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✨Elana sacrificed everything for a family that betrayed her. In She Left The Ashes Behind, witness her heartbreaking journey when her newborn babies are torn from her arms and given to another woman. 💔 Her most precious dragon scale? Stolen in the name of "atonement."
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✨Elana sacrificed everything for a family that betrayed her. In She Left The Ashes Behind, witness her heartbreaking journey when her newborn babies are torn from her arms and given to another woman. 💔 Her most precious dragon scale? Stolen in the name of "atonement."
🦋But this isn't the end—it's her beginning! Reborn as a healer far from the palace, Elana finds warmth, strength, and a new purpose. Watch her rise from the ashes and reclaim her life! Stream She Left The Ashes Behind now on ReelShort!
⭐GENRE: Female Lead, Rebirth, Second Chance, Healer, Family Betrayal, Playing Dumb, Palace Drama, Redemption
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00:00:04I am the daughter of the true dragon, but on the day I gave birth, my husband Varys carried
00:00:11my children away with his own hands.
00:00:22The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.
00:00:24I lay in a pool of blood, my fingertips digging into the seams of the stone, my voice horny
00:00:30enough to sound like someone else's.
00:00:33Varys, give me back my children.
00:00:35The two newborns cried in his arms.
00:00:37Each cry stabbed at her, hurting more than the tearing of flesh and bone during labor.
00:00:41Isolid stood below the steps of the throne, wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
00:00:44Her eyes read, as if she were the one who had suffered every injustice.
00:00:47Sister, don't be like this.
00:00:49She reached out and took the children, her voice as light as a scythe.
00:00:52I only want to share your burden.
00:00:55You have just given birth.
00:00:57Your body is too weak.
00:00:59Trembling, I crawled toward her.
00:01:01They are not a burden!
00:01:02They are my children!
00:01:04Varys looked down at me.
00:01:06There was no tenderness in his eyes, only impatience.
00:01:08He blocked my hand with one foot.
00:01:10Enough, Elana.
00:01:12I clenched my teeth and lifted my head.
00:01:15I beg you, let me hold them once.
00:01:18Just once.
00:01:19Isolid hugged the children tight and took half a step back.
00:01:23Varys, perhaps I should not have come.
00:01:26Sister seems to hate me so much.
00:01:28Varys immediately stood in front of her, as if shielding the most precious treasure in the world.
00:01:33Her soul is unstable.
00:01:35She can never bear children.
00:01:36His voice was cold.
00:01:38You are her elder sister.
00:01:40What is wrong with fulfilling her wish this once?
00:01:42Would you really watch her suffer for the rest of her life?
00:01:45I laughed until blood spilled from my mouth.
00:01:47Fulfill her wish with my flesh and blood!
00:01:51His brows drew tighter.
00:01:54Do not make yourself sound so pitiful.
00:01:56You are already the commander's wife.
00:01:58Is that still not enough?
00:02:00I looked at the children in his arms.
00:02:01My little daughter had cried until her face was red.
00:02:04My little son's dragon arms were no bigger than fingertips, glowing faintly.
00:02:09They should have been against my chest, listening to my heartbeat.
00:02:12But Varys turned and left.
00:02:14When Isolid passed by me, she lowered her head and smiled softly.
00:02:19Thank you, sister.
00:02:20In that moment, I learned that when a person's heart is hollowed out, she can still remain alive and grieve.
00:02:29That was eight years ago.
00:02:31Eight years later, I finally understood that what had been carried away that day was not only my children, but
00:02:36also my last hope of ever being loved.
00:02:41The dragon king of the western realm found me very late.
00:02:45Before that, I had grown up outside the dragon nest, like an abandoned wild beast.
00:02:51Later they said I was the lost daughter of the true dragon, and they brought me back to the royal
00:02:57city, giving me fine clothes, a name, and an old betrothal contract.
00:03:03When I married Varys, he was the dragon bone commander, cold, powerful, and disgusted by me.
00:03:10On our wedding night, he did not lift my bridle Laild.
00:03:12He only stood by the door and said,
00:03:14Alana, I married you only because of the betrothal.
00:03:17I asked softly.
00:03:19And afterwards?
00:03:20Do not covet what does not belong to you.
00:03:22He did not even look at me.
00:03:25A year later, he married Isloit.
00:03:27She was a false dragon daughter.
00:03:29Yet she looked more loved than I ever did.
00:03:32My parents doted on her.
00:03:34The servants respected her.
00:03:35And Varys protected her.
00:03:37Later, even my children called her mother.
00:03:41After eight years of marriage, the dragon god appeared again.
00:03:44A silver spirit body hovered above the outer keep, its light illuminating my empty room.
00:03:51The trial is over.
00:03:52Varys' soul love has reached completion.
00:03:55You may strip away your dragon soul and leave this world.
00:03:59Or you may remain.
00:04:00I stared at him blankly.
00:04:02He loves me.
00:04:03The words were so absurd, I almost wanted to laugh.
00:04:06He gave hatred to our wedding night.
00:04:08Gave my children to Isled.
00:04:10And gave all his tenderness to someone else.
00:04:14Dragon god, are you certain you have not seen wrong?
00:04:17The dragon god's gaze remained gentle.
00:04:19The love of the soul does not always appear as tenderness.
00:04:23Then how does it appear?
00:04:24As humiliation?
00:04:26Neglect?
00:04:27Or forcing me to kneel outside the door and listen to my children call another woman mother?
00:04:30The dragon god was silent.
00:04:33My tears finally fell.
00:04:34But not because I could not bear to leave Varys.
00:04:37I want to leave.
00:04:38Before the separation you have one day.
00:04:41The dragon god said.
00:04:42You may say goodbye.
00:04:44I thought of Lucian and Avaria.
00:04:46Even if they refused to acknowledge me.
00:04:49I wanted to see them one last time.
00:04:51So I went to the crystal corridor.
00:04:54Lucian was six.
00:04:55Standing in the light.
00:04:56His small dragon horns glimmering faintly.
00:04:59When he saw me the first thing he said was.
00:05:02Why are you here again?
00:05:05Lucian stepped back warily as if he had seen something filthy.
00:05:09Didn't I tell you not to come?
00:05:10If mother sees me talking to you, she will be sad.
00:05:14I crouched in front of him and tried to make my smile gentle.
00:05:18I only came to say goodbye.
00:05:20He frowned.
00:05:22Goodbye?
00:05:23Are you pretending to be pitiful again?
00:05:25My hand froze in midair.
00:05:30After today, we will not see each other again.
00:05:34Lucian paused, but his face quickly turned cold again.
00:05:38You say that every time.
00:05:40Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you so you can make mother cry?
00:05:45Lucian.
00:05:46I called his name softly.
00:05:47I am not trying to take you away.
00:05:50You are lying.
00:05:53Hatred filled his eyes.
00:05:55Mother said you have always wanted to steal me and my sister back.
00:05:59Why can't you leave us alone?
00:06:03Before I could answer, Varys' voice came from behind me.
00:06:08Elana.
00:06:10As he approached, the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.
00:06:16He seized my arm and dragged me into the room beside us.
00:06:20The door slammed shut, leaving Lucian outside.
00:06:25What exactly are you trying to do?
00:06:27Varys lowered his voice.
00:06:30Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.
00:06:32Must you expose their bloodline in front of them and make them suffer?
00:06:35I wrenched free of his hand.
00:06:37I am their birth mother.
00:06:40I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.
00:06:43Die?
00:06:44He sneered.
00:06:45Dragons do not die easily.
00:06:47Elana, do not use such words to trick others into pitying you.
00:06:51I am not lying to you.
00:06:52Then go apologize to Iseleth.
00:06:55He stared at me.
00:06:56Promise that from now on you will never disturb her family again.
00:07:02Her family.
00:07:03My husband, my children, the blood I had shed in childbirth.
00:07:07In the end, all of it had become her, her family.
00:07:10Suddenly, I became very calm.
00:07:18Varys, if one day I truly died, would you regret it?
00:07:23A flicker of impatience passed through his eyes.
00:07:26I would only regret having indulged you too much in the beginning.
00:07:32I nodded.
00:07:34All right.
00:07:35I will remember that.
00:07:39Outside the door, a maid's panicked voice suddenly rang out.
00:07:43Commander!
00:07:43Something is wrong!
00:07:45Miss Aurelia's dragon breath is unstable!
00:07:47And she is crying for Lady Elana's scent!
00:07:49Varys' expression changed, and he turned immediately.
00:07:52Looking at his back, I whispered.
00:07:54So she finally still remembers me.
00:07:57But that one memory almost cost me my life.
00:08:02Aurelia still remembered my scent.
00:08:05That alone was enough to make my heart ache.
00:08:08Until it softened.
00:08:10I returned to the outer keep and took out a soul crystal.
00:08:14The stone was cold in my palm.
00:08:16I cut my wrist open and let true dragon blood seep into it, drop by drop.
00:08:20When the blood fell into the crystal, silver-blue light flared.
00:08:24But my chest felt as if it had been torn open,
00:08:27and black dragon blood surged into my throat.
