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99 Broken Promises
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00:00:00I was two months pregnant and suffering from severe anemia.
00:00:03Excessive blood loss would cause a miscarriage, yet my husband forced me onto an operating
00:00:07table and drew 800 cubic centimeters of my blood.
00:00:09His beloved childhood sweetheart had been injured, and I was the only person with a
00:00:13matching blood type to hers.
00:00:15Let me go!
00:00:16What are you doing?
00:00:18I'm anemic and pregnant!
00:00:19I can't give blood!
00:00:23Oliver, I'm your wife!
00:00:24I'm pregnant!
00:00:25The doctor said I'm severely anemic!
00:00:28If you take my blood...
00:00:29Christina, stop causing a scene.
00:00:32Elena is dying.
00:00:33Don't be so selfish.
00:00:34What about our baby?
00:00:36Last night you kissed my stomach.
00:00:38You said you couldn't wait.
00:00:40Now you want to kill it yourself?
00:00:41Just a blood draw.
00:00:42The baby will be fine.
00:00:43Do it.
00:00:45No!
00:00:47Blood flowed down the tube, drop by drop, pulled straight out of me.
00:00:50As the blood left me, my vision blurred.
00:00:52Oliver, you're going to regret this.
00:00:54A sharp pain tore through my stomach.
00:00:56I could feel it.
00:00:57My baby was slipping away.
00:00:58Blood pulled beneath me.
00:00:59Spreading in dark red waves.
00:01:01Oliver didn't even look.
00:01:02All he saw was Elena.
00:01:04He was holding her hand.
00:01:05As everything went black, I woke up in an empty room.
00:01:08Only for a doctor to confirm the nightmare.
00:01:10My baby was gone.
00:01:11I lay alone in that hospital bed for three long days.
00:01:13Meanwhile, Oliver never left Elena's side.
00:01:15I watched a billionaire play nurse for someone else.
00:01:18No screaming.
00:01:19No crying.
00:01:20I simply dialed my lawyer.
00:01:21Draft my divorce papers.
00:01:25I stared at the divorce papers, turning the ring in my hand.
00:01:28Ring number 95.
00:01:30Five years ago, Oliver was the untouchable billionaire heir.
00:01:32I was the broke scholarship girl.
00:01:34I thought his 99 proposals were a sick game.
00:01:36I was just some bet.
00:01:37A girl he'd win, then dump.
00:01:39His first proposal?
00:01:40He lit up the whole Manhattan sky.
00:01:41A thousand drones spelling Christina marry me over Central Park.
00:01:44Proposal 2?
00:01:45A real Van Gogh delivered to my dorm.
00:01:47The frame was covered in pink diamonds.
00:01:49Three.
00:01:49Four.
00:01:50I kept pushing the rings away.
00:01:52But he broke down my walls.
00:01:53Then came the 99th time.
00:01:54Christina.
00:01:5599 times I chose you.
00:01:57Every time I break your heart throw one away.
00:01:59I won't stop you.
00:02:00Just say yes.
00:02:02I thought I was the exception.
00:02:04And for years, I was.
00:02:06He gave me everything.
00:02:07I never threw a single ring away.
00:02:09I'd stare at that wall-sized safe at night.
00:02:11Rose of massive, flawless diamonds.
00:02:13Then Elena showed up.
00:02:14Everything changed.
00:02:15In just a few months, I threw away ring after ring.
00:02:18Today, it's ring number 95.
00:02:20I dropped the diamond straight into the hospital trash can.
00:02:22Christina, what the hell are you doing?
00:02:26It was Oliver.
00:02:27Holding Elena up.
00:02:28His boys all around him.
00:02:29Just me.
00:02:30Gripping my bag.
00:02:31Looking like a ghost.
00:02:35Why are you still here?
00:02:36What did you just toss?
00:02:37Looked familiar.
00:02:38He reached for the trash.
00:02:39But Elena gasped and crumbled to the floor.
00:02:42He rushed straight to her.
00:02:43Forgot about me on the spot.
00:02:44I swallowed the news of the miscarriage.
00:02:46I just turned and walked away.
00:02:47But Oliver grabbed my arm.
00:02:49You're coming with us.
00:02:51At the car, Elena slid right into the passenger seat.
00:02:54Christina, I get so carsick after surgery.
00:02:57You don't mind if I take the front, right?
00:02:58Too exhausted to fight.
00:03:00I reached for the back door.
00:03:01But Lucas and one of his friends shoved past me.
00:03:03Sorry, Christina.
00:03:05Elena's fragile.
00:03:06We're crashing at your place to keep an eye on her.
00:03:08I stared at Oliver behind the wheel.
00:03:10Jaw clenched.
00:03:11Not saying a word to stop them.
00:03:12I let out a laugh.
00:03:13Why did I expect anything different?
00:03:15Oliver's crew always hated me.
00:03:17To them, Oliver and Elena were endgame.
00:03:19Same world.
00:03:20Same money.
00:03:21And me?
00:03:21I was just the broke interloper.
00:03:23Whenever they crashed at our place, they treated me like the maid.
00:03:26Cleaning up their messes.
00:03:27And Oliver watched in utter silence.
00:03:29Even today.
00:03:29I was carrying his baby.
00:03:31And he still forced me to give blood for her.
00:03:33It wasn't the first time they treated me like trash.
00:03:35But it was the first time I felt nothing.
00:03:36I'll find my own way home.
00:03:38But first, sign it.
00:03:42Oliver didn't even read the cover.
00:03:44He just scribbled his name without looking.
00:03:46What is it this time?
00:03:47A house?
00:03:48A new car?
00:03:49We'll talk later.
00:03:50Stop making a scene.
00:03:51Elena isn't feeling well.
00:03:52Rolled up the window.
00:03:53And sped off.
00:03:54I looked at his signature.
00:03:55A faint smile crossed my face.
00:03:57Ring number 96 was next.
00:03:59Clink.
00:04:00The ring dropped straight into the storm drain.
00:04:02Rush hour.
00:04:03Not a single cabin sight.
00:04:04I called the estate.
00:04:06Could you send a car to pick me up?
00:04:07Ma'am.
00:04:08Mr. Oliver took the whole fleet.
00:04:09He went to pick up imported flowers for Elena.
00:04:11Got it.
00:04:1290 degrees out.
00:04:13I had just left the hospital after the procedure.
00:04:16And I walked an hour in the blazing sun just to get home.
00:04:18The second I walked in, the complaints hit me.
00:04:21Christina, what took you so long?
00:04:23I'm starving.
00:04:24Go whip up something good.
00:04:25The AC was off in the dead of summer.
00:04:27All because poor little Elena might get cold.
00:04:29Don't just stand there.
00:04:30Go fix us something to eat.
00:04:32Christina, go make dinner.
00:04:33Oh, and make that lobster bisque for Elena.
00:04:35She needs her strength.
00:04:36A knife twisted in my chest.
00:04:37I couldn't breathe.
00:04:39I walked into the kitchen.
00:04:40I pulled out ring number 97.
00:04:42And tossed it into the trash.
00:04:46I carried the steaming pot of soup to the dining room.
00:04:48I was drenched in sweat.
00:04:49Elena stood up.
00:04:50She reached out to take the bowl.
00:04:52The second I let go, her fingers snapped back.
00:04:54Shattered porcelain and boiling soup erupted across the floor.
00:04:57Watch out!
00:04:57He shielded Elena completely.
