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00:00:02I am the daughter of the true dragon.

00:00:06But on the day I gave birth, my husband, Varys, carried my children away with his own hands.

00:00:20The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.

00:00:23I lay in a pool of blood, my fingertips digging into the seams of the stone,

00:00:27my voice horny enough to sound like someone else's.

00:00:31Varys, give me back my children.

00:00:33The two newborns cried in his arms.

00:00:35Each cry stabbed it, hurting more than the tearing of flesh and bone during labor.

00:00:38Isolid stood below the steps of the throne, wrapped in a snow-white cloak.

00:00:42Her eyes read, as if she were the one who had suffered every injustice.

00:00:45Sister, don't be like this.

00:00:47She reached out and took the children, her voice as light as a scythe.

00:00:51I only want to share your burden.

00:00:53You have just given birth.

00:00:55Your body is too weak.

00:00:56Trembling, I crawled toward her.

00:00:58They are not a burden.

00:01:00They are my children.

00:01:02Varys looked down at me.

00:01:03There was no tenderness in his eyes, only impatience.

00:01:06He blocked my hand with one foot.

00:01:08Enough, Elana.

00:01:10I clenched my teeth and lifted my head.

00:01:13I beg you, let me hold them once.

00:01:16Just once.

00:01:17Isolid hugged the children tight and took half a step back.

00:01:21Varys, perhaps I should not have come.

00:01:24Sister seems to hate me so much.

00:01:26Varys immediately stood in front of her, as if shielding the most precious treasure in the world.

00:01:31Her soul is unstable.

00:01:33She can never bear children.

00:01:34His voice was cold.

00:01:36You are her elder sister.

00:01:37What is wrong with fulfilling her wish this once?

00:01:40Would you really watch her suffer for the rest of her life?

00:01:43I laughed until blood spilled from my mouth.

00:01:45Fulfill her wish with my flesh and blood.

00:01:49His brows drew tighter.

00:01:51Do not make yourself sound so pitiful.

00:01:54You are already the commander's wife.

00:01:56Is that still not enough?

00:01:57I looked at the children in his arms.

00:01:59My little daughter had cried until her face was red.

00:02:02My little son's dragon arms were no bigger than fingertips, glowing faintly.

00:02:07They should have been against my chest, listening to my heartbeat.

00:02:10But Varys turned and left.

00:02:11When Isolid passed by me, she lowered her head and smiled softly.

00:02:17Thank you, sister.

00:02:18In that moment, I learned that when a person's heart is hollowed out,

00:02:22she can still remain alive and breathe.

00:02:26That was eight years ago.

00:02:28Eight years later, I finally understood that what had been carried away that day

00:02:32was not only my children, but also my last hope of ever being loved.

00:02:39The Dragon King of the Western Realm found me very late.

00:02:43Before that, I had grown up outside the dragon nest, like an abandoned wild beast.

00:02:49Later, they said I was the lost daughter of the true dragon,

00:02:52and they brought me back to the royal city,

00:02:55giving me fine clothes, a name, and an old betrothal contract.

00:03:01When I married Varys, he was the dragon bone commander,

00:03:05cold, powerful, and disgusted by me.

00:03:07On our wedding night, he did not lift my bridle lailed.

00:03:10He only stood by the door and said,

00:03:12Alana, I married you only because of the betrothal.

00:03:15I asked softly,

00:03:17And afterwards?

00:03:18Do not covet what does not belong to you.

00:03:20He did not even look at me.

00:03:23A year later, he married Isloit.

00:03:25She was a false dragon daughter.

00:03:27Yet she looked more loved than I ever did.

00:03:30My parents doted on her,

00:03:31the servants respected her,

00:03:33and Varys protected her.

00:03:35Later, even my children called her mother.

00:03:38After eight years of marriage,

00:03:40the dragon god appeared again.

00:03:42A silver spirit body hovered above the outer keep,

00:03:45its light illuminating my empty room.

00:03:49The trial is over.

00:03:50Varys' soul love has reached completion.

00:03:53You may strip away your dragon soul and leave this world,

00:03:56or you may remain.

00:03:58I stared at him blankly.

00:04:00He loves me.

00:04:01The words were so absurd, I almost wanted to laugh.

00:04:04He gave hatred to our wedding night,

00:04:06gave my children to Isled,

00:04:08and gave all his tenderness to someone else.

00:04:12Dragon god, are you certain you have not seen wrong?

00:04:15The dragon god's gaze remained gentle.

00:04:17The love of the soul does not always appear as tenderness.

00:04:21Then how does it appear?

00:04:22As humiliation?

00:04:24Neglect?

00:04:25Or forcing me to kneel outside the door

00:04:26and listen to my children call another woman mother?

00:04:28The dragon god was silent.

00:04:30My tears finally fell,

00:04:32but not because I could not bear to leave Varys.

00:04:35I want to leave.

00:04:36Before the separation you have one day,

00:04:38the dragon god said,

00:04:40You may say goodbye.

00:04:42I thought of Lucian and Avaria.

00:04:44Even if they refused to acknowledge me,

00:04:46I wanted to see them one last time.

00:04:49So I went to the crystal corridor.

00:04:51Lucian was six,

00:04:53standing in the light,

00:04:54his small dragon horns glimmering faintly.

00:04:57When he saw me, the first thing he said was,

00:05:00Why are you here again?

00:05:03Lucian stepped back warily,

00:05:05as if he had seen something filthy.

00:05:07Didn't I tell you not to come?

00:05:08If Mother sees me talking to you,

00:05:10she will be sad.

00:05:12I crouched in front of him

00:05:13and tried to make my smile gentle.

00:05:15I only came to say goodbye.

00:05:18He frowned.

00:05:20Goodbye?

00:05:21Are you pretending to be pitiful again?

00:05:23My hand froze in mid-air.

00:05:28After today,

00:05:29we will not see each other again.

00:05:32Lucian paused,

00:05:33but his face quickly turned cold again.

00:05:36You say that every time.

00:05:38Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you

00:05:40so you can make Mother cry?

00:05:43Lucian.

00:05:44I called his name softly.

00:05:45I am not trying to take you away.

00:05:48You are lying.

00:05:50Hatred filled his eyes.

00:05:53Mother said you have always wanted to steal me and my sister back.

00:05:57Why can't you leave us alone?

00:06:01Before I could answer,

00:06:03Varaz's voice came from behind me.

00:06:06Elana.

00:06:08As he approached,

00:06:09the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.

00:06:14He seized my arm and dragged me into the room beside us.

00:06:18The door slammed shut,

00:06:20leaving Lucian outside.

00:06:23What exactly are you trying to do?

00:06:25Varus lowered his voice.

00:06:28Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.

00:06:30Must you expose their bloodline in front of them and make them suffer?

00:06:33I wrenched free of his hand.

00:06:35I am their birth mother.

00:06:38I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.

00:06:41Die.

00:06:42He sneered.

00:06:43Dragons do not die easily.

00:06:45Elana.

00:06:46Do not use such words to trick others into pitying you.

00:06:48I am not lying to you.

00:06:50Then go apologize to Iseleth.

00:06:53He stared at me.

00:06:54Promise that from now on you will never disturb her family again.

00:07:00Her family.

00:07:01My husband.

00:07:02My children.

00:07:03The blood I had shed in childbirth.

00:07:05In the end, all of it had become her her family.

00:07:08Suddenly, I became very calm.

00:07:14The blood I had shed in childbirth.

00:07:15The blood I had shed in childbirth.

00:07:15If one day I truly died, would you regret it?

00:07:21A flicker of impatience passed through his eyes.

00:07:24I would only regret having indulged you too much in the beginning.

00:07:30I nodded.

00:07:32All right.

00:07:33I will remember that.

00:07:37Outside the door, a maid's panicked voice suddenly rang out.

00:07:41Commander!

00:07:41Something is wrong!

00:07:42Miss Aurelia's dragon breath is unstable!

00:07:44And she is crying for Lady Elana's scent!

00:07:47Verus' expression changed, and he turned immediately.

00:07:50Looking at his back, I whispered.

00:07:52So she finally still remembers me.

00:07:55But that one memory almost cost me my life.

00:08:00Aurelia still remembered my scent.

00:08:03That alone was enough to make my heart ache.

00:08:06Until it softened.

00:08:08I returned to the outer keep and took out a soul crystal.

00:08:11The stone was cold in my palm.

00:08:13I cut my wrist open and let true dragon blood seep into it, drop by drop.

00:08:18When the blood fell into the crystal, silver-blue light flared.

00:08:22But my chest felt as if it had been torn open,

00:08:24and black dragon blood surged into my throat.

00:08:28The dragon god's voice sounded.

00:08:35Before the separation, your soul will split.

00:08:39Your blood will grow cold.

00:08:41And life will slowly leave your body.

00:08:45I wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.

00:08:48It does not matter.

00:08:50I am very good at enduring pain.

00:08:54A child raised in the bone wasteland

00:08:57learns first not to cry, but to keep silent.

00:09:02Crying draws monsters.

00:09:04Saying it hurts only makes others think you are easier to bully.

00:09:08I carried the soul crystal to Silvermoon Tower.

00:09:12Inside the tower, warm light shone and soft fragrance drifted,

00:09:16as if it were another world.

00:09:18Lucian stood at the door and blocked me.

00:09:20What are you doing here again?

00:09:23Auraria wants my dragon breath.

00:09:24I brought it to her.

00:09:26Leave it here.

00:09:27He reached out and snatched the soul crystal away.

00:09:31You cannot go in.

00:09:32Mother will be unhappy.

00:09:38I looked at the figures through the crack in the door.

00:09:42Auradia lay in Isaleth's arms, calling her softly.

00:09:45Mother.

00:09:46Isalade lowered her head and kissed her forehead.

00:09:54Good child. Mother is here.

00:09:56Vera sat beside them, tucking Isalem's cloak around her.

00:10:00His voice was so gentle I nearly failed to recognize it.

00:10:03You have worked hard.

00:10:04I stood outside the door, my wrists still bleeding.

00:10:08Isaleth suddenly lifted her eyes and saw me.

00:10:11The corner of her mouth curved.

00:10:14Holding my daughter, she mouthed silently to me.

00:10:17See? She only recognizes me.

00:10:21I lowered my eyes and turned away.

00:10:26But before I had gone far, a scream suddenly came from inside the tower.

00:10:31Cups and dishes shattered.

00:10:33A maid rushed out in the panic.

00:10:35Something has happened to the soul-calming crystal!

00:10:38Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!

00:10:42Before I could return to the Outer Keep, Varys came after me.

00:10:45He seized my wrist, his grip almost crushing the bones.

00:10:49Elena, you have grown bold indeed.

00:10:52Pain darkened my vision.

00:10:54Let go.

00:10:55You placed a soul-splitting curse in the crystal.

00:10:57His voice was as cold as snow.

00:10:59After Isaleth touched it, her dragon soul became unstable, and Auroria vomited blood as well.

00:11:03I froze.

00:11:05Impossible.

00:11:06There was only my blood inside.

00:11:10Your blood?

00:11:11He laughed in fury.

00:11:13Do you think I would believe that?

00:11:14You can have the High Priest examine it.

00:11:16Before the matter is clarified, you will apologize to her first.

