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Husband and Brother Destroyed Me, I Came Back
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00:02As the bishop announced Adrian and I were wed, a group of blood-soaked mercenaries bandishing
00:07swords burst in.
00:09Adrian didn't hesitate for a moment, shumming me towards the ruffins, then turning and fleeing
00:13with his cousin Lillian without a backward glance.
00:16Under the horrified gaze of the other nobles attending the wedding, I was pinned to the
00:21ground by those rumpels and subjected to brutal humiliation.
00:25When the ruffins finally dispersed, I was lying in a pool of blood, my abdomen a bloody
00:31mess from sharp blades, my body covered in marks of shame.
00:34My parents, witnessing the tragedy, both fainted.
00:38My brother, General Rowan, trembled he carried my broken body back to my bedroom.
00:43He entered the palace that very night, begging the king to allow him to eliminate those rumpens
00:48and send a royal physician to save my life.
00:51In a daze, I faintly heard Rowan and Adrian whispering.
00:56Those mercenaries have been thoroughly silenced by me.
00:59No one will ever know that you deliberately sent them to destroy Seraphine.
01:03But Seraphina looks so miserable.
01:06But this is all your fault.
01:08You wanted Lillian to be Duchess.
01:10Couldn't you have just said so directly?
01:12For Lillian, I'd even have persuaded Seraphine to be your mistress.
01:15Why did you torment her like this?
01:16Adrian shook his head, his expression dark.
01:20Seraphina has noble blood.
01:21How could she possibly willingly give up the Duchess' crone out to Lillian?
01:24Only by making her feel like she's a dirty, broken thing will she treat Lillian with humility
01:29and not compete with her.
01:33Rowan sighed, muttering to himself as if to reassure himself.
01:37You were poisoned that night and Lillian lost his virginia to save you.
01:40She's carrying your child, yet she can only be your mistress.
01:44It's truly unfair to her.
01:46I can't marry her, so I can only sacrifice Seraphina for her happiness.
01:50Although Seraphina has lost her crassity, she's still my sister.
01:53Long as I'm here, no one will dare to look down on her.
01:56Just don't mistreat Seraphina in the future.
01:58Everything I've done is merely to repay Lillian's kindness.
02:02Seraphina will always be the only wife in my heart.
02:05I've already transferred my two manias to her name.
02:08Even without status, she will be my most favoured woman.
02:12She will be content.
02:14So all the despair and suffering I endured was merely a conspiracy they concrocted to pamper Lillian.
02:20I used all my strength to smash my wedding ring against the wall.
02:23This kind of false love and kinship, I want none of it.
02:27The royal physicians arrived quickly, surrounding my bed,
02:30their brows beaded with sweat from urgency.
02:34Thank the gods. General Rowan brought us in time.
02:37Miss Seraphina can still be saved.
02:39However, these words instantly darkened the expressions of my brother and husband.
02:44Adrian immediately pressed.
02:46What about her fertility? Can it still be preserved?
02:49The physician, thinking he was concerned for me, quickly reassured him.
02:54It can be preserved, my lord.
02:56With careful recuperation, the Duchess will still be able to bear children for you in the future.
03:01Before the words finished, Adrian suddenly drew his sword, pushed aside the physician,
03:06and without hesitation, plunged the blade into my abdomen.
03:11Your grace!
03:13The physician screamed in terror, and Rowan, shocked, also took a step back.
03:18Adrian's hand holding the sword trembled slightly,
03:21but he clenched his teeth tightly, cruelly twisting the blade.
03:25I cannot allow her to have the possibility of bearing any children.
03:29I convulsed and wild on the bed from the pain, but I didn't even have the strength to struggle.
03:34My lord! Why do you treat your wife this way?
03:38The physician cried out in despair.
03:41Even if you despise her for being defiled by thugs,
03:44you shouldn't harm her with such barbaric methods!
03:48With this sword thrust, not only will the Duchess be forever unable to conceive,
03:53but her very life force has been damaged.
03:55I fear she won't survive this winter!
03:57However, the physician's warning did not shay Adrian in the slightest.
04:01How could I possibly despise my Seraphina?
04:04His expression was dazed, and a sickly heartache appeared on his face.
04:08It's just that I promised Lillian that I would give her everything she desires.
