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00:00:04I had been satisfied with my sacred marriage.
00:00:09Leander was the god of order and law on Olympus.
00:00:12He stood above everyone.
00:00:14He believed only in absolute reason.
00:00:17The three fates sealed our vows under Hera's witness.
00:00:31That night, I had the temple servants haul ten pounds of the boniest monster fish.
00:00:40Pick them clean. You seem good at this.
00:00:47A husband who forgets his place can be trained.
00:00:51If he cannot, I will file the decree of separation.
00:00:55I do not tolerate filth in my own temple.
00:01:08She is a low-tier nymph, high goddess.
00:01:11The god of order's mentor took her in before he died.
00:01:14Her name is Daphne.
00:01:16High goddess Lissandra, I am Daphne.
00:01:18I am new to this divine city.
00:01:20I beg for your patience.
00:01:22I smiled without warmth.
00:01:25My handmaid guided me to my seat.
00:01:27I said nothing.
00:01:29I exchanged beet-winged greetings with the elders.
00:01:31From the corner of my eye, I watched Liard chew the venison with a blank face.
00:01:59Send a servant to the Aegean Sea.
00:02:01Ten pounds of bony monster fish, steamed, delivered to the Aegean Sea.
00:02:04to the god of order's bedroom tonight hi goddess the gods truly favor you you get to marry a god
00:02:14as great as the god of order you spend your days doing nothing in the inner temple weaving divine
00:02:19threads eating figs covered with nectar we poor little spirits are different we have to copy his
00:02:26scrolls under the lamps terrified of writing a single wrong wrong the discipline in this temple
00:02:32has really fallen apart hi goddess please forgive me i meant no offense i grew up in the wild i
00:02:40don't
00:02:41know the rules of the city her eyes stared openly at the gold laurel crown on my head i heard
00:02:49hefectus
00:02:49has forged that crown himself it suits high goddess so well she lowered her lashes again
00:02:57the god of order works so hard he bleeds himself dry to keep the laws of this realm
00:03:03i just feel bad for him
00:03:11you rude little spirit you think high goddess lasanda is some ordinary fairy
00:03:21inside this temple she is your high goddess outside these doors she carries the spear of
00:03:28war given by athena even the god of war in sparta bows to her the gods call her the supreme
00:03:38commander
00:03:40the high goddess is the last bloodline of the great spartan gods her marriage to the god of order
00:03:47was set by prophecy hera witnessed it herself have you understood now what nonsense are you talking
00:03:57about on your knees now daphne went pale she bit her lip tears fell she looked at leandra for help
00:04:06leandra met my eyes my face was blank
00:04:11apologize to your high goddess watch your mouth if you don't know the rules here the high priestess will
00:04:17teach you hi goddess i was wrong
00:04:24i have temple business to handle enjoy your meal
00:04:33after the third watch of the night i went back to the bedroom
00:04:43you are late tonight the wind has teeth he did this every night for three years
00:04:56my husband pick the bones clean for me you didn't eat dinner why is there so much
00:05:06your divine body took battle damage you shouldn't eat fish this late
00:05:11he turned to call a servant to take the basin away i want you to pick the bones clean with
00:05:17your own hands
00:05:20lysandra you know i hate the smell of monster fish
00:05:27do you you pick those fish bones with great skill tonight
00:05:32for your mentor's orphan so this is what this is about
00:05:42i've never seen you jealous before i thought my wife was of these mortal things
00:05:48above these mortal feelings
00:05:56i thought you were a companion of athena untouched by any emotion
00:06:09she is a low-tier fairy with no power
00:06:12gods mock her everywhere she goes
00:06:15my mentor left her in my care before he died
00:06:21she is young i let her stand close if it offends you i will keep my distance
00:06:36the prophecy laid the busts of every eligible high-ranking god in front of me
00:06:49the gods say the god of order walks in apollo's grace free of lust
00:06:54he never lets another body touch his that is convenient i am the same
00:07:03our marriage balances two realms the spartan army the athenian senate
00:07:09for three years we kept our vows under harrah's power
00:07:12i want nothing else from this marriage i only want it kept clean
00:07:17i don't want filth crawling into my sight
00:07:23pick the bones clean every single one
00:07:27this is the price for crossing the first line
00:07:30if you aren't done before apollo's sun chariot rises
00:07:36you won't sleep tonight leander left for the senate before the sun chariot rose
00:07:47hi goddess what should i do with all this fish
00:07:52clio you have younger siblings in your realm wrap this up and take it back the god of order picked
00:07:57these bones himself
00:08:00they are very clean throwing them into the abyss would be a waste
00:08:11after that things went back to normal between us
00:08:16the bitterness of that night faded he even did something new on his rest days he took me to the
00:08:22temple of demita outside the city walls twice
00:08:28lisa spend the afternoon with me just the two of us
00:08:34after i finish inspecting the spartan veterans i had to secretly inspect the retired spartan
00:08:40soldiers i had no time to watch which low t fairy slept in the corner of his temple
00:08:45a month later we were supposed to take the winged horse carriage to the acropolis for the gods banquet
00:08:53daphne sat in the seat meant for me the seat of the high goddess
00:09:02hi goddess you look radiant today that divine robe suits you
00:09:10she spoke completely naturally she ignored the chill in my eyes she opened her big eyes and played
00:09:16innocent leander sat across from her his baithelite was straying her terrors by psychment
00:09:22my face was blank
00:09:31daphne's smile frozen after a long moment she looked down she twisted her veil in her hands
00:09:37hi goddess the lord saw me limping back from the gardens i delivered prophecy scrolls all morning
00:09:46my feet hurt
