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00:00I watched my husband Sean drapel his military coat onto another woman.
00:04I opened my mouth, but no sound came from my throat.
00:07I rushed into a fire three years ago to rescue Sean's military academy application units,
00:13and my vocal cords were destroyed by the smoke.
00:15And now, the girl Sean had rescued, Linda was speaking with a voice eerily similar to mine,
00:20smiling as she said,
00:22So cold, Sean. You're so kind.
00:24Today was my birthday. Linda insisted on giving me a big gift.
00:28Happy birthday. But her gift was a man.
00:31It was Leon, the most beloved only son of the Star-Lord, the most brutal heir in the entire galaxy.
00:37Last night, in the darkness, I touched him with my own hands.
00:41I wept as I wrote on the holographic tablet, begging Sean to save me.
00:45You reflect on yourself.
00:46But Sean turned around and walked toward his private aircraft with Linda.
00:51As I wept, I felt an itch on my leg. I looked down.
00:55Your husband already agreed. You don't?
00:58My birthday had been going wrong since early morning.
01:00I watched the aircraft shuttling outside the apartment window.
01:03Madam, happy birthday.
01:05I've prepared a super big gift for you. You must accept it.
01:08I quickly scratched out a few words on the Halaphic tablet.
01:11No, thank you.
01:12I knew Linda's gifts all too well.
01:15Last time, Linda gave me an energy crystal necklace.
01:17It turned out to be a stolen heirloom from a wealthy family in the Fifth Star City.
01:21I was locked in a detention cell all night and Sean had to use his privileges to get me out.
01:26Linda knelt before me and cried for a full half hour saying she would change.
01:30Now she was at it again.
01:31Linda saw me shake my head and pouted.
01:33She ran out crying and crashed straight into Sean's arms as he was getting off his aircraft.
01:38Sean Astor, the youngest military advisor of the Sixth Star City,
01:41the general's star on his abanjin gleaming coldly in the morning light.
01:44He steadied Linda's shoulders and looked down at her tear-streaked face.
01:49Linda lifted her head, tears turning to laughter.
01:52Advisor, Madam won't accept my gift.
01:54Please help me persuade her.
01:57Advisor said you should accept it and let me spend your birthday with you.
02:01I froze in place.
02:03Sean walked over and bent down to pick it up for me.
02:05Linda is a war orphan.
02:07Seeing you celebrate your birthday must make her sad.
02:10Let's keep her company, okay?
02:12I lowered my face and crunched my moles.
02:16Tonight, I'll spend time with you alone.
02:18Me too, me too.
02:19On the aircraft heading to the Celebration Square, Linda chattered non-stop.
02:24Madam, you know, when I was little in the slums of the Eighth Star City,
02:27I couldn't even get enough synthetic nutrient paste to eat on my birthdays.
02:30You're so fortunate now.
02:32Advisor Astor treats you so well.
02:34Oh dear, I speak bluntly.
02:35Madam isn't angry, is you?
02:36I silently looked out the porthole.
02:39Sean sat beside me, holding my hand,
02:41but his gaze remained fixed on Linda across from us.
02:44The security situation in the Eighth Star City is undealed concerning.
02:47I'll bring it up at next week's military meeting.
02:50I pulled my hand out of his palm.
02:52Sean paused and turned his head to look at me.
02:54What's wrong?
02:56I wrote on the holamafic tablet,
02:57I want to go to the Wishing Pool.
02:59Sean nodded and instructed the pilot to change course.
03:02It was the only ancient relic in the Sixth Star City,
03:05said to be especially effective for birthday wishes.
03:08Before the Wishing Pool, I knelt on the cold stone steps and closed my eyes.
03:12I made three wishes, the same as every birthday before,
03:15watching the Starship Parade with Sean, drinking sweet wine.
03:18Blushing, I wrote down the third wish and was about to cast it into the Wishing Pool's energy beam.
03:23A hand reached from behind and snatched away my wish crystal.
03:27I want to have a baby with Sean.
03:31I watched my husband Sean drapel his military coat onto another woman.
03:35I opened my mouth, but no sound came from my throat.
03:38I rushed into a fire three years ago to rescue Sean's military academy application units,
03:44and my vocal cords were destroyed by the smoke.
03:47And now, the girl Sean had rescued,
03:49Linda was speaking with a voice eerily similar to mine,
03:52smiling as she said,
03:53So cold, Sean. You're so kind.
03:56Today was my birthday.
03:57Linda insisted on giving me a big gift.
04:00Happy birthday.
04:01But her gift was a man.
04:03It was Leon, the most beloved only son of the Star-Lord,
04:06the most brutal heir in the entire galaxy.
04:09Last night, in the darkness, I touched him with my own hands.
04:12I wept as I wrote on the holographic tablet, begging Sean to save me.
04:16You reflect on yourself.
04:18But Sean turned around and walked toward his private aircraft with Linda.
04:22As I wept, I felt an itch on my leg.
04:25I looked down.
04:26Your husband already agreed.
04:28You don't?
04:29My birthday had been going wrong since early morning.
04:32I watched the aircraft shuttling outside the apartment window.
04:35Madam, happy birthday.
04:37I've prepared a super big gift for you.
04:39You must accept it.
04:40I quickly scratched out a few words on the Halaphic tablet.
04:43No, thank you.
04:44I knew Linda's gifts all too well.
04:46Last time, Linda gave me an energy crystal necklace.
04:49It turned out to be a stolen heirloom from a wealthy family in the Fifth Star City.
04:53I was locked in a detention cell all night,
04:55and Sean had to use his privileges to get me out.
04:58Linda knelt before me and cried for a full half hour, saying she would change.
05:01Now she was at it again.
05:03Linda saw me shake my head and pouted.
05:05She ran out crying and crashed straight into Sean's arms as he was getting off his aircraft.
05:09Sean Astor, the youngest military advisor of the Sixth Star City,
05:13the general's star on his abanjan gleaming coldly in the morning light.
05:16He steadied Linda's shoulders and looked down at her tear-streaked face.
05:20Linda lifted her head, tears turning to laughter.
05:23Advisor, madam won't accept my gift.
05:26Please help me persuade her.
05:28Advisor said you should accept it, and let me spend your birthday with you.
05:32I froze in place.
05:34Sean walked over and bent down to pick it up for me.
05:37Linda is a war orphan.
05:39Seeing you celebrate your birthday must make her sad.
05:42Let's keep her company, okay?
05:44I lowered my face and clenched my moles.
05:47Tonight, I'll spend time with you alone.
05:50Me too, me too.
05:51On the aircraft heading to the Celebration Square, Linda chattered non-stop.
05:55Madam, you know, when I was little in the slums of the Eighth Star City,
05:58I couldn't even get enough synthetic nutrient paste to eat on my birthdays.
06:02You're so fortunate now.
06:03Advisor Astor treats you so well.
06:05Oh dear, I speak bluntly.
06:07Madam isn't angry, is you?
06:08I silently looked out the porthole.
06:10Sean sat beside me, holding my hand,
06:12but his gaze remained fixed on Linda across from us.
06:15The security situation in the Eighth Star City is indeed concerning.
06:19I'll bring it up at next week's military meeting.
06:21I pulled my hand out of his palm.
06:23Sean paused and turned his head to look at me.
06:26What's wrong?
06:27I wrote on the holomafic tablet,
06:29I want go to the wincing pool.
06:31Sean nodded and instructed the pilot to change course.
06:34It was the only ancient relic in the Sixth Star City,
06:37said to be especially effective for birthday wishes.
06:39Before the wishing pool,
06:41I knelt on the cold stone steps and closed my eyes.
06:43I made three wishes,
06:45the same as every birthday before,
06:46watching the Starship Parade with Sean,
06:49drinking sweet wine.