00:11:20He dragged me back to the front of Silvermoon Tower.

00:11:23Wind and snow struck my face, and I could barely stand.

00:11:27Lucien rushed out, his eyes frighteningly red.

00:11:30You hurt my sister!

00:11:32Lucy, I did not!

00:11:34You are still arguing!

00:11:35Flames of a young dragon lit on his little horns, and he slammed fiercely into my abdomen.

00:11:39I fell into the snow.

00:11:41My ribs felt broken, and my throat filled with the taste of blood.

00:11:44I hate you!

00:11:45He cried.

00:11:46Why don't you just die if you died?

00:11:48Mother would never be sad again!

00:11:50Only after those words fell did Varys finally pull him away.

00:11:53I looked up at Vase, thinking he would at least say,

00:11:55Enough.

00:11:56But he only said coldly,

00:11:57Until Isaleth and Auraria recover,

00:11:59kneel here and reflect on your wrongdoing.

00:12:01I knelt in the snow, the blood from my wrist freezing dark red.

00:12:05Inside Silvermoon Tower, the lamps were warm.

00:12:08My children were crying there, and my husband was guarding another woman.

00:12:11What if it turns out it was not me?

00:12:13He was silent for a moment.

00:12:15Then I will apologize.

00:12:17Apologize?

00:12:18Such a light word.

00:12:19Soon, the High Priest walked out of the tower, his face grave.

00:12:22Commander, the result is out.

00:12:24I lifted my head and saw Varys' face finally change.

00:12:30The High Priest said in a low voice,

00:12:33There is no curse.

00:12:34The crystal contains only true dragon blood.

00:12:37Miss Aurelia was merely frightened,

00:12:38and Lady Izzel's dragon soul briefly became unstable because of overexertion.

00:12:43The sound of snow suddenly seemed very loud.

00:12:46Varys froze where he stood.

00:12:47Lucian stood inside the tower door.

00:12:50Even after hearing the truth,

00:12:52he only clutched Isaleth's skirt tighter,

00:12:54and did not look at me.

00:12:56Varys came toward me as if he meant to help me up.

00:12:59Elena, I'm sorry.

00:13:02I did not give him my hand.

00:13:05He frowned.

00:13:07Lucian was only worried about his sister.

00:13:09He does not truly hate you.

00:13:11I wanted very much to ask.

00:13:12Then what would count as true hatred?

00:13:14Was it making me me kneel in the snow,

00:13:16letting my own child curse me to death?

00:13:18Or asking me to swallow all the pain and then understand them in return?

00:13:21But I was too tired.

00:13:23It does not matter.

00:13:24It will be over soon anyway.

00:13:26Varys' expression darkened slightly.

00:13:28What are you saying now?

00:13:30Before I could answer,

00:13:32Madam Morwen arrived with guards.

00:13:35She had been an old attendant by my birth parent's side.

00:13:38From the first day I returned to the dragon nest,

00:13:40she had never treated me as a true young lady.

00:13:43She glanced at me and frowned in disgust.

00:13:45Lady Alana, the dragon king and queen were furious

00:13:48when they heard you had harmed Isaleth.

00:13:50I am here to carry out family discipline.

00:13:53Varys said coldly,

00:13:54The matter has already been investigated.

00:13:56She did not cast a curse.

00:13:58But Morwen said indifferently,

00:14:00Yet Lady Isaleth was indeed frightened because of her.

00:14:03True dragon blood is filthy and uncontrollable.

00:14:07It deserves punishment.

00:14:09I lifted my head.

00:14:12My blood is filthy.

00:14:14Morwen waved her hand.

00:14:16Thirty strips with the dragon wax.

00:14:20When the first lash fell,

00:14:21I could not even make a sound.

00:14:24The dragon bit was carved with forbidden runes.

00:14:27Each strike felt as if my soul were being torn apart.

00:14:31After thirty trisses,

00:14:32the snow was dyed red with blood.

00:14:36Varys finally shouted in anger.

00:14:38Enough!

00:14:38But Morwen crouched down and pressed her hand to my chest.

00:14:41Not enough.

00:14:42Her most precious heart-guarding scale

00:14:44will be perfect stabilizing Lady Isaleth's dragon soul.

00:14:47My eyes widened.

00:14:48The next moment,

00:14:49she tore away my heart-guarding scale with my force.

00:14:53Damn it.

00:15:08I am the daughter of the true dragon.

00:15:12But on the day I gave birth,

00:15:14my husband, Varys,

00:15:15carried my children away with his own hands.

00:15:26The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.

00:15:29I lay in a pool of blood,

00:15:30my fingertips digging into the seams of the stone,

00:15:33my voice horny enough to sound like someone else's.

00:15:37Varys, give me back my children.

00:15:39The two newborns cried in his arms.

00:15:41Each cry stabbed it,

00:15:42hurting more than the tearing of flesh and bone during labor.

00:15:45Isaleth stood below the steps of the throne,

00:15:46wrapped in a snow-white cloak.

00:15:48Her eyes red,

00:15:49as if she were the one who had suffered every injustice.

00:15:51Sister, don't be like this.

00:15:53She reached out and took the children,

00:15:55her voice as light as a scythe.

00:15:57I only want to share your burden.

00:15:59You have just given birth.

00:16:01Your body is too weak.

00:16:02Trembling, I crawled toward her.

00:16:05They are not a burden.

00:16:06They are my children!

00:16:08Varys looked down at me.

00:16:10There was no tenderness in his eyes,

00:16:11only impatience.

00:16:12He blocked my hand with one foot.

00:16:14Enough, Elana.

00:16:16I clenched my teeth and lifted my head.

00:16:19I beg you,

00:16:20let me hold them once.

00:16:22Just once.

00:16:23Isaleth hugged the children tight and took half a step back.

00:16:27Varys, perhaps I should not have come.

00:16:30Sister seems to hate me so much.

00:16:32Varys immediately stood in front of her,

00:16:34as if shielding the most precious treasure in the world.

00:16:37Her soul is unstable.

00:16:39She can never bear children.

00:16:40His voice was cold.

00:16:42You are her elder sister.

00:16:44What is wrong with fulfilling her wish this once?

00:16:46Would you really watch her suffer for the rest of her life?

00:16:49I laughed until blood spilled from my mouth.

00:16:52Fulfill her wish with my flesh and blood!

00:16:55His brows drew tighter.

00:16:58Do not make yourself sound so pitiful.

00:17:00You are already the commander's wife.

00:17:02Is that still not enough?

00:17:04I looked at the children in his arms.

00:17:05My little daughter had cried until her face was red.

00:17:08My little son's dragon arms were no bigger than fingertips,

00:17:12glowing faintly.

00:17:13They should have been against my chest,

00:17:15listening to my heartbeat.

00:17:16But Varys turned and left.

00:17:18When Isaleth passed by me,

00:17:19she lowered her head and smiled softly.

00:17:23Thank you, sister.

00:17:24In that moment,

00:17:25I learned that when a person's heart is hollowed out,

00:17:28she can still remain alive

00:17:29and grieve.

00:17:32That was eight years ago.

00:17:35Eight years later,

00:17:36I finally understood that what had been carried away that day

00:17:38was not only my children,

00:17:40but also my last hope of ever being loved.

00:17:45The Dragon King of the Western Realm found me very late.

00:17:49Before that,

00:17:50I had grown up outside the dragon nest,

00:17:53like an abandoned wild beast.

00:17:55Later they said I was the lost daughter of the true dragon,

00:17:58and they brought me back to the royal city,

00:18:01giving me fine clothes,

00:18:03a name,

00:18:04and an old betrothal contract.

00:18:07When I married Varys,

00:18:09he was the dragon bone commander,

00:18:11cold,

00:18:11powerful,

00:18:12and disgusted by me.

00:18:13On our wedding night,

00:18:15he did not lift my bridle lailed.

00:18:16He only stood by the door and said,

00:18:18Elana,

00:18:19I married you only because of the betrothal.

00:18:21I asked softly.

00:18:23And afterwards?

00:18:24Do not covet what does not belong to you.

00:18:26He did not even look at me.

00:18:29A year later,

00:18:30he married Isloit.

00:18:31She was a false dragon daughter.

00:18:34Yet she looked more loved than I ever did.

00:18:36My parents doted on her,

00:18:37The servants respected her,

00:18:39and Varys protected her.

00:18:41Later,

00:18:42even my children called her mother.

00:18:44After eight years of marriage,

00:18:46the dragon god appeared again.

00:18:48A silver spirit body hovered above the outer keep,

00:18:51its light illuminating my empty room.

00:18:55The trial is over.

00:18:56Varys' soul love has reached completion.

00:18:59You may strip away your dragon soul

00:19:01and leave this world.

00:19:03Or you may remain.

00:19:04I stared at him blankly.

00:19:06He loves me.

00:19:07The words were so absurd,

00:19:08I almost wanted to laugh.

00:19:10He gave hatred to our wedding night,

00:19:12gave my children to Isled,

00:19:14and gave all his tenderness to someone else.

00:19:18Dragon god,

00:19:19are you certain you have not seen wrong?

00:19:21The dragon god's gaze remained gentle.

00:19:23The love of the soul

00:19:24does not always appear as tenderness.

00:19:27Then how does it appear?

00:19:28As humiliation?

00:19:30Neglect?

00:19:31Or forcing me to kneel outside the door

00:19:32and listen to my children

00:19:33call another woman mother?

00:19:35The dragon god was silent.

00:19:37My tears finally fell,

00:19:38but not because I could not bear to leave Varys.

00:19:41I want to leave.

00:19:42Before the separation you have one day,

00:19:45the dragon god said,

00:19:46you may say goodbye.

00:19:48I thought of Lucian and Avaria,

00:19:50even if they refused to acknowledge me.

00:19:53I wanted to see them one last time,

00:19:55so I went to the crystal corridor.

00:19:57Lucian was six,

00:19:59standing in the light,

00:20:00his small dragon horns

00:20:02glimmering faintly.

00:20:03When he saw me,

00:20:04the first thing he said was,

00:20:06Why are you here again?

00:20:09Lucian stepped back warily,

00:20:11as if he had seen something filthy.

00:20:13Didn't I tell you not to come?

00:20:14If Mother sees me talking to you,

00:20:17she will be sad.

00:20:18I crouched in front of him

00:20:20and tried to make my smile gentle.

00:20:22I only came to say goodbye.

00:20:23He frowned.

00:20:26Goodbye?

00:20:27Are you pretending to be pitiful again?

00:20:29My hand froze in midair.

00:20:34After today,

00:20:36we will not see each other again.

00:20:38Lucian paused,

00:20:39but his face quickly turned cold again.

00:20:42You say that every time.

00:20:44Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you

00:20:46so you can make Mother cry?

00:20:49Lucian.

00:20:50I called his name softly.

00:20:51I am not trying to take you away.

00:20:54You are lying.

00:20:57Hatred filled his eyes.

00:20:59Mother said you have always wanted

00:21:01to steal me and my sister back.

00:21:03Why can't you leave us alone?

00:21:07Before I could answer,

00:21:09Varys' voice came from behind me.

00:21:12Elana.

00:21:14As he approached,

00:21:15the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.

00:21:20He seized my arm and dragged me into the room beside us.

