Ex-husband Stole My Daughter's Cure, Regretted Knowing I'm The Elven Queen

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00:00:00I lay on the stone bed of the sacred infirmary, trembling violently.

00:00:05Every doctor in the Wind Kingdom was on edge for my sake.

00:00:09Yet my husband, Lord Ronan, was nowhere to be seen.

00:00:15I was used to his coldness.

00:00:18But at this moment, having gambled my life and burned my manor to bear this child,

00:00:25the ridiculous shred of hope still flickered in my heart.

00:00:28Years ago, when I was in a desperate situation, the young Ronan saved my life.

00:00:36That kindness became my lifelong obsession.

00:00:39But he had no idea that I was the sole pure-blooded daughter of the High Elfin King.

00:00:48When I met with disaster in my youth, I was rescued by him,

00:00:54the lord of a mere mid-tier Elfin Kingdom.

00:00:58To repay that debt, I concealed my supreme identity.

00:01:02Even using a forbidden ritual to seal away the radiant wings of nature on my back

00:01:09that symbolized supreme divine authority,

00:01:12I willingly became an ordinary female elf, with no background, marrying into his territory.

00:01:19Under a false name for years, I remained gentle and submissive,

00:01:24using my own pure-blooded mana to nourish his family,

00:01:28all for a sliver of his affection.

00:01:35Yet, I could never warm a heart of stone.

00:01:38In Ronan's heart, there was only ever room for his first love, Vanessa.

00:01:48The agony intensified, as the mana and bloodlines within my body surged in a violent reverse flow.

00:01:56But I held on to my last strength.

00:01:58Yet, all that arrived was a cold, ruthless message from a guard.

00:02:04My lady, the lord is busy with official matters and cannot come.

00:02:08Please deliver the child on your own, and do not delay the lord's business.

00:02:12At that moment, a self-deprecating laugh escaped my lips.

00:02:16This life of mine and the child in my womb never mattered to him.

00:02:21After an entire day and night of deathly struggle,

00:02:24a soft, fragile wile finally shattered the silence of the infirmary.

00:02:29This was my daughter, a precious treasure,

00:02:33bought at the cost of all my mana.

00:02:36I named her Iris.

00:02:39At that exact moment, my personal guard rushed in to report.

00:02:43My lady!

00:02:44The lord has finished his external affairs,

00:02:47and has returned to the main manor in his unicorn sacred carriage.

00:02:50Within my deadland heart, a tiny spark suddenly ignited.

00:02:54I instinctively assumed that no matter how cold or selfish he might be,

00:02:57at least he would at least want to look at his newborn flesh and blood.

00:03:00Forcing my exhausted, severely depleted body up,

00:03:03I carefully held my daughter in her swaddling clothes,

00:03:05making my way toward the promenade of the main temple to see my husband.

00:03:09But just as I reached the promenade and looked through the lush courtyard of the sacred elven tree,

00:03:14I froze instantly, the blood in my veins turning to ice.

00:03:18My husband stood there, tall and elegant in his black robes,

00:03:23and right beside him stood a woman, the first love he had yearned for and never forgotten.

00:03:27It was Vanessa.

00:03:28What struck me like a bolt from the blue was that in front of them stood a little elfin boy,

00:03:32roughly three years old,

00:03:34with long pointed ears and a pair of eyes that flashed with a cunning disguised as inonence.

00:03:39Countless absurd possibilities flashed through my mind.

00:03:42My hands shook uncontrollably from shock and rage,

00:03:45but I forced myself to stand my ground,

00:03:48enduring the tearing pain of the postpartum mana reverse flow.

00:03:52Vanessa looked up and spotted me, her mouth curving into a flitting, provocative smirk.

00:03:56She intentionally leaned closer into Ronan's embrace,

00:03:59her voice soft yet dripping with malice.

00:04:02Ronan, so she's the one who stole my man and my title while I was away?

00:04:06Tenderness instantly flooded Ronan's eyes as he wrapped his arm around her.

00:04:11He comforted her softly,

00:04:13even placing a lingering kiss upon her forehead,

00:04:17right in front of me.

00:04:19When he turned to me,

00:04:20his tone was piercingly cold and dismissive.

00:04:24Think nothing of it, Vanessa.

00:04:26You are my true love.

00:04:29I have never loved her.

00:04:31She is nothing more than a tool to manage the tribe.

00:04:36Ronan, look closely.

00:04:38This is the daughter I just risked my life to give you.

00:04:41Look at her.

00:04:41She was just born.

00:04:42Look how beautiful she is.

00:04:44Ronan cast a brief, indifferent glance downward.

00:04:46In his eyes, there was not a shred of paternal emotion,

00:04:49only naked disgust and annoyance.

00:04:51He swiftly averted his gaze,

00:04:53as though looking at his own flesh and blood for even a second longer

00:04:56would defile his relationship with Vanessa.

00:04:58Vanessa's gaze locked onto the infant in my arms,

00:05:01a flash of venom crossing her eyes,

00:05:04promptly.

00:05:05She lifted her pitiful face,

00:05:07gazing up at Ronan with a trembling sob.

00:05:10Ronan, she has already born a child for the tribe.

00:05:13Then what about our Jasper?

00:05:14He followed me,

00:05:16wandering among foreign kingdoms,

00:05:17and suffered for three long years.

00:05:19He is your eldest son,

00:05:21the future heir of the Wind Kingdom.

00:05:24Looking at that three-year-old elfin child clinging to their side,

00:05:27I felt as if my soul had been struck by lightning.

00:05:30It turned out that my suspicion was actually the truth.

00:05:33What exactly is going on here?

00:05:36Ronan looked down at me,

00:05:38entirely devoid of guilt,

00:05:39and let out a righteous, cold snot.

00:05:43Good, you saw it.

00:05:44Saves me the trouble of explaining.

00:05:45When Vanessa left three years ago,

00:05:46she was already pregnant with my child!

00:05:48For these three years,

00:05:49she raised Jasper alone among foreign kingdoms,

00:05:51enduring endless grievance.

00:05:52Now that she has returned,

00:05:53I must make it then properly,

00:05:55restoring everything that belongs to them a thousand times over!

00:05:59I stared at the picture-perfect family of three before me,

00:06:03as a boundless despair swallowed me like a tidal wave.

00:06:07Just as I was on the verge of collapsing,

00:06:10Ronan's mother, Elodie,

00:06:11walked over hoarsely,

00:06:12flanked by attendants.

00:06:15Three-year-old Jasper was incredibly sweet-talked,

00:06:17twitching his delicate little elven ears.

00:06:19He immediately ran over on his short legs,

00:06:21and tightly hugged Elodie's leg.

00:06:24Grandma, I finally get to see you!

00:06:28Mother said you are the most benevolent and noble elder

00:06:33in the entire kingdom!

00:06:36Elodie, who was extremely superstitious about bloodlines and male esters,

00:06:40melted instantly.

00:06:41She gathered Jasper into her arms,

00:06:44treating him like her ultimate treasure.

00:06:48Seizing the moment,

00:06:49Vanetha leaned into Ronan's embrace,

00:06:51weeping with feigned grievance.

00:06:54It's all my fault!

00:06:55If I had been stronger,

00:06:57your perfect grandson

00:06:59wouldn't have spent three years

00:07:02starving in exile!

00:07:04Elodie's heart ached for them.

00:07:06She snapped her head around to look at me

00:07:08with my deathly, pale face

00:07:10and my weakly, wailing daughter,

00:07:13her eyes instantly turning into daggers

00:07:15of piercing disgust.

00:07:17You nearly died

00:07:19just to produce

00:07:22a magicless, useless girl?

00:07:25What a pathetic waste!

00:07:27Pack up that defective brat

00:07:29and drag yourselves

00:07:30to the Wythen Tower at the border right now!

00:07:33I won't let you bring your bad luck

00:07:35near my precious grandson!

00:07:39Ronan,

00:07:40Iris is your flesh and blood too.

00:07:44How can you just let them

00:07:46trample all over us?

00:07:49But Ronan's face remained

00:07:50completely indifferent,

00:07:52his tone dripping with disdain.

00:07:54Mother is right.

00:07:56Jasper is the future

00:07:57and hope of Wind Kingdom.

00:08:01The daughter you gave birth to

00:08:03has a dull divine mark.

00:08:06She is utterly unworthy

00:08:08of living in the main manor.

00:08:12Going to the tower

00:08:14is your only option.

00:08:16Vanessa threw a provocative glance my way,

00:08:19squeezing her throat

00:08:20to spit out the most poison words.

00:08:23Loser.

00:08:24Since you possess no noble bloodline,

00:08:26Staying here

00:08:27will only bring you

00:08:29self-inflicted humiliation.

00:08:32Looking at their hypocritical,

00:08:34I clenched my fingers,

00:08:35and the very last ember of gratitude

00:08:37within me

00:08:38was completely extinguished.

00:08:41The cold wind

00:08:42wowed through the withered tower,

00:08:44a place that never saw

00:08:45a single ray of moonlight.

00:08:48I held my frail little daughter close,

00:08:51huddling in the corner

00:08:52of the freezing stone wall,

00:08:54having barely survived childbirth

00:08:56and with my mana

00:08:58completely burned out.

00:09:00My chest felt as if it were being torn apart.

00:09:03By ten thousand winds.

00:09:06Just when I was completely helpless

00:09:09and desperate,

00:09:10the heavy wooden door of the tower

00:09:12was suddenly pushed open

00:09:14and Ronan walked in,

00:09:17silhouetted against the light.

00:09:19In that single instant,

00:09:21a ridiculous shred of hope

00:09:23actually flared up once more

00:09:26in my deadland heart.

00:09:28He was the child's father.

00:09:29Had he finally softened

00:09:32coming to bring some mana

00:09:33to ward off the cold?

00:09:36Or to take my daughter and me back?

00:09:38Forcing my mana-depleased body up,

00:09:41my pale lips trembled.

00:09:43Did you come to see Iris?

00:09:45She caught a chill.

00:09:47And the divine mark on her forehead

00:09:49is growing weaker and weaker.

00:09:52Please, save her.

00:09:53But before I could even get close,

00:09:57Ronan took a disgusted step backward.

00:09:59Serafana.

00:10:00As if the child and I

00:10:01were some kind of thing.

00:10:02I only came here to warn you.

00:10:05Stay in your withered tower quietly.

00:10:08Sign this declaration

00:10:09relinquishing your rights

00:10:09as the primary mistress.

00:10:10And don't try any clever tricks.

00:10:13I felt as though

00:10:14I had been struck by lightning,

00:10:16taking a shocked step back.

00:10:17I stared firmly at the man

00:10:20I had loved with my very life

00:10:22for three years.

00:10:23You came all the way

00:10:25to this desolate place

00:10:27not to cast a single glance

00:10:29at your own daughter,

00:10:31but merely to force me

00:10:32to give up my position

00:10:34and to warn me.

00:10:36Ronan let out a cold laugh,

00:10:38his eyes filled with arrogance

00:10:40and a fierce protectiveness

00:10:42for Vanessa.

00:10:43Vanessa is kind-hearted.

00:10:46And she suffered terribly

00:10:49while wandering among

00:10:50foreign kingdoms

00:10:51with our child.

00:10:52I will not allow anyone

00:10:53to disrupt Jasper's upbringing.

00:10:57I am warning you.

00:10:59Put away that jealous face of yours.

00:11:02Stay where you belong.

00:11:04And do not provoke Vanessa

00:11:05and her son

00:11:06if I discover that you dare

00:11:08to secretly harm them

00:11:12or attempt to steal the resources

00:11:14that belong to Jasper.

00:11:16I will absolutely show you no mercy!

00:11:19In the darkness,

00:11:20my daughter let out a faint,

00:11:22protesting cry.

00:11:23Ronan, however,

00:11:24did not bother

00:11:25to spare even a glance

00:11:26from the corner of his eye.

00:11:27He turned

00:11:28and departed resolutely,

00:11:29the heavy iron door

00:11:31slamming shut

00:11:31with a resounding thud.

00:11:33Holding my child,

00:11:34I collapsed into the freezing mud,

00:11:36laughing at my own stupidity.

00:11:38He came only to warn me.

00:11:41The night sky hung low

00:11:42as the freezing wind raged

00:11:44through the dead silence

00:11:46of the withered tower,

00:11:47preventing even a single

00:11:48slimmer of moonlight

00:11:49from penetrating the darkness.

00:11:51I had burned through

00:11:52the vast majority of my mana

00:11:53during childbirth,

00:11:55the magic within my body

00:11:56had completely dried up.

00:11:57I could only hold

00:11:58my little princess

00:11:59tightly in my arms,

00:12:00using my own faint body wheat

00:12:02to provide warmth

00:12:02for my infant,

00:12:03who was running a continuous

00:12:04low fever

00:12:05inside her swaddling clothes.

00:12:07Yet at this very moment,

00:12:09inside the Wind Kingdom's

00:12:10main temple,

00:12:11there was a completely

00:12:12different scene

00:12:13of brilliant lights,

00:12:15music,

00:12:16and extravagant luxury.

00:12:17Vanessa and her son

00:12:18sat on a soft couch

00:12:19covered in the rarest

00:12:20luminescent beast skins,

00:12:22basking in the attention

00:12:23and adoration

00:12:24of all the high-ranking elves

00:12:25in the kingdom.

00:12:27Three-year-old Jasper

00:12:28fluttered the tiny green

00:12:30Elbin wings

00:12:30that had just begun

00:12:31to develop on his back.

00:12:32Holding an exquisite

00:12:33Elbin sacred berry

00:12:34in his hands,

00:12:35his face

00:12:36completely smeared with juice,

00:12:37Elida sat high

00:12:38upon her throne,

00:12:40grinning from ear to ear,

00:12:41her eyes overflowing

00:12:43with a dotting pride.

00:12:44Watching this warm

00:12:45and harmonious scene,

00:12:47the more Elida

00:12:47looked at this

00:12:48chubby grandson,

00:12:49the more pleasing

00:12:50he seemed to her eye.

00:12:51Stroking the staff

00:12:52that symbolized her power

00:12:53as the High Priestess,

00:12:54she impatiently turned

00:12:55to prompt my husband,

00:12:57Ronan,

00:12:57who was standing beside her.

00:12:58Ronan,

00:12:59Vanessa and her son

00:13:00have wandered

00:13:01among foreign kingdoms

00:13:02for years,

00:13:03enduring endless hardships.

00:13:05Now my precious

00:13:06eldest grandson

00:13:07is already three years old

00:13:09and the wind-attributed

00:13:10mana within his body

00:13:11is so abundant.

00:13:13How can he continue

00:13:14to stay in the guest room

00:13:16so illegitimately?

00:13:17Tonight,

00:13:18you must have

00:13:19Vanessa and Jasper

00:13:20officially move

00:13:21into the Lord's main manor,

00:13:23into the bedchambers

00:13:24that rightfully belong

00:13:25to the primary mistress

00:13:26and the heir!

00:13:27Ronan lowered his eyes,

00:13:28looking at Vanessa's

00:13:29adoration-filled face

00:13:31as she leaned coyly

00:13:32against him

00:13:33and then at the child

00:13:34who was sweetly

00:13:35calling him father.

00:13:36The scales in his heart

00:13:37had already tipped completely.

00:13:39Without a shred

00:13:40of hesitation,

00:13:41he nodded his agreement

00:13:42coldly on the spot.

00:13:43Mother is right.

00:13:45The best location

00:13:46in the main manor

00:13:47should naturally

00:13:47be reserved

00:13:48for the heir

00:13:49who truly carries

00:13:50the excellent bloodline

00:13:51of our kingdom.

00:13:53Seeing her son

00:13:53agree so readily,

00:13:54Aloy's face flushed

00:13:55with even more delight.

00:13:57Standing up hauntily

00:13:58while leaning on her staff,

00:13:59she addressed

00:14:00all the tribal

00:14:00high officials present

00:14:01in a grand,

00:14:02supreme tone.

00:14:03Not only that,

00:14:05Wind Kingdom has thrived

00:14:06to this day

00:14:07and our bloodline

00:14:08is supreme.

00:14:09Jasper is exceptionally bright,

00:14:10displaying astonishing

00:14:11magical talent

00:14:12at such a tender age.

00:14:13He deserves the recognition

00:14:14of all kingdoms!

00:14:16I propose that in three days,

00:14:17we hold the most grand

00:14:18and magnificent

00:14:19official announcement celebration

00:14:21for three-year-old Jasper.