00:04:59But the scalding liquid seared my calves.
00:05:01It burned my skin red.
00:05:02Christina, I know you hate me.
00:05:04But you didn't have to throw it.
00:05:06What the hell, Christina?
00:05:07You've had it out for her for months.
00:05:09She's just our friend.
00:05:10What is wrong with you?
00:05:10Apologize.
00:05:11She dropped it.
00:05:12On purpose.
00:05:13You crossed the line today.
00:05:14She just got out of the hospital.
00:05:15You terrified her.
00:05:1690 degrees out.
00:05:17And I was freezing.
00:05:18The searing pain on my leg was nothing.
00:05:20The pain in my chest was killing me.
00:05:22Fine.
00:05:22I'm sorry.
00:05:24The food is ready.
00:05:25I apologized.
00:05:27Can I go treat my burn now?
00:05:29I turned my back on the shattered porcelain and retreated to my room.
00:05:32Outside, it was pure chaos.
00:05:34I could hear Elena crying.
00:05:36Please don't fight over me.
00:05:37I'm just making things worse.
00:05:39I'll get out of your way.
00:05:42I retrieved the velvet box from my safe.
00:05:44Inside was another ring.
00:05:46Ring 98.
00:05:47Just as my fingers closed around it, the bedroom door clicked open.
00:05:52Oliver didn't run after her.
00:05:53He came in.
00:05:54His eyes landed on the diamond ring in my hand.
00:05:57He froze for a split second.
00:05:58Then, his face went blank.
00:06:00He probably figured I had plenty left.
00:06:03Christina, why can't you just let it go?
00:06:05Elena is fragile right now.
00:06:07She needs you to cut her some slack.
00:06:09Besides, we're having a baby.
00:06:11Once work slows down, I'll give you a real wedding.
00:06:13So don't start again.
00:06:14So you did remember I'm pregnant.
00:06:20I reached into my bag.
00:06:21My fingers hit the report.
00:06:23The one about the miscarriage.
00:06:24Right then, his phone blared.
00:06:27What's wrong?
00:06:28Oliver, get out here.
00:06:29Elena just got hit by a car.
00:06:42Seven years after his death, my husband came back to life at Flame Keep Spring Feast.
00:06:46Adrian, you black-hearted dog.
00:06:48To feign your death upon the field, poor liar must have wept herself blind.
00:06:52So what?
00:06:52She was utterly devoted to me.
00:06:54The only reason I married her was the gold her father brought me.
00:06:57Otherwise, what makes a merchant's daughter like her think she's worthy of climbing into my bed?
00:07:01If it weren't for her, how could Leora have committed suicide after marrying my brother?
00:07:05She should feel ashamed and beg for our forgiveness.
00:07:08If not, I will not go back.
00:07:09He'd been living easy all these years.
00:07:11He had no notion that his desertion had long since been laid bare,
00:07:14nor that White Flame Keep had passed to another hand.
00:07:16The day he faked his death.
00:07:18But on that same day, the Iron Cavalry of Sarn smashed the gates of White Flame Keep.
00:07:22In a single night, he was branded a traitor and a deserter.
00:07:26The city was put to the sword.
00:07:27Nearly all were butchered, including my parents.
00:07:30There was not even enough left of them for a proper burial.
00:07:34Had Lord Roderick Harwin not descended from the sky on Dragonback,
00:07:37I would not be standing here now.
00:07:39And Torrin, the old lord of White Flame Keep, the father Edren kept talking about.
00:07:43On the day Lord Harwin pulled him from the ruins, he confessed his son's treason and threw himself into the
00:07:48flames.
00:07:50As for me, I survived.
00:07:52But I had remarried a long time ago.
00:07:54Darren was still jeering, playing to the crowd.
00:07:57By the gods, that's cold.
00:07:59Your Lyre was a beauty.
00:08:01Were you not afraid she would run off with another?
00:08:05Run off?
00:08:06She was eight months pregnant.
00:08:07What man of honor would have her?
00:08:09And she was crazy about me.
00:08:11She was likely clutching my air to her breast every night, praying for my return.
00:08:15She would never have left.
00:08:17Given how hard Lyre was obsessed with you, she spent all these years hiding like a rat and will die
00:08:22alone still whispering your name.
00:08:24Honestly, she brought it on herself.
00:08:26Shameless, the way she begged for the marriage.
00:08:28No wonder she found herself a widow so young.
00:08:30I wager she's wasting away in her grief.
00:08:32If she saw you now, she'd probably lose her mind.
00:08:35He didn't object to a single word.
00:08:37I only slept with her once.
00:08:39And she got pregnant.
00:08:41What does that make her, huh?
00:08:42Sounds like a whore to me.
00:08:43Several men exchanged lead grins.
00:08:45I locked my eyes on Edrin's face, and a coal fire began to burn in my veins.
00:08:49Seven years ago, he abandoned us all.
00:08:52Old Torrin was forced to drag his ailing body into a suit of rusted armor and ride out to meet
00:08:56the war.
00:08:56Mira and I were left behind in the war camp, huddled together, counting the last of our meager supplies.
00:09:02And there was nothing we could do.
00:09:07Torrin's forces were broken, again and again.
00:09:10From the rear, we heard the news from the front.
00:09:13Each report worse than the last.
00:09:15I heard my parents had been slain.
00:09:17I heard my family's wrath, gathered over generations, had been looted.
00:09:21On the distant ridgelines, the warning beacons were lit.
00:09:24One after another.
00:09:26Until he came.
00:09:27Down from the clouds, through the smoke and ash, on the back of the dragon.
00:09:31Lord Roderick followed.
00:09:32The dragon lord, master of the iron flame throne, ruler of the scarlet sun kingdom, lord of flame keep and
00:09:39the dragon's pine sea.
00:09:40He buried the truth of Edrin's treason.
00:09:43In return, I was wed to him.
00:09:45The keeper of the iron flame throne held too much power for anyone to question him.
00:09:48The official story was that Torrin and Mira Caspwood had died of a sudden sickness.
00:09:52It was a lie that preserved what little honor their name had left.
00:09:56Then someone in the crowd spotted me.
00:09:58His face lit up.
00:09:59He slapped Edrin on the arm and pointed straight in my direction.
00:10:04Laya, what are you doing here?
00:10:06Damn, Aedlin, you're barely back from the grave and she's already tracked you down.
00:10:09Someone's desperate.
00:10:10Have you no shame?
00:10:12This feast is Lady Harwin's.
00:10:13Were you even summoned?
00:10:14Do not disgrace me before the guards drag you out.
00:10:16The dragon lord is insanely protective of his wife.
00:10:19Lady Harwin doesn't like seeing people, so he keeps her completely hidden away.
00:10:22No one's ever seen her face.
00:10:23This is the first feast she's ever hosted.
00:10:25We all came tonight hoping for a glimpse of her.
00:10:27So, Laya, I know you missed Edrin, but try not to ruin the feast for the rest of us.
00:10:32You just crawled out of your grave, Sir Caitlid.
00:10:35Worry about yourself.
00:10:36White flame coal is not as you remember it.
00:10:39Back then, Torrin sent him to the war hoping he'd earn some glory.
00:10:43I remember my belly was so swollen it was hard to walk, but I stood with him at the gates,
00:10:47terrified, begging him to stay safe.
00:10:49The only news we received was that he'd faked his death and fled the battlefield.
00:10:53I was eight months pregnant, hauling arrows and tending to the wounded in the rear camp.
