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When the Sacred Bond Breaks | New Movie 2026
When the Sacred Bond Breaks | New Movie 2026
When the Sacred Bond Breaks | New Movie 2026
When the Sacred Bond Breaks | New Movie 2026
When the Sacred Bond Breaks | New Movie 2026
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00:00On the day of our sacred bond ceremony, my original intended, Raphael, stood before the altar in the Hall of
00:08Hymns and announced, in front of every angel in heaven, he had already sealed an angelic bond with Camilla, another
00:16angel from my own home. The white gold halo ring in my hand had not even reached my finger before
00:22the Book of Heaven. Judgment opened in front of me.
00:25Aileen, the sacred bond ceremony has failed. The fate binding has collapsed. Under the laws of heaven, your name will
00:36be erased from the heavenly archives.
00:39Holy fire poured down from the dome of the Hall of Hymns. I did not even have time to ask
00:45Raphael why he had betrayed me. The judgment circle beneath my feet was already blown.
00:53Raphael, why?
00:56Raphael avoided my arms.
00:58The bond has already been sealed. There is nothing left to explain.
01:03White gold coins wrapped around the form of my bond, ready to burn my name, my identity, and every record
01:10of my soul out of heaven.
01:12It was Frederick who rushed out of the cloud and shoved me out of the Judgment Circle.
01:22Aileen, get out!
01:23But, the holy fire swallowed his wings. He saved me. From that day on, he lost the ability to fly.
01:33Every angel knew that losing one's wings was almost the same as losing one's honor.
01:38Later, heaven allowed me to choose a new sacred bond partner. I agreed to bind myself to Frederick. I believed
01:46the man who had broken his wings for me was the last mercy. Heaven had left me, but in the
01:52third year after our sacred bond was sealed, I learned the truth.
01:56That day, I had just returned from the forbidden border of heaven to find Frederick a potion that could regrow
02:03his wings.
02:04I had broken into the forbidden zone and nearly had half my arm torn apart by fallen angels.
02:10Clutching the small glass bottle of wing restoration potion, I reached the door of the healing hall room and heard
02:17someone inside ask him.
02:19Frederick.
02:20Camilla already has a pair of heaven-born ears. Your wings recovered long ago. Are you still not going to
02:28tell Aileen?
02:28The room went silent for a moment. Then I heard Frederick's familiar, cold voice.
02:35I can't. Aileen is still a risk. As long as she still felt guilty towards me, she would pour all
02:43her energy into seeking a magical potion for my sake, leaving Camilla's happiness undisturbed.
02:49I looked down at the wound on my arm, so the fallen angels who had appeared near the forbidden entrance
02:54to steal. The glass bottle had also been arranged by him.
03:00The door opened. Frederick walked out in his cloak, still pretending he could not fly. But the moment he smelled
03:08blood on me, his face changed.
03:10Aileen, you're hurt. He took my hand, panic flashing across his face as if he truly cared. Once, I would
03:20have believed him. Now, I only felt sick.
03:24It's nothing. I was just careless.
03:28Before I could finish, days of exhaustion drained the last of my strength. Everything went black.
03:34When I woke up, I was lying in his room. My arm had been wrapped in healing white gauze. But
03:41Frederick was gone.
03:43I looked for the holy feather note that had fallen near the edge of the table. But my gaze landed
03:48on the black record book on his desk.
03:51I opened the first page. Every word was in his handwriting.
03:56Camilla likes tart golden apples. After her blessing sessions, walk with her through the white wing corridor.
04:03Pregnancy blessings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Walk with her in the cordivine light on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
04:11After she gives birth to the heaven-born heirs, her blessing will be unstable.
04:16The bottle of wing restoration potion must be given to her first.
04:19Page after page, it was all CMLA. My tears fell onto the record book, shattering the last of my attachment
04:26to him.
04:29A second sacred bond failure has been detected. Do you choose to leave?
04:34Yes. In three days, carry out the erase judgment. Remove the name Eileen from the heavenly archives.
04:42After gathering myself, I walked out of the room and heard to healing angels whispering at the end of the
04:48corridor.
04:49Frederick treats Camilla so well, he stayed with her through every blessing while she was carrying the heirs.
04:55On the day they were born, he waited outside the healing hall until dawn.
05:00I heard he was so happy when the twin heaven-born heirs arrived that he forgot to keep his cloak
05:05on.
05:05Someone almost saw that his wings had grown back.
05:08I stopped at the door of the healing hall through the gap.
05:11I saw Frederick carefully holding one of the heirs.
05:15The child had a pair of soft little wings on his back.
05:19Pale light shimmering along the tips, Frederick looked at him with so much tenderness it nearly spilled out of his
05:25eyes.
05:26And I, because of the holy fire judgment five years ago, had been burned so badly that I had lost
05:33the ability to carry heaven-born heirs at all.