00:21:24The door slammed shut,

00:21:26leaving Lucian outside.

00:21:29What exactly are you trying to do?

00:21:31Varys lowered his voice.

00:21:34Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.

00:21:36Must you expose their bloodline in front of them

00:21:38and make them suffer?

00:21:39I wrenched free of his hand.

00:21:41I am their birth mother.

00:21:44I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.

00:21:47Die.

00:21:48He sneered.

00:21:49Dragons do not die easily.

00:21:51Elana,

00:21:52do not use such words to trick others into pitying you.

00:21:55I am not lying to you.

00:21:56Then go apologize to Iseleth.

00:21:59He stared at me.

00:22:00Promise that from now on

00:22:02you will never disturb her family again.

00:22:06Her family.

00:22:07My husband.

00:22:08My children.

00:22:09The blood I had shed in childbirth.

00:22:11In the end,

00:22:11all of it had become her,

00:22:13her family.

00:22:14Suddenly,

00:22:14I became very calm.

00:22:20Varys,

00:22:22if one day I truly died,

00:22:25would you regret it?

00:22:27A flicker of impatience passed through his eyes.

00:22:30I would only regret having indulged you too much in the beginning.

00:22:36I nodded.

00:22:38All right.

00:22:39I will remember that.

00:22:43Outside the door,

00:22:45a maid's panicked voice suddenly rang out.

00:22:47Commander!

00:22:47Something is wrong!

00:22:48Miss Aurelia's dragon breath is unstable,

00:22:50and she is crying for Lady Elana's scent!

00:22:53Varys' expression changed,

00:22:55and he turned immediately.

00:22:56Looking at his back,

00:22:57I whispered,

00:22:58so she finally still remembers me.

00:23:01But that one memory almost cost me my life.

00:23:06Aurelia still remembered my scent.

00:23:09That alone was enough to make my heart ache

00:23:12until it softened.

00:23:14I returned to the Outer Keep and took out a soul crystal.

00:23:17The stone was cold in my palm.

00:23:20I cut my wrist open

00:23:21and let true dragon blood seep into it,

00:23:23drop by drop.

00:23:24When the blood fell into the crystal,

00:23:26silver-blue light flared,

00:23:28but my chest felt as if it had been torn open,

00:23:31and black dragon blood surged into my throat.

00:23:34The dragon god's voice sounded.

00:23:41Before the separation,

00:23:43your soul will split,

00:23:45your blood will grow cold,

00:23:48and life will slowly leave your body.

00:23:51I wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.

00:23:54It does not matter.

00:23:55I am very good at enduring pain.

00:24:00A child raised in the bone wasteland

00:24:03learns first not to cry,

00:24:06but to keep silent.

00:24:08Crying draws monsters,

00:24:10saying it hurts only makes others

00:24:12think you are easier to bully.

00:24:15I carried the soul crystal to Silvermoon Tower.

00:24:18Inside the tower,

00:24:19warm light shone and soft fragrance drifted,

00:24:22as if it were another world.

00:24:24Lucian stood at the door and blocked me.

00:24:26What are you doing here again?

00:24:29Auraria wants my dragon breath.

00:24:31I brought it to her.

00:24:33Leave it here.

00:24:33He reached out and snatched the soul crystal away.

00:24:37You cannot go in.

00:24:38Mother will be unhappy.

00:24:44I looked at the figures through the crack in the door.

00:24:48Aradia lay in Isaleth's arms,

00:24:50calling her softly.

00:24:52Mother.

00:24:52Isalade lowered her head and kissed her forehead.

00:25:00Good child.

00:25:01Mother is here.

00:25:02Vera sat beside them,

00:25:04tucking Isalem's cloak around her.

00:25:06His voice was so gentle,

00:25:07I nearly failed to recognize it.

00:25:09You have worked hard.

00:25:10I stood outside the door,

00:25:12my wrists still bleeding.

00:25:14Isaleth suddenly lifted her eyes and saw me.

00:25:17The corner of her mouth curved.

00:25:20Holding my daughter,

00:25:21she mouthed silently to me.

00:25:24See?

00:25:24She only recognizes me.

00:25:27I lowered my eyes and turned away.

00:25:32But before I had gone far,

00:25:34a scream suddenly came from inside the tower.

00:25:37Cups and dishes shattered.

00:25:39A maid rushed out in the panic.

00:25:41Something has happened to the soul-calming crystal!

00:25:44Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!

00:25:48Before I could return to the outer keep,

00:25:50Varys came after me.

00:25:51He seized my wrist,

00:25:52his grip almost crushing the bones.

00:25:55Elena,

00:25:56you have grown bold indeed.

00:25:58Pain darkened my vision.

00:26:00Let go.

00:26:01You placed a soul-splitting curse in the crystal.

00:26:03His voice was as cold as snow.

00:26:05After Isaleth touched it,

00:26:06her dragon soul became unstable,

00:26:07and Auroria vomited blood as well.

00:26:09I froze.

00:26:11Impossible.

00:26:12There was only my blood inside.

00:26:16Your blood?

00:26:17He laughed in fury.

00:26:19Do you think I would believe that?

00:26:20You can have the High Priest examine it.

00:26:22Before the matter is clarified,

00:26:24you will apologize to her first.

00:26:26He dragged me back to the front of Silvermoon Tower.

00:26:29Wind and snow struck my face,

00:26:31and I could barely stand.

00:26:33Lucien rushed out,

00:26:34his eyes frighteningly red.

00:26:36You hurt my sister!

00:26:39Lucien, I did not!

00:26:40You are still arguing!

00:26:41Flames of a young dragon lit on his little horns,

00:26:43and he slammed fiercely into my abdomen.

00:26:45I fell into the snow.

00:26:47My ribs felt broken,

00:26:48and my throat filled with the taste of blood.

00:26:51I hate you!

00:26:51He cried.

00:26:52Why don't you just die if you died?

00:26:54Mother would never be sad again!

00:26:56Only after those words fell

00:26:57did Varys finally pull him away.

00:26:59I looked up at Vase,

00:27:00thinking he would at least say,

00:27:01enough.

00:27:02But he only said coldly,

00:27:03Until Isaleth and Auraria recover,

00:27:05kneel here and reflect on your wrongdoing.

00:27:08I knelt in the snow,

00:27:09the blood from my wrist freezing dark red.

00:27:11Inside Silvermoon Tower,

00:27:13the lamps were warm.

00:27:14My children were crying there,

00:27:16and my husband was guarding another woman.

00:27:18What if it turns out it was not me?

00:27:19He was silent for a moment.

00:27:21Then I will apologize.

00:27:23Apologize?

00:27:24Such a light word.

00:27:25Soon,

00:27:26the High Priest walked out of the tower,

00:27:27his face grave.

00:27:28Commander,

00:27:29the result is out.

00:27:31I lifted my head

00:27:32and saw Varys' face finally change.

00:27:36The High Priest said in a low voice,

00:27:39There is no curse.

00:27:40The crystal contains only true dragon blood.

00:27:43Miss Aurelia was merely frightened,

00:27:44and Lady Izzel's dragon soul

00:27:46briefly became unstable

00:27:47because of overexertion.

00:27:49The sound of snow suddenly seemed very loud.

00:27:52Varys froze where he stood.

00:27:54Lucian stood inside the tower door.

00:27:56Even after hearing the truth,

00:27:58he only clutched Izzel's skirt tighter

00:28:00and did not look at me.

00:28:02Varys came toward me

00:28:03as if he meant to help me up.

00:28:06Elena,

00:28:06I'm sorry.

00:28:09I did not give him my hand.

00:28:11He frowned.

00:28:13Lucian was only worried about his sister.

00:28:15He does not truly hate you.

00:28:17I wanted very much to ask.

00:28:18Then what would count as true hatred?

00:28:20Was it making me me kneel in the snow,

00:28:22letting my own child curse me to death,

00:28:24or asking me to swallow all the pain

00:28:25and then understand them in return?

00:28:27But I was too tired.

00:28:29It does not matter.

00:28:30It will be over soon anyway.

00:28:32Varys's expression darkened slightly.

00:28:34What are you saying now?

00:28:36Before I could answer,

00:28:38Madam Morwen arrived with guards.

00:28:41She had been an old attendant

00:28:42by my birth parent's side.

00:28:44From the first day I returned to the dragon nest,

00:28:46she had never treated me as a true young lady.

00:28:49She glanced at me and frowned in disgust.

00:28:52Lady Alana,

00:28:53the dragon king and queen were furious

00:28:54when they heard you had harmed Isoleth.

00:28:56I am here to carry out family discipline.

00:28:59Varys said coldly,

00:29:00The matter has already been investigated.

00:29:02She did not cast a curse.

00:29:04But Morwen said indifferently,

00:29:06Yet Lady Isoleth was indeed frightened because of her.

00:29:09True dragon blood is filthy and uncontrollable.

00:29:13It deserves punishment.

00:29:15I lifted my head.

00:29:18My blood is filthy.

00:29:20Morwen waved her hand.

00:29:22Thirty strips with the dragon wax.

00:29:26When the first lash fell,

00:29:28I could not even make a sound.

00:29:30The dragon bit was carved with forbidden runes.

00:29:33Each strike felt as if my soul were being torn apart.

00:29:37After thirty trisses,

00:29:38the snow was dyed red with blood.

00:29:42Varys finally shouted in anger.

00:29:44Enough!

00:29:44But Morwen crouched down and pressed her hand to my chest.

00:29:47Not enough.

00:29:48Her most precious heart-guarding scale

00:29:50will be perfect stabilizing Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.

00:29:53My eyes widened.

00:29:54The next moment,

00:29:55she tore away my heart-guarding scale with my force.

00:30:14I am the daughter of the true dragon.

00:30:18But on the day I gave birth,

00:30:20my husband Varys carried my children away with his own hands.

00:30:32The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.

00:30:35I lay in a pool of blood,

00:30:37my fingertips digging into the seams of the stone,

00:30:39my voice horny enough to sound like someone else's.

00:30:43Varys, give me back my children.

00:30:45The two newborns cried in his arms.

00:30:47Each cry stabbed it,

00:30:48hurting more than the tearing of flesh and bone during labor.

00:30:51Isoled stood below the steps of the throne,

00:30:53wrapped in a snow-white cloak.

00:30:54Her eyes red,

00:30:55as if she were the one who had suffered every injustice.

00:30:57Sister, don't be like this.

00:30:59She reached out and took the children,

00:31:01her voice as light as a sigh.

00:31:03I only want to share your burden.

00:31:05You have just given birth.

00:31:07Your body is too weak.

00:31:09Trembling, I crawled toward her.

00:31:10They are not a burden.

00:31:12They are my children.

00:31:14Varys looked down at me.

00:31:16There was no tenderness in his eyes,

00:31:17only impatience.

00:31:18He blocked my hand with one foot.

00:31:20Enough, Elana.

00:31:22I clenched my teeth and lifted my head.

00:31:25I beg you,

00:31:27let me hold them once.

00:31:28Just once.

00:31:30Isoled hugged the children tight

00:31:31and took half a step back.

00:31:33Varys, perhaps I should not have come.

00:31:36Sister seems to hate me so much.

00:31:38Varys immediately stood in front of her.

