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FULL MOVIES ENGLISH SUB (2026)
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FULL MOVIES ENGLISH SUB (2026)
#drama #cdrama #romantic #love #movie #shortdrama #showhots #2026
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00:00The moon wolf howled at the border, shaking the earth for three days.
00:04The serpent swept over the imperial capital, and all twelve elders spat blood at once.
00:09The phoenix flapped its wings, and thirty thousand troops dropped to their knees.
00:14No one knew the master of them all was me, the trash with no beast form.
00:24I exist by your will, master.
00:32Master, I am yours to command.
00:35Five years ago, I was the worthless outcast of House Blackpool.
00:39I failed to form a beast corps during the trial, so they stripped me from my resources.
00:44They threw me and my infant daughter into the Ashwood Forest, and left us there to die.
00:48I raised Sophia alone in the forest.
00:51To keep my daughter company, I turned ordinary animals to SSS tier beasts.
00:56Now they became her pets, that was how she called them.
01:00Sophia's gone off somewhere again.
01:03Whatever.
01:05Moonpaw and Nyx are watching her.
01:07She'll be fine.
01:09Three bounty hunters stumbled into the clearing near the eastern forest.
01:12In front of the three of them coiled a giant serpent.
01:14Stop!
01:15Why is there an SSS tier beast here?
01:18Captain, that's not one SSS tier.
01:22That's two!
01:23Our scanners showed this area had no beast activity at all.
01:27We only came for a few for a few B-ranked spirit herbs.
01:30Either one of those things could level a city district.
01:33We don't have a prey of surviving this.
01:35Just as they were waiting for death, a girl stepped out.
01:37Hey Moonpaw, Nyx!
01:39Don't scare the Unxles!
01:40The black serpent lowered its enormous head toward her.
01:43You're going to be eaten alive!
01:45Run!
01:46Uncle, don't be scared.
01:48They're good babies.
01:50Right, Snowpaw.
01:51Good boy.
01:52The SSS-ranked monster immediately lowered himself and carried the girl away on his back.
01:57Who the hell is this child?
01:59Several luxury SUVs stopped outside the forest.
02:02Where's the spirit hub?
02:05Mr. Blackwood, the mission failed.
02:10What?
02:11There are two SSS-ranked beasts inside that forest.
02:14We couldn't even get close.
02:17Such rare SSS-tier beasts in this dump forest?
02:20You think I'm an idiot?
02:22My lord, we saw them ourselves.
02:24Marcus waved them off.
02:25Then he and his entourage went to collect the spirit herb themselves.
02:29Mr. Blackwood, there must be a hundred A-raid plants here.
02:32And those over there, that's an S-class crimson root.
02:35And gods, is that a dragon's mouth orchid?
02:38Young master, we're rich!
02:41Marcus was already grabbing.
02:42Load everything, now!
02:44Hey!
02:45Sophia stepped out from the tree line, holding a basket in her arms.
02:48There was a little dog at her feet and a small snake on her shoulder.
02:51What are you doing in my garden?
02:53Go away, kid.
02:54We're handling business.
02:55This is my family's field.
02:57You're stealing.
02:59You're stealing.
03:02Kid, run along before you get hurt.
03:06This field belongs to House Blackwood now.
03:09Otherwise, I'll kill you.
03:11You're bullying people!
03:13I walked out from the forest shadows.
03:16And who gave you permission to threaten my daughter?
03:20Everyone turned instantly.
03:22Ethan!
03:23You're still alive!
03:25Lily immediately ran toward me.
03:28Daddy!
03:29They took our herbs and they were mean to me!
03:33I see that.
03:34My voice became ice cold.
03:38You trespassed into my territory.
03:41You threatened my daughter.
03:43So tell me, how do you want to die?
03:46Ethan, have you lost your mind?
03:49Five years ago, you couldn't even form a Beast Corps.
03:52You were thrown out of House Blackwood like a stray dog.
03:55And now you think you can threaten me?
03:57You're nothing now.
03:59A failed Beast Bond loser.