05:36Camilla leaned against the healing bed and smiled sweetly.
05:39I feel much better after using the potion you brought, but Eileen worked so hard to find that bottle.
05:46Will she be angry?
05:48No.
05:48If it helped you, then her effort wasn't wasted.
05:52The empty glass vial shattered through my grip.
05:56All eyes in the room turned toward me.
05:59I turned to leave.
06:01Frederick followed me out.
06:03His steps were quick too quick for an angel who supposedly could no longer fly to higher places.
06:08Then he realized it himself.
06:10He immediately slowed down and pulled his cloak tighter around his shoulders.
06:15Eileen, Camilla just gave birth.
06:18Her blessing is unstable.
06:20I didn't mean to hide it from you.
06:22I stared at the faint shape of wings beneath his cloak and almost laughed.
06:27His wings had already recovered, yet he still insisted on playing the broken-winged savior in front of me.
06:34I'm not unreasonable.
06:36Go take care of her.
06:38He visibly relaxed.
06:40Then he lowered his head and kissed my forehead.
06:44You're always the best.
06:46As long as you stay with me, I don't care if I never fly again.
06:51But Frederick, I no longer wanted to stay with you.
06:54The next morning, he took me to the Hall of Judgment for Camilla's blessing banquet after she left the healing
07:00hall as soon as I entered.
07:02The female attendant of the Hall of Judgment turned a cold look on me.
07:10A female angel who can't even bear heaven-born rates.
07:16How do you still have the nerve to come here?
07:19Both of them came from the Hall of Hines.
07:21Camilla gave birth to twin heaven-born heirs.
07:25While she only managed to ruin Frederick's wings.
07:28She's a curse.
07:30Even the Book of Heavenly Judgment refused to bless her.
07:33I stood under their stairs and finally understood.
07:37Frederick had kept me here so I would always feel lower than Camilla.
07:43After Frederick was pulled away to greet the other angels,
07:47I made an excuse and went to the White Wing Corridor for air.
07:51Camilla followed me almost immediately.
07:54A white gold cross pendant rested against her throat.
07:57It had been kept by the Hall of Hymns, and it had originally belonged to the former hymn angel who
08:04raised me.
08:05Aileen, are you heartbroken?
08:08She smiled as she touched the pendant.
08:11The blessing seat in the Hall of Hymns is mine now.
08:15The Hall of Judgment protects me too.
08:18Your original sacred bond partner and your current one both love me.
08:25She stepped closer, lowering her voice.
08:31Oh, and the idea of making Frederick pretend to be wingless so he could pursue you.
08:38That was mine too.
08:40My whole body went stiff the year I came of age.
08:43The former hymn angel who raised me left heaven,
08:47and Camilla was brought back to the Hall of Hymns.
08:49From then on, the attendants kept saying they owed Camilla for all the years she had been left to fend
08:55for herself.
08:57Everything had to be given to her.
08:59The blessing seat in the Hall of Hymns.
09:01My sacred bond.
09:03And now even the salvation I had believed in.
09:06All of it was just another trap she had designed.
09:09Aileen, after all these years, you're still useless.
09:14You couldn't protect the angel who raised you.
09:18You couldn't even protect your own sacred bond partner.
09:21Anger surged up.
09:23I lifted my hand to slap her.
09:30But Camilla suddenly grabbed my wrist and gave me a strange smile.
09:34The next second, she screamed.
09:38Aileen, don't push me.
09:40She dragged my hand and threw herself backward.
09:44Frederick rushed over from the other side of the banquet hall.
09:50Camilla!
09:51In that moment, he forgot to keep pretending.
09:54The wind tore his cloak open.
09:56A pair of fully recovered white wings unfurled behind him.
10:00He swept over the pool of penance and caught Camilla steadily in his arms.
10:04And the force of his body knocking past me sent me straight into the pool of penance.
10:10It was not ordinary water.
10:12It was the pool the Hall of Judgment used to punish fallen or unworthy angels.
10:17The moment the water touched my wings, it sealed my divine power.
10:22I couldn't even lift my wings.
10:25Frederick.
10:27My voice was swallowed by the water.
10:31I sank into the freezing, burning pool, struggling desperately.
10:36The angels on the bank gasped and backed away.
10:39Not one of them came to save me.
10:41Pull her out!
10:42The pool will seal her power completely!
10:45By the time the heavenly guards dragged me out, I was almost unconscious.
10:50Camilla nestled in Frederick's arms, crying delicately.
10:58Frederick, don't blame her.
11:00She only hates me because I once took her sacred bond.
11:04Frederick's face darkened.
11:06Then he turned and saw me soaked through.
11:09Staring at him coldly, only then did he realize what he had done.
11:13He draped his outer robe over me.
