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00:00I was kneeling beside the unconscious Crown Prince, wiping frosting off his bare chest.
00:06The Royal Physician said intense sensory exhibition might wake Prince Adrian, but he didn't know one thing.
00:14Prince Adrian's soul was standing right next to the bed.
00:18He stared at my lips as color slowly rose in his pale face.
00:23Evelyn, I may not be able to move, but I can still feel.
00:27If you keep doing that, both my body and my soul are going to lose control.
00:35I've been able to see souls for as long as I can remember.
00:39My father called it a curse.
00:41He gave all his love to my adopted sister, Celeste.
00:45Celeste was Prince Adrian's fiancé, but after Adrian was injured and fell into a coma, she fought desperately to get
00:51out of marrying him.
00:52Marry a man who's as good as dead?
00:54I'd rather join a convent!
00:57Adrian's soul stood beside Queen Eleanor.
00:59The love in his eyes shattered completely.
01:02Whoever truly stays and takes care of me until I wake up will receive 200,000 gold crowns.
01:08And a castle.
01:09My eyes lit up.
01:10With that kind of money, I could finally escape the home that had tortured me for 20 years.
01:15Your Majesty.
01:18I raised my hand in front of everyone.
01:21If you'll allow it, I'll marry him.
01:24I thought Celeste would stop me.
01:26She'd spent her whole life taking everything that was supposed to be mine.
01:30But instead, she shoved me forward.
01:33I think my sister is much better suited to marry Prince Adrian.
01:37Then she leaned close enough that no one else could hear her.
01:39Evelyn, are you really that desperate for a man?
01:42You're willing to marry one in a coma?
01:43I didn't argue.
01:44If it got me out of the Hartwield estate, she could say whatever she wanted.
01:48But Adrian stormed right up behind her, furious.
01:51You lying little snake.
01:53You told me Evelyn was jealous of you.
01:56That she bullied you.
01:57And I believed every word.
01:59She was the one being bullied all along.
02:01The wounds suddenly turned ice cold.
02:03The fire in the hearth flickered violently.
02:06I stepped toward Queen Eleanor and spoke from the heart.
02:09Your Majesty.
02:10I'm willing to fulfill Salelta's engagement and care for His Highness.
02:14My offer saved the royal family from humiliation.
02:17The Queen grabbed my hands, overcome with emotion.
02:20In care of Adrian.
02:22When he wakes up, you will be his crown princess.
02:25Adrian drifted in front of me.
02:27Looking me over from head to toe.
02:29The chill around his soul sent a shiver down my spine.
02:34Everyone else is running away from me.
02:37So why are you volunteering?
02:40Adrian hovered beside me, watching me with suspicion.
02:43I pretended I couldn't see him and continued proving myself to the Queen.
02:48I can cook.
02:49I know how to prepare basic herbal remedies.
02:51I can read state papers to His Highness and sing opera to him.
02:55My father and stepmother were terrified the royal family might change its mind,
02:58so they rushed to agree.
03:00Evelyn has spent her whole life serving others.
03:03She's perfectly suited to care for His Highness.
03:08They weren't sad to see me go.
03:10They threw me away like I was some unwanted burden they couldn't wait to get rid of.
03:15The heavy oak doors slammed shut behind me.
03:18Celeste's cruel laughter rang out from inside.
03:24A cursed freak and a half-dead prince.
03:29How perfect for each other.
03:37Adrian's soul passed through the doors, his face turning cold.
03:43Celeste's kindness was all an act.
03:47Yours.
03:49Your Majesty.
03:51If you'll allow it, I'll marry him.
03:52Marry him.
03:53Marry him.
03:53Marry him.
03:56Marry him.
03:57Marry him.
03:58Marry him.
04:01When I wake up, I'll give Evelyn every gold crown in that castle.
04:05I'll make Celeste watch Evelyn get everything she ever wanted.
04:09I lowered my head to hide my smile.
04:12Your Highness, just don't forget about the money in the castle.
04:15Marry him.
04:18Half an hour later, I followed Queen Eleanor into Prince Adrian's room.
04:22He lay still beneath the royal crest carved into the bedpole.
04:26The once tall, powerful prince had grown thin.
04:29A thick bandage covered his forehead.
