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00:01In the kingdom of Asland, the royal hunt determined a prince's bride.
00:05The victor would take his hand in marriage.
00:08This year, it was Prince Cedric's turn.
00:10On the eve of the hunt, I dreamed I won.
00:13Before I could be named his bride, a filthy stable hand burst through the crowd,
00:17claiming we had secretly pledged ourselves.
00:19Then he produced a love poem in my handwriting.
00:23My name was ruined, but Cedric silenced the crowd and took me,
00:27not as his consort, but as a mistress.
00:29Your name's ruined already. No one will ever marry you.
00:32Only I can protect you, Scarlet.
00:34Be mine. You'll never need to worry again.
00:37I believed him. I stayed as his mistress.
00:39No title, no honor.
00:41My father, out of his love for me, pledged the entire house veil
00:45to support Cedric's claim to the throne.
00:47Yet Cedric's first order as king was to slaughter my family.
01:03I crawled to him and begged.
01:07Give her 80 lashes.
01:14I needed your father's army to take the throne, but Adeline had been by my side since childhood.
01:21I could not betray her, so I ordered the stable hand to ruin your name.
01:26In the dream, I died consumed by hatred.
01:30I woke drenched in cold sweat and told myself it was only a nightmare.
01:35Then came the royal hunt.
01:37Lady Scarlet, would you consent to marry my son Cedric?
01:42A ragged, filthy man broke past the royal guards.
01:45My lady! You cannot marry the prince!
01:48Only then did I understand.
01:50The dream had been a warning.
01:51I must rewrite my fate.
01:53You gave yourself to me long ago.
01:55You swore you'd love only me, though I am nothing but a stable hand.
01:58As for the prince, you said he was nothing but an empty-headed fool!
02:04Is that not the Vale family's stable man?
02:06Did he just claim Lady Scarlet surrendered her virtue to him?
02:08Good heavens! How could a duke's daughter throw away her honour for a mere stable hand?
02:13A duke's daughter?
02:14She is beneath a common harlot.
02:20Scarlet, is it true?
02:21Was that truly how you saw me?
02:23Did you give yourself to him?
02:28Scarlet, everyone has seen how devoted Prince Cedric has been to you.
02:31How could you do something so shameless?
02:33The accusations came one after another.
02:36Just as in my dream, I became the target.
02:38Of everyone's scorn within moments.
02:40No, I would not walk into the fate.
02:42I had seen in my dream.
02:44My father, my mother, all of House Vale.
02:47Their lives depended on me now.
02:51Your Highness, you are rather quick to judge.
02:53This is the royal hunt.
02:55No outsider should have been able to enter.
02:58Yet, instead of asking who this man is or how he came to be here, your first thought is to
03:02question me.
03:06House Vale has served the crown for a century.
03:09We have bled for this kingdom time and again.
03:12If a duke's daughter can be condemned on a servant's word alone, who would ever risk their life for the
03:17crown again?
03:19The whispers quieted and the crowd turned towards Cedric.
03:23Yes, condemn a duke's daughter on accusations alone and no noble house would remain silent.
03:28Cedric clearly had not expected me to remain so calm.
03:31After a brief pause, he forced out an apology.
03:34Scarlet, forgive me.
03:35I spoke in the heat of the moment.
03:37Then Cedric turned his cold gaze on the stable hand.
03:40You claim you were intimate with Lady Scarlet.
03:42Where is your proof?
03:43Of course, Your Highness.
03:45My Lady admired my humble poems and gave me her heart.
03:48She even wrote me this love poem.
03:50Look at it.
03:50Is this not proof enough?
03:51Adeline clutched the paper.
03:53Good heavens.
03:55This is the Nightingale's lament.
03:57Scarlet wrote these verses at the literary gathering last year.
04:00That handwriting.
04:01I would know it anywhere.
04:03Scarlet, I never thought you would become such a fallen woman.
04:06You have disgraced House Vale.
04:08If you will not think of yourself, think of your cousins.
04:12Who would ever marry them now?
04:14Before I could defend myself, Cedric cut in.
04:16Scarlet, what is there left to say?
04:20I placed my trust in you.
04:22Every rare gift sent to me, I chose the finest for you.
04:26And this, this is how you repay me?
04:29The two of them played their parts perfectly.
04:32Soon, whispers and vicious remarks swept through the crowd.
04:35And the noble women turned against me once more.
04:37In that dream, it had happened exactly this way.
04:40The moment that the so-called love poem appeared, I had no way left to clear my name.
04:44But now...
04:45Our kingdom is vast, and many could forge my eye handwriting.
04:48Would you truly condemn a duke's daughter on the strength of one supposed love poem?
04:53This is no mere accident.
04:55Someone has arranged this, to set House Vale against the crown.
04:59Your majesty...
05:01To prevent this plot from succeeding, I ask that the stable hand be taken into a royal custody and questioned
05:08under guard.
05:09Let a proper inquiry clear my name.
05:10But Cedric read my intention at once.
05:13A cold smirk touched his lips, as he gave the stable hand the faintest nod.
05:18Scarlet!
05:19I never knew you could be so heartless!
05:21You would have me thrown into prison just to save yourself?
05:24Very well!
05:24If you will show no mercy, I shall show you none!
05:27I saw it with my own eyes when we laid together, that rose-red birthmark on your left breast.
05:32Go on, Scarlet!
05:33Deny it if you dare!
05:38Two years ago, we had been ambushed.
05:40While tending to my wound, he had accidentally caught sight of the birthmark on the left side of my chest.
05:46He had blushed.
05:47In the future, I will differently formally marry you as my wife.
05:50And now, to destroy me, he had revealed my most private secret to a low-born stable.
06:00Scarlet, I believe you are innocent.
06:02You are far too pure to commit such a disgrace, are you not?
06:06Scarlet, do say something.
06:08If this stable-hamp is slanding you, his majesty will surely see justice done.
06:13Why hesitate?
