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00:01On the day of our 18th year awakening, the bells of St. Arrere Academy tolled 12 times.
00:08Every apprentice stood in the white marble courtyard, waiting for a guardian spirit to claim them.
00:14Be claimed, and you lived. Be left unclaimed, and the magic inside you would tear you apart before nightfall.
00:21My twin sister, Lillia, stood at the front. The Academy adored her.
00:25They were already calling her the next saint. I stood at the back. A black curse mark ran from the
00:31corner of my left eye to my jaw.
00:33She actually showed up.
00:34If no spirit claims her, they'll lock her in the Forbidden Tower by tonight.
00:38I lowered my head, my nails digging into my palm. Then the sky caught fire. Gold and crimson flames swept
00:46across the courtyard.
00:47A phoenix descended from the flames and shifted into human form and stood in the center of the binding circle.
00:54The entire courtyard fell silent. It was Caius, the most revered phoenix spirit in the Academy.
01:00Everyone expected him to choose Lillia. Instead, his gaze passed over her and settled on me.
01:05Ivy, come here.
01:08Whispers broke through the crowd.
01:09Who did he call?
01:10Ivy? The Cursed Girl?
01:12Impossible! Why would the phoenix saint choose her?
01:15Even I thought I had heard wrong. You mean me?
01:18I won't ask twice.
01:19I stepped into the binding circle. Flames curled around my wrist and branded a phoenix sigil into my skin.
01:27The bond snapped into place. For one breath, I thought fate had finally shown me mercy. Only later did I
01:35understand. Fate had only found a prettier way to lead me to my death.
01:39After the bond, Caius moved into the east tower. A phoenix his true form only to the one he trusts
01:45most. Caius never showed his to me. He barely let me pass the door.
01:49I brought your morning dew too.
01:50Leave it outside.
01:52Does the old wound still hurt?
01:53That isn't your concern.
01:54I stood in the corridor, the silver cup going cold in my hands. He had never given me a feather.
02:01Not one.
02:01Then one night, gold-red light spilled from beneath his door. I pushed it open. Caius stood by the window.
02:12Enormous wings unfurled behind him. Each feather burned like a jewel. Letia stood beneath those wings, running her fingers lightly
02:21along the edge.
02:23The moment Caius saw me, his wings vanished. The room went dim.
02:28Oh, Ivy. It's not what it looks like. Caius and I grew up together. He's always been comfortable around me.
02:34I stood there with the silver cup in my hands, my fingers numb.
02:38I'm the one bound to him.
02:40Leave.
02:40I only brought tea.
02:42I said leave.
02:43The cup slipped from my hand. Morning dew spilled across the floor.
02:48Ivy, please don't make this harder than it has to be.
02:51Caius said nothing. The door closed in my face. Through the wood, I heard Lillia speak softly.
02:57Is she upset?
02:58She'll get over it.
02:59I stood in the corridor and laughed under my breath, so that was all my pain was to him, something
03:05I would get over.
03:07But Caius had forgotten. Years ago, on a night thick with snow, I was the one who carried him out
03:13of the Forbidden Forest and hid him in the abandoned bell tower.
03:21Back then, he was not the proud phoenix saint everyone worshipped.
03:25He was only a dying firebird.
03:27Blight had burned through his feathers.
03:30The mentors said he would not last until dawn.
03:33I refused to believe them.
03:35I cut open my wrist and fed him my blood.
03:38Night after night.
03:43On the seventh day, he woke.
03:45That was also the Delilia came.
03:48Ivy, you're still keeping that filthy bird.
03:51He isn't filthy.
03:54He's dying.
03:58He wants to live.
04:00Later, Caius recovered.
04:02He came to see me, and he came to see Lillia.
04:04I thought he remembered that I had saved him, but all he remembered was Lillia standing in the light.
04:10He gave his gratitude to the wrong girl, and his heart with it.
04:14On the seventh day after our bond, the Academy began preparing for Lila's binding ceremony with the Black Dragon.
04:22Everyone said she was worthy of the most powerful dragon heir in the Academy.
04:27I heard the headmaster himself is presiding.
04:30Of course, Lilla is practically the next saint.
04:33A phoenix bond doesn't make some people less cursed.
04:37Today was also the day Caius had promised to hold a proper ceremony for us.
04:41Phoenixes loved sacred sycanops.
04:44I had saved for three months to buy this one.
04:48I waited from morning until dusk.
04:50Caius never came.
05:02She's really still waiting.
05:04As if the phoenix saint would hold a ceremony for her.
05:06Someone like her should be grateful he looked at her at all.
05:14Oh no!
05:15The phoenix tree died.
05:16Not like he wanted it anyway.
05:18I did not cry.
05:20If I cried, they would only laugh louder.
05:26I carried the dead sapling back to the east tower.
05:32Caius, are you really giving this to me?
05:34Yes.
05:35But this is your heart feather.
05:37If you like it, it's yours.
05:39A phoenix only has three heart feathers in his lifetime.
05:43Plucking one wounds his soul.
05:45I had never even seen one of Caius' fallen feathers.
05:48But he gave his heart feather to Lillia.
05:56Who let you in?
05:57It was Caius' heart feather.
06:03Today was our binding ceremony.
06:06I had something to do.
06:07Your something was making her a dress.
06:10Ivy, don't be like this.
06:11I have to bind with the black dragon tomorrow.
06:13Caius only wanted me to feel less afraid.
06:15So he gave you his heart feather.
06:19What about me?
06:25You are already bound to me.
06:27So I don't need to be cherished?
06:30Stop making a scene.
