I Was Framed, Yet I Became Legend

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00:00:01on graduation day my fake sister publicly brand me a cheater in front of the entire realm

00:00:06my parents disowned me the academy expelled me and the frenzied crowd demanded my celestra sigil

00:00:11i stood there pale and alone saying the same thing over and over i did not cheat

00:00:18then the sky split open

00:00:23monsters swarmed the hall tearing my abusers apart in screams of terror

00:00:30i didn't run

00:00:33moonbow

00:00:45but i am the ultimate awakened

00:00:50so

00:00:55so

00:00:59so

00:01:07so

00:01:08so

00:01:11so

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00:01:26the one everyone saw as gentle graceful and innocent

00:01:31lyla i know the border was cruel to you i know you came back here with scars none of us

00:01:37can see

00:01:37i tried to understand that i really did

00:01:41but pain does not make this okay it does not give you the right to take a place someone else

00:01:47spent

00:01:48their whole life fighting for

00:01:49look at everyone here

00:01:53how many of you gave up your childhood for the entrance trial

00:01:58how many nights

00:01:59did you spend memorizing runes until your eyes burned

00:02:03how many times did you walk out of combat practice with your hands bleeding

00:02:07and still come back the next morning

00:02:09the students faces changed envy resentment rage

00:02:15all of it turned straight towards me

00:02:18and her

00:02:18she drifted through some for border academy for a few years and now

00:02:23we are supposed to believe she earned a celeste our acceptance signal

00:02:27come on

00:02:29if that is not cheating then what is

00:02:31the hall erupted

00:02:33every insult

00:02:34every glare

00:02:35every bit of anger came crashing down on me

00:02:37i stood under the spotlight and said the only thing i needed to say

00:02:40i did not cheat

00:02:43but the louder they screamed the colder i became

00:02:48because none of them had any idea

00:02:51what celestara had really accepted me for

00:03:00vivian cried even harder

00:03:01she did not rush to show evidence

00:03:03instead she made herself look like a victim who had suffered in silence

00:03:06lyra i never wanted it to come to this

00:03:08you are house veyra's real daughter

00:03:09she paused

00:03:11her face full of wounded restraint

00:03:12but you went too far

00:03:14you did not just steal an acceptance sigil

00:03:16you stole someone's entire future

00:03:20that pushed the crowd over the edge

00:03:23a student from a common family clenched his fists

00:03:26his eyes red with anger

00:03:29my father worked himself half to death

00:03:32just to keep me in training

00:03:33and i still barely made the reserve list

00:03:36so how does she just walk straight into celestara

00:03:39a girl a girl from some forgotten border academy

00:03:41gets into celestara overnight with scores like that

00:03:44please house veyra must think we're only for the rest of us

00:03:47the shouting grew louder

00:03:48the corner of vivian's mouth tricked

00:03:50barely enough for anyone to notice

00:03:51then she raised her hand

00:03:53a stack of old record slabs flew out of her storage ring

00:03:56and slammed onto the stage with a heavy crack

00:03:58in aetherian every student's progress was carved into academic restial law

00:04:02grune theory

00:04:03divine history

00:04:04celestial law

00:04:05combat basics

00:04:06every assessment was permanently recorded

00:04:07the slabs lit up and projected my results into the air for everyone to see

00:04:11rune theory

00:04:12bottom of the class

00:04:13divine history

00:04:14bottom of the class

00:04:15celestial law barely passing

00:04:16combat basics

00:04:17the hall went silent for one second

00:04:20then it exploded into ugly laughter

00:04:22vivian lifted her head

00:04:23tears still on her face

00:04:24but her voice was cold as a blade

00:04:25that is who she really is

00:04:27not a victim

00:04:28not some hidden genius

00:04:29just a fraud with a famous last name

00:04:33the scores on those record slabs were real

00:04:36i did not deny it

00:04:37the laughter from the crowd turned even crueler

00:04:39she cannot even write a basic fire ray in room theory

00:04:42and she still got into celestara

00:04:43her combat assessment literally says severely lacking

00:04:46can she even pull a training bow

00:04:47that is not just bad

00:04:49that is hopeless

00:04:50vivian waited until the crowd had worked itself into a frenzy

00:04:53then she turned the broadcast crystal straight towards me

00:04:56lila are you really gonna stand there and tell everyone these records are fake

00:05:00no

00:05:00they are real

00:05:02the hall broke into chaos

00:05:04cheat

00:05:04fraud

00:05:05a flash of satisfaction crossed vivian's eyes

00:05:07so the records are real

00:05:09good

00:05:09then let me ask you something

00:05:11lila

00:05:12with scores like that

00:05:13celestra would not even let you carry luggage for their first years

00:05:17so how did you end up with an acceptance sigil in your hand

00:05:20because i was not admitted through any of those courses

00:05:23not through normal courses

00:05:25what is that supposed to mean

00:05:26did celestar recruit you for noble etiquette

00:05:29or was it temple choir

00:05:30please lila

00:05:32stop embarrassing yourself

00:05:33another wave of laughter rolled up from below

00:05:36the acceptance signal in my pont was growing warm

00:05:39inside it was the real mark of the riftguard order

00:05:42not the public academy seal everyone else was staring at

00:05:46but the mark given only to recruits chosen for the war beyond the rifts

00:05:50the royal court had buried that war for six years

00:05:52to ordinary people

00:05:54the riftfall was just an old disaster story

00:05:56the border collapses

00:05:57the missing villages

00:05:58the black storms tearing through remote towns

00:06:00all of it had been explained away as freakstar side weather

00:06:02but the truth was much worse

00:06:03the rift had opened six years ago

00:06:05and the voidborne had been crossing over ever since

00:06:07celestara did not just train scholars and court officials behind its shining gates

00:06:10it trained the riftguard

00:06:11the only order allowed to fight what came through those fractures

00:06:14and the entrance trial had one hidden test no ordinary student ever heard about

00:06:17rift combat compatibility

00:06:20the whole hall lost it

00:06:22people laughed so hard they slapped the tables

00:06:25some shouted at the broadcast crystal

00:06:27calling me shameless

00:06:29highest in the realm

00:06:30she really just she scored first in combat

00:06:31is she insane

00:06:32i have seen her on the training field

00:06:34she could barely keep a basic bow steady

00:06:36lila if you are going to lie at least make it believable

00:06:38every special recruits celestana has ever accepted

00:06:40was a prodigy trained from childhood

00:06:42you have been back at house beta for one month

00:06:44one month

00:06:45you still do not know how to sit through a formal dinner without embarrassing yourself

00:06:49and now you want everyone to believe you ranked first in combat across the entire realm

00:06:54i did not explain

00:06:55because i could not tell them my combat experience had nothing to do with the training field

00:07:01i had killed void ward monsters

00:07:03i had survived at the edge of the sealed rift

00:07:06i had awakened a crown gray divine core at 18

00:07:08but the second any of that left my mouth

00:07:10i would be leaking classified royal secrets

00:07:12vivian saw me go quiet and moved in for the kill

00:07:15no answer

00:07:15then let me say it for you

00:07:17you never took that hidden test did you

00:07:19you paid someone else to take it for you

00:07:21you did not just cheat on the entrance trial

00:07:24you cheated on the hidden test too

00:07:26some like you should not be allowed anywhere near celestara

00:07:32if you are going to accuse someone

00:07:35bring proof

00:07:36vivian you said you saw me cheat with your own eyes

00:07:39so where is it

00:07:41the trial tower records every second of the entrance trial

00:07:44if you really saw me cheat

00:07:45then pull the footage from that day and let everyone see it

00:07:48the moment those words landed

00:07:50the mood in the room began to shift

00:07:52in ethereum the trial tower's record crystals could not be tampered with by ordinary people

00:07:57if the footage went public there would be nothing left to argue about

00:08:01either i cheated or i did not

00:08:03vivian's face froze

00:08:04but she recovered fast and let out a sharp cry

00:08:07you are right i was not telling the whole story

00:08:11everyone falls

00:08:12she yanked up her sleeve

00:08:14exposing her arm

00:08:16dark purple bruises ran from her wrist

00:08:19all the way up her forearm

00:08:20ugly and raw

00:08:21like she had been beaten with a whip

00:08:23and stabbed with needles again and again

00:08:27i did not report her right away

00:08:29because i was terrified

00:08:30ever since lyra came back

00:08:32to house vera

00:08:33she has been hitting me

00:08:35screaming at me

00:08:36and threatening me to keep my mouth shut

00:08:38i finally found the courage to check the trial tower footage

00:08:42and that same night

00:08:43the record crystal for that floor shattered

00:08:45lyra are you seriously gonna stand there

00:08:47and pretend you had nothing to do with it

00:08:48the comments turned instantly

00:08:50the people who had hesitated a moment ago

00:08:52were now calling me vicious

00:08:54guilty

00:08:55a liar who destroyed evidence

00:08:58i looked at the marks on her arm

00:09:00and something inside me went cold

00:09:02this was not some desperate lie she made up on the spot

00:09:06she had planned every single step

00:09:10vivian was not finished

00:09:11she knew that cheating alone would not be enough to bury me for good

00:09:14she wanted me ruined beyond repair in front of everyone

00:09:16she hugged her bruised arm to her chest

00:09:18and stepped back

00:09:18still crying to you

00:09:19i know you hate me for living the life that should have been yours

00:09:22but i never tried to fight you for anything

00:09:23i never asked for any of this

00:09:25so why are you doing this to me

00:09:26why do you have to take my home

00:09:28take my parents

00:09:29and knock my place at cilapara too

00:09:31those words hit the crowd exactly where she wanted them to

00:09:33in their eyes i was the real daughter

00:09:34who had come back to take revenge

00:09:36of course i was jealous of vivian

00:09:37of course i was bitter

00:09:38of course i wanted to push her out

00:09:40lyra who is protecting you

00:09:43who helped you destroy the record crystal

00:09:46who has been stopping the trial council from investigating you

00:09:51did you go behind your family's back

00:09:53and get close to someone powerful

00:09:55is that how you bought your way into celestara

00:09:58disgusting

00:09:59she dragged the house vera name through the mad

00:10:02we work ourselves to death training

00:10:03and she buys her spot with her body

00:10:05someone like that should just disappear

00:10:06let them rage

00:10:07the truth will outlive their noise

00:10:10the broadcast crystal carried every word live

00:10:12people across the realm piled on

00:10:14tearing me apart without knowing a thing

00:10:16i listened to all of it

00:10:18then i laughed

00:10:19you are right

00:10:20there is someone behind me

00:10:22when he gets here you can ask him yourself

00:10:27arthur hale

00:10:28i said the name

00:10:30for one second the hall went dead silence

00:10:32then the screaming came back twice as loud

00:10:34arthur was the high warden of celestia academy

00:10:37and the top commander of the riftguard order

00:10:38most people had no idea the riftguard even existed

00:10:41but they all knew his name

00:10:42they knew he had ridden a storm griffith straight through the eye of a storm

