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Betrayed By The Prince, Crowned By The Sea - Ep
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00:00I am the last princess of the Siren people.
00:03Six years ago, I saved a human man.
00:05I loved him, and I gave him my kingdom secrets.
00:08He repaid me by sealing my voice with a poisoned needle,
00:12then led his army to slaughter all 3,000 of my people.
00:15He thought I was dead.
00:17He was wrong.
00:18Lord Caius crushed four kingdoms before he even turned 30.
00:22Of course, he once infiltrated the C-Clan as a spy all on his own.
00:26It's because of him that our kingdom is this powerful.
00:28That's why Serafina had to marry him.
00:35Today, we gather here to bind two souls together.
00:39Do you swear upon your life to guard her kingdom
00:45as you once swore other vow?
00:48What did you say?
01:02Do you remember what you said, kneeling before me?
01:08You said, if your kingdom ever falls, it will only be because I died first.
01:14You didn't die, but my kingdom fell.
01:17My people died.
01:19My father died.
01:20You owe my people their lives, Caius.
01:22I'm here to collect.
01:24His crown, his alliances, his woman, his reputation.
01:28Six years ago, he took everything from me.
01:30Now I want him to watch as it all shatters piece by piece.
01:34But first, let me show you how he stole my entire world.
01:51Please.
01:53Hunters are after me.
01:56I'm not one of them.
01:57I'm who they want to kill.
01:59Please.
02:01Hold on.
02:25You're safe here.
02:27My name is Vesper.
02:29Vesper.
02:31Vesper.
02:32You saved my life.
02:36Your injuries were too severe.
02:38Any later and I couldn't have helped.
02:45General.
02:49The intelligence about the Siren Clan is all confirmed.
02:52Her voice can heal fatal wounds.
02:55One song can bring a dying man back to his feet.
02:58But if we obtain this power, battlefield casualties will cease to exist.
03:02An entire army will be impervious to blades and arrows, coordinates to follow.
03:07Give me time.
03:08Give me time.
03:33Give me time.
03:34The tribe number is approximately 3,000.
03:37No standing army.
03:39Absolute trust in outsiders.
03:42No defenses.
03:43That human.
03:44You trust him too much.
03:47Father.
03:47He's different from the others.
03:49I hope you're right.
03:52I hope you're right.
04:19It's too dangerous out there.
04:21Hunters everywhere.
04:21I'm afraid.
04:22If hunters ever find this place, if your kingdom ever falls, it will only be because I died first.
04:30Vespa, I swear it.
04:33I believe you.
04:37One kiss, one location.
04:40Next step, she brings me there herself.
04:43Not hard.
04:44She already believes everything.
04:48Caius, come on!
04:51He said he'd protect me with his life.
04:54I believed him.
04:55Then he asked me to open the door I had never let any outsider see.
04:59I opened it.
05:05What lies behind this door?
05:08Only my father and I have ever entered.
05:12Caius!
05:14Three hunter's ships have been spotted beyond the coastline.
05:19Three of them.
05:20Vespa, listen to me.
05:22If they find your tribe's source of power, they will destroy it first.
05:27Let me see it.
05:30I need to know how to defend it.
05:32Those three ships were his doing.
05:36He manufactured the fear, then pretended to be the only way out.
05:45Come inside.
05:51My God.
05:54My God.
06:01This is the source of our tribe's voice.
06:05As long as it endures, we endure.
06:07General, I found it.
06:09A thousand times larger than I imagined.
06:11This isn't a weapon.
06:13It's an entire sea.
06:15If we control it, no force in the world will stand against us.
06:18Come further.
06:20There's more.
06:22A tracking stone.
06:23The general's sorcerers will sense it.
06:26From this moment on, they know the location.
06:31Caius?
06:32I was looking at the patterns.
06:34They're beautiful.
06:35Show me more.
06:44With you here, I'm not afraid.
06:48That was the last time I felt safe.
06:58Will you stay?
07:02Caius?
07:04Caius?
07:05Yes.
07:07I'll always stay.
07:10Do you swear?
07:14I swear.