06:50Blushing, I wrote down the third wish
06:52and was about to cast it into the wishing pool's energy beam.
06:54A hand reached from behind
06:56and snatched away my wish crystal.
06:58I want to have a baby with Sean.
07:02The hatch closed automatically.
07:05Only Sean and I were left,
07:07staring at each other.
07:09Enough.
07:10You look at people with prejudice.
07:13Disappointment surfaced in his eyes.
07:15Others look down on you for being mute,
07:17but didn't I marry you anyway?
07:18I stood nailed to the spot,
07:20staring at him blankly.
07:21Back then,
07:22Sean's military application formats
07:24were burned by his mortal enemy,
07:25and I rushed into the fire,
07:27clutching the documents to my chest.
07:28My throat was destroyed by the thick smoke.
07:30Now, wanting to defend myself,
07:32I could only grab his hand
07:34without time to write a single word
07:35on the holographic tablet.
07:37But he gently pried my fingers open.
07:39Sean stepped off the aircraft
07:41and turned back
07:42to close the hatch properly.
07:43His voice came through the metal,
07:45somewhat distant.
07:46Go back by yourself.
07:49Sean went to find Linda.
07:50On my birthday,
07:51I didn't see the starship parade.
07:53I didn't drink the sweet wine.
07:55I lay alone on the big bed in the apartment,
07:57with tossing and turning.
07:58Tears soaked the pillow,
07:59and even when I flipped it over,
08:00it was still wet.
08:02I tried not to think about it,
08:03but still cried until my head ache
08:04and my eyes swelled.
08:06In the middle of the night,
08:07half asleep,
08:07suddenly there was another person in the bed.
08:10A body burning hot,
08:11like a ball of fire.
08:12The room was dark,
08:14and I reached out to feel who it was.
08:16Madam, happy birthday.
08:17May you soon have a chubby baby.
08:19I finally touched the person beside me.
08:21It was a man.
08:22My mind was foggy.
08:23Had Linda sent Sean over?
08:24We had slept in separate beds for a long time.
08:26Ever since Linda came,
08:27she would have night terrors every few days
08:28and rush into the master bedroom to find Sean.
08:30Over time,
08:31Sean moved to the study to avoid disturbing me.
08:32Now,
08:33Sean had come on his own importance.
08:34My eyes hurt from crying,
08:36and my mind was muddled.
08:37I wiped my tears on the chest of the person beside me,
08:40unwilling to lift my head and look at his face.
08:42Do you want it or not?
08:43And Janastater was bounced with anger,
08:45remembering how cold Sean had been today.
08:47I directly ignored the heat behind me.
08:49I buried my head and fell asleep.
08:50The next day,
08:52artificial sunlight streamed through the smart window.
08:54I stretched comfortably,
08:56planning to give Sean a way out.
08:57I turned over and hugged the person beside me,
09:00tracing upward along his atomogen,
09:02until I met a pair of bloodshot gray-blue eyes.
09:04The man had sharp features,
09:07staring at me coldly.
09:08His wrists were bound with energy restraints.
09:12But this was not my husband.
09:14This was Sean's student,
09:15Leon Valentine,
09:17the only son of the Star Lord.
09:19The hatch closed automatically.
09:22Only Sean and I were left,
09:24staring at each other.
09:26Enough.
09:27You look at people with prejudice.
09:30Disappointment surfaced in his eyes.
09:32Others look down on you for being mute.
09:34But didn't I marry you anyway?
09:35I stood nailed to the spot,
09:37staring at him blankly.
09:38Back then,
09:39Sean's military application formants
09:41were burned by his mortal enemy,
09:42and I rushed into the fire,
09:44clutching the documents to my chest.
09:45My throat was destroyed by the thick smoke.
09:47Now,
09:48wanting to defend myself,
09:49I could only grab his hand
09:51without time to write a single word
09:52on the holographic tablet.
09:54But he gently pried my fingers open.
09:56Sean stepped off the aircraft
09:58and turned back
09:59to close the hatch properly.
10:00His voice came through the metal,
10:02somewhat distant.
10:03Go back by yourself.
10:06Sean went to find Linda.
10:07On my birthday,
10:08I didn't see the starship parade.
10:10I didn't drink the sweet wine.
10:12I lay alone on the big bed in the apartment,
10:14with it tossing and turning.
10:15Tears soaked the pillow,
10:16and even when I flipped it over,
10:18it was still wet.
10:19I tried not to think about it,
10:20but still cried until my head ache
10:21and my eyes swelled.
10:23In the middle of the night,
10:24half asleep,
10:25suddenly there was another person in the bed.
10:27A body burning hot,
10:28like a ball of fire.
10:29The room was dark,
10:31and I reached out to feel who it was.
10:33Madam, happy birthday.
10:34May you soon have a chubby baby.
10:36I finally touched the person beside me.
10:38It was a man.
10:39My mind was foggy.
10:40Had Linda sent Sean over?
10:41We had slept in separate beds for a long time.
10:43Ever since Linda came,
10:44she would have night terrors every few days
10:45and rush into the master bedroom to find Sean.
10:47Over time,
10:48Sean moved to the study to avoid disturbing me.
10:49Now,
10:50Sean had come on his own importance.
10:51My eyes hurt from crying,
10:53and my mind was muddled.
10:54I wiped my tears on the chest of the person beside me,
10:57unwilling to lift my head and look at his face.
10:59Do you want it or not?
11:00And Janastater was vowsfully angry,
11:02remembering how cold Sean had been today.
11:04I directly ignored the heat behind me.
11:06I buried my head and fell asleep.
11:07The next day,
11:09artificial sunlight streamed through the smart window.
11:11I stretched comfortably,
11:13planning to give Sean a way out.
11:14I turned over and hugged the person beside me,
11:17tracing upward along his atomogen,
11:19until I met a pair of bloodshot gray-blue eyes.
11:22The man had sharp features,
11:24staring at me coldly.
11:25His wrists were bound with energy restraints.
11:28But this was not my husband.
11:31This was Sean's student,
11:33Leon Valentine,
11:34the only son of the Star Lord.
11:36I was so frightened that I fell off the bed.
11:39The person on the bed smired.
11:40You have the guts to play,
11:42but not the guts to admit it?
11:43Broken whimpers came from my mouth
11:45as I frantically threw on a robe.
11:47Before leaving,
11:47I found a piece of cloth
11:48and sucked it into Leon's mouth,
11:50begging him to stay calm for now.
11:52From the outer room of the apartment
11:53came Sean's voice.
11:55He was back,
11:56but he didn't come to my room first.
11:58My heart first relaxed,
11:59then a wave of bitterness followed.
12:01He followed the sound and ran over.
12:03Under the glowing vines in the garden,
12:04Linda stood before Sean,
12:06asking him to help fix her hair.
12:07Sean bent down,
12:08his fingers threading through her hair,
12:09a smile in his eyes.
12:11The hair I had hastily tied up
12:12was pulling at myself painfully.
12:14Think of the hidden in the room.
12:15Anxiety and anger intertwined in my heart.
12:18I rushed up to Sean
12:18and gestured frantically toward the bedroom.
12:20Hologomic tablet had been left in the bedroom
12:22like he could have used gestures.
12:24Horning at Linda,
12:25horning at the bedroom,
12:26then crossing my hands in an X.
12:27She sent a man,
12:28trying to harm me,
12:29but Linda immediately burst into tears.
12:31Madam is rejecting my gift again.
12:33What should I do?
12:34Kneel down and beg her?
12:35It's just because she had stolen
12:36the most vulnerable Lord's son.
12:38Iwai Lodov scared that tears fell,
12:39but Sean looked at Linda's tearful eyes first.