04:12She wants her child to be my sole heir.
04:15As a nobleman, I cannot go back on my word.
04:19He leaned down and wiped the cold sweat from my forehead with his hands stained with my blood.
04:26Seraphina, no matter how many rare and precious herbs are needed,
04:29I will find them to keep you alive.
04:32You'll understand, won't you?
04:34Rowan let out a long sigh, turned, and pointed his sword at the physician's,
04:38his eyes dark and menacing.
04:40If any of you dare to utter a single word about what happened tonight,
04:44I will send you to the gallows.
04:47A cold glint splashed, and the physicians shivered,
04:50no longer daring to make a sound.
04:52Hurry!
04:53And give her a strong painkiller!
04:55Can't you see she's in such agony?
04:58Adrian, eyes red, roared.
05:00He held me in his arms, his expression distraught with grief.
05:04Seraphina, from now on, I will never let anyone hurt you again.
05:11Don't be afraid, Seraphina.
05:13Rowan said in a deep voice, like the most devoted guardian.
05:16I will stay by your side every step of the way until you recover.
05:20I closed my eyes, tears silently tracing paths into my hair.
05:25They held me tightly, appearing to be in extreme distress.
05:29But just then, a trembling maid reported from outside the door
05:32that Miss Lillian was trying on the Duchess's formal gown
05:35and wished for the two lords to come and see.
05:39At that instant, both of their breaths faulted simultaneously.
05:43A few seconds later, Adrian said,
05:46I won't go.
05:48Although he said so, his face revealed unconcealed, doting affection.
05:53The gold thread embroidery on that gown was a design I personally drew
05:56and had the tailor rush to complete.
05:58When she is formally crowned as Duchess in a few days,
06:01I will naturally see her at her most beautiful.
06:04Rowan also softly echoed,
06:06I won't go either.
06:08Lillian's sapphire crown was crafted by an artisan at my request,
06:12and I already know how perfectly it suits her.
06:17I had the wedding preparation settled a month ago.
06:20Tell her to rest well for the pregnancy and not to overexert himself.
06:24I have also prepared all of Lillian's wedding gifts.
06:27The treasure acquired through ten years of military
06:29is enough to circle the central plaz of the capital.
06:32I will definitely wouldn't let the royal family look down on her.
06:36They looked at each other and sighed.
06:39It's just that Seraphine's fate hangs in the balance right now,
06:42so we must stay and watch over her.
06:45For the first time, they chose to stay by my side.
06:49Yet I only felt a sorrow that pierced me to the bone.
06:53Dark blood continuously gushed from the corners of my mouth,
06:56and amidst their terrified cries,
06:58I completely succumbed to darkness.
07:00When I woke up again,
07:02Rowan and Adrian were kneeling by my bedside,
07:05looking haggard with disheveled struggle.
07:08Seeing me open my eyes,
07:10their eyes lit up with wild joy.
07:13Seraphina, you've finally woken up.
07:17It's all my fault for not protecting you.
07:19Adrian, a man who had never shed tears on the battlefield,
07:23was now crying like a child.
07:26I couldn't even save my own sister.
07:28These hands of mine might as well be broken!
07:30Rowan's eyes were also red-rinned,
07:32and he even drew a dagger,
07:34pressing it against his wrist as if to cut it off.
07:36I closed my eyes and forced a desolate, cold laugh.
07:40How could I blame you?
07:42It's only because my life is worthless.
07:45Their expressions dimmed a little,
07:47but without any trace of guilt.
07:49Seraphina, the physician said,
07:51you probably won't be able to have your own children,
07:53but rest assured,
07:54I will never despise you for being unclean.
07:57Seraphina, you are still the woman I love most in my heart.
08:00Adrian looked at me cautiously.
08:02Recover well.
08:03If you truly like children,
08:04I'll adopt a child for you later, alright?
08:08I laughed silently.
08:10Adopt a child?
08:12Lillian's child?
08:14They had even taken away my right to bear my own bloodline.
08:17Why should I raise the flesh and blood
08:19of the woman who climbed over my flesh and blood?
08:22I slowly yoke my head.
08:24No need.
08:25I don't have that good fortune.
08:27Seraphina,
08:28don't dwell on these bloody matters anymore.
