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00:00:00I was two months pregnant and suffering from severe anemia.
00:00:03Excessive blood loss would cause a miscarriage, yet my husband forced me onto an operating table and drew 800 cubic
00:00:08centimeters of my blood.
00:00:09His beloved childhood sweetheart had been injured, and I was the only person with a matching blood type to hers.
00:00:15Let me go! What are you doing? I'm anemic and pregnant! I can't give blood!
00:00:23Oliver, I'm your wife! I'm pregnant! The doctor said I'm severely anemic!
00:00:27If you take my blood...
00:00:29Christina, stop causing a scene. Elena is dying. Don't be so selfish.
00:00:34What about our baby? Last night you kissed my stomach. You said you couldn't wait. Now you want to kill
00:00:40it yourself?
00:00:41Just a blood draw. The baby will be fine. Do it.
00:00:45No!
00:00:47Blood flowed down the tube, drop by drop, pulled straight out of me. As the blood left me, my vision
00:00:51blurred.
00:00:52Oliver, you're going to regret this.
00:00:54A sharp pain tore through my stomach. I could feel it. My baby was slipping away.
00:00:58Blood pooled beneath me, spreading in dark red waves.
00:01:01Oliver didn't even look. All he saw was Elena. He was holding her hand.
00:01:05As everything went black, I woke up in an empty room.
00:01:08Only for a doctor to confirm the nightmare, my baby was gone.
00:01:11I lay alone in that hospital bed for three long days.
00:01:13Meanwhile, Oliver never left Elena's side.
00:01:15I watched a billionaire play nurse for someone else.
00:01:18No screaming. No crying.
00:01:20I simply dialed my lawyer.
00:01:21Draft my divorce papers.
00:01:25I stared at the divorce papers, turning the ring in my hand.
00:01:28Ring number 95.
00:01:29Five years ago, Oliver was the untouchable billionaire heir.
00:01:32I was the broke scholarship girl.
00:01:34I thought his 99 proposals were a sick game.
00:01:36I was just some bet.
00:01:37A girl he'd win, then dump.
00:01:39His first proposal?
00:01:40He lit up the whole Manhattan sky.
00:01:41A thousand drones spelling Christina marry me over Central Park.
00:01:44Proposal 2?
00:01:45A real Van Gogh delivered to my dorm.
00:01:47The frame was covered in pink diamonds.
00:01:49Three, four, I kept pushing the rings away, but he broke down my walls.
00:01:53Then came the 99th time.
00:01:54Christina, 99 times I chose you.
00:01:57Every time I break your heart throw one away.
00:01:59I won't stop you, just say yes.
00:02:02I thought I was the exception.
00:02:04And for years, I was.
00:02:06He gave me everything.
00:02:07I never threw a single ring away.
00:02:09I'd stare at that wall-sized safe at night.
00:02:11Rows of massive, flawless diamonds.
00:02:13Then Elena showed up.
00:02:14Everything changed.
00:02:15In just a few months, I threw away ring after ring.
00:02:18Today, it's ring number 95.
00:02:20I dropped the diamond straight into the hospital trash can.
00:02:22Christina, what the hell are you doing?
00:02:26It was Oliver, holding Elena up.
00:02:28His boys all around him.
00:02:29Just me, gripping my bag, looking like a ghost.
00:02:35Why are you still here?
00:02:36What did you just toss?
00:02:37Looked familiar.
00:02:38He reached for the trash.
00:02:39But Elena gasped and huggled to the floor.
00:02:42He rushed straight to her.
00:02:43Forgot about me on the spot.
00:02:44I swallowed the news of the miscarriage.
00:02:46I just turned and walked away.
00:02:47But Oliver grabbed my arm.
00:02:49You're coming with us.
00:02:51At the car, Elena slid right into the passenger seat.
00:02:54Christina, I get so carsick after surgery.
00:02:57You don't mind if I take the front, right?
00:02:58Too exhausted to fight.
00:03:00I reached for the back door.
00:03:01But Lucas and one of his friends shoved past me.
00:03:03Sorry, Christina.
00:03:04Elena's fragile.
00:03:06We're crashing at your place to keep an eye on her.
00:03:08I stared at Oliver behind the wheel.
00:03:10Jaw clenched.
00:03:11Not saying a word to stop them.
00:03:12I let out a laugh.
00:03:13Why did I expect anything different?
00:03:15Oliver's crew always hated me.
00:03:17To them, Oliver and Elena were endgame.
00:03:19Same world.
00:03:20Same money.
00:03:21And me?
00:03:21I was just the broke interloper.
00:03:23Whenever they crashed at our place, they treated me like the maid.
00:03:26Cleaning up their messes.
00:03:27And Oliver watched in utter silence.
00:03:29Even today, I was carrying his baby.
00:03:31And he still forced me to give blood for her.
00:03:33It wasn't the first time they treated me like trash.
00:03:35But it was the first time I felt nothing.
00:03:37I'll find my own way home.
00:03:38But first, sign it.
00:03:42Oliver didn't even read the cover.
00:03:43He just scribbled his name without looking.
00:03:46What is it this time?
00:03:47A house?
00:03:48A new car?
00:03:49We'll talk later.
00:03:50Stop making a scene.
00:03:51Elena isn't feeling well.
00:03:52Rolled up the window.
00:03:53And sped off.
00:03:54I looked at his signature.
00:03:55A faint smile crossed my face.
00:03:57Ring number 96 was next.
00:03:59Clink.
00:04:00The ring dropped straight into the storm drain.
00:04:02Rush hour.
00:04:03Not a single cabin sight.
00:04:04I called the estate.
00:04:06Could you send a car to pick me up?
00:04:07Ma'am, Mr. Oliver took the whole fleet.
00:04:09He went to pick up imported flowers for Elena.
00:04:11Got it.
00:04:1290 degrees out.
00:04:13I had just left the hospital after the procedure.
00:04:16And I walked an hour in the blazing sun just to get home.
00:04:18The second I walked in, the complaints hit me.
00:04:21Christina, what took you so long?
00:04:23I'm starving.
00:04:24Go whip up something good.
00:04:25The AC was off in the dead of summer.
00:04:27All because poor little Elena might get cold.
00:04:29Don't just stand there.
00:04:30Go fix us something to eat.
00:04:32Christina, go make dinner.
00:04:33Oh, and make that lobster bisque for Elena.
00:04:35She needs her strength.
00:04:36A knife twisted in my chest.
00:04:37I couldn't breathe.
00:04:38I walked into the kitchen.
00:04:40I pulled out ring number 97.
00:04:42And tossed it into the trash.
00:04:46I carried the steaming pot of soup to the dining room.
00:04:48I was drenched in sweat.
00:04:49Elena stood up.
00:04:50She reached out to take the bowl.
00:04:52The second I let go, her fingers snapped back.
00:04:54Shattered porcelain and boiling soup erupted across the floor.
00:04:57Watch out!
00:04:57He shielded Elena completely.
00:04:59But the scalding liquid seared my calves.
00:05:01It burned my skin red.
00:05:02Christina, I know you hate me.
00:05:04But you didn't have to throw it.
00:05:06What the hell, Christina?
00:05:07You've had it out for her for months.
00:05:09She's just our friend.
00:05:09What is wrong with you?
00:05:10Apologize.
00:05:11She dropped it.
00:05:12On purpose.
00:05:13You crossed a line today.
00:05:14She just got out of the hospital.
00:05:15You terrified her.
00:05:1690 degrees out.
00:05:17And I was freezing.
00:05:18The searing pain on my leg was nothing.
00:05:19The pain in my chest was killing me.
00:05:22Fine.
00:05:22I'm sorry.
00:05:24The food is ready.
00:05:26I apologized.
00:05:27Can I go treat my burn now?
00:05:29I turned my back on the shattered porcelain and retreated to my room.
00:05:32Outside, it was pure chaos.
00:05:34I could hear Elena crying.
00:05:36Please don't fight over me.
00:05:37I'm just making things worse.
00:05:39I'll get out of your way.
00:05:42I retrieved the velvet box from my safe.
00:05:44Inside was another ring.
00:05:46Ring 98.
00:05:47Just as my fingers closed around it, the bedroom door clicked open.
