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00:03Today is supposed to be the day Remy and I become bonded mates.
00:07But he lets the Sea Guards drag me off the platform and gives the Bond Pearl to my maid.
00:16After they shove me out of the temple, I see Maid Cameron standing exactly where I'm supposed to be.
00:22Remy takes the Bond Pearl from her hand, ready to make her his mate.
00:26If Mirren's carrying my child, that baby needs a father. Give it one month.
00:32I'll end things with her, then I'll marry you.
00:35I waited for him for seven years. Everyone thinks I'll keep swallowing the humiliation.
00:40But that same night, I pack my bags, board a royal ship bound for the Shadow Abyss,
00:46and accept the arranged marriage by my parents between me and Kaiser, the ruler of the Shadow Abyss.
00:54Three years later, I return as the Sea Queen of the Shadow Abyss.
00:57I already have one child and I'm carrying my second.
01:00This time, I come back to the Red Tide waters as the Sea Queen invited to the ruler's banquet.
01:04Kaiser gets held up by fighting along the border, so he sends escorts to meet me instead.
01:09But the moment I step out of the underwater portal, I see Remy and Cameron waiting at the reception platform.
01:17Of all people, it's them.
01:20They have no idea I'm the Sea Queen they've been sent to welcome.
01:27Remy wears the formal robes of the Red Tide ruler, with a squad of Sea Guards standing behind him.
01:32He used to be nothing more than an ordinary merman scraping by near the trade routes along the outer ring.
01:37Now, with the protection decree from the Shadow Abyss, he has clearly secured a foothold in Red Tide.
01:42When he sees me, there's no surprise, no sign that we haven't seen each other in years.
01:46Just a smug look in his eyes.
01:47Margo, after three years, then you still came back looking for me.
01:52Cameron loops her arm through his and deliberately eyes my loose flowing sea silk dress.
01:57She thinks I'm dressed so simply because I must be struggling out in the outer ring.
02:01What she doesn't know is that Kaiser won't allow me to wear anything tight while I'm pregnant.
02:05He has this gown custom, made for me by the finest artisans in the Royal Capital.
02:09I swallow every emotion and walk straight up to Remy.
02:12Aren't you two here to pick me up? Let's go.
02:15For a moment, the whole platform goes silent.
02:18Remy frowns.
02:19Cameron's eyes go wide.
02:20The Sea Guards exchange looks, then burst out laughing.
02:27You think you're worthy of that?
02:29We're waiting for the Sea Queen of the Shadow Abyss.
02:32She brags that the Sea Queen wears Kaiser's eternal Tideheart bracelet,
02:35a royal token forged from royal pearls, deep sea blue crystals, and tide gold worth 20 million sea crystals.
02:41Then her eyes suddenly land on the bracelet around my wrist.
02:44Every Sea Guard goes quiet.
02:46Remy steps closer, grabs my wrist, and lifts the bracelet to inspect it.
02:50Not bad.
02:51Whoever made this fake did a pretty convincing job.
02:54Which outer ring of servant gave it to you?
02:56I yank my hand back and lightly run my fingers over the bracelet.
03:00Kaiser gave it to me himself.
03:02Remy's face darkens, then, without warning, slaps me across the face.
03:12Remy thinks I'm using Kaiser's name to sabotage Red Tide's future.
03:17Red Tide now survives under the Shadow Abyss's protection.
03:21He comes to the Royal Capital to welcome the Sea Queen because he needs to prove he's still worth protecting.
03:27His men surround me, accusing me of spreading lies where everyone can hear.
03:31Who knows whose bed you pulled into to get that bracelet?
03:35And you've got the nerve to show it off?
03:38Shameless.
03:38Their words take me back three years.
03:41Cameron once tore up the trade proposal I worked tirelessly to put together for Silver Bay.
03:46Remy only said she was young and told me to write another one.
03:50Latter, I collapsed after pulling all-nighters for days.
03:52But he still said I was overreacting.
03:56After a brief pause, Remy pulls out a shell case filled with sea crystals.
04:03Take it.
04:04Buy yourself something decent to wear.
04:06And if you don't want to look after Cameron's kid, I can get you a job serving at the shipwreck
04:10market.
04:10I don't take it.
04:11I don't take handouts from strangers.
04:14I turn to leave, but Remy grabs my wrist.
04:19I'm a stranger to you now.
04:23I pull my wrist free. I don't want him touching me again.
04:26I'm pregnant, and Kaiser is very protective of my health.
04:29If he finds out Remy put his hands on me, this won't end quietly.
04:32But Remy mistakes my reaction for jealousy over Cameron.
04:36He straightens his cuff and announces that he'll take me to the Seven Seas Tide Gala in three days.
04:41So I can finally see what real power looks like.
04:44Go buy yourself a decent gown.
04:46Don't embarrass me when we get there.
04:48I turn him down right away.
04:49Cameron immediately clings to his arm, her face lighting up.
04:53That's fine.
04:54I'll go with you.
04:55Who needs that ugly woman anyway?
04:57I turn and walk away, hoping they can keep that same confidence three days from now.
05:02After leaving the arrival platform, I think back to three years ago.
05:05Back then, my parents were still alive.
05:07They wanted me to marry into the Shadow Abyss, but I refused and I begged Remy.
05:11The man I've been with for seven years to run away with me.