00:10:45they knew even nobles in the royal court did not dare cross him

00:10:47but right now his name did not clear mine

00:10:49it only made everything worse

00:10:50to them it confirmed every ugly theories they already wanted to believe

00:10:53the high warden himself is mixed up in this

00:10:55this is exactly how the upper class handles things behind closed doors

00:10:58lila i just want justice

00:10:59why are you dragging someone like that into this to scare me

00:11:02is this what happens when we go home too are you going to punish me again

00:11:06what is it this time the whip or the needles

00:11:08that pushed the crowd completely over the edge

00:11:10someone threw a crystal cup at me

00:11:12someone else rolled a graduation bouquet with sharp silver branches hid inside

00:11:16another person to lit rune stick into my shoulder

00:11:18burning straight through my sleeve

00:11:19i did not use my power

00:11:20the secrecy sealed i was still active

00:11:22i could not look and simulate what i was capable of

00:11:24by the time something just split the skin above my eye

00:11:26she did not look scared at all

00:11:28she looked satisfied

00:11:31then heavy footsteps came from the back of the hall

00:11:33headmaster victor blake had finally arrived

00:11:35he ran the border academy

00:11:36and in this building he was the biggest authority vivian had on her side

00:11:39mr blake i did not want it to go this far

00:11:42but lila would not stop

00:11:43she just kept pushing me

00:11:45victor saw the marks on her arm

00:11:46and his expression hardened at once

00:11:48he did not ask me a single question

00:11:50he did not pull any records

00:11:51he did not even tell anyone to shut off the broadcast crystal

00:11:54he simply moved vivian behind him

00:11:56turned to face me

00:11:57and looked at me like i was something filthy that needed to be thrown out

00:12:01you do not belong at this graduation ceremony

00:12:04effective immediately

00:12:05i am revoking your graduation credentials

00:12:08and removing you from our academic lots

00:12:10you are no longer a student of this institution

00:12:13you are expiling a graduating student front of the entire realm

00:12:16without a single investigation

00:12:18based only on vivian's word

00:12:20other students deserve investigations

00:12:21someone like you does not

00:12:23i looked at him

00:12:24and for a second i almost laughed

00:12:25he had no idea

00:12:27he was personally throwing away the greatest student this academy had ever produced

00:12:30right then the doors at the back of the hall swung open

00:12:33a group of officials in gray and silver robes walked in

00:12:36the trial council had arrived

00:12:39the officials wore the trial council seal on their chests

00:12:42the one in front stopped directly before me

00:12:44his voice flat and hard

00:12:46the broadcast crystal swung toward them at once

00:12:48everyone across the realm was watching

00:12:50waiting to see me fall

00:12:52the official continued

00:12:54lyra veyra

00:12:55we have received a formal report

00:12:57you are suspected of cheating during the entrance trial

00:13:01and obtaining a celestar academy exception signal

00:13:04through improper connections

00:13:06pending investigation

00:13:08the trial council will freeze your acceptance sigil

00:13:10and suspend your eligibility to enter celestia

00:13:12come with us

00:13:13the crowd below cheered

00:13:15finally get her out of celestia

00:13:17she belongs in the judgment tower

00:13:21i looked down at the signal in my palm

00:13:23it rested quietly against my skin

00:13:25glowing silver

00:13:26with the true rift guard mark sealed inside

00:13:28ordinary trial council officials had no authority to freeze it

00:13:31i looked back up at them

00:13:32i will cooperate with the investigation

00:13:33the lead official's expression eased slightly

00:13:35i kept going

00:13:36but your clearance level is not high enough to touch this

00:13:41the hall went completely full in seconds

00:13:43then the screaming came back loud enough to shake the walls

00:13:46the official's face went rigid

00:13:48take her

00:13:50two guards grabbed my arms

00:13:51and then my birth parents forced their way through the crowd

00:13:54and rushed onto the stage

00:13:55my mother shoved the guards aside

00:13:57and planted herself in front of me

00:13:58for one moment i thought she was finally going to believe me

00:14:01then she grabbed my hands

00:14:03opened her mouth

00:14:04and the first thing she did was beg me to confess

00:14:06lyra please

00:14:07i am begging you as your mother

00:14:09just admit it

00:14:12we do not need celestara

00:14:15please

00:14:15let this go

00:14:24something inside me sank

00:14:28i did not cheat

00:14:29i earned that spot

00:14:30every part of this from the beginning was vivian setting me up

00:14:34my father's face went completely cold

00:14:37enough

00:14:40his hand cracked across my face

00:14:42pain burst through my cheek and my head snapped to the side

00:14:45the entire hall gasped

00:14:47we brought you home

00:14:48we gave you the vera name

00:14:49and this is how you repay us

00:14:50by standing here and accusing vivian

00:14:53who the hell do you think you are

00:14:54vivian stood behind my mother with red eyes

00:14:57slowly nodding like she was too hurt to speak

00:15:00i looked at my father

00:15:02of course she is scared of me

00:15:04she spent eighteen years living the life that should have been mine

00:15:07i said enough vivian has spent every day trying to make room for you in this family and you still

00:15:12cannot stop dragging her down how much more do you want from her from this day on you are no

00:15:16daughter of mine

00:15:17house vera has one daughter and her name is vivian

00:15:20lyara vera does not exist

00:15:22my mother dropped to her knees in front of me

00:15:23sobbing and begging me to back down

00:15:25lyla please just say you are sorry

00:15:27if you keep this up you will have nothing left

00:15:29everyone was watching

00:15:30some called me cold

00:15:32some said i had no heart

00:15:33standing there while my own mother knelled on the floor

00:15:35but i did not look down

00:15:36because that moment

00:15:36something cracked open in the sky above us

00:15:38my head snapped up

00:15:39the next second

00:15:39the sky split apart

00:15:41torn wide by black fractures

00:15:42a throinders poured through pack the buildings

00:15:43and dropped into the hall

00:15:44their red slit eyes locking on the crowd below

00:15:46screams erupted everywhere

00:15:48my father and mother grabbed vivian first and dragged her toward safety

00:15:51not one of them looked back at me

00:15:52i stood among blood and broken crystal

00:15:54and i laughed

00:15:55the secrecy seal

00:15:57it did not matter anymore

00:15:58i turned and walked forward against the flood of people running the other way

00:16:01then i slowly raised my right hand

00:16:03moonbow

00:16:05silver moonlight gathered at my fingertips and shaped itself into a great bow of starlight

00:16:09i stood in the middle of the ruined hall

00:16:11my face calm as the wind screamed down from the broken sky

00:16:14what the hell is that

00:16:15the whole hall is falling apart

00:16:16and she is standing there with a bow like this is some kind of performance

00:16:20a void born crashed through what was left of the ceiling

00:16:23and streaked as it charged toward the stage

00:16:26its body was covered in hard black plates

00:16:29dark green slime dripping from every joint

00:16:35its claws ripped deep lines through the floor throwing dust and shattered stone into the air

00:16:39i did not move

00:16:40i held the bow in my left hand and drew back the invisible string with right

00:16:44in that instant the scattered starlight around me answered

00:16:47it rushed into my palm at once when the power divine core surged outward

00:16:51blasting every piece of the debris away before it could touch me

00:16:54father

00:16:55mother look at her she is frozen stiff she is going to get herself killed and she deserves it

00:17:02leave her do not waste another second on that cheating piece of trash

00:17:06not far away duke vela had his arms wrapped tightly upon a trembling vivian

00:17:11while two guards half carried lady vela towards the emergency eds

00:17:14none of them looked back at me

00:17:17not even once

00:17:18as if whether i lived or died had nothing to do with their family

00:17:21i let out a cold laugh and pull the bowstring all the way back

00:17:25burn

00:17:30i released it

00:17:33a beam of pure silver light tore through the darkness of the hall

00:17:45the arrow did not fly at the monster in front of me

00:17:55it shot straight up

00:17:57through the shattered ceiling

00:17:58and into the open sky

00:18:02the moment it touched the black fracture above us

00:18:04the single arrow exploded in midair

00:18:07powered by my divine core

00:18:09it split into thousands of blinding beams of moonlight

00:18:12and spread in every direction like a silver storm

00:18:15heavy impacts thundered above the hall

00:18:18the voidborn still crawling through the cracks

00:18:20never even had time to scream

00:18:21the second that curtain of moonlight touched them

00:18:24their bodies broke apart and dissolved into the air

00:18:26leaving only fine black dust drifting down from the sky

00:18:30the rotten stench that had filled the hall vanished

00:18:32washed clean by pure light

00:18:34every scream in the hall stopped at once

00:18:36the students and teachers who had been packed together near the outset stood frozen

