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00:00:00On graduation day, my fake sister publicly brand me a cheater in front of the entire realm.

00:00:04My parents disowned me, the academy expelled me, and the frenzied crowd demanded my Celestra sigil.

00:00:10I stood there pale and alone, saying the same thing over and over.

00:00:14I did not cheat!

00:00:17Then the sky split open.

00:00:22Monsters swarmed the hall, tearing my abusers apart in screams of terror.

00:00:28I didn't run.

00:00:31Moonboat!

00:00:43But I am the ultimate awakened.

00:01:03Moonboat!

00:01:12Moonboat!

00:01:16Moonboat!

00:01:17Moonboat!

00:01:18Moonboat!

00:01:19Moonboat!

00:01:20Moonboat!

00:01:21Moonboat!

00:01:22Moonboat!

00:01:25Everyone saw as gentle, graceful, and innocent.

00:01:29Lila, I know the border was cruel to you.

00:01:32I know you came back here with scars none of us can see.

00:01:36I tried to understand that, I really did.

00:01:40But pain does not make this okay.

00:01:42It does not give you the right to take a place someone else spent their whole life fighting for.

00:01:48Look at everyone here.

00:01:51How many of you gave up your childhood for the entrance trial?

00:01:57How many nights did you spend memorizing runes until your eyes burned?

00:02:02How many times did you walk out of combat practice with your hands bleeding and still come back the next

00:02:07morning?

00:02:08The students' faces changed. Envy. Resentment. Rage.

00:02:14All of it turned straight towards me.

00:02:16And her? She drifted through some Forborder Academy for a few years and now we are supposed to believe she

00:02:22earned a Celeste our accepted sigil?

00:02:26Come on! If that is not cheating, then what is?

00:02:30The hall erupted. Every insult, every glare, every bit of anger came crashing down on me.

00:02:36I stood under the spotlight and said the only thing I needed to say.

00:02:39I did not cheat.

00:02:41But the louder they screamed, the colder I became.

00:02:46Because none of them had any idea what Celestara had really accepted me for.

00:02:58Vivian cried even harder. She did not rush to show evidence.

00:03:01Instead, she made herself look like a victim who had suffered in silence.

00:03:04Lyra, I never wanted it to come to this. You are House Veyra's real daughter.

00:03:08She paused, her face full of wounded restraint.

00:03:11But you went too far! You did not just steal an acceptance sigil!

00:03:14You stole someone's entire future!

00:03:19That pushed the crowd over the edge.

00:03:21A student from a common family clenched his fists.

00:03:25His eyes read with anger.

00:03:27My father worked himself half to death!

00:03:30Just to keep me in training.

00:03:32And I still barely made the reserve list!

00:03:34So how does she just walk straight into Celestara?

00:03:37A girl, a girl from some forgotten border academy gets into Celestara overnight with scores like that?

00:03:42Please.

00:03:43House Veyra must think we're only for the rest of us.

00:03:45The shouting grew louder.

00:03:47The corner of Vivian's mouth tricked.

00:03:48Barely enough for anyone to notice.

00:03:50Then she raised her hand.

00:03:51A stack of old record slabs flew out of her storage ring.

00:03:54And slammed onto the stage with a heavy crack.

00:03:56In Ietherian, every student's progress was carved into academic restial law.

00:04:01Rune theory.

00:04:01Divine history.

00:04:02Celestial law.

00:04:03Combat basics.

00:04:04Every assessment was permanently recorded.

00:04:06The slabs lit up and projected my results into the air for everyone to see.

00:04:10Rune theory.

00:04:11Bottom of the class.

00:04:12Divine history.

00:04:12Bottom of the class.

00:04:13Celestial law barely passing.

00:04:15Combat basics.

00:04:16Severe lack lacking.

00:04:16The hall went silent for one second.

00:04:18Then it exploded into ugly laughter.

00:04:20Vivian lifted her head.

00:04:21Tears still on her face but her voice was cold as a blade.

00:04:24That is who she really is.

00:04:25Not a victim.

00:04:26Not some hidden genius.

00:04:28Just a fraud with a famous last name.

00:04:32The scores on those record slabs were real.

00:04:34I did not deny it.

00:04:35The laughter from the crowd turned even cooler.

00:04:37She cannot even write a basic fire ray in Rune theory and she still got into Celestara.

00:04:42Her combat assessment literally says severely lacking.

00:04:44Can she even pull a training bow?

00:04:46That is not just bad.

00:04:47That is hopeless.

00:04:48Vivian waited until the crowd had worked itself into a frenzy.

00:04:52Then she turned the broadcast crystal straight towards me.

00:04:55Lila, are you really going to stand there and tell everyone these records are fake?

00:04:58No.

00:04:59They are real.

00:05:00The hall broke into chaos.

00:05:02Cheat.

00:05:03Fraud.

00:05:03A flash of satisfaction crossed Vivian's eyes.

00:05:06So the records are real.

00:05:07Good.

00:05:08Then let me ask you something.

00:05:10Lila, with scores like that, Celestara would not even let you carry luggage for their first

00:05:15years.

00:05:15So how did you end up with an acceptance sigil in your hand?

00:05:18Because I was not admitted through any of those courses.

00:05:21Not through normal courses?

00:05:23What is that supposed to mean?

00:05:25Did Celestara recruit you for noble etiquette?

00:05:27Or was it temple choir?

00:05:29Please, Lila, stop embarrassing yourself.

00:05:32Another wave of laughter rolled up from below.

00:05:34The acceptance signal in my pont was growing warm.

00:05:38Inside it was the real mark of the Riftguard order.

00:05:41Not the public academy seal everyone else was staring at, but the mark given only to

00:05:46recruits chosen for the war beyond the Rifts.

00:05:48The Royal Court had buried that war for six years.

00:05:51To ordinary people, the Riftfall was just an old disaster story.

00:05:54The border collapses, the missing villages, the black storms tearing through remote towns,

00:05:58all of it had been explained away as Freakstar sideweather.

00:06:00But the truth was much worse.

00:06:02The Rift had opened six years ago, and the Voidborn had been crossing over ever since.

00:06:06Celestara did not just train scholars and court officials behind its shining gates.

00:06:09It trained the Riftguard, the only order allowed to fight what came through those scratches.

00:06:12And the entrance trial had one hidden test no ordinary student ever heard about.

00:06:16Rift, combat, compatibility.

00:06:19The whole hall lost it.

00:06:21People laughed so hard they slapped the tables.

00:06:24Some shouted at the broadcast crystal, calling me shameless.

00:06:27Highest in the realm? She really just scored first in combat? Is she insane?

00:06:31I have seen her on the training field. She could barely keep a basic bow steady.

00:06:34Lila, if you are going to lie, at least make it believable.

00:06:36Every special recruit Celestana has ever accepted was a prodigy trained from childhood.

00:06:40You have been back at House Veta for one month.

00:06:42One month?

00:06:43You still do not know how to sit through a formal dinner without embarrassing yourself.

00:06:47And now you want everyone to believe you ranked first in combat across the entire realm?

00:06:53I did not explain, because I could not tell them my combat experience had nothing to do with the training

00:06:57field.

00:06:59I had killed Voidward monsters.

00:07:02I had survived at the edge of the sealed rift.

00:07:04I had awakened a crown-grade divine core at 18.

00:07:07But the second any of that left my mouth, I would be leaking classified royal secrets.

00:07:11Vivian saw me go quiet and moved in for the kill.

00:07:13No answer?

00:07:14Then let me say it for you.

00:07:15You never took that hidden test, did you?

00:07:17You paid someone else to take it for you.

00:07:19You did not just cheat on the entrance trial.

00:07:22You cheated on the hidden test too!

00:07:25Some like you should not be allowed anywhere near Celestara!

00:07:30If you are going to accuse someone, bring proof.

00:07:34Vivian, you said you saw me cheat with your own eyes.

00:07:37So where is it?

00:07:39The trial tower records every second of the entrance trial.

00:07:42If you really saw me cheat, then pull the footage from that day and let everyone see it.

00:07:46The moment those words landed, the mood in the room began to shift.

00:07:50In Aetherian, the trial tower's record crystals could not be tampered with by ordinary people.

00:07:56If the footage went public, there would be nothing left to argue about.

00:07:59Either I cheated or I did not.

00:08:01Vivian's face froze.

00:08:03But she recovered fast and let out a sharp cry.

00:08:05Fine!

00:08:06You are right!

00:08:07I was not telling the whole story!

00:08:10Everyone falls.

00:08:11She yanked up her sleeve, exposing her arm.

00:08:14Dark purple bruises ran from her wrist all the way up her forearm.

00:08:19Ugly and raw.

00:08:20Like she had been beaten with a whip and stabbed with needles again and again.

00:08:26I did not report her right away because I was terrified.

00:08:29Ever since Lyra came back to House Vera, she has been hitting me, screaming at me, and threatening me to

00:08:36keep my mouth shut!

00:08:37I finally found the courage to check the trial tower footage.

00:08:40And that same night, the record crystal for that floor shattered.

00:08:44Lyra, are you seriously going to stand there and pretend you had nothing to do with it?

00:08:47The comments turned instantly.

00:08:49The people who had hesitated a moment ago were now calling me vicious, guilty.

00:08:53A liar who destroyed evidence.