00:31:40As if shielding the most precious treasure in the world.

00:31:43Her soul is unstable.

00:31:45She can never bear children.

00:31:46His voice was cold.

00:31:48You are her elder sister.

00:31:50What is wrong with fulfilling her wish this once?

00:31:52Would you really watch her suffer for the rest of her life?

00:31:55I laughed until blood spilled from my mouth.

00:31:58Fulfill her wish with my flesh and blood!

00:32:01His brows drew tighter.

00:32:04Do not make yourself sound so pitiful.

00:32:06You are already the commander's wife.

00:32:08Is that still not enough?

00:32:10I looked at the children in his arms.

00:32:12My little daughter had cried until her face was red.

00:32:15My little son's dragon arms were no bigger than fingertips.

00:32:18Glowing faintly.

00:32:19They should have been against my chest,

00:32:21listening to my heartbeat.

00:32:22But Varys turned and left.

00:32:24When Isolette passed by me,

00:32:25she lowered her head and smiled softly.

00:32:29Thank you, sister.

00:32:30In that moment,

00:32:31I learned that when a person's heart is hollowed out,

00:32:34she can still remain alive.

00:32:36And breathe.

00:32:39That was eight years ago.

00:32:41Eight years later,

00:32:42I finally understood that what had been carried away that day

00:32:44was not only my children,

00:32:46but also my last hope of ever being loved.

00:32:51The Dragon King of the Western Realm found me very late.

00:32:55Before that,

00:32:56I had grown up outside the dragon nest,

00:32:59like an abandoned wild beast.

00:33:01Later,

00:33:02they said I was the lost daughter of the true dragon,

00:33:04and they brought me back to the royal city,

00:33:07giving me fine clothes,

00:33:09a name,

00:33:10and an old betrothal contract.

00:33:13When I married Varys,

00:33:15he was the Dragonbone Commander,

00:33:17cold,

00:33:17powerful,

00:33:18and disgusted by me.

00:33:20On our wedding night,

00:33:21he did not lift my bridle lailed.

00:33:22He only stood by the door and said,

00:33:24Elana,

00:33:25I married you only because of the betrothal.

00:33:27I asked softly,

00:33:29and afterwards,

00:33:30do not covet what does not belong to you.

00:33:32He did not even look at me.

00:33:35A year later,

00:33:36he married Isloit.

00:33:37She was a false dragon daughter.

00:33:40Yet she looked more loved than I ever did.

00:33:42My parents doted on her,

00:33:44the servants respected her,

00:33:45and Varys protected her.

00:33:47Later,

00:33:48even my children called her mother.

00:33:51After eight years of marriage,

00:33:53the Dragon God appeared again.

00:33:54A silver spirit body hovered above the outer keep,

00:33:58its light illuminating my empty room.

00:34:01The trial is over.

00:34:02Varys' soul love has reached completion.

00:34:05You may strip away your dragon soul and leave this world.

00:34:09Or you may remain.

00:34:10I stared at him blankly.

00:34:12He loves me.

00:34:13The words were so absurd,

00:34:15I almost wanted to laugh.

00:34:16He gave hatred to our wedding night,

00:34:18gave my children to Isled,

00:34:20and gave all his tenderness to someone else.

00:34:24Dragon God,

00:34:25are you certain you have not seen wrong?

00:34:27The Dragon God's gaze remained gentle.

00:34:29The love of the soul

00:34:30does not always appear as tenderness.

00:34:33Then how does it appear?

00:34:34As humiliation?

00:34:36Neglect?

00:34:37Or forcing me to kneel outside the door

00:34:39and listen to my children call another woman mother?

00:34:41The Dragon God was silent.

00:34:43My tears finally fell,

00:34:45but not because I could not bear to leave Varys.

00:34:47I want to leave.

00:34:48Before the separation,

00:34:49you have one day.

00:34:51The Dragon God said,

00:34:52You may say goodbye.

00:34:54I thought of Lucian and Averia.

00:34:56Even if they refused to acknowledge me,

00:34:59I wanted to see them one last time.

00:35:01So I went to the Crystal Corridor.

00:35:04Lucian was six,

00:35:05standing in the light,

00:35:06his small dragon horns glimmering faintly.

00:35:09When he saw me,

00:35:10the first thing he said was,

00:35:12Why are you here again?

00:35:15Lucian stepped back warily,

00:35:17as if he had seen something filthy.

00:35:19Didn't I tell you not to come?

00:35:20If Mother sees me talking to you,

00:35:23she will be sad.

00:35:24I crouched in front of him

00:35:26and tried to make my smile gentle.

00:35:28I only came to say goodbye.

00:35:30He frowned.

00:35:32Goodbye?

00:35:33Are you pretending to be pitiful again?

00:35:35My hand froze in midair.

00:35:40After today,

00:35:42we will not see each other again.

00:35:44Lucian paused,

00:35:45but his face quickly turned cold again.

00:35:48You say that every time.

00:35:49Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you

00:35:52so you can make Mother cry?

00:35:55Lucian...

00:35:56I called his name softly.

00:35:57I am not trying to take you away.

00:36:00You are lying.

00:36:03Hatred filled his eyes.

00:36:05Mother said you have always wanted

00:36:07to steal me and my sister back.

00:36:09Why can't you leave us alone?

00:36:14Before I could answer,

00:36:15Varys' voice came from behind me.

00:36:18Elana.

00:36:20As he approached,

00:36:21the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.

00:36:26He seized my arm

00:36:27and dragged me into the room beside us.

00:36:30The door slammed shut,

00:36:32leaving Lucian outside.

00:36:35What exactly are you trying to do?

00:36:37Varys lowered his voice.

00:36:40Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.

00:36:42Must you expose their bloodline in front of them

00:36:44and make them suffer?

00:36:45I wrenched free of his hand.

00:36:47I am their birth mother.

00:36:50I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.

00:36:53Die.

00:36:54He sneered.

00:36:55Dragons do not die easily.

00:36:57Elana,

00:36:58do not use such words

00:36:59to trick others into pitying you.

00:37:01I am not lying to you.

00:37:03Then go apologize to Iseleth.

00:37:05He stared at me.

00:37:06Promise that from now on

00:37:08you will never disturb her family again.

00:37:12Her family.

00:37:13My husband,

00:37:14my children,

00:37:15the blood I had shed in childbirth.

00:37:17In the end,

00:37:18all of it had become her her family.

00:37:20Suddenly,

00:37:21I became very calm.

00:37:26Varys,

00:37:28if one day I truly died,

00:37:31would you regret it?

00:37:33A flicker of impatience

00:37:35passed through his eyes.

00:37:36I would only regret

00:37:37having indulged you

00:37:39too much in the beginning.

00:37:42I nodded.

00:37:44All right.

00:37:45I will remember that.

00:37:49Outside the door,

00:37:51a maid's panicked voice

00:37:52suddenly rang out.

00:37:53Commander,

00:37:53something is wrong.

00:37:55Miss Aurelia's dragon breath

00:37:56is unstable

00:37:56and she is crying

00:37:58for Lady Elana's scent.

00:37:59Varys' expression changed

00:38:01and he turned immediately.

00:38:02Looking at his back,

00:38:03I whispered,

00:38:04so she finally still remembers me.

00:38:07But that one memory

00:38:08almost cost me my life.

00:38:12Aurelia still remembered my scent.

00:38:15That alone

00:38:16was enough

00:38:17to make my heart ache

00:38:18until it softened.

00:38:20I returned to the outer keep

00:38:22and took out a soul crystal.

00:38:24The stone was cold in my palm.

00:38:26I cut my wrist open

00:38:27and let true dragon blood

00:38:28seep into it,

00:38:29drop by drop.

00:38:30When the blood fell

00:38:31into the crystal,

00:38:32silver-blue light flared,

00:38:34but my chest felt

00:38:35as if it had been torn open

00:38:36and black dragon blood

00:38:38surged into my throat.

00:38:40The dragon god's voice sounded.

00:38:47Before the separation,

00:38:49your soul will split,

00:38:51your blood will grow cold,

00:38:54and life will slowly

00:38:55leave your body.

00:38:57I wipe the blood

00:38:58from the corner of my mouth.

00:39:00It does not matter.

00:39:02I am very good

00:39:04at enduring pain.

00:39:06A child raised

00:39:08in the bone wasteland

00:39:09learns first

00:39:11not to cry,

00:39:12but to keep silent.

00:39:14Crying draws monsters.

00:39:16Saying it hurts

00:39:17only makes others

00:39:18think you are easier

00:39:19to bully.

00:39:20I carried the soul crystal

00:39:22to Silvermoon Tower.

00:39:24Inside the tower,

00:39:25warm light shone

00:39:26and soft fragrance drifted

00:39:28as if it were another world.

00:39:30Lucian stood at the door

00:39:31and blocked me.

00:39:32What are you doing here again?

00:39:35Auraria wants my dragon breath.

00:39:37I brought it to her.

00:39:38Leave it here.

00:39:39He reached out

00:39:41and snatched

00:39:41the soul crystal away.

00:39:43You cannot go in.

00:39:44Mother will be unhappy.

00:39:50I looked at the figures

00:39:52through the crack in the door.

00:39:54Auradia lay in Isaleth's arms,

00:39:56calling her softly.

00:39:58Mother.

00:39:59Isalade lowered her head

00:40:00and kissed her forehead.

00:40:06Good child.

00:40:07Mother is here.

00:40:08Vera sat beside them,

00:40:10tucking Isalem's cloak

00:40:11around her.

00:40:12His voice was so gentle

00:40:13I nearly failed

00:40:14to recognize it.

00:40:15You have worked hard.

00:40:17I stood outside the door,

00:40:18my wrists still bleeding.

00:40:20Isaleth suddenly lifted

00:40:21her eyes and saw me.

00:40:23The corner of her mouth

00:40:24curved.

00:40:26Holding my daughter,

00:40:27she mouthed silently to me.

00:40:30See?

00:40:30She only recognizes me.

00:40:32I lowered my eyes

00:40:34and turned away.

00:40:38But before I had gone far,

00:40:40a scream suddenly came

00:40:42from inside the tower.

00:40:43Cups and dishes shattered.

00:40:45A maid rushed out

00:40:46in the panic.

00:40:47Something has happened

00:40:47to the soul,

00:40:48Calming Crystal!

00:40:50Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!

00:40:54Before I could return

00:40:55to the Outer Keep,

00:40:56Varys came after me.

00:40:57He seized my wrist,

00:40:59his grip almost crushing

00:41:00the bones.

00:41:01Elena,

00:41:02you have grown bold indeed.

00:41:05Pain darkened my vision.

00:41:06Let go.

00:41:07You placed a soul-splitting

00:41:08curse in the crystal.

00:41:09His voice was as cold

00:41:10as snow.

00:41:11After Isluit touched it,

00:41:12her dragon soul

00:41:13became unstable

00:41:14and Auroria vomited

00:41:15blood as well.

00:41:16I froze.

00:41:17Impossible.

00:41:18There was only

00:41:19my blood inside.

00:41:22Your blood?

00:41:23He laughed in fury.

00:41:25Do you think

00:41:25I would believe that?

00:41:26You can have

00:41:27the High Priest examine it.