00:18:40staring up at the black ash falling from above

00:18:43what kind of power is that

00:18:45no standard academy test could ever measure something like this

00:18:48the broadcast crystal was still hovering in the air

00:18:50across the entire realm millions of viewers who had just watched the screen go dark for a moment

00:18:55were now flooding the comments faster than anyone could read

00:18:57can someone explain what just happened did that cheating fraud just wipe out a whole wave of voidborn with one

00:19:02arrow

00:19:05i lowered my bow

00:19:08the cut above my eye was still bleeding

00:19:10blood mixed with sweat

00:19:11and burned as it ran into my eye

00:19:13but the hand holding the bow did not shake at all

00:19:20but the riff full was nowhere near over

00:19:22the outer barrier had been torn apart

00:19:24and the black ash in the sky was still spreading

00:19:25larger voidborn were crawling along the eight edges of the fracture now

00:19:28their red slit eyes burning through the dark fog

00:19:30it's fake she paid someone to set all of this up

00:19:32do not believe her

00:19:33she is doing this whole show just to clear her name

00:19:34her clothes were soaked in slime from the monsters

00:19:36and the stench coming off her was almost unbearable

00:19:38but the envy in her eyes had already swallowed every bit of fear

00:19:41she is right

00:19:41a girl from some backwater town with a combat score mark does not suddenly have power like this

00:19:45someone gave her a defensive artifact

00:19:46that is the only explanation

00:19:50even after watching me do the impossible

00:19:52they still refused to believe it was mine

00:19:55in their minds there had to be a dirty deal behind it

00:19:58there had to be some powerful person feeding me strength from the shadows

00:20:02that was enough to poison the room again

00:20:04some students who had just started to doubt Vivian looked at me with suspicion

00:20:07and a few even stepped away

00:20:09then a much larger voidborn tore free from the fracture

00:20:12it came crashing down less than 10 feet from Vivian

00:20:16roaring so hard the whole building shook

00:20:22the shockwave blasted broken stage into the air

00:20:29Vivian's legs gave out under the pressure of the creature bearing down on her

00:20:31she collapsed to the floor like her bones had stopped working

00:20:34Duke Vera had been standing right in front of her

00:20:36but the moment he looked up at that monster's face

00:20:38fear won

00:20:38he dropped Vivian's arm without thinking and scrambled backward as fast as he could

00:20:57even then she still spoke like I owed her my life

00:21:00I did not bother looking at her face

00:21:03I pushed off the ground and let the storm energy carry me upward

00:21:07cutting a clean arc through the chaos above

00:21:09then I pulled the bowstring back in a reverse draw

00:21:16the impact was massive

00:21:18the creature exploded from the inside out and collapsed into a wave of black rain

00:21:23every last drowl sticky green slimes to pouring down to that drenched Vivian from head slow to show

00:21:35black mist hung in the air

00:21:37the entire hall went completely silent

00:21:43the students who had been terrified out of their minds slowly came back to themselves

00:21:47did we make it?

00:21:50did Lyra just save all of us?

00:21:52quiet murmurs spread through the crowd

00:21:53many of the common students who had been screaming at me earlier now looked around with guilt and something close

00:21:57to us that gratitude

00:21:57but before that could spread

00:21:59Duke Vera's furious voice cut through everything

00:22:02you disgusting creature you planned this from the start

00:22:06you could have moved sooner but you waited until that monster attacked Vivian because you wanted her dead

00:22:12she frantically wiped at her face with her sleeve and the hatred in her eyes was almost solid

00:22:17that is exactly what she did she wanted to ruin my face and ruin my life you cruel evil woman

00:22:23the broadcast crystal sent every word live across the realm

00:22:26this time the comments began to turn

00:22:40are the Veilas insane? she just saved their lives and they are attacking her again

00:22:45the Duke ran faster than anyone in that room and now he wants to act like a protective father? that

00:22:49is just disgusting

00:22:50Lyra! power does not excuse rotten character! you stood there and let your own family almost die! you are a

00:22:57disgrace to this institution!

00:22:58expelling you earlier was absolutely the right decision!

00:23:03victor saw where the wind was turning

00:23:04terrified of losing favor with House Veilor he rushed in to pile on

00:23:12a cry tore through the thunderclouds

00:23:14sharp, clean and filled with so much raw power that every monster in the area seemed to flinch from it

00:23:20the black fractures spreading across the sky actually began to shrink

00:23:26everyone looked up without thinking

00:23:31through the layers of storm cloud a creature so enormous it blocked out the sky tore through the lightning and

00:23:36dove toward us

00:23:37trailing wild bolts of blue electricity its wingspan stretched dozens of meters

00:23:41silver feathers caught the lightning and flashed with a cold metallic gleam

00:23:45it was the kind of creature that only appeared in stories about the imperial sky forces

00:23:50a storm griffin

00:23:54the center of the ruined stage like a hammer the shockwave sent victor and duke veia flying backward and rolling

00:23:59across the floor

00:24:00the storm griffith landed beside me

00:24:01blue electricity the rooming threw its for silver feathers

00:24:04and swept rolling off him made every trial council of so official in the room feel smart

00:24:08this was someone who did not need a single room to draw on the power of the stars

00:24:12his hair was completely white

00:24:14but the pressure rolling off him made every trial council official in the hall turn pale on the spot

00:24:19his body carried that power on its own

00:24:22the highest authority of celestia academy

00:24:25high warden arthur hale

00:24:27he stepped down from the griffith without sparing a glance at the officials already dropping to their knees

00:24:32he walked straight to me looked at blood on my forehead and the state of my clothes

00:24:35and his expression dartened in an instant

00:24:38you did this

00:24:39three words

00:24:40they hit the hall like a second shockwave

00:24:45victor recognized him the moment he re-looked up

00:24:49all the color after drained of his face and his legs went weak

00:25:00victor and duke veia could barely breathe under the pressure radiating from arthur

00:25:05i watched the broadcast from the floating citadel

00:25:08one arrow split into a thousand beams of light and sealed a rift

00:25:12while my personal disciple was being treated like this in your little school

00:25:17he rested his hand gently on my shoulder

00:25:19a wave of warm clean energy moved through me at once

00:25:22the pain above my eye disappeared

00:25:24the blood the scorch marks and the stains in my uniform

00:25:27broke apart in a faint tremor of lightning and dissolved like ash

00:25:30the moment the words personal disciple reached the crowd the hall went silent again

00:25:35lord hale are you saying lyra is your

00:25:38that is right

00:25:38she is this year's top special recruit for celestia academy

00:25:45he turned toward the broadcast crystal floating in the air

00:25:49his voice came out steady and clear carrying the kind of authority that left no room for argument

00:25:55and reaching every corner of ethereum

00:25:58the rift fall six years ago was not a star storm

00:26:03it was a void born invasion

00:26:05the royal court sealed the truth to keep the realm from falling into panic

00:26:09lyla spent those years alone at the border

00:26:13hunting void born in the fracture zones

00:26:15her rift combat score is the highest in the entire realm

00:26:19he paused and his gaze cut across the room

00:26:22her divine core has crown grade purity

00:26:25the kind that appears once in a thousand years

00:26:29cheat

00:26:31she could stand here doing nothing

00:26:33and she would still be something none of you could ever reach

00:26:39the live comment feed across the realm completely crashed

00:26:42every student who had called me a cheating fraud moments ago

00:26:45now looked like they had seen a ghost

00:26:47the common students stared at me with something close to awe and fear

00:26:51several noble students who had thrown things at me

00:26:54dropped straight to their knees

00:26:55shaking

00:26:57that is impossible

00:26:59it is impossible

00:27:02she is a nobody from a garbage school

00:27:05how could someone who failed every academic test get into celestia

00:27:09vivian screamed it with everything she had left

00:27:11throwing herself against a truth she could not accept

00:27:16academic tests find clerks for royal court paperwork

00:27:20real strength is what stands between this world and total destruction at the border

00:27:26arthur let out a cold sound and the force of it knocked vivian off her feet

00:27:30she landed face first in a puddle of void born slime on the floor

00:27:33victor scrambled over to arthur on his hands and knees and pressed his forehead to the ground

00:27:37lord hale this was all a terrible misunderstanding

00:27:40the school had no idea about any of this

00:27:47lyra has always been our pride and joy

00:27:49we were absolutely going to keep her academic record intact

00:27:53and we even approved a one million spirit crystal scholarship in her honor

00:28:00this was a completely different man from the one who had just called me a disgrace with rotten character

00:28:06i looked at him without blinking

00:28:09victor that is not what you said

00:28:13when you took my graduation credentials

00:28:20victor's face shifted through several colors at once

00:28:22and he looked like he might be sick

00:28:24but with arthur standing right there

00:28:26he could not get a single word of protest out

00:28:29arthur did not bother with him

00:28:31he raised his right hand and slowly drew his fingers together in the air

00:28:35moisture and broken light gathered at his command

00:28:37pulling into the center of the hall until they formed a massive clear mirror suspended above everyone

00:28:42time reversal

00:28:43let the truth speak for itself

00:28:45the next second

00:28:46the mirror shimmered and showed the past from a few days earlier

00:28:48exactly as it had happened

00:28:50in the vision

00:28:51vinian stood in her finest clothes

00:28:53and pressed a heavy bag of spirit crystals into the hands of a duty clerk at the trial tower

00:28:56break every record crystal on that floor

00:28:59make it clean

00:29:00i want that girl to have nothing to defend herself with at the graduation ceremony

