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00:01Today, I pushed open that chamber door.
00:05Sunlight blinded me. He stood there.
00:08Golden eyes burning into mine.
00:12Then he swept me off my feet. His voice cracked.
00:16Do you know how long I've waited?
00:18I couldn't answer, because he kissed me before I could.
00:21Not gentle. He bit down on my lip.
00:24All the hunger of three years, released in one breath.
00:28When he finally pulled back, a single tear slid down his cheek.
00:32If you ever lock me out again, I'll bite through the door.
00:37The silver dagger pierced my chest.
00:39The one gripping the handle was my beloved Lysander.
00:42He was the silver serpent I had personally lifted from his egg.
00:46The one I had named myself.
00:48I had fed him drops of blood from my fingertips.
00:51I had held him close in my blankets during nights when he feared the darkness.
00:54I had turned down three marriage proposals from the Azure Scale Society for his sake.
01:00And now.
01:01He was using the dagger I had forged for him to pin me.
01:05Lycia.
01:07Why?
01:09Elara.
01:11I loved Serafina from the start.
01:14You were the one who was delusional.
01:16He pushed the dagger deeper.
01:19My breath caught for half a second.
01:21Behind him crouched another face.
01:23Serafina.
01:24The sister I had grown up with since childhood.
01:27The color was creeping back into her pale face.
01:30Fed by my blood.
01:31From the wound in my chest.
01:33She opened her eyes.
01:35Lazily hooking her arm around Lysander's neck.
01:38Darling.
01:39A little more.
01:43Her blood isn't enough yet.
01:46My magic core still isn't fully healed.
01:50Elara.
01:51She smiled so sweetly.
01:54Lysander has only ever loved me.
01:57Blood filled my throat.
01:59I couldn't speak.
02:00Couldn't scream.
02:01Couldn't even breathe.
02:04Serafina Veil.
02:06Not even as a ghost!
02:09The moment the dagger was pulled out, I closed my eyes.
02:13Darkness swallowed me whole.
02:17My eyes snapped open.
02:20Elara.
02:21This golden egg is for you.
02:23The sunlight was so bright it hurt.
02:25This wasn't the deathly gray of Shadow's Abyss.
02:28This was real.
02:29Brilliant morning light streaming through the Silverblade Order's Great Hall.
02:33I looked down.
02:35No dagger in my chest.
02:37No blood.
02:38Just a neatly pressed apprentice uniform.
02:41I raised my hand.
02:43My fingers were trembling.
02:45Serafina Veil stood before me.
02:47She was looking at me with gentle blue eyes.
02:50Pushing a gleaming golden dragon egg toward me.
02:53This beautiful one is for you.
02:55She smiled with perfect innocence.
02:58Even if I can't hatch anything.
03:00But you're different.
03:02My brothers will help me find another.
03:04You have nothing.
03:05This one suits you better.
03:07Over 200 apprentices in the hall trying to stay.
03:10What the hell?
03:12And they were right.
03:13Serafina Veil.
03:15Only daughter of House Veil.
03:17Giving away something valuable?
03:18This was rarer than snow falling in the Northern Territories in July.
03:25Master Aldrich set down his wine goblet from the high seat.
03:29Serafina Veil.
03:30Are you certain?
03:32Serafina Veil.
03:33She nodded with satisfaction.
03:35Serafina Veil.
03:36Serafina Veil.
03:47Serafina Veil.
03:59Serafina Veil.
04:05Serafina Veil.
04:19Serafina Veil.
04:22Serafina Veil.
04:22In a car park.
04:22And I had a trulyть in a thousand years.
04:24Elders from the Azure Scale Society rushed over overnight.
04:27Kneeling before me.
04:29Calling me their lord.
04:30All of the Silverblade Order's resources flowed toward me.
04:34Serafina Veil.
04:35Could this be mine!
04:36with jealousy. She tried to cause trouble for me repeatedly, only to be scolded back by the
04:41master each time. Even her proud brothers advised her. Stop making a scene. That silver serpent
04:49only acknowledges Alara. But only I knew the truth. White serpents were inherently evil,
04:55masters of manipulating human hearts. After I repeatedly refused his requests for a magical
05:01resonance pact, he had set his sights on Seraphina, because she was born with a magical resonance
05:06constitution. On the last day of my previous life, Seraphina and I both fell into Shadow's Abyss.
05:15That place was the burial ground of the Shadow World, capable of corroding souls. Seraphina's
05:22magic core was corrupted. To save her, Lysander drained every drop of blood from my body.
05:29He said my blood was rich with magical power. It could repair her magic core.
05:35Before I died, I saw Seraphina curled up in Lysander's arms.
05:40Alara, you see? Lysander has only ever liked me. You're the one who forcibly stole him from my side
05:47all these years. She never mentioned that she had been the one to steal the golden egg first.
05:53I died. My soul floated above the Order. I watched them get engaged. I watched Lysander tell her in bed,
06:01Compared to Alara, you're more beautiful.
06:05Seraphina smiled foolishly. She didn't know. Lysander never understood the meaning of contentment.
06:11But after my rebirth, Seraphina had preemptively stolen the silver serpent's egg. She had been
06:18reborn too. I smiled. She thought she had seized love and a future, but she didn't know. This time,
06:27there would be no need to help suppress Lysander. Know my blood. Know me as a scapegoat.
06:34What will you use to feed him?
06:38I carried that dull, gray, golden egg back to my tower. I casually placed it on the stone table.
06:45The most valuable thing in this entire tower was probably myself.
06:50Seraphina's family had treasures. I had none. All I had was a drop of blood squeezed from my fingertip.
06:57I let the blood drop onto the eggshell. The shell rippled in circles, then quickly stilled.
07:04I got up and went to the library, turning to that particular page.
07:10Golden Radiance eggs contain innate intelligence. Such eggs do not rely on external forces for hatching,
07:17depending solely on their own will to break free. Thus, the key to hatching lies in bringing them joy.
07:22I looked at the dull, gray egg in my arms.
07:26Two minutes. The egg didn't move.
07:31I tried everything. Sunbathing. Music. Gossip from around the Order.
07:37Finally, I discovered. It loved hearing stories most. Specifically, stories told by me.