05:13He agreed.
05:14But at the Tide Temple, he took Cameron's hand and exchanged bond pearls with her instead.
05:19Cameran's carrying my child. That baby needs a father.
05:21Give it one month.
05:23That same night, I boarded a royal ship for the Shadow Abyss.
05:26One month later, I married Kaiser now.
05:28I have a partner who truly cherishes me.
05:31If not for the Seven Seas Tide Gala, I never want to return to Red Tide for the rest of
05:35my life,
05:36much less see Remy and Cameron again.
05:38Three days later, I see them again at the Seven Seas Tide Gala.
05:41I only hope they're still this confident.
05:45Three days later, I arrive alone at the Seven Seas Tide Gala in the Royal City of Atlantis.
05:50Beneath the Coral Dome, rulers and nobles from all Seven Seas gather for the biggest event of the year.
05:55The second Remy sees me, a smug grin spreads across his face.
05:59You said you weren't coming, yet here you are, following me all the way to Atlantis.
06:04If you want me back, at least wear a gown worthy of standing beside me.
06:08I ignore him and head straight for the head table, glowing beneath the Tide crystal chandeliers.
06:13Remy grabs my arm and demands to know where I think I'm going.
06:16I shake him off.
06:17I don't belong at Red Tide's table.
06:19My place is at the head table.
06:21Cameron's expression changes instantly.
06:23She points to the eternal Tideheart bracelet on my wrist and accuses me of pretending to be the Sea Queen
06:28of the Shadow Abyss.
06:29Then she publicly demands that I take it off and leave.
06:32A noble asks Remy if he knows me.
06:34Do you know her?
06:36No, I don't.
06:37Cameron reaches for my bracelet.
06:39I slap her hand away, but as I step back someone deliberately trips me.
06:43I crash hard onto the coral floor.
06:45Pain shoots through my abdomen and my bracelet slips from my wrist.
06:48That's what you get for pretending to be the Sea Queen.
06:52Cameron bends down to pick up the bracelet.
06:54Then the water in the entire ballroom suddenly trembles.
06:56A deep thunderous voice rings out from beyond the doors.
07:02Who dares lay a hand on my Sea Queen?
07:09As the water trembles, the Seven Seas Tide Gala falls dead silent.
07:14The Shadow Abyss's War Whale stops outside the Coral Palace and Kaiser enters the ballroom with the Royal Guard at
07:20his back.
07:23At a glance, he sees me on the floor clutching my stomach with the eternal Tideheart bracelet lying near Cameron's
07:29feet.
07:29Before I can say a word, Kaiser is already at my side.
07:34He helps me sit up first, then places his hand over my belly, making sure our baby's heartbeat is still
07:39steady.
07:40Cameron tries to explain that I'm an imposter pretending to be the Sea Queen.
07:44Remy hurriedly denies having anything to do with me.
07:46But Kaiser bends down, picks up the bracelet, and fastens it back around my wrist himself.
07:53Who did this?
07:53I don't answer right away.
07:55I only look at Cameron and Remy.
07:57Kaiser follows my gaze, and his expression slowly turns cold.
08:00Before everyone, he announces that I am the one and only Sea Queen of the Shadow Abyss.
08:05The woman he took as his lawful mate through the Tide Bond.
08:08She carries the royal bloodline of the Shadow Abyss.
08:11If anyone lays a hand on her again, the Shadow Abyss will hold them accountable.
08:18Everyone in the ballroom lowers their heads, Remy freezes.
08:21At last he realizes he has been waiting for the wrong woman, and humiliating the wrong one.
08:26Kaiser orders the Royal Guards to seal the ballroom and take down the names of everyone involved in shoving, tripping,
08:32or insulting you.
08:33Then he turns to Remy.
08:36Which hand did you use to hit her?
08:42Remy stammers, trying to defend himself, but Kaiser drops him to the floor with one punch.
08:50Have we gone too easy on you these past two years?
08:52Is that why you think you can lay your hands on my Sea Queen?
08:56Kaiser doesn't spare Remy another glance.
08:59He immediately calls for the Sea Healer to examine me.
09:02Thankfully, the baby isn't seriously harmed, but the healer still orders me to rest for several days.
09:08No more physical strain.
09:09And no using Tide magic.
09:11Unless absolutely necessary.
09:14Kaiser stays by my side.
09:15His expression never softened.
09:17He picks up the Tide record scroll and asks who tried to ache.
09:21The eternal Tideheart bracelet.
09:22Cameron lowers her head and claims it was all a misunderstanding.
09:27Remy quickly speaks up for her, saying she didn't know who I was, and never meant any harm.
09:32Not knowing who she is doesn't give you the right to hurt her.
09:40He announces that the Shadow Abyss is suspending.
09:43All protection for Red Tide.
09:45The Merchant Fleet's deep sea mining operations, and Outer Ring settlements,
09:50that once depended on Red Tide, will now fall back under the Shadow Abyss's direct authority.
09:58Remy's face finally drains of color.
10:00He tries to explain that he never expected things to go this far.
10:04Three years ago, you never expected me to leave either.
10:08Cameron grabs Remy's arm and reminds him they can't afford to lose the Shadow Abyss's protection.
10:13But Remy doesn't respond, he only stares at the bracelet on my wrist.
