicine,

00:37:07clutching it tightly to my chest,

00:37:08my heart overflowing with joy

00:37:09as I believed my daughter

00:37:11was finally saved.

00:37:12Trembling,

00:37:13I pulled the cork,

00:37:14preparing to feed

00:37:16this life-saving drop

00:37:17into my daughter's mouth.

00:37:19When the tower door

00:37:20was violently blown open

00:37:21with a resounding clash,

00:37:23a wild wind rushed in

00:37:25as Alina,

00:37:26flanked by her attendants,

00:37:28strode in with a majestic

00:37:30yet greedy expression.

00:37:31Before I could even react,

00:37:32she ruthlessly snatched

00:37:34the crystal bottle

00:37:35right out of my hands.

00:37:39Illion gripped the flask

00:37:41of sacred tree extract tightly.

00:37:43Feeling the boundless

00:37:44sacred energy swirling within,

00:37:46a fanatical greed

00:37:47erupted in her eyes.

00:37:48Give it back to me!

00:37:50That is Iris'

00:37:51life-saving medicine.

00:37:53I lunged forward

00:37:54like a madman

00:37:54to reclaim the medicine.

00:37:55Give it back!

00:37:57Only to be ruthlessly

00:37:59pinned to the ground

00:38:00by two high-tier guards

00:38:01using their magical stabs.

00:38:03My knees slammed

00:38:04against the hard stone tiles,

00:38:06emitting a sickening crack.

00:38:08Following closely behind,

00:38:11Ronan looked down at me

00:38:12with cold detachment,

00:38:14devoid of any pity.

00:38:16Alayda trembled with excitement,

00:38:18refusing to grant

00:38:18even a single glance

00:38:20to the dying daughter

00:38:21on the sickbed,

00:38:22her mind and heart

00:38:23entirely occupied

00:38:24by her precious

00:38:24eldest grandson.

00:38:25Roran!

00:38:26Look at this!

00:38:27This is the legendary

00:38:28sacred tree extract!

00:38:29Though three-year-old

00:38:30Jasper is extraordinarily gifted,

00:38:32his skeletal frame

00:38:33hasn't fully matured yet.

00:38:35If we let him drink

00:38:36this divine item,

00:38:37his wind magic

00:38:38will undergo

00:38:39a complete metamorphosis,

00:38:40allowing him to grow taller

00:38:42and more powerful

00:38:43than any peer,

00:38:44entirely solidifying

00:38:45his position

00:38:46as the first heir

00:38:47under the kingdom spotlight.

00:38:49Mother is correct.

00:38:52Leaving such a bloodline treasure

00:38:53in the withered tower

00:38:54would be an utter waste

00:38:55of a divine gift.

00:38:57Only Jasper

00:38:58is worthy of enjoying it.

00:39:00Vanessa walked in

00:39:01at that moment

00:39:02carrying three-year-old Jasper,

00:39:03looking at me

00:39:04pinned to the ground

00:39:05by the guards,

00:39:06coughing up blood

00:39:06in a disheveled state.

00:39:08The triumph and amusement

00:39:09in her eyes

00:39:09threatened to spill over.

00:39:11The three of them

00:39:11huddled together,

00:39:12admiring the item

00:39:13as if inspecting

00:39:14a supreme treasure

00:39:15filled with praises,

00:39:16while I could only

00:39:17watch helplessly

00:39:18as the saving straw

00:39:19belonged to my daughter

00:39:20was stripped away

00:39:21completely.

00:39:23Amid my agonized weeping,

00:39:25that priceless flask

00:39:26of sacred tree extract

00:39:28was gently

00:39:29yet forcefully poured

00:39:30into the mouth

00:39:32of the perfectly

00:39:33livable Jasper

00:39:34by Eladid.

00:39:35The moment

00:39:35the divine item

00:39:36entered his mouth,

00:39:37a blinding golden current

00:39:39erupted across

00:39:40Jasper's body.

00:39:41Not only did his

00:39:42wind attribute magic

00:39:43surge instantly,

00:39:44but his height

00:39:45even seemed to increase

00:39:46slightly.

00:39:48The three-year-old toddler

00:39:49excitedly brashed

00:39:50at his magic in the hall

00:39:51while Ronan and Vanessa

00:39:52surrounded him,

00:39:54letting out waves

00:39:54of absolute delight.

00:39:56The happier their laughter,

00:39:58the more shattered

00:39:59my heart became.

00:40:00Ronan looked down upon me

00:40:02as I lay limp

00:40:02on the ground,

00:40:03his cold words

00:40:04cutting like blades.

00:40:06Seraphina,

00:40:07cease your weeping here.

00:40:09Jasper is the future

00:40:11hope of the kingdom.

00:40:12Giving this medicine to him

00:40:13ensures it is put

00:40:14to its proper use.

00:40:16As for Iris,

00:40:17it has been said

00:40:19she merely has

00:40:20a common chill.

00:40:21It is not worth

00:40:23delaying proper business

00:40:24over her,

00:40:25and she certainly

00:40:26does not deserve

00:40:26a divine object

00:40:27like the sacred tree extract.

00:40:29Flicking his sleeves,

00:40:31Ronan turned

00:40:31and left heartlessly,

00:40:33taking the room's laughter

00:40:34with him.

00:40:35When they departed entirely,

00:40:37the tower plunged back

00:40:38into a deathly silence.

00:40:39I crawled to the bedside,

00:40:42looking at my empty hands,

00:40:44and then at my daughter,

00:40:46whose core was withering

00:40:47as she spit out

00:40:48another mouthful

00:40:49of black blood

00:40:49from the poison

00:40:50gripping her heart.

00:40:51My daughter opened

00:40:52her eyes weakly,

00:40:53rubbing against my palm

00:40:54with a touch of attachment

00:40:55before sinking entirely

00:40:57into a deathly coldness.

00:40:58Slowly raising my right hand,

00:41:01I spared no cost

00:41:02to force out

00:41:03the final drop

00:41:04of supreme golden blood

00:41:06from my heart,

00:41:07drawing a sacred,

00:41:08golden-winged armor

00:41:09in the void.

00:41:10Through the array,

00:41:12a connection

00:41:12was instantly forged

00:41:13to the deepest depths

00:41:15of the sanctuary,

00:41:16unleashing a supreme pressure

00:41:18that made all kingdoms tremble.

00:41:20My daughter,

00:41:21you are finally willing

00:41:22to contact your father.

00:41:23You have suffered

00:41:24these past three years.

00:41:25Cradling the icy form

00:41:26tightly in my arms,

00:41:27tears of blood

00:41:28tracing down my face.

00:41:29My voice was completely calm,

00:41:30devoid of a single ripple

00:41:32has been from emotion.

00:41:33My daughter is dying.

00:41:34Please open the gates

00:41:34of the sanctuary

00:41:35and take us mother and daughter

00:41:36home.

00:41:37The supreme array

00:41:38faded into the air

00:41:40and forcing my dying,

00:41:42battered body forward,

00:41:43I carried my daughter

00:41:44out of the withered tower.

00:41:46My daughter's fragile form

00:41:47barely clung to life.

00:41:49Without disturbing anyone,

00:41:51I walked step by step

00:41:52to the center of the territory,

00:41:54stopping before the tree of life.

00:41:56Then I was won't be road of

00:41:58to stand into the

00:41:59you were my in number stool.

00:42:01Swearing by the supreme bloodline,

00:42:03I sever the covenant

00:42:05and erase my holy name

00:42:07here today.

00:42:12Inside the main manor,

00:42:14Ronan felt a sudden

00:42:16violent spasm of pain

00:42:17strike his chest.

00:42:20Ronan,

00:42:21three years of marital devotion

00:42:23has been personally severed

00:42:24by your hand today.

00:42:25The trampling you granted me,

00:42:27I have accepted.

00:42:28From this day forward,

00:42:28we shall not meet again

00:42:29in life nor death.

00:42:31Serafina,

00:42:32what madness are you throwing now

00:42:33over such a trivial matter

00:42:34you would go so far

00:42:35as to harm your own body

00:42:36to forge a fortune backlash?

00:42:38I have no time to play

00:42:39these cat and mouse games

00:42:40with you.

00:42:41If you have the ability

00:42:41to leave,

00:42:42then ensure you never return!

00:42:45Esther has simply

00:42:46been spoiled by you.

00:42:48In a couple of days,

00:42:49once she has suffered

00:42:50enough outside,

00:42:51she will naturally come back

00:42:53begging on her knees.

00:42:54Let us ignore her.

00:42:57That night,

00:42:58the entire main manor

00:43:00of the Wind Kingdom

00:43:01was brightly lit

00:43:03and adorned

00:43:04with festive decorations.

00:43:06To celebrate

00:43:07three-year-old Jasper

00:43:08consuming the sacred tree extract

00:43:11and experiencing

00:43:12a surge in magic,

00:43:14Aline ordered

00:43:14an all-night festival

00:43:16of music and dance.

00:43:18Inside the magnificent

00:43:19main hall,

00:43:20the aroma of fine wine

00:43:22filled the air

00:43:22as countless high-tier elves

00:43:24raised their glasses

00:43:25in unison,

00:43:26surrounding Vanessa

00:43:26and her son at the center

00:43:28with absolute flattery

00:43:29and obdaciousness.

00:43:31Ronan sat upon his throne,

00:43:32looking at his

00:43:33triumphant eldest son,

00:43:35his eyes filled

00:43:37with pride and certainty

00:43:38that the kingdom

00:43:39was about to ascend

00:43:41to the peak

00:43:42of all kingdoms.

00:43:43The hypocritical

00:43:45and fanatical cheers

00:43:46echoed through

00:43:47the night sky,

00:43:48transforming the entire temple

00:43:50into a city

00:43:51that never slept.

00:43:53Yet no one noticed

00:43:54that on the desolate path

00:43:55at the outmost edge

00:43:56of the main city,

00:43:57leading towards

00:43:58the Forbidden Forest,

00:43:59a slender and resolute figure

00:44:01was carrying a sweatling cloth,

00:44:03stepping into the

00:44:04boundless curtain of night.

