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00:00:04I had been satisfied with my sacred marriage.
00:00:09Leander was the god of order and law on Olympus.
00:00:12He stood above everyone.
00:00:14He believed only in absolute reason.
00:00:17The three fates sealed our vows under Hera's witness.
00:00:31That night, I had the temple servants haul ten pounds of the boniest monster fish.
00:00:40Pick them clean. You seem good at this.
00:00:47A husband who forgets his place can be trained.
00:00:51If he cannot, I will file the decree of separation.
00:00:55I do not tolerate filth in my own temple.
00:01:08She is a low-tier nymph, high goddess.
00:01:11The god of order's mentor took her in before he died.
00:01:14Her name is Daphne.
00:01:16High goddess Lissandra, I am Daphne.
00:01:18I am new to this divine city.
00:01:20I beg for your patience.
00:01:22I smiled without warmth.
00:01:25My handmaid guided me to my seat.
00:01:27I said nothing.
00:01:29I exchanged beet-winged greetings with the elders.
00:01:31From the corner of my eye, I watched Liard chew the venison with a blank face.
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00:02:04to the god of order's bedroom tonight hi goddess the gods truly favor you you get to marry a god
00:02:14as great as the god of order you spend your days doing nothing in the inner temple weaving divine
00:02:19threads eating figs covered with nectar we poor little spirits are different we have to copy his
00:02:26scrolls under the lamps terrified of writing a single wrong wrong the discipline in this temple
00:02:32has really fallen apart hi goddess please forgive me i meant no offense i grew up in the wild i
00:02:40don't
00:02:41know the rules of the city her eyes stared openly at the gold laurel crown on my head i heard
00:02:49hefectus
00:02:49has forged that crown himself it suits high goddess so well she lowered her lashes again
00:02:57the god of order works so hard he bleeds himself dry to keep the laws of this realm
00:03:03i just feel bad for him
00:03:11you rude little spirit you think high goddess lasanda is some ordinary fairy
00:03:21inside this temple she is your high goddess outside these doors she carries the spear of
00:03:28war given by athena even the god of war in sparta bows to her the gods call her the supreme
00:03:38commander
00:03:40the high goddess is the last bloodline of the great spartan gods her marriage to the god of order
00:03:47was set by prophecy hera witnessed it herself have you understood now what nonsense are you talking
00:03:57about on your knees now daphne went pale she bit her lip tears fell she looked at leandre for help
00:04:06leandra met my eyes my face was blank
00:04:11apologize to your high goddess watch your mouth if you don't know the rules here the high priestess will
00:04:17teach you hi goddess i was wrong
00:04:24i have temple business to handle enjoy your meal
00:04:33after the third watch of the night i went back to the bedroom
00:04:43you are late tonight the wind has teeth he did this every night for three years
00:04:56my husband pick the bones clean for me you didn't eat dinner why is there so much
00:05:06your divine body took battle damage you shouldn't eat fish this late
00:05:11he turned to call a servant to take the basin away i want you to pick the bones clean
00:05:16with your own hands
00:05:20lysandra you know i hate the smell of monster fish
00:05:27do you you pick those fish bones with great skill tonight
00:05:32for your mentor's orphan so this is what this is about
00:05:42i've never seen you jealous before i thought my wife was of these mortal fiends above these mortal feelings
00:05:57i thought you were a companion of athena untouched by any emotion
00:06:09she is a low-tier fairy with no power gods mock her everywhere she goes my mentor left her in
00:06:17my care
00:06:17before he died
00:06:21she is young i let her stand close
00:06:25if it offends you i will keep my distance
00:06:33leander do you know why i picked you
00:06:37the prophecy laid the busts of every eligible high-ranking god in front of me
00:06:43because you were clean
00:06:49the gods say the god of order walks in apollo's grace free of lust he never lets another body touch
00:06:56his that is convenient i am the same
00:07:03our marriage balances two realms the spartan army the athenian senate for three years we kept our vows
00:07:10under hera's power i want nothing else from this marriage i only want it kept clean
00:07:17i don't want filth crawling into my sight
00:07:23pick the bones clean every single one this is the price for crossing the first line
00:07:31if you aren't done before apollo's sun chariot rises
00:07:36you won't sleep tonight leander left for the senate before the sun chariot rose
00:07:47hi goddess what should i do with all this fish
00:07:52clio you have younger siblings in your realm wrap this up and take it back the god of order picked
00:07:57these bones himself
00:08:00they are very clean throwing them into the abyss would be a waste
00:08:11after that things went back to normal between us
00:08:16the bitterness of that night faded he even did something new on his rest days he took me to the