10:18Kaiser orders the Sea Guards to take everyone, involved away to await review by the Council of the Seven Seas.
10:23Then he comes to my side, wraps an arm around my shoulders, and gently rests his hand on my belly.
10:29My love, as long as I'm here, no one will ever hurt either of you again.
10:34Three days later, the Council of the Seven Seas convenes, trying to shift everyone's attention.
10:40Cameron brings up my father in front of every sea ruler.
10:44Thomas, the former ruler of Silver Bay, leaked protected shipping routes.
10:50Because of him, Silver Bay lost its trade rights and protection status.
10:55Then he threw himself into the deep sea rift.
10:58My fists slowly clench.
11:00That whole family is rotten to the core.
11:03I have every reason to believe his daughter stole the Sea Queen's bracelet.
11:07For years, I refused to return to the Royal Capital because I can't stand hearing people talk about my father.
11:12But Cameron puts the one wound.
11:14I never let anyone touch on display for the whole room.
11:17You say my father betrayed his waters, where's your proof?
11:19Cameron has no proof, but she forces herself to look calm.
11:22Remy doesn't defend me, instead he tells me.
11:24To let the past go before it damages relations between Red Tide and the Shadow Abyss.
11:29In that moment, I finally understand.
11:31He never cares about the truth, he only cares about which side benefits him most.
11:36Kaiser doesn't rush to a conclusion.
11:38He orders the Sea Guards to record every word.
11:40Cameron says and announces that the Shadow Abyss will reopen the Silver Bay case.
11:43Since someone has raised the old case, we will investigate it until we uncover the truth.
11:47Cameron's face goes pale, but she still forces a smile, and says she has nothing to fear from an investigation.
11:54Kaiser takes an old damaged shipping chart fragment from a Sea Guard.
11:58Stamped clearly in one corner, is the Bradley family's tidal crest.
12:04Kaiser brings me back to the Sea, Healer's sanctuary in the Shadow Abyss, so I can recover.
12:09The Healer says our baby is stable for now, but I have to stay in the Healing Hall for the
12:14next few days, and avoid all contact with Anion from Red Tide.
12:18Kaiser even stations Royal, guards outside my coral, doors and forbids anyone from coming near me.
12:26But Remy still breaks in. He stands beside my coral bed with a bouquet of deep sea, roses in his
12:31hand, his eyes full of exhaustion and resentment.
12:34He says they used, to be my favorite flowers, then he demands to know, why I bonded with Kaiser.
12:41You used to say you'd only ever love me.
12:44I look at the roses and they feel like they belong to someone else's life.
12:48When you exchanged bond pearls with Camryon, you didn't care what I'd ever said.
12:54Remy starts making excuses, he says.
12:56Camryon got him drunk and set him up that he only made one mistake.
13:01End your bond with Kaiser. Come back to Red Tide. With me.
13:05When I refuse, he suddenly grabs his wrist.
13:08You were always meant to be my Sea Queen.
13:11I try to pull away, but the pressure of his rulers power locks my body.
13:15In place for a moment, he leans down, trying to force himself on me.
13:19I instinctively shield my stomach.
13:21The next second, Tide magic blast opens the coral doors of the healing hall.
13:26When Kaiser appears at the entrance to the healing hall, the water around us turns heavy.
13:32He sees Remy gripping my wrist. He sees me protect my stomach.
13:36Kaiser doesn't ask questions, he yanks Remy away from me and slams him hard against the coral wall.
13:41Remy still refuses to back down.
13:44Margot is mine.
13:46You stole her from me!
13:49She doesn't belong to anyone.
13:53She chose me.
13:56Remy tries to argue, but Kaiser has the guards drag him out of the healing hall.
14:01He warns Remy that if he enters the Shadow Abyss again, without permission it will be treated as an act
14:06of war by Red Tide.
14:08As the guards take him away, Remy keeps looking back at me.
14:12There's no real remorse in his eyes, only resentment over losing something he thought was his.
14:17Kaiser returns to my bedside and gently lifts my wrist, checking the red marks Remy left behind.
14:22His touch is careful, but he can't quite hide the anger in his voice.
14:25Did he touch you anywhere else?
14:27No.
14:27I'm just worried about the baby.
14:29Kaiser takes my hand and slowly channels Tide magic into my body.
14:34Starting today, I won't let him near you again.
14:36Three days later, a guard delivers word from outside.
14:39The Bradley family has arrived at the border of the Shadow Abyss with Cameron.
14:43They're asking to see me.
14:46After Red Tide loses, the Shadow Abyss's protection.
14:50Merchant fleets and dependent outer ring communities beg in leaving, one after another.
14:56Remy's parents Winston and Teresa have no choice but to bring Cameron to the Shadow Abyss.
15:01They stand outside, the Sea Healer Sanctuary, looking worn down.
15:05They no longer carry themselves with the samey arrogance.
15:09Margo, I've known you since you were little.
15:12Please, just help us.
15:14Talk to Kaiser.
15:16Ask him to lift the blockade.
15:18Winston lowers himself too, begging them to spare Red Tide shipping lanes and territory.
15:22Kaiser doesn't answer for me.
15:24Whether she forgives you is for my Sea Queen to decide.
15:27Winston quickly nudges Cameron, only then does.
15:30She stumbled through an apology.
