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00:01On our wedding day, my fiancée Catherine stole my throne and sacrificed me to Erlen, the most dangerous sea witch
00:07in the ocean.
00:08Erlen was arrogant, possessive, and suffocating.
00:16I hated his controlling ways.
00:19I believed he had torn Catherine and me apart.
00:28I ran from him countless times, only for the currents to carry me back into his arms.
00:38Elias, you're mine. You'll always be mine.
00:41Then, while he was subduing a sea beast, I finally escaped back to the Siren Kingdom.
00:48Catherine smiled and opened her arms to welcome me.
00:50I thought I had finally returned to the woman I loved.
00:54But the moment I swam to her, she drove a poisoned dagger into my heart.
00:59Catherine, why?
01:03Elias, you should never have come back. The throne is mine.
01:06She had never loved me. She only wanted my territory and my crown.
01:12She bound me to the abyssal execution platform, and a magic conch sent my screams straight to Erlen.
01:20The next second, a blue lightning tore through the sea.
01:23Erlen fought his way to the platform.
01:25When he saw me covered in blood, fear filled his icy blue eyes for the first time.
01:30Elias!
01:31The Tide Priests activated their witch, hunting a ray.
01:34Its attacks could not have hurt him, but to reach me, he dropped his defenses.
01:38Countless seagulls, tridents pierced its black tail.
01:49Don't be afraid. I'm taking you home.
01:52I never trusted you. Why did you still come?
01:56Because I love you. That's enough.
01:58The final trident pierced his chest.
02:02With his last strength, he broke my chains and pulled me into his arms.
02:07Only then did I understand.
02:09The man I had called a monster was the only one willing to die for me.
02:17When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the seventh night, since I had been sacrificed to Erlen.
02:36Erlen leans over me.
02:37His burning arm around my waist.
02:39His black tail is tangled tightly with my silver, blue one.
02:43Erlen. His chest is unscarred. His tail is whole.
02:46He is alive. He has the power to control me.
02:49Yet he touches me as carefully as if I might break.
02:51Erlen lowers his head and kisses my lips.
02:55Whatever you want to say, I'm not letting you go back to Catherine.
03:00You were meant to be mine.
03:02In my past life, I would have pushed him away without hesitation.
03:06But now, tears suddenly spill down my face, thinking I am afraid.
03:10Erlen immediately loosens his hold around my waist.
03:14Instead, I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him back.
03:17The man who can command sea beasts and calm tsunamis goes still at my kiss.
03:22Only, I know I have waited an entire lifetime for this embrace.
03:34If you hate my tail, never, I'll never use it to touch you again.
03:38The witch, hunting magic, could never have hurt him.
03:41He died because he took every attack from me.
03:43Only before my death did I finally see how deeply he loved me.
03:47I jolt awake.
03:48There is no wound on my chest.
03:50Beyond the crystal window, a pod of whales glides past.
03:54None of the tragedy has happened yet.
03:57I really have been reborn.
03:58This time, I will expose Catherine's scheme.
04:01Reclaim my throne and protect the man who gave his life for me.
04:04And if Erlen still loves me, I will learn to love him too.
04:10In my past life, I saw everything in this room as proof that Erlen had imprisoned me.
04:15Now, I realize every detail was chosen for me.
04:18Blue whales sing outside the palace.
04:21And even the cold deep sea is kept at the temperature I prefer.
04:25I swim to the coral mirror.
04:26My tail is unharmed.
04:28The tide calendar on the table shows that today is Catherine's coronation.
04:33I open a memory shell.
04:36You tore Catherine and me apart.
04:38I hate you.
04:39One day, I'll kill you myself.
04:42Catherine gave you to me herself.
04:44She never loved you.
04:46I dismissed it as a lie and cursed him to remain trapped in the trench forever.
04:50He only wiped away my tears.
04:53Elias, I'm the one who will never betray you.
04:56A sharp knock pulls me back to the present.
04:59I turn, expecting Erlen.
05:01What are you making a scene about now?
05:03I freeze.
05:04You wrecked half the palace to force the Lord to let you attend Catherine's coronation,
05:08and now you're pretending you don't remember?