00:08:22temple of demita outside the city walls twice lisa spend the afternoon with me just the two of us
00:08:34after i finish inspecting the spartan veterans i had to secretly inspect the retired spartan
00:08:40soldiers i had no time to watch which low t fairy slept in the corner of his temple
00:08:45a month later we were supposed to take the winged horse carriage to the acropolis for the god's banquet
00:08:53daphne sat in the seat meant for me the seat of the high goddess
00:09:02hi goddess you look radiant today that divine robe suits you she spoke completely naturally she
00:09:12ignored the chill in my eyes she opened her big eyes and played innocent leander sat across from her
00:09:19his baithelite was straying her terrors by psychment my face was blank
00:09:31daphne's smile frozen after a long moment she looked down she twisted her veil in her hands
00:09:37high goddess the lord saw me limping back from the gardens i delivered prophecy scrolls all morning
00:09:46my feet hurt
00:09:50he felt bad for me i don't have a strong divine body the servant's cart is too bumpy i climbed
00:09:55into your seat
00:10:00the gods around us were already slowing their carriages to watch my lord
00:10:06please say something the high goddess is angry with me
00:10:11daphne get out daphne step down
00:10:31who said you could follow us
00:10:51is the temple's temple not enough you can't even rent your own carriage
00:10:57i let the coin sit between us if living under our roof is so hard for you take this hire
00:11:03a few
00:11:03cromplos go home yourself stop embarrassing me in public
00:11:10leander watched her swaying in the cold wind he frowned
00:11:15lysandra you don't have to humiliate her i turned to him i gave a low laugh
00:11:24my husband this is your fault the fairy under the god of order's protection is so
00:11:33poor she begs for a seat in a carriage if the gods hear about this
00:11:40they will say you mistreat your mender's bloodline
00:11:44you won't even give her enough nectar to drink
00:11:46cleo pass this order starting tomorrow double the stapry for everyone in this temple
00:11:52charge it to my dowry lands yes hi goddess
00:12:04hi goddess i am a low-tier fairy begging for shelter
00:12:09but i have my dignity how dare you trample my dignity with vulgar coins
00:12:18you can't afford a carriage you climbed into the god of order's ride i gave you a divine coin
00:12:24now i am the one trampling your dignity
00:12:28does the god of order have to carry you back himself to respect your dignity
00:12:33your dignity is worth more than golden apples
00:12:40leander serves the whole agatian realm the food supply for the northern army depends on his laws
00:12:45if he is late the soldiers starve can your dignity feed them can it
00:12:59drive on the winged horses took off
00:13:04i closed my eyes i didn't look back there was no wind inside the carriage the cheap rose oil daphne
00:13:11war lingered on the leather he forced his voice gentle her shrine is far from the acropolis
00:13:19i just wanted to honor my dead mentor i gave her a ride if it bothers you this much
00:13:32i told you i picked you because you were clean you aren't the only one who cares about that
00:13:37i care too the monster fish was the first time we agreed to move past it today you gave her
00:13:46my seat
00:13:46the seat of the high goddess my patience has limits i give three chances today is your second
00:13:57my demand is simple keep your boundaries as the god of order keep your boundaries as a husband don't push
00:14:02me
00:14:03until i am disgusted
00:14:10have nothing to say then stay silent i grew up in the bronze and divine blood of sparta
00:14:16i never lived watching other people's faces
00:14:20i don't beg for permission i don't beg for forgiveness
00:14:32my movements were smooth i act as if the fight never happened you need to be clear husband our
00:14:39marriage holds the balance between two realms
00:14:47the senate could impeach you tomorrow for chaos in your temple
00:14:52they will say you don't deserve the power of the god of order put that smile back on your face
00:14:58we both had perfect divine edit ticket training don't show any cracks i put a perfect warm smile on my
00:15:04lips my words were sharp blades his face smoothed out he turned back into the calm god of order the
00:15:11whole
00:15:11city worshipped we crossed the threshold together we walked through the colonnadel the elder mother
00:15:17walked over with her servants she took my hand she patted it gently lisa i haven't seen you in a
00:15:23month
00:15:24you look more radiant than ever come sit by me leander sat down right next to me the elders of
00:15:32the god
00:15:32clan gathered they chatted easily bring the best ambrosia for her majesty and the honeyed figs from
00:15:38the southern groves at once elder mother
00:15:45i heard the god king gave the spartan army control of the lauria silver mines
00:15:50you act fast a true daughter of war
00:15:55you flatter me i only work for the alliance sparta and athens are one we have no division
00:16:05what is wrong with you today you sit here you don't even check your wife's health
00:16:17you and lisa were having a good talk i didn't want to interrupt
00:16:20the elder mother played with a gold hero token in her hand