06:32Those words again.
06:39This was my binding gift to you.
06:44It's dead.
06:46Yes.
06:51Just like the heart that waited for you today.
06:57Ivy, if it bothers you, I can take off the dress.
07:04Enough!
07:07She has to face the black dragon tomorrow.
07:09Why are you trying to humiliate her?
07:14Her fear matters.
07:16My pain is just an inconvenience.
07:20Caius did not answer.
07:22His silence was answer enough.
07:24I turned and went to the bond registry.
07:29At this hour?
07:31I want to dissolve my bond with the phoenix.
07:33Are you sure?
07:34You have six days until adulthood.
07:36If you dissolve the bond and fail to find a new guardian spirit,
07:39you'll be sent to the forbidden tower.
07:49I'm sure.
07:52The phoenix saint has three days to refuse the dissolution.
07:57Then let him refuse.
07:59Aren't you afraid?
08:00I am.
08:02But I'm more afraid of spending the rest of my life waiting for him to turn around.
08:12The next day, I went to the bond registry.
08:16Isn't that the curse girl the phoenix doesn't want anymore?
08:19Careful.
08:20She hasn't officially been thrown away yet.
08:24I want to find a new guardian spirit.
08:26Don't expect a high-ranking spirit.
08:30A lower one is fine.
08:33Even lower spirits get to choose.
08:39Marsh lizard spirit.
08:41Weak bloodline.
08:42Bad temper.
08:44No bonded partner yet.
08:46I'll meet him.
08:48You're really willing?
08:56I want to live.
09:05You're Ivy?
09:07Yes.
09:10The phoenix doesn't want you anymore?
09:12I'm dissolving the bond.
09:16Will that mark affect the binding?
09:19No.
09:22My bloodline is weak.
09:24Your reputation is ruined.
09:27I suppose we suit each other.
09:29It was cruel, but I swallowed it.
09:33If it meant living, I could endure a few cruel words.
09:37Are you willing to bind with me?
09:40Tomorrow afternoon.
09:42Bond registry.
09:50When I walked out of the old aphthotry, the sky was grey.
09:54But for the first time, I felt I still had somewhere to go.
10:05Who did you go to see?
10:10None of your concern.
10:12The marsh lizard spirit?
10:14You would rather bind yourself to that low creature than remain with me.
10:18You were the one who let me go first.
10:20When did I let you go?
10:21On the day of our ceremony, you never came.
10:24I waited for you until every candle burned out.
10:27You were in your room making Lillia's heart feather gown.
10:30She has to face the black dragon tomorrow.
10:32So?
10:33She has to face the black dragon so she gets your heart feather.
10:36I was humiliated in front of the whole academy.
10:39And I didn't even get an apology.
10:41Ivy, stop measuring yourself against her.
10:44So I'm not even worth measuring.
10:46That isn't what I meant.
10:48Then what did you mean?
10:49He was always like this.
10:51Quick to hurt me.
10:52Slow to explain.
10:53I'm looking for a new guardian spirit because I want to survive.
10:57Not because I want to upset you.
10:59I can keep you alive.
11:01With the bond you gave me like charity?
11:03Or with the mercy you can take back?
11:05The moment Lillia needs you?
11:07You'll regret this.
11:08I already do.
11:10I regret trusting you.
11:12The next afternoon, I went to the bond registry.
11:15The binding circle was empty.
11:17The lizard spirit never came.
11:19I waited from noon until dusk.
11:22Ivy, he isn't coming.
11:24Why?
11:25He bonded with someone else this morning.
11:27With whom?
11:28The merchant guildmaster's niece.
11:30Someone paid three years of bond support for her overnight and gave the lizard spirit a second tier magic core.
11:36Yesterday, Caius had said,
11:38You'll regret this.
11:40So this was what he meant.
11:41He did not want me, and he would not let anyone else save me.
11:48Night fell.
11:50I sat alone on the stone steps outside the bond registry.
11:54I had five days left before adulthood.
11:57No phoenix.
11:58No lizard spirit.
12:00No new guardian.
12:02In the distance, the main hall blazed with light.
12:05Everyone was busy preparing for Lillia's binding ceremony with the black dragon.
12:10White roses covered the steps.
12:12Silver candles were lit one by one.
12:15Her path was always paved for her.
12:17Mine was always blocked.
12:19I stood and brushed the dust from my skirt.
12:22If I only had five days left, then at least for one night I would live for myself.
12:27So I turned and walked toward the busiest tavern in the outer district.
12:30There were no white roses here.
12:32No silver candles.
12:34And no one whispering about Lillia's ceremony.
12:37Only ale, roasted meat, and loud laughter.
12:40I ordered the most expensive honey wine.
12:42Then an entire plate of roasted lamb.
12:46If I might not live past adulthood, I might as well spend what little I had.
12:53Alone?
12:55Alone.
12:56Academy girl?
12:57Not for much longer.
13:00Then drink something worth remembering.
13:03I lifted the cup and took a long swallow.
13:05The honey wine was sweet.
13:07It still burned going down for eighteen years.
13:10I had saved every copper coin for sacred sycamore.
13:13For morning dew.
13:14For a phoenix who never looked back.
13:16I should have bought myself a decent meal much sooner.
13:18A few academy servants sat at the next table.
13:21They had drunk too much and their voices kept rising.
13:25Have you heard about tomorrow's black dragon binding ceremony?
13:27Who hasn't?
13:29The saint candidate is binding herself to the black dragon.
13:32If she survives him.
13:38I heard the black dragon heir.
13:43Can barely hold back the blight anymore.