04:32Only the faint rise and fall of his chest proved he was still alive.
04:35With tears in her eyes, Queen Eleanor told me his carriage had gone over a cliff.
04:40His skull had been badly fractured.
04:42The physicians had saved his life, but they couldn't say when he would wake.
04:46If he was lucky, it could take six months.
04:48If not, maybe three years.
04:51The palace had servants to bathe him and change his sheets.
04:54What Adrian needed was someone who would stay by his side.
04:57Someone whose voice and touch might call him back.
04:59Celeste should have been that person.
05:01Instead, she abandoned him when he needed her most.
05:04Adrian's soul stood by the bed, devastated.
05:08Everything that happened today had made him realize Celeste never loved him.
05:12She loved the idea of becoming crown princess.
05:15Then he looked at me, thin and worn down, with suspicion in his eyes again.
05:20Can Evelyn really take care of me?
05:22I tucked the blanket around his body and looked up at the queen.
05:27Please leave his highness to me.
05:29I'll bring him back.
05:32To wake Adrian as quickly as possible, I decided to read him state papers every day and use music, scent,
05:40and touch to stimulate his senses.
05:42When I said I would personally wash him and help exercise his limbs, Adrian's soul froze him.
05:48No, absolutely not.
05:50I do not need her bathing me.
05:52But no one could hear him except me.
05:54The queen mistook my dedication for love and gratefully placed everything in my hands.
06:00The next day, when she returned to the recovery wing, I was shaving Adrian's beard and combing his hair.
06:07A loaf of herb bread I had baked filled the room with a warm, buttery scent, covering the bitterness of
06:12medicine.
06:13I had even moved my bed behind a folding frame so I could watch over him day and night.
06:17The queen looked worried.
06:19You're exhausting yourself.
06:21You should sleep in your own room at night.
06:23Maybe if his highness gets used to having me nearby, he'll wake up sooner.
06:27That evening, I read him the latest state papers.
06:30Before bed, I softly sang opera while moving his fingers.
06:33After a brief silence, Adrian looked at me with less suspicion.
06:37Even if Celeste had stayed, she never would have cared for me like this.
06:43Evelyn, more dependable than I thought.
06:46I quietly let out a breath.
06:48Looks like I'd passed Prince Adrian's first test.
06:53Adrian's soul couldn't stray far from his body.
06:56After seeing Viola for who she really was, he stayed by my side every day while I cared for him.
07:02He thought I couldn't hear him, so he talked to himself constantly.
07:06First he wondered how I knew he liked opera.
07:09Then he complained that the room always smelled like apples and herbs.
07:14I like cream cake.
07:16Couldn't she bring me a slice of it?
07:18So that was it.
07:19Prince Adrian liked cream cake.
07:21That afternoon, I returned to Adrian's bedchamber with a freshly baked cream cake.
07:26I lifted a bite on my fork and held it close to his face.
07:30The sweet scent of cream and roasted chestnuts filled the air.
07:34Adrian immediately leaned closer.
07:37Closer, Evelyn.
07:38As I stood and waved the cake beneath his nose, his chest suddenly rose sharply.
07:43I was about to call for the queen when my skirt caught on the bedpost.
07:47I stumbled forward.
07:48The entire cake landed on Adrian's bare chest.
07:58Without thinking, I leaned down and quickly ticked away the frosting.
08:02Adrian went completely still.
08:04His eyes darted from my lips to his body.
08:07Evelyn, what are you doing?
08:11I had to clean him up before the queen or the servants walked in.
08:16Frosting had left Adrian's skin sticky, so I loosened his robe.
08:20His robe fell open, revealing his pale but toned chest.
08:24You shouldn't be seeing this.
08:25I took a warm, damp cloth and gently ran it along the side of his neck.
08:31Adrian's ears turned bright red in an instant.
08:36Evelyn, don't get so close.
08:37Your fingers are touching me.
08:39He was only a soul.
08:41But somehow, he still seemed to feel my touch and my breath.
08:45When the cloth brushed across his chest, his body flushed.
08:53His breathing deepened, and his heartbeat sped up.
08:57I stopped immediately.
09:00Adrian froze, too.
09:02He looked down and finally realized that even with his soul outside his body,
09:06his sleeping body could still respond to me.