00:44:05The freezing rain

00:44:06slammed down merseusely.

00:44:07Serafina's face

00:44:08was deathly still,

00:44:09but her hands held

00:44:10the daughter in her arms

00:44:11with absolute tightness.

00:44:12Iris's breathing

00:44:13within the cloth

00:44:13was faint,

00:44:14her tiny body

00:44:15gradually turning

00:44:16stirby and cold.

00:44:17Serafina did not

00:44:18cast a single glance back

00:44:19at the false prosperity

00:44:20of the Wind Kingdom behind her.

00:44:22Her eyes held no more tears,

00:44:23only an indifference

00:44:24that chilled to the bone.

00:44:26The singing and dancing

00:44:27inside the main hall continued,

00:44:29and Ronan was smiling

00:44:30as he accepted

00:44:30the fine wine

00:44:31handed to him by Vanessa.

00:44:32At that exact instant,

00:44:34deep within the dark forest

00:44:35far away,

00:44:35the violent cold wind

00:44:36came to an abrupt halt

00:44:37without warning.

00:44:38A sliver of incredibly noble,

00:44:39sacred and tore through

00:44:40the darkness

00:44:41of the polar night.

00:44:42The frame foes

00:44:42at the edge

00:44:43of the dark,

00:44:44silent forest.

00:44:45The sounds of the Wind Kingdom

00:44:46celebratory songs

00:44:46and laugh

00:44:47still echoed faintly,

00:44:48but the moment

00:44:49the mother and girl's

00:44:49slender yet matchlessly

00:44:51noble fears

00:44:51that sliver of golden light,

00:44:53they instantly transformed

00:44:54into a remnant gleam,

00:44:55vanishing completely

00:44:56into the endless night.

00:44:59The sacred light

00:45:00erupted outward

00:45:01at the center

00:45:01of the royal hall

00:45:02in the supreme sanctuary.

00:45:04Holding my daughter,

00:45:05who had practically

00:45:06stopped breathing,

00:45:07I finally collapsed

00:45:08onto my knees

00:45:09against the flawless

00:45:10white jade floor tiles,

00:45:11my strength entirely spent.

00:45:13My long hair

00:45:14was soaked through

00:45:15by the terricious rain

00:45:15sticking messily

00:45:16to my deathly pale cheeks.

00:45:17The weakness

00:45:18of post-parting recovery,

00:45:19comboled with the trauma

00:45:19of forcibly reversing

00:45:20my source power,

00:45:21caused me to leave

00:45:22a striking trail of blood

00:45:23with every step.

00:45:24Sitting high upon his throne,

00:45:25my father rose abruptly.

00:45:27When he clearly saw

00:45:28my broken state

00:45:28at the bottom of the steps,

00:45:30his majestic noble face,

00:45:31which had 10,000 years

00:45:32of history,

00:45:33trembled violently

00:45:34with immense shock

00:45:35and heartache.

00:45:36Moving like a blur,

00:45:37he materialized by my side

00:45:38in an instant,

00:45:39his hands shaking

00:45:40as he tried to lift me up.

00:45:43My daughter!

00:45:43How did you become like this?

00:45:47Your supreme magic,

00:45:49which even 10,000 kingdoms

00:45:51look up to,

00:45:52why has it withered

00:45:53to such an extent?

00:45:56I slowly raised my head,

00:45:57the tears of blood

00:45:58at the corners of my eye

00:45:59long since dried.

00:46:00I did not cry out.

00:46:01I merely used

00:46:02the final shred of strength

00:46:03in my body

00:46:03to tremblingly present

00:46:04the swaddling cloth

00:46:05to my father.

00:46:06Father, save her.

00:46:08She is Ronin's

00:46:09biological flesh and blood,

00:46:10yet they dismissed her

00:46:11as a lowly wretch.

00:46:12To steal her

00:46:13life-saving medicine,

00:46:14they fed my iris

00:46:15forbidden illusion potions

00:46:16to forcibly mask the truth.

00:46:18She has been poisoned

00:46:19with soul-eating grass,

00:46:20and her magic core

00:46:21is on the verge

00:46:22of shattering.

00:46:23My father took

00:46:23the tiny swatting cloth

00:46:25with trembling hands.

00:46:26When his divine sense

00:46:27swept tross his

00:46:28granddaughter's

00:46:28battered natural core,

00:46:30which was being

00:46:30ravenously consumed

00:46:31by the poison,

00:46:32this supreme gyeti

00:46:34who ruled over

00:46:34the entire sanctuary

00:46:35felt his eyes

00:46:36turn instantly bloodluck

00:46:38immediately following.

00:46:39A terrifying,

00:46:41world-destroying pressure

00:46:42erupted violently

00:46:44from his body.

00:46:47In an instant,

00:46:49the skies above

00:46:49the entire supreme sanctuary

00:46:51shifted dramatically

00:46:52as the once bright heavens

00:46:53were enveloped

00:46:53by rolling black clouds

00:46:54and violent thunderbolts.

00:46:55The ancient vines

00:46:56surrounding the royal hall,

00:46:57which had flourished

00:46:58for tens of thousands

00:46:59of years,

00:46:59seemed to feel

00:47:00the king's ultimate fury,

00:47:02trembling wildly

00:47:03and thrashing

00:47:03against the ground

00:47:04as the entire sacred mountain

00:47:05shook violently

00:47:06under the divine rage.

00:47:08My father raised

00:47:09his right hand high,

00:47:10the destructive divine lightning

00:47:11flashing frankly

00:47:12at his fingertips.

00:47:13He stared dead

00:47:14at his dying granddaughter

00:47:15within the cloth,

00:47:16his gnashing words

00:47:17wrapped in supreme

00:47:17divine authority

00:47:18as they echoed

00:47:19through heaven and earth.

00:47:20The wind kingdom?

00:47:22Ronan!

00:47:22You ants dare

00:47:24to torture my only daughter

00:47:25in such a manner

00:47:26and strike ruthlessly

00:47:27against my newborn granddaughter.

00:47:29Pass down my

00:47:30dissension pathways

00:47:30the wind kingdom.

00:47:32Whosoever dares

00:47:32harm my graud,

00:47:33I shall demand

00:47:34their entire kingdom

00:47:34accompany her in death!

00:47:37To rescue Iris

00:47:38from the brink of death,

00:47:39my father did not hesitate

00:47:41for a moment,

00:47:42immediately ordering

00:47:43the opening

00:47:43of the life core

00:47:44of the ancient sacred tree

00:47:45that had lived

00:47:46for 100,000 years

00:47:48within the forbidden grounds.

00:47:49This was the energy source

00:47:51of the entire elfin world,

00:47:53a place where even

00:47:54the high priests

00:47:55of the sanctuary

00:47:56had no right

00:47:57to approach normally.

00:47:58Yet it was fully open

00:48:00today for my daughter.

00:48:02Every top holy tier healer

00:48:04within the sanctuary

00:48:05was assembled overnight.

00:48:11The golden life core

00:48:12floated gently

00:48:13above the sickbed,

00:48:14radiating a soft,

00:48:15vast,

00:48:15and ocean-like purity

00:48:16of magic.

00:48:17A canopy of brilliant

00:48:18golden light

00:48:18wrapped around Iris'

00:48:19tiny body

00:48:20layer by layer,

00:48:21like a coon

00:48:22nourished by this

00:48:22immense life force.

00:48:24The faint golden

00:48:25divine mark

00:48:25on Iris' forehead,

00:48:27which had been nearly

00:48:27cracked and extinguished,

00:48:29finally flickered

00:48:30with a weak resonance

00:48:31under the caress

00:48:32of the divine light.

00:48:34I kept watch

00:48:34by the bedside,

00:48:35my face pale,

00:48:37never leaving her side

00:48:38for a single pace.

00:48:40I watched with my own eyes

00:48:41as those holy gris healers

00:48:43transformed secret medicines

00:48:44into golden needles,

00:48:45extracting the stubborn

00:48:46soul-eating grease poison

00:48:47from my daughter's body,

00:48:49inch by inch.

00:48:50Every time that the poison

00:48:51was forced out,

00:48:52my daughter would let

00:48:53our faint kitten-like

00:48:54whipper of pain,

00:48:55and those drops

00:48:56of black toxic blood

00:48:58would instantly corrode

00:48:59scorched hole

00:49:00into the pure white sheets

00:49:01upon hitting them.

00:49:02My daughter,

00:49:03watching her suffer,

00:49:05tore at my heart

00:49:06as if it were being cut

00:49:07by ten thousand blades.

00:49:08Ronan,

00:49:09Vanessa,

00:49:10the pain you inflicted

00:49:11upon my child,

00:49:12I will ensure you

00:49:12repay it a thousand times.

00:49:14It was a grueling

00:49:15two days and nights

00:49:16of hovering between

00:49:18life and death.

00:49:21As the first ray

00:49:22of the sanctuary's

00:49:23warm morning sun

00:49:24pierced through the window frame

00:49:25on the third day,

00:49:27Iris suddenly let out

00:49:28a resounding cry

00:49:29from the bed.

00:49:30That cry was

00:49:31no longer weak

00:49:32and filled with despair

00:49:33like before,

00:49:33but brimming with

00:49:34the strength

00:49:35of a new life.

00:49:36The golden divine mark

00:49:37on her forehead

00:49:38restored completely,

00:49:39and her once pale

00:49:40little face began

00:49:41to flush with color,

00:49:42her skin radiating

00:49:44a healthy glow.

00:49:45Congratulations, king!

00:49:47Congratulations, holy princess!

00:49:48The viriless poison

00:49:49within the little princess's

00:49:50body has completely dissolved.

00:49:51Not only is her life secured,

00:49:52but her bloodline

00:49:53has completely awa-

00:49:54Looking at my daughter's face

00:49:55as she clenched

00:49:55her tiny fists

00:49:56and blue bubbles,

00:49:57the tears I had suppressed

00:49:58for three long years

00:49:59finally broke through

00:50:01the floodgates.