00:08:30The dragon god's voice sounded.
00:08:37Before the separation,
00:08:38your soul will split.
00:08:41Your blood will grow cold.
00:08:44And life will slowly leave your body.
00:08:47I wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.
00:08:50It does not matter.
00:08:53I am very good at enduring pain.
00:08:56A child raised in the bone wasteland
00:08:59learns first not to cry,
00:09:02but to keep silent.
00:09:04Crying draws monsters,
00:09:06saying it hurts only makes others think
00:09:08you are easier to bully.
00:09:10I carried the soul crystal to Silvermoon Tower.
00:09:14Inside the tower,
00:09:15warm light shone and soft fragrance drifted,
00:09:18as if it were another world.
00:09:20Lucian stood at the door and blocked me.
00:09:22What are you doing here again?
00:09:25Auraria wants my dragon breath.
00:09:27I brought it to her.
00:09:29Leave it here.
00:09:30He reached out and snatched the soul crystal away.
00:09:33You cannot go in.
00:09:34Mother will be unhappy.
00:09:40I looked at the figures through the crack in the door.
00:09:44Auraria lay in Isaleth's arms,
00:09:46calling her softly.
00:09:48Mother.
00:09:48Isalade lowered her head and kissed her forehead.
00:09:56Good child.
00:09:57Mother is here.
00:09:58Vera sat beside them,
00:10:00tucking Isalem's cloak around her.
00:10:02His voice was so gentle,
00:10:03I nearly failed to recognize it.
00:10:05You have worked hard.
00:10:06I stood outside the door,
00:10:08my wrists still bleeding.
00:10:10Isaleth suddenly lifted her eyes and saw me.
00:10:13The corner of her mouth curved.
00:10:16Holding my daughter,
00:10:17she mouthed silently to me.
00:10:19See?
00:10:20She only recognizes me.
00:10:23I lowered my eyes and turned away.
00:10:28But before I had gone far,
00:10:30a scream suddenly came from inside the tower.
00:10:33Cups and dishes shattered.
00:10:35A maid rushed out in the panic.
00:10:37Something has happened to the soul-calming crystal!
00:10:40Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!
00:10:44Before I could return to the Outer Keep,
00:10:46Varys came after me.
00:10:47He seized my wrist,
00:10:48his grip almost crushing the bones.
00:10:51Elena.
00:10:52You have grown bold indeed.
00:10:54Pain darkened my vision.
00:10:56Let go.
00:10:57You placed a soul-splitting curse in the crystal.
00:10:59His voice was as cold as snow.
00:11:01After Isluet touched it,
00:11:02her dragon soul became unstable,
00:11:03and Auroria vomited blood as well.
00:11:06I froze.
00:11:07Impossible.
00:11:08There was only my blood inside.
00:11:12Your blood?
00:11:13He laughed in fury.
00:11:15Do you think I would believe that?
00:11:16You can have the High Priest examine it.
00:11:18Before the matter is clarified,
00:11:20you will apologize to her first.
00:11:22He dragged me back to the front of Silvermoon Tower.
00:11:25Wind and snow struck my face,
00:11:27and I could barely stand.
00:11:29Lucian rushed out,
00:11:30his eyes frighteningly red.
00:11:32You hurt my sister!
00:11:35Lucian, I did not!
00:11:36You are still arguing!
00:11:37Flames of a young dragon lit on his little horns,
00:11:39and he slammed fiercely into my abdomen.
00:11:41I fell into the snow.
00:11:43My ribs felt broken,
00:11:44and my throat filled with the taste of blood.
00:11:46I hate you!
00:11:47He cried.
00:11:48Why don't you just die if you died?
00:11:50Mother would never be sad again!
00:11:52Only after those words fell did Varaz finally pull him away.
00:11:55I looked up at Vase,
00:11:56thinking he would at least say,
00:11:57Enough.
00:11:58But he only said coldly,
00:12:00Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.
00:12:02Kneel here and reflect on your wrongdoing.
00:12:04I knelt in the snow,
00:12:05the blood from my wrist freezing dark red.
00:12:07Inside Silvermoon Tower,
00:12:09the lamps were warm.
00:12:10My children were crying there,
00:12:12and my husband was guarding another woman.
00:12:14What if it turns out it was not me?
00:12:15He was silent for a moment.
00:12:17Then I will apologize.
00:12:19Apologize.
00:12:20Such a light word.
00:12:21Soon, the High Priest walked out of the tower,
00:12:23his face grave.
00:12:24Commander, the result is out.
00:12:27I lifted my head and saw Varus' face finally change.
00:12:32The High Priest said in a low voice,
00:12:35There is no curse.
00:12:36The crystal contains only true dragon blood.
00:12:39Miss Aurelia was merely frightened,
00:12:40and Lady Izzel's dragon soul briefly became unstable
00:12:43because of overexertion.
00:12:45The sound of snow suddenly seemed very loud.
00:12:48Varus froze where he stood.
00:12:49Lucian stood inside the tower door.
00:12:52Even after hearing the truth,
00:12:54he only clutched Isola's skirt tighter,
00:12:56and did not look at me.
00:12:58Varus came toward me as if he meant to help me up.
00:13:01Elena, I'm sorry.
00:13:05I did not give him my hand.
00:13:07He frowned.
00:13:09Lucian was only worried about his sister.
00:13:11He does not truly hate you.
00:13:13I wanted very much to ask.
00:13:14Then what would count as true hatred?
00:13:16Was it making me me kneel in the snow,
00:13:18letting my own child curse me to death?
00:13:20Or asking me to swallow all the pain
00:13:21and then understand them in return?
00:13:23But I was too tired.
00:13:25It does not matter.
00:13:26It will be over soon anyway.
00:13:28Varus' expression darkened slightly.
00:13:30What are you saying now?
00:13:32Before I could answer,
00:13:34Madam Morwen arrived with guards.
00:13:37She had been an old attendant
00:13:38by my birth parent's side.
00:13:40From the first day I returned to the dragon nest,
00:13:42she had never treated me as a true young lady.
00:13:45She glanced at me and frowned in disgust.
00:13:48Lady Alana,
00:13:49the dragon king and queen were furious
00:13:50when they heard you had harmed Isola.
00:13:52I am here to carry out family discipline.
00:13:55Varus said coldly,
00:13:56The matter has already been investigated.
00:13:58She did not cast a curse.
00:14:00But Morwen said indifferently,
00:14:02Yet Lady Isoleth was indeed frightened because of her.
00:14:05True dragon blood is filthy and uncontrollable.
00:14:09It deserves punishment.
00:14:11I lifted my head.
00:14:14My blood is filthy.
00:14:16Morwen waved her hand.
00:14:18Thirty strips with the dragon wax.
00:14:22When the first lash fell,
00:14:24I could not even make a sound.
00:14:26The dragon bit was carved with forbidden runes.
00:14:29Each strike felt as if my soul were being torn apart.
00:14:33After thirty trisses,
00:14:34the snow was dyed red with blood.
00:14:38Varus finally shouted in anger.
00:14:40Enough!
00:14:40But Morwen crouched down and pressed her hand to my chest.
00:14:43Not enough.
00:14:44Her most precious heart-guarding scale
00:14:46will be perfect stabilizing Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.
00:14:49My eyes widened.
00:14:50The next moment,
00:14:51she tore away my heart-guarding scale with my force.
00:15:12I am the daughter of the true dragon.
00:15:16But on the day I gave birth,
00:15:18my husband, Varus,
00:15:19carried my children away with his own hands.
00:15:30The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.
00:15:33I lay in a pool of blood,
00:15:35my fingertips digging into the seams of the stone,
00:15:37my voice horny enough to sound like someone else's.
00:15:41Varus, give me back my children.
00:15:43The two newborns cried in his arms.
00:15:45Each cry stabbed it,
00:15:46hurting more than the tearing of flesh and bone during labor.
00:15:49Isolid stood below the steps of the throne,
00:15:51wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
00:15:52Her eyes read,
00:15:53as if she were the one who had suffered every injustice.
00:15:55Sister, don't be like this.
00:15:57She reached out and took the children,
00:15:59her voice as light as a sigh.
00:16:01I only want to share your burden.
00:16:03You have just given birth.
00:16:05Your body is too weak.
00:16:07Trembling, I crawled toward her.
00:16:09They are not a burden!
00:16:10They are my children!
00:16:12Varus looked down at me.
00:16:14There was no tenderness in his eyes,
00:16:15only impatience.
00:16:16He blocked my hand with one foot.
00:16:18Enough, Elana.
00:16:20I clenched my teeth and lifted my head.
00:16:23I beg you,
00:16:25let me hold them once.
00:16:26Just once.
00:16:27Isolid hugged the children tight
00:16:29and took half a step back.
00:16:31Varus,
00:16:32perhaps I should not have come.
00:16:34Sister seems to hate me so much.
00:16:36Varus immediately stood in front of her,
00:16:38as if shielding the most precious treasure in the world.
00:16:41Her soul is unstable.
00:16:43She can never bear children.
00:16:44His voice was cold.
00:16:46You are her elder sister.
