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00:00Where am I?
00:02What happened?
00:04I stayed up reading and I passed out from exhaustion.
00:07How did this happen?
00:11I do not believe in destiny.
00:15I choose it.
00:17Not even God gets to control my life.
00:32Can't talk?
00:33As a CEO, am I gonna die in the woods?
00:38Are you kidding me?
00:42Help!
00:44I don't want to die!
00:49Father, there is a child.
00:51Alarak, bring the child to me.
00:53Alarak?
00:54Wait, that name sounds familiar.
00:57Are these two the king and the crown prince from novel I was reading?
01:02I'm actually inside the book.
01:04Father, did you hear that?
01:06In the novel, they adopt an abandoned baby.
01:09Then that hypocrite Neressa realizes the baby soul is pure energy.
01:14Perfect for her dark magic.
01:16He'll play nice and suck me dry.
01:19I'm the cannon fodder.
01:21I'm gonna die!
01:23Father, we are truly hearing her thoughts.
01:26But how did she know Nerissa?
01:28How can she know things that haven't happened?
01:31Keep watching.
01:36There's a bright and lovely kid.
01:38I'll raise her in the palace.
01:42Classic fairytale face.
01:45However, total lie.
01:46That's how she fools everyone.
01:49Alarak?
01:50What is that in your arms?
01:52Father just rescued this baby from the wild.
01:54He's planning to adopt her.
01:56Such a pure soul.
01:58Perfect for my dark magic.
02:01Drain her.
02:02And I'm unstoppable.
02:05Alarak, since father is busy, why not let me watch her?
02:08I promise to cherish her like my own flesh in his blood.
02:13Help!
02:13You idiot!
02:15She's going to eat me!
02:16My soul is literally screaming!
02:20Stop!
02:21I can't-
02:22I'm sorry, Alarak.
02:24I'm not used to holding a baby.
02:26I didn't mean to hurt her.
02:27Hey, don't be upset at Nerissa.
02:29Got this for you on my trip.
02:30Best Rouge.
02:31Ugh!
02:32Again!
02:33Cheap junk.
02:33Like I care.
02:35So annoying.
02:36Ugh!
02:37Julian is totally blinded.
02:39Every single gift he gives her ends up in the trash the second he turns around.
02:43Wait!
02:44What was that?
02:45Thought you were smarter.
02:47She literally fools you.
02:48No wonder you end up a beggar in the book.
02:51You could've been brilliant for this kingdom.
02:53Instead, she bleeds you dry while turning father against you.
02:56Making it look like you're the one wasting it all.
02:59Can I actually hear her thoughts?
03:00Don't be fooled by Nerissa's innocent act.
03:03Look at her sleeve.
03:04That ruby ring.
03:06The only heirloom your mom left is in there.
03:10Oh!
03:11Wait!
03:11I just remembered.
03:13I grabbed the wrong one.
03:14Aunt Nerissa, this Rouge isn't for you.
03:16It's actually for the head maid.
03:17What?
03:18But-
03:19Give it back.
03:20I'll bring you something much better later.
03:27Caught red-handed.
03:28Let's see how you lie your way out of this one, princess.
03:39Why do you have my mother's ruby ring?
03:41I-I have no idea.
03:43It just appeared on my desk.
03:45Julian!
03:46I was on my way to give it back to father!
03:49Wow!
03:49The audacity!
03:51Did the ring grow legs and crawl into your sleeve to dance?
03:56Why didn't it crawl into my arms instead?
04:04Why didn't it crawl into my arms instead?
04:07Mother's ruby ring.
04:10It chose her!
04:12Fine.
04:13Then as a welcome gift.
04:16It's hers now.
04:18Really? Julian, you're the best!
04:22Since you're being so generous, I'll make sure you become the richest man alive.
04:27No one's stealing from you on my watch.
04:30I was going to refine this ruby.
04:33It's the last ingredient I need for my level up potion.
04:37I have to get it back.
04:39She's still a baby.
04:41This gift is way too valuable for her.
04:43Julian, let me hold on to it for now.
04:47Too much for her, but not for you.
04:49Or is it that you've never cared for anything I give you,
04:53and only have eyes for my mother's heirloom?
04:55Is this really what you think of me?
04:58Forget it, Julian.
04:59You're wasting your breath.
05:01She'll never admit it, no matter how much you press her.
05:05Forget the ring!
05:06Felix is ambushed and badly hurt at the border.
05:10The enemy spies will kidnap him if we don't move.
05:13The border.
05:14Felix is in trouble?
05:20Father!
05:33Father, where is Felix?
05:35Where's my brother?
05:39Father!
05:40Alaric!
05:41I just saw Felix by the canyon.
05:43It looked like he was retreating that way.
05:45Move!
05:45Let's find him!
05:47Don't listen to her!
05:49It's the other way!
05:50She's lying so you won't find him,
05:53and Felix will be kidnapped by the spies!
05:56If you don't save him, father,
05:58you'll think he abandoned his post.
06:00You'll lose all trust in him,
06:02and it ends with the brothers killing each other.
06:05Poor Felix!
06:07Perfect.
06:08This is the chance to see if this baby's thoughts are actually true.