13:48Then Miss Lidlia is in danger.
13:51Danger.
13:52The phoenix saint already gave her a way out.
13:56What way out?
13:57The heart of the life tree.
14:02It can cleanse curses.
14:04Restore bloodlines.
14:05Even erase a curse mark from someone's face.
14:08Then why didn't the phoenix saint use it on ivy?
14:10Since when does anyone waste a miracle on a cursed girl?
14:15The heart of the life tree.
14:17Chaos had always had a way to remove my mark.
14:20He had always had it.
14:21And he had saved it for Lelia.
14:23Girl, something wrong with the lamb?
14:26It's delicious.
14:27I had simply understood.
14:29At last, fate had not refused to save me.
14:32They had.
14:33When I returned to the academy, night had fallen.
14:36The main hall was still lit.
14:39White roses covered the steps.
14:41At dawn, Lelia would wear the heart feather gown Caius made for her and walk toward the black dragon.
14:46Everyone would call her brave.
14:48Holy.
14:49Worth saving.
14:51And I had four days left before adulthood.
14:54No guardian spirit.
14:55No way out.
14:56I circled around the hall, heading for my dormitory.
15:01Just as I reached the east tower, I heard voices arguing inside.
15:06The black dragon's blight has broken through.
15:08The seal will hold only until dawn.
15:11Before sunrise, Lelia must enter the binding hall.
15:17I stopped outside the door.
15:19The east tower hall was full of people.
15:21The headmaster, mentors, noble representatives, and armored guards.
15:26Lelia hid behind Caius, her shoulders shaking as she cried.
15:30Caius shielded her with one blazing phoenix wing.
15:32Lelia, the black dragon chose you.
15:35At dawn, you must complete the bond.
15:37No.
15:38I don't want to.
15:40He'll kill me.
15:41If you refuse, the entire academy will be dragged into the dragon dream.
15:45The hall is sealed, but the seal won't hold much longer.
15:48Caius, save me!
15:50I'll take her.
15:53Caius?
15:53She needs one final cleansing read first.
15:58Go prepare the hall.
16:00At dawn, I'll bring her myself.
16:02We do not get a second chance.
16:04I know.
16:05Before sunrise.
16:07No later.
16:08I stood in the shadow outside the door, about to leave.
16:11A strand of gold and crimson flame wrapped silently around my wrist.
16:16Caius' voice sounded behind me.
16:18Ivy.
16:19I turned back.
16:20Lelia stood at the door of the inner chamber,
16:22pale and silent.
16:24Let go of me.
16:26Only you can save her.
16:31They're waiting for Lelia.
16:33You are her twin.
16:35Once your curse mark is gone,
16:37no one will know the difference.
16:39With the heart of the life tree?
16:42So it was true.
16:44You knew it could remove my mark.
16:45You knew I spent 18 years being hated for this face.
16:50And you kept it for Lelia.
16:51This isn't the time.
16:53Then when is the time?
16:54After I die for her in the dragon dream?
16:57Ivy, I'm scared.
16:59And I'm not?
17:03The heart of the life tree,
17:05the thing that could have saved me,
17:07had been within reach all along,
17:09in his hand.
17:10Ivy, I'm sorry.
17:11Don't.
17:12You're only sorry,
17:13because I'm the easier sacrifice.
17:15Caius' eyes shook,
17:16but he did not lower his hand.
17:19The green light fell across my face.
17:22My curse mark began to burn.
17:24I turned to run.
17:28Pain struck the back of my neck.
17:34The world went black.
17:36Before I lost consciousness,
17:37I heard Caius whisper near my ear.
17:40Sleep.
17:42At dawn,
17:43you'll walk into the hall as her.
17:48I wanted to tell him,
17:50Caius,
17:53I was the one who saved you that snowy night.
17:57But I could no longer make a sound.
18:02When I woke,
18:03I was sitting inside a silver carriage.
18:05Dawn had just broken.
18:06Morning fog still clung to the windows.
18:08I was dressed in Lillia's white and gold gown.
18:11My left cheek was smooth.
18:13Caius had finally removed it.
18:14Not to save me.
18:15To make me pass for Lillia.
18:17Outside the carriage,
18:19bells rang one after another.
18:21The academy square roared with voices.
18:23Everyone believed the girl being taken to the black dragon
18:26was the saint candidate.
18:28No one knew.
18:28Inside the carriage sat the cursed girl
18:30they had mocked for eighteen years.
18:32The carriage door opened.
18:34Cold air rushed in.
18:37Caius stood outside.
18:39When he saw my face,
18:40his gaze faltered.
18:42But in the end,
18:43he only held out his hand.
18:46Get down.
18:50I did not take his hand.
18:52I lift my skirt and step down on my own.
18:55His hand froze in the air.
18:58The hall had already been sealed.
19:01Ordinary students were held back outside the square.
19:04White roses covered the stone steps.
19:07Mentors and noble representatives lined both sides.
19:11When they saw me,
19:13they bowed.
19:14Miss Livia,
19:16may the goddess watch over you.
19:18The academy will remember your courage.
19:21So this was what respect felt like.
19:26Being mistaken for someone else.
19:32Don't speak.
19:35I'm afraid they'll hear I'm not her.
19:37Ivy,
19:37not now.
19:38Those words again.
19:40The doors of the hall opened slowly.
19:43There was no music.
19:45No blessing.
19:47Only black mist churning from the center of the binding circle.
19:51Inside the mist,
19:52a man was bound to the altar with silver chains.
19:58His head hung low,
20:00black hair covering half his face.