15:34Margo, I'm sorry.
15:35Back then, I was just scared of losing Remy.
15:38I never meant to hurt you.
15:40As I look at them, I remember standing alone in the deep sea.
15:42Cemetery after my father died.
15:44No one wanted.
15:45To hear my side, no one was willing to give me a chance.
15:48What exactly do you want me to forgive?
15:49Because she knew the old Silver Bay case, the humiliation?
15:52Or my father's death?
15:54Teresa's face changes.
15:55I can tell she knows there's more to the old case.
16:00I remind Winston and Teresa how they treated me after Silver Bay fell from power.
16:06After my father died, Teresa yelled at me to stay away from Remy.
16:10She said the Smith family no longer had any right to remain in Red Tide.
16:14Winston stood by while Remy bonded with Cameron, letting Cameron take the place that was supposed to be mine.
16:20When I begged you not to destroy my family, you never gave me a chance either.
16:26Teresa drops to her knees in front of me and reaches for my hand.
16:30Kaiser raises his arm to stop her.
16:32The guards immediately step in and keep her back.
16:35Winston tries to explain Red Tide's crisis, playing the part of a concerned ruler.
16:40If we lose that protection, countless people will suffer.
16:44Red Tide isn't where it is today because I want revenge.
16:48It's because you covered for Cameron, enabled Remy, and took the Shadow Abyss's protection for granted.
16:54I ask again about my father's case.
16:56Winston stays silent for a long time in the end.
16:59He gives me no answer.
17:00I order the guards to escort them out.
17:03Before he leaves, Winston looks back at me.
17:05There's no anger left in his eyes now, only fear.
17:10During my recovery in the Shadow Abyss, Remy tries several times to enter the inner waters, but the Royal Guards
17:17turn him away every time.
17:20On the day I'm discharged, Kaiser and I leave the healing hall in a coral carriage.
17:26But Remy is waiting at the end of the deep sea boulevard, blocking our path.
17:30Red Tide has already lost most of its shipping routes, and Remy no longer carries himself with the same confidence.
17:37He admits he enjoys Cameron's dependence and admiration.
17:40He also admits he keeps letting her hurt me.
17:46I know I was wrong.
17:47If you come back, I'll give you the waters, the power, everything.
17:52It'll all be yours.
17:53Again.
17:54I think of my father's funeral.
17:56That day all I got from Remy was, I'll see you tomorrow.
18:00My father isn't coming back.
18:03And what you owe me can't be fixed with one apology.
18:08Remy reaches for me, but Kaiser immediately steps in front of me.
18:11She's made herself very clear.
18:15I take Kaiser's hand and turn away with him.
18:18Remy doesn't follow us.
18:20He just stands in the dark current, watching us disappear.
18:23The coral carriage has barely traveled a few yards.
18:27When a battered figure suddenly steps into our path.
18:30Cameron stands in the water ahead of us, bruised and bleeding.
18:36Cameron's hair is a mess and several of her scales are damaged.
18:39Red tide has clearly taken its anger out on her.
18:42The Bradleys are taking everything out on me.
18:45Please, Margo.
18:46After everything we've been through, you have to help me.
18:50I don't believe her.
18:51Just as I'm about to have the guards take her away, her expression suddenly changes.
18:55I know how your father died.
18:57She tells me the trade routes and alliance records from Silver Bay weren't leaked.
19:01Because my father made a mistake.
19:03Using the trust my parents and I placed in her.
19:05She kept sneaking into my father's study.
19:08Stealing the tide charts and alliance agreements.
19:11Winston then used those documents to fabricate evidence that Silver Bay betrayed the other waters.
19:16And used the scandal to seize Silver Bay's resources.
19:19I stole the documents.
19:21But Winston.
19:22Gave the orders.
19:24My blood runs cold.
19:25I want to ask who else was involved.
19:27But Cameron suddenly pulls a shell dagger from her seat.
19:29As she moves toward me, Kaiser is a short distance away.
19:32Directing the guards as they inspect the coral carriage.
19:34I don't know how to move.
19:35The blade plunges into my abdomen.
19:40The instant the blade sinks into my abdomen.
19:42My first instinct is to protect my baby.
19:45Cameron watches my blood spread through the water.
19:47And finally drops the aft.
19:48She says she was never willing to remain a low ranking mermaid from the outer ring.
19:52Why do I get loving parents of territory friends?
19:55And a partner while she has to stand by and watch me have everything.
19:58As long as you're alive, I'll always lose to you.
20:01She yanks out the dagger and bolts toward the dark current trench beyond the deep sea road.
20:05Nearby Merfolk spot what happens and cry out for help.
20:08Kaiser feels my injury through our bond too.
20:10By the time he reaches me, I'm already collapsing in the water.
20:12He catches me desperately using tide magic to stop the bleeding as the sea healer.
20:17And royal guards rush over.
20:19Trying to escape capture, Cameron dives into the dangerous dark current trench.
20:24Deep in the trench, sea beasts roar as violent currents slam against the rocks.
20:28She never reciprocates.
20:30I sink against Kaiser's chest, my consciousness fading.
20:33Kaiser. My father's case.
20:35Winston.
20:37Kaiser holds me tighter and races with me toward the deep sea healing hall in the shadow abyss slowly.
20:42The light disappears from my eyes.