00:41:28Before the matter

00:41:29is clarified,

00:41:30you will apologize

00:41:31to her first.

00:41:32He dragged me back

00:41:33to the front

00:41:34of Silvermoon Tower.

00:41:35Wind and snow

00:41:36struck my face

00:41:37and I could barely stand.

00:41:39Lucien rushed out,

00:41:40his eyes frighteningly red.

00:41:43You hurt my sister!

00:41:45Lucien, I did not!

00:41:46You are still arguing!

00:41:47Flames of a young dragon

00:41:48lit on his little horns.

00:41:49And he slammed

00:41:50fiercely into my abdomen.

00:41:52I fell into the snow.

00:41:53My ribs felt broken

00:41:54and my throat

00:41:55filled with the taste

00:41:56of blood.

00:41:57I hate you!

00:41:58He cried.

00:41:58Why don't you just die

00:42:00if you died?

00:42:00Mother would never

00:42:01be sad again!

00:42:02Only after those words fell

00:42:03did Varas finally

00:42:04pull him away.

00:42:05I looked up at Vase,

00:42:06thinking he would

00:42:07at least say,

00:42:07enough.

00:42:08But he only said coldly,

00:42:10Until Islith and Auraria

00:42:11recover.

00:42:12Kneel here and reflect

00:42:13on your wrongdoing.

00:42:14I knelt in the snow,

00:42:15the blood from my wrist

00:42:16freezing dark red.

00:42:17Inside Silvermoon Tower,

00:42:19the lamps were warm.

00:42:20My children were crying there

00:42:22and my husband was

00:42:23guarding another woman.

00:42:24What if it turns out

00:42:25it was not me?

00:42:25He was silent for a moment.

00:42:27Then I will apologize.

00:42:29Apologize?

00:42:30Such a light word.

00:42:31Soon,

00:42:32the High Priest

00:42:32walked out of the tower,

00:42:34his face grave.

00:42:35Commander,

00:42:35the result is out.

00:42:37I lifted my head

00:42:38and saw Varus's face

00:42:39finally change.

00:42:42The High Priest

00:42:43said in a low voice,

00:42:45There is no curse.

00:42:46The crystal contains

00:42:47only true dragon blood.

00:42:49Miss Aurelia

00:42:49was merely frightened

00:42:50and Lady Islith's

00:42:52dragon soul

00:42:52briefly became unstable

00:42:54because of overexertion.

00:42:55The sound of snow

00:42:56suddenly seemed very loud.

00:42:58Varus froze

00:42:59where he stood.

00:43:00Lucian stood

00:43:00inside the tower door.

00:43:02Even after hearing

00:43:03the truth,

00:43:04he only clutched

00:43:05Islith's skirt tighter

00:43:06and did not look at me.

00:43:08Varus came toward me

00:43:09as if he meant

00:43:10to help me up.

00:43:12Elena,

00:43:12I'm sorry.

00:43:15I did not give him

00:43:16my hand.

00:43:17He frowned.

00:43:19Lucian was only worried

00:43:20about his sister.

00:43:21He does not truly hate you.

00:43:23I wanted very much to ask.

00:43:24Then what would count

00:43:25as true hatred?

00:43:26Was it making me

00:43:27me kneel in the snow,

00:43:28letting my own child

00:43:29curse me to death?

00:43:30Or asking me to swallow

00:43:31all the pain

00:43:32and then understand them

00:43:32in return?

00:43:33But I was too tired.

00:43:35It does not matter.

00:43:36It will be over soon anyway.

00:43:38Varus's expression

00:43:39darkened slightly.

00:43:40What are you saying now?

00:43:42Before I could answer,

00:43:44Madam Morwen

00:43:45arrived with guards.

00:43:47She had been an old

00:43:48attendant by my

00:43:49birth parents' side.

00:43:50From the first day

00:43:51I returned to the

00:43:52dragon nest,

00:43:53she had never treated me

00:43:54as a true young lady.

00:43:55She glanced at me

00:43:56and frowned in disgust.

00:43:58Lady Alana,

00:43:59the dragon king and queen

00:44:00were furious when they

00:44:01heard you had harmed

00:44:02Isoleth.

00:44:02I am here to carry out

00:44:04family discipline.

00:44:05Varus said coldly.

00:44:06The matter has already

00:44:07been investigated.

00:44:08She did not cast a curse.

00:44:10But Morwen said

00:44:11indifferently.

00:44:12Yet Lady Isoleth

00:44:13was indeed frightened

00:44:14because of her.

00:44:16True dragon blood

00:44:16is filthy and

00:44:18uncontrollable.

00:44:19It deserves punishment.

00:44:21I lifted my head.

00:44:24My blood is filthy.

00:44:26Morwen waved her hand.

00:44:28Thirty strips with the

00:44:30dragon wax.

00:44:32When the first lash fell,

00:44:34I could not even make a

00:44:35sound.

00:44:36The dragon bit was carved

00:44:37with forbidden runes.

00:44:39Each strike felt as if my

00:44:40soul were being torn apart.

00:44:43After thirty trisses,

00:44:44the snow was dyed red

00:44:46with blood.

00:44:48Varus finally shouted in

00:44:49anger.

00:44:50Enough!

00:44:50But Morwen crouched down

00:44:51and pressed her hand to my

00:44:53chest.

00:44:53Not enough.

00:44:54Her most precious

00:44:55heart-guarding scale

00:44:56will be perfect stabilizing

00:44:57Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.

00:44:59My eyes widened.

00:45:00The next moment,

00:45:01she tore away my

00:45:02heart-guarding scale

00:45:03will find force.

00:45:20I am the daughter

00:45:22of the true dragon.

00:45:24But on the day I gave birth,

00:45:26my husband, Varus,

00:45:27carried my children away

00:45:28with his own hands.

00:45:38The dragon crystal was bitterly

00:45:40cold.

00:45:41I lay in a pool of blood,

00:45:43my fingertips digging into

00:45:44the seams of the stone,

00:45:45my voice horny enough to

00:45:46sound like someone else's.

00:45:49Varus, give me back my

00:45:50children.

00:45:51The two newborns cried in his

00:45:52arms.

00:45:53Each cry stabbed it,

00:45:54hurting more than the

00:45:55tearing of flesh and bone

00:45:56during labor.

00:45:57Isolid stood below the

00:45:58steps of the throne,

00:45:59wrapped in a snow-white

00:46:00cloak.

00:46:00Her eyes read, as if she

00:46:01were the one who had

00:46:02suffered every injustice.

00:46:03Sister, don't be like

00:46:04this.

00:46:05She reached out and took

00:46:06the children, her voice as

00:46:08light as a sigh.

00:46:09I only want to share your

00:46:10burden.

00:46:11You have just given birth.

00:46:13Your body is too weak.

00:46:15Trembling, I crawled

00:46:16toward her.

00:46:17They are not a burden.

00:46:19They are my children!

00:46:20Varus looked down at me.

00:46:22There was no tenderness in

00:46:23his eyes, only impatience.

00:46:24He blocked my hand with one

00:46:26foot.

00:46:26Enough, Elana.

00:46:28I clenched my teeth and

00:46:30lifted my head.

00:46:31I beg you, let me hold

00:46:33them once.

00:46:34Just once.

00:46:36Isolid hugged the children

00:46:37tight and took half a step

00:46:38back.

00:46:39Varus, perhaps I should not

00:46:41have come.

00:46:42Sister seems to hate me so

00:46:43much.

00:46:44Varus immediately stood in

00:46:46front of her, as if

00:46:47shielding the most precious

00:46:48treasure in the world.

00:46:49Her soul is unstable.

00:46:51She can never bear children.

00:46:52His voice was cold.

00:46:54You are her elder sister.

00:46:56What is wrong with

00:46:57fulfilling her wish this

00:46:57once?

00:46:58Would you really watch her

00:47:00suffer for the rest of her

00:47:01life?

00:47:01I laughed until blood spilled

00:47:03from my mouth.

00:47:04Fulfill her wish with my

00:47:06flesh and blood!

00:47:08His brows drew tighter.

00:47:10Do not make yourself sound

00:47:11so pitiful.

00:47:12You are already the

00:47:13commander's wife.

00:47:14Is that still not enough?

00:47:16I looked at the children

00:47:17in his arms.

00:47:18My little daughter had

00:47:19cried until her face was

00:47:20red.

00:47:21My little son's dragon arms

00:47:22were no bigger than

00:47:23fingertips, glowing faintly.

00:47:25They should have been

00:47:26against my chest, listening

00:47:27to my heartbeat.

00:47:28But Varus turned and

00:47:29left.

00:47:30When Isolid passed by me,

00:47:31she lowered her head and

00:47:32smiled softly.

00:47:35Thank you, sister.

00:47:36In that moment, I learned

00:47:38that when a person's heart is

00:47:39hollowed out, she can still

00:47:41remain alive and breathe.

00:47:45That was eight years ago.

00:47:47Eight years later, I finally

00:47:48understood that what had been

00:47:49carried away that day was not

00:47:51only my children, but also my

00:47:53last hope of ever being loved.

00:47:57The Dragon King of the Western

00:47:59Realm found me very late.

00:48:01Before that, I had grown up

00:48:03outside the dragon nest, like an

00:48:05abandoned wild beast.

00:48:07Later, they said I was the lost

00:48:09daughter of the true dragon, and

00:48:11they brought me back to the

00:48:13royal city, giving me fine

00:48:14clothes, a name, and an old

00:48:17betrothal contract.

00:48:19When I married Varus, he was

00:48:21the dragon bone commander, cold,

00:48:23powerful, and disgusted by me.

00:48:26On our wedding night, he did not

00:48:27lift my bridal laild.

00:48:29He only stood by the door and

00:48:30said,

00:48:31Elana, I married you only because

00:48:32of the betrothal.

00:48:33I asked softly.

00:48:35And afterwards?

00:48:36Do not covet what does not

00:48:38belong to you.

00:48:38He did not even look at me.

00:48:41A year later, he married

00:48:43Isloit.

00:48:44She was a false dragon daughter.

00:48:46Yet she looked more loved than I

00:48:47ever did.

00:48:48My parents doted on her.

00:48:50The servants respected her.

00:48:51And Varus protected her.

00:48:54Later, even my children called

00:48:55her mother.

00:48:57After eight years of marriage,

00:48:59the dragon god appeared again.

00:49:00A silver spirit body hovered

00:49:02above the outer keep, its light

00:49:04illuminating my empty room.

00:49:07The trial is over.

00:49:09Varus' soul love has reached

00:49:10completion.

00:49:11You may strip away your dragon soul

00:49:13and leave this world.

00:49:15Or you may remain.

00:49:16I stared at him blankly.

00:49:18He loves me.

00:49:19The words were so absurd, I almost

00:49:21wanted to laugh.

00:49:22He gave hatred to our wedding night,

00:49:24gave my children to Isled,

00:49:26and gave all his tenderness

00:49:28to someone else.

00:49:30Dragon god, are you certain you have

00:49:32not seen wrong?

00:49:33The dragon god's gaze remained gentle.

00:49:35The love of the soul does not

00:49:37always appear as tenderness.

00:49:39Then how does it appear?

00:49:40As humiliation?

00:49:42Neglect?