00:08:57I looked at the marks on her arm, and something inside me went cold.

00:09:01This was not some desperate lie she made up on the spot.

00:09:04She had planned every single step.

00:09:08Vivian was not finished.

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

00:09:12She wanted me ruined beyond repair in front of everyone.

00:09:15She hugged her bruised arm to her chest and stepped back, still crying to you.

00:09:18I know you hate me for living the life that should have been yours,

00:09:20but I never tried to fight you for anything.

00:09:22I never asked for any of this.

00:09:23So why are you doing this to me?

00:09:25Why do you have to take my home, take my parents, and knock my place at Celestora too?

00:09:29Those words hit the crowd exactly where she wanted them to.

00:09:31In their eyes, I was the real daughter who had come back to take revenge.

00:09:34Of course I was jealous of Vivian.

00:09:36Of course I was bitter.

00:09:37Of course I wanted to push her out.

00:09:39Lyra, who is protecting you?

00:09:41Who helped you destroy the Record Crystal?

00:09:45Who has been stopping the Trial Council from investigating you?

00:09:49Did you go behind your family's back and get close to someone powerful?

00:09:53Is that how you bought your way into Celestora?

00:09:57Disgusting!

00:09:58She dragged the House Veyra name through the mad!

00:10:00We work ourselves to death training, and she buys her spot with her body!

00:10:03Someone like that should just disappear!

00:10:05Let them rage.

00:10:06The truth will outlive their noise.

00:10:08The Broadcast Crystal carried every word live.

00:10:11People across the realm piled on, tearing me apart without knowing a thing.

00:10:15I listened to all of it.

00:10:17Then I laughed.

00:10:18You are right.

00:10:19There is someone behind me.

00:10:21When he gets here, you can ask him in a second.

00:10:25Arthur Hale.

00:10:27I said the name.

00:10:28For one second, the hall went dead silence.

00:10:31Then the screaming came back twice as loud.

00:10:33Arthur was the High Warden of Celestora Academy and the top commander of the Riftguard Order.

00:10:37Most people had no idea the Riftguard even existed, but they all knew his name.

00:10:41They knew he had ridden a Storm Griffith straight through the eye of a storm.

00:10:43They knew even nobles in the royal court did not dare cross him.

00:10:46But right now, his name did not clear mine.

00:10:47It only made everything worse.

00:10:48To them, it confirmed every ugly theories they already wanted to do.

00:10:51The High Warden himself is mixed up in this!

00:10:53This is exactly how the upper class handles things behind closed doors!

00:10:56Lila, I just want justice!

00:10:58Why are you dragging someone like that into this to scare me?

00:11:01Is this what happens when we go home too?

00:11:03Are you going to punish me again?

00:11:04What is it this time?

00:11:05The whip or the needles?

00:11:06That pushed the crowd completely over the edge.

00:11:09Someone threw a crystal cup at me.

00:11:10Someone else rolled a graduation bouquet with sharp silver branches hidden inside.

00:11:14Another person to lit rune stick into my shoulder, burning straight through my sleeve.

00:11:17I did not use my power.

00:11:19The secrecy sealed.

00:11:19I was still active.

00:11:20I could not believe in the city what I was capable of.

00:11:23By the time something just split the skin above my eye,

00:11:25she did not look scared at all.

00:11:26She looked satisfied.

00:11:29Then heavy footsteps came from the back of the hall.

00:11:31Headmaster Victor Blake had finally arrived.

00:11:33He ran the Border Academy,

00:11:35and in this building he was the biggest authority Vivian had on her side.

00:11:38Mr. Blake, I did not want it to go this far.

00:11:40But Lila would not stop.

00:11:42She just kept pushing me.

00:11:43Victor saw the marks on her arm,

00:11:45and his expression hardened at once.

00:11:46He did not ask me a single question.

00:11:49He did not pull any records.

00:11:50He did not even tell anyone to shut off the broadcast crystal.

00:11:53He simply moved Vivian behind him,

00:11:54turned to face me,

00:11:55and looked at me like I was something filthy that needed to be thrown out.

00:11:58Vera Vera, contact Dr. Disgrace.

00:12:00You do not belong at this graduation ceremony.

00:12:03Effective immediately.

00:12:04I am revoking your graduation credentials,

00:12:07and removing you from our academic lots.

00:12:09You are no longer a student of this institution.

00:12:12You are expiling a graduating student front of the entire realm,

00:12:15without a single investigation,

00:12:16based only on Vivian's word?

00:12:18Other students deserve investigations.

00:12:20Someone like you does not.

00:12:21I looked at him,

00:12:22and for a second I almost laughed.

00:12:24He had no idea.

00:12:25He was personally throwing away the greatest student this academy had ever produced.

00:12:29Right then, the doors at the back of the hall swung open.

00:12:32A group of officials in gray and silver robes walked in.

00:12:35The trial council had arrived.

00:12:37The officials wore the trial council seal on their chests.

00:12:41The one in front stopped directly before me,

00:12:43his voice flat and hard.

00:12:45The broadcast crystal swung toward them at once.

00:12:47Everyone across the realm was watching,

00:12:49waiting to see me fall.

00:12:51The official continued.

00:12:52Lyra Vera,

00:12:53we have received a formal report.

00:12:56You are suspected of cheating during the entrance trial,

00:12:59and obtaining a Celestar Academy exception sigil

00:13:02through improper connections.

00:13:05Pending investigation,

00:13:06the trial council will freeze your acceptance sigil

00:13:09and suspend your eligibility to enter Celestia.

00:13:11Come with us.

00:13:12The crowd below cheered.

00:13:14Finally!

00:13:14Get her out of Celestia!

00:13:15She belongs in the Judgment Tower!

00:13:20I looked down at the signal in my palm.

00:13:22It rested quietly against my skin,

00:13:24glowing silver,

00:13:24with the true Riftguard mark sealed inside.

00:13:26Ordinary trial council officials had no authority to freeze it.

00:13:29I looked back up at them.

00:13:30I will cooperate with the investigation.

00:13:32The lead official's expression eased slightly.

00:13:34I kept going.

00:13:35But your clearance level is not high enough to touch this.

00:13:40The hall went completely full in their seconds.

00:13:42Then the screaming came back loud enough to shake the walls.

00:13:45The official's face went rigid.

00:13:46Take her!

00:13:48Two guards grabbed my arms,

00:13:50and then my birth parents forced their way through the crowd

00:13:52and rushed onto the stage.

00:13:53My mother shoved the guards aside

00:13:55and planted herself in front of me.

00:13:57For one moment,

00:13:57I thought she was finally going to believe me.

00:14:00Then she grabbed my hands,

00:14:01opened her mouth,

00:14:02and the first thing she did was beg me to confess.

00:14:05Celestia, please!

00:14:05I am begging you as your mother!

00:14:08Just admit it!

00:14:10We do not need Celestia!

00:14:13Please!

00:14:14Let this go!

00:14:23Something inside me sank.

00:14:26I did not cheat.

00:14:28I earned that spot.

00:14:29Every part of this from the beginning

00:14:31was Vivian setting me up.

00:14:32My father's face went completely cold.

00:14:36Enough!

00:14:38His hand cracked across my face.

00:14:41Pain burst through my cheek,

00:14:42and my head snapped to the side.

00:14:44The entire hall gasped.

00:14:45We brought you home!

00:14:47We gave you the Vera name,

00:14:48and this is how you repay us?

00:14:49By standing here and accusing Vivian?

00:14:51Who the hell do you think you are?

00:14:53Vivian stood behind my mother with red eyes,

00:14:56slowly nodding like she was too hurt to speak.

00:14:59I looked at my father.

00:15:00Of course she is scared of me.

00:15:03She spent 18 years living the life

00:15:05that should have been mine.

00:15:06I said enough!

00:15:07Vivian has spent every day

00:15:08trying to make room for you in this family,

00:15:10and you still cannot stop dragging her down.

00:15:12How much more do you want from her?

00:15:13From this day on,

00:15:14you are no daughter of mine.

00:15:16House Vera has one daughter,

00:15:17and her name is Vivian.

00:15:19Lyara Vera does not exist.

00:15:20My mother dropped to her knees in front of me,

00:15:22sobbing and begging me to back down.

00:15:24Lyla, please just say you are sorry.

00:15:26If you keep this up,

00:15:27you will have nothing left.

00:15:28Everyone was watching.

00:15:29Some called me cold.

00:15:30Some said I had no heart,

00:15:31standing there while my own mother knelt on the floor.

00:15:33But I did not look down,

00:15:34because that moment

00:15:35something cracked open in the sky above us.

00:15:37My head snapped up.

00:15:37The next second,

00:15:38the sky split apart,

00:15:39torn wide by black fractures.

00:15:41A throinders poured through

00:15:41back the buildings

00:15:42and dropped into the hall,

00:15:43their red slit eyes locking on the crowd below.

00:15:45Screams erupted everywhere.

00:15:47My father and mother grabbed Vivian first

00:15:48and dragged her toward safety.

00:15:50Not one of them looked back at me.

00:15:51I stood among blood and broken crystal,

00:15:53and I laughed.

00:15:54The secrecy seal?

00:15:55It did not matter anymore.

00:15:56I turned and walked forward

00:15:57against the flood of people

00:15:58running the other way.

