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Mom's Fairness Killed Me - Her Mother Locked Her Outside Until She Froze To Death
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00:00:00Mom, please let me in! I'm so cold!
00:00:04It was a snowy night, minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
00:00:07I was locked outside, wearing only thin pajamas, slowly turning into a snowman.
00:00:13Inside, the fireplace was roaring.
00:00:16My mom sat on the couch, sipping hot mulled wine,
00:00:19while my twin brother, Jacob, wrapped in a wool blanket, curled up in her lap, watching cartoons.
00:00:25Mom said Jacob had suffered from the freezing wind for 20 minutes during the parade, and he was traumatized.
00:00:31So, just for fairness, I had to stand in the cold for 20 minutes, too.
00:00:36Then, we were even.
00:00:38Jacob and I are twins, so Mom insists on fairness and everything.
00:00:43When he ate ice cream from the food stall and got diarrhea,
00:00:48my mom knew that I was lactose intolerant,
00:00:50so she forced me to drink milk and suffer just like him, just for fairness.
00:00:55As I curled up on the bathroom floor, pale and completely drained,
00:00:59Jacob stood at the door, sobbing.
00:01:01Mom, I'm sorry! I'll never eat street food again!
00:01:06Mom was satisfied, just smiled, and stroked his hair.
00:01:10Meanwhile, under Mom's disgusted glare,
00:01:12I had to choke down cold oatmeal and spent two days in bed just trying to recover.
00:01:17When Jacob failed to finish his homework and got detention,
00:01:21Mom dragged me to school and forced me to rip my own homework right in front of the teacher,
00:01:26just for fairness.
00:01:27Seeing me burst into tears, ripping my hard work page by page,
00:01:32Jacob started bawling.
00:01:33Mom, I promise I'll do my homework!
00:01:36Please don't do this to Helen!
00:01:38Even my teacher just stared at me with pure pity, unable to say a word.
00:01:42And today, during the Thanksgiving parade,
00:01:45Jacob got separated from the crowd and was lost for 20 minutes.
00:01:49When we got home, Mom's face was dark.
00:01:52Helen, your brother was lost for 20 minutes.
00:01:55He was terrified out there.
00:01:57To be fair, you need to feel exactly what he felt.
00:02:00She dragged me to the front door and slammed it shut.
00:02:03It was minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit,
00:02:06and I was wearing thin cotton pajamas, standing barefoot outside.
00:02:11It was freezing.
00:02:13I curled up in the corner of the porch steps.
00:02:15The wind sliced through the wooden cracks like needles, piercing my skin.
00:02:19I picked up a twig with numb fingers.
00:02:22I scraped it for a bit of warmth, just like Little Match Girl.
00:02:25But no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't light.
00:02:29I was so tired.
00:02:30I just wanted to sleep.
00:02:31I reached into my pocket and felt the drawing I did in art class.
00:02:36In the drawing, Mom was sitting by my bedside,
00:02:39holding a fairytale book, smiling gently as she read me a bedtime story.
00:02:43I pressed the drawing tightly against my chest and closed my eyes.
00:02:47In a daze, I felt myself sinking back into that warm, soft bed.
00:02:52Mom was whispering gently, and I could smell the faint, lingering scent from her.
00:02:57Go to sleep, sweetie.
00:02:58Mommy will always be here with you.
00:03:00The snow kept falling, but suddenly, I felt warm.
00:03:05Mom, I'm falling asleep now.
00:03:07Maybe when I wake up, you'll open the door and get me back inside.
00:03:11You'll read me a gentle bedtime story, just like in my drawing.
00:03:15Snowflakes drifted down, landing on my hair, my eyelashes, and the drawing in my arms.
00:03:21And finally, I couldn't feel cold anymore.
00:03:24I was jolted awake by Mom's screeching voice.
00:03:28Opening my heavy eyes, I realized I was floating in midair, hovering beside the chandelier in the living room.
00:03:35I tried to scream, tried to rush down and grab them, but my fingertips passed right through Jacob's hair without
00:03:41stirring a whisper of wind.
00:03:46Mom, where's Sissy?
00:03:49Mom was busy packing.
00:03:51Two massive suitcases were stuffed with clothes, toys, and snacks.
00:03:55Hearing his question, she didn't even look up.
00:03:58Her?
00:03:58That ungrateful brat.
00:04:00I made her stay outside to reflect for fairness last night.
00:04:03This morning, she was gone.
00:04:04Probably ran off to Grandma's to complain about me.
00:04:07Complain?
00:04:08Mom, no, I didn't.
00:04:10I hovered in the air, opening my mouth to explain, but the air just slipped through my throat.
00:04:16Not a single sound.
00:04:20Complain?
00:04:21Yeah.
00:04:22She was acting out yesterday, thought it wasn't fair, and ran off at night.
00:04:28Well, she went to Grandma's to have fun.
00:04:31Then I'm taking you to the Fairyland theme park for three days, just to be fair.
00:04:36My dead body was just outside the door, huddled in the corner, buried under the heavy snow like an abandoned
00:04:41snowman.
00:04:42My soul drifted upon the ceiling, while Mom, just to be fair, was taking my brother out to a theme
00:04:49park.
00:04:49Mom, what about me?
00:04:51You haven't even found me yet.
00:04:54But Sissy has never been to Fairyland.
00:04:57Are we really not bringing her?
00:05:00Jacob, remember, she left us first.
00:05:02She only cared about herself and went Grandma's, leaving you here all frightened.
00:05:06Just to be fair, she will get punished, and you deserve to go have a good time.
00:05:11Outside that door, my body had already gone stiff.
00:05:14The last thing I remembered was the bone-chilling cold and endless despair.
00:05:18I had wanted to strike a twig, wanted to wait for Mom to come and get me, but until I
00:05:25froze to death, that door never opened.
00:05:34The snow is so heavy, the roads must be bad.
00:05:37Maybe we should call and check if Helen arrived okay?
00:05:40Call her?
00:05:41For what?
00:05:42If she's got the nerve to run away, then she can look after herself.
00:05:45If you call her now, you're giving in to her!
00:05:50You want her to behave like this all the time?
00:05:52If we want our children to grow up into leets, we must use fair discipline and give them cold treatment
00:05:59if necessary.
00:06:00Just wait for it. She will come back crying for forgiveness!
00:06:04In this house, Mom's fairness was the law.
00:06:07I stared at Dad's back.
00:06:10Strangely, I didn't feel any hate, but just sad for him.
00:06:14Turned out, in their eyes, my leaving was just a solo drama they needed to handle.
00:06:19They finished packing, laughing, and chatting as they walked out the door.
00:06:24Mom, look! There's a snowman! I think Helen made it!
00:06:27The mound trembled slightly, but it didn't collapse.
00:06:30My body was just inside, frozen stiff in a curled position.
00:06:35Don't touch that. It's dirty.
00:06:38Must be that little brat making a mess at the doorstep.
00:06:42Let's go. The fireworks are about to start.
00:06:45They got into the car. The exhaust fumes blasted against the mound,
00:06:50instantly melting a tiny patch of snow to reveal a corner of my gray pajamas.
00:06:56But, no one noticed.
00:06:58It wasn't until the tires rolled over the edge of the mound that the car jolted.
00:07:03Dad glanced at the rearview mirror.
00:07:05That tiny flash of gray pajamas caught his attention.
00:07:07Sarah, I need to get out and look. I think I just saw...
00:07:11Come on, we're going to be late for Fairyland! It's just a rock in the snow!
00:07:15Hmm. Hmm. I'm sure it's from your baby girl.
00:07:18Just to be fair, when she comes back, I'm making her shovel every last spot of snow from the driveway.
00:07:22In fact, she's going to clear the roads for the entire neighborhood.
00:07:26She should be doing this while we are out, right? It's just not fair!
00:07:31With her perfect makeup, Mom smirked.
00:07:34I was already dead, yet she was still thinking about my punishment, her fairness.
00:07:39On the way to the park, Jacob remained silent, holding the toy bear I had gifted to him.
00:07:44It was a gift for his sixth birthday. I had saved up for over half a year for it.
00:07:50Back then, Mom had said,
00:07:52You got a gift for your brother, then you need to give one to me, too.
00:07:55Just to be fair, it needs to be the same price.
00:07:57I didn't have any money left, so Mom punished me by making me wash the dishes for a month.
00:08:04Cheer up, Jacob! We're going to Fairyland! You're going to see Superman, your favorite!
00:08:10Jacob forced a smile, burying his face into the bear's plush fur.
00:08:15Inside the theme park, it was packed.
00:08:18Cheerful music, colorful balloons. It really felt like a fairy tale paradise.
00:08:23Excitedly, Mom dragged Jacob into a souvenir shop.
00:08:28She picked out a blue princess gown and began holding it up against Jacob.
00:08:32Here, Jacob, put this on.
