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The Princess' Keepers
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00:00:00I am Chani Lee, Grand Princess of Tong. Today, I marry the man I've loved since I was a girl.
00:00:07We are husband and wife. This dress was meant for her, but enemies all the same.
00:00:11My sister, the other princess he longed for, in that distant desert of gold, and soon met her end there.
00:00:20My debts to you have been paid. If there is a next life, your highness, please allow me to be
00:00:27with her.
00:00:27If another life awaits, may this land endure and its people know peace.
00:00:32This is the day father decreed the marriage alliance. I've gone back.
00:00:37Father, I no longer wish to marry General Alara. I will go to Shaalan and bring back peace, with my
00:00:44life if I must.
00:00:47Come home with me.
00:00:49Now take me home already.
00:00:51If you wish to go, then go.
00:00:52Chani, I'll show you around, my wife. There is only my queen.
00:00:56Chani!
00:00:58Chani!
00:01:18Make way! The Grand Princess is to be wed! Let all rejoice!
00:01:22Hail!
00:01:23To the Supreme General, a union blessed by the heavens!
00:01:28Hail! Hail!
00:01:30I am Chani Lee, Grand Princess of Tom. Today, I marry the man I've loved since I was a girl.
00:01:37The one my heart has ever named its hero.
00:01:46No need to rush, General. The bride's not going anywhere tonight.
00:01:51I never imagined I would become the one he despised above all others.
00:02:08Are you satisfied?
00:02:11Alaric, what are you talking about?
00:02:13You schemed your way to the Emperor, had Iris married off to Shaalan, just to force me into marriage with
00:02:18you!
00:02:18Now tell me, are you satisfied?
00:02:22No! I didn't!
00:02:24Iris saved my life. We swore to grow old together. The most gentle soul I know. And you sent her
00:02:30to suffer in that den of wolves. This dress was meant for her! What right you have to wear it!
00:02:41Alaric, if you hate me so, why even agree to marry me?
00:02:45I married you on the Emperor's command. Nothing more. From this day on, we are husband and wife, but enemies
00:02:51all the same.
00:02:52My sister, the other princess he longed for, was sent to wed the sire of Shaalan, in that distant desert
00:02:59of gold, and soon met her end there.
00:03:16What? What are you doing? Don't touch me! Send me back to Tongue!
00:03:20Naturally, a princess must be returned. But such a long road ahead, best travel light, wouldn't you agree?
00:03:37The Alliance is over. Prepare for war. Guards, see that this noble head is returned to Tongue.
00:03:59No! No! Iris! I failed you!
00:04:05No! No! Iris! I failed you!
00:04:24Alaric, what are you doing?
00:04:26Ten years ago, men came for my family. I was thrown into this lake and left for death until Iris
00:04:31saved me. I swore I'd spend my life with her, watching the moon on these waters.
00:04:37But now, she's dead! Slaughtered in that hell you sent her to!
00:04:43Slaughtered? If she cared for peace at all, would she have died like that?
00:04:53Shalondogs?
00:04:54Shalondogs!
00:04:55Shalondogs!
00:04:55Born slaves!
00:04:56Drag her out back!
00:05:01For three years you've defiled my land, servants butchered by the hundreds.
00:05:07I endured it, just to see exactly what kind of animal the Great Tong saw fit to send me.
00:05:16Shut up! Iris was kind! She was better than you in every possible way!
00:05:21All this started with you. You sent her there. Every drop of blood is on your hands. You must pay!
00:05:27It's true. I could have gone to Shallan instead, but I chose you. I thought it was love, and now
00:05:33it's what condemns me.
00:05:34If that's really what you believe, then kill me.
00:05:38You think I won't!
00:05:42That scar, why does it feel so familiar?
00:05:47Alaric, promise me you'll keep Chani safe. Always.
00:06:01Release the arrows.
00:06:05Chani, watch out!
00:06:06Alaric!
00:06:13Go! Into the water! Now!
00:06:16Now!
00:06:27My debts to you have been paid. If there is a next life, your highness, please allow me to be
00:06:34with her.
00:06:37Alaric!
00:06:37Alaric!
00:06:38He saved me with his life, only to ask that I let him be with my sister in the next.
00:06:44Heavens above, bear witness.
00:06:46With this life, I give myself to my country and die with the man I loved.
00:06:50If another life awaits, may this land endure and its people know peace.
00:07:00This is the day Father decreed the marriage alliance. I've gone back.
00:07:05The Shalan Lord watches our borders like a vulture. Your sister understand the greater good. And you, as the elder,
00:07:13still insist on marrying Alaric at such a time of peril?
00:07:17Shameful. The Grand Princess would serve her duty and hide behind her younger sister.
00:07:21Chani is the Grand Princess. I am but a concubine's daughter. If this is for the good of the realm,
00:07:26then my life is a small price to pay.
00:07:30The more I yield, the more Father bends. He always does. He'll send Chani, and Alaric will be mine.
00:07:36Your Majesty, as noble as Princess Iris, is she still young? Shalan is no place for her.
00:07:44Father, I no longer wish to marry General Alaric.
00:07:51Father, I no longer wish to marry General Alaric. I volunteer to travel west for the alliance.
00:07:57What is she playing at? This must be a trap.
00:08:00Sister, everyone knows you've your heart set on Alaric. I've already stepped aside, but now you won't have him.
00:08:06Could it be that Shalan's gold pleases you more?
00:08:10Who would have thought her so shallow?
00:08:11This is no matter for Mokeri. Think carefully before you speak.
00:08:17Sister, I only wish you safe.
00:08:19If someone must bear the duty, let it be me.
00:08:23In my past life, war tore the realm apart and Alaric died.
00:08:27It all began with her marriage to Shalan.
00:08:30I will not allow tragedy to repeat itself.
00:08:32You speak of duty, yet you spend your days in silks and songs.
00:08:37Not a single stroke of strategy, nor a shred of statecraft.
00:08:41To send a princess with neither spine nor sense, is that an alliance or asking for war?
00:08:47Father, I am the Grand Princess of Tong, born to bear the weight of the realm.
00:08:53I will go to Shalan and bring back peace, with my life if I must.
00:08:59So be it. Amend the decree. Grand Princess Chani shall depart for Shalar in marriage.
00:09:05Father, if I may, do not reveal that I am being sent.
00:09:09Let them believe it is Iris. It will steady the court in this time of turmoil.
00:09:14Very well.
00:09:15I saw sorrow in Father's eyes, but it gives way to relief.
00:09:19Deep down, he has always favored Iris, who speaks sweetly and charms him.
00:09:23Had I not refused so fiercely in my past life, he would have sent me in her place anyway.
00:09:29He's here.
00:09:32Your Majesty, please retract your decree!
00:09:38Don't send Princess Iris to Shalan!
00:09:41Alaric, what are you doing? Get up!
00:09:44Iris told me everything.
00:09:46You manipulated His Majesty to send her away out of jealousy.
00:09:49What are you talking about?
00:09:51Your Majesty, have mercy! Iris cannot go!
00:09:56Guards!
00:09:57Get General Alaric out of here, and see to his wounds!
00:10:01No!
00:10:05I gave him everything once, only to earn his contempt.