07:44I was the worst at coaxing children.
07:46The stories I told would make even the youngest apprentices in the Order cry.
07:51But this egg loved them.
07:53I sat at the stone table, holding it in my arms.
07:56Once upon a time, there was a little trout.
08:00It got lost and couldn't find its mother.
08:03The eggshell swayed, like it was listening.
08:06I smiled.
08:07I didn't know what creature was growing inside this egg,
08:10but I knew that it and I were slowly growing closer.
08:14Every night I told it another story.
08:17About warriors.
08:18About dragons.
08:20About stars that fell from the sky because they were lonely.
08:23The egg listened.
08:25Sometimes it swayed gently.
08:27Sometimes it grew warm against my palm.
08:30Six months passed like this.
08:34At dawn on the 180th day,
08:37the entire Silverblade Order's powers shook violently.
08:40Storm clouds gathered across thousands of miles in the sky.
08:44I set down my storybook.
08:46Lysander was about to emerge.
08:49On the training grounds.
08:51Serafina stood in the center.
08:53One after another,
08:55artifacts covered in runes were hurled into the sky.
08:58Golden magic circles exploded among the clouds.
09:01Each artifact was priceless.
09:03Yet she threw them away like garbage.
09:06Without a second thought.
09:08Soon the clouds dispersed.
09:10A snow-white serpent coiled around her arm.
09:13Nine tails dangled down,
09:15gleaming coldly.
09:16It raised its head,
09:18red eyes scanning the entire field.
09:21Elders from the Azure Scale Society rushed over overnight,
09:25falling to their knees before Serafina.
09:27Truly the nine-coiled Silver Serpent Dragon!
09:30Lord Vale,
09:32our Jew-Scale clan will serve you for generations!
09:36Serafina held the serpent tightly.
09:38The triumph in her eyes was impossible to hide.
09:42She walked slowly toward me.
09:44Alara,
09:45it's been half a year.
09:49She smiled.
09:51Your egg,
09:52any progress?
09:56I lowered my head.
09:58It was true something.
10:01Serafina smiled even sweeter,
10:03reaching out to pull me close.
10:05I shook her off.
10:06Serafina stepped back.
10:08I'm so sorry.
10:10I shouldn't have brought Lysander out.
10:12I didn't know your egg hadn't yet.
10:15I really didn't mean it.
10:16Her eyes going red.
10:18Alara can't even hatch a single egg,
10:20and she still dares to be cheap?
10:22Step aside for Serafina!
10:24The training ground erupted.
10:26I raised my head and scanned the crowd.
10:28The loudest voice belonged to that fat apprentice Barney.
10:32I had scolded him several times for slacking off.
10:35He'd held a grudge ever since.
10:37Those joining in the jeering were all the same people
10:40who had flattered me in my previous life.
10:42I almost laughed.
10:44Strength was all that mattered here.
10:46People were predictable.
10:48The title of chief had always been a burden anyway.
10:51Better to be rid of it.
10:53Serafina made a show of declining.
10:55I'm not capable of such responsibility.
10:59Alara is the most suitable.
11:01Barney immediately chimed in.
11:04Serafina is too modest!
11:06Alara doesn't deserve that position at all!
11:09I turned and walked away.
11:11Before leaving, I glanced back at Serafina.
11:20Lysenar hasn't experienced the Heavenly Punishment Lightning.
11:26Serafina, take care of yourself.
11:31Back in my tower, I poked the dull gray egg on the stone table.
11:36You?
11:37When will you finally come out?
11:40The egg swayed.
11:41I rubbed my eyes.
11:43Beneath that gray, cloudy shell, I could actually see a faint trace of golden red.
11:48It was angry.
11:50I couldn't help laughing.
11:52All right, all right.
11:53My mistake.
11:54I'll tell you a story.
11:56I sat down.
11:58Holding it in my arms, I told it about Lysander's emergence.
12:02About Serafina's performance.
12:04About those apprentices who mocked me.
12:07Halfway through the story, the eggshell suddenly grew hot.
12:10A warm current flowed from inside the egg, traveling up my wrist and into my magic core.
12:16I flinched.
12:18It was a power I had never felt before.
12:20Blazing.
12:21Pure.
12:22I looked at it.
12:24You're helping me?
12:26The egg fell silent again, but I knew it understood.
12:30From that moment on, I trained my magical power every day.
12:34Not to compete for first place.
12:36Not to keep my position as chief.
12:38But so that, the next time Lysander bared his fangs, I could personally sever them.
12:46Six months later, Master Aldrich's communication crystal lit up.
12:51The Misty Tower Sanctuary had opened.
12:53The Misty Tower Sanctuary was the most dangerous ancient room in all the Northern Territories.
12:59It opened once every 50 years.
13:02Inside lay ancient treasures and lost magic.
13:05And the heart of life extension.
13:07In my previous life, I had died on the night we fought for the heart of life extension.
13:12When I arrived at the gathering point, the entire team was waiting for me.
13:17Serafina stood in the center of the crowd.
13:20Beside her stood a man.
13:21Dressed in snow white robes, silver hair flowing loose.
13:25His features were so enchanting they seemed inhuman.
13:29Lysander had taken human form.
13:31The moment he saw me, his eyes lit up.
13:35Serafina spoke with acidic sarcasm.
13:37Alara really is a busy person.
13:40I couldn't be bothered with her.
13:42I bowed to the Elder.
13:45Apologies for being late.
13:46The Elder waved his hand.
13:48It's not time yet.
13:49Serafina's expression changed.
13:51She hooked her arm through Lysander's, deliberately raising her voice.
13:55Alara hasn't met him yet, right?
13:57This is Lysamar.
13:58The continent's one and only nine-coiled silver serpent dragon.
14:03He took human form in just three months.
14:06Lysander.
14:07My heart jolted.
14:08Wasn't that the name I had given him in my previous life?
14:11I looked toward Lysander.
14:13His eyes had been fixed on me the entire time.
14:16He walked toward me slowly, his face deathly pale.
14:21Alara, you...
14:22His voice cracked, like he was choking back something desperate.
14:26Something he'd been holding onto across two lifetimes.