00:09:50he felt bad for me i don't have a strong divine body the servant's cart is too bumpy i climbed
00:09:55into your seat
00:10:00the gods around us were already slowing their carriages to watch my lord
00:10:05please say something the high goddess is angry with me get out daphne step down
00:10:32who said you could follow us
00:10:33who said you could follow us
00:10:52is the temple stemple not enough you can't even rent your own carriage
00:10:57i let the coin sit between us if living under our roof is so hard for you take this hire
00:11:03a few
00:11:03kromplos go home yourself stop embarrassing me in public
00:11:10leander watched her swaying in the cold wind he frowned
00:11:15lysandra you don't have to humiliate her i turned to him i gave a low laugh
00:11:24my husband this is your fault the fairy under the god of orders protection is so
00:11:33poor she begs for a seat in a carriage if the gods hear about this they will say you mistreat
00:11:42your
00:11:42mender's bloodline you won't even give her enough nectar to drink
00:11:46cleo pass this order starting tomorrow double the stapery for everyone in this temple charge it to
00:11:53my dowry lands yes high goddess
00:12:04high goddess i am a low tier fairy begging for shelter but i have my dignity
00:12:10how dare you trample my dignity with vulgar coins
00:12:18you can't afford a carriage you climbed into the god of order's ride i gave you a divine coin
00:12:24now i am the one trampling your dignity does the god of order have to carry you
00:12:30back himself to respect your dignity your dignity is worth more than golden apples
00:12:40leander serves the whole agatian realm the food supply for the northern army depends on his laws
00:12:45if he is late the soldiers starve can your dignity feed them can it
00:12:59drive on the winged horses took off
00:13:04i closed my eyes i didn't look back there was no wind inside the carriage the cheap rose oil daphne
00:13:11wore lingered on the leather he forced his voice gentle her shrine is far from the acropolis
00:13:19i just wanted to honor my dead mentor i gave her a ride if it bothers you this much
00:13:32i told you i picked you because you were clean you aren't the only one who cares about that
00:13:38i care too the monster fish was the first time we agreed to move past it today you gave her
00:13:46my seat
00:13:47the seat of the high goddess my patience has limits i give three chances today is your second
00:13:57my demand is simple keep your boundaries as the god of order
00:14:00keep your boundaries as a husband don't push me until i am disgusted
00:14:10have nothing to say then stay silent i grew up in the bronze and divine blood of sparta i never
00:14:17lived watching other people's faces i don't beg for permission i don't beg for forgiveness
00:14:32my movements were smooth i act as if the fight never happened you need to be clear husband our
00:14:39marriage holds the balance between two realms
00:14:47the senate could impeach you tomorrow for chaos in your temple
00:14:52they will say you don't deserve the power of the god of order put that smile back on your face
00:14:58we both had perfect divine edit ticket training don't show any cracks i put a perfect warm smile on my
00:15:04lips my words were sharp blades his face smoothed out he turned back into the calm god of order the
00:15:11whole
00:15:11city worshiped we crossed the threshold together we walked through the colonnadel the elder mother
00:15:17walked over with her servants she took my hand she patted it gently lisa i haven't seen you in a
00:15:23month
00:15:24you look more radiant than ever come sit by me
00:15:29leander sat down right next to me the elders of the god clan gathered they chatted easily bring the
00:15:34best ambrosia for her majesty and the honeyed figs from the southern groves at once elder mother
00:15:45i heard the god king gave the spartan army control of the lauria silver mines
00:15:50you act fast a true daughter of war
00:15:55you flatter me i only work for the alliance sparta and athens are one we have no division
00:16:05what is wrong with you today you sit here you don't even check your wife's health
00:16:17you and lisa were having a good talk i didn't want to interrupt
00:16:20the elder mother played with a gold hero token in her hand
00:16:25i heard about that orphan your dead mentor forced on you she has no manners she doesn't know her place
00:16:47i already told the head servant tomorrow at dawn a broken cart will take her to a remote shrine in
00:16:54arcadia
00:16:58a fairy with no family no manners and no self-awareness she has no right to stay in
00:17:04this temple she will only bring gossip
00:17:08i left her a hundred silver coins to settle down she can walk her own path from here
00:17:19grandmother i am the high god of this temple now if you want to kick a fairy out of my
00:17:24inner hall
00:17:26shouldn't you tell me first
00:17:31you enforce the laws in the senate with a cold heart but you go soft in your own temple you
00:17:36get tangled up
00:17:37with these clingy fairies you are still young you have to cut this weakness out the marriage between
00:17:45spalta and athens secures our whole alliance we bypassed your brothers with higher birth
00:17:51we made you the god of order because you know how to weigh things you know what to throw away
00:17:59don't ruin your own divine path over a fairy worse than lois servant
00:18:09these seeds are ripe it up to at elder mother try one
00:18:18the banquet ended in fake peace
00:18:23we went back to our own temple the second we walked into the bedroom all of you out close the
00:18:32doors behind you
00:18:37laser we need to talk i walked to the bronze basin to wash my hands
00:18:47talk about what my husband our private fights you actually went and alarmed my grandmother you used
00:18:54her hands to deal with a fairy in my temple i stopped washing i dropped the cloth into the water
00:19:06you think i went to your grandmother his eyes were pitch black we had been married for three years
00:19:10i had never seen that mix of disappointment and disgust in his eyes
00:19:13wasn't it you lisa i always respected your pride as a god of war i put up with your temper