00:16:25i heard about that orphan your dead mentor forced on you she has no manners she doesn't know her place
00:16:47i already told the head servant tomorrow at dawn a broken cart will take her to a remote shrine in
00:16:54arcadia
00:16:58a fairy with no family no manners and no self-awareness she has no right to stay in this temple
00:17:04she will
00:17:05only bring gossip i left her a hundred silver coins to settle down she can walk her own path from
00:17:13here
00:17:19grandmother i am the high god of this temple now if you want to kick a fairy out of my
00:17:24inner hall
00:17:26shouldn't you tell me first
00:17:31you enforce the laws in the senate with a cold heart but you go soft in your own temple you
00:17:36get tangled up
00:17:37with these clingy fairies you are still young you have to cut this weakness out the marriage between
00:17:45spalta and athens secures our whole alliance we bypassed your brothers with higher birth we made you
00:17:52the god of order because you know how to weigh things you know what to throw away don't ruin your
00:18:00our own divine path over a fairy worse than lowest servant
00:18:09these seeds are ripe right up to at elder mother try one
00:18:18the banquet ended in fake peace
00:18:23we went back to our own temple the second we walked into the bedroom
00:18:28all of you out close the doors behind you
00:18:37laser we need to talk i walked to the bronze basin to wash my hands
00:18:47talk about what my husband our private fights you actually went and alarmed my grandmother
00:18:53you used her hands to deal with a fairy in my temple i stopped washing i dropped the cloth into
00:18:59the water
00:19:06you think i went to your grandmother his eyes were pitch black we had been married for three years
00:19:10i had never seen that mix of disappointment and disgust in his eyes wasn't it you
00:19:15lisa i always respected your pride as a god of war i put up with your temper
00:19:22but you pushed that fairy into a corner you are the high goddess of this temple your jealousy made
00:19:27you lose your mind now you reached into the old temple you made my grandmother banish her to a desolate
00:19:35shrine you know i never let other gods interfere with my business are you done complaining god of order
00:19:42why are you so furious is it because your grandmother bypassed your power because she made
00:19:48you look bad or is it because your fragile fairy got sent away your heart is bleeding for her
00:19:54his face went pale and hard
00:19:59even now
00:20:02you still don't think you did anything wrong what did i do wrong
00:20:06i took a step toward him i looked right into his eyes when i saw you sharing a seat with
00:20:13her in my
00:20:13carriage i held my anger back was i wrong i took another step when your grandmother finally saw through
00:20:22her act when she sent her back where she belongs i stayed quiet was i wrong or is it this
00:20:31the night you
00:20:32picked fish bones for her i didn't go straight to harrah's temple to file the decree was that my mistake
00:20:40his pupils shrank i stepped back my eyes swept over him i shook my head with a tiny bit of
00:20:48regret
00:20:50leander i told you three chances tonight you used your last one
00:21:01no god can put up with your endless arrogance he went to the men's hall at the front of the
00:21:06temple
00:21:07he cut off all contact with me he didn't leave a single word i had no patience to chase him
00:21:13down
00:21:13these empty halls
00:21:18cleo bring me the prophecy scrolls from the northern defense line all of them
00:21:23yes hi goddess the pile is already on your war table
00:21:27seven days later it was the festival of harrah
00:21:38supreme commander the god of order to the festival of harrah last night he didn't go alone
00:21:46speak he went with a stunningly beautiful fairy she wore tyrian purple silk she had a gold crown
00:21:52with rubies and pearls they walked side by side in the acropolis gardens every god in the city saw them
00:21:58the gossips are already talking
00:22:02they say seeing them together was a vision of armis and aphidite i sat in silence then i called for
00:22:08the
00:22:08scholar who knew the divine marriage laws best
00:22:13be every clause on broken vows every loophole i want this decree to be airtight understood supreme
00:22:21commander breaking a marriage vow between sphalta and athens would shake the senate every rule had to be
00:22:27perfectly tight the decree wasn't finished drafting yet the elder mother's pegasus chariot arrived at
00:22:33my temple in a fierce rush
00:22:39lisa what happened at the festival you and leander you aren't really going to break up
00:22:46she rushed in before she even fixed her hair
00:22:52we already broke up i wasn't at the festival but the god of order's body and soul are clearly stained
00:22:58with broken vows
00:23:02lisa the boy was confused for a moment he crossed the line she grabbed the edge of my desk i
00:23:09will go to the family altar
00:23:10right now i will will make him answer to you in front of the sacred fire there is no need
00:23:21grandmother the decree is ready once i stamp my commander's seal on it i will deliver it to him
