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00:01I was different from the other female heirs in the underworld.
00:04The young ladies from other families were beautiful and deadly.
00:07But I was the fat young lady with a birthmark on my face.
00:10My mother was afraid I would be bullied, and no one would marry me when I grew up.
00:14So she raised three future fiancés for me since I was little.
00:17But they always thought I was chunky and ugly.
00:19The favorite thing to say was,
00:20Elwynn, without that engagement, what man would even look at you twice?
00:23So I worked even harder to learn all kinds of skills, hoping to please them.
00:28Unfortunately, I was tone-deaf.
00:30And I always moved my arms and legs the wrong way.
00:33I somehow learned a whole set of survival skills instead.
00:36Until the day of my coming-of-age ceremony,
00:38I carefully brought up the marriage arrangements at the party.
00:40The three men looked startled.
00:41At the same time, they all stepped back.
00:43And Melianne, the illegitimate daughter my father had brought home,
00:45pointed at me with a look full of disgust.
00:47You don't know your place.
00:48Look at yourself. Do you really think you deserve it?
00:50In an instant, laughter filled the banquet hall.
00:52I got many mocking eyes.
00:53I was so angry that I slapped her.
00:56But to defend her,
00:57my father and my three future fiancé locked me inside a burning old warehouse.
01:01By the time I escaped,
01:02the news that Melianne had inherited my estate had already spread through the whole city.
01:06My father claimed a burned, unidentified body and said it was me.
01:10And my three future fiancé's all testified to that.
01:12I was lucky enough to survive,
01:14but I became an undocumented person with no money and no papers.
01:17At dusk, I walked to the port.
01:19A silver-white cruise ship was docked at the Pirke.
01:22Its tall body blocked half of the sunset.
01:26In front of the gangway, a woman was crying and begging.
01:29That child is a monster!
01:30I've already been kind enough to him!
01:32And what's wrong with me trying to get close to Mr. Volkalas?
01:34A silver-head steward ordered people to throw her luggage off the ship.
01:37Mr. Volkalas was looking for a guardian who respects the child, not a mistress.
01:40Your pay has been settled. Please leave.
01:43When I heard the word pay, I stopped walking.
01:45The hiring sign by the shore said,
01:48Room and board included. Work aboard the ship.
01:50I tore off the burned hem of my dress and used it to cover the wounds on my legs.
01:54Then I quickly walked over.
01:54I can take care of a child.
01:56The steward looked at me, covered in ash, and frowned deeply.
01:59But five minutes later,
02:01he still decided to give me a try and took me onto the cruise ship.
02:04The top-floor dining room was a mess.
02:06A black-haired boy was hiding under the table.
02:08Broken dishes were scattered all around his feet.
02:11Several nannies stood around him,
02:12but he held a fork, ready to stab anyone who got close.
02:15I walked over, lifted the tablecloth, and crawled straight under the table.
02:19It was narrow and dark under there.
02:21Leah's immediately pointed the fork at me.
02:23Get out!
02:23I did not move closer,
02:25only sat down at the other end and broke the bread I had picked up into two pieces.
02:28Those people outside want to grab you.
02:30I just got kicked out too.
02:32For now, this place is half yours and half mine.
02:34Leah still glared at me.
02:35The woman who had just been kicked off had called him a monster who bit people by the gangway.
02:40But his hand holding the fork kept shaking.
02:42I kept my half of the bread and pushed the other half to the middle.
02:46Don't worry.
02:46I won't trick you to go out.
02:48You can hide as long as you want.
02:50After a long time, he secretly looked at me.
02:53You really won't grab me?
02:55I leaned against the table leg.
02:56I can barely protect myself.
02:57How would I have the strength to grab you?
02:58The boy froze.
02:59At last, he put the fork down.
03:01I picked up the bread that had rolled to my feet and took another big bite.
03:05If you want to run away, you need to eat first.
03:07If you pass out from hunger, you won't make it to shore.
03:10He stared at me for a long while.
03:12Then quietly took the other piece of bread.
03:15Suddenly, it became quiet outside.
03:16A pair of polished leather shoes stopped beside the table.
03:19I crawled out with the bread in my arms and met a pair of deep green eyes like the ocean.
03:23A tall man stood in the sunset.
03:25His flaxy blonde curls shone in the light.
03:27His shirt was stretched neatly over his broad shoulders and back.
03:30His warm brown skin looked as if it had been shaped by years of sun and sea wind.
03:34He was the shipping tycoon.
03:36The man the four great families of M-City had tried and failed to meet three times.
03:40Femin vocalist.
03:41He glanced at the boy who was eating.
03:43Then looked back at me.
03:45Keeper.
03:47I froze on the spot.
03:49The cruise ship my father and those three men had dreamed of boarding had just kept me on board.
03:54That night, I moved into the cabin next to Leah's.
03:58Andres brought me clean clothes.
04:00He also reminded me not to go near the navigation archive room on the top floor.
04:04I had no interest in digging into secrets.
04:07For someone who had already died, having a place to stay was lucky enough.
04:11Before dawn, thunder suddenly rumbled outside the ship.
04:14Leah's rushed into my room barefoot, crawled under my blanket, and shook badly.
04:19He held that charred wooden boat tightly and kept calling for his mom.
04:22I did not turn on the light.
04:23Only held him and counted the rhythm of the ship rocking, again and again.
04:27A flash of lightning lit up the porthole.
04:29Leva suddenly broke free from me, jumped off the bed, and ran to pull open the cabin door.
04:33Mom is still outside!
04:34I did not tell him this place was safe.
04:36I only took his hand and pressed it against the cold cabin wall.
04:38This is the Thalisa.
04:39Listen, the engine is still running.
04:41Then I let him touch the bedsheet in my wrist.
04:44These are all real.
04:45Leah's heavy breathing slowly calmed down, but he still refused to close his eyes.
04:50Will you still be here after sunrise?
04:52When you open your eyes, I'll be here.
04:55Only then did he curl back into my arms.
04:57When I counted to 137, he finally fell asleep.
05:01At some point, the door had opened, his shoulders still damp with night mist.
05:05He looked at Leah's hand resting on my waist and stayed silent for a long time.
05:09His mother died in an attack at sea.
05:11I pulled the blanket up for the child.
05:13So he's just scared.
05:15Scared that when he wakes up, the people beside him will already be gone.
05:22Did you go through that too?
05:24I thought of the fire that had burned down the warehouse.
05:27Almost.
05:28Leah suddenly woke up and bit hard into my wrist.
05:30Pain shot through me.
05:31I looked down and saw two sharp little fangs between his lips, and Femin's green eyes had already turned a
05:35dark emerald color.
05:37After the butler Andres took Leah's away, Femin closed the door.
05:41He did not deny anything I had seen or gone through.
05:44He only calmly told me.
05:45The Volcalis family is not human.
05:47It's just that the Leah's bloodline is not stable yet.
05:50Fear and hunger can make him lose control.
05:51In the past six months, he has bitten 17 caregivers.
05:54You were the only one who didn't push him away.
05:55As he spoke, Femin placed an investigation file beside the bed.
06:00Inside were my death certificate, the inheritance transfer papers, and the signatures left by my three future fiancés.
06:05They had even finished holding my funeral for me.
06:08Your account has been cleaned out.
06:09And now, there is a $20 million debt in your name.
06:12I clenched the papers.
06:14So they had not only wanted me dead, they also wanted me to carry a ruined name after death.
06:20Femin placed another contract down.
06:21I will have my lawyers cancel your death registration, investigate the burned body in the warehouse, and freeze all inheritance
06:26transfers.
06:27In exchange, you will stay on, the Therassa, and take care of Leah's.
06:30The contract was for one year.
06:33But on the last page...
06:36It was not an employment agreement.
06:38It was a formal marriage.
06:40Femin needed a lady of the house who could be recognized by the Volcolis family, someone who could help Leah's
06:44fight off the Blood Council's bid for guardianship.
06:45And I needed an identity that would allow me to return to M-City alive.
06:48It is just a mutually beneficial agreement.
06:50He placed a pen in front of me.
06:51Elowyn, I won't deny that I have the urge for blood, but in the name of the Daywalker family, I
06:54swear, I will never hurt you, and I will never stop you from leaving the ship.
06:57Outside the window, the waves rolled.
07:00At the end of the contract, I wrote down the name that had already been declared dead.
07:06The day after I signed the contract, I became Femin Volcolis' wife.
07:11There was no priest to hold the wedding, and there were no guests.
07:14There was only the captain, the lawyer, and Leah's.
07:18After the ceremony began, Leah's held my hand the whole time.
07:21When it was my turn to sign, I paused for a second.
07:24He thought I was regretting it, so he slowly loosened his fingers, lowered his head, and tightly held that charred
07:29wooden boat.
07:30I held his hand again.
07:32I won't leave without saying goodbye.
07:34Leah's looked up.
07:35His eyes were already red-rimmed.
07:37I held his hand and wrote my name on the marriage papers.
07:41Only after Femin saw this did he pick up the silver ring and kneeled on one knee in front of
07:44me.
07:45The ring featured an old sailing ship, with a circle of thorns wrapped around the hull.
07:49It was the token of the Lady of the Volcolos family.
07:52I did not put it on right away.
07:54My father once said that a fat, ugly woman like me should be grateful to marry the heir of any
07:59family.
07:59Those three men had never given me a ring either.
08:03They only made me wait to be chosen.