00:05:52Oliver didn't run after her.
00:05:53He came in.
00:05:54His eyes landed on the diamond ring in my hand.
00:05:57He froze for a split second.
00:05:58Then, his face went blank.
00:06:00He probably figured I had plenty left.
00:06:03Christina, why can't you just let it go?
00:06:05Elena is fragile right now.
00:06:07She needs you to cut her some slack.
00:06:09Besides, we're having a baby.
00:06:11Once work slows down, I'll give you a real wedding.
00:06:13So don't start again.
00:06:14So you did remember I'm pregnant.
00:06:20I reached into my bag.
00:06:22My fingers hit the report.
00:06:23The one about the miscarriage.
00:06:24Right then, his phone blared.
00:06:27What's wrong?
00:06:27Oliver, get out here.
00:06:29Elena just got hit by a car.
00:06:42Seven years after his death, my husband came back to life at Flamekeep's Spring Feast.
00:06:46Adrian, you black-hearted dog.
00:06:48To feign your death upon the field, poor liar must have wept herself blind.
00:06:51So what?
00:06:52She was utterly devoted to me.
00:06:54The only reason I married her was the gold her father brought me.
00:06:57Otherwise, what makes a merchant's daughter like her think she's worthy of climbing into my bed.
00:07:01If it weren't for her, how could Leora have committed suicide after marrying my brother?
00:07:05She should feel ashamed and beg for our forgiveness.
00:07:08If not, I will not go back.
00:07:09He'd been living easy all these years.
00:07:11He had no notion that his desertion had long since been laid bare, nor that White Flamekeep had passed to
00:07:16another hand.
00:07:16The day he faked his death, but on that same day, the Iron Cavalry of Sarn smashed the gates of
00:07:21White Flamekeep.
00:07:22In a single night, he was branded a traitor and a deserter.
00:07:26The city was put to the sword.
00:07:28Nearly all were butchered, including my parents.
00:07:30There was not even enough left of them for a proper burial.
00:07:33Had Lord Roderick Harwin not descended from the sky on Dragonback, I would not be standing there now.
00:07:39And Torrin, the old Lord of White Flamekeep, the father Edren kept talking about.
00:07:43On the day Lord Harwin pulled him from the ruins, he confessed his son's treason and threw himself into the
00:07:48flames.
00:07:50As for me, I survived.
00:07:52But I had remarried a long time ago.
00:07:54Darren was still jeering, playing to the crowd.
00:07:57By the gods, that's cold.
00:07:59Your lyre was a beauty.
00:08:01Were you not afraid she would run off with another?
00:08:05Run off?
00:08:06She was eight months pregnant.
00:08:07What man of honor would have her?
00:08:09And she was crazy about me.
00:08:10She was likely clutching my ear to her breast every night, praying for my return.
00:08:15She would never have left.
00:08:17Given how hard Lyre was obsessed with you, she spent all these years hiding like a rat and will die
00:08:21alone still whispering your name.
00:08:24Honestly, she brought it on herself.
00:08:26Shameless, the way she begged for the marriage.
00:08:28No wonder she found herself a widow so young.
00:08:30I wager she's wasting away in her grief.
00:08:32If she saw you now, she'd probably lose her mind.
00:08:35He didn't object to a single word.
00:08:37I only slept with her once, and she got pregnant.
00:08:40What does that make her, huh?
00:08:42Sounds like a whore to me.
00:08:43Several men exchanged lewd grins.
00:08:45I locked my eyes on Edrin's face, and a coal fire began to burn in my veins.
00:08:49Seven years ago, he abandoned us all.
00:08:52Old Torrin was forced to drag his alien body into a suit of rusted armor and ride out to meet
00:08:56the war.
00:08:56Mira and I were left behind in the war camp, huddled together, counting the last of our meager supplies.
00:09:02And there was nothing we could do.
00:09:07Torrin's forces were broken, again and again.
00:09:10From the rear, we heard the news from the front.
00:09:13Each report worse than the last.
00:09:15I heard my parents had been slain.
00:09:17I heard my family's law, gathered over generations, had been looted.
00:09:21On the distant ridgelines, the warning beacons were lit.
00:09:24One after another.
00:09:25Until he came.
00:09:27Down from the clouds, through the smoke and ash, on the back of the dragon.
00:09:31Lord Roderick followed.
00:09:33The dragon lord, after the scyterian dragons, the keeper of the Iron Flame Throne, ruler of the Scarlet Sun Kingdom,
00:09:38lord of Flame Keep and the dragon's pine sea.
00:09:40He buried the truth of Edrin's treason.
00:09:43In return, I was wed to him.
00:09:45The keeper of the Iron Flame Throne held too much power for anyone to question him.
00:09:48The official story was that Torrin and Mira Castwood had died of a sudden sickness.
00:09:52It was a lie that preserved what little honor their name had left.
00:09:55Then someone in the crowd spotted me.
00:09:58His face lit up.
00:09:59He slapped Edrin on the arm and pointed straight in my direction.
00:10:04Laya?
00:10:05What are you doing here?
00:10:06Damn, Aedlin.
00:10:07You're barely back from the grave and she's already tracked you down.
00:10:09Someone's desperate.
00:10:10Have you no shame?
00:10:11This feast is Lady Harwood's.
00:10:13Were you even summoned?
00:10:14Do not disgrace me before the guards drag you out.
00:10:16The dragon lord is insanely protective of his wife.
00:10:19Lady Harwood doesn't like seeing people, so he keeps her completely hidden away.
00:10:22No one's ever seen her face.
00:10:23This is the first feast she's ever hosted.
00:10:25We all came tonight hoping for a glimpse of her.
00:10:27So, Laya, I know you missed Edrin, but try not to ruin the feast for the rest of us.
00:10:32You just crawled out of your grave, Sir Caitlid.
00:10:35Worry about yourself.
00:10:36White Flame Coal is not as you remember it.
00:10:39Back then, Torrin sent him to the war hoping he'd earn some glory.
00:10:43I remember my belly was so swollen it was hard to walk, but I stood with him at the gates,
00:10:47terrified, begging him to stay safe.
00:10:49The only news we received was that he'd faked his death and fled the battlefield.
00:10:53I was eight months pregnant, hauling arrows and tending to the wounded in the rear camp.
00:10:58But the enemy broke and the adrenaline was faster than anyone feared.
00:11:01Boys, a fat-bellied one.
00:11:03Any of you had the taste?
00:11:04One of them kicked me hard.
00:11:06I hit the ground, blood poured down my legs.
00:11:09You don't have to make up such pathetic lies to lure me back.
00:11:13If loneliness has made you so desperate, beg me sweetly enough and I may grant you one night in my
00:11:17bed.
00:11:18He saw the flicker of pain in my eyes and thought he'd hit the mark.
00:11:21He looked proud of himself.
00:11:24Why, Laya?
00:11:25Is that you?
00:11:27You poor thing.
00:11:29Having to look after White Flame Ward all these years.
00:11:32Aedlin, that is cruel.
00:11:34You have spent so long tending to us that poor Laya has been left to grieve alone.
00:11:38It was Leora Fane.
00:11:39She hid behind the lie that died of heartbreak and gone away with Edrin.
00:11:43To live as man and wife in some other place.
00:11:45And Edrin, who knew the whole thing was a lie, I remember.
00:11:49He once forced me to stand outside in the freezing cold all night as penance for Leora.
00:11:52My nails dug into my palms as I stared at the two of them.
00:11:55After Leora's tragedy, a healer managed to save her.
00:11:58Turns out she was already pregnant.
00:12:00She's been recovering in seclusion all these years.
00:12:01It hasn't been easy for her.
00:12:02A widow with a child.
00:12:03I couldn't just abandon them, so I've decided to marry her.
00:12:05Make her my wife.
00:12:06Her son will inherit the title of White Flame Keep.
00:12:07The least I can do to honor my brother's memory.
00:12:10You will return and make the keep ready.
00:12:11And if I hear so much as a whisper against her, you will answer for it.
00:12:14I had never heard such shamelessness uttered aloud.
00:12:17That boy was obviously his.
00:12:19His and Leora's.
00:12:20Whom you wed is no concern of mine, Sir Castward.
00:12:24I was wed again long ago.