00:23:27myself you and he can read every rule carefully if you have a problem with returning my dowry lands
00:23:34send your speech guards to negotiate with my spartan generals
00:23:46you absolutely cannot do this
00:23:51lisa the boy is a fool he gripped the desk tighter but the marriage between sparla and athens keeps the
00:23:58whole alliance stable you can't break a divine vow just because you are angry i curled my lips
00:24:05i gave a cold smile grandmother this isn't anger i gave leander three chances he wasted all of them
00:24:11i am lysandra of sparta i never bow to a husband who can't keep his vows
00:24:19a rush decree will shake the senate our political enemies will jump on this you have to know how high
00:24:26the
00:24:31prices leander's father kept over a dozen mistresses every high-ranking god in this city does the same
00:24:37just hold on to your seat as the main wife why do you care about a few low-tier fairies
00:24:44this is too reckless how are you going to face the 10 000 spartan soldiers under your command
00:24:58the
00:24:58grandmother outside this temple every god in the city bows to you they call you the elder mother of the
00:25:04old family because you wear his divine name but when they see me they kneel on the marble they call
00:25:11me supreme commander
00:25:17do you still not see the difference you spent your whole life as the meek wife of a great god
00:25:21relying on
00:25:22his favor that is your fate my fate is not yours
00:25:30from the day my hand gripped athena's sacred spear
00:25:33i became the absolute master of the spartan army i never act based on a man's mood
00:25:38i never bow to any family i picked up the decree the ink was still wet as for the senate
00:25:43i will crush
00:25:45the storm this decree brings your family can sleep easy i didn't wait for the color to come back to
00:25:51her face i took the decree and walked straight out
00:25:58i walked straight to the men's hall at the front of the temple
00:26:02there were divine guards at the door but no low-tier servant dared to stop me
00:26:12it is the supreme commander she is holding a sealed scroll gods protect us whatever is written
00:26:18on that scroll the lord is completely finished this time
00:26:21is
00:26:28leander was leaning over a sheep hen crawl
00:26:36drink it slowly my lord you've been working all morning
00:26:41for dawn leander had stopped the servant's cart at the city gates
00:26:44he snuck her back into his private hall he openly defied the elder mother's orders
00:26:51you came
00:26:59hi goddess you broke into the lord's study without asking
00:27:04by the rules of the temple you must ask for the lord's permission first
00:27:14grab her if she won't shut up gag her
00:27:32lysander are you crazy
00:27:39god of order i am here on official business a wild dog barked in my way i dealt with it
00:27:54read it if you have an issue with dividing my dowry lands send your speech gods to the spartan
00:28:00camp to negotiate
00:28:03you want to break this marriage yes
00:28:10just because i took her to the festival of hera
00:28:14lysander when will you drop this tyrant arrogance
00:28:19i told you three chances yesterday was the last one
00:28:22i am lysandra of sparla the orders i give never change
00:28:29i refuse our family alliance is the foundation of two realms
00:28:38stop acting like a supreme commander in my temple you are cruel you are empty you do not
00:28:44deserve to be the high goddess of this temple
00:28:49leander this nameless fairy fed your ego a little bit
00:28:52did she make you forget your own divine name
00:28:56how dare you try to chain me with the ridiculous laws of the athenian senate the laws that lock
00:29:01goddess in front of weaving looms
00:29:05you think you can put that yoke on my neck a proper high goddess
00:29:10you mean a woman like your grandmother she watched her husband fill the temple with mistresses
00:29:15and bastards and she kept smiling i can't learn how to be that pathetic
00:29:23you know the truth i grew up holding a war spear in the training grounds of sparta
00:29:28i command 10 000 divine troops the armor i wear was one when i flattened the northern defense lines
00:29:34i hold absolute power the most noble blood flows in my vein
00:29:39why should i bow to you i gave you chances you wasted all of them
00:29:46my rules will never change for you stop dreaming you could be the exception
00:29:58lissana what do you have to be proud of your prophecies your laws you were just born on the right
00:30:05side if you weren't born into a great god clan what right do you have to lecture me look at
00:30:11you
00:30:12painted up like a tavern girl the whole picture is ridiculous daphne birth is fate that is true
00:30:19but generations of spartan blood bled out on the battlefield that is what gave me the power i hold
00:30:23today
00:30:29when i took the war spear i won the title of supreme commander with my own two hands
00:30:37i gave you chances you wasted all of them my rules will never change for you stop dreaming you could
00:30:46be
00:30:46the exception
00:30:53lissana what do you have to be proud of your prophecies your laws you were just born on the right
00:31:00side if you
