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My 3 Fiancés Sold Me to the Elven King Who Hates Me New Ep,20 SM
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00:00I have three elf prince fiancs. My father was the most revered high priest, ruling over the entire coven of
00:06Blackthorn.
00:07Decades ago, a plague swept across the land. Only my father's magic could cure it. Three elven courts survived because
00:13of him.
00:14To repay that debt, each sent their prince to my side. Aldric, Caelorn, Farron.
00:21Even though my magic ranked dead last at the Witch Academy, they spoiled me rotten.
00:25On his deathbed, my father entrusted me to three prince.
00:28Protect Serafina.
00:30Every curse law of Blackthorn will shield her.
00:32Salern pressed his fist to his chest.
00:34Anyone who touches her dies.
00:36Don't be afraid, Serafina. From now on, we are your family.
00:40After father was buried, they turned me into the most pampered witch in Blackthorn.
00:44I frowned, and Aldric abandoned his entire court to come running.
00:48I felt cold, and Caelorn wove a warmth word around me.
00:51I couldn't sleep, and Theron stood guard until dawn.
00:55Everyone said I was lucky.
00:56But then, because of a widow with a child, they started calling me spoiled, clingy, and
01:00unreasonable.
01:02Even to please her, they sold me to our sworn enemy, the court of Val.
01:05They said Sorn Val hated nothing more than having a woman who carried the scent of another
01:09elf brought before him.
01:10The moment he detected the triple scents on me, he would humiliate me, destroy my pride,
01:15make me crawl back to Blackthorn.
01:17And then I would learn how to kneel, how to bow, how to obey.
01:20The day Alera appeared, it was raining.
01:22She knelt outside Blackthorn's barrier gate, clutching a feverish little boy.
01:27Please.
01:29I can work.
01:31Just give Leo a bed.
01:33The guards moved to turn her away.
01:35Theron was the first to walk over.
01:37Caelorn wove a warmth word and draped it over her shoulders.
01:40Aldric watched her for a long time.
01:42Let her in.
01:43From that day, Blackthorn had a meek, fragile widow.
01:46She knew exactly how to make a man feel needed, and I became the girl who couldn't survive
01:51without her elven princes.
01:52That night, I stood outside the study door.
01:55Serafina needs to learn what it feels like to lose something.
01:58She's too spoiled.
01:59She's nothing like Alara.
02:01Then send her to Vale's contract auction.
02:04Let her learn some manners.
02:05It's just to scare her.
02:07Vale was the one enemy Blackthorn could never subdue.
02:10Every elven clan on the continent had bowed to my father.
02:13Only Vale refused.
02:14They ruled the Evernight Forest of the North.
02:17Controlled the Spiritstone Mines.
02:19Monopolized the underground contract auctions.
02:21And Sauron Vale was the youngest.
02:23Most dangerous elven king the court of Vale had ever known.
02:27They said he was cold-blooded and cruel.
02:29They said he had torn a traitor's soul apart with his bare hands.
02:32And they said what he despised most was a woman carrying another elf's scent being sent to him.
02:37I stepped back, ready to run.
02:39Then I saw Alara standing behind me.
02:41She leaned close to my ear and whispered a curse.
02:43Before I lost consciousness, I heard her say softly,
02:46Don't blame me.
02:47They stopped wanting you a long time ago.
02:50The next morning, I woke bound to a chair with runic chains.
02:54Serafina, don't blame them.
02:55Men get bored.
02:57No one can revolve around a spoiled little witch forever.
03:00So you're here to teach me how to be a good girl?
03:03That's not what I meant.
03:05The door slammed open.
03:06Kaylearn stormed in and grabbed my wrist.
03:10You bullied her again?
03:12I didn't!
03:13Theron looked at me, his eyes full of disappointment.
03:16You're becoming less and less like your father.
03:18And you three are becoming less and less like you were before he died.
03:22The moment my father was gone and Blackthorn fell to you,
03:24you couldn't wait to start tormenting me!
03:27Theron turned away.
03:28Sauron won't keep you.
03:30He despises women carrying other elves' scent.
03:33Sign it!
03:34Don't sign, don't eat!
03:35I looked down.
03:36It was a sole consent contract transferring me to the contract auction.
03:40Serafina, just learn your place and they'll bring you back.
03:43What if I can't come back?
03:45What if Sauron makes me his eternal mate?
03:47Don't be ridiculous.
03:48You're drenched in our three scents.
03:50No powerful elfin king would tolerate woman smelling of other elves.
03:53Exactly.
03:53He'll send you back.
03:54The three of them laughed.
03:55I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
03:58Three days later, starved, humiliated.
04:00I gave in.
04:01I signed.
04:02The night before the auction, Aldric came to my room.
04:04He raised his hand and the concealment spell shattered.
04:07Before, no elf could detect the scent sealed inside me.
04:11Now he had stripped the ward away.
04:12Any elf who came near me would smell it instantly.