00:29:04then the scene shifted

00:29:06vivian called in two family enforcers and gave them her orders through gritted teeth

00:29:11do it

00:29:13use the whip

00:29:15and the needles on me

00:29:17the harder

00:29:18the better

00:29:20i am going to use the cheating accusation to grind lila into the dirt in front of the whole realm

00:29:26and make sure she never gets back up

00:29:29the unedited vision played in full view of every broadcast crystal

00:29:33and every viewer watching across the realm

00:29:35for a moment

00:29:36there was total silence

00:29:38then the hall erupted

00:29:40the noble student standing near vivian moved away from her invisible disgust

00:29:46like they were backing away from something rotten

00:29:53in the face of that evidence

00:29:54public opinion flipped completely

00:29:56oh my god

00:29:58she staged the whole thing herself

00:30:00and faked those injuries to frame her own sister

00:30:03how twisted you have to be

00:30:06she planned every step before the trial even began

00:30:09it did not matter how lyra performed

00:30:12vivian was going to destroy her either way

00:30:15that is terrifying

00:30:16duke vera stared at the mirror

00:30:18and could not get a single word out

00:30:24lady vera had just come around

00:30:26she pointed at vivian with a trembling hand

00:30:29staring at the girl she had loved for eighteen years

00:30:33like she was looking at a stranger

00:30:35you vera's really are something

00:30:37the greatest talent in the entire realm was right in front of you

00:30:40and you treated her like a stain on your name

00:30:43meanwhile you put a scheming fake on a pedestal

00:30:46if your family had not been so careless

00:30:48Lura would never have been stranded at the border

00:30:51she was out there fighting for food and hiding wounds she had no one to treat

00:30:55while that imposter sat at home using lyra's place

00:30:59lyra's name and lyra's life

00:31:02every word landed like a slap across both of the vela parents faces

00:31:05lady vela broke down completely

00:31:07she threw herself forward on her hands and knees

00:31:09trying to grab the hem of my robe

00:31:11her eyes full of desperate regret

00:31:13lyra i am so sorry

00:31:15your mother is so sorry

00:31:16that wicked girl fooled all of us

00:31:19please can you forgive me

00:31:21please come home with us

00:31:23i took one step back

00:31:29the storm griffith let out a low warning growl

00:31:31and lightning cracked at its feet

00:31:33burning a black line across the floor between us

00:31:38i looked down at lady veyra allowed to believe me

00:31:40duke veyra announced in front of the hiral that he was cutting all ties with me

00:31:43house veyra has one daughter every reason behind towards words

00:31:46lyra i said that out of anger

00:31:47you have veyra blood in your veins

00:31:48how can you bb this cold

00:31:49i returned under the veyra name

00:31:50the family would gain more influence the royal court

00:31:52that they had ever dared to dream of

00:31:53when the truth was still unclear you decided i was guilty

00:31:56you demanded that i confess

00:31:58you did not care about my bloodline then

00:32:00she is my only persiple and the top recruit of the riftguard order

00:32:03anyone who lays a hand on her is declaring war on celestara

00:32:06arthur's declaration hit the hall like a thunderclap

00:32:09and shattered the last of duke veyra's illusions

00:32:12we are sorry chief lyra we were stupid we were wrong about you

00:32:18i stood beside the storm griffith and gave a small wave

00:32:22let's go old man the air in here smells terrible

00:32:25no respect at all you little brat

00:32:37he grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the griffith's back in one smooth motion

00:32:45the storm griffin spread its wings

00:32:47blue lightning surged into the sky

00:32:48with thousands of people on the ground

00:32:50and millions more watching through broadcast crystals

00:32:52all of them carrying their own mix of envy shock and regret

00:32:55we turned into a streak of light and vanished into the clouds

00:32:58as for vivian she was left behind in the ruins

00:33:00with trial council restraint cuffs locked around her wrists

00:33:03whatever waited for her in the judgment tower would not be pleasant

00:33:06the veyra family name was finished too

00:33:08the wind screamed past us at altitude

00:33:10the same high warden who had just stood in front of a hall full of people

00:33:13and killed monsters with a wave of his mist

00:33:15now flopped down on the griff's back

00:33:17yanked his collar open with absolutely no dignity

00:33:20and pulled a half-eat bag of dried spirit fruit from his storage ring

00:33:24kid be honest was my entrance cool or what

00:33:27that speech was solid right

00:33:29it was cool old man

00:33:30it would have been perfect if you had not left a scorched lightning smell all over my uniform

00:33:35i looked at the slightly charred edge of my sleeve with a mix of annoyance and affection

00:33:40that was for atmosphere obviously

00:33:42here have a fruit

00:33:42i skipped a royal court breakfast meeting to come get you

00:33:44once we land at celestara

00:33:45you are coming with me to borrow some of the old drunks private

00:33:48the high warden of the sacred hall stealing wine

00:33:50if a broadcast crystal ever caught that your whole image would be dead

00:33:56i rolled my eyes

00:33:58but i could not stop the corner of my mouth from lifting

00:34:03in this entire world

00:34:05arthur was the only person i could completely let my guards down around

00:34:12the storm griffin broke through the last layer of storm cloud and the world opened up all at once

00:34:17high above the nine heavens massive white stone halls rose along the edges of each island

00:34:21towers pierced the clouds and blue star fire burned at every peak without going out

00:34:24there were no ordinary bridges between the islands

00:34:26silwing trains glided along the tracks like shooting stars crossing the sky

00:34:30higher up

00:34:30awakened riders on winged horses and griffles swept through the clouds

00:34:33some wore academy robes

00:34:34some silver armor with rune carved weapons at their sides

00:34:37there were no crumpling stone walls here

00:34:38and none of the cramped halls from my old border academy

00:34:40every tower and every flag said the same thing without a single word

00:34:44this place was not built for the weak

00:34:45welcome to celeste air academy the highest institution in the entire realm

00:34:49no one here looked at me the way people are back home

00:34:51there was no contempt

00:34:52no sassanian

00:34:53only the sharp respect

00:34:54people exempt give us

00:34:55and genuine

00:34:55i'm the highest stronger than them

00:34:56lyra this is your home now

00:34:57i already had your room set up in the best tower on campus

00:34:59it even has a private spirit spring

00:35:01he patted my shoulder

00:35:02then immediately launched into an enthusiastic retelling of my solo kills

00:35:06against high level voidborne at the border for the senior faculty around us

00:35:09he looked far too proud of himself

00:35:10here we go again

00:35:11i looked at the massive trial spire rising into the clouds not far away

00:35:15and the fingers hidden in my sweet slowly curled

00:35:17the mess with vivie and the vayer family was over

00:35:20but what was waiting for me had only just begun

00:35:34life at salistatra settled into a rhythm pretty quickly

00:35:38between core training sessions with the riftguard unit

00:35:41and getting dragged into arthur's endless campus trouble

00:35:44the days filled themselves

00:35:49but some dogs never stopped barking

00:35:52do not think having the high warden as your teacher makes you untouchable lyra

00:35:55my mother is gravely ill because of what you did to her

00:35:58and the noble council at the royal court is not going to let this go

00:36:01your time is coming

00:36:03is that the real daughter

00:36:04i heard she completely abandoned her own family

00:36:06her own mother is seriously ill and she will not even visit her

00:36:09how heartless can someone be

00:36:10different place

00:36:12same poison

00:36:13this time it was just dressed up as a rumor

00:36:15with everyone around me pointing and whispering

00:36:17i did not even bother to look up

00:36:19i was just about to summon moonbow and remind vivien exactly who she was dealing with

00:36:33you

00:36:40you

00:36:41you

00:36:41lord hale

00:36:42i am vivien of house vera

00:36:44lyra

00:36:45abandoned her own mother without a shred of decency

00:36:47how could someone like that be worthy of being your personal sisciples she must have tricked you

00:36:51vera

00:36:51right that ridiculous family where the duke dropped his own daughter and ran the second things got dangerous

00:36:55while the lady cried and begged someone else to take the blame

00:36:58lyla

00:36:58what was she saying

00:36:59that you are cold blooded

00:37:01funny because i remember someone bloodily confiscating my 300 year old star cigars last night

00:37:06still performing for me i see

00:37:08you were smoking in the combat training field while staring at the water temple priest priestess rehearsing next door

00:37:15that

00:37:16that is a complete lie

00:37:19that was artistic appreciation

00:37:22the outer court students who had been bracing for a dramatic confrontation

00:37:26stood there with their mouths hanging open

00:37:28this was the legendary high warden who could split the sky with a single stripe

00:37:33lord hale

00:37:34you are the backbone of this empire

00:37:36how can you defend someone so heartless towards her own family

00:37:39the royal council will never accept her

00:37:41the royal council you mean that pack of ralocites who have never seen a void and up close and spend

00:37:46all day counting gold from padded chairs

00:37:47why would i care what they think

00:37:49and you

00:37:50a bottomly observer trainee

00:37:52who gave you permission to make a scene in my outer court plaza

00:37:56no

00:37:56since you love the glory of the era bloodline so much

00:38:00let me send you right back to it

00:38:02no

00:38:17no

00:38:18no

00:38:19no

00:38:20no

00:38:26no

00:38:34no

00:38:41no

00:38:42no

00:38:44no

00:38:50no

00:38:51no

00:38:56no

00:39:10no

00:39:18no

00:39:22no

00:39:23no

00:39:26no

00:39:28no

00:39:29no

00:39:30no

00:39:36no

00:39:44no

00:39:45no

00:39:49no

00:39:52no

00:40:06no

00:40:13She stared at me from across the crowd

00:40:15and slowly dragged a finger across her throat.

00:40:18The madness in her eyes fully exposed.

00:40:22The trial began.

00:40:24Wave after wave of young awakeners

00:40:26stepped onto the summoning circle at the mountain's peak.