00:31:01you weren't born into a great god clan what right do you have to lecture me look at you
00:31:07painted up like a tavern girl the whole picture is ridiculous daphne birth is fate that is true
00:31:15but generations of spartan blood bled out on the battlefield that is what gave me the power i hold today
00:31:24when i took the war spear i won the title of supreme commander with my own two hands
00:31:33i don't need to beg any man for attention
00:31:36i don't plot in the dark corners just to win a little favor your jealousy is worth nothing to me
00:31:49by the time i reached the spartan camp the commander's war banner was already flying
00:31:59tell the elder mother's messenger send them back at the gate three times now i have no time for the
00:32:07old family yes supreme commander the border war was coming i was preparing the autumn review for the
00:32:14festival of ares i had no time for petty things tens of thousands of spartan soldiers stood below
00:32:19the citizens of athens and the elders of the senate crowded the space
00:32:38supreme commander i beg you let me live the god of order and i are clean
00:32:54i am just a low tier fairy with no power you cannot use your divine army to crush me
00:33:00i have nothing in this world but my name how can you use your power to bury me
00:33:09look at her she is skin and bone the commander brings 10 000 spears against a fairy who has nothing
00:33:18is this the justice of athens stand back let her finish
00:33:33supreme commander you were born holding every blessing of the gods i am an outsider in this divine
00:33:39city i fled and sweated to earn a tiny corner of safety here
00:33:48you destroyed everything i built with one word is there no law in this realm can zeus not see this
00:33:58are you done
00:34:05why are you not even angry look at me speak
00:34:16daphne you cry your case in front of all the gods of athens
00:34:20i will give you my answer in public
00:34:27first i know you never slept with leander your game is to test his limits you pretended to be weak
00:34:33and forced your way into his carriage you demanded he pick fish bones for you at the family feast
00:34:39you took my seat you walked beside him at the festival of hera second you were kicked out of the
00:34:46temple
00:34:46twice the first time the elder mother threw you out herself she saw the rot inside you the second time
00:34:53the god of order banished you himself he said your presence ruined his marriage he blamed you for
00:34:58breaking us and i the supreme commander of the spartan army never stepped foot in the inner hall to
00:35:05remove you you are crying at the wrong altar girl find the right shine to cry at
00:35:14that is only because you are jealous you couldn't handle his kindness to me you used the separation
00:35:21decree to threaten him you forced the elder mother and the god of order to treat me this way
00:35:31me jealous of you
00:35:40every bone in your body weighs less than this bronze sword at my waist
00:35:45hephathos forged it what do i have to be jealous of jealous of your place as a beggar jealous that
00:35:52you
00:35:53sit at the table of a male god who is losing his patience i am the supreme commander of the
00:35:58spartan army
00:36:00do i need to be jealous of that
00:36:10daphne stop crying your act failed she saw the crowd no longer pitied her her voice cracked
00:36:23what do you have to be proud of you just have the army that is all if i had your
00:36:31temple your wealth
00:36:32your noble blood the god of order would definitely choose me he would choose a soft warm fairy
00:36:41not a spartan brute who only knows how to swing a spear
00:36:48you have nothing in this world but your face that is why you think the fake affection of a male
00:36:53god is
00:36:53so precious when i was your age i had already chopped off the heads of monsters on the battlefield
00:37:01i already carried the war flashing of the spartan army i am older now i am not soft at all
00:37:06i don't
00:37:07need a male god's pity but the army i command can flatten the entire senate when you reach my age
00:37:14when your beauty is gone what will you have left
00:37:24those are pretty words you throw your weight around because of your ancestors blood
00:37:31you bully the weak what is there to be proud of
00:37:37watch your mouth witch the commander has guarded the northern defense line for years
00:37:42she crushed the monster armies in the wasteland
00:37:48she took back the lost territories
00:37:52tens of thousands of citizens sleep safely because of her
00:37:57the temples she built raised the orphans of war the pensions for the fallen soldiers have never been
00:38:01short you think she lives the same life you do you think she wastes her time on petty fights
00:38:13do you have anything else to say if not get off this field you are delaying my military review
00:38:25so watch all of our things is watching the people will not tolerate you let me tell you commander
00:38:29they will tear you to pieces for what you did to me
00:38:36their eyes were no longer the eyes of bystanders they were the eyes of an offended city
00:39:02the angry voices rose into a roar daphne's legs gave out