04:15Three princes.
04:16A scent that spoke of years spent living under the same roof as them.
04:19What was once protection had become humiliation.
04:22Mama, is the bad elfin king going to buy her?
04:26Alara stood there holding Leo.
04:28My moon silk shawl was draped over her shoulders.
04:30The one Aldric had bought me at an elfin relic auction.
04:34Now it was on her.
04:35He doesn't know what he's saying.
04:37Just babbling.
04:38No.
04:39He knows exactly what he's saying.
04:41You taught him well.
04:42Serafina, don't scare the child.
04:44So all three of you sleep in her bed every night?
04:47Don't be vulgar.
04:48Alara lost her elfin mate.
04:50Her magic destabilizes at night.
04:52The only way to ground her is skin contact, channeling scent back into her body.
04:55I looked at Alara.
04:56But beneath that faded scar, I caught Aldric's scent on her.
04:59Sailor and Thera Pond Lair.
05:01As if done deliberately.
05:02As if they were trying to bury the last trace of her dead mate.
05:05How convenient.
05:07A grieving widow whose magic just happens to collapse every night.
05:10Who just happens to need three elfin princes pressed against her skin.
05:14Each one leaving fresh scent.
05:16Stronger than her dead husband's.
05:18Enough!
05:19Kaelnon, don't speak to Serafina like that.
05:21She's just upset.
05:22Serafina, don't worry.
05:24Sauron probably won't even bother touching you.
05:25Once he sends you back, you can finally learn how to be a good girl.
05:29Good luck.
05:30Good luck to you too, Alara.
05:32I hope the princes you stole truly belong to you.
05:35They'll torment me for you today.
05:37But will they abandon you for someone else tomorrow?
05:46Serafina Blackthorn of the Covent of Blackthorn.
05:48Only daughter of the late High Priest.
05:50Still carrying the scent of three elfin princes.
05:53Has Blackthorn lost its mind?
05:55Soda Vale despises anything carrying another scent.
05:58I heard the last witch sent to Vale had her soul ripped apart.
06:01I stood at center stage.
06:02Fingers clenched tight around the silver family crest.
06:05My father had left me.
06:06Father once told me.
06:08Serafina, a true High Priest never lowers their head before a crowd.
06:13Even when afraid.
06:15So I straightened my spine.
06:16If the Court of Vile refuses the lot, Blackthorn may reclaim it.
06:20Being sent back by Vale, that's worse than death, isn't it?
06:22Wasn't she Blackthorn's little princess?
06:24Even with magic talents so poor it was almost embarrassing.
06:27She used to have three elfin princes protecting her.
06:30Those three princes are probably waiting for her to crawl back crying.
06:33Aldric Cullorn and Theron sat below, watching me, like watching a joke.
06:37Then, the cathedral doors burst open.
06:39Rain flooded the hall.
06:41Every candle flame thrashed violently.
06:43A moment later, steady footsteps struck the stone floor.
06:46One step.
06:47Then another.
06:48Sauron Vale is here.
06:49A man walked out of the storm.
06:51His eyes were a deep, cruel ice blue.
06:54I heard someone below laugh softly.
06:56They were waiting to watch the Blackthorn princess be rejected by Sauron Vale.
07:00He leaned down toward me.
07:01The next second, his power descended over me like frost, my knees nearly buckled.
07:06Heat rushed through my entire body.
07:08I bit my lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
07:12Triple elfin scents.
07:13And they still dared put you in front of me?
07:16Good.
07:17After tonight, there won't be another elf's trace left on you.
07:20Your Majesty, are you certain you wish to bid?
07:23She carries the scent of three Blackthorn elven princes.
07:25For any elven king, this is an open provocation.
07:28And the Blackthorn contract states that if you refuse to accept...
07:30Did I say I refused?
07:34Starting bid, five million gold crowns.
07:38A witch drenched in three elf's scent is worth five million?
07:40Who'd be insane enough to bid?
07:42The entire cathedral went dead silent.
07:44Aldric's expression changed.
07:45Kaelorn clenched his jaw.
07:47Theron froze where he stood.
07:48The auctioneer blinked for several seconds before striking the first gavel.
07:51Ten million.
07:52Going once.
07:54Eleven million.
07:55Looks like someone wants to embarrass Vale.
07:58Twenty million.
07:59Twenty million once.
08:01Twenty-one million.
08:02Thirty million.
08:05Has thirty million Val lost his mind?
08:07She's carrying three elf's scent.
08:10Sorin!
08:10What are you doing?
08:11You're the ones who put her up for sale, aren't you?
08:14Serena, stop him.
08:15Why?
08:16Isn't this what you wanted?
08:18You wanted to watch me be humiliated now the price is too high and suddenly you care?
08:22Thirty million once.
08:25Thirty million twice.
08:27Forty million.
08:28I whipped around toward Aldric.
08:29For one second, I almost couldn't believe it.
08:32He was willing to spend forty million to buy me back.