08:31Your brother swears to you
08:33that he will never let anyone harm you again.
08:35They casually plassied me,
08:37coaxing me to drink the bitter medicinal concoction.
08:40They thought I would lose consciousness
08:42after drinking the painkiller,
08:44but they didn't know I was already in so much pain
08:46that even medicine couldn't stop it.
08:51I have already reported this matter
08:53to the Grand Duchess and the King.
08:55The matter of you being defiled by ruffins
08:57and your reputation ruined
08:58will soon incur royal sanctions.
09:00The Royal Tribunal's methods are very harsh,
09:03and I truly can't bear to see you suffer.
09:06I'll leave first in a moment.
09:08I have also informed father and mother.
09:11They have determined that you have disgraced
09:13the family's honor
09:14and will soon strip you of your noble title.
09:17Rowan closed his eyes in pain.
09:19If it weren't for the royal decree
09:21and father and mother personally stepping in,
09:23how could this man have been apsi-aid?
09:24Do you think I wanted to see her endure such humiliation?
09:28They left,
09:29speaking grandiloest words,
09:31but my heart ached so much I couldn't breathe.
09:34Not long after they left,
09:36the Tribunal Knights arrived.
09:38My scandal had already spread
09:40throughout the entire capital.
09:42The Grand Duchess,
09:43holding a perfumed silk handkerchief
09:45and pinching her nose,
09:46walked to my bedside,
09:48her face full of disgust.
09:50You actually provoked those despicable ruffles
09:52at a sacred wedding,
09:54making the entire noble circle a laughingstock.
09:57A nearby noble joined in the ridicule.
09:59Madam, please calm down.
10:01Although Serafina has disgraced the Duke
10:03and the royal family,
10:05she herself has been ravaged by those men
10:07and won't even be able to bear children in the future.
10:10She is also a pitiful person,
10:12so please don't scold her anymore.
10:14The Grand Duchess Nates was instantly arunded.
10:18Pitiful her!
10:20If she had been directly killed by those ruffles,
10:22at least a bit of noble dignity would have been preserved!
10:26Effective immediately,
10:28Serafina Vile is stripped of all her titles
10:30and exiled to the border.
10:33Drag her to the square!
10:35Today, I will cleanse the capital of its blight
10:37and let everyone see the fate of an immodest woman.
10:42A group of city guards rushed in from outside the door.
10:45They ignored my screams and dragged me,
10:48still gravely injured and unwield,
10:51all the way to the street outside the manor.
10:53All passing nobles and commoners stopped,
10:56watching me,
10:57trampled in the mud by the guards,
10:59with mocking, disdainful, and even excited eyes.
11:03Help me!
11:04I struggled desperately,
11:06but no one cared.
11:08They only saw it as an entertaining farce.
11:10I heard this young lady used to live in the border barracks.
11:13I bet she was just there to seduce men!
11:15I heard she got involved with those ruffles
11:18right in front of all the elders,
11:19making the Lord faint on the spot.
11:22Just then, my father,
11:23riding a horse and with a face full of throst,
11:26rode through the crowd.
11:27I desperately stretched out my mud-stained hand.
11:32Father, save me!
11:34A sharp whiplash struck my face,
11:36instantly tearing the skin
11:38and utterly shattering my last slick of hope.
11:40Father looked down from his height,
11:42his eyes cold and gruel.
11:43For the vile family,
11:45to raise a daughter like you
11:46is truly a disgrace to the family.
11:49From this day forward,
11:50I sever all blood lies with you.
11:53Your life and death are entirely at the disposal
11:55of the royal family and the duke.
11:58Ignoring the sharp pain on my face,
12:00I pleaded desperately.
12:01Father, I am innocent!
12:03I was framed!
12:05Please investigate the truth and save me!
12:08Tears mixed with blood fell into the dust,
12:11but father merely turned his horse's head away coldly.
12:15You have brought shame upon the entire family.
12:18Serafina,
12:19if you have even a shred of noble dignity left,
12:21you should go die.
12:25Blood blurred my vision
12:26and also blurred father's merciless retreating figure.
12:30Should I die?
12:32What exactly did I do wrong?
12:34Just then,
12:35Adrian rushed in from outside the crowd
12:37and pulled me tightly into his brace.