00:39:09in just a few days he looked 10 years older his white robe with the purple border was wrinkled
00:39:13it was covered in dirt heavy exhaustion sat in his eyes
00:39:31how much longer are you going to shame my family
00:39:41my lord
00:39:43i knew you cared about me didn't you
00:39:49drag her away get her out of my sight right now the bedroom scandal of the god of order
00:39:55he is disciplining a fairy in public this will be told in the taverns for 10 years
00:40:05lisa can you forgive me i never wanted to break our vows she and i never crossed the physical line
00:40:14please
00:40:26i don't want to hear excuses your chances are gone
00:40:31from the moment you decided to provoke me you lost this game
00:40:35you wanted to put me down she tried to climb over my head with cheap tricks
00:40:40you lost a long time ago
00:40:42why are you sentencing me to death over a stupid flare of pride we spent three years in peace didn't
00:40:47we
00:40:47let's see leander this has nothing to do with pride
00:40:54this proves you never saw me as your equal in your bones
00:41:02you were afraid of my edge you wanted to tame me with cheap methods
00:41:06you wanted to put a leash on me go back to your temple put your seal on the parchment don't
00:41:11delay my march
00:41:18seven days later the head servant delivered the decree of separation his face was pale
00:41:26supreme commander the god of order has sealed it himself here is his wax stamp
00:41:33the mess at the practice grounds didn't delay the spartan army's march by a single hour
00:41:41within half a day the whole thing was turned into a comedy at the theater of dynossus
00:41:48the story spread through the markets and taverns of athens the gossip was the same at every stall
00:41:53that orphan actually tried to climb into the god of order's bed
00:41:58she is crazy she actually dared to cry in front of the supreme commander
00:42:05and our high archon he can't even keep his own temple clean he let a wild fairy humiliate his wife
00:42:13the commander divorced him in public that is true spartan style
00:42:19in the inner halls of athens the wives of the gods had suffered in silence at their looms for countless
00:42:24years in secret to toast me now they raised their gold cups
00:42:31that weight on my chest three years of it finally gone
00:42:38a goddess should never be a caged night bird
00:42:42her wings should not be broken by the laws of submission
00:42:51i never forgot that not for a single day
00:42:57he hadn't spoken for three hours he never talked much i dug him out of athpile bodies ten years ago
00:43:05he was only twelve titan remnants had flattened his mother's shrine his mother was a priestess of
00:43:12hectha in tharius his father was the spartan god king a fact the god king never admitted
00:43:20the boy i pulled from the corpses bit my hand down to the bone
00:43:24that was when he realized i wasn't there to kill him
00:43:29the scar is still on my left wrist he never apologized he never needed to
00:43:38commander the mountain pass will freeze after the third watch we should take the western route
00:43:50then we take the west
00:43:53that is the perfect distance just enough to block an arrow aimed at my back
00:43:57and just enough so i do not have to admit what that distance means
00:44:01past the outpost there were no more soft olive grobes
00:44:04only iron gray skies and blood-stained wasteland dirt
00:44:11that weight on my chest three years of it finally gone
00:44:18a goddess should never be a caged night bird
00:44:23her wings should not be broken by the laws of submission
00:44:31i never forgot that not for a single day
00:44:37he hadn't spoken for three hours
00:44:41he never talked much
00:44:43i dug him out of outpile bodies ten years ago
00:44:46he was only twelve titan remnants had flattened his mother's shrine
00:44:51his mother was a priestess of hectha in tharius
00:44:55his father was the spartan god king
00:44:58a fact the god king never admitted
00:45:01the boy i pulled from the corpses bit my hand down to the bone
00:45:05that was when he realized i wasn't there to kill him
00:45:10the scar is still on my left wrist he never apologized he never needed to
00:45:18commander the mountain pass will freeze after the third watch
00:45:21we should take the western route
00:45:31then we take the west
00:45:34that is the perfect distance just enough to block an arrow aimed at my back
00:45:38and just enough so i do not have to admit what that distance means
00:45:42past the outpost there were no more soft olive groves
00:45:45only iron gray skies and blood-stained wasteland dirt
00:46:07commander the enemy chief attacked licos last night
00:46:10he burned two villages he stole their winter grain
00:46:17this is the third raid this month commander
00:46:21he's getting bold
00:46:37past the order the vanguard moves out with me at the third watch tonight
00:46:41they prefer night attacks i will teach them what a real divine army assault looks like
00:46:49commander you cannot you carry the blood of demigods
00:46:53you cannot lead the vanguard yourself the older generals turn pale
00:46:59in the spartan army no flesh and blood needs to be protected there are only blades that guard