00:08:35That's for girls! I'm not wearing that! Helen likes it, not me!
00:08:39I remembered that dress. I had seen it on TV once, my eyes glowing with envy.
00:08:47At the time, Mom had told me,
00:08:49You want a dress? Fine. Just to be fair, your brother doesn't wear dresses, so neither do you.
00:08:57And now she was forcing that exact dress onto my brother.
00:09:01Who says boys can't wear dresses?
00:09:05Your sister is definitely dressing up over at Grandma's right now.
00:09:09I bet she even got new clothes.
00:09:11Just to be fair, you gotta wear new clothes too, and the exact one she wanted the most.
00:09:16That'll teach her a lesson!
00:09:18But I don't want to.
00:09:21Put it on!
00:09:21I am doing this for your own good, to make sure you get what's fair.
00:09:26Why can't you understand how much I sacrifice for you?
00:09:28Right there, with everyone watching, she stripped off Jacob's jacket and forced the princess gown over him.
00:09:35Jacob's face flushed from humiliation.
00:09:37Tears streamed down his cheeks.
00:09:39In the crowd, there were whispers and mockings.
00:09:42But Mom ignored them all.
00:09:44She took out her phone, snapping photo after photo of Jacob as he sobbed.
00:09:50Then, with a satisfied smile, she uploaded them to Instagram.
00:09:55Her caption read,
00:09:56My little princess, a million times sweeter than some little brat.
00:10:00Little brother fulfills his sister's dream.
00:10:03Fairness is everything.
00:10:05Mommy loves you both.
00:10:06I stared at the phone screen, a sharp ache piercing my heart.
00:10:11I watched the light in my Jacob's eyes slowly die down.
00:10:14Just like last night in the snow, the little twig I tried to strike it would never, ever light.
00:10:20At night, the theme park started fireworks above the castle.
00:10:24Jacob, look!
00:10:25Look! So pretty!
00:10:26Jacob was in that loose princess gown, shivering in the wind.
00:10:31Mom, can Helen see the fireworks, too?
00:10:35Why do you keep bringing her up?
00:10:37You're ruining the mood!
00:10:38She's probably stuffing herself in grandma's forgotten us already.
00:10:42Just to be fair, let's just have fun.
00:10:43You are not allowed to think about her.
00:10:47The fireworks were so beautiful, so warm, so full of life.
00:10:51But my body was lying hundreds of miles away, right outside our house.
00:10:56A new flurry of snow began to fall.
00:10:59The flakes drifted down, burying the mound that hid me even deeper.
00:11:05Occasionally, stray dogs would pass by, sniffing around it, then run away from the freezing wind.
00:11:11I couldn't feel the cold anymore, but I was terrified they would eat me.
00:11:16If they did, would Mom still be able to recognize me?
00:11:20Three days later, they returned.
00:11:26Still not melting yet.
00:11:28It's getting dark.
00:11:31Better melt soon. What a mess to look at.
00:11:34Jacob's eyes were glassy. He had been running a low-grade fever.
00:11:39Mom, Teddy says he's cold.
00:11:42He wants to play with the snowman.
00:11:44Play? It's filthy!
00:11:48Your sister's not even home, yet she leaves this here just to ruin the view.
00:11:52This driveway looks like a dump site.
00:11:54Just to be fair, she made a mess out here.
00:11:57None of her junk is allowed inside my house.
00:12:00No!
00:12:02Get inside! You leave it there!
00:12:05Let her and her garbage rot outside until she learns her lesson.
00:12:08No!
00:12:09No!
00:12:11No!
00:12:27Seven years after his death, my husband came back to life at Flame Keep's Spring Feast.
00:12:32Adrian, you black-hearted dog.
00:12:33To feign your death upon the field, poor liar must have wept herself blind.
00:12:37So what?
00:12:38She was utterly devoted to me.
00:12:40The only reason I married her was the gold her father brought me.
00:12:43Otherwise, what makes a merchant's daughter like her think she's worthy of climbing into my bed?
00:12:47If it weren't for her, how could Leora have committed suicide after marrying my brother?
00:12:51She should feel ashamed and beg for our forgiveness.
00:12:53If not, I will not go back.
00:12:55He'd been living easy all these years.
00:12:57He had no notion that his desertion had long since been laid bare,
00:13:00nor that White Flame Keep had passed to another hand.
00:13:02The day he faked his death.
00:13:04But on that same day, the Iron Cavalry of Sarn smashed the gates of White Flame Keep.
00:13:08In a single night, he was branded a traitor and a deserter.
00:13:11The city was put to the sword.
00:13:13Nearly all were butchered, including my parents.
00:13:16There was not even enough left of them for a proper burial.
00:13:19Had Lord Roderick Harwin not descended from the sky on Dragonback,
00:13:22I would not be standing in the mouth.
00:13:25And Torrin, the old Lord of White Flame Keep, the father Edren kept talking about.
00:13:29On the day Lord Harwin pulled him from the ruins,
00:13:31he confessed his son's treason and threw himself into the flames.
00:13:35As for me, I survived.
00:13:37But I had remarried a long time ago.
00:13:40Darren was still jeering, playing to the crowd.
00:13:42By the gods, that's cold.
00:13:45Your Laia was a beauty.
00:13:46Were you not afraid she would run off with another?
00:13:51Run off?
00:13:51She was eight months pregnant.
00:13:53What man of honor would have her?
00:13:55And she was crazy about me.
00:13:56She was likely clutching my air to her breast every night, praying for my return.
00:14:01She would never have left.
00:14:02Given how hard Laia was obsessed with you,
00:14:04she spent all these years hiding like a rat,
00:14:06and will die alone still whispering your name.
00:14:09Honestly, she brought it on herself.
00:14:11Shameless, the way she begged for the marriage.
00:14:13No wonder she found herself a widow so young.
00:14:15I wager she's wasting away in her grief.
00:14:17If she saw you now, she'd probably lose her mind.
00:14:21He didn't object to a single word.
00:14:23I only slept with her once, and she got pregnant.
00:14:26What does that make her, huh?
00:14:27Sounds like a whore to me.
00:14:29Several men exchanged lead grins.
00:14:31I locked my eyes on Edrin's face, and a coal fire began to burn in my veins.
00:14:35Seven years ago, he abandoned us all.
00:14:37Old Torrin was forced to drag his alien body into a suit of rusted armor and ride out to meet
00:14:41the war.
00:14:42Mira and I were left behind in the war camp, huddled together,
00:14:45counting the last of our meager supplies.
00:14:47And there was nothing we could do.
00:14:53Torrin's forces were broken, again and again.
00:14:56From the rear, we heard the news from the front.
00:14:59Each report worse than the last.
00:15:00I heard my parents had been slain.
00:15:03I heard my family's law, gathered over generations, had been looted.
00:15:07On the distant ridgelines, the warning beacons were lit.
00:15:10One after another.
00:15:11Until he came.
00:15:12Down from the clouds, through the smoke and ash, on the back of a dragon.
00:15:16Then, Lord Roderick Holland, the dragon lord, master of the iron flame throne, ruler of the scarlet sun kingdom, lord
00:15:24of flame keep and the dragon's pine sea.
00:15:26He buried the truth of Edrin's treason.
00:15:28In return, I was wed to him.
00:15:30The keeper of the iron flame throne held too much power for anyone to question him.
00:15:34The official story was that Torrin and MiraCastwood had died of a sudden sickness.
00:15:38It was a lie that preserved what little honor their name had left.
00:15:41Then someone in the crowd spotted me.
00:15:43His face lit up.
00:15:45He slapped Edrin on the arm and pointed straight in my direction.
00:15:50Laya?
00:15:50What are you doing here?
00:15:52Damn, Aedlin.
00:15:52You're barely back from the grave and she's already tracked you down.
00:15:55Someone's desperate.
00:15:56Have you no shame?
00:15:57This feast is Lady Harwin's.
00:15:59Were you even summoned?
00:16:00Do not disgrace me before the guards drag you out.
00:16:02The dragon lord is insanely protective of his wife.
00:16:04Lady Harwin doesn't like seeing people, so he keeps her completely hidden away.
00:16:07No one's ever seen her face.
00:16:08This is the first feast she's ever hosted.
00:16:10We all came tonight hoping for a glimpse of her.
00:16:13So, Laya, I know you missed Aedrin, but try not to ruin the feast for the rest of us.
00:16:17You just crawled out of your grave, Sir Caitnead.
00:16:20Worry about yourself.
00:16:22White flame coal is not as you remember it.
00:16:25Back then, Torrin sent him to the war hoping he'd earn some glory.
00:16:28I remember my belly was so swollen it was hard to walk,
00:16:31but I stood with him at the gates, terrified, begging him to stay safe.
00:16:35The only news we received was that he'd faked his death and fled the battlefield.
00:16:38I was eight months pregnant, hauling arrows and tending to the wounded in the rear camp.
