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00:00You taste like summer peach, sticky hands and salt.
00:05On the day of my wedding, my mother tore my wedding gown apart in front of every noble present.
00:09Raising the moon goddess Seppler high, she brought it crashing down toward me,
00:14sending me sprawling across the ground.
00:17Selina is not worthy of becoming the new Alpha King's bride.
00:21A deathly silence fell over the hall.
00:22I was the rejected silver-eyed daughter of the Silvermoon wolf pack.
00:25Today, as long as I completed the blood oath with the newly-crowned Alpha King, Ryan,
00:30I would become his Luna, the queen of all werewolves.
00:33But my biological mother, Hera, the most revered high priestess of the Temple of Light,
00:38publicly declared,
00:40Last night, she seduced Karen, the Shadow Pletha clan's holy knight, and her sister Elena's fiancée.
00:48The crowd instantly erupted.
00:49I knew those silver eyes were filthy.
00:52She actually dared to betray the Alpha King?
00:55Drive her out of the Silvermoon pack!
00:58A chill spread through my entire body as I stared at my mother.
01:04What are you talking about?
01:06Last night, she had personally handed me a cup of blessed potion.
01:11She had smiled and said,
01:13Drink this, and the moon goddess will bless you and Ryan with a bond that can never be broken.
01:19But when I woke up, the man lying beside me wasn't Ryan.
01:22It was at Karen.
01:24Both of us had been drugged.
01:25I wanted to explain, but Karen had already thrown on his cloak.
01:28His eyes were filled with nothing but disgust.
01:32Selina, I've never met a woman as shameless as you.
01:34You'd even go after your own sister's fiancée!
01:36Then Karen staggered backward until he reached Elena's side.
01:40His eyes were red as he looked at her.
01:42I've been tainted.
01:45You're so pure.
01:48I no longer deserve to marry you.
01:50Below the altar, Ryan stood motionless.
01:53He had once told me that even if the entire world despised my silver eyes, he would still marry me.
02:00But now, the way he looked at me was no different from looking at something filthy.
02:06I rushed down from the altar and grabbed his hand.
02:10Ryan, someone set me up.
02:12There was something wrong with that potion.
02:13It was Mother!
02:14Enough!
02:16He shook me off, his voice horsey.
02:20Selina, I used to think you were just unlucky.
02:23Now I realize you genuinely disgust me.
02:30I froze where I stood.
02:34Elena burst into tears and buried herself in our mother's arms.
02:37She had a pair of noble golden eyes.
02:40Pale, delicate, and fragile.
02:42She looked like the most innocent, sainty continent.
02:45Sister, I know you've always been jealous of me, but Karen is my fiancée.
02:49My mother gently wiped away her tears before walking over to me.
02:52Then, with her own hands, she removed the silver moon crest pinned to my chest.
02:56It was the symbol of a wolf bride's status.
02:58And in all fifteen years of my life, it was the only thing that had ever truly acknowledged my existence.
03:03I stared at her.
03:05Why?
03:05She leaned close to my ear, her voice so low that only I could hear it.
03:10Because Elena is far more suitable to be Luna.
03:14She has golden eyes.
03:16You're nothing but a stain.
03:20In that moment, I finally understood.
03:23This wasn't an accident.
03:24It wasn't a misunderstanding.
03:26It was a trap they had prepared long ago.
03:29That moment, Elena suddenly wiped away her tears and stepped forward.
03:32The position of Luna of the silver moon wolf pack cannot remain vacant.
03:36It would only make us the laughingstock of everyone.
03:38Since my sister committed such a disgraceful offense, let me atone for her sins in her place.
03:43Ryan, if you're willing, I can complete this blood oath in my sister's stead.
03:46Ryan turned around and placed the blood crown, the symbol of the queen, upon Elena's head.
03:52The entire hall erupted in cheers.
03:55My sister wore my wedding gown, held my Grimm's hand, and stood in the place that should have been mine.
04:01And I was publicly sentenced by my own mother.
04:04At Selina, silver eyes has defiled the blood oath.
04:06Strip her of the wolf crest and exiled her to the forbidden rift.
04:09She shall never return.
04:10As the temple knights dragged me down from the altar, Elena glanced at me, tears still linguined on her face.
04:15But the corners of her lips slowly curled forward.
04:19Fifteen years later, at the inheritance bankery of the Sacred Dominion Conforge,
04:23nables and power holders from all twelve clans gathered withneath one roof.
04:26They knelt before my dragonbone throne, competing to present moon-tear crystal mines, territorial deeds, and bloodline oaths as tribute.
04:33None of them knew that the Empress of the Sacred Dominion, the woman who controlled 80% of the continent's
04:40moon-tear crystal mines,
04:42was the same silver-eyed outcast they had once trampled into the mud.
04:48Until my adopted son, Kyaris, walked into the Grand Hall holding a young woman's hand.
04:54She wore a silver-white formal gown.
04:57Her golden eyes shunned brightly, and pride radiated from her face.
05:01Her name was Ivy, Elena's daughter, and she bore the exact same face her mother had fifteen years ago.
05:07Kaio stopped before me, his tone unwavering.
05:09Mother, Ivy will become my blood oath mate.
05:12If you approve, we'll announce our engagement tonight.
05:14Every guest in the hall held their breath.
05:17Ivy lifted her chin slightly, waiting for me to bestow that honor upon her.
05:21She was the golden-eyed Saint-Gris of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,
05:25Ryan's most cherished daughter and Hera's favorite granddaughter.
05:28She was used to people lowering their heads the moment they saw her.
05:32But she had forgotten one thing.
05:34This was not the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
05:36This was the Sacred Dominion Confort.
05:38This was the throne I had clawed my way towards for fifteen years, inch by inch,
05:44through the bones and corpses of the Forbidden Rift.
05:47I looked at that face and remembered the wedding gown that had been torn apart fifteen years ago.
05:52I remembered the poison my mother had handed me.
05:54I remembered the cold look in Ryan's eyes.
05:56Then I set down my wine glass.
05:58The bass struck the dragonbone armrest.
06:00The sound was not loud, yet the entire hall fell silence in an instant.
06:04I do not approve.
06:06I said, Kairos froze.
06:08Mother?
06:08The smile on Ivy's face stiffened.
06:11I raised my eyes to her.
06:12You will never become the mate of the Sacred Dominion's heir, not in this lifetime.
06:16The crowd instantly exploded into an uproar.
06:19Ivy's eyes reddened at once.
06:21Why?
06:21What makes me unworthy?
06:24I looked at her and smiled, because the thing your mother stole fifteen years ago is finally
06:30going to be returned today.
06:33Ivy's face went completely pale.
06:36Kairos stepped in front of her, his brows drawn tightly together.
