After the Goddess of Fate left, My Ex's Mafia Empire Crumbled

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00:00:00I am spelled the youngest of the three sisters of fate.

00:00:03I govern the threat of life and absolute luck.

00:00:06When I descended to the mortal world for my trial,

00:00:08I was adopted by a mid-level mafia family.

00:00:12Seeing my beauty and charm,

00:00:15they forced me to become the wife of the mafia heir, Vincent.

00:00:19I had no love for him,

00:00:21but out of duty as his wife,

00:00:24I worked day and night to bless Vincent with an aura of luck.

00:00:27In shootouts and bloodbaths,

00:00:30bullets always miraculously missed his vital points.

00:00:33In the end, with my help, he united all of John County.

00:00:36But Vincent was convinced he survived every storm of gunfire

00:00:39because his lover Mia prayed for him in church.

00:00:42Instead, he blamed me as the one who ruined his love with Mia.

00:00:46So every time he saw me,

00:00:48he would drag me into a corner and slap me hard.

00:00:50As if only killing me could satisfy his rage.

00:00:54Later, to protect Mia,

00:00:56after she offended a deadly enemy,

00:00:58Vincent drugged me and threw me into the dark web's red light district

00:01:02to pay off the debt.

00:01:03Mia's prayers are what helped me unite John County.

00:01:06Who the hell do you think you are,

00:01:08you bitch calling yourself the mafia lady?

00:01:11Go to hell.

00:01:12I was abused by thugs until I died.

00:01:15When I opened my eyes again,

00:01:17I heard the click of a bullet being chambered.

00:01:19I realized I had returned to the night of my engagement to Vincent.

00:01:22At this very moment, standing before me was the spokesman of Link City's underworld.

00:01:27This mafia organization was called Rookin.

00:01:29It was terrifyingly powerful, with influence across the entire country.

00:01:33But their godfather, Alisson, had been badly wounded in a shootout

00:01:37and become a comatose patient who would never wait.

00:01:41To stabilize every faction,

00:01:43several spokesmen of the Rookin gang decided to seize women from the major mafia families

00:01:48and force them into marriage alliances so they would not be attacked from all sides later.

00:01:52A polite name for it was marriage alliance.

00:01:55The ugly truth was hostage taking.

00:01:57One spokesman pressed the muzzle of his gun to Vincent's forehead.

00:02:00Hand over Mia.

00:02:01Send her to the Rookin family as a hostage.

00:02:04Otherwise, tonight your entire gang will sink to the bottom of the wastewater river.

00:02:08I silently clenched my fists.

00:02:10This was exactly what happened in my last life.

00:02:13Mia was forced to become a hostage,

00:02:16then accidentally knocked over a glass of water and splashed it on the comatose Alisson.

00:02:20For that, the Rookin mafia dragged her to the execution ground and fired machine guns at her for 10 minutes.

00:02:27She took 99 bullets.

00:02:29That was when Vincent began to hate me.

00:02:31He believed I was the one who should have been sent as the hostage.

00:02:34I was the one who should have been shot.

00:02:36Mia was the one who deserved to become his mafia matriarch.

00:02:39Just as I thought everything would unfold the same way as in my last life.

00:02:44No! Mia can't go! Send Skull!

00:02:47When I saw Vincent's hand pointing at me, I was shocked.

00:02:51Had Vincent been reborn too?

00:02:53A vicious glint flashed in Vincent's eyes.

00:02:57Either way, someone has to be sent as a hostage.

00:03:00Let Skull marry that vegetable.

00:03:02At least the useless thing will finally be good for something.

00:03:05Seeing me hesitate, Mia began to sob like a flower beaten by rain.

00:03:09Skull! I want to go through with the marriage alliance too, but I'm truly not well.

00:03:13I can't take care of anyone!

00:03:15I really can't go!

00:03:17When Vincent's father saw Mia looking so wronged, pain flashed in his eyes.

00:03:22He turned to me and said,

00:03:23Our family adopted you when you were a child.

00:03:26Now that the family is in trouble, it's time for you to repay us.

00:03:30Listening to their heartless words, I shook my head helplessly, tears pouring down my face.

00:03:36Every one of them sounded so righteous, but they were clearly trying to shove me into the fire.

00:03:41But the moment I took half a step back, the thugs around me moved in and blocked my retreat.

00:03:46It was as if they had already decided I was their prisoner and would never be allowed to escape.

00:03:51Vincent stared at me, even pressing the gun barrel against my forehead.

00:03:56As if the moment I dared say no, he would pull the trigger and blow my head apart.

00:04:02I let out a long sigh.

00:04:03I looked at the red thread of pain over Vincent's heart.

00:04:06A thread only I could see.

00:04:08I had bound it to him when I first came to this family.

00:04:11As long as that thread remained connected, he would always turn disaster into fortune.

00:04:16It was because of that thread that Vincent had united John County, without suffering a single injury.

00:04:22But once I left, the red thread would quickly disappear.

00:04:25And from then on, misfortune would follow him everywhere.

00:04:29I remembered my past life.

00:04:30How he completely ignored everything I had done in silence.

00:04:34And believed it was all thanks to Mia's prayers.

00:04:37But he never knew that Mia went to church every day, only to sleep with other men.

00:04:41Since Vincent insisted on making me the hostage, since Vincent and Mia insisted on being together,

00:04:49then I would simply give them what they wanted.

00:04:54Fine. I'll go.

00:04:56I pushed Vincent's gun barrel aside.

00:04:59Then, without the slightest attachment,

00:05:03I turned and walked toward the Rookin gang's Rolls Royce parked in the rain.

00:05:07Vincent froze for a moment, as if he had not expected me to agree so easily.

00:05:13But he still let out a cold snort and wrapped his arm around Mia.

00:05:17Baby, that annoying old hag is gone.

00:05:20From now on, we can finally be together openly,

00:05:23and you will become my mafia matriarch.

00:05:26Stop it! I don't want to be some mafia matriarch!

00:05:32I only want Vincent to be safe and sound.

00:05:34That's all the happiness I need.

00:05:37Vincent's expression softened instantly.

00:05:39You truly are a gentle, virtuous wife.

00:05:42Marrying you is the greatest luck of my life.

00:05:44Not like Scold.

00:05:46All she ever did was cling to my status,

00:05:48then shamelessly claim my luck came from her.

00:05:51Watching them, my heart turned colder and colder.

00:05:54I led out alongside.

00:05:57I raised my right hand toward the empty air,

00:06:00and made a scissor motion.

00:06:09I had just gotten into the Rolls-Royce

00:06:12when a scream rang out behind me.

00:06:19He clutched his face and collapsed in agony,

00:06:22blood mixing with tears as it streamed down.

00:06:24Mia was so frightened she hid to the side.

00:06:27It must have been that jinx, Scold!

00:06:30I remember she gave you that lighter!

00:06:34She was trying to hurt you on purpose!

00:06:37Vincent's father rushed over to support his son,

00:06:40glaring viciously in the direction I had left.

00:06:43I knew that woman was a curse!

00:06:46She acted like a good wife,

00:06:48but behind our backs she was doing deadly things.

00:06:51Sending her off today to be buried with that dead man

00:06:54is letting her off easy!

00:06:56Vincent endured the terrible pain

00:06:58and agreed through gritted teeth.

00:07:00You're right!

00:07:01Good thing we drove that bitch away!

00:07:03Otherwise she'd have killed me sooner or later!

00:07:07Hearing them personally,

00:07:09I felt only a chill in my heart.

00:07:12Soon, I arrived at the Rookin Gang's manor.

00:07:15The car had barely stopped

00:07:16when several tattooed underlings

00:07:18yanked the door open and dragged me out.

00:07:20Move faster, John County hostage!

00:07:23A bald underling shoved me hard,

00:07:25and I stumbled and fell to the ground.

00:07:27Another underling spat beside my feet.

00:07:30Don't think you're about to rise above your station

00:07:33and become the Godfather's wife.

00:07:36In this house you're a servant,

00:07:37the lowest kind of servant.

00:07:39They pushed and kicked me the whole way

00:07:41until I was brought to the Godfather's bedroom.

00:07:44Allison lay quietly on the wide bed,

00:07:46his eyes closed.

00:07:48Though he was badly injured and unconscious,

00:07:50his face was still so handsome,

00:07:52it was impossible to look away.

00:07:54Looking at his deep, striking features,

00:07:56I couldn't help losing focus.

00:07:58I never imagined the terrifying Mafia Godfather

00:08:01everyone feared could be such a beautiful man.

00:08:04Touching Allison's face,

00:08:06I couldn't help thinking of sleeping beauty

00:08:08from a fairy tale.

00:08:09I gently kissed his lips,

00:08:11hoping he would come back to life like in the stories.

00:08:14But his ECG did not react at all.

00:08:17Yet Allison's shallow breath brushed my cheek,

00:08:20making my ears turn red.

00:08:22I sighed,

00:08:24raised my hand,

00:08:25and gently tied the red thread of fate to his heart.

00:08:28If he simply spent the rest of his life lying in bed,

00:08:31it would be far too great a pity.

00:08:34Although I did not know whether the threat of fate could heal a comatose patient,

00:08:38I was still willing to try.

00:08:41As soon as I finished,

00:08:42the butler stormed in with a cold expression.

00:08:45He yanked me away from the bedside and pointed outside the door.

00:08:49Don't think you're here to enjoy yourself.

00:08:51Go to the backyard and wash every servant's clothes clean.

00:08:55I silently turned and left.

00:08:57But at the instant the door closed,

00:08:59Allison,

00:09:00who had been lifeless on the bed,

00:09:02moved one finger slightly.

00:09:04I squatted in the backyard laundry room,

00:09:07struggling to scrub a mountain of dirty clothes.

00:09:09The servants around me nodding me with things to help.

00:09:12They deliberately kicked dirty water onto me

00:09:14and mocked me without restraint.

00:09:16I lowered my head.

00:09:18In the Rookin family,

00:09:19even the watchdogs are nobler than you.

00:09:22Now you're beneath even us servants.

00:09:25You're just a filthy bitch here to wash our diapers!

00:09:29I lowered my head,

00:09:31my eyes reddening.

00:09:32Maybe this was what it meant to be sold off cheaply

00:09:34by Vincent's family.

00:09:36Just then,

00:09:37Vincent and Mia actually swaggered in.

00:09:39Well, look who it is.

00:09:40My former mafia lady.

00:09:41Why are you doing servant's work now?

00:09:43Vincent covered his nose,

00:09:45his face full of disgust.

00:09:46Don't say that about her.

00:09:48No matter how much rough work she has to do,

00:09:50it's still better than keeping that dead father their company.

00:09:52Every time I think about her husband being a motionless vegetable,

00:09:57my heart breaks for her.

00:09:58I lifted my head.

00:09:59What happened to your face?

00:10:02Vincent froze,

00:10:03then kicked over the basin in front of me in shame and anger.

00:10:06My business is none of your damn concern!

00:10:10I silently took half a step back.

00:10:12It seemed the bad luck had already begun to take effect on him,

00:10:15and it would only grow worse.

00:10:17Sooner or later,

00:10:19it would threaten his life.

00:10:21Irritated,

00:10:22Vincent pulled out a new lighter to light his cigar.

00:10:24But a spark unexpectedly fell into a discarded oil drum nearby.

00:10:29Flames shot at the instant.

00:10:32Mia panicked and backed away.

00:10:34Only to knock over the diesel on the floor with one foot.