20:45I lie unconscious in the deep sea healing hall of the shadow abyss for three days.
20:50While I'm unconscious, I keep dreaming about the first time I met Cameron.
20:54She wore an old sea silk dress and stood alone outside the public coral housing in Silver Bay.
20:59Too afraid to even look anyone in the eye.
21:01I thought she simply had nowhere else to go.
21:04So I took her out to eat, gave her clothes, and helped cover her Tide Crystal expenses.
21:09When my father found out, he treated her like a younger girl who needed looking after too.
21:14Later, she started paying closer and closer attention to my jewelry, my gowns, and the gifts my father sent me.
21:20She always said she envied my family, my territory, and my future, but I never realized that envy had turned
21:25into something else.
21:27In my dream, she moved closer to Remy step by step.
21:30First, she pretended their meetings were accidental.
21:33Then she openly looped her arm through his again and again.
21:36I trusted her.
21:37And every time, I only confronted Remy.
21:41You have everything.
21:43Why do you still have to leave me with nothing?
21:47I jolt away.
21:48Kaiser is sitting beside my coral bed, exhaustion written all over his face.
21:53You've been unconscious for three days.
21:55He tells me Cameron died in the dark current trench.
21:59Red Tide and the Bradley family both refused to claim her body.
22:02I'm silent for a long time still.
22:04I decide to arrange a simple deep-sea funeral for her.
22:07I don't forgive her, but I won't let hate keep me trapped anymore.
22:11Then I tell Kaiser the secret Cameron revealed before she stabbed me.
22:14Winston is the real mastermind behind my father's death.
22:18After Cameron's deep-sea funeral, I tell Kaiser everything she said before she died.
22:23She admitted that she stole the shipping charts, trade accords, and resource lists from my father's study.
22:29Winston then used those documents to fabricate evidence that Silver Bay betrayed the seven seas.
22:34He seized the trade routes and pearl mines my father spent years protecting.
22:38I thought that once Cameron died, the truth died with her.
22:41But Kaiser doesn't give up.
22:43He sends royal guards to investigate Winston's trade records over the years and blocks Red, Tide's main routes to the
22:49Outer Ring.
22:49The truth doesn't live in just one person.
22:51No one gets to smear your family's name and walk away.
22:54I'm supposed to stay in the healing hall, but my father's old case is tied to Silver Bay.
22:59I refuse to keep hiding behind someone else.
23:02Kaiser eventually agrees to take me to Shipwreck Gorge, though he stations even more guards around us.
23:07Former Red Tide's guards are hiding in the gorge.
23:09After losing their territory, they drift into the Outer Ring.
23:12They refuse to hand over their ledgers because they fear they'll be held accountable too.
23:16I don't let Kaiser force their hand instead.
23:18I tell them myself that burning the records won't save anyone.
23:21It will only leave my father carrying the blame.
23:24At last, an elderly Seaguard gives in and hands over the Tide ledger he has kept for years.
23:29On the final page is a record of Winston secretly moving my father's personal effects.
23:34Among them is the Tide crystal that has been missing for years.
23:38Kaiser brings the ledger to Red Tide and demands that Winston turn over the Tide crystal and appear before the
23:44Council of the Seven Seas for judgment.
23:46Winston still tries to deny everything.
23:48Silver Bay is long gone. There's no reason to drag up an old case.
23:52More than anything, he refuses to admit that everything he has today was built on framing my father.
23:58But Red Tide has lost the Shadow Abyss's protection.
24:01Merchant fleets are pulling out, shipping lanes have gone dead, and the Tide folk are beginning to question the Bradley
24:06family.
24:06Remy lies in the healing hall growing weaker by the day.
24:09When he hears his father is still denying it all, he finally asks Winston to tell the truth.
24:14Dad, please, don't keep making this worse.
24:18Winston says nothing. He looks at his son in the bed, then at me standing in the doorway.
24:23Finally, he looks shaken.
24:25Kaiser places a message conch in front of him.
24:28You can confess to the Council of the Seven Seas yourself, or wait for the Sea Emperor's investigators to uncover
24:32every last detail.
24:34Winston is silent for a long time.
24:36Finally, he picks up the conch and calls for an emergency session of the Council of the Seven Seas.
24:41Soon after, the Sea Guards find my father's Tide crystal in a hidden room inside the Red Tide ruler's estate.
24:47It is sealed inside a black shell case, still glowing with a faint blue light.
24:51The moment I reach out and touch it, the crystal suddenly lights up.
24:57The Council of the Seven Seas convenes in the Royal City of Atlantis, before every ruler noble and representative from
25:03the Seven Seas.
25:04Winston finally admits that he bribed Cameron to steal my father's shipping charts and alliance agreements.
25:09Then he used them to fabricate evidence that Silver Bay had betrayed the Seven Seas.
25:15Thomas never betrayed anyone.
25:18I'm the one who destroyed Silver Bay.
25:20The Council chamber falls silent.
25:22He admits that many of the trade routes, pearl mines, and commercial resources Red Tide has gained over the years
25:27come from its illegal takeover of Silver Bay.
25:30The Sea Emperor's investigators immediately seize the Bradley family's ledgers, and formally clear Silver Bay of the charges against it.
25:36Thomas Smith is hereby cleared of all charges and restored to his rightful title as ruler of Silver Bay.