00:10:08And now, he's ready as ever to throw his life away for her.
00:10:11So be it. Let him play the fool.
00:10:14Why are you here? Iris told me everything!
00:10:16Alaric, have you considered that if His Majesty retracts the decree, that I'll be the bride sent to Shalan?
00:10:22I am sworn to defend this realm.
00:10:23I will not see any Princess of Tong bartered for peace on my watch.
00:10:27Either Iris or I must go.
00:10:30Splitting your head open against these stones won't change a thing.
00:10:33If your Highness keeps out of His Majesty's will, this alliance can still be stopped!
00:10:39You don't get everything you want in this world, General.
00:10:42This life, we each answer to our own fate.
00:10:45I will not stand in his way.
00:10:47Wait!
00:10:54Wait!
00:10:58What are you plotting at now?
00:11:01Nothing at all.
00:11:03I wish you your heart's desire, General.
00:11:06Let him wait a few days.
00:11:07He suffered far worse before.
00:11:09When the wedding comes and he finds Iris beneath the veil, he'll be all the happier.
00:11:14I once used every means to keep him safe.
00:11:17Yet, even when he gave his life to save mine, his heart had long died with Iris in the desert.
00:11:25Alaric, let me repay that debt with a gift worthy of it.
00:11:29That wasn't like her.
00:11:30She usually would have made a scene and had me dragged off by the guards.
00:11:33What is she playing at?
00:11:35Lord Calus of Shallan.
00:11:37Since the day he took power, he's been waiting for the chance to march on the central plains.
00:11:42In my last life, my sister's arrogance cost her her head.
00:11:46Yet it was only the excuse he needed to wage war.
00:11:49If I can reign in this wolf, perhaps war can be averted.
00:11:57But how can I guarantee that I can?
00:12:01No!
00:12:01You can't go in!
00:12:05Chani, leave!
00:12:06Iris told me the decree is issued.
00:12:08She leaves for Shallan in seven days.
00:12:10A woman as vicious as you, who betrays her own blood out of jealousy, would still dream of becoming my
00:12:15wife!
00:12:16I would die before I allow it!
00:12:18Stop it!
00:12:19You're hurting me!
00:12:20You planned all of this!
00:12:21General, what are you doing? Stop!
00:12:23Leave us!
00:12:25Isn't this what you wanted?
00:12:26Push her out! Corner me in!
00:12:28Are you satisfied?
00:12:29Now tell me, are you satisfied?
00:12:35This is the princess's manor.
00:12:37Have you forgotten who stands before you?
00:12:44Forgive me, your highness.
00:12:46I had too much to drink.
00:12:47Marriage alliances are matters of state.
00:12:49Iris will follow the path set before her.
00:12:51You should not concern yourself.
00:12:52And you certainly should not be here, at this hour, forgetting your place.
00:12:56I deserve whatever punishment your highness sees fit.
00:12:58But as long as you stand in the way, how could Iris have any path at all?
00:13:02Alaric, not once have you ever considered my path.
00:13:06I am tired.
00:13:08Leave.
00:13:08You're not to set foot here again without summons.
00:13:15Rest easy, Alaric.
00:13:16In seven days, it will all be settled.
00:13:18In the last life, you fought to be with Iris everything you had.
00:13:22This time, I'll see it through for you.
00:13:26Your highness, someone left this box at the gates.
00:13:30Someone left this box at the gates.
00:13:30Who would send such a thing?
00:13:32Who else?
00:13:33It was my mother who taught him the craft of carving.
00:13:37When she was alive, she would carve little scenes just to make me smile.
00:13:42After she was gone, he became the one who carved for me.
00:13:51Don't cry, Chaney.
00:13:53I'll always protect you, like this sword.
00:13:56But since Iris came into his life, I was no longer the only one he carved for.
00:14:03I told you!
00:14:05You're not to carve anything for her!
00:14:08Enough!
00:14:08My life is hers now!
00:14:10Learn to live with it!
00:14:11I should have seen it sooner.
00:14:13His kindness is only born of a debt to my mother, who raised him as her own.
00:14:17Yet I spent a lifetime trying to earn a love he never intended to give.
00:14:20It's time to let go.
00:14:21Your highness, what should I do with the hairpin?
00:14:24Return it to the general's residence.
00:14:26In five days, the road between us will stretch beyond reach, never to cross again.
00:14:30His gifts, his guilt, let them all go to the one he loves.
00:14:34That's odd.
00:14:35Her highness treats everything from the general like treasure.
00:14:37She's never turned anything away before.
00:14:43Your highness, the autumn hunt is near.
00:14:48Will you be declining again this year?
00:14:51No.
00:14:52I will attend.
00:14:54As you wish.
00:14:57Once I leave, the road may never lead me home again.
00:15:01Let me look upon these lands once more, and remember them as they are.
00:15:06In three days, Iris will be shipped off to Shallan, and that Chani is just hiding in her manor like
00:15:12a coward.
00:15:13Please.
00:15:14Her highness is far too occupied with humiliating herself over General Alara.
00:15:19The realm, it seems, has no place left in her thoughts.
00:15:22Please.
00:15:23Do not speak of my sister that way.
00:15:25She is the Grand Princess after all.
00:15:28If my sacrifice can bring peace between our lands, my feelings hardly matter.
00:15:34Iris, you are far too kind.
00:15:36She is not worth defending.
00:15:38Iris always sees the bigger picture.
00:15:40And Chani, she does not even bother to appear to something this important.
00:15:44Since when did my affairs invite your commentary?
00:15:51Such disrespect warrants lashes under law.
00:15:54Consider yourselves spared, out of respect for today's hunt.
00:16:01I usually avoid these tedious gatherings.
00:16:04Iris was obviously counting on that.
00:16:07It gives her a stage to play the meritor.
00:16:09Look at her, acting the part.
00:16:11If she had any courage, she should go to Shallan herself.
00:16:15Ever since her mother died, she's acted like the world owes her.
00:16:19In my last life, when the war broke, they suffered as all did.
00:16:23What is a few words next to that?
00:16:38Running off so soon, sister?
00:16:40What do you want?
00:16:41It was your choice to take my place in that alliance.
00:16:45That should have been my honor.
00:16:47A few words at the table is the least I deserve.
00:16:52Honor.
00:16:53What honor do you think awaits you in Shallan?
00:17:01As spoiled, reckless, and witless as you are.
00:17:05Intang Alaric may indulge you, but Shallan will devour you.
00:17:10Cross that border, and that's where you die.
00:17:13All you do is ruin yourself just to set a war in motion and bring everything down with you.
00:17:18I already bear the burden.
00:17:19Do not insult me by painting yourself noble.
00:17:22You!
00:17:23You!
00:17:43Chondi, please, no!
00:17:45Stay back!
00:17:46Oh!
00:17:47Oh!
00:17:48Oh!
00:17:49Oh!
00:17:53Are you all right?
00:17:54Are you hurt?
00:17:55Alaric, thank goodness you are here.
00:17:57Chondi rode straight at me, almost forced me off the slope.
00:18:01I'm scared!
00:18:08Alaric, help!
00:18:13Alaric, I didn't think you could be this cruel.