00:10:36The fire raced along the oil spills,

00:10:39and in the blink of an eye,

00:10:40the entire room became a sea of flames.

00:10:43I stared in shock at the doorway,

00:10:45sealed shut by the fire.

00:10:47Vincent was so frightened,

00:10:49his cigar fell to the ground.

00:10:50He scrambled over,

00:10:51to ram the burning iron door.

00:10:53Only to burn his hand and retreat,

00:10:55screaming.

00:10:55Mia was completely terrified,

00:10:57collapsing in the flames,

00:10:58and sobbing hysterically.

00:11:00Help!

00:11:00Somebody help!

00:11:01I don't want to die!

00:11:02I still have to become the mafia matriarch!

00:11:05Smoke billowed everywhere.

00:11:07When Vincent and Mia realized they could not escape,

00:11:09they lunged at me like now.

00:11:10This is all your fault, you bitch!

00:11:12If we die, we die together!

00:11:15Vincent raised his hand and slapped me hard across the face.

00:11:18Mia viciously reached out to grab my hand.

00:11:22I was slapped to the ground,

00:11:24and blood instantly spilled from the corner of my mouth.

00:11:27Vincent still did not seem satisfied.

00:11:30He gripped my scalp tightly and dragged me desperately toward the flames.

00:11:34The thick smoke made me cough violently,

00:11:36and tears burst from my eyes from the pain.

00:11:40Let go of me.

00:11:46Let go.

00:11:48Scorching flames surrounded me,

00:11:51and my skin stung as it burned in waves.

00:11:54I closed my eyes helplessly,

00:11:57endless sorrow and dead silence rising in my heart.

00:12:01Even after being given another life,

00:12:03even as the goddess of fate,

00:12:05was I still unable to escape being killed by a heartless man.

00:12:09Just then,

00:12:11a tall, straight figure suddenly charged out of the flames.

00:12:14Alessand seized Vincent's wrist and kicked him away,

00:12:17then held me tightly in his arms.

00:12:21He gazed at me with deep affection.

00:12:25Skolt,

00:12:26I came to save you.

00:12:28After Alessand spoke,

00:12:29the entire laundry room fell deathly silent.

00:12:32Vincent had been kicked into the corner by him,

00:12:34clutching his chest.

00:12:35He could not get up for a long time.

00:12:36Mia screamed in terror.

00:12:40Weren't you a vegetable?

00:12:42Alessand did not look at her.

00:12:43He lowered his head and draped his coat over my shoulder,

00:12:47where the fire had burned through my clothes.

00:12:49Does it hurt?

00:12:52I stared at him in a daze.

00:12:55Just a few hours ago,

00:12:56he had been lying in bed.

00:12:58His breathing so faint,

00:13:00it seemed it might stop it in a second.

00:13:03When the butler rushed in with his men

00:13:05and saw this scene,

00:13:06his face instantly went deathly pale.

00:13:10Godfather,

00:13:11you're awake?

00:13:12A lesson carried me outside.

00:13:14Just as the butler was about to follow,

00:13:18Alessand suddenly stopped.

00:13:20Who made Madam wash clothes?

00:13:22The butler's knees went weak,

00:13:23and he dropped straight to the floor.

00:13:26It was my mistake.

00:13:29I misunderstood Madam's status.

00:13:33The servants who had humiliated me just now

00:13:35also dropped to their knees one after another,

00:13:37knocking their foreheads against the floor.

00:13:39Madam, spare us!

00:13:42I lowered my eyes and said nothing.

00:13:44A few hours ago,

00:13:46they had said I was beneath even a watchdog.

00:13:48Now they did not even dare raise their heads to look at me.

00:13:52Vincent staggered to his feet

00:13:54and sneered through gritted teeth.

00:13:55Alessand, don't get it twisted.

00:13:57She's just a woman I threw away,

00:13:59sent here as your hostage.

00:14:01Alessand finally raised his eyes.

00:14:04The next second,

00:14:05the bodyguards behind him drew their guns.

00:14:08All muzzles aimed straight at Vincent.

00:14:10Alessand's voice was very soft.

00:14:12From the moment she stepped into the

00:14:13can-be-rookin gang,

00:14:15she became my wife.

00:14:16Anyone who calls her a hostage again,

00:14:18I'll cut out his tongue.

00:14:20Vincent's face stiffened.

00:14:22Nia immediately cried and hid in his arms.

00:14:25Vincent, I'm so scared.

00:14:27Vincent tried to act tough,

00:14:29but as soon as he took a step forward,

00:14:30an iron frame burned loose overhead

00:14:32and suddenly came crashing down.

00:14:35If he had not dodged fast enough,

00:14:37his skull would have been smashed on the spot.

00:14:39Watching him roll around in such a sorry state,

00:14:41I felt no ripple in my heart.

00:14:43After the red thread of fate was cut,

00:14:44he finally began to bear the fate

00:14:46that had always belonged to him.

00:14:48Skolt,

00:14:49were you the one who pulled me back from hell?

00:14:50I was just about to answer.

00:14:53But he suddenly groaned

00:14:54and blood sealed from the corner of his lips.

00:14:56The moment Alessand coughed up blood,

00:14:59everyone panicked.

00:15:00The doctor was called in overnight

00:15:02and the entire manor blazed with lights.

00:15:05I stood by the bed,

00:15:06watching the newly tied red thread of fate

00:15:09on his chest flicker in and out.

00:15:11His body was too badly wounded.

00:15:14My luck could wake him,

00:15:16but it couldn't heal him right away.

00:15:18After the doctor finished examining him,

00:15:20his voice trembled.

00:15:22The godfather waking up is already a miracle,

00:15:24but his old injuries remain.

00:15:26He must not get angry again,

00:15:28and he absolutely cannot fire a gun again.

00:15:31Alessand leaned against the headboard,

00:15:32his face pale,

00:15:34but he was still holding my hand.

00:15:37Treat her wounds first.

00:15:38The doctor immediately turned to me.

00:15:40My shoulder and arms were covered in red burns,

00:15:42and there was still blood at the corner of my mouth.

00:15:44The butler knelt at the doorway,

00:15:45not daring to come in.

00:15:46Madam, I was blind.

00:15:48Then keep kneeling.

00:15:50The butler shuddered and pressed his forehead to the floor.

00:15:53Just then,

00:15:54a shrill screech of brakes came from outside.

00:15:57Vincent was taking Mia away from the manor,

00:15:59but the moment his car started,

00:16:01a tire suddenly burst.

00:16:02The car spun out of control

00:16:04and slammed hard into the counter.

00:16:07Mia screamed as she crawled out of the car.

00:16:10Her dress soaked in a complete mess.

00:16:13Vincent had blood on his forehead.

00:16:15Furious, he kicked the car door.

00:16:18Useless!

00:16:19Trash!

00:16:21You couldn't even check the car properly!

00:16:23His men hurried to explain.

00:16:24Young master,

00:16:25it was fine before we left.

00:16:28Vincent's face darkened.

00:16:31He switched to another car.

00:16:35But as soon as he got in,

00:16:36a gun in the trunk suddenly misfired

00:16:38and the bullet spinned past his ear

00:16:40and shot through the window.

00:16:42Vincent froze completely.

00:16:44Mia covered her mouth,

00:16:45her voice shaking.

00:16:47Vincent, how could this happen?

00:16:51He suddenly looked toward where I was.

00:16:53Through the curtain of rain,

00:16:55I was standing by the window,

00:16:56looking at him too.

00:16:58I didn't smile.

00:17:00I only raised my hand gently

00:17:02and adjusted Alisson's blanket for him.

00:17:05Skolt!

00:17:06Are you cursing me?

00:17:08I turned and shut the window.

00:17:10He used to think he was untouchable,

00:17:12that Mia's prayers had brought him a miracle.

00:17:16Now the miracle was gone

00:17:17and he was finally afraid.

00:17:20Behind me,

00:17:21Alisson suddenly opened his eyes.

00:17:23Did he used to bully you like this too?

00:17:25I was silent for a moment.

00:17:26Worse than this.

00:17:29Killing intent surged in Alisson's eyes.

00:17:31Early the next morning,

00:17:33every decision maker in the Rookin gang

00:17:35was summoned to the main building's conference hall.

00:17:38They had thought Alisson had only just woken up

00:17:41and would at most make an appearance.

00:17:43They never expected him to sit personally

00:17:46at the head of the table,

00:17:47dressed in a black suit.

00:17:48I sat beside him.

00:17:50Someone immediately frowned.

00:17:52Godfather, she's just a hostage sent from John County.

00:17:55Letting her attend a family meeting

00:17:57is against the rules.

00:17:58I lowered my eyes and said nothing.

00:18:00Alisson tapped his finger at lightly on the table.

00:18:03What's your name?

00:18:04The man froze.

00:18:07My name is Bruno.

00:18:08Alisson nodded.

00:18:10The next second,

00:18:11a bodyguard stepped forward

00:18:12and pinned Bruno directly onto the table.

00:18:14Bruno's face changed sharply.

00:18:17Godfather,

00:18:18I was only reminding you of the rules.

00:18:20Alisson looked at him coldly.

00:18:22Since when does the Rookin gang need you to remind me of its rules?

00:18:25The conference hall fell silent at once.

00:18:28Bruno struggled and begged for mercy.

00:18:30I was wrong.

00:18:32I shouldn't have offended her.

00:18:33Alisson looked at me.

00:18:35What was he wrong about?

00:18:37Everyone's eyes fell on me.

00:18:38He was wrong to think I'm a hostage.

00:18:41The corner of Alisson's mouth lifted slightly.

00:18:45Did you know that?

00:18:46A bodyguard drew a dagger

00:18:47and pressed it against Bruno's face.

00:18:49Bruno shook all over in terror

00:18:51and immediately changed his words.

00:18:53Mana!

00:18:53I offended, madam!

00:18:55The people around us also lowered their heads

00:18:57one after another.

00:18:59Greetings, madam!

00:19:00Watching their fearful faces,

00:19:01I suddenly felt a little daze.

00:19:03In Vincent's family,

00:19:04I gave everything

00:19:04and still couldn't earn a single word of respect.

00:19:07Here,

00:19:07Alisson had only been awake for one night

00:19:10and he had already placed me in front of everyone.

00:19:12The meeting continued.

00:19:13Someone reported that

00:19:14Vincent and his family returned last night.

00:19:16Two dock warehouses caught fire at the same time

00:19:18and three shipments were intercepted.

00:19:20Vincent's been so unlucky lately,

00:19:21it's like death has its eyes on him.

00:19:23My fingertips paused slightly.

00:19:26Alisson turned his head to look at me.

00:19:28You know why?

00:19:29I didn't answer.

00:19:31Just then,

00:19:32a commotion suddenly came from outside the door.

00:19:35Mia rushed into the conference hall

00:19:37crying and dropped to her knees.

00:19:38Mr. Alalazan,

00:19:40please let Vincent go!

00:19:41I understand that Skilled hates him,

00:19:42but she can't use dark magic to hurt people.

00:19:45She looked up at me,

00:19:46her tears falling at exactly the right moment.

00:19:49You already have the Godfather backing you!

00:19:51Why still refuse to let us go?

00:19:55The moment Mia said that,

00:19:57everyone in the conference hall looked at me.

00:19:59She knelt on the floor,

00:20:01crying so hard her shoulders shook.

00:20:03Sister,

00:20:04I know you resent Vincent

00:20:06for sending you to the Rookin gang,

00:20:08but you can't curse him

00:20:10just because you're jealous of me.

00:20:11Vincent was soon helped in as well.