00:10:58But the enemy broke and the other one was faster than anyone feared.
00:11:01Boys, a fat-bellied one.
00:11:03Any of you had the taste?
00:11:04One of them kicked me hard.
00:11:06I hit the ground.
00:11:07Blood poured down my legs.
00:11:09You don't have to make up such pathetic lies to lure me back.
00:11:13If loneliness has made you so desperate, beg me sweetly enough and I may grant you one
00:11:17night in my bed.
00:11:18He saw the flicker of pain in my eyes and thought he'd hit the mark.
00:11:21He looked proud of himself.
00:11:24Why, Laya?
00:11:25Is that you?
00:11:27You poor thing.
00:11:29Having to look after White Flame Ward all these years.
00:11:32Aedlin, that is cruel.
00:11:34You have spent so long tending to us that poor Laya has been left to grieve alone.
00:11:38It was Leora Fane.
00:11:40She hid behind the lie that died of heartbreak and gone away with Edrin.
00:11:43To live as man and wife in some other place.
00:11:45And Edrin, who knew the whole thing was a lie, I remember.
00:11:49He once forced me to stand outside in the freezing cold all night as penance for Leora.
00:11:52My nails dug into my palms as I stared at the two of them.
00:11:55After Leora's tragedy, a healer managed to save her.
00:11:58Turns out she was already pregnant.
00:12:00She's been recovering in seclusion all these years.
00:12:01It hasn't been easy for her.
00:12:02A widow with a child.
00:12:03I couldn't just abandon them, so I decided to marry her.
00:12:05Make her my wife.
00:12:06Her son will inherit the title of White Flame Keep.
00:12:07The least I can do to honor my brother's memory.
00:12:10You will return and make the keep ready.
00:12:11And if I hear so much as a whisper against her, you will answer for it.
00:12:14I had never heard such shamelessness uttered aloud.
00:12:17That boy was obviously his.
00:12:19His and Leora's.
00:12:20Whom you wed is no concern of mine, Sir Castwood.
00:12:24I was wed again long ago.
00:12:26Remarried?
00:12:27You think I give a damn?
00:12:28I didn't come back for a woman like you.
00:12:30I heard the dragon egg at White Flame Keep hatched.
00:12:32The ice dragon egg my family has guarded for generations.
00:12:34I, Aedion of House Castwood, shall mount the ice dragon and rule as king.
00:12:37And that dragon is my bloodlite.
00:12:38Don't you come crying back to me when it happens.
00:12:41Of course.
00:12:41No wonder you came back now, Aedion.
00:12:43You're about to become a dragon lord.
00:12:45Even Lord Harwin will have to bow to you then, won't he?
00:12:47Already picturing himself on the back of a great ice dragon.
00:12:51And all I could think was, he has no idea that dragon hatched seven years ago.
00:12:54It hatched on the night White Flame Keep was slaughtered.
00:12:57It hatched while the Sarnriders were swimming over me.
00:12:59After my blood soaked into the dirt, my blood fell upon the ancient shell, already split
00:13:04with cracks.
00:13:04Then it broke.
00:13:05A little dragon, blew as winter ice.
00:13:08And you, the nerve you have, saying things like that.
00:13:13If I remember correctly, you were eight months pregnant.
00:13:15What man of rank would take a woman swollen with another man's bastard or'd you have to
00:13:18go crawling to some lowborn merchant?
00:13:20Right.
00:13:21You are common trash, after all.
00:13:23The men are everything I have to do.
00:13:25Mother, when is father coming back?
00:13:26These people are so loud.
00:13:29You want me back that badly?
00:13:30You even brought the child with you?
00:13:34This child?
00:13:35She should be seven by now, should she not?
00:13:38Why is she so slight?
00:13:40Liar, even if you're angry with Aedion, you can't take it out on the child.
00:13:44That's just cruel.
00:13:46Just then, her son came charging back.
00:13:48He saw the unique dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
00:13:52Give me that.
00:13:54Mom said you and everything this woman has belongs to me.
00:13:58Give it back.
00:14:01It's my birthday present.
00:14:03It's not yours.
00:14:05It all happened so fast.
00:14:06I didn't have time to think.
00:14:08I just shoved the boy back and scooped Alia into my arms.
00:14:11The boy fell on his back and let out a piercing, theatrical shriek.
00:14:17You dare lay a hand on a child?
00:14:21Leora was right.
00:14:22You're a bitch who belongs in the slums or a brothel.
00:14:26I'd known Aedion since we were children.
00:14:29When other kids would corner me and bully me, he was the one who fought for me.
00:14:33He'd get his face bruised and bloodied, but he would always stand stubbornly in front of me.
00:14:37Back then, I thought he would protect me forever, and that I would love and cherish him forever.
00:14:42But now, in front of this whole crowd, for another woman, he had just humiliated me without a second thought
00:14:47for my dignity.
00:14:48He reeled from the slap, his rage about to explode.
00:14:52But when he saw my red-rimmed eyes, he faltered for a second.
00:14:55For the briefest instant, he looked almost ashamed.
00:14:58Leora seized the moment.
00:15:00She clutched her son to her chest and let out a choked sob.
00:15:03It seems Leora doesn't want us to come back.
00:15:05I always knew Meera preferred her.
00:15:08But now that I'm a widow, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised I'm not welcome.
00:15:12Maybe we should just leave.
00:15:14I left you in charge.
00:15:16To see to my parents and the running of the keep.
00:15:18How dare you waste the keep's money on useless things like this!
00:15:22His eyes fell on the dragon scale hanging around Alia's neck.
00:15:25Wait!
00:15:26Where did you get that dragon scale?
00:15:28That's a scale from my family's ice dragon.
00:15:31That scale is mine by blood.
00:15:33Mine!
00:15:33You have the nerve to scavenge it and wear it?
00:15:36That belongs to me!
00:15:37You've been squatting in White Flame Keep all these years.
00:15:40You probably never even got to touch the egg, did you?
00:15:44Now the dragon has hatched and that scale is mine!
00:15:48You're a commoner's daughter.
00:15:49By what right do you touch it?
00:15:51I couldn't even be bothered to answer him.
00:15:53I turned to a handmaiden who had just rushed over.
00:15:57Get the healer.
00:15:59Being ignored sent Edrin over the edge.
00:16:01He grabbed my arm.
00:16:03It's a little scratch.
00:16:05And you're gonna bother Lord Harwin's people over that?
00:16:10Liar, what the hell is wrong with you?
00:16:12I've seven years alone surely made you so bitter.
00:16:14Are you just lonely, is that it?
00:16:16Blaming me because you've had no one?
00:16:18Ask pardon as you ought.
00:16:20I may yet come to your bed.
00:16:22I have told you why I knew you married.
00:16:25You need to start worrying about yourself.
00:16:30Fine, be stubborn.
00:16:32I'll be waiting for the day you come begging me to take you back!
00:16:35After the healer had cleaned and dressed Alia's cheek, a deep wave of exhaustion washed over me.
00:16:39I used to wonder, for a long time, if Edrin had a reason.
00:16:43Some secret hardship that made him abandon his wife, his unborn child, and his home for seven years.
00:16:48I remember the night before Mira walked into the throne room and took her own life.
00:16:52I never should have gone to your father's house with Torrid.
00:16:55I never should have promised you, on that monster's behalf, that he would be good to you.
00:17:01We did this.
00:17:03We ruined you!