00:40:29Some drew silver-winged horses and the crowd roared.

00:40:32Some only managed flightless birds with stubby wings

00:40:35and got laughed at.

00:40:36Then it was Vivian's turn.

00:40:38She walked up to the circle with her chin raised,

00:40:41bit her finger and let the blood drip onto the gold pendant on her chest.

00:40:45The pendant exploded with a dark gold light.

00:40:47It carried the pressure of an ancient divine bloodline

00:40:50and underneath it, barely detectable,

00:40:53was the unmistakable taint of the void.

00:40:55A cry rang out from deep inside the sacred mountain.

00:40:58An adult storm-griven, smaller than Arthur's but still enormously powerful,

00:41:02was yanked forward by the pull of that energy.

00:41:03It screamed in fury and came down from the clouds against its will,

00:41:07landing in front of Vivian.

00:41:08The process looked wrong,

00:41:09but the appearance of a purebred storm-grim

00:41:12still sent the crowd into thunderous applause.

00:41:14Ha!

00:41:15That is my daughter!

00:41:17A storm-griffal!

00:41:18The Veira family is destined to rise again!

00:41:22Duke Veira was red with excitement,

00:41:25deliberately throwing a smug look at Arthur and I in the main seats.

00:41:29Lila!

00:41:30Are you watching?

00:41:31This is what real Talalent looks like!

00:41:33I'm a grill rider now!

00:41:34What do you have?

00:41:35Do you think that little bow of yours can shoot a grivel down and make it kneel?

00:41:38She stood beside the griffon and screamed at me,

00:41:41pouring out every bit of humiliation she had been holding in for the past two weeks.

00:41:45Plenty of nobles in the crowd who did not know the full skeet nodded along,

00:41:48genuinely shocked by what looked like a Veira comeback.

00:41:52With the crowd going wild and Vivian screaming at me,

00:41:55Arthur only yawned, picked at his boot, and handed me a peeled spirit fruit.

00:42:00Lyra!

00:42:01Lyra, go ahead.

00:42:02Show these people who have clearly never seen anything impressive in their lives

00:42:05what highest in the realm actually means.

00:42:07I brushed the fruit peel from my hand and walked down from the main seats with everyone watching.

00:42:12I did not go to the summoning circle.

00:42:14I walked straight to the cliff at the very edge of the sacred mountain.

00:42:17I stood there in the high wind and slowly closed my eyes.

00:42:20Inside me, the crown-grade divine core ignited at full power.

00:42:24The impact landed like a physical force.

00:42:27A column of pure, flaskless silver light erupted from my body

00:42:30and tore straight through the sacred mountain's ancient protective barrier,

00:42:33shooting up into the star sea above.

00:42:34The entire mountain began to shake.

00:42:36The clear sky went dark in an instant.

00:42:38Stars appeared in broad daytime and gathered into a brilliant river of light across the heavens.

00:42:43At the far end of that river, a massive divine grayer stepped into view.

00:42:47Its coat was pure white without a single mark,

00:42:49and its antlers looked as if they had been carved from silver.

00:42:51It ran towards me across the sky, each step blooming with a silver.

00:42:55Each step left a trail of pure silver star blossoms floating behind it.

00:42:58In the legends of the divine realm, this creature only appeared alongside the moon god herself,

00:43:03the moon's stian.

00:43:04The moment it landed, every sky mount at the foot of Sacran Mount dropped to its knees without exceptions of

00:43:09them,

00:43:10including the storm griffle that had stood proudly beside Vivian's ago,

00:43:13pressed themselves to the ground and let with small, frightened total submission.

00:43:18The entire outer grounds of the sacred mountain went as quiet as a tomb.

00:43:23Tens of thousands of riders, nobles, and academy instructors stood and watched their mounts

00:43:28collapse to the ground like they had lost all strength,

00:43:30not one of them daring to lift their head.

00:43:33The storm griffle that had been so impressive just moments ago,

00:43:36now had its massive head buried completely under its wing,

00:43:40its huge body shaking violently with fear.

00:43:42Get up right now! You are a storm, Griffith! You do not bow to a deer!

00:43:49Vivian yanked at the reins in a panic, her face twisted almost beyond recognition.

00:43:54But no matter how hard she forced her energy into the griffle,

00:43:59it lay there as if it were dead, completely unable to move.

00:44:03I stepped across the star-blossom path that floated in the air and walked up to the moon stag.

00:44:09Its great silver antlers dipped gently against my palm,

00:44:11and it let out a clear, bell-like cry.

00:44:14Duke Vera shot to his feet in the noble seats,

00:44:16his expression going from shock to envy to something close to frenzied desperation.

00:44:21This cannot be real!

00:44:22The moon stag is a myth!

00:44:25There is no way a mixed-led girl from the border could summon it!

00:44:29She must be using forbidden void magic!

00:44:33Lord hail!

00:44:34As a heredinary imperial duke, I formally file a complaint.

00:44:38Lila used corrupted power during the Skybon trial.

00:44:41That creature is not a divine beast!

00:44:43It is a void monster in disguise!

00:44:45Accusations spread like weeds the moment someone hands them a crack to grow in.

00:44:51He has a point!

00:44:53The moon stag has not appeared in thousands of years!

00:44:56How could a girl who only recently awakened her core bond with it?

00:45:01What if it really is a void creature in disguise?

00:45:04The murmurs below picked up,

00:45:06and the slander started rolling in again from every direction.

00:45:11Arthur had been lazily eating a spirit fruit beside him.

00:45:14When he heard that, he spit the seed onto the ground and clapped slowly.

00:45:23Disguise?

00:45:23Vera, you old dog, are your eyes just decoration?

00:45:27Or did a void have been scare you so badly back in the day that everything looks like the void

00:45:31now?

00:45:32He stepped forward,

00:45:33and blue lightning erupted from his body.

00:45:39The pressure it carried turned every table and chair in the noble seating area

00:45:43to dust in an instant.

00:45:46I have guarded the border rifts for three hundred years.

00:45:51I have killed more Voidborn than you have ever seen divine crystals.

00:45:56And you are going to sit there and question whether my own disciple is using pure divine power?

00:46:02You, who have never set foot on a battlefield,

00:46:06Open your eyes and look at the sacred seal on that star's forehead.

00:46:11The founding ancestor of the royal court carved it there personally.

00:46:15Filing a complaint against Lila

00:46:17means filing a complaint against

00:46:19the founding ancestor of this empire!

00:46:22Arthur's voice hit the air like a thunderclap.

00:46:24Duke Vera's face went completely white,

00:46:27and he choked on whatever he was about to say and fell back into his chair.

00:46:31Every noble who had been following along immediately dropped their eyes

00:46:34and did not say another word.

00:46:38Then something unexpected happened.

00:46:42The moon star's pure divine energy

00:46:45pressed down on everything around it,

00:46:48and Vivian's dark hold pendant finally gave out under the pressure.

00:46:53A crack split across its surface.

00:46:56A thick, foul stream of Void energy slithered out through the crack like a snake

00:47:00and wrapped itself around the storm griffle that was still kneeling on the ground.

00:47:04The griffle screamed in agony.

00:47:06Its eyes went red instantly,

00:47:07and its body began to swell.

00:47:09Black barbed tentacles started growing out from its sides.

00:47:12It had completely lost control.

00:47:15No!

00:47:15My griffle!

00:47:17What is happening?

00:47:21Lila, this is you!

00:47:23You did something to my mouth!

00:47:26The griffle's wings sent Vivian flying

00:47:29before she finished screaming,

00:47:31and she was still accusing me from the air.

00:47:34But this time,

00:47:36nobody around her was blind.

00:47:38The Void energy and its sickening smell

00:47:41made it completely obvious

00:47:44that Vivian had been using a forbidden Void artifact.

00:47:47The corrupted griffin opened its jaws wide,

00:47:51charged up a blast of violent Void lightning,

00:47:54and went straight for the nearest group of students.

00:47:57Help us!

00:47:58That is high-level Void corruption!

00:48:01Run!

00:48:01The foot of the sacred mountain erupted into chaos.

00:48:06The nobles and officials,

00:48:08who had been sitting so high and mighty a moment to go,

00:48:11reacted to real high-level Void corruption

00:48:14exactly the same way they had at the graduation ceremony.

00:48:18They dropped their weapons,

00:48:20and ran.

00:48:22Duke Vera grabbed Vivian,

00:48:24who had just hit the ground,

00:48:25and once again displayed his extraordinary talent

00:48:28for escaping danger

00:48:29by scrambling toward the exit on all feats.

00:48:31I let out a cold laugh,

00:48:33and gave the Moonstay a light pat on the neck.

00:48:36Hold on, Arthur.

00:48:38I will handle the clean-up.

00:48:41I swung up onto the stag's back.

00:48:47It reared its head and let out a sharp cry,

00:48:50then took off across a path of starlight,

00:48:55and planted itself directly in the corrupted griffin's path

00:48:59like a streak of silver lightning.

00:49:01I raised my right hand,

00:49:02and Moonbow came into existence.

00:49:04This time I let my crown-grade divine core run at full capacity.

00:49:07Five arrows formed on the string,

00:49:09each one made of pure concentrated starfire.

00:49:11Break.

00:49:12I released.

00:49:13Five trails of silver light tore through the void mist like shooting star.

00:49:16The arrows hit the void core points on the corrupted griffin's body with perfect precision.

00:49:21Starfire detonated inside it,

00:49:23and the collision between divine power and void energy produced a massive burst of light.

00:49:27The void corruption that would have been hopeless for an ordinary awakener to fight.

00:49:33Dissolved under crown-grade divine power like snow under a blazing sun.

00:49:40One strike.