06:13Father,
06:14I saw signs of a struggle in the opposite direction.
06:17Felix might be over there.
06:18In that case, split up!
06:20Search both ways!
06:27To the left!
06:29Hurry!
06:30Felix is behind that cave!
06:32He's barely holding on!
06:34Hang on, Felix!
06:41Felix!
06:42Felix!
06:43We made it just in time.
06:45Don't worry, brother.
06:46I am here to save you.
06:49I'm so sorry, father Alaric.
06:51I was so panicked on the battlefield that I got confused.
06:54I actually meant to point in this direction, too.
06:57That's enough!
06:58We need to treat Alaric.
06:59Just get out!
07:14Father,
07:15there are spies in the border guard.
07:17Our secret passage.
07:18The enemy found it.
07:20I know.
07:21Just focus on recovering.
07:22I'll handle the rest.
07:23Thank God!
07:24In the book,
07:25the king didn't trust Felix and refused to heal him.
07:28He was even going to exile him.
07:30Felix tried to prove himself by infiltrating the enemy,
07:33but he was framed as a spy and
07:35father executed him with his own hands on the battlefield.
07:38He died screaming his innocence.
07:40Am I actually hearing this baby's thoughts?
07:43How can she predict the future?
07:46Father,
07:47who is this baby?
07:48I've decided to formally adopt her.
07:50From this day on, she is Princess Sarah of Valeria.
07:52What about Narissa?
07:54She hasn't even been officially titled yet.
07:56Oh my God!
07:57Felix, did you lose your brain on the battlefield?
07:59You're still worried about that wicked woman.
08:02You were hit by a poison arrow, remember?
08:04She's the one who brewed that poison.
08:06She used you as a lab rat to test her dark potions.
08:09Father,
08:11was I poisoned?
08:12Don't worry.
08:13I will get to the bottom of this.
08:20Father is actually adapting that Brit,
08:22giving her a royal title.
08:23I'm not sure what this is next to us.
08:25Ever since that baby arrived,
08:26nothing has gone right.
08:28I didn't think a pure soul could have this much influence.
08:31If I can't have her soul,
08:32I'll kill her.
08:33What are you doing here eavesdropping?
08:35Julian,
08:37I was just so worried about Felix.
08:39Worried?
08:40I certainly didn't see any sign of that.
08:42Is it because I'm too clumsy?
08:44Do you all love the new baby now
08:45and don't care about me anymore?
08:47Unbelievable.
08:48Inviting a baby for attention?
08:49I've never seen anyone so shameless.
08:52Enough with the drama.
08:53We're taking Sarah to the royal auction.
08:55Get out of the way.
08:56The auction?
08:56I want to go too.
08:57We're going to buy a welcome print for Sarah.
08:59Why are you coming?
09:00You always used to take me with you.
09:02Follow us if you must.
09:04Fine by me.
09:05That's where Narissa finds the sapphire necklace.
09:07It has a shield that can block a lethal blow in a crisis.
09:11Father's final strike feels because of that necklace.
09:14I want it.
09:15Brothers, you better buy it for me or I'll cry my eyes out.
09:21Wow!
09:22I want that and that too.
09:23Being a princess is amazing.
09:25All these tiny treasures should be mine.
09:28Distinguished guests, next up is the pure snow lotus from the frozen lands.
09:34It contains the purest energy, perfect for crafting holy elixirs.
09:40Starting at 500 gold coins.
09:43The pure snow lotus?
09:44This is exactly what I need to replace the ruby for my potion.
09:48Alaric, I really want that.
09:50Could you get it for me?
09:52Fine.
09:54I knew it.
09:56This moron is still no match for my mind control spell.
10:005,000 gold coins.
10:02Sold!
10:02Congratulations to the crown prince on securing this treasure.
10:05Thank you, Alaric.
10:06I knew you cared about me the most.
10:08Don't mention it.
10:09Felix needs the pure energy of this lotus for his recovery.
10:12It's for him.
10:13Ha!
10:14Alaric is finally wising up.
10:16Narassa's mind control doesn't seem to work anymore.
10:18Where is that sapphire necklace Sarah mentioned?
10:20Did the information be wrong?
10:22Excuse me, is this how a major auction house treats the Valonia Royals?
10:26Peddling these common trinkles to us?
10:29My apologies, Prince Julian.
10:31We did just receive a true treasure today.
10:33It wasn't in the catalogue yet.
10:34Don't make us wait.
10:35Bring it out now.
10:36If our Sarah likes it, I don't care who bids, I'll pay ten times their price.
10:39What?
10:40Spending that much on a baby who knows nothing?
10:42Julian, have you lost your mind?
10:45Julian, so you're using the National Treasury to entertain a baby.
10:49I suppose your kingdom is nearing its end.
10:52Your understanding of wealth clearly differs from mine.
10:55What you see as a national fortune, I see as a single day's profit.
10:58That's it!
10:59The Eternal Guardian!
11:01With this, no wicked curse or dark magic can ever touch me.
11:06Sarah definitely wants it.
11:07That's mine!
11:08My instincts are screaming that treasure was meant for me!
11:11There it is.