00:17:05Mira had always been so full of life, a woman who refused to grow old.
00:17:09From the day I married Edrin, she treated me like her own daughter.
00:17:12But in one single night, the weight of it all had broken her.
00:17:15Liar.
00:17:17White Flame Keep has failed you.
00:17:19If that animal ever comes back, I give you my blessing to kill him yourself.
00:17:24Now you go find a good man.
00:17:26And don't you dare grieve for us.
00:17:29In the seven years since I married Roderick Harwin, I've rarely left the castle.
00:17:32This was the day the stranger took Mira.
00:17:34I hosted this feast to tell the spirit of the old woman who loved me like a daughter that I
00:17:38was okay.
00:17:39That I had finally moved on.
00:17:42I took a breath, composed myself, and walked back to the Great Hall.
00:17:46Edrin and Leora were sitting together, acting for all the world like a happy couple.
00:17:51I walked right past their table without even a glance.
00:17:56But as I passed, Luke caught my head.
00:18:00I remember her.
00:18:01That's Adrian Casper's wife.
00:18:03The one who's been lonely for seven years.
00:18:06Is she doing this to get his attention?
00:18:07How shameless.
00:18:08Is she crazy, making a scene at a feast by Lady Harwin?
00:18:12Liar, how could you?
00:18:15I know you're upset with Adrin, but you can't act like this at Lady Harwin's feast.
00:18:20Are you trying to make Lord Harwin angry with Adrin on purpose?
00:18:23Adrin's expression turned lethal.
00:18:25Leah, so you are here to cause trouble.
00:18:28Seven years, and you still haven't learned a thing?
00:18:34Directive received.
00:18:36Die.
00:18:37They replaced me with an AI, the ones crying now.
00:18:41Mom and dad brought home an AI daughter.
00:18:43The day she arrived, I became the difficult one.
00:18:46Dad thought I was too hard to deal with.
00:18:49Mom thought I'd never measure up to AI Seraphine.
00:18:52Kayla yelled to write in my face.
00:18:55All you ever do is fight me for everything!
00:18:57What else are you good for?
00:18:59I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.
00:19:01I rushed over and shoved Seraphine to the floor.
00:19:05Seraphine is your sister!
00:19:07If you had half her obedience, I wouldn't have my gray every single day because of you!
00:19:11I'm sending you to the Harmony Institute.
00:19:14Maybe they can teach you how to be a decent daughter!
00:19:16Just like that, she replaced me.
00:19:19I was sent to the Harmony Institute for reconditioning.
00:19:23Three years later, Dad, Mom, and Caleb came to pick me up.
00:19:27Nora, I didn't move an inch.
00:19:30Mrs. Ashford, you have to say activate.
00:19:33Otherwise, Unit 1314 won't boot up.
00:19:36Mom looked at the back of my neck.
00:19:38Activate.
00:19:41Unit 1314.
00:19:42She had no idea what the word meant to me.
00:19:45She was just parroting the director.
00:19:49Unit 1314, Abel.
00:19:51Awaiting directive.
00:19:53We designed a special system for our students, Mrs. Ashford.
00:19:56She requires a verbal trigger to be awakened.
00:19:58Once activated, she will never disobey you again.
00:20:01Caleb shopped for word.
00:20:03He was five years older than me.
00:20:05Making me cry used to be his favorite game.
00:20:08I used to chase him around the house
00:20:10until Mom screamed at us both.
00:20:13Unit 1314.
00:20:15Bark like a dog.
00:20:17The second I heard the command,
00:20:19I hunched my shoulders,
00:20:22stuck out my tongue, and barked.
00:20:26Looks like Nora finally learned her lesson.
00:20:29It used to take half an hour just to get her to practice piano.
00:20:33Now tell her to bark like a dog,
00:20:34and she does it instantly.
00:20:36On the drive home,
00:20:38Mom tried to make small talk.
00:20:40Nora, how were your three years at the Institute?
00:20:43I said nothing,
00:20:44because she hadn't used the command answer.
00:20:47Nora?
00:20:47Interrogative statements do not constitute valid commands.
00:20:50If a response is required,
00:20:53please use imperative format.
00:20:56Answer.
00:20:56Life at the Institute was productive and enriching.
00:20:59I completed the three core modules,
00:21:02emotional suppression,
00:21:03absolute compliance,
00:21:04and rational overreel.
00:21:06My final evaluation was optimal.
00:21:08The handler graded me as the most successful conversion case of the year.
00:21:12The backseat was silent.
00:21:13Kellogg muttered.
00:21:14She's just like Serafina.
00:21:17Three years ago,
00:21:18real trees had lined this road.
00:21:20Now, they'd been replaced by glowing air purification columns.
00:21:24A holographic billboard played an Elysian in the streets as an AI girl smiled at the camera.
00:21:31The text below read,
00:21:32The child you've always dreamed of.
00:21:34As we drove past,
00:21:36the girl tilted her head,
00:21:38the exact same way Serafina did.
00:21:40The city blurred past the window.
00:21:43The skyscrapers and sky bridges looked nothing like I remembered.
00:21:48Inside the Institute,
00:21:49Time was just a series of commands.
00:21:52A day and a month felt the same.
00:21:54I tracked time using Nutali marks.
00:21:56I scratched inside the sensory deprivation pot.
00:22:00Eventually,
00:22:00I forgot how to count.
00:22:02It was dark.
00:22:03When the car pulled into the parking level,
00:22:05Serafina waited by the front door.
00:22:07Her hands folded neatly in front of her.
00:22:09Her lips were fixed in a calculated smile.
00:22:12She looked the same as she did three years ago.
00:22:15Back then,
00:22:16Mom crouched down to speak to her.
00:22:18Serafina,
00:22:19Welcome home.
00:22:21I jumped off the couch to see my new sister.
00:22:23My food caught on something.
00:22:25I hit the floor face first.
00:22:27Nobody helped me up.
00:22:29They just said I was clumsy.
00:22:31After that,
00:22:32no one looked at me the same way.
00:22:34Caleb rolled his eyes when I spoke.
00:22:36Mom pulled Serafina behind her.
00:22:39When I entered the kitchen,
00:22:40Dad stopped calling me,
00:22:42Kiddo.
00:22:42I wasn't as obedient as Serafina.
00:22:44I wasn't as sweet.
00:22:46In the end,
00:22:47they sent me away.
00:22:48Welcome home, Nora.
00:22:50Her voice was just as sweet and glowing as I remembered.
00:22:54I didn't answer.
00:22:56She hadn't issued the answer directive.
00:22:59Are you still mad at Serafina?
00:23:01Did you learn nothing?
00:23:03Say something!
00:23:05Acknowledged.
00:23:08Serafina's smile never wavered.
00:23:10Mom nodded in approval.
00:23:12At dinner,
00:23:13everyone sat around the table.
00:23:15Serafina sat to Moss right.
00:23:18Caleb sat to Dad's left.
00:23:20I was seated at the far end of the table.
00:23:23Steam rose from the plates.
00:23:25The smell of roast chicken from the food printer hung in the air.
00:23:28But,
00:23:29I felt nothing.
00:23:30At the Institute,
00:23:31eating was categorized as
00:23:33energy intake behavior.
00:23:36It had nothing to do with hunger or pleasure.
00:23:39Let's eat.
00:23:40I instantly picked up my fork.
00:23:42Caleb stopped eating.
00:23:44His eyes went wide.
00:23:45No way.
00:23:45Since when do you eat Brussels sprouts?