00:20:14Half his face was wrapped in bandages,

00:20:16and his forehead still bore the injury

00:20:18from last night's crash.

00:20:20The moment he saw me,

00:20:22his eyes were full of venom.

00:20:24Skilled,

00:20:24why are you pretending to be innocent?

00:20:27Ever since you left,

00:20:28nothing good has happened around me.

00:20:30Mia immediately picked up the thread.

00:20:32I heard Sister went into the Godfather's room last night.

00:20:35He was unconscious,

00:20:37yet she stayed in there alone for so long.

00:20:39Who knows what she did?

00:20:41The implication was filthy.

00:20:43A few faces in the conference hall shifted.

00:20:45I looked up at her.

00:20:47What are you trying to say?

00:20:48Mia bit her lip,

00:20:49as if the words were too shameful to say.

00:20:51I'm only afraid Sister would do anything to climb higher!

00:20:55That's exactly the kind of woman she is.

00:20:58Back at my house,

00:20:59she kept saying every day

00:21:00that my luck came from her.

00:21:02Now she's tricked you into believing

00:21:04she woke your Godfather.

00:21:07What a joke.

00:21:08Alesson sat at the head of the table,

00:21:10his face terrifyingly cold.

00:21:13He lifted his hand slightly.

00:21:15The butler immediately had someone

00:21:17bring over the surveillance screen.

00:21:19On the footage,

00:21:20I entered Alayan's bedroom.

00:21:22I didn't climb into his bed.

00:21:24I didn't seduce him.

00:21:25I only stood beside the bed,

00:21:27looked at him as he slept,

00:21:28and gently tied the red thread of fate to him.

00:21:31The camera couldn't capture the red thread,

00:21:33but it did capture his fingers moving

00:21:34after I kissed him.

00:21:35The next second,

00:21:36all the doctors rushed into the room.

00:21:39The conference hall went utterly silent.

00:21:43Alesson looked at Mia.

00:21:46You said she would do anything?

00:21:48Mia's face went deathly pale,

00:21:50her lips trembling.

00:21:52I...

00:21:52I was just worried.

00:21:54I suddenly spoke.

00:21:54Were you worried about me?

00:21:56Or worried Vincent would find out

00:21:58you never prayed for him at all?

00:21:59Mia jerked her head up.

00:22:01Vinitza froze too.

00:22:02I looked at her.

00:22:03My voice,

00:22:04very soft.

00:22:05When you went to church every day,

00:22:07was it really to pray?

00:22:09Mia's eyes flickered.

00:22:11Of course!

00:22:12Before I could say anything else,

00:22:14Alesson had already ordered someone

00:22:16to pull up another video.

00:22:17The back door of the church,

00:22:19Mia was smiling as a man held her by the waist

00:22:22and led her into a car.

00:22:23Vincent's face went paler by the second.

00:22:26The video had only played for 10 seconds

00:22:28before Mia screamed and lunged at it.

00:22:31Turn it off!

00:22:33This isn't real!

00:22:35The screen shook from the impact,

00:22:37but Vincent had already seen it clearly.

00:22:40That man wasn't a priest,

00:22:42and he wasn't a bodyguard.

00:22:44He was the subordinate

00:22:45in charge of Vincent's dock deals.

00:22:48Mia crawled on her knees to Vincent's feet,

00:22:50crying so hard she could barely breathe.

00:22:52Vincent, listen to me.

00:22:54I only asked him to help me buy medicine.

00:22:56You know I've never been healthy.

00:22:59Vincent raised his hand,

00:23:00then froles with it in midair.

00:23:02He didn't want to believe it.

00:23:04Because if Mia was a fake,

00:23:06then all the prayers he had trusted for years

00:23:08were a joke.

00:23:08I looked at the pain on his face,

00:23:10but felt no pleasure at all.

00:23:12In my past life,

00:23:14I had said it countless times.

00:23:16He never listened.

00:23:18Now the evidence was right in front of him,

00:23:20and he still couldn't bear to wake up.

00:23:23Vincent suddenly turned and glared at me.

00:23:25You set this up!

00:23:27Skalt, you actually forged this

00:23:29just to destroy Mia!

00:23:31Alesen's eyes darkened.

00:23:33The bodyguards immediately stepped forward.

00:23:35I held down Alesen's hand.

00:23:38Not yet.

00:23:40Vincent left with Mia,

00:23:41in disgrace.

00:23:42He still had an arms deal to negotiate.

00:23:45It was his last chance to stabilize John County.

00:23:49But the moment he arrived at the warehouse,

00:23:51the crane cable suddenly snapped,

00:23:53and an entire crate of weapons

00:23:55smashed through the floor.

00:23:56The buyer's expression changed on the spot.

00:23:59Vincent, you can't even protect the goods.

00:24:02You still want to talk cooperation with me?

00:24:05Vincent drew his gun,

00:24:07trying to regain control.

00:24:08But the moment the gun was loaded,

00:24:10the magazine suddenly jammed.

00:24:12The other side's men had already raised their guns

00:24:14and surrounded him.

00:24:15Even his own men began backing away.

00:24:20In the past,

00:24:22Vincent could always crush situations like this without a scratch.

00:24:25Today,

00:24:26he couldn't even fire his gun.

00:24:28A gunshot rang out.

00:24:30The bullet grazed his shoulder,

00:24:31and blood instantly poured out.

00:24:34Vincent's pupils contracted.

00:24:36He finally began to fear.

00:24:38I heard luck abandon you lately.

00:24:41Turns out it's true.

00:24:42At the same time,

00:24:44I stood on the balcony of the Rukin Manor

00:24:46and saw a gray-black thread of fate

00:24:49snap in the distant sky.

00:24:51That was the first Doc Vincent had lost.

00:24:56Alexan walked up behind me.

00:25:00What are you looking at?

00:25:02Watching someone fall from his pedestal.

00:25:05Alexan recovered very quickly.

00:25:07By the third day,

00:25:09he could already get out of bed

00:25:11and handle family documents.

00:25:14The doctor called it a miracle.

00:25:16Only I knew it was the red thread of fate

00:25:19stealing his life back for him.

00:25:23But the closer I got to him,

00:25:25the more something felt wrong.

00:25:30Allison's was different.

00:25:32This wasn't an injury from a shootout.

00:25:34Someone had tampered with his fate in advance.

00:25:38While he was asleep,

00:25:40I reached out and touched the black era.

00:25:43The moment my finger touched it,

00:25:45a bone-deep chill drilled into my body.

00:25:49Several images flashed before my eyes.

00:25:52A rainy night.

00:25:54An explosion.

00:25:56A glass of wine that had been switched.

00:25:59Godfather,

00:26:01it's time to sleep.

00:26:02I jerked my hand back,

00:26:04cold sweat soaking my back.

00:26:06But a lesson suddenly grabbed my wrist.

00:26:11What did you see?

00:26:13I met his eyes.

00:26:15He hadn't been asleep at all.

00:26:18You becoming a vegetable wasn't an accident.

00:26:22Alexan's eyes turned icy.

00:26:25Who?

00:26:26I shook my head.

00:26:28I only saw a black ring.

00:26:31As soon I finished speaking,

00:26:33someone knocked on the door.

00:26:36The butler came in to report.

00:26:39Godfather,

00:26:40Damon,

00:26:41the second in command is here.

00:26:43He says he wants to visit you.

00:26:45I lifted my eyes toward the door.

00:26:50Damon wore a dark gray suit,

00:26:52and on his finger was a black ring.

00:26:55He smiled respectfully.

00:26:58Now that the Godfather is awake,

00:26:59I can finally be at ease.

00:27:03Alexan said nothing.

00:27:05Damon's gaze landed on me,

00:27:07carrying a trace of barely perceivable disgust.

00:27:10But Madam is from John County, after all.

00:27:12Her identity is sensitive.

00:27:14Keeping her by your side all the time

00:27:16may affect the family's stability.

00:27:18The other end of the thread

00:27:19was actually connected to Vincent's family.

00:27:22My heart sank.

00:27:24So the mole inside the Rookin gang

00:27:25had been colliding with Vincent's side all along.

00:27:28Damon was still smiling.

00:27:32Godfather,

00:27:33why don't we hold an elders meeting tonight

00:27:35and decide again whether Madam should stay or leave?

00:27:39A lesson looked at me.

00:27:41I gently held his hand.

00:27:44Sure.

00:27:45I'd like to see

00:27:46who wants me gone the most.

00:27:49A storm broke over the Rookin estate.

00:27:52Damon sat at the far end of the long table,

00:27:55the black ring on his finger gleaming cold under the lights.

00:27:59He spoke first.

00:28:01The Godfather has only just woken up.

00:28:03He's still weak.

00:28:05And his wife is from John County.

00:28:09For the family's safety,

00:28:11I suggest we lock her

00:28:12in the basement for now.

00:28:15Several elders immediately echoed him.

00:28:20Damon has a point.

00:28:22A hostage should know her place.

00:28:26I sat there quietly and did not argue.

00:28:29Alessand's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

00:28:34Go on.

00:28:36Damon thought he was wavering

00:28:38and his smile deepened.

00:28:39And I've found out that Vincent

00:28:41has had one accident after another lately.

00:28:46People outside are saying

00:28:48it's because his wife used witchcraft.

00:28:50We can't let the Rookin gang

00:28:52be dragged down

00:28:53by a woman like that.

00:28:57As soon as he finished,

00:28:58footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

00:29:01The butler escorted in a man

00:29:02covered in blood.

00:29:04It was a messenger

00:29:05from the Vincent family.

00:29:08Damon's face changed.

00:29:11Why aren't you smiling now?

00:29:18The messenger knelt on the floor

00:29:20and shakily handed over

00:29:21a secret letter.

00:29:25The letter said that

00:29:26if Damon forced me out

00:29:27at the elders' council,

00:29:29the Vincent family

00:29:30would give him three docks.

00:29:32The room went dead silent.

00:29:35Damon shot to his feet.

00:29:37It's fake!

00:29:38I'm being framed!

00:29:44I raised my hand

00:29:45and flicked my fingertips.

00:29:47The next second,

00:29:48the phone in his pocket rang.

00:29:55Vincent's furious voice

00:29:56came through the speaker.

00:29:58Damon, didn't you say

00:30:00you could get skulls

00:30:01kicked out of the Rookin gang's night?

00:30:03Why haven't I heard anything?

00:30:05Damon's face turned ashen

00:30:08Alisson slowly rose to his feet.

00:30:15So while I was asleep,

00:30:16this is how you sold out

00:30:17the Rookin gang.

00:30:20Damon turned to run.

00:30:21The bodyguards immediately

00:30:22drew their guns.

00:30:24I wasn't the one who cut it.

00:30:26His own greed

00:30:27had brought him to the end.

00:30:30After Damon was dragged away,

00:30:32no one at the elders' council

00:30:34dared to look up again.

00:30:36Alisson announced in front of everyone

00:30:37that from now on,

00:30:39I could come and go anywhere

00:30:40in Rookin territory,

00:30:41including the armory,

00:30:43the accounts room,

00:30:44and the interrogation chamber.

00:30:46The moment he said it,

00:30:47several elders went pale.

00:30:50I knew they weren't afraid of me.

00:30:52They were afraid I would see

00:30:54the dirty lines behind them.

00:30:57After the meeting,

00:30:59Alisson took me back to my room.

00:31:01The corridor was long,

00:31:03the wall lamps dim and yellow.

00:31:05He suddenly stopped

00:31:06and turned to look at me.