06:39Mother, Ivy didn't do anything wrong.
06:41The grudges of the previous generation shouldn't fall on her shoulders.
06:45I looked at him.
06:46Do you even know what happened fifteen years ago?
06:48Ivy spoke before he...
06:50My mother told me everything.
06:51Fifteen years ago, you betrayed Alpha King Ryan and seduced Karen, my mother's fiancée.
06:56You were exiled because you committed a crime.
06:58She bit her lip, looking as though I were the one bullying her.
07:01But my mother always defended you.
07:03She said you were just too jealous of her.
07:06Muted whispers spread throughout the hall.
07:09Some of the older nobles lowered their heads.
07:11Back then, they had all stood with you at the Moon Goddess's altar.
07:14They had watched my wedding gown in green torn apart, and they had watched Elena put on
07:18my bridal dress.
07:20They knew about that scant, but they had never cared about the truth, because the stories
07:24written by the victors were always clean and respectable.
07:27Before I could speak, the doors of the hall were suddenly pushed open.
07:30Ivy wasn't wrong.
07:32Everyone turned around.
07:33Elena had arrived.
07:34Fifteen years had passed, yet she was still breathtakingly beautiful in that fragile way of hers.
07:39Her golden hair was pinned up behind her head, and the royal crest of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's
07:43Luna was embroidered on her white cloak.
07:45Behind her stood Alpha King Ryan, and Karen, the Holy Knight of the Shadow Leopard Clan.
07:49Every person who had destroyed my life fifteen years ago had finally appeared before me once again.
07:55Elena's eyes stiffened for a certain second the moment she saw me.
07:58Sister.
08:00I never imagined the Empress of the Sacred Dominion would turn out to be you.
08:05She called me sister.
08:06But her tone sounded more like a reminder to everyone present, that I had once been nothing more than the
08:13filthy,
08:14silver-eyed outcast of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
08:18Caius frowned.
08:19Mother, you know them?
08:22I didn't answer.
08:23Ryan stepped forward.
08:24He still carried the same arrogance of an Alpha King,
08:27though the sharpness in his golden eyes was no longer what it had been.
08:31He looked at me and remained silent for a long moment.
08:36Selina.
08:40Hearing that name come from his lips almost made me laugh.
08:44Fifteen years ago, he had used that name when he told me he loved me.
08:47Later, he had used the same voice to say that I disgusted him.
08:50And now he wanted to use that name again, pretending there were still unresolved feelings between us.
08:55I spoke calmly.
08:57Your Majesty, this is a private banquet of the Sacred Dominion Consortium.
09:02You were not invited.
09:10Sister, if you're angry with me, then take it out on me.
09:14Why make things difficult for Ivy?
09:17She simply fell in love with Kairus.
09:20How interesting.
09:22I looked at her.
09:24Fifteen years ago, you also claimed that you had simply fallen in love with Ryan.
09:29Karen suddenly spoke.
09:31His voice called.
09:32Selina, what happened back then is already in the past.
09:35I turned to him.
09:37Of course it is.
09:38For you.
09:39After you woke up, all you had to do was call me shameless.
09:43But I had to spend fifteen years in the Forbibben Rift, carrying the crime you all forced onto me.
09:49Karen's throat bobbed.
09:50There was something complicated in his eyes.
09:53Pain, conflict, and a belated trace of doubt.
09:56But I didn't need it.
09:58Belated doubt was just like belated love.
10:00Both were worthless.
10:02Ryan took a deep breath.
10:04We didn't come here today to dig up the past.
10:07Ivy and Kaidas love each other.
10:09An alliance between our two clans would benefit the Sacred Dimension as well.
10:14Selina, don't let personal grudges interfere with the bigger picture.
10:18I gently set down my wine glass.
10:20You're lecturing me about the bigger picture?
10:22Ryan frowned.
10:23I lifted a hand, and the attendant behind me unfurled a black and gold contract scroll.
10:28It was covered with the markings of Moontir crystal veins.
10:32My voice wasn't loud.
10:33Everyone heard it clearly.
10:35The Sacred Dominion Commodum controls 80% of the continent's Moontir crystal mines.
10:39Last year, 70% of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's military supplies, potions, and room array maintenance
10:44came from Sacred Dominion resources.
10:48Ryan, you're standing on my territory, living off my mines,
10:53and still expecting me to prioritize your bigger picture.
11:02Ryan's expression instantly dartened.
11:05For the first time, panic flashed Kostot Ivy's face.
11:08She grabbed Kios's hand.
11:10Kios, say something!
11:12Mother, do you really have to do this?
11:14Kairos looked at me, and for the first time, there was anger in his eyes.
11:18Do what?
11:20I asked.
11:21Expose the truth in front of everyone?
11:24Or refuse to hand over the life's work I've built to my enemy's daughter?
11:28Kairos lowered his voice.
11:31Ivy isn't her mother.
11:33Neither are you me.
11:34You don't have the right to forgive them on my behalf.
11:36I fixed my gaze on him.
11:38The moment those words left my mouth, the last trace of hesitation vanished from Kairos's
11:42face.
11:43He took Ivy's hand and turned to face the guests.
11:45If Mother refuses to give us her blessing, then I'll make the announcement myself.
11:48I, Kairos, as the heir of the Sacred Dominion, choose Ivy as my blood oath mate.
11:52From this night forward, anyone who humiliates her becomes my enemy.
11:55The entire hall fell silent.
11:56A flash of triumph crossed Elena's eyes.
11:58Even Ryan slowly looked pleased.
12:00Kairos, I knew you wouldn't abandon me.
12:01Crying, Ivy threw herself into Kairos's arms.
12:04I watched them and suddenly felt tired.
12:06Not heartbroken.
12:07Just tired of it all.
12:09I raised my hand.
12:11Bring me the blood oath scroll.
12:13Hope lit up and at Kairos's eyes.
12:15Mother, you agree?
12:16I smiled.
12:18Of course.
12:18Before Ivy could even breathe a sigh of relief, I finished the sentence.
12:22I agree to sever the blood oath between us as mother and son.
12:26The smile on Kairos's face frozen.
12:28What did you say?
12:29An attendant brought over a black parchment scroll.
12:32It was no ordinary contract.
12:35Someone recognized it, their voice trembling.
12:40The soul severation blood oath.
12:42Once it's signed, blood ties, inheritance rights, and family protection are all permanently
12:46cut off.
12:48On the day of my wedding, my mother tore my wedding gown apart in front of every noble
12:52present.
12:53Raising the moon goddess Seppler high, she brought it crashing down toward me, sending
12:59me sprawling across the ground.
13:01Selina is not worthy of becoming the new Alpha King's bride.