09:10His gaze dropped lower.
09:12He instantly turned away.
09:14Cover me.
09:15Now.
09:17Trying not to laugh, I acted like I had no idea what he meant.
09:21I fixed his robe and tucked the blanket securely around him.
09:25Then he suddenly leaned close to my ear.
09:27Evelyn, I know exactly what you're thinking.
09:30My heart dropped.
09:31Did he know my secret?
09:35Adrian's soul moved closer, his heated gaze sweeping over my face and my body.
09:40Evelyn, you're attracted to my body.
09:42My cheeks burned as I remembered his bare chest.
09:45I rushed out of the room.
09:46I told the queen and the physician that Adrian had reacted to touch.
09:50The physician believed sustained sensory excipiation could help wake him.
09:55From then on, every night, I changed into a light sleep gown,
09:59sitting beside Adrian on the bed and used gentle touch to try to wake him.
10:02Adrian's soul stood mouse-eyed, watching me in silence.
10:07You're going to regret tempting me, Evelyn.
10:10His low voice brushed my ear, making my fingers tremble.
10:18Four months passed.
10:25One day, as I sat astored the edge of the bed,
10:28I took Adrian's hand and pressed it over my heartbeat.
10:31His index finger suddenly curled.
10:35Adrian's soul stared in shock.
10:37My body moved.
10:39I'm waking up.
10:41I looked nervously at Adrian's face.
10:53His soul came up behind me, wrapping his arms around me.
10:58He bent to my ear, his voice deep and husky.
11:02Every word felt like warm fingers sliding down my spine, making my body tremble.
11:06You're not getting away from me now, Evelyn.
11:24Adrian's eyelashes began to flutter.
11:27Overjoyed, I immediately sent for Queen Eleanor.
11:31News spread through the palace.
11:32Physicians rushed in, and everyone believed Adrian was about to wake up.
11:37Then Celesta burst into the room.
11:41She glanced at Adrian with disgust, before yanking me into the hallway.
11:46I heard Adrian's waking up.
11:49Is that true?
11:50Before I could answer, she slapped me across the face.
11:54Dark smoke swirled around Adrian's soul.
11:58He lunged at her, but his fist passed right through her.
12:02She hit you.
12:03Evelyn, why didn't you hit her back?
12:06Celeste grabbed my chin and warned me to disappear, before Adrian woke up.
12:13She planned to pretend she had cared for him all these months.
12:17Evelyn, why didn't you hit her back?
12:19If he remembered nothing from the time his soul was outside his body, she could still become Crown Princess.
12:28I will never marry you!
12:31But then he stopped cold.
12:33No one knew whether he would keep those memories once his soul returned to his body.
12:40Adrian's expression darkened.
12:42What if I forget you, and believe Celestis saved me?
12:46I touched my stinging cheek, my heart sinking with it.
12:53I didn't care who Adrian married.
12:55But if Celeste stole my credit, she would get the 200,000 gold crowns and the castle too.
13:02Adrian immediately thought of his mother.
13:04My mother knows the truth.
13:06She can prove you were the one who cared for me.
13:09But Celeste got to the theme first.
13:11She claimed His Highness loves me.
13:14No matter how long Evelyn had cared for him, he would see her as nothing more than a blurping, a
13:20servant, once he woke up.
13:21Forcing His Highness to marry someone he doesn't love could harm his recovery.
13:27The Queen was persuaded.
13:29She summoned me alone to her study.
13:32She told me,
13:34Adrian and Celedia had an existing engagement.
13:37We should keep it intact and protect the royal family from scandal.
13:41The Queen couldn't meet my eyes.
13:45I'll compensate you generously.
13:47But you must stay silent.
13:49No one can know the truth.
13:52Adrian stared at his mother in disbelief.
13:54Evelyn, don't agree to this.
13:56But I had no family protecting me.
13:57No title.
13:59No power to challenge the crown.
14:01After a long silence, I lowered my head and nodded.
14:06After I agreed to stay silent, Adrian's soul paced anxiously around me.
14:11You're the one who cared for me.
14:13Why won't you fight for yourself?
14:15Because I had no lands, no allies, and no family willing to stand up for me.
14:21Adrian looked at me in silence and sighed.