00:14:22We shall high-profilely

00:14:24declare him

00:14:25as the primary heir

00:14:26of our Wind Kingdom's future!

00:14:29In three days,

00:14:30Jasper would be declared

00:14:31the primary heir.

00:14:32Following her move

00:14:33into the main manor,

00:14:34Vanessa began to carry herself

00:14:36entirely as the queen

00:14:37of the Wind Kingdom.

00:14:38Dressed in extravagant silks,

00:14:39she glided through the temple

00:14:40flanked by her entourage,

00:14:42soaking in the endless,

00:14:43shallow flattery.

00:14:44Yet a stubborn sliver of anxiety

00:14:46remained buried deep

00:14:47in her chest.

00:14:48Whenever night fell,

00:14:49she would catch Ronin

00:14:49standing on the balcony,

00:14:51staring with a conflicted expression

00:14:52towards that dark,

00:14:53desolate, withered tower.

00:14:54Though he spoke

00:14:55with absolute coldness,

00:14:56subconsciously,

00:14:57he still harbored

00:14:58a faint trace of worry

00:14:59for my baby and me,

00:15:00a worry he refused to admit

00:15:02even to himself.

00:15:03This lingering gaze

00:15:04made Vanessa's jealousness

00:15:05and paranoia grow wild.

00:15:07As long as my daughter

00:15:09and I were breathing,

00:15:10her position and Jasper's future

00:15:12would never be safe.

00:15:13An opportunity presented itself

00:15:14sooner than expected.

00:15:16Early this morning,

00:15:17desperate to give my frail daughter

00:15:18a single drop of clean water,

00:15:20my completely helpless self

00:15:21was forced to drag

00:15:22my broken body

00:15:23out of the tower,

00:15:24heading deep into the woods

00:15:25to harvest pure spring water

00:15:26filtered by ancient divine marks.

00:15:28Learning of this,

00:15:29Vanessa's eyes turned ice cold.

00:15:31She knew her moment had arrived.

00:15:33She quietly dismissed the guards

00:15:34around the main manor,

00:15:36taking only a few

00:15:37of her most ruthlessest confidence

00:15:38as she slipped into the dark,

00:15:41abandoned, withered tower.

00:15:42The wooden door creaked open,

00:15:44letting in the piercing chill.

00:15:46Vanessa stepped over the debris,

00:15:48advancing slow pace by slow pace

00:15:50until she stopped right in front

00:15:52of the primitive stone bed.

00:15:54Inside her swaddling clothes,

00:15:55newborn Iris was sleeping soundly.

00:15:57Though her little face was pale,

00:15:59the faint golden divine mark

00:16:01shimmering on her forehead

00:16:02radiated an undeniable nobility

00:16:04and purity,

00:16:05a mark that made Vanessa's eyes

00:16:06burn with pure envy.

00:16:08You pathetic little freak.

00:16:11You think you're worthy

00:16:12of Ronan's blood?

00:16:14If you want to blame anyone,

00:16:16blame your useless mother.

00:16:18The mask of innocence

00:16:19slipped from Vanessa's face,

00:16:21her eyes twisting with pure malice.

00:16:23From her wide sleeve,

00:16:25she slowly pulled out

00:16:26a porcelain vial

00:16:27that emitted an eerie green glow.

00:16:30Inside was a forbidden,

00:16:32lethal toxin

00:16:32she had purchased

00:16:33at an exorgent price

00:16:34from the black market.

00:16:36Soul-eating elixir,

00:16:37specifically designed

00:16:38to dissolve

00:16:39a newborn elf's mana core

00:16:41and cause their soul

00:16:42to rot away inch by inch.

00:16:44With a trembling hand,

00:16:45she popped the cork

00:16:46and violently clamped her fingers

00:16:48over my baby's fragile jaw.

00:16:50The sharp pain

00:16:51forced my sleeping princess

00:16:53to snap her eyes open,

00:16:55letting out a weak,

00:16:57agonizing cry.

00:16:58But Vanessa was entirely unfazed.

00:17:01With a distorted,

00:17:02demonic sneer,

00:17:03she forced the entire bottle

00:17:04of icy, corrosive poison

00:17:06straight down

00:17:07my infant's tender throat.

00:17:08When I returned

00:17:09to the withered tower,

00:17:11thoroughly exhausted

00:17:12and clutching

00:17:14that tiny container

00:17:15of pure spring water

00:17:16tightly to my chest,

00:17:17what greeted me

00:17:18was not the gentle sound

00:17:19of my daughter's breathing,

00:17:20but a deathly silence.

00:17:22My heart skipped a beat

00:17:24and a boundless panic

00:17:26instantly seized me

00:17:28in a death grip.

00:17:29I practically crawled

00:17:31and scrambled my way

00:17:33toward that freezing stone bed.

00:17:36Iris.

00:17:39Mommy is back.

00:17:41The moment my trembling hands

00:17:42pulled back the swaddling clothes,

00:17:44the sight before me

00:17:46caused me to drop

00:17:47into an abyss of ice.

00:17:50Her originally pink little face

00:17:53was now completely white,

00:17:57even faintly tinged

00:17:59with an eerie,

00:18:00sickly green,

00:18:01deathly energy.

00:18:02What truly shattered my soul

00:18:03was that the faint

00:18:05golden elven divine mark

00:18:06on her forehead,

00:18:07which had been flickering softly,

00:18:10was now darkened

00:18:12across a massive area.

00:18:14Iris!

00:18:17Wake up.

00:18:19Look at Mommy.

00:18:21Don't scare Mommy.

00:18:23Sprinting once more.

00:18:25Toward the Wind Kingdom's infirmary.

00:18:30I slammed the infirmary doors open

00:18:32with immense force.

00:18:35The sitting doctor

00:18:36took one look

00:18:37at the infant in my arms,

00:18:38who was hanging onto life

00:18:40by a mere thread,

00:18:41and his face

00:18:42instantly changed color.

00:18:44His hands trembled

00:18:45as he probed the fluctuations

00:18:48within my daughter's body,

00:18:49his eyes filling with horror.

00:18:53Heavens!

00:18:54This is the forbidden poison

00:18:56that destroys the mana core.

00:18:59The child's natural core

00:19:00is withering away,

00:19:02inch by inch.

00:19:03She is in critical danger

00:19:05and will not survive

00:19:06past half a month.

00:19:07The doctor's words

00:19:08were like a massive hammer,

00:19:09smashing my heart

00:19:10to the point where I wished

00:19:12I could die on the spot.

00:19:14To suppress this aggressive toxin,

00:19:18we must immediately inject

00:19:20a powerful,

00:19:22compatible mana

00:19:23from her father's kingdom

00:19:24to protect her heart path.

00:19:28Otherwise...

00:19:29Trembling,

00:19:30I closed my eyes,

00:19:31disregarding any cost.

00:19:33I forcibly reversed

00:19:34the remaining essence

00:19:34within my body,

00:19:36frantically activating

00:19:37the soul transmission

00:19:38unique to the elven race.

00:19:40A connection

00:19:41never lightly opened

00:19:42unless it was a matter

00:19:43of life or death.

00:19:45Rowan!

00:19:45Save our daughter!

00:19:46Save our daughter!

00:19:48From the other end,

00:19:49there was only

00:19:49a deathly silence,

00:19:51followed by a completely

00:19:52heartless rejection.

00:19:54Rowan had actually

00:19:55severed my soul transmission,

00:19:57treating my soul cry

00:19:58for hair

00:19:59entirely as nothing.

00:20:04Rowan!

00:20:05I beg you,

00:20:08connect to me.

00:20:12Save Iris.

00:20:14I knelt on the freezing floor

00:20:16of the infirmary,

00:20:17sending out the soul transmission

00:20:18over and over again,

00:20:20even though maintaining it

00:20:21for every additional second

00:20:22brought a tearing,

00:20:23agonizing pain

00:20:24to my dried up

00:20:24sea of consciousness.

00:20:25I refuse to let go.

00:20:28At this moment,

00:20:29inside the Wind Kingdom's

00:20:30main manor,

00:20:32Ronan was patiently

00:20:33keeping Vanessa

00:20:33and her son company.

00:20:35Three-year-old Jasper,

00:20:37dressed in a luxurious

00:20:38outfit embroidered

00:20:39with green leaves

00:20:40and gold thread,

00:20:41was pulling back

00:20:42a delicate short

00:20:43wooden monobow.

00:20:47When he hit the bullseye,

00:20:49it drew bursts of gasps

00:20:51and praise

00:20:51from the surrounding

00:20:53attendants.

00:20:53perhaps perturbed

00:20:55and annoyed

00:20:55by my weeping,

00:20:57blood-soaked pleas

00:20:58that continuously

00:20:59echoed in his mind

00:21:01like an act

00:21:01of self-mutilation

00:21:03after coldly

00:21:04cutting it off

00:21:05over a dozen times.

00:21:06Ronan finally

00:21:07accepted the connection.

00:21:09His phantom projection

00:21:10materialized in midair,

00:21:12looking down

00:21:13at my battered

00:21:13and wretched form

00:21:14from a great height,

00:21:15his eyes filled

00:21:16with absolute impatience

00:21:17and disgust.

00:21:18Seraphana,

00:21:20haven't you thrown

00:21:21enough of a tantrum?

00:21:23Is the soul transmission

00:21:24something you use

00:21:26as a prop

00:21:28to throw jealous fits?

00:21:30Ronan,

00:21:31no,

00:21:32Iris has been poisoned.

00:21:33Her mana core

00:21:34is about to shatter

00:21:35and the doctor said

00:21:36we must have

00:21:36the compatible mana

00:21:37from your body

00:21:38immediately

00:21:39to protect her heart path.

00:21:41I beg you,

00:21:43come and see her.

00:21:45Poisoned?

00:21:46The moment Vanessa

00:21:47and Jasper

00:21:48move into the main house,

00:21:50you begin fabricating

00:21:52such an absurd lie.

00:21:53Are you trying

00:21:54to curse my heir?

00:21:55I am not lying!

00:21:58She is really

00:21:59about to die.

00:22:04Enough!

00:22:07I know you are resentful

00:22:08because you gave birth

00:22:10to a daughter

00:22:12and your position

00:22:14as the Lord's Concord

00:22:15is insecure.

00:22:16But I am warning you,

00:22:18do not use a child

00:22:21as an excuse

00:22:24to disturb me.

00:22:27Jasper has to try

00:22:28on his robes

00:22:29for the dawn celebration

00:22:30in a moment.

00:22:30I have no time

00:22:34to play mad

00:22:35with you!

00:22:38dropping these

00:22:39piercingly cold words.

00:22:41Ronion did not wait

00:22:42for me

00:22:42to utter another syllable

00:22:45before callously

00:22:46cutting off

00:22:47the soul transmission

00:22:48with a wave of his hand.

00:22:50The phantom projection

00:22:52in mid-air

00:22:53dissolved instantly

00:22:54and along with it,

00:22:56the very last shred

00:22:57of my hope

00:22:58was crushed

00:22:59to pieces.

00:23:02After the soul transmission

00:23:04was severed,

00:23:05Ronion stared

00:23:05at his empty palm,

00:23:06his brow frowned

00:23:07tightly together.

00:23:08Even though he utterly

00:23:09detested Serafina's

00:23:10jealous fits,

00:23:11he hearing a word

00:23:12like dying

00:23:12still caused a faint

00:23:13inexplicable wave

00:23:14of irritation

00:23:15and unease news

00:23:16to ripple through

00:23:17the depths of his heart.

00:23:18Vanessa,

00:23:18who was watching

00:23:19from the side,

00:23:20keenly captured

00:23:21the shift

00:23:22in Ronion's expression.

00:23:23A flash of panic

00:23:25crossed her eyes,

00:23:26but it was quickly

00:23:27replaced

00:23:28by a profound,

00:23:29calculating look.

00:23:30Vanessa stepped forward

00:23:31gently,

00:23:32considerably smoothing

00:23:33out the wrinkles

00:23:34on Ronion's groves

00:23:35as she spoke

00:23:35in a strained,

00:23:36high-pitched voice.

00:23:38Ronion,

00:23:38the primary mistress

00:23:39wept so heartbreakingly

00:23:40during the soul transmission.

00:23:41It has left my heart

00:23:42in a bit of a flutter as well.

00:23:44How about we go

00:23:45to the infirmary

00:23:46to take a look right now?

00:23:47After all,

00:23:48the little princess

00:23:48is also your flesh and blood.

00:23:50We absolutely mustn't

00:23:52let anything terrible happen.

00:23:53Seeing Vanessa

00:23:54being so magnanimous

00:23:55and understanding,

00:23:56the irritation

00:23:57in Ronion's heart

00:23:58dissipated quite a bit

00:23:59and he nodded

00:24:00immediately.

00:24:01Very well.

00:24:02We will do as you say.

00:24:04I want to see

00:24:06what kind of trick

00:24:07she can fabric.

00:24:08Then I will go prepare

00:24:09some mana spring water

00:24:10to soothe the child's mind.

00:24:13Wait for me a moment.

00:24:14Vanessa turned around

00:24:16and the moment

00:24:16she was at an angle

00:24:17where Ronion

00:24:18could not see her,

00:24:19the tenderness

00:24:19on her face

00:24:20stently transformed

00:24:21into a twisted,

00:24:22venomous malice.

00:24:23She did not go

00:24:23to prepare any spring water.

00:24:25Instead,

00:24:26she dispatched

00:24:26Trust Vicent

00:24:27carrying heavy gold

00:24:28mana crystals

00:24:29to secretly bribe

00:24:30the doctor

00:24:30who had received Iris.

00:24:32When Vanessa

00:24:32accompanied Ronion

00:24:33and arrived at the infirmary

00:24:35in a hurried rush,

00:24:36she took advantage

00:24:36of a gap

00:24:37while Ronion

00:24:38was speaking

00:24:38with the nurses outside,

00:24:39using the excuse

00:24:40of checking in,

00:24:41first to stealthily slip

00:24:42into the patient room

00:24:43ahead of him,

00:24:44entirely unnoticed.

00:24:45Staring at the infant

00:24:47on the hospital bed

00:24:48who was hanging

00:24:48onto life

00:24:49by a mere thread,

00:24:50the divine mark

00:24:51on her forehead

00:24:52flickering errantly.

00:24:53She ruthless gleam

00:24:54flashed through Vanessa's eyes.

00:24:57She pulled an advanced,

00:25:00consecutive illusion potion

00:25:01from her sleeve,

00:25:02a formula capable

00:25:04of temporarily suppressing toxicity

00:25:06and forging

00:25:07a false appearance

00:25:08of health.

00:25:09Pinching the little princess'

00:25:11delicate neck,

00:25:11she poured the illusion potion down

00:25:13without the slightest hesitation.

00:25:15The instant the illusion potion

00:25:17entered her mouth,

00:25:18the sickly green deathly energy

00:25:20on the little princess' face

00:25:21began to recede rapidly,

00:25:23and the divine mark

00:25:24that was on the verge

00:25:25of cracking eerily smoothed over.

00:25:29Even her burning body temperature

00:25:30began to return to normal

00:25:32at a rapid pace.

00:25:33Aside from falling

00:25:34into a deep slumber,

00:25:36she looked exactly

00:25:37like a healthy infant

00:25:38who had merely caught

00:25:39an ordinary chill

00:25:40and was sleeping peacefully.

00:25:43The moment Ronan

00:25:44pushed open the door

00:25:45to the patient room,

00:25:46I was collapsed

00:25:47by the bedside,

00:25:48my eyes filled

00:25:49with absolute disbelief

00:25:51as I stared at my daughter.

00:25:52just moments ago

00:25:54after Vanessa came in,

00:25:55under a false pretext,

00:25:58the deathly energy

00:25:59on Iris' face

00:25:59suddenly vanished.

00:26:01Even her shriveled,

00:26:03divine mark

00:26:03smoothed out.

00:26:06Ronan stepped forward

00:26:07with a freezing expression.

00:26:12He only touched her forehead.

00:26:16Irissa,

00:26:17her temperature was normal,

00:26:19her breathing was steady.

00:26:22Then he whipped his head around,

00:26:24staring dead

00:26:24at my deathly pale face.

00:26:27His voice was sharp,

00:26:30cutting,

00:26:30and poisoned.

00:26:32Seraphana!