13:05A deathly silence fell over the hall.
13:06I was the rejected silver-eyed daughter of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
13:10Today, as long as I completed the blood oath with the newly crowned Alpha King Ryan,
13:14I would become his Luna, the queen of all werewolves.
13:16But my biological mother, Hira, the most revered high priestess of the Temple of Light, publicly
13:23declared,
13:24Last night, she seduced Karen, the Shadow Pletha clan's holy knight, and her sister Elena's
13:31fiancée.
13:31The crowd instantly erupted.
13:33I knew those silver eyes were filthy.
13:36She actually dared to betray the Alpha King?
13:39Drive her out of the Silvermoon Pack!
13:42A chill spread through my entire body as I stared at my mother.
13:48What are you talking about?
13:50Last night, she had personally handed me a cup of blessed potion.
13:54She had smiled and said,
13:57Drink this, and the Moon Goddess will bless you and Ryan with a bond that can never be broken.
14:03But when I woke up, the man lying beside me wasn't Ryan.
14:06It was at Karen.
14:08Both of us had been drugged.
14:09I wanted to explain, but Karen had already thrown on his cloak.
14:12His eyes were filled with nothing but disgust.
14:16Selina, I've never met a woman as shameless as you.
14:18You'd even go after your own sister's fiancée!
14:20Then Karen staggered backward until he reached Elena's side.
14:24His eyes were red as he looked at her.
14:27I've been tainted.
14:29You're so pure.
14:32I no longer deserve to marry you.
14:34Below the altar, Ryan stood motionless.
14:37He had once told me that even if the entire world despised my silver eyes, he would still marry me.
14:44But now, the way he looked at me was no different from looking at something filthy.
14:50I rushed down from the altar and grabbed his hand.
14:54Ryan, someone set me up.
14:56There was something wrong with that potion.
14:57It was Mother-
14:58Enough!
15:00He shook me off, his voice horsey.
15:04Selina and I used to think you were just unlucky.
15:07Now I realize you genuinely disgust me.
15:14I froze where I stood.
15:18Elena burst into tears and buried herself in our mother's arms.
15:21She had a pair of noble golden eyes.
15:24Pale, delicate, and fragile.
15:26She looked like the most innocent, sainty continent.
15:29Sister, I know you've always been jealous of me, but Karen is my fiancée.
15:33My mother gently wiped away her tears before walking over to me.
15:36Then, with her own hands, she removed the silver moon crest pinned to my chest.
15:40It was the symbol of a wolf bride's status.
15:42And in all fifteen years of my life, it was the only thing that had ever truly acknowledged my existence.
15:47I stared at her.
15:49Why?
15:49She leaned close to my ear, her voice so low that only I could hear it.
15:54Because Elena is far more suitable to be Luna.
15:58She has golden eyes.
16:00You're nothing but a stain.
16:04In that moment, I finally understood.
16:07This wasn't an accident.
16:09It wasn't a misunderstanding.
16:10It was a trap they had prepared long ago.
16:13That moment, Elena suddenly wiped away her tears and stepped forward.
16:16Position of Luna of the Silver Moon Wolfpack cannot remain vacant.
16:20It would only make us the laughingstock of everyone.
16:22Since my sister committed such a disgraceful offense, let me atone for her sins in her place.
16:27Ryan, if you're willing, I can complete this blood oath in my sister's stead.
16:30Ryan turned around and placed the blood crown, the symbol of the queen, upon Elena's head.
16:36The entire hall erupted in cheers.
16:39My sister wore my wedding gown, held my Grimm's hand, and stood in the place that should have been mine.
16:45And I was publicly sentenced by my own mother.
16:48At Selena, Silver Eyes has defiled the blood oath.
16:50Strip her of the wolf crest and exiled her to the forbidden rift.
16:53She shall never return.
16:54As the temple knights dragged me down from the altar, Elena glanced at me, tears still linguined on her face.
16:59But the corners of her lips slowly curled forward.
17:03Fifteen years later, at the Inheritance Bankry of the Sacred Dominion Conforge,
17:07Nabals and power holders from all twelve clans gathered withneath one roof.
17:10They knelt before my dragonbone throne, competing to present moon-tear crystal mines,
17:14territorial deeds, and bloodline oaths as tribute.
17:17None of them knew that the Empress of the Sacred Dominion,
17:20the woman who controlled eighty percent of the continent's moon-tear crystal mines,
17:26was the same silver-eyed outcast they had once trampled into the mud.
17:32Until my adopted son, Kyaris, walked into the Grand Hall holding a young woman's hand.
17:38She wore a silver-white formal gown.
17:41Her golden eyes shunned brightly, and pride radiated from her face.
17:45Her name was Ivy, Elena's daughter, and she bore the exact same face her mother had fifteen years ago.
17:51Kaio stopped before me, his tone unwavering.
17:53Mother, Ivy will become my blood oath mate.
17:56If you approve, we'll announce our engagement tonight.
17:58Every guest in the hall held their breath.
18:01Ivy lifted her chin slightly, waiting for me to bestow that honor upon her.
18:05She was the golden-eyed Saint Chris of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,
18:09Ryan's most cherished daughter and Hera's favorite granddaughter.
18:12She was used to people lowering their heads the moment they saw her.
18:16But she had forgotten one thing.
18:18This was not the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
18:20This was the Sacred Dominion come forth.
18:22This was the throne I had clawed my way towards for fifteen years,
18:26inch by inch, through the bones and corpses of the Forbidden Rift.
18:31I looked at that face and remembered the wedding gown that had been torn apart fifteen years ago.
18:35I remembered the poison my mother had handed me.
18:38I remembered the cold look in Ryan's eyes.
18:41Then I set down my wine glass.
18:42The bass struck the dragonbone armrest.
18:44The sound was not loud, yet the entire hall fell silence in an instant.
18:48I do not approve.
18:50I said, Kairos froze.
18:52Mother?
18:52The smile on Ivy's face stiffened.
18:55I raised my eyes to her.
18:56You will never become the mate of the Sacred Dominion's heir, not in this lifetime.
19:00The crowd instantly exploded into an uproar.
19:03Ivy's eyes reddened at once.
19:05Why?
19:05What makes me unworthy?
19:08I looked at her and smiled.
19:11Because the thing your mother stole fifteen years ago is finally going to be returned today.
19:17Ivy's face went completely pale.
19:20Kairos stepped in front of her, his brows drawn tightly together.
19:23Mother, Ivy didn't do anything wrong.
19:25The grudges of the previous generation shouldn't fall on her shoulders.
19:29I looked at him.
19:30Do you even know what happened fifteen years ago?
19:32Ivy spoke before he...
19:34My mother told me everything!
