00:12That's not a dragon egg, it's a dead one.
00:15Does Black Flame keep gone completely mad?
00:18They actually gave the future queen a dead egg.
00:22That's a slap in the face to House Ashbur.
00:27By law, the heir to the throne must propose to his future queen with a genuine dragon egg.
00:33But Lucien gave me a dead dragon egg instead.
00:42Oh, Serafina, surely you're not upset over a single dragon egg?
00:47Surely anyone with the true blood of the Dragon King could awaken it?
00:50Or perhaps you're not quite as gifted as everyone believes.
01:05Lucien.
01:08Lucien, tell me.
01:11Was the dead dragon egg on the altar your decision?
01:14Come on, it's not that serious.
01:17Lydia's always been a little mischievous.
01:19It's just a dragon egg.
01:30So, you know this.
01:32So what if I knew?
01:34The decree is clear.
01:36Our houses are to be bound by marriage.
01:39The egg is nothing more than a ritual.
01:46In the end, I'm still the one you'll marry.
01:53To him, my dignity and my family's honor meant nothing.
01:59Well, now that that's settled, let's look forward to seeing Serafina awaken the dragon egg on our wedding day.
02:14That look on her face.
02:16Someone's about to be in serious trouble.
02:22The decree only made me the future dragon queen.
02:25It never once said I had to marry Lucien.
02:28Which means whoever I choose to marry will become the future heir.
02:39House Draen has taken this too far.
02:44This is a blatant insult to House Ashberg.
02:53Father.
02:57My dear, you've been through enough today.
03:08I'm not the one who should be afraid.
03:11They are.
03:14You've already thought of something, haven't you?
03:19A little.
03:20This engagement is not something we can simply walk away from.
03:24The dragon king issued that decree himself.
03:27Unless the royal family withdraws its order, it must be obeyed.
03:30Our family's survival is at stake.
03:36Father, do you remember the decree's exact wording?
03:41Of course.
03:44The decree named Serafina Ashberg as the future dragon queen of Black Flame Keep.
03:51Yes.
03:59So does the decree actually say I have to marry Lucien?
04:06The dragon king chose a dragon queen.
04:09He never chose a bride for Lucien.
04:17As long as the heir changes, the marriage still stands.
04:21And the decree still applies.
04:24Then?
04:26We just changed the heir.
04:29This is insane.
04:30The duke of Draven would never agree to this.
04:35What if the humiliation had been aimed at Halston instead?
04:49If Lucien can't live without Lydia,
04:51then he can keep her
04:53for the rest of his life.
05:00He's here.
05:06Velrak!
05:09My lord!
05:10Velrak's Draven!
05:11Request an audience!
05:19Now the real danger begins.
05:31Duke Cedric, forgive the late Androsian.
05:35If you're here to apologize on behalf of House Draven,
05:38I suggest you turn around and leave.
05:40House Ashhouse does not accept this kind of humiliation.
05:45I'm not here to apologize.
05:47I'm not here to apologize.
05:48Oh?
05:49So what are you here for?
05:51To show off?
05:53I'm here to discuss a deal.
06:00A deal?
06:02Draen and Ashburn.
06:04Is that what you're suggesting?
06:05I heard about what happened today.
06:07The dead dragon egg.
06:09Lydia.
06:10And Lucien's choice.
06:12Personally,
06:13I think he was a complete fool.
06:17To alienate the Ashburn family over a woman.
06:20To jeopardize his claim to the inheritance over a woman.
06:24A man who makes choices like that
06:25wouldn't survive three days on a battlefield.
06:28There were no hollow excuses.
06:29No nauseating speeches about the greater good.
06:32He simply stated the facts.
06:39Go on.
06:41Once my father heard,
06:42he proceeded to break everything in his study.
06:45Looks like the Duke of Draven has finally discovered
06:48he's been raising a fool.
06:52Technically, he's always known.
06:56The dead egg incident is all over the capital by now.
07:00The Dragon King is summoning people for answers tomorrow.
07:02Handle this poorly
07:04and Draymond loses royal trust.
07:07Ashburn loses its standing.