12:40Who gave you permission to touch Serafina?
12:43Mother,
12:44what do I have to do for you to let her go?
12:47I swore that I would only love her in this life,
12:49no matter what she became,
12:50no matter what infamy she carried,
12:53I would still love her!
12:55You are truly possessed by a demon!
12:59Just a filthy woman!
13:01You, a dignified duke's heir,
13:03what is there to be reluctant about?
13:04If you don't grant me this,
13:06I will endure the whipping with her.
13:08The grand duchess trembled with rage
13:11and raised the whip,
13:12striking down repeatedly.
13:14Adrian shielded me
13:16and silently took the lashes.
13:18He looked at me with deep affection,
13:20but I used my last ounce of strength
13:22to push him away.
13:23I voluntarily dissolve the engagement.
13:27The duke and Miss Lillian are deeply in love.
13:30Please take her as your lawful wife.
13:33I wish you
13:34a fulfillment of your wishes.
13:38Adrian stiffened abruptly
13:39and held me tight.
13:41His body trembled violently,
13:42but I couldn't tell if it was sadness
13:44for my misery
13:45or excitement
13:46that Lillian could finally take her place.
13:48Serafina, don't worry.
13:50My marriage to Lillian
13:51is just to give the royal family
13:52an explanation.
13:53You are always the one I love
13:55and we will be together forever.
13:57I lay motionless,
13:58like a corpse.
14:00Forever is too far away, Adrian.
14:02I don't want to see you
14:03for another second.
14:04As soon as that gift is ready,
14:05I will disappear completely.
14:07When I regained consciousness,
14:08I had been thrown into a cold,
14:10damp room.
14:11The air was filled with mold and dust
14:13and I coughed violently.
14:15The wound in my abdomen
14:17ripped open again.
14:18And blood stained the worn-out bedsheets.
14:20I called out weakly for a long time
14:22before the heavy wooden door
14:24was pushed open.
14:25A coarse maid walked in.
14:27What are you screaming about?
14:29If you upset the Lord's mood,
14:30be careful,
14:31he'll beat you to death.
14:35Where is this?
14:36Why did you send me here?
14:40The maid scanned me contemptuously.
14:42My voice was dry
14:43and I didn't continue asking,
14:45turning to plead instead.
14:47My wound is bleeding.
14:48Please help me get some medicine
14:49and bandages.
14:51You're worse than a mistress now.
14:53Dying is just a matter
14:54of being thrown into the moat.
14:55Do you still deserve medicine?
14:57His Grace the Duke
14:58ordered this abandoned tower
14:59to be cleared out
15:00for you to live in,
15:01which is already
15:02very good to you.
15:03The main castle
15:04is where the Duchess lives.
15:06Tonight is the Lord
15:07the Lord and Lady's wedding night.
15:09Hot water has been called
15:10for five or six times
15:12in the master bedroom.
15:13The Lord has given
15:14a death order.
15:15No one is allowed
15:16to disturb them
15:17for these three days.
15:19Seeing my lack of reaction,
15:20the maid snorted coldly,
15:21turned.
15:22She really thinks
15:23she's a noble.
15:24All her scandalous affairs
15:25have spread everywhere.
15:27The Weir's family
15:28even invited the bishop
15:29to publicly in-air
15:30their dissolvent of her.
15:32How shameful.
15:33The tower
15:34was as cold
15:35as an ice cellar,
15:36but far less chilling
15:37than their mockery.
15:39I huddled in the thin blanket,
15:40coughing up blood incessantly,
15:42my body temperature
15:43slowly draining away.
15:44The next second,
15:45the door opened again.
15:48My personal maid,
15:49Mira,
15:50was roughly pushed in.
15:51Her face was bruised,
15:53and as soon as she saw me,
15:54I'm sorry, miss.
15:55tears instantly burst forth.
15:56I couldn't even get a bit
15:57of hemopatic medicine
15:58or charcoal.
16:01The butler said
16:02His Grace the Duke
16:03was in high spirits
16:04and specially locked us in here,
16:06not allowing anyone near.
16:14I trembled
16:15and pointed to the mountain
16:16of dusty clutter
16:17piled in the corner.
16:20Bring those things over
16:21and burn them.
16:23Even without my injuries,
16:24I would be frozen to death here.