20:03Runes burned along the chains.
20:07Every one of them strained against the darkness.
20:10He was Adrian,
20:11the Black Dragon heir.
20:13Rumor called him cold.
20:16Dangerous.
20:17Untouchable.
20:19Once his blight broke loose,
20:21he would drag his bonded partner
20:22into the Dragon Dream
20:23and tear their soul apart.
20:31Maybe he had expected me to cry.
20:34To beg.
20:35To look back at him one last time.
20:38I did none of those things.
20:41By blood as witness,
20:43by soul as bond.
20:44Guardian spirit and bonded partner
20:46shall share fate
20:47and bear the curse together.
20:53His eyes were not the crimson I had heard about.
20:56They were gold.
20:59He looked at me.
21:01For a long time.
21:04Ivy?
21:05My heart jolted.
21:06He knew me?
21:08The next second,
21:09black light burst from the circle.
21:11The chains snapped.
21:13Mist swallowed the hall.
21:14A cry rose below the altar.
21:16Ivy!
21:17I heard him.
21:18I did not turn back.
21:20Darkness wrapped around me.
21:23It felt as if I were falling from a great height.
21:27When I opened my eyes again,
21:28I was standing in an unfamiliar garden.
21:31There was no black mist here.
21:33No chains.
21:34No blood.
21:35Only sunlight.
21:36Only sunlight,
21:36a clear stream,
21:37and blue bell flows blooming across the hillside.
21:44Was this the dragon dream?
21:47The nightmare that was supposed to tear souls apart?
21:51Beside the hem of my dress lay a small black dragon.
21:54He was only as long as my arm.
21:56His scales were translucent.
21:58His horns barely formed.
21:59He opened gold eyes and stared at me.
22:02Adrian?
22:03They said you would tear me apart.
22:06I reached out and lightly touched one of his horns.
22:09His entire body stiffened.
22:11The tip of his tail slowly turned red.
22:13Are you blushing?
22:14He immediately smacked my hand away with his tail.
22:17But his tail only grew redder.
22:19At last, I laughed.
22:21At least he did not want to kill me.
22:22At least I was still alive.
22:24I carried the little dragon through the garden for a long time.
22:28There was no exit.
22:30No academy.
22:32No path back.
22:54Adrian!
22:58Adrian!
23:19Your blood purified the blight.
23:22My blood?
23:24The dragon prophecy says only the Holy Blood Witch can do that.
23:32A snowy night from long ago crashed into my mind.
23:39The abandoned bell tower.
23:42The dying firebird.
23:45My bleeding wrist.
23:47So Caius had not merely remembered wrong.
23:51My blood had been able to save them from the beginning.
23:57No one had believed a cursed girl could be favored by the goddess.
24:02They did not offer me Lillia.
24:04They offered me you, my ivy.
24:07Your ivy?
24:11I have waited for you for many years.
24:15Have we met before?
24:29This is not the time for that.
24:31Why?
24:34Because the people outside are still waiting.
24:39How long have we been here?
24:43In the dragon dream, nearly half a day.
24:46Outside, less than 15 minutes.
24:47So they're still in the hall?
24:49They are waiting for Lillia to die.
24:56But the one who returns will be you.
24:58The people in the binding hall had not yet left.
25:01The black mist had cleared.
25:03Broken silver chains lay scattered across the floor.
25:06The headmaster, mentors, and noble representatives still stood where they were, pale-faced.
25:12Caius stood below the altar.
25:13When he saw Adrian and me appear together, his head snapped up.
25:19His gaze fell first on my face.
25:22Then on Adrian holding my hand.
25:29Ivy, you're alive.
25:32Disappointed?
25:35That isn't what I meant.
25:37She won't translate your excuses anymore.
25:40Prince Adrian, your blade.
25:42Gone.
25:43That's impossible.
25:45She did it.
25:50Ivy saved me.
25:52Ivy?
25:53Isn't that Miss Lillia?
25:56She isn't Lillia?
25:58The girl you sent in here was never Lillia.
26:06It was me.
26:08She's Ivy?
26:09But her curse mark...
26:11Was removed by the Heart of the Life Tree.
26:16By his hand.
26:20Phoenix Saint, explain yourself.
26:22Caius did not answer.
26:25He only looked at me.
26:27There was shock in his eyes.
26:30Panic.
26:32And fear that had come far too late.
26:35When we walked out of the hall, the morning bells were still ringing.
26:39They had been held behind the ceiling line, waiting for news from the hall.
26:44Beside the fountain, a white memorial platform had already been built.
26:49White ribbons hung from the stone pillars.
26:51At the center stood Lillia's portrait.
26:53The silver plaque beneath the portrait had not yet been uncovered.
26:57But I could already see the words engraved on it.
27:01Lillia, who offered herself to the Black Dragon and saved Saint Aurelia Academy.
27:07I suddenly laughed.
27:09The Academy had even prepared her sacrifice in advance.
27:16Only the life used to buy that glory was supposed to be mine.
27:24The Black Dragon Prince is out!
27:27Miss Lillia is back too!
27:28She succeeded?
27:30She really purified the Black Dragon?
27:32Goddess of Aurelia saved us!
27:34I did not explain.
27:35I walked step by step to the memorial platform.
27:38I reached out and tore down the white ribbon.
27:43Who are you memorializing?
27:46Miss Lillia.
27:52The one who entered the Binding Hall this morning was not Lillia.
28:01It was me.
28:02What did she say?
28:04I am Ivy Winter.
28:06The one who bonded with the Black Dragon was me.
28:09The one who purified the Blight was also me.