00:12:26Remarried?
00:12:27You think I give a damn?
00:12:28I didn't come back for a woman like you.
00:12:29I heard the dragon egg at White Flame Keep hatched.
00:12:32The ice dragon egg my family has guarded for generations.
00:12:34I, Adian of House Castward, shall mount the ice dragon and rule as king.
00:12:37And that dragon is my bloodlite.
00:12:38Don't you come crying back to me when it happens.
00:12:40Of course.
00:12:41No wonder you came back now, Adrian.
00:12:43You're about to become a dragon lord.
00:12:45Even Lord Harwin will have to bow to you then, won't he?
00:12:47Already picturing himself on the back of a great ice dragon.
00:12:50And all I could think was, he has no idea that dragon hatched seven years ago.
00:12:54It hatched on the night White Flame Keep was slaughtered.
00:12:57It hatched while the sarn riders were swimming over me.
00:12:59After my blood soaked into the dirt, my blood fell upon the ancient shell, already split
00:13:04with cracks.
00:13:04Then it broke.
00:13:05A little dragon, blew as winter ice.
00:13:08And you, the nerve you have, saying things like that.
00:13:12If I remember correctly, you were eight months pregnant.
00:13:15What man of rank would take a woman swollen with another man's bastard, or'd you have to
00:13:18go crawling to some lowborn merchant?
00:13:20Right.
00:13:21You are common trash, after all.
00:13:23The men are everything I have to do.
00:13:25Mother, when is father coming back?
00:13:26These people are so loud.
00:13:29You want me back that badly?
00:13:30You even brought the child with you?
00:13:34This child?
00:13:35She should be seven by now, should she not?
00:13:38Why is she so slight?
00:13:40Laia, even if you're angry with Adrien, you can't take it out on the child.
00:13:44That's just cruel.
00:13:46Just then, her son came charging back.
00:13:49He saw the unique dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
00:13:51Give me that.
00:13:54Mom said you and everything this woman has belongs to me.
00:13:58Give it back.
00:14:01It's my birthday present.
00:14:03It's not yours.
00:14:05It all happened so fast.
00:14:06I didn't have time to think.
00:14:08I just shoved the boy back and scooped Alia into my arms.
00:14:11The boy fell on his back and let out a piercing, theatrical shriek.
00:14:17You dare lay a hand on a child?
00:14:20Leora was right.
00:14:22You're a bitch who belongs in the slums or a brothel.
00:14:26I've known Adrien since we were children.
00:14:29When other kids would corner me and bully me, he was the one who fought for me.
00:14:33He'd get his face bruised and bloodied, but he would always stand stubbornly in front of me.
00:14:37Back then, I thought he would protect me forever, and that I would love and cherish him forever.
00:14:42But now, in front of this whole crowd, for another woman, he had just humiliated me without a second thought
00:14:47for my dignity.
00:14:48He reeled from the slap, his rage about to explode.
00:14:52But when he saw my red-rimmed eyes, he faltered for a second.
00:14:55For the briefest instant, he looked almost ashamed.
00:14:58Leora seized the moment.
00:15:00She clutched her son to her chest and let out a choked sob.
00:15:03It seems Leia doesn't want us to come back.
00:15:05I always knew Mira preferred her.
00:15:08But now that I'm a widow, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised I'm not welcome.
00:15:12Maybe we should just leave.
00:15:14I left you in charge.
00:15:16To see to my parents and the running of the keep.
00:15:18How dare you waste the keep's money on useless things like this!
00:15:22His eyes fell on the dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
00:15:25Wait!
00:15:26Where did you get that dragon scale?
00:15:28That's a scale from my family's ice dragon.
00:15:31That scale is mine by blood.
00:15:33Mine!
00:15:33You have the nerve to scavenge it and wear it?
00:15:36That belongs to me!
00:15:37You've been squatting in White Flame Keep all these years.
00:15:40You probably never even got to touch the egg, did you?
00:15:43Now the dragon has hatched and that scale is mine!
00:15:48You're a commoner's daughter.
00:15:49By what right do you touch it?
00:15:51I couldn't even be bothered to answer him.
00:15:53I turned to a handmaiden who had just rushed over.
00:15:56Get the healer.
00:15:59Being ignored sent Edrin over the edge.
00:16:02He grabbed my arm.
00:16:03It's a little scratch.
00:16:05And you're gonna bother Lord Harwin's people over that?
00:16:10Liar, what the hell is wrong with you?
00:16:12I've seven years alone surely made you so bitter.
00:16:14Are you just lonely, is that it?
00:16:16Blaming me because you've had no one?
00:16:18Ask pardon as you ought.
00:16:20I may yet come to your bed.
00:16:22I have told you I am remarried.
00:16:25You need to start worrying about yourself.
00:16:30Fine, be stubborn.
00:16:32I'll be waiting for the day you come begging me to take you back!
00:16:35After the healer had cleaned and dressed Alia's cheek, a deep wave of exhaustion washed over me.
00:16:39I used to wonder, for a long time, if Edrin had a reason.
00:16:43Some secret hardship that made him abandon his wife, his unborn child, and his home for seven years.
00:16:48I remember the night before Meera walked into the throne room and took her own life.
00:16:52I never should have gone to your father's house with Torrid.
00:16:55I never should have promised you, on that monster's behalf, that he would be good to you.
00:17:01We did this.
00:17:03She ruined you!
00:17:05Meera had always been so full of life, a woman who refused to grow old.
00:17:09From the day I married Edrin, she treated me like her own daughter.
00:17:12But in one single night, the weight of it all had broken her.
00:17:15Liar.
00:17:17White Flame Keep has failed you.
00:17:19If that animal ever comes back, I give you my blessing to kill him yourself.
00:17:24Now you go find a good man.
00:17:26And don't you dare grieve for us.
00:17:29In the seven years since I married Roderick Harwin, I've rarely left the castle.
00:17:32This was the day the stranger took Meera.
00:17:34I hosted this feast to tell the spirit of the old woman who loved me like a daughter that I
00:17:38was okay.
00:17:39That I had finally moved on.
00:17:42I took a breath, composed myself, and walked back to the great hall.
00:17:46Edrin and Leora were sitting together, acting for all the world like a happy couple.
00:17:50I walked right past their table without even glance.
00:17:55But as I passed, the boot caught my hand.
00:18:00I remember her.
00:18:01That's Adrian Casper's wife.
00:18:03The one who's been lonely for seven years.
00:18:06Is she doing this to get his attention?
00:18:07How shameless.
00:18:09Is she crazy?
00:18:09Making a scene at a feast by Lady Harwin?
00:18:12Liar!
00:18:12How could you?
00:18:15I know you're upset with Adrian, but you can't act like this at Lady Harwin's feast.
00:18:20Are you trying to make Lord Harwin angry with Adrian on purpose?
00:18:23Edrin's expression turned lethal.
00:18:25Liar, so you are here to cause trouble.
00:18:28Seven years, and you still haven't learned a thing?
00:18:34Directive received.
00:18:35Die.
00:18:37They replaced me with an AI.
00:18:39The ones crying now.
00:18:40Mom and Dad brought home an AI daughter.
00:18:43Hello, Nora.
00:18:43The day she arrived, I became the difficult one.
00:18:46Dad thought I was too hard to deal with.
00:18:49Mom thought I'd never measure up to AI Seraphine.
00:18:52Kayla yelled right in my face.
00:18:55All you ever do is fight me for everything!
00:18:57What else are you good for?
00:18:59I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.
00:19:01I rushed over and shoved Seraphine to the floor.
00:19:05Seraphine is your sister!
00:19:07If you had half her obedience, I wouldn't have Migrate every single day because of you!
00:19:11No! I'm sending you to the Harmony Institute.
00:19:14Maybe they can teach you how to be a decent daughter!
00:19:16Just like that, she replaced me.
00:19:19I was sent to the Harmony Institute for reconditioning.
00:19:23Three years later, Dad, Mom, and Caleb came to pick me up.
00:19:27Nora, I didn't move an inch.
00:19:29Mrs. Ashford, you have to say, activate.
00:19:33Otherwise, Unit 1314 won't boot up.
00:19:36Mom looked at the back of my neck.
00:19:38Activate.