14:30The air around us grew heavy.
14:32Serafina's grip on his arm tightened.
14:34Her smile didn't reach her eyes.
14:37I stood perfectly still, waiting for what came next.
14:43Before he could finish, Serafina cut him off sharply.
14:46Oh right, Alara.
14:48Where's your egg?
14:49Her voice was too bright.
14:51Too deliberate.
14:52Like she was throwing sand into gears that were already grinding.
14:56Lysander's face instantly went white.
14:58The color drained from his lips.
15:00He shook off Serafina's arm like it burned him.
15:03Rushed toward me, grabbing my shoulders with both hands.
15:06His fingers dug into my skin.
15:08Your egg?
15:10Alara?
15:11You have another egg?
15:13His golden eyes were wild.
15:15Desperate.
15:16Like a drowning man who'd finally spotted land.
15:19Behind us, the entire team fell silent.
15:22Over a hundred pairs of eyes fixed on the three of us.
15:26Serafina's composure cracked.
15:28Her perfect mask slipped for one fraction of a second.
15:31I saw it.
15:33I saw it.
15:33I saw it.
15:34She was afraid.
15:35Afraid of what Lysander's reaction meant.
15:38Afraid of what I might say next.
15:40I looked at Lysander.
15:41At the man who had killed me in my previous life.
15:44Who now stood before me with the face of a stranger.
15:47And the eyes of someone who remembered everything.
15:52Silence stretched between us.
15:54Thick enough to cut with a knife.
15:56Serafina froze in place.
15:58Watching this farce unfold.
16:00Her hands were clenched at her sides.
16:02I suddenly laughed aloud.
16:04The sound echoed across the gathering point.
16:07Cold.
16:08Clear.
16:09Unmistakable.
16:11Lysander had been reborn too.
16:13Of course he had been.
16:15How could the gods be so cruel?
16:17Giving both of us a second chance.
16:20I spoke unhurriedly.
16:22Yes, Lysian.
16:23There were two eggs originally.
16:25She chose you.
16:28And I got the other one.
16:30His face went completely white.
16:33All the blood drained away.
16:34He reached for my hand.
16:36Trembling.
16:37I shook him off.
16:38Stepping back.
16:40I looked at him.
16:41Calm.
16:42Measured.
16:43Final.
16:45Your master is over there.
16:47He spun around to look at Serafina.
16:50Serafina's face had already turned green.
16:52Her lips parted.
16:54No sound came out.
16:56Lysadar.
16:57What were you just doing?
16:59My voice was light.
17:01Almost casual.
17:02Like I was commenting on the weather.
17:04But everyone heard the steel underneath.
17:07I had no interest in watching their melodrama.
17:09I turned and walked toward the airship.
17:12My steps were steady.
17:13My back straight.
17:15Behind me.
17:16I heard Serafina's voice crack.
17:18And Lysander's broken whisper.
17:20Good.
17:21Let them choke on it.
17:25I walked into the airship's cabin.
17:27Closed the door behind me.
17:29The noise of the crowd faded.
17:31Finally.
17:32Quiet.
17:35I took the egg from inside my coat.
17:37It was warm against my fingers.
17:41I lay down on the narrow bunk.
17:43The egg seemed to sense my mood.
17:45It actually floated up.
17:49Nuzzling my cheek.
17:50Then my hand.
17:51The swaying motion made me dizzy.
17:53So I pressed it against my chest.
17:58Little egg.
18:02Let me tell you another story.
18:07In my previous life.
18:09When I brought Lysander to the Misty Tower Sanctuary.
18:12He looked at me the same way.
18:14The first day he took human form.
18:16He told me.
18:17Alara.
18:18Let's form a magical resonance pact.
18:21I refused.
18:24Once.
18:25Twice.
18:26Three times.
18:32He hated me.
18:33He hated me enough that the moment I obtained the heart of life extension.
18:39He pushed me into the mouth of a frostbane tiger.
18:48The eggshell began to burn hot.
18:56Later he cried and apologized to me.
18:59Said he was too nervous.
19:01Said it wasn't intentional.
19:03Said he was just trying to hold Serafina.
19:06I believed him.
19:08I believed him.
19:09I really believed him.
19:10The eggshell suddenly became scalding.
19:12A violent current burst from inside.
19:15Like anger.
19:16Like heartbreak.
19:18Like something ancient feeling moved for the first time.
19:21I held it tight.
19:23Tears fell onto the shell.
19:25Dropping one by one.
19:26Sinking into the gray surface.
19:29Little egg.
19:32This lifetime I'll never trust anyone again.
19:36The eggshell shivered.
19:38It pressed closer against my palm.
19:40Warm.
19:42Steady.
19:42Alive.
19:44The gates of the Misty Tower Sanctuary opened.
19:46In my previous life, Lysander and I had ventured into the deepest depths and obtained the heart
19:52of life extension.
19:54This lifetime, I had no interest in that pearl anymore.
19:58I sat alone in a cave deep within the sanctuary, roasting a fish over a crackling fire.
20:04Waiting.
20:05Not for the pearl.
20:06For someone to personally deliver it to me.
20:10Before long, Lysander found me.
20:14His snow-white robes were burned and blackened.
20:17His silver hair was tangled and matted.
20:20Ash covered his pale face.
20:22He looked like he'd crawled through hell to get here.
20:24He approached slowly.
20:26Holding out a blood-stained pearl with both hands.
20:32Hilara.
20:33His voice trembled.
20:35The heart of life extension.
20:38I brought it back for you.
20:40I looked at that pearl.
20:41It gleamed faintly in the firelight.
20:44Such a pity.
20:45Some things.
20:46Once you've missed them, you never want them again.
20:50The heart of life extension was like that.
20:53Lysander was the same.
20:54I laughed coldly.
20:57Did you use the same tricks you used on me in our previous life to deceive Serafina?
21:02His hands began to shake.
21:04The pearl wobbled between his fingers.
21:09Let me guess.
21:10I spoke slowly.
21:11Enunciating each word.
21:13Pushed her out to distract the Frostfail Tiger so you could escape.
21:17When she woke up, you cried and told her you panicked and didn't mean it.