04:01How dare you be so insolent in front of the Blackwood heir?
04:04Know your place!
04:05Now kneel and beg forgiveness from our young master.
04:08Otherwise, you and your bastard daughter will die here today.
04:13Oh, right!
04:15Your parents' memorial relics are still inside the Blackwood Ancestral Hall.
04:19My brother now ranks second only to the Patriarch.
04:22He already said it.
04:23Soon, those relics will be thrown out with the rest of the trash!
04:26Nobody touches my parents.
04:28Perfect timing.
04:30I was already planning to return to House Blackwood.
04:33To settle every debt.
04:35You, a loser.
04:36Then I'll grant you the mercy of joining your parents in death.
04:40Kill him!
04:41Several Beast Tamers instantly summoned their contracted creatures.
04:44Daddy, they're scary.
04:47Close your eyes.
04:48The next second, the forest shook violently.
04:51What is that?
04:54Another war echo.
05:06SSS rank!
05:07All of them are SSS rank!
05:10That's impossible!
05:12Ethan didn't have Beast Corps!
05:13How could he possibly control five SSS rank beasts?
05:21Young Master Ethan!
05:23Please!
05:23We were blind!
05:25Please spare us!
05:27How...
05:27How can you control five SSS rank beasts?
05:30The debt between me and House Blackwood starts with you.
05:34Wait!
05:35You can't kill me!
05:35We're both Blackwoods.
05:37If you spare me, I'll speak for you when we return to House Blackwood.
05:40When you threw me and Sophia out into the wilderness, did any of you show mercy?
05:45That was different.
05:47Now you have five SSS rank beasts.
05:50The family will definitely welcome you back.
05:53My brother already has enormous influence inside Blackwood.
05:56As long as I help you, you'll become one of the most important people in the entire house.
06:00You really expect me to believe you.
06:02I didn't return for forgiveness.
06:04I came back for my parents' relics.
06:06As for coming back to House Blackwood, I couldn't care less.
06:11Ethan Blackwood!
06:12Don't push your luck!
06:14You think controlling a few SSS rank beasts makes you invincible?
06:18House Blackwood will crush you!
06:20Fuck you sooner or later!
06:22And that bastard daughter of yours!
06:27Daddy.
06:28My daughter was too kind.
06:30She doesn't like blood.
06:31He's scared.
06:34He's letting us go.
06:35When we go back to the House Blackwood, I'll get the secret from that trash.
06:40How he controls SSS rank beasts.
06:42And when we do, I'll be the one to kill him myself.
06:47The serpent immediately coiled itself around the Blackwood.
06:50And dragged them into the forest.
06:52No!
06:53Ethan, please!
06:56Daddy, where did they go?
06:59They won't bother us anymore.
07:02House Blackwood.
07:05After five years, I was finally returning.
07:10In the cabin, Sophia was looking outside through the window.
07:13Sophie, I have to deal with something at the Blackwood estate.
07:16Wait for me at home.
07:18No, Daddy, I want to go with you.
07:22Just to retrieve something.
07:24Blackwood is dangerous.
07:25There may be fighting.
07:26I won't let anyone hurt my daughter again.
07:28Nix and Moonpaw will stay here and protect you.
07:30I'll come back very soon.
07:32Okay.
07:35I'll secretly follow Daddy anyway.
07:38Meanwhile, in the castle of House Blackwood, Victor Blackwood frowned while sitting at the head of the council chamber.
07:44Alexander Blackwood sat across.
07:46Patriarch, my brother and the others still haven't returned.
07:49Do you think something might happen to him?
07:51This is White Hollow City.
07:53Who would dare touch a member of House Blackwild?
07:56But there are rumors.
07:58They say SSS-ranked beasts appeared in the forest.
08:01SSS-ranked in those wastelands, the strongest beasts there are barely B-ranked.
08:06People exaggerate nonsense whenever they get scared.
08:10And if there truly were SSS-ranked monsters, Marcus's team would never have survived long enough to report it.
08:17That's true.