06:15Unless he is telling the truth.
06:16Adeline, why are you so determined to ruin me?
06:19What have I ever done to deserve such cruelty from you?
06:22I speak only out of pity for his highness.
06:25He has shown you such devotion, yet this is how you repay his affection.
06:29Instead of arguing, perhaps you should focus on proving your innocence.
06:34She was right.
06:35If I could not explain, I would be forever branded a disgrace.
06:39A moment ago, I thought she had been framed.
06:40But her silence tells us enough.
06:42Perhaps the stable hand is telling the truth.
06:46Wait, Scarlet.
06:47Did you not say words alone prove nothing, and let everyone see the truth for themselves?
06:55Adeline, I am a lady of the House of Vale.
06:57I will not bear my chest before all these people.
07:00If they saw the mark on my chest, it would prove nothing.
07:03I would only be ruined beyond repair.
07:05That was her trap.
07:05I am only trying to help you, Scarlet.
07:08A little humiliation is better than being ruined by the word of that lowborn stable hand.
07:14She is right, Scarlet.
07:16Prove there is nothing between you and that stable hand, and I shall not condemn you.
07:21Our wedding will proceed as planned.
07:23I almost burst out laughing.
07:25Even without the birthmark, Cedric would have set another trap to ruin me.
07:28Either way, I couldn't escape my fate.
07:30I admit it.
07:32There is a birthmark on my chest.
07:35Good heavens, she confessed!
07:38A duke's daughter let a stable hand see her bare skin!
07:41Three generations of the Vale family served the crown with honor.
07:44Her Majesty once praised her as a model of noble womanship.
07:47How could she sink so low?
07:48She has disgraced her name.
07:50A woman like her has no place in decent society.
07:53Scarlet, I cannot believe you truly betrayed me.
07:57Your virtue is now in question.
07:58You can no longer be my wife, but I will not cast you into disgrace.
08:01I could keep you under my protection as my mistress.
08:04No title, no honor, hidden from society's eyes.
08:07Will you accept my mercy?
08:09What an honorable man.
08:11She is a fallen woman, and still he refuses to abandon her.
08:15They did not know the truth, but I did.
08:16Cedric wore devotion like a mask, but his heart belonged to Adeline.
08:20He would never wound her by making me his lawful wife.
08:23So he had staged this farce to ruin my name.
08:25If I yielded, I would step straight into the grave I had seen in my dreams.
08:30I thank you, Your Highness.
08:32But I hold no affection for you.
08:35Scarlet, you refuse with my protection.
08:38Are you still longing for that stable hand?
08:40Scarlet, do not be ungrateful.
08:41His Highness adores you.
08:44He is willing to take you even after a stable hand has touched you.
08:47What more could you want?
08:51Scarlet, is this about the title?
08:53I cannot make you my wife here.
08:55Under the law and the church, an unchildy woman may lose everything.
08:58I am trying to save you.
09:00Be sensible.
09:02Bear me a child, and I shall petition my father to make you my lawful wife.
09:07Such devotion.
09:09If a man loved me like that, I could die happy.
09:13Cedric never cared for me.
09:14He needed me alive.
09:15If I died, he would lose House Vale's military support.
09:19What he needed was a living daughter of House Vale.
09:23You have all had your say.
09:25Now it is my turn.
09:29I only admitted that I had a birthmark.
09:31I never said it had anything to do with this stable hand.
09:34Do not be so eager to condemn me.
09:36Scarlet, the witness and the evidence are right here.
09:40And you still deny it?
09:41A lady's chest is not for any man's eyes.
09:44If he is not your lover, how would he know?
09:47Enough, Scarlet.
09:48Press this any further, and even I cannot shield you.
09:52I have done nothing wrong.
09:54Why would I need your protection?
09:56You?
09:57Father, this royal hunt was meant to select my bride, yet it has become a scene of scandal.
10:02Lady Scarlet and I have known each other for years.
10:04I cannot bear to see her condemned.
10:06I beg you.
10:07Spare her.
10:08Grant her to me as a servant in my bedchamber.
10:11It would punish her misconduct and preserve the Crown's dignity.
10:14A servant in his bedchamber?
10:16Lower even than a mistress?
10:18Clever Cedric?
10:19I never said there was no one who could clear me.
10:22Even if that man knows my secret, it does not prove he learnt it from me.
10:28So you still intend to deny it until the bitter end?
10:32Very well.
10:32Tell me, who could possibly prove your innocence now?
10:40His majesty, the king himself.
10:46Dead silence.
10:47All stare at me in shock.
10:49After three breaths, the crowd burst into uproar.
10:52She has lost her mind.
10:53She is dragging the king into this filth.
10:59She cannot clear herself, so now she needs to smear the crown.
11:02That is treason.
11:04She could hang for it.
11:07House Vale is finished.
11:09She will send them all to the Shaffled.
11:16Scarlet, how dare you?
11:19His majesty's name is not yours to drag through the mud.
11:23Are you so eager to die?
11:26Scarlet, do you hear yourself?
11:29My father's name is not yours to throw around.
11:34Your majesty, I do not speak recklessly.
11:37I only wish to ask one thing.
11:40This royal hunt is presided over by your majesty.
11:43The hunting field is guarded at every approach by the king's guard.
11:47Is that not so?
11:48The royal hunting grounds are forbidden to outsiders.
11:51That is the law of the realm.
11:53Not a lowly stable hand, not even a noble lord,
11:57may enter without your majesty's leave.
11:59Yet today, this servant not only entered.
12:04He came straight to me.
12:06Recited words plainly prepared in advance.
12:09And produced so-called evidence.
12:18So I ask.
12:19Who gave him the courage to cause such disorder before your majesty?
12:24And who has the power to smuggle a servant past the king's guard
12:29and into this royal hunt?
12:33The clamor died at once.
12:35Those who had been shouting accusations at me went pale,
12:38uncertainty spreading across their faces.