08:06Femin dropped one knee in front of me, picked up the ring, and slid it onto my ring finger.
08:10It is not a reward.
08:11From today on, anyone who insults you is declaring war on the Volcolos family.
08:15That night, Leah's came knocking again with the wooden boat in his arms.
08:18This time, he did not crawl under my glanket.
08:20He only stood beside the bed and softly asked me to tell me a story where no one died.
08:24Halfway through the story, he fell asleep leaning against me.
08:27At breakfast the next day, Femin heard that Leah's had not woken up once all night.
08:31The coffee cup stopped in midair.
08:33Leah's held my hand and announced seriously,
08:36I like Elwyn. Her bed is so warm.
08:38Femin looked at me. His gaze stayed on the ring for two seconds.
08:42Then let her stay forever.
08:45After the Thalacia left M-City,
08:48Femin began inspecting the shipping routes under his control.
08:51He could move more than a dozen cargo ships in one night.
08:55But he still had no idea what to do with Leah's.
08:57When the child refused to eat, I drew each dish as a port.
09:00Leah's pushed the carrots out of his plate.
09:02A ship can go around the Red Sea.
09:04I used broccoli to surround his potato ship.
09:06If it takes a detour, it will run into pirates.
09:08Eat the carrots, and the ship can pass through the Red Sea.
09:10He immediately picked up his fork and ate the pirate ships one by one.
09:15Femin arrived at that moment.
09:16Leah's pushed the last piece of broccoli in front of him.
09:19The captain has to join the battle, too.
09:21Femin stared at that piece of broccoli.
09:23His expression was even more serious than when he signed shipping clantrix.
09:27In the end, he ate it with a blank face.
09:29I could not help laughing.
09:30He looked up at me, not angry, only told the kitchen,
09:33Prepare an extra pirate fleet tomorrow.
09:35In less than a week, Leah's moved from under the dining table to my side.
09:39He also gave me a position, second maid of the Thalaras.
09:43In exchange, I went for brisk box with him on the deck every day.
09:47His appetite came back, and I was slimming down as well.
09:50When Femin came back from time to time, he would stand on the upper deck and watch us train.
09:55He never joined us, but he remembered to replace the shoes that hurt my feet.
09:59He also had the kitchen remove any food I was allergic to.
10:02A month later, the lawyer brought good news.
10:05My death registrating had been temporarily cancelled,
10:08but before my identity could be officially restored,
10:10I had to go ashore in person for questioning and an exam.
10:14When Leah's heard that I was leaving the ship,
10:16he did not speak for a whole day.
10:18Early the next morning, as soon as I sat in the car,
10:21he climbed into the back seat, holding the wooden boat.
10:24Butler Andres froze outside the car.
10:26Leah's had not willingly stepped onto land in three years.
10:29He held my arm tightly, his face pale, but he did not get out of the car.
10:33Wherever you go, I go.
10:36As the car drove out of the port,
10:39Leah's kept staring out the rear window.
10:41I asked him to count the red cars passing by.
10:43By the time he counted the eighth one,
10:45his tensed hand finally relaxed.
10:48The medical exam lasted two hours.
10:50The doctor said the damage caused by smoke inhalation was healing,
10:53but there were still traces of long-term sedative use in my blood.
10:56Those pills always came from the Cassio family's private doctor.
11:02They told me they were just vitamins to control my appetite.
11:05I looked at the report and suddenly understood
11:07why I had always been tired, swollen, and couldn't focus.
11:10They had been ruining my health while laughing at me for not being pretty enough.
11:14I recognized the name of the drug on the report.
11:17Every night, my father had personally watched me take it,
11:20and those three men would stand beside him,
11:23mocking me for being dull and lethargic,
11:25saying I was like a pig that only knew how to eat.
11:28I instinctively folded the report so Leah's wouldn't see it,
11:31but Faman took it before I could.
11:33He said nothing, only handed that page to Andres.
11:36When I walked out of the exam room,
11:38Leah's was sitting on a bench waiting for me.
11:41He stuffed his most precious jeweled compass into my hand.
11:44When you get lost, look at it.
11:45It will lead you back to the thalassa.
11:48My nose sting, and I held the compass tightly.
11:51Outside the hospital, Faman was waiting beside the car.
11:53When Leah saw him, he did not panic,
11:55and he did not ask to return to the ship right away.
11:57He held my hand and walked into the sunlight.
12:00For the first time, he calmly passed through the crowd.
12:02Faman bent down and hugged him,
12:03but his eyes moved past the child and landed on my medical report.
12:09That night, the Cassio family's private doctor disappeared.
12:14And on Faman's desk,
12:16there was now a complete record of the medication I had been given.
12:20Faman did not explain to me where that doctor had gone.
12:22He only handed the evidence to the lawyer
12:24and canceled the Cassio family's priority docking rights at three ports.
12:28My father had begged for those ports for five whole years.
12:32Now, just because he had hurt me,
12:34Faman made every contract void.
12:36I was not touched.
12:38I was scared.
12:39My last life had taught me that anything someone gave me
12:42could be taken back at any time.
12:45So when Faman handed me an unlimited black card,
12:47I refused it.
12:50Faman thought the limit wasn't enough.
12:52So he signaled for Andres to bring another one.
12:54I pressed down on the black card.
12:57I'm not afraid of spending your money.
12:59I'm just afraid that after I get used to depending on someone,
13:02he'll take everything back.
13:04Faman was silent for a moment.
13:06Then he pushed another document toward me.
13:08This is what you earned.
13:10It's not a gift from anyone.
13:12It was proof of an independent account.
13:14All my pay had already been transferred under my name.
13:17And it would not be taken back even if the marriage ended.
13:20With that money, I bought an old phone that could be registered in my name.
13:23And a plain used car.
13:25Faman stared at that car with its peeling paint for a long time.
13:28The next day, there was a child safety seat,
13:30a first aid kit,
13:31and the most advanced tracking system inside the car.
13:33He did not replace it or make fun of my choice.
13:35After Leah slowly got used to land,
13:37I started taking him to quiet places with fewer people.
13:39We visited a lighthouse,
13:41fed seagulls,
13:41and bought a strangely ugly fish at the dock market.
13:43For the first time, he laughed like a normal child.
13:46And for the first time,
13:46I realized that after leaving the Cassio family,
13:49staying alive was not that hard.
13:51I was different from the other female heirs in the underworld.
13:55The young ladies from other families were beautiful and deadly.
13:58But I was the fat young lady with a birthmark on my face.
14:01My mother was afraid I would be bullied,
14:03and no one would marry me when I grew up.
14:05So she raised three future fiancés for me since I was little.
14:07But they always thought I was chunky and ugly.
14:09My favorite thing to say was,
14:11Elwynn, without that engagement,
14:12what man would even look at you twice?
14:14So I worked even harder to learn all kinds of skills,
14:17hoping to please them.
14:18Unfortunately, I was tone-deaf.
14:21And I always moved my arms and legs the wrong way.
14:24I somehow learned a whole set of survival skills instead.
14:26Until the day of my coming-of-age ceremony,
14:28I carefully brought up the marriage arrangements at the party.
14:31The three men looked startled.
14:32At the same time, they all stepped back.
14:33And Melianne, the illegitimate daughter my father had brought home,
14:36pointed at me with a look full of disgust.
14:37You don't know your place.
14:39Look at yourself.
14:39Do you really think you deserve it?
14:40In an instant, laughter filled the banquet hall.
14:42I got many mocking eyes.
14:44I was so angry that I slapped her.
14:47But to defend her,
14:48my father and my three future fiancés
14:50locked me inside a burning old warehouse.
14:52By the time I escaped,
14:53the news that Melianne had inherited my estate
14:55had already spread through the whole city.
14:57My father claimed a burned, unidentified body
14:59and said it was me.
15:00And my three future fiancés all testified to that.
15:03I was lucky enough to survive,
15:04but I became an undocumented person
15:06with no money and no papers.
15:07At dusk, I walked to the port.
15:10A silver-white cruise ship was docked at the Pirc.
15:13Its tall body blocked half of the sunset.
15:17In front of the gangway,
15:18a woman was crying and begging.
15:19That child is a monster!
15:21I've already been kind enough to him!
15:22And what's wrong with me trying to get close to Mr. Volkolas?
15:25A silver-head steward ordered people
15:26to throw her luggage off the ship.
15:27Mr. Volkolas was looking for a guardian
15:29who respects the child,
15:30not a mistress.
15:31Your pay has been settled.
15:33Please leave.
15:33When I heard the word pay,
15:35I stopped walking.
15:36The hiring sign by the shore said,
15:38Room and board included.
15:39Work aboard the ship.
15:41I tore off the burned hem of my dress
15:43and used it to cover the wounds on my legs.
15:44Then I quickly walked over.
15:45I can take care of a child.
15:46The steward looked at me,
15:48covered in ash,
15:48and frowned deeply.
15:50But five minutes later,
15:51he still decided to give me a try
15:53and took me onto the cruise ship.
15:55The top floor dining room was a mess.
15:57A black-haired boy was hiding under the table.
15:59Broken dishes were scattered all around his feet.
16:02Several nannies stood around him,
16:03but he held a fork,
16:04ready to stab anyone who got close.
16:06I walked over,
16:07lifted the tablecloth,
16:08and crawled straight under the table.
16:10It was narrow and dark under there.
16:12Leah's immediately pointed the fork at me.
16:13Get out!