00:50:03The morning sun spilled

00:50:04across the luxurious couch

00:50:05when Vanessa was gently

00:50:06helping Ronan

00:50:07into his robes.

00:50:08However,

00:50:09Ronan's brow

00:50:09was furrowed tightly,

00:50:10his handsome face

00:50:11cloud with undeniable

00:50:12irritation and gloom.

00:50:14Right then,

00:50:14a panic-starting bell

00:50:15rang out from outside

00:50:16the main temple.

00:50:16Several elders

00:50:17scrambled into the hall,

00:50:18their faces as white as sheets.

00:50:19Lord, disaster has struck.

00:50:21The soldiers guarding

00:50:22the ascension platform

00:50:23just reported

00:50:23that our kingdom's passage

00:50:25to the sanctuary

00:50:25has been violently locked

00:50:27from above

00:50:27by an unspeakable

00:50:28supreme divine authority.

00:50:31The gates of the divine realm

00:50:33are closed to us.

00:50:35What did you say?

00:50:38The passage is locked.

00:50:41Who could possibly

00:50:43have such power?

00:50:44In that instant,

00:50:45the image of Seraphina's

00:50:46cold, ruthless phantom

00:50:48before her departure

00:50:49flashed through his mind

00:50:50and his heart sank.

00:50:52Could it be

00:50:53Seraphina?

00:50:54But the moment

00:50:55the thought arose,

00:50:56it was instantly crushed

00:50:57by the deep-rooted arrogance

00:50:58in his heart.

00:50:59He let out a cold,

00:51:01self-decricketing laugh.

00:51:02Seraphina was nothing more

00:51:03than a lowly woman

00:51:04with no background,

00:51:05inferior even to

00:51:06a low-tier elf

00:51:07of the Windsuary

00:51:08that happened to affect

00:51:08their kingdom.

00:51:11Seeing his distress,

00:51:12Vanessa quickly moved closer,

00:51:15wrapping her arms

00:51:16around his to comfort him,

00:51:17teasingly.

00:51:19Exactly, Lord.

00:51:21Sister ran away

00:51:22in a tantrum

00:51:22and is probably hiding

00:51:24in some inn

00:51:24using that sickly brat

00:51:26to threaten you

00:51:26until you soften.

00:51:28How could she possibly

00:51:29have the power

00:51:29to lock the ascension platform?

00:51:33Ronan pressed

00:51:34his throbbing temples.

00:51:35A strange sensation

00:51:37of losing his kingdom's fortune

00:51:38made him increasingly restless.

00:51:40Pushing Vanessa away,

00:51:42he strode toward

00:51:43the Covenant Temple

00:51:44with a dark expression.

00:51:47However,

00:51:47the moment Ronan

00:51:48stepped into the Covenant Temple,

00:51:50the priest on duty

00:51:51collapsed to the floor

00:51:52in sheer terror,

00:51:53his face deathly pale.

00:51:54What are you panicking for?

00:51:55Bring out the Covenant

00:51:56Jade plaques

00:51:57for Seraphina and the infant.

00:51:58I want to see where

00:51:59they are hiding

00:51:59and laughing at me!

00:52:01My lord,

00:52:02spare my life!

00:52:03They cannot be brought out!

00:52:05Just three days ago,

00:52:07the primary mistress

00:52:07covenant mark

00:52:08under the Tree of Life

00:52:09was forcibly erased!

00:52:12What did you say?

00:52:14Forcibly erased?

00:52:16Not only is it gone,

00:52:17but the mother and daughter

00:52:18used an ancient secret ritual

00:52:19to completely delete

00:52:21all their holy names

00:52:22from the elfin race.

00:52:23Half of the Tree of Life

00:52:24has withered.

00:52:25I used every tracking method

00:52:26available,

00:52:27but they are all untraceable.

00:52:28They have completely

00:52:29severed their bloodline

00:52:31and connection

00:52:31with the Wind Kingdom.

00:52:32Well played, Seraphina!

00:52:34to resort to such

00:52:36a self-harming,

00:52:37despicable trick

00:52:38as deleting

00:52:39your holy name!

00:52:40Do you think you can escape

00:52:41just by doing that?

00:52:42I want to see how many days

00:52:44you can last out there

00:52:45with your dying daughter

00:52:47without the protection

00:52:48of the Wind Kingdom!

00:52:50Watching her daughter

00:52:51sleep peacefully

00:52:52in the divine light

00:52:53of the sacred tree,

00:52:55Seraphina slowly stood up.

00:52:57The mole that tended

00:52:58as she turned to

00:52:58vanished from her eyes,

00:53:00replaced by a bottomless

00:53:01coldness and resolve.

00:53:03Father, I was too foolish

00:53:04in the past

00:53:04to repay a trivial

00:53:06mortal deet.

00:53:07I degraded myself

00:53:08to cater to a blind,

00:53:09cold-blooded mortal.

00:53:11In return,

00:53:12they trampled all over me

00:53:13and nearly caused

00:53:14my daughter's death!

00:53:15She raised her hand,

00:53:16slicing through the air

00:53:17like a blade.

00:53:18As an invisible

00:53:19emotional barrier shattered,

00:53:21the painful memories

00:53:22of her humiliation,

00:53:23Ronin's neglect,

00:53:24and Vanessa's framing

00:53:26in the Wind Kingdom

00:53:26were sealed

00:53:27deep within her heart.

00:53:29From this day forward,

00:53:30the lowly,

00:53:31submissive consort

00:53:32of the Wind Kingdom

00:53:33no longer exists,

00:53:34to ensure we are

00:53:35never trampled on again

00:53:36and to control

00:53:36my daughter's destiny.

00:53:38I willingly accept

00:53:39the royal bloodline baptism.

00:53:41Looking at his daughter,

00:53:42whose gaze had become

00:53:42as sharp as a hawk,

00:53:44the high-elval king

00:53:44felt a surge of relief

00:53:45and pride.

00:53:46He immediately gave

00:53:47his stern approval.

00:53:48Half an hour later,

00:53:49the gates to the sanctuary's

00:53:50core forbidden grounds

00:53:51swung open.

00:53:52This was the sacred

00:53:52training pool exclusive

00:53:53to the heirs of

00:53:54the supreme royal family,

00:53:55filled with primeval

00:53:56priadan magic

00:53:56accumulated over

00:53:5710,000 years,

00:53:58and to an ordinary

00:53:59high elf would explode

00:54:00and die from touching

00:54:01even a single drop,

00:54:02and to enduring

00:54:02the agonizing pain

00:54:03of a complete bone-shattering

00:54:05transcendent.

00:54:05Without any hesitation,

00:54:07under the avarstek gaze

00:54:08of 10,000 pure-blooded

00:54:09elven guards,

00:54:11Seraphina stepped relutely

00:54:12into the terrifying,

00:54:13surging sacred pool

00:54:14clad in a simple white robe.

00:54:15Boom!

00:54:16The moment her body

00:54:17was completely submerged,

00:54:18the ancient magic erupted,

00:54:20unleashing towering golden waves.

00:54:21The violent,

00:54:22prepezzanard energy

00:54:22slashed through her

00:54:23merpicrians and bones

00:54:24like countless blades.

00:54:25Yet,

00:54:25she did not even flinch.

00:54:26The nine sore seals

00:54:27she had plissioned herself

00:54:28to repay her debt to Ronion

00:54:29began to shatter and unravel,

00:54:31completely awakening

00:54:32her de-dormant power

00:54:33under the furious onslaught.

00:54:35Smash!

00:54:36Ronin shattered

00:54:36his communication array

00:54:38for the 12th time.

00:54:39Every time he tried

00:54:40to connect with Seraphina

00:54:41through a soul transmission,

00:54:43he was met with nothing

00:54:44but a cold, empty echo

00:54:45and the piercing pain

00:54:46of magical backlash.

00:54:48His frustration reached

00:54:49its peep

00:54:50as a suffocating panic

00:54:51of losing control

00:54:52gripped his throat.

00:54:53Just then,

00:54:54the hall doors pushed open

00:54:55and Vanessa walked in smiling,

00:54:57holding three-year-old Jasper

00:54:59by the hand.

00:55:00Roman, look!

00:55:01After taking the sacred

00:55:03tree extract today,

00:55:04Jasper can already control

00:55:06two high-tier wind blades!

00:55:08He truly is your eldest son.

00:55:12Ronin turned his irritated gaze

00:55:14onto Jasper,

00:55:14who was shouting

00:55:15and playing with a toy.

00:55:16But as he looked,

00:55:17his breath caught.

00:55:18Whether it was due

00:55:19to the sudden loss

00:55:20of his kingdom's fortune,

00:55:22looking at Jasper's arrogant

00:55:23and brash face

00:55:24felt unprecedentedly discordal,

00:55:26the child's features

00:55:27lacked even a trace

00:55:28of the Wind Kingdom

00:55:28royal family's elegance,

00:55:30showing instead

00:55:31a crude vulgarity.

00:55:32What terrified him most

00:55:33was that the wind-attributed

00:55:35magicic radiating

00:55:35from Jasper

00:55:36was crose and wild,

00:55:38sharing absolutely

00:55:38no bloodline resonance,

00:55:40with the pure,

00:55:41biting royal bloodline

00:55:42in his own body.

00:55:43When Vanessa gave birth

00:55:44to the child outside

00:55:45years ago,

00:55:47crying that she had been

00:55:48hunted by enemies

00:55:49and forced to wander,

00:55:51Ronin pitied her

00:55:51and never questioned

00:55:52the bloodline.

00:55:53But now...

00:55:58Ronin,

00:55:58why are you looking

00:55:59at Jasper like that?

00:56:02Did he do something wrong?

00:56:04Rokhan stared dead

00:56:05at the flash of panic

00:56:06in Vanessa's eyes.

00:56:07His hands clenched

00:56:08tightly beneath his robes

00:56:09as something shattered

00:56:10within his heart.