00:19:22but you pushed that fairy into a corner you are the high goddess of this temple
00:19:26your jealousy made you lose your mind now you reached into the old temple you made my grandmother
00:19:33banish her to a desolate shrine you know i never let other gods interfere with my business
00:19:38are you done complaining god of order why are you so furious is it because your grandmother bypassed
00:19:46your power because she made you look bad or is it because your fragile fairy got sent away
00:19:51your heart is bleeding for her his face went pale and hard
00:19:59even now you still don't think you did anything wrong what did i do wrong
00:20:06i took a step toward him i looked right into his eyes when i saw you sharing a seat with
00:20:13her in my
00:20:13carriage i held my anger back was i wrong i took another step when your grandmother finally saw through
00:20:22her act when she sent her back where she belongs i stayed quiet was i wrong or is it this
00:20:31the night you
00:20:32picked fish bones for her i didn't go straight to harrah's temple to file the decree was that my mistake
00:20:40his pupils shrank i stepped back my eyes swept over him i shook my head with a tiny bit of
00:20:48regret
00:20:50leander i told you three chances tonight you used your last one
00:21:01no god can put up with your endless arrogance he went to the men's hall at the front of the
00:21:06temple
00:21:07he cut off all contact with me he didn't leave a single word i had no patience to chase him
00:21:13down
00:21:13these empty halls
00:21:18cleo bring me the prophecy scrolls from the northern defense line
00:21:21all of them yes hi goddess the pile is already on your war table
00:21:27seven days later it was the festival of harrah
00:21:38supreme commander the god of order to the festival of harrah last night he didn't go alone
00:21:47speak he went with a stunningly beautiful fairy she wore tyrian purple silk she had a gold crown
00:21:52with rubies and pearls they walked side by side in the acropolis gardens every god in the city saw
00:21:58them the gossips are already talking they say seeing them together was a vision of armis and aphodite
00:22:05i sat in silence then i called for the scholar who knew the divine marriage laws best
00:22:13be every clause on broken vows every loophole i want this decree to be airtight
00:22:20understood supreme commander breaking a marriage vow between spalta and athens would shake the senate
00:22:26every rule had to be perfectly tight the decree wasn't finished drafting yet the elder mother's pegasus
00:22:32chariot arrived at my temple in a fierce rush
00:22:39lisa what happened at the festival you and leander you aren't really going to break up
00:22:45she rushed in before she even fixed her hair
00:22:52we already broke up i wasn't at the festival but the god of order's body and soul are clearly stained
00:22:58with broken vows
00:23:01the boy was confused for a moment he crossed the line she grabbed the edge of my desk i will
00:23:09go to
00:23:09the family altar right now i will will make him answer to you in front of the sacred fire there
00:23:17is no
00:23:18need grandmother the decree is ready once i stamp my commander's seal on it i will deliver it to him
00:23:27myself you and he can read every rule carefully if you have a problem with returning my dowry lands
00:23:34send your speech guards to negotiate with my spartan generals
00:23:46you absolutely cannot do this
00:23:51lisa the boy is a fool he gripped the desk tighter
00:23:55but the marriage between sparla and athens keeps the whole alliance stable you can't break a divine
00:24:02vow just because you are angry i curled my lips i gave a cold smile grandmother this isn't anger
00:24:08i gave leander three chances he wasted all of them i am lysandra of sparta i never bow to a
00:24:15husband
00:24:15who can't keep his vows
00:24:19a rush decree will shake the senate our political enemies will jump on this you have to know how high
00:24:26the price is
00:24:31leander's father kept over a dozen mistresses every high-ranking god in this city does the same
00:24:37just hold on to your seat as the main wife why do you care about a few low-tier fairies
00:24:44this is too reckless how are you going to face the 10 000 spartan soldiers under your command
00:24:58grandmother outside this temple every god in the city bows to you they call you the elder mother of
00:25:04the old family because you wear his divine name but when they see me they kneel on the marble
00:25:10they call me supreme commander
00:25:17do you still not see the difference you spent your whole life as the meek wife of a great god
00:25:21relying
00:25:22on his favor that is your fate my fate is not yours
00:25:30from the day my hand gripped athena's sacred spear i became the absolute master of the spartan army i
00:25:36never act based on a man's mood i never bow to any family i picked up the decree the ink
00:25:42was still wet
00:25:42as for the senate i will crush the storm this decree brings your family can sleep easy
00:25:50i didn't wait for the color to come back to her face i took the decree and walked straight out
00:25:58i walked straight to the men's hall at the front of the temple
00:26:02there were divine guards at the door but no low-tier servant dared to stop me
00:26:13it is the supreme commander she is holding a sealed scroll gods protect us whatever is written on
00:26:18that scroll the lord is completely finished this time
00:26:28leander was leaning over a sheep hen crow
00:26:36drink it slowly my lord you've been working all morning
00:26:41poor dawn leander had stopped the servant's cart at the city gates he snuck her back into his private
00:26:46hall he openly defied the elder mother's orders
00:26:51you came
00:26:58hi goddess you broke into the lord's study without asking
00:27:04by the rules of the temple you must ask for the lord's permission first
00:27:14grab her if she won't shut up gag her
00:27:39god of order i am here on official business a wild dog barked in my way i dealt with it
00:27:54Read it. If you have an issue with dividing my dowry lands, send your speech gods to the Spartan camp
00:28:00to negotiate.