00:26:33This is the life-threatening

00:26:35danger you spoke of?

00:26:37This is the shattered core

00:26:39you claimed?

00:26:41Her temperature is normal,

00:26:43her breathing is steady.

00:26:44As the Lord's concord,

00:26:46you dared to deceive me.

00:26:49Using your newborn daughter

00:26:51as bait for a jealous tantrum.

00:26:54You disgust me.

00:26:56Looking at his furious face,

00:26:58my entire body turned cold.

00:27:00No!

00:27:01Ronan, listen to me!

00:27:02Just moments ago,

00:27:03she was not like this!

00:27:04It was Vanessa!

00:27:05She came in just now!

00:27:07She fed something to Modell!

00:27:08But Ronan did not believe me

00:27:10for even a second.

00:27:12So I turned to the doctor

00:27:13beside us,

00:27:14as if he were my last

00:27:16saving straw.

00:27:17Doctor,

00:27:18speak up!

00:27:21You clearly told me

00:27:22had been struck

00:27:23by a forbidden poison.

00:27:25You said it was

00:27:26destroying her core,

00:27:27and she would not

00:27:27survive half a month!

00:27:29But the doctor,

00:27:30who had been pale with

00:27:31Tara moments ago,

00:27:32had already accepted

00:27:33Vanessa's massive bribe.

00:27:34He did not dare

00:27:35look at me.

00:27:36Then,

00:27:37syllable by syllable,

00:27:38he pushed me

00:27:39into the abyss.

00:27:40Reporting to the lord,

00:27:41the little princess

00:27:42merely caught a bit

00:27:42of a breeze,

00:27:43but there may be

00:27:44O-double.

00:27:44It is only

00:27:45ordinary discomfort.

00:27:46The primary mistress

00:27:47is unsettled

00:27:48after childbirth,

00:27:49overly sensitive

00:27:49and blowing a small

00:27:50matter out of proportion.

00:27:51My entire world

00:27:52shattered like a bolt

00:27:52from Moments of Blue.

00:27:53How could it

00:27:53suddenly change?

00:27:55Watching me fall

00:27:56to the ground

00:27:56in a distravelled,

00:27:57helpless state,

00:27:59Vanessa,

00:27:59hidden just behind Ronan,

00:28:01let a fleeting,

00:28:02venomous smile

00:28:02of triumph play

00:28:03on the corners

00:28:04of her lips.

00:28:05Then,

00:28:05stepping forward

00:28:06at the perfect moment,

00:28:08she submissively

00:28:08wrapped her arm

00:28:09aground Ronan's,

00:28:10practically melting

00:28:11half her body

00:28:12into his embrace.

00:28:13While casting

00:28:14feigned looks of pity

00:28:15at the little princess

00:28:16on the sickbed,

00:28:17she continuously

00:28:18blew poisonous whispers

00:28:19into Ronan's ear.

00:28:20Ronan,

00:28:21don't blame the primary mistress

00:28:22too much.

00:28:24Iris is a girl,

00:28:25after all,

00:28:26born with a weak constitution.

00:28:28It is only natural

00:28:29she panicked

00:28:29when a minor chill

00:28:30threw the child

00:28:31into such a state.

00:28:32It's just,

00:28:33the primary mistress

00:28:35is far too sensitive.

00:28:37Always catching

00:28:38its shadows

00:28:39and blowing

00:28:40minor inconveniences

00:28:41entirely out of proportion.

00:28:43She looked up,

00:28:44her eyes brimming

00:28:45with tenderness

00:28:45and adoration.

00:28:47Jasper's succession ceremony

00:28:48is in just two days.

00:28:49That is the true matter

00:28:51of gravity

00:28:51for the kingdom's legacy.

00:28:53We cannot let

00:28:53Seraphina

00:28:54delay your proper business.

00:28:56Over these trivial

00:28:57backyard squabbles.

00:29:01Let us return

00:29:02to the main manor.

00:29:03We shouldn't let

00:29:04her hysteria

00:29:05ruin our precious time

00:29:06with Jasper.

00:29:11Ronan averted

00:29:12his eyes in disgust,

00:29:13refusing to grant

00:29:14even half a glance

00:29:15to his biological daughter

00:29:16on the sickbed.

00:29:17Vanessa,

00:29:18you are the one

00:29:19who is truly sensible.

00:29:21Come,

00:29:21let us return.

00:29:23And ignore

00:29:24this mad woman.

00:29:25If she wishes

00:29:26to stay here

00:29:27and make a

00:29:28spectacle of herself,

00:29:29let her be.

00:29:30Leaning triumphantly

00:29:31against Ronan,

00:29:32Vanessa accompanied him

00:29:33as he strode out

00:29:33of the infirmary.

00:29:34Only when the footsteps

00:29:36of the pair

00:29:36had completely faded

00:29:38did the doctor,

00:29:39who had been kneeling

00:29:40on the ground,

00:29:41suddenly collapse

00:29:42in a heap.

00:29:43He scrambled

00:29:44on his hands

00:29:44and knees

00:29:45to my feet,

00:29:46co-oding frantically

00:29:47while crying out

00:29:48in absolute despair.

00:29:50Your highness,

00:29:51primary mistress,

00:29:52please do not

00:29:53blame me.

00:29:55I deserve to die.

00:29:56I deserve to die.

00:29:58Why did you lie

00:29:59just now?

00:30:00Madam Vanessa

00:30:01has officially moved

00:30:02into the Lord's

00:30:03main mansion

00:30:03with the heir

00:30:04and enjoys

00:30:05the Lord's

00:30:05absolute favor.

00:30:07She is the future

00:30:09primary mistress

00:30:10of the kingdom.

00:30:11Before the Lord

00:30:11entered just now,

00:30:12she pulled me aside

00:30:13and threatened

00:30:14that if I did not

00:30:15cooperate,

00:30:15she would take

00:30:16my entire family's

00:30:17lives tonight

00:30:17and even have

00:30:17the Lord take my head.

00:30:18She would truly kill me.

00:30:19Listening to the doctor's

00:30:20desperate wails,

00:30:21I looked at my daughter

00:30:22on the sickbed,

00:30:22whose condition was

00:30:23forcibly masked

00:30:24as peaceful

00:30:24by the illusionist poison.

00:30:26Ronan,

00:30:26to cater to your first love,

00:30:27you personally abandoned

00:30:28the sole opportunity

00:30:29to save your biological daughter.

00:30:31You will live

00:30:32to regret this.

00:30:36Three days later,

00:30:38Elid spared no expense,

00:30:40utilizing over half

00:30:41of the Wind Kingdom's

00:30:42treasury to organize

00:30:43an incredibly extravagant

00:30:45dawn trial

00:30:45for three-year-old Jasper.

00:30:48The streets of the main city

00:30:49were carpeted

00:30:51with sacred

00:30:51florencent petals

00:30:52and they went so far

00:30:55as to exceptionally tame

00:30:57nine pure white unicorns

00:30:59to draw a crystal

00:31:01invented float.

00:31:03In a high-profile parade

00:31:05across the territory.

00:31:09As Vanessa held the hand

00:31:10of a magnificently

00:31:11dressed Jasper,

00:31:13his delicate little

00:31:14elven wings fluttering

00:31:16and ascended the float,

00:31:19waves of deafening

00:31:20cheers erupted

00:31:21across the skies

00:31:22of the Wind Kingdom.

00:31:24Meanwhile,

00:31:24in a dark corner

00:31:25of the Grand Hall,

00:31:26I cradled my daughter,

00:31:28whose life force

00:31:29was growing fainter

00:31:29by the moment,

00:31:30watching this absurd fast

00:31:32with cold distachment.

00:31:33Without the Lord's

00:31:34explicit permission,

00:31:36my daughter and I

00:31:37lacked even the right

00:31:38to enter the main hall.

00:31:41Forced to stand

00:31:43in the freezing wind

00:31:44of the outer gallery.

00:31:45Just then,

00:31:46Vanessa,

00:31:47basking in the adoration

00:31:48atop the float,

00:31:50spotted my figure

00:31:51from afar.

00:31:51With a flicker

00:31:52in her eyes,

00:31:53she intentionally

00:31:54walked towards me

00:31:55with a smug smile.

00:31:56Covering her mouth

00:31:57with a handkerchief,

00:31:58she let out a feigned sigh

00:31:59of self-reploach,

00:32:00though her eyes were filled

00:32:02with condescending charity.

00:32:04Sister,

00:32:04do not blame Mother

00:32:06and Ronin

00:32:06for being heartless.

00:32:07The Withered Tower

00:32:08is peaceful,

00:32:09making it the perfect place

00:32:11for your magic-deficient daughter

00:32:12to recuperate.

00:32:13Today is our Jasper's

00:32:14succession celebration.

00:32:15You shouldn't have brought her

00:32:16out in the first place.

00:32:17Look at her.

00:32:18Even her divine mark

00:32:19is on the verge

00:32:20of dispersing.

00:32:21We must not let her clash

00:32:23with Jasper's

00:32:24unicorn fortune

00:32:25after today.

00:32:26Jasper will be

00:32:27the rightful first heir,

00:32:29while you,

00:32:30the primary mistress,

00:32:31are fit only

00:32:31to watch us

00:32:32ascend to the peak

00:32:33from the mud

00:32:33for the rest of your life.

00:32:35While Vanessa subjected me

00:32:36to endless mockery,

00:32:37the parade reached

00:32:38its absolute climax.

00:32:41Clad in a magnificent

00:32:42silver-white robe,

00:32:43a commanding

00:32:44and majestic Ronin

00:32:45ascended the central

00:32:46divine altar

00:32:47under the gaze

00:32:48of the masses.

00:32:49Raising his hands,

00:32:50he used amplification magic

00:32:52to declare to the entire field

00:32:54his voice echoing

00:32:55through the heavens,

00:32:56arrogant and ecstatic.

00:32:58Today is not only

00:32:59the celebratory feast,

00:33:00establishing my son

00:33:02Jasper's status as heir,

00:33:03but the starting point

00:33:04for our Wind Kingdoms

00:33:06to march towards

00:33:07the peak of all kingdoms.

00:33:08I officially announce here

00:33:10that we are exerting

00:33:11every effort

00:33:12to secure multiple

00:33:12major cooperations

00:33:14with the mysterious

00:33:15and supreme

00:33:16High Elven King

00:33:17of the Sanctuary!

00:33:18I couldn't help but laugh.

00:33:20The supreme High Elven King

00:33:21they were so desperately

00:33:22trying to fawn over?

00:33:23That's my father.

00:33:24It's time for me

00:33:25to turn the tables.

00:33:27The moment these words

00:33:29were spoken,

00:33:30a massive uproar

00:33:32rippled through the crowd.

00:33:34The High Elven King

00:33:36was the supreme ruler

00:33:37of the entire Elven world.

00:33:40A godlike existence.

00:33:44If they could obtain

00:33:45even a shred

00:33:46of that lord's favor,

00:33:47the Wind Kingdom

00:33:48could instantly ascend

00:33:49into the ranks

00:33:50of the Super Kingdoms.

00:33:52Ronin's face

00:33:53was flushed

00:33:54with absolute pride.

00:33:55His features bearing

00:33:56an unmaskable arrogance

00:33:59as he turned

00:34:00an affectionate gaze

00:34:01to Vanessa and Jasper.

00:34:04Once this cooperation

00:34:06is finalized,

00:34:07Jasper will not only

00:34:08be the king

00:34:08of the Wind Kingdom,

00:34:12but the most noble

00:34:13young commander

00:34:14of the future sanctuary!

00:34:16I shall use the eternal prosperity

00:34:18of the Supreme Sanctuary

00:34:20to make up for the greeges

00:34:22Vanessa

00:34:23and her son

00:34:24suffered

00:34:25over the past

00:34:26three years!

00:34:28Vanessa cast a provocative

00:34:30glance at me,

00:34:31her eyes brimming

00:34:32with ostentatience

00:34:33and disdain.

00:34:34Ronin's gaze toward me

00:34:35was also filled

00:34:36with ultimate coldness,

00:34:37as if mocking

00:34:39my instant

00:34:39magnificence

00:34:40and incompetence.

00:34:41However,

00:34:42watching Ronin's

00:34:43self-righteous declaration,

00:34:44I felt not a single

00:34:46shred of anger.

00:34:47Instead,

00:34:48I lowered my head

00:34:49and gently kissed

00:34:50the suppressed

00:34:51divine mark

00:34:51on my daughter's forehead.

00:34:52The sole direct

00:34:54bloodline

00:34:55of the High Elven King

00:34:57is,

00:34:58at this very moment,

00:35:00lying within

00:35:01the swaddling clothes

00:35:02you have dismissed

00:35:04as worthless garbage.

00:35:08Ronin,

00:35:09Vanessa,

00:35:10the supreme divinity

00:35:11you are scheming

00:35:12to please,

00:35:13by any means necessary,

00:35:16is the very person

00:35:17you have personally

00:35:18pushed into the abyss

00:35:19and trampled upon

00:35:21in every way.

00:35:22Me.

00:35:23The corners of my lips

00:35:24furved into an icy arc,

00:35:26and the suppressed rage

00:35:27and hatred in my heart

00:35:28transformed into

00:35:29the most ruthless

00:35:30anticipation

00:35:31at this moment.

00:35:33Wind Kingdom,

00:35:35the final revelry

00:35:36of your lives

00:35:37ends here.

00:35:42After a few days

00:35:43of revelry,

00:35:44the disguise

00:35:45of the illusion potion

00:35:46finally collapsed,

00:35:49like a castle of sand.

00:35:51Lying on the stone bed

00:35:52of the withered tower,

00:35:53the toxins within

00:35:54my daughter's body

00:35:55broke past all restraint,

00:35:56erupting violently.

00:35:58She fell

00:35:58into a prolonged coma,

00:36:00her tiny body

00:36:01burning with a terrifying fever,

00:36:03her lips cracked and pale,

00:36:05her breathing reduced

00:36:06to a flickering candle

00:36:07in the wind,

00:36:10liable to extinguish

00:36:12at any moment.

00:36:13I knelt by the bedside,

00:36:15my magic entirely dried up,

00:36:18leaving me helpless

00:36:19as I pressed my cheek

00:36:21against her icy little hand.

00:36:23My tears long since dried.

00:36:26Just as I was on the verge

00:36:28of despairing unto death,

00:36:29the wooden door

00:36:30of the high tower

00:36:31was suddenly pushed open

00:36:33in a frenzy.

00:36:34The Wind Kingdom doctor

00:36:35burst in,

00:36:36dripping with sweat,

00:36:37his eyes a tangled mess

00:36:39of guilt and terror.

00:36:40With trembling hands,

00:36:42he presented a crystal bottle,

00:36:44radiating a warm,

00:36:46sacred golden light

00:36:47like the midday sun.

00:36:49This medicine

00:36:49can neutralize

00:36:50all poisons,

00:36:51save those

00:36:52on the brink of death,

00:36:53and immensely nourish

00:36:54the bloodline

00:36:55of an elven babe.

00:36:56Please,

00:36:57feed it to the little princess

00:36:58quickly.

00:36:58This is her sole path

00:37:00to survival.

00:37:01Staring at that ball

00:37:02of sacred golden light,

00:37:03my deadened heart

00:37:04began to beat frantically.

00:37:05I snatched the spiritual medicine,

00:37:07clutching it tightly

00:37:07to my chest,

00:37:08my heart overflowing

00:37:09with joy

00:37:10as I believed

00:37:10my daughter

00:37:11was finally saved.

00:37:13Trembling,

00:37:13I pulled the cork,

00:37:15preparing to feed

00:37:16this life-saving drop

00:37:18into my daughter's mouth.

00:37:19When the tower door

00:37:20was violently blown open

00:37:22with a resounding clash,

00:37:24a wild wind rushed in

00:37:25as Alina,

00:37:26flanked by her attendants,

00:37:29strode in

00:37:29with a majestic

00:37:30yet greedy expression.

00:37:31Before I could even react,

00:37:33she ruthlessly

00:37:34snatched the crystal bottle

00:37:35right out of my hands!

00:37:40Ilion gripped the flask

00:37:41of sacred tree extract tightly,

00:37:43feeling the boundless

00:37:44sacred energy

00:37:45swirling within

00:37:46a fanatical greed

00:37:47erupted in her eyes.

00:37:49Give it back to me!

00:37:50That is Iris'

00:37:52life-saving medicine!