11:16After the crowd scattered, he said in a low voice,
11:20Even if you're jealous of her, you shouldn't have tried to hurt her.
11:23She just gave birth to the heirs.
11:25If anything had happened to her...
11:27I held back the pain in my chest and laughed.
11:34At Frederick?
11:35I looked at the wings still spread behind him.
11:41When did your wings grow back?
11:46Why didn't you tell me?
11:49His face froze.
11:52I...
11:53For one moment, he looked as if he wanted to reach for me.
11:57But from the distance, the female attendant of the Hall of Judgment suddenly shouted,
12:03Camilla looks like she's fainting!
12:06Frederick's hand froze halfway toward me.
12:09The next second, he turned and flew to Camilla.
12:13So this is the man I gave three years of my life to.
12:18After the blessing banquet at the Hall of Judgment was cancelled,
12:22I dragged my exhausted body back to the side chamber of the Hall of Judgment.
12:27I pulled out everything Frederick had ever given me, piece by piece.
12:32There was the Holy Seal wooden box he had carved by hand.
12:36There were the images of the sunrise at the cloud spire,
12:39where he had once taken me with his ruined wings.
12:42There were all the vows he had written for me.
12:45In every image, he looked at me with such devotion.
12:49I used to think that was love.
12:51Now I realized he had only been looking at the part of me that resembled Camilla.
12:56I threw those old things into the holy fire one by one and watched them turn to ash along with
13:02them.
13:02I burned away my love for Frederick.
13:05By dawn, he still had not returned.
13:08He only sent an attendant with a warming potion to keep thee,
13:12cold of the pool of penance from sinking into my bones.
13:16Something came up at the healing hall.
13:20Frederick can't leave right now.
13:23He's still worried about you.
13:26He was afraid the pool of penance might have damaged your wings and divine power.
13:30I drank the bitter potion, then pushed the box on the table toward her.
13:42This is a gift for Frederick.
13:44Please give it to him.
13:46Inside the box was the sacred bond dissolution agreement I had already signed.
13:52An hour later, Frederick sent me a holy feather note.
13:57Apologize to Camilla later for what happened last night.
14:01She just gave birth to the heirs.
14:03Then another holy feather note fell, carrying the location of the holy banquet hall.
14:09My wings officially recover today.
14:12I owe you for all that you've given me these years.
14:15Tonight, let's celebrate properly.
14:18I looked at the golden words floating over the holy feather note and almost admired him.
14:24His act had already been exposed, yet he could still keep playing the devoted partner without shame.
14:30I took another copy of the dissolution agreement and went to the banquet hall.
14:36I waited from noon until dusk.
14:38He never came.
14:39All I received was an image record from C.M.
14:42In the image, Frederick was gently soothing a heaven-born heir to sleep.
14:47The tiny wings of the twin heirs rested against his arm, and the fatherly tenderness in his eyes was almost
14:54impossible to hide.
14:56Camilla's holy feather note landed in front of me again.
14:59No need to thank me, Eileen.
15:02I've trained Frederick very well.
15:05He's great at soothing the heirs now.
15:07So this is the celebration he promised me.
15:12A while later, Camilla had an attendant deliver a transfer agreement for Frederick's treasured possessions.
15:19I almost forgot.
15:20You can't bear heaven-born heirs.
15:23Frederick has already made a contract.
15:26All his treasures will go to my children.
15:29I closed the holy feather note and went to the hall of hymns where everything had begun five years ago.
15:35That was where Raphael and I were supposed to have held our sacred bond ceremony.
15:41At that very moment, the hall of judgment was holding Camilla's blessing banquet inside the hall of hymns.
15:48Frederick and Camilla each held a heaven-born heir as they stood before the altar.
15:52They looked like a real family of four.
15:55A judgment angel smiled at them.
15:59The heirs are blessed.
16:01Camilla truly is heaven's favored angel.
16:04Camilla lowered her head with a gentle smile.
16:08It is all because At Frederick has been caring for us.
16:12Frederick did not deny it.
16:14I stood outside the crowd and took one bite of honeyed golden apple cake.
16:19It was so sweet it tasted bitter.
16:22Five years ago, I lost everything here.
16:25Today, I will leave everything here.
16:28Then I turned and left Dot step by step.
16:31I walked to the judgment steps outside the hall of hymns.
16:35Five years ago, that was where the book of heavenly judgment had first declared me a failure.
16:41A cold voice rang in my mind.
16:44The time to leave has arrived.
16:47Do you confirm the oration?
16:49I closed my eyes.
16:51I confirm.
16:53White gold holy fire fell from between the clouds, and the judgment circle opened beneath my feet.
17:00It harmed no innocent soul.
17:03It only wrapped around my shadow, my name, and the records of my soul, erasing the identity of Eileen from
17:10the heavenly archives bit by bit.