14:25Then I'll just have to remember everything.
14:36After that, Celeste stood outside the cathedral, accepting blessings from the nobles.
14:42Bard sang about how her love had awakened the crown prince.
14:47Everyone believed Celeste's devotion had created a miracle.
14:51Meanwhile, Adrian's soul became more transparent by the day.
14:55He stayed close to me, his eyes filled with reluctant.
14:58Evelyn, I hope I remember all of this when I wake up.
15:03I don't want to forget what you did for me.
15:05And I don't want to mistake Celeste for my savior.
15:08I wanted that too, but it was never something I could control.
15:12The next morning, I woke up, and his soul was gone.
15:17That could only mean one thing.
15:19Adrian was about to wake up.
15:22Physicians, nobles, and court scribes crowded the room.
15:26After nearly six months, Adrian finally opened his eyes.
15:33His fingers moved first.
15:35Then he swallowed with difficulty.
15:44His gray-blue eyes stared at the ceiling,
15:46as though he were trying to piece together a broken memory.
15:50Would he remember me?
15:53Celeste rushed to the bed and grabbed his hand.
15:57Adrian, you're awake.
16:00I took care of you all these six months.
16:03You remember that, don't you?
16:05His confused expression made my heart sink.
16:10My father and stepmother urged me to leave.
16:13They were certain that if Adrian had lost his memory,
16:17Celeste could steal both my credit and my place.
16:20I lowered my head and turned to go.
16:23Then Adrian spoke, his voice raw and weak.
16:27The person who cared for me, was it really you?
16:33Celeste panicked.
16:35Celeste panicked.
16:35My father and stepmother immediately stepped in front of Adrian,
16:38backing up her lie.
16:40Celeste has been caring for your highness all these months.
16:50Queen Eleanor frowned and asked everyone to be quiet so Adrian could rest.
16:54I was pushed into a corner like the last six months had never happened.
17:02Celeste leaned close and laughed at me.
17:04A freak who sees ghosts thinks she deserves to be crowned princess?
17:08I clenched my fists.
17:09For the first time, I fought back.
17:12Who his highness marries hasn't been decided yet.
17:15My father grabbed my arm,
17:17furious and ready to drag me away.
17:20A few months away from home and you've already forgotten your place.
17:23All three of them seized me,
17:25trying to drag me out of the room.
17:27I struggled, but I couldn't overpower them.
17:29Just as they were about to pull me through the doors,
17:31Adrian's cold voice cut through the room.
17:34Let her go.
17:37Celeste quickly claimed.
17:42She is only a maid I have hired.
17:45But Adrian didn't even look at her.
17:47Evelyn, come here.
17:50Come here.
17:53Come here.
17:54Come here.
17:55Come here.
17:55Come here.
17:56Come here.
17:58Come here.
18:02Say one word and I'll make your life a living hell.
18:06The old Evelyn would have backed down.
18:09But I remembered what Adrian had told me when he was still a soul.
18:13If you don't stand up for yourself,
18:15no one else would.
18:17If I didn't fight for myself,
18:19no one else would.
18:22For the first time,
18:24I shoved Celeste beside and walked toward him.
18:31His Highness called for me.
18:33Why are you so desperate to stop me?
18:36Afraid I'll expose something?
18:42The Queen personally allowed me to approach Adrian's bedside.
18:46With my heart pounding,
18:48with my heart pounding, I stepped closer.
18:51Adrian studied me as if searching through broken pieces of a memory.
18:55What's your name?
18:59Evelyn.
19:01My name seemed to make his head ache.
19:04Celeste immediately seized the chance to accuse me.
19:08She's a liar.
19:10She's trying to steal my engagement.
19:15But Adrian ignored her.
19:18He looked at both of us and asked one question.
19:22Answer me.
19:23What do I want to eat more than anything right now?
19:26My heart skipped a beat.
19:28It was a secret only Adrian's soul and I knew.
19:47Before I could answer,
19:48Celeste shoved me aside.
19:55Oat meat soup, of course.
19:58The kind I made myself.
20:00With tears in her eyes,
20:02she described how she had supposedly cooked for Adrian every day.
20:08My father and stepfummer eagerly supported her lie.