12:42Can't you just accept the gift?
12:43Linda's tears turned to laughter.
12:45With Sean backing her up,
12:47she wiped her tears and said,
12:48Madam wants a baby.
12:49I gave a gift to help Madam sow seeds.
12:51Don't talk about that.
12:53Oh, oh.
12:54Then we'll talk about it later.
12:56I'm a thought of in the Fitterland,
12:57like a ticking time bomb.
12:59Swallowing my bitterness,
13:00I jextured desperately at Sean.
13:02There's someone in the room.
13:03Take him away.
13:04But Sean simply turned his face away,
13:06ignoring me.
13:07My fingers froze in midair.
13:09Since Madam don't respect your feelings,
13:11I'll take you out to cheer up.
13:13Okay.
13:13Like last night?
13:15Linda jumped up cheerfully.
13:17Madam, last night the advisor got drunk
13:18and had me walk with him all night.
13:20She didn't forget to turn back and explain to me.
13:23She randled on,
13:24saying they watched the Starship Parade
13:26and drank sweet wine,
13:27enjoying all the treatment
13:28that should have been mine on my birthday.
13:30Linda's sweet voice circled around my husband.
13:33Every word found an echo.
13:34After the two left,
13:36I stood until my legs went nip,
13:37hanging my head as tears fell.
13:39But I met someone's gaze.
13:43At the bedroom door,
13:45the bound Lord's son had come out
13:47without me knowing when.
13:48Leon's hands were bound behind his back
13:50with energy restraints.
13:52His robe had slipped off his shoulders,
13:54revealing a well-defined torso.
13:56With trembling hands,
13:57I pulled his clothes back up for him.
14:00Before I could write an apology
14:01on the holographic tablet,
14:03I don't accept after-the-fact apologies.
14:06Unless you can tie me up for life
14:08and keep me locked in your bedroom.
14:09He went into more and more detail.
14:11I shook my head frantically in fear.
14:14The sound of a housekeeping robot
14:16came from the courtyard.
14:18I covered Leon's mouth.
14:20He looked dazed,
14:21and when dragged back to the bedroom,
14:22a 1.9-meter soldier
14:23offered no resistance at all.
14:25Could Linda have used a neural paralytic
14:27and made him stupid?
14:29Sean was Leon's military strategy advisor.
14:31The two were on decent terms,
14:33but Leon didn't like me.
14:34The first time they met,
14:35he turned his head and whispered to Sean,
14:37Advisor,
14:38this is your wife?
14:40She doesn't suit you.
14:41My wife and I are a match made in heaven.
14:44I looked at the Lord's son,
14:45leaning against the bed,
14:46my mind a tangled mess.
14:47I will sue you,
14:48as the wife of an advisor
14:49for illegally detaining the Lord's heir.
14:52Don't think you can do whatever you want to me
14:53just because I'm weak.
14:55Afraid Leon couldn't read the holographic tablet,
14:57I quickly wrote on his palm,
15:00Your Highness,
15:01it's a misunderstanding.
15:02I have no interest in you.
15:04You touch me all night,
15:06and you say you have no interest?
15:08I remembered that burning heat
15:10and blushed crimson.
15:11What to do?
15:12How to send him away?
15:14While I was frowning worriedly.
15:16If you don't hide me,
15:18Sean has an abandoned safe house
15:19in the outer suburbs.
15:20It's been deserted for a long time,
15:22suitable for hiding someone.
15:23Are you going to hide me there?
15:25Expected of the Lord's,
15:26he thought things through thoroughly.
15:28I called an unmanned cargo aircraft
15:29and shoved Leon into the cargo hold.
15:31I wrote on his palm,
15:33Your Highness,
15:34you don't want to be seen by outsiders either.
15:36Please be quiet.
15:38Sure enough,
15:38Leon stopped moving,
15:40staring at me.
15:41His face red with anger.
15:43I was about to let the aircraft depart.
15:45Where is Madam going?
15:48Madam,
15:49the gift I gave you,
15:50was it useful?
15:52Pale-faced,
15:53I pulled tight the insulated curtain
15:55of the cargo hold,
15:56feigned calmness,
15:57and gestured to Sean.
15:58I'm going out for a bit.
16:00You can't go.
16:01Sean frowned and stared at me.
16:02I bit my lip nervously.
16:04Linda gave you a gift,
16:05and you haven't thanked her.
16:07Sean then said softly,
16:08So it was about this.
16:10Forced a smile,
16:11suggested Stefan.
16:13I nodded immediately.
16:15Senseth my urgency.
16:17Sean wanted to come aboard
16:18the aircraft with me.
16:19I pushed him away,
16:21and shook my head desperately.
16:23Doubt flashed in Sean's eyes.
16:25I quickly pulled the curtain closed.
16:26Outside the cargo hold,
16:28Linda tilped her head and confused.
16:29Oh my,
16:30did Madam hide the gift
16:31inside the aircraft?
16:32Why put it in the cargo hold?
16:34Linda's voice was sweet and chai.
16:36Shall we open it and take a look?
16:39Oh no.
16:40There was no hiding place
16:41in the cargo hold.
16:41I sat in my seat,
16:42clutching the hem of my dress.
16:44Frozen.
16:45Thinking of my reputation,
16:46thinking of the disappointment
16:47in Sean's eyes,
16:48I could no longer hold back the tears.
16:49Leon stared at me,
16:50covered his eyes
16:51with a look of termination,
16:52and flipped over to crawl under.
16:54Shocked,
16:54I pressed down on my skirt.
16:56The curtain was lifted,
16:57and Sean's gaze looked in.
16:58I sat with my legs,
16:59spreading my skirt,
17:00salsa nervously with someone.
17:01Evelyn,
17:01why are you sitting like that?
17:02Linda also heading,
17:03staring directly.
17:04It's a gift than Gidlet.
17:05Lift it up and see.
17:06Sean stopped her and frowned.
17:07Who taught you to speak
17:07so frivolously?
17:08Apologize.
17:09This was the first time
17:10Sean scolded Lena for my sake.
17:11A sudden pan of bitterness
17:12rose in my chest.
17:13Under my skirt,
17:14Leon's hair pressed against my leg,
17:15fuzzy and itchy.
17:17The most honored air in the galaxy
17:18was putting under my skirt.
17:19I hesitated.
17:20I looked pleadingly at Sean,
17:22reaching out,
17:22wanting to pull him inside.
17:24Don't blame her.
17:25I will educate her properly.
17:27His voice was like
17:28a bane of cold rash
17:29poured over my head,
17:30chilling me to the bone.
17:31I withdrew my hand
17:33and gestured for him
17:34not don't block the way.
17:35Evelyn,
17:36tonight I'll make up
17:36your birthday gift to you.
17:38The aircraft lifted off,
17:40skimming the ground.
17:41The crying sounded
17:41so much like Evelyn.
17:43Before she lost her voice,
17:44it was this same sound.
17:45The crying made Sean
17:46unable to resist
17:46loving her by association.
17:47As the aircraft flew far away,
17:49he watched from a distance
17:50of unease in his heart.
17:51This wasn't her usual route.
17:52When his wife came home,
17:53he would have to ask her.
17:54In the safe house,
17:55I paid the cargo robot
17:56hush money
17:56and dragged Leon into the room.
17:57Nerjorn parasic Linda
17:58as Alanis rubled.
17:59Leon's whole body
18:00was still weak
18:01and he kept leaning
18:02on my shoulder,
18:02unable to sit up straight.
18:04He wiped his nosebleed
18:05when the aircraft
18:05passed through
18:06the high temperature
18:07cloud layer.
18:07He crawled out
18:08from under my skirt
18:09and had been bleeding
18:10from the nose ever since.