16:14I did not move closer,
16:15only sat down at the other end
16:17and broke the bread I had picked up into two pieces.
16:19Those people outside want to grab you.
16:21I just got kicked out too.
16:22For now,
16:23this place is half yours and half mine.
16:25Leah still glared at me.
16:26The woman who had just been kicked off
16:28had called him a monster
16:29who bit people by the gangway.
16:31But his hand holding the fork kept shaking.
16:33I kept my half of the bread
16:34and pushed the other half to the middle.
16:36Don't worry.
16:37I won't trick you to go out.
16:39You can hide as long as you want.
16:41After a long time,
16:42he secretly looked at me.
16:44You really won't grab me?
16:45I leaned against the table leg.
16:47I can barely protect myself.
16:48How would I have the strength to grab you?
16:49The boy froze.
16:50At last,
16:51he put the fork down.
16:52I picked up the bread
16:53that had rolled to my feet
16:54and took another big bite.
16:56If you want to run away,
16:57you need to eat first.
16:58If you pass out from hunger,
16:59you won't make it to shore.
17:00He stared at me for a long while,
17:03then quietly took the other piece of bread.
17:05Suddenly,
17:06it became quiet outside.
17:07A pair of polished leather shoes
17:09stopped beside the table.
17:10I crawled out with the bread in my arms
17:12and met a pair of deep green eyes
17:13like the ocean.
17:14A tall man stood in the sunset.
17:16His flaxy blonde curls
17:17shone in the light.
17:18His shirt was stretched neatly
17:19over his broad shoulders and back.
17:21His warm brown skin
17:22looked as if it had been shaped
17:23by years of sun and sea wind.
17:25He was the shipping tycoon,
17:27the man the four great families
17:28of M-City had tried
17:29and failed to meet three times.
17:30Femin Volkulis.
17:32He glanced at the boy
17:33who was eating,
17:34then looked back at me.
17:35Keep her.
17:37I froze on the spot.
17:39The cruise ship my father
17:41and those three men
17:41had dreamed of boarding
17:42had just kept me on board.
17:45That night,
17:46I moved into the cabin
17:47next to Leah's.
17:49Andres brought me clean clothes.
17:51He also reminded me
17:52not to go near
17:52the navigation archive room
17:54on the top floor.
17:55I had no interest
17:56in digging into secrets.
17:57For someone who had already died,
17:59having a place to stay
18:00was lucky enough.
18:02Before dawn,
18:03thunder suddenly rumbled
18:04outside the ship.
18:05Leah's rushed into my room
18:06barefoot,
18:07crawled under my blanket,
18:08and shook badly.
18:09He held that charred
18:10wooden boat tightly
18:11and kept calling for his mom.
18:13I did not turn on the light,
18:14only held him
18:15and counted the rhythm
18:16of the ship rocking
18:16again and again.
18:18A flash of lightning
18:19lit up the porthole.
18:20Leva suddenly broke free from me,
18:21jumped off the bed,
18:22and ran to pull open
18:23the cabin door.
18:24Mom is still outside!
18:25I did not tell him
18:26this place was safe.
18:26I only took his hand
18:27and pressed it against
18:28the cold cabin wall.
18:29This is the Thalisa.
18:30Listen,
18:31the engine is still running.
18:32Then I let him touch
18:33the bedsheet in my wrist.
18:35These are all real.
18:36Leah's heavy breathing
18:37slowly calmed down,
18:38but he still refused
18:39to close his eyes.
18:40Will you still be here
18:42after sunrise?
18:43When you open your eyes,
18:44I'll be here.
18:45Only then did he curl
18:47back into my arms.
18:47When I counted to 137,
18:50he finally fell asleep.
18:52At some point,
18:53the door had opened,
18:54his shoulders still damp
18:55with night mist.
18:56He looked at Leah's hand
18:57resting on my waist
18:58and stayed silent
18:59for a long time.
19:00His mother died
19:01in an attack at sea.
19:02I pulled the blanket up
19:03for the child,
19:04so he's just scared.
19:06Scared that when he wakes up,
19:07the people beside him
19:08will already be gone.
19:11Femin's eyes fell on my face.
19:13Did you go through that too?
19:14I thought of the fire
19:15that had burned down
19:16the warehouse.
19:17Almost.
19:18Leah suddenly woke up
19:20and bit hard into my wrist.
19:21Pain shot through me.
19:22I looked down
19:22and saw two sharp little fangs
19:23between his lips
19:24and Femin's green eyes
19:25had already turned
19:26a dark emerald color.
19:28After the butler,
19:29Andres took Leah's away,
19:31Femin closed the door.
19:32He did not deny anything
19:33I had seen or gone through.
19:34He only calmly told me,
19:36The Volcalis family
19:37is not human.
19:38It's just that the Leah's bloodline
19:39is not stable yet.
19:40Fear and hunger
19:41can make him lose control.
19:42In the past six months,
19:43he has bitten 17 caregivers.
19:44You were the only one
19:45who didn't push him away.
19:46As he spoke,
19:47Femin placed an investigation file
19:48beside the bed.
19:50Inside were my death certificate,
19:52the inheritance transfer papers,
19:53and the signatures left
19:55by my three future fiancés.
19:56They had even finished
19:57holding my funeral for me.
19:59Your account has been cleaned out,
20:00and now there is a $20 million
20:02debt in your name.
20:03I clenched the papers.
20:05So they had not only
20:06wanted me dead,
20:07they also wanted me
20:08to carry a ruined name
20:09after death.
20:10Femin placed another contract down.
20:12I will have my lawyers
20:13cancel your death registration,
20:14investigate the burned body
20:16in the warehouse,
20:16and freeze all inheritance transfers.
20:18In exchange,
20:19you will stay on,
20:19the Therassa,
20:20and take care of Leah's.
20:21The contract was for one year.
20:24But on the last page,
20:27it was not an employment agreement.
20:29It was a formal marriage.
20:31Femin needed a lady of the house
20:32who could be recognized
20:33by the Volcolas family,
20:34someone who could help Leah's
20:35fight off the Blood Council's
20:35bid for guardianship,
20:36and I needed an identity
20:37that would allow me
20:38to return to M-City alive.
20:39It is just a mutually
20:39beneficial agreement.
20:40He placed a pen in front of me.
20:42Eloin, I won't deny
20:42that I have the urge for blood,
20:43but in the name of the Daywalker family,
20:45I swear, I will never hurt you,
20:46and I will never stop you
20:47from leaving the ship.
20:48Outside the window,
20:49the waves rolled.
20:51At the end of the contract,
20:52I wrote down the name
20:53that had already been declared dead,
20:55Eloin Kassilo.
20:57The day after I signed the contract,
20:59I became Femin Volcolas' wife.
21:02There was no priest
21:03to hold the wedding,
21:03and there were no guests.
21:05There was only the captain,
21:07the lawyer, and Leah's.
21:08After the ceremony began,
21:10Leah's held my hand
21:11the whole time.
21:12When it was my turn to sign,
21:13I paused for a second.
21:15He thought I was regretting it,
21:16so he slowly loosened his fingers,
21:18lowered his head,
21:19and tightly held
21:20that charred wooden boat.
21:21I held his hand again.
21:23I won't leave
21:24without saying goodbye.
21:25Leah's looked up.
21:26His eyes were already red-rimmed.
21:28I held his hand
21:29and wrote my name
21:30on the marriage papers.
21:31Only after Femin saw this
21:33did he pick up the silver ring
21:34and kneeled on one knee
21:35in front of me.
21:36The ring featured
21:36an old sailing ship
21:37with a circle of thorns
21:39wrapped around the hull.
21:40It was the token
21:41of the lady
21:41of the Volcolos family.
21:43I did not put it on right away.
21:45My father once said
21:46that a fat, ugly woman like me
21:48should be grateful
21:48to marry the heir
21:49of any family.
21:50Those three men
21:51had never given me
21:52a ring either.
21:54They only made me wait
21:55to be chosen.
21:56Femin dropped one knee
21:58in front of me,
21:58picked up the ring
21:59and slid it onto
22:00my ring finger.
22:01It is not a reward.
22:02From today on,
22:03anyone who insults you
22:04is declaring war
22:04on the Volcolos family.
22:05That night,
22:06Leah's came knocking again
22:07with the wooden boat
22:08in his arms.
22:08This time,
22:09he did not crawl
22:10under my glanket.
22:11He only stood beside the bed
22:12and softly asked me
22:13to tell me a story
22:14where no one died.
22:15Halfway through the story,
22:16he fell asleep
22:17leaning against me.
22:18At breakfast the next day,
22:19Femin heard that Leah's
22:20had not woken up
22:21once all night.
22:22The coffee cup
22:23stopped in midair.
22:24Leah's held my hand
22:25and announced seriously,
22:27I like Elwyn.
22:27Her bed is so warm.
22:29Femin looked at me.
22:30His gaze stayed on the ring
22:31for two seconds.
22:32Then let her stay forever.
22:36After the Thalacia
22:37left M-City,
22:38Femin began inspecting
22:39the shipping routes
22:40under his control.
22:42He could move more
22:43than a dozen cargo ships
22:44in one night,
22:45but he still had no idea
22:47what to do with Leah's.
22:48When the child refused to eat,
22:49I drew each dish as a port.
22:51Leah's pushed the carrots
22:52out of his plate.
22:53A ship can go around
22:54the Red Sea.