00:19:41Unit 1314.
00:19:42She had no idea what the word meant to me.
00:19:45She was just parroting the director.
00:19:49Unit 1314, ABLE.
00:19:51Awaiting directive.
00:19:52We designed a special system for our students, Mrs. Ashford.
00:19:55She requires a verbal trigger to be awakened.
00:19:58Once activated, she will never disobey you again.
00:20:01Caleb shopped forward.
00:20:03He was five years older than me.
00:20:05Making me cry used to be his favorite gang.
00:20:08I used to chase him around the house until Mom screamed at us both.
00:20:12Look!
00:20:13Unit 1314.
00:20:15Bark like a dog.
00:20:17The second I heard the command, I hunched my shoulders, stuck out my tongue, and barked.
00:20:26Looks like Nora finally learned her lesson.
00:20:29It used to take half an hour just to get her to practice piano.
00:20:33Now tell her to bark like a dog, and she does it instantly.
00:20:36On the drive home, Mom tried to make small talk.
00:20:40Nora, how were your three years at the Institute?
00:20:42I said nothing, because she hadn't used the command to answer.
00:20:46Nora?
00:20:47Interrogative statements do not constitute valid commands.
00:20:50If a response is required, please use imperative format.
00:20:55Answer.
00:20:56Life at the Institute was productive and enriching.
00:20:59I completed the three core modules, emotional suppression, absolute compliance, and rational
00:21:05overreel.
00:21:06My final evaluation was optimal.
00:21:08The handler graded me as the most successful conversion case of the year.
00:21:11The backseat was silent.
00:21:13Kellogg muttered.
00:21:14She's just like Serafina.
00:21:17Three years ago, real trees had lined this road.
00:21:20Now, they'd been replaced by glowing air purification columns.
00:21:24A holographic billboard played an Elysian in the streets as an AI girl smiled at the camera.
00:21:31The text below read,
00:21:32The child you've always dreamed of.
00:21:34As we drove past, the girl tilted her head the exact same way Serafine did.
00:21:40The city blurred past the window.
00:21:43The skyscrapers and the sky bridges looked nothing like I remembered.
00:21:48Inside the institute, time was just a series of commands.
00:21:51A day and a month felt the same.
00:21:54I tracked time using Nutali marks I scratched inside the sensory deprivation pot.
00:22:00Eventually, I forgot how to count.
00:22:02It was dark when the car pulled into the parking level.
00:22:05Serafine waited by the front door.
00:22:07Her hands folded neatly in front of her.
00:22:09Her lips were fixed in a calculated smile.
00:22:12She looked the same as she did three years ago.
00:22:15Back then, mom crouched down to speak to her.
00:22:19Serafine, welcome home.
00:22:20I jumped off the couch to see my new sister.
00:22:23My food caught on something.
00:22:25I hit the floor face first.
00:22:27Nobody helped me up.
00:22:29They just said I was clumsy.
00:22:31After that, no one looked at me the same way.
00:22:34Caleb rolled his eyes when I spoke.
00:22:36Mom pulled Serafine behind her when I entered the kitchen.
00:22:40Dad stopped calling me, kiddo.
00:22:42I wasn't as obedient as Serafine.
00:22:44I wasn't as sweet.
00:22:46In the end, they sent me away.
00:22:48Welcome home, Nora.
00:22:50Her voice was just as sweet and incloyent as I remembered.
00:22:54I didn't answer.
00:22:56She hadn't issued the answer directive.
00:22:59Are you still mad at Serafine?
00:23:01Did you learn nothing?
00:23:03Say something!
00:23:05Acknowledged.
00:23:08Serafine's smile never wavered.
00:23:10Mom nodded in approval.
00:23:12At dinner, everyone sat around the table.
00:23:15Serafine sat to Moss right.
00:23:17Caleb sat to Dad's left.
00:23:20I was seated at the far end of the table.
00:23:23Steam rose from the plates.
00:23:25The smell of roast chicken from the food printer hung in the air.
00:23:28But, I felt nothing.
00:23:30At the institute, eating was categorized as
00:23:33energy intake behavior.
00:23:35It had nothing to do with hunger or pleasure.
00:23:39Let's eat?
00:23:39I instantly picked up my fork.
00:23:42Caleb stopped eating.
00:23:44His eyes went wide.
00:23:45No way.
00:23:45Since when do you eat Brussels sprouts?
00:23:47You used to gag just looking at them.
00:23:48I didn't answer.
00:23:49I just dabbed another Brussels sprout with my fork.
00:23:53The handler told us that
00:23:54personal preferences are emotional residue,
00:23:57proof of an incomplete conversion.
00:23:59During my third month,
00:24:00I refused to eat Brussels sprouts.
00:24:02They locked me inside the sensory deprivation pot
00:24:05for two full days.
00:24:07The pot had no white,
00:24:09no sound,
00:24:10and no physical cessation.
00:24:11There was nothing but total darkness.
00:24:14When they finally let me out,
00:24:16I ate the Brussels sprouts.
00:24:17Then came the liver,
00:24:19the mushrooms,
00:24:20and the asparagus.
00:24:21I ate every single thing
00:24:23I used to refuse to touch.
00:24:26Mom nodded approvingly.
00:24:28She'd always hated picky eaters.
00:24:30A second later,
00:24:31I reached for the peanuts on my plate.
00:24:33I put a peanut into my mouth.
00:24:35I chewed exactly 15 times.
00:24:38Then I swallowed.
00:24:40Did she just eat a peanut?
00:24:42Nora is severely allergic to peanuts.
00:24:43She ate one when she was little,
00:24:45and her lips swelled up.
00:24:46We had to rush her straight to the ER.
00:24:49Since when can Harmony cure allergies?
00:24:52At the Institute,
00:24:53allergies were treated as a form of weakness.
00:24:56The hinder simply smeared peanut butter
00:24:58onto my bare arm.
00:25:00The redness,
00:25:01the blisters,
00:25:02and the rotting skin
00:25:03spread across my arm.
00:25:04An allergy is a physical weakness.
00:25:06Weakness can be trained into strength.
00:25:08My skin rotted,
00:25:09and healed over and over again.
00:25:11But the allergic reactions
00:25:13never stopped.
00:25:14Back at the dinner table,
00:25:16my body gave a sudden jolt.
00:25:18I felt my throat tightening,
00:25:19and my skin starting to itch.
00:25:21Angry red wells erupted
00:25:23all over my neck and face.
00:25:25Face is getting red!
00:25:26That's not blushing!
00:25:28That's an allergic reaction!
00:25:29Nora, stop eating right now!
00:25:31You know you're allergic to peanuts!
00:25:34Is that a directive?
00:25:37Patient presents allergic reaction.
00:25:41Respiratory distress level, moderate.
00:25:43Skin inflammation coverage,
00:25:46approximately 23%.
00:25:47Recommend immediate administration of epinephrine.
00:25:50They reacted instantly.
00:25:52They scrambled to find an EpiPen
00:25:54and jammed it into my leg.
00:25:59Once my breathing returned to normal,
00:26:02the living room fell dead silent.
00:26:04Caleb's voice drifted from the couch.
00:26:06Something's wrong with her.
00:26:09She used to cry.
00:26:10She used to throw tantrums.
00:26:13She didn't act like...
00:26:15like Seraphine.
00:26:17Can you just be normal?
00:26:19Stop acting like Seraphine!
00:26:22We just wanted a sister who listens,
00:26:24not a machine!
00:26:25Please define normal.
00:26:27Caleb turned pale.
00:26:28Dad and Mom looked rattled.
00:26:31Dad immediately caught the Institute.
00:26:33The voice on the phone explained
00:26:35it was a standard reaction
00:26:37to deep behavioral reconditioning.
00:26:40They promised it would fade in a few days.
00:26:43Unit 1314 is our highest performing case right now.
00:26:46Her compliance surpasses any AI model.
00:26:49Rest assured, this is completely normal behavior.
00:26:52Dad hung up and repeated the words to Mom.
00:26:54She nodded.
00:26:54They both let out a sigh of relief.
00:26:57For the next few days,
00:26:58I became the most useful tool in the house.
00:27:00Mom told me to wash the dishes.
00:27:02I scrubbed them cleaner than Seraphine ever could.