18:11I used a handkerchief
18:12dipped in coolant
18:13to pat his forehead,
18:13telling him to raise his hand
18:14and press the acupoint
18:15to stop the bleeding.
18:16You know so much.
18:17Does Sean usually need you
18:18to take care of him?
18:19A doting wife
18:20makes a failed husband.
18:22That's true.
18:22It was very good to Sean,
18:24good to me too.
18:24Sean's hometown
18:25was in the Borgia Star regions.
18:26Jenja told he was
18:27the only survivor.
18:28When he passed
18:29through the colony
18:29where I lived,
18:30he knelt by the roadside
18:31begging for a few crystals
18:32to bury his father.
18:33He looked deeply at me
18:34and cowed.
18:35I went home
18:35and got scolded
18:36by my foster father
18:37while I was standing
18:38in punishment.
18:38I wanted to leave together.
18:40He was literate
18:41and talented.
18:41He could kneel
18:42at the household's fences
18:43and he gave all the crystals
18:44to me to manage.
18:45When love first blossomed
18:46in the synthetic forest
18:47of the colony.
18:48When he was about to leave
18:50for the military academy,
18:51the night before Deploacher,
18:52his mortal enemy
18:53set fire to his dormitory.
18:54I rushed into the fire
18:55to protect his
18:56Arushan Waseeks
18:57and my vocals were destroyed.
18:58I won't go to the academy.
18:59I'll stay by your side
19:00and seek medical treatment.
19:01I didn't want treatment
19:02and forced him to use
19:03the crystals
19:03to continue his studies.
19:04He graduated first
19:05in his class
19:05and was appointed
19:06military advisor
19:07of the sixth star city.
19:08He sought out
19:08the best doctors
19:09in the galaxy
19:09to treat my throat.
19:10Hearing that the treatment
19:11required cutting out
19:12the decayed tissue
19:12in my throat,
19:13Sean, a man of 1.85 meters,
19:15turned pale,
19:15seeming to be in more pain
19:16than I was.
19:17I can't let you suffer anymore.
19:17But when did things change?
19:19That day,
19:19Linda climbed the wall
19:20into the apartment
19:20to steal things.
19:21When caught,
19:22she cried and begged for mercy.
19:23Hearing her voice,
19:24Sean froze
19:24and squeezed my hand.
19:25Your voice sounds like you.
19:26Linda was kept on
19:27as a life assistant
19:28to replay messages for me.
19:29But she always misrepresented
19:30what I wrote
19:30on the holoradic tablet.
19:31Yet it made Sean laugh.
19:32The three of us
19:33would walk together
19:33along the starport corridor
19:34with only their two voices
19:35into whining.
19:36I was in the middle
19:36stuck stuck in my throat,
19:37unable to swallow,
19:38unable to speak.
19:39A warmth on my face
19:40brought me back to my senses.
19:42Tears had already fallen.
19:44Leon across at me
19:45was stunned.
19:46He reached out
19:47to touch my face.
19:48What are you crying about?
19:49Sensing something wrong,
19:50I jumped back
19:51several steps in fright.
19:52How had his restraints
19:53come unknown?
19:54Did he want to ambush me
19:55and slap me?
19:56The Lord's son
19:56had a volatile temper.
19:58He could fight
19:58mutant beasts in the arena.
19:59Crushing me would be
20:00like crushing a fly.
20:01I held my head,
20:02wanting to kneel
20:02and beg for mercy.
20:03Damn it.
20:04The drug is kicking in again.
20:05I'm like a piece
20:06of synthetic dough
20:06knitted at will.
20:07Seeing him go limp,
20:08I immediately pounced
20:09and retied his hands and feet.
20:11So cautious.
20:12I had never tied up
20:13the person before
20:13but I had tied up
20:14lab clone beasts,
20:15feed them,
20:15let them relieve themselves
20:16and release them
20:17once they were healthy.
20:18There was no one
20:18in the safe house
20:19so I made nutrient meals
20:20by hand.
20:21It's clean,
20:21a person's misc improves
20:22and with good mood,
20:23they'll forgive me.
20:24I moved Leon
20:25into the bathtub
20:26and shell of his
20:26full wids,
20:27his sif.
20:28Leon looked at my ring.
20:29It bore Sean's family crest.
20:30You're still a married woman.
20:31You haven't divorced yet.
20:32How dare you touch me?
20:33He puddly grunts of chastity
20:34and pushed me out desperately.
20:36I sat on the steps
20:36he thingied the move
20:37in from the sounds.
20:38Expected of the Lord's son,
20:39he even let out
20:40have ship angry roars.
20:41Would,
20:41would he find me too quiet?
20:44Afraid he'd feel lonely,
20:45I clapped my hands.
20:46The person inside went quiet.
20:48The safe house
20:48fell utterly silent.
20:50No wonder Sean
20:51didn't like me anymore.
20:52Other couples whispered
20:53sweet nothings.
20:53Even in intimacy,
20:54I was just silent.
20:55I once heard Sean's
20:56colleagues laugh at me.
20:57That mute wife of yours
20:58probably can't even understand
20:59your military theories, right?
21:01Sean rowed and scold him.
21:03The two walked fast.
21:04I had come to deliver documents,
21:06but I kept running
21:06and couldn't catch up to Sean
21:08and couldn't call out
21:09to stop him.
21:10No one likes lover
21:11who too quiet.
21:12I hugged my knees
21:13and rubbed my sore nose,
21:14but I still didn't regret
21:16saving Sean's admission documents.
21:18He had worked so hard
21:19for so many years.
21:21What a shame
21:22it would have been.
21:23Sean wanted to accompany me
21:24to the outer suburbs
21:25to take a look.
21:27I politely declined,
21:28saying the pet was shy
21:30and would bite.
21:30I was more afraid
21:31he'd discover the Lord's son
21:32locked in the safe house,
21:34waiting to be fed every day.
21:39I rushed to the safe house
21:41and hurriedly poured
21:41the nutrient bars
21:42into a bowl.
21:45Leon was starving
21:46and buried his head to eat.
21:49Can't you buy something else?
21:51Nutrient paste every day.
21:52Where's the protein?
21:53Once he built up strength,
21:54he'd escape very soon.
21:55I didn't dare make a sound
21:56and encouraged him
21:57to eat slowly.
21:58Suddenly,
21:58there was urgent knocking
21:59at the door.
21:59It was Sean's voice.
22:00Before I hide Leon,
22:01he muttered,
22:06Sean looked around
22:07and saw the half-even bowl.
22:08He didn't ask
22:09where the pet was
22:10and spoke urgently.
22:11Did you go and report her?
22:13Linda is just a young girl,
22:14only 20.
22:15How could you harm her?
22:16I looked at him blankly.
22:17It turned out
22:18Linda had been arrested
22:19at her home
22:19by interstellar security officers.
22:21Someone reported her
22:22for stealing my energy badge,
22:23the honorary medal
22:24personally awarded
22:24by the Lord
22:25when Sean and I
22:26were newly married.
22:27Sean had always smoothed
22:28over her petty thefts,
22:29but this time
22:29it was a serious crime.
22:30You look down
22:31on Linda's status,
22:32but she's called
22:32her best to please you.
22:33The birthday gift
22:33cost her all her Christmas.
22:35This is a living,
22:35breathing life.
22:36How did you become
22:37so vicious?
22:37I looked at him,
22:38be-ish the veins
22:39on his arbs.
22:39He drabbed,
22:40we want to go save Linda.
22:41We divorce,
22:41and I'll save her.
22:42Over and let her
22:43fast in the Jijin Center.
22:44Sean raised it
22:45high-sparsed tent.