22:54I used broccoli
22:55to surround his potato ship.
22:56If it takes a detour,
22:57it will run into pirates.
22:58Eat the carrots
22:59and the ship can pass
23:00through the Red Sea.
23:01He immediately picked up
23:02his fork and ate
23:03the pirate ships
23:03one by one.
23:05Femin arrived at that moment.
23:07Leah's pushed the last
23:08piece of broccoli
23:09in front of him.
23:09The captain has to
23:10join the battle too.
23:12Femin stared at that
23:13piece of broccoli.
23:14His expression was
23:14even more serious
23:15than when he signed
23:16shipping Klan Trix.
23:17In the end,
23:18he ate it with a blank face.
23:20I could not help laughing.
23:21He looked up at me,
23:22not angry,
23:23only told the kitchen,
23:24Prepare an extra
23:25pirate fleet tomorrow.
23:26In less than a week,
23:28Leah's moved from
23:28under the dining table
23:29to my side.
23:30He also gave me a position,
23:32second maid of the Thalaras.
23:34In exchange,
23:35I went for brisk box
23:36with him on the deck
23:36every day.
23:37His appetite came back,
23:39and I was slimming down
23:40as well.
23:41When Femin came back
23:42from time to time,
23:43he would stand on the upper deck
23:45and watch us train.
23:46He never joined us,
23:47but he remembered
23:48to replace the shoes
23:49that hurt my feet.
23:50He also had the kitchen
23:51remove any food
23:52I was allergic to.
23:53A month later,
23:55the lawyer brought good news.
23:56My death registrating
23:57had been temporarily cancelled,
23:59but before my identity
24:00could be officially restored,
24:01I had to go ashore in person
24:02for questioning
24:02and an exam.
24:05When Leah's heard
24:06that I was leaving the ship,
24:07he did not speak
24:08for a whole day.
24:09Early the next morning,
24:10as soon as I sat in the car,
24:12he climbed into the back seat,
24:14holding the wooden boat.
24:15Butler Andres
24:15froze outside the car.
24:17Leah's had not willingly
24:18stepped onto land
24:19in three years.
24:20He held my arm tightly,
24:21his face pale,
24:22but he did not get out of the car.
24:24Wherever you go,
24:25I go.
24:27As the car drove out of the port,
24:29Leah's kept staring
24:30out the rear window.
24:31I asked him to count
24:32the red cars passing by.
24:34By the time he counted
24:35the eighth one,
24:36his tensed hand
24:37finally relaxed.
24:38The medical exam
24:39lasted two hours.
24:41The doctor said
24:42the damage caused
24:42by smoke inhalation
24:43was healing,
24:44but there were still traces
24:45of long-term sedative use
24:46in my blood.
24:47Those pills always came
24:48from the Casio family's
24:49private doctor.
24:52They told me they were
24:53just vitamins
24:54to control my appetite.
24:56I looked at the report
24:57and suddenly understood
24:58why I had always been tired,
24:59swollen,
25:00and couldn't focus.
25:01They had been ruining
25:02my health while laughing
25:03at me for not being
25:03pretty enough.
25:05I recognized the name
25:06of the drug on the report.
25:08Every night,
25:09my father had personally
25:10watched me take it,
25:11and those three men
25:12would stand beside him,
25:13mocking me for being
25:14dull and lethargic,
25:16saying I was like a pig
25:17that only knew how to eat.
25:19I instinctively folded
25:20the report so Leah's
25:21wouldn't see it,
25:21but Famine took it
25:23before I could.
25:24He said nothing,
25:25only handed that page
25:26to Andres.
25:27When I walked out
25:28of the exam room,
25:29Leah's was sitting
25:30on a bench
25:30waiting for me.
25:31He stuffed his most
25:32precious jeweled cup
25:33into my hand.
25:34When you get lost,
25:35look at it.
25:36It will lead you back
25:37to the thalassa.
25:38My nose sting,
25:40and I held the compass
25:41tightly.
25:41Outside the hospital,
25:42Famine was waiting
25:43beside the car.
25:44When Leah saw him,
25:45he did not panic,
25:46and he did not ask
25:47to return to the ship
25:47right away.
25:48He held my hand
25:49and walked into the sunlight.
25:50For the first time,
25:51he calmly passed
25:52through the crowd.
25:53Famine bent down
25:53and hugged him,
25:54but his eyes moved
25:55past the child
25:56and landed on
25:56my medical report.
25:59That night,
26:00the Casio family's
26:01private doctor
26:02disappeared.
26:05And on Famine's desk,
26:07there was now
26:07a complete record
26:08of the medication
26:08I had been given.
26:11Famine did not explain
26:12to me where that
26:12doctor had gone.
26:13He only handed
26:14the evidence to the lawyer
26:15and canceled the Casio family's
26:17priority docking rights
26:18at three ports.
26:19My father had begged
26:20for those ports
26:21for five whole years.
26:23Now,
26:23just because he had hurt me,
26:25Famine made
26:25every contract void.
26:27I was not touched.
26:29I was scared.
26:30My last life
26:31had taught me
26:31that anything
26:32someone gave me
26:33could be taken back
26:33at any time.
26:35So when Famine handed me
26:37an unlimited black card,
26:38I refused it.
26:41Famine thought
26:41the limit wasn't enough,
26:42so he signaled
26:43for Andres
26:44to bring another one.
26:45I pressed down
26:46on the black card.
26:48I'm not afraid
26:48of spending your money.
26:50I'm just afraid
26:50that after I get used
26:51to depending on someone,
26:53he'll take everything back.
26:55Famine was silent
26:56for a moment.
26:57Then he pushed
26:57another document
26:58toward me.
26:59This is what you earned.
27:00It's not a gift
27:01from anyone.
27:02It was proof
27:03of an independent account.
27:05All my pay
27:06had already been
27:06transferred under my name,
27:08and it would not be
27:09taken back
27:09even if the marriage ended.
27:11With that money,
27:12I bought an old phone
27:13that could be registered
27:13in my name,
27:14and a plain used car.
27:16Fooman stared at that car
27:17with its peeling paint
27:17for a long time.
27:18The next day,
27:19there was a child safety seat,
27:20a first aid kit,
27:21and the most advanced
27:22tracking system
27:23inside the car.
27:23He did not replace it
27:24or make fun of my choice.
27:26After Leah slowly
27:26got used to land,
27:27I started taking him
27:28to quiet places
27:29with fewer people.
27:30We visited a lighthouse,
27:31fed seagulls,
27:32and bought a strangely
27:33ugly fish
27:33at the dock market.
27:34For the first time,
27:35he laughed like a normal child,
27:36and for the first time,
27:37I realized that after
27:38leaving the Cassio family,
27:39staying alive
27:40was not that hard.
27:42I was different
27:43from the other female heirs
27:44in the underworld.
27:45The young ladies
27:46from other families
27:47were beautiful
27:47and deadly,
27:49but I was the fat young lady
27:50with a birthmark
27:51on my face.
27:51My mother was afraid
27:53I would be bullied
27:53and no one would marry me
27:55when I grew up,
27:55so she raised three future
27:57fiancés for me
27:57since I was little,
27:58but they always thought
27:59I was chunky and ugly.
28:00The favorite thing to say was,
28:02Elwynn,
28:02without that engagement,
28:03what man would even
28:04look at you twice?
28:05So I worked even harder
28:06to learn all kinds of skills,
28:07hoping to please them.
28:09Unfortunately,
28:10I was tone deaf,
28:12and I always moved my arms
28:13and legs the wrong way.
28:14I somehow learned
28:15a whole set of survival skills
28:16instead.
28:17Until the day of my
28:18coming of age ceremony,
28:19I carefully brought up
28:20the marriage arrangements
28:21at the party.
28:21The three men looked startled.
28:23At the same time,
28:23they all stepped back,
28:24and Melianne,
28:25the illegitimate daughter
28:25my father had brought home,
28:27pointed at me with a look
28:27full of disgust.
28:28You don't know your place.
28:29Look at yourself.
28:30Do you really think
28:30you deserve it?
28:31In an instant,
28:32laughter filled the banquet hall.
28:33I got many mocking eyes.
28:35I was so angry
28:36that I slapped her,
28:37but to defend her,
28:39my father and my
28:40three future fiancés
28:41locked me inside
28:41a burning old warehouse.
28:42By the time I escaped,
28:44the news that Melianne
28:45had inherited my estate
28:46had already spread
28:47through the whole city.
28:48My father claimed
28:49a burned, unidentified body
28:50and said it was me,
28:51and my three future fiancés
28:52all testified to that.
28:54I was lucky enough
28:54to survive,
28:55but I became an undocumented
28:56person with no money
28:57and no papers.
28:58At dusk,
28:59I walked to the port.
29:01A silver-white cruise ship
29:02was docked at the Pirke.
29:03Its tall body
29:04blocked half of the sunset.
29:07In front of the gangway,
29:09a woman was crying
29:10and begging.
29:10That child is a monster!
29:12I've already been
29:12kind enough to him!
29:13And what's wrong with me
29:14trying to get close
29:15to Mr. Volkalas?
29:15A silver-head steward
29:16ordered people
29:17to throw her luggage
29:18off the ship.
29:18Mr. Volkalas
29:19was looking for a guardian
29:20who respects the child,
29:21not a mistress.
29:22Your pay has been settled.
29:23Please leave.
29:24When I heard the word pay,
29:26I stopped walking.