00:31:12You knew Damon was a problem

00:31:13all along.

00:31:17I didn't deny it.

00:31:21I saw it.

00:31:26Saw what?

00:31:28I looked up into his sharp eyes.

00:31:31He was too smart.

00:31:33Since waking up,

00:31:34he had not asked.

00:31:36But that did not mean

00:31:37he had no doubts.

00:31:39Everyone has lines on them.

00:31:41Some are life lines.

00:31:43Some are fate lines.

00:31:46Alisson was silent

00:31:47for a long time.

00:31:51So Vincent's bad luck

00:31:53is because his line broke?

00:31:55My fingertip trembled.

00:31:58He had guessed it after all.

00:32:01I turned to leave,

00:32:02but he caught my wrist.

00:32:06He didn't use force.

00:32:08Yet I couldn't escape.

00:32:10Scold,

00:32:11who exactly are you?

00:32:16I remembered my past life

00:32:18just before I died

00:32:19when Vincent called me

00:32:20a filthy bitch.

00:32:21I remembered how,

00:32:23after my rebirth,

00:32:24everyone forced me

00:32:25to become a hostage.

00:32:26I'm someone who once

00:32:28gave her luck

00:32:29to the wrong person.

00:32:31something shifted

00:32:32in Alisson's eyes.

00:32:34And now you've given it to me?

00:32:36I did not answer.

00:32:39But he suddenly lowered his head

00:32:41and kissed my fingertip.

00:32:48Then I'll prove you didn't give it

00:32:49to the wrong person

00:32:50this time.

00:32:56My heart jolted hard.

00:32:58Just then,

00:32:59an explosion sounded

00:33:00outside the window.

00:33:02The butler rushed in.

00:33:05Godfather!

00:33:06The Vincent family

00:33:07attacked our south dock!

00:33:09Alisson sneered.

00:33:12He still dares to come?

00:33:15I looked out the window.

00:33:21Overnight,

00:33:22the south dock

00:33:23turned into a battlefield.

00:33:25Vincent had brought his men

00:33:26in a sneak attack,

00:33:28hoping to take back

00:33:29the seized arms.

00:33:30But the moment

00:33:31he got out of the car,

00:33:32the wooden plank

00:33:33under his feet

00:33:34suddenly snapped.

00:33:36He fell straight

00:33:38into the filthy water.

00:33:40His men rushed

00:33:41to pull him out.

00:33:43But a crate of ammunition

00:33:44had been soaked

00:33:45by the rain

00:33:46and misfired in his top.

00:33:47The Rook and gang

00:33:48barely had to try

00:33:49before forcing them

00:33:50into the corner

00:33:50of the warehouse.

00:33:54Alisson stood above them,

00:33:56pale but steady

00:33:57as a statue.

00:33:58I stood beside him

00:33:59and watched Vincent

00:34:00being brought up.

00:34:02He was soaked through,

00:34:03and his shoulder

00:34:04was still bleeding.

00:34:06The moment he saw me,

00:34:08his eyes lit up.

00:34:10Skuld!

00:34:13He broke free

00:34:14from the bodyguards

00:34:16and dropped to his knees

00:34:17in front of me

00:34:18in a miserable state.

00:34:20Help me once.

00:34:22Just once.

00:34:25I looked at him.

00:34:26In my past life,

00:34:28he had knelt like this too.

00:34:30Not to beg me to live,

00:34:34but to beg me to die

00:34:36so Mia could be safe.

00:34:39Vincent grabbed the hem

00:34:40of my dress,

00:34:41his voice hoarse.

00:34:43I know now.

00:34:45Everything that's happened

00:34:47to me lately

00:34:47is because you left.

00:34:49As long as you give me

00:34:50your luck again,

00:34:51I can let you return

00:34:53to the Vincent family.

00:34:56I almost laughed out loud.

00:34:59Let me return?

00:35:00He thought that was a gift.

00:35:02Mia rushed over from behind

00:35:03and threw her arms

00:35:04around Vincent.

00:35:06Are you insane?

00:35:07You're begging this woman?

00:35:08Vincent shoved her away

00:35:10irritably.

00:35:11Mia fell to the ground,

00:35:13her face full of disbelief.

00:35:15I looked down at Vincent.

00:35:19Didn't you say it was

00:35:20Mia's prayers

00:35:21that protected you?

00:35:22Vincent's face stiffened.

00:35:25I misunderstood you before,

00:35:28but you're still my wife.

00:35:30You should help me.

00:35:32Allison's eyes

00:35:33instantly turned cold.

00:35:34I held down his hand,

00:35:35crouched,

00:35:36and gently pulled back

00:35:37the hem of my dress.

00:35:41Vincent,

00:35:42I gave you luck

00:35:43many times,

00:35:44but every time

00:35:45you used it

00:35:46to protect Mia

00:35:47and hurt me.

00:35:51Vincent still wanted to speak.

00:35:54I raised my hand

00:35:56and flicked lightly

00:35:56through the air.

00:36:00The last strand

00:36:01of golden light

00:36:02on his chest

00:36:03scattered completely.

00:36:06The next second,

00:36:08a roof beam

00:36:08in the warehouse

00:36:09snapped and slammed

00:36:10down behind him,

00:36:11only half an inch away.

00:36:14and he would have been

00:36:14crushed into pulp.

00:36:16Vincent collapsed

00:36:17on the ground,

00:36:18scared limp.

00:36:19Mia screamed

00:36:20and crawled backward too.

00:36:22I looked at them,

00:36:23my voice very soft.

00:36:25This time,

00:36:26I didn't harm you.

00:36:29I just stopped saving you.

00:36:31Vincent's face

00:36:32went deathly pale,

00:36:34as if he truly understood

00:36:35those words

00:36:36for the first time.

00:36:39Allison ordered his men

00:36:40to throw them

00:36:41out of the dock.

00:36:48on the way back,

00:36:50Mia cried

00:36:50the entire time.

00:36:54Vincent,

00:36:54why did you beg her

00:36:55just now?

00:36:56Didn't you say

00:36:57I was the one

00:36:58you loved most?

00:36:59Vincent did not answer.

00:37:01His mind was filled

00:37:02with my words.

00:37:06I stopped saving you.

00:37:08To prove Mia

00:37:09was still useful.

00:37:11The next day,

00:37:12he forced her

00:37:13to go to church with him.

00:37:14The candlelight flickered

00:37:15inside the church.

00:37:17Mia knelt before

00:37:18the holy statue,

00:37:19crying as she clasped

00:37:20her hands together.

00:37:22God,

00:37:23please keep Vincent safe.

00:37:25Vincent stood behind her,

00:37:27his eyes conflicted.

00:37:29Just then,

00:37:30a man's soft laugh

00:37:32came from the back door.

00:37:33Baby,

00:37:34why did you bring him today?

00:37:36Mia's whole body

00:37:38stiffened.

00:37:38Vincent slowly

00:37:39turned his head.

00:37:41The dock deputy

00:37:41walked in through

00:37:42the back door,

00:37:43still holding

00:37:44Mia's pearl earring.

00:37:47You left this

00:37:48in my car last night.

00:37:52Mia's face

00:37:53instantly went white.

00:37:55No,

00:37:55Vincent,

00:37:56let me explain!

00:37:58Vincent grabbed her wrist.

00:38:02You come to church

00:38:03every day

00:38:04to see him?

00:38:06Seeing things go wrong,

00:38:08the deputy turned to run.

00:38:10But several assassins

00:38:11suddenly rushed in

00:38:12at the entrance.

00:38:15Vincent instinctively

00:38:16pushed Mia

00:38:17in front of him.

00:38:18A bullet

00:38:19flew past Mia's shoulder.

00:38:21She screamed

00:38:22and fell to the ground.

00:38:23Vincent's own face

00:38:25was cut by broken glass.

00:38:27At last,

00:38:28he realized

00:38:28that without me,

00:38:30he could not even

00:38:31survive an ordinary ambush.

00:38:33In the chaos,

00:38:34he saw all the candles

00:38:35before the holy statue

00:38:37go out.

00:38:38The church

00:38:39was swallowed

00:38:40by darkness.

00:38:42Mia cried

00:38:43as she grabbed

00:38:44his pant leg.

00:38:45I really do love you!

00:38:48Vincent looked down

00:38:49at her.

00:38:50For the first time,

00:38:51he did not

00:38:52immediately believe her.

00:38:56Three days later,

00:38:58the Rookan estate

00:38:58held a reinstatement banquet.

00:39:01Alassane officially announced

00:39:02to every mafia group

00:39:03that he was back.

00:39:04I stood beside him

00:39:06in a long black dress.

00:39:07Everyone lowered their heads

00:39:09and called me Madam.

00:39:10Vincent came too.

00:39:12New wounds

00:39:13and old scars

00:39:14crossed his face,

00:39:15and his eyes

00:39:16were as cold

00:39:17and venomous

00:39:18as a snake's.

00:39:19Mia followed behind him,

00:39:20her shoulder

00:39:21wrapped in gauze,

00:39:22her face deathly pale.

00:39:24Halfway through the banquet,

00:39:25Vincent suddenly

00:39:26raised his glass

00:39:27with a cold laugh.

00:39:29Skolt,

00:39:30look at you now.

00:39:33So impressive.

00:39:34You climbed into

00:39:35a Comawaste man's bed

00:39:37and became the lady

00:39:38of the Rookan gang.

00:39:40What an eye-opener.

00:39:44The banquet hall

00:39:45fell abruptly silent.

00:39:47Allison was just about

00:39:48to stand

00:39:48when I held him back.

00:39:49Holding my wine glass,

00:39:51I walked up to Vincent.

00:39:54Do you know why,

00:39:56in your first shootout

00:39:57at 17,

00:39:58the bullet missed

00:39:59by 3 inches?

00:40:03Vincent froze.

00:40:05When you were poisoned

00:40:06at 20,

00:40:07why did the poisoned wine

00:40:08get knocked over?

00:40:11The night you unified

00:40:12John County at 23,

00:40:14why did the enemy sniper rifle

00:40:16suddenly explode?

00:40:18The color drained

00:40:20from Vincent's face

00:40:21bit by bit.

00:40:22He had never told

00:40:24anyone about those things.

00:40:25I looked at him

00:40:26and spoke each word

00:40:28clearly.

00:40:29Because every single time,

00:40:31I was holding

00:40:33your fate line for you.

00:40:39You're lying!

00:40:40It was my prayers!

00:40:42Mia cut in with a shriek.

00:40:44I raised my hand.

00:40:46In the void,

00:40:47the broken thread

00:40:48only I could see

00:40:49trembled faintly

00:40:50at Vincent's chest.

00:40:51I gave it a gentle snip.

00:40:55Snap!

00:40:58Everyone cried out

00:41:00and backed away.

00:41:02Shards sliced

00:41:03across his face.

00:41:06He collapsed to the floor,

00:41:08forgetting even how to breathe.

00:41:13I looked down at him

00:41:14from above.

00:41:18Do you see it now?

00:41:21Your luck was never her.

00:41:23Mia completely panicked.

00:41:26Vincent slowly turned his head

00:41:27and looked at her.

00:41:28For the first time,

00:41:30there was doubt

00:41:30and disgust in his eyes.

00:41:34After the banquet ended,

00:41:36Alisand took me

00:41:37to the top floor

00:41:38of the manor.

00:41:40The night wind was cold.

00:41:41He took off his coat

00:41:43and draped it

00:41:43over my shoulders.

00:41:45Why didn't you

00:41:46let me kill him just now?