21:23Then you pretended.
21:26Then you pretended to be pitiful.
21:29Saying you didn't know where the heart of life extension went.
21:32His face was white as death.
21:35Am I right, Lucinda?
21:36I curved my lips.
21:41Yes, Lysander.
21:43I died once and came back to life.
21:45I don't want you anymore.
21:48Tears filled his eyes.
21:50Spilling over.
21:52Tracking down his ash-streaked face.
21:54Lysander threw himself at my feet.
21:57Wrapping his arms around my knees.
22:01Elara.
22:03Give me one more chance.
22:07Just one.
22:08Looking at his pathetic state.
22:10A wave of satisfaction surged through me.
22:13This was the person who had pushed me into the tiger's mouth in my previous life.
22:18This was the person who had drained all my blood in my previous life.
22:22This was the person who had scattered my ashes into Shadow's Abyss in my previous life.
22:27I lifted my foot and kicked him away.
22:30Hard.
22:31He skidded across the cave floor.
22:33Lysander.
22:34I gave you a chance once.
22:36You didn't want it.
22:39Lysander stood up.
22:40His eyes turned red.
22:42Not with tears.
22:43With something darker.
22:46Elara, you can't do this.
22:48He kept coming closer.
22:50Step by step.
22:52You were so good to me before.
22:55You did so much for me.
22:57How could you not want me anymore?
23:00How could you not want me anymore?
23:02I drew my sword.
23:04The blade sang free of its sheath.
23:06The tip pointed at his chest.
23:08He acted as if he couldn't see it.
23:10Walking step by step onto the blade.
23:13Blood flowed down the steel.
23:15Yet he showed no reaction.
23:16Elara, look at me.
23:19Elara, look at me.
23:20His voice became soft.
23:22His voice became soft.
23:23Clinging.
23:24Honeyed.
23:25You've always loved me.
23:28We promise to be together forever.
23:31Enchantment magic.
23:32My mind went blank for a moment.
23:35This was the nine-coiled Silver Serpent Dragon's innate ability.
23:39Mind manipulation.
23:41In my previous life, I had resisted it countless times.
23:45But this lifetime was different.
23:47He hadn't undergone the Heavenly Punishment Lightning's cleansing.
23:50His enchantment magic was more than twice as strong as in my previous life.
23:55My grip on the sword began to weaken.
23:57My arm dropped an inch.
23:59Two inches.
24:03I bit through my lower lip.
24:04The sharp pain cleared my mind for an instant.
24:07Copper taste flooded my mouth.
24:09But the illusion grew deeper.
24:11Like vines wrapping around my thoughts.
24:14My body moved toward him.
24:16Beyond my control.
24:17My feet carried me forward.
24:19Just as I was about to fall into his arms.
24:22Boom.
24:23A golden red flame burst from outside the cave.
24:26It swept me off my feet.
24:28And caught me securely in a blazing embrace.
24:30I flinched.
24:32The heat was intense.
24:33But it didn't burn.
24:35It felt...
24:36safe.
24:36I looked up.
24:38I saw a face both strange and familiar.
24:41Golden red hair.
24:43Like molten sunlight.
24:45Golden eyes.
24:46Burning with ancient fire.
24:48His features carried the divine authority that only the old god clans possessed.
24:52He looked down at me.
24:54His voice soft.
24:55Little one.
24:59Why didn't you tell me a story today?
25:02Did the little trout find its mother?
25:05I stared for a full three seconds.
25:07My brain refused to process.
25:11You...
25:11Your little egg?
25:13He raised an eyebrow.
25:15Looking disgusted.
25:16Don't call me little egg.
25:18My name is Pyraxis.
25:20That way don't.
25:22Ancient solar true dragon.
25:24Pyraxis.
25:26I'm your husband.
25:29I hadn't even processed the word husband yet.
25:32A hoarse voice cut in behind me.
25:35It's him again.
25:37Lysander crawled up from the ground.
25:39The wound on his chest was still bleeding.
25:41He stared at Pyraxis with deadly intensity.
25:46Elara!
25:47Who is he?
25:48His face twitched.
25:49The recognition hit him like a physical blow.
25:52It was him!
25:53In the previous life!
25:55He killed me to avenge you!
25:57Now it's him again!
25:59His pupils shrank.
26:00His eyes went sharp.
26:01Like something clicked into place.
26:03So you were already involved with him!
26:05He laughed maniacally.
26:08No wonder!
26:09No wonder he talked about eliminating karma!
26:13He crawled toward me on his knees.
26:15Trying to grab my skirt.
26:19Elara!
26:20Elara!
26:22We're the same kind of people!
26:25You betrayed Lysander too, didn't you?
26:28I can pretend nothing happened.
26:31Let's call it even.
26:33Let's be like we used to be, okay?
26:36I looked at this wretched man.
26:38I had expected to feel anger.
26:40But my heart felt nothing at all.
26:42Nothing.
26:43He was a stranger.
26:45A chapter I had already closed.
26:48Lysander.
26:49Don't measure others by your own filthy heart.
26:52I spoke coolly.
26:53Magic gathered at my sword tip.
26:55Golden red flames spread along the blaze.
26:58The sword threw dragon fire.
27:00I swung the sword.
27:04This strike is for pushing me into the frost-tailed tiger's mouth.
27:08The blade pushed through his shoulder.
27:10Blood sprayed out.
27:12This strike is for draining all my blood.
27:16The second sword stabbed into his chest.
27:19Lysander let out a piercing scream.
27:21I stepped back.
27:22Raised my sword.
27:24This strike is for being divine bloodline, yet repaying kindness with cruelty.
27:31The third sword penetrated his body, pinning him to the rock wall.
27:35Nine coiled silver serpent dragons had amazing self-healing abilities.
27:40He wouldn't die.
27:41But these three wounds would take him a thousand years to heal.
27:45Death would be too easy.
27:47There was still a grand show ahead, waiting for him to play his part.
27:51I sheathed my sword, took Pyraxi's hand, walking out of the cave without looking back.
27:57Before leaving, I left one final statement.
28:01Lysamer.
28:02From this day forward, we have nothing to do with each other.