00:49:42The corrupted rifle dissolved into black ash.

00:49:46The void poison mist, spreading across the field,

00:49:49was wiped clean by the sea of star blossoms the moon stag left in its wake.

00:49:54The battlefield went quiet again.

00:49:56The students and extraders who had just narrowly escaped death

00:50:00stared up at me sitting on the moon stahn with the silver bow still-still in hand,

00:50:03divine light radiating from every part of me.

00:50:05This time there was no doubt.

00:50:07No slander.

00:50:08The common-born students dropped to their knees,

00:50:11their eyes filled with the kind of awe that comes from surviving something that should have killed you.

00:50:16Chief Lila!

00:50:17Thank you for saving our lives!

00:50:19This is what a real rift huntress miss looks like.

00:50:22How blind were we to believe a word that fake princess said?

00:50:25It was not just the students.

00:50:28Several senior red-robe officials from the trial council slowly bowed their heads,

00:50:32something they would not have done for anyone before today.

00:50:36Standing in the presence of power at this level,

00:50:39they all understood.

00:50:40This 18-year-old girl was the Divine Realm's last line of defense.

00:50:44The broadcast crystal transmitted everything live to every corner of Aetherian.

00:50:48Public opinion settled in that moment.

00:50:51Lyra Vale was the Divine Realm's true guardian.

00:50:54Veyra family was a cancer that had been growing inside the Empire.

00:50:58The Skybon trial ended with my complete victory.

00:51:01The Veyra family and Vivian were placed under full house arrest at the relay station

00:51:04at the foot of the Sacred Mountain, awaiting the royal court's final judgment.

00:51:08Arthur took me back to Celestra that same night.

00:51:10Not for any grand ceremony, not to begin training immediately.

00:51:14He simply said I looked like I had not eaten all day.

00:51:17I gave him a look.

00:51:23Sounds more official than this.

00:51:26Official business can wait until tomorrow.

00:51:28Tonight, you eat, take a bath, and sleep.

00:51:30Saving the world can wait until after breakfast.

00:51:32He said it as if nothing had happened today.

00:51:35As if the entire realm had not screamed at me,

00:51:37and my own birth parents had not abandoned me in public.

00:51:41But the way he tossed his coat over my shoulders was completely natural.

00:51:45Also, the room on the third floor of the South Tower is yours from now on.

00:51:49The key is at the bottom of the box.

00:51:51I stopped.

00:51:52Arthur did not look at me.

00:51:53He just sat on the rallying and watched the star rail trains moving through the distance.

00:51:57He turned his head slightly, with a lazy kind of warmth in his eyes.

00:52:01Celestara does not care whether you are the daughter house Veyra throw away.

00:52:04Only one thing matters here.

00:52:06Whether you are strong enough.

00:52:10I looked down at the key in my hand.

00:52:13The star wind was cold.

00:52:16But for the first time in a long time,

00:52:18I did not feel like I had nowhere to go.

00:52:22Good things never last long.

00:52:24There is always some piece of trash that crawls out right before the final recommend to make one last scene.

00:52:29Three days later, a royal court handed down its final ruling.

00:52:32For possessing usings of the forbidden void artifact,

00:52:34Vivian was sentenced to have her divine core stripped and all her power drained,

00:52:38then exiled for life to the deepest border rift zone.

00:52:41House Veyra was stripped of three noble ranks and all its lands was confiscated.

00:52:45But on the night before she was to be taken to the judgment tower,

00:52:48Vivian used her own blood to activate a family heirloom,

00:52:52broke through the power suppression lock by sheer self-destruction

00:52:55and came running wild-eyed into my residence at Celestara.

00:52:58She had a void-poisoned bagger clutched in both hands.

00:53:01The jealousy and madness in her had completely eaten away the graceful image she used to maintain.

00:53:07Lila, you destroyed everything I had.

00:53:11You took my place in Veyra and you took my reputation.

00:53:17If it were not for you, I would be the pride of Celestara.

00:53:23She launched herself at me like a feral animal,

00:53:26the poison on the blade, hissing against the air.

00:53:28I did not move.

00:53:31I sat exactly where I was and watched her come.

00:53:35Vivian, even now you actually believe I took something from you?

00:53:39That acceptance sigil came from killing 3,000 monsters alone in the border rift zone.

00:53:44You spent those same years hiding in a castle using resources that belonged to me

00:53:48and cutting yourself to fake injuries.

00:53:50So tell me, what exactly did you have that could ever match me?

00:53:55Shut up and die!

00:53:58She screamed and drove the dagger straight at my throat.

00:54:03The blade stopped an inch from my skin and could not move forward.

00:54:09A crack of blue lightning tore the roof open.

00:54:14Arthur appeared in the center of the room in full combat hour,

00:54:19carrying enough killing in type to make the air physically heavy.

00:54:23He did not even need to touch her.

00:54:25The sheer pressure coming off his body launched Vivian across the room

00:54:29and slammed her into the marble wall.

00:54:32Bone cracked.

00:54:34The sound carried clearly through the silence.

00:54:36Looks like I have been too polite with those old bones at the royal court.

00:54:40A condemned prisoner managed to get near my disciple more than once.

00:54:44If the Veyra family cannot control their own dog,

00:54:48I will clean up the mess myself.

00:54:51The blue lightning in Arthur's eyes was inches long.

00:54:55He was genuinely ready to kill her.

00:54:58300 years of a guardian's fury

00:55:00was not something a fake princess had any hope of enduring.

00:55:06Vivian lay in a pool of her own blood

00:55:08and felt the weight of something that felt like a god standing over her.

00:55:11Every bit of the madness in her eyes was replaced by pure, absolute terror.

00:55:15She started pressing herself backward along the floor,

00:55:17making small broken sounds of begging.

00:55:21Right as Arthur was about to end it,

00:55:24the sound of desperate stumbling footsteps came from outside.

00:55:27Duke and Lady Veyra shoved past the royal guards blocking the entrance

00:55:31and came crashing in.

00:55:36Lila!

00:55:37My own flesh and blood!

00:55:43Please, I am begging you, save the Veyra family.

00:55:48The royal court is taking all our lands

00:55:50and they are going to strip your father's title

00:55:53and reduce him to a commoner.

00:55:56You are the High Warden's disciple now!

00:55:59The whole realm listens to you.

00:56:02If you say one word to the council,

00:56:04we can keep our rank.

00:56:05We are your birth parents!

00:56:07She reached toward my legs, trying to grab on,

00:56:09her eyes full of calculation

00:56:10and desperation barely dressed up to look like a mother's love.

00:56:14I looked down at her.

00:56:15Birth parents?

00:56:16When Vivian accused me of cheating on that stage,

00:56:19you told me to confess.

00:56:20When the monsters came,

00:56:22you grabbed her and ran,

00:56:24leaving me in the rubble.

00:56:27Now that your family is falling,

00:56:29you suddenly remember

00:56:31you have a daughter?

00:56:37Duke Veyra saw I was not moving

00:56:39and dropped to his knees as well,

00:56:41but the greed in his eyes had not gone anywhere.

00:56:45Lyra!

00:56:46Stop being so stubborn!

00:56:48Even if you do not care about us,

00:56:50think about the Veyra blood you carry.

00:56:53If House Veyra falls,

00:56:54you will be nothing

00:56:55but a commoner with no family backing,

00:56:58even inside Celestara!

00:57:00Help us through this.

00:57:01And I will immediately announce

00:57:03that Vivian is stripped of her position.

00:57:04You will be the sole heir to Vals Veyra.

00:57:07Every resource the family has will be yours!

00:57:09Listen to that.

00:57:10Even now,

00:57:11he genuinely thought the Veyra inheritance

00:57:12was some enormous gift he was offering me.

00:57:15He seemed to have forgotten

00:57:16that standing behind me was Arthur,

00:57:18who personally commanded Celestara Academy

00:57:21and half the Empire's military forces.

00:57:24Now that is something else.

00:57:31Arthur walked over to Duke Veyra,

00:57:33like he had just heard the funniest thing in years,

00:57:36lifted his foot

00:57:37and pressed it down directly onto the Duke's face.

00:57:40That distinguished noble face

00:57:42was pushed flat into the floor.

00:57:45Backing?

00:57:46My disciple needs your broken little noble title for backing?

00:57:50That title is not even worth wiping your boots on.

00:57:53I am her backing.

00:57:55I alone am the biggest backing in this entire realm!

00:58:02Arthur kept his foot on Duke Veyra's face

00:58:05and turned to look at Vivian lying in the blood on the floor.

00:58:09His eyes were as cold

00:58:10as someone looking at a corpse.

00:58:14Someone come and collect this

00:58:16condemned prisoner.

00:58:19She used a forbidden void artifact

00:58:22and attempted to assassinate

00:58:25the top recruit of this empire.

00:58:28Strip her.

00:58:31Divine core.

00:58:33Drain every last trace

00:58:35of power she has

00:58:37and exile her

00:58:39to the dark rift.

00:58:41The deepest point on record.

00:58:44Let her spend whatever time

00:58:45she has left

00:58:46with the void monsters

00:58:47she loves so much.

00:58:51Several armored judgment knights

00:58:53walked in without a word

00:58:55and dragged Vivian

00:58:57toward the exit by her arms

00:58:58ignoring every scream and plea she made.

00:59:02Lyra!

00:59:03You will pay for this!

00:59:05I will haunt you

00:59:06even from the grave!

00:59:19She fought with everything

00:59:20she had left.

00:59:22It made no difference.

00:59:24A commoner with her core stripped

00:59:26and thrown into the dark rift

00:59:28did not last three days

00:59:30before the voidborn found her.

00:59:33She spent 18 years

00:59:35stealing a life

00:59:36that belonged to someone else.