00:15:59Then I slowly raised my right hand.

00:16:02Moonbow!

00:16:03Silver moonlight gathered at my fingertips

00:16:05and shaped itself into a great bow of starlight.

00:16:08I stood in the middle of the ruined hall,

00:16:10my face calm as the wind screamed down

00:16:12from the broken sky.

00:16:13What the hell is that?

00:16:14The whole hall is falling apart,

00:16:15and she is standing there with a bow like this

00:16:17as some kind of performance.

00:16:18A voidborne crashed through what was left of the ceiling

00:16:21and streaked as it charged toward the stage.

00:16:25Its body was covered in hard black plates,

00:16:28dark green slime dripping from every joint.

00:16:33Its claws ripped deep lines through the floor,

00:16:36throwing dust and shattered stone into the air.

00:16:38I did not move.

00:16:39I held the bow in my left hand

00:16:40and drew back the invisible string of might.

00:16:43In that instant,

00:16:44the scattered starlight around me answered.

00:16:46It rushed into my palm at once

00:16:48when the power divine core surged outward,

00:16:50blasting every piece of debris away

00:16:52before it could touch me.

00:16:53Father!

00:16:54Mother!

00:16:54Look at her!

00:16:56She is frozen stiff!

00:16:57She is going to get herself killed

00:16:59and she deserves it!

00:17:01Leave her!

00:17:01Do not waste another second

00:17:03on that cheating piece of trash!

00:17:05Not far away,

00:17:06Duke Vela had his arms wrapped tightly upon a trembling Vivian

00:17:09while two guards half-carried Lady Vela towards the emergency eds.

00:17:13None of them looked back at me,

00:17:15not even once,

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

00:17:20I let out a cold laugh and pulled the bowstring all the way back.

00:17:24Burn.

00:17:25Burn.

00:17:28I released it.

00:17:31A beam of pure silver light tore through the darkness of the hall.

00:17:44The arrow did not fly at the monster in front of me.

00:17:54It shot straight up

00:17:55through the shattered ceiling

00:17:57and into the open sky.

00:18:00The moment it touched the black fracture above us,

00:18:03the single arrow exploded in mid-air.

00:18:06Powered by my divine core,

00:18:07it split into thousands of blinding beams of moonlight

00:18:10and spread in every direction like a silver storm.

00:18:14Heavy impacts thundered above the hall.

00:18:17The Voidborn still crawling through the cracks

00:18:19never even had time to scream.

00:18:20The second that curtain of moonlight touched them,

00:18:23their bodies broke apart and dissolved into the air,

00:18:25leaving only fine black dust drifting down from the sky.

00:18:28The rotten stench that had filled the hall vanished,

00:18:31washed clean by pure light.

00:18:33Every scream in the hall stopped at once.

00:18:34The students and teachers

00:18:36who had been packed together near the outset stood frozen,

00:18:38staring up at the black ash falling from above.

00:18:41What kind of power is that?

00:18:43No standard academy test could ever measure something like this.

00:18:47The broadcast crystal was still hovering in the air.

00:18:49Across the entire realm,

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

00:18:53were now flooding the comments faster than anyone could read.

00:18:56Can someone explain what just happened?

00:18:57Did that cheating fraud just wipe out a whole wave of Voidborn with one arrow?

00:19:03I lowered my bow.

00:19:06The cut above my eye was still bleeding.

00:19:09Blood mixed with sweat

00:19:10and burned as it ran into my eye.

00:19:12But the hand holding the bow did not shake at all.

00:19:18But the Riftfall was nowhere near over.

00:19:20The outer barrier had been torn apart,

00:19:22and the black ash in the sky was still spreading.

00:19:24Larger Voidborn were crawling along the eight edges of the fraction now,

00:19:27their red-slit eyes burning through the dark fog.

00:19:29It's fake!

00:19:29She paid someone to set all of this up!

00:19:31Do not believe her!

00:19:31She is doing this whole show just to clear her name!

00:19:33Her clothes were soaked in slime from the monsters,

00:19:35and the stench coming off her was almost unbearable.

00:19:37But the envy in her eyes had already swallowed every bit of fear.

00:19:39She is right!

00:19:40A girl from some backwater town with a combat storm arcs

00:19:42not suddenly have power like this.

00:19:44Someone gave her a defensive artifact.

00:19:45That is the only explanation.

00:19:48Even after watching me do the impossible,

00:19:50they still refused to believe it was mine.

00:19:54In their minds, there had to be a dirty deal behind it.

00:19:57There had to be some powerful person feeding me strength from the shadows.

00:20:00That was enough to poison the room again.

00:20:03Some students who had just started to doubt Vivian looked at me with suspicion,

00:20:06and a few even stepped away.

00:20:07Then a much larger voidborne tore free from the fracture.

00:20:11It came crashing down less than 10 feet from Vivian.

00:20:15Roaring so hard the whole building shook.

00:20:20The shockwave blasted broken stage into the air.

00:20:27Vivian's legs gave out under the pressure of the creature bearing down on her.

00:20:30She collapsed to the floor like her bones had stopped working.

00:20:32Duke Vera had been standing right in front of her.

00:20:34But the moment he looked up at that monster's face,

00:20:36fear won.

00:20:37He dropped Vivian's arm without thinking and scrambled backward as fast as he could.

00:20:41Lila!

00:20:44What are you just standing there for?

00:20:46Use your illusion magic or whatever that thing is and get it off me!

00:20:51If I die, the Vera family will make you pay for it!

00:20:56Even then, she still spoke like I owed her my life.

00:20:59I did not bother looking at her face.

00:21:02I pushed off the ground and let the storm energy carry me upward,

00:21:06cutting a clean arc through the chaos above.

00:21:08Then I pulled the bowstring back in a reverse draw.

00:21:15The impact was massive.

00:21:17The creature exploded from the inside out and collapsed into a wave of black rain.

00:21:21Every last brow, sticky green slimes to pouring down at that drenched Vivian from Headslope's toe.

00:21:33Black mist hung in the air.

00:21:36The entire hall went completely silent.

00:21:42The students who had been terrified out of their minds slowly came back to themselves.

00:21:46Did we make it?

00:21:48Did Lyra just save all of us?

00:21:50Quiet murmurs spread through the crowd.

00:21:52Many of the common students who had been screaming at me earlier

00:21:54now looked around with guilt and something close to us that gratitude.

00:21:56But before that could spread,

00:21:58Duke Vera's furious voice cut through everything.

00:22:01You disgusting creature!

00:22:03You planned this from the start!

00:22:05You could have moved sooner but you waited until that monster attacked Vivian

00:22:08because you wanted her dead!

00:22:11She frantically wiped at her face with her sleeve

00:22:13and the hatred in her eyes was almost solid.

00:22:16That is exactly what she did.

00:22:18She wanted to ruin my face and ruin my life.

00:22:20You cruel evil woman!

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

00:22:25This time, the comments began to turn.

00:22:28The broadcast crystal sent every word live across the realm.

00:22:33This time, the comments began to turn.

00:22:39Are the Veilas insane?

00:22:41She just saved their lives and they are attacking her again.

00:22:44The Duke ran faster than anyone in that room

00:22:46and now he wants to act like a protective father?

00:22:48That is just disgusting.

00:22:49Lyra!

00:22:50Power does not excuse rotten character!

00:22:52You stood there and let your own family almost die!

00:22:55You are a disgrace to this institution!

00:22:57Expelling you earlier was absolutely the right decision!

00:23:00Victor saw where the wind was turning.

00:23:03Terrified of losing favor with House Veilor,

00:23:05he rushed in to pile on.

00:23:10A cry tore through the thunderclouds.

00:23:13Sharp, clean and filled with so much raw power

00:23:16that every monster in the area seemed to flinch from it.

00:23:19The black fractures spreading across the sky

00:23:21actually began to shrink.

00:23:24Everyone looked up without thinking.

00:23:29Through the layers of storm cloud,

00:23:31a creature so enormous it blocked out the sky

00:23:33tore through the lightning and dove toward us,

00:23:35trailing wild bolts of blue electricity.

00:23:37Its wingspan stretched dozens of meters.

00:23:40Silver feathers caught the lightning

00:23:41and flashed with a cold metallic gleam.

00:23:44It was the kind of creature that only appeared in stories

00:23:47about the Imperial Sky Forces.

00:23:50A storm griffin.

00:23:52At the center of the wound stage like a hammer,

00:23:55the shockwave sent Victor and Duke Vea flying backward

00:23:57and rolling across the floor.

00:23:58The storm griffith landed beside me.

00:24:00Blue electricity threw in through its silver feathers

00:24:02and swept rolling off him

00:24:04made every trial council look so official in the room feel smart.

00:24:06This was someone who did not need a single room

00:24:08to draw on the power of the stars.

00:24:11His hair was completely white,

00:24:13but the pressure rolling off him

00:24:14made every trial council official in the hall

00:24:16turn pale on the spot.

00:24:18His body carried that power on its own.

00:24:20The highest authority of Celestia Academy.

00:24:24High Warden Arthur Hale.

00:24:25He stepped down from the griffith

00:24:27without sparing a glance

00:24:28the officials already dropped into their knees.

00:24:30He walked straight to me,

00:24:31looked at blood on my forehead

00:24:33and the state of my clothes

00:24:34and his expression dartened in an instant.