00:56:11Taking a deep breath

00:56:11to suppress his immense suspicion,

00:56:13he put on a cold disguise.

00:56:15It is nothing.

00:56:16I am simply tired.

00:56:18You may leave.

00:56:19The moment the doors closed,

00:56:21Ronin's eyes turned

00:56:22incredibly sinister.

00:56:23He looked toward the empty air

00:56:24and gave a ruthless command.

00:56:26Someone,

00:56:26bring out the royal family's

00:56:28most secretive bloodline

00:56:29apriation, Arapis.

00:56:30Remember,

00:56:31prepare it in secret.

00:56:32Find an opportunity

00:56:33to gather Jasper's hair

00:56:35and finger blood later.

00:56:36Vanessa must not know

00:56:37a single thing about this

00:56:39if I find

00:56:40that his bloodline

00:56:41does not match.

00:56:42I will ensure them

00:56:43die without a burial place!

00:56:46Meanwhile,

00:56:47in the sanctuary,

00:56:48around the forbidden

00:56:49sacred pool grounds,

00:56:5010,000 pureblood

00:56:51high elven generals,

00:56:52high priests,

00:56:52and gradually cards

00:56:53of the divine king

00:56:54knelt across the mountains.

00:56:55Everyone held their breath,

00:56:56looking up at the gradually

00:56:57calming sacred pool

00:56:58in awe.

00:56:59Suddenly,

00:56:59faint golden ripple

00:57:00carrying supreme authority

00:57:01spread from the center

00:57:02of the pool.

00:57:03A graceful,

00:57:04noble figure

00:57:04slowly rose

00:57:05from the center

00:57:06of the water.

00:57:06Seraphina's postpartum

00:57:08weakness and plast

00:57:08were entirely gone.

00:57:09Her skin shone

00:57:10like flawless white jade,

00:57:12flowing with a sacred light,

00:57:13and her once withered long hair

00:57:15had turned into a dazzling

00:57:16golden color,

00:57:17skating down to her ankles.

00:57:18Under the baptism

00:57:19of the ancient

00:57:19presided energy,

00:57:20her appearance and magic

00:57:22were completely restored,

00:57:23far surpassing her past peak.

00:57:25The moment her feet

00:57:26left the water

00:57:26and she hovered in midair,

00:57:28the space behind her

00:57:29tore violently.

00:57:30Boom!

00:57:31Accompanied by a divine phoenix cry

00:57:32that echoed through the heavens,

00:57:33a pair of dazzling

00:57:34supreme natural wings

00:57:35radiating boundless life

00:57:37and destruction

00:57:37unfurled behind her back.

00:57:39The divine wings

00:57:39were massive,

00:57:40each feather condundated

00:57:41from the purest golden light

00:57:43of natural law.

00:57:43With a slight flutter,

00:57:44a terrifying pressure

00:57:45swept past like a tsunami.

00:57:47Unable to withstand

00:57:48the bloodline pressure

00:57:49from the depths

00:57:49of their souls,

00:57:51the ten thousand

00:57:51pure-blooded elves

00:57:52slammed their foreheads

00:57:54against the ground

00:57:54as the sacred roof

00:57:55and echoed in harmony.

00:57:57We welcome

00:57:58Her Majesty's

00:57:59ascension to the throne!

00:58:02May your life

00:58:03be divine power

00:58:04go forever

00:58:05and may your life

00:58:06master heaven!

00:58:07Standing amid the golden light,

00:58:09Seraphana looked down

00:58:09at her subjects.

00:58:10She raised her hand slightly,

00:58:12feeling the terrifying magic

00:58:13capable of destroying

00:58:14heaven and earth,

00:58:14a cruel,

00:58:15cold smile

00:58:16playing on her lips.

00:58:17The submissive,

00:58:17lowly consort

00:58:18who had once begged

00:58:19for a flask of pure spring water

00:58:20for her daughter

00:58:20in the Withern Tower

00:58:21had completely died

00:58:22in this sacred pool today.

00:58:24The one who lived now

00:58:25was the Supreme Empress,

00:58:27who held the power

00:58:28over life and death

00:58:29for the entire

00:58:29elven sanctuary.

00:58:31She turned her gaze

00:58:32towards the direction

00:58:33of the Wind Kingdom,

00:58:34her murderous intent

00:58:36radiating palpably.

00:58:39Since Seraphina's departure,

00:58:40Vanessa carried herself

00:58:41completely as the new

00:58:42mistress of the Wind Kingdom.

00:58:44Without the restraint

00:58:45of the legitimate

00:58:45primary mistress,

00:58:47she tore off

00:58:47her past gentle disguise.

00:58:49The first thing

00:58:49she did upon moving

00:58:50is replace all the decorations

00:58:51with the most luxurious

00:58:52gold silks.

00:58:54She lived extravagantly

00:58:55and wastefully,

00:58:56bathing in the rarest

00:58:57floral dew daily,

00:58:58and even forcibly

00:58:59withalding nearly half

00:59:00of the lower tier

00:59:00elf's winter ravines,

00:59:02just to fashion

00:59:02a sweeping dress

00:59:03embedded with

00:59:04deep sea magic krills.

00:59:05Furthermore,

00:59:05Vanessa was arrogant

00:59:06and harsh to the point

00:59:07of cruelty

00:59:08to toward the servants

00:59:08and lower class

00:59:09elves of the kingdom.

00:59:10Mistress,

00:59:11this is the silver needle

00:59:12tea you requested.

00:59:13The temperature

00:59:14is just right.

00:59:15It's...

00:59:15Scolding,

00:59:16you useless wretch!

00:59:17Are you trying

00:59:17to ruin my face

00:59:18on purpose?

00:59:19Someone,

00:59:20strip her of her

00:59:20elfin badge

00:59:21and banish her

00:59:22entire family

00:59:22to hard labor

00:59:23at the Wither Tower!

00:59:25Panic gripped

00:59:26the main manor

00:59:26and the lower tier elves

00:59:27filled the air

00:59:28with grievances.

00:59:29Sitting in his study,

00:59:30Ronan listened

00:59:30to the constant shouting,

00:59:32face slapping

00:59:32and crying from outside,

00:59:33his temples throbbing,

00:59:34looking at the ledger,

00:59:35submitted by

00:59:36the Council of Elders,

00:59:37which detailed

00:59:38Vanessa's waste

00:59:38of tens of thousands

00:59:39of magic crystals

00:59:40over the past few days.

00:59:41His face turned grim.

00:59:42In the past,

00:59:43when Serafina managed

00:59:44the household,

00:59:45the entire Wind Kingdom

00:59:45was orderly.

00:59:46She was always gentle,

00:59:47understanding,

00:59:48and proper,

00:59:49choosing to live frugally

00:59:50rather than misappropriate

00:59:51a single penny

00:59:51from the kingdom.

00:59:52Even using her own source,

00:59:54Morna,

00:59:54to nourish injured

00:59:54low-tier soldiers,

00:59:55Roman instinctively

00:59:56touched the empty space

00:59:57beside his throne,

00:59:59an unprecedented emptiness

01:00:00and regret

01:00:00washing over him

01:00:01like a tidal wave.

01:00:02He began to desperately

01:00:04miss the woman

01:00:04who had always quietly

01:00:05waited for him.

01:00:06But now,

01:00:07no matter how much

01:00:08he searched

01:00:09the Wind Kingdom's territory,

01:00:10he could no longer

01:00:11find a single trace

01:00:12of Serafina.

01:00:14Yet, Ronan had no idea

01:00:16that while he was drowning

01:00:17in endless regret and agony,

01:00:18a dim storal lamp

01:00:19was burning in the most

01:00:20secluded subterranean chamber

01:00:21of the main manor.

01:00:22Dressed in her luxurious gown,

01:00:23Vanessa showed none

01:00:24of her usual arrogance,

01:00:25slumping limply

01:00:26into the embrace

01:00:26of her old lover Oswin,

01:00:28the chief captain of the guards.

01:00:29Oswin's rough,

01:00:30calloused hands

01:00:30gripped her slender waist tightly

01:00:32as their breaths mingled

01:00:33in a display of immacity

01:00:34and wanton behavior.

01:00:35That suspicious red Ronan

01:00:37stared at Jasper

01:00:38for a long time today.

01:00:39Could he have discovered something?

01:00:41My darling,

01:00:42with me here,

01:00:43what are you afraid of?

01:00:44Even if his suspicions

01:00:46lead him to test the bloodline,

01:00:47he will never find a problem.

01:00:48Don't forget,

01:00:49when he sent me

01:00:50to draw our son's blood,

01:00:51I swapped it with my own.

01:00:53That broken appraisal,

01:00:54Askel, of his

01:00:55will only show

01:00:55an absolute blood relative.

01:00:57Oswin pulled Vanessa closer,

01:00:59tilting her chin up proudly.

01:01:00If Ronan hadn't been

01:01:01heavily injured

01:01:02and unconscious

01:01:03during the war

01:01:03three years ago,

01:01:05allowing you to slip

01:01:06into my bed

01:01:07amid the chaos,

01:01:08how else would he have

01:01:09become this

01:01:10cheap father

01:01:11and felt guilty enough

01:01:12to search for you

01:01:13for three whole years?

01:01:15Vanessa's beautiful eyes

01:01:16flashed with a venomous light

01:01:17as she laughed

01:01:18and pinched the man.

01:01:19Who told Ronan

01:01:20to pride himself

01:01:20on being deeply affectionate

01:01:22when he is actually a fool

01:01:23who is easily deceived?

01:01:25For three years,

01:01:26he trampled Serafina,

01:01:27the legitimate mistress,

01:01:28into the dirt

01:01:28for the sake of Jasper and mine.

01:01:30Little does he know,

01:01:31the heir he personally cherishes

01:01:33is actually your child!

01:01:34A wild and greedy ambition

01:01:36as his flashed,

01:01:37his voice turned low

01:01:38and vicious.