20:13The court scribe was already preparing to record the fake love story.
20:18The Queen frowned her eyebrows hard.
20:21Finally, she snapped.
20:23Enough.
20:25Let Evelyn answer.
20:27I looked straight at Adrian and said the answer.
20:31Cream cake.
20:33The entire room went silent.
20:37Then Adrian's fingers tightened around the sheets.
20:45Celeste burst out laughing.
20:50She said,
20:52Highness has never liked sweets.
20:55Evelyn, if you're going to lie,
20:57at least do your research first.
20:59Even Queen Eleanor thought I had gotten it wrong.
21:02To maintain his disciplined public image,
21:05Adrian had never admitted to anyone
21:07that he loved cake.
21:09The Queen offered me 500 gold crowns
21:12and a small estate if I would leave the palace.
21:16It was enough money to buy my freedom.
21:19But I remembered Adrian urging me,
21:21again and again,
21:23to tell the truth,
21:24and something inside me changed.
21:27I'm the one who cared for his highness.
21:30I won't let you steal what I earned anymore.
21:34Celeste smugly grabbed my arm
21:36and tried to drag me to the door.
21:39Your lie has been exposed.
21:42Get out of the palace.
21:44Celeste.
21:45Then Adrian spoke,
21:47cold and clear.
21:49Shut up.
21:53Adrian asked me to read one of his state papers.
21:55I picked up the unfinished document
21:57from his bedside table.
21:59Just as I did every day for the past six months,
22:02I read it word by word in the same voice.
22:06Celeste's face turned pale.
22:08She didn't know where the papers were.
22:10She didn't know I had read to Adrian every day.
22:15Adrian slowly sat up
22:17and looked around the room.
22:19I'll ask one last time.
22:21Who took care of me?
22:23This time,
22:24I stepped forward on my own.
22:27I did your highness.
22:29I read to you.
22:33I played opera for you.
22:36I washed you and bathed you.
22:39It was always me.
22:40I hesitated.
22:42Then added.
22:43And when cake fell on your chest,
22:45I was the one who licked you off.
22:48Adrian's ears instantly turned red.
22:54Seeing Adrian's reaction,
22:56I finally understood.
22:58He hadn't lost his memory at all.
23:01He let Celeste lie
23:03because he wanted to see
23:04whether I would finally stand up for myself.
23:09She has been jealous of me
23:10since she was little.
23:12She's always wanted to steal my engagement.
23:16Adrian's eyes went ice cold.
23:21You abandoned me while I was unconscious.
23:25Then you tried to steal Evelyn's credit.
23:29Get out of my palace.
23:31Now.
23:31Two knights stepped forward
23:33and seized Celeste by the arms.
23:34As they dragged her toward the door,
23:36Adrian suddenly called out.
23:38Wait.
23:39Hope flashed across Celeste's face.
23:41She turned back,
23:42thinking he had changed his mind.
23:43But Adrian addressed the court scribe instead.
23:49Bring me the grant documents.
24:00200,000 gold crowns and White Rose Castle
24:04belong to Evelyn,
24:05effective immediately.
24:07In front of every noble in the room,
24:09Adrian fulfilled his promise.
24:15Queen Eleanor pressed the royal seal onto the documents.
24:19The court scribe handed me the deed
24:21and the certificate for the gold.
24:26Evelyn, why do you get all of this?
24:30If I hadn't given you the chance
24:32to care for Adrian,
24:33you'd have nothing!
24:35Celeste completely lost it.
24:36She screamed and lunged at me.
24:39The knights restrained her.
24:40My father and stepmother
24:41were also thrown out of the palace.
24:44Holding the silver document case
24:45against my chest,
24:46I made another decision.
24:47I would sue my father and stepmother.
24:49I would reclaim my mother's inheritance
24:51and legally cut lies
24:52with the family that had hurt me
24:54for 20 years.
24:58And Adrian had another surprise
25:00waiting for them.
25:05After everyone left,
25:07Queen Eleanor apologized to me.
25:09She admitted that,
25:10to protect the royal family's image,
25:12she had nearly helped Celeste
25:14steal my life's work.
25:17Adrian has made his choice.
25:20I won't stand in your way again.
25:24Once she left,
25:26only Adrian and I remained.