00:47:04the realm i am the supreme commander where my sword points that is where the army charges
00:47:10is not another word prepare for battle yes commander
00:47:21the night attack was brutal but it was incredibly clean
00:47:33the news flew back to athens on the wings of hermes in the mountains of corpses and seas of red
00:47:39the petty dramas of the divine city vanish as a bad dream i am not just lysander i am the
00:47:44god
00:47:44worshiped by a hundred thousand soldiers on the northern line when the horns of victory echoed through the
00:47:48camp shadows fell over the ancient temple that no longer deserved the title of high archel
00:47:54commander leonin has been stripped of his seat as family head his faction in the senate has collapsed
00:48:01the great families tore them to shreds
00:48:04and the ones who used to kiss his feet on the street they won't even look him in the eye
00:48:12commander
00:48:14last week it snowed his carriage was blocked by young nobles in gold-plated chariots
00:48:18he stepped aside to let them pass one of them looked back and laughed he said a god who can't
00:48:23even control his own women has no right to rule the city he didn't get angry he went back to
00:48:28his
00:48:28empty temple he coughed up divine blood he was bedwit for half a week commander
00:48:35he finally understands half of the dignity he was so used to was carried by the spartan army he thought
00:48:41i existed just to sit quietly at the loom in the inner hall he never understood i was the shield
00:48:46of athena blocking the storm for him the entire time harsh winter arrived the senate vault held back
00:48:53the winter cloaks and grain for the northern army this is the senate testing me caelin prepare your men
00:48:59you're going back to the city we're going to purge those corrupt oligarchs understood commander
00:49:06the god king's messenger walked into the tent with a sealed letter commander the former god of order
00:49:12emptied his personal wealth he mortgaged the ancestral temple of his ancient family he filled the gap in
00:49:18the vault himself
00:49:23he resigned from his divine office he kneeled in front of the god king's throne he asked to be demoted
00:49:29to a
00:49:30low-tier quartermaster he will escort the cloaks and grain to the northern front himself
00:49:41the god king agreed it was a direct decree from the god king himself
00:49:48slammed the bronze piece of the supply trap hard onto the map
00:49:51is this a trick worthy of odysseus or is he coming north to die
00:49:56from athens to thrats it is nothing but ice and snow he is a fragile scholar he will freeze to
00:50:02death
00:50:02in the past before he gets here i don't care if he lives or dies if he loses my divine
00:50:10grain the
00:50:10commander will execute him by military law and if he survives commander
00:50:17late affection is cheaper than the dust on the banks of river streaks late regret is worth nothing in my
00:50:23eyes
00:50:26he survives or he doesn't the grain is what matters
00:50:35in the deepest weeks of winter heavy snow buried the wasteland
00:50:43i was inspecting the camp i walked past the supply wagons the wind was wowling
00:50:50the soldiers were shivering under their cloaks i saw him in the crowd
00:50:57in just a few months he had shrunk down to a starving ghost the face i used to think was
00:51:03flawless
00:51:03as marble slashed by the punishing wind his lips were purple from the freeze the fine robes of the god
00:51:10of order hung on him as rags he resembled a beggar crawling out of the abyss
00:51:18commander
00:51:23quartermaster
00:51:24it was a hard journey
00:51:29count the grain and the cloaks if there is a single piece missing or ruined hold the
00:51:35quartermaster responsible
00:51:38when the count is done put him in the lowest tent
00:51:42do you have nothing else to say to me i survived three attacks two avalanches i bled to bring this
00:51:48grain here
00:51:50only for one reason for what reason you are the quartermaster delivering the grain safely is your
00:51:55duty if you die in the past that is your lack of skill if the grain is lost that is
00:52:01a death sentence
00:52:07so you just finished the task you were assigned did you expect the commander to thank you did you
00:52:11expect this to relight the divine fire that died a long time ago commander the wind is too harsh here
00:52:16you have military matters to handle leave this to me
00:52:26he was my husband for three years he never touched me like that he was never as natural
00:52:31and casual as this spartan soldier just was quartermaster the north wind is harsh leave
00:52:36your fragile athenian manners in the city protecting the commander is the duty of the spartan army it is
00:52:40not the job of a foreign scribe caelin followed at his usual half horse distance the wind and snow
00:52:46closed behind us behind me came leaden's harsh desperate coughing i did not turn back even once
00:52:54the grain arrived but the war shifted on the eve of the winter solstice
00:52:58the enemy gathered a hundred thou troops launching a desperate final strike under the cover of a blizzard
00:53:12the fifty thousand troops you must hold the walls and wait for reinforcements spartan law has no word