17:12From that moment on, Eileen no longer existed in heaven at the same time.
17:18The holy feather note Frederick had sent was shaken open by the holy fire.
17:23The sound of the flames bursting came through the note.
17:27The white feather turned to ash in his palm.
17:30Inside the banquet hall, Frederick was still holding one of Camilla's heirs.
17:35What was that sound?
17:37An attendant rushed into the banquet hall of the Hall of Hymns in a panic.
17:42Frederick!
17:43Something happened!
17:44Eileen is accepting the erase judgment outside the Hall of Hymnicks!
17:47The cup in Frederick's hand fell to the floor.
17:51What did you say?
17:53Frederick lost control and rushed out of the Hall of Hymns.
17:59Eileen!
18:00Eileen, where are you?
18:02Heavenly guards stopped him from getting close to the remaining holy fire.
18:06In the distance, the white gold flames had already died out, leaving only a blackened judgment circle behind.
18:13Frederick grabbed the attendant by the collar, his voice trembling.
18:18You must have seen wrong.
18:21There's no way she would really choose a ration.
18:24The attendant's face went pale.
18:26I didn't see wrong.
18:28Her holy seal bracelet was left in the center of the judgment circle.
18:34Frederick stumbled.
18:35Camilla followed behind him, still holding her cloak closed, trying to look weak.
18:42Frederick, maybe Eileen is only trying to scare you.
18:46She has always cared about you.
18:48Frederick did not answer.
18:50He threw himself into the remains of the holy fire, just as he had done five years ago,
18:56as if burning his wings one more time would bring me back.
19:00Frederick!
19:01The fire is still dangerous!
19:03But this time, there was no trace of me in the sole residue rejected by the holy fire.
19:08The fire burned his hands, but it could not return even one shadow of Eileen to him.
19:16Twenty-four hours later, the judgment court sent back only a few of my belongings.
19:22Among them was the holy seal bracelet I had never taken off.
19:26When Frederick saw it, the last color drained from his face even after he woke.
19:31He refused to believe I had truly left.
19:34The side chamber of the Hall of Judgment was empty.
19:38No one answered when he called my name.
19:41Alan!
19:42Stop hiding!
19:43Come out!
19:45No one answered.
19:47As he collapsed, he saw the box on the table when he opened it.
19:51The word Sacred Bond Dissolution Agreement cut into his eyes.
19:56An attendant knocked and came in, handing him the repaired image record.
20:03This was recovered near the Judgment Circle.
20:06My broken voice came from inside.
20:09Frederick, I actually knew your wings had recovered long ago.
20:14But still, congratulations.
20:18And thank you for rushing into the Judgment Circle five years ago to save me.
20:22But this bond, woven from lies and forcing me to live inside a false happiness,
20:30needs to end.
20:32I don't blame you for lying to me.
20:34But I will never forgive you either.
20:37Goodbye, Frederick.
20:39My words were swallowed by the roar of holy fire.
20:43Frederick slammed his fist into the wall.
20:48Eileen.
20:50Over the next week, Frederick sent holy feather notes flying all over the Celestial City,
20:57searching for any sign of me.
20:59He thought everyone would be moved by his devotion.
21:02Whoever finds Eileen, bring word to the Hall of Judgment immediately.
21:06But soon, someone exposed image records of his intimate behavior with Camilla,
21:12along with the old scandal of the stolen Sacred Bond in the Hall of Hymns.
21:17A Judgment Angel having an affair with his brother's Sacred Bond partner,
21:23while using his own partner as a substitute?
21:26Disgusting.
21:28So the false saintess really is false.
21:31First she stole Eileen's intended,
21:33and now she's clinging to Eileen's Sacred Bond partner.
21:36The outrage spread through the Celestial City.
21:40Quickly, the reputations of the Hall of Judgment
21:43and the Hall of Hymns collapsed one after another.
21:46A Heavenly Council Angel stood before Camilla and read the order aloud.
21:51The Heavenly Council will re-examine Camilla's saintess status
21:55and all blessing records connected with her heirs.
21:59Camilla staggered.
22:01You cannot do this to me.
22:03I just gave birth to heaven-born heirs.
22:06That does not erase false testimony or stolen blessings.
22:13Raphael, who had been stationed at Heaven's border,
22:17rushed back overnight and clashed with Frederick
22:19in the Hall of Judgment in front of everyone.
22:22You have no right to search for Eileen now.
22:25Frederick's eyes were bloodshot.
22:28And you do?
22:30You were the first one who betrayed her.
22:33Raphael's jaw tightened.
22:36I made a mistake.
22:38But you used her guilt for three years.
22:41Frederick grabbed Raphael by the collar.
22:44Say that again.
22:46Stop!