00:24:36You did this.

00:24:38Three words.

00:24:39They hit the hall like a second shockwave.

00:24:43Victor recognized him the moment he re-looked up.

00:24:48All the color fafter drained of his face

00:24:50and his legs went weak.

00:24:59Victor and Duke Vea could barely breathe

00:25:01under the pressure radiating from Arthur.

00:25:04I watched the broadcast from the floating Cacitadel.

00:25:07One arrow split into a thousand beams of light

00:25:10and sealed a rift while my personal disciple

00:25:13was being treated like this in your little school.

00:25:15He rested his hand gently on my shoulder.

00:25:18A wave of warm, clean energy moved through me at once.

00:25:21The pain above my eye disappeared.

00:25:23The blood, the scorch marks, and the stains in my uniform

00:25:25broke apart in a faint tremor of lightning

00:25:27and dissolved like ash.

00:25:29The moment the word's personal disciple reached the crowd,

00:25:31the hall went silent again.

00:25:33Lord Hale, are you saying Lyra is your-

00:25:36That is right.

00:25:37She is this year's top special recruit

00:25:40for Celestora Academy.

00:25:44He turned toward the broadcast crystal floating in the air.

00:25:48His voice came out steady and clear,

00:25:51carrying the kind of authority that left no room for argument

00:25:54and reaching every corner of Aetherian.

00:25:56The riftfall six years ago was not a star storm.

00:26:01It was a Voidborn invasion.

00:26:04The royal court sealed the truth to keep the realm from falling into panic.

00:26:08Lyra spent those years alone at the border,

00:26:11hunting Voidborn in the Fracture Zones.

00:26:14Her rift combat score is the highest in the entire realm.

00:26:18He paused, and his gaze cut across the room.

00:26:21Her divine core has crown-grade purity,

00:26:23the kind that appears once in a thousand years.

00:26:28Cheat?

00:26:29She could stand here doing nothing,

00:26:32and she would still be something none of you could ever reach.

00:26:37The live comment feed across the realm completely crashed.

00:26:41Every student who had called me a cheating fraud moments ago

00:26:44now looked like they had seen a ghost.

00:26:46The common student stared at me with something close to awe and fear.

00:26:50Several noble students who had thrown things at me

00:26:52dropped straight to their knees,

00:26:53shaking.

00:26:55That is impossible!

00:26:58It is impossible!

00:27:00She is a nobody from a garbage school!

00:27:03How could someone who failed every academic test get into Celestia?

00:27:07Vivian screamed it with everything she had left,

00:27:10throwing herself against a truth she could not accept.

00:27:13Hmph.

00:27:15Academic tests find clerks for royal court paperwork.

00:27:18Real strength is what stands between this world and total destruction at the border.

00:27:25Arthur let out a cold sound, and the force of it knocked Vivian off her feet.

00:27:28She landed face first in a puddle of void-borne slime on the floor.

00:27:32Victor scrambled over to Arthur on his hands and knees and pressed his forehead to the ground.

00:27:36Lord Hale, this was all a terrible misunderstanding.

00:27:39The school had no idea about any of this.

00:27:45Lyra has always been our pride and joy.

00:27:48We were absolutely going to keep her academic record intact,

00:27:52and we even approved a one million spirit crystal scholarship in her honor.

00:27:59This was a completely different man from the one who had just called me a disgrace with rotten character.

00:28:05I looked at him without blinking.

00:28:07Victor, that is not what you said.

00:28:11When you took my graduation credentials.

00:28:25Get out.

00:28:28Why?

00:28:32You gave me the mate bond last night,

00:28:34and today you let Serena come back just to humiliate me?

00:28:37Is this your doing?

00:28:39A temporary bond means absolutely nothing, Ava.

00:28:44Then what the hell was last night?

00:28:46A game?

00:28:47Blood Moon Madness.

00:28:48Nothing more.

00:28:50So I'm just the consequence of your lack of control?

00:28:53Don't flatter yourself.

00:28:54You aren't that important.

00:28:55Know your place, Ava.

00:28:57You do not belong to the Blackthorn Pack,

00:28:59and you will never be my Luna.

00:29:05Fine.

00:29:07As you wish, your majesty.

00:29:10The bathhouse next to the Alpha's chamber.

00:29:13Scrub the stone your knees.

00:29:18Did you hear him?

00:29:20You are not his Luna.

00:29:22You aren't even worthy of being his wolf.

00:29:26Humans are just humans.

00:29:29Even if the Alpha took a bite out of you,

00:29:31you're still just leftover meat to a beast.

00:29:44Oh, my bad.

00:29:46Human hands are always so clumsy.

00:29:48Start over.

00:29:52Remember, a piece of trash like you should be grateful the Alpha even looked your way.

00:29:59Don't go dreaming about the Luna Throne.

00:30:04We'll see who gets thrown out of this castle first, Serena.

00:30:14No, I can't.

00:30:17She has to stay away from me.

00:30:19But Alpha, she truly believes you've abandoned her.

00:30:24Let her believe it.

00:30:25It's the only way.

00:30:31I'm sorry, Ava.

00:30:34What are you standing around for?

00:30:36The Alpha King loathes filth above all else.

00:30:40Especially a human parasite creeping around his castle.

00:30:44That's the lowest kind of fill there is.

00:30:47The stone walls must be entirely free of water spots.

00:30:51Not a single footprint on the floor.

00:30:53And the Alpha's copper basin must be scrubbed every half hour.

00:30:59Oops.

00:31:00Looks like you missed a spot here.

00:31:04You literally just smeared that on the wall.

00:31:06Oh?

00:31:07And who exactly saw me do that?

00:31:09Typical human, incapable of doing basic chores,

00:31:12always whining and making excuses.

00:31:20Alpha, should I step in and put a stop to Serena's games?

00:31:25No.

00:31:27Lady Ava's hands.

00:31:28The skin is already splitting from the cold water.

00:31:31Prepare the laurel healing salve.

00:31:34Deliver it to her, but ensure she has no idea it came from me.

00:31:37She will assume it's just standard issue grease from the scullery.

00:31:39Let her believe exactly that.

00:31:46Standard scullery ointment.

00:31:47Put it on.

00:31:49Since when does the scullery brigade hand out high-grade elixirs to human servants?

00:31:53Use it or throw it away.

00:31:58I looked down at Lady Veyra Loutard with me.

00:32:00Duke Veyra announced in front of the Hiram that he's cutting all ties with me.

00:32:03House Veyra has one daughter, ever reasoned by Njord's words.

00:32:06Lera, I said that out of anger.

00:32:07You have Veyra blood in your veins.

00:32:08How can you BB this cold?

00:32:09If I returned under the Veyra name, the family would gain more influence, the royal court,

00:32:12Nate, than they'd ever dared to dream of.

00:32:14When the truth was still unclear, you decided I was guilty.

00:32:16You demanded that I confess.

00:32:18You did not care about my bloodline then.

00:32:20She is my only person, I hope, and the top recruit of the Rifgard order.

00:32:23Anyone who lays a hand on her is declaring war on Celestara.

00:32:27Arthur's declaration hit the hall like a thunderclap,

00:32:29and shattered the last of Duke Veyra's illusions.

00:32:33We are sorry, Chief Veyra.

00:32:35We were stupid.

00:32:36We were wrong about you.

00:32:38I stood beside the Storm Griffith and gave a small wave.

00:32:42Let's go, old man.

00:32:43The air in here smells terrible.

00:32:46No respect at all, you little brat.

00:32:57He grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the Griffith's back in one smooth motion.

00:33:05The Storm Griffith spread its wings.

00:33:07Blue lightning surged into the sky, with thousands of people on the ground and millions more watching through broadcast crystals.

00:33:13All of them carrying their own mix of envy, shock and regret.

00:33:16We turned into a streak of light and vanished into the clouds.

00:33:18As for Vivian, she was left behind in the ruins with trial council restraint cuffs locked around her wrists.

00:33:24Whatever waited for her in the Judgment Tower would not be pleasant.

00:33:26The Veyra family name was finished, too.

00:33:28The wind screamed past us at altitude.

00:33:30The same High Warden who had just stood in front of a hall full of people and killed monsters with

00:33:35a wave of his mist now flopped down on the Griffith's back,

00:33:38yanked his collar open with absolutely no dignity,

00:33:40and pulled a half-eat bag of dried spirit fruit from his storage ring.

00:33:44Kid, be honest. Was my entrance cool or what? That speech was solid, right?

00:33:49It was cool, old man. It would have been perfect if you had not left a scorched lightning smell all

00:33:54over my uniform.

00:33:56I looked at the slightly charred edge of my sleeve with a mix of annoyance and affection.

00:34:00That was for atmosphere, obviously. Here, have a fruit. I skipped a royal court breakfast meeting to come get you.

00:34:05Once we land at Celestara, you are coming with me to borrow some of the old drunks private...

00:34:08The High Warden of the Sacred Hall stealing wine.

00:34:10If a broadcast crystal ever caught that, your whole image would be dead.

00:34:17I rolled my eyes, but I could not stop the corner of my mouth from lifting.

00:34:23In this entire world, Arthur was the only person I could completely let my guards down around.

00:34:32The Storm Griffin broke through the last layer of Storm Cloud, and the world opened up all at once.