28:14Ivy?
28:15The Cursed Girl?
28:16Put the mark on her face.
28:19If Ivy really went into the hall, then where is the real Lillia?
28:46Ivy?
28:49Ivy?
28:54Ivy, I can explain.
28:57Explain what?
29:02How you let me die in your place.
29:06I didn't.
29:08I was just so scared.
29:10So was I.
29:11No one asked.
29:14Ivy, enough.
29:17What, afraid she'll be embarrassed again?
29:19She was terrified last night.
29:21Last night you seized me, stripped away my curse mark, dressed me in her gown and sent me into that
29:25hall to die with the Black Dragon.
29:27And now you're telling me she was terrified?
29:29So Lillia never entered the hall?
29:31Then what is this memorial platform?
29:33She was hiding the whole time?
29:36Lillia panicked.
29:38I never meant to take credit for anything.
29:41Then say it now.
29:43Say you were not the one who saved the Academy.
29:46Lillia could not say a single word.
29:49Of course she could not.
29:51She could not give up being St. Arayla's perfect girl.
29:55She could not give up the glory of St. Hib.
30:08Sister.
30:10Did my death serve you well?
30:16Enough.
30:17Ivy, she is not as cruel as you think.
30:20When disappointment reaches its end, it becomes very quiet.
30:27Then answer for her.
30:30Who did you knock unconscious last night?
30:33Who did you cleanse with the heart of the life tree?
30:39And who did you send into the binding hall?
30:41The square fell silent.
30:44His silence was the answer.
30:56The Academy will investigate this matter.
31:00No need.
31:03I raised my hand, tore off the outer layer of the white and gold gown, and threw it to the
31:08ground.
31:09Beneath it was my original black Academy dress.
31:14The dress was hers.
31:16The life was mine.
31:26Headmaster, the wolf spirit's blight is flaring.
31:29The seals won't hold.
31:37Lock it in the forbidden cage!
31:40Don't let it near us!
31:43Ivy.
31:45Ivy.
31:46She just returned from the dragon dream.
31:49Your highness, if she truly is the holy blood witch, now is the time to prove it.
31:54The Academy must confirm it.
32:01I did not like being forced.
32:04But I hated the thought of watching him be dragged into a cage and turned into another monster no one
32:10saved.
32:13You do not have to bleed for them.
32:17Not for them.
32:24For him.
32:26Adrian was silent for a moment.
32:30Then he released me.
32:33Only a little.
32:35I glanced at him.
32:37You're very bossy for someone I just bonded with.
32:41I am your dragon.
32:43He said it calmly.
32:45The people around us went silent.
32:48For some reason, the tips of my ears grew warm.
32:51I walked up to the wolf spirit.
32:54He growled at me, blood dripping from his fangs.
32:58Careful!
32:59I picked up the silver knife and made a shallow cut across my palm.
33:04A bead of blood welled up.
33:06The wolf spirit suddenly went still.
33:10As if he had caught a scent.
33:13I let my blood drip to his lips.
33:16One drop.
33:17Then another.
33:23She's killing him!
33:25That isn't holy blood.
33:27It's poison.
33:28I knew it.
33:28A cursed girl could never be a saint.
33:32Ivy, stop!
33:37Anyone who comes closer kneels.
33:45I don't know.
33:55I...
33:55I'm alive?
33:57The square went so quiet, only the wind remained.
34:00The headmaster stared at him, lips trembling.
34:02The blight is gone.
34:05Somewhere in the crowd, someone fell to their knees first.
34:08The Holy Blood Witch.
34:10Then more heads bowed.
34:13She really is the Holy Blood Witch.
34:18The prophecy is real.
34:20Yesterday, they called me cursed.
34:23Today, they called me holy.
34:26How quickly names changed.
34:28The wound was small, but after my blood left my body, cold drilled all the way into my bones.
34:44I can handle it.
34:46I know.
34:48I want to.
34:50For a moment, I had no answer.
34:53Ivy, from today onward, the Academy will restore every honor owed to you.
34:59All blight patients may come to you for purification.
35:04All?
35:05This is the sacred duty the Goddess has placed upon you.
35:10When you sent me to die in another girl's place, did the Goddess forget to mention that duty?
35:19I will save people.
35:23But my blood is not Academy property.
35:27I decide who receives it.
35:29You have no right to judge others.
35:32She has every right to decide what happens to her own blood.
35:43Miss Ivy, thank you.
35:48Live well.
35:50After the proof, the square changed.
35:55The students looked at me with awe.
36:00Some wanted to come closer.
36:03None dared.
36:05Lilia stood at the edge of the crowd.
36:08Her nails digging into her palm.
36:11What she feared most was not hatred.
36:16It was being replaced.
36:20Before, I had been her shadow.
36:23Now, she was becoming mine.
36:26Ivy, I need to speak with you.
36:33This is between us.
36:35There is no us between you and her.
36:39Black Dragon, this is a bond matter between me and my partner.
36:48I already filed the dissolution.
36:50It takes effect in three days.
36:53You truly mean to break our bond?
36:55Yes.
36:57Over these past few days?
36:59A few days.
37:01Caius, do you truly think I only started hurting yesterday?
37:07Was it you back then?
37:12The one who hid me in the abandoned bell tower that snowy night?
37:15The one who fed me her blood?
37:17Was it you?
37:28He had finally remembered to ask.
37:31After he pushed me into the binding hall.
37:34After he stripped away my curse mark.
37:38After he discovered my blood could purify blight.
37:43Only then did he remember to ask.
37:46Does it matter?
37:48It matters.