25:42Hearing my father's name finally cleared, my eyes burn with tears.
25:46The truth is finally out, but my father will never live to hear it.
25:50The Sea Emperor orders the Tide crystal placed in my hands.
25:53It is proof of everything my father spent his life protecting in Silver Bay, and a symbol of its former
25:59authority.
25:59The Sea Emperor tells me that Silver Bay's original trade routes resources and protection rights are now mine to decide
26:06how to restore and manage.
26:08Before I can answer, the Sea Healer rushes into the Council chamber.
26:11Remy's Tide power is failing.
26:13Before he is gone, he insists on seeing me one last time.
26:18I don't want to see Remy again, but the Sea Healer says he doesn't have much time left in the
26:23end.
26:24I go to the healing hall in Red Tide.
26:26Remy lies on a coral bed without a ruler's power.
26:29He seems strangely quiet when he sees me.
26:31A faint light briefly returns to his eyes.
26:34He says he doesn't know every detail of how Winston and Cameron planned the old case,
26:38but he admits he never truly cared to ask why my father was accused in the first place.
26:42I always thought that if Cumlin needed me, I had to stand by her.
26:47At last, he admits that he enjoyed being needed and admired.
26:51And because of that, he let Cameron hurt me again and again.
26:56If I hadn't taken her hand back that day, would you still be with me?
27:01I don't answer.
27:04You didn't lose me.
27:06You threw me away.
27:08Remy asks me to hold him once before he dies.
27:10I don't agree, but I don't keep blaming him either.
27:13When I leave the healing hall, Kaiser waits outside the entire time.
27:16He doesn't ask what Remy said.
27:17He simply takes my hand and leads me out of Red Tide.
27:20One month later, Remy dies in the healing hall.
27:25On the day Remy dies, the Sea Emperor announces Winston's final sentence
27:30for fabricating evidence against another realm, violating the Seven Seas Accord,
27:35and stealing Silver Bay's resources.
27:37Winston is permanently exiled to the unclaimed trenches of the northern frontier.
27:42Teresa loses her son, her husband, and her family's territory.
27:46She has no choice but to leave the Red Tide ruler's estate.
27:50Red Tide no longer belongs to the Bradley family.
27:52The Sea Emperor appoints an interim governor to restore its trade routes,
27:56and reorganize its resources.
27:58I don't take part in their punishment anymore.
28:01My father's name has been cleared.
28:03Cameron and Remy have paid for their choices.
28:06If I keep holding on to these people, I'll never truly move on.
28:11Kaiser comes with me to my old home in Silver Bay, which has been abandoned for years.
28:15My father's hand-drawn route maps are still on the coral walls.
28:19The Tide records, pearl boxes, and old sea charts in his study are exactly where they used to be.
28:25I sit at my father's desk and open the last journal he left behind.
28:29He didn't ask me to seek revenge.
28:31He didn't tell me to reclaim our old position.
28:33He left behind only one wish.
28:35That one day, Silver Bay will become a safe harbor for Merfolk from the Outer Ring.
28:40I close my hand around the Tide Crystal,
28:42and finally understand what my father truly wanted to protect.
28:51My father's journal leaves me quiet for a long time.
28:54He didn't leave power to me, and he didn't ask me to take back his old seat as ruler.
28:59He only hoped that one day Silver Bay could protect the Merfolk,
29:02who have lost their families, their partners, or their homes.
29:07I think of Cameron.
29:08I think of all the Outer Ring Merfolk forced to depend on rulers,
29:11powerful families, and merchant fleets just to survive.
29:14After Cameron's betrayal, I once wondered whether my kindness was worth anything,
29:19but Kaiser tells me I can't stop helping people who truly need it just because
29:23one person chooses to exploit my kindness.
29:27Protect the people you want to protect, and I'll protect you.
29:30I decide not to restore my father's old system of one ruler holding all the power.
29:36Instead, with the Tide Crystal as witness, I establish the Silver Bay Hope Tide Council.
29:43The council provides healing, housing, escorts, education, and trade opportunities for Outer Ring Merfolk.
29:48It also gives ordinary Tidefolk a voice in managing Silver Bay's resources.
29:53Kaiser decides to send Shadow Abyss escort fleets to help Silver Bay reopen its old trade routes.
29:58I place the Tide Crystal on the desk in Silver Bay's old house.
30:02Its blue light slowly spreads across the route maps my father left behind.
30:07Just then, a young mermaid mother slings to the old house with her child, both of them bruised and hurt.
30:12Is Silver Bay really willing to take us in?
30:21I have the Sea Guards bring the young mother and her child into Silver Bay's old house first.
30:25She comes from an Outer Ring trench, where her birth family sold her off to a pirate merchant fleet.
30:31Later, her partner took her Tide Crystals, and custody of her child, with nowhere else to go.
30:37She fled with her child into the dark current zone.
30:41The child stays curled against her chest, too scared to look at anyone, watching them.
30:46I remember who I was when I first met Cameron back then.
30:48I believe that reaching out once could, give someone a new life.
30:52I admit it, I'm afraid of being used again.
30:54Kaiser doesn't make the choice for me, he only stands behind me, quietly waiting for me to speak.
31:00You're helping them not because Cameron deserves forgiveness, but because they deserve another chance.