00:34:37High above the Nine Heavens, massive white stone halls rose along the edges of each island.

00:34:41Towers pierced the clouds, and blue starfire burned at every peak without going out.

00:34:45There were no ordinary bridges between the islands.

00:34:46Silwing trains glided along the tracks like shooting stars crossing the sky.

00:34:50Higher up, awakened riders on winged horses and griffles swept through the clouds.

00:34:54Some wore academy robes, some silver armor with rune-carved weapons at their sides.

00:34:57There were no crumbling stone walls here, and none of the cramped halls from my old border academy.

00:35:01Every tower and every flag said the same thing without a single word.

00:35:04This place was not built for the weak.

00:35:06Welcome to Celeste Air Academy, the highest institution in the entire realm.

00:35:09No one here looked at me the way people are back home.

00:35:11There was no contempt, no Sassanian, only the sharp respect people could then give the

00:35:15Sun-Zhen High one in the highest, stronger than the men.

00:35:16Lyra, this is your home now.

00:35:18I already had your room set up in the best tower on campus.

00:35:20It even has a private spirit spring.

00:35:21He patted my shoulder, then immediately launched into an enthusiastic retelling of my solo kills

00:35:26against high-level Voidborne at the border for the senior faculty around us.

00:35:29He looked far too proud of himself.

00:35:31Here we go again.

00:35:32I looked at the massive trial spire rising into the clouds not far away, and the fingers

00:35:36hidden in my suite slowly curled.

00:35:38The mess with Vivi and the Veya family was over.

00:35:40But what was waiting for me had only just begun.

00:35:54Life in Celeste Artra settled into a rhythm pretty quickly.

00:35:58Between poor training sessions with the Riftguard unit and getting dragged into Arthur's endless

00:36:03campus trouble, the days filled themselves.

00:36:09But some dogs never stop barking.

00:36:12Do not think having the High Warden as your teacher makes you untouchable, Lyra.

00:36:16My mother is gravely ill because of what you did to her.

00:36:19And the Noble Council at the Royal Court is not going to let this go.

00:36:22Your time is coming.

00:36:23Is that the real daughter?

00:36:25I heard she completely abandoned her own family.

00:36:27Her own mother is seriously ill and she will not even visit her.

00:36:29How heartless can someone be?

00:36:31Different place.

00:36:32Same poison.

00:36:33This time it was just dressed up as a rumor.

00:36:35With everyone around me pointing and whispering, I did not even bother to look up.

00:36:39I was just about to summon Moonbow and remind Vivian exactly who she was dealing with.

00:36:50Then the hedge beside the path rustled.

00:36:53A rumpled man stepped out of the hedge.

00:36:55His hair sticking up in every direction and his coat creased like he had just woken up in a stable.

00:37:01Lord hail!

00:37:03I am Vivian of House Veyra.

00:37:04Lyra abandoned her own mother without a shred of decency.

00:37:07How could someone like that be worthy of being your personal sociable?

00:37:10She must have tricked you!

00:37:11Veyra, right that ridiculous family where the duke dropped his own daughter and ran the second things got dangerous

00:37:15while the lady cried and begged someone else to take the blame.

00:37:18Lyra, what was she saying?

00:37:20That you are cold-blooded?

00:37:22Funny, because I remember someone bloodily confiscating my 300-year-old star cigars last night.

00:37:26Still performing for me, I see.

00:37:29You were smoking in the combat training field while staring at the water temple of these priesters rehearsing next door.

00:37:36That...

00:37:37That is a complete lie!

00:37:39That was an artistic appreciation!

00:37:43The Outer Court students, who had been bracing for a dramatic confrontation, stood there with their mouths hanging open.

00:37:49This was the legendary High Warden who could split the sky with a single strike?

00:37:54Lord hail!

00:37:55You are the backbone of this empire!

00:37:57How can you defend someone so heartless towards her own family?

00:38:00The Royal Council will never accept her!

00:38:02The Royal Council? You mean that pack of Rallocites who have never seen a void and up close and spend

00:38:06all day counting gold from padded chairs?

00:38:08Why would I care what they think?

00:38:09And you, a Bottomly Observer trainee?

00:38:13Who gave you permission to make a scene in my Outer Court plaza?

00:38:16Since you love the glory of the Eurah Bloodline so much, let me send you right back to it.

00:38:27Lila, just wait!

00:38:28At next month's Skyborn trial, I will claim the most powerful mountain existence and crush every last piece of your

00:38:35pride in front of the whole court!

00:38:39Her screaming faded as she flew in a perfect arc over the edge of Celestata's floating island and disappeared into

00:38:45the forest below.

00:38:47The students nearby went completely silent and immediately pretended to be very busy with their room texts.

00:38:56Lyra, see how well I take care of you?

00:38:59As a thank you, can you cover my library monitoring stiff this afternoon?

00:39:02I want to go fishing.

00:39:05Not a chance.

00:39:06Go yourself.

00:39:10Half a month passed in a blink.

00:39:12Celestia Academy welcomed the biggest event of the year.

00:39:14The Sky Bond trial.

00:39:16In Aetherian, once an Awakener turned 18 and their Divine core had stabilized,

00:39:20they had to travel to the Sacred Mountain at the heart of the Divine Realm and form a soul bond

00:39:24with their Skymount.

00:39:25This was not just a display of strength.

00:39:27It determined your rank in the Sky Forces for the rest of your life.

00:39:31Ordinary Awakeners could only attract standard-winged horses or trainine Griffians.

00:39:34Only those with the highest divine bloodlines had a shot at bonding with a purebred Storm Griffian.

00:40:08At the foot of the Sacred Mountain, banners flew everywhere.

00:40:10It was an ancient aura that felt deeply wrong.

00:40:12Lyra, on this stage, with the whole realm watching, I am going to show you what happens when Arthur is

00:40:21not here to hide you.

00:40:22You are still a border nobody who cannot even attract a winged horse!

00:40:33She stared at me from across the crowd and slowly dragged a finger across her throat, the madness in her

00:40:40eyes fully exposed.

00:40:43The trial began, wave after wave of young Awakeners stepped onto the Summoning Circle at the mountain's peak.

00:40:49Some drew silver-winged horses and the crowd roared.

00:40:52Some only managed flightless birds with stubby wings and got laughed at.

00:40:56Then it was Vivian's turn.

00:40:58She walked up to the circle with her chin raised, bit her finger and let the blood drip onto the

00:41:03gold pendant on her chest.

00:41:05The pendant exploded with a dark gold light.

00:41:08It carried the pressure of an ancient divine bloodline, and underneath it, barely detectable, was the unmistakable taint of the

00:41:15void.

00:41:15A cry rang out from deep inside the Sacred Mountain.

00:41:18An adult Storm Grimm, smaller than Arthur's but still enormously powerful, was yanked forward by the pull of that energy.

00:41:24It screamed in fury and came down from the clouds against its will, landing in front of Vivian.

00:41:28The process looked wrong, but the appearance of a pure-bred Storm Grimm still sent the crowd into thunderous applause.

00:41:35Ha! That is my daughter! A Storm Griffel! The Vera family is destined to rise again!

00:41:43Duke Vera was red with excitement, deliberately throwing a smug look at Arthur and I in the main seats.

00:41:50Lila! Are you watching? This is what real Talalent looks like! I'm a grill rider now! What do you have?

00:41:55Do you think that little bow of yours can shoot a grivel down and make it kneel?

00:41:59She stood beside the griffon and screamed at me, pouring out every bit of humiliation she had been holding in

00:42:04for the past two weeks.

00:42:05Plenty of nobles in the crowd who did not know the full scheme nodded along, genuinely shocked by what looked

00:42:10like a Vera comeback.

00:42:12With the crowd going wild and Vivian screaming at me, Arthur only yawned, picked at his boot and handed me

00:42:18a peeled spirit fruit.

00:42:20Lyra! Lyra, go ahead, show these people who have clearly never seen anything impressive in their lives, what highest in

00:42:26the realm actually means.

00:42:28I brushed the fruit peel from my hand and walked down from the main seats with everyone watching.

00:42:32I did not go to the summoning circle. I walked straight to the cliff at the very edge of the

00:42:37sacred mountain.

00:42:37I stood there in the high wind and slowly closed my eyes. Inside me, the crown-grade divine core ignited

00:42:44at full power.

00:42:45The impact landed like a physical force. A column of pure, flaskless silver light erupted from my body and tore

00:42:50straight through the sacred mountain's ancient protective barrier shooting up into the star sea above.

00:42:55The entire mountain began to shake. The clear sky went dark in an instant.

00:42:59Stars appeared in broad daytime and gathered into a brilliant river of light across the heavens.

00:43:03At the far end of that river, a massive divine gray stepped into view. Its coat was pure white without

00:43:08a single mark, and its antlers looked as if they had been carved from silver.

00:43:12It ran towards me across the sky, each step blooming with a silver. Each step left a trail of pure

00:43:17silver star blossoms floating behind it.

00:43:18In the legends of the divine realm, this creature only appeared alongside the moon god herself, the moon Stian.

00:43:24The moment it landed, every sky mount at the foot of sacred mount dropped to its knees without exceptions of

00:43:29them, including the storm griffle that had stood proudly beside Vivian's ago, pressed themselves to the ground and let with

00:43:35small, frightened total submission.