00:16:48What is wrong with fulfilling her wish this once?
00:16:50Would you really watch her suffer for the rest of her life?
00:16:53I laughed until blood spilled from my mouth.
00:16:56Fulfill her wish with my flesh and blood!
00:16:59His brows drew tighter.
00:17:01Do not make yourself sound so pitiful.
00:17:04You are already the commander's wife.
00:17:06Is that still not enough?
00:17:08I looked at the children in his arms.
00:17:09My little daughter had cried until her face was red.
00:17:13My little son's dragon arms were no bigger than fingertips,
00:17:16glowing faintly.
00:17:17They should have been against my chest,
00:17:19listening to my heartbeat.
00:17:20But Varus turned and left.
00:17:22When Isolette passed by me,
00:17:23she lowered her head and smiled softly.
00:17:27Thank you, sister.
00:17:28In that moment,
00:17:29I learned that when a person's heart is hollowed out,
00:17:32she can still remain alive
00:17:34and breathe.
00:17:37That was eight years ago.
00:17:39Eight years later,
00:17:40I finally understood that what had been carried away that day
00:17:42was not only my children,
00:17:44but also my last hope of ever being loved.
00:17:49The Dragon King of the Western Realm found me very late.
00:17:53Before that,
00:17:54I had grown up outside the dragon nest,
00:17:57like an abandoned wild beast.
00:17:59Later,
00:18:00they said I was the lost daughter of the true dragon,
00:18:03and they brought me back to the royal city,
00:18:05giving me fine clothes,
00:18:07a name,
00:18:08and an old betrothal contract.
00:18:11When I married Varus,
00:18:13he was the Dragon Bone Commander,
00:18:15cold,
00:18:15powerful,
00:18:16and disgusted by me.
00:18:18On our wedding night,
00:18:19he did not lift my bridle,
00:18:20Laild.
00:18:20He only stood by the door and said,
00:18:22Alana,
00:18:23I married you only because of the betrothal.
00:18:25I asked softly,
00:18:27and afterwards,
00:18:28do not covet what does not belong to you.
00:18:30He did not even look at me.
00:18:33A year later,
00:18:34he married Isloit.
00:18:35She was a false dragon daughter,
00:18:38yet she looked more loved than I ever did.
00:18:40My parents doted on her,
00:18:42the servants respected her,
00:18:43and Varus protected her.
00:18:45Later,
00:18:46even my children called her mother.
00:18:49After eight years of marriage,
00:18:51the Dragon God appeared again.
00:18:52A silver spirit body hovered above the outer keep,
00:18:56its light illuminating my empty room.
00:18:59The trial is over.
00:19:00Varus' soul love has reached completion.
00:19:03You may strip away your dragon soul
00:19:05and leave this world,
00:19:07or you may remain.
00:19:08I stared at him blankly.
00:19:10He loves me.
00:19:11The words were so absurd,
00:19:12I almost wanted to laugh.
00:19:14He gave hatred to our wedding night,
00:19:16gave my children to Isled,
00:19:18and gave all his tenderness to someone else.
00:19:22Dragon God,
00:19:23are you certain you have not seen wrong?
00:19:25The Dragon God's gaze remained gentle.
00:19:27The love of the soul does not always appear
00:19:30in his tenderness.
00:19:31Then how does it appear?
00:19:32As humiliation?
00:19:34Neglect?
00:19:35Or forcing me to kneel outside the door
00:19:37and listen to my children call another woman mother?
00:19:39The Dragon God was silent.
00:19:41My tears finally fell,
00:19:43but not because I could not bear to leave Varus.
00:19:45I want to leave.
00:19:46Before the separation,
00:19:48you have one day.
00:19:49The Dragon God said,
00:19:50You may say goodbye.
00:19:52I thought of Lucian and Averia.
00:19:54Even if they refused to acknowledge me,
00:19:57I wanted to see them one last time.
00:19:59So I went to the Crystal Corridor.
00:20:02Lucian was six,
00:20:03standing in the light,
00:20:04his small dragon horns glimmering faintly.
00:20:07When he saw me,
00:20:08the first thing he said was,
00:20:10Why are you here again?
00:20:13Lucian stepped back warily,
00:20:15as if he had seen something filthy.
00:20:17Didn't I tell you not to come?
00:20:18If Mother sees me talking to you,
00:20:21she will be sad.
00:20:22I crouched in front of him
00:20:24and tried to make my smile gentle.
00:20:26I only came to say goodbye.
00:20:28He frowned.
00:20:30Goodbye?
00:20:31Are you pretending to be pitiful again?
00:20:33My hand froze in midair.
00:20:38After today,
00:20:40we will not see each other again.
00:20:42Lucian paused,
00:20:43but his face quickly turned cold again.
00:20:46You say that every time.
00:20:48Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you
00:20:50so you can make Mother cry?
00:20:53Lucian.
00:20:54I called his name softly.
00:20:55I am not trying to take you away.
00:20:58You are lying.
00:21:01Hatred filled his eyes.
00:21:03Mother said you have always wanted
00:21:05to steal me and my sister back.
00:21:07Why can't you leave us alone?
00:21:12Before I could answer,
00:21:13Varys' voice came from behind me.
00:21:16Elana.
00:21:18As he approached,
00:21:19the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.
00:21:24He seized my arm
00:21:25and dragged me into the room beside us.
00:21:28The door slammed shut,
00:21:30leaving Lucian outside.
00:21:33What exactly are you trying to do?
00:21:35Varys lowered his voice.
00:21:38Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.
00:21:40Must you expose their bloodline in front of them
00:21:42and make them suffer?
00:21:43I wrenched free of his hand.
00:21:46I am their birth mother.
00:21:48I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.
00:21:51Die.
00:21:52He sneered.
00:21:53Dragons do not die easily.
00:21:55Elana,
00:21:56do not use such words to trick others into pitying you.
00:21:59I am not lying to you.
00:22:00Then go apologize to Iseleth.
00:22:03He stared at me.
00:22:04Promise that from now on,
00:22:06you will never disturb her family again.
00:22:10Her family.
00:22:11My husband,
00:22:12my children,
00:22:13the blood I had shed in childbirth.
00:22:15In the end,
00:22:16all of it had become her,
00:22:17her family.
00:22:18Suddenly,
00:22:19I became very calm.
00:22:24Varys,
00:22:26if one day I truly died,
00:22:29would you regret it?
00:22:31A flicker of impatience passed through his eyes.
00:22:34I would only regret having indulged you too much in the beginning.
00:22:40I nodded.
00:22:42All right.
00:22:43I will remember that.
00:22:48Outside the door,
00:22:49a maid's panicked voice suddenly rang out.
00:22:51Commander,
00:22:52something is wrong.
00:22:53Miss Aurelia's dragon breath is unstable,
00:22:54and she is crying for Lady Elana's scent.
00:22:57Varys' expression changed,
00:22:59and he turned immediately.
00:23:00Looking at his back,
00:23:01I whispered,
00:23:02so she finally still remembers me.
00:23:05But that one memory almost cost me my life.
00:23:10Aurelia still remembered my scent.
00:23:13That alone was enough to make my heart ache,
00:23:16until it softened.
00:23:18I returned to the outer keep and took out a soul crystal.
00:23:22The stone was cold in my palm.
00:23:24I cut my wrist open and let true dragon blood seep into it,
00:23:27drop by drop.
00:23:28When the blood fell into the crystal,
00:23:30silver-blue light flared,
00:23:32but my chest felt as if it had been torn open,
00:23:35and black dragon blood surged into my throat.
00:23:38The dragon god's voice sounded.
00:23:45Before the separation,
00:23:47your soul will split,
00:23:49your blood will grow cold,
00:23:52and life will slowly leave your body.
00:23:55I wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.
00:23:58It does not matter.
00:24:00I am very good at enduring pain.
00:24:04A child raised in the bone wasteland
00:24:07learns first not to cry,
00:24:10but to keep silent.
00:24:12Crying draws monsters,
00:24:14saying it hurts only makes others think you are easier to bully.
00:24:19I carried the soul crystal to Silvermoon Tower.
00:24:22Inside the tower,
00:24:23warm light shone and soft fragrance drifted,
00:24:26as if it were another world.
00:24:28Lucian stood at the door and blocked me.
00:24:30What are you doing here again?
00:24:33Auraria wants my dragon breath.
00:24:35I brought it to her.
00:24:37Leave it here.
00:24:38He reached out and snatched the soul crystal away.
00:24:41You cannot go in.
00:24:42Mother will be unhappy.
00:24:48I looked at the figures through the crack in the door.
00:24:52Auradia lay in Isaleth's arms,
00:24:54calling her softly.
00:24:56Mother.
00:24:57Isalade lowered her head and kissed her forehead.
00:25:04Good child.
00:25:05Mother is here.
00:25:06Vera sat beside them,
00:25:08tucking Isalem's cloak around her.
00:25:10His voice was so gentle,
00:25:11I nearly failed to recognize it.
00:25:13You have worked hard.
00:25:15I stood outside the door,
00:25:16my wrists still bleeding.