00:41:47I looked down at Vincent

00:41:49as he left in disgrace.

00:41:52Death would be too easy.

00:41:55In my past life,

00:41:57when I died,

00:41:58he stood outside

00:41:59the dark web's

00:42:00red light district,

00:42:01smoking as he

00:42:02watched me get

00:42:02dragged into hell.

00:42:04Letting him die

00:42:05from one bullet now

00:42:06would be far too merciful.

00:42:09Alisand didn't ask again.

00:42:11He took a black diamond ring

00:42:13from his pocket.

00:42:14The face of the ring

00:42:15looked like a star

00:42:16in the dead of night.

00:42:18The ring of every

00:42:19Rukin godmother before you.

00:42:22I froze.

00:42:24You don't have to go this far

00:42:25just to repay a debt?

00:42:29Alisand took my hand

00:42:30and slid the ring

00:42:31onto my finger.

00:42:34This isn't repayment.

00:42:36It's a declaration.

00:42:37I tried to pull my hand back,

00:42:39but he held it gently.

00:42:40He looked at me,

00:42:42his voice low.

00:42:43Skult,

00:42:44you are not the woman

00:42:45Vincent threw away.

00:42:51You are the first person

00:42:52I wanted to protect

00:42:53when I woke up.

00:42:54Something struck softly

00:42:55against my heart.

00:42:56It had been so long.

00:42:58So long that I'd

00:43:00almost forgotten

00:43:00what it felt like

00:43:01to be cherished.

00:43:04Just then,

00:43:05hurried footsteps

00:43:06came from downstairs.

00:43:07The butler came up

00:43:09with news.

00:43:15Godfather,

00:43:16we found it.

00:43:17Before Demon died,

00:43:18he was in contact

00:43:19with an overseas force.

00:43:20They were the same people

00:43:22who ambushed you

00:43:23back then.

00:43:27Allison's eyes went cold

00:43:28in an instant.

00:43:29I lowered my gaze

00:43:30to my fingertips.

00:43:35One of the black threads

00:43:36was stretching out

00:43:37from Mia.

00:43:38She hadn't left

00:43:39the banquet.

00:43:40Instead,

00:43:41she was hiding

00:43:42in the back garden,

00:43:43making an encrypted call.

00:43:44I closed my eyes

00:43:45and heard her

00:43:46trembling voice.

00:43:49If you help me

00:43:50get rid of Skulth,

00:43:51I can tell you

00:43:52Alexan's weakness.

00:43:53My eyes flew open.

00:43:56Allison looked at me.

00:43:57What is it?

00:43:58Mia is going

00:43:59to sell you out.

00:44:00Mia thought

00:44:01she had hidden herself well.

00:44:03She hid behind

00:44:04the rose wall

00:44:04in the back garden,

00:44:05keeping her voice

00:44:06extremely low.

00:44:09Alessan just woke up.

00:44:12His old injuries

00:44:13haven't healed.

00:44:15The person he cares

00:44:16about most

00:44:17is scored.

00:44:18If you grab that woman,

00:44:20he'll lose control.

00:44:22A man chuckled

00:44:23on the other end

00:44:24of the call.

00:44:25What do you want?

00:44:27Mia gritted her teeth.

00:44:29I want Vincent

00:44:30to love me again.

00:44:32I want Skulth dead.

00:44:34Standing in the shadows

00:44:35on the second floor,

00:44:37I heard every word clearly.

00:44:39Alessan's men

00:44:40quickly surrounded

00:44:41the garden.

00:44:42But Mia suddenly

00:44:43seemed to sense something.

00:44:45She turned and ran.

00:44:47She ran too fast.

00:44:48Her heels sank

00:44:49into the mud

00:44:50and she fell,

00:44:51covered in filth.

00:44:53Vincent happened

00:44:53to enter

00:44:54through the side door.

00:44:56Mia clung to him

00:44:57like a lifeline,

00:44:58crying as she threw

00:44:59herself into his arms.

00:45:00Vincent caught her on instinct.

00:45:07Vincent caught her on instinct,

00:45:08but when he saw

00:45:09the encrypted phone

00:45:09in her hand,

00:45:11his face changed.

00:45:13Who were you talking to

00:45:14just now?

00:45:16Mia's eyes darted away.

00:45:18No one.

00:45:19I was just scared.

00:45:24I walked down the steps

00:45:25and looked at her calmly.

00:45:29You told them

00:45:30that Alessan's weakness

00:45:31was me.

00:45:32Mia screamed.

00:45:34You're lying!

00:45:37Alessan raised a hand.

00:45:39The bodyguards

00:45:40immediately played

00:45:41the recording.

00:45:42Mia's voice

00:45:43rang through the garden.

00:45:44Line by line,

00:45:46clear as a blade.

00:45:47Vincent slowly

00:45:48let go of her hand.

00:45:50Mia panicked

00:45:51and lunged forward

00:45:52to grab him.

00:45:54Vincent!

00:45:55I did it for us!

00:45:56One skull is dead!

00:45:58You won't think

00:45:59about her anymore!

00:46:00Vincent slapped her

00:46:01across the face.

00:46:04Mia fell to the ground,

00:46:06clutching her cheek

00:46:07and staring at him

00:46:08in disbelief.

00:46:09The outer wall exploded.

00:46:11A team of assassins

00:46:13in black

00:46:13rushed into the manor.

00:46:15They weren't here

00:46:16to save Mia.

00:46:17They were here

00:46:17to take me.

00:46:19In the chaos,

00:46:21someone covered

00:46:22my mouth and nose

00:46:23from behind.

00:46:24The sharp smell

00:46:25of drugs flooded

00:46:26my nose.

00:46:27The last thing I saw

00:46:28was the fury

00:46:29in Alessan's eyes.

00:46:35When I woke up,

00:46:36my hands were tied

00:46:37behind the chair.

00:46:39The light overhead

00:46:40was blinding.

00:46:41A man in a silver mask

00:46:43stood in front of me.

00:46:44He slowly removed

00:46:46his gloves,

00:46:46his tone so gentle

00:46:48it made my skin crawl.

00:46:51Miss Gold,

00:46:52we finally meet.

00:46:55I saw countless

00:46:56black threads

00:46:57tangled behind him.

00:46:59Among those threads

00:46:59was the fate

00:47:00Alessan had lost

00:47:01when his life

00:47:02was cut short

00:47:02all those years ago.

00:47:07You're the one

00:47:08who put a lesson

00:47:09in a coma.

00:47:12The man chuckled.

00:47:14To be precise,

00:47:15I only made him

00:47:16sleep a little longer.

00:47:20As soon as he finished

00:47:21speaking,

00:47:22the screen beside him

00:47:23lit up.

00:47:23On the screen,

00:47:24Alessan led his men

00:47:26into the abandoned

00:47:26factory area.

00:47:28His face was paler

00:47:28than usual,

00:47:29and blood was seeping

00:47:30from the wound

00:47:31on his chest again.

00:47:33My heart clenched.

00:47:35See?

00:47:36He came,

00:47:37just as expected.

00:47:38On the other side,

00:47:40Vincent was also

00:47:41brought into the factory.

00:47:43He wasn't here

00:47:43to save me.

00:47:45Mia had tricked him

00:47:46into coming.

00:47:47Mia hid behind him

00:47:48crying.

00:47:49Vincent,

00:47:50they said they'll

00:47:50let us go,

00:47:51as long as we

00:47:52hand over Scood.

00:47:55When Vincent saw me,

00:47:57his gaze shook

00:47:58violently.

00:47:59For one second,

00:48:00I thought he might

00:48:01feel guilty.

00:48:02But when the gun

00:48:03was aimed at Mia,

00:48:04he still shouted at me.

00:48:06Skolt,

00:48:07aren't you so capable?

00:48:08Figure it out yourself!

00:48:10My heart went

00:48:12completely cold.

00:48:13In my past life,

00:48:14and this one,

00:48:15his choice

00:48:16had never changed.

00:48:17I closed my eyes

00:48:19and lightly curled

00:48:19my fingers.

00:48:21The rope around

00:48:22my wrists

00:48:22suddenly loosened

00:48:23a little.

00:48:24The silver-masked man

00:48:25sensed something

00:48:26was wrong

00:48:26and immediately

00:48:27raised his gun.

00:48:29Don't move.

00:48:30I opened my eyes

00:48:31and looked at him.

00:48:33Do you know

00:48:34what happens

00:48:35to a person

00:48:36when their

00:48:37thread of faith

00:48:37snaps?

00:48:38As the words fell,

00:48:39the iron train

00:48:40above the factory

00:48:41suddenly broke.

00:48:42The suspended

00:48:43cargo container

00:48:44came crashing down.

00:48:46The assassins

00:48:47scattered in front.

00:48:48I flipped aside

00:48:49to dodge the bullet,

00:48:50the rope cutting

00:48:51my wrists bloody.

00:48:52Just then,

00:48:53the main doors

00:48:54blew open

00:48:54with a thunderous crash.

00:48:56He was covered

00:48:57in blood,

00:48:58but his eyes

00:48:58were only on me.

00:49:00When Alisand's

00:49:01voice rang out,

00:49:02my eyes burned.

00:49:03The silver-masked

00:49:04man sneered.

00:49:05Godfather,

00:49:06you came even

00:49:07when you're half-dead?

00:49:08Alisand wasted

00:49:09no words.

00:49:09When you drugged

00:49:10me in my past life

00:49:11and threw me

00:49:11into the dark

00:49:12and the first bullet

00:49:13appears straight

00:49:13through the forehead

00:49:14of the assassin

00:49:15beside the man.

00:49:17Rookin's men

00:49:18charged in

00:49:18from every direction.

00:49:20The factory

00:49:21turned into

00:49:22a battlefield

00:49:22in an instant.

00:49:24He couldn't

00:49:25keep forcing

00:49:26himself like this.

00:49:28But he still

00:49:29walked toward me.

00:49:31Step by step,

00:49:32Vincent hid

00:49:33behind the iron frame,

00:49:35shielding Mia

00:49:36with everything

00:49:37he had.

00:49:37An assassin

00:49:39charged toward them.

00:49:40His first instinct

00:49:41was still

00:49:42to push Mia

00:49:43behind him.

00:49:44And the blade

00:49:45beside me

00:49:46was only an inch

00:49:47from my neck.

00:49:48Suddenly,

00:49:49I found it laughable.

00:49:51It turned out

00:49:53that someone

00:49:54who didn't

00:49:54love you

00:49:54would never

00:49:55choose you,

00:49:56not even if

00:49:57life started

00:49:57over a hundred

00:49:58times.

00:50:01I raised my hand,

00:50:03my fingertips

00:50:03slicing through

00:50:04the air.

00:50:05I yanked the

00:50:06black threads

00:50:07rushing toward me

00:50:08and tangled

00:50:09them tight.

00:50:09The next second,

00:50:11two assassins

00:50:12slammed into

00:50:12each other.

00:50:13Their gun barrels

00:50:14swung off course

00:50:15and they shot

00:50:16each other

00:50:17through the shoulder.

00:50:18The silver-masked

00:50:19man's pupils

00:50:20shrank.

00:50:21What the hell

00:50:22are you?

00:50:23I stood up,

00:50:25blood dripping

00:50:25down my wrists.

00:50:27I'm someone

00:50:28you should never

00:50:29have touched.

00:50:31Humiliated

00:50:31and furious,

00:50:32he raised his gun

00:50:33and aimed at me.

00:50:35Allison lunged

00:50:36forward

00:50:36and pulled me

00:50:37into his arms.