00:43:38The entire outer grounds of the sacred mountain went as quiet as a tomb. Tens of thousands of riders, nobles

00:43:45and academy instructors stood and watched their mounts collapse to the ground like they had lost all strength, not one

00:43:51of them daring to lift their head.

00:43:53The storm griffle that had been so impressive just moments ago, now had its massive head buried completely under its

00:43:59wing, its huge body shaking violently with fear.

00:44:02Get up right now! You are a storm griffle! You do not bow to a deer!

00:44:09Vivian yanked at the reins in a panic. Her face twisted almost beyond recognition. But no matter how hard she

00:44:16forced her energy into the griffle, it lay there as if it were dead, completely unable to move.

00:44:23I stepped across the star blossom path that floated in the air and walked up to the moon stag. Its

00:44:29great silver antlers dipped gently against my palm and it let out a clear bell-like cry.

00:44:34Duke Veira shot to his feet in the noble seats, his expression going from shock to envy to something close

00:44:40to frenzy desperation.

00:44:41This cannot be real! The moon stag is a myth! There is no way a mixed-bled girl from the

00:44:48border could summon it! She must be using forbidden void magic!

00:44:53Lord hail! As a heredinary imperial duke, I formally file a complaint! Lila used corrupted power during the Skyvon trial!

00:45:01That creature is not a divine beast! It is a void monster in disguise!

00:45:06Accusations spread like weeds the moment someone hands them a crack to grow in.

00:45:11I am. I'm terrified. But I am far more terrified of you dying at the hands of someone else.

00:45:21Ava, I don't expect your forgiveness. But until Marcus and Serena face trial, please do not leave this castle.

00:45:29Are you that afraid of me dying?

00:45:31I'm afraid of being too late to save you again.

00:45:34Alpha! The blood moon is peaking earlier than expected. Your curse is reacting again.

00:45:42Lock me in the isolation tower. Now.

00:45:45Are you seriously gonna handle this alone again?

00:45:48You are still recovering from your wounds!

00:45:50So your plan is to just keep injecting yourself with wolfbide?

00:45:54This time, Daemon, I make my own choice.

00:46:00Put that away.

00:46:01But Lady Ava, you haven't fully recovered yet.

00:46:04I said, put it away.

00:46:08Stay back!

00:46:17You're going to get hurt.

00:46:19The only thing that truly hurts me is you constantly pushing me away.

00:46:36Ava.

00:46:38From this moment on, you don't get to decide what's best for me anymore.

00:46:42Understood?

00:46:44Understood.

00:46:45Luna confirmed. Wolfey reaction suppressed.

00:46:48She...

00:46:50She isn't just any highborn werewolf.

00:46:53She can neutralize the wolf-based toxin entirely.

00:46:57I will learn to be worthy of you, Ava.

00:47:00Then something unexpected happened.

00:47:03The moon star's pure divine energy pressed down on everything around it.

00:47:10And Vivian's dark, cold pendant finally gave out under the pressure.

00:47:14A crack split across its surface.

00:47:17A thick, foul stream of void energy slithered out through the crack like a snake,

00:47:22and wrapped itself around the storm griffle that was still kneeling on the ground.

00:47:26The griffle screamed in agony.

00:47:27Its eyes went red instantly, and its body began to swell.

00:47:31Black barbed tentacles started growing out from its sides.

00:47:34It had completely lost control.

00:47:37It had completely lost control.

00:47:37No!

00:47:37My grifflin!

00:47:39What is happening?

00:47:42Lila, this is you!

00:47:44You did something to my mouth!

00:47:48The grifflin's wings sent Vivian flying before she finished screaming,

00:47:53and she was still accusing me from the air.

00:47:56But this time, nobody around her was blind.

00:48:00The void energy and its sickening smell made it completely obvious that Vivian had been using a forbidden void artifact.

00:48:09The corrupted griffin opened its jaws wide, charged up a blast of violent void lightning, and went straight for the

00:48:17nearest group of students.

00:48:19Help us! That is high-level void corruption! Run!

00:48:23The foot of the sacred mountain erupted into chaos.

00:48:28The nobles and officials, who had been sitting so high and mighty a moment ago,

00:48:33reacted to real high-level void corruption exactly the same way they had at the graduation ceremony.

00:48:40They dropped their weapons, and ran.

00:48:44Duke Vera grabbed Vivian, who had just hit the ground,

00:48:47and once again displayed his extraordinary talent for escaping danger by scrambling toward the exit on all feet.

00:48:53I let out a cold laugh, and gave the moonstay a light pat on the neck.

00:48:58Hold on, Arthur. I will handle the clean-up.

00:49:03I swung up onto the stag's back.

00:49:09It reared its head and let out a sharp cry, then took off across a path of starlight,

00:49:17and planted itself directly in the corrupted griffin's path like a streak of silver lightning.

00:49:23I raised my right hand and Moonbow came into existence.

00:49:26This time I let my crown-grade divine core run at full capacity.

00:49:29Five arrows formed on the string, each one made of pure concentrated starfire.

00:49:33Break. I released.

00:49:35Five trails of silver light tore through the void mist like shooting stars.

00:49:38The arrows hit the void core points on the corrupted griffin's body with perfect precision.

00:49:43Starfire detonated inside it, and the collision between divine power and void energy produced a massive burst of light.

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

00:49:55Dissolved under crown-grade divine power like snow under a blazing sun.

00:50:02One strike.

00:50:04The corrupted drifle, dissolved into black ash.

00:50:08The void poison mist, spreading across the field, was wiped clean by the sea of star blossoms the moon stag

00:50:15left in its wake.

00:50:16The battlefield went quiet again.

00:50:18The students and actresses who had just narrowly escaped death stared up at me sitting on the moon star with

00:50:23the silver bow still still in hand, divine light radiating from every part of me.

00:50:27This time there was no doubt. No slander.

00:50:30The common-born students dropped to their knees, their eyes filled with the kind of awe that comes from surviving

00:50:36something that should have killed you.

00:50:37Chief Lila, thank you for saving our lives!

00:50:41This is what a real rift huntress miss looks like.

00:50:44How blind were we to believe a word that fake princess said?

00:50:47It was not just the students.

00:50:49Several senior red robe officials from the trial council slowly bowed their heads.

00:50:54Something they would not have done for anyone before today.

00:50:58Standing in the presence of power at this level, they all understood.

00:51:02This 18-year-old girl was the Divine Realm's last line of defense.

00:51:06The broadcast crystal transmitted everything live to every corner of Aetherian.

00:51:10Public opinion settled in that moment.

00:51:12Lyra Vale was the Divine Realm's true guardian.

00:51:15Veyra family was a cancer that had been growing inside the Empire.

00:51:20The Skybon trial ended with my complete victory.

00:51:23The Veyra family and Vivian were placed under full house arrest at the relay station at the foot of the

00:51:27Sacred Mountain, awaiting the royal court's final judgment.

00:51:29Arthur took me back to Celestra that same night.

00:51:32Not for any grand ceremony, not to begin training immediately.

00:51:36He simply said I looked like I had not eaten all day.

00:51:39I gave him a look.

00:51:45Sounds more official than this.

00:51:47Official business can wait until tomorrow.

00:51:50Tonight, you eat, take a bath and sleep.

00:51:52Saving the world can wait until after breakfast.

00:51:54He said it as if nothing had happened today.

00:51:56As if the entire realm had not screamed at me, and my own birth parents had not abandoned me in

00:52:02public.

00:52:03But the way he tossed his coat over my shoulders was completely natural.

00:52:07Also, the room on the third floor of the South Tower is yours from now on.

00:52:10The key is at the bottom of the box.

00:52:13I stopped. Arthur did not look at me.

00:52:15He just sat on the rallying and watched the Star Rail trains moving through the distance.

00:52:19He turned his head slightly, with a lazy kind of warmth in his eyes.

00:52:22Celestara does not care whether you are the daughter house Veyra throw away.

00:52:26Only one thing matters here.

00:52:28Whether you are strong enough.

00:52:32I looked down at the key in my hand.

00:52:35The star wind was cold.

00:52:38But for the first time in a long time, I did not feel like I had nowhere to go.

00:52:48Look closely, all of you.

00:52:50I am not under her control.

00:52:53She is the one who tethers my sanity.

00:52:55She is my light.

00:52:57A girl of unknown origin!

00:52:59A stray raised by humans!

00:53:02How can a filthy commoner like her ever be the Luna of the Blackthorn Pack?

00:53:13Watch your tongue, old man.

00:53:15My name is Ava Hart.

00:53:17I was raised as an orphan by the Hart Pack.

00:53:20And I am the last surviving bloodline of the Moonmarked lineage.

00:53:24I am nobody's accessory.

00:53:25I am not a mere antidote for the Alpha.

00:53:28And I am certainly not a tool for your pathetic power struggles.

00:53:32But I will stand right here.

00:53:36And watch the man who manufactured a monster get dragged down to hell by his own creation.

00:53:46Marcus Blackthorn, for treason against the Alpha King, illicit use of forbidden toxins.

00:53:52And the attempted execution of the Moonmarked heir is absolute.

00:53:58I was manipulated! He lied to me!

00:54:01Damon, please! Everything I did was because I love you!

00:54:06Did Marcus force you to pour that dear blood in the hall?