07:10And Lucien
07:12stands to lose his inheritance.
07:16That's why I'm asking for the Ashburn family's support.
07:19Wait!
07:19Are you saying
07:20you're trying to replace him?
07:22I intend to become the new heir.
07:24It's the outcome that benefits both our families the most.
07:29And if you become the heir,
07:30what happens to my daughter's engagement?
07:33Since no specific heir has ever been named,
07:35whoever becomes the heir becomes Seraphina's future husband.
07:38Wait.
07:40Are you actually proposing to me
07:42by replacing your own brother as heir?
07:45So you noticed.
07:46Which means?
07:49Deal.
07:58Father.
07:59It was just a dead dragon egg.
08:02Why are you stripping me of my right
08:03to attend the family council?
08:06You know what I regret most right now?
08:11What?
08:15I regret not sending you to the Northlands
08:18to be tempered all these years.
08:25At least then,
08:26you might have learned
08:27what responsibility actually means.
08:29Father!
08:30Lydia was just playing a harmless prank.
08:33Seraphina wasn't actually hurt.
08:42Even now,
08:43you're still treating this
08:44like some kind of joke?
08:47The Ashborns
08:48are one of the most powerful houses
08:49in the realm
08:50and you threw that away for a woman!
08:53You don't deserve
08:54to be the heir.
09:13The entire capital
09:14is waiting for you
09:15to embarrass yourself.
09:16They can't wait
09:17to see you cry.
09:23Then they're in
09:23for a huge disappointment.
09:39Seriously?
09:39The Dragon King
09:40is demanding answers
09:41and he actually had the nerve
09:42to bring that commoner girl here.
09:43The future heir
09:44has officially lost his mind.
09:56Don't worry.
09:59With me here,
10:01no one's going to lay
10:02a finger on you.
10:04Let her go.
10:21You're in the royal court,
10:23not your private bedroom.
10:25All bringing this woman here
10:27does is confirm
10:27how utterly foolish you are.
10:50Someone tell me,
10:52how did a marriage
10:53that was supposed
10:54to be a celebration
10:55become the capital's laughing stock?
10:59My king,
11:00House Draven
11:00has failed in its duty.
11:02I am prepared
11:03to bear the full consequences.
11:05Bear the consequences?
11:07The damage was done
11:08the moment
11:08that dead dragon egg
11:10was placed on the altar.
11:13Explain yourself.
11:16My king,
11:19the situation
11:20isn't nearly as serious
11:21as the rumors make it seem.
11:23Lydia was just playing
11:24a harmless prank.
11:25There was no malicious
11:26intent behind it.
11:30And as the betrothal
11:32remains unaffected,
11:33the matter should be
11:33considered resolved,
11:34so...
11:35So what?
11:38So what you're saying
11:39is this?
11:40An insult
11:41to the future dragon queen?
11:43An insult
11:44to House Ashman?
11:45And even an insult
11:46to my royal decree?
11:48Just a joke!
11:50Is that what you mean?
11:59My king!
12:01It's all my fault!
12:05Please,
12:07don't punish Lucien.
12:08I was just too in love with him.
12:10I know I'm of low birth.
12:13I'm not worthy of him.
12:15That's why I acted out of impulse.
12:18If someone has to be punished,
12:21punish me alone.
12:24Lady Serafina,
12:26I offer you
12:27my sincere apologies.
12:30Please,
12:30forgive me.
12:32She does look pitiful,
12:34and she did apologize after all.
12:41Lydia,
12:44I only have one question.
12:47If that dead dragon egg
12:48from yesterday's altar
12:49had shown up
12:49at your engagement ceremony,
12:52would you still call it a joke?
12:58If you were the one
12:59being humiliated,
13:01what if the whole capital
13:03was laughing at you?
13:05What if you were the one
13:06whose bloodline
13:07was being questioned?
13:10Would you still call it a joke?
13:16And if you were truly sorry,
13:18why didn't you apologize yesterday?
13:21Why wait until the dragon king
13:23was furious
13:24and summoned you here
13:25before suddenly
13:26on this act of remorse?