37:50How?
37:52If it was me, what would you do?
37:57Apologize?
37:59Take back the heart feather you gave Lelivia and offer it to me instead?
38:08Ivy.
38:11Do you have to do this to him?
38:16To him?
38:17Caius only got confused.
38:19That night was chaos.
38:21He was badly wounded.
38:25Of course he couldn't remember clearly.
38:29Then you remembered for him, didn't you?
38:33You came to the bell tower that day.
38:36You saw me holding him.
38:40You saw the blood on my wrist.
38:46I walked toward her step by step.
38:48And for years, you said nothing.
38:53I-I-I thought he knew.
38:56No.
38:59You knew he didn't.
39:01So Lelia took credit for saving him?
39:04No wonder the Phoenix Saint always protected her.
39:07That's disgusting.
39:13I didn't take anything.
39:15I didn't take anything.
39:15Caius misunderstood on his own.
39:17Then why didn't you correct him when he cared for you?
39:19When he plucked his heart feather for you?
39:21When he sent me to the Black Dragon to save you?
39:30Is it true?
39:32Caius, I never meant for this to happen.
39:35That was answer enough.
39:37The fire in Caius' eyes died little by little.
39:41For the first time, he seemed to truly see the girl he had protected for so many years.
39:47I felt no satisfaction.
39:52Only exhaustion.
39:56Back to the Black Tower.
39:59Black Tower?
40:01My residence.
40:03That doesn't sound very welcoming.
40:07Cleaner than the East Tower.
40:13I did not turn back.
40:17I didn't know.
40:18His voice was horsey.
40:20If I had known it was you...
40:25If you had known, would you have spared me?
40:32My heart went cold.
40:34See?
40:36You can't even promise that.
40:39Caius, you didn't mistake me.
40:41You dismissed me.
40:51The Black Tower stood on the northern side of the academy.
40:54Tall black stone walls were carved with dragon runes.
40:58From a distance, it looked like a black blade driven into the sky.
41:01But when I stepped inside, it was not cold at all.
41:04Silver blue fire burned in the hearth.
41:07Thick wool blankets lay by the window.
41:09Hot tea and warm bread waited on the table.
41:11A glass bottle held fresh blue bellflowers.
41:14Is this for me?
41:16Yes.
41:16How did you know I like bellflowers?
41:21I guessed.
41:22I looked at him.
41:24His face did not change.
41:26But the tips of his ears turned red.
41:29Adrian.
41:31Yes?
41:32Have you known me for a long time?
41:37Longer than Caius.
41:46When you were a child at North Hill Abbey,
41:50you once took in a little dragon with no horns.
41:56A memory from years ago rushed back.
41:59That winter, before I entered St. Rue Academy,
42:03I had been sent to North Hill Am because of the curse mark on my face.
42:08There, I met a little boy who could not speak.
42:11He had no dragon horns.
42:13No one wanted him either.
42:16I shared stolen bread with him.
42:19I even put my hands on my hips and told him to call me Miss Ivy.
42:23Then one day, he disappeared.
42:26I thought he had died.
42:28Little Mute?
42:30I was not mute.
42:31My horns had not grown in yet.
42:33Speaking hurt.
42:34You were that little dragon?
42:35Yes.
42:36Why didn't you tell me sooner?
42:37You had the phoenix.
42:39So?
42:39You looked like you loved him.
42:42I did not want to frighten you.
42:44So there had been someone in this world who remembered me.
42:47Not for my blood.
42:48Not for a bond.
42:50Just me.
42:52Your Highness.
42:53Miss Lilla requests to see Miss Ivy.
42:56No.
42:59Let her in.
43:00You do not have to see her.
43:01I know.
43:02But I want to hear how she plans to cry her way out of this.
43:07Ivy, please help me.
43:09With what?
43:11Everyone outside is cursing me.
43:13They say I lied, that I stole your credit, that I don't deserve to be the saint candidate.
43:17Please tell them it isn't true.
43:19Tell them you went in my place, willingly.
43:23I looked at her and almost laughed.
43:25Lillia, even when you beg, you still sound like you expect to be obeyed.
43:30I'm not ordering you.
43:33Ivy, I have no one else.
43:36You always had someone else when it mattered.
43:42I know you hate me, but I'm your sister.
43:45Did you remember that when you let me die for you?
43:47Her sob stopped.
43:49Adrienne stood by the window, watching her coldly.
43:52Lillia trembled under his gaze.
43:54Still, she crawled closer to me.
43:56Ivy, if you say one word, they'll believe you.
43:59You're the holy blood witch now.
44:01No one will question you.
44:02So you want to use my name again to save yours?
44:04No.
44:06Then what is it?
44:07She could not answer.
44:09I looked down at her.
44:10Once, I had looked up at her countless times.
44:13Watched her be surrounded.
44:15Watched her be praised.
44:18Watched her pass me in clean, beautiful dresses.
44:21Back then, she would smile this gently too.
44:24And do nothing.
44:26Nothing when others tore up my books.
44:28Nothing when they poured cold water over my bed.
44:30Nothing when Caius looked at her again and again.
44:34She never lifted a hand herself.
44:36But every time, she benefited.
44:38Lillia, I won't help you.
44:42Are you really going to let them destroy me?
44:46I'm not destroying you.
44:48Your own choices finally caught up with you.
44:50But you have everything now!
44:52The black dragon, holy blood, everyone's respect.
44:55All I have left is my name.
44:57I looked at her.
44:58So you admit the glory was stolen.
45:01I stood.
45:03Escort her out.
45:05Ivy!