16:26Mira carried the items
16:27one by one to the fireplace
16:29and lit them with flint.
16:30As the fire lit up,
16:32she saw what the items were,
16:33and her face was filled
16:34with shock and grief.
16:36Miss,
16:38please.
16:39They were all
16:40incredibly familiar items.
16:42All the gifts
16:42I had given Adrian,
16:44from the sword scabbard
16:45I personally inlaid with gems,
16:47to the hunting suit
16:48I stayed up all night
16:49to sew for him.
16:50All of them
16:51were casually discarded here,
16:53just like our ten years of love.
16:56I was in a trance for a moment.
16:58No wonder,
16:59all these years,
17:00I had never seen him
17:01wear anything I gave him.
17:02I once asked him,
17:03Why have you never worn
17:04the things I gave you?
17:04And he just kissed
17:05the back of my hand deeply.
17:06The gifts you gave me
17:07are too precious.
17:08How could I bear to use them?
17:10I've locked them all away
17:11in the safest secret room.
17:12It turned out
17:13that the secret room
17:14he spoke of
17:14was this tower
17:15filled with trash.
17:17I let out a mournful laugh.
17:18What's the difference
17:19between me and this trash?
17:21Burn it all.
17:22One by one,
17:23tokens of love
17:23were thrown into the fire,
17:25turning to ashes.
17:26The last item
17:27was a portrait
17:28Adrian personally painted for me
17:29on the night of my
17:30cunning of age ceremony.
17:31On the edge of the portrait,
17:33he had also written a vow.
17:34May I be with my Seraphina
17:36through life and death,
17:37our souls eternally bound.
17:39I snatched the portrait
17:40and without the slightest hesitation,
17:43threw it into the roaring fire.
17:49What's through life and death?
17:51It's just a lie!
17:55The firelight illuminated my face,
17:58pale as a ghost,
17:59and Mira finally couldn't hold back,
18:01breaking down in tears.
18:03Miss!
18:05They're all saying
18:06that the reason
18:06His Grace the Duke
18:07favors Lillian so much
18:08is because he was struck
18:09by the deadly Blackthorn years ago
18:11and Lillian sacrificed
18:12her innocence to save him
18:13so he neglected you
18:14for her sake.
18:17But it was clearly you
18:19who risked your life
18:20to save him back then.
18:23To extract the poison
18:24from his body,
18:25you even...
18:27Not only that,
18:29even General Rowan
18:30was deceived.
18:31Say Lillian once
18:32took a fatal sword blow
18:33for the General
18:34on the battlefield,
18:35but it was clearly you
18:36who blocked the Assassin's sword
18:38for the General back then,
18:39almost dying
18:40in the snowy plains.
18:42Miss,
18:43you must hold on.
18:44As long as you tell them
18:45the truth,
18:46they will...
18:49Even if it wasn't me
18:50who saved them back then,
18:51even if everything
18:52was really Lillian's doing,
18:54do I deserve to be thrown
18:55into a mob
18:56and torn to shreds?
18:57How dare he use the gauge
18:59of repanning funlies
19:00to turn me into this
19:01inhuman, ghostly state?
19:03What do 20 years
19:04of bloodlons and bont for?
19:07Meera's face was pale,
19:09unable to utter a word.
19:10The only wedding gift
19:12Rowan gave me
19:12when I married
19:13was also thrown
19:14into the corner
19:15as trash.
19:16This was the first time
19:17I opened that box.
19:18It contained only
19:19coarse burlap
19:20and broken scrap iron.
19:22There wasn't even
19:22a single piece
19:23that looked like silver.
19:24This was the gift
19:25my brother,
19:26the Kingdom's General,
19:27prepared for his
19:28only biological sister.
19:29I personally threw
19:30the burlap into the fire,
19:32piece by piece,
19:33both crying and laughing.
19:35Brother,
19:35did you condone
19:36Adrian's atrocities,
19:37trample me into the mud
19:38and even expel me
19:39from the family
19:40all to repay
19:40that woman's kindness?
19:42What about the oath
19:43you swore to the gods
19:44when you were little,
19:45saying you would protect me
19:46even if it meant
19:46be an enemy of the world?
19:47What about the ten years
19:48I spent with him
19:49at the border?