19:35Fifteen years ago, you betrayed Alpha King Ryan and seduced Karen, my mother's fiancée.
19:40You were exiled because you committed a crime.
19:42She bit her lip, looking as though I were the one bullying her.
19:45But my mother always defended you.
19:47She said you were just too jealous of her.
19:50Muted whispers spread throughout the hall.
19:53Some of the older nobles lowered their heads.
19:56Back then, they had all stood with you at the Moon Goddess's altar.
19:59They had watched my wedding gown in being torn apart, and they had watched Elena put on my bridal dress.
20:03They knew about that scant, but they had never cared about the truth, because the stories written by the victors
20:09were always clean and respectable.
20:11Before I could speak, the doors of the hall were suddenly pushed open.
20:14Ivy wasn't wrong.
20:16Everyone turned around.
20:17Elena had arrived.
20:18Fifteen years had passed, yet she was still breathtakingly beautiful in that fragile way of hers.
20:22Her golden hair was pinned up behind her head, and the royal crest of the Silvermoon Wolf Pax Luna was
20:27embroidered on her white cloak.
20:29Behind her stood Alpha King Ryan, and Karen, the Holy Knight of the Shadow Leopard Clan.
20:33Every person who had destroyed my life fifteen years ago had finally appeared before me once again.
20:39Elena's eyes stiffened for a second second the moment she saw me.
20:42Sister.
20:44I never imagined the Empress of the Sacred Dominion would turn out to be you.
20:49She called me sister.
20:51But her tone sounded more like a reminder to everyone present that I had once been nothing more than the
20:57filthy, silver-eyed outcast of the Silvermoon Wolf Pack.
21:02Caius frowned.
21:03Mother, you know them?
21:06I didn't answer.
21:07Ryan stepped forward.
21:08He still carried the same arrogance of an Alpha King, though the sharpness in his golden eyes was no longer
21:13what it had been.
21:15He looked at me and remained silent for a long moment.
21:20Selina.
21:24Hearing that name come from his lips almost made me laugh.
21:28Fifteen years ago, he had used that name when he told me he loved me.
21:31Later, he had used the same voice to say that I disgusted him.
21:34And now he wanted to use that name again, pretending there were still unresolved feelings between us.
21:39I spoke calmly.
21:41Your Majesty, this is a private banquet of the Sacred Dominion Consortium.
21:46You were not invited.
21:54Sister, if you're angry with me, then take it out on me.
21:58Why make things difficult for Ivy?
22:01She simply fell in love with Kairus.
22:04How interesting.
22:06I looked at her.
22:08Fifteen years ago, you also claimed that you had simply fallen in love with Ryan.
22:13Kairin suddenly spoke.
22:15His voice called.
22:16Selina, what happened back then is already in the past.
22:19I turned to him.
22:21Of course it is.
22:22For you.
22:23After you woke up, all you had to do was call me shameless.
22:27But I had to spend fifteen years in the Forbibbon Rift, carrying the crime you all forced onto me.
22:33Karen's throat bobbed.
22:34There was something complicated in his eyes.
22:37Pain, conflict, and a belated trace of doubt.
22:40But I didn't need it.
22:42Belated doubt was just like belated love.
22:44Both were worthless.
22:46Ryan took a deep breath.
22:48We didn't come here today to dig up the past.
22:51Ivy and Kai-itis love each other.
22:53An alliance between our two clans would benefit the Sacred Dimension as well.
22:58Selina, don't let personal grudges interfere with the bigger picture.
23:02I gently set down my wine glass.
23:04You're lecturing me about the bigger picture?
23:06Ryan frowned.
23:07I lifted a hand, and the attendant behind me unfurled a black and gold contract scroll.
23:12It was covered with the markings of moon-tier crystal veins.
23:16My voice wasn't loud.
23:17Everyone heard it clearly.
23:19The Sacred Dominion Commodum controls 80% of the continent's moon-tier crystal mines.
23:24Last year, 70% of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's military supplies, potions, and room array maintenance
23:28came from Sacred Dominion resources.
23:32Ryan, you're standing on my territory, living off my mines, and still expecting me to prioritize your bigger picture.
23:47Ryan's expression instantly dartened.
23:49For the first time, panic flashed across Dot Ivy's face.
23:52She grabbed Kai-os' hand.
23:54Kai-os, say something!
23:56Mother, do you really have to do this?
23:57Kai-os looked at me, and for the first time, there was anger in his eyes.
24:02Do what?
24:04I asked.
24:05Expose the truth in front of everyone?
24:08Or refuse to hand over the life's work I've built to my enemy's daughter?
24:12Kai-os lowered his voice.
24:15Ivy isn't her mother.
24:17Neither are you me.
24:18You don't have the right to forgive them on my behalf.
24:21I fixed my gaze on him.
24:22The moment those words left my mouth, the last trace of hesitation vanished from Kai-os' face.
24:26He took Ivy's hand and turned to face the guests.
24:29If Mother refuses to give us her blessing, then I'll make the announcement myself!
24:32I, Kai-os, as the heir of the Sacred Dimangin, choose Ivy as my blood oath mate.
24:36From this night forward, anyone who humiliates her becomes my enemy.
24:39The entire hall fell silent.
24:40A flash of triumph crossed Elena's eyes.
24:42Even Ryan slowly looked pleased.
24:44Kai-os, I knew you wouldn't abandon me!
24:45Crying, Ivy threw herself into Kai-os' arms.
24:48I watched them and suddenly felt tired.
24:50Not heartbroken.
24:51Just tired of it all.
24:53I raised my hand.
24:54Bring me the blood oath scroll.
24:57Hope lit up in At-Kai-os' eyes.
24:59Mother, you agree?
25:00I smiled.
25:02Of course.
25:03Before Ivy could even breathe a sigh of relief, I finished the sentence.
25:06I agree to sever the blood oath between us as mother and son.
25:10The smile on Kai-os' face frozen.
25:12What did you say?
25:13An attendant brought over a black parchment scroll.
25:16It was no ordinary contract.
25:19Someone recognized it, their voice trembling.
25:24The soul-severation blood oath.
25:26Once it's signed, blood ties, inheritance rights, and family protection are all permanently cut off.
25:37On the day of my wedding, my mother tore my wedding gown apart in front of every noble present.
25:42Raising the moon goddess Seppler high, she brought it crashing down toward me.
25:47Sending me sprawling across the ground.
25:50Selina is not worthy of becoming the new alpha king's bride.
25:54A deathly silence fell over the hall.
25:55I was the rejected silver-eyed daughter of the silver moon wolf pack.
25:58Today, as long as I completed the blood oath with the newly crowned alpha king, Ryan,
26:03I would become his Luna, the queen of all werewolves.