01:01:39Ronan is completely

01:01:40distracted every day

01:01:40because of Serafus' disappears

01:01:42and the kingdom's fortune

01:01:43has mostly vanished

01:01:43for some reason.

01:01:44The Ascension passage

01:01:45is even closed.

01:01:46In just a few more days,

01:01:48we will deliver

01:01:49the fatal blow.

01:01:52The inner frustration

01:01:53and the mysterious loss

01:01:54of his kingdom's fortune

01:01:55drove him near madness.

01:01:56His mind troubled.

01:01:57He walked aimlessly

01:01:58through the streets

01:01:59of the main city

01:02:00and inadvertently stopped

01:02:01in front of the infirmary.

01:02:03Looking at the somewhat

01:02:03dilapidated doors,

01:02:04the image of Serafina

01:02:06weeping in absolute despair here

01:02:08suddenly flashed

01:02:09through his mind.

01:02:10I must be losing my mind

01:02:11to have walked all the way here.

01:02:12Just as he turned to leave,

01:02:13a stealthy figure

01:02:14carrying a bundle

01:02:15prepared to flee

01:02:15from inside the infirmatory.

01:02:17It was the doctor

01:02:17from before.

01:02:18Ever since Serafina

01:02:19Umut erased her holy name

01:02:20and left,

01:02:20causing half of the tree

01:02:21of life to wither.

01:02:22This doctor had been

01:02:23tormented night and day

01:02:24by guilt and fear,

01:02:25finally breaking down

01:02:25and preparing to escape overnight.

01:02:27Ronan's eyes turned sharp.

01:02:28Moving like lightning,

01:02:29he materialized

01:02:30before the doctor,

01:02:31blocking his path.

01:02:32Where do you think

01:02:33you are running?

01:02:34What are you panicking

01:02:35for upon seeing me?

01:02:37Looking at Ronan's

01:02:37rage-distorted face

01:02:38and thinking of the rampant rumors

01:02:40about the primary mistress'

01:02:41disappearance

01:02:41and the sacred tree's withering,

01:02:42the doctor's psychological defense

01:02:43collapsed completely.

01:02:44With even needing to

01:02:45use a soul-searching technique,

01:02:46he fell to his knees in terror,

01:02:47now coating frantically

01:02:48as tears and muses

01:02:49strem down his face.

01:02:50Lord, spare my life!

01:02:51I deserve to die!

01:02:52I dare not hide it any longer!

01:02:54The primary mistress

01:02:55did not lie.

01:02:55She was not throwing a tam

01:02:56or fighting for effect.

01:02:57Ronan's heart skipped a beat,

01:02:59a profound sense of foreboding

01:03:00enveloping his entire body.

01:03:02Make yourself clear!

01:03:04What do you mean

01:03:04she didn't lie?

01:03:05It was your daughter.

01:03:06Your daughter Iris

01:03:07didn't catch an ordinary

01:03:09chill at all.

01:03:09She was poisoned

01:03:10with the highly insidious

01:03:12soul-eating grass

01:03:12and her core

01:03:13had already begun to wither.

01:03:14Boom,

01:03:15the doctor's words

01:03:15exploded in Ronan's ears

01:03:16like a thundermist

01:03:17leaving his pail

01:03:18and make him sway

01:03:18on his feet.

01:03:19Ronan grabbed the terrified

01:03:21fleeing doctor

01:03:22by the collar,

01:03:23his eyes bloodshot

01:03:24like a cornered beast.

01:03:26Impossible!

01:03:27I checked her myself

01:03:28that day!

01:03:29Her breathing was steady

01:03:30and her temperature

01:03:30was normal!

01:03:31Even you personally

01:03:32diagnosed it

01:03:33as a common chill!

01:03:34How dabricate

01:03:36a poisoning story

01:03:36to me now!

01:03:38It was all fake!

01:03:41Madame Vanessa

01:03:42forced me to do it!

01:03:44It was her!

01:03:44She fed the little princess

01:03:46a forbidden illusion potion

01:03:47before you arrived!

01:03:49Forcibly creating

01:03:50a false appearance

01:03:51of hell!

01:03:53The doctor's words

01:03:54cut like knives,

01:03:56tearing Ronan's

01:03:57self-rightless

01:03:58arrogance to pieces.

01:03:59Madame Vanessa

01:04:00bribed me

01:04:01and threatened

01:04:01my family's lives

01:04:02to maintain the illusion

01:04:03all to make you believe

01:04:04the primary mistress

01:04:05was just throwing

01:04:06a jealous fit

01:04:07so you would ignore

01:04:08the mother and daughter

01:04:08leaving the little princess

01:04:09to die from the poison!

01:04:11And...

01:04:12And that flask

01:04:13of sacred tree extract.

01:04:14Hearing the words

01:04:15sacred tree extract

01:04:16Ronan's body

01:04:17shook violently

01:04:18his face draining

01:04:19of all color.

01:04:20That spiritual medicine

01:04:21was given to the primary mistress

01:04:22out of my sudden

01:04:23flash of consciousness.

01:04:24It was not only

01:04:25an antidote to all poisons

01:04:26but the sole hope

01:04:27to save the little princess's life!

01:04:28Yet you...

01:04:29You detested

01:04:30the primary mistress

01:04:31and forcibly snatched

01:04:32that medicine away

01:04:33to secure the position

01:04:34of the perfectly healthy Jasper!

01:04:36Ronan felt as if

01:04:37he had been struck

01:04:38by lightning

01:04:38all strength

01:04:39instantly draining

01:04:40from his body.

01:04:41Boundless darkness

01:04:42and immense regret

01:04:43swallowed him

01:04:44like a tsunami.

01:04:45He finally realized

01:04:46that Serafina

01:04:47had been telling

01:04:47the truth all along.

01:04:48It was him

01:04:49he

01:04:50the father

01:04:51blinded by favoritism

01:04:52and interest

01:04:53who had personally

01:04:55snatched away

01:04:55his daughter's

01:04:56life-saving straw

01:04:57pushing his newborn

01:04:58child

01:04:59into the abyss

01:05:00of death!

01:05:01A spray of crimson blood

01:05:03erupted from Ronan's mouth

01:05:04as he collapsed

01:05:05onto his knees

01:05:06on the freezing stone pavement

01:05:08clutching his agonizingly

01:05:10painful chest

01:05:10letting out

01:05:11a desperate

01:05:12piercing streel.

01:05:15Serafina

01:05:16Iris

01:05:18what have I done?

01:05:19What on earth

01:05:20have I done?

01:05:21Immense regret

01:05:22drove Ronan

01:05:22completely mad

01:05:23disregarding the blood

01:05:24on his lips

01:05:25he scrammed back

01:05:25to his feet

01:05:26and ran back

01:05:26to the main hall

01:05:27like a madman.

01:05:28At this moment

01:05:29he no longer cared

01:05:31about supreme cooperation

01:05:32or reaching the peak

01:05:33he only wanted

01:05:35to find his wife

01:05:36and save his daughter's life.

01:05:38Search!

01:05:39Mobilize all forces

01:05:40of the Wind Kingdom!

01:05:41Search every inch of land

01:05:43and even if you have

01:05:44to hunt through

01:05:44the forbidden forest

01:05:45bring back

01:05:46the primary mistress

01:05:47and the princess!

01:05:48Go now!

01:05:53However one day passed

01:05:54then two days

01:05:56and for three

01:05:57whole days and nights

01:05:58the elite high elves

01:05:59brought back nothing

01:06:00but the desperate news

01:06:01of no trace found.

01:06:03Serafina seemed

01:06:03to have dissolved

01:06:04into the wind

01:06:05vanishing completely

01:06:06without a trace.

01:06:07Failing to find his wife

01:06:08Ronan's grief

01:06:09and self-blame

01:06:10gradually transformed

01:06:11into a towering

01:06:12Merlison test

01:06:13he finally thought

01:06:14of the instigator

01:06:15Vanessa.

01:06:16Vanessa!

01:06:17You vicious wretch!

01:06:19I will tear you

01:06:19into ten thousand pieces!

01:06:21Gripping the great sword

01:06:22of the wind god

01:06:23that symbolized

01:06:24his kingdom's power

01:06:25he strode toward

01:06:26Vanessa's bedchamber

01:06:27brimming with

01:06:28murderous intent

01:06:29he wanted to settle

01:06:30the score

01:06:30with that evil woman

01:06:31and use the blood

01:06:32of Vanessa

01:06:33and her son

01:06:33to atone for his actions

01:06:35against his wife

01:06:36and daughter.

01:06:37However

01:06:37when he reached

01:06:38the chamber

01:06:39he found it

01:06:40completely empty

01:06:41unleashing his divine sense

01:06:43he followed a faint

01:06:44trace of magic

01:06:45straight into the

01:06:46desolate forest

01:06:47behind the temple.

01:06:49The moon was dark

01:06:50and the wind howled

01:06:51through the silence

01:06:51of the desolate forest

01:06:52behind the temple.

01:06:53Ronan concealed

01:06:53his presence

01:06:54moving step by step

01:06:55into the shadow

01:06:56of the ancient trees

01:06:57with his great sword

01:06:57but before he could

01:06:58see clearly

01:06:59faint whispers

01:07:00and strugglings

01:07:00came from the thicket

01:07:01falling clearly

01:07:01into his ears.

01:07:02Slow down

01:07:03if that fool Ronan

01:07:04finds out

01:07:04we are dead.

01:07:06What are you afraid of?

01:07:07He is completely

01:07:08distracted every day

01:07:08because of that wretch

01:07:09running around the world

01:07:10like a madman.

01:07:11How could he have time

01:07:11for us?

01:07:12I've already coordinated

01:07:13with Governor Gamma

01:07:13while he will strip

01:07:14the treasury

01:07:15of all magic crystals

01:07:16and public funds

01:07:17tonight and run!

01:07:17Boom!

01:07:18Ronan's mind

01:07:18went completely blank.

01:07:19He knew these voices

01:07:20all too well.