08:18Patriarch is right.
08:22Still, they've been gone too long.
08:26Send an elite squad to locate Marcus.
08:30Yes, Patriarch.
08:34Patriarch.
08:36What is it?
08:39Ethan Blackwood has returned.
08:41It had been five years.
08:44That trash actually dared come back?
08:48Alexander left.
08:50Well, well.
08:51Isn't this the failure they threw out five years ago?
08:53What happened?
08:53Couldn't survive outside, so now you came crawling back, begging the family to take you in?
08:58And where's that bastard daughter of yours?
09:00She didn't starve to death out there, did she?
09:02The heir of mystically darkened.
09:05You're asking for death.
09:11Enough.
09:12You are no longer part of House Blackwood.
09:14And as Patriarch, I will never allow your return.
09:18Good.
09:19Because I'm not interested in returning.
09:21I came for one thing only.
09:23My parents' memorial relics.
09:25Those relics, they don't deserve to remain in the Blackwood anyway.
09:27But you think you can simply walk in and take them?
09:31I wasn't asking for a deal.
09:32House Blackwood hands them over peacefully.
09:34I may spare the family.
09:36But if anyone tries to stop me, they'll end up exactly like Marcus.
09:43What did you say?
09:44What happened to Marcus?
09:46He's dead.
09:49That's impossible!
09:50Who killed him?
09:52I did.
09:55You killed Marcus?
09:58Leon had an A-ranked beast contract, and you couldn't even form a beast corps!
10:02If Ethan really killed him, I'll eat dirt right here!
10:07Enough games.
10:09Ethan, say it clearly.
10:10What really happened to Marcus.
10:11You clearly know something.
10:13You're not leaving this estate until you explain.
10:16I'm not here to explain anything.
10:19Bring me my parents' relics.
10:21Or don't blame me for what happens next.
10:25You traitor!
10:26You colluded with outsiders to murder members of House Blackwood!
10:29You're the disgrace of this bloodline!
10:35Alexander unconsciously stepped back.
10:37Fine.
10:38You want the relics?
10:39I'll have them brought here.
10:41Alex, you...
10:43Rest assured, patriarch.
10:45Damien.
10:46Retrieve them.
10:47I couldn't wait to see what game the Blackwoods were playing.
10:51Far across the city, inside a black luxury car, sat a stunning woman.
10:56Evelyn Sterling.
10:57Heiress of House Sterling.
10:59One of the most powerful beast houses in the entire region.
11:02It's been five years.
11:04I wonder how Ethan and our daughter are doing now.
11:06Back then, I had no choice but to leave without saying goodbye.
11:11But this time, when I return, I'll make it up to them properly.
11:14Miss, are you thinking about him again?
11:16I heard he failed to form Beast Corps.
11:19He's not worthy of you.
11:22Pull over.
11:25Miss Sterling?
11:33Miss...
11:33Miss, do you know this child?
11:36No.
11:37But she gives me a strangely familiar feeling.
11:41Where did this wild little brat come from?
11:44You ate food without paying.
11:45I wasn't trying to not pay.
11:48I was just really hungry.
11:51My daddy is nearby.
11:53When I find him, he'll pay you double.
11:55Oh, really?
11:56Then where is your father?
11:58Call him over.
12:01I can't find daddy.
12:04I got lost.
12:09At your age and already lying.
12:11How much?
12:13Oh, miss, it's fine.
12:15I'll pay.
12:16Yes, yes, yes.
12:17Thank you, Miss Sterling.
12:20What a pretty big sister.
12:24It's all right now.
12:26Thank you for helping me pay.
12:30Why are you here alone?
12:32Where are your parents?
12:34I never had a mommy.
12:36Daddy had something important to do and didn't bring me.
12:40I'm sorry.
12:42I didn't know your mother had passed away.
12:45Oh, no, no.
12:46She disappeared right after giving birth to me.
12:49What kind of mother abandons her own child?
12:54People these days.
12:56Pretty big sister.
12:59Can you help me find daddy?