45:06As she was dragged to the door, she turned back.
45:09Her eyes were no longer soft.
45:11Only hatred remained.
45:13You'll regret this.
45:14They respect you only because your blood is useful.
45:17Once they see I can purify Blight too, you'll be nothing.
45:20The door closed.
45:22The room went quiet again.
45:23I looked at the door and frowned.
45:25What did she just say?
45:26She can purify Blight too.
45:28She can't.
45:30Adrian came to my side.
45:32Then she'll prove that soon enough.
45:35Three days later, news spread through the academy.
45:37Lillia had healed Blight patients too.
45:39The first was a lower fox spirit.
45:41The second, a corrupted raven spirit.
45:44The third, a noble student's bonded hound.
45:47She took no bond support.
45:49She asked nothing about whether they had ever mocked me.
45:52Anyone who came to her left praising her mercy.
45:55The students changed their minds again.
45:58Maybe Miss Lillia really was just frightened.
46:00If she can purify Blight too, the goddess hasn't abandoned her.
46:04Miss Ivy is too cold.
46:05She said she only saves people she thinks are worthy.
46:07A true saint doesn't choose who deserves saving.
46:10Those words reached the Black Tower while I was eating baked apples.
46:17She moves fast.
46:19You're not worried?
46:20About what?
46:21If she could truly purify Blight, she wouldn't have cried and begged me to die in her place.
46:25I had someone look into it.
46:27And?
46:27The three guardian spirits she treated disappeared the next day.
46:30That same day, three beast corpses appeared in the Northwood.
46:33Same species?
46:34Fox.
46:35Raven.
46:36Hound.
46:38She wasn't purifying them.
46:40She used Phoenix Fire to burn away the red glow of the Blight and their minds with it.
46:44Yes.
46:45Then she threw them into the Northwood and pretended they had never existed.
46:48Lillia was crueler than I had thought.
46:50It was not that she could not save people.
46:53It was that she did not care whether they survived.
46:55She only wanted the reputation of being able to purify.
46:59That evening, the headmaster sent for me.
47:01The academy's judgment hall was packed.
47:03Lillia stood in the center.
47:05She wore a white dress, pale and fragile as ever.
47:08Caius stood beside her.
47:10When Adrian and I entered, everyone moved aside.
47:13Ivy.
47:13Prince Adrian.
47:15Three beast corpses were found in the Northwood.
47:17They have been identified as the guardian spirits Miss Lillia claimed to have purified.
47:23What?
47:25But she healed them.
47:26So those spirits were dead?
47:29It wasn't me.
47:31I healed them.
47:32I don't know why they died.
47:34Phoenix Saint.
47:35You provided the phoenix fire Miss Lillia used.
47:38Did you know?
47:42I thought she only wanted to help.
47:44You always do.
47:45Caius stiffened.
47:47Lillia dropped to her knees.
47:48Caius, believe me, I didn't hurt them.
47:51Then why did you ask me to send them to the Northwood after every treatment?
47:54The judgment hall went silent.
47:56You promised you wouldn't tell.
48:00The headmaster raised a hand.
48:02Guards stepped forward.
48:03Lillia Winter, you are accused of using forbidden magic to harm guardian spirits.
48:08You are hereby detained.
48:10You are hereby detained.
48:10No!
48:11I didn't!
48:12I'm the saint candidate!
48:13You can't do this to me!
48:15Ivy, this was you!
48:16You had the black dragon investigate me!
48:18Yes.
48:19Because you killed them.
48:22They were only lower spirits!
48:25The entire judgment hall went silent.
48:29Everyone had heard her.
48:31Lillia realized what she had said.
48:33Too late.
48:34Her mask shattered completely.
48:38Lower spirits want to live too.
48:41Just like that dying firebird did.
48:44This time, no one pleaded for her.
48:54Ivy.
48:58The three days are over.
49:01And?
49:05My last heart feather.
49:07Take it.
49:10This time, it isn't compensation.
49:13I want you to have it.
49:15Once, I had waited outside the east tower until dawn, hoping for a single feather that belonged to me.
49:22Now, he held his last heart feather before me.
49:25But it was no longer a gift.
49:28Only guilt.
49:30Ivy, please.
49:31Don't break the bond.
49:36The final moment had come.
49:40Caius.
49:43Once, I wanted a feather.
49:46Now, I want freedom.
49:48I looked at the burning heart feather in his palm.
49:50And what you're offering me is only your guilt.
49:52I don't want it.
49:54After I said it, the gray dissolution mark flared.
49:58The next second, the phoenix bond broke.
50:00It felt as if something had been pulled out of my flesh.
50:04It hurt.
50:06But it also felt light.
50:08At last, I no longer had to wait for Caius to turn around.
50:16Ivy.
50:21Don't call me that anymore.
50:25We are not that close.
50:29Let's go.
50:30This time, Caius did not stop me.
50:33The window at the end of the corridor was open.
50:35Cold wind blew in.
50:37He stood where he was, red hair stirred by the wind.
50:40Like a dying fire.
50:43I did not look back.
50:45After Lilia was imprisoned, her name was removed from list of saint candidates.
50:50The white tower where she had lived was sealed.
50:52Her portraits were taken down.
50:54The white rose garden was closed to her.
50:57I did not visit her.
51:01Miss Ivy, Lilia likes us to see you one last time.
51:06You don't have to go.
51:09You don't have to go.
51:09I'll go.
51:11Some people cannot bear to leave without one last accusation.
51:17Then I'm going with you.
51:20The underground prison was damp and cold.