26:06But my biological mother, Hera, the most revered high priestess of the Temple of Light,
26:12publicly declared,
26:13Last night, she seduced Karen, the Shadow Pletha clan's holy knight, and her sister Elena's fiancée.
26:20The crowd instantly erupted.
26:22I knew those silver eyes were filthy.
26:25She actually dared to betray the alpha king?
26:28Drive her out of the silver moon pack!
26:31A chill spread through my entire body as I stared at my mother.
26:37What are you talking about?
26:39Last night, she had personally handed me a cup of blessed potion.
26:44She had smiled and said,
26:46Drink this, and the moon goddess will bless you and Ryan with a bond that can never be broken.
26:51But when I woke up, the man lying beside me wasn't Ryan.
26:55It was at Karen.
26:57Both of us had been drugged.
26:58I wanted to explain, but Karen had already thrown on his cloak.
27:01His eyes were filled with nothing but disgust.
27:05Selina, I've never met a woman as shameless as you.
27:07You'd even go after your own sister's fiancée!
27:09Then Karen staggered backward until he reached Elena's side.
27:13His eyes were red as he looked at her.
27:16I've been tainted.
27:18You're so pure.
27:21I no longer deserve to marry you.
27:23Below the altar, Ryan stood motionless.
27:26He had once told me that even if the entire world despised my silver eyes,
27:30he would still marry me.
27:33But now, the way he looked at me was no different from looking at something filthy.
27:39I rushed down from the altar and grabbed his hand.
27:43Ryan, someone set me up.
27:44There was something wrong with that potion.
27:46It was Mother!
27:47Enough!
27:49He shook me off, his voice horsey.
27:53Selina and I used to think you were just unlucky.
27:56Now I realize you genuinely disgust me.
28:03I froze where I stood.
28:07Elena burst into tears and buried herself in our mother's arms.
28:10She had a pair of noble golden eyes.
28:13Pale, delicate, and fragile.
28:15She looked like the most innocent, sainty continent.
28:18Sister, I know you've always been jealous of me, but Karen is my fiancée.
28:22My mother gently wiped away her tears before walking over to me.
28:25Then, with her own hands, she removed the silver moon crest pinned to my chest.
28:29It was the symbol of a wolf bride's status.
28:31And in all fifteen years of my life, it was the only thing that had ever truly acknowledged my existence.
28:36I stared at her.
28:38Why?
28:38She leaned close to my ear, her voice so low that only I could hear it.
28:43Because Elena is far more suitable to be Luna.
28:47She has golden eyes.
28:49You're nothing but a stain.
28:52In that moment, I finally understood.
28:56This wasn't an accident.
28:58It wasn't a misunderstanding.
28:59It was a trap they had prepared long ago.
29:02That moment, Elena suddenly wiped away her tears and stepped forward.
29:05The position of Luna of the silver moon wolf pack cannot remain vacant.
29:09It would only make us the laughingstock of everyone.
29:11Since my sister committed such a disgraceful offense, let me atone for her sins in her place.
29:16Ryan, if you're willing, I can complete this blood oath in my sister's stead.
29:20Ryan turned around and placed the blood crown, the symbol of the queen, upon Elena's head.
29:25The entire hall erupted in cheers.
29:28My sister wore my wedding gown, held my Grimm's hand, and stood in the place that should have been mine.
29:34And I was publicly sentenced by my own mother.
29:37At Selina, silver eyes has defiled the blood oath.
29:39Strip her of the wolf crest and exiled her to the forbidden rift.
29:42She shall never return.
29:43As the temple knights dragged me down from the altar, Elena glanced at me.
29:46Tears still lingued on her face, but the corners of her lips slowly curled forward.
29:5215 years later, at the inheritance bankery of the Sacred Dominion Conforge,
29:56nables and power holders from all 12 clans gathered withneath one roof.
29:59They knelt before my dragonbone throne, competing to present moon tear crystal mines,
30:03territorial deeds, and bloodline oaths as tribute.
30:06None of them knew that the Empress of the Sacred Dominion,
30:10the woman who controlled 80% of the continent's moon tear crystal mines,
30:15was the same silver-eyed outcast they had once trampled into the mud.
30:21Until my adopted son, Kyaris, walked into the Grand Hall holding a young woman's hand.
30:27She wore a silver-white formal gown.
30:29Her golden eyes shunned brightly, and pride radiated from her face.
30:34Her name was Ivy, Elena's daughter, and she bore the exact same face her mother had 15 years ago.
30:40Kaio stopped before me, his tone unwavering.
30:42Mother, Ivy will become my blood oath mate.
30:45If you approve, we'll announce our engagement tonight.
30:47Every guest in the hall held their breath.
30:50Ivy lifted her chin slightly, waiting for me to bestow that honor upon her.
30:54She was the golden-eyed St. Chris of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,
30:58Ryan's most cherished daughter and Hera's favorite granddaughter.
31:01She was used to people lowering their heads the moment they saw her,
31:05but she had forgotten one thing.
31:07This was not the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
31:09This was the Sacred Dominion Conforge.
31:11This was the throne I had clawed my way towards for 15 years, inch by inch,
31:17through the bones and corpses of the Forbidden Rift.
31:20I looked at that face and remembered the wedding gown that had been torn apart 15 years ago.
31:25I remembered the poison my mother had handed me.
31:27I remembered the cold look in Ryan's eyes.
31:30Then I set down my wine glass.
31:31The bass struck the dragonbone armrest.
31:33The sound was not loud, yet the entire hall fell silence in an instant.
31:37I do not approve.
31:39I said, Kairos froze.
31:41Mother?
31:41The smile on Ivy's face stiffened.
31:44I raised my eyes to her.
31:45You will never become the mate of the Sacred Dominion's heir, not in this lifetime.
31:49The crowd instantly exploded into an uproar.
31:52Ivy's eyes reddened at once.
31:54Why?
31:54What makes me unworthy?
31:57I looked at her and smiled.
32:00Because the thing your mother stole 15 years ago is finally going to be returned today.
32:06Ivy's face went completely pale.
32:09Kairos stepped in front of her, his brows drawn tightly together.
32:12Mother, Ivy didn't do anything wrong.
32:14The grudges of the previous generation shouldn't fall on her shoulders.
32:18I looked at him.
32:19Do you even know what happened 15 years ago?
32:21Ivy spoke before he...
32:23My mother told me everything.
32:2415 years ago, you betrayed Alpha King Ryan and seduced Karen, my mother's fiancée.
32:29You were exiled because you committed a crime.
32:31She bit her lip, looking as though I were the one bullying her.
32:34But my mother always defended you.
32:36She said you were just too jealous of her.
32:39Muted whispers spread throughout the hall.
32:42Some of the older nobles lowered their heads.