00:54:11Did he force me into the bone bins?

00:54:14Did he lock me in the wolf fair vault or order those thugs to cut my face?

00:54:21Did he, Serena?

00:54:23Damon! I am a noble wolf daughter!

00:54:25She's nothing but a human-bred parasite!

00:54:28Strip Serena Vale of her title and status within the castle.

00:54:32Hand her over to the council.

00:54:34Your Majesty, does this mean you are officially recognizing Ava Hart as the Supreme Luna of the Blackthorn Pack?

00:54:40Only she has the right to answer that question.

00:54:43Tonight, I will only establish one rule from this single moment onward.

00:54:47Anyone who dares to call me a human slave again, I will personally rip out their wolf fangs.

00:54:57And what about me, Ava? How do you plan to punish your Alpha?

00:55:08Look closely, all of you. I am not under her control.

00:55:12She is the one who tethers my sanity. She is my light.

00:55:15A girl of unknown origin! A stray raised by humans!

00:55:22How can a filthy commoner like her ever be the Luna of the Blackthorn Pack?

00:55:32Watch your tongue, old man.

00:55:34My name is Ava Hart.

00:55:36I was raised as an orphan by the Hart Pack, and I am the last surviving bloodline of the Moonmarked

00:55:42lineage.

00:55:43I am nobody's accessory, I am not a mere antidote for the Alpha, and I am certainly not a tool

00:55:49for your pathetic power struggles.

00:55:51But I will stand right here, and watch the man who manufactured a monster get dragged down to hell by

00:56:00his own creation.

00:56:05Marcus Blackthorn, for treason against the Alpha King, illicit use of forbidden toxins.

00:56:11And the attempted execution of the Moonmarked heir is absolute.

00:56:17I was manipulated! He lied to me!

00:56:20Damon, please! Everything I did was because I love you!

00:56:25Did Marcus force you to pour that dear blood in the hall?

00:56:30Did he force me into the bone bins?

00:56:33Did he lock me in the wolf fair vault or order those thugs to cut my face?

00:56:40Did he, Serena?

00:56:42Damon! I am a noble wolf daughter! She's nothing but a human-bred parasite!

00:56:47Strip Serena Vale of her title and status within the castle.

00:56:51Hand her over to the council.

00:56:52Your Majesty, does this mean you are officially recognizing Ava Hart as the Supreme Luna of the Blackthorn Pack?

00:56:59Only she has the right to answer that question.

00:57:02Tonight, I will only establish one rule from this single moment onward.

00:57:06Anyone who dares to call me a human slave again, I will personally rip out their wolf fangs.

00:57:16And what about me, Ava? How do you plan to punish your Alpha?

00:57:21Ava!

00:57:23Right as Arthur was about to end it, the sound of desperate stumbling footsteps came from outside.

00:57:28Duke and Lady Veyra shoved past the Royal Guards blocking the entrance and came crashing in.

00:57:37Lila!

00:57:38Lila!

00:57:38My own flesh and blood!

00:57:44Please, I am begging you, save the Veyra family!

00:57:49The Royal Court is taking all our lands, and they are going to strip your father's title and reduce him

00:57:56to a commoner!

00:57:57You are the High Warden's disciple now!

00:58:01The whole realm listens to you!

00:58:03If you say one word to the council, we can keep our rank!

00:58:07We are your birth parents!

00:58:08She reached toward my legs trying to grab on, her eyes full of calculation and desperation barely dressed up to

00:58:14look like a mother's love.

00:58:15I looked down at her.

00:58:17Birth parents?

00:58:18When Vivian accused me of cheating on that stage, you told me to confess.

00:58:22When the monsters came, you grabbed her and ran, leaving me in the rubble.

00:58:28Now that your family is falling, you suddenly remember, you have a daughter?

00:58:38Duke Veyra saw I was not moving, and dropped to his knees as well.

00:58:43But the greed in his eyes had not gone anywhere.

00:58:47Lyra! Stop being so stubborn!

00:58:50Even if you do not care about us, think about the Veyra blood you carry.

00:58:54If House Veyra falls, you will be nothing but a commoner with no family backing, even inside Celestara!

00:59:01Help us through this.

00:59:03And I will immediately announce that Vivian is stripped of her position.

00:59:06You will be the sole heir to Vals Veyra!

00:59:08Every resource the family has will be yours!

00:59:10Listen to that.

00:59:11Even now, he genuinely thought the Veyra inheritance was some enormous gift he was offering me.

00:59:16He seemed to have forgotten that standing behind me was Arthur.

00:59:20Who personally commanded Celestara Academy and half the Empire's military forces.

00:59:25Huh! Now that is something else.

00:59:33Arthur walked over to Duke Veyra, like he had just heard the funniest thing in years, lifted his foot, and

00:59:39pressed it down directly onto the Duke's face.

00:59:42That distinguished noble face was pushed flat into the floor.

00:59:46Backing? My disciple needs your broken little noble title for backing?

00:59:51That title is not even worth wiping your boots on.

00:59:54I am her backing.

00:59:56I alone am the biggest backing in this entire realm!

01:00:03Arthur kept his foot on Duke Veyra's face, and turned to look at Vinian lying in the blood on the

01:00:09floor.

01:00:09His eyes were as cold as someone looking at a corpse.

01:00:15Someone come and collect this condemned prisoner.

01:00:21She used a forbidden void artifact, and attempted to assassinate the top recruit of this Empire.

01:00:29Strip her.

01:00:32Divine core, drain every last trace of power she has, and exile her to the Dark Rift, the deepest point

01:00:44on record.

01:00:45Let her spend whatever time she has left with the void monsters she loves so much.

01:00:53Several armored judgment knights walked in without a word, and dragged Vivian toward the exit by her arms, ignoring every

01:01:01scream and plea she made.

01:01:04Lyra! You will pay for this! I will haunt you even from the grave!

01:01:20She fought with everything she had left. It made no difference.

01:01:26A commoner with her core stripped, and thrown into the Dark Rift, did not last three days before the Voidborn

01:01:32found her.

01:01:35She spent 18 years, stealing a life that belonged to someone else.

01:01:39In the end, she died in the darkness, she had summoned with her own hands.

01:01:45Lady Veyra watched the girl she had raised collapse and screamed herself unconscious.

01:01:49Duke Veyra lay pinned under Arthur's foot, shaking too hard to say a single word.

01:02:04I crouched down and looked at Duke Veyra's ashen face.

01:02:07Your grace.

01:02:10All those years ago, your family chased a royal court, reward, and took me to the border when I was

01:02:15still an infant.

01:02:17That was how your enemies...

01:02:19...got their hands on me.

01:02:22Eighteen years later, you brought me back, only because you needed my blood to extend Vivian's life.

01:02:28Did you really think I did not know why you came to find me?

01:02:34Duke Veyra's pupils constructed, and genuine terror finally moved into his eyes.

01:02:41He had thought the secret was buried completely.

01:02:44He had no idea I had already uncovered everything.

01:02:48The guilt they performed, the story of finding the real daughter, every bit of it had been a cold-blooded

01:02:53calculation...

01:02:54...from the start.

01:02:57Her bloodline is sufficiently pure.

01:02:59Drain her sacred blood once a month to sustain Vivian's life.

01:03:03The Veyra family will have a true genius.

01:03:06If I had not secretly awakened a crown-grade divine core on my own, I would have died in the

01:03:12Veylae's underground caper.

01:03:18The eighteen years you owe me, and the blood debt on top of it, we settle everything today.

01:03:24I stood up and did not look at him again.

01:03:26The next day, the royal court issued a supplemental ruling.

01:03:29House Veyra was stripped of all noble titles, and reduced to the lowest rank of commoner, with a permanent ban

01:03:34on entering the central floating city of the divine realm.

01:03:37The entire family was sent to work in the hardest crystal mining ration for the rest of their lives.

01:03:44House Veyra, which had thrown its weight around at the border for years...

01:03:51...disappeared from the map...

01:03:52...of Aetherian...

01:03:55...completely.

01:04:01With the Veylae family finished, it was Victor's turn.

01:04:04He had not directly participated in framing me, but his willingness to jump on any powerful person's bandwagon and crush

01:04:11anyone without backing had been one of the reasons the original version of me had despaired.

01:04:16Victor Blake, you are charged with misappropriation of royal court assets and gross deliction of duty on a large scale.

01:04:23All positions are hereby revoked, and your status as a sacred institution official is permanently stripped.

01:04:36No! Where is... Where are they? Please! Someone! Anyone!

01:04:50Victor was sentenced to a hundred years of hard labour in the abyssal prison tower, never again able to touch

01:04:56the power and wealth he loved most.

01:04:57On the day Victor was taken away, the entire student body of the academy spontaneously pilsted him with rotten eggs

01:05:04and discarded room scraps.

01:05:06He sobbed and tried to reach the nobles at the royal court who used to protect him, only to find

01:05:11that every single one of them had already cut him off the moment they decided he was not worth risking

01:05:15Arthur's displeasure.

01:05:16He was sentenced to a hundred years of hard labour in the deep prison tower, permanently barred from touching the

01:05:22power and wealth he had prom-loved...so much.

01:05:26In complete contrast to Victor's miserable end, the small run-down border academy where I had once studied was about

01:05:32to have the greatest moment in its entire history.