00:27:05Dad told me to organize the garage.
00:27:07I moved every single box by myself.
00:27:10Caleb told me to grab his delivery downstairs.
00:27:13I made a round trip in under two minutes.
00:27:16Mom actually laughed.
00:27:17She's even better than Seraphina now.
00:27:20No one disagreed until that night.
00:27:23Caleb forgot to issue the shutout directive.
00:27:26Everyone went to sleep.
00:27:27I sat on the living room couch from dusk until dawn.
00:27:31When Mom came downstairs the next morning,
00:27:34she found me sitting in the exact same position I'd been in the night before.
00:27:39She stopped dead in her tracks.
00:27:41The coffee mug slipped from her hand and shattered.
00:27:44God of the holy light cover on the continent of Athabas.
00:27:47During the last war of the gods and demons,
00:27:50I expended my very last ounce of divine power to seal the Dark Lord Neverland,
00:27:55banishing him forever into the endless city.
00:28:08great! It's the master!
00:28:11great! It's the master!
00:28:22I don't know.
00:28:49You think this is the end?
00:28:52You'll die with me!
00:28:57Luke's Cloud!
00:29:01My entire soul has been sealed within this ring.
00:29:05I never imagined that I would return to the world in a different way a thousand years later.
00:29:15Please, let Evan go! I'm sure I can save him!
00:29:19Isabel, have you lost your mind, Isabella? It's the Black Plague!
00:29:22If we don't burn him, the whole village will die!
00:29:25No, Evan, no! No! No!
00:29:33Evan, no! Evan!
00:29:45Where am I?
00:29:48He... he becomes a ghost!
00:29:51Evan wakes up?
00:29:52This must be the will of the gods!
00:29:55Please spare him!
00:29:56No way! He's already dead!
00:29:58This must be a demon!
00:30:00Burn him!
00:30:01We can't let him back to the village!
00:30:09No, Evan! No!
00:30:13No!
00:30:17No!
00:30:19No!
00:30:21No!
00:30:22No!
00:30:23No!
00:30:23No!
00:30:24No!
00:30:30Thank God, Evan!
00:30:32You're okay!
00:30:33You must be a monster!
00:30:35A demon!
00:30:36He should be burned at the stake!
00:30:37Shut up!
00:30:39Only way you're touching Evan is over my dead body!
00:30:41It seems I have taken possession of that dying boy's body!
00:30:45The woman standing before me must be his mother!
00:30:49I, the creator god of the holy light coven, have returned to the mortal world only to find
00:30:54myself as a frail, sickly child?
00:30:59We cannot keep this child!
00:31:03Sheep!
00:31:03I'm not a monster!
00:31:06I've awakened my magic!
00:31:10What are you dreaming of?
00:31:13Apart from the direct descendants of the holy light coven, ordinary awakeners are few and far between!
00:31:22The only awakened in our village is the chief!
00:31:25You are truly shameless as a good-for-nothing who's caught the black death!
00:31:30You'll find out if it works when I try it!
00:31:32I was only at D-Rage when I first awakened, not even good enough to stand guard in the holy
00:31:37light coven.
00:31:38If you really have awakened magic as a mundane through your own talent, you'll be our village hero, if not.
00:31:46I'll make you die in a way that's a hundred times more painful than just now.
00:31:56Now, place your hand on the mirror and it will test whether you have awakened and determine your magic level.
00:32:04What a pity, child.
00:32:07You have no talent in magic at all.
00:32:10That's impossible!
00:32:12You're lying, bastard!
00:32:14How could such a lowly magic mirror be fit to reveal myself?
00:32:19You have no talent in magic at all.
00:32:33Our village must have been attacked by monsters!
00:32:36I used barely a tenth of my divine power, yet it caused such cataclysmic changes to the landscape.
00:32:42It seems that, a thousand years on, the mages of the Aetheris continent have made no progress whatsoever.
00:32:51You have no talent in magic at all!
00:32:52Tapos Volaris, come to me!
00:33:05She's a mid-level mage of C-Rank.
00:33:07How on earth does she have a flying carpet reserved for the nobility of the Coven?
00:33:12I'm sorry, Evan.
00:33:14Mum didn't mean to keep our status as wizards a secret from you.
00:33:18It's just that, for certain reasons, I've been forbidden from using magic.
00:33:22It's okay, Mum.
00:33:47A thousand years have passed, and I too look forward to returning.
00:34:10Evan, you haven't been fully confirmed as having awakened your magic yet, so you must stay close to me.
00:34:15Evan, you haven't been fully confirmed as having awakened your magic yet, so you must stay close to me.
00:34:22You haven't been fully confirmed.
00:34:23Locker 42 only has three minutes of magic time.
00:34:25We absolutely cannot afford any slip-ups.
00:34:33Porta of scuta appra-
00:34:51I never imagined a magical world would have evolved like this a thousand years on.
00:34:56How interesting.
00:34:58Can you believe a lonely Ondian using Locker 42 and dares to go to the Holy City?
00:35:04That's ridiculous.
00:35:18Evan, I believe that one day you'll awaken your magic.
00:35:23First of all, let's find the Holy Spring and heal your body.
00:35:31Are you lot off to the Holy City for the elections too?
00:35:34Carriage 42 for Junior Wizards is at the very back.
00:35:49You wait here for me, Evan. I'm going to the front to get...
00:36:20...and I'm looking forward toました.
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00:37:59Please go easy on him.
00:38:00Don't worry.
00:38:01We just want to get to the bottom of how the monster died.
00:38:04That monster was slain by me and a few other high-ranking wizards.
00:38:08There's not a trace of any other high-rankings here.
00:38:10And as for you, a low-ranking, you don't even have the right-
00:38:31Is this the token of the Holy Knight?
00:38:35You thief!
00:38:36How dare you!
00:38:39This is mine!
00:38:41I didn't steal it!
00:38:42You're just a low wizard.
00:38:44The value of all your gear put together isn't even worth the gem on my boot.
00:38:52If you don't tell the truth, I'll chop your head off and feed it to the monsters.
00:38:58Marcus!
00:38:59She's a wizard too!
00:39:00Don't be so rude!
00:39:01You're the head of the Holy Light!
00:39:02We can't just let them get away with it, Morgana.
00:39:05Only the direct descendants of the Holy Light have the Knight's token.
00:39:08We must get them back and conduct a thorough investigation.
00:39:21Don't worry, Mom.
00:39:23No one can touch you.
00:39:39Who designed that statue?
00:39:41It doesn't even capture a tenth of my charm.
00:39:45How dare you!
00:39:46To look directly at the Creator God, do you want to lose your head?
00:39:52Eben is just a child!
00:39:54He's just a child!
00:39:55He doesn't understand the rules.
00:39:57Please let him off.
00:40:09Don't wet your pants, Hick Mondaean.
00:40:15Don't worry.
00:40:16Once we get to the bottom of the matter of the token, no one will cause you any trouble.
00:40:21What on earth is going on?
00:40:24Marcus?
00:40:25Morgana?
00:40:26Morgana?
00:40:27Aren't you supposed to be preparing for the elections?
00:40:31Grandmother!
00:40:32The quintennial Holy Knight elections are about to begin.
00:40:36Holy Light Coven is the foremost coven on the continent of Etherus,
00:40:39and you too are the most talented members of our new generation.
00:40:42Don't waste your energy on trivial, mate.
00:40:45Grandma, the thief of our token is no trivial matter,
00:40:48and I suspect the thief used it to steal the magic spring.
00:41:14I guess the thief used to steal the magic spring.
00:41:16But I'm going to do it.
00:41:19And then I can't die.
00:41:20I mean, I'm going to you.
00:41:24See you.
00:41:25I'm going to die in a moment.
00:41:25Don't you show your face here again?
00:41:35I am the Pope's youngest daughter, and like you, I am a full-fledged member of the Blue Light Coven.
00:41:41But while your brothers are fighting for the coven on the battlefield, what are you doing?
00:41:47You chose to alope with the coachman.
00:41:50My abilities are limited, and the Pope would not allow me to go to war.
00:41:54I simply refused the Duke's proposal of marriage, and chose happiness instead.
00:42:02What is wrong with that?
00:42:03How shameless!