31:06I have the Sea Healer treat the young mother.
31:08I also ask the Hopetide Council to prepare food, and a place for them to stay.
31:13She can't believe she is really allowed to stay.
31:15Again and again, she asks what she needs to do in return.
31:19Silver Bay doesn't ask for your life, and it doesn't take your freedom.
31:23Once you're well, you get to choose your own future.
31:27Word spreads quickly.
31:28More and more Outer Ring merfolk come to Silver Bay.
31:31Some know how to escort merchant ships.
31:33Some can repair old vessels.
31:35Others volunteer to teach Tidescript to the children.
31:38For the first time, new footsteps fill the coral road outside Silver Bay's old house.
31:44Not long after the Silver Bay Hopetide Council is established, the Sea Emperor summons me to the Royal Capital.
31:50The Council of the Seven Seas wants me to take my father's former position as ruler of Silver Bay and
31:55place the waters under Smith family rule once again.
31:57The Sea Emperor personally hands me a new Tide Crystal.
32:00If I accept it, Silver Bay's trade routes, resources, and Sea Guards will all be under my command.
32:06Everyone expects me to take the power.
32:08But as I look at the crystal in my hand, I remember my father's final journal.
32:13He wants Silver Bay to become a safe harbor, not another center of power.
32:17Silver Bay doesn't need a new ruler. It needs a new system.
32:19I propose a shared council.
32:21Outer Ring merfolk, sea healers, escort fleets, trade representatives, and ordinary Tidefolk can all elect delegates to decide how resources
32:28are shared, trade routes are managed, and protection laws are enforced.
32:31Several nobles immediately object, insisting that ordinary Tidefolk have no place in the council chamber.
32:36Kaiser steps to my side, but he doesn't speak for me or try to make the decision himself.
32:41Shadow Abyss will always stand with Silver Bay unconditionally.
32:43The nobles don't dare say another word.
32:46After a long silence, the Sea Emperor looks down at the Tide Crystal in his hand.
32:50If you won't be Silver Bay's ruler, then where should the Tide Crystal go?
32:53I look toward Silver Bay, and I already know the answer.
32:57I bring the Tide Crystal back to Silver Bay's council chamber.
33:01The chamber once sat empty for years.
33:03Now it is filled with Outer Ring merfolk, Elder Tidefolk, sea healers, and escort warriors.
33:08My father's old seat of power still stands on the high platform, but I don't walk toward it.
33:14Instead, I set the Tide Crystal into the Tidestone pillar at the center of the hall.
33:18Blue light spreads from inside the crystal, flowing along the old carvings on the pillar and reaching every corner of
33:24the chamber.
33:25Then I invite every representative to place their Tide Power into the pillar.
33:30Starting today, Silver Bay belongs to no single family at no single ruler.
33:34It belongs to everyone willing to protect it.
33:38The Outer Ring merfolk step forward first, then come the Elder Tidefolk, the sea healers and the escort captains.
33:44Tide power from different bloodlines flows into the crystal, and the water's sealed dark for years comes alive again.
33:50The shared council is officially established.
33:52Kaiser waits for me outside the hall.
33:54He doesn't step onto the platform, and he doesn't ask for a single seat for the Shadow Abyss.
33:58He only returns the eternal Tideheart bracelet to me.
34:02It has been repaired. At its center sits a fragment of blue crystal from my father's old necklace.
34:07The sea healer just told me, our second baby will be here soon.
34:11I close my hand around the bracelet and look down at my belly.
34:16After I return to the Shadow Abyss, the sea healer orders me to remain in the palace until I give
34:21birth.
34:23Kaiser wants me to step away from everything and hand the Silver Bay Hope Tide Council over to someone else.
34:28I refuse to give it all up, but I agree to travel less and let the shared council handle day
34:33-to-day affairs for now.
34:35As my due date approaches, the eternal Tideheart bracelet and the Tide Crystal begin glowing blue at the same time.
34:41After examining me, the sea healer tells us the baby's Tide power is far more active than expected.
34:46The child carries both the royal blood of the Shadow Abyss and the bloodline of Silver Bay.
34:50Kaiser looks even more nervous than I am.
34:53He keeps asking the healer questions, then worries that his anxiety will upset me.
34:57The usually composed ruler of the Shadow Abyss checks the baby's clothes and coral cradle over and over again.
35:02Kaiser, I'm not alone.
35:04Neither are you.
35:05The delivery lasts for hours.
35:07At last, our baby is born safely outside the palace.
35:10The currents pause for a brief moment, then slowly begin to flow again.
35:13The sea healer tells us it is a sign that the bloodlines of two realms are resonating as one.
35:18Kaiser holds our baby without speaking for a long time.
35:22She looks just like you.
35:23Just then, an urgent message arrives from Silver Bay.
35:27Several former nobles are stirring up the Tidefolk trying to overthrow the Shared Council.
35:33Not long after Silver Bay's Shared Council begins operating, the old nobles start spreading rumors.
35:38They claim I'm using my father's name to seize power.
35:41They say the Outer Ring Merfolk will take Silver Bay's resources.
35:45Some even insist the Shared Council will throw Silver Bay back into chaos.
35:50Some Tidefolk begin to waver.
35:51I don't send in Shadow Abyss guards to crush the unrest, and I don't ask Kaiser to handle it for
35:56me.