22:47This is the Hall of Judgment.
22:50Raphael, Frederick, please stop.
22:53Eileen would not want you to fight.
22:56Both men turned toward her at the same time.
22:59You don't deserve to say her name.
23:01The hall went silent.
23:03Camilla's expression finally cracked.
23:06She had once enjoyed.
23:07Two men fighting for her.
23:09Now they were fighting over the woman she had tried to erase.
23:13Frederick released Raphael and turned toward the open doors.
23:19Keep searching.
23:21I want every sanctuary border post.
23:25When I heard about all of this, I had not truly disappeared.
23:29The Book of Heavenly Judgment had given me to choices.
23:33One was to continue the sacred bond task and return to those people.
23:37The other was to give up my status in the Hall of Hymns, my old name, and every blessing attached
23:43to it, and live as a free angel.
23:46Eileen, once this choice is confirmed, the old name will no longer protect you.
23:53Do you still choose freedom?
23:55I chose the second without hesitation.
23:58I choose freedom.
24:00The Heavenly Archives altered my appearance by 30% and registered me under a new identity as a free angel.
24:08From that day on, my name was Sophia, and I moved into the Sanctuary of Free Angels.
24:14Asher was the guardian angel of the Sanctuary of Free Angels.
24:18He was also the one who guaranteed my new identity.
24:22From now on, no one here will call you by the name you left behind, unless you allow it.
24:29Then let Eileen stay dead.
24:32From then on, Eileen had died in that heavenly judgment.
24:38Three months later, I saw Frederick again at a holy banquet.
24:42I had just left the Sanctuary library and was heading back to the banquet hall when I ran into him,
24:48lost in the corridor.
24:50Hello?
24:52Do you know how to get out of here?
24:54The second he looked up and saw me, he froze.
24:58Even though my face was no longer exactly the same as before, he looked as if holy fire had nailed
25:05him in place.
25:06The next moment, he rushed toward me, his voice shaking.
25:12Eileen, it's really you. I finally found you.
25:16Before I could speak, Asher stepped out from behind me and blocked him.
25:21Frederick, you've mistaken her for someone else.
25:23Frederick clenched his hand.
25:25I would never mistake her.
25:27I was bonded to her for three years.
25:30I'd know her even if she were Ash.
25:33Asher frowned in disgust.
25:36Then you're not just blind.
25:38You're clearly not thinking straight either.
25:41Asher stood in front of me and announced to every angel present.
25:45She is not the former sacred bond partner you knew as Eileen.
25:49She is Sophia.
25:51A free angel, accepted by the Sanctuary of Free Angels.
25:56Frederick stood there, staring hard at my back.
25:59Impossible.
26:01That's my Eileen.
26:04Running into Frederick had been an accident.
26:06I was about to let Asher take me away when Frederick blocked me again.
26:11His eyes were bloodshot and his voice was almost pleading.
26:15You're Eileen, aren't you?
26:17Are you still angry so you're pretending not to know me?
26:20I've been cinching for you every day since you disappeared.
26:24If you come to me, I will never lie to you again.
26:27Every angel at the banquet turned to look everyone knew.
26:31Frederick had been desperately searching for his sacred bond partner.
26:35Everyone knew he had almost lost control.
26:38I looked at him calmly.
26:39Frederick, I don't know you.
26:42I am not your sacred bond partner.
26:45Words like that damage my reputation, and I do not want to hear them a third time.
26:51He stared at my face, trying to find the smallest crack in my expression, but I stayed perfectly composed.
26:59Asher took one step forward.
27:02You have been warned once.
27:05Do not force the Sanctuary of Free Angels to treat you as a threat.
27:10Frederick's voice turned hoarse.
27:11If you are not her, why do you look at me with the same hatred?
27:19Maybe because any angel would hate being harassed by a stranger.
27:24Asher was about to go on stage to speak, and I was just about to leave.
27:29When my body suddenly lifted into the air, Frederick had grabbed me and carried me by force to the end
27:35of the corridor.
27:38Let go of me!
27:40Eileen had a burn scar on her back from the Holy Fire five years ago.
27:44If you're not her, let me check.
27:47His fingers reached for the clasp at the back of my gown.
27:50Before he could finish, Asher struck him down with a blast of divine light.
27:55Frederick hid the stone floor hard.
27:58Asher draped the formal robe over my shoulders.
28:01His eyes cold as ice.
28:08Frederick, do you really think no one in the Sanctuary of Free Animals will protect her?
28:13Heavenly guards pinned Frederick down, but he was still struggling.
28:17Why are you so afraid?
28:19Is it because she really is, Eileen?
28:21What forbidden spell did you use to make her forget me?
28:25I stopped Asher.
28:26Let him go.
28:27Asher looked at me.
28:30Sophia.