07:16Then I have nothing to fear.
07:22Venom from a deep-sea jellyfish.
07:24One drop.
07:25And a siren's vocal cords are sealed permanently.
07:28The general's orders.
07:29Capture her alive.
07:31Seal her voice.
07:32Bring her back.
07:32A siren without a voice is more useful than a dead one.
07:36Now is the moment.
07:37She won't wake.
07:39One drop is enough.
07:53Tomorrow.
07:54Tomorrow.
07:56Tomorrow.
07:58Tomorrow.
08:07Tomorrow.
08:16Princess! Hunters!
08:19Coming from the sea!
08:21They've sealed every entrance!
08:36Father!
08:44You're still here!
08:47Come, help me get farther out.
08:51Vesper.
09:03You promised me!
09:06You said with your life!
09:08I said many things.
09:10You chose to believe all of them.
09:14Did you ever love me?
09:17Even for one second?
09:19Your kingdom was beautiful.
09:21Your voice was useful.
09:24You're asking the wrong question.
09:38Maybe you chose Amelian.
09:52Could you possibly help us out with your actions?
09:53You do so?
09:53Well...
10:16Vesper, don't sing.
10:17They're waiting for you to open your throat.
10:20The moment you do, they'll know you're still alive.
10:22You are the last voice of the Siren people.
10:25Father.
10:26Live.
10:28Take your voice away, you.
10:30Someday.
10:52Someday.
11:21Kom
11:22Was her body found?
11:24Swept away by the wave, but given her injuries...
11:28Keep looking.
11:52Woop, Woop, Woop!
11:55Shoep, Woop, Woop!
11:56Couldn't have had already been buried...
12:00I didn't find the building.
12:03Did someone find the building?
12:07I was a god, and did a lot of people find the building.
12:12I know I can't wait for it...
12:15I can't wait for my mind to have aảo andis...
12:16I thought I was a little bit of a dream.
12:16What a dream!
12:17I think that's a dream!
12:18My dream!
12:51If your kingdom ever falls, it will only be because I died first.
12:56Vesper, I swear it.
13:01You chose to believe all of them.
13:06Liv, take your voice away, you.
13:16No whore singing, no!
13:25No whore singing, no!
13:31No whore singing, no!
13:43How many are there?
13:45Seventeen here, a few more in the western of this, perhaps thirty?
13:52The children.
13:53She hasn't spoken since that day.
13:55Not because she can't.
13:58Because she doesn't dare.
14:00I know, I didn't dare you, but it took me two years before I dared to open my mouth again.
14:06But we have to open our mouths.
14:08Not to sing.
14:10To make the ones who did this hear us.
14:14How long have you been waiting here?
14:17Three years.
14:18No more meeting.
14:22Caius, you said I was asking the wrong question.
14:25Fine.
14:25Now it's your turn to answer mine.
14:28One by one.
14:43I spent three months.
14:45Princess Seraphine, his future queen.
14:47She trusts anyone who is kind to her.
14:49Exactly like me.
14:50Six years ago.
14:55Lyra, you saved my life.
14:59My lord, Princess Seraphine has arrived.
15:03She brought a cousin with her, named of Lyra.
15:06A cousin?
15:09A distant relative.
15:11Very quiet.
15:13Insists on personally attending the princess.
15:24Caius, you've finally come.
15:52My lord, your hand is shaking.
15:55Is the palace too cold?
16:00A little.
16:03Lyra is the person I trust most.
16:05I'm sure you'll like her too.
16:11He knew it was me.
16:12I knew he knew.
16:13But he couldn't say so because that would mean explaining how he recognizes a siren princess who died.
16:18And I didn't need him to say it out loud.
16:21I only needed him to be afraid.
16:22That woman, investigate her.
16:25Now.
16:25I want everything before tomorrow.
16:27My lord, she's only the princess's cousin.
16:28I said now!
16:37First one.
16:40You're Seraphine's cousin?
16:42You walk like a fisherman's daughter.
16:43Whatever you wear, it looks borrowed.
16:44I was the one who introduced Lord Caius to this court.