28:06Only after leaving the cave did I belatedly realize.
28:09I was holding a strange man's hand, a hand with distinct knuckles that was burning hot.
28:14I instinctively tried to pull away, but he clasped my hand in return.
28:19Your little one was so cool just now!
28:22Who?
28:22Who's your little one?
28:24Pyraxi's voice rang out excitedly from behind me.
28:27How can you be like this?
28:28Just two days ago, you were still sleeping while holding me.
28:32You get out of bed and forget all about me?
28:34My head buzzed.
28:36I was perfectly fine on my own.
28:38When did I ever sleep holding a grown man?
28:41Wait.
28:42I suddenly realized.
28:43You mean...
28:44When you were in the egg?
28:47Yes.
28:48He nodded.
28:49Don't call me little egg.
28:51My name is Pyraxis.
28:55I looked at him nervously.
28:57Logically, I should be your hatcher.
28:59Why do you say I'm your wife?
29:02Because we solar true dragons choose their mates by hatching them personally.
29:07Since you hatched me, you're my wife.
29:10Pyraxis said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
29:14I didn't know whether to laugh or scream.
29:16He must have noticed my hesitation.
29:19Pyraxis turned me around to face him.
29:21His golden eyes grew serious.
29:24It's too late to back out now.
29:25I've already marked you.
29:29Anywhere you go in this world, you can't escape.
29:32I blinked.
29:33I blinked.
29:33A mark?
29:34He said nothing.
29:36Taking my hand...
29:37Close your eyes.
29:39Channel the power from the deepest part of your magic core.
29:42I followed his instructions as if possessed.
29:45Power surged from deep inside my magic core.
29:48It flowed along my arm to my fingertips.
29:50I opened my eyes.
29:52Released a blast of magic from the distant forest.
29:56Boom.
29:57The entire forest burst into flames in an instant, turning to ash.
30:01Only the scorching heat lingered in the air.
30:04I stared at my hand in disbelief.
30:07Pyraxis smiled.
30:09My little one is amazing.
30:10The flame just now...
30:12That was the mark you mentioned?
30:14He nodded.
30:15Ordinary people can't combine their magic with true dragon fire to this extent.
30:19When I was in the egg, my abilities were weak.
30:22I could only let your magic absorb a tryst of solar dragon engines.
30:27Everything else was your own training.
30:29You're the most diligent human I've ever seen.
30:32I bit my lip.
30:34Looked at him steadily.
30:38Without Pyraxis,
30:39my revenge against Lysander would never have been this simple.
30:45After leaving the Misty Tower Sanctuary,
30:48the atmosphere was oppressively heavy.
30:51The leading elder saw the strange man beside me and paused.
30:55Who is this?
30:56I bowed.
30:58Pyraxis.
30:59A dragon egg I happened to hatch in the sanctuary.
31:01The elder stroked his beard,
31:03asked no further questions.
31:05What happened?
31:06I took the opportunity to ask what had happened.
31:10He sighed.
31:12This expedition to the Misty Tower Sanctuary,
31:15the order lost too many apprentice.
31:18Of this team of over a hundred,
31:21more than fifty apprentices' life tokens shattered.
31:25Initially, he suspected something had gone wrong in the sanctuary,
31:29but other order's casualties were within normal ranges.
31:32When we return to the order,
31:34how will I explain this to the commander?
31:36I was silent for a moment.
31:38Elder,
31:39could I see the shattered life tokens?
31:41He handed them over.
31:43I went through each one.
31:45My stomach dropped.
31:46All the deceased had been part of the group that usually surrounded Serafina,
31:50including that fat apprentice Barney,
31:53who had demanded I step down from the chief position that day,
31:56at this time in my previous life.
31:59Serafina's several good brothers had suddenly stopped supporting her.
32:03I hadn't understood why then.
32:06Now I understood.
32:07How had these apprentices died in this lifetime?
32:10I thought of Lysander,
32:12whom I had stabbed three times.
32:14I thought of the subtle, abnormal aura around Serafina.
32:18That aura.
32:20Dark.
32:21Viscous.
32:21Like something flowing through her blood.
32:24If my guess was correct,
32:26she had already fallen to the shadows,
32:28and Lysander knew it.
32:30The sins of these two were piling up.
32:34When we returned to the order,
32:36Master Aldric personally investigated,
32:38but ultimately came up empty-handed.
32:41Master Aldric summoned me to the main hall.
32:44When I entered,
32:46Serafina and Lysander were already there.
32:48At first glance,
32:50I noticed.
32:51Lysander,
32:52who had just been stabbed three times by me,
32:54should have been gravely injured,
32:56stood elegantly and calmly in the great hall.
32:59Completely unharmed,
33:01the self-healing ability of the nine-coiled silver serpent dragon
33:05was truly astonishing.
33:07And Serafina,
33:08whom I hadn't seen in a while,
33:10her magic core was shattered.
33:12She had become a complete mortal.
33:14The Master's sword was pointed at Lysander's chest.
33:18Serafina stood firmly in front of him.
33:21Master,
33:21Lysander is innocent!
33:24Innocent?
33:25The Master's voice was ice cold.
33:28Tell me.
33:29Your magic core is shattered like this.
33:33Yet he only suffered surface wounds.
33:35You call this innocent?
33:38Serafina Vale.
33:39He's your blood-packed finalic.
33:42When facing danger,
33:43you should share the burden together,
33:45not have you bear all the disasters alone.
33:49He didn't!
33:51He didn't!
33:51Seeing me enter,
33:53she grabbed onto me like a lifeline.
33:56Master!
33:57It's all Alariza's fault!
33:59My magic core shattered because of Alara!
34:03It's all her fault!
34:05The Master looked toward me.
34:08Alara, tell me.
34:09What really happened?
34:13I bowed respectfully.
34:15Master,
34:17in the sanctuary,
34:18I was focused solely on honing my own power.
34:21What's wrong with that?
34:23Serafina's face twisted.
34:24When I was in danger,
34:26why didn't you come save me?
34:28Serafina's shrill voice echoed through the Great Hall.
34:31You should have shielded me from disaster!
34:34Serafina Vale!
34:36The Master shouted.
34:38Master struck her face with a resounding slap.