00:28:03You want to break this marriage?
00:28:06Yes.
00:28:10Just because I took her to the festival of Hera, Lysander, when will you drop this tyrant arrogance?
00:28:18I told you. Three chances. Yesterday was the last one. I am Lysander of Sparla. The orders I give never
00:28:25change.
00:28:29I refuse. Our family alliance is the foundation of two realms.
00:28:38Stop acting like a supreme commander in my temple. You are cruel. You are empty. You do not deserve to
00:28:44be the high goddess of this temple.
00:28:49Lysander, this nameless fairy fed your ego a little bit. Did she make you forget your own divine name?
00:28:56How dare you try to chain me with the ridiculous laws of the Athenian Senate? The laws that lock goddess
00:29:01in front of weaving looms?
00:29:05You think you can put that yoke on my neck. A proper high goddess.
00:29:10You mean a woman like your grandmother. She watched her husband fill the temple with mistresses and bastards.
00:29:16And she kept smiling. I can't learn how to be that pathetic.
00:29:23You know the truth. I grew up holding a war spear in the training grounds of Sparta.
00:29:28Sparta. I command 10,000 divine troops. The armor I wear was one when I flattened the northern defense lines.
00:29:34I hold absolute power. The most noble blood flows in my veins.
00:29:38Why should I bow to you?
00:29:42I gave you chances. You wasted all of them.
00:29:46My rules will never change for you. Stop dreaming you could be the exception.
00:29:58Lysana, what do you have to be proud of? Your prophecies? Your laws?
00:30:04You were just born on the right side. If you weren't born into a great god clan, what right do
00:30:09you have to lecture me?
00:30:10Look at you. Painted up like a tavern girl. The whole picture is ridiculous.
00:30:15Daphne, birth is fate. That is true. But generations of spartan blood bled out on the battlefield. That is what
00:30:22gave me the power I hold today.
00:30:29When I took the war spear, I won the title of supreme commander with my own two hands.
00:30:37I gave you chances. You wasted all of them.
00:30:42My rules will never change for you. Stop dreaming you could be the exception.
00:30:53Lysana, what do you have to be proud of? Your prophecies? Your laws?
00:30:59You were just born on the right side. If you weren't born into a great god clan, what right do
00:31:04you have to lecture me?
00:31:05Look at you. Painted up like a tavern girl. The whole picture is ridiculous.
00:31:11Daphne, birth is fate. That is true. But generations of spartan blood bled out on the battlefield. That is what
00:31:18gave me the power I hold today.
00:31:24When I took the war spear, I won the title of supreme commander with my own two hands.
00:31:33I don't need to beg any man for attention. I don't plot in the dark corners just to win a
00:31:39little favor.
00:31:40Your jealousy is worth nothing to me.
00:31:49By the time I reached the spartan camp, the commander's war banner was already flying.
00:31:59Tell the elder mother's messenger. Send them back at the gate. Three times now. I have no time for the
00:32:07old family.
00:32:08Yes, supreme commander.
00:32:10The border war was coming. I was preparing the autumn review for the festival of Ares.
00:32:15I had no time for petty things. Tens of thousands of spartan soldiers stood below.
00:32:20The citizens of Athens and the elders of the senate crowded the space.
00:32:38Supreme commander, I beg you. Let me live. The god of order and I are clean.
00:32:54I am just a low-tier fairy with no power. You cannot use your divine army to crush me. I
00:33:01have nothing in this world but my name.
00:33:04How can you use your power to bury me?
00:33:09Look at her. She is skin and bone. The commander brings ten thousand spears against a fairy who has nothing.
00:33:18Is this the justice of Athens?
00:33:21Stand back. Let her finish.
00:33:33Supreme commander, you were born holding every blessing of the gods. I am an outsider in this divine city.
00:33:39I bled and sweated to earn a tiny corner of safety here.
00:33:48You destroyed everything I built with one word. Is there no law in this realm? Can Zeus not see this?
00:33:58Are you done?
00:34:05Why are you not even angry? Look at me! Speak!
00:34:16Daphne, you cry your case in front of all the gods of Athens. I will give you my answer in
00:34:22public.
00:34:27First, I know you never slept with Leander. Your game is to test his limits. You pretended to be weak
00:34:33and forced your way into his carriage.
00:34:36You demanded he pick fish bones for you at the family feast.
00:34:39You took my seat. You walked beside him at the festival of Hera.