11:12No matter the cost, that necklace must never fall into Narissa's hands.
11:19Distinguished guests, this is the Eternal Guardian starting bid 10,000 gold coins!
11:29Alaric, Julian, why aren't you bidding?
11:32This treasure is one of a kind.
11:34It would be a tragedy to lose it.
11:37Sister, how did you know I liked it?
11:39Since you're so thoughtful, why don't you buy it for me?
11:43Princess Narissa of Valeria bids 50,000 gold coins!
11:47It's not me!
11:48I don't have the money!
11:49I can't afford this!
11:50These brothers and father have showered you with wealth for years, and you have the nerve
11:54to say you have no money?
11:55Figures!
11:55She's been using every pure energy treasure from her vile potions.
12:00Alaric, Julian is being so mean to me!
12:04One hundred thousand!
12:05I knew it.
12:07He's the easiest to manipulate.
12:09One fake tear and he'll hand over the necklace.
12:12I can see Sarah is very fond of this treasure.
12:14Since neither of you can afford it, I'll buy it for Sarah as a welcome gift.
12:18Enough!
12:19You two are disgusting ganging up on poor, innocent Narissa.
12:23Fine.
12:24If you two won't appreciate her, I will take this necklace for her.
12:30Two hundred thousand!
12:34I knew that Prince Sebastian looked familiar.
12:36It's definitely him!
12:38Narissa's already in league with him!
12:40They're just shurs pushing the price up!
12:42In the book, Julian, over ten times the value just to save face!
12:45And half that money went straight into Sebastian's pocket!
12:49Well, Prince Sebastian, I wonder exactly how much you're willing to pay to play the hero for
12:53my sister.
12:54His limit is one million gold coins.
12:56He'll stop right there and wait for Julian to take the bait.
13:00Nine hundred and ninety thousand gold coins.
13:02It is.
13:03Always doubling the bid.
13:05One more raise from Sebastian and Julian will definitely hit two million.
13:09Then both the treasure and the money will be mine.
13:11One million.
13:12Anyone else?
13:15One million gold coins going once.
13:17Twice.
13:18One million sold!
13:21Congratulations to Prince Sebastian on winning the Eternal Guardian.
13:24Wait!
13:25Why aren't you bidding?
13:27Sold!
13:27Where am I supposed to get that much money?
13:29Ha ha!
13:29Talk about a backfire.
13:31Let's see how you two split the loot now.
13:37Narasa, you told me Julian was a rich fool who would drain the treasury for you.
13:42Why isn't he bidding?
13:43Have you lost your mind?
13:44You can't afford it, so you're throwing dirt on me?
13:46I have no idea what you're talking about.
13:49Oh wow, look at them tear each other apart.
13:53Sebastian, you're toast.
13:55Narasa treats men like disposable rags.
13:58She's done with you.
13:59Prince Sebastian, by the rules, if you refuse to pay, you must pay a 50% penalty immediately,
14:08or Vyrebut Kingdom will be blacklisted forever!
14:11Blacklist me?
14:13How dare you?
14:14My father is the Grand Archmite of the Sacred Domain.
14:17Try it, and I'll tear this auction house down stone by stone!
14:23Gods!
14:24Get in here!
14:27Surround this dishonest auction house!
14:29Smash everything!
14:30Kill anyone who stands in my way!
14:35Try me.
14:38Brothers, watch out!
14:39He's got a forbidden scroll hidden in his boot!
14:42He's planning to trigger a lava blurs to burn everyone alive and fake it as an accident!
14:54In the original story, it's exactly this auction that Ruin's father's trust in at Julian.
15:00That's how at Julian started his downward spiral into ruin.
15:03Julian, don't let Narisa and Sebastian destroy you.
15:06This entire mess is a trap they set up together.
15:10I plan to use Julian for a bit later, but you've forced me.
15:15Today, that sapphire necklace must be mine.
15:27Sebastian, did you forget this auction house is my property?
15:31You are declaring open war on the Kingdom of Valeria!
15:43Wow, Julian is amazing!
15:46He's a total beast!
15:48He looks so cool!
15:49I knew Julian was a genius in both business and magic!
15:53Did you hear that?
15:54Sarah definitely likes me more.
16:01Since Prince can't afford it, I'm taking this necklace.
16:06This is my official gift to Sarah.
16:09No!
16:10That's mine!
16:14That's mine!
16:16Oh my god, is Narisa actually having a meltdown right now?
16:20And her dark magic isn't even finished yet.
16:23Showing her true face now will be a few years to date.
16:26She still needs the Divine Stagger's antlers from the upcoming Royal Prince.
16:31Julian, Alaric only cares about the baby now.
16:35You can't be biased against me too, can you?
16:37You used to cherish me the most!
16:39Look at you.
16:40Everything you're wearing, from dress to every piece of jewellery,
16:42all paid for by me, now that you mention it.
16:44I need to get Sarah a gift.
16:46I'm buying out every single item from today's auction.
16:50Send it all to the palace as gifts to Sarah.
16:53Wow! Julian is the best!
16:55He's literally a walking goldmine!
16:57He's so rich and powerful!
17:00I love this CEO vibe!