00:18:17Someone come quickly!
00:18:19Her heightness fell!
00:18:20Help!
00:18:28Have you lost your mind?
00:18:30She's your sister.
00:18:31Kill her.
00:18:31And then what?
00:18:32You'll take her place in the Alliance?
00:18:34Alaric, I...
00:18:34Drop the act!
00:18:35I never imagined you could be this vile and jealous.
00:18:38You're unworthy of your title.
00:18:40A disgrace on the people.
00:18:41You know your mother was fortunate to die early.
00:18:43She was spared the shame of seeing you turn into this monster.
00:18:47How dare you!
00:18:53In the last life, we crossed blades again and again.
00:18:57Always because of her.
00:18:59How much longer will this go on?
00:19:10Chondi!
00:19:12What's wrong?
00:19:14Alaric, you have no right to mention my mother.
00:19:20Nini!
00:19:21Nini!
00:19:24Alaric!
00:19:30Chondi, you shameless tramp!
00:19:32You're already being shipped off!
00:19:34Why are you still clinging to Alaric?
00:19:43In my last life, he never once came to me on his own.
00:19:47What are you doing here?
00:19:49About the other day, I lost my temper.
00:19:53This is the finest ointment from the army.
00:19:56Take it.
00:19:56Alaric!
00:19:58There you are.
00:20:00There you are.
00:20:00Did you bring the carvings you promised me?
00:20:03Here.
00:20:08Your hands are incredible.
00:20:10Do girls often beg you for things like this?
00:20:13I only carve for the one I hold dear.
00:20:17Then, would you carve anything I ask for?
00:20:21Anything.
00:20:25Then, make me a Jade Whistle.
00:20:31Jade Whistle.
00:20:32That's my mother's keepsake.
00:20:34Iris hates it.
00:20:36She's only saying this to provoke me.
00:20:41Why is Chondi leaving?
00:20:43Is she upset?
00:20:44Alaric, it won't be long now.
00:20:46In three days, you'll be free to marry the one you've loved across two lifetimes.
00:20:52You and I will never meet again.
00:21:02Your Highness, what are you looking for?
00:21:05Where is my Jade Whistle?
00:21:07I can't find it anywhere.
00:21:09Could it be?
00:21:15Iris!
00:21:20Sister, must you be so petty?
00:21:22Can't I borrow a trinket for a moment?
00:21:25It's not like your cold, dead mother can crawl out of her grave and ask it back.
00:21:31You!
00:21:32Calm down, Chondi.
00:21:33It's just a whistle.
00:21:35You took it.
00:21:37Didn't you?
00:21:37You're the only one who knew where my mother's things were kept.
00:21:41Iris is being sent away to Shallon because of you.
00:21:44Her life is already ruined by your hand.
00:21:46And now you're upset over a trinket?
00:21:51A trinket.
00:21:54A trinket.
00:21:54That was the last thing my mother carved for me before she died.
00:21:57I know.
00:21:59But Iris likes that one.
00:22:01If it matters so much,
00:22:03I'll carve you a better one.
00:22:05Who do you think you are?
00:22:06You don't get to replace it!
00:22:11Are you certain about this?
00:22:13You truly wound me for her?
00:22:16I owe my life to Iris,
00:22:17and I will die before I let anyone harm her.
00:22:25Touch her once.
00:22:26I'll repay it tenfold.
00:22:28Just like our last life,
00:22:30always at each other's throats,
00:22:32saying the cruelest things.
00:22:42But in the past,
00:22:44we never truly hurt each other.
00:22:47It's a wooden sword.
00:22:48The one I made for her all those years ago.
00:22:51Don't cry, Chanian.
00:22:53I'll always protect you.
00:22:55Like this sword.
00:22:57Why didn't you dodge?
00:22:59Why are you always so stubborn?
00:23:03Always?
00:23:05Since when did we ever have that?
00:23:07Nini?
00:23:08Nini!
00:23:12Mother,
00:23:13I will be leaving tomorrow.
00:23:14This parting may be the last.
00:23:17After that day,
00:23:18I came to Ganlu Temple
00:23:20to tend my wounds
00:23:21and say goodbye.
00:23:23Alaric stood outside my door
00:23:24for two days and nights,
00:23:26never once leaving.
00:23:32I never opened the door.
00:23:35Chanian,
00:23:36I will marry you.
00:23:37I'll spend my whole life
00:23:38making up for that wound.
00:23:39I swear it.
00:23:41On my family's past honor.
00:23:42He still has no idea.
00:23:45By morning,
00:23:45I'll be the one sent in her place.
00:23:47The one he was meant to marry
00:23:49was always Iris.
00:23:57On the day of the Alliance,
00:23:59I refused all escort,
00:24:01even maids.
00:24:02If anyone must suffer in shallow,
00:24:04it will be me alone.
00:24:24Today is also the day
00:24:25Alaric marries Iris.
00:24:28By now,
00:24:29he must have received
00:24:30the surprise I left him.
00:24:44Alaric?
00:24:46Alaric?
00:25:04Iris. Please let me escort you.
00:25:07He thinks I'm Iris. Looks like he's been been waiting here and hasn't received my surprise yet.
00:25:13Are you angry with me? For marrying your sister? Believe me. It's not what I want. It's my debt to
00:25:21her.
00:25:21I'm sorry. I couldn't stop this. But say the word and I'll take you away. Right now.
00:25:30That scar looks so familiar.
00:25:43You got it saving me, didn't you? You've suffered so much for me.
00:25:47And I... Iris, please, come with me. I won't let anyone hurt you again. I don't care what it costs.
00:25:55Defying the throne, losing everything. I'll bear it all.
00:26:08Shut up, Iris. Be kind. She was better than you in every possible way.
00:26:11All this started with you. You sent her there. Every drop of blood is on your hands. You must pay.
00:26:15It's true.
00:26:17What debts do you have been paid?
00:26:19You are there in next life. Your Highness, please, allow me to be with her.
00:26:30Chani, you're bleeding. What happened? Who is he?
00:26:33Yes, I bear this scar fight for him. But he has never truly seen and truly seen who stands before
00:26:39him.
00:26:40So be it. What bound us in that life ends here.
00:26:43I release you. Beyond these dunes, we are strangers.
00:27:08Iris must hate me. She turned away every escort. Wouldn't even spare me a word.
00:27:18I have lived my life standing tall, keeping my word to all.
00:27:23And yet, I failed her.
00:27:26Had I fought harder, maybe she wouldn't have been sent away.
00:27:30But what choice did I have? I swore to repay that strike on Chani.
00:27:34A man does not break his word.
00:27:41Iris, when I saw that scar today, it carved straight into my heart.
00:27:45This room, these candles, they were meant to be ours.
00:27:49Forgive me, Iris. In this life, I cannot walk to the end with you.
00:27:53May we meet again in the next.
00:28:00It's you!
00:28:11General!
00:28:12Iris!
00:28:14How are you here?
00:28:16I... I don't know.
00:28:18The Imperial drink changed overnight.
00:28:21Chonyan was sent in my place.
00:28:24What did you say? They sent Chonyan to Shalon?
00:28:28Y... Yes.
00:28:30Alaric, you're hurting me!