00:34:43Second, you were kicked out of the temple twice.
00:34:47The first time, the elder mother threw you out herself.
00:34:50She saw the rot inside you.
00:34:52The second time, the god of order banished you himself.
00:34:55He said your presence ruined his marriage. He blamed you for breaking us.
00:34:59And I, the supreme commander of the Spartan army, never stepped foot in the inner hall to remove you.
00:35:06You are crying at the wrong altar, girl.
00:35:09Find the right shine to cry at.
00:35:15That is only because you are jealous!
00:35:17You couldn't handle his kindness to me!
00:35:20You used the separation decree to threaten him!
00:35:23You forced the elder mother and the god of order to treat me this way!
00:35:31Me? Jealous of you?
00:35:40Every bone in your body weighs less than this bronze sword at my waist.
00:35:45Hephithos forged it.
00:35:47What do I have to be jealous of?
00:35:49Jealous of your place as a beggar?
00:35:52Jealous that you sit at the table of a male god who is losing his patience?
00:35:56I am the supreme commander of the Spartan army!
00:36:00Do I need to be jealous of that?
00:36:09Daphne, stop crying.
00:36:12Your act failed.
00:36:15She saw the crowd no longer pitied her.
00:36:18Her voice cracked.
00:36:23What do you have to be proud of?
00:36:26You just have the army!
00:36:28That is all!
00:36:29If I had your temple, your wealth, your noble blood, the god of order would definitely choose me!
00:36:37He would choose a soft, warm fairy.
00:36:41Not a Spartan brute who only knows how to swing a spear.
00:36:48You have nothing in this world but your face.
00:36:51That is why you think the fake affection of a male god is so precious.
00:36:55When I was your age, I had already chopped off the heads of monsters on the battlefield.
00:37:01I already carried the war flashing of the Spartan army.
00:37:04I am older now.
00:37:05I am not soft at all.
00:37:07I don't need a male god's pity.
00:37:09But the army I command can flatten the entire Senate.
00:37:12When you reach my age, when your beauty is gone, what will you have left?
00:37:24Those are pretty words.
00:37:27You throw your weight around because of your ancestors' blood.
00:37:31You bully the weak.
00:37:33What is there to be proud of?
00:37:37Watch your mouth, witch.
00:37:39The commander has guarded the northern defense line for years.
00:37:42She crushed the monster armies in the wasteland.
00:37:48She took back the lost territories.
00:37:52Tens of thousands of citizens sleep safely because of her.
00:37:56The temples she built raised the orphans of war.
00:37:59The pensions for the fallen soldiers have never been short.
00:38:03You think she lives the same life you do?
00:38:05You think she wastes her time on petty fights?
00:38:13Do you have anything else to say?
00:38:15If not, get off this field.
00:38:18You are delaying my military review.
00:38:25So watch.
00:38:26All of Athens is watching.
00:38:27The people will not tolerate you.
00:38:28Let me tell you, commander.
00:38:29They will tear you to pieces for what you did to me.
00:38:35Their eyes were no longer the eyes of bystanders.
00:38:38They were the eyes of an offended city.
00:38:43Shameless witch!
00:38:44She came here to seduce the commander's husband.
00:38:47She failed and now she slanders the commander who saved our city.
00:38:51She slanders the god of war who protects our vows.
00:38:59Drag her off the altar.
00:39:01Throw her to the hellhounds.
00:39:03The angry voices rose into a roar.
00:39:05Daphne's legs gave out.
00:39:09In just a few days, he looked ten years older.
00:39:12His white robe with the purple border was wrinkled.
00:39:14It was covered in dirt.
00:39:15Heavy exhaustion sat in his eyes.
00:39:31How much longer are you going to shame my family?
00:39:41My lord.
00:39:43I knew you cared about me.
00:39:45Didn't you?
00:39:49Drag her away!
00:39:51Get her out of my sight!
00:39:52Right now!
00:39:53The bedroom scandal of the god of order.
00:39:55He is disciplining a fairy in public.
00:39:57This will be told in the taverns for ten years.
00:40:04Lysa.
00:40:06Can you forgive me?
00:40:07I never wanted to break our vows.
00:40:10She and I never crossed the physical line.
00:40:12I...
00:40:14Please.
00:40:16Please.
00:40:19No.
00:40:27I don't want to hear excuses.
00:40:29Your chances are gone.
00:40:31From the moment you decided to provoke me, you lost this game.
00:40:35You wanted to put me down.
00:40:37She tried to climb over my head with cheap tricks.
00:40:40You lost a long time ago.
00:40:42Why are you sentencing me to death over a stupid flair of pride?
00:40:45We spent three years in peace, didn't we?
00:40:48Leander.
00:40:48Leander.
00:40:50This has nothing to do with pride.
00:40:54This proves you never saw me as your equal in your bones.
00:41:02You were afraid of my edge.
00:41:04You wanted to tame me with cheap methods.
00:41:06You wanted to put a leash on me.
00:41:08Go back to your temple.
00:41:09Put your seal on the parchment.
00:41:11Don't delay my march.
00:41:18Seven days later.
00:41:20The head servant delivered the decree of separation.
00:41:23His face was pale.