00:49:43Or forcing me to kneel outside the

00:49:45door and listen to my children

00:49:45call another woman mother?

00:49:47The dragon god was silent.

00:49:49My tears finally fell.

00:49:51But not because I could not bear

00:49:52to leave Varus.

00:49:53I want to leave.

00:49:55Before the separation, you have

00:49:56one day.

00:49:57The dragon god said,

00:49:58You may say goodbye.

00:50:00I thought of Lucian and Averia.

00:50:02Even if they refused to acknowledge me,

00:50:05I wanted to see them one last time.

00:50:07So I went to the crystal corridor.

00:50:10Lucian was six,

00:50:11standing in the light,

00:50:12his small dragon horns

00:50:14glimmering faintly.

00:50:15When he saw me,

00:50:16the first thing he said was,

00:50:18Why are you here again?

00:50:22Lucian stepped back warily,

00:50:23as if he had seen something filthy.

00:50:25Didn't I tell you not to come?

00:50:26If mother sees me talking to you,

00:50:29she will be sad.

00:50:30I crouched in front of him

00:50:32and tried to make my smile gentle.

00:50:34I only came to say goodbye.

00:50:36He frowned.

00:50:38Goodbye?

00:50:39Are you pretending to be pitiful again?

00:50:41My hand froze in midair.

00:50:46After today,

00:50:48we will not see each other again.

00:50:50Lucian paused,

00:50:52but his face quickly turned cold again.

00:50:54You say that every time.

00:50:55Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you

00:50:58so you can make mother cry?

00:51:01Lucian.

00:51:02I called his name softly.

00:51:04I am not trying to take you away.

00:51:06You are lying.

00:51:09Hatred filled his eyes.

00:51:11Mother said you have always wanted

00:51:13to steal me and my sister back.

00:51:15Why can't you leave us alone?

00:51:20Before I could answer,

00:51:21Varys' voice came from behind me.

00:51:25Elana.

00:51:26As he approached,

00:51:27the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.

00:51:32He seized my arm and dragged me

00:51:34into the room beside us.

00:51:36The door slammed shut,

00:51:38leaving Lucian outside.

00:51:41What exactly are you trying to do?

00:51:43Varys lowered his voice.

00:51:46Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.

00:51:49Must you expose their bloodline in front of them

00:51:50and make them suffer?

00:51:51I wrenched free of his hand.

00:51:54I am their birth mother.

00:51:56I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.

00:51:59Die.

00:52:00He sneered.

00:52:01Dragons do not die easily.

00:52:03Elana,

00:52:04do not use such words

00:52:05to trick others into pitying you.

00:52:07I am not lying to you.

00:52:09Then go apologize to Iseleth.

00:52:11He stared at me.

00:52:12Promise that from now on

00:52:14you will never disturb her family again.

00:52:18Her family.

00:52:20My husband.

00:52:20My children.

00:52:21The blood I had shed in childbirth.

00:52:23In the end,

00:52:24all of it had become her,

00:52:25her family.

00:52:26Suddenly,

00:52:27I became very calm.

00:52:33Varys.

00:52:35If one day I truly died,

00:52:37would you regret it?

00:52:39A flicker of impatience

00:52:41passed through his eyes.

00:52:43I would only regret

00:52:44having indulged you

00:52:45too much in the beginning.

00:52:48I nodded.

00:52:50All right.

00:52:51I will remember that.

00:52:56Outside the door,

00:52:57a maid's panicked voice

00:52:58suddenly rang out.

00:52:59Commander!

00:53:00Something is wrong!

00:53:01Miss Aurelia's dragon breath

00:53:02is unstable,

00:53:03and she is crying

00:53:04for Lady Elana's scent!

00:53:05Varys' expression changed,

00:53:07and he turned immediately.

00:53:08Looking at his back,

00:53:09I whispered.

00:53:10So she finally

00:53:12still remembers me.

00:53:13But that one memory

00:53:14almost cost me my life.

00:53:18Aurelia still remembered

00:53:20my scent.

00:53:21That alone

00:53:22was enough

00:53:23to make my heart ache

00:53:24until it softened.

00:53:27I returned to the outer keep

00:53:28and took out a soul crystal.

00:53:30The stone was cold

00:53:31in my palm.

00:53:32I cut my wrist open

00:53:33and let true dragon blood

00:53:34seep into it

00:53:35drop by drop.

00:53:36When the blood

00:53:37fell into the crystal,

00:53:39silver-blue light flared,

00:53:40but my chest felt

00:53:41as if it had been

00:53:42torn open

00:53:43and black dragon blood

00:53:44surged into my throat.

00:53:46The dragon god's

00:53:48voice sounded.

00:53:53Before the separation,

00:53:55your soul will split,

00:53:57your blood will grow cold,

00:54:00and life will slowly

00:54:01leave your body.

00:54:03I wipe the blood

00:54:05from the corner of my mouth.

00:54:06It does not matter.

00:54:08I am very good

00:54:10at enduring pain.

00:54:12A child raised

00:54:14in the bone wasteland

00:54:15learns first

00:54:17not to cry,

00:54:18but to keep silent.

00:54:20Crying draws monsters,

00:54:22saying it hurts

00:54:23only makes others

00:54:24think you are easier

00:54:25to bully.

00:54:27I carried the soul crystal

00:54:28to Silvermoon Tower.

00:54:30Inside the tower,

00:54:31warm light shone

00:54:32and soft fragrance

00:54:33drifted,

00:54:34as if it were

00:54:35another world.

00:54:36Lucian stood at the door

00:54:37and blocked me.

00:54:38What are you doing

00:54:39here again?

00:54:41Auraria wants

00:54:42my dragon breath.

00:54:43I brought it to her.

00:54:44Leave it here.

00:54:46He reached out

00:54:47and snatched

00:54:47the soul crystal away.

00:54:49You cannot go in.

00:54:50Mother will be unhappy.

00:54:56I looked at the figures

00:54:58through the crack

00:54:59in the door.

00:55:00Auradia lay in

00:55:01Isaleth's arms,

00:55:02calling her softly.

00:55:04Mother.

00:55:05Isalade lowered her head

00:55:06and kissed her forehead.

00:55:12Good child.

00:55:13Mother is here.

00:55:14Vera sat beside them,

00:55:16tucking Isalem's cloak

00:55:17around her.

00:55:18His voice was so gentle

00:55:19I nearly failed

00:55:20to recognize it.

00:55:21You have worked hard.

00:55:23I stood outside the door,

00:55:24my wrists still bleeding.

00:55:26Isaleth suddenly lifted

00:55:27her eyes and saw me.

00:55:29The corner of her mouth

00:55:30curved.

00:55:32Holding my daughter,

00:55:33she mouthed silently

00:55:35to me.

00:55:36See?

00:55:37She only recognizes me.

00:55:39I lowered my eyes

00:55:41and turned away.

00:55:44But before I had gone far,

00:55:46a scream suddenly came

00:55:48from inside the tower.

00:55:49Cups and dishes shattered.

00:55:51A maid rushed out

00:55:52in the panic.

00:55:53Something has happened

00:55:54to the soul-calming crystal!

00:55:56Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!

00:56:00Before I could return

00:56:01to the Outer Keep,

00:56:02Varys came after me.

00:56:03He seized my wrist,

00:56:05his grip almost crushing

00:56:06the bones.

00:56:07Elena,

00:56:08you have grown bold indeed.

00:56:11Pain darkened my vision.

00:56:12Let go.

00:56:13You placed a soul-splitting

00:56:14curse in the crystal.

00:56:15His voice was as cold as snow.

00:56:17After Isluet touched it,

00:56:18her dragon soul

00:56:19became unstable

00:56:20and Auroria vomited

00:56:21blood as well.

00:56:22I froze.

00:56:23Impossible.

00:56:24There was only

00:56:25my blood inside.

00:56:28Your blood?

00:56:29He laughed in fury.

00:56:31Do you think

00:56:31I would believe that?

00:56:32You can have

00:56:33the High Priest examine it.

00:56:34Before the matter

00:56:35is clarified,

00:56:36you will apologize

00:56:37to her first.

00:56:38He dragged me back

00:56:39to the front of

00:56:40Silvermoon Tower.

00:56:41Wind and snow

00:56:42struck my face

00:56:43and I could barely stand.

00:56:45Lucian rushed out,

00:56:46his eyes frighteningly red.

00:56:49You hurt my sister!

00:56:51Lucian, I did not!

00:56:52You are still arguing!

00:56:53Flames of a young dragon

00:56:54lit on his little horns

00:56:55and he slammed fiercely

00:56:57into my abdomen.

00:56:58I fell into the snow.

00:56:59My ribs felt broken

00:57:00and my throat filled

00:57:02with the taste of blood.

00:57:03I hate you!

00:57:04He cried.

00:57:05Why don't you just die

00:57:06if you died?

00:57:06Mother would never

00:57:07be sad again!

00:57:08Only after those words fell

00:57:09did Varas finally

00:57:10pull him away.

00:57:11I looked up at Vase,

00:57:12thinking he would

00:57:13at least say,

00:57:13Enough.

00:57:14But he only said coldly,

00:57:16Until Isoleth and Auraria

00:57:17recover.

00:57:18Kneel here and reflect

00:57:19on your wrongdoing.

00:57:20I knelt in the snow,

00:57:21the blood from my wrist

00:57:22freezing dark red.

00:57:23Inside Silvermoon Tower,

00:57:25the lamps were warm.

00:57:26My children were crying there

00:57:28and my husband

00:57:28was guarding another woman.

00:57:30What if it turns out

00:57:31it was not me?

00:57:32He was silent for a moment.

00:57:33Then I will apologize.

00:57:35Apologize.

00:57:36Such a light word.

00:57:37Soon,

00:57:38the High Priest

00:57:38walked out of the tower,

00:57:40his face grave.

00:57:41Commander,

00:57:42the result is out.

00:57:43I lifted my head

00:57:44and saw Varys' face

00:57:45finally change.

00:57:48The High Priest

00:57:50said in a low voice,

00:57:51There is no curse.

00:57:52The crystal contains

00:57:53only true dragon blood.

00:57:55Miss Aurelia

00:57:55was merely frightened

00:57:57and Lady Izzel's dragon soul

00:57:58briefly became unstable

00:58:00because of overexertion.

00:58:01The sound of snow

00:58:02suddenly seemed very loud.

00:58:04Varys froze where he stood.

00:58:05Lucian stood inside

00:58:07the tower door.

00:58:08Even after hearing the truth,

00:58:10he only clutched

00:58:11Isola's skirt tighter

00:58:12and did not look at me.

00:58:14Varys came toward me

00:58:15as if he meant

00:58:16to help me up.

00:58:18Elena,

00:58:18I'm sorry.

00:58:21I did not give him my hand.

00:58:23He frowned.

00:58:25Lucian was only worried

00:58:26about his sister.

00:58:27He does not truly hate you.

00:58:29I wanted very much to ask.

00:58:31Then what would count

00:58:31as true hatred?

00:58:32Was it making me

00:58:33me kneel in the snow,

00:58:34letting my own child

00:58:35curse me to death?

00:58:36Or asking me to swallow

00:58:37all the pain

00:58:38and then understand them

00:58:39in return?