13:02Of course.
13:03Where is your father?
13:05My daddy went to House Blackwood.
13:07House Blackwood.
13:09Your father is from the Blackwood family.
13:12My daddy is not one of them.
13:15He said everyone in House Blackwood is bad.
13:17My daddy is nothing like them.
13:20Then why did he go there?
13:22He said he had something important to do.
13:25But he wouldn't tell me.
13:30What a coincidence.
13:32I'm going to House Blackwood too.
13:34I'll take you there.
13:36Really?
13:38Thank you, pretty sister.
13:40The car slowly drove toward the Blackwood estate.
13:43Big sister.
13:44My name is Sophia.
13:45What's your name?
13:48Evelyn Sterling.
13:50Wow.
13:51Big sister is pretty and has a pretty name.
13:54Big sister.
13:56Can you be my mommy?
13:58What?
13:59My daddy is super handsome and really, really powerful.
14:06He definitely deserves someone as pretty as you.
14:09But big sister already have a husband and child.
14:12Then where are they?
14:16I came back to this city.
14:19To find them.
14:20Inside House Blackwood, dozens of beast tamers surrounded me in the ancestral courtyard.
14:27Young master.
14:28The relics have been retrieved.
14:30Those were the final remains left behind by my parents.
14:34Give them to me.
14:35I only said I would bring them here.
14:38I never said I would give them to you.
14:42Five years ago, I made you crawl out of this house like a stray dog.
14:47And five years later, you're still that same pathetic dog.
14:51You came back here only to humiliate yourself again.
14:57You want these?
14:59Simple.
15:01Kneel.
15:01Then explain exactly how my brother died.
15:05If I'm satisfied, I might return them to you.
15:09Or I'll break it now.
15:11Kneel!
15:12Kneel!
15:14Kneel!
15:15Kneel!
15:15Kneel!
15:16Kneel!
15:16Kneel!
15:17Kneel!
15:18Dad.
15:20Mom.
15:23Ethan!
15:24You actually let those filthy beasts attack me!
15:28Kill him!
15:29Every beast tamer in the courtyard summoned their creatures simultaneously.
15:35House Blackwood no longer needs to exist.
15:53it's you daddy you know this pretty big sister sophia why are you here didn't i tell you to
16:04wait for me you cannot reveal the truth right now if your past becomes public then everything
16:10you've worked for these past years will collapse in the sterling family only the next heir could
16:16truly protect ethan and sophia right now she still wasn't strong enough ethan sophia i'm sorry
16:25i still can't acknowledge you openly i need to become the heir of house sterling first
16:32only then can i truly protect both of you
16:37miss sterling we didn't know you were coming please forgive our poor hostility house blackwood
16:45is merely cleaning up internal matters this arrogant trash simply refused to understand his place
16:52you're not allowed to insult my daddy so this little trot is already this big
16:58she's just as worthless as her father
17:04who did you just call worthless i i meant ethan's daughter miss sterling do you know ethan
17:17ethan blackwilled once saved my life ethan saved miss sterling that's impossible
17:25and only called me her savior she never admitted our real relationship there had to be a reason
17:31back then she vanished overnight without even saying goodbye now it finally made sense something
17:36must have happened inside house sterling i slowly glanced toward her after this was over i would ask
17:42her everything if mr ethan is miss sterling's benefactor then of course he may take the memorial relics at
17:49any time several blackwood members looked horrified how did ethan end up connected to house sterling
17:54but none of them dared speak further house sterling was one of the supreme beast houses of the entire
18:00continent provoking them meant destruction alexander laughed nervously this this was all just a
18:07misunderstanding please don't take offense miss sterling it was not a misunderstanding they sent
18:12people into the mountains to steal daddy's herbs they even wanted to kill us good thing nix and moonpan
18:20protected us evelyn's eyes instantly turned cold you sent people off to them alexander's entire face pale
18:27there must be some misunderstanding daddy and i have lived in the forest the whole time
18:33i've really been living life for five years five years ago i was expelled from house blackwood
18:39i stopped being part of this family long ago a terrifying pressure exploded in the couple of months