00:25:18Isaleth suddenly lifted her eyes and saw me.
00:25:21The corner of her mouth curved.
00:25:24Holding my daughter,
00:25:25she mouthed silently to me.
00:25:28See?
00:25:28She only recognizes me.
00:25:31I lowered my eyes and turned away.
00:25:36But before I had gone far,
00:25:38a scream suddenly came from inside the tower.
00:25:41Cups and dishes shattered.
00:25:43A maid rushed out in the panic.
00:25:45Something has happened to the soul-calming crystal!
00:25:48Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!
00:25:52Before I could return to the Outer Keep,
00:25:54Varys came after me.
00:25:55He seized my wrist,
00:25:56his grip almost crushing the bones.
00:25:59Elena,
00:26:00you have grown bold indeed.
00:26:03Pain darkened my vision.
00:26:04Let go.
00:26:05You placed a soul-splitting curse in the crystal.
00:26:07His voice was as cold as snow.
00:26:09After Isluet touched it,
00:26:10her dragon soul became unstable,
00:26:12and Auroria vomited blood as well.
00:26:14I froze.
00:26:15Impossible.
00:26:16There was only my blood inside.
00:26:20Your blood?
00:26:21He laughed in fury.
00:26:23Do you think I would believe that?
00:26:24You can have the High Priest examine it.
00:26:26Before the matter is clarified,
00:26:28you will apologize to her first.
00:26:30He dragged me back to the front of Silvermoon Tower.
00:26:33Wind and snow struck my face,
00:26:35and I could barely stand.
00:26:37Lucian rushed out,
00:26:38his eyes frighteningly red.
00:26:41You hurt my sister!
00:26:43Lucian, I did not!
00:26:44You are still arguing!
00:26:45Flames of a young dragon lit on his little horns,
00:26:47and he slammed fiercely into my abdomen.
00:26:50I fell into the snow.
00:26:51My ribs felt broken,
00:26:52and my throat filled with the taste of blood.
00:26:54I hate you!
00:26:56He cried.
00:26:57Why don't you just die if you died?
00:26:58Mother would never be sad again!
00:27:00Only after those words fell
00:27:01did Varas finally pull him away.
00:27:03I looked up at Vase,
00:27:04thinking he would at least say,
00:27:05enough.
00:27:06But he only said coldly,
00:27:08Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.
00:27:10Kneel here and reflect on your wrongdoing.
00:27:12I knelt in the snow,
00:27:13the blood from my wrist freezing dark red.
00:27:15Inside Silvermoon Tower,
00:27:17the lamps were warm.
00:27:18My children were crying there,
00:27:20and my husband was guarding another woman.
00:27:22What if it turns out it was not me?
00:27:23He was silent for a moment.
00:27:25Then I will apologize.
00:27:27Apologize?
00:27:28Such a light word.
00:27:29Soon,
00:27:30the High Priest walked out of the tower,
00:27:31his face grave.
00:27:33Commander,
00:27:33the result is out.
00:27:35I lifted my head
00:27:36and saw Varys' face finally change.
00:27:40The High Priest said in a low voice,
00:27:43There is no curse.
00:27:44The crystal contains only true dragon blood.
00:27:47Miss Aurelia was merely frightened,
00:27:48and Lady Izzel's dragon soul
00:27:50briefly became unstable
00:27:51because of overexertion.
00:27:53The sound of snow suddenly seemed very loud.
00:27:56Varys froze where he stood.
00:27:58Lucian stood inside the tower door.
00:28:00Even after hearing the truth,
00:28:02he only clutched Isoleth's skirt tighter
00:28:04and did not look at me.
00:28:06Varys came toward me
00:28:07as if he meant to help me up.
00:28:10Elena,
00:28:10I'm sorry.
00:28:13I did not give him my hand.
00:28:15He frowned.
00:28:17Lucian was only worried about his sister.
00:28:19He does not truly hate you.
00:28:21I wanted very much to ask.
00:28:22Then what would count as true hatred?
00:28:24Was it making Mimi kneel in the snow,
00:28:26letting my own child curse me to death?
00:28:28Or asking me to swallow all the pain
00:28:30and then understand them in return?
00:28:31But I was too tired.
00:28:33It does not matter.
00:28:34It will be over soon anyway.
00:28:36Varys' expression darkened slightly.
00:28:38What are you saying now?
00:28:40Before I could answer,
00:28:42Madam Morwen arrived with guards.
00:28:45She had been an old attendant
00:28:47by my birth parent's side.
00:28:48From the first day
00:28:49I returned to the dragon nest.
00:28:51She had never treated me
00:28:52as a true young lady.
00:28:53She glanced at me
00:28:54and frowned in disgust.
00:28:56Lady Alana,
00:28:57the dragon king and queen
00:28:58were furious
00:28:59when they heard you had harmed Isoleth.
00:29:00I am here to carry out
00:29:02family discipline.
00:29:03Varys said coldly.
00:29:04The matter has already been investigated.
00:29:06She did not cast a curse.
00:29:08But Morwen said indifferently.
00:29:10Yet Lady Isoleth
00:29:11was indeed frightened
00:29:12because of her.
00:29:13True dragon blood
00:29:14is filthy and uncontrollable.
00:29:17It deserves punishment.
00:29:20I lifted my head.
00:29:22My blood is filthy.
00:29:24Morwen waved her hand.
00:29:26Thirty strips with the dragon wax.
00:29:30When the first lash fell,
00:29:32I could not even make a sound.
00:29:34The dragon bit was carved
00:29:35with forbidden runes.
00:29:37Each strike felt as if
00:29:38my soul were being torn apart.
00:29:41After thirty trisses,
00:29:42the snow was dyed red with blood.
00:29:46Varys finally shouted in anger.
00:29:48Enough!
00:29:48But Morwen crouched down
00:29:49and pressed her hand to my chest.
00:29:51Not enough.
00:29:52Her most precious heart-guarding scale
00:29:54will be perfect stabilizing
00:29:55Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.
00:29:57My eyes widened.
00:29:58The next moment,
00:29:59she tore away my heart-guarding scale
00:30:01with my force.
00:30:20I am the daughter of the true dragon.
00:30:24But on the day I gave birth,
00:30:26my husband, Varys,
00:30:27carried my children away
00:30:28with his own hands.
00:30:38The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.
00:30:41I lay in a pool of blood,
00:30:43my fingertips digging
00:30:44into the seams of the stone,
00:30:45my voice horny enough
00:30:46to sound like someone else's.
00:30:49Varys, give me back my children.
00:30:51The two newborns cried in his arms.
00:30:53Each cry stabbed it,
00:30:54hurting more than the tearing
00:30:55of flesh and bone during labor.
00:30:57Isoleth stood below the steps
00:30:58of the throne,
00:30:59wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
00:31:00Her eyes red,
00:31:01as if she were the one
00:31:02who had suffered every injustice.
00:31:03Sister, don't be like this.
00:31:05She reached out
00:31:06and took the children,
00:31:07her voice as light as a sigh.
00:31:09I only want to share your burden.
00:31:11You have just given birth.
00:31:13Your body is too weak.
00:31:15Trembling, I crawled toward her.
00:31:17They are not a burden.
00:31:19They are my children.
00:31:20Varys looked down at me.
00:31:22There was no tenderness
00:31:23and his eyes,
00:31:23only in patience.
00:31:24He blocked my hand with one foot.
00:31:26Enough, Elana.
00:31:28I clenched my teeth
00:31:30and lifted my head.
00:31:31I beg you,
00:31:33let me hold them once.
00:31:34Just once.
00:31:36Isoleth hugged the children tight
00:31:37and took half a step back.
00:31:39Varys, perhaps I should not have come.
00:31:42Sister seems to hate me so much.
00:31:44Varys immediately stood in front of her,
00:31:46as if shielding
00:31:47the most precious treasure
00:31:48in the world.
00:31:49Her soul is unstable.
00:31:51She can never bear children.
00:31:52His voice was cold.
00:31:54You are her elder sister.
00:31:56What is wrong with fulfilling
00:31:57her wish this once?
00:31:58Would you really watch her suffer
00:32:00for the rest of her life?
00:32:01I laughed until blood spilled
00:32:03from my mouth.
00:32:04Fulfill her wish
00:32:05with my flesh and blood?
00:32:08His brows drew tighter.
00:32:10Do not make yourself
00:32:11sound so pitiful.
00:32:12You are already
00:32:13the commander's wife.
00:32:14Is that still not enough?
00:32:16I looked at the children
00:32:17in his arms.
00:32:17My little daughter had cried
00:32:19until her face was red.
00:32:20My little son's dragon arms
00:32:22were no bigger than fingertips,
00:32:24glowing faintly.
00:32:25They should have been
00:32:26against my chest,
00:32:27listening to my heartbeat.
00:32:28But Varys turned and left.
00:32:30When Isoleth passed by me,
00:32:31she lowered her head
00:32:32and smiled softly.
00:32:35Thank you, sister.
00:32:36In that moment,
00:32:37I learned that
00:32:38when a person's heart
00:32:39is hollowed out,
00:32:40she can still remain alive
00:32:42and greed.