00:37:53I lunged forward

00:37:54like a madman

00:37:54to reclaim the medicine.

00:37:56Give it back!

00:37:58Only to be ruthlessly

00:37:59pinned to the ground

00:38:00by two high-tier guards

00:38:02using their magical stabs.

00:38:03My knees slammed

00:38:04against the hard stone tiles,

00:38:06emitting a sickening crack.

00:38:08Following closely behind,

00:38:11Ronan looked down at me

00:38:12with cold detachment,

00:38:14devoid of any pity.

00:38:16Aleda trembled with excitement,

00:38:18refusing to grant

00:38:19even a single glance

00:38:20to the dying daughter

00:38:21on the sickbed,

00:38:22her mind and heart

00:38:23entirely occupied

00:38:24by her precious eldest grandson.

00:38:26Roran!

00:38:27Look at this!

00:38:27This is the legendary sacred tree extract!

00:38:30Though three-year-old Jasper

00:38:31is extraordinarily gifted,

00:38:32his skeletal frame

00:38:34hasn't fully matured yet.

00:38:35If we let him drink

00:38:36this divine item,

00:38:38his wind magic

00:38:38will undergo

00:38:39a complete metamorphosis,

00:38:40allowing him to grow taller

00:38:42and more powerful

00:38:43than any peer,

00:38:44entirely solidifying

00:38:46his position

00:38:46as the first heir

00:38:47under the kingdom's spotlight.

00:38:49Mother is correct.

00:38:52Leaving such a bloodline treasure

00:38:54in the withered tower

00:38:54would be an utter waste

00:38:56of a divine gift.

00:38:57Only Jasper

00:38:59is worthy of enjoying it.

00:39:01Vanessa walked in

00:39:01at that moment

00:39:02carrying three-year-old Jasper,

00:39:04looking at me

00:39:04pinned to the ground

00:39:05by the guards,

00:39:06coughing up blood

00:39:07in a disheveled state.

00:39:08The triumph and amusement

00:39:09in her eyes

00:39:10threatened to spill over.

00:39:11The three of them

00:39:11huddled together,

00:39:12admiring the item

00:39:13as if inspecting

00:39:14a supreme treasure

00:39:15filled with praises,

00:39:16while I could only

00:39:17watch helplessly

00:39:18as the saving straw

00:39:19belonged to my daughter

00:39:20was stripped away

00:39:22completely.

00:39:23Amid my agonized weeping,

00:39:25that priceless flask

00:39:27of sacred tree extract

00:39:28was gently

00:39:30yet forcefully poured

00:39:31into the mouth

00:39:32of the perfectly

00:39:33livable Jasper

00:39:34by El Adid.

00:39:35The moment

00:39:35the divine item

00:39:36entered his mouth,

00:39:38a blinding golden current

00:39:39erupted across

00:39:40Jasper's body.

00:39:41Not only did his

00:39:42wind attribute magic

00:39:43surge instantly,

00:39:44but his height

00:39:45even seemed

00:39:46to increase

00:39:47slightly.

00:39:48The three-year-old

00:39:49toddler excitedly

00:39:50brashed at his magic

00:39:51in the hall,

00:39:51while Ronan and Vanessa

00:39:53surrounded him,

00:39:54letting out waves

00:39:55of absolute delight.

00:39:57The happier

00:39:58their laughter,

00:39:59the more shattered

00:40:00my heart became.

00:40:01Ronan looked down

00:40:01upon me as I lay

00:40:02limp on the ground,

00:40:03his cold words

00:40:04cutting like blades.

00:40:06Seraphina,

00:40:07cease your weeping here.

00:40:09Jasper is the future

00:40:11hope of the kingdom.

00:40:12Giving this medicine

00:40:13to him ensures

00:40:14it is put to its

00:40:15proper use.

00:40:16As for Iris,

00:40:18it has been said

00:40:19she merely has

00:40:20a common chill.

00:40:22It is not worth

00:40:23delaying proper business

00:40:24over her,

00:40:25and she certainly

00:40:26does not deserve

00:40:27a divine object

00:40:28like the sacred tree extract.

00:40:29Flicking his sleeves,

00:40:31Ronan turned

00:40:32and left heartlessly,

00:40:33taking the room's

00:40:34laughter with him.

00:40:35When they departed

00:40:36entirely,

00:40:37the tower plunged back

00:40:39into a deathly silence.

00:40:40I crawled to the bedside,

00:40:42looking at my empty hands,

00:40:44and then at my daughter,

00:40:46whose core was withering

00:40:47as she spit out

00:40:48another mouthful

00:40:49of black blood

00:40:50from the poison

00:40:51gripping her heart.

00:40:52My daughter opened

00:40:52her eyes weakly,

00:40:54rubbing against my palm

00:40:55with a touch of attachment

00:40:55before sinking entirely

00:40:57into a deathly coldness.

00:40:59Slowly raising

00:41:00my right hand,

00:41:01I spared no cost

00:41:03to force out

00:41:03the final drop

00:41:04of supreme golden blood

00:41:06from my heart,

00:41:07drawing a sacred,

00:41:08golden-winged armor

00:41:09in the void.

00:41:11Through the array,

00:41:12a connection

00:41:13was instantly forged

00:41:14to the deepest depths

00:41:15of the sanctuary,

00:41:16unleashing a supreme pressure

00:41:18that made all kingdoms tremble.

00:41:20My daughter,

00:41:21you are finally willing

00:41:22to contact your father.

00:41:24You have suffered

00:41:24these past three years.

00:41:26Cradling the icy form

00:41:27tightly in my arms,

00:41:28tears of blood

00:41:28tracing down my face.

00:41:29My voice was completely calm,

00:41:31devoid of a single ripple

00:41:32has been from emotion.

00:41:33My daughter is dying.

00:41:34Please open the gates

00:41:34of the sanctuary

00:41:35and take us mother

00:41:36and daughter home.

00:41:37The supreme array

00:41:39faded into the air

00:41:40and forcing my dying,

00:41:42battered body forward,

00:41:43I carried my daughter

00:41:44out of the withered tower.

00:41:46My daughter's fragile form

00:41:48barely clung to life.

00:41:49Without disturbing anyone,

00:41:51I walked step by step

00:41:53to the center of the territory,

00:41:54stopping before

00:41:55the Tree of Life.

00:41:57Then I was wrong

00:41:58be road of to stand

00:41:59into the Yurumaya

00:42:00number stool.

00:42:02Swearing by the supreme bloodline,

00:42:04I sever the covenant

00:42:05and erase my holy name

00:42:07here today.

00:42:12Inside the main manor,

00:42:14Ronan felt a sudden

00:42:16violent spasm of pain

00:42:18strike his chest.

00:42:21Ronian,

00:42:22three years of marital devotion

00:42:23has been personally severed

00:42:24by your hand today.

00:42:26The trampling you granted me

00:42:27I have accepted.

00:42:28From this day forward,

00:42:29we shall not meet again

00:42:29in life nor death.

00:42:31Seraphina,

00:42:32what madness

00:42:33are you throwing now

00:42:33over such a trivial matter

00:42:35you would go so far

00:42:35as to harm your own body

00:42:36to forge a fortune backlash.

00:42:38I have no time

00:42:39to play these

00:42:39cat and mouse games

00:42:40with you.

00:42:41If you have the ability

00:42:42to leave,

00:42:42then ensure you never return.

00:42:46Death has simply

00:42:46been spoiled by you.

00:42:48In a couple of days,

00:42:49once she has suffered

00:42:50enough outside,

00:42:51she will naturally

00:42:52come back begging

00:42:53on her knees.

00:42:54Let us ignore her.

00:42:57That night,

00:42:58the entire main manor

00:43:00of the Wind Kingdom

00:43:01was brightly lit

00:43:04and adorned

00:43:05with festive decorations.

00:43:07To celebrate

00:43:07three-year-old Jasper

00:43:09consuming the sacred tree extract

00:43:11and experiencing

00:43:12a surge in magic,

00:43:14Aline ordered

00:43:15an all-night festival

00:43:16of music and dance.

00:43:18Inside the magnificent

00:43:20main hall,

00:43:21the aroma of fine wine

00:43:22filled the air

00:43:23as countless

00:43:23high-tier elves

00:43:24raised their glasses

00:43:25in unison,

00:43:26surrounding Vanessa

00:43:27and her son

00:43:27at the center

00:43:28with absolute flattery

00:43:29and obdeciousness.

00:43:31Ronan sat upon his throne,

00:43:33looking at his

00:43:34triumphant eldest son,

00:43:36his eyes filled

00:43:37with pride

00:43:38and certainty

00:43:39that the kingdom

00:43:40was about to ascend

00:43:41to the peak

00:43:42of all kingdoms.

00:43:44The hypocritical

00:43:45and fanatical cheers

00:43:46echoed through

00:43:47the night sky,

00:43:48transforming the entire

00:43:50temple

00:43:50into a city

00:43:51that never slept.

00:43:53Yet no one noticed

00:43:54that on the desolate path

00:43:56at the outmost edge

00:43:57of the main city,

00:43:58leading towards

00:43:58the forbidden forest,

00:44:00a slender

00:44:00and resolute figure

00:44:01was carrying

00:44:02a swaddling cloth,

00:44:03stepping into

00:44:04the boundless

00:44:04curtain of night.

00:44:05The freezing rain

00:44:06slammed down

00:44:06merseusely.

00:44:07Serafina's face

00:44:08was deathly still,

00:44:09but her hands

00:44:10held the daughter

00:44:10in her arms

00:44:11with absolute tightness.

00:44:12Iris's breathing

00:44:13within the cloth

00:44:14was faint,

00:44:15her tiny body

00:44:15gradually turning

00:44:16stirby and cold.

00:44:17Serafina did not

00:44:18cast a single glance back

00:44:19at the false prosperity

00:44:20of the Wind Kingdom

00:44:21behind her.

00:44:22Her eyes held

00:44:23no more tears,

00:44:24only an indifference

00:44:25that chilled to the bone.

00:44:27The singing and dancing

00:44:28inside the main hall

00:44:28continued,

00:44:29and Ronan was smiling

00:44:30as he accepted

00:44:31the fine wine

00:44:31handed to him

00:44:32by Vanessa.

00:44:33At that exact instant,

00:44:34deep within the dark

00:44:35forest far away,

00:44:36the violent cold wind

00:44:37came to an abrupt halt

00:44:38without warning.

00:44:38A sliver of incredibly noble,

00:44:40sacred and tore through

00:44:41the darkness of the polar night,

00:44:42the frame foes

00:44:43at the edge

00:44:43of the dark,

00:44:44silent forest.

00:44:45The sounds of the Wind Kingdom

00:44:46celebratory songs

00:44:47and laugh

00:44:47still echoed faintly,

00:44:48but the moment

00:44:49the mother and girl's

00:44:50slender yet matchlessly

00:44:51noble fears

00:44:52that sliver of golden light,

00:44:53they instantly transformed

00:44:54into a remnant gleam,

00:44:56vanishing completely

00:44:57into the endless night.

00:44:59The sacred light

00:45:00erupted outward

00:45:01at the center

00:45:02of the royal hall

00:45:03in the supreme sanctuary.

00:45:04Holding my daughter,

00:45:05who had practically

00:45:06stopped breathing,

00:45:07I finally collapsed

00:45:09onto my knees

00:45:09against the flawless

00:45:10white jade floor tiles,

00:45:12my strength entirely spent.

00:45:13My long hair

00:45:14was soaked through

00:45:15by the terricious rain

00:45:16sticking messily

00:45:16to my deathly pale cheeks.

00:45:17The weakness

00:45:18of postparting recovery,

00:45:19combled with the trauma

00:45:20of forcibly reversing

00:45:21my source power,

00:45:22caused me to leave

00:45:22a striking trail of blood

00:45:24with every step.

00:45:24Sitting high upon his throne,

00:45:26my father rose abruptly.

00:45:27When he clearly saw

00:45:28my broken state

00:45:29at the bottom of the steps,

00:45:30his majestic noble face,

00:45:31which had 10,000 years

00:45:32of history,

00:45:33trembled violently

00:45:34with immense shock

00:45:35and heartache.

00:45:36Moving like a blur,

00:45:37he materialized by my side

00:45:39in an instant,

00:45:40his hands shaking

00:45:41as he tried to lift me up

00:45:43my daughter.

00:45:44How did you become

00:45:45like this?

00:45:48Your supreme magic,

00:45:49which even 10,000 kingdoms

00:45:51look up to,

00:45:52why has it withered

00:45:53to such an extent?

00:45:56I slowly raised my head,

00:45:58the tears of blood

00:45:58at the corners of my eye

00:45:59long since dried.

00:46:00I did not cry out.

00:46:01I merely used

00:46:02the final shred of strength

00:46:03in my body

00:46:04to tremblingly present

00:46:04the swaddling cloth

00:46:05to my father.

00:46:06Father, save her.

00:46:08She is Ronin's

00:46:09biological flesh and blood,

00:46:11yet they dismissed her

00:46:11as a lowly wretch.

00:46:13To steal her

00:46:13life-saving medicine,

00:46:14they fed my iris

00:46:15forbidden illusion potions

00:46:17to forcibly mask the truth.

00:46:18She has been poisoned

00:46:19with soul-eating grass,

00:46:21and her magic core

00:46:22is on the verge

00:46:22of shattering.

00:46:23My father took

00:46:24the tiny swatting cloth

00:46:25with trembling hands.

00:46:26When his divine sense

00:46:27swept tross his granddaughter's

00:46:29battered natural core,

00:46:30which was being ravenously

00:46:31consumed by the poison,

00:46:33this supreme gaiety

00:46:34who ruled over

00:46:35the entire sanctuary

00:46:36felt his eyes

00:46:37turn instantly bloodluck,

00:46:38immediately following.

00:46:40A terrifying,

00:46:41world-destroying pressure

00:46:43erupted violently

00:46:44from his body.

00:46:47In an instant,

00:46:49the skies above

00:46:50the entire supreme sanctuary

00:46:51shifted dramatically

00:46:52as the once bright heavens

00:46:53were enveloped

00:46:53by rolling black clouds

00:46:54and violent thunderbolts.

00:46:56The ancient vines

00:46:56surrounding the royal hall,

00:46:57which had flourished

00:46:58for tens of thousands

00:46:59of years,

00:47:00seemed to feel

00:47:00the king's ultimate fury,

00:47:02trembling wildly

00:47:03and thrashing against the ground

00:47:04as the entire sacred mountain

00:47:06shook violently

00:47:07under the divine rage.

00:47:08My father raised

00:47:09his right hand high,

00:47:10the destructive divine lightning

00:47:11flashing frankly

00:47:12at his fingertips.

00:47:13He stared dead

00:47:14at his dying granddaughter

00:47:15within the cloth,

00:47:16his gnashing words

00:47:17wrapped in supreme divine authority

00:47:18as they echoed

00:47:19through heaven and earth.

00:47:21The Wind Kingdom?

00:47:22Ronan!

00:47:23You ants dare to torture

00:47:24my only daughter

00:47:25in such a manner

00:47:26and strike ruthlessly

00:47:27against my newborn granddaughter.

00:47:29Pass down my dissension pathways,

00:47:31the Wind Kingdom!

00:47:32Whosoever dares harm my graw,

00:47:33I shall demand their entire kingdom

00:47:35accompany her in death!

00:47:37To rescue Iris

00:47:38from the brink of death,

00:47:40my father did not hesitate

00:47:41for a moment,

00:47:42immediately ordering

00:47:43the opening of the life core

00:47:44of the ancient sacred tree

00:47:46that had lived

00:47:47for 100,000 years

00:47:48within the forbidden grounds.

00:47:50This was the energy source

00:47:51of the entire elfin world,

00:47:53a place where even

00:47:54the high priests

00:47:55of the sanctuary

00:47:56had no right

00:47:57to approach normally.

00:47:59Yet it was fully open today

00:48:00for my daughter.

00:48:02Every top holy tier healer

00:48:04within the sanctuary

00:48:05was assembled overnight.

00:48:11The golden life core

00:48:13floated gently above the sickbed,

00:48:14radiating a soft,

00:48:15vast,

00:48:16and ocean-like purity

00:48:17of magic.

00:48:17A canopy of brilliant golden light

00:48:19wrapped around Iris' tiny body

00:48:20layer by layer,

00:48:21like a coon

00:48:22nourished by this immense life force.