16:47Seraphine is marrying him because of me.
16:50Everyone in this palace owes me something.
16:52Including you.
16:53Remember your place.
16:55Yes, my lady.
16:59She said she introduced Caius to this court.
17:04Then she must know a great deal.
17:09Lyra, sing us a song.
17:10You can't?
17:11Of course.
17:12Look at these hands.
17:14How many dishes have you washed to make them look like that?
17:23My lady is right.
17:25I can't really sing.
17:27Only just a little.
17:33I poisoned my husband.
17:37Three years ago, he wanted to leave me.
17:42I put poison in his wine.
17:43I watched him die.
17:46I don't know why I'm saying this.
17:47I can't stop.
17:49Lyra, I'm frightened.
17:53Don't be afraid, your highness.
17:55I'm here.
17:56I'm here.
17:59She's doing exactly what I did.
18:01Step by step.
18:02Get close.
18:03Earn their trust.
18:04And then...
18:05She didn't come back to kill me.
18:06She came to destroy everything I own,
18:08one piece at a time,
18:09right before my eyes.
18:11And I can't tell anyone who she is,
18:13because that would mean confessing
18:14that six years ago,
18:15I slaughtered an entire people.
18:20Sir.
18:21Just got word.
18:22The patrol caught 17 stray Syrians
18:24near the entrance to the Singing Sea.
18:27Who's leading?
18:28An old man with a broken tail.
18:31They seemed to be waiting for someone.
18:35We've put them all in the underground sea prison.
18:40Sealed their mouths.
18:42Lock it down.
18:43No one in the palace is to know.
18:47Even Lady Lyra.
18:49I said,
18:51no one.
18:53After those deep-sea beasts were wiped out,
18:55the shipping lanes became ten times safer,
18:58all thanks to Lord Caius.
19:02I...
19:03I...
19:04I hid the siren pearls I looted in the dry well in the western suburbs.
19:07I tore them off a siren child who wasn't even dead yet.
19:11Oh!
19:12Oh!
19:13Oh!
19:14I lied!
19:15I staged that riot
19:17to swiddle more military funds!
19:20Help me!
19:22Why can't I...
19:24What did you do, Tim?
19:26My man.
19:27I only poured a cup of tea.
19:30He wanted to confess.
19:32Play this trick once.
19:33That's enough.
19:34Stop!
19:35The names on the list aren't all dead yet,
19:38my lord.
19:39What are you afraid of?
19:41I'm afraid you'll throw away your own life in the end.
19:43My life.
19:44It died that night,
19:46six years ago.
19:55Father and brother wrote again.
19:58Every letter asks when Caius will send their funds.
20:00There's not a word about how I'm doing.
20:05Liar.
20:06Do you think there's anyone left in this world worth trusting?
20:10There is.
20:11As long as that person has never lied to you.
20:14What about you?
20:16Have you lied to me?
20:18I will never hurt you, your highness.
20:20My lord.
20:21The order for Elias.
20:22The court is already pressing for it.
20:24Keep him.
20:25But yesterday he admitted in public,
20:27embezzling military funds,
20:28staging the riot.
20:29He's stolen goods.
20:30But stolen goods can be more useful than clean men.
20:32Once this storm at sea passes,
20:34let him take the fall.
20:35You're saying?
20:37Among Princess Serafina's cousins,
20:39there's no woman called Lyra?
20:40Yes, my lord.
20:42According to records,
20:42that distant branch died out in the plague ten years ago.
20:44This Lyra,
20:45her identity is a mystery.
20:46So even her identity is borrowed.
20:48She's using Serafina.
20:52Lyra.
20:53This officer would like to ask you a few questions about your hometown.
20:56For instance,
20:57how did that plague begin?
20:59The plague?
21:00I only remember seeing the officer at the coast three years ago.
21:03You were with your men,
21:05hunting down escaped operations.
21:07So my lord never gave up hunting the sirens.
21:10Is it because six years ago you didn't kill cleanly enough?
21:12Afraid they'll come back for your life?
21:14What nonsense are you spouting?
21:15People in the palace are talking.