00:50:38The bullet

00:50:39grazed his back.

00:50:41He let out

00:50:41a muffled groan

00:50:42but fired back

00:50:44with one hand,

00:50:45shattering

00:50:45the silver-masked

00:50:47man's knee.

00:50:48The man screamed

00:50:49and dropped

00:50:49to his knees.

00:50:51Allison held me,

00:50:53his voice heavy.

00:50:55Where are you hurt?

00:50:59I looked at the

00:51:00blood on his back,

00:51:01my voice trembling.

00:51:05You can't take

00:51:06any more injuries.

00:51:08He lowered his head

00:51:09and looked at me.

00:51:11But you were there.

00:51:13With just those words,

00:51:15the last wall

00:51:16around my heart

00:51:16suddenly cracked.

00:51:19In the distance,

00:51:20Vincent watched us,

00:51:21his face dark

00:51:22with rage.

00:51:24Mia clung to him,

00:51:25crying.

00:51:29Let's go,

00:51:30now!

00:51:33But Vincent

00:51:34didn't move.

00:51:36He stared fixedly

00:51:37at me.

00:51:42He stared fixedly

00:51:49back again.

00:51:55The silver-masked man

00:51:57was taken back

00:51:58to the Rookin dungeon.

00:52:01Allison also fell

00:52:02unconscious again

00:52:03after his old wounds

00:52:05reopened.

00:52:08Doctors went in

00:52:09and out of the room,

00:52:10each face graver

00:52:11than the last.

00:52:13The godfather has lost

00:52:15too much blood.

00:52:16Whether he wakes up

00:52:17depends on tonight.

00:52:19I stood beside the bed,

00:52:21my palms slick

00:52:22with cold sweat.

00:52:23The red thread

00:52:24of fate on his chest

00:52:26had become

00:52:26extremely thin,

00:52:28as if it might

00:52:29snap at any moment.

00:52:31The butler knelt

00:52:33outside the door,

00:52:34his voice choked.

00:52:35Madam,

00:52:36please save

00:52:36the godfather.

00:52:39I looked at

00:52:41Alisson's pale face.

00:52:42For the first time,

00:52:44I felt afraid.

00:52:46In my past life,

00:52:48I saved Vincent

00:52:49because it was my duty.

00:52:50In this life,

00:52:52I was saving

00:52:53Alissane

00:52:53because I didn't

00:52:54want him to die.

00:52:56I bent down

00:52:57and pressed my forehead

00:52:58to the back of his hand.

00:53:01Alexan,

00:53:01can you hear me?

00:53:04This time,

00:53:05I'll be the one

00:53:07to pull you back

00:53:07from hell.

00:53:09I raised my hand,

00:53:11and golden threads

00:53:12surged from my fingertips,

00:53:14winding around his heart

00:53:16one loop after another.

00:53:18Agony shot through my body.

00:53:22The laws of fate

00:53:23were warning me.

00:53:26A mortal's lifespan

00:53:27must not be forcibly changed.

00:53:30But I didn't stop.

00:53:33Every light in the room

00:53:34shadowed.

00:53:35Thunder rolled

00:53:36outside the window.

00:53:38Alessane's eyes

00:53:39flew open,

00:53:40and he grabbed

00:53:41my hand.

00:53:42Stop.

00:53:45His voice was weak,

00:53:47but firm.

00:53:50You'll get hurt.

00:53:52I froze.

00:53:54He looked at me

00:53:55as if he had guessed

00:53:55everything long ago.

00:53:58You're not an ordinary person.

00:54:03I was silent

00:54:05for a long time.

00:54:08I am the youngest

00:54:10of the three sisters

00:54:11of fate.

00:54:13I govern lifelines

00:54:14and fortune.

00:54:16The butler was so frightened

00:54:18he collapsed to the floor.

00:54:20Alessane only tightened

00:54:21his grip on my hand.

00:54:23So you saved Vincent.

00:54:27I nodded.

00:54:29And that was why

00:54:30he failed you.

00:54:32I didn't deny it.

00:54:36Allison slowly sat up

00:54:38and pulled me

00:54:38into his arms.

00:54:40Then from now on,

00:54:42it's my turn

00:54:43to protect a goddess.

00:54:51My eyes burned.

00:54:52Just then,

00:54:53an urgent report

00:54:54came from the dungeon.

00:54:56Madam!

00:54:56The silver mask man

00:54:58confessed!

00:55:01Damon wasn't the only one

00:55:03behind what happened

00:55:04to the Godfather.

00:55:07Vanessa's family

00:55:07was involved too.

00:55:10In the dungeon,

00:55:11the man in the silver mask

00:55:13was tied to an iron chair.

00:55:15His face was covered in blood,

00:55:17but he was still laughing.

00:55:19The Vincent family

00:55:20did take part

00:55:21in the ambush back then.

00:55:22They were responsible

00:55:23for selling

00:55:24Ellicent's whereabouts

00:55:25to us.

00:55:26Damon was responsible

00:55:28for drugging the wine.

00:55:29I stood outside

00:55:30the iron gate,

00:55:31my fingertips

00:55:32turning cold.

00:55:33So the family

00:55:34I had risked

00:55:35everything to protect

00:55:36in my past life

00:55:38had been rotten

00:55:39to the core

00:55:39all along.

00:55:41Allison sat beside me,

00:55:42his face pale,

00:55:44his eyes frighteningly cold.

00:55:46Proof.

00:55:47The man in the silver mask

00:55:48spat out

00:55:49a mouthful of blood.

00:55:51Vincent's father has it.

00:55:55He kept a backup

00:55:56so he could turn

00:55:57on us one day.

00:55:58The butler quickly

00:55:59sent people

00:56:00to investigate.

00:56:01By evening,

00:56:02the evidence

00:56:03was brought back

00:56:04to the Rookin gang.

00:56:05Ledgers,

00:56:06recordings,

00:56:07old photos.

00:56:09Every piece

00:56:10pointed to the

00:56:10Vincent family.

00:56:11There was also

00:56:12a video.

00:56:1323-year-old Vincent

00:56:15stood in the middle

00:56:16of a shootout.

00:56:17Bullets raised

00:56:18past me,

00:56:18but not one hand.

00:56:19In the corner

00:56:21of the frame,

00:56:22I was pale as death,

00:56:23bracing myself

00:56:24against the wall,

00:56:25golden thread

00:56:26wrapped around

00:56:27my fingertips.

00:56:28Vincent watched

00:56:29the footage

00:56:30and froze in place.

00:56:31He had been

00:56:32brought here

00:56:33under guard

00:56:33by the Rookin gang.

00:56:35At first,

00:56:36his face was

00:56:37still full of defiance.

00:56:39But after seeing

00:56:40all the records,

00:56:42real fear appeared

00:56:43in his eyes

00:56:43for the first time.

00:56:45Then came the collapse.

00:56:46In the second video,

00:56:48on the night

00:56:49he was poisoned,

00:56:50Mia had never

00:56:51been at the church.

00:56:52She was in a hotel room,

00:56:54kissing that deputy.

00:57:03Vincent's lips trembled.

00:57:12Impossible.

00:57:13I looked at him.

00:57:27He jerked his head out,

00:57:28his eyes bloodshed.

00:57:32So all these years,

00:57:35it really was you?

00:57:37I didn't answer.

00:57:38A lesson answered for me.

00:57:42It was her.

00:57:44And you,

00:57:45were the one

00:57:46who sent her to hell.

00:57:48Vincent's knees gave out,

00:57:50and he dropped heavily

00:57:51to the floor.

00:58:02That night,

00:58:03Vincent knelt

00:58:04outside the Rookin estate.

00:58:06The heavy rain

00:58:07beat down on him.

00:58:10He didn't leave.

00:58:12And no one

00:58:13let him in.

00:58:14I stood by the window

00:58:16and watched him

00:58:17kneel from dusk

00:58:18until deep into the night.

00:58:20In my past life,

00:58:22when he dragged me

00:58:23into the dark web

00:58:23red light district,

00:58:25it had been raining

00:58:25like this too.

00:58:27I cried and begged him.

00:58:30He said Mia

00:58:31was his lucky star.

00:58:32He said I should die.

00:58:37Now the tables

00:58:38had turned.

00:58:39At last,

00:58:40he was kneeling

00:58:41before me,

00:58:42begging for forgiveness.

00:58:44Madam,

00:58:44should we throw him out?

00:58:47I shook my head.

00:58:50Let him kneel.

00:58:52It wasn't mercy.

00:58:55I wanted him

00:58:56to feel every bit

00:58:57of that pain

00:58:58while fully awake.

00:58:59Before dawn,

00:59:01Vincent finally

00:59:01couldn't hold on anymore

00:59:03and collapsed

00:59:03in the rain.

00:59:05When he was dragged

00:59:06into the hall,

00:59:07he was shaking

00:59:08all over,

00:59:09his face deathly pale.

00:59:11The moment he saw me,

00:59:13he crawled over

00:59:13and grabbed

00:59:14the hem of my dress.

00:59:18Skald,

00:59:19I was wrong.

00:59:21I really didn't know.

00:59:23I didn't know

00:59:24you had done

00:59:24so much for me.

00:59:26I looked down at him.

00:59:29You didn't know?

00:59:30I told you many times.

00:59:36Vincent's voice

00:59:37caught in his throat.

00:59:39Of course,

00:59:39he remembered.

00:59:41Every time I said it,

00:59:42he would slap me

00:59:43and call me shameless,

00:59:45accusing me

00:59:46of stealing

00:59:46Mia's credit.

00:59:48Give me one more chance.

00:59:50I can make it up to you.

00:59:52I suddenly laughed.

00:59:55Make it up to me?

00:59:59I crouched down

01:00:00and looked at him

01:00:00calmly.

01:00:02When you drugged me

01:00:03in my past life

01:00:04and threw me

01:00:04into the dark web

01:00:05red light district,

01:00:06did you ever think

01:00:08about making it up to me?

01:00:13Vincent's face

01:00:14went white

01:00:15in an instant.

01:00:17He didn't know

01:00:18why I would mention

01:00:19a past life.

01:00:21But in that moment,

01:00:22it was as if something

01:00:23had closed

01:00:24around his throat.

01:00:25When those thugs

01:00:26tore my clothes apart,

01:00:28you were outside

01:00:29smoking.

01:00:31You told me

01:00:33to go to hell.

01:00:35The hall fell dead silent.

01:00:37Vincent's tears

01:00:38finally fell.

01:00:41Skald.

01:00:42I pulled my dress back.

01:00:47Don't say my name.

01:00:51You don't deserve to.

01:00:58After Vincent was driven

01:00:59out of the Rookin gang,

01:01:01he went after Mia

01:01:02like a madman.

01:01:03When he stormed

01:01:04into the church,

01:01:05Mia was packing up

01:01:06jewelry,

01:01:07ready to flee.

01:01:10The moment she saw him,

01:01:12she burst into tears

01:01:13and threw herself at him.

01:01:15Vincent,

01:01:16you finally came

01:01:17to get me.

01:01:19Vincent grabbed her

01:01:20by the throat.

01:01:22How much have you lied

01:01:24to me all these years?

01:01:26Mia's face flushed red

01:01:27as she struggled desperately.

01:01:30I never lied to you.

01:01:32Skald set me up.

01:01:35Vincent threw out

01:01:36a stack of photos.

01:01:38The hotel,

01:01:39the car,

01:01:40the church's back door.

01:01:42Every photo showed her

01:01:43tangled up

01:01:44with a different man.