00:48:24The faint golden divine mark

00:48:26on Iris' forehead,

00:48:27which had been nearly cracked

00:48:28and extinguished,

00:48:30finally flickered

00:48:31with a weak resonance

00:48:32under the caress

00:48:33of the divine light.

00:48:34I kept watch

00:48:35by the bedside,

00:48:36my face pale,

00:48:37never leaving her side

00:48:39for a single pace.

00:48:40I watched with my own eyes

00:48:42as those holy gris healers

00:48:43transformed secret medicines

00:48:44into golden needles,

00:48:46extracting the stubborn

00:48:46soul-eating grease poison

00:48:48from my daughter's body,

00:48:49inch by inch.

00:48:50Every time that the poison

00:48:52was forced out,

00:48:53my daughter would let

00:48:54our faint kitten-like

00:48:55whipper of pain,

00:48:56and those drops

00:48:57of black toxic blood

00:48:58would instantly corrode

00:48:59scorched hole

00:49:00into the pure white sheets

00:49:01upon hitting them.

00:49:02My daughter,

00:49:04watching her suffer,

00:49:05tore at my heart

00:49:06as if it were being cut

00:49:07by ten thousand blades.

00:49:09Ronan,

00:49:09Vanessa,

00:49:10the pain you inflicted

00:49:11upon my child,

00:49:12I will ensure you

00:49:13repay it a thousand times.

00:49:14It was a grueling

00:49:15two days and nights

00:49:17of hovering between

00:49:18life and death.

00:49:21As the first ray

00:49:22of the sanctuary's

00:49:23warm morning sun

00:49:24pierced through the window frame

00:49:25on the third day,

00:49:27Iris suddenly let out

00:49:28a resounding cry

00:49:29from the bed.

00:49:30That cry was no longer

00:49:32weak and filled with

00:49:33despair like before,

00:49:34but brimming with

00:49:35the strength of a new life.

00:49:36The golden divine mark

00:49:37on her forehead

00:49:38restored completely,

00:49:39and her once pale

00:49:41little face began

00:49:41to flush with color,

00:49:43her skin radiating

00:49:44a healthy glow.

00:49:45Congratulations,

00:49:46King!

00:49:47Congratulations,

00:49:47Holy Princess!

00:49:48The virilest poison

00:49:49within the little princess's

00:49:50body has completely

00:49:51dissolved.

00:49:51Not only is her life

00:49:52secured,

00:49:53but her bloodline

00:49:53has completely awa-

00:49:54looking at my daughter's

00:49:55face as she clenched

00:49:56her tiny fists

00:49:56and blue bubbles,

00:49:57the tears I had suppressed

00:49:59for three long years

00:50:00finally broke

00:50:01through the floodgates.

00:50:03The morning sun spilled

00:50:04across the luxurious couch

00:50:06when Vanessa was gently

00:50:07helping Ronan

00:50:07into his robes.

00:50:08However,

00:50:09Ronan's brow

00:50:09was furrowed tightly.

00:50:11His handsome face

00:50:11clouded with undeniable

00:50:12irritation and gloom.

00:50:14Right then,

00:50:14a panic-starting bell

00:50:15rang out from outside

00:50:16the main temple.

00:50:17Several elders

00:50:17scrambled into the hall,

00:50:18their faces as white as sheets.

00:50:20Lord,

00:50:20disaster has struck.

00:50:21The soldiers guarding

00:50:22the ascension platform

00:50:23just reported

00:50:24that our kingdom's passage

00:50:25to the sanctuary

00:50:26has been violently locked

00:50:27from above

00:50:28by an unspeakable

00:50:29supreme divine authority.

00:50:31The gates of the divine realm

00:50:33are closed to us.

00:50:36What did you say?

00:50:38The passage is locked.

00:50:42Who could possibly

00:50:43have such power?

00:50:44In that instant,

00:50:45the image of Seraphina's

00:50:46cold,

00:50:47ruthless phantom

00:50:48before her departure

00:50:49flashed through his mind

00:50:50and his heart sank.

00:50:52Could it be

00:50:53Seraphina?

00:50:54But the moment

00:50:55the thought arose,

00:50:56it was instantly crushed

00:50:57by the deep-rooted arrogance

00:50:58in his heart.

00:50:59He let out a cold,

00:51:01self-decricketing laugh.

00:51:02Seraphina was nothing more

00:51:03than a lowly woman

00:51:04with no background,

00:51:05inferior even to

00:51:06a low-tier elf

00:51:07of the Windsuary

00:51:08that happened to affect

00:51:09their kingdom.

00:51:11Seeing his distress,

00:51:13Vanessa quickly moved closer,

00:51:15wrapping her arms

00:51:16around his to comfort him

00:51:18teasingly.

00:51:19Exactly, Lord.

00:51:21Sister ran away in a tantrum

00:51:23and is probably hiding

00:51:24in some inn

00:51:25using that sickly brat

00:51:26to threaten you

00:51:27until you soften.

00:51:28How could she possibly

00:51:29have the power

00:51:30to lock the ascension platform?

00:51:33Ronan pressed

00:51:34his throbbing temples.

00:51:36A strange sensation

00:51:37of losing his kingdom's fortune

00:51:39made him increasingly restless.

00:51:41Pushing Vanessa away,

00:51:42he strode toward

00:51:43the Covenant Temple

00:51:44with a dark expression.

00:51:47However,

00:51:48the moment Ronan

00:51:49stepped into

00:51:49the Covenant Temple,

00:51:50the priest on duty

00:51:51collapsed to the floor

00:51:52in sheer terror,

00:51:53his face deathly pale.

00:51:54What are you panicking for?

00:51:56Bring out the Covenant

00:51:56Jade plaques

00:51:57for Seraphina and the infant.

00:51:58I want to see

00:51:59where they are hiding

00:52:00and laughing at me!

00:52:01My Lord,

00:52:02spare my life!

00:52:03They cannot be brought out!

00:52:06Just three days ago,

00:52:07the primary

00:52:07Mistress Covenant mark

00:52:09under the Tree of Life

00:52:10was forcibly erased!

00:52:12What did you say?

00:52:15Forcibly erased?

00:52:16Not only is it gone,

00:52:17but the mother and daughter

00:52:18used an ancient secret ritual

00:52:20to completely delete

00:52:21all their holy names

00:52:22from the elfin race.

00:52:23Half of the Tree of Life

00:52:24has withered.

00:52:25I used every tracking method

00:52:26available,

00:52:27but they are all

00:52:28untraceable.

00:52:29They have completely

00:52:30severed their bloodline

00:52:31and connection

00:52:32with the Wind Kingdom.

00:52:33Well played,

00:52:34Seraphina!

00:52:35To resort to such

00:52:36a self-harming,

00:52:37despicable trick

00:52:38as deleting

00:52:39your holy name!

00:52:40Do you think

00:52:41you can escape

00:52:41just by doing that?

00:52:42I want to see

00:52:43how many days

00:52:44you can last out there

00:52:45with your dying daughter

00:52:47without the protection

00:52:48of the Wind Kingdom!

00:52:50Watching her daughter

00:52:52sleep peacefully

00:52:52in the divine light

00:52:53of the sacred tree,

00:52:55Seraphina slowly stood up.

00:52:57The mole that tended

00:52:58as she turned

00:52:58to vanished from her eyes,

00:53:00replaced by a bottomless

00:53:01coldness and resolve.

00:53:03Father,

00:53:03I was too foolish

00:53:04in the past

00:53:05to repay a trivial

00:53:06mortal deed.

00:53:07I degraded myself

00:53:08to cater to a blind,

00:53:10cold-blooded mortal.

00:53:11In return,

00:53:12they trampled all over me

00:53:13and nearly caused

00:53:14my daughter's death!

00:53:15She raised her hand,

00:53:16slicing through the air

00:53:17like a blade.

00:53:18As an invisible

00:53:19emotional barrier

00:53:20shattered,

00:53:21the painful memories

00:53:22of her humiliation,

00:53:24Ronan's neglect,

00:53:25and Vanessa's framing

00:53:26in the Wind Kingdom

00:53:27were sealed deep

00:53:28within her heart.

00:53:29From this day forward,

00:53:30the lowly,

00:53:31submissive consort

00:53:32of the Wind Kingdom

00:53:33no longer exists

00:53:34to ensure we are

00:53:35never trampled on again

00:53:36and to control

00:53:37my daughter's destiny.

00:53:38I willingly accept

00:53:39the royal bloodline baptism!

00:53:41Looking at his daughter,

00:53:42whose gaze had become

00:53:43as sharp as a hawk,

00:53:44the high-elvil king

00:53:45felt a surge of relief

00:53:46and pride.

00:53:46He immediately gave

00:53:47his stern approval.

00:53:48Half an hour later,

00:53:49the gates to the sanctuary's

00:53:50core forbidden grounds

00:53:51swung open.

00:53:52This was the sacred

00:53:52training pool exclusive

00:53:53to the heirs of

00:53:54the supreme royal family.

00:53:55Filled with primeval

00:53:56Priadan magic

00:53:57accumulated over

00:53:5710,000 years,

00:53:58and to an ordinary

00:53:59high elf would explode

00:54:00and die from touching

00:54:01even a single drop,

00:54:02and to enduring

00:54:03the agonizing pain

00:54:04of a complete

00:54:04bone-shattering

00:54:05transcendent.

00:54:06Without any hesitation,

00:54:07under the Aversteck gaze

00:54:08of 10,000 pure-blooded

00:54:10elven guards,

00:54:11Seraphina stepped relutely

00:54:12into the terrifying,

00:54:13surging sacred pool

00:54:14clad in a simple

00:54:15white robe.

00:54:16Boom!

00:54:16The moment her body

00:54:17was completely submerged,

00:54:18the ancient magic erupted,

00:54:20unleashing towering

00:54:21golden waves.

00:54:21The violent prepezzanard energy

00:54:23slashed through her

00:54:23merpicrians and bones

00:54:24like countless blades.

00:54:25Yet, she did not even flinch.

00:54:27The nine sore seals

00:54:28she had petitioned herself

00:54:28to repay her debt to Ronion

00:54:30began to shatter and unravel,

00:54:31completely awakening

00:54:32her de-dormant power

00:54:33under the furious onslaught.

00:54:35Smash!

00:54:36Ronin shattered his

00:54:37communication array

00:54:38for the 12th time.

00:54:39Every time he tried

00:54:40to connect with Seraphina

00:54:41through a soul transmission,

00:54:43he was met with

00:54:44nothing but a cold,

00:54:45empty echo,

00:54:45and the piercing pain

00:54:47of magical backlash.

00:54:48His frustration reached

00:54:49its peep

00:54:50as a suffocating panic

00:54:51of losing control

00:54:52gripped his throat.

00:54:53Just then,

00:54:54the hall doors pushed open

00:54:56and Vanessa walked in smiling,

00:54:58holding three-year-old Jasper

00:54:59by the hand.

00:55:00Roman, look!

00:55:02After taking the

00:55:03sacred tree extract today,

00:55:04Jasper can already control

00:55:06two high-tier wind blades!

00:55:08He truly is

00:55:10your eldest son.

00:55:12Ronin turned his irritated gaze

00:55:14onto Jasper,

00:55:15who was shouting

00:55:15and playing with a toy.

00:55:16But as he looked,

00:55:18his breath caught.

00:55:19Whether it was due

00:55:20to the sudden loss

00:55:20of his kingdom's fortune,

00:55:22looking at Jasper's

00:55:23arrogant and brash face

00:55:24felt unprecedentedly discordal.

00:55:26The child's features

00:55:27lacked even a trace

00:55:28of the Wind Kingdom

00:55:29royal family's elegance,

00:55:30showing instead

00:55:31a crude vulgarity.

00:55:32What terrified him most

00:55:34was that the wind-attributed

00:55:35magic radiating from Jasper

00:55:36was crose and wild,

00:55:38sharing absolutely

00:55:39no bloodline resonance,

00:55:40with the pure,

00:55:41biting royal bloodline

00:55:42in his own body.

00:55:43When Vanessa gave birth

00:55:45to the child

00:55:45outside years ago,

00:55:46crying that she had

00:55:48been hunted by enemies

00:55:49and forced to wander,

00:55:51Ronin pitied her

00:55:52and never questioned

00:55:53the bloodline.

00:55:54But now...

00:55:58Ronin,

00:55:59why are you looking

00:56:00at Jasper like that?

00:56:03Did he do something wrong?

00:56:04Rokon stared dead

00:56:05at the flash of panic

00:56:06in Vanessa's eyes.

00:56:07His hands clenched

00:56:08tightly beneath his robes

00:56:09as something shattered

00:56:10within his heart.

00:56:11Taking a deep breath

00:56:12to suppress his immense suspicion,

00:56:13he put on a cold disguise.

00:56:15It is nothing.

00:56:16I am simply tired.

00:56:18You may leave.

00:56:19The moment the doors closed,

00:56:21Ronin's eyes turned

00:56:22incredibly sinister.

00:56:23He looked toward the empty air

00:56:24and gave a ruthless command.

00:56:26Someone,

00:56:27bring out the royal family's

00:56:28most secretive bloodline

00:56:29apriation,

00:56:30Arapis.

00:56:30Remember,

00:56:31prepare it in secret.

00:56:33Find an opportunity

00:56:33to gather Jasper's hair

00:56:35and finger blood later.

00:56:37Vanessa must not know

00:56:38a single thing about this.

00:56:39if I find

00:56:40that his bloodline

00:56:41does not match.

00:56:42I will ensure them

00:56:43die without a burial place!

00:56:47Meanwhile,

00:56:47in the sanctuary,

00:56:48around the forbidden

00:56:49sacred pool grounds,

00:56:5010,000 pureblood

00:56:51high elven generals,

00:56:52high priests,

00:56:53and gradually cards

00:56:53of the divine king

00:56:54knelt across the mountains.

00:56:56Everyone held their breath,

00:56:57looking up at the gradually

00:56:57calming sacred pool

00:56:58in awe.

00:56:59Suddenly,

00:57:00faint golden ripple

00:57:00carrying supreme authority

00:57:02spread from the center

00:57:03of the pool.

00:57:03A graceful,

00:57:04noble figure

00:57:05slowly rose

00:57:05from the center

00:57:06of the water.

00:57:07Seraphina's postpartum

00:57:08weakness and plast

00:57:09were entirely gone.

00:57:10Her skin shone

00:57:11like flawless white jade,

00:57:12flowing with a sacred light,

00:57:13and her once withered long hair

00:57:15had turned into

00:57:15a dazzling golden color,

00:57:17skating down to her ankles.

00:57:18Under the baptism

00:57:19of the ancient

00:57:20presided energy,

00:57:21her appearance and magic

00:57:22were completely restored,

00:57:23far surpassing

00:57:24her past peak.

00:57:25The moment her feet

00:57:26left the water

00:57:27and she hovered in midair,

00:57:28the space behind her

00:57:29tore violently.

00:57:31Boom!

00:57:31Accompanied by a divine

00:57:32phoenix cry

00:57:33that echoed through the heavens,

00:57:34a pair of dazzling

00:57:35supreme natural wings

00:57:36radiating boundless life

00:57:37and destruction

00:57:38unfurled behind her back.

00:57:39The divine wings

00:57:40were massive,

00:57:41each feather condundated

00:57:41from the purest

00:57:42golden light

00:57:43of natural law.

00:57:44With a slight flutter,

00:57:45a terrifying pressure

00:57:46swept past like a tsunami.

00:57:47Unable to withstand

00:57:48the bloodline pressure

00:57:49from the depths

00:57:50of their souls,

00:57:51the ten thousand

00:57:52pure-blooded elves

00:57:53slammed their foreheads

00:57:54against the ground

00:57:55as the sacred roof

00:57:56and echoed in harmony.

00:57:58We welcome

00:57:58Her Majesty's

00:57:59ascension to the throne!

00:58:02May your life

00:58:03be divine powerful forever,

00:58:05and may your life

00:58:06match the heavens!

00:58:07Standing amid

00:58:08the golden light,

00:58:09Seraphana looked down

00:58:10at her subjects.

00:58:11She raised her hand

00:58:12slightly,

00:58:12feeling the terrifying magic

00:58:13capable of destroying

00:58:14heaven and earth,

00:58:15a cool,

00:58:15cold smile

00:58:16playing on her lips.