00:58:40But I was too tired.

00:58:41It does not matter.

00:58:42It will be over soon anyway.

00:58:44Varys' expression

00:58:45darkened slightly.

00:58:46What are you saying now?

00:58:48Before I could answer,

00:58:50Madam Morwen arrived

00:58:51with guards.

00:58:53She had been an old attendant

00:58:55by my birth parent's side.

00:58:56From the first day

00:58:57I returned to the dragon nest,

00:58:59she had never treated me

00:59:00as a true young lady.

00:59:01She glanced at me

00:59:02and frowned in disgust.

00:59:04Lady Alana,

00:59:05the dragon king and queen

00:59:06were furious

00:59:07when they heard

00:59:07you had harmed Isola.

00:59:09I am here to carry out

00:59:10family discipline.

00:59:11Varys said coldly,

00:59:12The matter has already

00:59:13been investigated.

00:59:14She did not cast a curse.

00:59:16But Morwen said indifferently,

00:59:18Yet Lady Isola

00:59:19was indeed frightened

00:59:20because of her.

00:59:21True dragon blood

00:59:23is filthy and uncontrollable.

00:59:25It deserves punishment.

00:59:27I lifted my head.

00:59:30My blood is filthy.

00:59:32Morwen waved her hand.

00:59:34Thirty strips

00:59:35with the dragon one.

00:59:38When the first lash fell,

00:59:40I could not even make a sound.

00:59:42The dragon bit

00:59:43was carved

00:59:43with forbidden runes.

00:59:45Each strike felt

00:59:46as if my soul

00:59:47were being torn apart.

00:59:49After thirty trisses,

00:59:50the snow was dyed

00:59:52red with blood.

00:59:54Varys finally shouted

00:59:55in anger.

00:59:56Enough!

00:59:57But Morwen crouched down

00:59:58and pressed her hand

00:59:58to my chest.

00:59:59Not enough.

01:00:00Her most precious

01:00:01heart-guarding scale

01:00:02will be perfect

01:00:03stabilizing Lady Isola's

01:00:04dragon soul.

01:00:05My eyes widened.

01:00:06The next moment,

01:00:07she tore away

01:00:08my heart-guarding scale

01:00:09with my force.

01:00:18I'm sorry.

01:00:27I am the daughter

01:00:28of the true dragon.

01:00:30But on the day

01:00:31I gave birth,

01:00:32my husband, Varys,

01:00:33carried my children

01:00:34away with his own hands.

01:00:45The dragon crystal

01:00:46was bitterly cold.

01:00:47I lay in a pool of blood,

01:00:49my fingertips

01:00:49digging into the seams

01:00:51of the stone,

01:00:51my voice horny enough

01:00:52to sound like

01:00:53someone else's.

01:00:55Varys,

01:00:56give me back

01:00:56my children.

01:00:57The two newborns

01:00:58cried in his arms.

01:00:59Each cry stabbed

01:01:00hurting more

01:01:01than the tearing

01:01:01of flesh and bone

01:01:02during labor.

01:01:03Isolid stood

01:01:03below the steps

01:01:04of the throne,

01:01:05wrapped in a snow-white cloak.

01:01:06Her eyes read,

01:01:07as if she were the one

01:01:08who had suffered

01:01:08every injustice.

01:01:09Sister,

01:01:10don't be like this.

01:01:11She reached out

01:01:12and took the children,

01:01:13her voice as light

01:01:14as a sigh.

01:01:15I only want

01:01:16to share your burden.

01:01:17You have just

01:01:18given birth.

01:01:19Your body is too weak.

01:01:21Trembling,

01:01:21I crawled toward her.

01:01:23They are not a burden.

01:01:25They are my children!

01:01:26Varys looked down at me.

01:01:28There was no tenderness

01:01:29in his eyes,

01:01:29only impatience.

01:01:30He blocked my hand

01:01:31with one foot.

01:01:32Enough, Elana.

01:01:35I clenched my teeth

01:01:36and lifted my head.

01:01:37I beg you,

01:01:39let me hold them once.

01:01:40Just once.

01:01:42Isolid hugged

01:01:43the children tight

01:01:43and took half a step back.

01:01:45Varys,

01:01:46perhaps I should not

01:01:47have come.

01:01:48Sister seems

01:01:49to hate me so much.

01:01:50Varys immediately

01:01:51stood in front of her,

01:01:52as if shielding

01:01:53the most precious

01:01:54treasure in the world.

01:01:56Her soul is unstable.

01:01:57She can never

01:01:58bear children.

01:01:59His voice was cold.

01:02:00You are her elder sister.

01:02:01What is wrong

01:02:03with fulfilling

01:02:03her wish this once?

01:02:04Would you really

01:02:05watch her suffer

01:02:06for the rest of her life?

01:02:07I laughed

01:02:08until blood spilled

01:02:09from my mouth.

01:02:10Fulfill her wish

01:02:11with my flesh and blood!

01:02:14His brows drew tighter.

01:02:16Do not make yourself

01:02:17sound so pitiful.

01:02:18You are already

01:02:19the commander's wife.

01:02:20Is that still not enough?

01:02:22I looked at the children

01:02:23in his arms.

01:02:24My little daughter

01:02:25had cried

01:02:25until her face was red.

01:02:27My little son's

01:02:28dragon arms

01:02:28were no bigger

01:02:29than fingertips,

01:02:30glowing faintly.

01:02:31They should have been

01:02:32against my chest,

01:02:33listening to my heartbeat,

01:02:34but Varys turned and left.

01:02:36When Isolette passed by me,

01:02:37she lowered her head

01:02:38and smiled softly.

01:02:41Thank you, sister.

01:02:43In that moment,

01:02:44I learned that

01:02:44when a person's heart

01:02:45is hollowed out,

01:02:46she can still remain alive

01:02:48and breathe.

01:02:51That was eight years ago.

01:02:53Eight years later,

01:02:54I finally understood

01:02:55that what had been

01:02:56carried away that day

01:02:57was not only my children,

01:02:58but also my last hope

01:03:00of ever being loved.

01:03:03The Dragon King

01:03:04of the Western Realm

01:03:05found me very late.

01:03:07Before that,

01:03:08I had grown up

01:03:09outside the dragon nest,

01:03:11like an abandoned wild beast.

01:03:14Later, they said

01:03:14I was the lost daughter

01:03:16of the true dragon,

01:03:17and they brought me back

01:03:18to the royal city,

01:03:20giving me fine clothes,

01:03:21a name,

01:03:22and an old betrothal contract.

01:03:25When I married Varys,

01:03:27he was the dragon bone commander,

01:03:29cold, powerful,

01:03:30and disgusted by me.

01:03:32On our wedding night,

01:03:33he did not lift

01:03:34my bridle Laild.

01:03:35He only stood by the door

01:03:36and said,

01:03:37Alana, I married you

01:03:38only because of the betrothal.

01:03:39I asked softly,

01:03:41and afterwards.

01:03:42Do not covet what does not

01:03:44belong to you.

01:03:44He did not even look at me.

01:03:47A year later,

01:03:48he married Isloit.

01:03:50She was a false dragon daughter,

01:03:52yet she looked more loved

01:03:53than I ever did.

01:03:54My parents doted on her,

01:03:56the servants respected her,

01:03:58and Varys protected her.

01:04:00Later,

01:04:00even my children

01:04:01called her mother.

01:04:03After eight years of marriage,

01:04:05the dragon god appeared again.

01:04:07A silver spirit body

01:04:08hovered above the outer keep.

01:04:09Its light illuminating

01:04:11my empty room.

01:04:13The trial is over.

01:04:15Varys' soul love

01:04:16has reached completion.

01:04:17You may strip away

01:04:18your dragon soul

01:04:19and leave this world.

01:04:21Or you may remain.

01:04:22I stared at him blankly.

01:04:24He loves me.

01:04:25The words were so absurd,

01:04:27I almost wanted to laugh.

01:04:28He gave hatred

01:04:29to our wedding night,

01:04:30gave my children to Isled,

01:04:32and gave all his tenderness

01:04:34to someone else.

01:04:36Dragon god,

01:04:37are you certain

01:04:38you have not seen wrong?

01:04:39The dragon god's gaze

01:04:40remained gentle.

01:04:42The love of the soul

01:04:43does not always appear

01:04:44as tenderness.

01:04:45Then how does it appear?

01:04:47As humiliation?

01:04:48Neglect?

01:04:49Or forcing me

01:04:50to kneel outside the door

01:04:51and listen to my children

01:04:51call another woman mother?

01:04:53The dragon god was silent.

01:04:55My tears finally fell,

01:04:57but not because

01:04:58I could not bear

01:04:58to leave Varys.

01:04:59I want to leave.

01:05:01Before the separation,

01:05:02you have one day.

01:05:03The dragon god said,

01:05:04You may say goodbye.

01:05:06I thought of Lucian

01:05:08and Avaria.

01:05:09Even if they refused

01:05:10to acknowledge me,

01:05:11I wanted to see them

01:05:12one last time.

01:05:13So I went to the crystal corridor.

01:05:16Lucian was six,

01:05:17standing in the light,

01:05:18his small dragon horns

01:05:20glimmering faintly.

01:05:22When he saw me,

01:05:23the first thing he said was,

01:05:24Why are you here again?

01:05:28Lucian stepped back warily

01:05:29as if he had seen

01:05:30something filthy.

01:05:31Didn't I tell you

01:05:32not to come?

01:05:33If mother sees me

01:05:34talking to you,

01:05:35she will be sad.

01:05:36I crouched in front of him

01:05:38and tried to make

01:05:38my smile gentle.

01:05:40I only came to say goodbye.

01:05:42He frowned.

01:05:44Goodbye?

01:05:45Are you pretending

01:05:46to be pitiful again?

01:05:47My hand froze in midair.

01:05:52After today,

01:05:54we will not see

01:05:55each other again.

01:05:56Lucian paused,

01:05:58but his face

01:05:58quickly turned cold again.

01:06:00You say that every time.

01:06:02Are you trying to make me

01:06:03feel sorry for you

01:06:04so you can make mother cry?

01:06:07Lucian.

01:06:08I called his name softly.

01:06:10I am not trying

01:06:11to take you away.

01:06:12You are lying.

01:06:15Hatred filled his eyes.

01:06:17Mother said you have

01:06:18always wanted to steal

01:06:20me and my sister back.

01:06:21Why can't you

01:06:22leave us alone?

01:06:26Before I could answer,

01:06:28Varys' voice came

01:06:29from behind me.

01:06:31Elana.

01:06:32As he approached,

01:06:33the entire corridor

01:06:35seemed to grow colder.

01:06:38He seized my arm

01:06:40and dragged me

01:06:40into the room beside us.

01:06:43The door slammed shut,

01:06:44leaving Lucian outside.

01:06:47What exactly

01:06:48are you trying to do?

01:06:49Varys lowered his voice.

01:06:52Lucian and Aurelia

01:06:53were raised by Iselth.

01:06:55Must you expose

01:06:55their bloodline in front of them

01:06:56and make them suffer?

01:06:57I wrenched free

01:06:58of his hand.

01:07:00I am their birth mother.

01:07:02I only wanted to say goodbye

01:07:04before I die.