35:57Instead, I bring him back to Silver Bay's Council chamber and order every trade ledger, protection allocation, and Tide Crystal
36:04distribution record to be made public.
36:06For the first time, Outer Ring Merfolk, who were never allowed inside the Council chamber before, see exactly how Silver
36:12Bay's resources are being used.
36:14The old nobles try to forge ledgers and accuse the Hopetide Council of stealing resources.
36:18But the sea healers find that the Tide seals on the documents are wrong, and the escort captain produces the
36:23real records.
36:24Truth doesn't need a ruler to declare it. The records speak for themselves.
36:29Several nobles lose their council seats for forging the ledgers, but ordinary Tidefolk are not punished.
36:34I announce that anyone has the right to challenge the system, but they must bring proof.
36:38No one gets to decide who deserves a voice based on where they come from.
36:42Once the immediate crisis is over, an elderly Tidefolk brings me an old route map my father left behind.
36:48Marked on it is a protection route that has never been opened.
36:53The old route map points to the North American Outer Ring's dark current zone.
36:57Pirate merchant fleets have controlled those waters for years,
37:00leaving countless low-ranking merfolk and Tidefolk without family protection unable to escape safely.
37:06My father once planned to open a protected passage and bring them to Silver Bay, but the old case brought
37:11that plan to a halt.
37:12I decide to finish what he started.
37:14Kaiser worries that I've only recently given birth and shouldn't be anywhere near dangerous waters.
37:19I don't push myself. Instead, I put the Silver Bay escort fleet Shadow Abyss Warriors and the Hope Tide Council
37:25in charge of the mission.
37:26I stay in Silver Bay's council chamber using our heart-tide bond to stay connected to the front lines.
37:31The pirate fleets try to block the escorts with dangerous currents.
37:34But Silver Bay's Tidefolk use my father's old map to find safe passages through the coral reefs.
37:39Outer Ring merfolk also step forward to help guiding the escorts through trenches they know by heart.
37:44Days later, the first group of stranded merfolk arrives safely in Silver Bay.
37:48This passage belongs to no ruler.
37:51It belongs to everyone who wants a chance to live.
37:54More and more Tidefolk join the escort fleet, and my father's unfinished plan is finally back on track.
37:59Just as the celebration ends, a royal envoy arrives from the Sea Emperor.
38:03He invites Kaiser and me to the royal capital for the ceremony of a new Seven Seas Accord.
38:10The Sea Emperor holds a ceremony for the new Seven Seas Accord in the royal city of Atlantis.
38:15The old accord protects only the core waters and major trade routes.
38:19The new one formally writes outer ring protection, merfolk relocation, sea healer care, and escort rights into the laws of
38:26the Seven Seas.
38:27The Sea Emperor asks Kaiser, as a descendant of the Shadow Abyss Royal Bloodline, to serve as commander of the
38:33Northern Seas.
38:34He also asks me to take a seat in the Royal Council as the leader who helped rebuild Silver Bay.
38:40Kaiser accepts the role of commander of the Northern Seas, but he personally asks for his authority to remain under
38:46the oversight of the Council of the Seven Seas.
38:49Protection is not possession. Even a commander must answer to the rules.
38:53When it is my turn, I accept the council seat, but make it clear that I do not represent a
38:58new noble house.
38:59I represent Silver Bay's shared council and the Hopetide Council.
39:03I don't need another throne. I only want every merfolk in need to have a safe passage home.
39:08The Sea Emperor formally announces that all Seven Seas recognize Silver Bay's protected passage.
39:14They also recognize the right of outer ring merfolk to seek protection, relocate, and choose a new life.
39:20After the accord is signed, Kaiser swims over to me with our two children.
39:24My Sea Queen, shall we go home?
39:26I take his hand and look towards Silver Bay.
39:29You may.
39:32Five years later, Silver Bay is thriving again.
39:35The Hopetide Council has helped countless merfolk who have lost their families, their partners, or their homes.
39:40The protected passage remains open.
39:43Children in Silver Bay now learn Tidescript, navigation, and the laws of the seas.
39:47Red Tide has been rebuilt under new leadership and no longer belongs to the Bradley family.
39:52Remy is gone. Cameron is buried in an outer ring trench.
39:55Winston remains in exile in the northern frontier.
39:58Their story no longer controls mine.
40:01Elena has become the Hopetide Council's most respected advisor.
40:05My eldest son is beginning to study the root maps my father left behind.
40:09While my little girl loves following the Sea Healers as they identify sea herbs and healing crystals.
40:14Kaiser brings our two children to Silver Bay's council chamber.
40:17He is no longer only the ruler of the Shadow Abyss.
40:20He is also the partner who always respects my choices.
40:23Everyone's waiting for you.
40:27I take his hand and swim with our children toward the Tidestone pillar.
40:31The Tide crystal is set at its center, while the blue crystal for my father's necklace glows softly in the
40:36water.
40:36Inside the chamber, no merfolk lowers their head because of where they come from.
40:40And no one who has lost everything is left without a place to go.
40:44My father didn't leave me power. He left me the responsibility of protecting one another.
40:48At last I understand the past hasn't disappeared, but I can carry it with me and still move forward.
40:53I'm still going to be a mess.
40:54But for now, I'll be there for today's time.
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