17:02Julian is my absolute favorite!
17:06You've all been bewitched by this mysterious brat!
17:10I'm going back to tell Father and Felix!
17:14They'll make this right!
17:17What grievances do you have to report?
17:19Since we're all here, why don't you tell me yourself?
17:22Wow! Father and Felix look so cool making an entrance like that!
17:35Felix!
17:36You're finally here!
17:38They're ganging up on me with that little brat!
17:40You have to do something!
17:42Don't cry.
17:44You are my most precious sister.
17:46I will make sure justice is served for you.
17:49Felix hasn't even touched that brat yet.
17:52He's still under my spot.
17:53With him on my side, no one dared to touch me.
17:57Oh no!
17:58I remember now!
18:00Nerissa's poison arrows contain a mind control curse.
18:04In the book, that's how she manipulated Felix into entering the enemy camp alone to frame him as a spy!
18:12Help!
18:13The poison in that Felix isn't gone yet!
18:16Baba!
18:17Alaric!
18:18Julian!
18:19Save him!
18:20He's being controlled by that witch again!
18:31Get off me!
18:34Oh my god!
18:36My brothers are way too cool!
18:38That seamless coordination was a perfect ten!
18:41Julian refining, Alarac assisting, and the Olympics waking up?
18:46So badass!
18:50Alaric, bring Sarah to me.
18:52I want to hold the little one too.
18:56I almost forgot about this old geezer.
18:59Don't tell me he still can't see the truth and plans to punish Julian.
19:04In the book, Alaric just tried to speak up for Julian, and this old man banished them to the Black
19:09Domean Abyss for the royal hunt.
19:11He called it training, but it was a death sentence!
19:14They were swarmed by high-level beasts.
19:17Alaric lost a leg, and Julian's manor veins were shattered protecting him.
19:22He became a total cripple.
19:25Father, may I hold Sarah as well?
19:27And then there's poor Felix.
19:29He was supposed to be the champion of the hunt, titled the God of War, and lead our armies to
19:34victory.
19:35But in the book, Nerissa made sure he never even made it back from the border.
19:40The next time he saw father was on the battlefield as enemies.
19:44Such a tragic...
19:45Enough!
19:46You're just ganging up on me!
19:48When my father finishes his meditation, he'll slaughter you all!
19:51Fine.
19:52Since you're so confident, we'll see you at the royal hunt!
19:54Let's see who kills who.
19:56Return to the palace!
20:04Don't touch me!
20:05Aren't you afraid I'll run over there right now and tell them exactly who you really are?
20:10Useless trash!
20:11Stay away from me!
20:12If it weren't for my grand plan, I'd rip your tongue out right now!
20:14How could you think that?
20:16I'm only using them to gather intelligence.
20:18Don't forget, we are allies for the hunt.
20:21You'd better mean that.
20:27Tomorrow is the royal hunt.
20:30All three of you will participate and fight for the honor of Valeria.
20:35This old man is so stubborn, he's a hopeless case.
20:38He knows it's a trap, and he's still sending them!
20:41Naraza and Sebastian have already set a deadly trap in the mist forest.
20:46My three tall, handsome, rich brothers are walking straight to their deaths.
20:53I'll have secret guards watching Nerissa.
20:55She won't be allowed to leave the palace.
20:58Wait, the old geezer is actually waking up?
21:01Looks like Nerissa's little act is falling apart.
21:04As for Sarah, she cannot go.
21:05I will stay at the palace to protect her personally.
21:09Are you kidding me?
21:10I take it back!
21:12How can you leave me here with Nerissa?
21:14She'll suck my soul dry while you're napping!
21:18Help!
21:19I want to go to the hunt with my brothers!
21:21Don't leave me in this death trap!
21:23Father, I think we should take Sarah with us.
21:28Exactly!
21:29She has Mother's Ring and the Eternal Guardian.
21:31In terms of defense, she's actually the safest one among us.
21:36Sarah is our lucky star.
21:38Who knows?
21:39Maybe she'll be the one protecting us.
21:41There's definitely a generation gap with the old man.
21:44My brothers are the best.
21:47Fine, fine.
21:49Have it your way.
21:50But the four of you must stay together.
21:52Do not let your guard down.
21:55Welcome to the annual royal hunt.
21:58Whoever captures the legendary sacred stag
22:01will be crowned this year's champion.
22:05Now, I declare, let the hunt begin!
22:17Nerissa?
22:19What are you doing here?
22:22You three must have pitied me so you didn't wake me up.
22:25That's why I'm a bit late.
22:27Nonsense!
22:28Who authorized your release?
22:29You are not participating in this hunt.
22:31Return to the palace at once!
22:32Why?
22:33Why can a foundling baby go, but I, your daughter, cannot?
22:37Father, you are being far too biased.
22:39This is a royal command.
22:43You old fool getting in my way.
22:45Since you're so eager to die, I'll kill you first!
22:48Oh, no!
22:49She used dark magic to force a power boost
22:51so she could wipe out my brothers!
22:53She can't control the energy!
22:55She's about to strike father!
22:57Look out, old man!
22:58Nerissa!
22:59The forest is incredibly dangerous.