51:24Lilia was locked in the innermost cell.
51:26She wore prison gray, her hair disheveled.
51:30There was no trace of her polished smile left.
51:33The moment she saw me, she lunged at the bars.
51:36Ivy!
51:37The guard held her back.
51:39She stared at me with hatred in her eyes.
51:42Are you satisfied?
51:43You finally took everything from me!
51:46Everything from you?
51:50Was the saint's title yours?
51:52Was Caius' gratitude yours?
51:54Was the glory yours?
51:56If you hadn't suddenly become the Holy Blood Witch, I wouldn't be here!
52:00I didn't make you use forbidden magic to kill Gaudian spirits.
52:04They were only lower spirits!
52:07Lilia, you never thought you were wrong.
52:11I only wanted a better life!
52:14So did I.
52:16But I didn't climb over other people's bodies to get it.
52:22Do you think Caius is innocent?
52:27The marsh lizard spirit?
52:31Caius had him taken.
52:32He refused to let you bond with anyone else.
52:38You think he only mistook the wrong girl?
52:45He looked down on you, but he still wouldn't let you go.
52:49I had guessed as much.
52:52But hearing it from her still disgusted me.
52:58Thank you for telling me.
53:02You're not angry?
53:04I am.
53:06But not over him.
53:11Ivy!
53:12Why do you get a better fate than me?
53:20Maybe because this time,
53:21I stopped giving my life
53:23to other people.
53:35Did it hurt?
53:37What?
53:38Hearing the truth.
53:40Not as much as I expected.
53:43Maybe because someone is holding my hand now.
53:51The Black Dragon Prince was strange.
53:54He could frighten an entire Judgment Hall with a look.
53:58But one kind word left him helpless.
54:01On Judgment Day, snow fell.
54:04Lilia was taken to the Ashen Execution Platform.
54:06I did not go to watch.
54:08I only sent someone to collect her remains afterwards.
54:12Caius disappeared for several days after that.
54:15When he returned,
54:16Blight had already wrapped itself around him.
54:19Phoenix Fire was meant to purify corruption.
54:22His had turned murky.
54:25When he came to the Black Tower,
54:27the guards nearly drew their swords.
54:31You should not have come.
54:35I'm not here to ask for blood.
54:37His voice was very soft.
54:39I stood behind Adrian and looked at Caius.
54:42Caius took out the last heart feather from inside his robe.
54:46Most of its light had already faded.
54:49I only wanted to give it to you before I lose myself completely.
54:52I already refused it.
54:55I know.
54:56But I still wanted to come.
54:58Not so you would forgive me.
55:00Only so you would know I finally understand what I lost.
55:06Understanding isn't redemption, Caius.
55:11And one more thing.
55:16I know about the Marsh Lizard Spirit.
55:20You stopped me from bonding with him not because he was unworthy of me,
55:24but because you wouldn't let me leave.
55:28I only...
55:29You only got used to me waiting for you.
55:35You never changed.
55:38Before, you protected Limnia and sent me to die.
55:41Later, after you learned I was the one who saved you,
55:43you tried to keep me beside you.
55:45But not once did you ask what I wanted.
55:53Ivy, if I could do it again...
55:56There is no again.
55:57I saved you once.
56:00You hurt me once.
56:02We are even.
56:19Should I drive it away?
56:23No.
56:26It will learn soon enough.
56:28There's no place for it here.
56:29One month later, St. Aurelia Academy held a new bond coronation for Adrian and me.
56:34The headmaster wanted the ceremony in the main hall.
56:37I refused.
56:38Too many bad memories live there.
56:40In the end, we chose the bellflower garden behind the black tower.
56:44Blue flowers covered the hillside.
56:46Black dragon banners unfurled in the wind.
56:50I wore a simple black gown.
56:52No white roses.
56:55No phoenix heart feather.
57:01What is this?
57:03A reverse scale.
57:07Isn't a dragon's reverse scale something you don't give lightly?
57:10Yes.
57:11Then why give it to me?
57:15Because I'm afraid you'll decide you don't want me.
57:18Your Highness, I think you misunderstand your own appeal.
57:21You once loved a phoenix.
57:22I was wrong about him.
57:24And now?
57:29Now I know better.
57:36Adrian, didn't you used to call me Miss Ivy?
57:42We were children.
57:44I want to hear it.
57:51Miss Ivy.
57:52I smiled, stood on tiptoe, and kissed his dragon horn.
57:56The next second, he lifted me into his arms.
58:00Adrian!
58:01Dragon horns are not for casual touching.
58:03He lowered his head and looked at me.
58:05A dangerous smile flickered in his gold eyes.
58:08And what happens if they are?
58:11The dragon takes you back to his nest.
58:14When the coronation began, the snow stopped.
58:17Sunlight fell over the bellflower garden.
58:19The headmaster recited the new bond oath.
58:22By blood as witness.
58:24By soul as bond.
58:25Black drag yegan Adrian shall share fate with holy blood witch Ivy.
58:32This time, no one pushed me onto an altar.
58:34No one asked me to die in another girl's place.
58:38I walked to his side by choice.
58:40On a distant snow pine branch, the dark red bird was still watching.
58:46A little noisy.
58:48Let it leave.
58:49My vow does not need a phoenix as witness.
58:54As you wish.
58:59The dark red bird fled in panic and vanished beyond the snow line.
59:03Fate had not abandoned me after all.
59:07It had only taken the long way around.
59:10To return the dragon who had always been mine.
59:13Let itMAIN
59:14For now everyone
59:15Let it be
59:15To return the dragon
59:15To return the dragon
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