21:17Our hero sends been living in fear all along.
21:19Why else send so many men to guard the coast of Forbidden Circle?
21:23Enough.
21:24Get out.
21:31Six years ago today,
21:34we wiped out the threat from the seas.
21:37Three thousand sirens executed,
21:39and we secured a century of maritime power for the Empire.
21:45To the final eration of those three thousand souls,
21:49drink!
21:57My apologies.
21:59I didn't grip it tight enough.
22:01This color,
22:02it really does resemble the seawater you described that night, my lord.
22:10Continue.
22:11I need to change.
22:23My lord,
22:24this is the glory you wanted.
22:26How does it taste?
22:28What is it you want?
22:29To kill me?
22:30Then do it!
22:31Now!
22:34Death would be too kind.
22:37I want you fully awake,
22:39watching the monument you built,
22:42rotting inch by inch.
22:45Lyra?
22:47If you don't let go,
22:49Seraphine will see.
22:51Lyra!
22:52Lyra!
22:59Kyus!
23:00You look pale.
23:01Are you too tired?
23:03It's nothing.
23:04The wine was too strong.
23:05And then?
23:33Well now,
23:35Long, the Elder would never miss a meeting.
23:46Mira, where are you?
23:58They're all at the Sinning Sea.
24:01If you knew, you'd want to tear me apart right now, wouldn't you?
24:18Lyra, last night I heard Caius arguing with his officer.
24:21They mentioned the Sinning Sea.
24:23Said they've caught important war prisoners.
24:27Isn't that a royal forbidden zone?
24:28What kind of people would be locked up there?
24:33Your Highness, I think I need to leave the palace for a while.
24:38Now?
24:39But we're supposed to go pray at the temple this afternoon.
24:45I lost something very important. I have to find it.
24:51It's me. I'm Vesper. What happened?
24:56Where's Mira? Did Mira send you to find me?
25:01Seventeen of them.
25:02Seventeen of them.
25:03All captured.
25:04And the Elders.
25:07Understood.
25:08Hide in the woods outside the city.
25:10Wait for me.
25:15Mira.
25:17It's Mira.
25:20Wait for me.
25:27Where did you go?
25:31I went to see an old friend.
25:34It's dangerous out there.
25:37Lyra.
25:38Do you have a secret? Can you tell me?
25:40Your Highness.
25:42Some secrets will cost a life.
25:55That's the water channel we used to use.
25:58They've welded shut.
26:03Only three guards inside.
26:05Follow me. Mira should be inside.
26:14Princess.
26:16You shouldn't have come.
26:22Move. Now.
26:30I've been waiting for you.
26:32There's no way out.
26:34Vesper. Stay.
26:39Attack!
26:41No.
26:50Princess.
26:52Go to the sea.
27:00Mira!
27:10Princess, you're a lie.
27:21Too few names.
27:23What I want to judge is the lie of the entire palace city.
27:31We can't save them, Meera's gone too.
27:35He didn't slaughter the past us, he's slaughtering the us of now.
27:40And the us of now, still has a voice.
27:50I sent them back to the dungeon. Come back with me.
27:54I promise they live.
27:55Your promise? Is it those three thousand graves from six years ago?
28:02Tell me what you want. Anything.
28:05What I want, you can't give. You already owe.
28:12Three thousand lives. How will you pay?
28:21One, two thousand...
28:21Two thousand...
28:51It's the princess.
29:30It's the princess.
29:36My lord, the flagship is lost.
29:38No survivors.
29:39And the messengers sent to deliver the execution order to the singing sea.
29:43Where are the messengers?
29:44All three messenger boats were capsized by huge waves less than a mile from shore.
29:47Carrier pigeons crashed into the sea the moment they flew out.
29:49We've lost all contact with the garrison.
29:52This sea I conquered for six years.
29:54Now it's becoming a war.
29:56That's not something an ordinary person can do.
30:01I can't move a single soldier to the coast.
30:05My lord, this venom, it's from back then.
30:08Her voice can destroy everything.
30:10Only this can silence her one more time.