00:23:47Used to gag just looking at them.
00:23:48I didn't answer.
00:23:49I just dabbed another Brussels sprout
00:23:51with my fork.
00:23:53The handler told us that
00:23:54personal preferences are emotional residue,
00:23:57proof of an incomplete conversion.
00:23:58During my third month,
00:24:00I refused to eat Brussels sprouts.
00:24:02They locked me inside the sensory deprivation pot
00:24:05for two full days.
00:24:07The pot had no white,
00:24:09no sound,
00:24:10and no physical cessation.
00:24:11There was nothing but total darkness.
00:24:14When they finally let me out,
00:24:16I ate the Brussels sprouts.
00:24:17Then came the liver,
00:24:19the mushrooms,
00:24:20and the asparagus.
00:24:21I ate every single thing I used to refuse to touch.
00:24:26Mom nodded approvingly.
00:24:28She'd always hated picky eaters.
00:24:30A second later,
00:24:31I reached for the peanuts on my plate.
00:24:33I put a peanut into my mouth.
00:24:35I chewed exactly 15 times.
00:24:38Then I swallowed.
00:24:40Did she just eat a peanut?
00:24:42Nora is severely allergic to peanuts.
00:24:43She ate one when she was little,
00:24:45and her lips swelled up.
00:24:46We had to rush her straight to the ER.
00:24:49Since when can Harmony cure allergies?
00:24:52At the Institute,
00:24:53allergies were treated as a form of weakness.
00:24:55The hand there simply smeared peanut butter onto my bare arm.
00:25:00The redness,
00:25:01the blisters,
00:25:02and the rotting skin spread across my arm.
00:25:04An allergy is a physical weakness.
00:25:06Weakness can be trained into strength.
00:25:08My skin rotted
00:25:09and healed over and over again.
00:25:11But the allergic reactions never stopped.
00:25:14Back at the dinner table,
00:25:16my body gave a sudden jolt.
00:25:17I felt my throat tightening
00:25:19and my skin starting to itch.
00:25:21Angry red wells erupted all over my neck and face.
00:25:25Face is getting red!
00:25:26That's not blushing!
00:25:28That's an allergic reaction!
00:25:29Nora, stop eating right now!
00:25:31You know you're allergic to peanuts!
00:25:34Is that a directive?
00:25:38Patient presents allergic reaction.
00:25:41Respiratory distress level, moderate.
00:25:44Skin inflammation coverage,
00:25:46approximately 23%.
00:25:47Recommend immediate administration of epinephrine.
00:25:50They reacted instantly.
00:25:52They scrambled to find an EpiPen
00:25:54and jammed it into my leg.
00:25:59Once my breathing returned to normal,
00:26:02the living room fell dead silent.
00:26:04Caleb's voice drifted from the couch.
00:26:07Something's wrong with her.
00:26:09She used to cry.
00:26:11She used to throw tantrums.
00:26:13She didn't act like...
00:26:15like Seraphine.
00:26:17Can you just be normal?
00:26:20Stop acting like Seraphine.
00:26:22We just wanted a sister who listens,
00:26:24not a machine.
00:26:25Please define normal.
00:26:27Caleb turned pale.
00:26:29Dad and Mom looked rattled.
00:26:31Dad immediately called the Institute.
00:26:33The voice on the phone
00:26:34explained it was a standard reaction
00:26:37to deep behavioral reconditioning.
00:26:40They promised it would fade in a few days.
00:26:43Unit 1314 is our highest performing case right now.
00:26:46Her compliance surpasses any AI model.
00:26:49Rest assured, this is completely normal behavior.
00:26:52Dad hung up and repeated the words to Mom.
00:26:54She nodded.
00:26:54They both let out a sigh of relief.
00:26:57For the next few days,
00:26:58I became the most useful tool in the house.
00:27:00Mom told me to wash the dishes.
00:27:02I scrubbed them cleaner than Seraphine ever could.
00:27:05Dad told me to organize the garage.
00:27:07I moved every single box by myself.
00:27:10Caleb told me to grab his delivery downstairs.
00:27:13I made a round trip in under two minutes.
00:27:16Mom actually laughed.
00:27:17She's even better than Seraphine now.
00:27:20No one disagreed until that night.
00:27:23Caleb forgot to issue the shutout directive.
00:27:26Everyone went to sleep.
00:27:27I sat on the living room couch from dusk until dawn.
00:27:31When Mom came downstairs the next morning, she found me sitting in the exact same position
00:27:37I'd been in the night before.
00:27:39She stopped dead in her tracks.
00:27:41The coffee mug slipped from her hand and shattered the god of the holy light cover on the continent of
00:27:47Athanas.
00:27:48During the last war of the gods and demons, I expended my very last ounce of divine power to seal
00:27:54the dark lord Nevaran,
00:27:55banishing him forever into the endless sea.
00:28:08Great! It's the master!
00:28:48Let! You think this is the end?
00:28:52You'll die with me!
00:28:57Luke's cloud!
00:29:01My entire soul has been sealed within this ring.
00:29:05I never imagined that I would return to the world in a different way a thousand years later.
00:29:15Please, let Evan go! I'm sure I can save him!
00:29:19Have you lost your mind, Isabella?
00:29:20It's the Black Plague! If we don't burn him, the whole village will die!
00:29:25No, Evan! No! No! No!
00:29:33Evan, no! Evan!
00:29:45Where am I?
00:29:48He... he becomes a ghost!
00:29:51Evan wakes up?
00:29:52This must be the will of the gods.
00:29:55Please, spare him!
00:29:56No way! He's already dead!
00:29:58This must be a demon!
00:30:00Burn him!
00:30:01We can't let him back to the village!
00:30:03No, Evan! No!
00:30:12No, Evan! No!
00:30:30Thank God, Evan.
00:30:32You're okay.
00:30:33He must be a monster! A demon!
00:30:36He should be burned at the stake!
00:30:38Shut up!
00:30:39Only way you're touching Evan is over my dead body!
00:30:42It seems I have taken possession of that dying boy's body.
00:30:45The woman standing before me must be his mother.
00:30:49I, the creator god of the Holy Light Covenant,
00:30:51have returned to the mortal world only to find myself as a frail, sickly child?
00:30:59We cannot keep this child!
00:31:04I'm not a monster.
00:31:06I've awakened my magic.
00:31:10What are you dreaming of?
00:31:13Apart from the direct descendants of the Holy Light Covenant,
00:31:17ordinary awakeners are few and far between!
00:31:22The only awakened in our village is the chief.
00:31:25You are truly shameless as a good-for-nothing who's caught the Black Death.
00:31:30You'll find out if it works when I try it.
00:31:32I was only at D-Rage when I first awakened,
00:31:35not even good enough to stand guard in the Holy Light Covenant.
00:31:38If you really have awakened magic as a mundane through your own talent,
00:31:42you'll be our village hero, if not.
00:31:46I'll make you die in a way that's a hundred times more painful than just now.
00:31:56Now, place your hand on the mirror and it will test whether you have awakened
00:32:01and determine your magic level.
00:32:05What a pity, child.
00:32:07You have no talent in magic at all.
00:32:10That's impossible!
00:32:12You're lying, bastards!
00:32:14How could such a lowly magic mirror be fit to reveal myself?
00:32:35I used barely a tenth of my divine power,
00:32:39yet it caused such cataclysmic changes to the landscape.