01:05:34Under Arthur's direction, the royal court took the majority of the assets and spirit crystal landholds confiscated from the Veyer

01:05:40family and transferred them in full to the border academy as a dedicated education fund.

01:05:43In recognition of the border academy's role in producing Chief Recruit Lyra, the top-ranked student in the entire realm,

01:05:50the royal court hereby designates it a founding class priority academy, with High Warden Arthur Hall as honorary headmaster.

01:05:57We...we did it.

01:05:58Top instructors from the floating city were dispatched to the border in large numbers. The academy's training facilities and spirit

01:06:03spring resources were completely a-hauled. The institution that used to have less than a 10% placement rate and

01:06:08had not produced a single royal court official in years was now a place every common-born student across the

01:06:12realm was desperate to get into.

01:06:13Lyra has always been a good child. Her glory belongs to every commoner on this border. We never chased power

01:06:22status here. We only raised real guardians.

01:06:24My old teacher, the quietly shabby old mage who used to pay my rune material fees out of his own

01:06:30thin salary, was appointed the new headmaster ahead of everyone else.

01:06:34When he sat down for a broadcast crystal interview, his eyes were shining. By the star rail station in the

01:06:40outer court, countless people watched that broadcast and could not hold back their tears.

01:06:47Between Arthur's performances, my own trial results, and the public revelation of the truth about the void rifts, the entire

01:06:56realm of ethereum was swept up in a massive wave of awakening fever.

01:07:02Common people stopped seeing entry into the noble temples as the only path forward. Everyone was rushing to test their

01:07:07divine core compatibility.

01:07:09I heard Chief Lyra awaken at the border too! Commoners can have crown grade cores! I am going to enter

01:07:15the trial!

01:07:17The medical temples even opened dedicated divine core compatibility clinics, and young people were lining up every day to find

01:07:26out what they were capable of.

01:07:28The kind of extraordinary power that the noble class had monopolized for generations was thrown open to everyone the moment

01:07:36that one arrow flew.

01:07:37Inside Celestara, the Riftguard order began large-scale recruitment. More and more gifted common-born students rose through the ranks

01:07:45and became fresh protectors of the divine realm.

01:07:49For the first time, the Empire actually had the foundation to fight back against total void annihilation.

01:07:56As for everything the outside world was saying, none of it could stir so much as a ripple in me

01:08:01anymore.

01:08:02Because at that moment, I was facing the biggest crisis I had encountered since arriving at Celestara.

01:08:09The old drunk headmaster was chasing me across the islands looking ready to kill me.

01:08:13At the top of the sacred hall tower, I sat on the moon stag, with both arms wrapped tightly around

01:08:18two bottles of starlight wine I had borrowed from the old drunk's private keller.

01:08:22This was not ordinary wine. Supposedly it was brewed from fallen star spring water and silver moon berries, and it

01:08:27could both soothe the divine core and keep a high-level sky mount running at full excitement for three straight

01:08:30days.

01:08:31Arthur stood at the edge of the tower roof with his hands pressed together, looking at me like he was

01:08:34begging for his life.

01:08:35Lyra, my dear Lyra, please, give me the wine. The old drunk is coming this way with three judgment officials.

01:08:42Arthur, who stood there this afternoon, pounding his chest and swearing he would take full responsibility if anything went wrong?

01:08:49Lyra, my dear Lyra, please, give me the wine.

01:08:52Arthur, who stood there this afternoon.

01:08:53The old drunk is coming this way with three judgment fortals. Pounding his chest and swearing he would take full

01:08:57responsibility and burning every last page of my limited edition priestess illustration collection from under my bed.

01:09:02Pounding his chest and swearing he would take full responsibility.

01:09:04I sat on the moon stag with both arms wrapped tightly around two bottles of starlight wine I had borrowed

01:09:08from the old drunk's private keller. No chance.

01:09:10One bottle goes to the moon stag as a snack. I pat the moon stag on the neck, lets out

01:09:13a happy mound, and launched off the tower roof across a path of starlight.

01:09:16That was to keep Morala up! How was I supposed to know that old monster had tracking rooms hidden inside

01:09:19the core? Come on, give me one bottle and we split up.

01:09:22The other one is for stabilizing my divine core next month. Your illustration collection is your problem.

01:09:26The steek let out a happy sound and launched off the tower roof across a path of starlight.

01:09:30Liar! You heartless little gremlin!

01:09:33I looked back at him over my shoulder and laughed. This was what life at Celestera looked like.

01:09:37No noble scheming, no fake family bloodlines, just noise and chaos, and a warmth I had not felt in a

01:09:43very long time.

01:09:45Six months passed, passed. With Arthur and the Riftguard Order pouring everything into my training, I had finally pushed my

01:09:54strength to its limit.

01:09:55The Crowngrabe Divine Core was ready for its final stage. The Crownglade Awakened Breakthrough Trial. This was the highest level

01:10:04test that only the greatest guardians in history had ever undertaken.

01:10:09It required going alone into the most dangerous outer domain storm barrier, and sealing a major rift while surrounded and

01:10:16attacked by tens of thousands of voidborne.

01:10:18On the day of the trial, every broadcast crystal in the realm lit up at once. Tens of millions of

01:10:23people held their breath watching that stretch of dark void fog covered ocean.

01:10:27The nobles watched. The common people watched. Duke Veyra was in the mining district swinging up through his clothes staring

01:10:32up at the magical prodigestion in the sky.

01:10:34When he saw me walk alone, when he saw me walk alone toward that storm, all that remained in his

01:10:38eyes was boundless regret and despair. He understood now.

01:10:44He understood now.

01:10:45He does. He does. He does. I want you to have been hard.

01:10:50Stop talking and get back to work! You think a commoner gets to watch the Chief? Slack off again and

01:10:56there is no dinner tonight!

01:10:57A heavy whip came down on his back, and shattered every last piece of the fantasy he'd been holding onto.

01:11:05A deep roar thundered across the outer domain ocean. A massive void rift stretching thousands of meters was spewing black

01:11:13fag in every direction.

01:11:14Tens of thousands of void born formed a black tidal wave and came crushing toward me. The core of my

01:11:22divine core began to burn. The silver moonlight and wild star fire inside me under Will Wonder Gwent a fundamental

01:11:28transformation in that moment.

01:11:31Arthur? Watch! I breathed those words out into the void, high above, riding the storm go-life in formation. Arthur's

01:11:40mouth curved into a cloud smile.

01:11:42Lyra! Go all out! I have your back!

01:11:45He swore staff hard, and the blue lightning across the sky shaped itself into an enormous protective barrier that electrocuted

01:11:52every void born trying to interfere into ash.

01:11:55Under the absolute coordination of teacher and disciple, the entire outer domain ocean was split into two domains. One blue,

01:12:03and one silver.

01:12:07The black tidal wave of monsters was right in front of me. I closed my eyes. And felt the crown

01:12:14-grade divine core inside me, already resonating with the star sea of the divine realm. I let go.

01:12:25What left the string was nothing like the thousand beams of light from before. The moment the arrow flew, the

01:12:32brilliant river of stars hanging low overhead seemed to be pulled along with it.

01:12:39The entire galaxy transformed into a sphere of pure moonlight 10,000 meters long. It carried an overwhelming divine force

01:12:46that unraveled the void and drove straight into the heart of the massive rift. The impact was totaled. The entire

01:12:52divine realm blazed white as well.

01:12:56Every void born in the arrow's way. Did not even get a chance to scream. They evaporated under the absolute

01:13:03purifying palace, leaving nothing behind. Not even black ash. The enormous outer rift that had been bleeding darkness into the

01:13:13world for six years let out one last defiant roar under the pressure of the sphere, and then it was

01:13:18sealed, dissolved, and swallowed by the blue sky.

01:13:24The whole continent went silent for one breath. Then the cheering began, loud enough to shake mountains. It was tens

01:13:31of millions of commoners and awakeners across the entire realm, crying out in worship to the one person who had

01:13:37stood between them and annihilation.

01:13:41It was over. The storm in the outer domain slowly faded. The blue sky came back to the world. I

01:13:47sat on the moon stag's back and put away Moonbow. The stack moved through the air at its own graceful

01:13:52pace, carrying me steadily towards Celestora's highest floating city. Arthur rode his storm griffle up alongside me.

01:14:00One arrow and the main rift is gone. Lyra, at the rate you are going, in a few more years

01:14:07I may have to get up and give you this high warden seat.

01:14:10No thank you, Arthur. Your job is full of meetings and royal court reports. I would much rather ride the

01:14:15moon stag around stealing starspring wine.

01:14:17Ha ha! That is my disciple!

01:14:19The wind roared past our ears. The magnificent divine realm unfolded like an endless painting. I looked out of that

01:14:25shining star sea, and something inside me suffered completely.

01:14:29The accusations from below, the Veyra family's schemes, Vivian's obsessive envy, all of it had become meaningless just at the

01:14:38bottom of a puddle.

01:14:38I am Lyra Vale, chief recruit of Celestora, crown-grade rift huntress, the freest awakener in this world. At 18

01:14:46years old, the story was only just beginning.

01:14:49I leaned forward on the moon stag's back, pointed us toward the endless shining sky.

I Was Framed yet I Became Legend English (2026) | English Dub Short Series

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