12:43Cedric had never expected me to turn the accusation this way,
12:46instead of being trapped by the poem and the birthmark.
12:49I am the daughter of the duke of Vale,
12:52whose house has guarded this kingdom's borders for generations
12:56and bled for the crown.
12:59Today, someone framed me before your majesty,
13:03not merely to ruin me,
13:04but to seize house Vale
13:06and turn its armies against the throne.
13:12To bend a loyal house into another man's weapon.
13:21To turn my father's army against the throne itself.
13:25The crowd stirs.
13:27This is treason against the crown.
13:31Nobles realize Cedric plans to take the throne
13:33by marrying me and seizing House Vale's army.
13:38Scarlet!
13:39You lie!
13:40When have I ever harbored such treason?
13:43How dare you slander me!
13:49Slander you?
13:50From the moment that servant appeared,
13:52you defended him at every turn.
13:56You never asked who sent him.
13:57You rushed to condemn me instead.
13:59Why is that, your highness?
14:05The lords and ladies who had thought him so devoted
14:07now looked at him with new, wary eyes.
14:12I had wagered correctly.
14:16Your majesty,
14:17my honor is a small matter.
14:21The peace of the realm is not.
14:25I beg you,
14:26uncover the one behind this plot.
14:29And he would never allow the queen's faction
14:31to swallow House Vale.
14:34Clear my name
14:35and preserve the peace of the realm.
14:37The grounds go quiet.
14:39All gaze at the king.
14:40I will expose Cedric's ambition to everyone.
14:43The dream had shown me enough.
14:45The king had never trusted Cedric.
14:54I have never harbored such thoughts.
14:57I beg you, see the truth!
15:02His gaze lingers on me,
15:04then shifts sharply to Cedric.
15:06Silence, all of you.
15:12Lady Scarlet is right.
15:14In this matter, I can indeed bear witness for her.
15:19Cedric snaps his head up, face full of disbelief.
15:23Adeline collapses pale on the grass,
15:26lips shaking without a word.
15:28The crowd stands frozen.
15:30I lift my head to the king calmly, unsurprised.
15:33I knew he would help me,
15:35for I gave him a chance
15:36to check Cedric and the queen
15:37to strengthen his rule.
15:42Where is my king's guard?
15:48Here, your majesty!
15:53Dozens of armored guards
15:55surged forward and surrounded the man.
16:03This wretch dared breach my hunting grounds
16:05and frame the daughter of a loyal house.
16:08Take him.
16:09Drag him to the high tribunal
16:11and interrogate him thoroughly.
16:14I want to know who emboldened him
16:15to sow disorder under my very eyes.
16:18Yes, your majesty!
16:20The guards hauled the man up,
16:22limp with terror,
16:23and dragged him away.
16:32Cedric.
16:35Yes, father.
16:37I arranged this hunt
16:38to choose you a bride.
16:40And look what you have made of it.
16:45A stranger breached
16:46forbidden ground under your nose
16:48and framed the daughter of a war hero.
16:51You did not seek the truth.
16:53You rushed to condemn her.
16:55Blind, reckless,
16:56unworthy.
16:58Are you fit for the post
16:59I entrusted to you?
17:02Mercy, father!
17:04I was wrong.
17:05I lost my head.
17:06Punish me as you see fit.
17:08From today,
17:09you are confined to your estate
17:10for three months.
17:12Reflect on your conduct.
17:13And the capital guard
17:14under your command,
17:16you will surrender it at once.
17:21Adeline, daughter of the Vantric.
17:25Adeline trembled so hard
17:26she could barely remain on her knees.
17:29From the start,
17:30you meddled at every turn,
17:32distorting the truth
17:33and stirring discord
17:34with none of the decorum
17:36expected of a noblewoman.
17:37Go home.
17:38Six months' confinement.
17:40You will learn proper conduct
17:41from the Mistress of Ceremonies.
17:45Scarlet, rise.
17:47You are the Duke of Vale's daughter
17:49raised with honor and proposal.
17:51I trust your character.
17:55Someone framed you today.
17:58Your innocence,
18:00I vouch for it myself.
18:02His voice carried
18:03across the entire field.
18:05Anyone who dares gossip
18:06about this matter again
18:08or slander the Duke of Vale's household
18:10will answer for contempt of the crown.
18:13The king vindicated me,
18:15ending all slander.
18:16I thank your majesty.
18:19Your majesty's justice
18:21is a blessing to the realm.
18:23Cedric and Adeline
18:24had gone deathly pale.
18:26Those two owed me blood.
18:28Now, it was their turn to pay.
18:30I was safe at last,
18:31but it was not over.
18:32I smiled coldly.
18:35Two anxious hours crawled by.
18:39Then the report was delivered to the king.
18:50Cedric!
18:50What have you to say
18:52for yourself now?
19:03The stable hand confessed
19:05all during the High Tribunal's
19:07first questioning.
19:10He was no Vale servant,
19:12merely Cedric's disguised secret agent.
19:17Cedric's men told him
19:19every word to recite.
19:20The love poem,
19:21forged.
19:23Cedric copied my handwriting
19:24from old letters to create it.
19:27He bribed guards
19:28to let the spy
19:28into the hunting grounds.
19:30And Adeline aided
19:31the entire plot.
19:36The truth unfolds,
19:37shocking everyone.
19:39Cedric fabricated the scandal
19:40to destroy me
19:41and seize House Vale's power.
19:48Father,
19:48I was wrong.
19:50I lost my senses.
19:51I beg you,
19:52forgive me this once.
20:00Forgive you?
20:03You commit such a vile act
20:05and still expect mercy?
20:13In the end,
20:14the decree came down.
20:16Prince Cedric,
20:16corrupt in character,
20:18guilty of framing
20:19a loyal house,
20:20was stripped of his royal rank
20:21and succession rights,
20:23reduced to the rank
20:24of a minor peer.