00:16:44But the enemy broke into the audience faster than anyone feared.
00:16:47Boys, a fat-bellied one.
00:16:49Any of you had the taste?
00:16:50One of them kicked me hard.
00:16:52I hit the ground.
00:16:53Blood poured down my legs.
00:16:54You don't have to make up such pathetic lies to lure me back.
00:16:58If loneliness has made you so desperate,
00:17:00beg me sweetly enough and I may grant you one night in my bed.
00:17:04He saw the flicker of pain in my eyes and thought he'd hit the mark.
00:17:07He looked proud of himself.
00:17:10Why, Laya?
00:17:11Is that you?
00:17:12You poor thing.
00:17:14Having to look after White Flame Ward all these years.
00:17:18Aedlin, that is cruel.
00:17:19You have spent so long tending to us that poor Laya has been left to grieve alone.
00:17:24It was Leora Fane.
00:17:25She hid behind the lie that died of heartbreak and gone away with Edrin.
00:17:28To live as man and wife in some other place.
00:17:31And Edrin, who knew the whole thing was a lie, I remember.
00:17:34He once forced me to stand outside in the freezing cold all night as penance for Leora.
00:17:38My nails dug into my palms as I stared at the two of them.
00:17:41After Leora's tragedy, a healer managed to save her.
00:17:44Turns out she was already pregnant.
00:17:45She's been recovering in seclusion all these years.
00:17:47It hasn't been easy for her.
00:17:48A widow with a child.
00:17:49I couldn't just abandon them, so I decided to marry her.
00:17:51Make her my wife.
00:17:52Her son will inherit the title of White Flame Keep.
00:17:53The least I can do to honor my brother's memory.
00:17:55You will return and make the keep ready.
00:17:57And if I hear so much as a whisper against her, you will answer for it.
00:18:00I had never heard such shamelessness uttered aloud.
00:18:03That boy was obviously his.
00:18:05His and Leora's.
00:18:06Whom you wed is no concern of mine, Sir Castwood.
00:18:09I was wed again long ago.
00:18:12Remarried?
00:18:12You think I give a damn?
00:18:14I didn't come back for a woman like you.
00:18:15I heard the dragon egg at White Flame Keep hatched.
00:18:17The ice dragon egg my family has guarded for generations.
00:18:19I, Adian of House Castwood, shall mount the ice dragon and rule as king.
00:18:22And that dragon is my blood right.
00:18:24Don't you come crying back to me when it happens.
00:18:26Of course!
00:18:27No wonder you came back now, Adrian.
00:18:29You're about to become a dragon lord.
00:18:31Even Lord Harwin will have to bow to you then, won't he?
00:18:33Already picturing himself on the back of a great ice dragon.
00:18:36And all I could think was, he has no idea that dragon hatched seven years ago.
00:18:40It hatched on the night White Flame Keep was slaughtered.
00:18:42It hatched while the Sarnriders were smearing over me.
00:18:45After my blood soaked into the dirt, my blood fell upon the ancient shell, already split with cracks.
00:18:50Then it broke.
00:18:51A little dragon, blew as winter ice.
00:18:54And you, the nerve you have, saying things like that.
00:18:58If I remember correctly, you were eight months pregnant.
00:19:01What man of rank would take a woman swollen with another man's bastard?
00:19:04Or do you have to go crawling to some lowborn merchant?
00:19:06Right.
00:19:06You are common trash, after all.
00:19:08The men are not enough to do.
00:19:10Mother, when is father coming back?
00:19:12These people are so loud.
00:19:14You want me back that badly?
00:19:16You even brought the child with you?
00:19:19This child, she should be seven by now, should she not?
00:19:24Why is she so slight?
00:19:26Liar, even if you're angry with Adrien, you can't take it out on the child.
00:19:30That's just cruel.
00:19:31Just then, her son came charging back.
00:19:34He saw the unique dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
00:19:37Give me that!
00:19:39Mom said you and everything this woman has belongs to me.
00:19:44Give it back!
00:19:47It's my birthday present!
00:19:49It's not yours!
00:19:50It all happened so fast.
00:19:52I didn't have time to think.
00:19:54I just shoved the boy back and scooped Alia into my arms.
00:19:57The boy fell on his back and let out a piercing, theatrical shriek.
00:20:03You dare lay a hand on a child?
00:20:06Leora was right.
00:20:08You're a bitch who belongs in the slums or a brothel!
00:20:12I've known Edrin since we were children.
00:20:14When other kids would corner me and bully me, he was the one who fought for me.
00:20:18He'd get his face bruised and bloodied, but he would always stand stubbornly in front of me.
00:20:22Back then, I thought he would protect me forever, and that I would love and cherish him forever.
00:20:27But now, in front of this whole crowd, for another woman, he had just humiliated me without a second thought
00:20:33for my dignity.
00:20:33He reeled from the slap, his rage about to explode.
00:20:38But when he saw my red-rimmed eyes, he faltered for a second.
00:20:41For the briefest instant, he looked almost ashamed.
00:20:44Leora seized the moment.
00:20:46She clutched her son to her chest and let out a choked sob.
00:20:48It seems Leora doesn't want us to come back.
00:20:51I always knew Meera preferred her.
00:20:54But now that I'm a widow, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised I'm not welcome.
00:20:58Maybe we should just leave.
00:21:00I left you in charge.
00:21:02To see to my parents and the running of the keep.
00:21:04How dare you waste the keep's money on useless things like this!
00:21:07His eyes fell on the dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
00:21:11Wait!
00:21:12Where did you get that dragon scale?
00:21:14That's a scale from my family's ice dragon.
00:21:16That scale is mine by blood.
00:21:18Mine!
00:21:19You have the nerve to scavenge it and wear it?
00:21:21That belongs to me!
00:21:23You've been squatting in White Flame Keep all these years.
00:21:26You probably never even got to touch the egg, did you?
00:21:29Now the dragon has hatched and that scale is mine!
00:21:33You're a commoner's daughter.
00:21:35By what right do you touch it?
00:21:37I couldn't even be bothered to answer him.
00:21:39I turned to a handmaiden who had just rushed over.
00:21:42Get the healer.
00:21:45Being ignored sent Edrin over the edge.
00:21:47He grabbed my arm.
00:21:49It's a little scratch.
00:21:50And you're gonna bother Lord Harwin's people over that?
00:21:55Leia, what the hell is wrong with you?
00:21:57Have seven years alone surely made you so bitter?
00:22:00Are you just lonely, is that it?
00:22:02Blaming me because you've had no one?
00:22:04Ask pardon as you ought.
00:22:05I may yet come to your bed.
00:22:08I have told you I am remarried.
00:22:10You need to start worrying about yourself.
00:22:15Fine, be stubborn.
00:22:17I'll be waiting for the day you come begging me to take you back.
00:22:20After the healer had cleaned and dressed Alia's cheek, a deep wave of exhaustion washed over me.
00:22:25I used to wonder, for a long time, if Edrin had a reason.
00:22:28Some secret hardship that made him abandon his wife, his unborn child, and his home for seven years.
00:22:34I remember the night before Meera walked into the throne room and took her own life.
00:22:38I never should have gone to your father's house with Torrid.
00:22:41I never should have promised you, on that monster's behalf, that he would be good to you.
00:22:47We did this.
00:22:49We ruined you.
00:22:50Meera had always been so full of life.
00:22:53A woman who refused to grow old.
00:22:54From the day I married Edrin, she treated me like her own daughter.
00:22:57But in one single night, the weight of it all had broken her.
00:23:01Liar.
00:23:02White Flame Keep has failed you.
00:23:05If that animal ever comes back, I give you my blessing to kill him yourself.
00:23:09Now you go find a good man.
00:23:12And don't you dare grieve for us.
00:23:14In the seven years since I married Roger Carwin, I've rarely left the castle.
00:23:18This was the day the stranger took Meera.
00:23:20I hosted this feast to tell the spirit of the old woman who loved me like a daughter that I
00:23:24was okay.
00:23:24That I had finally moved on.
00:23:27I took a breath, composed myself, and walked back to the great hall.
00:23:32Edrin and Leora were sitting together, acting for all the world like a happy couple.
00:23:36I walked right past their table without even a glance.
00:23:41But as I passed, the boot caught my gun.
00:23:46I remember her.
00:23:47That's Adrian Casford's wife.
00:23:49The one who's been lonely for seven years.
00:23:51Is she doing this to get his attention?
00:23:53How shameless.
00:23:54Is she crazy?
00:23:55Making a scene at a feast by Lady Harwin?
00:23:57Leia, how could you?
00:24:00I know you're upset with Edrin, but you can't act like this at Lady Harwin's feast.
00:24:06Are you trying to make Lord Harwin angry with Edrin on purpose?
00:24:09Edrin's expression turned lethal.
00:24:11Leia, so you are here to cause trouble.