23:02Father is only concerned for your safety.
23:05My, my!
23:06If you brothers don't want Nerissa, I certainly do.
23:10Nerissa!
23:11Since your brothers don't cherish you, come with me instead.
23:14Fine!
23:15Since you're so eager to be the fool, take her with you.
23:17Brothers, let's move out.
23:19Sarah is losing her patience.
23:20That baby is a total jinx.
23:23Nothing but bad luck whenever she's around.
23:25Fine.
23:26I'll go without Sebastian for now
23:28and wait for the perfect moment to strike.
23:30Then I thank you, Prince Sebastian.
23:32Let's go.
23:41Four at 50 meters to the left.
23:44Combat power, two stars.
23:46Juliet can handle it with a snap of his fingers.
23:49But do not touch that sweet-smelling grass straight ahead.
23:52It's a soul-eater spider trap.
23:54Nerissa said it's specific for Felix
23:56because she knows he loves the scent of that herb.
23:59That was close.
24:01I almost fell for it again.
24:02Felix, what's wrong?
24:04Nothing.
24:05I just feel like the mist is getting thicker.
24:08Of course it's thick.
24:09Sebastian has already activated the forbidden scroll.
24:12He's turning this forest into an inescapable labyrinth.
24:16Julian, do you have any treasures that can break through a labyrinth seal?
24:19It seems completely useless against the seal tainted with dark magic.
24:22Of course it won't work.
24:24The forest's guardian, the sacred stag,
24:26has been trapped by the wicked array they set up beforehand.
24:29With the stag trapped, the forest's purication is gone.
24:33If you guys don't find the stag and break the seal by midnight,
24:36every pure soul in this forest will become fuel for the rest of dark magic.
24:40That includes me.
24:42She'll drain me dry.
24:43Help, help, help.
24:45Since we can't walk out of here, locate the stag directly.
24:48Don't be afraid, Sarah.
24:50As long as we're here, we won't let anything happen to you.
24:54Wow, my brothers are the best.
24:56Come on, think.
24:58Where exactly is the sacred stag?
25:01Ah, I remember now.
25:02It's under that withered millennial oak tree.
25:06That's the heart of the forest and the center of the array.
25:09The stag is trapped in a dark magic seal called the Eternal Cage.
25:16The poor stag.
25:18Those black chains are draining its life force.
25:21Brothers, look.
25:22There are four skulls around the array.
25:24Those are the anchor points.
25:26They must be destroyed at the same time.
25:30Four anchor points, but there are only three of us.
25:32There's me too.
25:34The sapphire necklace around my neck.
25:36The Eternal Guardian.
25:37It's power is the perfect counter for this evil stuff.
25:41Just throw it over.
25:42Sister Sarah, this is our only shot.
25:48Julian, Felix, get ready.
25:51On three.
25:53One, two, three.
26:03You're useless.
26:04You couldn't even keep the labyrinth seal intact.
26:06And you promised they'd never return.
26:10What do you know?
26:12You think they've won just because they freed that stag?
26:15That was the trap within the trap.
26:17The true dark magic isn't in those skulls.
26:20It is inside the stag itself.
26:22As long as they get close to that beast, the curse triggers.
26:25Just watch.
26:26They'll all be dead within seconds.
26:34Stop, stop, Alaric.
26:36Don't go any closer.
26:37That stag is a time bomb.
26:39Nerisha planted a void curse in its heart.
26:42It's going to blow.
26:44Alaric?
26:45What is it?
26:46What do I do?
26:47It's too late.
26:48The curse has already set, Alaric.
27:12My god.
27:13The sacred stag of this forest has submitted to her on its own.
27:17It's a soul covenant.
27:18From now on, the power of this entire forest belongs to her.
27:22As long as she stands on this land, she is practically a goddess.
27:28Brothers!
27:33Sarah, is that you?
27:34Oh my God! I'm grown up! I can speak!
27:39Heaven has finally to its senses!
27:43Brothers!
27:45Sarah!
27:46You can speak!
27:47I can actually talk!
27:50Finally!
27:51All the things I've been screaming in my head, I can finally say them out loud!
27:56How can this be?
27:59Where is my power?
28:01Where is my dark magic?
28:03It seems the forest's spiritual energy has drained you dry.
28:14The sacred stag has bonded with my daughter.
28:17Father, the sacred stag has bonded its soul to Sarah.
28:20Volodia has won this year's hunt.
28:28Father, father, save me! Sebastian tricked me! He wants to kill me!
28:33Finally, this moment, after holding it in for so long...
28:37This time I am saying it out loud!
28:39This time I am saying it out loud!
28:41This gentle, kind, at Prince Enorissi is, in truth, a witch who has practiced dark magic for many years.
28:48Before this hunt, she forced her dark magic past its limit, hoping to wipe out my brothers in the forest.
28:54But the forest's pure energy turned against her, and now, every ounce of her power is gone.
29:01Felix poisoning, Ajulians framing, all those strange events in the palace, it was all your dying.
29:13So what if it was?
29:15All of this was supposed to be mine!
29:18Father's love, the princess's devotion, the fate of the kingdom!
29:22Until that filthy thing from the wilderness appeared!