22:45I wasn't afraid at all,
22:47staring at him.
22:48The voice relay
22:48made behind me
22:49says Linda
22:50had been crying out
22:51her innocence,
22:52her vocal cords
22:53nearly tearing.
22:53After we save Linda,
22:55we'll talk.
22:55I took out
22:56the divorce agreement
22:57I had prepared long ago
23:00Sean wanted to accompany me
23:02to the outer suburbs
23:03to take a look.
23:04I politely declined,
23:06saying the pet was shy
23:07and would bite.
23:08I was more afraid
23:09he'd discover
23:09the Lord's son
23:10locked in the safe house,
23:11waiting to be fed every day.
23:17I rushed to the safe house
23:18and hurriedly poured
23:19the nutrient bars
23:20into a bowl.
23:23Leon was starving
23:24and buried his head to eat.
23:27Can't you buy something else?
23:28Nutrient paste every day.
23:30Where's the protein?
23:31Once he built up strength,
23:32he'd escape very soon.
23:33I didn't dare make a sound
23:34and encouraged him
23:34to eat slowly.
23:35Suddenly,
23:35there was urgent
23:36knocking at the door.
23:37It was Sean's voice.
23:37Before I hide Leon,
23:38he muttered,
23:40My husband is here.
23:41Where do I hide?
23:43Sean looked around
23:44and saw the half-eaten bowl.
23:46He didn't ask
23:47where the pet was
23:48and spoke urgently.
23:49Did you go and report her?
23:50Linda is just a young girl,
23:52only 20.
23:53How could you harm her?
23:54I looked at him blankly.
23:55It turned out
23:55Linda had been arrested
23:56at her home
23:57by interstellar security officers.
23:58Someone reported her
23:59for stealing my energy badge,
24:01the honorary medal
24:01personally awarded by the Lord
24:02when Sean and I
24:03were newly married.
24:04Sean had always smoothed
24:05over her petty thefts,
24:06but this time
24:07it was a serious crime.
24:08You look down on Linda's status,
24:09but she's all her best to please you.
24:10The birthday gift
24:11cost her all her Christmas.
24:12This is a living,
24:13breathing life.
24:14How did you become so vicious?
24:15I looked at him,
24:16bee-ish the veins on his arm.
24:17He drabbed,
24:17we want to go save Linda.
24:18We divorce,
24:19and I'll save her.
24:20Over and let her
24:20fast in the Jijin Center.
24:21Sean raised at his parse tent.
24:23I wasn't afraid at all,
24:24staring at him.
24:25The voice relay
24:26made behind me said
24:27Linda had been crying out
24:28her innocence,
24:29her vocal cords nearly tearing.
24:31After we save Linda,
24:32we'll talk.
24:33I took out the divorce agreement
24:34I had prepared long ago
24:35for my waist
24:36and handed out
24:37the electronic pen.
24:38The security officer
24:39was holding the energy badge
24:40awarded by the Lord.
24:41This little thief
24:42stole your things, right?
24:43She's already a repeat offender.
24:46I shook my head
24:47and wrote a line
24:48on the holoravic tablet.
24:50Sean read it,
24:51was stunned,
24:52then relayed it for me.
25:02My wife and I
25:03have already divorced.
25:04The badge was granted
25:05by the Lord
25:05to the advisor's wife.
25:07Now on,
25:07Linda would be
25:08advisor's wife.
25:09Consider it returned
25:10to its right, Leona.
25:11The showy Linda helped
25:12was that we stared
25:13at us in a chamber.
25:14Evelyn,
25:14my feelings for Linda
25:15aren't romantic.
25:16Closer!
25:18You really,
25:18you really scared!
25:20But Linda in the detentialed
25:21covered her face
25:22and wept.
25:22She slightly backbumped
25:23her Udho
25:23the totional pod down.
25:25But Sean pushed me aside,
25:26entered the pod
25:27and protected Linda's Udho
25:28with his hand.
25:29I was tired.
25:30I turned and left,
25:31ignoring Sean's calls.
25:32Walking out of the security office,
25:34I took a deep breath
25:34of the cool air
25:35of the Sixth Star City,
25:36thinking that I was
25:37no longer Sean's wife.
25:38No more fear.
25:39No more worrying
25:39that Linda would throw
25:40stolen goods into my room
25:41and under the guise
25:42of repaying's indifference.
25:43The world from
25:43suddenly felt vast.
25:44The security officer
25:45was holding the energy badge
25:46awarded by the Lord.
25:47This little thief
25:48stole your things, right?
25:49She's already a repeat offender.
25:53I shook my head
25:54and wrote a line
25:54on the holoravic tablet.
25:56Sean read it,
25:57was stunned,
25:58then relayed it for me.
26:08My wife and I
26:09have already divorced.
26:10The badge was granted
26:11by the Lord
26:12to the advisor's wife.
26:13Now on,
26:14Linda were the advisor's wife.
26:15Consider it returned
26:16to its right, Leona.
26:18The show you were in the health
26:18was that we stared
26:19at us in shame.
26:20Evelyn,
26:21my feelings for Linda
26:22aren't romantic.
26:23Closer!
26:24You're really
26:24the chair really stared!
26:26But Linda in the detentral
26:27covered her face
26:28and wept.
26:29She slightly backbumped
26:30her Udho
26:30the totional pod bomb.
26:31But Sean pushed me aside,
26:33entered the pod,
26:34and protected Linda's Udho
26:35with his hand.
26:36I was tired.
26:37I turned and left,
26:38ignoring Sean's calls.
26:39Walking out of the security office,
26:40I took a deep breath
26:41of the cool air
26:41of the Sixth Star City,
26:42thinking that I was
26:43no longer Sean's wife.
26:44No more fear.
26:45No more worrying
26:46that Linda would throw
26:46stolen goods into my room
26:47and under the guise
26:48of repaying's indifference.
26:49The world from
26:50suddenly felt vast.
26:51I bought a large box
26:53of synthetic roast meat
26:54and his ridder
26:56Tedgeli head
26:56to the safe house
26:57where Leon was kept.
27:02As soon as I entered,
27:04Leon smelled it
27:05and came out
27:05from inside.
27:10He still said
27:11his whole body was weak
27:12and rest his head
27:12on my lap,
27:13wanting to be fed.
27:14I can smell it.
27:15You have the scent
27:16of someone without a husband.
27:18The first time I saw you,
27:19I knew you and Sean
27:20weren't meant to be.
27:20Good that you divorced early.
27:21Splayed the divorce agreement
27:22and immediately stored it
27:24in his terminal.
27:25I grant it to you.
27:28Just a few days ago,
27:30he had a completely
27:31different face,
27:32calling me a criminal
27:33and shrinking in the corner,
27:35begging me not to humiliate him.
27:37But now,
27:38he was noble and composed,
27:40having someone escort me
27:41into the Lord's Flagship,
27:42wanting to properly reward me.
27:43The VIP cabin
27:44of the Lord's Flagship
27:46was as spacious
27:47as a palace.
27:48Eat.
27:49Leon pushed over
27:50a tray of interstellar delicacies.
27:54I gestured my thanks
27:55on the holographic tablet.
27:59Only the two of us,
28:01facing each other.
28:02Write on my palm.
28:03I can't be bothered
28:04to look at the holographic tablet.
28:06Writing was the slowest way.
28:07I could only write on his palm,
28:09one word at a time.
28:10But Leon showed no impatience.
28:12Every sentence got a response.
28:13What does your highness
28:14want me to do here?
28:16Be my princess consort.
28:17The Valentine family
28:18ancestral rule.
28:19Whoever touches the air
28:21shall be the future wife.
28:23Coincidentally,
28:23you no longer have a husband
28:25and I lack a wife.