20:26Adeline,
20:26his accomplice,
20:28malicious in intent,
20:29was sentenced
20:30to 30 lashes.
20:31That decree
20:32cut Cedric off
20:33from the throne forever
20:34and Adeline became
20:35a laughingstock
20:36of the capital,
20:38doomed to spend
20:38the rest of her life
20:39in disgrace.
20:41The storm at the hunting field
20:42had finally come to an end.
20:47Only then did I realise
20:48my fine gown
20:49was soaked through
20:50with cold sweat.
20:51My father heard
20:52what had happened
20:53and rode back at a gallop.
20:55The moment he saw me,
20:56his eyes reddened.
20:59Father,
20:59it is all right.
21:01Because of this,
21:02I finally saw certain people
21:03for what they truly were.
21:06Three days after we returned,
21:08another royal decree
21:09arrived from the palace,
21:10a betrothal decree.
21:12The king betrothed me
21:13to Prince Arthur,
21:14his favoured son,
21:15born to his late queen.
21:17In my dream,
21:18Arthur was the only man
21:19who dared speak for House Vale
21:20after Cedric seized the throne.
21:22I had not expected him
21:23to bind me directly to Arthur.
21:25Then I understood.
21:26Binding House Vale to Arthur
21:27would curb the queen's faction
21:29and the ruined Cedric both.
21:30It would also set his two sons
21:32against each other
21:33so his own throne
21:34would stand more secure.
21:35Another perfect royal calculation.
21:37But I had no reason to refuse.
21:39Arthur was upright,
21:40steady,
21:41brave,
21:41and sharp.
21:42A thousand times
21:43the man Cedric was.
21:45I signed my name on the decree.
21:47Word spread quickly
21:48through the capital.
21:49Confined to his estate,
21:50Cedric shattered every antique
21:52in his study,
21:53unable to understand
21:54how his own trap
21:55had freed me instead.
21:56A fortnight later,
21:57the moment the restrictions
21:58on his confinement
21:59will relax,
22:00he stormed to the gates
22:01of House Vale
22:01and demanded to see me.
22:04In only a few days,
22:06Cedric had grown gaunt
22:07and hollow,
22:08nothing left of the polished prince
22:10who had once looked down
22:11on everyone.
22:12I was wrong.
22:12I was terribly wrong.
22:14I lost my senses
22:15and I wronged you.
22:17But I only did it
22:17because I loved you too much.
22:19I was terrified of losing you,
22:21terrified you would refuse me,
22:22terrified another lord
22:23would claim your hand.
22:24Forgive me.
22:25Let us go back
22:26to how we were.
22:27There has only ever been you.
22:30Cedric,
22:31have you forgotten?
22:32A fortnight ago
22:33at the royal hunt,
22:34you called me shameless
22:35before everyone.
22:36Now that you have fallen
22:37from power,
22:38you suddenly remember
22:39my worth?
22:39Scarlet,
22:40that was all false.
22:41An act.
22:41I never once thought
22:42that of you.
22:43Enough.
22:44Spare me your lies.
22:45I remember every single
22:46thing you did.
22:47You think you are worthy
22:48to marry me?
22:49I would sooner take the veil
22:50than wed a vicious,
22:51power-hungry snake
22:52like you.
22:56Three months later,
22:57I wed Prince Arthur.
22:59The ceremony was magnificent
23:00and the king bestowed
23:02lavish gifts upon us.
23:03From that day on,
23:04Arthur and I were true allies.
23:06I told him every scheme
23:07I remembered from my dream.
23:09He gave me trust and respect
23:10and never once tried to command
23:12House Vale's forces.
23:13Together,
23:14we moved with perfect understanding.
23:16Before long,
23:17Cedric was pressed from every side.
23:19Yet still,
23:20he would not give up.
23:20In secret,
23:21he colluded with the enemy kingdom
23:22beyond the border,
23:24intending to join forces
23:25with foreign troops
23:26and seize the throne by force.
23:28All of it unfolded
23:29exactly as I had foreseen.
23:32The dream had shown me
23:33Cedric would gain the upper hand
23:35in the struggle for the crown
23:36by colluding with the enemy kingdom
23:38beyond the border.
23:39Now that I knew,
23:40I would never let him win.
23:41In advance,
23:42I sent my father a secret letter.
23:44He set a trap
23:45at the border fortress,
23:46crushed the enemy forces
23:47and seized the letters
23:48Cedric had sent them,
23:49each bearing his private seal.
23:51Proof beyond denial.
23:53Treason meant the blot
23:54or the noose.
23:54Now,
23:55the king showed no mercy.
23:57Cedric was stripped of rank,
23:58reduced to a commoner,
23:59chained in the dungeon
24:00and sentenced
24:01to lose his head in autumn.
24:03The queen,
24:03implicated in the plot,
24:04was deposed and confined
24:06to a remote tower for life.
24:07Adeline fell with him.
24:08The family's estate was seized.
24:10Its men were exiled to the mines
24:12and its women were sent
24:13to houses of correction.
24:14The night before they took her away,
24:16Adeline hanged herself.
24:17In the dream,
24:18they stood on my corpse
24:19and rose to glory.
24:20Now,
24:21they fell into ruin.
24:22Blood repaid in blood.
24:23With Cedric gone,
24:24no one could stand against Arthur.
24:26Years later,
24:27the old king fell ill
24:28and abdicated in Arthur's favor.
24:30On the day of the coronation,
24:31the sky was clear and endless.
24:41I named Crown Princess Scarlet
24:43of House Vale
24:44my queen.
24:45In the dream,
24:46I had died in the abandoned East Wing,
24:48choking on hatred.
24:50Now,
24:50I stood crowned,
24:51avenged,
24:52my family safe,
24:53at the height of power.
24:54Scarlet,
24:55from now on,
24:56this kingdom is ours
24:58to rule together.
25:00Sunlight poured over us,
25:02warm and blinding.
25:03All who had wronged me
25:04had received their due.