28:31If he wants proof, I'll give it to him once.
28:35After tonight, he loses every excuse.
28:39The guards released him.
28:41I removed the outer layer of my gown.
28:44The dress I wore that day happened to reveal my back.
28:47I turned slightly so every angel could see it clearly.
28:51My skin was smooth and unmarked.
28:53There was no scar.
28:55When the erasure judgment took Eileen away,
28:57it had erased every mark that belonged to her past.
29:01I smiled coldly.
29:03Do you see it now?
29:05I'm not her.
29:07Frederick stood frozen, color draining from his face.
29:11How?
29:13Asher's gaze swept over the watching angels.
29:16Everyone here has seen it.
29:18Sophia is a free angel under the protection of the Sanctuary.
29:23Anyone who spreads rumors after tonight will answer to us.
29:30Understood.
29:31I put the robe back over my shoulders and turned away, behind me.
29:35Frederick repeated in a low voice, like a man who had lost his last lifeline.
29:41No.
29:43It can't be.
29:45Frederick.
29:46The angel you are looking for accepted aeration.
29:51Asher's patience with Frederick reached its limit that night.
29:54Heavenly guards came to the holy banquet and took Frederick away for harassing and assaulting a female angel.
30:03Frederick of the Hall of Judgment, you are accused of forced restraint,
30:08an attempted violation of a free angel's dignity.
30:12Frederick's eyes stayed fixed on me.
30:15Sophia, tell them.
30:18Tell them you know me.
30:21I know only what everyone saw tonight.
30:24Because Asher refused to settle the matter and there were image records as evidence,
30:30Frederick was locked in the confinement tower for several days.
30:33At the tower entrance, Asher stood in front of the guards.
30:37No private visitors.
30:40No holy feather notes to Sophia.
30:42No excuses.
30:44Frederick's voice came from behind the glowing bars.
30:47Asher, you can stop my notes.
30:50But you can't make me stop looking for her.
30:53You are not looking for her.
30:59You are trying to drag a dead woman back.
31:03Because you cannot bear the consequences of what you did.
31:08Frederick gripped the bars until divine light burned his palms.
31:12But he still did not let go.
31:18Eileen is alive.
31:20I know she is.
31:23When he came out, he still had not learned his lesson.
31:27He dressed himself properly and arrived at the Sanctuary of Free Angels with a bouquet of white.
31:33Lily's white lilies were Camilla's favorite flowers.
31:37Ronan walked me back to the Sanctuary of Free Angels.
31:40When I saw Frederick there, I only found it ironic.
31:44Frederick spoke carefully.
31:48Sophia, I mistook you for someone else last time.
31:52I wanted to apologize properly.
31:54I meant no harm.
31:56I looked coldly at the flowers in his hand.
32:00I don't accept flowers from strangers.
32:02And I don't need your apology.
32:05Just stop showing up.
32:07His face turned pale.
32:09Then what do you like?
32:10I'll bring you whatever you want tomorrow.
32:13No need.
32:14I took Ronan's arm.
32:16I have already decided to seal a new sacred bond with At Ronan.
32:19The ceremony is next week.
32:22Frederick's eyes went red with shock.
32:25Ronan looked at the white lily.
32:28You brought another woman's favorite flowers to apologize to Sophia.
32:34That tells us enough.
32:36Frederick's fingers tightened around the stems.
32:40Eileen used to accept anything I gave her.
32:45That is exactly why Eileen is gone.
32:50For the next few days, Frederick still appeared every day.
32:54White lily.
32:55Blessed stones.
32:57Transfer agreements for his treasures.
32:59Box after box was sent to the Sanctuary of Free Angels.
33:03Sophia, Frederick has sent another box.
33:08Return it untouched.
33:09Ronan was furious enough to have him thrown out.
33:13But I simply told the attendants to send everything back.
33:17You don't have to stay calm for his sake.
33:21I'm not calm for him.
33:25I'm calm because he no longer gets to decide my mood.
33:28Outside the gate, Frederick watched the boxes being returned.
33:33His expression grew worse with everyone.
33:37She didn't even open them?
33:39Sophia said she does not accept gifts from strangers.
33:43Tell her these are not gifts.
33:45They are what I should have given her years ago.
33:48Then you should have given them years ago.
33:51The attendant closed the gate inside.
33:54Ronan handed me the final design for the new sacred bond ceremony.
33:59If you change your mind, I will respect it.
34:13The day before the ceremony, I had just finished trying on my gown when news came from the Garden of
34:19Rest.
34:22Sophia, something happened at the Garden of Rest.
34:25Ronan frowned.
34:26Ronan frowned.
34:27What happened?
34:29The memorial stone of the former hymn angel who raised Aelin has been destroyed.
34:34The words struck me before I could think.
34:37Take me there.