00:58:17The submissive,

00:58:18lowly consort

00:58:18who had once begged

00:58:19for a flask of pure spring water

00:58:20for her daughter

00:58:21in the Withern Tower,

00:58:22had completely died

00:58:22in this sacred pool today.

00:58:24The one who lived now

00:58:25was the Supreme Empress,

00:58:27who held the power

00:58:28over life and death

00:58:29for the entire

00:58:30elven sanctuary.

00:58:31She turned her gaze

00:58:32towards the direction

00:58:33of the Wind Kingdom,

00:58:35her murderous intent

00:58:36radiating palpably.

00:58:39Since Seraphina's departure,

00:58:41Vanessa carried herself

00:58:41completely as the new

00:58:43mistress of the Wind Kingdom.

00:58:44Without the restraint

00:58:45of the legitimate

00:58:46primary mistress,

00:58:47she tore off

00:58:47her past gentle disguise.

00:58:49The first thing

00:58:49she did upon moving

00:58:50is replace all the decorations

00:58:51with the most luxurious

00:58:53gold silks.

00:58:54She lived extravagantly

00:58:55and wastefully,

00:58:56bathing in the rarest

00:58:57floral dew daily,

00:58:58and even forcibly

00:58:59withalding nearly half

00:59:00of the lower-tier

00:59:01elf's winter ravines,

00:59:02just to fashion

00:59:02a sweeping dress

00:59:03embedded with

00:59:04deep-sea magic krills.

00:59:05Furthermore,

00:59:06Vanessa was arrogant

00:59:07and harsh to the point

00:59:07of cruelty

00:59:08toward the servants

00:59:09and lower-class elves

00:59:10of the kingdom.

00:59:11Mistress,

00:59:11this is the silver needle tea

00:59:12you requested.

00:59:13The temperature

00:59:14is just right.

00:59:15It's...

00:59:15Scolding,

00:59:16you useless wretch!

00:59:17Are you trying

00:59:18to ruin my face

00:59:18on purpose?

00:59:19Someone,

00:59:20strip her of her elfin badge

00:59:21and banish her entire family

00:59:23to hard labor

00:59:23at the Wither Tower!

00:59:25Panic gripped

00:59:26the main manor,

00:59:27and the lower-tier elves

00:59:28filled the air

00:59:28with grievances.

00:59:29Sitting in his study,

00:59:30Ronan listened

00:59:31to the constant shouting,

00:59:32face-slapping

00:59:32and crying from outside,

00:59:34his temples throbbing,

00:59:35looking at the ledger

00:59:35submitted by the

00:59:36Council of Elders,

00:59:37which detailed

00:59:38Vanessa's waste

00:59:39of tens of thousands

00:59:40of magic crystals

00:59:40over the past few days.

00:59:41His face turned grim.

00:59:42In the past,

00:59:43when Serafina managed

00:59:44the household,

00:59:45the entire Wind Kingdom

00:59:46was orderly.

00:59:46She was always gentle,

00:59:48understanding,

00:59:48and proper,

00:59:49choosing to live frugally

00:59:50rather than misappropriate

00:59:51a single penny

00:59:52from the kingdom.

00:59:53Even using her own source

00:59:54Morna to nourish

00:59:54injured low-tier soldiers,

00:59:56Roman instinctively

00:59:57touched the empty space

00:59:58beside his throne,

00:59:59an unprecedented emptiness

01:00:00and regret

01:00:01washing over him

01:00:01like a tidal wave.

01:00:03He began to desperately

01:00:04miss the woman

01:00:05who had always quietly

01:00:05waited for him.

01:00:07But now,

01:00:07no matter how much

01:00:08he searched

01:00:09the Wind Kingdom's territory,

01:00:10he could no longer

01:00:11find a single trace

01:00:12of Serafina.

01:00:15Yet,

01:00:15Ronan had no idea

01:00:16that while he was drowning

01:00:17in endless regret

01:00:18and agony,

01:00:18a dim storle lamp

01:00:19was burning in the most

01:00:20secluded subterranean

01:00:21chamber of the main manor.

01:00:22Dressed in her luxurious gown,

01:00:23Vanessa showed none

01:00:24of her usual arrogance,

01:00:25slumping limply

01:00:26into the embrace

01:00:27of her old lover Oswin,

01:00:28the chief captain

01:00:29of the guards.

01:00:29Oswin's rough,

01:00:30calloused hands

01:00:31gripped her slender waist tightly,

01:00:32as their breaths mingled

01:00:33in a display of immicity

01:00:34and wanton behavior.

01:00:36That suspicious

01:00:36Rhett Ronan

01:00:37stared at Jasper

01:00:38for a long time today.

01:00:39Could he have

01:00:40discovered something?

01:00:42My darling,

01:00:43with me here,

01:00:43what are you afraid of?

01:00:44Even if his suspicions

01:00:46lead him to test

01:00:47the bloodline,

01:00:47he will never find

01:00:48a problem.

01:00:49Don't forget,

01:00:50when he sent me

01:00:50to draw our son's blood,

01:00:51I swapped it

01:00:52with my own.

01:00:53That broken appraisal

01:00:54Askel of his

01:00:55will only show

01:00:55an absolute blood relative!

01:00:57Oswin pulled Vanessa

01:00:58closer,

01:00:59tilting her chin up

01:01:00proudly.

01:01:00If Ronan hadn't been

01:01:02heavily injured

01:01:02and unconscious

01:01:03during the war

01:01:04three years ago,

01:01:05allowing you

01:01:06to slip into my bed

01:01:07amid the chaos,

01:01:08how else would he

01:01:09have become

01:01:10this cheap father

01:01:11and felt guilty enough

01:01:12to search for you

01:01:13for three whole years?

01:01:15Vanessa's beautiful eyes

01:01:16flashed with a venomous light

01:01:17as she laughed

01:01:18and pinched the man.

01:01:19Who told Ronan

01:01:20to pride himself

01:01:21on being deeply affectionate

01:01:22when he is actually

01:01:23a fool who is easily deceived?

01:01:25For three years,

01:01:26he trampled Serafina,

01:01:27the legitimate mistress,

01:01:28into the dirt

01:01:29for the sake of Jasper and mine.

01:01:30Little does he know,

01:01:31the heir he personally cherishes

01:01:33is actually your child!

01:01:35A wild and greedy ambition

01:01:36as his flashed,

01:01:37his voice turned low

01:01:38and vicious.

01:01:39Ronan is completely

01:01:40distracted every day

01:01:41because of Serafus' disappears

01:01:42and the kingdom's fortune

01:01:43has mostly vanished

01:01:44for some reason.

01:01:44The Ascension passage

01:01:45is even closed.

01:01:46In just a few more days,

01:01:48we will deliver

01:01:49the fatal blow.

01:01:52The inner frustration

01:01:53and the mysterious loss

01:01:54of his kingdom's fortune

01:01:55drove him near madness.

01:01:56His mind troubled.

01:01:58He walked aimlessly

01:01:59through the streets

01:01:59of the main city

01:02:00and inadvertently stopped

01:02:01in front of the infirmary.

01:02:03Looking at the somewhat

01:02:04dilapidated doors,

01:02:05the image of Serafina

01:02:06weeping in absolute despair here

01:02:08suddenly flashed

01:02:09through his mind.

01:02:10I must be losing my mind

01:02:11to have walked all the way here.

01:02:12Just as he turned to leave,

01:02:13a stealthy figure

01:02:14carrying a bundle

01:02:15prepared to flee

01:02:16from inside the infirmary.

01:02:17It was the doctor

01:02:18from before.

01:02:18Ever since Serafina

01:02:19Umut's erased her holy name

01:02:20and left,

01:02:20causing half of the tree

01:02:21of life to wither,

01:02:22this doctor had been

01:02:23tormented night and day

01:02:24by guilt and fear,

01:02:25finally breaking down

01:02:26and preparing to escape overnight.

01:02:27Ronin's eyes turned sharp.

01:02:29Moving like lightning,

01:02:30he materialized

01:02:30before the doctor,

01:02:31blocking his path.

01:02:32Where do you think

01:02:33you are running?

01:02:34What are you panicking

01:02:35for upon seeing me?

01:02:37Looking at Ronin's

01:02:38rage-distorted face

01:02:39and thinking of the rampant

01:02:40rumors about the primary

01:02:41mistress' disappearance

01:02:41and the sacred tree's withering,

01:02:42the doctor's psychological defense

01:02:44collapsed completely.

01:02:44With even needing to

01:02:45use a soul-searching technique,

01:02:46he fell to his knees

01:02:47in terror,

01:02:48now coating frantically

01:02:48as tears and muses

01:02:49strem down his face.

01:02:51Lord, spare my life!

01:02:52I deserve to die!

01:02:52I dare not hide it any longer!

01:02:54The primary mistress

01:02:55did not lie!

01:02:56She was not throwing a tam

01:02:56or fighting for effect!

01:02:57Ronin's heart skipped a beat,

01:02:59a profound sense of foreboding

01:03:00enveloping his entire body.

01:03:02Make yourself clear!

01:03:04What do you mean

01:03:04she didn't lie?

01:03:05It was your daughter.

01:03:07Your daughter Iris

01:03:08didn't catch

01:03:08an ordinary chill at all!

01:03:10She was poisoned

01:03:11with the highly insidious

01:03:12soul-eating grass

01:03:13and her core

01:03:13had already begun to wither!

01:03:15Boom!

01:03:15The doctor's words

01:03:16exploded in Ronin's ears

01:03:17like a thunder mist,

01:03:17leaving his pail

01:03:18and make him sway

01:03:19on his feet.

01:03:20Ronin grabbed the terrified

01:03:21fleeing doctor

01:03:22by the collar,

01:03:23his eyes bloodshot

01:03:24like a cornered beast.

01:03:26Impossible!

01:03:27I checked her myself

01:03:28that day.

01:03:29Her breathing was steady

01:03:30and her temperature

01:03:31was normal.

01:03:32Even you personally

01:03:33diagnosed it

01:03:33as a common chill.

01:03:35How gabricate

01:03:36a poisoning story

01:03:37to me now!

01:03:39It was all fake!

01:03:41Madame Vanessa

01:03:42forced me to do it!

01:03:44It was her.

01:03:45She fed the little princess

01:03:46a forbidden illusion potion

01:03:47before you arrived,

01:03:49forcibly creating

01:03:50a false appearance

01:03:52appearance of health!

01:03:53The doctor's words

01:03:54cut like knives,

01:03:56tearing Ronin's

01:03:57self-rightless

01:03:58arrogance to pieces.

01:04:00Madame Vanessa

01:04:01bribed me

01:04:01and threatened

01:04:02my family's lives

01:04:03to maintain the illusion,

01:04:04all to make you believe

01:04:05the primary mistress

01:04:05was just throwing

01:04:06a jealous fit

01:04:07so you would ignore

01:04:08the mother and daughter,

01:04:09leaving the little princess

01:04:10to die from the poison!

01:04:11And that flask

01:04:13of sacred tree extract.

01:04:15Hearing the word

01:04:15sacred tree extract,

01:04:17Ronin's body shook violently,

01:04:18his face draining

01:04:20of all color.

01:04:21That spiritual medicine

01:04:21was given to the primary mistress

01:04:23out of my sudden

01:04:23flash of consciousness!

01:04:24It was not only

01:04:25an antidote to all poisons,

01:04:26but the sole hope

01:04:27to save the little princess's life!

01:04:29Yet you,

01:04:29you detested the primary mistress

01:04:31and forcibly snatched

01:04:32that medicine away

01:04:33to secure the position

01:04:34of the perfectly healthy Jasper!

01:04:36Omen felt as if

01:04:37he'd been struck by lightning,

01:04:39all strength

01:04:40instantly draining

01:04:41from his body.

01:04:42Boundless darkness

01:04:42and immense regret

01:04:43swallowed him like a tsunami.

01:04:45He finally realized

01:04:46that Serafina

01:04:47had been telling

01:04:48the truth all along.

01:04:49It was him

01:04:50he,

01:04:50the father,

01:04:51blinded by favoritism

01:04:53and interest,

01:04:54who had personally

01:04:55snatched away

01:04:56his daughter's

01:04:56life-saving straw,

01:04:57pushing his newborn

01:04:59child into the

01:05:00abyss of death!

01:05:02A spray of crimson blood

01:05:03erupted from Ronin's mouth

01:05:05as he collapsed

01:05:06onto his knees

01:05:07on the freezing stone pavement,

01:05:08clutching his

01:05:09agonizingly painful chest,

01:05:11letting out

01:05:12a desperate,

01:05:13piercing streel.

01:05:15Serafina!

01:05:16Iris!

01:05:17Iris!

01:05:18What have I done?

01:05:19What on earth

01:05:20have I done?!

01:05:21Immense regret

01:05:22drove Ronin

01:05:23completely mad.

01:05:24Disregarding the blood

01:05:24on his lips,

01:05:25he scrammed back

01:05:26to his feet

01:05:26and ran back

01:05:27to the main hall

01:05:27like a madman.

01:05:28At this moment,

01:05:30he no longer cared

01:05:31about supreme cooperation

01:05:32or reaching the peak.

01:05:34He only wanted

01:05:35to find his wife

01:05:36and save his daughter's life.

01:05:38Search!

01:05:39Mobilize all forces

01:05:40of the Wind Kingdom!

01:05:41Search every inch of land!

01:05:43And even if you have to

01:05:44hunt through

01:05:44the Forbidden Forest,

01:05:46bring back the primary mistress

01:05:47and the princess!

01:05:48Go now!

01:05:53However,

01:05:54one day passed,

01:05:55then two days,

01:05:56and for three whole days

01:05:57and nights,

01:05:58the elite High Elves

01:05:59brought back nothing

01:06:00but the desperate news

01:06:01of no trace found.

01:06:03Serafina seemed

01:06:04to have dissolved

01:06:04into the wind,

01:06:05vanishing completely

01:06:06without a trace.

01:06:07Failing to find his wife,

01:06:09Ronin's grief

01:06:10and self-blame

01:06:10gradually transformed

01:06:12into a towering

01:06:12Merlison test.

01:06:13He finally thought

01:06:14of the instigator,

01:06:16Vanessa.

01:06:16Vanessa!

01:06:17You vicious wretch!

01:06:19I will tear you

01:06:20into ten thousand pieces!

01:06:21Gripping the great sword

01:06:22of the Wind God

01:06:23that symbolized

01:06:24his kingdom's power,

01:06:25he strode toward

01:06:26Vanessa's bedchamber,

01:06:28brimming with

01:06:28murderous intent.

01:06:29He wanted to settle

01:06:30the score with

01:06:31that evil woman

01:06:32and use the blood

01:06:33of Vanessa and her son

01:06:34to atone for his actions

01:06:35against his wife

01:06:36and daughter.

01:06:37However,

01:06:38when he reached

01:06:39the chamber,

01:06:39he found it

01:06:40completely empty.

01:06:42Unleashing his divine sense,

01:06:43he followed a faint

01:06:44trace of magic

01:06:45straight into the

01:06:47desolate forest

01:06:47behind the temple.

01:06:49The moon was dark

01:06:50and the wind howled

01:06:51through the silence

01:06:51of the desolate forest

01:06:52behind the temple.

01:06:53Ronin concealed

01:06:54his presence,

01:06:55moving step by step

01:06:56into the shadow

01:06:56of the ancient trees

01:06:57with his great sword.

01:06:58But before he could

01:06:59see clearly,

01:06:59faint whispers

01:07:00and strugglings

01:07:00came from the thicket,

01:07:01falling clearly

01:07:02into his ears.

01:07:03Slow down.

01:07:03If that fool Ronin

01:07:04finds out,

01:07:05we are dead.

01:07:06What are you afraid of?

01:07:07He is completely

01:07:08distracted every day

01:07:09because of that wretch

01:07:10running around the world

01:07:10like a madman.

01:07:11How could he have time

01:07:12for us?

01:07:12I've already coordinated

01:07:13with Governor Gamma.

01:07:14While he will strip

01:07:15the treasury

01:07:15of all magic crystals

01:07:16and public funds

01:07:17tonight and run!

01:07:18Boom!

01:07:18Ronin's mind

01:07:19went completely blank.

01:07:20He knew these voices

01:07:20all too well.

01:07:21One belonged to his

01:07:22chief captain of the guards,

01:07:23Oswin,

01:07:23and the other belonged

01:07:23to Vanessa White Moonlight,

01:07:24first love he had cherished

01:07:25for three years.