05:10Only then do I recall that.
05:11In my past life, I threatened to kill myself to force Erlen to let me see Catherine.
05:17I never knew Catherine had planned to crown Rowan.
05:20My personal attendant as her royal consort.
05:23Erlen hadn't kept the invitation from me to imprison me.
05:27He simply did not want me to witness that betrayal.
05:32In my past life, I spent the entire day causing a scene in the palace because I wanted to attend
05:39Catherine's coronation.
05:40I did not know then that Catherine had already been plotting with Rowan, my personal attendant.
05:47At the ceremony, she would take his hand and name him her royal consort, making me the laughingstock of the
05:55entire kingdom.
06:01Erlen only wanted to protect what little dignity had left.
06:09You're nothing but a monster from the deep.
06:20He cut open his chest, drew out his abyssal, Origen blood, and made an antidote that pulled me back from
06:35the brink of death.
06:41This time, I throw the moonlight coral that Elena brought to the ground.
06:49Isn't this what you made such a fuss about?
06:51I'm not going.
06:53Catherine's coronation has nothing to do with it.
06:56Elena does not believe I have changed and refuses to tell me where Erlen is.
07:01Guided by memories from my past life, I make my way through the palace.
07:05The crushing pressure of the deep closes in.
07:09Black Erlen's rise to support me.
07:11Even now, Erlen's magic protects me on instinct.
07:15Following the scent of blood.
07:18To the abyssal spell chamber.
07:21Freeze.
07:21Erlen sits shirtless in a pool of blood, his chest cut open and his broken tail lying limp on the
07:27floor.
07:27A vial of freshly drawn abyssal.
07:29Origen blood floats before him.
07:31In my past life, I did not take the poison until that night.
07:36But he had drawn his blood during the day.
07:38He knew the venom acted fast.
07:40He had long known that I might hurt myself rather than risk my life.
07:44He chose to hurt himself first.
07:46Mistaking me for a servant, Erlen speaks in a weak, cold voice.
07:50Get out.
07:52I do not leave as Erlen commands.
07:56Realizing the intruder has disobeyed him, Erlen sends the currents around him into a violent frenzy.
08:05Do you want to die?
08:08But when he sees it is me, the killing intent in his eyes vanishes at once.
08:14He quickly turns away, trying to hide the wound in his chest and his broken tail.
08:19And yet, the sea witch, every sea beast, fears, can't bear for me to see him weak.
08:27I remember him covered in blood as he held me while we fell into the abyss.
08:31My voice trembles.
08:36Erlen, does it hurt?
08:38He freezes, then hides the flicker in his eyes behind a cold stare.
08:41What do you want from me this time?
08:43To attend Catherine's coronation, or to break our bond?
08:46I'm not going to see her.
08:48I already agreed to let you leave.
08:53You don't have to say things you don't mean.
08:56I hurt him too deeply in my past life.
08:59Even when I show concern, he only suspects I am trying to use him.
09:03I step through the blood-stained currents and move closer.
09:08Erlen forces himself back until he pins me against the wall.
09:24But his hand only braces against the wall beside my ear.
09:28He still does not hurt me.
09:30Don't come any closer, or I'll keep you locked here forever.
09:34For the first time, his threats don't scare me.
09:36All I feel is heartache for him.
09:38I cup his face.
09:39Your eyes are beautiful, Erlen.
09:41Can I kiss you?
09:42He is silent for a long time.
09:44Desire fills his eyes, but his voice is restrained.
09:47I won't stop you from going to Catherine anymore.
09:51But you don't need to please me just to leave this place.
09:54He looks away.
09:59Get out.
10:03I know I have lost Erlen's trust.
10:05The pain I caused in my past life will not disappear because of a few gentle words.
10:11Pretending to accept his rejection, I slowly turn away.
10:15The moment Erlen lets his guard down, I spin back, throw myself into his arms, and kiss him.
10:21Erlen goes completely still.
10:23His hands hover at my waist, afraid to pull me close, as if this is a dream that could shatter
10:28at any moment.
10:29I do not pull away.