00:32:45That was eight years ago.
00:32:47Eight years later,
00:32:48I finally understood
00:32:49that what had been carried away
00:32:50that day
00:32:50was not only my children,
00:32:52but also my last hope
00:32:53of ever being loved.
00:32:57The Dragon King
00:32:58of the Western Realm
00:32:59found me very late.
00:33:01Before that,
00:33:02I had grown up
00:33:03outside the dragon nest,
00:33:05like an abandoned wild beast.
00:33:07Later, they said
00:33:08I was the lost daughter
00:33:09of the true dragon
00:33:10and they brought me back
00:33:12to the royal city,
00:33:13giving me fine clothes,
00:33:15a name,
00:33:16and an old betrothal contract.
00:33:19When I married Varys,
00:33:21he was the dragon bone commander,
00:33:23cold, powerful,
00:33:24and disgusted by me.
00:33:26On our wedding night,
00:33:27he did not lift
00:33:27my bridal lailed.
00:33:29He only stood by the door
00:33:30and said,
00:33:30Elana, I married you
00:33:32only because of the betrothal.
00:33:33I asked softly,
00:33:35And afterwards?
00:33:36Do not covet
00:33:37what does not belong to you.
00:33:38He did not even
00:33:39look at me.
00:33:41A year later,
00:33:42he married Isloit.
00:33:44She was a false dragon daughter.
00:33:46Yet she looked more loved
00:33:47than I ever did.
00:33:48My parents doted on her.
00:33:50The servants respected her.
00:33:51And Varys protected her.
00:33:54Later,
00:33:54even my children
00:33:55called her mother.
00:33:57After eight years of marriage,
00:33:59the Dragon God
00:33:59appeared again.
00:34:00A silver spirit body
00:34:02hovered above the outer keep,
00:34:04its light illuminating
00:34:05my empty room.
00:34:07The trial is over.
00:34:08Varys' soul love
00:34:10has reached completion.
00:34:11You may strip away
00:34:12your dragon soul
00:34:13and leave this world.
00:34:15Or you may remain.
00:34:16I stared at him blankly.
00:34:18He loves me.
00:34:19The words were so absurd,
00:34:21I almost wanted to laugh.
00:34:22He gave hatred
00:34:23to our wedding night,
00:34:24gave my children
00:34:25to Isled,
00:34:26and gave all his tenderness
00:34:28to someone else.
00:34:30Dragon God,
00:34:31are you certain
00:34:32you have not seen wrong?
00:34:33The Dragon God's gaze
00:34:34remained gentle.
00:34:36The love of the soul
00:34:37does not always appear
00:34:38as tenderness.
00:34:39Then how does it appear?
00:34:40As humiliation?
00:34:42Neglect?
00:34:43Or forcing me
00:34:44to kneel outside the door
00:34:45and listen to my children
00:34:45call another woman mother?
00:34:46The Dragon God
00:34:48was silent.
00:34:49My tears finally fell,
00:34:51but not because
00:34:52I could not bear
00:34:52to leave Varys.
00:34:53I want to leave.
00:34:55Before the separation
00:34:56you have one day,
00:34:57the Dragon God said,
00:34:58You may say goodbye.
00:35:00I thought of Lucian
00:35:01and Avaria.
00:35:02Even if they refused
00:35:04to acknowledge me,
00:35:05I wanted to see them
00:35:06one last time.
00:35:07So I went to
00:35:08the Crystal Corridor.
00:35:10Lucian was six,
00:35:11standing in the light,
00:35:12his small dragon horns
00:35:14glimmering faintly.
00:35:15When he saw me,
00:35:16the first thing he said was,
00:35:18Why are you here again?
00:35:22Lucian stepped back warily
00:35:23as if he had seen
00:35:24something filthy.
00:35:25Didn't I tell you
00:35:26not to come?
00:35:27If Mother sees me
00:35:28talking to you,
00:35:29she will be sad.
00:35:30I crouched in front of him
00:35:32and tried to make
00:35:32my smile gentle.
00:35:34I only came to say goodbye.
00:35:36He frowned.
00:35:38Goodbye?
00:35:39Are you pretending
00:35:40to be pitiful again?
00:35:41My hand froze in midair.
00:35:46After today,
00:35:48we will not see
00:35:49each other again.
00:35:50Lucian paused,
00:35:52but his face
00:35:52quickly turned cold again.
00:35:54You say that every time.
00:35:56Are you trying to make
00:35:57me feel sorry for you
00:35:58so you can make
00:35:58Mother cry?
00:36:01Lucian...
00:36:02I called his name softly.
00:36:04I am not trying
00:36:05to take you away.
00:36:06You are lying.
00:36:09Hatred filled his eyes.
00:36:11Mother said you have
00:36:12always wanted to steal
00:36:13me and my sister back.
00:36:15Why can't you leave us alone?
00:36:20Before I could answer,
00:36:22Varys' voice came
00:36:23from behind me.
00:36:25Elana...
00:36:26As he approached,
00:36:27the entire corridor
00:36:29seemed to grow colder.
00:36:32He seized my arm
00:36:33and dragged me
00:36:34into the room beside us.
00:36:36The door slammed shut,
00:36:38leaving Lucian outside.
00:36:41What exactly are you
00:36:42trying to do?
00:36:43Varys lowered his voice.
00:36:46Lucian and Aurelia
00:36:47were raised by Iselth.
00:36:49Must you expose
00:36:49their bloodline in front of them
00:36:50and make them suffer?
00:36:51I wrenched free of his hand.
00:36:53I am their birth mother.
00:36:56I only wanted to say
00:36:57goodbye before I die.
00:36:59Die?
00:37:00He sneered.
00:37:01Dragons do not die easily.
00:37:03Elana,
00:37:04do not use such words
00:37:05to trick others
00:37:06into pitying you.
00:37:07I am not lying to you.
00:37:09Then go apologize
00:37:10to Iselth.
00:37:11He stared at me.
00:37:13Promise that from now on
00:37:14you will never disturb
00:37:15her family again.
00:37:18Her family.
00:37:20My husband,
00:37:20my children,
00:37:21the blood I had shed
00:37:22in childbirth.
00:37:23In the end,
00:37:24all of it had become
00:37:25her, her family.
00:37:26Suddenly,
00:37:27I became very calm.
00:37:33Varys.
00:37:35If one day
00:37:35I truly died,
00:37:37would you regret it?
00:37:39A flicker of impatience
00:37:41passed through his eyes.
00:37:42I would only regret
00:37:44having indulged you
00:37:45too much in the beginning.
00:37:48I nodded.
00:37:50All right.
00:37:51I will remember that.
00:37:56Outside the door,
00:37:57a maid's panicked voice
00:37:58suddenly rang out.
00:37:59Commander,
00:38:00something is wrong.
00:38:01Miss Aurelia's dragon breath
00:38:02is unstable
00:38:03and she is crying
00:38:04for Lady Alana's scent.
00:38:05Varys' expression changed
00:38:07and he turned immediately.
00:38:09Looking at his back,
00:38:09I whispered.
00:38:10So she finally
00:38:12still remembers me.
00:38:13But that one memory
00:38:14almost cost me my life.
00:38:18Aurelia still remembered
00:38:20my scent.
00:38:21That alone
00:38:22was enough
00:38:23to make my heart ache
00:38:24until it softened.
00:38:26I returned to the outer keep
00:38:28and took out a soul crystal.
00:38:30The stone was cold
00:38:31in my palm.
00:38:32I cut my wrist open
00:38:33and let true dragon blood
00:38:34seep into it,
00:38:35drop by drop.
00:38:36When the blood fell
00:38:37into the crystal,
00:38:39silver-blue light flared,
00:38:40but my chest felt
00:38:41as if it had been torn open
00:38:43and black dragon blood
00:38:44surged into my throat.
00:38:46The dragon god's voice sounded.
00:38:53Before the separation,
00:38:55your soul will split.
00:38:57Your blood will grow cold.
00:39:00And life will slowly
00:39:01leave your body.
00:39:03I wipe the blood
00:39:05from the corner of my mouth.
00:39:06It does not matter.
00:39:09I am very good
00:39:10at enduring pain.
00:39:12A child raised
00:39:14in the bone wasteland
00:39:15learns first
00:39:17not to cry,
00:39:18but to keep silent.
00:39:20Crying draws monsters.
00:39:22Saying it hurts
00:39:23only makes others
00:39:24think you are easier
00:39:25to bully.
00:39:27I carried the soul crystal
00:39:28to Silvermoon Tower.
00:39:30Inside the tower,
00:39:31warm light shone
00:39:32and soft fragrance drifted
00:39:34as if it were another world.
00:39:36Lucian stood at the door
00:39:37and blocked me.
00:39:38What are you doing here again?
00:39:41Auraria wants my dragon breath.
00:39:43I brought it to her.
00:39:44Leave it here.
00:39:46He reached out
00:39:47and snatched
00:39:47the soul crystal away.
00:39:49You cannot go in.
00:39:50Mother will be unhappy.