00:42:06God!
00:42:07Strip her of her magic and the token, and banish her from the Holy City forever!
00:42:15Incendio!
00:42:31Now it's your turn.
00:42:33We're family!
00:42:36Why are you pushing up so hard?
00:42:38You're just two of rats.
00:42:40Do you call yourselves family?
00:42:43How dare you!
00:42:44When the coven was first bounded, we never sent women into battle, nor did we rely on political marriages to
00:42:50survive.
00:42:51You are really our sole state of affairs.
00:42:55Shut up!
00:42:56Who do you think you are?
00:42:57Not for idiots!
00:43:09You have no right to point a wand at me, let alone claim to speak for the Holy Light.
00:43:21I'm sorry.
00:43:22Oh my God!
00:43:43It's very cool!
00:43:44You have no right to go, let alone.
00:43:44at once have them thrown into the Gaul to face the fiery punishment go on then
00:43:54have at it but I make no promises that your lives are worth as much as your
00:43:58bravery what are you waiting for get him everyone stop
00:44:16your holiness
00:44:26father father I'm already apprised of what has just transpired it was Marcus who was impertinent
00:44:32first yet I cast myself rather curious about this lad's method magic at an a-plus standard
00:44:37far superior to those other wastefuls but scarcely of the caliber required to serve as the Pope
00:44:45father Evan has only just come into his magical powers they are not yet steady and he has been
00:44:50frail since childhood we return this time to stand in the great election if he might obtain the holy
00:44:56spring then Evan may yet have a chance to live I can afford you that chance if your election is
00:45:02at
00:45:02hand if you truly have the metal to carry off first honors all our past grievances shall be wiped clean
00:45:08it should you prove wanting I shall personally see you undone
00:45:16thank you father let them go
00:45:28you wretch I'll never let you and that little bastard off the hook
00:45:41this is the dragon spine bridge laid under the curse of the unworthy shall fall
00:45:46only by crossing it through one's own magic may one be deemed to have properly entered the trial
00:46:06aquia forma
00:46:13good luck mate
00:46:21don't be afraid mummy's here no matter how hard it gets I'll get you through it
00:46:26even if you fall I'll catch you with my own body
00:46:28mum I'm not scared I'll protect you
00:46:34vines arise weave and bind
00:46:37Hans Yuva let's go
00:46:48Evan hold me
00:46:50a shoddery wand and a few ragged vines dare you challenge the dragon spine trial
00:46:58since you like it so much let him hang here forever
00:47:04let everyone see a lowly mondan who isn't even worthy of setting foot on the
00:47:09trial field leave evan alone face me instead very well my familiar hasn't broken its fast
00:47:18this morning you shall make a fine meal for it
00:47:21don't hurry I'll make sure to savor it
00:47:23fight by fight
00:47:30no I'll go with you just let him go
00:47:40oh
00:48:41I won't let you down.
00:48:42Tomorrow, use only 30% of my power.
00:48:45Strike fear into the young whilps of the church and guide our coven back to the true path.
00:48:52Evan, I don't expect you to achieve great things.
00:48:54I just want you to be safe and healthy.
00:48:56I'd give anything for you, even my life.
00:48:59She was a great mother.
00:49:00She gave me the warmth of human kindness and a mother's love I hadn't felt in so long.
00:49:04I suppose that was the gift of coming here.
00:49:34I don't expect you to be safe.
00:49:52Here, the acolytes of our orders shall clash in combat, proving their might through magic,
00:49:58and vying for the highest glory of the coven.
00:50:02Now, I declare the final duel of the Holy Light Trial begins!
00:50:31If you've got the guts, come on then.
00:50:35You lot of spines, cowards.
00:50:38Still, they're only one person I truly want to take on this day.
00:50:43Evan, I'll show you with my own two hands exactly what real power is.
00:50:49Today is the day that little bastard Evan meets his end.
00:50:54Where's Evan?
00:50:55Has he wet himself and run off to hide behind his mother, blubbering?
00:50:59I'm here!
00:51:14Isabella, have you come here to get yourself killed?
00:51:22I finally got the 10,000.
00:51:24Elias will be so pleased.
00:51:32Alias, the 10,000th level 8 essence.
00:51:36Today's the day you take human form.
00:51:41You have no idea how dangerous it was.
00:51:52We can form the bond now, can't we?
00:51:54Thank you, sister.
00:51:58Thanks to 10 years of your devotion, we couldn't have bonded without you.
00:52:10Supreme Essence.
00:52:12How dare you keep this from me all along?
00:52:16No!
00:52:17The Academy's shield relies on it!
00:52:22No!
00:52:37Compared to you, she's nothing.
00:52:39Pathetic.
00:52:39See?
00:52:40Elias has always chosen me, no matter how much you did for him.
00:52:44Farewell, sister!
00:52:55Alien, Gilder, I curse you both.
00:52:58If I get another chance, I will not let this happen.
00:53:08I curse you both.
00:53:14As tradition dictates, I now proclaim the decennial bonding ceremony of Beast Word Academy underway.
00:53:23I have returned to the day it all started.
00:53:30Fire dragon, he boasts a pure bloodline unseen in a decade.
00:53:36Elaine Tidesong, as our premier apprentice, you are the only one fit to master him.
00:53:44Though he is not easily tame.
00:53:46Though he is not easily tame.
00:53:46The fire dragon just refused her?
00:53:48He is of noble blood, proud beyond measure.
00:53:50But there's no one better than Elaine.
00:53:52Hilda, step away, it's dangerous!
00:54:00Professor, I know I'm nothing compared to my sister.
00:54:02It's just...
00:54:03I've never seen such a magnificent creature.
00:54:05And he seems to...
00:54:07like me more?
00:54:08Professor Talon, since their hearts are already entwined, let them have each other.
00:54:12What?
00:54:13She's a mere initiator.
00:54:14I will not bond with the fire dragon.
00:54:16In fact, my choice lies...
00:54:21Feathered serpent!
00:54:22A lowly half-breed?
00:54:35Professor Talon, since the fire dragon refused to serve as my mount, I shall take this little serpent.
00:54:42Elaine, you're the premier. Only the fire dragon is worthy of you.
00:54:45Such lowly beast isn't even worthy of being the fire dragon's lackey.
00:54:50Professor, my decision stands.
00:54:52Then it's done.
00:54:54The fire dragon goes to Hilda.
00:54:56In three months, the beastware trials will judge your progress with the utmost rigor.
00:55:01Hilda, how could you do that?
00:55:02The fire dragon was meant for Elaine.
00:55:04Right!
00:55:05How can you steal from your own sister?
00:55:07I didn't...
00:55:08He chose me first.
00:55:13Brilliant. With that fire dragon, she'll be our new premier by morning.
00:55:17The newest initiate, and yet she scoops the finest prize in the hall.
00:55:21A treacherous beast was never a good choice.
00:55:25In my past life, Alias was just as arrogant.
00:55:29He refused to forge the bond with me.
00:55:34To feed his growth, I risked death on every hunt, hunting man-eaters, just to secure the beast essence.
00:55:46He never once spared a glass for my wounds.
00:55:50He only had eyes for what he needed.
00:56:00When I was away, Hilda would come to him.
00:56:03I knew.
00:56:05I told myself she was just trying to help.
00:56:11In this life, I won't let them betray me.
00:56:15Not again.
00:56:25Elaine?
00:56:28Elaine?
00:56:30Professor?
00:56:36a familiar shares its master's magic
00:56:38you and alias
00:56:40you would have made an unstoppable pairing
00:56:42but as you saw professor
00:56:44he has no desire to bond with me
00:56:47a beast's will can be guided
00:56:48I shall speak with Hilda again
00:56:50and have Elidus return to
00:56:52professor
00:56:52I seek no mighty instrument of power
00:56:54but a true companion
00:56:59he is not so bad
00:57:01after all
00:57:04fine
00:57:04but remember the beastward trials
00:57:07is in three months
00:57:08academy's judgment is absolute
00:57:10any beast that falls short of the standard
00:57:12will be stripped from its master
00:57:29oh Elaine
00:57:30if you truly wanted Elias
00:57:32why didn't you just ask
00:57:33what?
00:57:34no
00:57:34weren't you begging him?