00:24:13Seven years.
00:24:15And you still haven't learned a thing?
00:24:20Directive received.
00:24:21Die.
00:24:22They replaced me with an AI.
00:24:25They're the ones crying now.
00:24:26Mom and dad brought home an AI daughter.
00:24:28The day she arrived, I became the difficult one.
00:24:32Dad thought I was too hard to deal with.
00:24:34Mom thought I'd never measure up to AI seraphim.
00:24:38Kayla yelled to write in my face.
00:24:40All you ever do is fight me for everything.
00:24:43What else are you good for?
00:24:44I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.
00:24:46I rushed over and shoved Seraphine to the floor.
00:24:51Seraphine is your sister!
00:24:52If you had half her obedience, I wouldn't have my gray every single day because of you!
00:24:57I'm sending you to the Harmony Institute.
00:24:59Maybe they can teach you how to be a decent daughter.
00:25:02Just like that, she replaced me.
00:25:04I was sent to the Harmony Institute for reconditioning.
00:25:08Three years later, dad, mom, and Caleb came to pick me up.
00:25:13Nora, I didn't move an inch.
00:25:16Mrs. Ashford, you have to say activate.
00:25:19Otherwise, Unit 1314 won't boot up.
00:25:22Mom looked at the back of my neck.
00:25:24Activate.
00:25:26Unit 1314.
00:25:28She had no idea what the word meant to me.
00:25:31She was just parroting the director.
00:25:34Unit 1314, Abel.
00:25:36Awaiting directive.
00:25:38We designed a special system for our students, Mrs. Ashford.
00:25:41She requires a verbal trigger to be awakened.
00:25:44Once activated, she will never disobey you again.
00:25:47Caleb chopped forward.
00:25:49He was five years older than me.
00:25:51Making me cry used to be his favorite game.
00:25:54I used to chase him around the house until mom screamed at us both.
00:25:59Unit 1314.
00:26:00Bark like a dog.
00:26:02The second I heard the command, I hunched my shoulders, stuck out my tongue, and barked.
00:26:12Looks like Nora finally learned her lesson.
00:26:15It used to take half an hour just to get her to practice piano.
00:26:18Now tell her to bark like a dog, and she does it instantly.
00:26:21On the drive home, mom tried to make small talk.
00:26:25Nora, how were your three years at the Institute?
00:26:28I said nothing, because she hadn't used the command answer.
00:26:32Nora?
00:26:33Interrogative statements do not constitute valid commands.
00:26:36If a response is required, please use imperative format.
00:26:41Answer.
00:26:42Life at the Institute was productive and enriching.
00:26:44I completed the three core modules, emotional suppression, absolute compliance, and rational
00:26:50overreel.
00:26:51My final evaluation was optimal.
00:26:53The handler graded me as the most successful conversion case of the year.
00:26:57The backseat was silent.
00:26:59Kellogg muttered.
00:27:00She's just like Serafina.
00:27:02Three years ago, real trees had lined this road.
00:27:06Now, they'd been replaced by glowing air purification columns.
00:27:09A holographic billboard played an Elysian in the streets as an AI girl smiled at the camera.
00:27:16The text below read,
00:27:18The child you've always dreamed of.
00:27:20As we drove past, the girl tilted her head, the exact same way Serafina did.
00:27:26The city blurred past the window.
00:27:28The skyscrapers and the sky bridges looked nothing like I remembered.
00:27:33Inside the Institute, time was just a series of commands.
00:27:37A day and a month felt the same.
00:27:40I tracked time using the telling marks I scratched inside the sensory deprivation pot.
00:27:45Eventually, I forgot how to count.
00:27:47It was dark when the car pulled into the parking level.
00:27:51Serafina waited by the front door.
00:27:53Her hands folded neatly in front of her.
00:27:55Her lips were fixed in a calculated smile.
00:27:57She looked the same as she did three years ago.
00:28:01Back then, mom crouched down to speak to her.
00:28:04Serafina, welcome home.
00:28:06I jumped off the couch to see my new sister.
00:28:09My food caught on something.
00:28:11I hit the floor face first.
00:28:13Nobody helped me up.
00:28:14They just said I was clumsy.
00:28:16After that, no one looked at me the same way.
00:28:19Caleb rolled his eyes when I spoke.
00:28:22Mom pulled Serafina behind her when I entered the kitchen.
00:28:26Dad stopped calling me, kiddo.
00:28:28I wasn't as obedient as Serafina.
00:28:30I wasn't as sweet.
00:28:31In the end, they sent me away.
00:28:34Welcome home, Nora.
00:28:36Her voice was just as sweet and incloyent as I remembered.
00:28:40I didn't answer.
00:28:41She hadn't issued the answer directive.
00:28:44Are you still mad at Serafina?
00:28:47Did you learn nothing?
00:28:48Say something!
00:28:51Acknowledged.
00:28:53Serafina's smile never wavered.
00:28:56Mom nodded in approval.
00:28:58At dinner, everyone sat around the table.
00:29:01Serafina sat to Ma's right.
00:29:03Caleb sat to Dad's left.
00:29:05I was seated at the far end of the table.
00:29:09Steam rose from the plates.
00:29:10The smell of roast chicken from the food printer hung in the air.
00:29:14But I felt nothing.
00:29:16At the Institute, eating was categorized as energy intake behavior.
00:29:21It had nothing to do with hunger or pleasure.
00:29:24Let's eat.
00:29:25I instantly picked up my fork.
00:29:28Caleb stopped eating.
00:29:29His eyes went wide.
00:29:30No way.
00:29:31Since when do you eat Brussels sprouts?
00:29:33Used to gag just looking at them.
00:29:34I didn't answer.
00:29:35I just dabbed another Brussels sprout with my fork.
00:29:38The handler told us that
00:29:40personal preferences are emotional residue, proof of an incomplete conversion.
00:29:44During my third month, I refused to eat Brussels sprouts.
00:29:48They locked me inside the sensory deprivation pot for two full days.
00:29:52The pot had no white, no sound, and no physical cessation.
00:29:57There was nothing but total darkness.
00:29:59When they finally let me out, I ate the Brussels sprouts.
00:30:03Then came the liver, the mushrooms, and the asparagus.
00:30:07I ate every single thing I used to refuse to touch.
00:30:11Mom nodded approvingly.
00:30:13She'd always hated picky eaters.
00:30:16A second later, I reached for the peanuts on my plate.
00:30:19I put a peanut into my mouth.
00:30:21I chewed exactly 15 times.
00:30:24Then I swallowed.
00:30:26Did she just eat a peanut?
00:30:27Nora is severely allergic to peanuts.
00:30:29She ate one when she was little, and her lips swelled up.
00:30:31We had to rush her straight to the ER.
00:30:35Since when can Harmony cure allergies?
00:30:37At the Institute, allergies were treated as a form of weakness.
00:30:41The hand there simply smeared peanut butter onto my bare arm.
00:30:45The redness, the blisters, and the rotting skin spread across my arm.
00:30:50An allergy is a physical weakness.
00:30:52Weakness can be trained into strength.
00:30:54My skin rotted and healed over and over again.
00:30:57But the allergic reactions never stopped.
00:31:00Back at the dinner table, my body gave a sudden jolt.
00:31:03I felt my throat tightening, and my skin starting to itch.
00:31:07Angry red wells erupted all over my neck and face.
00:31:10Face is getting red!
00:31:12That's not blushing!
00:31:13That's an allergic reaction!
00:31:15Nora, stop eating right now!
00:31:16You know you're allergic to peanuts!
00:31:20Is that a directive?
00:31:23Patient presents allergic reaction.
00:31:27Respiratory distress level, modiate.
00:31:29Skin inflammation coverage, approximately 23%.
00:31:33Recommend immediate administration of epinephrine.
00:31:36They reacted instantly.
00:31:38They scrambled to find an EpiPen and jammed it into my leg.
00:31:45Once my breathing returned to normal, the living room fell dead silent.
00:31:50Caleb's voice drifted from the couch.
00:31:52Something's wrong with her.
00:31:55She used to cry.
00:31:56She used to throw tantrums.
00:31:58She didn't act like...
00:32:01Like Seraphine.
00:32:03Can you just be normal?
00:32:05Stop acting like Seraphine!
00:32:07We just wanted a sister who listens, not a machine!
00:32:10Please define normal.
00:32:12Caleb turned pale.
00:32:14Dad and Mom looked rattled.
00:32:16Dad immediately called the Institute.
00:32:18The voice on the phone explained it was a standard reaction to deep behavioral reconditioning.
00:32:26They promised it would fade in a few days.
00:32:29Unit 1314 is our highest performing case right now.
00:32:32Her compliance surpasses any AI model.
00:32:35Rest assured, this is completely normal behavior.
00:32:37Dad hung up and repeated the words to Mom.
00:32:39She nodded.
00:32:40They both let out a sigh of relief.