00:59:38In the end

00:59:39she died in the darkness

00:59:40she had summoned

00:59:41with her own hands.

00:59:43Lady Vera watched the girl

00:59:44she had raised collapse

00:59:45and screamed herself unconscious.

00:59:48Duke Vera lay pinned

00:59:49under Arthur's foot

00:59:50shaking too hard

00:59:51to say a single word.

01:00:02I crouched down

01:00:04and looked at Duke Vera's

01:00:05ashen face.

01:00:06Your Grace.

01:00:08All those years ago

01:00:10your family chased a royal court

01:00:11reward

01:00:12and took me to the border

01:00:13when I was still an infant.

01:00:15That was how your enemies

01:00:18got their hands on me.

01:00:2018 years later

01:00:21you brought me back

01:00:23only because you needed my blood

01:00:24to extend Vivian's life.

01:00:26Did you really think

01:00:27I did not know

01:00:28why you came to find me?

01:00:33Duke Vera's pupils

01:00:34and genuine terror

01:00:37finally moved into his eyes.

01:00:39He had thought the secret

01:00:41was buried completely.

01:00:43He had no idea

01:00:44I had already uncovered everything.

01:00:46The guilt they performed

01:00:48the story of finding

01:00:49the real daughter

01:00:50every bit of it

01:00:51had been a cold-blooded calculation

01:00:52from the start.

01:00:55Her bloodline is sufficiently pure.

01:00:58Drain her sacred blood

01:00:59once a month

01:01:00to sustain Vivian's life.

01:01:02The Vera family

01:01:03will have a true genius.

01:01:05If I had not secretly awakened

01:01:07a crown-grade divine core

01:01:08on my own

01:01:09I would have died

01:01:10in the Vale's underground cater.

01:01:16The 18 years you owe me

01:01:18and the blood debt on top of it

01:01:19we settle everything today.

01:01:23I stood up

01:01:24and did not look at him again.

01:01:25The next day

01:01:26the royal court issued

01:01:27a supplemental ruling.

01:01:28House Vera was stripped

01:01:29of all noble titles

01:01:30and reduced to the lowest rank

01:01:31of commoner

01:01:32with a permanent ban

01:01:33on entering the central

01:01:34floating city

01:01:35of the Divine Realm.

01:01:36The entire family

01:01:37was sent to work

01:01:38in the hardest crystal mining ration

01:01:40for the rest of their lives.

01:01:43House Vera

01:01:44which had thrown its weight

01:01:45around at the border

01:01:46for years

01:01:49disappeared from the map

01:01:50of Aetherian

01:01:53completely.

01:01:59With the Veela family finished

01:02:01it was Victor's turn.

01:02:03He had not directly

01:02:04participated in framing me

01:02:05but his willingness

01:02:06to jump on any powerful

01:02:08person's bandwagon

01:02:09and crush anyone

01:02:10without backing

01:02:10had been one of the reasons

01:02:12the original version

01:02:12of me had despaired.

01:02:14Victor Blake

01:02:15you are charged

01:02:16with misappropriation

01:02:17of royal court assets

01:02:18and gross deliction

01:02:20of duty on a large scale.

01:02:22All positions

01:02:23are hereby revoked

01:02:24and your status

01:02:25as a sacred institution

01:02:26official

01:02:27is permanently stripped.

01:02:48Victor was sentenced to a hundred years

01:02:50of hard labor

01:02:51in the abyssal prison tower

01:02:53never again able to touch the power

01:02:55and wealth he loved most.

01:02:56On the day Victor was taken away

01:02:58the entire student body

01:03:00of the academy

01:03:01spontaneously pilstered him

01:03:02with rotten eggs

01:03:03and discarded room scraps.

01:03:05He sobbed

01:03:05and tried to reach the nobles

01:03:06at the royal court

01:03:07who used to protect him

01:03:08only to find that

01:03:09every single one of them

01:03:10had already cut him off

01:03:11the moment they decided

01:03:12he was not worth

01:03:13risking Arthur's displeasure.

01:03:14He was sentenced to a hundred years

01:03:16of hard labor

01:03:17in the deep prison tower

01:03:19permanently barred

01:03:20from touching the power

01:03:21and wealth

01:03:21he had promloved

01:03:22so much.

01:03:25In complete contrast

01:03:26to Victor's miserable end

01:03:27the small rundown

01:03:29border academy

01:03:29where I had once studied

01:03:30was about to have

01:03:31the greatest moment

01:03:31in its entire history.

01:03:33Under Arthur's direction

01:03:34the royal court

01:03:35took the majority

01:03:35of the assets

01:03:36and spirit crystal landholds

01:03:37confiscated from the Veyer family

01:03:38and transferred them in full

01:03:39to the border academy

01:03:40as a dedicated education fund.

01:03:42In recognition

01:03:43of the border academy's role

01:03:44in producing

01:03:45chief recruit Lyra

01:03:46the top ranked student

01:03:47in the entire realm.

01:03:48The royal court

01:03:49hereby designates it

01:03:50a founding class

01:03:51priority academy

01:03:52with high warden

01:03:53Arthur Hall

01:03:54as honorary headmaster.

01:03:56We did it.

01:03:57Top instructors

01:03:58from the floating city

01:03:58were dispatched

01:03:59to the border

01:03:59in large numbers.

01:04:00The academy's

01:04:01training facilities

01:04:01and spirit spring resources

01:04:03were completely a-hauled.

01:04:04The institution

01:04:04that used to have

01:04:05less than a 10% placement rate

01:04:06and had not produced

01:04:07a single royal court official

01:04:08in years

01:04:09was now a place

01:04:09every common born student

01:04:10across the realm

01:04:11was desperate to get into.

01:04:12Lyra has always been

01:04:13a good child

01:04:14her glory belongs

01:04:16to every commoner

01:04:17on this border.

01:04:18We never chased power status here.

01:04:21We only raised real guardians.

01:04:23My old teacher

01:04:24the quietly shabby

01:04:26old mage

01:04:26who used to pay

01:04:27my rune material fees

01:04:28out of his own thin salary

01:04:29was appointed

01:04:30the new headmaster

01:04:31ahead of everyone else.

01:04:32When he sat down

01:04:33for a broadcast crystal interview

01:04:35his eyes were shining.

01:04:37By the star rail station

01:04:38in the outer court

01:04:39countless people

01:04:41watched that broadcast

01:04:42and could not

01:04:43hold back

01:04:44their tears.

01:04:46Between Arthur's performances

01:04:48my own trial results

01:04:50and the public revelation

01:04:52of the truth

01:04:52about the void rifts

01:04:54the entire realm

01:04:55of ethereum

01:04:55was swept up

01:04:57in a massive wave

01:04:58of awakening fever.

01:05:00Common people

01:05:01stopped seeing entry

01:05:02into the noble temples

01:05:03as the only path forward.

01:05:04Everyone was rushing

01:05:05to test their

01:05:06divine core compatibility.

01:05:08I heard Chief Lila

01:05:09awaken at the border too.

01:05:10Commoners can have

01:05:11crown grade cores.

01:05:12I am going to

01:05:13enter the trials.

01:05:15The medical temples

01:05:17even opened

01:05:17dedicated divine core

01:05:19compatibility clinics

01:05:21and young people

01:05:22were lining up

01:05:22every day

01:05:23to find out

01:05:24what they were capable of.

01:05:27The kind of

01:05:28extraordinary power

01:05:29that the noble class

01:05:30had monopolized

01:05:31for generations

01:05:31was thrown open

01:05:32to everyone

01:05:33the moment that

01:05:34one arrow flew.

01:05:36Inside Celestara

01:05:37the Riftguard order

01:05:38began large scale

01:05:39recruitment.

01:05:40More and more

01:05:41gifted commonborn

01:05:42students

01:05:42rose through the ranks

01:05:44and became fresh

01:05:45protectors of the

01:05:46divine realm.

01:05:47For the first time

01:05:48the empire actually

01:05:50had the foundation

01:05:51to fight back

01:05:51against total

01:05:52void annihilation.

01:05:54As for everything

01:05:55the outside world

01:05:56was saying

01:05:57none of it could

01:05:58stir so much

01:05:59as a ripple

01:05:59in me anymore.

01:06:01Because at that

01:06:02moment

01:06:02I was facing

01:06:03the biggest crisis

01:06:04I had encountered

01:06:05since arriving

01:06:06at Celestara.

01:06:07The old drunk

01:06:08headmaster

01:06:09was chasing me

01:06:09across the islands

01:06:10looking ready

01:06:11to kill me.

01:06:11At the top

01:06:12of the sacred hall

01:06:13tower

01:06:13I sat on the moon

01:06:14stag

01:06:15with both arms

01:06:16wrapped tightly

01:06:16around two bottles

01:06:17of starlight wine

01:06:18I had borrowed

01:06:19from the old

01:06:19drunk's private

01:06:20keller.

01:06:20This was not

01:06:21ordinary wine.

01:06:22Supposedly it was

01:06:23brewed from fallen star

01:06:23spring water

01:06:24and silver moon berries

01:06:25and it could both

01:06:26soothe the divine core

01:06:26and keep a high level

01:06:27sky mount running

01:06:28at full excitement

01:06:28for three straight days.

01:06:30Arthur stood at the

01:06:30edge of the tower roof

01:06:31with his hands pressed

01:06:31together looking at me

01:06:32like he was begging

01:06:32for his life.

01:06:33Lyra, my dear Lyra

01:06:35please give me the wine.

01:06:37The old drunk

01:06:38is coming this way

01:06:39with three judgment

01:06:40officials.

01:06:41Arthur who stood

01:06:42there this afternoon

01:06:43pounding his chest

01:06:44and swearing he would

01:06:45take full responsibility

01:06:46if anything went wrong.