29:25She stole my destiny!
29:27She took everything that was supposed to be mine!
29:30I did not steal your destiny.
29:32You chose your own path of no return.
29:36If I cannot have anything, then you shall have nothing in either!
29:41Oh no!
29:42Sarah!
30:01Sarah!
30:05Sarah!
30:06Open your eyes!
30:08You vile witch!
30:11She's dead!
30:12She's dead!
30:13My destiny has returned to me!
30:18There's... there's still a heartbeat.
30:21Your majesty!
30:23The little princess's soul has been sealed by dark magic!
30:26She... she has fallen into a deep slumber!
30:29How could this be undone?!
30:30The curse is bound to the caster's last drop of life force.
30:34It will not lift until that magic naturally fades, or...
30:38unless some miracle occurs.
30:40Narasa, I once raised you as my own, granted you the title of princess.
30:45Today you have wielded dark magic, poisoned the royal house, and struck down my own daughter.
30:50I hereby decree, you are stripped of your status as a ward of Valoria, and of every title bestowed upon
30:55you!
30:55From this day forth, you are banished from this kingdom, never to return!
31:00Father!
31:01One day you will regret this!
31:05Home.
31:07Let us go home.
31:11Little one, let me hear your voice one more time, please.
31:18Brother, I'll go after Narisha and force her to undo the curse with her own hands!
31:22It's no use.
31:23Her magic is gone, she can do nothing now.
31:26From the day Father brought this little one home from the wilderness,
31:30every single day we heard her chattering in our minds.
31:33So loud, so annoying.
31:36And yet now...
31:37And yet now...
31:38Hmm.
31:39Why is it so dark?
31:41Where is this?
31:42Sarah?
31:44I feel like I'm dreaming.
31:46But this dream feels so real.
31:49I can feel someone holding my hand.
31:52Brother, you heard that too.
31:55We heard it!
31:56It's Sarah, it's her voice!
32:00What is it?
32:02Has Sarah woken?
32:03Hmm.
32:04Do I smell hot milk?
32:06Is that Father?
32:07Father, why are you up this late warming milk for me?
32:11You're not getting younger, you need your rest.
32:15Sarah?
32:17My Sarah?
32:19You're still here?
32:23Sarah, I caught you a spirit squirrel from the Holy Mountains of the North.
32:26They say its call brings joy to whoever hears it.
32:30It's so noisy!
32:32Who's squeaking right in my ear?
32:34Out, out, out!
32:36You're disturbing the princess's sleep!
32:39Brother, you haven't slept in three days.
32:42It's fine.
32:43Why am I asleep?
32:45I remember exposing Neressa.
32:48And then she lunged at me.
32:50No, wait.
32:51Why did I grow to seven years old?
32:54I rushed it.
32:56In the original story, Nerissa was supposed to be cornered by many forces much later, only then driven to her
33:03dead end.
33:04I exposed her too early.
33:06She still had her last breath of magic when I did.
33:09It was not supposed to happen this way.
33:11I sped up everyone's fate.
33:13I bent the entire story by force, and now it's bending back on me.
33:19Then, how do I wake up?
33:24Let the story return to its rightful course.
33:27In the original story, Nerissa does not die so easily.
33:31She flees to Sebastian's kingdom, claims to have gained the gift of prophecy, and ignites war between the two kingdoms.
33:37Then she is outwitted, exposed, discarded, and meets a wretched end.
33:41That is her true ending in the book.
33:43I have to let the story follow that thread.
33:45Only when Nerissa walks her original fate to the end, will I have any chance of waking.
33:51But, I am asleep now.
33:54I can do nothing.
33:56How would father and my brothers ever know all this?
34:00You heard her?
34:02Yes.
34:03Let the original plot unfold as it should.
34:05Now this is interesting.
34:07My foolish little girl.
34:09You think father and your brothers would ever let you bear this alone?
34:13Our spies report that Nerissa has slipped into the Vervemont Palace alone and sought audience with Sebastian.
34:19She's useless!
34:20Her magic is gone!
34:22Why didn't our men intercept her on the road?
34:24Felix, did you forget what Sarah said?
34:26The story must return to its rightful course.
34:28Nerissa fleeing to Sebastian was always part of the original plot.
34:32So we...
34:32Help her?
34:33Help her perform this play to its very last act.
34:36Let the wretched ending the original book wrote for her fall upon her word for word.
34:42Well, well.
34:44If it isn't the cast-out Princess of Valeria, what brings you here?
34:48Your Highness, I have come to help you unite the two kingdoms.
34:54You?
34:55A powerless wretch?
34:56With what do you plan to help me?
34:59My dark magic may be gone.
35:01But in the moment of the backlash, I gain something far more terrifying.
35:06What thing?
35:07The gift of prophecy.
35:09I can see every movement of Valeria's army.
35:13Words alone prove nothing.
35:15If you want me to believe you, you'll have to prove it.
35:20Tell me how, Your Highness.
35:21I will do anything.
35:23I may have lost my magic, but my spy inside Valeria's palace was never discovered.
35:29That is enough.
35:34In the original story, Narissa's first move was to use her hidden contact inside the palace to feed intel to
35:41Sebastian.