00:32:42For the next few days, I became the most useful tool in the house.
00:32:46Mom told me to wash the dishes.
00:32:48I scrubbed them cleaner than Seraphine ever could.
00:32:50Dad told me to organize the garage.
00:32:53I moved every single box by myself.
00:32:55Caleb told me to grab his delivery downstairs.
00:32:58I made a round trip in under two minutes.
00:33:01Mom actually laughed.
00:33:03She's even better than Seraphina now.
00:33:05No one disagreed until that night.
00:33:08Caleb forgot to issue the shutout directive.
00:33:11Everyone went to sleep.
00:33:13I sat on the living room couch from dusk until dawn.
00:33:17When Mom came downstairs the next morning,
00:33:20she found me sitting in the exact same position I'd been in the night before.
00:33:24She stopped dead in her tracks.
00:33:27The coffee mug slipped from her hand and shattered.
00:33:30God of the holy light cover on the continent of Athanas.
00:33:33During the last war of the gods and demons,
00:33:36I expended my very last ounce of divine power
00:33:39to seal the Dark Lord Nevaran,
00:33:41banishing him forever into the endless city.
00:33:54Great! It's the master!
00:34:09Let's get to the master!
00:34:09Let me class!
00:34:35Let you think this is the end
00:34:47My entire soul has been sealed within this ring
00:34:50I never imagined that I would return to the world in a different way a thousand years later
00:35:00Please let Evan go
00:35:02I'm sure I can save him
00:35:04Have you lost your mind Isabella
00:35:06It's the Black Plague
00:35:08If we don't burn him the whole village will die
00:35:11No Evan no
00:35:12No
00:35:13No
00:35:19Evan no
00:35:20Evan
00:35:30Where am I?
00:35:34He becomes a ghost
00:35:36Evan wakes up
00:35:38This must be the will of the gods
00:35:40Please spare him
00:35:42No way
00:35:43He's already dead
00:35:44This must be a demon
00:35:45Burn him
00:35:46We can't let him back to the village
00:35:55No Evan no
00:36:18He must be a monster
00:36:20A demon
00:36:21He should be burned at the stake
00:36:23Shut up
00:36:24Only way you're touching Evan is over my dead body
00:36:27It seems I have taken possession of that dying boy's body
00:36:30The woman standing before me must be his mother
00:36:34I, the creator god of the holy light cover
00:36:37Have returned to the mortal world only to find myself as a frail, sickly child
00:36:44We cannot keep this child
00:36:48Chief
00:36:49I'm not a monster
00:36:51I've awakened my magic
00:36:56What are you dreaming of?
00:36:58Apart from the direct descendants of the holy light cover
00:37:02Ordinary awakeners are few and far between
00:37:07We, the only awakened in our village is the chief
00:37:11You are truly shameless as a good-for-nothing who's caught the black death
00:37:15You'll find out if it works when I try it
00:37:18I was only at de-rage when I first awakened
00:37:20Not even good enough to stand guard in the holy light coven
00:37:24If you really have awakened magic as a mundane through your own talent
00:37:27You'll be our village hero
00:37:29If not
00:37:31I'll make you die in a way that's a hundred times more painful than just now
00:37:36Expect your magical ability
00:37:42Now, place your hand on the mirror
00:37:45And it will test whether you have awakened
00:37:47And determine your magic level
00:37:50What a pity, child
00:37:52You have no talent in magic at all
00:37:55That's impossible
00:37:57You're lying, bastard
00:38:00How could such a lowly magic mirror be fit to reveal myself?
00:38:18Run! Our village must have been attacked by monsters
00:38:21I used barely a tenth of my divine power
00:38:24Yet it caused such cataclysmic changes to the landscape
00:38:28It seems that, a thousand years on
00:38:30The mages of the Aetheris continent
00:38:32Have made no progress whatsoever
00:38:37Tapos Volaris, come on!
00:38:50She's a mid-level mage at C-Rank
00:38:53How on earth does she have a flying carpet reserved for the nobility of the Coven?
00:38:58I'm sorry, Evan
00:38:59Mum didn't mean to keep our status as wizards a secret from you
00:39:03It's just that for certain reasons I've been forbidden from using magic
00:39:07It's okay, Mum
00:39:32A thousand years have passed
00:39:34And I, too, look forward to returning
00:39:51Evan, you haven't been fully confirmed as having awakened your magic yet
00:39:59So you must stay close to me
00:40:00What?
00:40:08Locker 42 only has three minutes of magic time
00:40:11We absolutely cannot afford any slip-ups
00:40:18Porta obscuta, apra!
00:40:37I never imagined a magical world would have evolved like this a thousand years on
00:40:41How interesting
00:40:43Can you believe a lonely pondian using Locker 42 and dares to go to the holy city?
00:40:50That's ridiculous
00:41:03Evan, I believe that one day you'll awaken your magic
00:41:09First of all, let's find the holy spring and heal your body
00:41:17Are you not off to the holy city for the elections, too?
00:41:20Carriage 42 for junior wizards is at the very back
00:41:35You wait here for me, Evan
00:41:36I'm going to the front to get the...
00:41:39Episode 4
00:41:39Produktions popular
00:41:39Basemented by Sabะธะฝั
00:41:40Laad objectively
00:41:40Are you olacak deck of heart?
00:41:56It's weird and you wouldn't have to go out to the same conditions
00:41:56So as we Wit to theARY of the Nations
00:41:56Do you have to go out?
00:42:05He wants to watch the๏ฟฝ๋
00:43:36It's not even worth a second glance.
00:43:42Evan!
00:43:44Please go easy on him.
00:43:46Don't worry.
00:43:47We just want to get to the bottom of how the monster died.
00:43:49That monster was slain by me and a few other high-ranking wizards.
00:43:54There's not a trace of any other high-rankings here.
00:43:56And as for you, a low-ranking, you don't even have the right...
00:44:16Is this the token of the Holy Knight?
00:44:20You thief!
00:44:22How dare you!
00:44:25This is mine!
00:44:26I didn't steal it!
00:44:28You're just a low wizard.
00:44:29The value of all your gear put together isn't even worth the gem on my boot.
00:44:37If you don't tell the truth, I'll chop your head off and feed it to the monsters.
00:44:44Marcus!
00:44:45She's a wizard too!
00:44:46Don't be so rude!
00:44:47You're the head of the Holy Light!
00:44:48We can't just let them get away with it, Morgana.
00:44:50Only the direct descendants of the Holy Light have the Knight's token.
00:44:54We must get them back and conduct a thorough investigation.
00:45:07Don't worry, Mom.
00:45:08Don't worry, Megan.
00:45:10No one can touch you.
00:45:25Who designed that statue?
00:45:27It doesn't even capture a tenth of my charm.
00:45:31How dare you!
00:45:32To look directly at the Creator God, do you want to lose your head?
00:45:37Evan is just a child!
00:45:40He's just a child!
00:45:41He doesn't understand the rules.
00:45:43Please let him off.
00:45:55Don't wet your pants, Hick Mondaean.
00:46:00Don't worry.
00:46:02Once we get to the bottom of the matter of the token, no one will cause you any trouble.
00:46:06What on earth is going on?
00:46:09Marcus?
00:46:11Morgana?
00:46:12Aren't you supposed to be preparing for the elections?
00:46:17Grandmother!
00:46:18The Quintennial Holy Knight elections are about to begin.
00:46:21Holy Light Coven is the foremost coven on the continent of Etherus.
00:46:25And you too are the most talented members of our new generation.
00:46:28Don't waste your energy on trivial, mate.
00:46:31Grandma, the thief of our token is no trivial matter.
00:46:34And I suspect the thief used it to steal the magic spring.
00:46:48My son carries all your gold.
00:46:51I don't know what he means.
00:46:53The world also describes its own way.
00:46:53I don't see him on Monday as a teacher.
00:46:53I don't see him on the internet now.
00:46:54My son with him, Tyler, let's go to murder that story in my life.
00:46:58What are you doing?
00:47:02That is my father whodiswear.
00:47:10You're a young man at Buckney Stingham.
00:47:12The wife of mine who ะฟัะฐะบัะธged him now?
00:47:17Every year, bef็ฎ of a Tweetman.
00:47:21I am the Pope's youngest daughter, and like you, I am a full-fledged member of the Holy Light Covenant.
00:47:27But while your brothers are fighting for the coven on the battlefield, what are you doing?
00:47:33You chose to anode with the Cochrane.
00:47:36My abilities are limited, and the Pope would not allow me to go to war.
00:47:41I simply refused the Duke's proposal of marriage and chose happiness instead.
00:47:47What is wrong with that?
00:47:49How shameless!
00:47:51Gods! Strip her of her magic and the token, and banish her from the Holy City forever!
00:48:09Incendio!
00:48:17Now it's your time.
00:48:19We're family!