01:07:21One belonged to his

01:07:21chief captain of the guards

01:07:22Oswin

01:07:22and the other belonged

01:07:23to Vanessa White Moonlight

01:07:24first love he had cherished

01:07:25for three years.

01:07:26Ronan trembled violently

01:07:27staring dead at the

01:07:27disheveled man and woman

01:07:28entwiled behind the tree.

01:07:30Speaking of which

01:07:31Ronan really is an absolute fool.

01:07:33For the past three days

01:07:34he has been holding

01:07:34that fake bloodline report

01:07:35comforting himself that Jasper

01:07:37is his child

01:07:37completely unaware

01:07:38that the heir he raised

01:07:39with the kingdom's

01:07:40sacred medicine

01:07:40is actually your

01:07:41biological flesh and blood!

01:07:43The truth slapped Ronan

01:07:44across the face

01:07:45shattering his remaining

01:07:46self-respect and pride.

01:07:47It turned out he was

01:07:48not only the murderer

01:07:49who had personally pushed

01:07:50his biological daughter

01:07:51to her death

01:07:51but also the world's

01:07:52biggest fool

01:07:52who had raised a bastard

01:07:53child for a pair of

01:07:54adulterers for three years

01:07:55the kingdom was being

01:07:55eustarpted.

01:07:59Insolent fools!

01:08:00You will pay for this!

01:08:02Unleashing and

01:08:03deblocked of Solalbin

01:08:04and Ronan erupted

01:08:04the great sword

01:08:05ring of rock

01:08:05with a leisurely

01:08:06sent to the keys

01:08:06and the sentry green

01:08:07people flying.

01:08:08Osquin and Vanessa

01:08:09screamed as they

01:08:09hit the ground

01:08:10when Vanessa saw Ronan

01:08:11who stood there

01:08:12with overwhelming ferocity.

01:08:14She lost her wits

01:08:15in terror.

01:08:16Ronan!

01:08:17Listen to me explain!

01:08:18It's not what it looks like!

01:08:19Shut up you vicious horn!

01:08:21I will kill you!

01:08:22Osquin and Ronan

01:08:23had the Zostan invite

01:08:24and realized Zord

01:08:25off course due to

01:08:25a lax limit

01:08:26at the magic.

01:08:27Though this strike his teeth

01:08:28he pulled Vanessa up

01:08:28and pringzled

01:08:29several poisonous smoke bombs

01:08:30with a loud explosion.

01:08:32A toxic mist filled the area.

01:08:33By the time the storm

01:08:34blew the mist away

01:08:35the disheveled couple

01:08:36had all flooded the wind forest

01:08:37using their familiarity

01:08:38with the de ground.

01:08:39As the cold wind blew

01:08:40he looked around

01:08:41at the empty surroundings

01:08:42appearing as though

01:08:42he had aged a hundred years.

01:08:44Ronan fell to his knees

01:08:45his fingers digging

01:08:47into the dirt

01:08:48as he wept desperately

01:08:50like a beaten dog

01:08:52in the dead of night.

01:08:54Meanwhile

01:08:55inside the flawless

01:08:56radiant temple of life

01:08:57in the supreme sanctuary

01:08:58Iris had completely recovered.

01:09:00She was now dressed

01:09:01in garments woven

01:09:02from the rarest golden silk

01:09:03and sitting in a cradle

01:09:04carved from 10,000 year old

01:09:06Munwa jiggling

01:09:06and blowing bubbles.

01:09:07The supreme divine mark

01:09:08on her forehead

01:09:09flowed with brilliant colors

01:09:10exuding an incredibly

01:09:12noble bloodline.

01:09:13Standing beside the cradle

01:09:14Serafina gently played

01:09:15with her daughter

01:09:16her eyes filled only

01:09:17with maternal love.

01:09:19As for the past

01:09:19humiliations and affection

01:09:21the high elfin king

01:09:22slowly walked over

01:09:23to his daughter

01:09:23looking at his reborn

01:09:24granddaughter with affection

01:09:25he then turned a serious

01:09:27gaze toward Serafina.

01:09:28My daughter

01:09:29I have already ordered

01:09:30a complete block out

01:09:31against all past

01:09:32complications

01:09:33with the wind kingdom.

01:09:34Now that your bloodline

01:09:36has fully awakened

01:09:37and the supreme natural wings

01:09:38have grown behind your back

01:09:40it is time for you

01:09:41to assume your

01:09:41rightful responsibilities.

01:09:43Serafina

01:09:44withdrawed her hand

01:09:44and turned to face her father

01:09:45her gaze calm

01:09:46and instaurative

01:09:47completely deblined

01:09:48of mortal weakness.

01:09:49Father

01:09:49I understand

01:09:50romantic attachments

01:09:51are nothing but

01:09:52a self-inflicted trap.

01:09:54Only supreme power

01:09:55can allow me

01:09:55to control my destiny

01:09:56and protect my iris

01:09:58for a lifetime of peace.

01:10:00The father laughed

01:10:01with relief

01:10:01and immediately announced

01:10:02Good!

01:10:03I have already issued

01:10:04a decree to all kingdoms

01:10:05that the sanctuary ceremony

01:10:07will begin shortly.

01:10:08You will officially

01:10:08inherit the throne

01:10:09and become the first

01:10:11high elfin queen

01:10:12of our supreme sanctuary

01:10:13in 10,000 years.

01:10:15Meanwhile

01:10:15the wind kingdom

01:10:16far at the edge

01:10:17of the continent

01:10:18had fallen into

01:10:18a perilous situation.

01:10:20Due to Vanessa

01:10:20and Oswin's betrayal

01:10:21and thiefed of the funds

01:10:22a fierce internal conflict

01:10:24erupted within the kingdom.

01:10:25Worse still

01:10:25because Serafina

01:10:26had erased her holy name

01:10:27and severed

01:10:28the tree of life withered

01:10:29causing the kingdom's

01:10:30overall magic

01:10:30to rapidly decline

01:10:31and their barrier to

01:10:32Romans sat on his

01:10:33broken throne

01:10:34emaciated and covered

01:10:35in stubble

01:10:36showing none of his

01:10:37past glory as a lord.

01:10:38Just then

01:10:39an old servant

01:10:40tremblingly presented

01:10:41a gathering order

01:10:42from the supreme sanctuary.

01:10:43My lord

01:10:44a divine oracle

01:10:46has arrived

01:10:46from the supreme sanctuary.

01:10:48The new supreme empress

01:10:49is about to ascend

01:10:50the throne

01:10:50and the coronation ceremony

01:10:52requires all kingdoms

01:10:52to pay homage.

01:10:54Does our kingdom

01:10:55attend?

01:10:56A final ember

01:10:57of fanatical hope

01:10:58erupted in Ronan's eyes.

01:11:01He had no heart

01:11:02to manage the kingdom's

01:11:03mundane affairs

01:11:04because he knew

01:11:05time was running out

01:11:06for the wind kingdom.

01:11:07Their only salvation

01:11:08lay in aligning

01:11:09with the supreme sanctuary.

01:11:10go!

01:11:11Prepare the highest

01:11:13specification of gifts

01:11:14and the entire kingdom

01:11:16will accompany me

01:11:17to the sanctuary

01:11:18to pay homage.

01:11:19Tupian-1 gripped

01:11:20the order tightly

01:11:20as if catching

01:11:21a final saving straw.

01:11:22I have heard

01:11:23that destroy his

01:11:24heartwell

01:11:24is the swat

01:11:25of director bloodlines

01:11:26and possessing

01:11:26immense warfare

01:11:27and on my own

01:11:28trove just sending

01:11:28along as we act

01:11:29are sufficiently submittive

01:11:30and respected

01:11:31to Camarga's protection

01:11:31from that

01:11:32steamius empress.

01:11:33Our kingdom

01:11:34will be completely

01:11:35saved!

01:11:36Little did he know

01:11:37the opportunity

01:11:38he was so desperate

01:11:39to grovel for

01:11:41belonged to the very wife

01:11:42he had personally

01:11:43pushed into the abyss.

01:11:46Before the sanctuary

01:11:46coronation ceremony

01:11:47the Finding Walk

01:11:48to Belange to rest

01:11:49in the simplest eid

01:11:50at the secrescant edge

01:11:50of Shengguangton's out.

01:11:52It and Nate

01:11:52stood alone on the noon

01:11:53and the other

01:11:54driving below

01:11:54of Sugetis

01:11:54and Mar the dee

01:11:55of Trun Shempil

01:11:56assurging through

01:11:56above Fort Nereid.

01:11:57Ronan's mins

01:11:58raised a curse

01:11:58as if something

01:11:59canate was awakening

01:12:00within that divine light.

01:12:01Images of Serafina

01:12:02began to flash

01:12:03uncontrollably

01:12:03through his mind.

01:12:05Her shyness

01:12:05when they first met.

01:12:07Her tenderness

01:12:08when healing

01:12:08his wounds

01:12:09and

01:12:10her cold

01:12:11resoluced gaze

01:12:13as she left

01:12:14the withered tower

01:12:14holding their daughter.

01:12:16Aloina walked up

01:12:17behind him

01:12:17wearing a cloak.

01:12:19Looking at her

01:12:19distracted son

01:12:20she let out

01:12:21a deep sigh.

01:12:22Roran,

01:12:22stop thinking about it!

01:12:24Tomorrow is the critical day

01:12:25to meet the Supreme Empress.

01:12:26The survival of our

01:12:27Wind Kingdom

01:12:27relies entirely

01:12:28on this single action.

01:12:30You must not

01:12:30lose your composure!

01:12:31Rayon withdraw his gaze

01:12:32cripping his racing chest

01:12:34a bitter smile

01:12:34playing on his lips.

01:12:35Mother,

01:12:36I was just thinking

01:12:36Raffina was still here.

01:12:37With her pure bloodline

01:12:38would she also be happy

01:12:39for me seeing this grand sight

01:12:40of 10,000 kingdoms

01:12:41paying homage tomorrow?