25:07Inside the royal bedchamber,
25:09candles flickered
25:10against the dark mahogany bed.
25:12Arthur's large hands
25:14slid onto my bare,
25:15trembling shoulders
25:16from behind.
25:17He leaned down to kiss me,
25:18but the moment his lips
25:20brushed my skin,
25:21I stiffened in pure panic.
25:23My face went pale
25:25and my entire body
25:26shook with fear.
25:27Arthur noticed my terror
25:29immediately.
25:30He was the absolute king,
25:31but he stopped.
25:32He suppressed his burning desire,
25:35showing immense restraint.
25:37He pulled me into a soft embrace,
25:39hiding his own heartache.
25:41Scarlet,
25:41look at me.
25:43You are safe now.
25:45I will never hurt you.
25:48Forgive me,
25:49your highness.
25:50I...
25:51I just need time.
25:54I forced a polite,
25:56queenly smile,
25:57erecting a perfect wall
25:58of court etiquette between us.
26:02We swore our vows
26:04in the cathedral, Scarlet.
26:05But in your heart,
26:07am I always going to be
26:08just a cold ally?
26:10Just a business partner
26:11who traded a crown
26:12for House Vale's army?
26:14Get out.
26:15Closing the heavy oak doors,
26:17I stood alone in the quiet room,
26:19my heart in utter chaos.
26:23At the grand ball of the social season,
26:25the music played softly.
26:27Several duchesses stood behind me,
26:29hiding their faces with lace fans.
26:31They whispered sneers about me,
26:33mocking the scandals Cedric had staged.
26:36Look at her.
26:37A lady whose name was ruined in public,
26:41now wearing a crown.
26:43The king only married her
26:44for father's soldiers.
26:46And him, Marianne.
26:48She is just an empty political puppet to him.
26:51They tried to isolate me,
26:53wanting to humiliate House Vale.
26:56Suddenly, Arthur broke through the crowd
26:58in his sharp uniform.
26:59Guards, revoke these ladies' palace
27:01invitations immediately.
27:03They are banished from court.
27:05The crowd gasped.
27:07Then, defying all strict, noble etiquette,
27:10Arthur knelt on one knee,
27:12right before me.
27:13He gently adjusted my lace satin shoe.
27:16May I have this dance,
27:17my beautiful queen?
27:18He declared his absolute devotion
27:20to the entire kingdom.
27:22Later, inside the royal carriage
27:24heading back,
27:25Arthur looked at me
27:26with burning anticipation.
27:28But I kept my hands folded neatly.
27:30Thank you for the perfect
27:31political performance tonight,
27:33Your Majesty.
27:34It will surely secure
27:36my family's loyalty to your throne.
27:38The warmth in Arthur's eyes
27:39instantly turned to ice.
27:43Arthur slammed a glass of warm wine
27:45onto the mahogany desk.
27:46He's stopping me
27:47just as I curtsied to leave.
27:49Stay.
27:51We need to talk.
27:54It is late, Your Majesty.
27:57A proper lady should return
28:00to her quarters.
28:02Stop it, Scarlet!
28:04I am sick
28:05of this perfect,
28:08emotionless mask!
28:11Arthur lost his temper.
28:13The strict decorum of the realm
28:14had pushed him to his limit.
28:16He trapped me against the cold wall,
28:19his arms locking me in place.
28:21You smile gracefully
28:22at every single minister in the cabinet.
28:24You give them your warmth.
28:26But when it comes to me,
28:27your own husband,
28:29you treat me like a deadly enemy.
28:31I am doing my duty as your queen.
28:33What more do you want from me?
28:34Arthur leaned down
28:35and planted a desperate,
28:37yet deeply affectionate,
28:38kiss on my mouth.
28:40Suddenly,
28:41a tear slid down my cheek.
28:43He saw the fear in my eyes.
28:45Arthur immediately released my hand,
28:47looking at his own trembling hands.
28:49His gentlemanly facade crumbled.
28:52We were both breathing heavily,
28:54our hearts filled with anguish.
28:57I had a high fever,
28:58and my dreams were filled with
29:00Cedric and Adeline's many evil demons.
29:05No!
29:06Please!
29:08Why did you fake that poem?
29:11Don't destroy my family!
29:13Arthur stormed into the room,
29:15shoved aside the panicked royal physician,
29:17and forbade anyone else to come near me.
29:20Get out!
29:21All of you!
29:23Leave us!
29:25Arthur stayed by my side all night.
29:27He didn't care about his royal dignity.
29:29He personally wiped my forehead with ice water.
29:33When I convulsed in pain,
29:34he even shoved his own arm into my mouth
29:36to keep me from biting my tongue.
29:39I'm here, Scarlet.
29:41I'm not leaving you.
29:44Please wake up.
29:45By morning,
29:46I slowly opened my eyes as the fever broke.
29:49I saw the mighty king holding my hand tightly.
29:51He had fallen asleep against the bedpost,
29:54his arms covered in my frantic scratches.
29:56The iron wall around my heart cracked.
29:59I wanted to touch his face.
30:01Arthur's long eyelashes fluttered,
30:03and his deep eyes snapped open.
30:07Arthur's eyes locked onto mine,
30:09filled with instant alertness
30:10that quickly melted into relief.
30:12He sat up,
30:13hiding his exhaustion behind a tight nod.
30:17You are awake.
30:19The fever has broken.
30:25Your majesty.
30:26You stayed here all night.
30:30Your arm is bleeding.
30:33It is nothing.
30:36Rest now, Scarlet.
30:37He left to attend the state council.
30:39A few hours later,
30:41I felt strong enough to walk.
30:43I went into Arthur's private study
30:45to return a book,
30:46but accidentally knocked over
30:48a hidden compartment in his desk.
30:50A small ebony box fell out,
30:53its lock broken.
30:54I picked one up.
30:56It was a love poem,
30:57written in passionate.