32:45Back then, they had all stood with you at the Moon Goddess's altar.
32:48They had watched my wedding gown in being torn apart.
32:50And they had watched Elena put on my bridal dress.
32:53They knew about that scant.
32:54But they had never cared about the truth.
32:56Because the stories written by the victors were always clean and respectable.
33:00Before I could speak, the doors of the hall were suddenly pushed open.
33:03Ivy wasn't wrong.
33:05Everyone turned around.
33:06Elena had arrived.
33:0715 years had passed, yet she was still dreptakingly beautiful in that fragile way of hers.
33:12Her golden hair was pinned up behind her head.
33:14And the royal crest of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's Luna was embroidered on her white cloak.
33:18Behind her stood Alpha King Ryan.
33:19And Karen, the holy knight of the Shadow Leopard Clan.
33:22Every person who had destroyed my life 15 years ago had finally appeared before me once again.
33:28Elena's eyes stiffened for a certain second the moment she saw me.
33:31Sister.
33:33I never imagined the Empress of the Sacred Dominion would turn out to be you.
33:38She called me sister.
33:40But her tone sounded more like a reminder to everyone present.
33:44That I had once been nothing more than the filthy, silver-eyed outcast of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
33:51Caius frowned.
33:52Mother.
33:53You know them?
33:54I didn't answer.
33:56Ryan stepped forward.
33:57He still carried the same arrogance of an Alpha King.
34:00Though the sharpness in his golden eyes was no longer what it had been.
34:04He looked at me and remained silent for a long moment.
34:09Selena.
34:13Hearing that name come from his lips almost made me laugh.
34:17Fifteen years ago, he had used that name when he told me he loved me.
34:20Later, he had used the same voice to say that I disgusted him.
34:23And now he wanted to use that name again, pretending there were still unresolved feelings between us.
34:28I spoke calmly.
34:30Your Majesty.
34:31This is a private banquet of the Sacred Dominion Consortium.
34:35You were not invited.
34:43Sister, if you're angry with me, then take it out on me.
34:47Why make things difficult for Ivy?
34:50She simply fell in love with Kairus.
34:53How interesting.
34:55I looked at her.
34:57Fifteen years ago, you also claimed that you had simply fallen in love with Ryan.
35:02Karen suddenly spoke, his voice called.
35:05Selina, what happened back then is already in the past.
35:09I turned to him.
35:10Of course it is.
35:11For you.
35:12After you woke up, all you had to do was call me shameless.
35:16But I had to spend fifteen years in the Forbibbon Rift,
35:19carrying the crime you all forced onto me.
35:22Karen's throat bobbed.
35:23There was something complicated in his eyes.
35:26Pain, conflict, and a belated trace of doubt.
35:29But I didn't need it.
35:31Belated doubt was just like belated love.
35:33Both were worthless.
35:35Ryan took a deep breath.
35:37We didn't come here today to dig up the past.
35:40Ivy and Kai-itis love each other.
35:42An alliance between our two clans would benefit the sacred dimension as well.
35:47Selina, don't let personal grudges interfere with the bigger picture.
35:51I gently set down my wine glass.
35:53You're lecturing me about the bigger picture?
35:55Ryan frowned.
35:56I lifted a hand, and the attendant behind me unfurled a black and gold contract scroll.
36:01It was covered with the markings of moon-tier crystal veins.
36:05My voice wasn't loud.
36:06Everyone heard it clearly.
36:08The Sacred Dominion Commodum controls 80% of the continent's moon-tier crystal mines.
36:13Last year, 70% of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's military supplies, potions, and room array maintenance came from Sacred Dominion resources.
36:21Ryan, you're standing on my territory, living off my mines, and still expecting me to prioritize your bigger picture.
36:36Ryan's expression instantly dartened.
36:38For the first time, panic flashed across Dot Ivy's face.
36:41She grabbed Kaios' hand.
36:43Kaios, say something!
36:45Mother, do you really have to do this?
36:47Kairos looked at me, and for the first time, there was anger in his eyes.
36:51Do what?
36:52I asked.
36:54Expose the truth in front of everyone?
36:57Or refuse to hand over the life's work I've built to my enemy's daughter?
37:01Kairos lowered his voice.
37:04Ivy isn't her mother.
37:06Neither are you me.
37:07You don't have the right to forgive them on my behalf.
37:10I fixed my gaze on him.
37:11The moment those words left my mouth, the last trace of hesitation vanished from Kairos' face.
37:16He took Ivy's hand and turned to face the guests.
37:18If Mother refuses to give us her blessing, then I'll make the announcement myself.
37:21I, Kairos, as the heir of the Sacred Dominion, choose Ivy as my blood oath mate.
37:25From this night forward, anyone who humiliates her becomes my enemy.
37:28The entire hall fell silent.
37:29A flash of triumph crossed Elena's eyes.
37:31Even Ryan slowly looked pleased.
37:33Kairos, I knew you wouldn't abandon me!
37:34Crying, Ivy threw herself into Kairos' arms.
37:37I watched them and suddenly felt tired.
37:39Not heartbroken.
37:40Just tired of it all.
37:42I raised my hand.
37:44Bring me the blood oath scroll.
37:46Hope lit up and at Kairos' eyes.
37:48Mother, you agree?
37:49I smiled.
37:51Of course.
37:51Before Ivy could even breathe a sigh of relief, I finished the sentence.
37:55I agree to sever the blood oath between us as mother and son.
37:59The smile on Kairos' face frozen.
38:01What did you say?
38:02An attendant brought over a black parchment scroll.
38:05It was no ordinary contract.
38:08Someone recognized it, their voice trembling.
38:13The soul severation blood oath.
38:15Once it's signed, blood ties, inheritance rights, and family protection are all permanently cut off.
38:21On the day of my wedding, my mother tore my wedding gown apart in front of every noble present.
38:26Raising the moon goddess seplar high, she brought it crashing down toward me.
38:31Sending me sprawling across the ground.
38:34Selina is not worthy of becoming the new alpha king's bride.
38:38A deathly silence fell over the hall.
38:39I was the rejected silver-eyed daughter of the silver moon wolf pack.
38:42Today, as long as I completed the blood oath with the newly crowned alpha king, Ryan,
38:47I would become his Luna, the queen of all werewolves.
38:50But my biological mother, Hera, the most revered high priestess of the Temple of Light, publicly declared,
38:57Last night, she seduced Karen, the Shadow Pletha clan's holy knight, and her sister Elena's fiancée.
39:04The crowd instantly erupted.
39:06I knew those silver eyes were filthy.
39:08She actually dared to betray the alpha king?
39:12Drive her out of the silver moon pack!
39:15A chill spread through my entire body as I stared at my mother.