00:28:36Then the woman in the desert, the one who went alone, was Chani.
00:28:42That scar, it was hers.
00:28:43Then the one who saved me was her all along.
00:28:56It was her. It was always her.
00:28:58I sent her to her death.
00:28:59I drove a blade into her.
00:29:01I called her by another's name.
00:29:03Again and again.
00:29:04And I gave everything she did for me to someone else.
00:29:08My lord, what's wrong?
00:29:12Where are you going?
00:29:17Chani!
00:29:18You bitch!
00:29:23Nini, wait for me!
00:29:26Hi-ya!
00:29:33So this is Shalon.
00:29:35Lone city in a sea of sand.
00:29:38They say its young sire is a fanged beast, ruthless, bloodthirsty.
00:29:42And now, this is where I belong.
00:29:51I didn't think such beauty could exist in a man.
00:29:54Could this be the fanged?
00:29:57Princess of Tong.
00:29:59What a long journey.
00:30:01You must be exhausted.
00:30:02Curious.
00:30:03I was told it would be your younger sister.
00:30:06And yet, here you are.
00:30:09My sister is too young for such a journey.
00:30:11As the elder princess, it is only right that I take her place.
00:30:17Taking your sister's place, how admirable.
00:30:20I was told your people are masters of calculation.
00:30:23Yet, here you are, walking so willingly into fire.
00:30:26Just like the rumors, Capatratus.
00:30:28Impossible to read.
00:30:29But that face was nothing like the legend.
00:30:32In my last life, Kalis ended Iris without so much as a blink.
00:30:36He is a predator.
00:30:37And I must learn his ways quickly.
00:30:39Even if peace is impossible, I must slow this wolf's march east.
00:30:44Peace.
00:30:46Guess who I am?
00:30:47Peace.
00:30:56No.
00:31:02Peace.
00:31:07Peace.
00:31:16Curious and curiouser, the little princess has some bite to her.
00:31:21So young, yet he carries a presence that chills the bone.
00:31:26No wonder Iris met with such fate.
00:31:35I came in good faith, to marry you and seal peace between our nations.
00:31:40So why greet me with a blade, my sire?
00:31:45I have no shortage of women, and yet the Central Plains sends me this delicate little princess.
00:31:51I'm here to wed or to pry behind my walls.
00:31:54How about I take your last breath in our bridal bed?
00:32:00I'll make it worth every mile of your journey.
00:32:03Wait!
00:32:26Afraid so easy?
00:32:27The truth, my sire.
00:32:29Not afraid at all.
00:32:38Brave, aren't you?
00:32:40The last to challenge me.
00:32:42Ended with his eyes in a jar.
00:32:44Your eyes, however.
00:32:46I can't bear the thought.
00:32:53Princess, is this an invitation?
00:32:56My sire, if you wanted me dead, how could I ever escape?
00:33:02It's just that...
00:33:04Have you heard of the Great Tong's General Alaric?
00:33:07Of course.
00:33:10Is his name supposed to suddenly soften my blade?
00:33:13General Alaric has never lost a battle.
00:33:16He just married my sister, the woman he loves more than anything, and he's hungry for glory
00:33:22to make her proud.
00:33:23My death would give him the perfect excuse to march on Shallan.
00:33:28You are eager for conquest, but your people, are they strong enough?
00:33:35What did you say?
00:33:37I ask, how many more of your people's sons must bleed for your war, sire?
00:33:47Insolent girl.
00:33:49You really think I wouldn't touch you?
00:33:54When I arrived, I saw your people thriving in peace.
00:33:58If our kingdoms clash, every grain, every sword, every life will be torn from them.
00:34:05And all your hard-won prosperity will vanish in an instant.
00:34:12Kill me, and there will be no chance of turning back.
00:34:15Are you sure you want that, my sire?
00:34:22Well, today was only a taste.
00:34:25I don't want you dead yet.
00:34:27But you, you're wickedly entertaining.
00:34:30Far more interesting than anyone before.
00:34:34Send someone.
00:34:35Tend to the princess's wounds.
00:34:37Those hands still have work to do.
00:34:40Dozens of girls were sent here before me to wed other sires before Calus claimed the throne.
00:34:45None survived.
00:34:47I fear the days to come will not get easier.
00:34:55After that night, I never let my guard down.
00:34:58Days passed quietly.
00:34:59Until today.
00:35:00He requested I accompany him for a desert hunt.
00:35:02A ruler who despises the central lands to his bones.
00:35:05And yet, he brought me.
00:35:07Of course.
00:35:07I'm the wife forced on him.
00:35:09He never really had a choice.
00:35:17Princess.
00:35:18Do you know the rules of Shallan?
00:35:20Three hundred years, no queen has ever failed to summon her hawk.
00:35:24I will not break that tradition.
00:35:27Put it on.
00:35:32Watch closely.
00:35:34I teach only once.
00:35:38Blow.
00:35:40No.
00:35:41That won't do.
00:35:47Long breath.
00:35:48Steady tone.
00:35:49Don't flinch.
00:35:50Fear it.
00:35:51And it will strike.
00:35:53Stand firm.
00:35:53And it dares nothing.
00:35:58Now.
00:35:59Raise your arms.
00:36:06Not bad for a first time.
00:36:12Keep up.
00:36:18Calis.
00:36:19Ah.
00:36:20Calis!
00:36:21Calis!
00:36:22Calis!
00:36:24Calis!
00:36:26A sandstorm?
00:36:41Sire, you really intend to leave her there?
00:36:43This is a kingdom of dunes. The strong devour the weak.
00:36:46If she can't survive a little sandstorm, she was never going to last with me anyway.
00:36:50The storm is fierce. There are sandwolves. She's just a fragile woman from the central plains. She won't survive.
00:36:56That's even better, isn't it? Saves me the trouble of bloodying my hands and plunging us into war with Alaric.
00:37:02I never shy from a fight, but our people need a pause from war.
00:37:08It's true. The Tangcord will have no excuse to stir trouble, and their emperor is weak.
00:37:13That gives us time to sharpen our swords.
00:37:19Spirited. Clever. With a face that can bring a man to ruin.
00:37:23Shame she was born the wrong time, and wandered into the wrong place.
00:37:28She was destined to be a pawn.
00:37:31Find her body later. Bury her somewhere decent.
00:37:34Yes, Sire.
00:37:38Sire! There's something extraordinary!
00:37:54So this is where it ends for me.
00:37:56afraid of black people because she's afraid of Mins'
00:38:11I love you...
00:38:29Sire, this woman from the Central Prince, she just summoned your hawk.
00:38:33If I hadn't witnessed it myself, I'd never believe it.
00:38:36Could she be some kind of prodigy?
00:38:38Sire, she is no ordinary woman.
00:38:41Keep her closely and she could become a great threat.
00:38:43Should we take her out while she's weakened?
00:38:49Sire, should we kill her while she's weak?
00:38:51Aye, Sire, we could make it look like an accident.
00:38:58She just keep getting curious and curiouser.
00:39:18You're full of surprises, Princess.
00:39:21I thought you another sheltered flower from the Central Prince.
00:39:25Clearly, I was mistaken.
00:39:30Though these wounds...