34:41The crisp sound echoed throughout the hall.
34:44Serafina covered her face,
34:46staring at him in disbelief.
34:48Master?
34:50You hit me?
34:51You hit me for this waste?
34:53Serafina,
34:55she is your companion.
34:56She is not!
34:59She's inferior to me in every way!
35:04Why?!
35:05She seemed to suddenly think of something.
35:07She turned and clung tightly to Lysander.
35:09Lysanaw,
35:10tell me.
35:11Who's better?
35:13Me or Alara?
35:14Tell me!
35:16Sometime during this,
35:17tears had streamed down her face.
35:20Lysander glanced at her,
35:21then mercilessly pushed her away.
35:23What do you think you are?
35:25His voice was ice cold.
35:28Do you even deserve to be compared to Alara?
35:31Hitting a stone pillar,
35:33blood came up.
35:34Alara,
35:35please look at me.
35:37I don't like her.
35:38I don't like her at all.
35:40Take me away, please.
35:41Serafina lunged forward to push me.
35:44Lysander blocked her with one arm.
35:46She crashed into the steps,
35:48choking on blood.
35:49Alara!
35:49It's all you!
35:51Why did you come to steal Lysander?
35:54You just can't stand that he likes me, can you?
35:57Serafina.
35:58I glanced at her coolly.
36:00No one covets your Lysander.
36:03After all,
36:04not everyone treasures trash.
36:08Back in my tower from the Great Hall,
36:11for once,
36:12I didn't train my magic.
36:14Pyraxes appeared from somewhere behind me.
36:16The emotions I had suppressed too long
36:18finally burst like a dam.
36:20Tears flowed uncontrollably,
36:22soaking his shirt front.
36:24He said nothing,
36:25just silently embraced me,
36:27buried in his arms.
36:28Pyraxes.
36:29I spoke through my sobs.
36:30Why is this world so unfair?
36:32Some people are born to be cherished by everyone,
36:35yet they're still not satisfied.
36:36They even want to steal away
36:38the few precious things others have.
36:40At this time in my previous life,
36:42the Master had also summoned me.
36:43Only that time,
36:45I was the one injured.
36:46My magic core had developed cracks
36:48that could never be healed.
36:50I came back only to be scolded by the Master.
36:53Serafina had already tearfully complained to the Master,
36:57painting everything as my being overly competitive,
36:59wanting to monopolize the Heart of Life extension.
37:02I looked hopefully toward Lysander.
37:04He averted his eyes,
37:06said with tears,
37:08Alera,
37:09wrong is wrong.
37:10Just admit it.
37:11The hope drained out of my eyes.
37:13All I could manage was one sentence.
37:16It was my fault.
37:17I accept whatever punishment the Master deems fit.
37:20But why in this lifetime,
37:23even when the Master was disappointed,
37:25he would set aside his dignity
37:27to ask me to spare her?
37:29Pyraxes listened quietly to everything I said.
37:37Alara,
37:39you're different from her.
37:45She was born pampered and lazy.
37:47Can only rely on others' protection.
37:49But you're different.
37:50His gaze was more serious than ever before.
37:53Alara,
37:55you're destined to become a god.
37:58Become a god?
37:59My eyes slowly lit up.
38:01Yes,
38:02I was destined to become a god.
38:05Gods possess absolute power.
38:07They can protect all beings.
38:09They can protect those they love.
38:11Relying on others ultimately only makes one a dependent.
38:14Only by relying on yourself can you truly obtain your own life.
38:19My stagnant magic core suddenly loosened.
38:22A light emerged from its depths.
38:25Warm,
38:25bright,
38:26growing stronger.
38:27I had found my path.
38:30I happily hugged Pyraxes.
38:33Then mercilessly pushed him out of the tower and shut the door.
38:37Leaving Pyraxes alone.
38:39I'm going into the training chamber.
38:42Three years of seclusion.
38:44Bewildered in the wind.
38:48Three years passed.
38:50When I pushed open the training chamber door.
38:53Sunlight stabbed my eyes so I couldn't open them.
38:56A man stood outside the door.
38:59Pyraxes.
39:00His golden eyes stared at me intensely.
39:03Not speaking.
39:04Not moving.
39:05Like a statue carved from sunlight.
39:08Then he walked toward me.
39:10I didn't see it coming.
39:11He had already swept me into his arms.
39:14Three years.
39:15His voice was frightfully hoarse.
39:17Do you know how I spent these three years?
39:19I was stunned.
39:21Pyraxes.
39:22He didn't let me finish.
39:23He lowered his head and kissed me directly.
39:26Not gentle.
39:27He bit down.
39:29Carrying three years of suppressed possessiveness.
39:32He pressed me against the chamber door.
39:34I couldn't breathe.
39:36After a long while,
39:37he finally released me.
39:39His golden eyes were wet.
39:43Alara,
39:44if you dare lock me outside for three years again,
39:49I'll bite through that door.
39:51I stared at him stupidly,
39:53suddenly realizing
39:54this man
39:56had guarded my door for three years without leaving.
40:00A communication crystal lit up at that moment
40:02from an apprentice I had been on good terms with.
40:07Senior Alara,
40:08did you forget about the Order's Grand Ceremony?
40:10Come to the training grounds quickly.
40:12We're overwhelmed here.
40:14The Order's Grand Ceremony happened once every century.
40:18This year marked the 5,000th anniversary of the Silverblade Order's founding.
40:23I used this as an excuse to escape from Pyraxes.
40:28But the moment I reached the training grounds,
40:31Serafina and Lysander stood right there.
40:34After not seeing her for so long,
40:37Serafina had regained her former splendor,
40:39but those with discerning eyes could tell.
40:41What she wore now was worlds apart from before.
40:45Ever since her magic core shattered,
40:48Serafina had lost all her advantages.
40:50But after Lysander took human form,
40:53Serafina ultimately couldn't resist the temptation.
40:56She formed a magical resonance pact with him.
40:59I ignored the chattering Lysander beside me,
41:01turning to leave.
41:02In my heart,
41:03I contacted Pyraxes through secret methods,
41:07telling him of my discovery.