29:27The hiring sign
29:28by the shore said,
29:29room and board included,
29:30work aboard the ship.
29:32I tore off
29:32the burned hem of my dress
29:33and used it to cover
29:34the wounds on my legs.
29:35Then I quickly walked over.
29:36I can take care of a child.
29:37The steward looked at me,
29:38covered in ash,
29:39and frowned deeply.
29:41But five minutes later,
29:42he still decided
29:43to give me a try
29:44and took me
29:44onto the cruise ship.
29:45The top-floor dining room
29:46was a mess.
29:47A black-haired boy
29:48was hiding under the table.
29:50Broken dishes were scattered
29:51all around his feet.
29:52Several nannies
29:53stood around him,
29:54but he held a fork,
29:55ready to stab
29:56anyone who got close.
29:57I walked over,
29:58lifted the tablecloth,
29:59and crawled straight
30:00under the table.
30:00It was narrow
30:01and dark under there.
30:02Leah's immediately
30:03pointed the fork at me.
30:04Get out!
30:05I did not move closer,
30:06only sat down
30:07at the other end
30:07and broke the bread
30:08I had picked up
30:09into two pieces.
30:09Those people outside
30:10want to grab you.
30:11I just got kicked out too.
30:13For now,
30:13this place is half yours
30:15and half mine.
30:16Leah still glared at me.
30:17The woman who had
30:18just been kicked off
30:19had called him a monster
30:20who bit people
30:20by the gangway,
30:21but his hand holding
30:22the fork kept shaking.
30:24I kept my half of the bread
30:25and pushed the other
30:26half to the middle.
30:27Don't worry.
30:28I won't trick you
30:29to go out.
30:29You can hide
30:30as long as you want.
30:31After a long time,
30:33he secretly looked at me.
30:34You really won't grab me?
30:36I leaned against
30:37the table leg.
30:38I can barely protect myself.
30:39How would I have
30:39the strength to grab you?
30:40The boy froze.
30:41At last,
30:42he put the fork down.
30:43I picked up the bread
30:44that had rolled to my feet
30:44and took another big bite.
30:47If you want to run away,
30:48you need to eat first.
30:49If you pass out from hunger,
30:50you won't make it to shore.
30:51He stared at me
30:52for a long while,
30:54then quietly took
30:55the other piece of bread.
30:56Suddenly,
30:56it became quiet outside.
30:58A pair of polished leather shoes
30:59stopped beside the table.
31:01I crawled out
31:01with the bread in my arms
31:02and met a pair
31:03of deep green eyes
31:04like the ocean.
31:05A tall man stood
31:06in the sunset.
31:06His flaxy blonde curls
31:08shone in the light.
31:09His shirt was stretched neatly
31:10over his broad shoulders
31:11and back.
31:12His warm brown skin
31:13looked as if it had been shaped
31:14by years of sun and sea wind.
31:16He was the shipping tycoon,
31:17the man the four great families
31:19of M-City had tried
31:20and failed to meet
31:20three times.
31:21Femin vocalist.
31:22He glanced at the boy
31:24who was eating,
31:24then looked back at me.
31:26Keep her.
31:28I froze on the spot.
31:30The cruise ship my father
31:31and those three men
31:32had dreamed of boarding
31:33had just kept me on board.
31:36That night,
31:37I moved into the cabin
31:38next to Leah's.
31:39Andres brought me
31:40clean clothes.
31:41He also reminded me
31:43not to go near
31:43the navigation archive room
31:44on the top floor.
31:45I had no interest
31:46in digging into secrets.
31:48For someone who had already died,
31:50having a place to stay
31:51was lucky enough.
31:53Before dawn,
31:54thunder suddenly rumbled
31:55outside the ship.
31:56Leah's rushed into my room
31:57barefoot,
31:58crawled under my blanket,
31:59and shook badly.
32:00He held that charred
32:01wooden boat tightly
32:02and kept calling for his mom.
32:03I did not turn on the light,
32:05only held him
32:06and counted the rhythm
32:06of the ship rocking
32:07again and again.
32:08A flash of lightning
32:09lit up the porthole.
32:11Leva suddenly broke free from me,
32:12jumped off the bed,
32:13and ran to pull open
32:14the cabin door.
32:14Mom is still outside!
32:15I did not tell him
32:16this place was safe.
32:17I only took his hand
32:18and pressed it
32:19against the cold cabin wall.
32:20This is the Thalisa.
32:21Listen,
32:21the engine is still running.
32:23Then I let him touch
32:24the bedsheet in my wrist.
32:25These are all real.
32:27Leah's heavy breathing
32:28slowly calmed down,
32:29but he still refused
32:30to close his eyes.
32:31Will you still be here
32:32after sunrise?
32:34When you open your eyes,
32:35I'll be here.
32:36Only then did he curl
32:37back into my arms.
32:38When I counted to 137,
32:40he finally fell asleep.
32:43At some point,
32:44the door had opened,
32:45his shoulders still damp
32:46with night mist.
32:47He looked at Leah's hand
32:48resting on my waist
32:49and stayed silent
32:50for a long time.
32:51His mother died
32:52in an attack at sea.
32:53I pulled the blanket up
32:54for the child,
32:55so he's just scared.
32:56Scared that when he wakes up,
32:58the people beside him
32:59will already be gone.
33:01Femin's eyes fell on my face.
33:04Did you go through that too?
33:05I thought of the fire
33:06that had burned down
33:07the warehouse.
33:08Almost.
33:09Leah suddenly woke up
33:10and bit hard into my wrist.
33:12Pain shot through me.
33:12I looked down
33:13and saw two sharp little fangs
33:14between his lips,
33:15and Femin's green eyes
33:16had already turned
33:17a dark emerald color.
33:19After the butler Andres
33:20took Leah's away,
33:21Femin closed the door.
33:22He did not deny anything
33:24I had seen or gone through.
33:25He only calmly told me.
33:27The Volcalis family
33:28is not human.
33:29It's just that the Leah's bloodline
33:30is not stable yet.
33:31Fear and hunger
33:32can make him lose control.
33:33In the past six months,
33:34he has bitten 17 caregivers.
33:35You were the only one
33:36who didn't push him away.
33:37As he spoke,
33:38Femin placed an investigation file
33:39beside the bed.
33:41Inside were my death certificate,
33:43the inheritance transfer papers,
33:44and the signatures left
33:45by my three future fiancés.
33:47They had even finished
33:48holding my funeral for me.
33:49Your account has been cleaned out,
33:51and now there is a $20 million
33:53debt in your name.
33:54I clenched the papers,
33:55so they had not only
33:57wanted me dead,
33:58they also wanted me
33:59to carry a ruined name
34:00after death.
34:01Femin placed another contract down.
34:03I will have my lawyers
34:04cancel your death registration,
34:05investigate the burned body
34:06in the warehouse,
34:07and freeze all
34:07inheritance transfers.
34:09In exchange,
34:09you will stay on
34:10the Therassa
34:11and take care of Lea's.
34:12The contract was for one year,
34:14but on the last page,
34:17it was not an employment agreement.
34:20It was a formal marriage.
34:21Femin needed a lady of the house
34:23who could be recognized
34:24by the Volcolis family,
34:25someone who could help Lea's
34:25fight off the Blood Council's
34:26bid for guardianship,
34:27and I needed an identity
34:28that would allow me
34:28to return to M-City alive.
34:29It is just a mutually
34:30beneficial agreement.
34:31He placed a pen in front of me.
34:32Elowen,
34:33I won't deny that I have
34:33the urge for blood,
34:34but in the name of the Daywalker family,
34:35I swear,
34:36I will never hurt you,
34:37and I will never stop you
34:38from leaving the ship.
34:39Outside the window,
34:40the waves rolled.
34:41At the end of the contract,
34:43I wrote down the name
34:44that had already been
34:44declared dead,
34:45Elowen Kassilo.
34:48The day after I signed
34:49the contract,
34:50I became Femin Volcolis' wife.
34:52There was no priest
34:53to hold the wedding,
34:54and there were no guests.
34:56There was only the captain,
34:57the lawyer,
34:58and Leas.
34:59After the ceremony began,
35:01Leas held my hand
35:01the whole time.
35:02When it was my turn to sign,
35:04I paused for a second.
35:05He thought I was regretting it,
35:07so he slowly loosened his fingers,
35:09lowered his head,
35:09and tightly held
35:10that charred wooden boat.
35:12I held his hand again.
35:13I won't leave
35:14without saying goodbye.
35:16Leas looked up.
35:17His eyes were already
35:18red-rimmed.
35:19I held his hand
35:20and wrote my name
35:21on the marriage papers.
35:22Only after Femin saw this
35:23did he pick up
35:24the silver ring
35:25and kneeled on one knee
35:25in front of me.
35:26The ring featured
35:27an old sailing ship
35:28with a circle of thorns
35:29wrapped around the hull.
35:30It was the token
35:31of the lady
35:32of the Volkalos family.
35:34I did not put it on
35:35right away.
35:36My father once said
35:37that a fat,
35:37ugly woman like me
35:38should be grateful
35:39to marry the heir
35:40of any family.
35:41Those three men
35:42had never given me
35:42a ring either.
35:45They only made me
35:46wait to be chosen.
35:47Femin dropped
35:48to one knee
35:48in front of me,
35:49picked up the ring,
35:50and slid it onto
35:51my ring finger.
35:51It is not a reward.