00:39:32I'd say you pushed yourself too far.
00:39:38What?
00:39:39Do I need to carry you myself?
00:39:40Do I need to carry you myself?
00:39:50Withdraw!
00:39:54What's gotten into Sire?
00:39:56He actually let that Central Plains woman live.
00:39:59Watch your tongue.
00:40:00Sire's thoughts are not ours to question.
00:40:02Let's move.
00:40:13The sandstorm may have seemed like fate,
00:40:15but I knew there was a test hidden beneath it all.
00:40:18What I never expected
00:40:20was for him to seek me out again that very night.
00:40:46Soft as jade,
00:40:48yet stubborn enough to challenge the desert itself.
00:40:51You're truly unlike anyone I've ever met.
00:40:56Who's there?
00:41:00Just woke up,
00:41:01and already you're trying to widow yourself.
00:41:20What do you want?
00:41:22With your talent for courting danger,
00:41:23I can hardly leave you unattended.
00:41:27I'm staying tonight.
00:41:36Do women of the Central Plains
00:41:38always treat their husbands like intruders?
00:41:44Besides,
00:41:45after patching you up myself,
00:41:47there's very little left for you to hide.
00:41:50You...
00:41:51You're shameless.
00:42:10His moods shift like the disaster winds.
00:42:12What is he really after?
00:42:28Put this on.
00:42:31I'm taking you somewhere special today.
00:42:34Where?
00:42:47This is the Royal Tombs of Shalon.
00:42:49Why would he bring me here?
00:42:53Father.
00:42:54Mother.
00:42:55Your son has come to see you.
00:42:57He brought me.
00:42:59A woman from the Central Planets
00:43:01to pay respects to his parents.
00:43:03There was a time
00:43:04when Shalon Fon the Tonger
00:43:05stood as brothers.
00:43:07When the Yunxiao Rebellion
00:43:08swept the Central Plamps,
00:43:10my father sent Shalon's finest
00:43:12to your Emperor's aid.
00:43:13The war was won.
00:43:15Yet your Emperor
00:43:16listened to whispers
00:43:17and grew fearful of Shalon's power.
00:43:20He ambushed.
00:43:22Our soldiers on the road home.
00:43:24None returned!
00:43:28The history say Shalon turned traitor.
00:43:30The late Emperor
00:43:31merely struck back.
00:43:39Do you know what this is?
00:43:42The late Emperor's tiger taling!
00:43:44How could it be in Shalon?
00:43:45The late Emperor and my father
00:43:47once swore brothership.
00:43:48This taler was his pledge.
00:43:49My father gave him nothing but loyalty
00:43:51and he answered with betrayal
00:43:53in the blood of Shalon's warriors.
00:43:55My father never forgave himself.
00:43:58Not long after,
00:43:59he followed his warriors
00:44:00into the grave.
00:44:02If our history's lied,
00:44:04am I to answer for my country's sins?
00:44:14Hold out your hand.
00:44:20Today,
00:44:21with the blood of the Central Parents,
00:44:23I honor the souls of Shalon's fallen,
00:44:25and with the blood of my royal line,
00:44:28I welcome you as one of Shalon's own.
00:44:30Father,
00:44:30mother,
00:44:31your son has wed.
00:44:33My wife and I stand before you as one.
00:44:35By blood and oath,
00:44:37we shall guard Shalon.
00:44:38May you rest in peace.
00:44:42For now,
00:44:44it's wiser to indulge him
00:44:45and play along.
00:44:48Come,
00:44:49I'll show you around,
00:44:50my wife.
00:45:06Who rode with you back in tongue?
00:45:09Alaric.
00:45:10Alaric is my mother's adopted son.
00:45:12He's no different than a brother to me.
00:45:14Then from now on,
00:45:16allow me.
00:45:34Sire,
00:45:35I'd like a horse of my own.
00:45:42Hiya!
00:45:47Sire,
00:45:47how about a contest?
00:45:49The skies are full of geese today.
00:45:51Let's see who can bring down more.
00:45:53We've hunted enough today.
00:45:55Birds were born to roam the heavens.
00:45:58Let's leave the rest to the sky.
00:45:59How about we shoot for their feathers?
00:46:01Whoever collects the most wins.
00:46:03Very well.
00:46:04We'll each command a team.
00:46:06Let the feathers decide the victory.
00:46:09Begin!
00:46:10Begin!
00:46:10Oops!
00:46:12Never!
00:46:22Cho Umwelt!
00:46:23Ah-choo!
00:46:27I won,
00:46:28sire!
00:46:29I won!
00:46:30Na-a-a-a-aa-aa-a-a-aa-aa-ú-a-a-a-aa!
00:46:43He said he hates people from the central hinds, especially spoiled little princesses.
00:46:49Thank you. Today was wonderful.
00:46:53It's getting late. Let's head back.
00:47:19Sire, do you no longer plan to kill the princess from the central rants?
00:47:24Princess, I don't recall any princesses.
00:47:27There is only my queen, and she is the fiercest rose ever to bloom in these deserts.
00:47:36Looks like I've finally made it behind enemy lines, but is he really still my enemy?
00:48:00Kaelus slept beside me every night, yet he's never crossed the line.
00:48:04And more and more I find it hard to reconcile the man beside me with the tyrant I was told
00:48:10to fear.
00:48:11Over time I grew used to having him there, and I knew he cared for me, but I was the
00:48:16exception.
00:48:17His hatred for the central laryn still burned as forcely as ever.
00:48:25A letter for you arrived from the border this morning.
00:48:29Dearest, Chani, my thoughts remain with you.
00:48:31Meet me at the border at dusk.
00:48:33That handwriting, it's Alaric.
00:48:44And where might my wife be headed?
00:48:53I... I thought I'd go for a ride.
00:48:55A ride, all the way to the border.
00:49:00If you'd rather I stay, I won't go.
00:49:05You're not my prisoner.
00:49:07When will you be back?
00:49:08I'm answering a summings from my past.
00:49:11I don't even know if I'll be coming back.
00:49:14When my sword's shadow falls beyond these gates, I shall return.
00:49:22Let her pass!
00:49:26Calus misses nothing, yet he still lets me go.
00:49:30So be it.
00:49:50General Alaric.
00:49:52General, that's the coldest name she's ever called me.
00:49:55Did something happen at Tong?
00:49:57Chani, come home with me.
00:50:01That's why you're here?
00:50:02I am a bride of peace.
00:50:04And you're asking me to leave?
00:50:08General, are you trying to start a war?
00:50:11In my last life, Alaric's held Shalin at bay for three years after Iris died.
00:50:16Without me holding him back this time, he might actually win the wars.
00:50:19But no matter the victor, every war leaves graves behind.
00:50:23And it's always the innocent who fill them.
00:50:25Heaven has given me a second chance.
00:50:27This time, I will see peace preserved.
00:50:30You needn't worry, General.
00:50:32As long as I'm here, there will be no war.
00:50:35You should return home to your wife.
00:50:38I never married her!
00:50:40What?
00:50:43What did you say?
00:50:44I said, I never married Iris.
00:50:47I remember everything now.
00:50:49It was you.
00:50:50You were the one who saved me.