31:00To the lady of my dreams,
31:03the only star in my dark sky.
31:12My heart sank like a stone.
31:14I felt a sharp,
31:15burning pain in my chest.
31:17This was a real love poem,
31:19unlike the forgery Cedric had used.
31:21A wave of intense jealousy
31:23washed over me.
31:24For the first time,
31:25I realised I had fallen in love with Arthur.
31:28But now,
31:29I believed he had a secret woman in his heart,
31:31and I was just a replacement.
31:34Suddenly,
31:34the door swung open.
31:36Arthur walked in.
31:37Seeing the ebony box
31:38and the poems in my hands,
31:40his face turned completely pale.
31:42He rushed forward
31:43and snapped them away.
31:46The next afternoon,
31:47I stood near the rose garden,
31:49talking to a young border earl
31:51who had just returned to the capital.
31:53He was my childhood friend.
31:55You look radiant as our queen,
31:57Lady Scarlet.
31:58Your family is very proud.
32:01Thank you, Lucas.
32:03It is wonderful to see a familiar face from home.
32:06I offered him a genuine, relaxed smile.
32:09Something I had never shown Arthur.
32:11Not far away.
32:12His knuckles turned white as he gripped his cane.
32:15Pure jealousy consumed him.
32:17Breaking all strict court rules,
32:19Arthur marched into the garden.
32:21He grabbed my waist
32:22and pulled me flush against his chest,
32:24marking his territory.
32:25Earl Lucas,
32:27I believe your briefing with the War Ministry
32:29is about to begin.
32:31Do not let us detain you.
32:33Of course,
32:34Your Majesty.
32:35Please excuse me.
32:35The earl bowed and hurried away.
32:37I pushed Arthur away with all my might.
32:40Arthur, release me.
32:42The servants are watching.
32:43Arthur ignored my words.
32:45He leaned down and kissed my gloved wrist
32:47with fierce intensity,
32:49his eyes burning.
32:50Without a word,
32:51he lifted me into his arms
32:53and carried me straight toward the palace.
32:57The heavy oak doors of the royal bedchamber
32:59slammed shut.
33:00Arthur set me down,
33:02but immediately trapped me against the wall.
33:06Why can you smile so easily at him, Scarlet?
33:09Why does a mere earl get your warmth
33:12while your husband receives nothing but ice?
33:15He is my friend!
33:17We were just speaking politely!
33:19He looked at you like he wanted to steal my queen!
33:22And you let him!
33:23I pushed his chest with all my might.
33:26And what about you, Arthur?
33:30You demand my heart,
33:31but yours belongs to someone else!
33:33I saw the poems in the ebony box.
33:36You love another woman!
33:38What?
33:39You married me for House Vale's army.
33:42You just want a perfect puppet queen
33:44while you dream about her!
33:51Admit it, Arthur completely froze.
33:53He stared at my sobbing face,
33:56and then a look of pure, unbelievable joy
33:59broke across his features.
34:00A low, breathless chuckle escaped his lips.
34:03Scarlet.
34:07Are you crying because of those poems?
34:11Are you jealous?
34:14I turned my face away,
34:16refusing to look at his triumphant smile,
34:19but Arthur grabbed my hands
34:20and forced me to follow him to his desk.
34:23He pulled out the ebony box
34:24and threw it open.
34:26Look at them, Scarlet.
34:28Read the dates.
34:29I don't care about your past lovers, Arthur.
34:34Read them.
34:35I reluctantly looked down at the old papers.
34:38My eyes widened.
34:40The first paper wasn't a poem.
34:42It was a faded, embroidered lace handkerchief.
34:45It was mine.
34:46I had lost it at a festival ten years ago,
34:48when I was just a young girl.
34:50I picked up the poems.
34:52The dates went back years,
34:54long before Cedric had ever approached me.
34:57There is no other woman, Scarlet.
34:59There never was.
35:03I was a forgotten prince,
35:06and you were the Duke's beautiful daughter.
35:08I loved you from the shadows for a decade.
35:12You wrote these for me?
35:15Before Cedric ruined your name,
35:17before the entire kingdom knew who I was,
35:20I belonged to you.
35:22Every line was written for you.
35:25I covered my mouth,
35:26my tears fresh,
35:28but the heavy weight of the past finally vanished.
35:36The candles burned low,
35:38casting warm shadows across the bedchamber.
35:41My tears flowed freely,
35:43but the cold fear and distrust
35:44from my recent trials completely melted away.
35:47I looked at Arthur,
35:48my heart aching for the years
35:50he had loved me in silence.
35:52Yet, looking at his pure devotion,
35:55I felt a sudden wave of hesitation.
35:57I felt broken,
35:59stained by my past nightmares.
36:02Arthur,
36:03I am not the innocent girl you remember.
36:06My soul is full of scars.
36:11I am afraid I cannot give you the perfect love you deserve.
36:18I don't want a perfect lady.
36:21Scarlet,
36:22I want you.
36:24Arthur stepped forward,
36:26his eyes filled with endless tenderness.
36:29He reached out and gently unbuttoned the long row of silk hooks on my formal gown.
36:34There was no royal command,
36:36no force,
36:37only pure reverence.
36:39For the first time,
36:40I did not pull away.
36:41That night,
36:42beneath the velvet canopy,
36:44our bodies and souls finally became one.
36:47But as I stared out at the dark sky,
36:50a new worry gripped my mind.
36:52In this kingdom,
36:53a queen's ultimate duty was to provide an heir.
36:57Could I give him that?
37:00Sunlight poured through the sheer curtains,
37:03warming the grand bed.
37:06Arthur tangled his legs with mine,
37:08completely ignoring the chiming clock.
37:10He pulled me close,
37:12kissing my neck over and over like a rogue.
37:14Arthur,
37:16stop.
37:17The state council begins in less than an hour.
37:19Let them wait.
37:21The ministers can rule the kingdom for one morning.