13:36Stop, Serafina!
13:38She's already apologized!
13:39Are you trying to drive her
13:40to her death?
13:49Lucian.
13:50As an heir,
13:51when your decisions
13:52harm your own house,
13:53you take responsibility.
13:55not make excuses
13:56and certainly not push
13:58a woman forward
13:59as a scapegoat.
14:00Velrak,
14:01if it were you,
14:02how would you handle it?
14:05If she dares humiliate
14:07my fiancée,
14:09she wouldn't even live
14:11long enough
14:11to stand here.
14:15And if I were to allow
14:16something like that
14:17to happen,
14:18then I should be the one
14:19to lose my claim
14:20to the inheritance.
14:29IMPOSSIBLE!
14:30Father,
14:31you cannot possibly agree
14:32to this absurd
14:32royal backdane!
14:34Why not?
14:36I'm your own
14:38flesh and blood!
14:39This is my
14:40official application.
14:43You submitted it yourself?
14:46Just for a woman?
14:48Even now,
14:49you still think
14:49Lydia's the problem!
14:50The problem is you!
14:52As the heir,
14:53you failed
14:54to take responsibility!
14:55You've never been
14:56protecting love,
14:58only your selfish desire.
14:59I will not let this family
15:01fall into the hands
15:02of a fool!
15:05Why is everyone
15:07blaming me?!
15:07My lady,
15:08the mood in the capital
15:09has changed.
15:10Everyone is speaking
15:11against you.
15:12Shut up!
15:13Terafina still has
15:14her engagement!
15:15Why is everyone
15:16feeling sorry for her?!
15:19No.
15:21Lucian mustn't fall.
15:23He's the only person
15:25I can rely on.
15:27He's the only person
15:38I can rely on.
15:41If an heir can be replaced because of a single dead dragon egg, then he was never fit for the
15:46position in the first place.
15:53I'm starting to understand why my father favors you.
15:57The Duke of Draven favors me?
16:00Before the dead dragon egg incident, he had already hoped you would become the mistress of House Draven.
16:05You are intelligent and level-headed, and this kingdom's future needs a lady like you.
16:16Sepraphine, I have a question.
16:19If I win the succession, do you accept my proposal of marriage?
16:26Valorax, are you asking me to marry you?
16:30Yes, I am.
16:46Let's begin.
16:51My king, I formally request a reassessment of Black Flame Holt's succession rights.
16:57Lucian has gravely failed in his duty and damaged the Crown's authority.
17:03Father, what are you saying?
17:08Lucian, do you have anything to say?
17:19It was just an accident.
17:22I have not made any major mistakes all these years.
17:26If I were given another chance, would you still stand by Lydia, no matter what?
17:33She didn't mean it.
17:36I will not abandon her because of a single mistake.
17:45Were I the heir.
17:50At the first sign of a crisis, I would publicly apologize, fully compensate the losses, punish those responsible, and take
17:57full accountability for the consequences.
18:00Even if the one who caused it was the woman you love, if she harmed the core interests of the
18:06family, then she'll have me as her first enemy.
18:17No, it's all my fault!
18:19Please, don't blame Lucian.
18:22He was only trying to protect me.
18:25Take her away.
18:28My king!
18:29Please show mercy!
18:36Lucian Draven.
18:40You lack the most essential quality of a ruler.
18:45Responsibility.
18:46Effective immediately, you are stripped of all rights as first heir to Black Flame Keep.
18:55From this day forward, Velrax Drarren is hereby declared the sole lawful heir to Black Flame Keep.
19:04As you command, my king.
19:13Velrax, do you know what it means to be an heir?
19:18Responsibility.
19:19What else?
19:23Protection.
19:27Queen, you're finally settled.
19:30The betrothal is finally settled.
19:32The future dragon queen.
19:34It seems the royal family has already decided to sign it.
19:50I look forward to seeing you become king.
19:58My queen, we've only just begun.
20:02My queen, we've only just begun.
20:06The fifth layer here, so like a little boy.
20:06Oh, my king, I'm sorry.
20:07I'm totally witnesses.
20:08Because I've been
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