00:50:52All these years, I mistook another for my savior and failed the one who deserved my devotion
00:50:57the most.
00:50:58Chani, I was blind.
00:50:59You're my brother in all but blood.
00:51:01Saving you was my duty.
00:51:03Whatever feelings stood between us, they belonged to a younger, more foolish girl.
00:51:07The past is behind us now.
00:51:09General, you should go.
00:51:11Chani, I know I broke your heart.
00:51:13That's why you went to Shallan.
00:51:14But this time, I'll choose you.
00:51:16I swear it.
00:51:17I will never let you down again.
00:51:19Do you hear yourself?
00:51:20You once shamed me as a princess.
00:51:22Now you ask me to abandon my duty?
00:51:24What do you want from me?
00:51:27Drop the act.
00:51:28I never imagined you could be this vile and jealous.
00:51:30You're unworthy of your title.
00:51:32A disgrace on the people.
00:51:33You know your mother was fortunate to die early.
00:51:36She was spared the shame of seeing you turn into this monster.
00:51:39How dare you?
00:51:45I didn't mean it.
00:51:47I was just angry.
00:51:48That's enough, General.
00:51:50I bear my crown and the fate that comes with it.
00:51:53You owe me no guilt.
00:51:55And I need no saving.
00:52:00You need not flatter yourself, General.
00:52:03I am well.
00:52:04And as long as I stand, Shallana's armies will not set foot in the central plains.
00:52:08And if I fail, I will die with my country, without regret.
00:52:12So, let this be our last goodbye.
00:52:19Charney!
00:52:21Alaric, in this life, I wish you a full house, a long life, and every happiness.
00:52:29Charney!
00:52:46You schemed your way to the Emperor.
00:52:48Had Iris married off to Shallan, just to force me into marriage with you.
00:52:52Now tell me, are you satisfied?
00:52:56Where did this memory come from?
00:52:58When was I ever with Charney like this?
00:53:07Sire, it's well past Nidol.
00:53:08That woman isn't coming back.
00:53:10She must have ran off with that snake Alaric.
00:53:12Exactly.
00:53:13She deceived you.
00:53:14For all we know, she may have taken state secrets with her.
00:53:19Sire!
00:53:19Please lend me a thousand riders.
00:53:21I'll bring back their heads before sunrise.
00:53:24Silence!
00:53:27I knew, the moment she read that letter.
00:53:34And still, I gambled on her heart.
00:53:38How foolish of me.
00:53:40I've seen enough.
00:53:42Sire!
00:53:45Sire!
00:53:50Chani!
00:54:05They call him a ruthless conqueror, yet he is trembling as he holds me close.
00:54:11My sire, you're shaking.
00:54:14Have you gone soft on me?
00:54:17My princess, you're asking for trouble.
00:54:28Mercy, sire, mercy!
00:54:30Mercy, sire, mercy!
00:54:35My sire is still the strongest man alive.
00:54:38Not soft at all.
00:54:51May I grow old with you, and never know another hand.
00:54:55Since when did you learn to speak such Tang love poetry?
00:54:58I learned it for you.
00:55:00Do you like it?
00:55:02I do.
00:55:03Then remember it, because every word is a promise.
00:55:09Alaric!
00:55:10You're finally back!
00:55:12Iris, I...
00:55:14Where have you been?
00:55:15Why did you abandon me on our wedding night?
00:55:18Do you know how humiliating that was?
00:55:20Iris, I wronged you.
00:55:21Tomorrow I'll answer to the Emperor myself.
00:55:24It's fine.
00:55:25You came back.
00:55:26That's all that matters.
00:55:27Iris, I can't marry you.
00:55:34Why?
00:55:34Is it about Chani?
00:55:37I am Tang's Supreme General.
00:55:39My duty is to protect this kingdom.
00:55:41I cannot leave our Grand Princess to suffer alone in Shalan.
00:55:44Until Chani is safely home, I can think of nothing else.
00:55:48Isn't this the ending we both wanted?
00:55:51Chani is gone.
00:55:52The kingdoms are at peace.
00:55:54You and I can finally be together.
00:55:56No one can tear us apart anymore.
00:55:58So why...
00:55:59Why are you doing this?
00:56:06Didn't you say this whistle meant the world to you?
00:56:09I spent days and nights restoring it.
00:56:12How could you do this?
00:56:13Alaric, I...
00:56:17If you truly treasured it, how could you destroy it like this?
00:56:20I... I was upset.
00:56:22I dropped it by accident.
00:56:24You know how much this whistle means to me.
00:56:27If that were true,
00:56:29you'd have taken care of it like your sister.
00:56:32Calm down, Chani.
00:56:33It's just a whistle.
00:56:35You truly wound me for her?
00:56:40Iris never cared about the whistle.
00:56:43I've been blind all along.
00:56:45And I hurt Chani because of it...
00:56:49Who is this?
00:56:52It's...
00:56:53You.
00:56:57General, I finished the investigation you ordered.
00:56:59Speak what you saw.
00:57:00General, I saw it with my own eyes.
00:57:02On the day of the royal hunt,
00:57:04Princess Iris struck the Grand Prince's horse with a stone
00:57:06and sent her down the slope.
00:57:07Then she threatened to kill my family if I spoke a word of it.
00:57:10Shut your mouth, you filthy dog!
00:57:12Alaric, he's lying!
00:57:13If a single word of this is false,
00:57:15your head will answer for it.
00:57:16I swear it before heaven,
00:57:18every word is true!
00:57:20Please, General, protect my family!
00:57:23Iris Lee, is it true?
00:57:26And what if it is?
00:57:27I was the one meant for Shalon.
00:57:29That honor was mine.
00:57:31Chani stole it from me!
00:57:33Then she tried to steal you too.
00:57:35I taught her a lesson.
00:57:37What's wrong with that?
00:57:42Iris, how did you become like this?
00:57:45You spent years being cruel to Chani.
00:57:48Then you decide to leave me on our wedding day to chase after her!
00:57:51And now you stand here judging me?
00:57:53Do you hear how hypocritical you sound?
00:57:57Or were you hoping to have us both?
00:57:59My sister and I?
00:58:00Sharing your bed?
00:58:04Enough!
00:58:05Don't twist this!
00:58:09I really overestimated you.
00:58:11You're too much of a coward
00:58:13to even be honest with yourself.
00:58:19Could she be right?
00:58:22Was I in love with her all along?
00:58:25General, what are your orders?
00:58:29Whatever it takes,
00:58:31I'm bringing Chani
00:58:32back.
00:58:37Calus treats me well.
00:58:39But he has never hidden his disdain
00:58:41for the Central Lands.
00:58:44Perhaps one day,
00:58:45I can help mend the divide.
00:58:47For now,
00:58:48I dare not speak on matters of state.
00:58:53Sire,
00:58:54a group from Tang has arrived.
00:58:56Their leader claims to be
00:58:57General Alaric Shao.
00:59:00Is that so?
00:59:02He says
00:59:03he's here for the Queen.
00:59:04What does Alaric want now?
00:59:17General Alaric.
00:59:28It seems your long journey
00:59:30cost you your manners.
00:59:32My queen is hardly yours
00:59:33to call by name.