00:39:57I looked at the figures
00:39:58through the crack
00:39:59in the door.
00:40:00Auradia lay in
00:40:01Isaleth's arms,
00:40:02calling her softly.
00:40:04Mother.
00:40:05Isalade lowered her head
00:40:06and kissed her forehead.
00:40:12Good child.
00:40:13Mother is here.
00:40:14Vera sat beside them,
00:40:16tucking Isalem's cloak
00:40:17around her.
00:40:18His voice was so gentle
00:40:19I nearly failed
00:40:20to recognize it.
00:40:21You have worked hard.
00:40:23I stood outside the door,
00:40:24my wrists still bleeding.
00:40:26Isaleth suddenly lifted
00:40:27her eyes and saw me.
00:40:29The corner of her mouth
00:40:30curved.
00:40:32Holding my daughter,
00:40:33she mouthed silently to me.
00:40:36See?
00:40:37She only recognizes me.
00:40:39I lowered my eyes
00:40:41and turned away.
00:40:44But before I had gone far,
00:40:46a scream suddenly came
00:40:48from inside the tower.
00:40:49Cups and dishes shattered.
00:40:51A maid rushed out
00:40:52in the panic.
00:40:53Something has happened
00:40:54to the soul-calming crystal!
00:40:56Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!
00:41:00Before I could return
00:41:01to the Outer Keep,
00:41:02Varys came after me.
00:41:03He seized my wrist,
00:41:05his grip almost crushing
00:41:06the bones.
00:41:07Elena,
00:41:08you have grown bold indeed.
00:41:11Pain darkened my vision.
00:41:13Let go.
00:41:13You placed a soul-splitting curse
00:41:15in the crystal.
00:41:15His voice was as cold as snow.
00:41:17After Isaleth touched it,
00:41:18her dragon soul became unstable
00:41:20and Auroria vomited blood as well.
00:41:22I froze.
00:41:23Impossible.
00:41:24There was only my blood inside.
00:41:28Your blood?
00:41:29He laughed in fury.
00:41:31Do you think I would believe that?
00:41:32You can have the High Priest examine it.
00:41:34Before the matter is clarified,
00:41:36you will apologize to her first.
00:41:38He dragged me back
00:41:39to the front of Silvermoon Tower.
00:41:41Wind and snow struck my face
00:41:43and I could barely stand.
00:41:45Lucian rushed out,
00:41:46his eyes frighteningly red.
00:41:49You hurt my sister!
00:41:51Lucian, I did not!
00:41:52You are still arguing!
00:41:53Flames of a young dragon
00:41:54lit on his little horns
00:41:55and he slammed fiercely
00:41:57into my abdomen.
00:41:58I fell into the snow.
00:41:59My ribs felt broken
00:42:00and my throat filled
00:42:02with the taste of blood.
00:42:03I hate you!
00:42:04He cried.
00:42:05Why don't you just die if you died?
00:42:06Mother would never be sad
00:42:07again!
00:42:08Only after those words fell
00:42:09did Varas finally pull him away.
00:42:11I looked up at Vase,
00:42:12thinking he would at least say,
00:42:13Enough.
00:42:14But he only said coldly,
00:42:16Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.
00:42:18Kneel here and reflect
00:42:19on your wrongdoing.
00:42:20I knelt in the snow,
00:42:21the blood from my wrist
00:42:22freezing dark red.
00:42:23Inside Silvermoon Tower,
00:42:25the lamps were warm.
00:42:26My children were crying there
00:42:28and my husband was guarding
00:42:29another woman.
00:42:30What if it turns out
00:42:31it was not me?
00:42:32He was silent for a moment.
00:42:33Then I will apologize.
00:42:35Apologize?
00:42:36Such a light word.
00:42:37Soon,
00:42:38the High Priest
00:42:38walked out of the tower,
00:42:40his face grave.
00:42:41Commander,
00:42:41the result is out.
00:42:43I lifted my head
00:42:44and saw Varus' face
00:42:45finally change.
00:42:48The High Priest
00:42:50said in a low voice,
00:42:51There is no curse.
00:42:52The crystal contains
00:42:53only true dragon blood.
00:42:55Miss Aurelia
00:42:56was merely frightened
00:42:57and Lady Isol's dragon soul
00:42:58briefly became unstable
00:43:00because of overexertion.
00:43:01The sound of snow
00:43:02suddenly seemed very loud.
00:43:04Varus froze
00:43:05where he stood.
00:43:06Lucian stood inside
00:43:07the tower door.
00:43:08Even after hearing the truth,
00:43:10he only clutched
00:43:11Isol's skirt tighter
00:43:12and did not look at me.
00:43:14Varus came toward me
00:43:15as if he meant
00:43:16to help me up.
00:43:18Elena,
00:43:18I'm sorry.
00:43:21I did not give him my hand.
00:43:23He frowned.
00:43:25Lucian was only worried
00:43:26about his sister.
00:43:27He does not truly hate you.
00:43:29I wanted very much to ask.
00:43:31Then what would count
00:43:31as true hatred?
00:43:32Was it making me
00:43:33me kneel in the snow,
00:43:34letting my own child
00:43:35curse me to death?
00:43:36Or asking me to swallow
00:43:37all the pain
00:43:38and then understand them
00:43:39in return?
00:43:39But I was too tired.
00:43:41It does not matter.
00:43:42It will be over soon anyway.
00:43:44Varus' expression
00:43:45darkened slightly.
00:43:46What are you saying now?
00:43:48Before I could answer,
00:43:50Madam Morwen arrived
00:43:51with guards.
00:43:53She had been an old attendant
00:43:55by my birth parent's side.
00:43:56From the first day
00:43:57I returned to the dragon nest.
00:43:59She had never treated me
00:44:00as a true young lady.
00:44:01She glanced at me
00:44:02and frowned in disgust.
00:44:04Lady Alana,
00:44:05the dragon king and queen
00:44:06were furious
00:44:07when they heard you
00:44:07had harmed Isoleth.
00:44:09I am here to carry out
00:44:10family discipline.
00:44:11Varus said coldly.
00:44:12The matter has already
00:44:13been investigated.
00:44:14She did not cast a curse.
00:44:16But Morwen said indifferently.
00:44:18Yet Lady Isoleth
00:44:19was indeed frightened
00:44:20because of her.
00:44:21True dragon blood
00:44:23is filthy and uncontrollable.
00:44:25It deserves punishment.
00:44:27I lifted my head.
00:44:30My blood is filthy.
00:44:32Morwen waved her hand.
00:44:34Thirty strips
00:44:35with the dragon wax.
00:44:38When the first lash fell,
00:44:40I could not even make a sound.
00:44:42The dragon bit was carved
00:44:43with forbidden runes.
00:44:45Each strike felt as if
00:44:46my soul were being torn apart.
00:44:49After thirty trisses,
00:44:51the snow was dyed
00:44:52red with blood.
00:44:54Varus finally shouted in anger.
00:44:56But Morwen crouched down
00:44:58and pressed her hand
00:44:58to my chest.
00:44:59Not enough.
00:45:00Her most precious
00:45:01heart-guarding scale
00:45:02will be perfect stabilizing
00:45:04Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.
00:45:05My eyes widened.
00:45:06The next moment,
00:45:07she tore away
00:45:08my heart-guarding scale
00:45:09with my force.
00:45:29I am the daughter
00:45:30of the true dragon.
00:45:32But on the day I gave birth,
00:45:34my husband, Varus,
00:45:35carried my children away
00:45:36with his own hands.
00:45:47The dragon crystal
00:45:48was bitterly cold.
00:45:49I lay in a pool of blood,
00:45:51my fingertips digging
00:45:52into the seams of the stone,
00:45:53my voice horny enough
00:45:54to sound like someone else's.
00:45:57Varus, give me back
00:45:58my children.
00:45:59The two newborns cried
00:46:00in his arms.
00:46:01Each cry stabbed it,
00:46:02hurting more than the tearing
00:46:03of flesh and bone
00:46:04during labor.
00:46:05Isoleth stood below
00:46:06the steps of the throne,
00:46:07wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
00:46:08Her eyes read,
00:46:09as if she were the one
00:46:10who had suffered
00:46:10every injustice.
00:46:11Sister, don't be like this.
00:46:13She reached out
00:46:14and took the children,
00:46:15her voice as light as a sigh.
00:46:17I only want to share
00:46:18your burden.
00:46:19You have just given birth.
00:46:21Your body is too weak.
00:46:23Trembling, I crawled toward her.
00:46:25They are not a burden.
00:46:27They are my children.
00:46:28Varus looked down at me.
00:46:30There was no tenderness
00:46:31in his eyes,
00:46:32only impatience.
00:46:32He blocked my hand
00:46:33with one foot.
00:46:34Enough, Elana.
00:46:37I clenched my teeth
00:46:38and lifted my head.
00:46:39I beg you,
00:46:41let me hold them once.
00:46:42Just once.
00:46:44Isoleth hugged
00:46:45the children tight
00:46:45and took half a step back.
00:46:47Varus, perhaps I should
00:46:49not have come.
00:46:50Sister seems to hate me
00:46:51so much.