10:31Instead, I wrap my arms tighter around his neck, showing him that this kiss is not a trick,
10:36not some desperate attempt to get back to Catherine.
10:38I'm not going back to Catherine.
10:40After a long moment, his arms finally settle gently around my waist.
10:44And I'm not leaving you.
10:45His touch is careful and restrained, trembling slightly, as if he fears that if he holds me too tightly,
10:52I will run from him again.
10:53This is the first time I have held him since being reborn, and the first time I truly see my
10:58own heart.
10:59I will not run from Erlen again.
11:01I will reclaim my throne and make everyone who betrayed me pay.
11:04Most of all, I will make Erlen believe me.
11:06This time, I will truly love him.
11:11The next second, Erlen suddenly pushes me away.
11:16You're not Elias.
11:18He would never kiss me first.
11:19He thinks someone has taken control of my soul.
11:22I tell him no one has.
11:23Then what do you want?
11:25Or for me to send you back to Catherine?
11:28Before he finishes, the wound in his chest splits open again.
11:32He turns away on instinct, refusing to let me see.
11:35I catch him as he nearly collapses, and notice three vials of abyssal origin blood in the chamber.
11:41To keep me from poisoning myself, he has nearly drained his magic core.
11:45I throw the empty vials and the blood-stained silver blade into a lava rift.
11:51I won't poison myself again.
11:53I won't use my life to force you to let me go, and I won't go back to Catherine.
11:57You think I'll believe you just because you say what I want to hear?
11:59I'm not asking you to trust me yet.
12:01Just give me one chance to prove it.
12:02I help him sit and bandage his wound.
12:04You're not afraid of me anymore?
12:05I almost reveal the truth about my rebirth, but look away.
12:08Just then, a voice conch engraved with the royal crest slips through the wards.
12:14You've never hurt me.
12:16Elias, I know you still love me.
12:18Come back.
12:19I'll give you one last chance.
12:22Catherine's voice comes through the voice conch.
12:25Erlin immediately pulls back his tail and puts distance between us.
12:29She's come for you.
12:30Go.
12:30I won't stop you anymore.
12:32The sacrifice wasn't my decision.
12:34The Tide Priests acted on their own.
12:36Come back to me, and I'll dissolve your bond with Erlin.
12:39But I remember her pressing the royal seal onto the sacrificial pact herself.
12:43I pick up the conch.
12:44Catherine, from the moment you sacrificed me to Erlin, we were over.
12:48Besides me, who else would dare bond with someone a sea witch has taken?
12:52Erlin is my bonded partner.
12:54Catherine, I don't want you anymore.
12:56For the first time, Erlin hesitates.
12:59You will be at tomorrow's coronation.
13:00Otherwise, you'll never learn how your parents really died.
13:03My breath catches.
13:05Everyone in the royal family told me my parents died in an undersea storm 12 years ago.
13:10Was it never an accident?
13:11What do you know?
13:13Catherine does not answer.
13:14She cuts the connection.
13:16My heart sinks.
13:17Slowly, Erlin pulls his hand from mine.
13:20You're still going to see her.
13:24I'm going to the Siren Kingdom.
13:26You want to go back to her.
13:27I won't drag you back this time.
13:32I block his path.
13:38Why should I keep waiting for you?
13:40I hear the unease beneath his cold tone and gently touch his fingers.
13:43Then don't wait.
13:45Come with me.
13:48Erlin stares at me.
13:49I tell him I have the right to bring my bonded partner to the coronation.
13:52The Siren Kingdom has always mocked him for never daring to leave the deep sea.
13:56This time, I want everyone to see him for themselves.
13:59Elena rushes in from the corridor.
14:01If he leaves, he will lose the protection of the Eternal Night Abyss.
14:05I know.
14:05In my past life, Catherine used me to lure Erlin out of his territory.
14:09Erlin, will you trust me just once?
14:12After a long silence, he removes a black scale and turns it into a necklace around my neck.
14:18This is the Abyssman mark.
14:20Every Abyssman creature will protect you.
14:23Outside the palace, ancient sea beasts growl in unison.
14:27Catherine knows the truth about my parents' deaths.