01:12:42Regrettably.

01:12:43And no one could answer

01:12:44his belated affection

01:12:45and self-reflection.

01:12:46On the day of the ceremony

01:12:48the Supreme Sanctuary

01:12:49shone with magnificent

01:12:50golden light

01:12:50piercing the sky.

01:12:51The entire sacred mountain

01:12:52was to look inventable.

01:12:53Holy unicorns

01:12:54soared through the air

01:12:55as tribal leaders

01:12:56and ancient deities

01:12:57gathered to elders.

01:12:58Meanwhile,

01:12:59Rizmissli in the most remote corner

01:13:00at the outmost edge

01:13:01of the main hall

01:13:02not even daring

01:13:03to raise their heads.

01:13:03As a sacred ancient bell

01:13:05echoed through the heavens

01:13:06a grand and vast chant

01:13:07filled the world.

01:13:08Silence across all kingdoms!

01:13:10We welcome the ascension

01:13:11of her majesty

01:13:12the High Elven Queen!

01:13:14A supreme throne

01:13:15radiating immense authority

01:13:16slowly rose

01:13:17from the center of the tree.

01:13:19Ronan and his mother

01:13:32Santras who could save

01:13:33his kingdom's life.

01:13:34However,

01:13:35when his gaze

01:13:36pierced through

01:13:37the golden light

01:13:38and clearly saw

01:13:39the figure

01:13:40sitting upon

01:13:40the supreme throne

01:13:41the massive natural wings

01:13:43unfurled

01:13:44behind her back

01:13:45and the daughter

01:13:46she held in her arms

01:13:47sucking her fing

01:13:48Roman's pupils

01:13:49shrank violently

01:13:50in an instant

01:13:51as if struck by lightning

01:13:52his breath

01:13:53catching completely

01:13:54in his throat

01:13:54that face

01:13:55that noble

01:13:57cold and peerless

01:13:58high elven queen

01:13:59who ruled over

01:14:00the entire sanctuary

01:14:01was actually

01:14:02Seraphina!

01:14:05Seraphina!

01:14:06Ronan's startled cry

01:14:07shattered the silence

01:14:08of the temple.

01:14:09High Priestess Alonda

01:14:10looked up

01:14:10and recognized

01:14:11the beautiful empress

01:14:12radiating absolute authority

01:14:13from the altar.

01:14:14She lives connect.

01:14:15I was wrong!

01:14:15I truly know I was wrong!

01:14:17Please the useless woman

01:14:18they had trampled

01:14:19in the withered town.

01:14:20Two golden spheres

01:14:21struck down

01:14:21with the force

01:14:22of natural law.

01:14:26She looked down

01:14:27upon him

01:14:27who lay like a dead dog

01:14:29at the bottom of the steps

01:14:29while Iris blew bubbles

01:14:31in her arms.

01:14:31There was no hatred

01:14:32in her eyes.

01:14:33Only the disgust

01:14:34one would feel

01:14:34looking at an open sewer.

01:14:36Ronan,

01:14:37do you think you are

01:14:37worthy of speaking

01:14:38my holy name?

01:14:39Do you think you are

01:14:40worthy of calling

01:14:41my daughter's name?

01:14:42A golden beam of law

01:14:42became a massive hand

01:14:43of divine power

01:14:44and struck Fethi

01:14:45with Ronan

01:14:45across the face.

01:14:46Slap!

01:14:47Half of his facial bones

01:14:48shattergance.

01:14:49And this slap

01:14:49is for your blinded

01:14:50side of his face

01:14:51and him comb-scheming

01:14:52woman to true wife.

01:14:53Slap!

01:14:54The harder backhand

01:14:55twisted your utter

01:14:56lack of conscience

01:14:56for personally stealing

01:14:58your biological daughter's

01:14:59life-saving medicine.

01:15:00The leaders of the

01:15:01various kingdoms

01:15:02expressed their disdain

01:15:03and spit in disapproval.

01:15:05Clutching his swollen face,

01:15:07self-respect

01:15:08was publicly trampled

01:15:10before all kingdoms.

01:15:11His reputation

01:15:12was completely destroyed.

01:15:15Yes!

01:15:16I deserve to be beaten!

01:15:17I am a beast!

01:15:18Sir Amin,

01:15:19as long as you vent your anger

01:15:20you can talk to me

01:15:21however you like.

01:15:21Just please let me rest

01:15:22our daughter kingdom!

01:15:23Ronan,

01:15:23once a proud general,

01:15:25now knelt in the dust.

01:15:26His pleas echoed,

01:15:27empty and desperate.

01:15:28Seeing an opportunity,

01:15:29Alita cast aside

01:15:30all dignity

01:15:30and began

01:15:31cobicating frantically.

01:15:32Your divine majesty

01:15:33for this of the Wind Kingdom

01:15:34being of the royal family

01:15:35thousand years,

01:15:36please stay your hand

01:15:36and save our

01:15:37withering tree of life!

01:15:38Looking at the mother

01:15:39and icon

01:15:39who were still calculating

01:15:40for benefits even now,

01:15:42the mockery on

01:15:43Seraphina's boobs

01:15:43deepened to the extreme.

01:15:45Save you?

01:15:46The Wind Kingdom

01:15:46only enjoyed its past glory

01:15:47because I nourished it

01:15:48with my supreme source power

01:15:49since you will reclaim

01:15:50everything I granted you.

01:15:51She slowly raised her hand,

01:15:53curving her fingers

01:15:53and made a grasping motion

01:15:54toward Ronan

01:15:55and Alashan from afar.

01:15:56In an instant,

01:15:57the ancient wind laws

01:15:58inside Ronan and Alina,

01:15:59which had been granted

01:16:00by the royal family,

01:16:01turned into strands

01:16:02of golden light

01:16:03and were violently stripped

01:16:04from their bones and souls.

01:16:06My magic!

01:16:08My cultivation!

01:16:12It was a stripping process

01:16:14more painful than death.

01:16:15Within moments,

01:16:16Ronan's cultivation plummeted

01:16:17from a high tea lord

01:16:18to something inferior

01:16:18even to an ordinary low-tier elf,

01:16:20turning him into a complete and vital.

01:16:21Pass down my divine

01:16:29A divine guard

01:16:31kicked Ronan hard

01:16:32in the abdomen,

01:16:33sending the two broken,

01:16:34stripped and thoroughly disgraced

01:16:36wretcheds tumbling down

01:16:37the nine layers of the altar

01:16:39amid the laughter

01:16:40of all kingdoms.

01:16:43Internal conflict spread

01:16:44like wildfire

01:16:44through the Wind Kingdom

01:16:45and the anger

01:16:46of the lower-tier elves

01:16:47completely overthrew

01:16:48the main manor.

01:16:48Meanwhile,

01:16:49lying on a bed

01:16:50in a side purveal,

01:16:50the old woman Elina

01:16:51trembled inside the empty room.

01:16:53She had previously

01:16:53been blinded by greed

01:16:54secrecy accepting

01:16:54mass amounts of illicit wealth

01:16:55from Vanessa, Oswin and Gamma

01:16:56to secure their positions.

01:16:58Even the forceful snatching

01:16:59of Iris' sacred tree extract

01:17:00had been driven largely

01:17:01by her own greed.

01:17:02Now,

01:17:02retribution had arrived.

01:17:04The kingdom was ruined,

01:17:05the treasures were lost,

01:17:06and even the eldest grandson Jasper,

01:17:07whom she had cherished

01:17:08night and day

01:17:09as the future hope

01:17:09of the kingdom,

01:17:10was confirmed to be

01:17:11nothing to dirty bastard.

01:17:12The heavy and terrifying

01:17:13karmic backlack

01:17:14transformed into invisible bullets,

01:17:15cutting at her guilty soul

01:17:16night and day.

01:17:17The extreme fear

01:17:18and massive mental shock

01:17:19drove the normally arrogant

01:17:20and harsh old woman

01:17:21completely sane.

01:17:23That night,

01:17:23as the sounds

01:17:24of rioting echo outside,

01:17:26the old woman

01:17:26ended her guilty life

01:17:28with a white silk cord

01:17:29hanging from a beam

01:17:30in the cold,

01:17:31lonely main manor.

01:17:33The next morning,

01:17:35when Ronan

01:17:35pushed open the door

01:17:36and saw his mother's

01:17:38stiff body

01:17:39hanging in mid-air,

01:17:41he only let out

01:17:42a few horny,

01:17:43tragic laughs,

01:17:44unable to squeeze out

01:17:45even a single tear.

01:17:47Meanwhile,

01:17:48thousands of miles away

01:17:49from the Wind Kingdom

01:17:50at the frozen border,

01:17:51an incredibly luxurious

01:17:52sacred carriage

01:17:52was hurtling through the sky.

01:17:54The carriage compartment

01:17:54was stuffed with

01:17:55radiant, rare treasures,

01:17:57the entire foundation

01:17:57of the Wind Kingdom

01:17:58that Vanessa and

01:17:59Chief Cap Two Wolves

01:18:00shone only with

01:18:01absolute os-greed

01:18:02for wealth.

01:18:02Vanessa!

01:18:03This chest of divine items

01:18:04belongs to me!

01:18:05Without my guard team

01:18:07coordinating,

01:18:07you wouldn't have even

01:18:08made it out the main

01:18:09gates of the manor.

01:18:10Nonsense!

01:18:11Without the Lord's

01:18:12Palisman that I stole,

01:18:13what would you even be?

01:18:13These treasures

01:18:14are my reliance

01:18:15for the rest of my life!

01:18:16Don't you dare

01:18:16take a single penny!

01:18:17In the face of interest,

01:18:18their past familiarity

01:18:19vanished completely.

01:18:20Due to an unfair

01:18:21distribution of the spoils,

01:18:22malice erupted

01:18:23in both of them

01:18:23and they immediately

01:18:24engaged in a fierce

01:18:25magical brawl

01:18:26inside the narrow carriage.