00:46:52Varus immediately
00:46:53stood in front of her,
00:46:54as if shielding
00:46:55the most precious treasure
00:46:57in the world.
00:46:58Her soul is unstable.
00:46:59She can never bear children.
00:47:01His voice was cold.
00:47:02You are her elder sister.
00:47:04What is wrong with
00:47:05fulfilling her wish
00:47:05this once?
00:47:06Would you really watch her
00:47:08suffer for the rest
00:47:08of her life?
00:47:09I laughed
00:47:10until blood spilled
00:47:11from my mouth.
00:47:12Fulfill her wish
00:47:13with my flesh and blood?
00:47:16His brows drew tighter.
00:47:18Do not make yourself
00:47:19sound so pitiful.
00:47:20You are already
00:47:21the commander's wife.
00:47:22Is that still not enough?
00:47:24I looked at the children
00:47:25in his arms.
00:47:26My little daughter
00:47:27had cried
00:47:27until her face was red.
00:47:28My little son's dragon arms
00:47:30were no bigger than
00:47:31fingertips, glowing faintly.
00:47:33They should have been
00:47:34against my chest,
00:47:35listening to my heartbeat.
00:47:36But Varus turned and left.
00:47:38When Isolette passed by me,
00:47:39she lowered her head
00:47:40and smiled softly.
00:47:43Thank you, sister.
00:47:45In that moment,
00:47:46I learned that when
00:47:46a person's heart
00:47:47is hollowed out,
00:47:48she can still remain alive
00:47:50and breathe.
00:47:53That was eight years ago.
00:47:55Eight years later,
00:47:56I finally understood
00:47:57that what had been
00:47:58carried away that day
00:47:59was not only my children,
00:48:00but also my last hope
00:48:02of ever being loved.
00:48:05The Dragon King
00:48:06of the Western Realm
00:48:08found me very late.
00:48:09Before that,
00:48:10I had grown up
00:48:11outside the dragon nest,
00:48:13like an abandoned
00:48:14wild beast.
00:48:15Later, they said
00:48:16I was the lost daughter
00:48:18of the true dragon,
00:48:19and they brought me back
00:48:20to the royal city,
00:48:21giving me fine clothes,
00:48:23a name,
00:48:24and an old betrothal contract.
00:48:28When I married Varus,
00:48:29he was the Dragonbone Commander,
00:48:31cold, powerful,
00:48:32and disgusted by me.
00:48:34On our wedding night,
00:48:35he did not lift
00:48:36my bridal laild.
00:48:37He only stood by the door
00:48:38and said,
00:48:39Alana, I married you
00:48:40only because of the betrothal.
00:48:41I asked softly,
00:48:43And afterwards?
00:48:44Do not covet
00:48:45what does not belong to you.
00:48:46He did not even look at me.
00:48:49A year later,
00:48:50he married Isloit.
00:48:52She was a false
00:48:53dragon daughter.
00:48:54Yet she looked more loved
00:48:55than I ever did.
00:48:56My parents doted on her,
00:48:58the servants respected her,
00:48:59and Varus protected her.
00:49:02Later,
00:49:02even my children
00:49:03called her mother.
00:49:05After eight years
00:49:06of marriage,
00:49:07the Dragon God
00:49:08appeared again.
00:49:09A silver spirit body
00:49:10hovered above
00:49:11the outer keep,
00:49:12its light illuminating
00:49:13my empty room.
00:49:15The trial is over.
00:49:17Varus' soul love
00:49:18has reached completion.
00:49:19You may strip away
00:49:20your dragon soul
00:49:21and leave this world,
00:49:23or you may remain.
00:49:24I stared at him blankly.
00:49:26He loves me.
00:49:27The words were so absurd,
00:49:29I almost wanted to laugh.
00:49:30He gave hatred
00:49:31to our wedding night,
00:49:32gave my children
00:49:33to Isled,
00:49:34and gave all his tenderness
00:49:36to someone else.
00:49:38Dragon God,
00:49:39are you certain
00:49:40you have not seen wrong?
00:49:41The Dragon God's gaze
00:49:42remained gentle.
00:49:43The love of the soul
00:49:45does not always appear
00:49:46as tenderness.
00:49:47Then how does it appear?
00:49:49As humiliation?
00:49:50Neglect?
00:49:51Or forcing me
00:49:52to kneel outside the door
00:49:53and listen to my children
00:49:53call another woman mother?
00:49:55The Dragon God
00:49:56was silent.
00:49:57My tears finally fell,
00:49:59but not because
00:50:00I could not bear
00:50:00to leave Varus.
00:50:01I want to leave.
00:50:03Before the separation
00:50:04you have one day,
00:50:05the Dragon God said,
00:50:06you may say goodbye.
00:50:08I thought of Lucian
00:50:10and Avaria,
00:50:11even if they refused
00:50:12to acknowledge me.
00:50:13I wanted to see them
00:50:14one last time,
00:50:15so I went to
00:50:16the Crystal Corridor.
00:50:18Lucian was six,
00:50:19standing in the light,
00:50:21his small dragon horns
00:50:22glimmering faintly.
00:50:24When he saw me,
00:50:25the first thing he said was,
00:50:26Why are you here again?
00:50:30Lucian stepped back warily
00:50:31as if he had seen
00:50:32something filthy.
00:50:33Didn't I tell you
00:50:34not to come?
00:50:34If Mother sees me
00:50:36talking to you,
00:50:37she will be sad.
00:50:38I crouched in front of him
00:50:40and tried to make
00:50:41my smile gentle.
00:50:42I only came to say goodbye.
00:50:44He frowned.
00:50:46Goodbye?
00:50:47Are you pretending
00:50:48to be pitiful again?
00:50:49My hand froze in midair.
00:50:54After today,
00:50:56we will not see
00:50:57each other again.
00:50:58Lucian paused,
00:51:00but his face
00:51:00quickly turned cold again.
00:51:02You say that every time.
00:51:04Are you trying to make me
00:51:05feel sorry for you
00:51:06so you can make Mother cry?
00:51:09Lucian.
00:51:10I called his name softly.
00:51:12I am not trying
00:51:13to take you away.
00:51:14You are lying.
00:51:17Hatred filled his eyes.
00:51:19Mother said you have
00:51:20always wanted to steal
00:51:22me and my sister back.
00:51:23Why can't you
00:51:24leave us alone?
00:51:28Before I could answer,
00:51:30Varys' voice came
00:51:31from behind me.
00:51:33Elana.
00:51:34As he approached,
00:51:35the entire corridor
00:51:37seemed to grow colder.
00:51:40He seized my arm
00:51:42and dragged me
00:51:42into the room beside us.
00:51:45The door slammed shut,
00:51:46leaving Lucian outside.
00:51:49What exactly
00:51:50are you trying to do?
00:51:51Varys lowered his voice.
00:51:54Lucian and Aurelia
00:51:55were raised by Iselth.
00:51:57Must you expose
00:51:57their bloodline
00:51:58in front of them
00:51:58and make them suffer?
00:51:59I wrenched free
00:52:00of his hand.
00:52:02I am their birth mother.
00:52:04I only wanted
00:52:05to say goodbye
00:52:06before I die.
00:52:07Die.
00:52:08He sneered.
00:52:09Dragons do not die easily.
00:52:11Elana,
00:52:12do not use such words
00:52:13to trick others
00:52:14into pitying you.
00:52:15I am not lying to you.
00:52:17Then go apologize
00:52:18to Iseleth.
00:52:19He stared at me.
00:52:21Promise
00:52:21that from now on
00:52:22you will never disturb
00:52:23her family
00:52:24again.
00:52:26Her family,
00:52:28my husband,
00:52:28my children,
00:52:29the blood I had shed
00:52:30in childbirth.
00:52:31In the end,
00:52:32all of it had become
00:52:33her, her family.
00:52:34Suddenly,
00:52:35I became very calm.
00:52:41Varys,
00:52:42if one day
00:52:44I truly died,
00:52:45would you regret it?
00:52:47A flicker of impatience
00:52:49passed through his eyes.
00:52:51I would only regret
00:52:52having indulged you
00:52:53too much
00:52:53in the beginning.
00:52:56I nodded.
00:52:58All right.
00:52:59I will remember that.
00:53:04Outside the door,
00:53:05a maid's panicked voice
00:53:06suddenly rang out.
00:53:07Commander,
00:53:08something is wrong.
00:53:09Miss Aurelia's
00:53:10dragon breath is unstable
00:53:11and she is crying
00:53:12for Lady Elana's scent.
00:53:13Varys' expression changed
00:53:15and he turned immediately.
00:53:17Looking at his back,
00:53:18I whispered,
00:53:18so she finally
00:53:20still remembers me.
00:53:21But that one memory
00:53:23almost cost me my life.
00:53:26Aurelia still remembered
00:53:28my scent.
00:53:29That alone
00:53:30was enough
00:53:31to make my heart ache
00:53:32until it softened.
00:53:35I returned to the outer keep
00:53:36and took out a soul crystal.
00:53:38The stone was cold
00:53:39in my palm.