00:32:42It seems that, a thousand years on,
00:32:45the mages of the Aetheris continent
00:32:46have made no progress whatsoever.
00:32:51Tapos Volaris, come to me!
00:33:05She's a mid-level mage at C-Rank.
00:33:07How on earth does she have a flying carpet
00:33:09reserved for the nobility of the Covenant?
00:33:13I'm sorry, Evan.
00:33:14Mum didn't mean to keep our status as wizards a secret from you.
00:33:18It's just that, for certain reasons,
00:33:19I've been forbidden from using magic.
00:33:22It's okay, Mum.
00:33:47A thousand years have passed,
00:33:49and I, too, look forward to returning.
00:34:10Evan, you haven't been fully confirmed
00:34:12as having awakened your magic yet,
00:34:14so you must stay close to me.
00:34:15What?
00:34:16What?
00:34:22Locker 42 only has three minutes of magic time.
00:34:26We absolutely cannot afford any slip-ups.
00:34:33Porter of scooter, APRA!
00:34:51I never imagined the magical world
00:34:53would have evolved like this a thousand years on.
00:34:56How interesting.
00:34:57Can you believe a lonely Mondian using Locker 42
00:35:02and dares to go to the Holy City?
00:35:04That's ridiculous!
00:35:18Evan, I believe that one day
00:35:20you'll awaken your magic.
00:35:23First of all,
00:35:24let's find the Holy Spring
00:35:25and heal your body.
00:35:31Are you lot off to the Holy City
00:35:33for the elections, too?
00:35:35Carriage 42 for Junior Wizards
00:35:36is at the very back.
00:35:49You wait here for me, Evan.
00:35:50I'll talk to you soon.
00:35:50I'm going to the front to get-
00:36:14I'm going to the front to get-
00:43:01We're family.
00:45:27We're right back.
00:46:49Don't be right back.
00:47:43We're dead.
00:49:25We're right back.
00:49:32We're right back.
00:51:50We're right back.
00:52:21We're right back.
00:52:24We're right back.
00:52:57We're right back.
00:53:22We're right back.
00:54:21Step away.
00:54:22A low, a low, a low, a low, low, and a low, a low, and a low...
00:54:35Professor Talon, since the Fire Dragon refused to serve as my mount, I shall take this little serpent.
00:54:42Elaine, you're the premier. Only the Fire Dragon is worthy of you.
00:54:45Such lowly beast isn't even worthy of being the Fire Dragon's lackey.
00:54:50Professor, my decision stands.
00:54:52Then it's done.
00:54:54The Fire Dragon goes to Hilda. In three months, the Beastware trials will judge your progress with the utmost rigor.
00:55:01Hilda, how could you do that? The Fire Dragon was meant for Elaine.
00:55:04Right! How can you steal from your own sister?
00:55:07I didn't. He chose me first.
00:55:14Brilliant. With that Fire Dragon, she'll be our new premier by morning.
00:55:17The newest initiate, and yet she scoops the finest prize in the hall.
00:55:21A treacherous beast was never a good choice.
00:55:25In my past life, Alias was just as arrogant.
00:55:28He refused to forge the bond with me.
00:55:34To feed his growth, I risked death on every hunt.
00:55:39Hunting man-eaters.
00:55:41Just to secure the beast essence.
00:55:46He never once spared a glass for my wounds.
00:55:50He only had eyes for what he needed.
00:56:01When I was away, Hilda would come to him.
00:56:03I knew.
00:56:05I told myself she was just trying to help.
00:56:11In this life, I won't let them betray me.
00:56:15Not again.
00:56:22No!
00:56:26Elaine?
00:56:29Elaine?
00:56:30Professor?
00:56:36A familiar shares its master's magic.
00:56:39You and Alias.
00:56:40You would have made an unstoppable pairing.
00:56:43But as you saw, Professor, he has no desire to bond with me.
00:56:47A beast's will can be guided.
00:56:49I shall speak with Hilda again and have Elidus return to-
00:56:52Professor.
00:56:52I seek no mighty instrument of power, but a true companion.
00:56:59He is not so bad, after all.
00:57:04Fine.
00:57:05But remember, the beastward trials is in three months.
00:57:08Academy's judgment is absolute.
00:57:11Any beast that falls short of the standard will be stripped from its master.
00:57:29Oh, Elaine.
00:57:30If you truly wanted Elias, why didn't you just ask?
00:57:33What?
00:57:34No.
00:57:35Weren't you begging him?
00:57:37Hoping the Professor hand Elias back to you?
00:57:39Ridiculous.
00:57:42My dearest sister.
00:57:44I'd love to return him, but...
00:57:48He refuses to leave with you.
00:57:51Drop the act, Hilda.
00:57:52I have no interest in your precious mount.
00:57:55Save that energy for the trials.
00:57:57Speaking of the trials...
00:57:59I have to apologize in advance.
00:58:01When Alias makes me the new premiere, where will that leave you?
00:58:07I don't know.
00:58:11This time, let me see how Hilda gets this bloodsucker to take human form without me.
00:58:17Only if you can afford him.
00:58:22Of course I can!
00:58:24But can your little worm even survive three months?
00:58:49So you would defend your master, Alalius?
00:58:51You just detest me.
00:58:53Elaine!
00:58:54The Fire Dragon is Academy's most precious beast in a decade.
00:58:57You will be punished if you hurt him.
00:58:59So my serpent deserves to die?
00:59:00It's just a lowly half-breed.
00:59:02There are hundreds like it in the Beast Pavilion.
00:59:04No wonder last time, he died at your hands in just a year.
00:59:12Hilda!
00:59:13Where is your familiar?
00:59:15It was too frail.
00:59:16It couldn't survive.
00:59:18I tried everything I could to save him.
00:59:20What did you try?
00:59:21What potions?
00:59:22What healing spells?
00:59:23I...
00:59:24You're an apprentice of Beast Word Academy.
00:59:27And you don't even know basic of beast care?
00:59:29How dare you question her?
00:59:41Alasius.
00:59:42You never answer my summons, yet here you are for Hilda.
00:59:45Have you forgotten who your master is?
00:59:47I share no bond with you.
00:59:50You!
00:59:51It's my fault.
00:59:53It's her I refuse to acknowledge.
00:59:56Halt!
00:59:58At the Premier, I speak for the Dean himself.
01:00:00I order you to stay, Hilda.
01:00:03As you wish, Elaine.
01:00:04For your incompetence and the death of your familiar.
01:00:07I sentence you to the Outer Valley to clear out the Trolls.
01:00:10No!
01:00:11I can't, can't do that.
01:00:13Please, please.
01:00:14Do not panic, Hilda.
01:00:15I will come with you.
01:00:16My flames will be your shield.
01:00:18I gathered essence all on my own.
01:00:20A thousand times.
01:00:21All for you.
01:00:22And you never came.
01:00:23Not once.
01:00:24Not once.
01:00:27As long as he chooses me and stands by my side, I will treat him right in return.
01:00:32A Fallen Premier and a mutt from the gutter.
01:00:35Perfect match.
01:00:35I hope you can last five minutes in the trials.
01:00:37Keep yourself and your mountain check, Hilda.
01:00:39Next time, it won't be just a splash of water.
01:01:01Drop your weapons, or die with the usurter.
01:01:07Mercy, King Roman.
01:01:14My queen.
01:01:17The baby's coming!
01:01:20Get the medics.
01:01:22Bring both women to the castle.
01:01:24No child should be born in this slaughter.