00:41:33The mess at the practice grounds didn't delay the Spartan army's march by a single hour.
00:41:41Within half a day, the whole thing was turned into a comedy at the Theatre of Dynussis.
00:41:48The story spread through the markets and taverns of Athens.
00:41:51The gossip was the same at every stall.
00:41:53That orphan actually tried to climb into the God of Order's bed?
00:41:58She is crazy.
00:42:00She actually dared to cry in front of the Supreme Commander.
00:42:05And our High Archen.
00:42:07He can't even keep his own temple clean.
00:42:10He let a wild fairy humiliate his wife.
00:42:13The commander divorced him in public.
00:42:15That is true Spartan style.
00:42:19In the inner halls of Athens, the wives of the gods had suffered in silence at their looms for countless
00:42:24years.
00:42:24In secret, to toast me.
00:42:27Now, they raise their gold cups.
00:42:30That weight on my chest.
00:42:32That weight on my chest.
00:42:32Three years of it.
00:42:34Finally gone.
00:42:38A goddess should never be a caged nightbird.
00:42:42Her wings should not be broken by the laws of submission.
00:42:51I never forgot that.
00:42:53Not for a single day.
00:42:57He hadn't spoken for three hours.
00:43:00He never talked much.
00:43:02I dug him out of athpile bodies ten years ago.
00:43:05He was only twelve.
00:43:07Titan remnants had flattened his mother's shrine.
00:43:10His mother was a priestess of Hectha in Tharius.
00:43:14His father was the Spartan god-king.
00:43:17A fact the god-king never admitted.
00:43:20The boy I pulled from the corpses bit my hand down to the bone.
00:43:24That was when he realized I wasn't there to kill him.
00:43:29The scar is still on my left wrist.
00:43:31He never apologized.
00:43:33He never needed to.
00:43:37Commander.
00:43:38The mountain pass will freeze after the third watch.
00:43:41We should take the western route.
00:43:50Then we take the west.
00:43:53That is the perfect distance.
00:43:55Just enough to block an arrow aimed at my back.
00:43:58And just enough so I do not have to admit what that distance means.
00:44:02Past the outpost.
00:44:03There were no more soft olive grobes.
00:44:05Only iron-gray skies and blood-stained wasteland dirt.
00:44:11That weight on my chest.
00:44:13Three years of it.
00:44:15Finally gone.
00:44:18A goddess should never be a caged nightbird.
00:44:23Her wings should not be broken by the laws of submission.
00:44:31I never forgot that.
00:44:33Not for a single day.
00:44:37He hadn't spoken for three hours.
00:44:41He never talked much.
00:44:43I dug him out of outpile bodies ten years ago.
00:44:46He was only twelve.
00:44:48Titan remnants had flattened his mother's shrine.
00:44:51His mother was a priestess of Hectha in Thareus.
00:44:54His father was the Spartan god-king.
00:44:57A fact the god-king never admitted.
00:45:01The boy I pulled from the corpses bit my hand down to the bone.
00:45:05That was when he realized I wasn't there to kill him.
00:45:10The scar is still on my left wrist.
00:45:12He never apologized.
00:45:14He never needed to.
00:45:18Commander.
00:45:19The mountain pass will freeze after the third watch.
00:45:21We should take the western route.
00:45:31Then we take the west.
00:45:34That is the perfect distance.
00:45:36Just enough to block an arrow aimed at my back.
00:45:38And just enough so I do not have to admit what that distance means.
00:45:42Past the outpost.
00:45:43There were no more soft olive grobes.
00:45:45Only iron-gray skies and blood-stained wasteland dirt.
00:46:07The enemy chief attacked Lykos last night.
00:46:10He burned two villages.
00:46:12He stole their winter grain.
00:46:17This is the third raid this month, Commander.
00:46:21He's getting bold.
00:46:37Pass the order.
00:46:38The vanguard moves out with me at the third watch tonight.
00:46:41They prefer night attacks.
00:46:43I will teach them
00:46:45what a real divine army assault looks like.
00:46:48Commander, you cannot.
00:46:50You carry the blood of demigods.
00:46:53You cannot lead the vanguard yourself.
00:46:55The older generals turn pale.
00:46:59In the Spartan army,
00:47:00no flesh and blood needs to be protected.
00:47:03There are only blades that guard the realm.
00:47:05I am the supreme commander.
00:47:07Where my sword points,
00:47:08that is where the army charges.
00:47:11Not another word.
00:47:12Prepare for battle!
00:47:13Yes, commander.
00:47:21The night attack was brutal.
00:47:23But it was incredibly clean.
00:47:33The news flew back to Athens on the wings of Hermes.
00:47:37In the mountains of corpses and seas of red,
00:47:39the petty dramas of the divine city vanish as a bad dream.
00:47:42I am not just Lysander.
00:47:43I am the god worshipped by a hundred thousand soldiers on the northern line.
00:47:46When the horns of victory echoed through the camp,
00:47:49shadows fell over the ancient temple that no longer deserved the title of High Archul.
00:47:54Commander.
00:47:55Leonin has been stripped of his seat as family head.
00:47:57His faction in the Senate has collapsed.
00:48:01The great families tore them to shreds.