01:07:26Ronin trembled violently,

01:07:27staring dead at the

01:07:28disheveled man and woman

01:07:28entwiled behind the tree.

01:07:30Speaking of which,

01:07:31Ronin really is

01:07:32an absolute fool.

01:07:33For the past three days

01:07:34he has been holding

01:07:34that fake bloodline report,

01:07:36comforting himself

01:07:36that Jasper is his child,

01:07:38completely unaware

01:07:38that the heir he raised

01:07:39with the kingdom's

01:07:40sacred medicine

01:07:40is actually your

01:07:41biological flesh and blood!

01:07:43The truth slapped Ronin

01:07:45across the face,

01:07:46shattering his remaining

01:07:46self-respect and pride.

01:07:48It turned out he was

01:07:48not only the murderer

01:07:49who had personally pushed

01:07:50his biological daughter

01:07:51to her death,

01:07:51but also the world's

01:07:52biggest fool who had

01:07:53raised a bastard child

01:07:54for a pair of adulterers

01:07:55for three years

01:07:55the kingdom was being

01:07:56eustarpted.

01:07:59Insolent fools!

01:08:00You will pay for this!

01:08:03Unleashing and

01:08:03deblant of soul

01:08:04out when Ronin erupted

01:08:04the great sword

01:08:05dream of rock

01:08:05with a leisurely

01:08:06sent of the keys

01:08:07and the sentry

01:08:07green people flying.

01:08:08Osgin and Vanessa

01:08:09screamed as they

01:08:10hit the ground,

01:08:10when Vanessa saw Ronin,

01:08:12who stood there

01:08:12with overwhelming ferocity.

01:08:14She lost her wits

01:08:15and terror.

01:08:16Ronin!

01:08:17Listen to me explain!

01:08:18It's not what it looks like!

01:08:19Shut up,

01:08:20you vicious horn!

01:08:21I will kill you!

01:08:22Oswin and Ronin

01:08:23had exhausted

01:08:24and by trying

01:08:24to realize

01:08:25Zord off course

01:08:25due to a lax

01:08:26limit at the magic.

01:08:27Though this strike

01:08:27his teeth,

01:08:28he pulled Vanessa up

01:08:29and pringzled

01:08:29several poisonous smoke bombs.

01:08:31With a loud explosion,

01:08:32a toxic mist

01:08:33filled the area.

01:08:34By the time

01:08:34the storm blew

01:08:35the mist away,

01:08:35the disheveled couple

01:08:36had all flooded

01:08:37the wind forest

01:08:37using their familiarity

01:08:38with the ground.

01:08:39As the cold wind blew,

01:08:40he looked around

01:08:41at the empty surroundings,

01:08:42appearing as though

01:08:43he had aged a hundred years.

01:08:44Ronin fell to his knees,

01:08:46his fingers digging

01:08:47into the dirt

01:08:48as he wept desperately

01:08:50like a beaten dog

01:08:52in the dead of night.

01:08:55Meanwhile,

01:08:55inside the flawless,

01:08:56radiant temple of life

01:08:57in the supreme sanctuary,

01:08:59Iris had completely recovered.

01:09:00She was now dressed

01:09:01in garments

01:09:02woven from the rarest

01:09:03golden silk

01:09:04and sitting in a cradle

01:09:04carved from 10,000-year-old

01:09:06moonwa jiggling

01:09:07and blowing bubbles.

01:09:08The supreme divine mark

01:09:09on her forehead

01:09:09flowed with brilliant colors,

01:09:11exuding an incredibly

01:09:12noble bloodline.

01:09:13Standing beside the cradle,

01:09:15Serafina gently played

01:09:16with her daughter,

01:09:17her eyes filled only

01:09:18with maternal love.

01:09:19As for the past

01:09:20humiliations and affection,

01:09:21the high elfin king

01:09:22slowly walked over

01:09:23to his daughter.

01:09:24Looking at his reborn

01:09:25granddaughter with affection,

01:09:26he then turned

01:09:26a serious gaze

01:09:27toward Serafina.

01:09:28My daughter,

01:09:29I have already ordered

01:09:30a complete block out

01:09:31against all past complications

01:09:33with the Wind Kingdom.

01:09:35Now that your bloodline

01:09:36has fully awakened

01:09:37and the supreme natural wings

01:09:39have grown behind your back,

01:09:40it is time for you

01:09:41to assume your rightful

01:09:42responsibilities.

01:09:43Serafina withdrawed her hand

01:09:45and turned to face her father,

01:09:46her gaze calm and instaurative,

01:09:47completely deblined

01:09:48of mortal weakness.

01:09:49Father, I understand.

01:09:51Romantic attachments

01:09:52are nothing but

01:09:52a self-inflicted trap.

01:09:54Only supreme power

01:09:55can allow me

01:09:56to control my destiny

01:09:57and protect my iris

01:09:58for a lifetime of peace.

01:10:00The father laughed

01:10:01with relief

01:10:01and immediately announced,

01:10:03Good!

01:10:03I have already issued

01:10:05a decree to all kingdoms

01:10:06that the sanctuary ceremony

01:10:07will begin shortly.

01:10:08You will officially

01:10:09inherit the throne

01:10:10and become the first

01:10:11high elfin queen

01:10:12of our supreme sanctuary

01:10:13in 10,000 years.

01:10:15Meanwhile,

01:10:16the Wind Kingdom,

01:10:17far at the edge

01:10:17of the continent,

01:10:18had fallen into

01:10:19a perilous situation.

01:10:20Due to Vanessa

01:10:20and Oswin's betrayal

01:10:21and thiefed of the funds,

01:10:23a fierce internal conflict

01:10:24erupted within the kingdom.

01:10:25Worse still,

01:10:26because Serafina

01:10:26had erased her holy name

01:10:27and severed

01:10:28the tree of life withered,

01:10:29causing the kingdom's

01:10:30overall magic

01:10:30to rapidly decline

01:10:31and their barrier to...

01:10:32Roman sat on his broken throne,

01:10:34emaciated and covered in stubble,

01:10:36showing none of his past glory

01:10:38as a lord.

01:10:38Just then,

01:10:39an old servant

01:10:40tremblingly presented

01:10:41a gathering order

01:10:42from the supreme sanctuary.

01:10:44My lord,

01:10:45a divine oracle

01:10:46has arrived

01:10:47from the supreme sanctuary.

01:10:48The new supreme empress

01:10:49is about to ascend the throne

01:10:50and the coronation ceremony

01:10:52requires all kingdoms

01:10:53to pay homage.

01:10:54Does our kingdom attend?

01:10:56A final ember

01:10:57of fanatical hope

01:10:58erupted in Ronan's eyes.

01:11:01He had no heart

01:11:02to manage the kingdom's

01:11:03mundane affairs

01:11:04because he knew

01:11:05time was running out

01:11:06for the wind kingdom.

01:11:07Their only salvation

01:11:09lay in aligning

01:11:09with the supreme sanctuary.

01:11:11Go!

01:11:12Prepare the highest

01:11:13specification of gifts

01:11:14and the entire kingdom

01:11:16will accompany me

01:11:17to the sanctuary

01:11:18to pay homage.

01:11:192Pian1 gripped the order

01:11:20tightly as if catching

01:11:21a final saving straw.

01:11:22I have heard

01:11:23that this new eye

01:11:24is our way

01:11:24because the swore

01:11:25of the wrecked

01:11:25of bloodlines

01:11:26and possessing

01:11:26immense warfare.

01:11:27And I'm our own

01:11:28trust of just sending

01:11:28along as we act

01:11:29as a pleasantly

01:11:30submittive

01:11:30and respected

01:11:31to camarader

01:11:31protection

01:11:32from that

01:11:32steamius empress.

01:11:34Our kingdom

01:11:34will be completely

01:11:35saved!

01:11:36Little did he know,

01:11:37the opportunity

01:11:38he was so desperate

01:11:39to grovel for

01:11:41belonged to the

01:11:42very wife

01:11:42he had personally

01:11:43pushed into the abyss.

01:11:46Before the sanctuary

01:11:47coronation ceremony,

01:11:48the Findingwart

01:11:49belouched to rest

01:11:49in the simplest

01:11:50ead at the

01:11:50secrescant edge

01:11:51of Shengguangton's

01:11:51out.

01:11:52It and ate

01:11:53stood alone

01:11:53on the noon

01:11:53and the other

01:11:54drathing below

01:11:54Sucatus and

01:11:55mar the day

01:11:55of Trunshempil

01:11:56surging through

01:11:56above Fort Noread.

01:11:57Ronan's

01:11:58mints raced

01:11:58as if something

01:11:59canate was

01:12:00awakening within

01:12:00that divine light.

01:12:01Images of

01:12:02Seraphina began

01:12:02to flash

01:12:03uncontrollably

01:12:04through his mind.

01:12:05Her shyness

01:12:06when they first met,

01:12:07her tenderness

01:12:08when healing

01:12:09his wounds,

01:12:09and her cold

01:12:12resoluiced gaze

01:12:13as she left

01:12:14the withered

01:12:14tower holding

01:12:15their daughter.

01:12:16Aloina walked

01:12:17up behind him

01:12:18wearing a cloak.

01:12:19Looking at her

01:12:20distracted son,

01:12:21she let out

01:12:21a deep sigh.

01:12:22Roran,

01:12:23stop thinking

01:12:23about it.

01:12:24Tomorrow is

01:12:24the critical day

01:12:25to meet

01:12:25the Supreme

01:12:26Empress.

01:12:26The survival

01:12:27of our

01:12:27Wind Kingdom

01:12:28relies entirely

01:12:29on this single

01:12:29action.

01:12:30You must not

01:12:30lose your

01:12:31composure.

01:12:31Rayon withdraw

01:12:32his gaze,

01:12:33cripping his

01:12:33racing chest,

01:12:34a bitter smile

01:12:35playing on his

01:12:35lips.

01:12:36Mother,

01:12:36I was just

01:12:36thinking Rafina

01:12:37was still here

01:12:37with her pure

01:12:38bloodline.

01:12:39Would she also

01:12:39be happy for me

01:12:40seeing this grand

01:12:41sight of ten

01:12:41thousand kingdoms

01:12:42paying homage

01:12:42tomorrow?

01:12:42Regrettably,

01:12:43and no one

01:12:44could answer

01:12:44his belated

01:12:45affection and

01:12:45self-reflection.

01:12:47On the day

01:12:47of the ceremony,

01:12:48the Supreme

01:12:49Sanctuary shone

01:12:49with magnificent

01:12:50golden light,

01:12:51piercing the sky.

01:12:52The entire

01:12:52sacred mountain

01:12:53was to look

01:12:53invincible.

01:12:54Holy unicorns

01:12:55soared through

01:12:55the air as

01:12:56tribal leaders

01:12:56and ancient

01:12:57deities gather

01:12:58to elders.

01:12:58Meanwhile,

01:12:59Riz Misli

01:12:59in the most

01:13:00remote corner

01:13:00at the outmost

01:13:01edge of the

01:13:01main hall,

01:13:02not even daring

01:13:03to raise their

01:13:03heads.

01:13:04As a sacred

01:13:04ancient bell

01:13:05echoed through

01:13:06the heavens,

01:13:06a grand and

01:13:07vast chant

01:13:07filled the world.

01:13:08Silence

01:13:09across all

01:13:09kingdoms!

01:13:10We welcome

01:13:10the ascension

01:13:11of Her Majesty,

01:13:12the High Elven

01:13:13Queen!

01:13:14A supreme

01:13:15throne radiating

01:13:16immense authority

01:13:16slowly rose from

01:13:18the center of the

01:13:18tree.

01:13:19Ronan and his

01:13:19mother Aleda

01:13:20pressed their

01:13:20heads firmly

01:13:21against the

01:13:22freezing floor

01:13:22tiles,

01:13:23their bodies

01:13:23trembling violently

01:13:24under the

01:13:24supreme bloodline

01:13:25pressure that

01:13:25descended from

01:13:26above.

01:13:26Near of a

01:13:27strange

01:13:27procession under

01:13:28the immense

01:13:28pressure,

01:13:28Ronan managed

01:13:29to raise his

01:13:29head with

01:13:30great difficulty,

01:13:31wanting to

01:13:31look upon the

01:13:32mysterious

01:13:32antrus who

01:13:33could save

01:13:33his kingdom's

01:13:34life.

01:13:34However,

01:13:35when his gaze

01:13:36pierced through

01:13:37the golden

01:13:37light and

01:13:38clearly saw the

01:13:39figure sitting

01:13:40upon the

01:13:41supreme throne,

01:13:42the massive

01:13:43natural wings

01:13:43unfurled behind

01:13:44her back and

01:13:46the daughter she

01:13:46held in her

01:13:47arms sucking

01:13:48her fing,

01:13:49Roman's pupils

01:13:50shrank violently

01:13:50in an instant as

01:13:51if struck by

01:13:52lightning,

01:13:52his breath

01:13:53catching completely

01:13:54in his throat.

01:13:55That face,

01:13:56that noble,

01:13:57cold and

01:13:58peerless high

01:13:59elven queen who

01:14:00ruled over the

01:14:00entire sanctuary

01:14:01was actually

01:14:02Seraphina!

01:14:05Seraphina!

01:14:06Ronan's startled

01:14:07cry shattered

01:14:07the silence of

01:14:08the temple.

01:14:09High Priestess

01:14:10Alonda looked up

01:14:10and recognized

01:14:11the beautiful

01:14:11empress radiating

01:14:13absolute authority

01:14:13from the altar.

01:14:14She misconnected.

01:14:15I was wrong!

01:14:16I truly know

01:14:16I was wrong!

01:14:17Please the useless

01:14:18woman they had

01:14:18trampled in the

01:14:19withered town.

01:14:20Two golden

01:14:21spears struck

01:14:21down with the

01:14:22force of natural

01:14:23law.

01:14:26She looked down

01:14:27upon him who

01:14:28lay like a dead

01:14:28dog at the

01:14:29bottom of the

01:14:29steps while Iris

01:14:30blew bubbles in

01:14:31her arms.

01:14:32There was no

01:14:32hatred in her

01:14:33eyes.

01:14:33Only the

01:14:34disgust one

01:14:34would feel

01:14:35looking at

01:14:35an open

01:14:35sewer.

01:14:36Ronan do

01:14:37you think you

01:14:37are worthy

01:14:38of speaking

01:14:38my holy

01:14:39name?

01:14:39Do you

01:14:40think you

01:14:40are worthy

01:14:40of calling

01:14:41my daughter's

01:14:42name?

01:14:42A golden

01:14:42beam of

01:14:43law became

01:14:43a massive

01:14:43hand of

01:14:44divine power

01:14:44and struck

01:14:45Fethi

01:14:45Ronan across

01:14:46the face.

01:14:46Slap!

01:14:47Half of

01:14:47his facial

01:14:48bones

01:14:48shattergance.

01:14:49And this

01:14:49slap is for

01:14:50your blinded

01:14:51side of his

01:14:51face and

01:14:51him combed

01:14:52scheming

01:14:52woman to

01:14:52true wife.

01:14:53Slap!

01:14:54The harder

01:14:55backhand twisted

01:14:55your utter lack

01:14:56of conscience

01:14:57for personally

01:14:58stealing your

01:14:58biological daughter's

01:14:59life-saving

01:15:00medicine.

01:15:01The leaders

01:15:01of the various

01:15:02kingdoms expressed

01:15:03their disdain

01:15:04and spit in

01:15:05disapproval.

01:15:06Clutching his

01:15:06swollen face,

01:15:08self-respect was

01:15:09publicly trampled

01:15:10before all

01:15:11kingdoms.

01:15:11His reputation

01:15:12was completely

01:15:13destroyed.

01:15:23Ronan, once a

01:15:24proud general,

01:15:25now knelt in

01:15:26the dust.

01:15:26His pleas echoed,

01:15:27empty and

01:15:28desperate.

01:15:28Seeing an

01:15:29opportunity,

01:15:29Alita cast

01:15:30aside all

01:15:30dignity and

01:15:31began

01:15:31cobicating

01:15:32frantically.

01:15:38Looking at

01:15:39the mother and

01:15:39icon who were

01:15:40still calculating

01:15:41for benefits even

01:15:42now, the

01:15:42mockery on

01:15:43Seraphina's

01:15:43boobs deepened

01:15:44to the extreme.