35:46Sarah said there is a spy of Narissa's inside the palace, feeding intelligence to Sebastian.
35:51As I expected.
35:53A stable boy in the palace named Marcus.
35:56Every three days, he leaves under the pretest of delivering feed.
36:00Each time by a different route at a different hour.
36:03Seize him.
36:05Question him under whatever measure necessary.
36:08Father, no.
36:10He is our finest tool for sending Narissa to her doom.
36:15We shall feed Narissa exactly the intelligence she craves.
36:21Your Highness, this woman's origins are dubious.
36:25Will you really entrust military secrets to her prophecies?
36:29I want to see for myself whether her boasts can withstand scrutiny.
36:35Speak.
36:36Predict every troop movement Valeria will make in the coming month.
36:40My ministers will record every word.
36:43In seven days, Valeria will dispatch 3,000 elite troops to the eastern frontier.
36:48Valeria, with Prince Julian personally overseeing the supplies.
36:52In ten days, the northern garrison rotates, and Prince Felix is ordered to train new recruits in the north.
36:59In other words, on the 8th of next month, Valeria's eastern frontier will be an empty city, defended only by
37:06leaderless reserves.
37:08Such precision.
37:09And how am I to verify this?
37:11Send your Highness's most trusted spy into Valeria to verify.
37:15I stake my own head on the truth.
37:17And so the sleeping princess waited, and waited, for a thousand years.
37:24Narissa attended Sebastian's war council today.
37:28She predicts our army's movements.
37:31In the original story, Sebastian sends a spy to Valeria to verify.
37:36This is the critical moment for our false intelligence.
37:39If the spy sees what Narissa said, word for word, Sebastian will believe her completely.
37:44But how would father and my brothers ever think this far ahead?
37:48Your Highness, every word Princess Narissa spake is true.
37:57Excellent. What a goddess of prophecy.
37:59Issue my command.
38:00In ten days, our army marches.
38:02We crush Valeria's eastern frontier in a single strike.
38:11Help me seize Valeria, and I shall make you my queen.
38:15Foolish man.
38:17Once I am your queen and bear your son,
38:20all of Viramond will also be mine.
38:29Felix, the enemy is too strong.
38:32We are not prepared.
38:33Per the plan, retreat.
38:35Abandon the city!
38:37And fall back to the second line of defense!
38:48A glorious first victory, Your Highness.
38:52Let me toast you.
38:54You are far more useful than I expected.
38:56Your Highness, I have seen another vision.
39:00In three days, only Prince Alaric will hold Valeria's second line of defense.
39:06Prince Julian will have already retreated to the capital.
39:10If Your Highness leads the raid in person,
39:12Prince Alaric can be captured in a single strike.
39:17Alaric!
39:18That hordy, cold-faced heir of Valeria!
39:21I shall have him groveling at my feet!
39:26Did Sarah send you to protect me as well?
39:33Alaric!
39:33Heir of Valeria!
39:36Surprised, are you?
39:37Tonight I come for your head!
39:47Welcome!
39:57An empty city, just as she said.
40:00Neressa, this time I shall reward you handsomely.
40:08From this day forth, Valeria's second defense line also belongs to me!
40:17The proud heir of Valeria kneeling at my feet.
40:20How does it feel?
40:22You should not have come yourself.
40:24I came precisely because I wanted to.
40:27I came for a second!
40:31No!
40:38It's impossible!
40:39The intelligence clearly stated Valeria's main force was still in the capital!
40:44Princess, Valeria's main army is closing in from west, south, and north!
40:48Our line of retreat has been cut.
40:52My intelligence could not be wrong.
40:56You set me up!
41:00Not me.
41:01It was my little sister, who still lies sleeping.
41:22Father, Alaric, we did it.
41:27Yes, my Sarah.
41:29We did it.
41:38You lying witch!
41:41You have doomed his highness!
41:48Impossible.
41:49How can this be?
41:54Speak.
41:55The child in your Bemi, is it mine?
41:59Your highness, of course it is yours.
42:06Your highness, this young woman is not with child at all.
42:12You wretched horde!
42:14You dared perceive me!
42:16Calm yourself, your highness.
42:18There is yet one more thing you do not know.
42:21Speak!
42:22This princess Nerissa is no true Valeria princess.
42:26She is an orphan our father took in 20 years ago.
42:29From the chaos of war.
42:32What?
42:33A ward?
42:35I, Sebastian, lost an army and disgraced my crown
42:38for a swindling woman
42:41without a drop of royal blood.
42:45Let me end her with my own hand.
42:48Stop!
42:49Nerissa is a fugitive of Valeria.
42:53Her judgment is not yours to deliver.
43:04Sebastian, crown prince of Viramon,
43:07you initiated unprovoked war and invaded Valeria,
43:10bringing suffering upon the people of both lands.
43:12By the treaty between our two kingdoms.
43:15How shall you be judged?
43:16Your majesty of Valeria,
43:19our king will cede six eastern border cities in Reparution,
43:23plus 10,000 gold coins annually for 20 years,
43:27begging only for the life of our crown prince.
43:32So be it.