00:53:19for retreat open the gates we fight it was the most brutal battle of my life
00:53:27i fought at the very front until my dark red cloak turned black with blood
00:53:39do you think this is a tragic play you dying here will only dirty the soil of the spartan army
00:53:46at that moment finally understood that the wife he once deemed weak was a true war goddess
00:53:52the battle lasted three days and three nights fifty thousand spartans completely scrushed the enemy horde
00:53:59when we returned to camp a deep wound laid my left arm open to the bone
00:54:13it's done commander the bleeding will stop by morning rest now
00:54:24put it down
00:54:34the spear went straight through your arm
00:54:37you were alone on the wall i was on the southern line i did not make it in time
00:54:45i am still alive
00:54:47you were alone on the wall
00:54:54commander
00:54:55do not do that again
00:54:58that was the closest thing to an order i had ever heard him give me
00:55:03i looked at his bowed head
00:55:05the pale scar on his temple
00:55:08his hair is getting long
00:55:11in this camp no one dares to bring a blade near his head
00:55:17except me
00:55:20sit down
00:55:27i rested on the back of his neck for the span of one breath
00:55:31the skin there was burning hot
00:55:34he did not move
00:55:36he did not breathe
00:55:37you will lead the vanguard tomorrow
00:55:39our business in the wasteland is not finished
00:55:41yes
00:55:43commander
00:55:44i pulled my hand back
00:55:45he left the tent
00:55:46he did not look
00:55:50the wound burns
00:55:52that is not why i cannot sleep
00:56:06lisa
00:56:08i am sorry
00:56:09i am sorry
00:56:11i am sorry
00:56:13quartermaster
00:56:14the battle is over
00:56:16if you came to see if the commander died in battle
00:56:18you will be disappointed
00:56:20i took your patience for weakness
00:56:23i tested you out of absurd pride
00:56:25i let others humiliate you
00:56:27every day for the past six months
00:56:30i wished i was dead
00:56:34he looked up
00:56:35he looked up
00:56:36lisa
00:56:37i do not want anything anymore
00:56:40i will give up my godship
00:56:42i will give up my family
00:56:44i will stay here
00:56:45and be a scribe
00:56:48a servant to feed your horses
00:56:51just let me stay somewhere i can see you
00:56:55let me this
00:56:58let me fix this
00:57:00i feel absolutely nothing inside
00:57:03no thrill of revenge
00:57:04no spark of old love
00:57:06just a deep and dead calm
00:57:09leander
00:57:11you still do not understand
00:57:13i leaned back against the fur pillows
00:57:16you thought you could crawl to me as a dog
00:57:18and i would turn back
00:57:19you are wrong
00:57:20i do not reject you because of mistakes you need to fix
00:57:23i reject you because you have lost all value in my eyes
00:57:26i leaned forward slightly
00:57:28i stared into his eyes
00:57:30i praised you once because you were clean
00:57:33now you are stuck in the mud
00:57:35seeing you grovel makes me sicker than seeing you act high and mighty
00:57:45leander stayed frozen on his knees
00:57:50the light in his eyes died out inch by inch
00:57:54kalen
00:57:55take him out
00:57:58send a guard detail to escort the quartermaster back to the city tomorrow
00:58:01report to the guard king
00:58:03the quartermaster did his duty
00:58:05give him the credit
00:58:18the wind beat against the tent
00:58:24i heard leander's wails of grief echoing through the camp
00:58:28i slept in peace
00:58:31in early spring the god king's messenger rode into camp
00:58:40he held the spartan war banner high
00:58:44by the unprecedented decree of the spartan god king
00:58:46the supreme commander lissana
00:58:48promoted to autocromer of theis
00:58:50for her unmatched glory in crushing the enemy
00:58:52promoted to autoromer of theis
00:58:54heretory ruler of the three northern cities
00:58:57in the hundred year history of the athenian alliance
00:59:00the commander is the first and only goddess of foreign blood to hold such power
00:59:05on the day of the crowning the city streets were empty
00:59:08all the citizens of athens stood on both sides of the marble road
00:59:13the panathionic way was carpeted in laurel leaves
00:59:25kaelin rode half a horse length behind
00:59:28his eyes never left my back
00:59:35there she is
00:59:38the autocomper of darsei
00:59:42she crushed the enemy chief herself
00:59:51i heard his head still hangs on her war banner
00:59:55think of that fool leander
01:00:05he threw her away for a country fairy
01:00:14it was leander
01:00:17he is an old man burnt down to the last wick
01:00:20his eyes are entirely swallowed by endless regret
01:00:24he will spend the rest of his life inside that cage
01:00:27he torment day and night
01:00:30until the day his soul turns to dust
01:00:35i did not let my gaze stay on him
01:00:38i turned my face forward
01:00:45my road road belongs with the boundless athenian sea
01:00:48and the stars above mount olympus
01:00:52as for those who once tried to dirty the hem of my war cloak in the mud
01:00:56the spinning wheel of the fates has already grinded them to dust
01:01:01they lost the right to even be remembered by me
01:01:03you
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