08:34She belongs to Blackthorne.
08:36Sorin laughed.
08:37A cold sound that made the entire hall tremble.
08:40Fifty million.
08:41Sixty million.
08:42Eighty million.
08:43A deathly silence fell over the cathedral.
08:45At this price.
08:46It was no longer a purchase.
08:47It was a public slap across Blackthorne's face.
08:50Aldric, enough.
08:52We can't afford this.
08:53What's wrong?
08:54You're the ones who sold her.
08:55Did you really think she'd come cheap?
08:57No one dared compete with Sorin anymore, but he seemed to be enjoying himself.
09:01He raised his hand one more time.
09:03One hundred million.
09:04The cathedral went completely still.
09:06Even the auctioneer forgot how to speak.
09:08Continue.
09:10One hundred million.
09:11Going once.
09:12Aldric didn't raise his paddle.
09:14Salern's hand rested on his sword hilt, but he didn't draw.
09:17Theron's eyes were red.
09:18His voice came out hoarse.
09:20Serafina.
09:21One hundred million.
09:22Going twice.
09:23One hundred million.
09:24Going three times.
09:25Serafina Blacktail.
09:26Sold to Sorin Vale.
09:28Has he gone mad?
09:29Actually, which orphan?
09:30Reeking of triple elf is...
09:31One hundred million.
09:32I object.
09:33She is just an unwanted Blackthorne orphan.
09:35How could she possibly be worth one hundred million?
09:37And remember this.
09:38The girl you threw away, I just paid one hundred million for.
09:42Now, it's our turn to teach them what it means to lose.
09:58The carriage pulled away from the auction house.
10:00I felt nothing anymore.
10:02Why did you buy me?
10:03You knew I carried three elves' scent.
10:05What do you want to hear?
10:06That I fell for you at first sight?
10:08Miss Serafina, I'll admit you're beautiful.
10:10But if I were moved by a face alone, that would be pathetically shallow.
10:13They put you in front of me to humiliate you.
10:15But I don't like being used as someone else's weapon.
10:18I can burn those three scents out of you, but it will hurt.
10:21How will you remove them?
10:22The same way they were left.
10:23I'll overwrite them.
10:25Then please, remove them.
10:27Back at the court of Vale, I lay in a soft bed.
10:29Sorin leaned over me, his thigh pressing between my legs,
10:32pulling the zipper at my waist down inch by inch.
10:34Miss Serafina, are you sure?
10:37I'm sure.
10:38Then I'll try to be gentle.
10:40When Sorin's scent began flooding into my body,
10:42I thought of the year I was 15.
10:44I was being chased by a dark creature.
10:46Aldric saved me with his own magic.
10:48Don't be scared.
10:49I'm here.
10:50I'll protect you from now on.
10:51My arms wrapped around Sorin's neck.
10:53Through the haze, Aldric's scent shattered.
10:55I straddled Sorin.
10:56I used to sit like this on Kaelorne's lap.
10:58At 14, I failed a spell in front of the entire witch academy.
11:02Every elf and witch in the room laughed at me.
11:04She's the high priest's daughter and she can't even levitate a book.
11:07Kaelorne pushed through the crowd and seized my wrist.
11:09She's mine.
11:10Say one more word.
11:11I looked at Sorin.
11:12Tears fell.
11:13Kaelorne's scent gone.
11:14My face buried in the pillow.
11:16Sorin kissed down my spine.
11:17I thought of the days after father died.
11:19Theron sat beside me, holding me again and again, fingers pressing gently against my back.
11:24Serafina, I'll always be here.
11:27I'll be your family.
11:28My whole body shuddered.
11:30The last scent shattered.
11:31I lay in bed, whimpering.
11:33Sorin pulled me into his arms.
11:34While I was overriding them just now, who were you thinking about?
11:38Aldric, Kaelion, Theron, or all three?
11:41My body went rigid.
11:43Sorin clearly had no intention of letting it go.
11:45You were in my arms the entire time.
11:46Couldn't you have focused on me?
11:48Just me?
11:49Never mind.
11:50If it's you, I suppose you can use me as a tool.
11:53After sleeping with Sorin, my body started changing.
11:56My breasts are bigger now.
11:57They bounce when I walk.
11:59My skin is smoother than before.
12:01Even my hair's gotten longer.
12:03I grabbed the doctor's hand and whispered.
12:05I was terrified.
12:06Doctor, am I pregnant?
12:09Is Sorin that potent?
12:11We only slept together once.
12:13Could I really be carrying his child?
12:14I couldn't be pregnant now.
12:16I hadn't taken my revenge on those three men yet.
12:18I couldn't have any weakness.
12:19Miss, there's no need to worry.
12:20The doctor pushed his glasses up awkwardly.
12:22His Majesty's potency is expected.
12:25But according to the tests, you are not pregnant.
12:27The hair growth is simply a normal theological change.
12:29Nothing to do with pregnancy.