00:48:22Why are you pushing up so hard?
00:48:24Tortices to your rats.
00:48:26Do you call yourselves family?
00:48:28How dare you?
00:48:30When the Coven was first founded, we never sent women into battle.
00:48:34Nor did we rely on political marriages to survive.
00:48:37You not really are a sorry state of defense.
00:48:40Shut up!
00:48:41You just think you are!
00:48:43You're a civilian!
00:48:55You have no right to point a wand at me, let alone claim to speak for the Holy Light.
00:49:06What?
00:49:07Depulcio!
00:49:17Marcus!
00:49:18Are you okay?
00:49:20What on earth is that lad's background?
00:49:22He disabled Marcus' wand with a single spell, left him with injuries that severe.
00:49:27Guards!
00:49:28Seize Isabella and this brat at once!
00:49:31Have them thrown into the Gaul to face the fiery punishment!
00:49:39Go on then.
00:49:40Have at it.
00:49:41But I make no promises that your lives are worth as much as your bravery.
00:49:45What are you waiting for?
00:49:47Get him!
00:49:48Everyone stop!
00:50:01Your holiness.
00:50:03Yes.
00:50:10Father.
00:50:13Father.
00:50:14I am already apprised of what has just transpired.
00:50:16It was Marcus who was imperturent first.
00:50:18Yet I cast myself rather curious about this lad's method.
00:50:21Magic at an A-plus standard, far superior to those other wastefuls.
00:50:26But scarcely of the caliber required to serve as the Pope.
00:50:30Father.
00:50:31Evan has only just come into his magical powers.
00:50:34They are not yet steady.
00:50:35And he has been frail since childhood.
00:50:37We return this time to stand in the great election.
00:50:40If he might obtain the Holy Spring, then Evan may yet have a chance to live.
00:50:44I can afford you that chance.
00:50:47The election is at hand.
00:50:49If you truly have the mettle to carry off first honours,
00:50:51all our past grievances shall be wiped clean.
00:50:54If should you prove wanting, I shall personally see you undone.
00:51:01Thank you, Father.
00:51:04Let them go.
00:51:14You wretch!
00:51:16I'll never let you and that little bastard off the hook.
00:51:27This is the Dragonspine Bridge laid under the curse that the unworthy shall fall.
00:51:32Only by crossing it through one's own magic may one be deemed to have properly entered the trial.
00:51:41This is the Deck of the Watt.
00:51:52Aquea Forma!
00:51:53Aquea Forma!
00:51:54Aquea Forma!
00:51:55Aquea Forma!
00:51:56Aquea Forma!
00:52:04Aquea Forma!
00:52:07Don't be afraid. Mummy's here.
00:52:09No matter how hard it gets, I'll get you through it.
00:52:12Even if you fall, I'll catch you with my own body.
00:52:14Mum, I'm not scared. I'll protect you.
00:52:20Vines arise! Weave and bind!
00:52:23Hans Juve! Let's go!
00:52:33Evan! Hold me!
00:52:36A shoddery wand and a few ragged vines. Dare you challenge the dragon's spine trial?
00:52:44Since you like it so much, let him hang here forever.
00:52:49Let everyone see a lowly Mondin who isn't even worthy of setting foot on the trial field.
00:52:56Leave Evan alone! Face me instead!
00:53:00Very well. My familiar hasn't broken its fast this morning. You shall make a fine meal for it.
00:53:07Don't hurry, I'll make sure to savour it. Fight, fight, fight.
00:53:15No. I'll go with you. Just let him go.
00:53:20No. I'll go with you. Just let him go.
00:53:40No. I'll go with you. Just let him know.
00:53:59No. I'll go with you. Stop it!
00:54:02No.
00:54:04No!
00:54:05No!
00:54:05No!
00:54:07No!
00:54:22You've got the elections tomorrow, Evan, so you should get some rest early.
00:54:26Don't worry, Mum. I won't let you down.
00:54:28Tomorrow, use only 30% of my power.
00:54:31Strike fear into the young whilps of the church and guide our coven back to the true path.
00:54:38Evan, I don't expect you to achieve great things. I just want you to be safe and healthy.
00:54:42I'd give anything for you, even my life.
00:54:45She was a great mother. She gave me the warmth of human kindness and a mother's love I hadn't felt
00:54:49in so long.
00:54:50I suppose that was the gift of coming here.
00:55:33I suppose that was the best you could do.
00:55:35Welcome to the Dragonspine Coliseum.
00:55:38Here the acolytes of our orders shall flash in combat,
00:55:42proving their might through magic,
00:55:44and vying for the highest glory of the coven.
00:55:48Now, I declare the final duel of the Holy Light Trial begin!
00:56:17If you've got the guts, come on then.
00:56:21You lot of spineless cowards.
00:56:24Still, they're only one person I truly want to take on this day.
00:56:28Evan, I'll show you with my own two hands exactly what real power is.
00:56:35Today is the day that little bastard Evan meets his end.
00:56:40Where's Evan? Has he wet himself and run off to hide behind his mother blubbering?
00:56:45I'm here!
00:56:58Isabella? Have you come here to get yourself killed?
00:57:07I've finally got the 10,000th.
00:57:10Elias will be so pleased.
00:57:17Elias.
00:57:18The 10,000th level 8 essence.
00:57:21Today's the day you take human form.
00:57:27You have no idea how dangerous it was-
00:57:29Ah!
00:57:38We can form the bond now, can't we?
00:57:39Thank you sister.
00:57:44Thanks to 10 years of your devotion, we couldn't have bonded without you.
00:57:55Supreme essence!
00:57:58How dare you keep this from me all along!
00:58:01No!
00:58:02The academy's shield relies on it!
00:58:23Compared to you she's nothing.
00:58:24Pathetic!
00:58:25See? Elias has always chosen me, no matter how much you did for him.
00:58:30Farewell, sister!
00:58:41Aliens, Ilda, I curse you both.
00:58:44If I get another chance, I will not let this happen.
00:58:56Everyone is still here. Good, that's good, that's good.
00:59:01As tradition dictates, I now proclaim the decennial bonding ceremony of Beast Word Academy underway.
00:59:11I have returned, to the day it all started.
00:59:16Fire Dragon, he boasts a pure bloodline unseen in a decade.
00:59:22Elaine Tidesong, as our premier apprentice, you are the only one fit to master him.
00:59:29Though he is not easily tame.
00:59:32Did the Fire Dragon just refuse her?
00:59:34He is of noble blood, proud beyond measure, but there's no one better than Elaine.
00:59:37Hilda! Step away, it's dangerous!
00:59:45Professor, I know I'm nothing compared to my sister.
00:59:47It's just... I've never seen such a magnificent creature.
00:59:51And he seems to... like me more?
00:59:54Professor Talon, since their hearts are already entwined, let them have each other.
00:59:58What? She's a mere initiate!
00:59:59I will not bond with the Fire Dragon.
01:00:02In fact, my choice lies...
01:00:06Feathered serpent!
01:00:08A lowly half-breed?
01:00:21Professor Talon, since the Fire Dragon refused to serve as my mount, I shall take this little serpent.
01:00:28Elaine, you're the premier! Only the Fire Dragon is worthy of you!
01:00:31Such lowly beast isn't even worthy of being the Fire Dragon's lackey!
01:00:35Professor, my decision stands.
01:00:38Then it's done. The Fire Dragon goes to Hilda.
01:00:42In three months, the Beastware trials will judge your progress with the utmost rigor.
01:00:46Hilda, how could you do that? The Fire Dragon was meant for Elaine!
01:00:50Right! How can you steal from your own sister?
01:00:53I didn't... he chose me first!
01:00:59Brilliant! With that Fire Dragon, she'll be our new premier by morning!
01:01:03Hmph! The newest initiate, and yet she scoops the finest prize in the hall.
01:01:07A treacherous beast... was never a good choice.
01:01:10In my past life, Aelius was just as arrogant. He refused to forge the bond with me.
01:01:19To feed his growth, I risked death on every hunt. Hunting man-eaters. Just to secure the beast essence.
01:01:32He never once spared a glass for my wounds. He only had eyes for what he needed.
01:01:46When I was away, Hilda would come to him. I knew. I told myself she was just trying to help.
01:01:56In this life, I won't let them betray me. Not again.
01:02:08No!
01:02:11Elaine?
01:02:14Elaine?
01:02:16Professor?
01:02:17Hmph.
01:02:22A familiar shares its master's magic. You and Aelius. You would have made an unstoppable pairing.
01:02:28But as you saw, Professor, he has no desire to bond with me.
01:02:32A beast's will can be guided. I shall speak with Hilda again and have Elidus return to-
01:02:37Professor. I seek no mighty instrument of power, but a true companion.
01:02:45He is not so bad, after all.
01:02:49Fine. But remember, the Beastward Trials is in three months. Academy's judgment is absolute.