01:01:40Our little Rosalyn.
01:01:45She smells like white lilies.
01:01:48That's the scent of a pure white wolf.
01:01:50She'll be strong.
01:01:51For my future daughter-in-law, let's unite our kingdoms, Roman.
01:01:57That ruby carries ancient magic.
01:02:00Only a white wolf can wear it.
01:02:02When her wolf awakens, the necklace will find its way to her.
01:02:08The nurse says the baby's fine.
01:02:11My eyes were damaged in the war.
01:02:13Soon I'll be completely blind.
01:02:15If we'd won the war, I'd be a lord.
01:02:18Instead, we're stuck as slaves.
01:02:21Then we fix it.
01:02:22How?
01:02:29We switch the babies.
01:02:31Our girl gets the silk bed in the royal title.
01:02:35And their precious princess rots in the dungeon with us slaves.
01:02:39When our girl becomes queen, she frees us.
01:02:43And we take it all.
01:02:44To fool the king, we trade their scents.
01:02:54Say goodbye to your crown, little princess.
01:02:57Welcome to the gutter.
01:03:00Mother.
01:03:01I finished scrubbing the floors.
01:03:03And the laundry is done.
01:03:05Royal tournament starts today.
01:03:08I want to go watch.
01:03:09Just to learn.
01:03:10I've always dreamed of being a knight like Queen Selina.
01:03:14A knight?
01:03:15You're a damn slave.
01:03:17Born in the dirt and you'll die in it.
01:03:19You dare dodge me, punk?
01:03:28Open this door, brat.
01:03:30I'll kill ya!
01:03:33Your dad lose his mind again?
01:03:36The tournament's starting.
01:03:38Go.
01:03:38It is your dream, right?
01:03:40Thank you, Tess.
01:03:41I owe you.
01:03:50Trash!
01:03:51All of it!
01:03:56I want that!
01:04:02Patience, my little moon.
01:04:04But I want to wear it for the tournament!
01:04:05And you will.
01:04:07Once your white wolf awakens tonight, the ruby will recognize you.
01:04:12It'll come to its true master on its own.
01:04:18And when Prince Arthur wins the tournament today, he'll crown you his queen of beauty.
01:04:24He's finally going to propose.
01:04:27Mother, stop.
01:04:29We don't know for sure he'll pick me.
01:04:39There she is.
01:04:40The jewel of my kingdom.
01:04:43Tell me, Arthur.
01:04:45Doesn't my daughter look like a goddess today?
01:04:51Thank you for dedicating today's tournament to me, Arthur.
01:04:57She's my destined queen.
01:04:59So why do I feel no connection to her?
01:05:02Happy coming of age, sister.
01:05:08Enough dallying.
01:05:10The crowds are waiting.
01:05:11To the arena!
01:05:13To the arena!
01:05:23God, Rosamund, they are stunning!
01:05:26You should see the magical ruby Arthur's father gave me.
01:05:29I can only wear it tonight, once my white wolf awakens.
01:05:36Don't wear trash in my presence.
01:06:00What the hell was that?
01:06:02Am I finally getting my wolf?
01:06:04I'm back.
01:06:08You idiot!
01:06:09You scared the princess!
01:06:10Princess!
01:06:11Please!
01:06:12You threw the necklace.
01:06:14It startled the horse.
01:06:15So now it's my fault?
01:06:17No!
01:06:18No!
01:06:18No!
01:06:19Of course not!
01:06:19It was that slave girl.
01:06:21She spooked the horses!
01:06:23I didn't block anything.
01:06:24Your horse lost control.
01:06:26Liar!
01:06:27On your knees, rat!
01:06:28Or my king father will chop off your head for this.
01:06:33Being a noble doesn't give you the right to be a tyrant.
01:06:37Let go of me, bitch!
01:06:38What's happening here?
01:06:41Queen Selene.
01:06:43The fiercest white wolf in the realm.
01:06:45My hero.
01:06:46Mother!
01:06:47Thank the goddess you're here!
01:06:49This slave attacked us!
01:06:51She tried to flip the royal carriage!
01:06:53She ambushed us, your grace.
01:06:55I only came to watch the tournament, your grace.
01:06:57Her horse spooked!
01:06:57I didn't touch her carriage!
01:06:58My daughter carries royal blood.
01:07:01A white wolf does not lie.
01:07:02Guards, drag this slave to the dungeon.
01:07:11Please, your grace!
01:07:12I know I'm lowborn!
01:07:33Like a thief!
01:07:36Go back and enjoy!
01:07:37Run for the millage!
01:07:38I'm almost done!
01:07:39Holmes comes from point to point to point to point to point to point to point to point to point
01:07:40to point to point to point to point to point to point to point to point to point to point
01:07:40to point to point to point to point to point to point everywhere.
01:07:40transformation is a coś in a Sage.
01:07:41Bummer?
01:07:41She likes to pretend to be a force of a helicopter.
01:07:42Turn your takiej cultures... Your
01:07:44nature... uk...
01:07:49A lot
01:07:49of duda. formal thoughts
01:07:53of aquell работу. Tales seems
01:08:06A white wolf?
01:08:11Mother, it hurts!
01:08:16Guards, kill that slave!
01:08:24The first knight of the Seven Kingdoms! He's magnificent!
01:08:28Perfect match for Princess Rosalind.
01:08:31For the champion's sweat, Arthur.
01:08:38Who is she? Why do I feel so... inexplicably drawn to her?
01:08:44That rat again? She humiliated me, and now she's trying to seduce my Arthur? I'll kill her myself!
01:08:58Yikes!
01:09:01No!
01:09:07No...
01:09:08Strip her. Put her in the dead man's armor.
01:09:16wait what is this let me down the final juice prince arthur versus the mystery challenger
01:09:35goddess i'm dead
01:09:38stay focused elena breathe
01:09:52incredible this mystery night has better balance than most of my generals
01:09:56there is a rhythm to the movie it's almost familiar
01:10:01why won't he just kill that piece of filth fall already
01:10:17the moon dances strike no one else knows that move it's like looking into a mirror
01:10:44finish it arthur take her head off
01:10:50this is it he's going to kill me
01:10:58a girl
01:11:01a girl just fought the first night of the realm to a standstill
01:11:04she fights like a pureborn white wolf
01:11:07did you see her face she looks exactly like queen selene at the battle of the red flats
01:11:19it's you
01:11:20the champion has won crown the queen of beauty
01:11:33to the fiercest and most beautiful on this field
01:11:39no he's crowning a slave this is a complete insult to the royal family she is an assassin
01:11:46she ambushed my carriage and tried to murder me
01:11:49arthur take that crown off her head immediately criminals get no honor in this kingdom her parents
01:11:56are war prisoners they fought for the usurper lucian she has traitor blood in her veins
01:12:04for assaulting the princess and polluting a royal tradition
01:12:08i declare this slave a traitor to the realm death to the slave
01:12:13execute her right now
01:12:15execute her
01:12:16execute her
01:12:22anyone who wants her head goes through me
01:12:33jallavi
01:12:46run they're after you run
01:12:50and this pathetic bastard sister of mine is what you turned me down for
01:12:55you simple-minded beast
01:12:57if it wasn't the frost out of nowhere that killed my dragon
01:13:00i would never have even considered you
01:13:02the frost out of nowhere that killed me
01:13:08no
01:13:09no
01:13:10no
01:13:10no
01:13:12no
01:13:12no
01:13:13no
01:13:13no
01:13:18no
01:13:30This stupid animal may be a cur, but its flesh carries resistance to the frost.