14:30I have to go.
14:32But once the coronation is over, I'll come back.
14:35I'll go with you.
14:44Erlin and I leave the Eternal Night Abyss.
14:47Countless ancient sea beasts awaken from the darkness and follow silently behind him.
14:52At last, I understand that the fear surrounding him is no rumor.
14:55The entire abyss bows to him.
14:57When we enter the Siren Kingdom, the Royal Guards scatter in terror.
15:00No one expects Erlin, who has not left the Forbidden Zone for centuries, to enter the Siren Kingdom himself.
15:06Nobles crowd both sides of the White Coral Road.
15:09They mock me for being taken by a sea witch and say I no longer have the right to attend
15:12the coronation.
15:13A merman, noble blocks our way.
15:15A sacrifice the royal family gave away has no place in the temple.
15:20Erlin raises a hand.
15:21His magic cracks the noble's armor in an instant.
15:25I'm not a sacrifice.
15:28I'm the bonded partner of the Lord of the Eternal Night Abyss.
15:31You must be under his control.
15:34Leave that monster.
15:35In my past life, I called Erlin a monster over and over.
15:39I know those words hurt him more than any witch hunting spell.
15:42I immediately take his hand and lace my fingers through his.
15:46The real monster isn't Erlin.
15:48It's the person who sacrifices their fiancé, then expects him to be grateful for it.
15:53The nobles fall silent, their faces turning grim.
15:56No one dares to argue.
15:58Catherine and Rowan appear at the gates.
16:00The moment Catherine sees our clasped hands, her smile disappears.
16:07Elias, let go of his hand.
16:11Catherine orders me to let go of Erlin's hand, but I tighten my grip instead.
16:16She is used to me doing what she says.
16:18She has forgotten that she is the one who sent me to the sacrificial altar.
16:22The tide priests sign the sacrificial fact without my knowledge.
16:25I remove my abyssal scale and pour magic into it.
16:28An image from our wedding day appears above the temple.
16:31Everyone sees Catherine press the royal seal onto the pact herself.
16:36You signed it with your own hand, and now you claim you knew nothing?
16:40Rowan steps to her side, insisting that everything Catherine did was for the kingdom.
16:44I look at him standing in the place that was once mine.
16:47I feel no pain, only irony.
16:49The coronation continues.
16:50Catherine announces that Rowan will become her royal consort, watching for my reaction.
16:55Don't you have anything to say?
16:56You two are perfect for each other.
16:58Her expression darkens.
16:59At last, she realizes I no longer care who she chooses.
17:03Rowan suddenly takes out a blood-stained golden shell.
17:06It is my father's family keepsake.
17:09The golden shell he wore before he disappeared.
17:11Abyssal magic still clings to its back.
17:13Your parents did not die in a storm.
17:15Erlin killed them.
17:16The temple erupts in shock.
17:18I turn sharply to Arlin, but he offers no explanation.
17:22Your real enemy is standing beside you, Elias.
17:25Are you still choosing him?
17:28Everyone waits for my answer.
17:30The golden shell belonged to my father, and traces of abyssal magic do remain on it.
17:35Just because the shell carries abyssal magic doesn't mean Erlin killed them.
17:39I reach for the shell, but Rowan instinctively steps back.
17:42Catherine immediately moves in front of him.
17:44You've been bewitched by him.
17:46No matter what evidence you see, you'll defend the sea witch.
17:49I'm not defending him.
17:50I just don't believe you anymore.
17:55Once I wear the crown, I can take your family's territory and everything you have left.
18:01So that's why you got close to me in the first place.
18:03She hurriedly denies it.
18:05I tighten my hold on Erlin's hand.
18:07Until the evidence is examined, no one has the right to condemn him.
18:12I believe him.
18:13Guards, seize him!
18:15Ancient sea beasts roar outside the temple, and the whole palace begins to shake.
18:19Go ahead.
18:21Try.
18:21Every guard freezes.
18:23I notice the blood on the shell moving like it is alive, slipping back into Rowan's sleeve.
18:29Rowan, what did you put on that shell?
18:31SetOff.
18:32Let's go.
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