01:02:56Any beast that falls short of the standard will be stripped from its master.
01:03:15Oh, Elaine. If you truly wanted Aelius, why didn't you just ask?
01:03:19What?
01:03:20No.
01:03:21Weren't you begging him? Hoping the Professor hand Aelius back to you?
01:03:24Ridiculous.
01:03:28My dearest sister. I'd love to return him, but-
01:03:34He refuses to leave with you. Drop the act, Hilda. I have no interest in your precious mount. Save that
01:03:41energy for the Trials.
01:03:43Speaking of the Trials, I have to apologize in advance. When Aelius makes me the new premiere, where will that
01:03:50leave you?
01:03:57This time, let me see how Hilda gets this bloodsucker to take human form without me. Only if you can
01:04:03afford him.
01:04:08Of course I can! But can your little worm even survive three months?
01:04:21Of course I can do it!
01:04:28The Cruel of Trials
01:04:28Of course I can do it!
01:04:35You only need to kill your player but I can't...
01:04:35The Ghostward!
01:04:35The Ghostward of Trials.
01:04:35This time, you're So I will remember the story of them...
01:04:35So you would defend your master Aelius?
01:04:37You just detest me?
01:04:39Elaine!
01:04:39The Fire Dragon is Academy's most precious beast in a decade.
01:04:42You will be punished if you hurt him.
01:04:44So my serpent deserves to die?
01:04:46It's just a lowly half-breed. There are hundreds like it in the Beast Pavilion.
01:04:50No wonder last time he died at your hands in just a year.
01:04:58Hilda, where is your familiar?
01:05:00It was too frail. It couldn't survive. I tried everything I could to save him.
01:05:05What did you try? What potions? What healing spells?
01:05:10You're an apprentice of Beast Word Academy, and you don't even know basic of beast care?
01:05:15How dare you question her?
01:05:27Alasius, you never answered my summons, yet here you are for Hilda. Have you forgotten who your master is?
01:05:33I share no bond with you.
01:05:36You!
01:05:37It's my fault.
01:05:39It's her I refuse to acknowledge.
01:05:42Halt!
01:05:43At the Premier, I speak for the Dean himself. I order you to stay, Hilda.
01:05:49As you wish, Elaine.
01:05:50For your incompetence and the death of your familiar, I sentence you to the Outer Valley to clear out the
01:05:55trolls.
01:05:55No! I can't, I can't do that! Please! Please!
01:05:59Do not panic, Hilda. I will come with you. My flames will be your shield.
01:06:03I gathered essence all on my own. A thousand times. All for you. And you never came. Not once.
01:06:13As long as he chooses me and stands by my side, I will treat him right in return.
01:06:18A fallen Premier and a mutt from the gutter. Perfect match. I hope you can last five minutes in the
01:06:23trials.
01:06:23Keep yourself and your mountain check, Hilda. Next time, it won't be just a splash of water.
01:06:27Let's go.
01:06:47Drop your weapons, or die with the usurter!
01:06:53Mercy, King Roman!
01:07:00My queen!
01:07:03The baby's coming!
01:07:06Get the medics! Bring both women to the castle! No child should be born in this slaughter!
01:07:25Our little Rosalyn.
01:07:30She smells like white lilies!
01:07:33That's the scent of a pure white wolf. She'll be strong.
01:07:37For my future daughter-in-law, let's unite our kingdoms, Roman.
01:07:42That ruby carries ancient magic. Only a white wolf can wear it. When her wolf awakens, the necklace will find
01:07:51its way to her.
01:07:54The nurse says the baby's fine. My eyes were damaged in the war. Soon I'll be completely blind.
01:08:00If we'd won the war, I'd be a lord. Instead we're stuck as slaves.
01:08:06Then we fix it.
01:08:08Then we fix it.
01:08:08How?
01:08:14We switch the babies. Our girl gets the silk bed and the royal title.
01:08:21And their precious princess rots in the dungeon with us slaves.
01:08:24When our girl becomes queen, she frees us. And we take it all.
01:08:30To fool the king, we trade their scents.
01:08:39Say goodbye to your crown, little princess. Welcome to the gutter.
01:08:45Mother. I finished scrubbing the floors. And the laundry is done.
01:08:51Royal tournament starts today. I want to go watch. Just to learn. I've always dreamed of being a knight like
01:08:57Queen Selina.
01:09:00A knight? You're a damn slave. Born in the dirt and you'll die in it.
01:09:05You dare dodge me, punk?
01:09:14Open this door, brat. I'll kill ya!
01:09:19Your dad lose his mind again?
01:09:22The tournament's starting. Go. It is your dream, right?
01:09:25Thank you, Tess. I owe you.
01:09:36Trash! All of it!
01:09:42I want that!
01:09:48Patience, my little moon.
01:09:49But I want to wear it for the tournament!
01:09:51And you will.
01:09:53Once your white wolf awakens tonight, the ruby will recognize you.
01:09:57It'll come to its true master on its own.
01:10:03And when Prince Arthur wins the tournament today, he'll crown you his Queen of Beauty.
01:10:10He's finally going to propose.
01:10:13Mother, stop.
01:10:15We don't know for sure he'll pick me.
01:10:24There she is. The jewel of my kingdom.
01:10:29Tell me, Arthur. Doesn't my daughter look like a goddess today?
01:10:37Thank you for dedicating today's tournament to me, Arthur.
01:10:43She's my destined queen. So why do I feel no connection to her?
01:10:48Happy coming of age, sister.
01:10:54Enough dallying. The crowds are waiting. To the arena!
01:11:08God, Roswin, they are stunning!
01:11:12You should see the magical ruby Arthur's father gave me.
01:11:15I can only wear it tonight, once my white wolf awakens.
01:11:21Don't wear trash in my presence.
01:11:34Don't wear trash in my presence.
01:11:46What the hell was that? Am I finally getting my wolf?
01:11:53You idiot! You scared the princess!
01:11:56Princess!
01:11:57Princess! Please! You threw the necklace. It startled the horse.
01:12:01Oh, so now it's my fault?
01:12:03No, no, no! Of course not! It was that slave girl! She spooked the horses!
01:12:09I didn't block anything. Your horse lost control.
01:12:12Liar! On your knees, rat! Or my king father will chop off your head for this!
01:12:19Being a noble doesn't give you the right to be a tyrant.
01:12:22Let go of me, bitch!
01:12:24What's happening here?
01:12:27Queen Selene. The fiercest white wolf in the realm. My hero.
01:12:32Mother! Thank the goddess you're here! This slave attacked us! She tried to flip the royal carriage!
01:12:38She ambushed us, your grace. I only came to watch the tournament, your grace! Her horse spooked! I didn't touch
01:12:44her carriage!
01:12:44My daughter carries royal blood. A white wolf does not lie. Guards, drag this slave to the dungeon.
01:12:56Please, your grace! I know I'm lowborn!
01:13:22My wife! I'm hungry! I'll numbers somewhere!
01:13:23My daughter and I can't. You want to hear me?
01:13:24I'm hungry. I'm hungry! I'm hungry!
01:13:28My place is a trap!
01:13:28I need some part of this!
01:13:28I need some kind of fun!
01:13:28I need some part of this!
01:13:52A white wolf?
01:13:57Mother, it hurts!
01:14:02Guards, kill that slave!
01:14:10The first knight of the Seven Kingdoms! He's magnificent!
01:14:14Perfect match for Princess Rosalind.
01:14:16For the champion's sweat, Arthur.
01:14:24Who is she? Why do I feel so... inexplicably drawn to her?
01:14:29That rat again? She humiliated me, and now she's trying to seduce my Arthur?
01:14:34Arthur, I'll kill her myself!
01:14:54Strip her. Put her in the dead man's armor.
01:15:02Wait! What is this? Let me down!
01:15:05The final juice! Prince Arthur versus the Mystery Challenger!
01:15:19God is... I'm dead.
01:15:24Stay focused, Alina. Breathe.
01:15:28Charge!
01:15:38Incredible! This Mystery Night has better balance than most of my generals.
01:15:42There is a rhythm to the movie. It's almost familiar.
01:15:47Why won't he just kill that piece of filth? Fall already!
01:16:03The Moon Dancer Strike.
01:16:05No one else knows that move. It's like looking into a mirror.
01:16:09No!
01:16:14No!
01:16:16No!
01:16:17No!
01:16:17No!
01:16:18No!
01:16:18No!
01:16:20No!
01:16:20No!
01:16:30Finish it, Arthur. Take her head off.
01:16:36This is it. He's going to kill me.
01:16:44A girl?
01:16:47A girl just fought the first knight of the realm to a standstill?
01:16:50She fights like a pure-born white wolf.
01:16:53Did you see her face?
01:16:55She looks exactly like Queen Selene at the Battle of the Red Flats!
01:17:05It's you.
01:17:07The champion has won!
01:17:09Crown the Queen of Beauty!