35:53From today on,
35:53anyone who insults you
35:54is declaring war
35:55on the Volkalos family.
35:56That night,
35:57Leas came knocking again
35:58with the wooden boat
35:58in his arms.
35:59This time,
36:00he did not crawl
36:00under my glanket.
36:01He only stood beside the bed
36:03and softly asked me
36:04to tell me a story
36:04where no one died.
36:06Halfway through the story,
36:07he fell asleep
36:07leaning against me.
36:09At breakfast the next day,
36:10Femin heard that Leas
36:11had not woken up
36:12once all night.
36:13The coffee cup
36:14stopped in midair.
36:15Leas held my hand
36:16and announced seriously,
36:17I like Elwyn.
36:18Her bed is so warm.
36:20Femin looked at me.
36:21His gaze stayed
36:22on the ring
36:22for two seconds.
36:23Then let her stay forever.
36:26After the Thalacia
36:27left M-City,
36:29Femin began inspecting
36:30the shipping routes
36:31under his control.
36:32He could move
36:33more than a dozen
36:34cargo ships
36:35in one night,
36:36but he still had no idea
36:37what to do with Leas.
36:38When the child refused to eat,
36:40I drew each dish
36:41as a port.
36:42Leas pushed the carrots
36:43out of his plate.
36:44A ship can go around
36:45the Red Sea.
36:45I used broccoli
36:46to surround his potato ship.
36:47If it takes a detour,
36:48it will run into pirates.
36:49Eat the carrots
36:50and the ship can pass
36:51through the Red Sea.
36:51He immediately picked up
36:53his fork and ate
36:53the pirate ships
36:54one by one.
36:56Femin arrived
36:57at that moment.
36:58Leas pushed the last piece
36:59of broccoli in front of him.
37:00The captain has to
37:01join the battle, too.
37:03Femin stared
37:03at that piece of broccoli.
37:04His expression
37:05was even more serious
37:06than when he signed
37:07shipping clantrix.
37:08In the end,
37:09he ate it
37:09with a blank face.
37:10I could not help laughing.
37:12He looked up at me,
37:13not angry,
37:14only told the kitchen,
37:15Prepare an extra
37:16pirate fleet tomorrow.
37:17In less than a week,
37:18Leas moved from
37:19under the dining table
37:20to my side.
37:21He also gave me
37:21a position,
37:22second maid
37:23of the Thalaris.
37:24In exchange,
37:26I went for brisk box
37:26with him on the deck
37:27every day.
37:28His appetite came back,
37:30and I was slimming
37:30down as well.
37:32When Femin came back
37:33from time to time,
37:34he would stand
37:35on the upper deck
37:36and watch us train.
37:37He never joined us,
37:38but he remembered
37:39to replace the shoes
37:40that hurt my feet.
37:41He also had the kitchen
37:42remove any food
37:42I was allergic to.
37:44A month later,
37:46the lawyer brought
37:46good news.
37:47My death registrating
37:48had been temporarily
37:49cancelled,
37:49but before my identity
37:50could be officially
37:51restored,
37:52I had to go ashore
37:52in person for questioning
37:53and an exam.
37:56When Leas heard
37:57that I was leaving
37:57the ship,
37:58he did not speak
37:59for a whole day.
38:00Early the next morning,
38:01as soon as I sat
38:02in the car,
38:03he climbed into
38:03the back seat,
38:04holding the wooden boat.
38:06Butler Andres
38:06froze outside the car.
38:08Leas had not
38:08willingly stepped
38:09onto land
38:10in three years.
38:10He held my arm tightly,
38:12his face pale,
38:13but he did not
38:14get out of the car.
38:15Wherever you go,
38:16I go.
38:18As the car drove
38:19out of the port,
38:20Leas kept staring
38:21out the rear window.
38:22I asked him to count
38:23the red cars
38:24passing by.
38:25By the time he counted
38:26the eighth one,
38:27his tensed hand
38:28finally relaxed.
38:29The medical exam
38:30lasted two hours.
38:31The doctor said
38:32the damage caused
38:33by smoke inhalation
38:34was healing,
38:35but there were still
38:36traces of long-term
38:37sedative use in my blood.
38:38Those pills always came
38:39from the Cassio family's
38:40private doctor.
38:43They told me
38:44they were just vitamins
38:44to control my appetite.
38:47I looked at the report
38:48and suddenly understood
38:49why I had always been
38:49tired, swollen,
38:50and couldn't focus.
38:51They had been ruining
38:52my health while laughing
38:53at me for not being
38:54pretty enough.
38:55I recognized the name
38:56of the drug on the report.
38:59Every night,
39:00my father had
39:00personally watched
39:01me take it,
39:02and those three men
39:03would stand beside him,
39:04mocking me for being
39:05dull and lethargic,
39:06saying I was like a pig
39:07that only knew how to eat.
39:09I instinctively folded
39:10the report so Leas
39:11wouldn't see it,
39:12but Famen took it
39:13before I could.
39:14He said nothing,
39:15only handed that page
39:16to Andres.
39:17When I walked out
39:18of the exam room,
39:20Leas was sitting on a bench
39:21waiting for me.
39:22He stuffed his most
39:23precious jeweled cup
39:24into my hand.
39:25When you get lost,
39:26look at it.
39:27It will lead you
39:27back to the thalassa.
39:29My nose sting,
39:30and I held the compass
39:31tightly.
39:32Outside the hospital,
39:33Famen was waiting
39:34beside the car.
39:35When Leas saw him,
39:36he did not panic,
39:37and he did not ask
39:37to return to the ship
39:38right away.
39:39He held my hand
39:40and walked into the sunlight.
39:41For the first time,
39:42he calmly passed
39:42through the crowd.
39:43Famen bent down
39:44and hugged him,
39:45but his eyes moved
39:46past the child
39:46and landed on
39:47my medical report.
39:50That night,
39:51the Cassio family's
39:52private doctor
39:53disappeared.
39:56And on Famen's desk,
39:57there was now
39:58a complete record
39:59of the medication
39:59I had been given.
40:01Famen did not explain
40:02to me where that
40:03doctor had gone.
40:04He only handed
40:05the evidence to the lawyer
40:06and canceled the Cassio
40:07family's priority
40:08docking rights
40:09at three ports.
40:10My father had begged
40:11for those ports
40:11for five whole years.
40:13Now,
40:14just because he had
40:15hurt me,
40:16Famen made every
40:16contract void.
40:17I was not touched.
40:19I was scared.
40:21My last life
40:22had taught me
40:22that anything
40:23someone gave me
40:23could be taken
40:24back at any time.
40:26So when Famen
40:27handed me
40:27an unlimited
40:28black card,
40:29I refused it.
40:31Famen thought
40:32the limit
40:32wasn't enough,
40:33so he signaled
40:34for Andres
40:35to bring another one.
40:36I pressed down
40:37on the black card.
40:38I'm not afraid
40:39of spending
40:40your money.
40:40I'm just afraid
40:41that after I get
40:42used to depending
40:42on someone,
40:43he'll take
40:44everything back.
40:45Famen was silent
40:46for a moment.
40:47Then he pushed
40:48another document
40:49toward me.
40:50This is what
40:50you earned.
40:51It's not a gift
40:52from anyone.
40:53It was proof
40:54of an independent
40:55account.
40:56All my pay
40:56had already
40:57been transferred
40:57under my name
40:58and it would
40:59not be taken
41:00back even
41:00if the marriage
41:01ended.
41:02With that money,
41:02I bought an old
41:03phone that could
41:04be registered
41:04in my name
41:05and a plain
41:05used car.
41:06Fumen stared at
41:07that car with
41:07its peeling paint
41:08for a long time.
41:09The next day,
41:10there was a child
41:10safety seat,
41:11a first aid kit,
41:12and the most
41:12advanced tracking
41:13system inside the car.
41:14He did not
41:15replace it or make
41:16fun of my choice.
41:16After Leah slowly
41:17got used to land,
41:18I started taking him
41:19to quiet places
41:20with fewer people.
41:20We visited a lighthouse,
41:22fed seagulls,
41:23and bought a strangely
41:23ugly fish at the dock market.
41:25For the first time,
41:26he laughed like a normal child,
41:27and for the first time,
41:28I realized that after
41:29leaving the Cassio family,
41:30staying alive was not
41:31that hard.
41:33I was different from
41:34the other female heirs
41:35in the underworld.
41:36The young ladies
41:37from other families
41:38were beautiful and deadly,
41:39but I was the fat young lady
41:41with a birthmark
41:41on my face.
41:42My mother was afraid
41:43I would be bullied
41:44and no one would marry me
41:45when I grew up,
41:46so she raised three
41:47future fiancés for me
41:48since I was little,
41:49but they always thought
41:50I was chunky and ugly.
41:51My favorite thing
41:51to say was,
41:52Elwynn,
41:53without that engagement,
41:54what man would even
41:54look at you twice?
41:55So I worked even harder
41:57to learn all kinds of skills,
41:58hoping to please them.
41:59Unfortunately,
42:00I was tone-deaf,
42:02and I always moved
42:03my arms and legs
42:04the wrong way.
42:05I somehow learned
42:06a whole set of
42:06survival skills instead.
42:08Until the day
42:09of my coming-of-age ceremony,
42:10I carefully brought up
42:11the marriage arrangements
42:12at the party.
42:12The three men
42:13looked startled.