37:28Outside the door,
37:29the royal butler knocked with precise,
37:32frantic politeness,
37:33calling for his majesty.
37:35You are the king.
37:36Act like one.
37:38Come,
37:39let me help you.
37:42I stood before the dressing mirror,
37:44carefully smoothing his velvet waistcoat
37:47and fastening his royal ascot tie.
37:49Arthur slid his arms around my waist from behind,
37:53resting his chin on my shoulder.
37:55I could stay in this room with you forever,
37:57my queen.
38:01The sweet moment shattered when the door flew open.
38:04The prime minister rushed into the outer study,
38:07his face grim.
38:09Your majesty,
38:11forgive the Androsian.
38:13The conservative lords have formed an alliance.
38:15They demand an emergency audience regarding the royal succession.
38:27Inside the solemn council chambers,
38:29the atmosphere was suffocating.
38:31Several elderly dukes stood in a straight line.
38:34Your majesty,
38:34the kingdom needs stability.
38:36House Vale's army is strong,
38:39but a queen must provide a blood bear to secure the throne.
38:43The succession cannot remain empty.
38:45If her majesty cannot conceive,
38:47tradition dictates,
38:48you must take a noble mistress from a loyal house
38:51to ensure the lineage.
38:54Behind the heavy velvet screen,
38:56I stood in total silence.
38:58The cruel words felt like ice water running through my veins.
39:01The suffocating pressure of royal tradition was crushing me.
39:05Before the dukes could finish,
39:08Arthur slammed his fist onto the mahogany.
39:10The royal inkwell flipped,
39:12spilling dark fluid across their petition.
39:14His eyes flashed with terrifying rage.
39:17Silence!
39:18How dare you bring such filth into my court?
39:22Your majesty,
39:23it is the law of the realm.
39:24I am the law!
39:25There will be no other woman in my palace.
39:27Scarlet is my only queen.
39:31Anyone who mentions a mistress again
39:33will be stripped of their titles and tried for treason.
39:36The dukes paled and bowed in terror.
39:38The king may command the court,
39:44but the church rules the vows.
39:46If the throne remains empty for one year,
39:49the Holy Council will review the marriage.
39:54I sat alone in my dark parlour,
39:57my fingers tightly gripping my lace handkerchief.
40:00The door burst open,
40:02and Arthur strode in,
40:04his face tense with anger and worry.
40:07Do not listen to them, Scarlet.
40:08I will handle the church.
40:11I will execute them all if I have to.
40:16Arthur, please.
40:18You cannot wage war against the Holy Council.
40:31Arthur's grip tightened until it almost hurt.
40:33He forced me to look at him,
40:35his eyes burning with painful intensity.
40:37He leaned down and bit my lip,
40:39a passionate, desperate punishment for my words.
40:43Never say that again!
40:45I did not fight for this crown just to breed like an animal.
40:49If I cannot have a future with you,
40:52this throne means absolutely nothing to me.
40:56My heart shattered and healed all at once.
40:59Tears spilled from my eyes as I wrapped my arms around his neck,
41:02kissing him back with reckless fervour.
41:05A few days later,
41:07the tension in the palace became too heavy.
41:12Arthur surprised me by tossing a bundle of rough cotton clothes onto my bed.
41:16Put these on, my queen.
41:18Today, we are escaping the crown.
41:23Heavy fog rolled through the crowded streets of the capital.
41:27He held my hand tightly as we walked through the bustling marketplace.
41:30I wore a plain wool shawl,
41:32my face completely hidden from the world.
41:35Suddenly, a rough beggar shoved past us.
41:38Arthur!
41:39Arthur's eyes turned cold.
41:41With lightning speed, he grabbed the thief's wrist,
41:43twisting it behind his back and forcing him to the cobblestone ground
41:46in one swift, brutal move.
41:48Touch her again, and you lose the hand.
41:51The thief screamed and fled into the car.
41:53Arthur immediately turned to me,
41:55checking my hands with deep concern.
41:58Are you hurt?
41:59Did he touch you?
42:01No, I am perfectly fine.
42:03You were amazing.
42:04We spent the day drinking hot cocoa in a small tavern
42:07and kissing by an old stone fountain.
42:09At dusk, we rode to a lonely hill overlooking the capital.
42:13Arthur knelt on the grass,
42:14holding out a simple wooden ring he had carved himself.
42:17But before I could speak,
42:18a sudden crack of thunder shook the sky.
42:24Lightning flashed across the darkening sky.
42:26The sudden thunderlight terrified the horses,
42:29and the royal carriage merged forward violently,
42:31careening down the muddy, rain-slicked road.
42:34I was trapped inside the bouncing cabin,
42:36my hands gripping the velvet seats
42:37as the vehicle sped toward a steep ravine.
42:40Arthur spurred his horse,
42:41racing desperately behind me through the blinding downfall.
42:45Scarlet, hold on!
42:52The carriage hit a massive boulder near the cliff's edge
42:55and was thrown through the street.
42:56No!
42:57Scarlet!
42:58Arthur threw himself off his horse.
42:59He lunged over the edge,
43:01catching me in mid-air
43:02and wrapping his strong arms tightly around my body.
43:05We tumbled down the rocky, thorn-covered slope together.
43:08A little flood echoed through the storm
43:10as Arthur's back slammed hard against a jagged stone outprop,
43:14cushioning my fall completely.
43:15Arthur!
43:15Open your eyes, please!
43:17God, no!
43:18I cradled his head.
43:19Absolute terror gripped my soul.
43:22I could not lose him.
43:24Inside the royal pavilion, chaos erupted.
43:27Maidservants surged back and forth with bloody linen,
43:30and the palace physicians grew pale with fear
43:33as they treated the unconscious king.
43:35Outside the heavy chamber doors,
43:37several conservative ministers huddled in the corridor,
43:40whispering eagerly,
43:41The king is gravely injured.
43:44If he passes without an heir,
43:46the throne belongs to the church's faction.