12:30But even my hips have gotten wider.
12:32If I used to be a girl, I feel like I've become a woman.
12:34How can I not be pregnant?
12:35Miss, you are not pregnant.
12:37Ever since those three scents were burned away, I couldn't sleep.
12:39Couldn't eat.
12:40The doctor said my body was perfectly fine, but I felt wrong all over.
12:43Two or three children ran past in the corridor and handed me a bouquet of roses.
12:47Miss, ever since you came to our court, His Majesty Sorin seems happy every day.
12:52Thank you for keeping him company.
12:54The children stared at my face and slowly blushed.
12:56You're so pretty.
12:59But really, I should be the one thanking Sorin.
13:01He saved me.
13:03Before I finished speaking, I noticed the roses in my hand were withering at an impossible speed.
13:07I opened the door to Sorin's study.
13:09Sorin!
13:10Ever since I slept with you, my body's been acting strange.
13:13Even flowers wilt the moment I hold them!
13:15The instant I stepped into the room, the bookshelves began to shake violently.
13:19Sorin rushed over and pulled me into his arms.
13:21Several books slammed into his lower back.
13:25Are you okay?
13:26Why is this happening to me?
13:29Sorin, I'm losing my mind!
13:31Ever since father died, everything changed.
13:33They fell in love with someone else.
13:35They tied me to a chair.
13:36Starved me.
13:36Sold me like merchandise just to teach me a lesson.
13:39I want to get back at them so badly, but my magic has always been the worst in school.
13:42I can't even levitate a book.
13:43And now I can't even control my own body.
13:45Every day I feel off.
13:46A cold finger pressed against my lips.
13:48Sorin leaned down and kissed my tears away.
13:50Then whispered in my ear.
13:51Look around you.
13:53I opened my eyes.
13:54The withered bouquet in my hand had vanished.
13:56Lush, vibrant roses had bloomed across every surface of the study.
14:00This is your magic.
14:03The first time I saw you, you were six.
14:05I was eight.
14:07My favorite dog had just died.
14:09Back then, the Court of Vile and the Coven of Blackthorne were not yet enemies.
14:13The Vile family was visiting Blackthorne's territory.
14:16Sorin's German shepherd ate a piece of chocolate on the road and died from poisoning.
14:20Sorin held the body and cried for days.
14:22Then you appeared like a little god.
14:24Lollipop in your mouth.
14:25You waved your wand and my dog came back to life.
14:27Your father said you were the most gifted witch on the continent.
14:30That your magic was even stronger than his.
14:33But when I saw you again at the auction, there wasn't a trace of magic on you.
14:36You didn't even seem to remember being a prodigy before age six.
14:39I never understood why.
14:41Until the moment I burnt those three cents out of you.
14:43I felt your magic.
14:46Immense.
14:46Overflowing.
14:47It had been sealed away this entire time.
14:49I'm a prodigy witch?
14:50That's impossible.
14:51And who could even seal someone's magic?
14:53My father?
14:54Why would he do that?
14:55I was confused too.
14:56Until I searched the ancient texts in this study.
14:59The records say that once every thousand years, the continent produces a witch capable of healing anything.
15:04Her power is so vast it causes chaos around her.
15:07The only thing that can suppress it is an elf's scent bonded deep into her body.
15:11So father brought Aldric, Caelan and Theron to bond their scent to me.
15:14To keep me from hurting myself?
15:17Did they know?
15:18No, if they'd known, they would never have stripped the concealment and let everyone smell their scent on me just
15:22to mock me.
15:24So...
15:24Do you want to hide your magic again?
15:27At least keep it from spiraling out of control?
15:30I looked at Sorin.
15:31The tenderness in his eyes was nearly overflowing.
15:33I understood what he meant immediately.
15:35I tilted my head, smiling until my eyes curved.
15:38Sorin, you've had a crush on me since you were eight.
15:41Since I brought your dog back to life, haven't you?
15:43I wrapped my arms around his neck and tipped my face up to kiss him.
15:47In a sea of roses, Sorin let his scent sink into me.
15:50Deep, slow, and entirely his.
15:52After that day, Sorin began teaching me how to tame my magic power so vast it could spiral out of
15:57control at any moment.
15:59I stood at the center of a magic circle, wand in hand.
16:03Sepifina, close your eyes.
16:06Feel the magic inside you.
16:10Don't resist it.
16:11Don't fear it.
16:12But I don't even know how to tell it apart from anything else.
16:14A familiar cold scent drew close.
16:16The next second, Sorin stood behind me.
16:18One hand settled over my lower abdomen.
16:21My body went rigid.
16:22Here, when magic awakens, it heats up here first.
16:27You...
16:27Don't move.
16:28If you tremble at this level of touch, what will you do on a battlefield?
16:31That's not the same thing.
16:32To me, it is.
16:33You need to get used to it.
16:35His breath burned against the shell of my ear.
16:37Now, imagine a river inside you.