18:44very good house blackwood humiliated my benefactor from today onward all sterling industries will
18:55terminate every partnership with house blackwell the entire courtyard instantly exploded into pain
18:59miss sterling please this will destroy house blackwell now you're afraid too late alexander
19:08immediately turned toward me desperately ethan as long as you speak for us house blackwood will
19:16compensate you spirit herbs treasures ancient cultivation manuals anything we own you may choose
19:23use freely you should apologize to him apologize
19:30ethan we were wrong please show mercy please spare house blackwell
19:35daddy take all their treasures the hundred year blood screwed the thousand year moon fungus and all the treasures inside
19:45their vault
19:49we'll give them all to you sofia happily held my hand daddy let's go
19:55it's only the beginning if something more important hadn't happened today i would have destroyed all of you personally
20:03after i and the others left the entire blackwood estate exploded into fury
20:08today house blackwood was humiliated like this because of ethan no one expected that trash
20:14would become connected to evelyn sterling because of ethan
20:19we've completely offended house sterling
20:22how are we supposed to rebuild ties with them now
20:25young master
20:28you've forgotten something
20:30house sterling doesn't belong to evelyn alone
20:34you mean lucas sterling
20:38evelyn and lucas are competing for the position of air
20:43they despise each other
20:44if we support lucas with everything we have
20:48then once he becomes a patriarch
20:50evelyn sterling will become nothing more than a stray dog
20:54and ethan
20:56he'll be ours to crush whatever we want
20:58and those beasts beside him
21:00will belong to house blackwell
21:02meanwhile inside the sterling convoy evelyn quietly sat beside me
21:09i'm sorry ethan
21:11you and sofia suffered in those mountains because of me
21:15i want to know the truth
21:19why did you disappear five years ago
21:22five years ago
21:24my grandfather fell critically ill
21:26he announced a succession trial for the next heir of house sterling
21:30my opponent
21:32was my brother lucas sterling
21:35he's ruthless
21:38even if i lost
21:39he never would have spared me
21:42if he discovered you and sofia existed
21:46he would have used you against me
21:47so the only way to protect both of you
21:52was for me to leave alone
21:53and fight for control of house sterling
21:55i finally fell silent
21:57so all these years she had been protecting us in her own way
22:01during these years inside house sterling
22:05i gained access to certain hidden records
22:07records about your parents
22:11what records
22:14the deaths of your parents contain many suspicious details
22:17they may not actually be dead
22:21what
22:22now that i thought about it
22:23nobody had ever truly seen their bodies
22:25the family only claimed they disappeared during a classified mission
22:28i slowly narrowed my eyes
22:30what else do you know
22:32house sterling records many hidden matters
22:35but only the next patriarch can fully access them
22:40ethan
22:42when i become the heir of house sterling
22:44i promise i'll uncover the truth for you
22:47then maybe
22:48i should help you become heir
22:51no
22:52you failed the beast bond trial
22:54you're still officially considered an ordinary human
22:57the power struggle inside house sterling is far more dangerous than you imagine
23:01i can't drag you into it
23:02as long as you and sofia stay safe
23:05that's already enough for me
23:08this stubborn woman
23:09sofia suddenly poked her head between us
23:11daddy
23:13big sister
23:14what are you two doing?
23:20nothing
23:21it's just too hot in here
23:23yes
23:23too hot
23:29ethan
23:30what are your plans now?
23:32why don't you stay at house sterling for now?
23:34that would make helping you much easier
23:37miss
23:38is this really appropriate?
23:40our wenchinal purpose was to search for an a-range spirit herb
23:43now not only did to find we one
23:46and you're bringing back an ordinary man and a child
23:49i'm afraid the family won't approve
23:51if you truly care about miss stabling
23:55you should leave voluntarily instead of becoming her burden
23:58old grandpa
23:59if we find that a-rank herb thingy
24:02then daddy and i can go with big sister, right?