01:07:05Die.

01:07:06He sneered.

01:07:07Dragons do not die easily.

01:07:09Elana,

01:07:10do not use such words

01:07:11to trick others

01:07:12into pitying you.

01:07:13I am not lying to you.

01:07:14Then go apologize to Iseleth.

01:07:17He stared at me.

01:07:19Promise that from now on

01:07:20you will never disturb

01:07:21her family again.

01:07:24Her family.

01:07:26My husband,

01:07:26my children,

01:07:27the blood I had shed

01:07:28in childbirth.

01:07:29In the end,

01:07:30all of it had become

01:07:31her her family.

01:07:32Suddenly,

01:07:33I became very calm.

01:07:39Varys,

01:07:41if one day I truly died,

01:07:43would you regret it?

01:07:45A flicker of impatience

01:07:47passed through his eyes.

01:07:49I would only regret

01:07:50having indulged you

01:07:51too much in the beginning.

01:07:54I nodded.

01:07:56All right.

01:07:58I will remember that.

01:08:02Outside the door,

01:08:03a maid's panicked voice

01:08:04suddenly rang out.

01:08:05Commander,

01:08:06something is wrong.

01:08:07Miss Aurelia's dragon breath

01:08:08is unstable

01:08:09and she is crying

01:08:10for Lady Elana's scent.

01:08:11Varys' expression changed

01:08:13and he turned immediately.

01:08:15Looking at his back,

01:08:16I whispered,

01:08:16so she finally

01:08:18still remembers me.

01:08:19But that one memory

01:08:21almost cost me my life.

01:08:24Aurelia still remembered

01:08:26my scent.

01:08:27That alone

01:08:28was enough

01:08:29to make my heart ache

01:08:30until it softened.

01:08:33I returned to the outer keep

01:08:34and took out a soul crystal.

01:08:36The stone was cold

01:08:37in my palm.

01:08:38I cut my wrist open

01:08:39and let true dragon blood

01:08:40seep into it

01:08:41drop by drop.

01:08:42When the blood

01:08:43fell into the crystal,

01:08:45silver-blue light flared,

01:08:46but my chest felt

01:08:47as if it had been torn open

01:08:49and black dragon blood

01:08:50surged into my throat,

01:08:52the dragon god's voice sounded.

01:08:59Before the separation,

01:09:01your soul will split,

01:09:03your blood will grow cold,

01:09:06and life will slowly

01:09:08leave your body.

01:09:09I wipe the blood

01:09:11from the corner of my mouth.

01:09:12It does not matter.

01:09:15I am very good

01:09:16at enduring pain.

01:09:18A child raised

01:09:20in the bone wasteland

01:09:21learns first

01:09:23not to cry,

01:09:24but to keep silent.

01:09:26Crying draws monsters,

01:09:28saying it hurts

01:09:29only makes others

01:09:30think you are easier

01:09:31to bully.

01:09:33I carried the soul crystal

01:09:34to Silvermoon Tower.

01:09:36Inside the tower,

01:09:37warm light shone

01:09:39and soft fragrance drifted,

01:09:40as if it were another world.

01:09:42Lucian stood at the door

01:09:43and blocked me.

01:09:44What are you doing here again?

01:09:47Auraria wants my dragon breath.

01:09:49I brought it to her.

01:09:51Leave it here.

01:09:52He reached out

01:09:53and snatched

01:09:54the soul crystal away.

01:09:55You cannot go in.

01:09:56Mother will be unhappy.

01:10:03I looked at the figures

01:10:04through the crack in the door.

01:10:06Auradia lay in Isaleth's arms,

01:10:08calling her softly.

01:10:10Mother.

01:10:11Isolade lowered her head

01:10:12and kissed her forehead.

01:10:18Good child.

01:10:19Mother is here.

01:10:20Vera sat beside them,

01:10:22tucking Isalem's cloak

01:10:23around her.

01:10:24His voice was so gentle

01:10:25I nearly failed

01:10:26to recognize it.

01:10:27You have worked hard.

01:10:29I stood outside the door,

01:10:30my wrists still bleeding.

01:10:32Isolade suddenly lifted

01:10:33her eyes and saw me,

01:10:35the corner of her mouth curved.

01:10:38Holding my daughter,

01:10:39she mouthed silently to me.

01:10:42See?

01:10:43She only recognizes me.

01:10:45I lowered my eyes

01:10:47and turned away.

01:10:50But before I had gone far,

01:10:53a scream suddenly came

01:10:54from inside the tower.

01:10:55Cups and dishes shattered.

01:10:57A maid rushed out

01:10:58in the panic.

01:10:59Something has happened

01:11:00to the soul,

01:11:00Kalman Crystal!

01:11:02Lady Isolin

01:11:03is coughing blood!

01:11:06Before I could return

01:11:07to the Outer Keep,

01:11:08Varys came after me.

01:11:09He seized my wrist,

01:11:11his grip almost crushing

01:11:12the bones.

01:11:13Elena,

01:11:14you have grown bold indeed.

01:11:17Pain darkened my vision.

01:11:19Let go.

01:11:19You placed a soul-splitting

01:11:21curse in the crystal.

01:11:22His voice was as cold

01:11:22as snow.

01:11:23After Isluet touched it,

01:11:24her dragon soul

01:11:25became unstable

01:11:26and Auroria vomited

01:11:27blood as well.

01:11:28I froze.

01:11:29Impossible.

01:11:30There was only

01:11:31my blood inside.

01:11:34Your blood?

01:11:35He laughed in fury.

01:11:37Do you think

01:11:37I would believe that?

01:11:38You can have the

01:11:39High Priest examine it.

01:11:40Before the matter

01:11:41is clarified,

01:11:42you will apologize

01:11:43to her first.

01:11:44He dragged me back

01:11:45to the front of

01:11:46Silvermoon Tower.

01:11:47Wind and snow

01:11:48struck my face

01:11:49and I could barely stand.

01:11:51Lucian rushed out,

01:11:52his eyes frighteningly red.

01:11:55You hurt my sister!

01:11:57Lucian, I did not!

01:11:58You are still arguing!

01:11:59Flames of a young dragon

01:12:01lit on his little horns

01:12:02and he slammed fiercely

01:12:03into my abdomen.

01:12:04I fell into the snow.

01:12:05My ribs felt broken

01:12:06and my throat filled

01:12:08with the taste of blood.

01:12:09I hate you!

01:12:10He cried.

01:12:11Why don't you just die

01:12:12if you died?

01:12:13Mother would never be sad again!

01:12:14Only after those words fell

01:12:15did Varys finally

01:12:16pull him away.

01:12:17I looked up at Vase,

01:12:18thinking he would at least

01:12:19say,

01:12:20Enough!

01:12:20But he only said coldly,

01:12:22Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.

01:12:24Kneel here and reflect

01:12:25on your wrongdoing.

01:12:26I knelt in the snow,

01:12:27the blood from my wrist

01:12:28freezing dark red.

01:12:30Inside Silvermoon Tower,

01:12:31the lamps were warm.

01:12:32My children were crying there

01:12:34and my husband

01:12:35was guarding another woman.

01:12:36What if it turns out

01:12:37it was not me?

01:12:38He was silent for a moment.

01:12:40Then I will apologize.

01:12:41Apologize?

01:12:42Such a light word.

01:12:43Soon,

01:12:44the High Priest

01:12:44walked out of the tower,

01:12:46his face grave.

01:12:47Commander,

01:12:48the result is out.

01:12:49I lifted my head

01:12:50and saw Varys' face

01:12:51finally change.

01:12:54The High Priest said

01:12:56in a low voice,

01:12:57There is no curse.

01:12:58The crystal contains

01:12:59only true dragon blood.

01:13:01Miss Aurelia was

01:13:02merely frightened,

01:13:03and Lady Isol's dragon soul

01:13:04briefly became unstable

01:13:06because of overexertion.

01:13:07The sound of snow

01:13:08suddenly seemed very loud.

01:13:10Varys froze where he stood.

01:13:12Lucian stood inside

01:13:13the tower door.

01:13:14Even after hearing the truth,

01:13:16he only clutched Isola's skirt tighter

01:13:18and did not look at me.

01:13:20Varys came toward me

01:13:21as if he meant to help me up.

01:13:24Elena,

01:13:25I'm sorry.

01:13:27I did not give him my hand.

01:13:29He frowned.

01:13:31Lucian was only worried

01:13:32about his sister.

01:13:33He does not truly hate you.

01:13:35I wanted very much to ask.

01:13:37Then what would count

01:13:37as true hatred?

01:13:38Was it making me

01:13:39me kneel in the snow,

01:13:40letting my own child

01:13:41curse me to death,

01:13:42or asking me to swallow

01:13:43all the pain

01:13:44and then understand them

01:13:45in return?

01:13:45But I was too tired.

01:13:47It does not matter.

01:13:48It will be over soon anyway.

01:13:50Varys' expression

01:13:51darkened slightly.

01:13:52What are you saying now?

01:13:54Before I could answer,

01:13:56Madam Morwen arrived

01:13:57with guards.

01:13:59She had been an old attendant

01:14:01by my birth parent's side.

01:14:02From the first day

01:14:03I returned to the dragon nest,

01:14:05she had never treated me

01:14:06as a true young lady.

01:14:07She glanced at me

01:14:08and frowned in disgust.

01:14:10Lady Alana,

01:14:11the dragon king and queen

01:14:12were furious

01:14:13when they heard

01:14:13you had harmed Isola.

01:14:15I am here to carry out

01:14:16family discipline.

01:14:17Varys said coldly,

01:14:18The matter has already

01:14:19been investigated.

01:14:20She did not cast a curse.

01:14:22But Morwen said

01:14:23indifferently,

01:14:24Yet Lady Isoleth

01:14:25was indeed frightened

01:14:26because of her.

01:14:28True dragon blood

01:14:29is filthy

01:14:29and uncontrollable.

01:14:31It deserves punishment.

01:14:33I lifted my head.

01:14:36My blood is filthy.

01:14:38Morwen waved her hand.

01:14:40Thirty strips

01:14:41with the dragon one.

01:14:44When the first lash fell,

01:14:46I could not even

01:14:47make a sound.

01:14:48The dragon bit

01:14:49was carved

01:14:49with forbidden runes.

01:14:51Each strike felt

01:14:52as if my soul

01:14:53were being torn apart.

01:14:55After thirty trisses,

01:14:57the snow was dyed

01:14:58red with blood.

01:15:00Varys finally shouted

01:15:01in anger.

01:15:02Enough!

01:15:03But Morwen crouched down

01:15:04and pressed her hand

01:15:04to my chest.

01:15:05Not enough.

01:15:06Her most precious

01:15:07heart-guarding scale

01:15:08will be perfect

01:15:09stabilizing Lady Isoleth's

01:15:11dragon soul.

01:15:11My eyes widened.

01:15:12The next moment,

01:15:13she tore away

01:15:14my heart-guarding scale

01:15:15with my force.

01:15:20For your eyes,

01:15:22you

01:15:23have to stop

01:15:23running from frame

01:15:23and vengeance.

01:15:29Maybe Thеся

01:15:29we

01:15:30have to stop

01:15:30seeing

01:15:30when

01:15:30killing

01:15:30people

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