16:40Don't damn it.
16:41Let it flow to your fingertip.
16:43Soon, my palm grew hot.
16:45A faint thread of golden light leaked from the tip of my wand.
16:48I can see it.
16:49My magic.
16:51Keep going.
16:52Don't let it scatter.
16:53The glow trembled on my wand, like a heart that had just begun to beat.
16:56Sorin retrieved a withered white rose from the table.
16:59The instant my wand touched its petals, the flower bloomed again.
17:03I actually did it.
17:05Hmm.
17:06You did.
17:07Before I could celebrate, he stood and walked to the far side of the training room.
17:11Several practice dummies stood there.
17:13Have you ever killed anyone?
17:14The wand slipped from my grip.
17:15I scrambled to pick it up.
17:16No.
17:17I've never killed anyone.
17:18Never even thought about it.
17:19Really?
17:20Then tell me, why are you training so hard?
17:23You said you wanted revenge on the three men who betrayed you.
17:26He walked to my side.
17:27A voice like a siren's murmured in my ear.
17:29What does your revenge actually look like?
17:33How far are you willing to go?
17:34He seized my chin, forcing my face up to meet his gaze.
17:38Showing mercy to your enemies is the most pathetic thing you can do.
17:41A deep, consuming kiss tangled between us.
17:44He bit my lip.
17:45Seraphina, hasn't there been a single moment where you've wanted to kill them?
17:48Seraphina, Aldric, Kaelon, Theron.
17:50How dare they do that to you?
17:52Your father was the High Priest.
17:53You are Blackthorn's princess.
17:55How dare they trample your dignity and call it teaching you manners?
17:58How dare they make you submit?
18:00Your father saved everyone in their three courts during the plague.
18:03They should be kneeling at your feet, begging for scraps.
18:06Don't you want to kill them?
18:08Did I want to kill the people who betrayed me?
18:10Sorin, how do you usually deal with the elves who betray you?
18:14Crush their souls.
18:16So all those rumors are true?
18:18They are not rumors.
18:19I swung my wand.
18:20A straw dummy exploded on impact.
18:22I'm going to take Blackthorn back.
18:24I'll drive Aldric, Kaelon, Khaeron, and Theron out of the North.
18:28But I won't kill them.
18:30Sorin's blue eyes flashed to blood red.
18:31You still love them?
18:33Why else would you go soft?
18:35There's more to the world than love and hate.
18:37There's a shade of gray in between.
18:39I don't love them anymore.
18:41But I can't deny the years they spent protecting me, watching me grow up.
18:45At the very least, I can no longer be their lover, but I can't bring myself to be their mortal
18:50enemy either.
18:51Sorin's expression was all confusion and disapproval.
18:54I reached out and buried my face in his chest.
18:56Sorin, I swear, from the moment you bid on me at that auction, my heart, my body, and my soul
19:03belong only to you.
19:05I will love you the way you love me.
19:06Meanwhile, the Coven of Blackthorn.
19:08Ilaria rushed into the room, clutching her child.
19:11Aldric, Leo's been asleep for a full day and night.
19:14Nothing wakes him.
19:15His face is covered in red spots.
19:17The coffee cup in Kaelon's hand shattered the instant he saw Leo's face.
19:20Is that...
19:21The three exchanged a look.
19:23When they were young, they had seen this disease before.
19:25Entire elven clans were decimated.
19:27The plague from ten years ago.
19:28It looked like this.
19:30Kaelon, don't say that.
19:31The high priest eradicated it.
19:33How could Leo possibly have it?
19:34Your Highness!
19:36The town of Thornhaven in the south has suffered mass unexplained deaths.
19:39Please send investigators immediately.
19:41That's where Leo and I used to live.
19:43Kaelon, what do we do if the plague really is back?
19:45The only person who could cure it, the high priest, is dead.
19:48And his only bloodline, Seraphina, we drove her away.
19:51The plague had come.
19:52Blackthorn's southern border.
19:53Four hundred dead in three days.
19:55Sorin handed me the letter while I was making a lily bloom.
19:58High fever.
19:58Red square.
19:59Coma.
20:00The plague from ten years ago is back.
20:02A decade ago, my father poured his life's magic into eradicating it.
20:05Then he aged rapidly and died before fifty.
20:07All these years I had selfishly thought.
20:09If only my father hadn't saved those elves.
20:11And now I faced his same choice.
20:13Sorin, I'm going back.
20:15Why?
20:16Your magic is still unstable.
20:17If you heal those people, you could end up like your father.
20:20Like my father?
20:21Dying young after saving thousands?
20:23Sorin, I used to think his choice was heartbreaking.
20:26But now that I have this power, all I feel is gratitude.
20:29Grateful that my life can be traded for thousands.
20:31Every life is equally precious.
20:33Just because I'm the high priest's bloodline, you're lover and powerful.
20:37Does that make my life noble enough to ignore thousands of ordinary people dying?