19:50Such a clumsy lie.
19:51Why couldn't people
19:52as smart as them
19:52see through it?
19:55Because they didn't want
19:56to see through it at all.
19:59They just needed a reason
20:00to comfortably hurt me
20:02while favoring
20:02another woman.
20:06They are convinced
20:07that no matter
20:07how much I'm trampled,
20:09I won't leave.
20:11Like a stone,
20:12if it doesn't break
20:13when it falls,
20:14they'll think it's okay
20:16to drop it
20:16a few more times.
20:18They'll reassure themselves,
20:20look,
20:21I was just careless.
20:23Look,
20:23she's very strong.
20:24But I am flesh and blood.
20:26I feel pain.
20:28I really want to die.
20:32Why should I let them
20:34throw me into an abyss
20:35of eternal damnation
20:36again and again?
20:38The flame soared,
20:40just like the hatred
20:41burning in my chest.
20:42I spoke softly,
20:43I will never waste
20:44the remaining half of my life
20:45on these two beasts.
20:47When I woke up again,
20:48Adrian was sitting by the bed.
20:50Seeing me open my eyes,
20:51he immediately leaned down
20:52and hugged me tightly.
20:54You know perfectly well
20:55that I married Lillian
20:56just to save your life.
20:57How could you be so childish
20:59as to set fire to the tower
21:00out of anger?
21:01Do you know that the smoke
21:02drifted over
21:02and almost made Lillian
21:03go into premature leth?
21:06I coldly pushed him away,
21:08my gaze falling
21:09on the glaring,
21:10ambiguous red marks
21:11beneath his shirt collar.
21:12I forced almost smile,
21:13Kay, death?
21:14Is burning some waste
21:15for Warnham a capital crime?
21:17Was it I who frightened Lillian?
21:18Or was it your excessive indulgence
21:19on your wedding night
21:20that caused her premature brekshant?
21:22I was just...
21:23I was playing along.
21:26Lillian sacrificed too much for us
21:27and I had to give her
21:28the risk she deserved
21:29on our wedding night.
21:31Don't...
21:31throw a tantrum.
21:34I promise you,
21:35this is the only time
21:36and it will never happen again.
21:38I know you don't like Lillian,
21:40but I really married her
21:41to repay a grimness.
21:43I was poisoned by Blackthorn years ago
21:45and I needed a virgin
21:46to lie with me to survive.
21:48Lillian willingly offered herself
21:49and removed the poison for me.
21:51Because of this,
21:52she lost her innocence
21:54and I had no choice
21:55but to marry her.
21:56The anger in my heart
21:57almost burned away my sanity.
21:59Her losing her innocence
22:01have to do with me.
22:02She's pitiful,
22:03but do I deserve to be left
22:05by you all
22:05to be humiliated by thugs?
22:10What nonsense are you talking about?
22:13What happened to you
22:14was fate's arrangement.
22:15What does it have to do with me?
22:16Adrian, enraged,
22:18smashed the pitiful
22:19in his hand onto me.
22:20The scorching liquid
22:21splashed onto my cracked wounds,
22:23making me gasp in pain.
22:25But he seemed not to notice,
22:27pointing at me and shouting,
22:29I not only have
22:29Rencho Tabir the Rattable,
22:31but I have her protect you
22:32against royal pressure.
22:33Not only you ungratily,
22:35but you're taking
22:36your meng out on Lillian.
22:37He looked at me
22:38with extreme disappointment.
22:39I really misjudged you.
22:41You can't even compare
22:42to a single strand
22:43of Lillian's hair.
22:43I used to dole on you
22:44and neglected her,
22:45yet she never complained.
22:46She would even give her life for me.
22:48What about you?
22:49When I was poisoned
22:50and close to death,
22:50where were you?
22:52Even now,
22:52you're still so selfish
22:53and malicious.
22:55Adrian, you sicken me.
22:57You ask where I was
22:58when you were poisoned?
22:59Why don't you use your brain
23:00and think,
23:01why did I also disappear
23:02into thin air
23:02during those three months
23:03you were detoxiting?
23:04Where was I for those three months?
23:06If you had only sent someone
23:07to check the monastery,
23:08you would know the truth.