00:48:04And the ones who used to kiss his feet on the street,
00:48:07they won't even look him in the eye.
00:48:12Commander.
00:48:14Last week it snowed.
00:48:15His carriage was blocked by young nobles in gold-plated chariots.
00:48:18He stepped aside to let them pass.
00:48:20One of them looked back and laughed.
00:48:21He said a god who can't even control his own women has no right to rule the city.
00:48:26He didn't get angry.
00:48:27He went back to his empty temple.
00:48:29He coughed up divine blood.
00:48:31He was bedwit for half a week, commander.
00:48:35He finally understands.
00:48:37Half of the dignity he was so used to was carried by the Spartan army.
00:48:40He thought I existed just to sit quietly at the loom in the inner hall.
00:48:44He never understood.
00:48:45I was the shield of Athena blocking the storm for him the entire time.
00:48:50Harsh winter arrived.
00:48:51The Senate vault held back the winter cloaks and grain for the northern army.
00:48:55This is the Senate testing me.
00:48:57Caelan, prepare your men.
00:48:59You're going back to the city.
00:49:00We're going to purge those corrupt oligarchs.
00:49:03Understood, commander.
00:49:06The god king's messenger walked into the tent with a sealed letter.
00:49:10Commander, the former god of order emptied his personal wealth.
00:49:14He mortgaged the ancestral temple of his ancient family.
00:49:17He filled the gap in the vault himself.
00:49:23He resigned from his divine office.
00:49:25He kneeled in front of the god king's throne.
00:49:28He asked to be demoted to a low-tier quartermaster.
00:49:35He will escort the cloaks and grain to the northern front himself.
00:49:41The god king agreed.
00:49:44It was a direct decree from the god king himself.
00:49:49Slammed the bronze piece with a supply trap hard onto the map.
00:49:51Is this a trick worthy of Odysseus?
00:49:54Or is he coming north to die?
00:49:56From Athens to Thrats, it is nothing but ice and snow.
00:50:00He is a fragile scholar.
00:50:01He will freeze to death in the pass before he gets here.
00:50:06I don't care if he lives or dies.
00:50:09If he loses my divine grain, the commander will execute him by military law.
00:50:13And if he survives, commander?
00:50:17Late affection is cheaper than the dust on the banks of river streaks.
00:50:21Late regret is worth nothing in my eyes.
00:50:26He survives or he doesn't.
00:50:29The grain is what matters.
00:50:35In the deepest weeks of winter, heavy snow buried the wasteland.
00:50:44I was inspecting the camp.
00:50:46I walked past the supply wagons.
00:50:48The wind was wowling.
00:50:50The soldiers were shivering under their cloaks.
00:50:53I saw him in the crowd.
00:50:57In just a few months, he had shrunk down to a starving ghost.
00:51:02The face I used to think was flawless as marble, slashed by the punishing wind.
00:51:06His lips were purple from the frieze.
00:51:08The fine robes of the god of order hung on him as rags.
00:51:12He resembled a beggar crawling out of the abyss.
00:51:18Commander.
00:51:23Quartermaster.
00:51:25It was a hard journey.
00:51:29Count the grain and the cloaks.
00:51:31If there is a single piece missing or ruined, hold the Quartermaster responsible.
00:51:38When the count is done, put him in the lowest tent.
00:51:42Do you have nothing else to say to me?
00:51:43I survived three attacks.
00:51:45Two avalanches.
00:51:46I bled to bring this grain here.
00:51:50Only for one reason.
00:51:51For what reason?
00:51:52You are the Quartermaster.
00:51:54Delivering the grain safely is your duty.
00:51:56If you die in the past, that is your lack of skill.
00:51:59If the grain is lost, that is a death sentence.
00:52:07So you just finished the task you were assigned.
00:52:09Did you expect the commander to thank you?
00:52:11Did you expect this to relight the divine fire that died a long time ago?
00:52:14Commander, the wind is too harsh here.
00:52:16You have military matters to handle.
00:52:18Leave this to me.
00:52:26He was my husband for three years.
00:52:28He never touched me like that.
00:52:30He was never as natural and casual as this Spartan soldier just was.
00:52:33Quartermaster, the north wind is harsh.
00:52:36Leave your fragile Athenian manners in the city.
00:52:38Protecting the commander is the duty of the Spartan army.
00:52:40It is not the job of a foreign scribe.
00:52:43Kaelin followed at his usual half-horse distance.
00:52:46The wind and snow closed behind us.
00:52:48Behind me came Liden's harsh, desperate coughing.
00:52:51I did not turn back.
00:52:52Even once.
00:52:54The grain arrived, but the war shifted on the eve of the winter solstice.
00:52:58The enemy gathered a hundred thou troops,
00:53:01launching a desperate final strike under the cover of a blizzard.
00:53:12There are 50,000 troops.
00:53:14You must hold the walls and wait for reinforcements.
00:53:17Spartan law has no word for retreat.
00:53:20Open the gates.
00:53:20We fight.
00:53:23It was the most brutal battle of my life.
00:53:27I fought at the very front until my dark red cloak turned black with blood.
00:53:39Do you think this is a tragic play?
00:53:42You dying here will only dirty the soil of the Spartan army.