43:33Prince Sebastian will remain in Valeria as a hostage for two years to oversee the reparations.
43:38He may return home only after that term is fulfilled.
43:42Nerissa, you were my ward.
43:44I treated you as my own daughter.
43:46And yet, you practiced the dark arts,
43:48poisoned my youngest son,
43:49framed my second,
43:50conspired against the royal house,
43:52committed high treason,
43:53and struck down my own daughter.
43:56Father, do you still not see?
43:59I was meant to be your only daughter,
44:01the only princess of Valeria.
44:03Your son's devotion,
44:05your tender love,
44:05the fate of this kingdom,
44:07all of it was meant to be mine!
44:12Until that filthy thing from the Underless appeared.
44:15She stole my place!
44:17She took the destiny that was supposed to be mine!
44:20From the day you first touched dark magic,
44:23you ceased to be my daughter.
44:25By the laws of Valeria,
44:27one who wields dark magic and conspires against the crown
44:30shall be stripped of all titles,
44:32exiled to the Frozen Islands,
44:34never to return.
44:35No!
44:36Not the Frozen Islands!
44:38All of this was supposed to be mine!
44:40All of this was supposed to be mine!
44:42Was supposed to be mine!
44:43Was supposed to be mine!
44:54Your Highness,
44:55tomorrow is the little princess's coronation.
44:58His Majesty has decreed,
45:00tonight,
45:00no one is to keep vigil.
45:02He will sit with her alone.
45:04Very well.
45:09Little one,
45:10tomorrow is your coronation.
45:11These past few years,
45:13father has aged greatly.
45:14Coronation?
45:16Me?
45:17I've slept
45:18so long.
45:20The story should have
45:21returned to its course long ago.
45:23Why have I not woken?
45:25What is still missing?
45:27What is missing?
45:30My Sarah,
45:31tomorrow is your coronation.
45:33This crown was worn by your mother
45:35on the day of her own coronation.
45:37Her greatest regret,
45:39before she passed,
45:40was never seeing her own daughter wear it.
45:43Sarah,
45:44you have slept for so long.
45:46These past years,
45:48your father and your three brothers
45:49have done everything imaginable.
45:51Neressa is exiled to the Frozen Isles.
45:53Sebastian has paid his price
45:55and returned home.
45:56Valeria has never been stronger.
45:58And yet,
46:00there remains a hollow place in my heart.
46:04Father does not lack a daughter.
46:07Father lacks you.
46:09It matters not how the crown sits upon you.
46:12If only you would wake.
46:13If only you would call me father one more time.
46:17I would surrender all the rest.
46:28Father.
46:31Sarah.
46:32My Sarah.
46:34Father.
46:35Sarah has come home.
46:39I am not the heroine of this story.
46:41I am only a daughter,
46:43lifted from the wilderness by her father's hands.
46:46This time,
46:47I will simply be that daughter.
46:54Father didn't return all night.
46:56I thought something had happened.
46:57Good morning, Felix.
46:59Why does Felix look at me like he's seen a ghost?
47:03It's not as if I actually died.
47:06Sarah!
47:07You're awake!
47:08You're awake!
47:10Felix!
47:11My milk is going to spill.
47:14Sarah.
47:16Sarah.
47:17Sarah.
47:17Brother,
47:18I've waited for you for so long.
47:20Goodness.
47:21So much commotion this early in the morning.
47:22My eyeliner is going to run.
47:24Julian,
47:25when have you ever worn eyeliner?
47:27Sarah.
47:27The coronation,
47:28do you wish for it to proceed a schedule?
47:30Yes.
47:31Sarah is father's daughter.
47:33Sarah is the princess of Velouria.
47:35From today onward,
47:37Sarah will truly bear this name.
47:39I have never asked you, Sarah.
47:42Do you truly wish to call me father?
47:45Yes.
47:47It was you who lifted Sarah from the wilderness.
47:50You have given Sarah everything.
47:53Father,
47:54Sarah once came from a place far, far away.
47:58But from the moment I woke,
48:00I have known my true home is here.
48:03Where you came from,
48:04I never cared.
48:06I only cared whether you would stay.
48:16My dearest little princess,
48:18will you allow your brother Felix the honor of escorting you in?
48:38May the glory of Princess Serafina of Velouria endure forever.
48:43May my little sister know nothing but joy all her days.
48:47May our Sarah be cherished by the whole world.
48:50Always.
48:51From this day forth,
48:53you are Princess Serafina of Velouria,
48:55bearer of the crown's honor of our glory,
48:57of every pure soul in this land.
49:01People of Velouria,
49:03welcome your princess.
49:09I once believed I was the one who chose my destiny.
49:13Then destiny pushed me into a place I never knew,
49:16turning me into a baby abandoned in the wilderness,
49:19with nothing but tears.
49:20I thought I would change everything.
49:23But the truth is,
49:24my father in this place,
49:26and my three brothers,
49:27with their love,
49:28piece by piece,
49:30made me into the true Serafina.
49:32This time,
49:33I do not choose my destiny.
49:35I accept it.
49:36Because what destiny gave me
49:38is the most precious family in this world.
49:49I accept it.
49:50I accept it.
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