42:13At the same time,
42:14they all stepped back,
42:15and Melianne,
42:15the illegitimate daughter
42:16my father had brought home,
42:17pointed at me
42:18with a look full of disgust.
42:19You don't know your place.
42:20Look at yourself.
42:21Do you really think
42:21you deserve it?
42:22In an instant,
42:23laughter filled the banquet hall.
42:24I got many mocking eyes.
42:25I was so angry
42:27that I slapped her.
42:28But to defend her,
42:30my father and my
42:30three future fiancés
42:31locked me inside
42:32a burning old warehouse.
42:33By the time I escaped,
42:35the news that Melianne
42:36had inherited my estate
42:37had already spread
42:37through the whole city.
42:38My father claimed
42:39a burned,
42:40unidentified body
42:41and said it was me,
42:42and my three future fiancés
42:43all testified to that.
42:44I was lucky enough
42:45to survive,
42:46but I became
42:46an undocumented person
42:47with no money
42:48and no papers.
42:49At dusk,
42:50I walked to the port.
42:51A silver-white cruise ship
42:53was docked at the Pirke.
42:54Its tall body
42:55blocked half of the sunset.
42:58In front of the gangway,
42:59a woman was crying
43:00and begging.
43:01That child is a monster!
43:02I've already been
43:03kind enough to him!
43:04And what's wrong with me
43:05trying to get close
43:05to Mr. Volkalas?
43:06A silver-head steward
43:07ordered people
43:08to throw her luggage
43:08off the ship.
43:09Mr. Volkalas
43:10was looking for a guardian
43:10who respects the child,
43:12not a mistress.
43:13Your pay has been settled.
43:14Please leave.
43:15When I heard the word pay,
43:16I stopped walking.
43:18The hiring sign
43:19by the shore said,
43:20Room and board included.
43:21Work aboard the ship.
43:22I tore off
43:23the burned hem of my dress
43:24and used it to cover
43:25the wounds on my legs.
43:26Then I quickly walked over.
43:27I can take care of a child.
43:28The steward looked at me,
43:29covered in ash,
43:30and frowned deeply.
43:31But five minutes later,
43:33he still decided
43:34to give me a try
43:35and took me onto the cruise ship.
43:36The top floor dining room
43:37was a mess.
43:38A black-haired boy
43:39was hiding under the table.
43:40Broken dishes were scattered
43:42all around his feet.
43:43Several nannies stood around him,
43:44but he held a fork,
43:46ready to stab anyone
43:47who got close.
43:47I walked over,
43:49lifted the tablecloth,
43:50and crawled straight
43:50under the table.
43:51It was narrow
43:52and dark under there.
43:53Leah's immediately
43:54pointed the fork at me.
43:55Get out!
43:56I did not move closer,
43:57only sat down
43:57at the other end
43:58and broke the bread
43:59I had picked up
43:59into two pieces.
44:00Those people outside
44:01want to grab you.
44:02I just got kicked out too.
44:04For now,
44:04this place is half yours
44:05and half mine.
44:06Leah still glared at me.
44:08The woman who had
44:09just been kicked off
44:09had called him a monster,
44:10who bit people
44:11by the gangway.
44:12But his hand holding
44:13the fork kept shaking.
44:15I kept my half of the bread
44:16and pushed the other half
44:17to the middle.
44:18Don't worry.
44:19I won't trick you to go out.
44:20You can hide
44:21as long as you want.
44:22After a long time,
44:23he secretly looked at me.
44:25You really won't grab me?
44:27I leaned against the table leg.
44:28I can barely protect myself.
44:29How would I have the strength
44:30to grab you?
44:30The boy froze.
44:32At last,
44:32he put the fork down.
44:33I picked up the bread
44:34that had rolled to my feet
44:35and took another big bite.
44:37If you want to run away,
44:38you need to eat first.
44:39If you pass out from hunger,
44:41you won't make it to shore.
44:42He stared at me
44:43for a long while,
44:45then quietly took
44:46the other piece of bread.
44:47Suddenly,
44:47it became quiet outside.
44:49A pair of polished
44:50leather shoes
44:50stopped beside the table.
44:51I crawled out
44:52with the bread in my arms
44:53and met a pair
44:54of deep green eyes
44:54like the ocean.
44:55A tall man stood
44:56in the sunset.
44:57His flaxy blonde curls
44:58shone in the light.
44:59His shirt was stretched neatly
45:01over his broad shoulders
45:02and back.
45:02His warm brown skin
45:03looked as if it had been shaped
45:04by years of sun and sea wind.
45:06He was the shipping tycoon,
45:08the man the four great families
45:09of M-City had tried
45:10and failed to meet
45:11three times.
45:12Semon Volkulis.
45:13He glanced at the boy
45:14who was eating,
45:15then looked back at me.
45:17Keeper.
45:19I froze on the spot.
45:21The cruise ship
45:22my father and those three men
45:23had dreamed of boarding
45:24had just kept me on board.
45:27That night,
45:27I moved into the cabin
45:29next to Leah.
45:30Andres brought me
45:31clean clothes.
45:32He also reminded me
45:33not to go near
45:34the navigation archive room
45:35on the top floor.
45:36I had no interest
45:37in digging into secrets.
45:39For someone who had
45:40already died,
45:41having a place to stay
45:41was lucky enough.
45:43Before dawn,
45:44thunder suddenly rumbled
45:45outside the ship.
45:47Leah's rushed into my room
45:48barefoot,
45:48crawled under my blanket,
45:50and shook badly.
45:51He held that charred
45:52wooden boat tightly
45:53and kept calling for his mom.
45:54I did not turn on the light,
45:56only held him
45:56and counted the rhythm
45:57of the ship rocking
45:58again and again.
45:59A flash of lightning
46:00lit up the porthole.
46:01Leva suddenly broke free
46:02from me,
46:03jumped off the bed
46:03and ran to pull open
46:04the cabin door.
46:05Mom is still outside!
46:06I did not tell him
46:07this place was safe.
46:08I only took his hand
46:09and pressed it against
46:09the cold cabin wall.
46:11This is the Thalisa.
46:12Listen,
46:12the engine is still running.
46:14Then I let him touch
46:14the bedsheet in my wrist.
46:16These are all real.
46:17Leah's heavy breathing
46:18slowly calmed down,
46:20but he still refused
46:21to close his eyes.
46:22Will you still be here
46:23after sunrise?
46:25When you open your eyes,
46:26I'll be here.
46:27Only then did he curl
46:28back into my arms.
46:29When I counted to 137,
46:31he finally fell asleep.
46:34At some point,
46:35the door had opened,
46:36his shoulders still damp
46:37with night mist.
46:37He looked at Leah's hand
46:39resting on my waist
46:40and stayed silent
46:40for a long time.
46:41His mother died
46:42in an attack at sea.
46:44I pulled the blanket up
46:45for the child,
46:45so he's just scared.
46:47Scared that when he wakes up,
46:48the people beside him
46:50will already be gone.
46:52Femin's eyes fell on my face.
46:54Did you go through that too?
46:56I thought of the fire
46:57that had burned down
46:58the warehouse.
46:59Almost.
47:00Leah suddenly woke up
47:01and bit hard into my wrist.
47:02Pain shot through me.
47:03I looked down
47:04and saw two sharp little fangs
47:05between his lips
47:06and Femin's green eyes
47:07had already turned
47:07a dark emerald color.
47:10After the butler Andres
47:11took Leah's away,
47:12Femin closed the door.
47:13He did not deny anything
47:14I had seen or gone through.
47:16He only calmly told me.
47:17The vocalist found
47:18that his family is not human.
47:19It's just that the Leah's bloodline
47:21is not stable yet.
47:22Fear and hunger
47:22can make him lose control.
47:23In the past six months,
47:24he has bitten 17 caregivers.
47:26You were the only one
47:26who didn't push him away.
47:27As he spoke,
47:28Femin placed an investigation file
47:30beside the bed.
47:32Inside were my death certificate,
47:33the inheritance transfer papers,
47:35and the signatures left
47:36by my three future fiancés.
47:38They had even finished
47:39holding my funeral for me.
47:40Your account has been cleaned out,
47:42and now there is a $20 million
47:43debt in your name.
47:44I clenched the papers.
47:46So they had not only wanted me dead,
47:48they also wanted me
47:50to carry a ruined name
47:51after death.
47:52Femin placed another contract down.
47:54I will have my lawyers
47:54cancel your death registration,
47:56investigate the burned body
47:57in the warehouse,
47:58and freeze all inheritance transfers.
47:59In exchange,
48:00you will stay on,
48:01the Therassa,
48:02and take care of Leah's.
48:03The contract was for one year,
48:05but on the last page,
48:08it was not an employment agreement.
48:10It was a formal marriage.
48:12Femin needed a lady of the house
48:13who could be recognized
48:14by the Volkola's family,
48:15someone who could help Leah's
48:16fight off the Blood Council's
48:17bid for guardianship,
48:18and I needed an identity
48:18that would allow me
48:19to return to M-City alive.
48:20It is just a mutually
48:21beneficial agreement.
48:22He placed a pen in front of me.
48:23Eloin, I won't deny
48:24that I have the urge for blood,
48:25but in the name of the
48:25Daywalker family,
48:26I swear I will never hurt you,
48:27and I will never stop you
48:28from leaving the ship.
48:29Outside the window,
48:30the waves rolled.
48:32At the end of the contract,
48:33I wrote down the name
48:34that had already been declared dead,
48:36Eloin Kassilo.