01:01:45Mia collapsed

01:01:47to the floor.

01:01:48At last,

01:01:49she couldn't keep pretending.

01:01:51Suddenly,

01:01:51she laughed.

01:01:53Yet,

01:01:55I lied to you.

01:01:57But didn't you enjoy it too?

01:02:02Vincent froze.

01:02:04Mia looked up,

01:02:05her eyes full of venom.

01:02:06When Skald said she was

01:02:08the one giving you luck,

01:02:09did you ever believe her?

01:02:11You heard her.

01:02:12You just didn't want

01:02:13to believe it.

01:02:15Because you liked the way

01:02:16I knelt in church

01:02:17and prayed for you.

01:02:18You liked people

01:02:18calling you the chosen one!

01:02:22I wasn't the only one

01:02:23who killed her.

01:02:25You did too!

01:02:29Vincent's face turned ashen.

01:02:31Mia climbed to her feet,

01:02:33her voice growing sharper

01:02:34and sharper.

01:02:38Regretting it now?

01:02:39Too late!

01:02:40She belongs to a lesson now.

01:02:43The way she looks at you

01:02:45is worse than how

01:02:47she'd look at a dog.

01:02:49Vincent suddenly raised his hand

01:02:52and slapped her heart

01:02:53across the face.

01:02:55Mia crashed into the candlestick

01:02:56and half her face

01:02:58swelled instantly.

01:03:02But she was still laughing.

01:03:05What's the point of hitting me?

01:03:07You lost her

01:03:08because you deserved it!

01:03:11The overseas forces

01:03:12Mia had colluded with

01:03:14had come to silence her.

01:03:16Vincent tried to draw his gun

01:03:18only to find it jammed again.

01:03:21The killer raised his gun

01:03:23and aimed at him.

01:03:26Mia screamed,

01:03:28shoved him forward,

01:03:29then turned and ran.

01:03:31The bullet tore

01:03:32through Vincent's shoulder.

01:03:33He fell before the holy statue,

01:03:35watching Mia's fleeing figure,

01:03:37and finally understood.

01:03:39The woman he had once

01:03:40protected with his life

01:03:42had only ever used him

01:03:43as a shield.

01:03:44The Vincent family

01:03:46fell into complete chaos.

01:03:48Their docks were seized,

01:03:50their warehouses burned,

01:03:51their men defected,

01:03:53and their creditors

01:03:54blocked the door.

01:03:57Vincent's father

01:03:58finally couldn't sit still.

01:04:01He brought his people to kneel

01:04:03at the gate of the Rookin gang.

01:04:05His white hair was disheveled.

01:04:07The old arrogance was gone.

01:04:10Scold,

01:04:12I am begging you as your father.

01:04:14You grew up in our home.

01:04:16Even without blood ties,

01:04:18we still raised you.

01:04:21I stood on the steps,

01:04:23looking at him.

01:04:25In my past life,

01:04:26it had been this same face.

01:04:30He said the family

01:04:31had not had it easy raising me,

01:04:33so I should die in Mia's place.

01:04:38He said a daughter married off

01:04:40was water poured away,

01:04:42and that,

01:04:43being able to trade my life

01:04:45for Vincent's safety,

01:04:46was my good fortune.

01:04:48Now,

01:04:49he was bringing up the debt

01:04:51of raising me again.

01:04:57Did you raise me

01:04:58because you loved me?

01:05:00He froze.

01:05:02I finished the answer for him.

01:05:05No.

01:05:07You only realized

01:05:09I could bring Vincent luck,

01:05:10so you treated me

01:05:11like the family's lucky charm.

01:05:13Vincent's father's face darkened.

01:05:16Sculpt,

01:05:16you can't put it that way.

01:05:18Without us,

01:05:19you would have died long ago

01:05:20after descending

01:05:20to the mortal world.

01:05:22I smiled.

01:05:25So you saved my life once

01:05:27and I repaid you

01:05:28with a lifetime

01:05:29of wealth and glory.

01:05:31That's enough.

01:05:33He still wanted to argue,

01:05:35but Alessand

01:05:35had already walked to my side.

01:05:38His appearance made

01:05:39every member

01:05:40of the Vincent family

01:05:41lower their heads.

01:05:44The Rookin' gang

01:05:46will take over

01:05:47all your docks.

01:05:49Vincent's father

01:05:50snapped his head up.

01:05:52No!

01:05:53Those are our lifelines!

01:05:56When you sold

01:05:56Alessand's whereabouts

01:05:57back then,

01:05:58you should have known

01:05:59this day would come.

01:06:00The evidence

01:06:01was thrown down

01:06:02in front of him.

01:06:06He collapsed

01:06:07to the ground.

01:06:09In the distance,

01:06:11Vincent hurried over

01:06:12with someone

01:06:12supporting him.

01:06:15When he saw this scene,

01:06:17the last bit of pride

01:06:18in his eyes shattered.

01:06:21The Vincent family

01:06:22was finished.

01:06:24I wasn't the one

01:06:25who destroyed me.

01:06:27They had planted

01:06:28this evil

01:06:29with their own hands.

01:06:31Now,

01:06:32it had finally bloomed.

01:06:33On the third night

01:06:35after the Vincent family

01:06:36fell,

01:06:36I dreamed

01:06:37of the Star River.

01:06:41Two familiar figures

01:06:42stood at the far end.

01:06:43My two elder sisters.

01:06:46Erd governed the past,

01:06:48her gaze full of sorrow.

01:06:51Verdandi governed

01:06:52the present,

01:06:53her expression cold.

01:06:54They looked at me

01:06:56as if I were a child

01:06:57who had been lost

01:06:58for far too long.

01:06:59Skolt,

01:07:00your trial

01:07:01is almost over.

01:07:02I froze.

01:07:04What do you mean?

01:07:05Erd raised her hand.

01:07:07Scenes from my past life

01:07:08unfolded in the Star River.

01:07:10I was betrayed,

01:07:12humiliated,

01:07:13and killed.

01:07:14Then I was reborn,

01:07:16severed Vincent's fate,

01:07:18and woke Alison.

01:07:20You have seen

01:07:21the human heart clearly

01:07:22and sevened the wrong bond.

01:07:25Once you settle

01:07:26the final karma,

01:07:27you can return

01:07:27to your divine station.

01:07:29I fell silent.

01:07:32Returning to my divine station

01:07:34should have been

01:07:35my ending.

01:07:37But what surfaced

01:07:38in my mind

01:07:39was Alison

01:07:39holding my hand,

01:07:41saying he would

01:07:42protect a god.

01:07:43You can't bear

01:07:44to leave him?

01:07:47I didn't answer.

01:07:51Verdandi frowned.

01:07:53A mortal life

01:07:54is brief,

01:07:55and mortal love

01:07:56is briefer still.

01:07:57If you stay for him,

01:07:59the laws of fate

01:08:00will turn against you.

01:08:02I lowered my head

01:08:03and looked at my fingertips.

01:08:05The burn marks left

01:08:07from extending

01:08:08Alison's life

01:08:09still remained there.

01:08:10What if

01:08:11I don't leave?

01:08:13The Star River

01:08:15surged violently.

01:08:17Verdandi's voice

01:08:17turned cold.

01:08:19Then you will lose

01:08:20part of your divine power.

01:08:23You may even

01:08:24cease to be

01:08:25immortal.

01:08:27When I woke,

01:08:29dawn had just broken.

01:08:32A lesson was

01:08:33sitting by the bed.

01:08:35Clearly,

01:08:35he had kept watch

01:08:36over me all night.

01:08:40What did you dream about?

01:08:43I looked at him,

01:08:44my throat tight.

01:08:46I dreamed I was leaving.

01:08:48His fingertips stiffened,

01:08:51but he didn't ask

01:08:52any further.

01:08:54He only pulled me

01:08:56into his arms.

01:08:58Then before you go,

01:09:00let me stay with you

01:09:01a little longer.

01:09:04The power behind

01:09:05the silver mask

01:09:06had not given up.

01:09:08They joined forces

01:09:09with the remnants

01:09:10of Vincent's family

01:09:11and launched

01:09:12one final counterattack.

01:09:14Their target

01:09:15wasn't a lesson.

01:09:17It was me.

01:09:19That day,

01:09:20a lesson and I

01:09:21had just left

01:09:21the interrogation room

01:09:22when the outer wall

01:09:23of the manor

01:09:24suddenly exploded.

01:09:25Killers rushed out

01:09:26of the thick smoke.

01:09:27Every gun aimed at me.

01:09:31Alizan pulled me

01:09:32into his arms at once.

01:09:33Get down!

01:09:36A bullet flew past my ear.

01:09:43My divine power

01:09:44was fading.

01:09:46My sisters

01:09:47hadn't lied to me.

01:09:49By saving Alizan,

01:09:51I had already

01:09:52broken the rules.

01:09:56The killers

01:09:57were closing in.

01:09:59Alizan shielded me

01:10:00as we retreated

01:10:01and the old wound

01:10:02in his chest

01:10:03split open again.

01:10:05The heavy smell

01:10:06of blood hit me

01:10:07and panic

01:10:08made me tremble.

01:10:10Stop blocking them,

01:10:11please.

01:10:14He looked down

01:10:15at me

01:10:15and actually smiled.

01:10:19I told you.

01:10:21Now it's my turn

01:10:23to protect you.

01:10:24The next second,

01:10:25one of the silver-masked

01:10:26man's accomplishes

01:10:27stepped out

01:10:27from the shadows.

01:10:28He raised his gun

01:10:29and aimed at my heart.

01:10:31Alizan barely hesitated

01:10:33before turning

01:10:33and standing in front of me.

01:10:39Blood splashed

01:10:40onto my face.

01:10:42Alizan's body

01:10:43collapsed heavily

01:10:44into my arms.

01:10:47In that moment,

01:10:48I couldn't hear anything.

01:10:53I held him,

01:10:54my voice shaking.

01:10:59Alizan,

01:11:00don't sleep.

01:11:01He raised his hand,

01:11:03trying to wipe

01:11:03the blood from my face.

01:11:05Don't cry.

01:11:08A god shouldn't

01:11:09shed tears

01:11:10for a mortal.

01:11:11My tears fell

01:11:13onto the back

01:11:13of his hand.

01:11:17I will if I want to.

01:11:23The sky turned black

01:11:25in an instant.

01:11:34If fate wants

01:11:35to take you from me,

01:11:36then I'll steal you back.

01:11:49I knelt in a pool of blood,

01:11:51holding Alizan in my arms.

01:11:55That was my divine power

01:11:57burning away.

01:11:58The butler knelt

01:12:00outside the door,

01:12:01crying for the

01:12:02brothers to come in.

01:12:04But no one dared

01:12:05come near.

01:12:07Because the air around me

01:12:08was like blades.

01:12:15He sucked in a sharp breath

01:12:17and opened his eyes.

01:12:19But I coughed up blood

01:12:20and collapsed

01:12:21into his arms.

01:12:25Skullt!

01:12:25For the first time,

01:12:27his voice completely broke.

01:12:30I wanted to say

01:12:31I was fine,

01:12:32but I didn't even have

01:12:34the strength

01:12:34to lift my hand.

01:12:36In the chaos,

01:12:37Vincent burst in.

01:12:40He was covered in wounds,

01:12:42his eyes wild.

01:12:44When he saw

01:12:45how weak I was,

01:12:46he looked as if

01:12:47he'd found his last chance.

01:12:49Skullt!

01:12:50Give my luck back!