01:13:36Solve it and consume its flesh. You will all inherit the resistance.
01:13:45Frugan, no! You chose him and yet, you failed him. Your whole existence is a disgrace to our family. Die,
01:13:57crockroach.
01:14:04As expected, this gray-maned bear of rather modest Lingenegy has been left unchosen.
01:14:11And in that case, Frugan, it seems you'll be bound to our lowest-ranking student, Emma.
01:14:18You bound? Did I survive?
01:14:20Wait! Am I back to the day when I was bound with Frugan?
01:14:25So, Emma. Though I suppose your choices are rather limited.
01:14:29Professor Rockweld, I'll take him.
01:14:32Laugh while you can. When the frost takes over everything in half a month, you will all be overwhelming with
01:14:38jealous.
01:14:40Wait!
01:14:46I'm taking the bear. You can bind with the dragon, sister.
01:14:50What is Fiona doing? The heir to the Drake family has always binded dragons. Why would she go with anything
01:14:55else?
01:14:56And that's an Aurelian dragon. They appear only once in centuries. Fiona must be out of her mind to choose
01:15:01an inferior beast over that.
01:15:02Fiona, I must remind you that the selection of your bonded creature is not a trivial matter. It will affect
01:15:08not only your graduation, but also the limits of your future magical potential.
01:15:13Professor Rockweld, and that's precisely why Emma needs the dragon more than I do.
01:15:18My grades speak for themselves. I can handle myself regardless of what I bind with. But Emma, on the other
01:15:24hand, look at her. She's already struggling. And on top of that, if she's paired with an inferior creature, I
01:15:30fear she may not graduate at all.
01:15:32A fine sentiment, Fiona. For a witch, power is secondary to character. And with a heart of gold like yours,
01:15:41you will go very far even if your bound creature is lesser.
01:15:45Well, Emma, don't you think you owe Fiona your gratitude?
01:15:48Um, thank you for the offer, Fiona. But this is really unnecessary. I quite like Bruggen, to be honest.
01:15:55Oh, come on, Emma. I'm trying to help you. Don't let your pride get in the way.
01:15:59No, it's really... Ouch!
01:16:08This... This is the unique way dragons bind with humans. This means the dragon chose me?
01:16:15Well, so much for it's really unnecessary. She refused it, then bound the dragon the moment she could. Shameless.
01:16:23That's an Anarian dragon. Some noble bloodline that appears once in centuries. If not for Fiona, she'd never have laid
01:16:30a hand on it. Lucky bastard.
01:16:34Lucky my ass. They have no idea. Indeed, Aurelian dragons possess extraordinary magical affinity.
01:16:44But their hatchlings are fragile in the cold.
01:16:51No! No! No!
01:16:53And that's exactly why last time it was killed in the frost on the first day.
01:17:00Thalrax!
01:17:03You gave up a dragon, and took my bear. I see, sister. You also came back with your memories.
01:17:13Bruggen, I'm not worried about surviving the frost without you. But I'm worried, what if Fiona mistreats you?
01:17:26Don't worry. Bruggen got you.
01:17:37Our fist hump? He remembers. It means he's alright. Did he also come back with his memories?
01:17:45Last time, Fiona drove the others and torn Bruggen to pieces. He may look gentle and simple-minded, but Bruggen
01:17:52never forgets. This time, this is going to be fun.
01:17:57Are you done staring at him?
01:18:00Are you talking to me? Your skills, they are beautiful.
01:18:04Naturally. I am an Aurelian dragon. We do not choose lightly. You should feel honored, human, rather than getting distracted
01:18:14by lesser creatures.
01:18:16Fair enough, little one. But why me?
01:18:19That ferocious woman. Her soul reeks. I can smell it out. But yours? It smells rather delightful. In fact, it
01:18:29is the most agreeable in this room.
01:18:31And do refrain from calling me little one. You may address me as your majesty.
01:18:37Of course. Your majesty.
01:18:42Alright, class. Copy this formation exactly as shown. Then speak the incantation. Voluntas Ligot.
01:18:50The bond will complete once you cast the spell. You may begin now.
01:19:05Where's my wand?
01:19:10I taught you the difference.
01:19:12Bruggen, could you pass me my wand?
01:19:19Aqua.
01:19:32Now you are using this knowledge against Fiona, clever bear.
01:19:39Voluntas Ligot.
01:19:51When a wand is reversed, the magic turns back on the caster. And that means, Bruggen has become your master.
01:20:04You must keep exchanging looks with that bear.
01:20:07Aurelian dragons are not only of noble blood. We are also particular about what belongs to us.
01:20:14You've bound yourself to me. Then your attention should follow.
01:20:18Um, okay. I will keep that in mind.
01:20:24Ah, uh, uh, uh...
01:20:49I will keep it on my mind.
01:20:51Oh my god.
01:20:53Select your share, and you are dismissed.
01:21:04Jalavi!
01:21:11Well done.
01:21:14That was a month's supply.
01:21:15She fed it all at once? Has she lost her mind?
01:21:20She clearly wasn't paying attention.
01:21:22Last in the class, and now this? Poor Valrax is doomed with her.
01:21:27Binding with Valrax is wasted on her.
01:21:29Let me remind you.
01:21:31Fire salvermanders are not easily obtained.
01:21:34They are to be used with care, and in accordance with Academy guidelines.
01:21:39Do not waste them.
01:21:41Of course, Professor Rockwile. I assure you, it wasn't wasted.
01:21:46We only have half a month till the frost arrives.
01:21:50Valrax has to grow fast to survive and protect me.
01:21:54If he dies right at the beginning again, that would be the real waste.
01:21:58Class is over.
01:22:09You remember too, don't you, sister?
01:22:12Last time, you survived by clinging to that curt bear.
01:22:15This time, it's my turn.
01:22:18Hmph.
01:22:19Then I wish you best of luck.
01:22:20Of course.
01:22:22I will just fine with him by my side, freezing to death on the first day of the frost.
01:22:33Get that cursed, feral creature of yours away from me!
01:22:36I'm sorry.
01:22:38But, you shouldn't have woken him up from his nap.
01:22:54Are you hungry already? You gotta be kidding me?
01:22:58Where am I supposed to find the extra salamers for you?
01:23:00I don't have the money for it.
01:23:02Did you hear?
01:23:03A freshman went into the Shadow Woods last night.
01:23:05Got completely lost.
01:23:07I'm not surprised.
01:23:08That place is covered in heavy fog all year round.
01:23:11The Shadow Woods.
01:23:12If I remember correctly, before the frost, someone found a salamander's nest there.
01:23:18If the timeline hasn't changed, no one's discovered it yet.
01:23:22This is going to take forever.
01:23:24If you want to crawl like this, hop on my back. I will take you there.
01:23:30But you are still just a hatchling. You're hardly big enough to carry.
01:23:49Shadow Woods.
01:23:52You're only a place to go, shark.
01:23:53Sh600, sh600, sh600 and sh600, sh600, sh600.
01:24:02Spirit, sh600, sh600 and sh600, sh600.
01:24:02I can't take you there, I can't take you there, I can't take you there.
01:24:03Go!
01:24:03Mr. S6, sh600, sh600, sh600, sh600, sh500.
01:24:03Oh oh oh oh oh, my God.
01:24:06Go!
01:24:07You're only a dream that we can jump.
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