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