30:12But the entrance to the singing sea is already controlled by her people.
30:15We can't get it in.
30:16No need to send it in.
30:17The underground water pipes are still ours.
30:19Pour it into the upstream source, that's enough.
30:21My lord, that will kill every siren's held there.
30:23I know.
30:30It's the venom in the water!
30:32That's how they killed the princess's voice back then!
30:42He wants to take my voice away.
30:44One more time.
30:45I heard the lord can't hold the sirens back anymore.
30:47The whole sea is full of their songs.
30:49That so-called hero of the sea back then, wasn't it a borrowed reputation?
30:52She's stripping away every honor I lived on, just as I stripped away her people.
30:59The ancient blood awakens.
31:05Break the chains.
31:07Return to the sea.
31:09What is this monster power?
31:12What?
31:13What?
31:14What?
31:14What?
31:16What?
31:17What?
31:18What?
31:19What?
31:19What?
31:20What?
31:21What?
31:21What?
31:22What?
31:27The sea returns to its masters.
31:32Princess!
31:34Drown the whole palace city!
31:35Let them taste what extinction feels like!
31:38Their children shouldn't pay for their father's debts.
31:42The sea!
31:43It's falling from the sky!
31:50The power I schemed for six years ago.
31:58Now, I can do nothing.
32:15I can do nothing.
32:32The sea...
32:33The sea has eyes.
32:35Look!
32:37Who is that?
32:53I'm at order the mage towers now the water is flooding in it's already destroyed the memorial
33:01and the statue it's useless this is her roll call
33:24gods I was on the shore then I thought they were just beasts
33:31this sound it carries across the entire coast
33:44this melody it's exactly the same as my motherland's morning song
34:05so
34:12so
34:18so
34:26so
34:30so
34:46this is the royal seal this is the military teller this is the imperial decree seal
34:52he used these three things to kill my father and brother today they leave with me
35:00my lord her highness is gone and the rosewood chest in the hidden compartment of your study
35:06it's empty too
35:15she didn't just leave she took every token I needed to command this empire
35:24did you think I married you out of obedience six years ago while you slaughtered the silence
35:29you also wiped out my motherland's royal family you used my father's and brother's lives to force
35:35me to be in your queen every day I looked at you I was counting down to when you would
35:40die
35:40now the sea has come back and I should take back what belongs to me I don't forgive you
35:46not ever the alliance I was proud of it was built on her blood stoked hatred
35:51the safe woman I protected she wanted to kill me with her own hands all of it was a lie
36:07the safe woman I was going to kill you and I was going to kill you and I was going
36:09to kill you
36:09still waiting for your army they've already thrown their armor into the sea outside the city
36:14begging for forgiveness Elias you should run too
36:23run I knelt under this throne for six years your so-called hero of the sea name I built it
36:30for
36:30you with severed heads now the sea is back you can't hold it down
36:35and you want us to die with you hand over the royal seal and the treasury order you're not the
36:40king anymore you're a cursed disaster this seat belongs to someone who can keep the land alive
36:47give it to you Elias listen to what's outside
36:55the sea doesn't want the royal seal sit then if you think you can survive the night in that chair
37:05this is what i traded three three thousand lives for
37:26three thousand lives three thousand children you've dumped into the sea trench
37:34princess let me kill him my son they were on that beach that night let me kill him
37:40we don't use his way why he's a monster he slaughtered our whole people if today we kill
37:48a man kneeling for death then this sea will no longer be the singing sea it will be another land
37:53filled with hate go back the sea is waiting for you not your death here why save me kill me
38:01please
38:02killing would be too easy live watch this sea remember every life this is the rest of your existence
38:08every time you close your eyes i want you to dream of those three thousand voices
38:14don't leave me alone don't make me carry these memories by myself
38:19the sea doesn't want me the land won't let me return
38:23the sea doesn't want me the sea doesn't want me the sea doesn't want me the sea
38:33stop stop
38:44live take your voice away you
38:56oh
38:58oh
39:01oh
39:02oh
39:27Every time I try to move, the sea pushes me back.
39:31This is the rest of my existence.