01:15:45Save you?

01:15:46The wind

01:15:46kingdom only

01:15:47enjoyed its

01:15:47past glory because

01:15:48I nourished it

01:15:48with my supreme

01:15:49source power,

01:15:50since you will

01:15:50reclaim everything

01:15:51I granted you.

01:15:52She slowly

01:15:52raised her

01:15:52hand, curving

01:15:53her fingers and

01:15:54made a grasping

01:15:54motion toward

01:15:55Ronan and

01:15:55Alashan from

01:15:56afar.

01:15:56In an instant,

01:15:57the ancient

01:15:58wind laws inside

01:15:59Ronan and

01:15:59Alina, which

01:16:00had been

01:16:00granted by

01:16:01the royal

01:16:01family, turned

01:16:02into strands of

01:16:03golden light and

01:16:03were violently

01:16:04stripped from

01:16:05their bones and

01:16:05souls.

01:16:06My magic!

01:16:08My cultivation!

01:16:13was a stripping

01:16:14process more painful

01:16:15than death.

01:16:15Within moments,

01:16:16Ronan's cultivation

01:16:17plummeted from a

01:16:17high tea lord to

01:16:18something inferior

01:16:19even to an

01:16:19ordinary low-tier

01:16:20elf, turning him

01:16:20into a complete

01:16:21and vital.

01:16:21Pass down my

01:16:22divine adzutkane

01:16:23from Tyazabekirin of

01:16:24the ward can

01:16:24to be reduced to

01:16:25sinful withered

01:16:26wood, forbidden

01:16:26from ever

01:16:27entering the

01:16:27sanctuary.

01:16:28Someone, throw

01:16:28this disgusting

01:16:29pile of garbage

01:16:30out.

01:16:30A divine

01:16:31guard kicked

01:16:31Ronan hard in

01:16:32the abdomen,

01:16:33sending the

01:16:34two broken,

01:16:34stripped and

01:16:35thoroughly disgraced

01:16:36wretcheds tumbling

01:16:37down the nine

01:16:38layers of the

01:16:39altar amid the

01:16:40laughter of all

01:16:41kingdoms.

01:16:43Internal conflict

01:16:44spread like wildfire

01:16:45through the

01:16:45Wind Kingdom, and

01:16:46the anger of the

01:16:46lower-tier elves

01:16:47completely overthrew

01:16:48the main manor.

01:16:49Meanwhile, lying on

01:16:50a bed in a side

01:16:50hyperveal, the

01:16:51old woman Elina

01:16:51trembled inside the

01:16:52empty room.

01:16:53She had previously

01:16:53been blinded by

01:16:54greed, secrecy

01:16:54accepting mass

01:16:55amounts of

01:16:55illicit wealth

01:16:56from Vanessa,

01:16:56Oswin and

01:16:57Gamma to secure

01:16:57their positions.

01:16:58Even the

01:16:58forceful snatching

01:16:59of Iris's

01:16:59sacred tree

01:17:00extract had

01:17:00been driven

01:17:01largely by her

01:17:01own greed.

01:17:02Now, retribution

01:17:03had arrived.

01:17:04The kingdom

01:17:04was ruined, the

01:17:05treasures were

01:17:06lost, and even

01:17:06the eldest grandson

01:17:07Jasper, whom

01:17:08she had cherished

01:17:08night and day

01:17:09as the future

01:17:09hope of the

01:17:10kingdom, was

01:17:10confirmed to

01:17:11be nothing to

01:17:11dirty bastard.

01:17:12The heavy and

01:17:13terrifying karmic

01:17:13backlash transformed

01:17:14into invisible

01:17:15bullets, cutting

01:17:16at her guilty

01:17:16soul night and

01:17:17day.

01:17:17The extreme fear

01:17:18and massive mental

01:17:19shock drove the

01:17:20normally arrogant

01:17:20and harsh old

01:17:21woman completely

01:17:22sane.

01:17:23That night, as

01:17:24the sounds of

01:17:25rioting echo

01:17:25outside, the

01:17:26old woman ended

01:17:27her guilty life

01:17:28with a white silk

01:17:29cord hanging from

01:17:30a beam in the

01:17:30cold, lonely

01:17:31main manor.

01:17:33The next morning,

01:17:35when Ronan

01:17:36pushed open the

01:17:36door and saw

01:17:38his mother's

01:17:38stiff body hanging

01:17:40in mid-air, he

01:17:41only let out a

01:17:42few horny, tragic

01:17:43laughs, unable to

01:17:45squeeze out

01:17:46even a single

01:17:46tear.

01:17:47Meanwhile, thousands

01:17:48of miles away from

01:17:49the Wind Kingdom

01:17:50at the frozen

01:17:50border, an

01:17:51incredibly luxurious

01:17:52sacred carriage was

01:17:53hurtling through the

01:17:53sky.

01:17:54The carriage

01:17:54compartment was

01:17:55stuffed with

01:17:55radiant, rare

01:17:56treasures, the

01:17:57entire foundation

01:17:58of the Wind

01:17:58Kingdom, that

01:17:59Vanessa and

01:17:59Chief Cap Two

01:18:00Wolves shone only

01:18:01with absolute

01:18:02Oz greed for

01:18:02wealth.

01:18:03Vanessa, this

01:18:04chest of divine

01:18:04items belongs to

01:18:05me!

01:18:06Without my

01:18:06guard team

01:18:07coordinating, you

01:18:08wouldn't have

01:18:08even made it

01:18:09out the main

01:18:09gates of the

01:18:10manor.

01:18:10Nonsense!

01:18:11Without the

01:18:12Lord's Talisman

01:18:12that I stole, what

01:18:13would you even be?

01:18:14These treasures are

01:18:15my reliance for the

01:18:15rest of my life,

01:18:16don't you dare take

01:18:17a single penny!

01:18:18In the face of

01:18:18interest, their past

01:18:19familiarity vanished

01:18:20completely.

01:18:20Due to an unfair

01:18:21distribution of the

01:18:22spoils, malice

01:18:23erupted in both of

01:18:23them, and they

01:18:24immediately engaged

01:18:25in a fierce magical

01:18:26brawl inside the

01:18:27narrow carriage.

01:18:28Wild windblades and

01:18:29toxic mists clashed

01:18:30violently inside the

01:18:30compartment, creating

01:18:31continuous loud

01:18:32explosions.

01:18:33As the out-of-control

01:18:34carriage travelled

01:18:34along a highly

01:18:35treacherous mountain

01:18:36path, the draft

01:18:37bears panicked and

01:18:38went wild.

01:18:49Amid a piercing

01:18:50streak, the out-of-control

01:18:51carriage plunged off

01:18:52the cliff edge, carrying

01:18:53the couple and the

01:18:54treasures they had

01:18:55schemed so hard to

01:18:56steal, crashing

01:18:57heavily into the

01:18:58boulder-streat bottom

01:18:59of the deep valley.

01:19:01Beneath the deep

01:19:02valley, the rain

01:19:03poured heavily.

01:19:04The carriage had

01:19:04shattered completely,

01:19:05with broken wood and

01:19:06magic crystals scattered

01:19:07across the ground.

01:19:08Amid the rubble, the

01:19:09bodies of Vanessa and

01:19:10Oshwick lay twisted

01:19:11together, torn apart by

01:19:12the wild magic to the

01:19:13point of being

01:19:14unrecognizable, dying an

01:19:15incredibly gruesome

01:19:16death.

01:19:17That green tea face

01:19:19that had once used

01:19:20illusion potions to

01:19:21maintain a false

01:19:21appearance of

01:19:22perfection was now

01:19:23sliced and bloodied by

01:19:25the rocks.

01:19:27Buzz.

01:19:28Space rippled

01:19:29slightly as several

01:19:30royal guards clad in

01:19:30pure gold robes

01:19:31quietly descended upon

01:19:32the crash site.

01:19:33Serafina did not even

01:19:34need to act personally,

01:19:35merely sending the

01:19:36sanctuary's cleanup group

01:19:37to wrap things up.

01:19:38This is the heavenly

01:19:39karma for those who

01:19:40betray her majesty.

01:19:42The guards raised

01:19:42their hands, golden

01:19:43light surging from

01:19:44their palms.

01:19:45As the magic

01:19:46arenas activated, the

01:19:47scattered ancient

01:19:47treasures and sacred

01:19:48resource of the

01:19:49wind kingdom were

01:19:49entirely gathered and

01:19:50reclaimed.

01:19:51These items carried a

01:19:52significant amount of

01:19:53fortune, and now that

01:19:54they were continuously

01:19:54funneled into the

01:19:55treasury of the

01:19:56supreme always had,

01:19:57the villains had

01:19:58calculated everything,

01:20:00only to lose their

01:20:00lives in the end, and

01:20:02turn the wind kingdom's

01:20:03thousands of years of

01:20:04accumulation into a

01:20:06stepping stone to

01:20:07secure Seraphia's

01:20:08supreme royal power,

01:20:09which was ironic to

01:20:10the extreme.

01:20:12Having lost everything,

01:20:14he sank completely

01:20:14into boundless darkness.

01:20:16He had no mother,

01:20:17no kingdom, and no

01:20:18status to pride himself

01:20:18on.

01:20:19Whenever night fell

01:20:19across the empty

01:20:20ruins, he seemed to

01:20:21hear her gentle voices

01:20:21and another's painful

01:20:22cries from her

01:20:23swaddling clothes.

01:20:24Those memories

01:20:24transformed into the

01:20:25most brutal torture,

01:20:26tearing his mind

01:20:26apart bit by bit.

01:20:28Seraphina, look, I

01:20:29brought the sweetest

01:20:30spring water for our

01:20:31daughter today.

01:20:31He began to exhibit

01:20:33severe split personality

01:20:34symptoms.

01:20:34At times, he would

01:20:35kneel on the ground

01:20:36and slap himself

01:20:37frantically, crying

01:20:38out that he shouldn't

01:20:39have snatched his

01:20:39daughter's life-saving

01:20:40medicine.

01:20:41At other times, he

01:20:42would embrace the

01:20:42empty air gently,

01:20:43pretending his wife

01:20:44and child were still

01:20:45by his side.

01:20:46Vanessa, you vicious

01:20:48red!

01:20:49Give me back my

01:20:50daughter!

01:20:51Give me back my

01:20:52happiness!

01:20:53He drowned his

01:20:53sorrows in alcohol

01:20:54all day, his mind

01:20:55becoming increasingly

01:20:56fractured, as he

01:20:57remained trapped

01:20:58indefinitely within

01:20:58the endless regret he

01:21:00had personally fashioned.

01:21:01Roman curled up in the

01:21:03corner of a freezing

01:21:04stone seat, his

01:21:05clothes tattered, his

01:21:07once-proud spine broken

01:21:08by regret.

01:21:09His hands were

01:21:10blooded and his

01:21:11fingernails filled with

01:21:12mud from frantically

01:21:13digging through the

01:21:14rubble for garments

01:21:15Seraphana had left

01:21:16behind.

01:21:19Look at that.

01:21:20That's the wise lord

01:21:22who trampled his

01:21:23true wife for a green

01:21:25tea woman back then.

01:21:29He really is a pathetic

01:21:31dog.

01:21:32Ronian was completely

01:21:33deaf to these mocks,

01:21:34merely clutching a

01:21:35tattered cloth doll

01:21:36tightly to his chest,

01:21:37a toy he had fashioned

01:21:38for Iris from memory.

01:21:40Since his magic was

01:21:41entirely gone, his

01:21:42appearance was aging

01:21:43at a visible rate,

01:21:44his long hair turning

01:21:45into dry white strands.

01:21:47Whenever the harsh

01:21:48alcohol hit his throat,

01:21:49he would begin to

01:21:50self-harm.

01:21:51He used sharp stones

01:21:53to carve the name

01:21:54Seraphina deeply into

01:21:56his arms, drawing blood,

01:21:58yet it could not stop

01:21:59the splitting pain in

01:22:01his chest.

01:22:03Seraphina!

01:22:05This is retribution!

01:22:07This is my retribution!

01:22:09You let me live,

01:22:11only to find that

01:22:12every second of being

01:22:14alive is an absolute

01:22:15hell!

01:22:16The once high and

01:22:17mighty king had

01:22:18ultimately transformed

01:22:19into a mentally

01:22:20degranged madman,

01:22:21fighting with wild dogs

01:22:22for food in the ruins.

01:22:24Death would be a

01:22:25merciful release for him,

01:22:27and remaining conscious

01:22:28to endure this life

01:22:29sentence of regret

01:22:29was his ultimate

01:22:31punishment.

01:22:32As for Jasper,

01:22:34the three-year-old

01:22:34fake he who had been

01:22:35pampered by the

01:22:36entire kingdom,

01:22:37he was, after all,

01:22:38an innocent and

01:22:39ignorant child who

01:22:40did not understand

01:22:41the greed and sins of

01:22:42adults.

01:22:42With the deaths of

01:22:43Vanair and Osquin,

01:22:44the vanity, privileges

01:22:45and flambrity that

01:22:46had once surrounded him

01:22:46vanished overnight.

01:22:47Once the truth of

01:22:48the royal bloodline

01:22:49array spread, he was

01:22:50no longer the high and

01:22:51mighting young master.

01:22:52And the silver of magic

01:22:53he had forced out by

01:22:54stealing Iris' sacred

01:22:55tree extract completely

01:22:56withered due to a lack

01:22:56of subsequent nourishment.

01:22:57The forged mark on

01:22:58his forehead disappeared

01:22:59and he was reduced to

01:23:00a perfectly ordinary,

01:23:01mediocre child.

01:23:04Take him away.

01:23:06Let him become an

01:23:07ordinary farming child

01:23:08at the border.

01:23:10This ruin of the

01:23:11Wind Kingdom should not

01:23:12retain a bloodline of

01:23:14sin.

01:23:17Father,

01:23:18mother,

01:23:18where did you go?

01:23:25Jasper will be good

01:23:26from now at once.

01:23:30He no longer had a

01:23:31luxurious golden cradle

01:23:32or a crowd of

01:23:33attendants surrounding

01:23:34him.

01:23:34He was sent to a

01:23:35remote village far

01:23:36from power struggles,

01:23:37becoming an ordinary

01:23:39orphan who knew

01:23:39nothing of his birth

01:23:40parents.

01:23:41Perhaps staying far

01:23:42away from the

01:23:43grievers here.

01:23:45The coronation

01:23:46ceremony lasted for

01:23:47seven days before

01:23:48finally came to a

01:23:49successful conclusion.

01:23:50Serafina stood atop

01:23:51the highest altar of

01:23:52the supreme sanctuary

01:23:53with past severing her

01:23:54ties, completely

01:23:55submission, weakness,

01:23:57and ridiculous mortal

01:23:57affection to radiate in

01:23:59natural wings behind

01:24:00her back over all the

01:24:01war.

01:24:01And by her side she

01:24:02held the hand of a

01:24:02beautiful, smiling young

01:24:03girl.

01:24:04Iris had completely

01:24:05recovered.

01:24:05Not only was the

01:24:06supreme bloodline within

01:24:07her body fully awakened,

01:24:08but her large eyes shone

01:24:09as brightly as a galaxy.

01:24:10Shaking her little head,

01:24:11she held Seraph onto the

01:24:12divine throne that

01:24:13symbolized the highest

01:24:13power of the elfin world

01:24:14amid the mountain

01:24:15shattering worship of

01:24:16all living being.

01:24:17Mother, it's so

01:24:19beautiful here.

01:24:21Will anyone dare to

01:24:22bully us from now on?

01:24:24Serafina looked down,

01:24:26gently stroking the

01:24:27brilliant supreme

01:24:28golden mark on her

01:24:29forehead, her eyes

01:24:30filled with maternal

01:24:31resolve.

01:24:33No, my darling.

01:24:34From this day forward,

01:24:36Mother will protect you,

01:24:36and no one will ever be

01:24:37able to harm you in the

01:24:38slightest.

01:24:39Mother and daughter sat

01:24:40side by side upon the

01:24:41divine throne.

01:24:41Beneath their feet lay the

01:24:42vast, prospering

01:24:43territory of the elven

01:24:44royal family.

01:24:45The empress who had

01:24:46cast aside romantic

01:24:46entachments now stood

01:24:47alone in her divinity,

01:24:48ruling over the sanctuary

01:24:49and beginning a legendary

01:24:50era that belonged

01:24:51entirely to them.

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