01:12:52Alizan's eyes

01:12:53turned ice cold.

01:12:56Get out!

01:13:00Vincent acted like

01:13:01he couldn't hear him.

01:13:03He lunged forward,

01:13:04trying to grab my hand.

01:13:06If you can save him,

01:13:07you can save me too!

01:13:08I was your first husband!

01:13:11You were supposed

01:13:12to belong to me!

01:13:14I looked at him weakly.

01:13:19Even now,

01:13:21all he wanted

01:13:21was to take

01:13:22something from me.

01:13:26Alexan forced himself

01:13:28up and kicked

01:13:29Vincent away.

01:13:30Vincent slammed

01:13:32into the wall

01:13:32and spit blood.

01:13:35He still tried

01:13:36to get up.

01:13:39Alizan snatched

01:13:40a gun from a bodyguard

01:13:41and pressed it

01:13:42to his knee.

01:13:43Vincent screamed

01:13:45and collapsed.

01:13:46Another shot

01:13:47tore through

01:13:47his other leg.

01:13:49Alizan's voice

01:13:50was cold as ice.

01:13:51Whichever hand

01:13:52you touched her with,

01:13:53I'll cripple it.

01:13:54Vincent rolled

01:13:55on the floor

01:13:56in agony.

01:13:56I closed my eyes,

01:13:58but my heart

01:13:58had never been calmer.

01:14:00The luck

01:14:00I had given him

01:14:01ended here.

01:14:02The pain he owed me

01:14:03had only just begun

01:14:04to be repaid.

01:14:05Vincent

01:14:05was locked

01:14:06in the Rookin' Gang's

01:14:07dungeon.

01:14:08His legs were ruined.

01:14:09He would never

01:14:10stand again.

01:14:12After I woke up,

01:14:14Alizan went with me

01:14:15to see him.

01:14:16The dungeon

01:14:17was damp

01:14:18and bitterly cold.

01:14:19Vincent

01:14:20sat in the corner,

01:14:22his face rough

01:14:22with stubble,

01:14:23nothing left

01:14:24of the mafia air

01:14:25he had once been.

01:14:26When he saw me,

01:14:28his eyes lit up.

01:14:31Skilled.

01:14:32Alizan tightened

01:14:33his grip on my hand.

01:14:35I didn't step back.

01:14:38Vincent dragged

01:14:39his ruined legs

01:14:40and crawled toward me,

01:14:42his fingers scraping

01:14:43the floor bloody.

01:14:47I remember now.

01:14:49I lowered my eyes.

01:14:53I remember

01:14:54every time

01:14:54you stood behind me.

01:14:57I remember

01:14:58you taking poison

01:14:59for me,

01:15:00changing fate

01:15:01for me.

01:15:02I remember

01:15:03you saying

01:15:03it hurt.

01:15:04But I never

01:15:05once turned back

01:15:06to look at you.

01:15:08He raised his hand

01:15:09and slapped himself

01:15:10hard.

01:15:11Again and again.

01:15:16I'm not human.

01:15:20Everything I had

01:15:21was given

01:15:22by you.

01:15:25And I sent you

01:15:26to your death.

01:15:28He cried

01:15:29until his voice

01:15:30was hoarse.

01:15:33If I were still

01:15:34the person

01:15:35I had been

01:15:35in my past life,

01:15:37maybe my heart

01:15:38would have softened.

01:15:39But now,

01:15:41he only felt

01:15:42like a stranger.

01:15:45Vincent.

01:15:46That I gave you

01:15:47an entire lifetime

01:15:48of luck.

01:15:49You took it

01:15:50for granted.

01:15:51I gave you

01:15:52what you explain.

01:15:54You treated it

01:15:56like a joke.

01:15:57He looked up,

01:15:58his eyes

01:15:59full of despair.

01:16:02Then can you

01:16:02look at me

01:16:03one more time?

01:16:04Just once!

01:16:06I looked

01:16:07at him calmly.

01:16:10I'm looking

01:16:11at you right now.

01:16:13Vincent froze.

01:16:14And what I see

01:16:15is someone greedy,

01:16:17stupid,

01:16:18selfish,

01:16:20and unworthy

01:16:21of being saved.

01:16:22His face

01:16:23slowly went ashen.

01:16:25I turned

01:16:26and left.

01:16:27Behind me

01:16:27came his broken,

01:16:29desperate cries.

01:16:30Skald!

01:16:31I regret it!

01:16:35But regret

01:16:36was too light.

01:16:39Too light

01:16:40to fill

01:16:40the grave

01:16:41of my past life.

01:16:47Mia fled

01:16:48to the border.

01:16:49She thought

01:16:50the forces

01:16:51beyond the border

01:16:52would protect her.

01:16:54But as soon

01:16:55as she got

01:16:55out of the car,

01:16:58someone stole

01:16:59her jewelry

01:17:00and threw her

01:17:00into a run-down

01:17:01church.

01:17:03Everyone

01:17:03she had

01:17:04betrayed

01:17:05came for her.

01:17:08The dock

01:17:08deputy

01:17:09was the first

01:17:10to appear.

01:17:11He had a scar

01:17:12on his face

01:17:13and a vicious

01:17:14look in his eyes.

01:17:16You cost me

01:17:17the docks

01:17:18and now you think

01:17:19you can run

01:17:20off alone?

01:17:22Mia backed

01:17:22away in terror.

01:17:23I can give

01:17:24you money!

01:17:25I'm going

01:17:26to be

01:17:26Mrs. Vincent!

01:17:30The deputy

01:17:31laughed.

01:17:32Vinicent is

01:17:32already crippled.

01:17:34Mia's face

01:17:35went deathly pale.

01:17:36Soon,

01:17:37more people

01:17:37surrounded her.

01:17:38Men she had

01:17:39deceived,

01:17:40killers she had

01:17:41used,

01:17:41and scapegoats

01:17:42she had

01:17:43personally handed

01:17:44over to her

01:17:44enemies.

01:17:45One by one,

01:17:46they exposed

01:17:47her lies.

01:17:49Didn't you say

01:17:50I was the only

01:17:50one you loved?

01:17:53Didn't you say

01:17:54Vincent would

01:17:55protect us?

01:17:58Didn't you say

01:17:59Scurred was

01:18:00the bitch?

01:18:01Mia covered

01:18:02her ears

01:18:03and screamed.

01:18:05She stumbled

01:18:06to the statue

01:18:07of the saint

01:18:08and knelt

01:18:09to pray,

01:18:10just like she

01:18:10used to.

01:18:14God,

01:18:15save me!

01:18:21But the candles

01:18:22went out

01:18:23one by one.

01:18:27No one

01:18:28answered her.

01:18:30Outside the

01:18:31door,

01:18:31Rookin's men

01:18:32seized her

01:18:33and took her

01:18:33back to the

01:18:34manor.

01:18:35Vincent was

01:18:36also dragged

01:18:36into the

01:18:37judgment hall.

01:18:40The moment

01:18:41Mia saw him,

01:18:43she crawled

01:18:43over,

01:18:44sobbing.

01:18:45Vincent,

01:18:46save me!

01:18:47I really

01:18:48love you!

01:18:50Vincent sat

01:18:51in his

01:18:51wheelchair,

01:18:52his eyes

01:18:53empty.

01:18:53He looked

01:18:54at her

01:18:55and suddenly

01:18:55laughed.

01:19:00What you

01:19:01loved was

01:19:01my power.

01:19:05What I

01:19:06loved was

01:19:07your lies.

01:19:11We both

01:19:12deserve hell.

01:19:13Mia

01:19:13completely

01:19:14broke down.

01:19:15She screamed

01:19:16that it was

01:19:17all my fault.

01:19:23I stood

01:19:24above her,

01:19:25looking down.

01:19:29It wasn't

01:19:30my fault.

01:19:34Everything

01:19:35you stole

01:19:36has finally

01:19:36been taken

01:19:37back.

01:19:39My sisters

01:19:39appeared again.

01:19:41This time

01:19:42it wasn't

01:19:42in a dream.

01:19:44Erd

01:19:45looked at me,

01:19:45pain in her

01:19:46eyes.

01:19:49sculled,

01:19:50it's time

01:19:50to go back.

01:19:51Verdandi's

01:19:51gaze fell

01:19:52on Alesson.

01:19:53You changed

01:19:53fate for

01:19:54a mortal

01:19:54and have

01:19:55already

01:19:55lost half

01:19:56your divine

01:19:56power.

01:19:57If you

01:19:58stay,

01:19:58you will

01:19:58age,

01:19:59be wounded

01:20:00and die

01:20:00like a

01:20:01human.

01:20:02Alesson

01:20:02stood beside

01:20:03me and

01:20:03said nothing.

01:20:06He only

01:20:07let go

01:20:08of my

01:20:08hand.

01:20:10my chest

01:20:11tightened.

01:20:14Are you

01:20:15trying to

01:20:15send me

01:20:16away?

01:20:17He looked

01:20:18at me,

01:20:18his voice

01:20:19very soft.

01:20:22I don't

01:20:23want you

01:20:23to lose

01:20:23eternity

01:20:26because of

01:20:27me.

01:20:31I suddenly

01:20:32thought of

01:20:33my past

01:20:33life.

01:20:34Vincent

01:20:35wanted my

01:20:36luck,

01:20:36my sacrifice,

01:20:38my life,

01:20:38but Alesson,

01:20:39though he

01:20:40couldn't bear

01:20:40to let me

01:20:41go,

01:20:41was willing

01:20:42to set

01:20:42me free.

01:20:44That was

01:20:45the difference.

01:20:47I walked

01:20:48up to him

01:20:48and took

01:20:49his hand

01:20:49again.

01:20:58I used

01:20:58to think

01:20:59gods

01:20:59should never

01:21:00stay for

01:21:01mortals,

01:21:01but later,

01:21:02I finally

01:21:04understood.

01:21:05Fate isn't

01:21:06a thread

01:21:06dragging me

01:21:07along.

01:21:11I choose

01:21:12where to

01:21:12tie the

01:21:13thread.

01:21:14Are you

01:21:15sure?

01:21:18I raise

01:21:19my hand.

01:21:21I cut

01:21:22away the

01:21:22pain of

01:21:23my past

01:21:23life,

01:21:24Vincent's

01:21:25entangled,

01:21:26and the

01:21:26karma of

01:21:27my adoptive

01:21:27father's

01:21:28family.

01:21:29Golden

01:21:29light fell,

01:21:30half of

01:21:31my divine

01:21:31markings

01:21:32faded.

01:21:36My body

01:21:37grew heavy,

01:21:38yet it had

01:21:39never felt

01:21:39more real.

01:21:41Alesson's

01:21:41eyes reddened

01:21:42as he held

01:21:43me tightly.

01:21:44Will you

01:21:45regret this?

01:21:46I leaned

01:21:47against him

01:21:48and listened

01:21:49to his

01:21:49heartbeat.

01:21:52never.

01:21:58Far away,

01:21:59Vincent saw

01:22:00the golden

01:22:01rain from

01:22:01his cell.

01:22:02At last,

01:22:03he lowered

01:22:04his head,

01:22:04tears streaming

01:22:05down his

01:22:06face.

01:22:06He knew

01:22:07he had lost

01:22:07me completely,

01:22:08and I looked

01:22:09up at

01:22:10Alesson.

01:22:11From now

01:22:12on,

01:22:12I am not

01:22:14your believer.

01:22:14ever.

01:22:16I am not

01:22:17I am not

01:22:17have to

01:22:17You

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