00:59:39Sire,
00:59:40this is General Alaric,
00:59:41Supreme General of Tang.
00:59:44We were raised
00:59:45as brother and sister.
00:59:47That is why
00:59:48he addresses me
00:59:49so familiarly.
00:59:51Alaric,
00:59:51this is my husband,
00:59:53the Sire of Shalon,
00:59:54Calus.
00:59:56Brother,
00:59:57husband,
00:59:58she must be saying
00:59:59this to hurt me.
01:00:03Sire,
01:00:04by His Majesty's command,
01:00:05I have come to visit
01:00:06the Grand Princess.
01:00:09The famed
01:00:10War God of Tang,
01:00:11a pleasure
01:00:12to finally meet you.
01:00:15A few humble gifts
01:00:16on behalf of Tang.
01:00:18What does Alaric really want?
01:00:19I hope you will accept them.
01:00:21Such generosity
01:00:21from the Emperor,
01:00:22I can hardly send them back.
01:00:24And you, General,
01:00:26you came all this way
01:00:27for my queen.
01:00:28Such devotion
01:00:29deserves a proper welcome.
01:00:30Guards!
01:00:32Prepare a banquet!
01:00:34Yes, sir!
01:00:41Chani, wait!
01:00:43Alaric.
01:00:46What are you doing
01:00:47in Shalon again?
01:00:48Was it truly
01:00:49my father's order?
01:00:51I volunteered
01:00:52for this mission.
01:00:53I've already made
01:00:54myself clear.
01:00:55This marriage
01:00:55was my choice.
01:00:56Why won't you
01:00:57let this go?
01:00:58Chani!
01:00:59I know the truth now.
01:01:00Iris lied about
01:01:01liking that whistle
01:01:02and about the accident
01:01:03at the hunt.
01:01:04She lied to me
01:01:05all these years.
01:01:06I was wrong.
01:01:07I'm sorry.
01:01:08Come home with me.
01:01:11Enough, Alaric.
01:01:13This marriage
01:01:14secures peace
01:01:14between two kingdoms.
01:01:16How can you put
01:01:17your own desires
01:01:19above the lives
01:01:20of countless people?
01:01:25How can you put
01:01:26your own desires
01:01:27above the lives
01:01:28of countless people?
01:01:31This isn't about me.
01:01:32As a general of Tong,
01:01:34I cannot stand by
01:01:35while a princess
01:01:36is traded for peace.
01:01:39Spare me the noble speech.
01:01:41I've heard it from you
01:01:42for two lifetimes.
01:01:43Tell me, general,
01:01:44is this truly about duty?
01:01:46After the banquet,
01:01:48I trust you'll begin
01:01:49your journey home.
01:01:52Chani!
01:01:53Chani!
01:02:02Shut up!
01:02:04Alaric!
01:02:07Where are these
01:02:07memories coming from?
01:02:26I've heard Tang Banquets
01:02:28are the envy of the world.
01:02:30Tell me, general,
01:02:31how does my humble
01:02:32little feast compare?
01:02:36Feasts are feasts.
01:02:37Pretty distractions
01:02:38for idle eyes.
01:02:40Nothing more.
01:02:41Is that so?
01:02:41Then tell me.
01:02:42What impresses
01:02:43a man like you?
01:02:45A ruler who governs wisely.
01:02:48A true man carries
01:02:49a kingdom on his shoulders,
01:02:51not a wine cup in his hand.
01:02:53A king who lives
01:02:54only for pleasure
01:02:55is no king at all.
01:02:59A king who lives
01:03:00only for pleasure
01:03:01is no king at all.
01:03:02Oh, since General Alaric
01:03:03finds me unfit to rule,
01:03:05why don't we put that
01:03:06to test you and I?
01:03:08A debate on statecraft.
01:03:10Do you accept?
01:03:11Gladly.
01:03:11But if I win,
01:03:12I want the princess
01:03:13to return to Tang with me.
01:03:16Alaric!
01:03:17Mind yourself!
01:03:18What is it, sire?
01:03:19Afraid you'll lose
01:03:19before your own court?
01:03:21Afraid?
01:03:22Not in the slightest.
01:03:23But let me make
01:03:24one thing clear.
01:03:25My queen is not
01:03:26a prize to be won.
01:03:27Whether she stays or leaves
01:03:28is her choice alone.
01:03:29Neither you nor I
01:03:30have any claim over it.
01:03:31Enough, Alaric.
01:03:32This is Shallon.
01:03:33You do not make demands here.
01:03:35You should retire
01:03:35for the night.
01:03:36At first blight,
01:03:37you'll return to Tang.
01:03:39My darling,
01:03:40you seems awfully eager
01:03:41to end this dispute.
01:03:42Tell me,
01:03:43are you worried for me?
01:03:44Or afraid I might lose to him?
01:03:46Sire, I...
01:03:46The challenge
01:03:47has already been made.
01:03:48And my queen
01:03:49shall set the terms.
01:03:51General,
01:03:52do you object?
01:03:54Not at all.
01:03:58Guards,
01:03:59prepare the ink.
01:04:03I heard Kalis
01:04:04is a desert barbarian
01:04:05who drinks blood
01:04:06from raw meat.
01:04:07How would a savage
01:04:08know anything
01:04:08about statecraft?
01:04:09General Alaric
01:04:10is Tang's finest scholar
01:04:11and warrior.
01:04:12The humiliating
01:04:13should be legendary.
01:04:13The princess
01:04:14has suffered enough here.
01:04:15Today,
01:04:16General Alaric
01:04:16puts this monkey
01:04:17in his place
01:04:17and we bring
01:04:18the princess home.
01:04:23Darling,
01:04:25set the challenge.
01:04:33Three years of drought
01:04:35has divested the realm.
01:04:36The granaries run low,
01:04:38refugees fill the roads,
01:04:40and unrest grows.
01:04:41You have three months
01:04:43to restore order.
01:04:44What would you do?
01:04:52Time's up.
01:04:52When the people hunger,
01:04:54the ruler should hunger first.
01:04:55Open the granaries.
01:04:56Lift their taxes.
01:04:57Let no child starve
01:04:59and no family freeze.
01:05:01Only when the people
01:05:02know peace
01:05:02can the kingdom
01:05:03know peace.
01:05:06General Alaric
01:05:07truly carries
01:05:08the people in his heart.
01:05:09A master of both
01:05:10war and statecraft.
01:05:11He is the pride of Tang.
01:05:12To provoke Kalis
01:05:13like this on Shailan's soil,
01:05:15has Alaric gone mad?
01:05:17I would do the opposite.
01:05:19No free grain.
01:05:21Anyone reaching out
01:05:22for charity
01:05:23can starve.
01:05:35That's preposterous.
01:05:37You would let
01:05:37your own people starve.
01:05:40A dumb barbarian
01:05:41through and through.
01:05:46General,
01:05:47your solution is noble,
01:05:49but what happens
01:05:50when the grain runs out
01:05:51and when the next harvest fail.
01:05:56The heavens favor
01:05:57those who show mercy.
01:05:59To rely on the heavens
01:06:00is the coward's answer.
01:06:01A hungry man needs food today,
01:06:03but a ruler must think
01:06:04about tomorrow.