20:42Your father abandoned the court of Vale.
20:44He didn't save my people.
20:46What?
20:46That's why Var and Blackthorn went to war.
20:49That's why we became sworn enemies.
20:50I had always believed Vale was a brutal aggressor.
20:53I never imagined the truth was this.
20:55Impossible.
20:56My father would never do something like that.
20:58Sorin only looked at me for a long moment, then picked up his coat.
21:01I'll go with you.
21:02But you don't leave my sight.
21:03And you don't burn yourself out.
21:05Inside the Blackthorn court, a guard ran in.
21:08The town of Thornhurren.
21:09Two hundred dead in a single night.
21:11The people are saying it's divine punishment for driving away the high priest's daughter.
21:15Nonsense.
21:16What does this have to do with us sending Seraphana away?
21:19Even if she were here, she couldn't save anyone.
21:22Alara wept silently.
21:23Then suddenly, she realized Leo, in her arms, had stopped breathing.
21:27Blackthorn's border had become hell.
21:28I pulled my hood low and entered the plague zone.
21:30A five-year-old child was fading fast.
21:32I crouched down.
21:33My fingertips touched his forehead.
21:35Golden light spread.
21:36The rash faded.
21:37His breathing returned.
21:38The people around me stared in disbelief.
21:40How is that possible?
21:41Who is she?
21:43She healed my son.
21:45She's a divine witch.
21:47The news reached Blackthorn's court within a day.
21:49Aldric heard.
21:50Someone at the border can cure the plague?
21:52Prepare the horses.
21:53In a single night, I healed hundreds.
21:55I stared at the candlelight and noticed fine lines had appeared on the back of my hand.
21:59I was only 22.
22:00Sorin saw them too.
22:01Seraphina, you can't keep healing them.
22:03That's enough.
22:04I bought you.
22:05This is an order.
22:06Just then, a commotion broke out outside the tent.
22:08The three of us now hold power over Blackthorn.
22:10You only survived because of Blackthorn's relief rations.
22:13What does it matter that you've waited in line all day?
22:15Alara, cut the line!
22:17Alara burst into the tent and dropped to her knees, forehead pressed to the ground.
22:21Please, save my child.
22:23He's only three.
22:24Because you're nobility, you think you can cut the line?
22:26Alara's face went white.
22:28Aldric strode in and shoved the child sitting in the treatment chair aside.
22:32Can't you see our noble status?
22:35Move aside.
22:36Then he turned to me.
22:36I don't know who you are or where you come from, but the three of us were recognized
22:40by the High Priest himself as Elfin nobility.
22:42This woman is our kin.
22:44It should be your honor to heal her.
22:46Be grateful.
22:47Without us, you'd never have any connection to the High Priest.
22:50Please, just save this child quickly.
22:52He means everything to us.
22:53I slowly pulled back my hood.
22:54My hair fell loose.
22:55Seraphina.
22:56I am the High Priest's daughter.
22:57Aldric, Kalian, Therion.
23:00I never realized you were the kind of people who'd use your status to tramper others.
23:04I will not heal Alara's child.
23:07Get in line.
23:08All three men went still.
23:09Therion spoke first.
23:10Seraphina, you've changed.
23:11You're so beautiful.
23:12You're like a completely different person.
23:15Alara, forget it.
23:16So the Divine Witch is just Seraphina.
23:18No one knows her better than me.
23:19She has no magic.
23:20She was chased by dark creatures and I had to save her.
23:23As Aldric turned and walked out, Kalorn and Therion hesitated, then followed.
23:26I helped the child who'd been thrown to the ground back into the chair.
23:29I raised my wand.
23:30Brilliant golden light burst from the child's body.
23:32Thank you, Divine Witch.
23:33All three turned back in disbelief.
23:36Can you really heal people?
23:37I can, but I won't heal Leo.
23:40Not until you wait in line like everyone else.
23:42Now, go Q.
23:44The four of them joined the end of the line.
23:46They waited from dawn until the next afternoon.
23:48Their once pristine noble garments were now filthy and disheveled.
23:51How did you get here?
23:52What did you bring?
23:53Medicine?
23:54Supplies?
23:55Silence from all three.
23:57Nothing.
23:58Hundreds of people are dying out there and you didn't bring a single bandage.
24:01I looked at the patients they had ignored, then at Leo in Alera's arms.
24:05You are not fit to rule this land.
24:06I raised my hand to heal Leo, but Sorin stopped me.
24:09Serafina, this child is already dead.
24:13Are you sure you want to do this?
24:14I knew what he meant.
24:15Bringing back the dead costs exponentially more magic and life than healing the living.
24:19Blood dripped from my nose.
24:20I raised my hand.
24:21Golden magic poured from my wand.
24:23Color slowly returned to Leo's face.
24:25Alera kowtowed again and again.
24:26I don't know how to thank you.
24:28I sincerely apologize for everything I've done.
24:31How do you have healing magic this powerful?