34:39Sophia, wait.
34:40This may be a trap.
34:44That memorial stone is the only thing left of the angel who raised me.
34:48I did not think it through.
34:50I went there immediately.
34:52As I stood before the memorial stone, the broken surface reflected pieces of my old name.
35:03Who did this?
35:05A strange scent suddenly drifted from behind me.
35:08My vision went black.
35:10When I woke up, I found myself in the familiar old side chamber of the Hall of Judgment.
35:16This was where Frederick and I had lived after sealing our sacred bond.
35:20He sat in front of me, his eyes full of wild joy, as if he had recovered something he had
35:27lost.
35:30Aileen, I knew my instinct was right.
35:34It really is you.
35:36I looked down at the chains around my wrists and became strangely calm.
35:44So what?
35:46Even if I am Aileen, what does it change?
35:52Our sacred bond has already been dissolved.
35:55Frederick acted as if he had not heard me.
35:57He took out the white gold halo ring I had once left in the side chamber of the Hall of
36:02Judgment and dropped to one knee.
36:05Then I'll ask you for the bond again.
36:08He looked up at me.
36:09His eyes read.
36:11Aileen.
36:15Let's seal the sacred bond again.
36:18I almost laughed at how absurd Frederick was being.
36:23You chained me here to propose a sacred bond?
36:27I was afraid you would leave before hearing me out.
36:32That fear should have taught you not to force me.
36:35Instead, it taught you to become worse.
36:37Frederick's hand trembled around the ring.
36:40I didn't understand my own heart before.
36:44I thought I loved Camilla.
36:47Only after you disappeared did I realize I had fallen in love with you long ago.
36:53Aileen.
36:55Give me one more chance.
36:58If you come back to me, I'll do anything.
37:00I shook my head.
37:02Frederick.
37:04I'm not going back.
37:07Suddenly, the sound of a holy seal unlocking came from the door.
37:11The next second, Camilla burst in.
37:14Frederick!
37:15Why didn't you answer my holy feather note?
37:18Did you find her?
37:19The heirs need a drop of blood from a close relative to stabilize their blessing!
37:25Frederick shot to his feet and covered her mouth.
37:28Shut up.
37:30How did you get access to my old side chamber in the Hall of Judgment?
37:34Get out.
37:37Camilla saw me chained beside the sacred seat and understood at once.
37:41She laughed coldly.
37:43Regretting it now?
37:45Don't forget, I was the one who helped you come up with the idea of using that memorial stone to
37:49test her.
37:50Without me, how could you have confirmed she was Aileen?
37:53At last, I understood everything.
37:56Camilla's to heaven-born heirs were suffering from blessing failure.
37:59They needed a drop of blood from a close relative to stabilize their blessing.
38:05No one from the Hall of Judgment or the Hall of Hymns was a match, so she had placed her
38:10last hope on me,
38:11so all that regret, all that devotion, had still been nothing but another scheme.
38:18So this is what you call love?
38:21Disgusting.
38:22It's not like that.
38:24I only agreed to her plan as a temporary measure.
38:26I would never let you be in danger.
38:29Camilla's smile twisted.
38:31You said the same thing when you lied to her for three years.
38:37Camilla suddenly laughed as if she had lost her mind.
38:40She pulled an obsidian dagger from her, robes, and stabbed it hard into Frederick's abdomen.
38:48You liar!
38:51You promised that if I helped you find Aileen, you would grant my child blood blessing!
38:57Blood splashed onto the floor.
38:59Frederick groaned, but he still shoved her aside and came to unlock my chains first.
39:06Aileen, don't move.
39:10I'll get you out.
39:12You should stop the bleeding.
39:15Not before you're free.
39:17His fingers shook so badly that the holy lock clicked twice before opening.
39:22Camilla staggered backward, staring at his blood on her hands.
39:27You would rather bleed for her than let me take one drop of her blood for our heirs?
39:32They are not our heirs.
39:34Camilla froze.
39:36They were never mine to claim in front of Aileen.
39:38Camilla's eyes filled with hatred.
39:43After everything I gave you, you still choose her?
39:49Camilla scrambled up again and grabbed a crystal candlestick.
39:53Swinging it at me, Frederick's pupils contracted.
39:55Without hesitation, he threw himself in front of me.
40:00Aileen, watch out!
40:02The crystal candlestick struck the back of his head.
40:04Blood splattered across my face.
40:07The door to the old side chamber of the Hall of Judgment was broken open.
40:10Asher and Ronan rushed in with heavenly guards, who forced Camilla into chains of divine light.
40:17Let go of me!
40:19She ruined everything!
40:21She should have disappeared!
40:23Ronan helped me up, his voice tight.
40:27Sophia, are you hurt?
40:29I shook my head.
40:32I'm fine.