39:21What are you talking about?
39:23Last night, she had personally handed me a cup of blessed potion.
39:28She had smiled and said,
39:30Drink this, and the moon goddess will bless you and Ryan with a bond that can never be broken.
39:35But when I woke up, the man lying beside me wasn't Ryan.
39:39It was at Karen.
39:41Both of us had been drugged.
39:42I wanted to explain, but Karen had already thrown on his cloak.
39:45His eyes were filled with nothing but disgust.
39:49Selina, I've never met a woman as shameless as you.
39:51You'd even go after your own sister's fiancée!
39:53Then Karen staggered backward until he reached Elena's side.
39:57His eyes were red as he looked at her.
39:59I've been tainted.
40:02You're so pure.
40:05I no longer deserve to marry you.
40:07Below the altar, Ryan stood motionless.
40:10He had once told me that even if the entire world despised my silver eyes,
40:14he would still marry me.
40:17But now, the way he looked at me was no different from looking at something filthy.
40:23I rushed down from the altar and grabbed his hand.
40:26Ryan, someone set me up.
40:28There was something wrong with that potion.
40:30It was Mother!
40:31Enough!
40:33He shook me off, his voice horsey.
40:37Selina and I used to think you were just unlucky.
40:40Now I realize you genuinely disgust me.
40:47I froze where I stood.
40:51Elena burst into tears and buried herself in our mother's arms.
40:54She had a pair of noble golden eyes.
40:57Pale, delicate, and fragile.
40:59She looked like the most innocent, sainty continent.
41:02Sister, I know you've always been jealous of me, but Karen is my fiancée.
41:06My mother gently wiped away her tears before walking over to me.
41:09Then, with her own hands, she removed the silver moon crest pinned to my chest.
41:13It was the symbol of a wolf bride's status.
41:15And in all fifteen years of my life,
41:17it was the only thing that had ever truly acknowledged my existence.
41:20I stared at her.
41:22Why?
41:22She leaned close to my ear, her voice so low that only I could hear it.
41:27Because Elena is far more suitable to be Luna.
41:31She has golden eyes.
41:33You're nothing but a stain.
41:37In that moment, I finally understood.
41:40This wasn't an accident.
41:41It wasn't a misunderstanding.
41:43It was a trap they had prepared long ago.
41:46That moment, Elena suddenly wiped away her tears and stepped forward.
41:49Position of Luna of the silver moon wolf pack cannot remain vacant.
41:53It would only make us the laughingstock of everyone.
41:55Since my sister committed such a disgraceful offense,
41:57let me atone for her sins in her place.
42:00Ryan, if you're willing, I can complete this blood oath in my sister's stead.
42:04Ryan turned around and placed the blood crown,
42:06the symbol of the queen, upon Elena's head.
42:09The entire hall erupted in cheers.
42:12My sister wore my wedding gown, held my Grimm's hand,
42:16and stood in the place that should have been mine.
42:18And I was publicly sentenced by my own mother.
42:21At Selina, silver eyes has defiled the blood oath.
42:23Strip her of the wolf crest and exiled her to the forbidden rift.
42:26She shall never return.
42:27As the temple knights dragged me down from the altar,
42:29Elena glanced at me, tears still lingued on her face.
42:31But the corners of her lips slowly curled forward.
42:36Fifteen years later, at the inheritance bankry of the Sacred Dominion Conforge,
42:40navels and power holders from all twelve clans gathered withneath one roof.
42:43They knelt before my dragonbone throne,
42:45competing to present moon tear crystal mines,
42:47territorial deeds, and bloodline oves as tribute.
42:50None of them knew that the Empress of the Sacred Dominion,
42:53the woman who controlled eighty percent of the continent's moon tear crystal mines,
42:59was the same silver-eyed outcast they had once trampled into the mud.
43:05Until my adopted son, Kyaris,
43:08walked into the Grand Hall holding a young woman's hand.
43:11She wore a silver-white formal gown.
43:13Her golden eyes shunned brightly,
43:16and pride radiated from her face.
43:18Her name was Ivy, Elena's daughter,
43:20and she bore the exact same face her mother had fifteen years ago.
43:24Kaio stopped before me, his tone unwavering.
43:26Mother, Ivy will become my blood oath mate.
43:29If you approve, we'll announce our engagement tonight.
43:31Every guest in the hall held their breath.
43:34Ivy lifted her chin slightly,
43:36waiting for me to bestow that honor upon her.
43:38She was the golden-eyed Saint-Gris of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,
43:42Ryan's most cherished daughter and Hera's favorite granddaughter.
43:45She was used to people lowering their heads the moment they saw her,
43:49but she had forgotten one thing.
43:50This was not the Silvermoon Wolfpack.
43:53This was the sacred dominion conformity.
43:55This was the throne I had clawed my way towards for fifteen years,
43:59inch by inch,
44:01through the bones and corpses of the forbidden rift.
44:04I looked at that face and remembered the wedding gown
44:06that had been torn apart fifteen years ago.
44:09I remembered the poison my mother had handed me.
44:11I remembered the cold look in Ryan's eyes.
44:14Then I set down my wine glass.
44:15The bass struck the dragonbone armrest.
44:17The sound was not loud,
44:19yet the entire hall fell silence in an instant.
44:21I do not approve.
44:23I said,
44:23Kairos froze.
44:25Mother?
44:25The smile on Ivy's face stiffened.
44:28I raised my eyes to her.
44:29You will never become the mate of the sacred dominion's heir,
44:32not in this lifetime.
44:33The crowd instantly exploded into an uproar.
44:36Ivy's eyes reddened at once.
44:38Why?
44:38What makes me unworthy?
44:41I looked at her and smiled.
44:43Because the thing your mother stole fifteen years ago
44:46is finally going to be returned today.
44:50Ivy's face went completely pale.
44:53Kairos stepped in front of her,
44:54his brows drawn tightly together.
44:56Mother,
44:57Ivy didn't do anything wrong.
44:58The grudges of the previous generation
45:00shouldn't fall on her shoulders.
45:02I looked at him.
45:03Do you even know what happened fifteen years ago?
45:05Ivy spoke before he-
45:07My mother told me everything!
45:08Fifteen years ago,
45:09you betrayed Alpha King Ryan
45:11and seduced Karen,
45:12my mother's fiancée.
45:13You were exiled because you committed a crime.
45:15She bit her lip,
45:16looking as though I were the one bullying her.
45:18But my mother always defended you.
45:20She said you were just too jealous of her.
45:23Muted whispers spread throughout the hall.
45:26Some of the older nobles lowered their heads.
45:29Back then,
45:29they had all stood
45:30with you at the moon goddess's altar.