00:57:37hoping the professor hand Elias back to you?
00:57:39ridiculous
00:57:42my dearest sister
00:57:44I'd love to return him
00:57:46but
00:57:48he refuses to leave with you
00:57:50drop the act Hilda
00:57:52I have no interest in your precious mount
00:57:55save that energy for the trials
00:57:57speaking of the trials
00:57:59speaking of the trials
00:57:59I have to apologize in advance
00:58:01when Elias makes me the new premiere
00:58:03where will that leave you?
00:58:11this time
00:58:12let me see how Hilda gets this bloodsucker
00:58:15to take human form without me
00:58:16only if you can afford him
00:58:22of course I can
00:58:23but can your little worm
00:58:25even survive
00:58:26three months
00:58:49so you would defend your master
00:58:51you just detest me
00:58:53Elaine
00:58:53the fire dragon is academy's most precious beast in a decade
00:58:56you will be punished if you hurt him
00:58:58so my serpent deserves to die?
00:59:00it's just a lowly half-breed
00:59:02there are hundreds like it in the beast pavilion
00:59:04no wonder last time
00:59:05he died at your hands in just a year
00:59:12Hilda
00:59:13where is your familiar?
00:59:15it was too frail
00:59:16it couldn't survive
00:59:17I tried everything I could to save him
00:59:20what did you try?
00:59:21what potions?
00:59:22what healing spells?
00:59:24I
00:59:24you're an apprentice of beast word academy
00:59:26and you don't even know basic of beast care?
00:59:29how dare you question her?
00:59:41Alasius
00:59:42you never answered my summons
00:59:44yet here you are for Hilda
00:59:45have you forgotten who your master is?
00:59:47I share no bond with you
00:59:50you
00:59:51it's my fault
00:59:53it's her I refuse to acknowledge
00:59:56halt
00:59:57at the premier I speak for the dean himself
01:00:00I order you to stay Hilda
01:00:03as you wish Elaine
01:00:04for your incompetence
01:00:06and the death of your familiar
01:00:07I sentence you to the outer valley
01:00:09to clear out the trolls
01:00:10no
01:00:11I can't
01:00:12I can't do that
01:00:13please
01:00:13please
01:00:13do not panic Hilda
01:00:15I will come with you
01:00:15my flames will be your shield
01:00:17I gathered essence all on my own
01:00:19a thousand times
01:00:21all for you
01:00:22and you never came
01:00:23not once
01:00:27as long as he chooses me
01:00:28and stands by my side
01:00:29I will treat him right in return
01:00:32a fallen premier
01:00:33and a mutt from the gutter
01:00:34perfect match
01:00:35I hope you can last five minutes
01:00:37in the trials
01:00:37keep yourself in your mountain check Hilda
01:00:39next time
01:00:40it won't be just a splash of water
01:01:01drop your weapons
01:01:03or die with the usurter
01:01:07mercy King Roman
01:01:14my queen
01:01:17the baby's coming
01:01:20get the medics
01:01:22bring both women to the castle
01:01:24no child should be born in this slaughter
01:01:39our little rosaline
01:01:45she smells like white lilies
01:01:48that's the scent of a pure white wolf
01:01:50she'll be strong
01:01:51for my future daughter-in-law
01:01:53let's unite our kingdoms Roman
01:01:57that ruby carries ancient magic
01:01:59only a white wolf can wear it
01:02:02when her wolf awakens
01:02:04the necklace will find its way to her
01:02:08the nurse says the baby's fine
01:02:10my eyes were damaged in the war
01:02:13soon I'll be completely blind
01:02:15if we'd won the war I'd be a lord
01:02:17instead we're stuck as slaves
01:02:21then we fix it
01:02:22how?
01:02:29we switch the babies
01:02:31our girl gets the silk bed
01:02:33in the royal title
01:02:35and their precious princess
01:02:37rots in the dungeon with us slaves
01:02:39when our girl becomes queen
01:02:41she frees us
01:02:42and we take it all
01:02:44to fool the king
01:02:46we trade their sense
01:02:54say goodbye to your crown little princess
01:02:57welcome to the gutter
01:03:00mother
01:03:01I finished scrubbing the floors
01:03:03and the laundry is done
01:03:05royal tournament starts today
01:03:07I want to go watch
01:03:09just to learn
01:03:10I've always dreamed of being a knight
01:03:11like queen selena
01:03:14a knight?
01:03:15you're a damn slave
01:03:16born in the dirt
01:03:17and you'll die in it
01:03:19you dare dodge me punk?
01:03:28open this door brat
01:03:29I'll kill ya
01:03:33your dad lose his mind again?
01:03:36the tournament's starting
01:03:38go
01:03:38it is your dream right?
01:03:40thank you Tess
01:03:41I owe you
01:03:50trash
01:03:51all of it
01:03:56I want that
01:04:02patience my little moon
01:04:04but I want to wear it
01:04:05for the tournament
01:04:05and you will
01:04:07once your white wolf
01:04:09awakens tonight
01:04:09the ruby will recognize you
01:04:12it'll come to its true master
01:04:14on its own
01:04:18and when prince arthur
01:04:19wins the tournament today
01:04:21he'll crown you
01:04:22his queen of beauty
01:04:24he's finally going to propose
01:04:27mother
01:04:28stop
01:04:29we don't know for sure
01:04:30we don't know for sure
01:04:31he'll pick me
01:04:39there she is
01:04:40the jewel of my kingdom
01:04:43tell me arthur
01:04:44doesn't my daughter
01:04:46look like a goddess today
01:04:51thank you for dedicating today's tournament to me arthur
01:04:57she's my destined queen
01:04:59so why do I feel no connection to her
01:05:02happy coming of age sister
01:05:08enough dallying
01:05:09the crowds are waiting
01:05:11to the arena
01:05:22god rosman
01:05:24they are
01:05:24stunning
01:05:26you should see the magical ruby arthur's father gave me
01:05:29i can only wear it tonight
01:05:31once my white wolf awakens
01:05:36don't wear trash in my presence
01:06:00what the hell was that
01:06:02am i finally getting my wolf
01:06:08you idiot
01:06:09you scared the princess
01:06:10princess
01:06:11please
01:06:12you threw the necklace
01:06:13it startled the horse
01:06:15so now it's my fault
01:06:17no
01:06:17no
01:06:18no
01:06:18of course not
01:06:19it was that slave girl
01:06:21she spooked the horses
01:06:23i didn't block anything
01:06:24your horse lost control
01:06:26liar
01:06:26on your knees
01:06:28rat
01:06:28or my king father
01:06:29will chop off your head for this
01:06:33being a noble
01:06:34doesn't give you the right
01:06:35to be a tyrant
01:06:36let go of me
01:06:38bitch
01:06:38what's happening here
01:06:41queen selene
01:06:42the fiercest white wolf
01:06:44in the realm
01:06:45my hero
01:06:46mother
01:06:47thank the goddess
01:06:48you're here
01:06:49this slave
01:06:50attacked us
01:06:51she tried to flip
01:06:52the royal carriage
01:06:53she ambushed us
01:06:54your grace
01:06:54i only came to watch
01:06:55the tournament
01:06:56your grace
01:06:56her horse spooked
01:06:57i didn't touch her carriage
01:06:58my daughter carries royal blood
01:07:00a white wolf does not lie
01:07:02guards
01:07:03drag this slave to the dungeon
01:07:11please your grace
01:07:12i know i'm lowborn
01:07:56i hate that
01:07:56i'm not a slave
01:07:56i'm not a slave
01:07:56the rebel
01:07:56how are you
01:07:56now
01:07:56i'm not a slave
01:07:58i'm not a slave
01:07:58but i'm not a slave
01:08:06A white wolf?
01:08:11Mother, it hurts!
01:08:16God, kill that slave!
01:08:24The first knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
01:08:27He's magnificent.
01:08:28Perfect match for Princess Rosalind.
01:08:31For the Champion's sweat, Arthur.
01:08:38Who is she?
01:08:39Why do I feel so...
01:08:42inexplicably drawn to her?
01:08:44That rat again?
01:08:45She humiliated me,
01:08:47and now she's trying to seduce my Arthur?
01:08:49I'll kill her myself.
01:09:09Strip her.