24:34Bringing back the dead, that's impossible.
24:36Not even the high priest could do that.
24:38Theron only stared at me and Sorin, eyes red.
24:41Serafina, is there still a chance for us?
24:43Every day since you left, I've thought about you.
24:46Maybe the person I truly loved was always you.
24:48Sorin dipped his head and kissed me, right in front of all three of them.
24:51Urgent, claiming.
24:52His tongue pushed past my lips, biting, devouring, like revenge made flesh.
24:56I tried to push him off.
24:57I couldn't.
24:58The plague spread to central Blackthorn.
25:00I hadn't rested in seven days straight.
25:02Theron followed me everywhere.
25:04Kalorn brewed medicines.
25:05Aldrich had returned to the court.
25:06Sorin stayed behind me the entire time.
25:08Silent.
25:09Only catching me each time I swayed.
25:11That night, I sat outside the tent gasping for air and noticed my hair had begun turning white.
25:17Seprafina, if you keep this up, you won't live five more years.
25:20So what?
25:21Even for my sake, can't you rest?
25:24I said nothing.
25:25The people of Blackthorn South began gathering around me of their own will.
25:28Wherever the Divine Witch goes, we follow.
25:31Aldrich sent soldiers to arrest me.
25:33The soldiers arrived.
25:34They saw me healing a child on the verge of death.
25:36Not one raised a hand.
25:38Divine Witch, we're staying.
25:41Two town mayors in central Blackthorn jointly petitioned the court,
25:44demanding the removal of Aldrich, Kalorn, and Theron,
25:47and calling for me to be crowned the new ruler.
25:49They didn't know I was the High Priest's daughter.
25:50They only knew I had saved countless lives.
25:53But I could feel it.
25:54Even though my appearance aged slowly, my organs had deteriorated completely.
25:58I was going to die soon.
25:59Aldrich mobilized the court's last military forces to suppress the people who wanted me as their new queen.
26:04She's saving lives and you want to kill her!
26:07She's lost your want to tell now!
26:08You've lost your mind!
26:09She's trying to take our power!
26:11You threw the people away yourself.
26:13Aldrich led 300 elven cavalry, Blackthorn's most elite force marching south.
26:17He was coming to kill me when he arrived.
26:19The square was packed with civilians.
26:21Move.
26:22No one moved.
26:23I said move!
26:25An old man stepped forward.
26:26In his arms, a baby I had just healed.
26:28My lord, if you want to kill our divine witch, step over my body first.
26:33More and more people stepped forward.
26:35Aldrich's horse stamped nervously.
26:36Lord, we cannot bring ourselves to do this.
26:39Useless!
26:39All of you, useless!
26:41Aldrich aimed an arrow, straight at me.
26:44You're the king of Vale.
26:45What gives you the right to kill on Blackthorn's soil?
26:48If you try to harm the woman Vale bought, then I have every right to retaliate!
26:51Before Sorin even exerted his full strength, an arrow from somewhere in the crowd struck
26:55Aldrich through the heart.
26:56Alera knelt outside my tent, all night.
26:59Serafina, you saved my child!
27:01Can't you save my lover too?
27:03Months ago, Aldrich had been my lover as well.
27:05I refused.
27:05I had no obligation to save a man who trampled his own people.
27:08On his last night, Aldrich lay in an empty tent.
27:11He had once been Blackthorn's most brilliant nobleman.
27:13He'd had Alera's adoration and mine, the throne.
27:16Everything.
27:17Now he had nothing.
27:18On the sixth morning, a soldier came to report.
27:20Aldrich is dead.
27:22Please be our queen.
27:24I looked at the crown.
27:25I remembered what it looked like on my father's head, his gentle hand running through my hair.
27:29His words, Daddy will protect everyone.
27:32I took the crown.
27:33The entire square knelt.
27:34The moment I placed it on my head, I issued my first decree as the new queen.
27:38Kaolon, elfin noble of Blackthorn.
27:40Sentenced to exile, effective immediately.
27:42Leave Blackthorn lands, never to return.
27:44Serafina.
27:45You never held the blade yourself, but your signature is on the dotment sold me.
27:48You were never the worst of them, yet you were always a silent accomplice.
27:51Kaelern knelt in the crowd.
27:53Kaelern's tears fell.
27:54He pressed his forehead to the ground once, said nothing, rose, and walked out of the crowd.
27:58At the edge of the square, he looked back at me once.
28:01I didn't look at him.
28:01Therion, your herbs have saved countless lives, so I will not esdral you.
28:05But your elfin noble title, all fieldons and privileges, are revoked effective immediately.
28:10From this day, you are merely a commoner.
28:12Serafina, this is worse than death.
28:14When you sold me, did you ever think how this would feel?
28:18Sorin stood outside the crowd, watching all of this.
28:20The plague across Blackthorn had been mostly contained.
28:23That evening, Sorin came to me with wine and food.