01:06:05Open the granaries, yes,
01:06:07but not as charity.
01:06:08That'll only breed idle hands.
01:06:09Put people to work.
01:06:10Dig canals.
01:06:11Build roads.
01:06:12Build up the kingdom
01:06:13while you feed it.
01:06:14Then open the border markets.
01:06:16Trade what we have
01:06:17for what we lack.
01:06:18General Alaric's plan
01:06:20feeds the people
01:06:21through this famine.
01:06:22Mine.
01:06:23Ensures they never fear the next.
01:06:25I never knew.
01:06:27He carried such vision
01:06:28within him.
01:06:29Food for work.
01:06:30He used the crisis
01:06:31to strengthen the kingdom.
01:06:32The sire sees farther
01:06:33than all of us.
01:06:35General Alaric,
01:06:37who would you say
01:06:38won the round?
01:06:41You saw the future.
01:06:43I lost.
01:06:45I lost.
01:06:48Darling,
01:06:50the choice is yours.
01:06:52Where does your heart
01:06:53lead you?
01:06:55I...
01:06:58Please tell my father
01:07:00that I am well.
01:07:02Lord Kalis is a just ruler
01:07:04and a devoted husband.
01:07:06I lack for nothing in Shailon.
01:07:08He need not worry for me.
01:07:10You've spent years
01:07:11taking your love for granted.
01:07:13Now that she's given it
01:07:14to someone else,
01:07:15why are you surprised it hurts?
01:07:18Yes, your highness.
01:07:20I understand.
01:07:27I want Chun-Li dead.
01:07:29She must never return to Tong.
01:07:32Fail me and you all die!
01:07:34Yes, Princess Iris!
01:07:47My duty here is done.
01:07:48Once I leave Shailon,
01:07:50we may never meet again.
01:07:52Chani,
01:07:53are you certain
01:07:54you won't return with me?
01:07:56This is the last chance.
01:07:57Return with me
01:07:58and I swear to you,
01:07:59I'll spend the rest of my life
01:08:01paying what I owe.
01:08:03No one will come before you.
01:08:09You owe me nothing, General.
01:08:11You should get going.
01:08:15Chani.
01:08:16A long road awaits you, General.
01:08:18And heartbroken men
01:08:19are prone to accidents.
01:08:21Shall I send a few guards
01:08:22to see you safely
01:08:23out of my kingdom?
01:08:26Shall I send a few guards
01:08:27to see you safely
01:08:28out of my kingdom?
01:08:29Save your concerns, Sire.
01:08:31Sire, General Alarid
01:08:32came a long way.
01:08:33I'd like to see him off.
01:08:34If you wish to go,
01:08:35then go.
01:08:36I don't see any locks
01:08:37and chains on you.
01:08:41There is one.
01:08:43Right here around my heart.
01:08:45I'll be back by nightfall
01:08:46to make trouble again.
01:08:48Mind the hour.
01:08:50I don't make a habit
01:08:51of waiting on people.
01:08:52Yes, my Sire.
01:08:53For this journey,
01:08:54my wife is in your care,
01:08:55General Alaric.
01:08:56See that she returns unharmed.
01:08:58Protecting the princess
01:08:59is my duty.
01:09:00I have no need
01:09:01of your reminder, Sire.
01:09:02General Alaric,
01:09:03we should be on our way.
01:09:24She turns to see me off.
01:09:26Could it be she changed her mind?
01:09:27Is she willing
01:09:28to come back to Tomlin?
01:09:32Assassins!
01:09:35Get them!
01:09:40Alaric!
01:09:41What's happening?
01:09:51Alaric!
01:09:52Alaric!
01:10:01No, I won't let history
01:10:10repeat itself.
01:10:16Johnny, you have to get out of here.
01:10:19Stop talking.
01:10:20Save your strength.
01:10:22Go!
01:10:23Go!
01:10:23Now!
01:10:23If you die today,
01:10:24Tong loses its greatest defender.
01:10:27And I will go down in history
01:10:28as the one who failed you.
01:10:30I won't let that happen.
01:10:31So I order you,
01:10:32stay with me.
01:10:34Fight!
01:10:38Hold on, General.
01:10:39The bleeding's nearly stopped.
01:10:41Just a little longer.
01:10:44Please don't move.
01:10:45You'll split the wound.
01:10:48Your Highness,
01:10:49there's no need to worry.
01:10:50The General is strong.
01:10:52He'll pull through.
01:10:53No!
01:10:55No!
01:10:57No!
01:11:00No!
01:11:03No!
01:11:05No!
01:11:14Alaric!
01:11:16What's happening to him?
01:11:19The arrow narrowly missed his heart,
01:11:21but the worst has passed.
01:11:23With proper rest,
01:11:25he should make a full recovery.
01:11:27In our last life,
01:11:28gave his life
01:11:29to be free of me forever.
01:11:31Yet somehow,
01:11:32he still ended up saving me again.
01:11:45Johnny...
01:11:48Johnny...
01:11:49Johnny...
01:11:51Johnny...
01:11:59you're awake you're drenched here wipe it yourself i had a long dream we were married
01:12:08but i was a fool i hurt you blamed you and never once appreciated what i had
01:12:16then war broke and the world we knew burned i took an arrow for you
01:12:22but you refused to go on without me in the end the flames consumed us both
01:12:29chani are these memories real is that why you came to shalan because you've already seen how our story
01:12:36ends general alaric you should return to tong my husband is waiting for me
01:12:58i don't dare ask for your love treat me as dirt beneath your feet if you must
01:13:04just please stay let me spend the rest of my life making it up to you i'll do anything anything
01:13:15chani my debts to you have been paid if there is a next life your highness please allow me to
01:13:23be with
01:13:24you have been paid if there is a next life may we never meet again chani chani
01:13:43i'll always protect you like this sword
01:14:11i'll always protect you
01:14:14i'll always protect you
01:14:16just lock you up and never let you out of my sight again what happened to my fearsome king
01:14:20you've become impossible i was born after you wasn't i which means it's your duty to indulge
01:14:26me is that so yes and i'm feeling terribly neglected all right i'll spoil you properly
01:14:32now take me home already with pleasure
01:14:42calis never failed me he never took another wife and until the end of his days i alone remained
01:14:49by his side in a world where women had no place in court calis made an exception for me we
01:14:55ruled
01:14:55side by side for decades he expanded trade and strengthened the kingdom i reformed its laws and
01:15:01ensured order the people flourished and the peace his father had hoped for became a lasting reality
01:15:17to have found you was the greatest fortune of my life there is another life i'll come for you
01:15:23sooner i saw calis through his final journey the love of my life was gone and i was left alone
01:15:30with only the endless desert where we once rode side by side at long last
01:15:36my heart turned homeward
01:15:42your servant alaric awaits your highness i shall escort you home after more than 50 years in the
01:15:49desert it was time to see home again i took with me the bow calis had left behind and in
01:15:55the end i
01:15:55died on the soil where my story began alarek never married not long after laying me to rest he followed
01:16:02me
01:16:02over there and i told or lying there is nothing to be home as well
01:16:02his이라고 has left behind and home as well
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