01:09:10Put her in the dead man's armor.
01:09:16Wait!
01:09:17What is this?
01:09:18Let me down!
01:09:18The final juice!
01:09:21Prince Arthur versus the Mystery Challenger!
01:09:34Goddess, I'm dead.
01:09:38Stay focused, Elina.
01:09:41Breathe.
01:09:42Charge!
01:09:52Incredible!
01:09:53This Mystery Night has better balance
01:09:55than most of my generals.
01:09:56There is a rhythm to the moving.
01:09:58It's almost familiar.
01:10:01Why won't he just kill that piece of filth?
01:10:04Fall already!
01:10:17the moon dances strike no one else knows that move it's like looking into a mirror
01:10:44finish it arthur take her head off
01:10:50this is it he's going to kill me
01:10:58a girl a girl just fought the first night of the realm to a standstill
01:11:04she fights like a pureborn white wolf did you see her face she looks exactly like queen celine at
01:11:12the battle of the red flats
01:11:19it's you the champion has won crown the queen of beauty
01:11:32to the fiercest
01:11:34and most beautiful on this field
01:11:38no he's crowning a slave this is a complete insult to the royal family
01:11:44she is an assassin she ambushed my carriage and tried to murder me
01:11:49arthur take that crown off her head immediately criminals get no honor in this kingdom
01:11:54her parents are war prisoners they fought for the usurper lucian she has traitor blood in her veins
01:12:01traitor slave
01:12:03for assaulting the princess and polluting a royal tradition
01:12:09i declare this slave a traitor to the realm
01:12:11death to the slave
01:12:13execute her right now
01:12:22anyone who wants her head goes through me
01:12:24the slave
01:12:34jelabi
01:12:47run they're after you run and this pathetic bastard sister of mine is what you turned me
01:12:54down for you simple-minded beast if it wasn't the frost out of nowhere that killed my dragon
01:13:00i would never have even considered you
01:13:30this stupid animal
01:13:32may be occur but its flesh carries resistance to the frost solve it and consume its flesh
01:13:37you will all inherit the resistance
01:13:47you chose him and yet you failed him your whole existence is a disgrace to our family
01:13:56die crock roach
01:14:04as expected this gray-maned bear of rather modest lingonagy has been left unchosen and in that case
01:14:12bruggen it seems you'll be bound to our lowest ranking student emma
01:14:17be bound did i survive wait am i back to the day when i was bound with bruggen
01:14:25so emma though i suppose your choices are rather limited professor rockweld i'll take him laugh
01:14:33while you can when the frost takes over everything in half a month you will all be overwhelming with
01:14:46i'm taking the bear you can bind with the dragon sister
01:14:50what is fiona doing the heir to the drake family has always bind with dragons
01:14:54why would she go with anything else and that's an aurelian dragon
01:14:57they appear only once in centuries fiona must be out of her mind to choose an inferior beast over that
01:15:02fiona i must remind you that the selection of your bonded creature is not a trivial matter
01:15:07it will affect not only your graduation
01:15:10but also the limits of your future magical potential
01:15:13professor rockweld and that's precisely why emma needs the dragon more than i do
01:15:18my grades speak for themselves i can handle myself regardless of what i bind with
01:15:22but emma on the other hand look at her she's already struggling and on top of that if she's
01:15:28paired with an inferior creature i fear she may not graduate at all a fine sentiment fiona
01:15:34for a witch power is secondary to character and with a heart of gold like yours you will go very
01:15:42far even if your bound creature is lesser well emma don't you think you owe fiona your gratitude
01:15:48um thank you for the offer fiona but this is really unnecessary i quite like brugen to be honest
01:15:54oh come on emma i'm trying to help you don't let your pride get in the way no it's really
01:16:01ouch
01:16:08this this is the unique way dragons bind with humans
01:16:12this means the dragon chose me
01:16:15well so much for it's really unnecessary she refused it then bound the dragon the moment she could
01:16:20shameless that's an anarian dragon some noble bloodline that appears once in centuries
01:16:28if not for fiona she'd never have laid a hand on it lucky bastard
01:16:35lucky my ass they have no idea indeed aurelian dragons possess
01:16:40extraordinary magical affinity but their hatchlings are fragile in the cold
01:16:53and that's exactly why last time it was killed in the frost on the first day
01:17:02you gave up a dragon and took my bear
01:17:07i see sister you also came back with your memories
01:17:13brugen i'm not worried about surviving the frost without you
01:17:16but i'm worried what if fiona mistreats you
01:17:26don't worry brugen got you
01:17:37our fist hump he remembers it means he's all right
01:17:41did he also come back with his memories last time fiona drove the others and torn brugen to pieces
01:17:48he may look gentle and simple-minded but brugen never forgets this time this is going to be fun
01:17:57are you done staring at him are you talking to me your skills they are beautiful
01:18:04naturally i am an orarian dragon we do not choose lightly you should feel honored human rather than
01:18:13getting distracted by lesser creatures fair enough little one but why me that ferocious woman
01:18:21her soul reeks i can smell it out but yours it smells rather delightful in fact it is the most
01:18:30you are not agreeable in this room and do refrain from calling me little one you may address me as
01:18:35your majesty
01:18:37of course your majesty
01:18:42all right class copy this formation exactly as shown then speak the incantation
01:18:48volintas ligot
01:18:50the bond will complete once you cast the spell you may begin now
01:19:05where's my wand
01:19:09i taught you the difference
01:19:12rugish could you pass me my wand
01:19:19aqua
01:19:20aqua
01:19:20aqua
01:19:32aqua
01:19:39aqua
01:19:51When a wand is reversed, the magic turns back on the caster, and that means Brugan has become your master.
01:20:04Must you keep exchanging looks with that bear? Aurelian dragons are not only of noble blood, we are also particular
01:20:12about what belongs to us. You've bound yourself to me, then your attention should follow.
01:20:18Um, okay. I will keep that in mind.
01:20:53Select your share, and you are dismissed.
01:21:04Jalabi!
01:21:11Well done.
01:21:13That was a month's supply.
01:21:15She fed it all at once? Has she lost her mind?
01:21:20She clearly wasn't paying attention.
01:21:22Last in the class, and now this? Poor Valrax is doomed with her.
01:21:27Binding with Valrax is wasted on her.
01:21:29Let me remind you.
01:21:31Fire Salvamanders are not easily obtained.
01:21:34They are to be used with care, and in accordance with Academy guidelines.
01:21:39Do not waste them.
01:21:41Of course, Professor Rockwile.
01:21:43I assure you, it wasn't wasted.
01:21:46We only have half a month till the frost arrives.
01:21:49Valrax has to grow fast to survive and protect me.
01:21:54If he dies right at the beginning again, that would be the real waste.
01:21:58Class is over.
01:22:09You remember too, don't you, sister?
01:22:12Last time, you survived by clinging to that curt bear.
01:22:15This time, it's my turn.
01:22:18Hmph.
01:22:19Then I wish you best of luck.
01:22:20Of course.
01:22:22I will just fine with him by my side.
01:22:24Freezing to death on the first day of the frost.
01:22:33Get that cursed, feral creature of yours away from me!
01:22:36I'm sorry.
01:22:38But, you shouldn't have woken him up from his nap.
01:22:54Are you hungry already?
01:22:55You gotta be kidding me?
01:22:58Where am I supposed to find the extra salomers for you?
01:23:00I don't have the money for it.
01:23:02Did you hear?
01:23:03A freshman went into the Shadow Woods last night.
01:23:05Got completely lost.
01:23:06I'm not surprised.
01:23:08That place is covered in heavy fog all year round.
01:23:11The Shadow Woods.
01:23:12If I remember correctly, before the frost, someone found a salamander's nest there.
01:23:18If the timeline hasn't changed, no one's discovered it yet.
01:23:21This is going to take forever.
01:23:24If you want to crawl like this, hop on my back.
01:23:28I will take you there.
01:23:30But you are still just a hatchling.
01:23:32You're hardly big enough to carry.
01:23:49Shadow Woods.
01:23:50Oh, man.
01:23:54He's gone.
01:23:56I love it.
01:23:59I love it.
01:24:02I love it.
01:24:03I love it.
01:24:03Woohoo!