00:53:40I cut my wrist open
00:53:41and let true dragon blood
00:53:42seep into it
00:53:43drop by drop.
00:53:44When the blood fell
00:53:45into the crystal,
00:53:47silver-blue light flared,
00:53:48but my chest felt
00:53:49as if it had been torn open
00:53:51and black dragon blood
00:53:52surged into my throat.
00:53:55The dragon god's voice sounded.
00:54:01Before the separation,
00:54:03your soul will split,
00:54:05your blood will grow cold,
00:54:08and life will slowly
00:54:10leave your body.
00:54:11I wipe the blood
00:54:13from the corner of my mouth.
00:54:14It does not matter.
00:54:16I am very good
00:54:18at enduring pain.
00:54:20A child raised
00:54:22in the bone wasteland
00:54:23learns first
00:54:25not to cry,
00:54:26but to keep silent.
00:54:28Crying draws monsters,
00:54:30saying it hurts
00:54:31only makes others
00:54:32think you are easier
00:54:33to bully.
00:54:35I carried the soul crystal
00:54:36to Silvermoon Tower.
00:54:38Inside the tower,
00:54:39warm light shone
00:54:41and soft fragrance drifted,
00:54:42as if it were another world.
00:54:44Lucian stood at the door
00:54:45and blocked me.
00:54:47What are you doing here again?
00:54:49Auraria wants my dragon breath.
00:54:51I brought it to her.
00:54:52Leave it here.
00:54:54He reached out
00:54:55and snatched
00:54:56the soul crystal away.
00:54:57You cannot go in.
00:54:58Mother will be unhappy.
00:55:05I looked at the figures
00:55:06through the crack in the door.
00:55:08Auradia lay in Isaleth's arms,
00:55:10calling her softly.
00:55:12Mother.
00:55:13Isalade lowered her head
00:55:14and kissed her forehead.
00:55:20Good child.
00:55:21Mother is here.
00:55:22Vera sat beside them,
00:55:24tucking Isalem's cloak
00:55:25around her.
00:55:26His voice was so gentle
00:55:27I nearly failed
00:55:28to recognize it.
00:55:29You have been
00:55:30I've worked hard.
00:55:31I stood outside the door,
00:55:33my wrists still bleeding.
00:55:34Isaleth suddenly lifted
00:55:35her eyes and saw me.
00:55:37The corner of her mouth curved.
00:55:40Holding my daughter,
00:55:41she mouthed silently to me.
00:55:44See?
00:55:45She only recognizes me.
00:55:47I lowered my eyes
00:55:49and turned away.
00:55:52But before I had gone far,
00:55:55a scream suddenly came
00:55:56from inside the tower.
00:55:57Cups and dishes shattered.
00:55:59A maid rushed out in the panic.
00:56:01Something has happened
00:56:02to the soul-calming crystal.
00:56:04Lady Isalyn is coughing blood.
00:56:08Before I could return
00:56:09to the outer keep,
00:56:10Varys came after me.
00:56:12He seized my wrist,
00:56:13his grip almost crushing the bones.
00:56:15Elena,
00:56:16you have grown bold indeed.
00:56:19Pain darkened my vision.
00:56:21Let go.
00:56:21You placed a soul-splitting curse
00:56:23in the crystal.
00:56:24His voice was as cold as snow.
00:56:25After Isluit touched it,
00:56:26her dragon soul became unstable
00:56:28and Auroria vomited blood as well.
00:56:30I froze.
00:56:31Impossible.
00:56:32There was only my blood inside.
00:56:36Your blood?
00:56:37He laughed in fury.
00:56:39Do you think I would believe that?
00:56:40You can have the high priest examine it.
00:56:42Before the matter is clarified,
00:56:44you will apologize to her first.
00:56:46He dragged me back
00:56:47to the front of Silvermoon Tower.
00:56:49Wind and snow struck my face
00:56:51and I could barely stand.
00:56:53Lucian rushed out,
00:56:55his eyes frighteningly red.
00:56:57You hurt my sister!
00:56:59Lucian, I did not!
00:57:00You are still arguing!
00:57:01Flames of a young dragon
00:57:02lit on his little horns
00:57:04and he slammed fiercely
00:57:05into my abdomen.
00:57:06I fell into the snow.
00:57:07My ribs felt broken
00:57:08and my throat filled
00:57:10with the taste of blood.
00:57:11I hate you!
00:57:12He cried.
00:57:13Why don't you just die if you died?
00:57:14Mother would never be sad again!
00:57:16Only after those words fell
00:57:17did Varas finally pull him away.
00:57:19I looked up at Vase,
00:57:20thinking he would at least say,
00:57:22Enough.
00:57:22But he only said coldly,
00:57:24Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.
00:57:26Kneel here and reflect
00:57:27on your wrongdoing.
00:57:28I knelt in the snow,
00:57:29the blood from my wrist
00:57:30freezing dark red.
00:57:31Inside Silvermoon Tower,
00:57:33the lamps were warm.
00:57:34My children were crying there
00:57:36and my husband
00:57:37was guarding another woman.
00:57:38What if it turns out
00:57:39it was not me?
00:57:40He was silent for a moment.
00:57:41Then I will apologize.
00:57:43Apologize.
00:57:44Such a light word.
00:57:45Soon,
00:57:46the High Priest
00:57:46walked out of the tower,
00:57:48his face grave.
00:57:49Commander,
00:57:49the result is out.
00:57:51I lifted my head
00:57:52and saw Varys' face
00:57:53finally change.
00:57:56The High Priest said
00:57:58in a low voice,
00:57:59There is no curse.
00:58:00The crystal contains
00:58:01only true dragon blood.
00:58:03Miss Aurelia
00:58:04was merely frightened
00:58:05and Lady Izzel's dragon soul
00:58:06briefly became unstable
00:58:08because of overexertion.
00:58:09The sound of snow
00:58:10suddenly seemed very loud.
00:58:12Varys froze where he stood.
00:58:14Lucian stood inside
00:58:15the tower door.
00:58:16Even after hearing the truth,
00:58:18he only clutched
00:58:19Isola's skirt tighter
00:58:20and did not look at me.
00:58:22Varys came toward me
00:58:23as if he meant
00:58:24to help me up.
00:58:26Elena,
00:58:27I'm sorry.
00:58:29I did not give him my hand.
00:58:31He frowned.
00:58:33Lucian was only worried
00:58:34about his sister.
00:58:35He does not truly hate you.
00:58:37I wanted very much to ask.
00:58:38Then what would count
00:58:39as true hatred?
00:58:40Was it making me
00:58:41me kneel in the snow,
00:58:42letting my own child
00:58:43curse me to death?
00:58:44Or asking me to swallow
00:58:45all the pain
00:58:46and then understand them
00:58:47in return?
00:58:47But I was too tired.
00:58:49It does not matter.
00:58:50It will be over soon anyway.
00:58:52Varys' expression
00:58:53darkened slightly.
00:58:54What are you saying now?
00:58:56Before I could answer,
00:58:58Madam Morwen arrived
00:58:59with guards.
00:59:01She had been an old attendant
00:59:03by my birth parent's side.
00:59:04From the first day
00:59:05I returned to the dragon nest,
00:59:07she had never treated me
00:59:08as a true young lady.
00:59:09She glanced at me
00:59:10and frowned in disgust.
00:59:12Lady Alana,
00:59:13the dragon king and queen
00:59:14were furious
00:59:15when they heard you
00:59:15had harmed Isoleth.
00:59:17I am here to carry out
00:59:18family discipline.
00:59:19Varys said coldly,
00:59:20The matter has already
00:59:21been investigated.
00:59:23She did not cast a curse.
00:59:24But Morwen said indifferently,
00:59:26Yet Lady Isoleth
00:59:27was indeed frightened
00:59:28because of her.
00:59:30True dragon blood
00:59:31is filthy
00:59:31and uncontrollable.
00:59:33It deserves punishment.
00:59:35I lifted my head.
00:59:38My blood is filthy.
00:59:41Morwen waved her hand.
00:59:42Thirty strips
00:59:43with the dragon one.
00:59:46When the first lash fell,
00:59:48I could not even make a sound.
00:59:50The dragon bit
00:59:51was carved
00:59:51with forbidden runes.
00:59:53Each strike felt
00:59:54as if my soul
00:59:55were being torn apart.
00:59:57After thirty trisses,
00:59:59the snow was dyed
01:00:00red with blood.
01:00:02Varys finally shouted
01:00:03in anger.
01:00:04Enough!
01:00:05But Morwen crouched down
01:00:06and pressed her hand
01:00:06to my chest.
01:00:08Not enough.
01:00:08Her most precious
01:00:09heart-guarding scale
01:00:10will be perfect stabilizing
01:00:12Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.
01:00:13My eyes widened.
01:00:15The next moment,
01:00:15she tore away
01:00:16my heart-guarding scale
01:00:17real by force.
01:00:20Two.
01:00:21Two.
01:00:22Two.
01:00:22Two.
01:00:30Two.
01:00:31Two.
01:00:32Two.
01:00:32You
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