23:10Are you trying to say
23:11that the person back then
23:13who saved me back then,
23:14you went to the monastery
23:15to surround the tunnel
23:15to send from her?
23:17Do you think I'd believe
23:18such an absurd lie?
23:23I turned my face away.
23:25You only ever believe
23:26what you want to believe.
23:28What more is there to explain?
23:30Adrian's face was dark.
23:32He kicked over
23:33a high-backed chair.
23:38Not long after Adrian left,
23:40Lillian walked in,
23:41wearing a sheer nightgown,
23:43deliberately exposing
23:44the love bites on her shoulders.
23:46Serafina,
23:47you are truly pathetic.
23:49Now you can only kneel
23:50like a bitch
23:51by my and Adrian's bed,
23:52bringing me foot-washing water
23:54and cleaning up
23:55the bodily fluids
23:56your loved man leaves on me.
23:58However,
24:00I've thought about it carefully,
24:02and it's most reassuring
24:04if you just die completely,
24:05lest Adrian remembers you someday.
24:08I closed my eyes.
24:10Lillian giggled
24:11and clapped her hands.
24:12The heavy tower door
24:13was violently pushed open.
24:15In the cold night wind,
24:17several mercenaries,
24:18covered in grime
24:19and with lecherous eyes,
24:21entered.
24:22They were the same thugs
24:23who had tortured me
24:24at the wedding.
24:26Serve our noble lady well.
24:29Make sure she's comfortable.
24:32Little beauty,
24:33how did you like it
24:35on the altar last time?
24:37Looking at these faces
24:38that had repeatedly tortured me
24:39in my nightmares,
24:40I couldn't stop myself
24:42from screaming in terror.
24:44Get away!
24:46Don't touch me!
24:47I desperately shrank
24:48back into the corner of the bed,
24:49but they roughly grabbed
24:50my heavily injured leg
24:51and dragged me back.
24:53Lillian,
24:55please let me go.
24:57I swear I will leave
24:59the cap of it all forever,
25:01never appear before you again
25:03and absolutely never compete
25:05with you for Adrian.
25:06Suddenly,
25:08Who's making a racket
25:09in the tower?
25:11it was Rowan
25:12and Adrian's voices.
25:15A final,
25:16strong will to survive
25:17erupted in my heart.
25:19Before I could make a sound,
25:20Lillian had already
25:21torn open her own clothes,
25:22crying bitterly
25:23and stumbled into the arms
25:25of the two men
25:26who had rushed in.
25:29I kindly came to bring
25:30medicine for her wounds,
25:32but who knew
25:32she was secretly
25:33hiding these villains,
25:34wanting them to insult me?
25:36She said if I were
25:37also defiled by thugs,
25:38She said if I were
25:39also defiled by thugs,
25:40You would definitely
25:40despise me
25:41just as you despise her.
25:43Rowan was furious
25:44to the extreme.
25:45Are you insane?
25:47He actually drew
25:47his broadsword
25:49and smashed it heavily
25:50onto my back.
25:50How dare you conspire
25:52to harm Lillian?
25:52You deserve to die!
25:54I spat out
25:54a large mouthful of blood,
25:56mixed with fragments
25:57of internal organs,
25:58and the whole world spun.
26:00I even worried
26:01that you were heartbroken
26:02from being abandoned
26:03by your parents
26:03and specifically called
26:04Rowan to accompany you.
26:06I never expected you
26:07to dare harm Lillian.
26:09She's carrying my child.
26:11You inherently vicious wretch.
26:13You should have gone
26:13to hell long ago.
26:14No matter what,
26:16Lillian is the woman
26:17we love most.
26:18As for you,
26:19you deserve to be played
26:20with to death
26:21by these lowly thugs.
26:22Whatever she told you
26:23to do to Lillian,
26:24return it to her twofold!
26:25If she doesn't die tonight,
26:26I'll cut off your heads
26:27to first piece, Lillian!
26:30With that,
26:31he scooped up
26:31the weeping Lillian
26:32and strode away
26:33in a hurry.
26:34Rowan coldly
26:35looked down at me.
26:36I desperately reached out
26:37my bloody hand,
26:39trying to grab his cloak
26:39for help,
26:40but he recoiled in disgust,
26:41drew his sharp long sword
26:43and with a swift motion.
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