41:08After ending the communication,
41:11I smiled.
41:13This grand show depended entirely on Serafina to open it.
41:17The ceremony began.
41:19As night fell,
41:20all apprentices and elders gradually arrived.
41:23I ate the grilled trout that Pyraxes had deboned for me.
41:26Elara.
41:28I was wrong to suspect you before.
41:31Lysander really isn't a good man after all.
41:34I'm sorry, Elara.
41:36Can you forgive me?
41:38Exchanging a glance with Pyraxes,
41:40I reached out to take the wine cup.
41:43Just at that critical moment,
41:45a flash of magic struck down,
41:47shattering the cup in her hand.
41:49The wine spilled on the ground.
41:51A thick wave of shadow corruption rose from the ground.
41:54I turned around.
41:56I turned around.
41:56It was Lysander.
41:58His face was covered in sweat.
42:00His white shirt stained with blood.
42:02That wine,
42:03it's corrupted with shadows.
42:05His shout drew the attention of everyone on the training grounds.
42:09Commotion exploded instantly.
42:10But before they could react,
42:13Serafina burst into wild laughter.
42:17The ribbon binding Serafina's hair snapped from the violent shadow energy.
42:22Serafina's silver hair fell loose.
42:25Her eyes turned a piercing blood red.
42:28A crimson mark bloomed on her forehead.
42:30The sign of falling to shadow corruption.
42:34Apprentices around us retreated in terror.
42:37Someone ran to fetch the elders.
42:39I waved my hand.
42:40Sending Pyraxes back into his own form.
42:46Serafina looked at you.
42:47Allara.
42:49Why aren't you surprised?
42:53How can you be so calm?
42:55I looked at her coolly.
42:57I'm not surprised at all.
42:59After all.
43:00You fell to shadow corruption in the previous life too, didn't she?
43:04She froze.
43:05Her face showed an expression more painful than crying.
43:08In my previous life,
43:10no one suspected she had fallen to shadow corruption.
43:13Including myself.
43:14Only this afternoon.
43:16Seeing her.
43:17I finally understood.
43:20Shadow's Abyss was so dangerous.
43:22How could Serafina,
43:23who would never risk her own neck,
43:26possibly gamble her own life just to harm me?
43:28The only possibility was,
43:30she had already fallen to shadow corruption.
43:33So she had no choice but to go to Shadow's Abyss.
43:36Had no choice but to drain my blood.
43:39Had no choice but to gamble with my life for her chance at purification.
43:44Serafina looked at me,
43:45no longer hiding anything.
43:47Allara!
43:48Why do you have to steal my things?
43:50My status in the previous life was...
43:53Lysan's heart in this life!
43:55Why?
43:55Why do all the good things belong to you?
43:59Serafina,
44:00don't you understand even now?
44:03It's all because you don't know contentment!
44:09Don't know contentment?
44:10She laughed nighly.
44:12Shadow energy gathered around her.
44:14I was always meant to be favored by the gods!
44:17Why should I be content?
44:19I summoned my magic to meet her again.
44:22The moment Solar True Dragonfire contacted shadow corruption,
44:26it burst into flames.
44:28Golden red firelight illuminated Serafina's face.
44:32Solar True Dragonfire?
44:34Serafina paused.
44:38Allara,
44:39look!
44:40Good things really are all with you!
44:43I had no patience left for her nonsense.
44:45Then let strength do the talking.
44:48I bit my fingertip.
44:49Let blood drop onto my sword.
44:51Instantly,
44:52golden light burst from the blade.
44:54A golden red True Dragon phantom spiraled up along the sword edge.
44:59Letting out an earth-shaking dragon's roar,
45:02Solar True Dragonfire and Dragonsong intertwined,
45:05forming a heaven-destroying,
45:07earth-shattering pillar of golden red light,
45:09rushing toward Serafina.
45:12Serafina tried to mobilize shadow power to resist,
45:15only to discover her body was already hollow.
45:18She stared at me in shock and rage.
45:21Allara!
45:22What did you?
45:23I smiled.
45:25Serafina,
45:26did you think forming a magical resonance pat with a white serpent was a good thing?
45:31Your body has long been drained dry.
45:33Right now, you're just at the end of your rope.
45:36You've lost.
45:38The golden light flared.
45:40Serafina spat out a mouthful of blood,
45:42looking at me unwillingly.
45:43Allara,
45:45so you knew all along.
45:47I looked at her coldly.
45:49Serafina,
45:50the more you gain,
45:51the more you often have to pay.
45:52Is that so?
45:54But Allara!
45:57You miscalculated one thing.
46:00I still have a trump card!
46:04As her words fell,
46:07Serafina used her last bit of strength to break through the mist
46:10and lunge at me.
46:12Serafina clutched something in her hand,
46:14a dark aura that lingered endlessly.
46:17My eyes went wide.
46:18It was a shadow core.
46:20The legendary source of shadow corruption.
46:23Once tainted by it,
46:24there was only one path.
46:26Complete fall into darkness.
46:29Pyraxes,
46:30disguised in his egg form,
46:31was jumping around frantically.
46:33I touched my storage pouch to signal him not to move,
46:36while summoning true dragonfire to form a protective barrier.
46:39But just as the shadow core was about to touch me,
46:43it hit someone who suddenly appeared.
46:46Lysander blocked in front of me.
46:47The shadow core embedded deeply in his chest.
46:50He turned to look at me,
46:52his eyes full of hope.
46:56This time,
46:58I protected you.
47:00Serafina had already gone mad.
47:04Lysander!
47:06Lysander!
47:08Why?
47:10You wanted magical resonance, Plecht.
47:13I gave you everything you asked for
47:17in the sanctuary
47:19when you were gravely injured and dying.
47:22It was me!
47:24I killed nearly 50 Order members,
47:28using their blood as sacrifice to heal your wounds.
47:33Later,
47:34when my magic core shattered and I lost everything,
47:38I still never abandoned you!
47:40Lysander!
47:43Lysander!
47:44Why?
47:46There is no why.
47:48Lysander answered calmly.
47:49Shadow energy slowly wrapped around his body.
47:53There is no why.
47:55His snow-white silver hair turned black again.