48:39The day after I signed the contract,
48:40I became Femin Volkola's wife.
48:43There was no priest
48:44to hold the wedding,
48:45and there were no guests.
48:46There was only the captain,
48:48the lawyer, and Leah's.
48:50After the ceremony began,
48:51Leah's held my hand
48:52the whole time.
48:53When it was my turn to sign,
48:55I paused for a second.
48:56He thought I was regretting it,
48:58so he slowly loosened his fingers,
48:59lowered his head,
49:00and tightly held
49:01that charred wooden boat.
49:02I held his hand again.
49:04I won't leave
49:05without saying goodbye.
49:06Leah's looked up.
49:08His eyes were already
49:09red-rimmed.
49:10I held his hand
49:11and wrote my name
49:11on the marriage papers.
49:13Only after Femin saw this
49:14did he pick up the silver ring
49:15and kneeled on one knee
49:16in front of me.
49:17The ring featured
49:18an old sailing ship
49:19with a circle of thorns
49:20wrapped around the hull.
49:21It was the token
49:22of the lady
49:23of the Volklos family.
49:24I did not put it on right away.
49:26My father once said
49:27that a fat, ugly woman like me
49:29should be grateful
49:30to marry the heir of any family.
49:31Those three men
49:32had never given me a ring either.
49:35They only made me wait
49:37to be chosen.
49:38Femin dropped to one knee
49:39in front of me,
49:40picked up the ring
49:41and slid it onto my ring finger.
49:42It is not a reward.
49:43From today on,
49:44anyone who insults you
49:45is declaring war
49:46on the Volklos family.
49:47That night,
49:47Leah's came knocking again
49:48with the wooden boat
49:49in his arms.
49:50This time,
49:51he did not crawl
49:51under my blanket.
49:52He only stood beside the bed
49:54and softly asked me
49:54to tell me a story
49:55where no one died.
49:57Halfway through the story,
49:58he fell asleep
49:58leaning against me.
49:59At breakfast the next day,
50:01Femin heard that Leah's
50:02had not woken up
50:02once all night.
50:03The coffee cup
50:04stopped in midair.
50:06Leah's held my hand
50:07and announced seriously,
50:08I like Elwyn.
50:09Her bed is so warm.
50:10Femin looked at me.
50:12His gaze stayed on the ring
50:13for two seconds.
50:14Then let her stay forever.
50:17After the Thalacia
50:18left M-City,
50:20Femin began inspecting
50:21the shipping routes
50:22under his control.
50:23He could move more
50:24than a dozen cargo ships
50:25in one night,
50:27but he still had no idea
50:28what to do with Leah's.
50:29When the child refused to eat,
50:31I drew each dish as a port.
50:32Leah's pushed the carrots
50:33out of his plate.
50:34A ship can go around
50:35the Red Sea.
50:36I used broccoli
50:36to surround his potato ship.
50:38If it takes a detour,
50:39it will run into pirates.
50:40Eat the carrots
50:41and the ship can pass
50:41through the Red Sea.
50:42He immediately picked up
50:43his fork and ate
50:44the pirate ships
50:45one by one.
50:47Femin arrived at that moment.
50:49Leah's pushed the last
50:49piece of broccoli
50:50in front of him.
50:51The captain has to
50:52join the battle too.
50:53Femin stared at that
50:54piece of broccoli.
50:55His expression was
50:56even more serious
50:57than when he signed
50:57shipping clan tricks.
50:59In the end,
51:00he ate it with a blank face.
51:01I could not help laughing.
51:02He looked up at me,
51:04not angry,
51:05only told the kitchen,
51:06Prepare an extra
51:06pirate fleet tomorrow.
51:08In less than a week,
51:09Leah's moved from
51:10under the dining table
51:10to my side.
51:11He also gave me a position,
51:13second maid of the Thalaras.
51:15In exchange,
51:16I went for brisk box
51:17with him on the deck
51:18every day.
51:19His appetite came back,
51:20and I was slimming
51:21down as well.
51:23When Femin came back
51:24from time to time,
51:25he would stand on the
51:26upper deck
51:26and watch us train.
51:27He never joined us,
51:29but he remembered
51:30to replace the shoes
51:30that hurt my feet.
51:31He also had the kitchen
51:32remove any food
51:33I was allergic to.
51:34A month later,
51:36the lawyer brought good news.
51:38My death registrating
51:39had been temporarily cancelled,
51:40but before my identity
51:41could be officially restored,
51:42I had to go ashore in person
51:43for questioning
51:44and an exam.
51:46When Leah's heard
51:47that I was leaving the ship,
51:48he did not speak
51:49for a whole day.
51:50Early the next morning,
51:52as soon as I sat in the car,
51:53he climbed into the back seat,
51:55holding the wooden boat.
51:56Butler Andres froze
51:57outside the car.
51:59Leah's had not willingly
51:59stepped onto land
52:00in three years.
52:01He held my arm tightly,
52:03his face pale,
52:04but he did not get out
52:05of the car.
52:05Wherever you go,
52:06I go.
52:09As the car drove
52:10out of the port,
52:11Leah's kept staring
52:11out the rear window.
52:13I asked him to count
52:14the red cars passing by.
52:16By the time he counted
52:17the eighth one,
52:18his tensed hand
52:18finally relaxed.
52:20The medical exam
52:21lasted two hours.
52:22The doctor said
52:23the damage caused
52:24by smoke inhalation
52:25was healing,
52:26but there were still traces
52:27of long-term sedative use
52:28in my blood.
52:29Those pills always came
52:30from the Cassio family's
52:31private doctor.
52:34They told me they were
52:35just vitamins
52:35to control my appetite.
52:37I looked at the report
52:38and suddenly understood
52:39why I had always been tired,
52:41swollen,
52:41and couldn't focus.
52:42They had been ruining
52:43my health while laughing
52:44at me for not being
52:45pretty enough.
52:46I recognized the name
52:47of the drug on the report.
52:49Every night,
52:50my father had personally
52:51watched me take it,
52:52and those three men
52:54would stand beside him,
52:55mocking me for being
52:56dull and lethargic,
52:57saying I was like a pig
52:58that only knew how to eat.
53:00I instinctively folded
53:01the report so Leas
53:02wouldn't see it,
53:03but Famen took it
53:04before I could.
53:05He said nothing,
53:06only handed that page
53:07to Andres.
53:08When I walked out
53:09of the exam room,
53:10Leas was sitting on a bench
53:11waiting for me.
53:13He stuffed his most
53:14precious jeweled compass
53:15into my hand.
53:16When you get lost,
53:17look at it.
53:18It will lead you back
53:18to the Thalassa.
53:20My nose sting,
53:21and I held the compass
53:22tightly.
53:23Outside the hospital,
53:24Famen was waiting
53:24beside the car.
53:25When Leas saw him,
53:27he did not panic,
53:27and he did not ask
53:28to return to the ship
53:29right away.
53:29He held my hand
53:30and walked into the sunlight.
53:32For the first time,
53:33he calmly passed
53:33through the crowd.
53:34Famen bent down
53:35and hugged him,
53:35but his eyes moved
53:36past the child
53:37and landed on
53:38my medical report.
53:41That night,
53:42the Cassio family's
53:43private doctor disappeared.
53:47And on Famen's desk,
53:48there was now
53:48a complete record
53:49of the medication
53:50I had been given.
53:52Famen did not explain
53:53to me where that doctor
53:54had gone.
53:55He only handed the evidence
53:56to the lawyer
53:57and canceled the Cassio family's
53:58priority docking rights
53:59at three ports.
54:00My father had begged
54:02for those ports
54:02for five whole years.
54:04Now,
54:05just because he had hurt me,
54:06Famen made every contract void.
54:08I was not touched.
54:10I was scared.
54:11My last life had taught me
54:13that anything someone gave me
54:14could be taken back
54:15at any time.
54:17So when Famen handed me
54:18an unlimited black card,
54:19I refused it.
54:22Famen thought the limit
54:23wasn't enough,
54:24so he signaled for Andres
54:25to bring another one.
54:26I pressed down
54:27on the black card.
54:29I'm not afraid
54:30of spending your money.
54:31I'm just afraid
54:32that after I get used
54:33to depending on someone,
54:34he'll take everything back.
54:36Famen was silent
54:37for a moment.
54:38Then he pushed
54:39another document toward me.
54:41This is what you earned.
54:42It's not a gift from anyone.
54:44It was proof
54:45of an independent account.
54:46All my pay
54:47had already been transferred
54:48under my name,
54:49and it would not be taken back
54:51even if the marriage ended.
54:52With that money,
54:53I bought an old phone
54:54that could be registered
54:55in my name,
54:56and a plain used car.
54:57Fumen stared at that car
54:58with its peeling paint
54:59for a long time.
55:00The next day,
55:01there was a child safety seat,
55:02a first aid kit,
55:03and the most advanced
55:03tracking system inside the car.
55:05He did not replace it
55:06or make fun of my choice.
55:07After Leah slowly
55:08got used to land,
55:09I started taking him
55:10to quiet places
55:10with fewer people.
55:11We visited a lighthouse,
55:13fed seagulls,
55:13and bought a strangely ugly fish
55:15at the dock market.
55:16For the first time,
55:16he laughed like a normal child,
55:18and for the first time,
55:19I realized that after
55:19leaving the Cassio family,
55:21staying alive was not that hard.