43:49We must seize control of the capital guard
43:53before House Vale hears of this.
43:55The doors flew open.
43:56I stepped out,
43:57my white silk dress stained with Arthur's blood.
44:00My eyes were red from crying.
44:03Silence!
44:04All of you!
44:05Your Majesty,
44:06we are merely discussing the safety of the realm.
44:08I drew Arthur's royal sword from my waist.
44:11You are discussing truth.
44:13Guards,
44:14arrest these men
44:15and confine them to the tower immediately.
44:17Anyone who spreads rumours about the king's health
44:20will hang by sunrise.
44:22The royal guard immediately dragged
44:24the trembling ministers away.
44:26Late that night,
44:27I knelt by Arthur's bed,
44:28holding his cold hand against my cheek.
44:30Please come back to me, Arthur.
44:33I love you.
44:35I will give you everything.
44:37Just wake up.
44:39The morning sun peeked through the heavy curtains.
44:42I sat frozen by the bedside.
44:44My eyes closed in exhaustion.
44:46Suddenly,
44:47I felt a gentle, deliberate squeeze on my fingers.
44:50I snapped my eyes open.
44:51Arthur was staring at me.
44:55Did you mean it?
44:57Every single word?
44:59Arthur!
44:59You are awake!
45:00I will call the physicians!
45:02I tried to stand,
45:03but Arthur pulled me back down.
45:07Answer me first, my queen.
45:09You said you loved me.
45:11You said you would give me everything.
45:13I realised the clever rogue
45:15had probably woken up hours ago
45:16just to trick me into a confession.
45:19I slapped his uninjured shoulder lightly,
45:21my eyes filling with happy tears.
45:25You horrible, arrogant man.
45:28I was worried to death.
45:32I know.
45:33I turned to leave in mock anger,
45:35but Arthur groaned loudly.
45:37Ah, my chest, the pain.
45:39Panic.
45:40I immediately leaned over him
45:41to check the wounds.
45:43Arthur instantly hooked his arm around my neck,
45:45pulling me down into a deep, desperate kiss
45:47that tasted of copper and sweet relief.
45:53Two weeks later,
45:55inside my dressing room,
45:56I stood before the mirror
45:57as my maids fastened my royal corset.
46:00Suddenly,
46:00a wave of intense dizziness hit me.
46:03I clutched the vanity table
46:04and violently gagged,
46:06my face turning entirely white.
46:08The elderly chief physician
46:10was summoned immediately.
46:12He pressed his fingers against my wrist,
46:14counting my pulse in breathless silence.
46:16God bless the realm,
46:19your majesty.
46:20The queen is two months with child.
46:22The room erupted into gasps and cheers.
46:24Arthur, who had just walked in,
46:26froze completely at the doorway.
46:28His royal cane
46:30clattering against the marble floor.
46:31Oh, a child.
46:34Our child.
46:35I smiled through my tears,
46:36nodding softly.
46:38Arthur rushed forward,
46:39completely throwing away his kingly dignity.
46:41He scooped me up
46:42and spun me around in circles,
46:44laughing like a madman.
46:45An heir!
46:47My beautiful queen has given us an heir!
46:49The conservative lords
46:51who had demanded a mistress
46:52stood outside the room.
46:53But as the days passed,
46:55Arthur's joy transformed
46:56into something entirely different.
46:58An absolute, suffocating obsession
47:01with my safety.
47:05In the middle of the night,
47:07I merely shifted my weight
47:08on the soft feather mattress,
47:10turning to my left side.
47:11Instantly, Arthur bolted upright in bed.
47:14Scarlet!
47:16What is it?
47:16Are you in pain?
47:18Should I call the guards?
47:20Arthur, it is three in the morning.
47:23I was just turning around.
47:25Arthur sighed,
47:26rubbing his tired eyes.
47:27He had moved his massive oak desk
47:29into my bedroom weeks ago,
47:31refusing to leave my sight.
47:33Every single piece of furniture in the palace
47:35now had thick velvet padding
47:36wrapped around its sharp corner.
47:38I sat up and gently unknotted
47:40his silk nightshirt,
47:41pulling him down into my arms.
47:43I kissed his worried brow,
47:44running my fingers through his messy hair.
47:46You need to breathe, my king.
47:48The baby and I are perfectly safe.
47:52Your love is protecting us.
47:54Arthur relaxed against my chest,
47:56holding my swollen stomach with deep reverence.
47:59Months flew by.
48:00I was resting by the fireplace
48:02when a sudden sharp hain ripped through my abdomen.
48:05Water soaked through my silk gown.
48:08Arthur, it's time.
48:10Outside the delivery room,
48:12the mighty king stood trembling,
48:14his hands shaking so violently
48:16who could barely hold his royal scepter.
48:23A piercing, healthy cry echoed
48:25through the grand halls of the palace.
48:27The heavy oak doors of the delivery room swung open.
48:31The head nurse stepped out,
48:33cradling a bundle of golden silk.
48:35The ministers and lords crowded around,
48:37eager to see the new prince of Asland.
48:39But Arthur didn't even look at his newborn son.
48:42He brushed past everything,
48:44his eyes red and filled with tears
48:46as he rushed straight to my bedside.
48:48He kissed my fingers over and over,
48:51his shoulders shaking
48:52as he wept with pure gratitude.
48:55Thank you, my brave girl.
48:57Thank you, my queen.
48:58He is beautiful, Arthur.
49:00He looks just like you.
49:02Two years later,
49:03the sun shone brightly over the grand capital.
49:05The bells of the cathedral rang out in Joy's hand.
49:08Arthur and I stood side by side
49:10on the high palace balcony,
49:12looking down at thousands of cheering citizens.
49:15Arthur held our young toddler in one arm,
49:17while his other hand was locked tightly with mine.
49:20I looked at the peaceful kingdom.
49:22I had saved my family,
49:24rewritten my fate,
49:25and won an eternal love.
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