28:26Isn't this a match
28:27made in heaven?
28:28I shook my head
28:28and kept indicating
28:29that it wouldn't do.
28:30You have to tell me
28:31with your own mouth.
28:32After half a month
28:33of physical conditioning,
28:34on the day of the surgery,
28:36Leon skipped
28:36the military morning meeting.
28:37He sat beside the medical pod,
28:39looking calm,
28:40saying he would accompany me.
28:41Miss Watson,
28:42we're starting.
28:43This will only be more painful
28:45than when you were
28:46injured.
28:46The painful parts
28:47were living flesh,
28:48the painless parts
28:49were dead flesh.
28:50To distinguish between the two,
28:52neural anesthesia
28:53couldn't be used.
28:54I was in so much pain
28:55that my consciousness blurred.
28:56Someone wiped away my tears.
28:58Through my blurred vision,
28:59I recognized it was Leon.
29:01He frowned and told me
29:02to grip his hand tightly,
29:03sharing the pain together,
29:05yet he didn't make a sound.
29:06From morning until
29:07the artificial starlight came on.
29:10Mrs. Watson,
29:11don't speak for the next few days.
29:13Once the wound heals,
29:15you'll be able
29:15to make sounds again.
29:17Leon also promised
29:18that once I could speak,
29:19I could freely choose
29:20whether to stay or leave.
29:22After the doctor left,
29:23I held Leon's hand
29:24and looked at his arm,
29:25which I had gripped
29:26until blood marks appeared.
29:27Why are you so good to me?
29:29I only remembered
29:30seeing Leon before with Sean.
29:32He looked at me from afar,
29:33his expression not one of delight.
29:35Did the Valentine family
29:37truly value chastity so much?
29:38A touch meant a lifetime?
29:41Do you like me?
29:42Leon's fingertips curled.
29:44He turned his hand
29:45and intertwined his fingers
29:47with mine,
29:47saying nothing.
29:48But something invisible
29:50wrapped around our clasped hands
29:52and tied a dead knot.
29:54Recovering in the Lord's castle,
29:56half a wonk later,
29:57I produced my first syllable.
30:01Leon showed no emotion
30:02on his face,
30:03but gave the entire ship's personnel
30:05a day off
30:05and awarded everyone a bonus.
30:07Then he ordered me,
30:09Next time, call my name.
30:11Understood?
30:12Good times didn't last.
30:14One evening,
30:15I went alone
30:15to the old apartment
30:16in the Sixth Star City
30:18to retrieve some left-bath items.
30:20Cannot come along.
30:21I have a military conference.
30:23I had just walked out
30:25of the apartment building
30:26when a black,
30:27unlicensed aircraft
30:28descended from the sky.
30:32The hatch popped open
30:34and several mercenaries
30:35in dark armor
30:36rushed out
30:37and dragged me
30:37into the cargo hold.
30:39I struggled,
30:40a scream bursting
30:41from my throat.
30:42A hand wearing a metal gauntlet
30:45covered my mouth
30:45and anesthetic gas
30:47rushed towards my face.
30:49The last thing I saw
30:51before losing consciousness
30:52was the scrolling news
30:53on the floating billboard
30:54across the way.
30:56Lord's son to wed soon.
30:58The person who set me up
30:59was Linda.
31:00Linda crouched
31:01on the rusted steel frame
31:02of an abandoned factory
31:03in the old district.
31:05Legs crossed,
31:06watching the mercenaries below
31:08tie me to an energy pillar.
31:09What I want,
31:11there's nothing I can't do.
31:13She muttered to herself
31:14and dialed Sean's
31:15communication frequency.
31:16Her voice evidently changed
31:18into an anxious,
31:18tears tone.
31:20Advisor Aster,
31:21I saw someone
31:22kidnapping Evelyn,
31:23sending you the location,
31:24hurry!
31:25On the other end
31:26of the call,
31:26Sean's breathing
31:27suddenly quickened.
31:29Follow them,
31:29I'll be there immediately.
31:31Sean hadn't seen me
31:32for many days.
31:33At first,
31:34he thought I was just
31:35throwing a tantrum,
31:36but when I hadn't appeared
31:37before him
31:37for nearly half a month,
31:39he panicked.
31:40Linda hung up,
31:41jumped down
31:41from the steel frame,
31:42and walked up to me.
31:44I was already awake
31:45and hazily saw Linda's face.
31:47Linda crouched down
31:48and grabbed my chin.
31:49You thought leaving
31:50on your own
31:51would let you rest easy?
31:52Do you know how long
31:53I've waited for this day?
31:55Linda leaned in
31:56and lowered her voice.
31:57I hate you, Evelyn.
31:59I hate everything you have.
32:01I glared at her,
32:02my throat still under
32:03the lingering effect
32:04of the anesthetic.
32:06Unable to squeeze out
32:07a single word,
32:08Linda stood up
32:09and nodded
32:09to the mercenary leader.
32:11Do it.
32:12The energy diver
32:13snapped out
32:14with a cold light.
32:15I was taken away.
32:17Linda stayed behind,
32:19looking innocent,
32:20waiting for Sean
32:20to pick her up.
32:22Sean's military aircraft
32:23traced a blazing trail
32:24through the sky.
32:26Linda sat in
32:26the passenger seat,
32:27her fingertips
32:28digging into her palms.
32:30She watched the red dot
32:31getting closer
32:32on the navigator
32:32and suddenly let out
32:34and...
32:34Ouch.
32:36What's wrong?
32:38Sean stared intently ahead.
32:39My foot.
32:41I think I twisted it
32:43while chasing them
32:43just now.
32:44Linda bit her lip,
32:45cold sweat
32:46appearing on her forehead.
32:48Advisor,
32:49you go ahead.
32:50Don't worry about me.
32:52What nonsense!
32:56But Sean still slowed down
32:58and bent over
32:58to check her ankle.
33:00Linda's ankle
33:00had no injury at all,
33:02but she sucked in
33:03a sharp breath-breath
33:04and shrank back.
33:05It hurts!
33:06It hurts!
33:06It hurts!
33:07It might have hurt the bone.
33:10Sean frowned
33:11and had no choice
33:11but to land the aircraft
33:12on an abandoned
33:13aerial platform
33:14and banish her simply.
33:16Advisor,
33:16don't mind me!
33:17Saving Madam
33:18is more important!
33:19Linda wept,
33:20her face covered in tears.
33:21Otherwise,
33:22I'll ever forgive myself
33:23for the rest of my life!
33:24Sean's heart
33:25was in turmoil.
33:26In the end,
33:27he helped her back
33:28into the aircraft
33:28and continued flying
33:30at an extremely low speed.
33:32By the time
33:33they reached
33:33the factory coordinates,
33:35nearly an hour
33:36had passed.
33:37Sean jumped off
33:38the aircraft
33:38and rushed
33:39into the abandoned factory.
33:40The energy puller
33:41was still humming lowly.
33:43Only a pool of blood
33:44remained on the ground,
33:45along with my crushed
33:46holographic tablet.
33:48Sean froze in place.
33:49Linda hobbled in
33:50after him
33:51and seeing the pool of blood
33:52covered her mouth.
33:57Sean didn't answer.
33:59He crouched down
34:00and picked up
34:01the remnants of the tablet.
34:02The system automatically
34:03played the last unsent message.
34:06It was the recording button
34:07I had instinctively pressed
34:09at the moment
34:09of being kidnapped.
34:10Just a few seconds
34:11of ambient sound,
34:13then a muffled thud
34:14and a hoary scream.
34:15At the end of the recording
34:17was Linda's voice.
34:18I hate you, Evelyn.
34:20Sean whipped his head around.