45:32They had watched my wedding gown
45:33in being torn apart,
45:34and they had watched Elena
45:35put on my bridal dress.
45:37They knew about that scanned.
45:38But they had never cared about the truth.
45:40Because the stories written by the victors
45:42were always clean and respectable.
45:44Before I could speak,
45:45the doors of the hall were suddenly pushed open.
45:47Ivy wasn't wrong.
45:49Everyone turned around.
45:50Elena had arrived.
45:51Fifteen years had passed,
45:52yet she was still breathtakingly beautiful
45:54in that fragile way of hers.
45:56Her golden hair was pinned up behind her head,
45:58and the royal crest of the silver moon wolf pack's luna
46:00was embroidered on her white cloak.
46:02Behind her stood Alpha King Ryan,
46:03and Karen the holy knight of the shadow leopard clan.
46:06Every person who had destroyed my life fifteen years ago
46:09had finally appeared before me once again.
46:12Elena's eyes stiffened for a certain second
46:14the moment she saw me.
46:15Sister,
46:17I never imagined the Empress of the Sacred Dominion
46:20would turn out to be you.
46:22She called me sister.
46:23But her tone sounded more like a reminder
46:27to everyone present
46:28that I had once been nothing more
46:30than the filthy, silver-eyed outcast
46:32of the silver moon wolf pack.
46:35Caius frowned.
46:36Mother,
46:37you know them?
46:39I didn't answer.
46:40Ryan stepped forward.
46:41He still carried the same arrogance of an Alpha King,
46:44though the sharpness in his golden eyes
46:46was no longer what it had been.
46:48He looked at me and remained silent for a long moment.
46:53Selina.
46:57Hearing that name come from his lips
46:58almost made me laugh.
47:01Fifteen years ago,
47:02he had used that name
47:03when he told me he loved me.
47:04Later,
47:05he had used the same voice
47:06to say that I disgusted him.
47:07And now he wanted to use that name again,
47:09pretending there were still
47:10unresolved feelings between us.
47:12I spoke calmly.
47:14Your Majesty,
47:15this is a private banquet
47:17of the Sacred Dominion Consortium.
47:19You were not invited.
47:27Sister,
47:28if you're angry with me,
47:29then take it out on me.
47:31Why make things difficult for Ivy?
47:34She simply fell in love with Kairus.
47:37How interesting.
47:39I looked at her.
47:41Fifteen years ago,
47:42you also claimed
47:43that you had simply fallen in love with Ryan.
47:46Karen suddenly spoke.
47:48His voice called,
47:49Selina.
47:50What happened back then
47:51is already in the past.
47:52I turned to him.
47:54Of course it is.
47:55For you.
47:56After you woke up,
47:57all you had to do
47:58was call me shameless.
48:00But I had to spend
48:01fifteen years
48:02in the Forbibben Rift,
48:03carrying the crime
48:04you all forced onto me.
48:06Karen's throat bobbed.
48:07There was something
48:08complicated in his eyes.
48:10Pain,
48:10conflict,
48:11and a belated trace of doubt.
48:13But I didn't need it.
48:15Belated doubt
48:15was just like belated love.
48:17Both were worthless.
48:19Ryan took a deep breath.
48:21We didn't come here today
48:22to dig up the past.
48:24Ivy and Kai-itis
48:25love each other.
48:26An alliance between our two clans
48:28would benefit
48:29the Sacred Dimension as well.
48:31Selina,
48:32don't let personal grudges
48:33interfere with the bigger picture.
48:35I gently set down my wine glass.
48:37You're lecturing me
48:38about the bigger picture?
48:39Ryan frowned.
48:40I lifted a hand
48:41and the attendant behind me
48:43unfurled a black and gold
48:44contract scroll.
48:46It was covered with the markings
48:47of moon-tier crystal veins.
48:49My voice wasn't loud.
48:50Everyone heard it clearly.
48:52The Sacred Dominion Commodium
48:53controls 80% of the continent's
48:55moon-tier crystal mines.
48:57Last year,
48:5770% of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's
48:59military supplies,
49:00potions,
49:00and room array maintenance
49:01came from Sacred Dominion resources.
49:05Ryan,
49:06you're standing on my territory,
49:08living off my mines,
49:10and still expecting me
49:12to prioritize your bigger picture.
49:20Ryan's expression
49:21instantly dartened.
49:22For the first time,
49:23panic flashed
49:24Kostot Ivy's face.
49:25She grabbed
49:26Kyos' hand.
49:27Kyos,
49:28say something!
49:29Mother,
49:29do you really have to do this?
49:31Kairos looked at me,
49:32and for the first time,
49:33there was anger in his eyes.
49:35Do what?
49:36I asked.
49:38Expose the truth
49:39in front of everyone?
49:41Or refuse to hand over
49:42the life's work
49:43I've built
49:43to my enemy's daughter?
49:45Kairos lowered his voice.
49:47Ivy
49:48isn't her mother.
49:50Neither are you me.
49:51You don't have the right
49:52to forgive them on my behalf.
49:54I fixed my gaze on him.
49:55The moment those words
49:56left my mouth,
49:57the last trace of hesitation
49:58vanished from Kairos' face.
50:00He took Ivy's hand
50:00and turned to face the guests.
50:02If Mother refuses
50:02to give us her blessing,
50:03then I'll make the announcement myself.
50:05I, Kairos,
50:06as the heir of the Sacred Dominion,
50:07choose Ivy
50:08as my blood oath mate.
50:09From this night forward,
50:10anyone who humiliates her
50:11becomes my enemy.
50:12The entire hall fell silent.
50:13A flash of triumph
50:14crossed Elena's eyes.
50:15Even Ryan slowly looked pleased.
50:17Kairos,
50:17I knew you wouldn't abandon me!
50:18Crying,
50:19Ivy threw herself
50:20into Kairos' arms.
50:21I watched them
50:21and suddenly felt tired.
50:23Not heartbroken,
50:24just tired of it all.
50:26I raised my hand.
50:28Bring me the blood oath scroll.
50:30Hope lit up
50:30in at Kairos' eyes.
50:32Mother, you agree?
50:33I smiled.
50:35Of course.
50:36Before Ivy
50:36could even breathe
50:37a sigh of relief,
50:38I finished the sentence.
50:39I agree to sever
50:40the blood oath
50:41between us
50:41as mother and son.
50:43The smile on Kayata's face frozen.
50:45What did you say?
50:46An attendant brought over
50:48a black parchment scroll.
50:49It was no ordinary contract.
50:52Someone recognized it,
50:53their voice trembling.
50:57The soul-severation blood oath.
50:59Once it's signed,
51:00blood ties,
51:01inheritance rights,
51:02and family protection
51:02are all permanently cut off.