00:53:47At that moment, finally understood that the wife he once deemed weak was a true war goddess.
00:53:52The battle lasted three days and three nights.
00:53:5550,000 Spartans completely scratched the enemy horde.
00:53:59When we returned to camp, a deep wound laid my left arm open to the bone.
00:54:13It's done, Commander.
00:54:14The bleeding will stop by morning.
00:54:16Rest now.
00:54:24Put it down.
00:54:31Kaelin.
00:54:32Kaelin.
00:54:34The spear went straight through your arm.
00:54:37You were alone on the wall.
00:54:39I was on the southern line.
00:54:41I did not make it in time.
00:54:45I am still alive.
00:54:47You were alone on the wall.
00:54:54Commander.
00:54:55Do not do that again.
00:54:58That was the closest thing to an order I had ever heard him give me.
00:55:03I looked at his bowed head.
00:55:05The pale scar on his temple.
00:55:08His hair is getting long.
00:55:11In this camp, no one dares to bring a blade near his head.
00:55:17Except me.
00:55:20Sit down.
00:55:27I rested on the back of his neck for the span of one breath.
00:55:31The skin there was burning hot.
00:55:34He did not move.
00:55:36He did not breathe.
00:55:37You will lead the vanguard tomorrow.
00:55:39Our business in the wasteland is not finished.
00:55:42Yes.
00:55:42Commander.
00:55:44I pulled my hand back.
00:55:45He left the tent.
00:55:47He did not look.
00:55:51The wound burns.
00:55:52That is not why I cannot sleep.
00:56:06Lysa.
00:56:08I am sorry.
00:56:10I am sorry.
00:56:12Quartermaster.
00:56:14The battle is over.
00:56:16If you came to see if the commander died in battle, you will be disappointed.
00:56:20I took your patience for weakness.
00:56:22I tested you out of absurd pride.
00:56:25I let others humiliate you.
00:56:27Every day for the past six months, I wished I was dead.
00:56:34He looked up.
00:56:35Lysa.
00:56:37I do not want anything anymore.
00:56:39I will give up my godship.
00:56:41I will give up my family.
00:56:43I will stay here and be a scribe.
00:56:48A servant to feed your horses.
00:56:51Just let me stay somewhere I can see you.
00:56:55Let me fix this.
00:57:00I feel absolutely nothing inside.
00:57:02No thrill of revenge.
00:57:04No spark of old love.
00:57:06Just a deep and dead calm.
00:57:09Leander.
00:57:11You still do not understand.
00:57:13I leaned back against the fur pillows.
00:57:15You thought you could crawl to me as a dog and I would turn back.
00:57:19You are wrong.
00:57:20I do not reject you because of mistakes you need to fix.
00:57:23I reject you because you have lost all value in my eyes.
00:57:27I leaned forward slightly.
00:57:28I stared into his eyes.
00:57:30I praised you once because you were clean.
00:57:33Now you are stuck in the mud.
00:57:35Seeing you grovel makes me sicker than seeing you act high and mighty.
00:57:45Leander stayed frozen on his knees.
00:57:50The light in his eyes died out inch by inch.
00:57:54Kaelin.
00:57:55Take him out.
00:57:58Send a guard detail to escort the quartermaster back to the city tomorrow.
00:58:02Report to the guard king.
00:58:03The quartermaster did his duty.
00:58:06Give him credit.
00:58:18The wind beat against the tent.
00:58:24I heard Leander's wails of grief echoing through the camp.
00:58:28I slept in peace.
00:58:31In early spring, the god-king's messenger rode into camp.
00:58:40He held the Spartan war banner high.
00:58:44By the unprecedented decree of the Spartan god-king, the supreme commander Lysana, promoted to
00:58:49Autoramor of Thys for her unmatched glory in crushing the enemy.
00:58:53Promoted to Autoramor of Thys, heretory ruler of the three northern cities.
00:58:57In the hundred-year history of the Athenian alliance, the commander is the first and only
00:59:02goddess of foreign blood to hold such power.
00:59:04On the day of the crowning, the city streets were empty.
00:59:08All the citizens of Athens stood on both sides of the marble road.
00:59:13The panathionic way was carpeted in laurel leaves.
00:59:25Kaelin rode half a horse-length behind.
00:59:28His eyes never left my back.
00:59:35There she is.
00:59:38The autocomper of Darcy.
00:59:42She crushed the enemy chief, herself.
00:59:52I heard his head still hangs on her war banner.
00:59:55Think of that fool, Leander.
01:00:05He threw her away for a country fairy.
01:00:14It was Leander.
01:00:17He is an old man burnt down to the last wick.
01:00:21His eyes are entirely swallowed by endless regret.
01:00:24He will spend the rest of his life inside that cage.
01:00:28It war meant day and night.
01:00:30Until the day his soul turns to dust.
01:00:35I did not let my gaze stay on him.
01:00:38I turned my face forward.
01:00:45My road, road belongs with the boundless Aginian sea and the stars above Mount Olympus.
01:00:51As for those who once tried to dirty the hem of my war cloak in the mud, the spinning wheel
01:00:57of the fates has already grinded them to dust.
01:01:01They lost the right to even be remembered by me.
01:01:05I've never lost they lost the right to even be remembered by me.
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