24:05if someone can truly provide the herb house stallet needs
24:10then naturally they will become honored guests
24:14but daddy grows lots of herbs in our garden
24:17a-rank spirit worms are heavenly treasures
24:20not weeds grown in some backyard
24:23i'm not lying
24:25daddy grows lots of mountain weeds
24:29ignorant child
24:32if you don't believe us
24:34then come see daddy's herb field
24:39all right
24:41let's go see it
24:42several beast tamers under evelyn followed us into the forest
24:46the deeper we traveled
24:47the thinner the spiritual energy became
24:51this place
24:52is practically a wasteland
24:54i refuse to believe any high-grade spirit herbs could grow here
24:57so ethan and sophia really lived in this kind of environment for five years
25:02we're almost there
25:03i'd like to see what kind of herb field exists in these cursed mountains
25:07suddenly something huge rushed through the forest nearby
25:15careful
25:16several sterling guards instantly summoned their contracted beasts
25:20a gigantic demonic wolf flashed across the trees
25:23its terrifying aura made everyone's expressions change instantly
25:27but the next second the wolf suddenly stopped
25:29then it lowered its head slightly toward us before disappearing into the forest
25:33that demonic wolf
25:35ran away
25:36with the strength of that creature
25:38it shouldn't fear ordinary beast tamers
25:41perhaps
25:42it saw our numbers and chose to retreat
25:44is that a giant puppy just now?
25:46does this kid even know how dangerous that wolf is?
25:49we're here!
25:50huh?
25:52what?
25:52spirit energy flooded the entire area
25:55hundreds of glowing herbs covered the fields
25:57A-rank scarlet bloodroot
25:59A-rank frost vine grass
26:00S-rank dragon spine fruit
26:02S-rank violet moon lotus
26:03this
26:04how is this possible not only A-rank
26:06there are S-rank herbs too
26:09that's dragon spine fruit
26:10and over there
26:11violet blood grass
26:12oh my god
26:13there are so many
26:15how did you do this?
26:17i was bored living in the forest
26:18so i casually planted some herbs
26:20if you need them
26:21just take whatever you want
26:22casually planted
26:23just take whatever you want
26:24those were treasures that entire beast houses would slaughter each other over
26:27see? i told you daddy grows lots of herbs
26:30now daddy and i can go with pretty big sister, right?
26:32of course! of course you can!
26:34mr. ethan is now a great benefactor of house sterling
26:36this man had somehow become even more unfathomable during the years she was gone
26:40the convoy finally arrived at house sterling
26:43the massive silver gates slowly open
26:46please enter
26:48well, well
26:49you really are impossible to get rid of
26:53lucas sterling
26:54so this is the trash you brought back
26:58young master lucas
26:59this man is ethan blackwood
27:01five years ago he was expelled from house blackwood
27:03for failing the beast bond trial
27:05he's just a useless nobody
27:08Evelyn
27:08did you hit your head somewhere?
27:10you brought this kind of trash into house sterling?
27:13a failure like him already brings bad luck just by standing here
27:15lucas
27:16you have no authority to drive him away
27:18ethan saved my life
27:19and he brought life-saving spirit herbs for grandfather
27:21spirit herbs
27:23a beast bond failure found life-saving herbs
27:25Evelyn
27:26you aren't being scammed, are you?
27:28we're not liars! daddy's herbs can save grandpa!
27:31oh really? then where are these miraculous herbs?
27:37s-raig's dragon's fruit
27:40no
27:41this has to be fake
27:43young master lucas
27:44the patriarch's condition is worsening
27:47we should administer the medicine immediately
27:49i'm taking it to grandfather now
27:52who knows whether this s-rank herb is real
27:54grandfather is critically ill
27:56you can't raimely feed him unknown medicine
27:59my a-rank sunflower grass is authentic
28:01and it's far more suitable for treating grandfather's illness
28:04an a-rank herb won't save him
28:34and what exactly are you supposed to be?
28:36how is this happening?
28:37why didn't the medicine work?