34:22Linda's face turned ashen
34:23No, it wasn't me!
34:25That's synthesized!
34:26Someone is framing me!
34:28But Sean had already stood up.
34:30For the first time,
34:31a bone-chilling coldness
34:32appeared in his gray-blue eyes.
34:34The search team searched
34:35for three days and three night.
34:36On the fourth day,
34:37the Interstell guard
34:38found a charred body
34:39in the underground pipes
34:40of the abandoned factory.
34:41DNA testing confirmed
34:42it was Evelyn.
34:43When the news reached Sean's ears,
34:45he was in his office
34:46signing documents.
34:47The electronic pen
34:48slipped from his hand
34:50and rolled onto the floor.
34:51He didn't move
34:52until the office lights
34:53automatically went out,
34:54submerging him in darkness.
34:58Linda knocked and came in,
35:00carefully carrying a hot drink.
35:02Advisor,
35:03the dead cannot be brought back to life.
35:05Get out.
35:06Sean's voice was very soft.
35:09Linda froze
35:09and forced a smile.
35:11Don't blame yourself too much.
35:13That day we did our best
35:14to rush over.
35:14I said get out!
35:19Sean swept everything
35:21off his desk onto the floor.
35:24Linda fled out the door in fright.
35:26Sean sat alone in the darkness,
35:28covering his face with both hands.
35:30But in fact,
35:31that charred body
35:32was the remains
35:33of a clone bionic scene.
35:34The real me,
35:35the moment before
35:36the mercenaries were about to strike,
35:37was rescued by Leon's shadow guards.
35:39At this moment,
35:40I was laying in the top-tier medical pod
35:43of the Lord's flagship,
35:44slowly opening my eyes.
35:46Leon held my cold hand,
35:48his eyes blood shut.
35:49These three days,
35:50he hadn't closed his eyes.
35:52I opened my mouth
35:53and squeezed out a few words
35:54in a horny voice.
35:56You...
35:57How did you know?
35:58I would never let my fiancé
36:00go out alone.
36:01Leon pressed my fingers
36:02to his lips,
36:03his voice low and honey.
36:05From the moment you left the castle,
36:07my shadow guards
36:08never left your side.
36:09I just...
36:11wanted to catch
36:12the per person
36:12hiding behind all this.
36:14A layer of icy coldness
36:16surfaced in his eyes.
36:19Now,
36:19the evidence is complete.
36:22Sean whipped his head around.
36:24Linda's face turned ashen.
36:25No!
36:26It wasn't me!
36:27That's synthesized!
36:28Someone is framing me!
36:30But Sean had already stood up.
36:32For the first time,
36:33a bone-chilling coldness
36:34appeared in his gray-blue eyes.
36:36The search team
36:37searched for three days
36:37and three night.
36:38On the fourth day,
36:39the Interstell guard
36:40found a charred body
36:41in the underground pipes
36:42of the abandoned factory.
36:43DNA testing confirmed
36:44it was Evelyn.
36:45When the news reached Sean's ears,
36:47he was in his office
36:48signing documents.
36:49The electronic pen
36:50slipped from his hand
36:51and rolled onto the floor.
36:53He didn't move
36:54until the office lights
36:55automatically went out,
36:56submerging him in darkness.
37:00Linda knocked and came in,
37:02carefully carrying a hot drink.
37:04Advisor,
37:05the dead cannot be brought
37:07back to life.
37:07Get out.
37:08Sean's voice was very soft.
37:10Linda froze and forced a smile.
37:13Don't blame yourself too much.
37:14That day we did our best
37:16to rush over.
37:17I said get out!
37:21Sean swept everything
37:22off his desk onto the floor.
37:26Linda fled out the door in fright.
37:28Sean sat alone in the darkness,
37:30covering his face with both hands.
37:32But in fact,
37:33that charred body
37:34was the remains
37:35of a clone bionic scene.
37:36The real me,
37:37the moment before
37:38the mercenaries
37:38were about to strike,
37:39was rescued by Leon's shadowguards.
37:41At this moment,
37:42I was laying in the top-tier
37:44medical pod
37:45of the Lord's flagship,
37:46slowly opening my eyes.
37:48Leon held my cold hand,
37:50his eyes blood shut.
37:51These three days,
37:52he hadn't closed his eyes.
37:54I opened my mouth
37:55and squeezed out
37:56a few words
37:56in a horny voice.
37:58You...
37:59how did you know?
38:00I would never let
38:01my fiancé go out alone.
38:03Leon pressed my fingers
38:04to his lips,
38:05his voice low and honey.
38:07From the moment
38:08you left the castle,
38:09my shadowguards
38:10never left your side.
38:11I just...
38:12wanted to catch
38:14the per person
38:14hiding behind all this.
38:16A layer of icy coldness
38:18surfaced in his eyes.
38:21Now,
38:21the evidence is complete.
38:24A few months later,
38:26the grandest coronation banquet
38:27in the galaxy
38:28was held
38:29at the Core Hall
38:30of the Lord Star.
38:31Celebrities from across
38:32the star region
38:33gathered in the
38:34magnificent hall.
38:35Sean Astor,
38:36as the military advi
38:37of the Six Star City,
38:39had no choice
38:39but to attend,
38:41with Linda
38:41still at his side.
38:43Linda hadn't had
38:44a good time
38:44these past few months.
38:46After that incident,
38:47although she made
38:48all kinds of excuses
38:49claiming the recording
38:50was synthesized
38:51and a frame-up,
38:52Sean didn't pursue it
38:53further
38:53because he had fallen
38:54into a kind of numb grief
38:55unable to summon
38:56the energy for anything.
38:58But Linda didn't mind.
38:59She thought
38:59as long as Evelyn was dead,
39:01Sean would eventually
39:02be hers.
39:03Walking into the hall,
39:04Linda wore an expensive
39:05interstellar gown,
39:07linked arms with Sean,
39:08and smiled brightly.
39:09Advisor,
39:10I heard today
39:10they're crowning
39:11the new princess consort
39:12of the Lord's son.
39:13I wonder which family's daughter...
39:15Her voice stopped abruptly.
39:17On the princess consort's seat
39:19at the far end of the hall
39:20sat a figure
39:21all too familiar to her.
39:23I wore a coronation robe
39:24flowing with light and color,
39:26the Valentine family's
39:27nebula crest
39:27adorning my neck.
39:28My complexion was rosy,
39:30my eyes bright,
39:30alive,
39:31sitting there.
39:32Sean's steps
39:33were nailed to the spot.
39:36Linda's face
39:37turned white as paper.
39:39This is impossible!
39:41She clearly already...
39:43Sean had already
39:44shaken off her arm
39:45and strode forward.
39:46The guard stopped him.
39:48He lost his composure
39:49and shouted,
39:51Evelyn!
39:52Everyone in the hall
39:53turned to look.
39:55I turned my head
39:56and saw Sean.
39:58My gaze was as calm
40:00as if looking at a stranger.
40:02Sean's eyes reddened instantly.
40:04You're alive.
40:06You're still alive.
40:07He reached out to touch me
40:08but was blocked
40:09by the guard's energy shields.
40:11Why didn't you tell me?
40:12Why didn't you come back?
40:14I searched for you.
40:15I searched for you
40:16for so long.
40:17I thought you were dead.
40:19Linda followed behind,
40:21forcing herself
40:21to stay composed
40:22and squeezing out a smile.
40:24Evelyn,
40:24so you're fine?
40:25Why didn't you come home?
40:26Do you know how long
40:27Advisor Astor
40:27worried about you?
40:28Her voice was neither loud
40:29nor soft,
40:30but just enough
40:31for the surrounding guests
40:31to hear.