01:17:18To the fiercest and most beautiful on this field.
01:17:24No.
01:17:25He's crowning a slave?
01:17:27This is a complete insult to the royal family.
01:17:30She is an assassin!
01:17:32She ambushed my carriage and tried to murder me!
01:17:35Arthur, take that crown off her head immediately.
01:17:38Criminals get no honor in this kingdom.
01:17:40Her parents are war prisoners.
01:17:43They fought for the usurper Lucian.
01:17:45She has traitor blood in her veins.
01:17:47Traitor!
01:17:48Slave!
01:17:49Haga!
01:17:50For assaulting the princess and polluting a royal tradition.
01:17:54I declare this slave a traitor to the realm.
01:17:57Death to the slave!
01:17:59Execute her right now!
01:18:01Execute her!
01:18:02Execute her!
01:18:04Execute her!
01:18:07Execute her!
01:18:09Execute her!
01:18:29Execute her!
01:18:33Use the
01:18:36And this pathetic bastard sister of mine is what you turned me down for?
01:18:40You simple-minded beast!
01:18:43If it wasn't the frost out of nowhere that killed my dragon, I would never have even considered you!
01:19:16This stupid animal may be a curve, but its flesh carries resistance to the frost.
01:19:21Solve it and consume its flesh. You will all inherit the resistance.
01:19:30Rugen! No!
01:19:33You chose him, and yet, you failed him.
01:19:36Your whole existence is a disgrace to our family!
01:19:42Die, crockroach!
01:19:50As expected, this grey-maned bear of rather modest lingonagy
01:19:54has been left unchosen.
01:19:57And in that case, Brugen, it seems you'll be bound to our lowest-ranking student, Emma.
01:20:03Be bound? Did I survive?
01:20:05Wait! Am I back to the day when I was bound with Brugen?
01:20:10So, Emma, though I suppose your choices are rather limited...
01:20:15Professor Rockweld, I'll take him.
01:20:18Laugh while you can.
01:20:19When the frost takes over everything in half a month, you will all be overwhelming with jealous.
01:20:25Wait!
01:20:32I'm taking the bear.
01:20:33You can bind with the dragon, sister.
01:20:36What is Fiona doing?
01:20:37The heir to the Drake family has always bind with dragons.
01:20:40Why would she go with anything else?
01:20:41And that's an Aurelian dragon.
01:20:43They appear only once in centuries.
01:20:45Fiona must be out of her mind to choose an inferior beast over that.
01:20:48Fiona, I must remind you that the selection of your bonded creature is not a trivial matter.
01:20:53It will affect not only your graduation, but also the limits of your future magical potential.
01:20:59Professor Rockweld, and that's precisely why Emma needs the dragon more than I do.
01:21:03My grades speak for themselves.
01:21:05I can handle myself regardless of what I bind with.
01:21:08But Emma, on the other hand...
01:21:10Look at her.
01:21:11She's already struggling.
01:21:13And on top of that, if she's paired with an inferior creature, I fear she may not graduate at all.
01:21:18A fine sentiment, Fiona.
01:21:20For a witch, power is secondary to character.
01:21:24And with a heart of gold like yours, you will go very far even if your bound creature is lesser.
01:21:30Well, Emma, don't you think you owe Fiona your gratitude?
01:21:34Um, thank you for the offer, Fiona.
01:21:36But this is really unnecessary.
01:21:38I quite like Bruggen, to be honest.
01:21:40Oh, come on, Emma.
01:21:42I'm trying to help you.
01:21:43Don't let your pride get in the way.
01:21:45No, it's really...
01:21:47Ouch!
01:21:54This...
01:21:55This is the unique way dragons bind with humans.
01:21:57This means the dragon chose me?
01:22:01Well, so much for it's really unnecessary.
01:22:03She refused it, then bound the dragon the moment she could.
01:22:06Shameless.
01:22:08That's an Anarian dragon.
01:22:10Some noble bloodline that appears once in centuries.
01:22:14If not for Fiona, she'd never have laid a hand on it.
01:22:17Lucky bastard.
01:22:20Lucky my ass.
01:22:21They have no idea.
01:22:24Indeed, Aurelian dragons possess extraordinary magical affinity.
01:22:30But their hatchlings are fragile in the cold.
01:22:36No!
01:22:38No!
01:22:39And that's exactly why last time it was killed in the frost on the first day.
01:22:46Valrax!
01:22:48You gave up a dragon, and took my bear.
01:22:52I see, sister.
01:22:54You also came back with your memories.
01:22:59Bruggen, I'm not worried about surviving the frost without you.
01:23:02But I'm worried, what if Fiona mistreats you?
01:23:11Don't worry. Bruggen got you.
01:23:22Our fist hump? He remembers. It means he's alright.
01:23:27Did he also come back with his memories?
01:23:30Last time, Fiona drove the others and torn Bruggen to pieces.
01:23:34He may look gentle and simple-minded, but Bruggen never forgets.
01:23:39This time, this is going to be fun.
01:23:43Are you done staring at him?
01:23:45Are you talking to me?
01:23:48Your skills, they are beautiful.
01:23:50Naturally. I am an Aurelian dragon.
01:23:53We do not choose lightly.
01:23:56You should feel honored, human, rather than getting distracted by lesser creatures.
01:24:02Fair enough, little one. But why me?
01:24:05That ferocious woman. Her soul reeks.
01:24:08I can smell it out.
01:24:10But yours? It smells rather delightful.
01:24:13In fact, it is the most agreeable in this room.
01:24:17And do refrain from calling me little one.
01:24:20You may address me as your majesty.
01:24:23Of course. Your majesty.
01:24:27All right, class. Copy this formation exactly as shown.
01:24:31Then speak the incantation.
01:24:34Voluntas Ligot.
01:24:36The bond will complete once you cast the spell.
01:24:39You may begin now.
01:24:50Where's my wand?
01:24:55I taught you the difference.
01:24:58Bruggen, could you pass me my wand?
01:25:05Aqua.
01:25:18Now you are using this knowledge against Fiona, clever bear.
01:25:24Voluntas Ligot.
01:25:36When a wand is reversed, the magic turns back on the caster.
01:25:41And that means, Bruggen has become your master.
01:25:49You must keep exchanging looks with that bear.
01:25:53Aurelian dragons are not only of noble blood.
01:25:56We are also particular about what belongs to us.
01:25:59You've bound yourself to me.
01:26:01Then your attention should follow.
01:26:04Um, okay.
01:26:06I will keep that in mind.
01:26:08And...
01:26:10Ooh...
01:26:11Ooh...
01:26:15Ooh...
01:26:16Ooh...
01:26:19Ooh...
01:26:36Ooh...
01:26:39Select your share, and you are dismissed.
01:26:49Jalabi!
01:26:57Well done.
01:26:59That was a month's supply.
01:27:01She fed it all at once? Has she lost her mind?
01:27:06She clearly wasn't paying attention.
01:27:08Last in the class, and now this? Poor Valrax is doomed with her.
01:27:12Binding with Valrax is wasted on her.
01:27:15Let me remind you.
01:27:16Fire Salvamanders are not easily obtained.
01:27:20They are to be used with care, and in accordance with Academy guidelines.
01:27:25Do not waste them.
01:27:27Of course, Professor Rockwile.
01:27:29I assure you, it wasn't wasted.
01:27:32We only have half a month till the frost arrives.
01:27:35Valrax has to grow fast to survive and protect me.
01:27:39If he dies right at the beginning again, that would be a real waste.
01:27:43Class is over.
01:27:55You remember too, don't you, sister?
01:27:57Last time, you survived by clinging to that curt bear.
01:28:01This time, it's my turn.
01:28:04Then I wish you best of luck.
01:28:06Of course.
01:28:07I will just fine with him by my side, freezing to death on the first day of the frost.
01:28:18Get that cursed, feral creature of yours away from me!
01:28:22I'm sorry.
01:28:24But you shouldn't have woken him up from his nap.
01:28:40Are you hungry already?
01:28:41You gotta be kidding me?
01:28:43Where am I supposed to find the extra Salomers for you?
01:28:46I don't have the money for it.
01:28:47Did you hear?
01:28:48A freshman went into the Shadow Woods last night.
01:28:51Got completely lost.
01:28:52I'm not surprised.
01:28:53That place is covered in heavy fog all year round.
01:28:56The Shadow Woods.
01:28:58If I remember correctly, before the frost,
01:29:01someone found a Salamander's nest there.
01:29:04If the timeline hasn't changed,
01:29:06no one's discovered it yet.
01:29:08This is going to take forever.
01:29:10If you want to crawl like this,
01:29:12hop on my back.
01:29:14I will take you there.
01:29:16But you are still just a hatchling.
01:29:18You're hardly big enough to carry.
01:29:34Woohoo!
01:29:48Woohoo!
01:29:49Woo!
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