29:07my daddy already told you
29:08he's dead inside his body
29:09now fire poison attacks his heart
29:11while frost poison invades his veins
29:42his spiritual balance has completely collapsed
29:42s-rank herbs
29:43you wouldn't have survived
29:44s-rank herbs are priceless treasures
29:47mr blackwood
29:48house starlin owes you a great debt
29:50it was nothing
29:51this man absolutely could not be allowed to live
29:56the old patriarch's breathing had steadied
29:59i stood at the threshold of lord sterling's bedchamber
30:01arms folded
30:02watching the color slowly return to his weathered face
30:05three days ago
30:06evelyn's grandfather had been bleeding out from the inside
30:09the result of a beast core rupture
30:11that even the sterling family's a-rank healers couldn't contain
30:15the room still smelled of medicinal smoke
30:17and panic
30:18it was evelyn who had called me
30:20and i had come
30:21the moment i stepped into the hall i felt the shift in the air
30:25a familiar weight of contempt
30:26badly disguised as aristocratic composure
30:29i'd worn that kind of contempt myself
30:31before house blackwood stripped it from me along with everything else
30:35grandfather
30:36it was the herbs i brought that saved you
30:39my a-rank compound started the healing process
30:41don't flatter yourself
30:42it was the s-rate catalyst ethan provided
30:45your herbs were supplementable
30:48supplementary?
30:49that's generous
30:50no one even knows where this failed black will cast out a quiet s-reek beast corps
30:55i said nothing
30:56i had learned over five years of exile that silence was its own kind of blade
31:00i am aware of all your contributions
31:02but an s-rank beast corps
31:04given freely without asking class
31:08that is not a small thing mr blackwood
31:10house sterling does not forget this
31:12there was nothing
31:13lucas hated that answer
31:15he had been expecting me to stumble over gratitude
31:17to scrape and bow
31:19instead i was already turning toward the door
31:21rest lord sterling
31:22the bond between your system and the catalyst will fully stabilize within 48 hours
31:26i left without looking at lucas again
31:28there was no point
31:29i already knew what was coming
31:32they sent the house steward after me
31:34not lucas himself
31:35he was too proud for that
31:36the man caught me in the corridor outside the guest quarters
31:39behind him two of lucas's personal bonded creatures lurked
31:42a pair of a-rank shadowhounds
31:44their dark coats shimmering with suppressed aggression
31:47mr blackwood
31:48young master lucas requests a private audience
31:52i'm not interested
31:57i stopped
31:58because i was deciding how much to show them
32:00the answer was
32:01nothing yet
32:02i turned
32:03lead the way
32:04lucas was waiting in one of the sterling manor's smaller reception rooms
32:08the kind used for negotiations you wanted to keep off the official record
32:14let's skip the pleasantries
32:16fine
32:17the s-rank beast cores
32:19where did you get them
32:20does it matter
32:22you were expelled from house blackwood five years ago
32:25at the time you had nothing
32:27no contracted beast
32:28no beast core
32:29a failed beast bond trial
32:31men who can't bond don't accumulate s-rank catalects
32:34so
32:35what's your secret
32:36i looked at him
32:38he was young
32:38maybe 23
32:39smart enough to be dangerous
32:41not wise enough to be careful
32:43help me
32:43share whatever advantage you've found
32:45when i become head of house sterling you'll be rewarded
32:47status
32:48wealth
32:49power
32:51evelyn can't give you those things
32:52she's fighting for her own survival
32:54just to be clear
32:55you're offering me table scraps from a seat you haven't won yet
32:58here's my answer
33:00you have nothing i want
33:01you aries
33:02you try to move against me inside these walls
33:05i won't wait for you to finish
33:06and i won't be polite about it
33:08i walked out
33:09behind me i heard lucas's voice
33:12he knows something
33:13find out what it is
33:14and bring me his daughter
33:15my steps didn't falter
33:17but something cold moved through me
33:19sophia
33:21the
33:21those
33:21if there's no other world
33:22i know it
33:22thanks for that
33:22so
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