01:18:27Wild wind blades

01:18:28and toxic mist

01:18:29clashed violently

01:18:30inside the compartment,

01:18:31creating continuous

01:18:32loud explosions.

01:18:32As the out-of-control carriage

01:18:34traveled along

01:18:34a highly treacherous

01:18:35mountain path,

01:18:36the Draft Bears

01:18:37panicked and went wild.

01:18:49Amid a piercing streak,

01:18:50the out-of-control carriage

01:18:51plunged off the cliff edge,

01:18:53carrying the couple

01:18:54and the treasures

01:18:54they had schemed

01:18:55so hard to steal,

01:18:56crashing heavily

01:18:57into the boulder-streat

01:18:58bottom of the deep valley.

01:19:01Beneath the deep valley,

01:19:02the rain poured heavily,

01:19:04the carriage had shattered

01:19:05completely,

01:19:05with broken wood

01:19:06and magic crystals

01:19:07scattered across the ground.

01:19:08Amid the rubble,

01:19:09the bodies of Vanessa

01:19:10and Oshwick

01:19:10lay twisted together,

01:19:12torn apart by the wild magic

01:19:13to the point of being

01:19:14unrecognizable,

01:19:15dying an incredibly

01:19:15gruesome death.

01:19:17That green tea face

01:19:18that had once used

01:19:19illusion potions

01:19:20to maintain

01:19:21a false appearance

01:19:22of perfection

01:19:22was now sliced

01:19:24and bloodied

01:19:24by the rocks.

01:19:27Buzz.

01:19:28Space rippled slightly

01:19:29as several royal guards

01:19:30clad in pure gold robes

01:19:31quietly descended

01:19:32upon the crash site.

01:19:33Serafina did not even

01:19:34need to act personally,

01:19:35merely sending the

01:19:36sanctuary's cleanup group

01:19:37to wrap things up.

01:19:38This is the heavenly karma

01:19:39for those who betray

01:19:40Her Majesty.

01:19:41The guards raised their hands,

01:19:43golden light surging

01:19:44from from their palms.

01:19:45As the magic arenas

01:19:46activated,

01:19:46the scattered ancient treasures

01:19:47and sacred resource

01:19:48of the Wind Kingdom

01:19:49were entirely gathered

01:19:50and reclaimed.

01:19:51These items carried

01:19:52a significant amount

01:19:52of fortune,

01:19:53and now that they were

01:19:53continuously funneled

01:19:55into the treasury

01:19:55of the Supreme always had,

01:19:56the villains had

01:19:57calculated everything,

01:19:59only to lose their lives

01:20:01in the end

01:20:01and turn the Wind Kingdom's

01:20:03thousands of years

01:20:04of accumulation

01:20:05into a stepping stone

01:20:06to secure

01:20:07Seraphia's supreme

01:20:08royal power,

01:20:09which was ironic

01:20:10to the extreme.

01:20:12Having lost everything,

01:20:13he sank completely

01:20:14into boundless darkness.

01:20:15He had no mother,

01:20:16no kingdom,

01:20:17and no status

01:20:18to pride himself on.

01:20:19Whenever night fell

01:20:19across the empty ruins,

01:20:20he seemed to hear

01:20:21her gentle voices

01:20:21and another's painful cries

01:20:22from her swaddling clothes.

01:20:23Those memories transformed

01:20:24into the most brutal torture,

01:20:26tearing his mind apart

01:20:26bit by bit.

01:20:28Seraphina,

01:20:28look,

01:20:29I brought the sweetest

01:20:30spring water

01:20:30for our daughter today.

01:20:32He began to exhibit

01:20:32severe split personality symptoms.

01:20:34At times,

01:20:35he would kneel on the ground

01:20:36and slap himself frantically,

01:20:37crying out that he shouldn't

01:20:38have snatched his daughter's

01:20:39life-saving medicine.

01:20:40At other times,

01:20:41he would embrace

01:20:42the empty air gently,

01:20:43pretending his wife

01:20:44and child were still

01:20:45by his side.

01:20:45Vanessa,

01:20:47you vicious red!

01:20:49Give me back my daughter!

01:20:51Give me back my happiness!

01:20:52He drowned his sorrows

01:20:53in alcohol all day,

01:20:54his mind becoming

01:20:55increasingly fractured

01:20:56as he remained trapped

01:20:57indefinitely within

01:20:58the endless regret

01:20:59he had personally fashioned.

01:21:01Roman curled up

01:21:02in the corner

01:21:03of a freezing stone seat,

01:21:05his clothes tattered,

01:21:06his once-proud spine

01:21:08broken by regret.

01:21:09His hands were blooded

01:21:10and his fingernails

01:21:11filled with mud

01:21:12from frantically digging

01:21:13through the rubble

01:21:14for garments

01:21:15Serafana had left behind.

01:21:18Look at that.

01:21:20That's the wise lord

01:21:22who trampled his true wife

01:21:24for a green tea woman

01:21:26back then.

01:21:29He really is

01:21:30a pathetic dog.

01:21:32Ronian was completely

01:21:33deaf to these mocks,

01:21:34merely clutching

01:21:35a tattered cloth doll

01:21:36tightly to his chest,

01:21:37a toy he had fashioned

01:21:38for Iris from memory.

01:21:39Since his magic

01:21:40was entirely gone,

01:21:41his appearance was aging

01:21:43at a visible rate,

01:21:44his long hair turning

01:21:45into dry white strands.

01:21:46Whenever the harsh alcohol

01:21:48hit his throat,

01:21:49he would begin

01:21:50to self-harm.

01:21:51He used sharp stones

01:21:53to carve the name

01:21:54Serafina deeply

01:21:56into his arms,

01:21:57drawing blood,

01:21:58yet it could not stop

01:21:59the splitting pain

01:22:00in his chest.

01:22:03Serafina!

01:22:05This is retribution!

01:22:06This is my retribution!

01:22:08You let me live.

01:22:16The once high and mighty king

01:22:18had ultimately transformed

01:22:19into a mentally

01:22:20degranged madman

01:22:21fighting with wild dogs

01:22:22for food in the ruins.

01:22:24Death would be

01:22:25a merciful release for him,

01:22:26and remaining conscious

01:22:27to endure this life

01:22:28sentence of regret

01:22:29was his ultimate punishment.

01:22:32As for Jasper,

01:22:33the three-year-old fake he

01:22:34who had been pampered

01:22:35by the entire kingdom,

01:22:37he was, after all,

01:22:38an innocent and ignorant child

01:22:40who did not understand

01:22:40the greed and sins of adults.

01:22:42With the deaths

01:22:42of Vanair and Osquin,

01:22:43the vanity, privileges,

01:22:45and flambrity

01:22:45that had once surrounded him

01:22:46vanished overnight.

01:22:47Once the truth

01:22:48of the royal bloodline array spread,

01:22:49he was no longer

01:22:50the high and mighty young master,

01:22:52and the silver of magic

01:22:53he had forced out

01:22:53by stealing Iris'

01:22:54sacred tree extract

01:22:55completely withered

01:22:56due to a lack

01:22:56of subsequent nourishment.

01:22:57The forged mark

01:22:58on his forehead disappeared,

01:22:59and he was reduced

01:23:00to a perfectly ordinary,

01:23:01mediocre child.

01:23:03Take him away.

01:23:05Let him become

01:23:07an ordinary farming child

01:23:08at the border.

01:23:10This ruin of the Wind Kingdom

01:23:12should not retain

01:23:13a bloodline of sin.

01:23:16Father, mother,

01:23:18where did you go?

01:23:25Jasper will be good

01:23:26from now on.

01:23:30He no longer

01:23:31had a luxurious golden cradle

01:23:32or a crowd of attendants

01:23:33surrounding him.

01:23:34He was sent

01:23:35to a remote village

01:23:36far from power strangles,

01:23:37becoming an ordinary orphan

01:23:39who knew nothing

01:23:39of his birth parents,

01:23:41perhaps staying far away

01:23:42from the grievers here.

01:23:45The coronation ceremony

01:23:47lasted for seven days

01:23:48before finally came

01:23:49to a successful conclusion.

01:23:50Seraphina stood atop

01:23:51the highest altar

01:23:51of the Supreme Sanctuary,

01:23:53with past severing her ties,

01:23:54completely submission,

01:23:56weakness,

01:23:56and ridiculous mortal affection.

01:23:58To radiate in natural wings

01:23:59behind her back

01:24:00over all the warmth.

01:24:01And by her side,

01:24:01she held the hand

01:24:02of a beautiful,

01:24:03smiling young girl.

01:24:04Iris had completely recovered.

01:24:05Not only was the supreme bloodline

01:24:06within her body fully awakened,

01:24:07but her large eyes

01:24:08shone as brightly as a galaxy.

01:24:10Shaking her little head,

01:24:11she held Seraph onto

01:24:11the divine throne

01:24:12that symbolized

01:24:13the highest power

01:24:14of the elfin world

01:24:14amid the mountain-shattering

01:24:15worship of all living beings.

01:24:17Mother,

01:24:18it's so beautiful here.

01:24:20Will anyone dare

01:24:22to bully us

01:24:23from now on?

01:24:24Seraphina looked down,

01:24:26gently stroking

01:24:26the brilliant supreme golden mark

01:24:28on her forehead,

01:24:29her eyes filled

01:24:30with maternal resolve.

01:24:32No, my darling.

01:24:34From this day forward,

01:24:35Mother will protect you,

01:24:36and no one will ever be able

01:24:37to harm you in the slightest.

01:24:39Mother and daughter sat side by side

01:24:40upon the divine throne.

01:24:41Beneath their feet

01:24:42lay the vast,

01:24:43prospering territory

01:24:43of the elven royal family.

01:24:44The empress,

01:24:45who had cast aside

01:24:46romantic entactionments,

01:24:47now stood alone

01:24:47in her divinity,

01:24:48ruling over the sanctuary

01:24:49and beginning a legendary era

01:24:50that belonged entirely to them.

01:24:51To be continued...

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