01:06:47Lyra, my dear Lyra

01:06:49please give me the wine.

01:06:50Arthur who stood

01:06:51there this afternoon.

01:06:52The old drunk

01:06:53is coming this way

01:06:53with three judgment

01:06:54portals pounding his chest

01:06:55and swearing he would

01:06:55take full responsibility

01:06:56and burning every last page

01:06:57of my limited edition

01:06:58priestess illustration

01:06:59collection from under my bed.

01:07:00pounding his chest

01:07:01and swearing he would

01:07:02take full responsibility.

01:07:03I sat on the moon stag

01:07:04with both arms

01:07:04wrapped tightly

01:07:05around two bottles

01:07:05of starlight wine

01:07:06I had borrowed

01:07:06from the old drunk's

01:07:07private keller.

01:07:07No chance.

01:07:08One bottle goes

01:07:09to the moon stag

01:07:09as a snack.

01:07:10I pat the moon stag

01:07:11on the neck

01:07:11lets out a happy mound

01:07:12and launched off

01:07:12the tower roof

01:07:13across a path

01:07:13of starlight.

01:07:14That was to keep

01:07:15morale up.

01:07:16How was I supposed

01:07:16to know that old monster

01:07:17had tracking rooms

01:07:18hidden inside the core?

01:07:18Come on,

01:07:19give me one bottle

01:07:19and we split up.

01:07:20The other one

01:07:20is for stabilizing

01:07:21my divine core

01:07:22next month.

01:07:22Your illustration collection

01:07:23is your problem.

01:07:25The steek

01:07:25let out a happy sound

01:07:26and launched off

01:07:26the tower roof

01:07:27across a path

01:07:28of starlight.

01:07:28Liar!

01:07:29You heartless

01:07:30little gremlin!

01:07:31I looked back

01:07:32at him over my shoulder

01:07:33and laughed.

01:07:33This was what life

01:07:34at Celestera looked like.

01:07:35No noble scheming,

01:07:37no fake family bloodlines,

01:07:38just noise and chaos

01:07:40and a warmth

01:07:40I had not felt

01:07:41in a very long time.

01:07:44Six months passed,

01:07:45passed.

01:07:47With Arthur

01:07:48and the Riftguard Order

01:07:49pouring everything

01:07:50into my training,

01:07:51I had finally pushed

01:07:52my strength to its limit.

01:07:53The Crown Grade

01:07:55Divine Core

01:07:56was ready

01:07:57for its final stage.

01:07:59The Crown Glade

01:08:00Awakened

01:08:00Breakthrough Trial.

01:08:02This was the highest

01:08:03level test

01:08:03that only the greatest

01:08:05Guardians in history

01:08:06had ever underticked.

01:08:08It required going alone

01:08:09into the most dangerous

01:08:10Outer Domain

01:08:11Storm Barrier

01:08:12and sealing a major rift

01:08:14while surrounded

01:08:14and attacked

01:08:15by tens of thousands

01:08:16of Voidborn.

01:08:17On the day of the trial,

01:08:18every broadcast crystal

01:08:19in the realm

01:08:20lit up at once.

01:08:21Tens of millions

01:08:22of people held their breath

01:08:23watching that stretch

01:08:23of dark void fog

01:08:24covered an ocean.

01:08:25The nobles watched,

01:08:26the common people watched.

01:08:28Duke Veyra was in

01:08:28the mining district

01:08:29swinging up through

01:08:30his clothes

01:08:30staring up at the

01:08:31magical progestion

01:08:32in the sky.

01:08:33When he saw me

01:08:33walk alone

01:08:34toward that storm,

01:08:35all that remained

01:08:37in his eyes

01:08:37was boundless regret

01:08:38and despair.

01:08:40He understood now.

01:08:42I've touched you.

01:08:43I've touched you.

01:08:45I've wanted them

01:08:46to have been harder.

01:08:49Stop talking

01:08:50and get back to work!

01:08:51You think a commoner

01:08:52gets to watch

01:08:52the chief

01:08:53slack off again

01:08:54and there is

01:08:55no dinner tonight!

01:08:56A heavy whip

01:08:57came down

01:08:58on his back

01:08:58and shattered

01:08:59every last piece

01:09:00of the fantasy

01:09:01he'd been holding on to.

01:09:04A deep roar

01:09:05thundered across

01:09:06the outer domain ocean.

01:09:07A massive void rift

01:09:09stretching thousands

01:09:10of meters

01:09:11was spewing

01:09:11black fag

01:09:12in every direction.

01:09:14Tens of thousands

01:09:15of Voidborn

01:09:15formed a black tidal wave

01:09:17and came crushing

01:09:18toward me.

01:09:19The core of my divine core

01:09:21began to burn.

01:09:22The silver moonlight

01:09:23and wild star fire

01:09:25inside me

01:09:25under a wonder

01:09:26went a fundamental

01:09:27mental transformation

01:09:28in that moment.

01:09:29Arthur?

01:09:31Watch!

01:09:31I breathed those words

01:09:33out into the void,

01:09:34high above,

01:09:35riding the storm

01:09:36galife in formation.

01:09:38Arthur's mouth curved

01:09:39into a cloud smile.

01:09:41Lyra, go all out!

01:09:43I have your back!

01:09:44He swissed up hard

01:09:45and the blue lightning

01:09:46across the sky

01:09:47shaped itself

01:09:47into an enormous

01:09:48protective barrier

01:09:49that electrocuted

01:09:50every Voidborn

01:09:51trying to interfere

01:09:52into ash.

01:09:53Under the absolute

01:09:54coordination of teacher

01:09:55and disciple,

01:09:56the entire outer domain ocean

01:09:58was split into two domains.

01:10:00One blue

01:10:01and one silver.

01:10:05The black tidal wave

01:10:07of monsters

01:10:08was right in front of me.

01:10:10I closed my eyes

01:10:11and felt the crown

01:10:13grey divine core

01:10:14inside me,

01:10:15already resonating

01:10:16with the star sea

01:10:17of the divine realm.

01:10:19I let go.

01:10:23What left the string

01:10:24was nothing like

01:10:25the thousand beams

01:10:26of light from before.

01:10:28The moment the arrow

01:10:30flew,

01:10:30the brilliant river of stars

01:10:32hanging low overhead

01:10:36seemed to be pulled

01:10:37along with it.

01:10:38The entire galaxy

01:10:39transformed into a sphere

01:10:40of pure moonlight

01:10:4110,000 meters long.

01:10:42It carried an overwhelming

01:10:44divine force

01:10:45that unraveled the Void

01:10:46and drove straight

01:10:46into the heart

01:10:47of the massive rift.

01:10:48The impact was total.

01:10:50The entire divine realm

01:10:52blazed white as day.

01:10:54Every Voidborn

01:10:55in the arrow's way

01:10:56did not even get

01:10:58a chance to scream.

01:11:00They evaporated

01:11:01under the absolute

01:11:02purifying powers,

01:11:03leaving nothing behind.

01:11:05Not even black ash.

01:11:07The enormous outer rift

01:11:09that had been

01:11:10bleeding darkness

01:11:11into the world

01:11:11for six years

01:11:12let out one last

01:11:13defiant roar

01:11:14under the pressure

01:11:15of the sphere

01:11:16and then it was sealed,

01:11:17dissolved

01:11:19and swallowed

01:11:20by the blue sky.

01:11:23The whole continent

01:11:24went silent

01:11:24for one breath.

01:11:26Then the cheering began,

01:11:27loud enough to shake mountains.

01:11:29It was tens of millions

01:11:30of commoners

01:11:31and awakeners

01:11:32across the entire realm,

01:11:33crying out in worship

01:11:34to the one person

01:11:35who had stood

01:11:36between them

01:11:36and annihilation.

01:11:39It was over.

01:11:40The storm in the outer domain

01:11:42slowly faded.

01:11:43The blue sky

01:11:44came back to the world.

01:11:45I sat on the moon stag's back

01:11:47and put away Moonbow.

01:11:48The stack moved

01:11:49through the air

01:11:50at its own graceful pace,

01:11:51carrying me steadily

01:11:52towards Celestora's

01:11:53highest floating city.

01:11:55Arthur rode his storm griffle

01:11:57up alongside me.

01:11:59One arrow

01:12:00and the main rift

01:12:01is gone.

01:12:02Lyra,

01:12:02at the rate you are going,

01:12:04in a few more years

01:12:05I may have to get up

01:12:06and give you

01:12:07this high warden seat.

01:12:09No thank you, Arthur.

01:12:10Your job is full of meetings

01:12:11and royal court reports.

01:12:12I would much rather

01:12:13ride the moon stag

01:12:14around stealing stars

01:12:15spring wine.

01:12:15Ha ha!

01:12:16That is my disciple!

01:12:18The wind roared

01:12:19past our ears.

01:12:20The magnificent divine realm

01:12:21unfolded like an endless painting.

01:12:23I looked out

01:12:23at that shining star sea

01:12:25and something inside

01:12:26me settled completely.

01:12:27The accusations from below,

01:12:29the Veyra family's schemes,

01:12:32Vivian's obsessive envy,

01:12:33all of it had become

01:12:35meaningless

01:12:35just at the bottom

01:12:36of a puddle.

01:12:37I am Lyra Vale,

01:12:39chief recruit of Celestara,

01:12:41crown grade rift huntress,

01:12:42the freest awakener

01:12:43in this world.

01:12:44At 18 years old,

01:12:46the story was only just beginning.

01:12:47I leaned forward

01:12:48on the moon stag's back,

01:12:49pointed us toward

01:12:50the endless shining sky,

01:12:52and never looked back.

I Was Framed, Yet I Became Legend

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