40:32Or,
40:32did you hide on purpose,
40:34deliberately making us
40:35think you were dead
40:35so you could climb up
40:36to a higher branch
40:37without any worries
40:38holding you back?
40:39Whispers began to spread around.
40:41I didn't speak,
40:42just gave Linda
40:42a faint look.
40:43Linda felt a bit guilty
40:44under my gaze,
40:45but still pressed on.
40:47Today's coronation banquet,
40:49the Princess Comfort seat
40:50isn't just for anyone
40:51to sit in this, Watson.
40:53Although you were once
40:54the Advisor's wife,
40:55that position...
40:55Linda, shut up.
40:56But on the high platform
40:57at the end of the hall,
40:58the heavy golden thread curtains
41:00were drawn open
41:00from both sides.
41:02Leon Valentine
41:03wore the heir's military uniform,
41:04the nebula insignia
41:06on his apeasant
41:06gleaming coldly
41:07under the lights.
41:08He strode down the steps,
41:10heading straight toward me.
41:14You say I stole your wife?
41:16Leon stepped down the stairs
41:18and stood before Sean.
41:20When did you ever
41:21treat her as a wife?
41:22She saved your life
41:24and destroyed her voice for you.
41:25What you repaid her with
41:26was coldness time and again,
41:28allowing her to be framed,
41:29and on her birthday,
41:30taking another woman
41:31to watch the Starship Parade.
41:32Sean asked her,
41:33are you even worthy
41:34of the word wife?
41:35A deathly silence
41:36filled the hall.
41:37Sean opened his mouth,
41:38wanting to say something,
41:40but couldn't utter
41:41a single word.
41:43He looked at me.
41:45My expression was calm,
41:47without a single ripple.
41:49I'm sorry.
41:50I know I was wrong.
41:52Please come back, okay?
41:54I'll change everything.
41:55I gently shook my head.
41:57My voice wasn't loud,
41:58but it clearly reached
41:59everyone's ears.
42:00Don,
42:01I don't hate you.
42:02A glimmer of light
42:03lit up in Sean's eyes,
42:04but I no longer need you.
42:06That glimmer quickly extinguished.
42:08I turned to Linda
42:10and said calmly,
42:11Linda,
42:12you kidnapped me,
42:14intended to murder me,
42:15and hired assassins
42:16to attack the interstellar
42:17Princess Conskort.
42:19My gaze turned
42:20to the interstellar guards
42:21at the hall entrance.
42:23Seize her.
42:24The guards strode forward
42:26and handcuffs clicked
42:27around Linda's wrists.
42:30Linda began to scream.
42:32No!
42:33It wasn't me!
42:34It's a misunderstanding!
42:36She struggled desperately,
42:38her voice sharp and grating,
42:39becoming more and more distorted.
42:41Completely unlike me now,
42:43Sean stared at her blankly,
42:45as if seeing this person
42:46for the first time.
42:47The Lord slowly spoke
42:48from the high platform.
42:50Sean asked her,
42:50in consideration of your past service
42:52to the Star Region,
42:53I shall not hold you accountable
42:54for negligence,
42:55but from this day forward
42:56you shall no longer serve
42:57as the military advisor
42:58of the Sixth Star City,
42:59and will be transferred
43:00to the 12th Border Star Region
43:01for Garrison Duke.
43:02The 12th Border Star Region,
43:04the most destillate
43:05and dangerous frontier
43:06in the galaxy,
43:07everyone knew in their hearts.
43:08This was exile.
43:09Sean didn't argue.
43:10He looked at me one last time,
43:12deeply,
43:12then turned and walked
43:13out of the hall.
43:14His departing figure
43:15stretched very very long
43:16under the starlight.
43:20You say I stole your wife?
43:22Leon stepped down the stairs
43:24and stood before Sean.
43:26When did you ever treat her
43:28as a wife?
43:29She saved your life
43:30and destroyed her voice for you.
43:31What you repaid her with
43:32was coldness time and again
43:34allowing her to be framed
43:35and on her birthday
43:36taking another woman
43:37to watch the starship parade.
43:38Sean asked her,
43:39are you even worthy
43:40of the word wife?
43:41A deathly silence
43:42filled the hall.
43:44Sean opened his mouth,
43:45wanting to say something,
43:46but couldn't utter
43:47a single word.
43:49He looked at me.
43:51My expression was calm,
43:53without a single ripple.
43:55I'm sorry.
43:57I know I was wrong.
43:59Please come back, okay?
44:00I'll change everything.
44:01I gently shook my head.
44:03My voice wasn't loud,
44:04but it clearly reached
44:05everyone's ears.
44:07Sean, I don't hate you.
44:08A glimmer of light lit up
44:10in Sean's eyes,
44:11but I no longer need you.
44:12That glimmer quickly extinguished.
44:15I turned to Linda
44:16and said calmly,
44:17Linda,
44:18you kidnapped me,
44:20intended to murder me,
44:21and hired assassins
44:23to attack the interstellar
44:24Princess Concord.
44:25My gaze turned
44:26to the interstellar guards
44:28at the hall entrance.
44:29Seize her.
44:31The guards strode forward
44:32and handcuffs clicked
44:33around Linda's wrists.
44:37Linda began to scream.
44:39No!
44:39It wasn't me!
44:41It's a misunderstanding!
44:43She struggled desperately,
44:44her voice sharp and grating,
44:46becoming more and more distorted.
44:48Completely unlikely now,
44:49Sean stared at her blankly,
44:51as if seeing this person
44:52for the first time.
44:54The Lord slowly spoke
44:55from the high platform.
44:56Sean asked her,
44:57in consideration of your past service
44:58to the Star region,
44:59I shall not hold you accountable
45:00for negligence,
45:01but from this day forward,
45:02you shall no longer serve
45:03as the military advisor
45:04of the Sixth Star City,
45:05and will be transferred
45:06to the 12th Border Star region
45:08for garrison duty.
45:09The 12th Border Star region,
45:10the most destillate
45:11and dangerous frontier
45:12in the galaxy,
45:13everyone knew in their hearts.
45:14This was exile.
45:16Sean didn't argue.
45:17He looked at me one last time,
45:18deeply,
45:19then turned and walked
45:20out of the hall.
45:21His departing figure
45:22stretched very, very long
45:23under the starlight.
45:24The coronation ceremony
45:25was completed
45:26under everyone's glaze.
45:28Leon placed the Valentine family's
45:30nebula crest in my hair,
45:31bent down,
45:32and whispered in my ear.
45:34I told you I would let you speak,
45:36so that every word you utter
45:38will be heard by someone.
45:39I smiled,
45:40tiny fragments of light
45:41at the corners of my eyes.
45:43After the banquet ended,
45:44Leon led me out of the hall,
45:46standing on the highest observation
45:48tip of the Lord's Star.
45:49Leon gazed
45:50at the distant nebula,
45:52his voice slow.
45:53The first time I saw you
45:54was when Sean brought you
45:55to the inauguration ceremony.
45:57You stood in the corridor
45:58waiting for him
45:59for four hours
46:00and he just sent
46:01his assistant out
46:02to say wait a bit longer.
46:03At that moment,
46:04I thought if she were my wife,
46:05I wouldn't let her wait
46:06for even a single second.
46:08I tilted my head
46:09and looked at him.
46:10So you started liking me
46:11from that time?
46:14Leon coughed unnaturally,
46:15the tips of his ears
46:17slightly red.
46:18I didn't.
46:19It was just a sense
46:21of justice.
46:22I laughed out loud.
46:24Leon paused
46:24and looked down at me.
46:26His gaze slowly softened,
46:28and he wrapped me
46:29in his military coat.
46:31Laugh,
46:31he said softly.
46:33Every day from now on,
46:35laugh like this.
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