47:58The wound on his chest actually healed itself.
48:01He walked slowly toward Serafina,
48:03reaching out his hand.
48:04He pierced through her body,
48:06just as she was about to die.
48:10He took out the heart of life extension from his chest,
48:14keeping her alive,
48:15then once again thrust his hand into her chest,
48:18expressionless.
48:20In the previous life,
48:23I was blinded by obsession,
48:29desperately wanting to become stronger just to touch her.
48:33But in the end,
48:34I personally killed her.
48:37I deserve to atone.
48:44As his words ended,
48:46Lysander lifted the half-dead Serafina
48:48and knelt before me.
48:51Alara,
48:53I will take her to Shadow's Abyss.
48:55I'll spend the rest of my life atoning to you.
48:58I looked at him for a long moment.
49:00The man who had killed me twice over,
49:02who had drained my blood,
49:04who had scattered my ashes,
49:06now kneeling before me,
49:07begging for forgiveness.
49:09I turned my head away.
49:11I said coolly,
49:12Go.
49:13And so the curtain fell on this affair.
49:15When Master Aldrich learned everything,
49:18he said nothing more.
49:19Only he seemed to age another dozen years overnight.
49:22The fifty dead apprentices of the Order could never return.
49:26The commander specially requested priests
49:28from the Holy Temple to pray for them.
49:31Everything gradually returned to normal.
49:33For me,
49:34who was currently trying to placate Paraxes,
49:37The night I released Paraxes from his egg,
49:40he silently pressed me against the wall,
49:43holding me tightly,
49:44refusing to let go,
49:46just holding me like that.
49:47I struggled several times to no avail,
49:50and had to give up.
49:51Then I felt something wet on my neck.
49:57Alara.
49:58Pyraxes choked as he spoke.
50:00You scared me to death, you know.
50:02I'm clearly the best at suppressing shadow corruption.
50:05You knew that.
50:07Watching you nearly get infected by the Shadow Corps.
50:09I was terrified.
50:12Afraid you wouldn't want me.
50:15Alara.
50:17Could you let me face danger together with you?
50:21The proud ancient dragon was crying,
50:23tears streaking down his face,
50:26his golden eyes red-rimmed,
50:28his voice breaking.
50:29My heart softened.
50:31I reached up,
50:33wiped the tears from his face,
50:34looking at him steadily.
50:37Pyraxes.
50:39I promise you,
50:41it won't happen again.
50:44I hooked my arms around his neck,
50:46and kissed him fiercely.
50:48Not a gentle kiss.
50:49I kissed him back for every single day
50:51he had waited outside my door.
50:54Pyraxes went rigid all over.
50:56The next second,
50:57Pyraxes took control,
50:59held me tight,
51:00pressing me against the wall.
51:02His golden eyes burned like two flames.
51:05He lowered his eyes,
51:06locked on mine.
51:08Ilarra.
51:10Marry me.
51:12Tears ran down my face.
51:15Pyraxes.
51:18I do.
51:30the ceremony was simple just the two of us under the starlight that night pyraxes produced a ring
51:37forged from a scale of his own true dragon form ancient solar true dragon scale it glowed with
51:43inner warmth like holding a piece of captured sunlight i slipped it on it fit perfectly
51:49like it had been waiting for my finger all along he pulled me close his forehead rested against mine
51:56from now on wherever i go you go too no more locking doors no more three-year waits
52:07i'm keeping you forever i laughed through my tears who says i wanted to escape you're the one who
52:18needs watching an ancient dragon with the temperament of a child he pretended to be offended what did you
52:24say my temperament is excellent i am majestic divine regal you're the one who's childish
52:34crying over stories about lost trout i poked his chest at least the trout found its mother
52:41did you he went quiet then smiled the softest smile i had ever seen on him
52:49i found something better my mate my wife my everything
53:04the next morning news spread through the entire order the ancient solar true dragon had chosen a mate
53:12elders from every corner of the northern territories sent congratulations
53:17gifts piled up at my tower door
53:19seraphina's brothers came personally their expressions complicated
53:23they had protected seraphina all their lives blind to what she had become
53:30now they knew the truth
53:31the eldest brother bowed
53:34alara
53:35we failed you
53:36we should have seen what she was doing
53:40please
53:41forgive us
53:44i helped him up
53:45the past is past
53:48what matters is what comes next
53:50they left with heavy hearts
53:54hyraxes watched them go
53:56then turned to me
53:58do you regret it
54:01any of it
54:02i thought about it
54:04the death
54:05the rebirth
54:07the revenge
54:08the love
54:11no
54:13not a single thing
54:17every step led me here
54:20to you
54:21to this
54:26he kissed my forehead
54:29then let's start walking
54:31together
54:33from here on out
54:34every step
54:36side by side
54:40years later
54:41i stood at the peak of the silver blade order's highest tower
54:45wind rushed past
54:46below me
54:48the northern territories stretched endlessly
54:50mountains
54:51rivers
54:52cities
54:53all bathed in golden sunlight
54:55beside me
54:57hyraxes stood in his human form
54:59his golden hair flowing in the wind
55:01his hand found mine
55:03little one
55:04he still called me that
55:06even after all these years
55:07yes
55:08do you remember the first story you told me
55:11i smiled
55:12of course
55:13the little trout who got lost
55:16couldn't find its mother
55:18he squeezed my hand
55:19it found its way home
55:22eventually
55:23because someone kept telling its stories
55:25kept believing in it
55:27kept waiting
55:30i leaned my head against his shoulder
55:32and the egg
55:40the dull gray egg that nobody wanted
55:42he laughed
55:43low and warm
55:45that egg was never dull
55:47it was waiting for the right person
55:50to hatch it
55:51to tell its stories
55:53to love it
55:55i closed my eyes
55:56the wind carried his voice to me
55:59soft
56:00certain
56:01eternal
56:03i am that egg alara
56:05and you
56:06you are my home
56:08you are my home
56:10and you are my home
56:13and you are my home
56:13and you are my home
56:13and you are my home
56:14and you are my home
56:14and you are my home
56:14and you are my home
56:14and you are my home
56:15and you are my home
56:15and you are my home
56:16and you are my home
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