25:33Somehow,
25:34facing his living body
25:35made me more nervous
25:36than facing his soul.
25:39How come you knew
25:40I liked cream cake?
25:42I like cream cake.
25:44Couldn't she bring me
25:45a slice of it?
25:49I made up the first excuse
25:51I could think of.
25:55You talked in your sleep.
25:57Adrian narrowed his eyes.
25:58Did I?
26:00And when that cake
26:01landed on me,
26:02was I talking in my sleep
26:04then too?
26:06My secret was about
26:07to come out.
26:10Adrian listed everything
26:11I had done
26:12over the past six months.
26:14The moment he mentioned
26:15wanting to hear
26:15Northern Other Opera,
26:16I found a recording
26:18the next day.
26:19The moment he complained
26:21about cake.
26:23I showed up with one
26:24I had baked myself.
26:27He had suspected
26:28for a long time
26:29that I could hear
26:30his soul.
26:31Blushing,
26:32I finally confessed.
26:35I've been able
26:36to see souls
26:37that leave their bodies
26:38since I was born.
26:40Adrian didn't look afraid.
26:45He took my hand instead.
26:53But then he asked
26:54another question.
26:57When you agreed
26:58to marry me,
27:00was it because
27:01you heard me promise
27:01the gold and the castle?
27:05I looked at him,
27:07unsure whether
27:08I could tell him
27:08the truth.
27:13Looking into Adrian's
27:14sincere eyes,
27:15I decided to be honest.
27:18The money was part of it.
27:21I wanted to leave
27:22the Hartwell estate.
27:24I wanted a life
27:25of my own.
27:27Then I told him,
27:29out of all the people
27:30in the world,
27:31I am the only one
27:33who can see your soul.
27:34That has to mean
27:35something, doesn't it?
27:38Adrian was quiet
27:39for a long moment.
27:41Then he tightened
27:42his grip on my hand.
27:45The gods sent you to me.
27:50He promised to help me
27:51recover my mother's
27:52inheritance
27:53and make everyone
27:54who hurt me pay
27:55for what they had done.
27:57Then he looked
27:58at me seriously.
28:01But I'm not helping you
28:02just because I owe you.
28:04What he said next
28:05made my heart race.
28:11Adrian told me,
28:13I love the woman
28:14you have become.
28:15The woman brave enough
28:17to fight for herself.
28:20Tynas called for me.
28:22Why are you so desperate
28:23to stop me?
28:25Afraid I'll expose something?
28:27Then he reminded me
28:28of the Queen's promise.
28:30If he woke up,
28:31I would become
28:32Crown Princess.
28:33When I'm fully recovered,
28:35we'll have our wedding.
28:39My face heated up.
28:41I tried to escape
28:42by saying
28:42I needed to get him
28:44some cake.
28:45But Adrian caught my hand
28:46and didn't let me go.
28:51This time,
28:52try not to drop it.
28:53His eyes
28:54flick to my lips.
28:56And if it does
28:57fall on me again,
28:58how exactly
28:59are you
28:59planning to clean it up?
29:01I finally knew for sure.
29:03The shameless Adrian
29:04from his soul days
29:05was completely back.
29:06And somehow,
29:07he seemed to remember
29:08things neither of us
29:09could say out loud.
29:12With a wet cloth,
29:13obviously.
29:14What else did you have
29:15in mind,
29:16Your Highness?
29:17Adrian laughed so hard
29:19his shoulders shook.
29:21Embarrassed and annoyed,
29:22I threw a pillow at him.
29:24He caught my hand
29:25and looked at me seriously.
29:27Evelyn,
29:28you saved my life.
29:30So my future,
29:31my crown,
29:32and my heart,
29:33they all belong to you too.
29:36As the sunset bells
29:38rang across the palace,
29:40I finally had
29:41200,000 gold crowns,
29:43white rose castle,
29:44and a future
29:46that was truly my own.
29:49And it looked like
29:50becoming crown princess
29:51was unavoidable too.
29:57Everyone had always told me
29:59that seeing souls
30:00was a curse.
30:01But when Adrian slipped
30:02the future crown piece ring
30:04onto my finger,
30:05I finally understood
30:06it wasn't a curse.
30:09It was fate's gift.
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