28:26Congratulations, Queen of Blackthorn.
28:27After the third drink, he moved closer.
28:31Sorin, why did you seek me out?
28:33Were we not meant to be mortal enemies?
28:34Ten years ago, why did Val invade Blackthorn?
28:36What is it you truly want?
28:38Do you honestly expect me to believe in some lie of love at first sight?
28:41Ten years ago, when the plague hit, your father used his life's magic to save the entire continent.
28:47But his life force was Finanite.
28:49He had to choose.
28:51Save everyone and die immediately.
28:53Or abandon some and live a few more years.
28:55To stay with you.
28:56He chose to abandon Vale.
28:58To watch you grow up until you turn 22 and his life finally burned out.
29:01But Vale lost 800 people.
29:03My mother, my sister.
29:05They both died in that plague.
29:08That is the blood feed between the court of Vale and the coven of Blackthorn.
29:11But before your father died, he came to me.
29:13He knelt before me.
29:14A dying man and signed a soul-death contract with me.
29:16He was afraid I'd retaliate against Blackthorn the moment he was gone.
29:19So he offered most of Blackthor's mines and his last five years of life force as the price.
29:23In exchange for me giving you ten years to grow, I accepted.
29:26His last five years of life force?
29:28Impossible!
29:29My father would never have given up five years with me willingly!
29:32Soren's expression went rigid.
29:33I dug my fingers into his shoulders.
29:36Tell me the truth.
29:37Your father originally intended to give me one year.
29:39I bargained it up to five.
29:41Serafana.
29:41I couldn't help it.
29:43I truly hated your father back then.
29:44So you made my father die early.
29:47And why did you go to the auction?
29:49To watch me be humiliated?
29:51Yes.
29:52I wanted to watch Blackthorn's heir be sold by her own people.
29:55The perfect revenge for Vale.
29:57So you bought me.
29:58Not out of love.
29:59Out of hatred.
30:00No.
30:01Serafina, let me explain.
30:02And that kiss?
30:02Kissing me in front of them, that was just possessiveness.
30:05Claiming your enemy's daughter must have felt good, right?
30:07Enough.
30:07The crown is on my head now.
30:09Per the agreement, Blackthorn's resources are yours.
30:12Take what's owed to you, then leave my territory.
30:15Between us, we're even.
30:23Soren returned to Vale.
30:25He sat on his throne alone.
30:27Three full days.
30:28Not a drop of water.
30:29Three days later, the first plague case appeared within Vale's borders.
30:33One week later, the death toll passed 100.
30:35His ministers filled the Great Hall on their knees.
30:38Your Majesty, the white-haired Divine Witch of Blackthorn is the only one who can cure this plague.
30:46We're not asking her.
30:49But our people!
30:51I said no.
30:52He deployed Vale's finest healers.
30:55Used every method available.
30:56Nothing worked.
30:57The death toll passed 300.
30:59Soren stopped sleeping.
31:00He entered the plague zone himself.
31:02Carrying bodies, isolating patients.
31:03His attendant knelt before him.
31:05Your Majesty, you're contracted at this rate!
31:08Then let me catch it.
31:09Let me die!
31:11The attendant dared not speak again.
31:13Day 10.
31:14Soren hadn't slept in three days.
31:16He slumped against the wall of the plague zone.
31:18A messenger came racing in.
31:22Your Majesty!
31:23The plague source has been suppressed!
31:25What?
31:26They say a Divine Witch came!
31:28She's healing everyone!
31:29Soren stood.
31:31Ready, my horse.
31:32Your Majesty, your body-
31:33I said ready, my horse!
31:35Soren rode without rest.
31:37A three-day journey in a day and a half.
31:39One horse died beneath him.
31:41He switched to another and kept riding.
31:44When he arrived, dawn was just breaking.
31:47The square was packed.
31:48People kneeling everywhere.
31:50Everyone crying, his heart plummeted.
31:52He shoved through the crowd.
31:53Someone tried to stop him.
31:55Sir, you can't-
31:57He threw them aside and rushed toward the treatment tent.
32:00Inside, I lay on the bed.
32:02My hair had gone completely white.
32:04My skin was pale to the point of translucence.
32:07My body thin as paper.
32:09Soren walked toward me.
32:10One step.
32:11Two steps.
32:12Three.
32:12Each one like stepping on a blade.
32:14He dropped to his knees at my bedside.
32:17You came.
32:18He took my hand.
32:21Serafina, we said we were even.
32:23Why would you do something this foolish?
32:25My father made a mistake once.
32:27I didn't want to make it again.
32:28Tears slid from the corners of my eyes.
32:30And I didn't want to miss my chance with the man I love.
32:33I didn't want him to suffer.
32:35Saurian, I truly love you.
32:37May we not be enemies in the next life.
32:39My breathing stopped.
32:40Every plague patient across Vale survived.
32:42In that entire epidemic, only one person died.
32:45The elven king of Vale's beloved.
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