40:34Healing angels stopped Frederick's bleeding.
40:37Frederick lay on the floor, trying to keep his eyes open.
40:41Aileen.
40:42Asher stepped between us.
40:45Her name is Sophia.
40:48Frederick's lips moved, but no sound came out, as Asher protected me and led me out.
40:54I turned back and looked at Frederick one last time.
40:59Camilla was formally judged by the Heavenly Court for forging image records,
41:05conspiring and kidnapping, destroying a memorial stone, and assault.
41:10Her false censor status was publicly stripped from her, her halo shattered,
41:15and she was banished from the celestial city forever.
41:20Camilla.
41:21From this day forward,
41:23you will no longer receive the protection of the Hall of Hymns.
41:27You are forbidden from entering the celestial tout.
41:30Camilla fell to her knees.
41:33No!
41:35I am the mother of heaven-born heirs!
41:38You cannot exile me!
41:41The heirs will be examined and protected by neutral healing angels.
41:45They will not be used as your shield.
41:48Raphael watched from the side.
41:50Camilla turned toward him in panic.
41:54Raphael, help me!
41:56Raphael did not move.
41:58Frederick had been brought to the court under guard because of his involvement in the kidnapping.
42:03His head was bandaged, his face bloodless.
42:07Camilla looked at him next.
42:11Frederick, say something.
42:13Frederick, say something.
42:13You loved me!
42:15Frederick's voice was low.
42:17I protected the wrong person for too long.
42:20Camilla screamed as divine chains dragged her away.
42:25Because Frederick had kidnapped me, but also shielded me from that final blow.
42:30The Hall of Judgment sent him into exile at heaven's border.
42:35In exchange for a lighter ruling, he was never allowed to step into the celestial city again.
42:40Frederick looked at me.
42:41Sophia, Eileen, may I speak to you once?
42:45Say it here.
42:46I looked at Frederick calmly.
42:48Frederick swallowed.
42:50I thought saving you once meant I could keep you forever.
42:53I was wrong.
42:53You did not keep me.
42:55You trapped me in guilt.
42:57I know.
42:58Then live with that knowledge.
43:00At the border gate, his wings opened in the cold wind.
43:03They were whole now, bright and useless.
43:07I once wanted you to see my wings recover.
43:10Now I wish I had told you before they became proof of my lie.
43:13The guards led him through the gate behind him.
43:16The celestial city gates closed.
43:19And this time no one called him back.
43:23One week later, Ronan and I completed our sacred bond ceremony.
43:28The ceremony was nothing like the Hall of Hymns had been five years ago.
43:32There was no cold judgment circle.
43:34No angel waiting to compare me to Camilla.
43:36No man standing before the altar with another woman's name hidden in his heart.
43:41Asher stood as witness for the sanctuary of free angels.
43:46Sophia, do you enter this sacred bond by your own will?
43:50I looked at Ronan.
43:54Yes, by my own will.
43:57Asher turned to Ronan.
43:59Ronan, do you accept this bond with respect for Sophia's freedom, not possession over her past?
44:05I do.
44:06Ronan held out the new halo ring.
44:07His hands were steady.
44:09He did not rush me.
44:10He did not touch me until I nodded.
44:12Sophia, I will not ask you to forget your past.
44:14I only ask to walk beside the person you choose to become.
44:17Then walk beside me.
44:18Not in front of me.
44:20Not over me.
44:21Ronan smiled gently.
44:23Always beside you.
44:25The halo ring settled on my finger.
44:28Warm but not heavy.
44:32That night, while sorting through the gifts, I found one last anonymous box.
44:37Inside was a transfer agreement for Frederick's treasures.
44:41Signed by him.
44:42A holy feather note landed in my palm before he was exiled.
44:47Frederick's note.
44:48I'm sorry.
44:50I wish you freedom.
44:52Ronan stood beside me without touching the note.
44:56Do you want to keep it?
44:57I looked at the signature for a long moment.
45:01No.
45:03Asher read through the transfer agreement and confirmed it was real.
45:08These treasures are enough to support several sanctuaries for a long time.
45:11Then that is where they should go.
45:14I donated everything he sent to the Celestial City's sanctuary for the abandoned.
45:19The next morning, young abandoned angels gathered around the boxes,
45:23their small wings trembling with disbelief.
45:28Are these really for us?
45:32Yes.
45:34Use them to grow.
45:36To study.
45:37And to leave any place that makes you feel unwanted.
45:41Ronan stood quietly at the door.
45:43You turned his apology into something useful.
45:48That is the only thing it can be now.
45:50I stepped out of the sanctuary and looked at the open sky.
45:54The Sophia who survived belonged only to herself.
45:58And if heaven ever opened another book to judge me,
46:01I would no longer wait for someone else to save me.
46:04I would write my own name first.
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