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00:07my husband had sex with me while moaning his ex's name when his first love came back
00:12my husband stripped off my crown and gave her my throne serve the new queen and don't forget
00:19your place i swallowed it all until i carried our baby when his first love staged an attack
00:28i begged my husband to save our child but he chose her rather than our child our baby died in
00:36my belly
00:36so i severed our tide bow deaf to his pleas of regret they called me a low-born bone scavenger
00:43mermaid too bad now i am the bone oracle the dead speak through me every liar in that palace will
00:51answer everyone who killed my baby will pay in blood in the bedroom my husband dorian pins me
00:58hard onto the mother of pearl waterbed his hot mouth moving down my neck relax you're so tight
01:05you're driving me crazy don't stop dorian give it to me
01:19celia i love you
01:23dorian am i not good enough why do you call your ex's name every single time
01:27do you really have to bring this up right now you're ruining my mood
01:34i chase him to the bedroom doors where are you going none of your business he shoves past me and
01:40keeps going i follow him quietly he uses magic to open a door i slip in behind him
01:49the room is full of sirens who look just like his ex one leans on his shoulder another kneels by
01:55his
01:55tail singing softly dorian what are you doing so all these years sleeping beside you she's the
02:03only one on your mind marina you shouldn't be here dorian after all these years what am i to you
02:10you saved my life so i made you my queen i gave you status others can only dream of still
02:16not enough
02:18but for ten years i truly saw you as my husband i loved you with all my heart you're just
02:24a low-class
02:25bone scavenger mermaid don't confuse gratitude with love
02:32i only like sleeping with you because you look a little like her
02:41i look around the hall across all these sirens their eyes hair tail fins and wrist bells
02:47all resemble celia i look at dorian my heart aching how long have you been keeping these sirens
02:54since before you married me so from the very beginning i was just living in her shadow
03:01marina don't think so highly of yourself
03:08these shadows are far more interesting than you i'm too heartbroken to speak a servant rushes into
03:14the hall and kneels before dorian your highness celia marin who has been missing for years is back
03:22without even looking at me he rushes outside prepare the carriage to the palace gates now by the time i
03:28chase him to the coral palace gates dorian is already helping celia out of the carriage
03:34his hand rests behind her waist gentle and full of care celia looks up sees me is this your queen
03:40dorian immediately holds her tighter and kisses her forehead baby i'll explain later celia leans
03:45into his chest acting sweet and helpless dorian now that i am back i want to be your queen
03:55of course celia that position was always meant for you
04:02dorian i've been your queen i handled palace affairs for you stayed by your side through your old injuries
04:08how can you throw me away like this i was gone and you got yourself a new queen trash like
04:14her
04:14gets to wear the royal robe it's just a title you are the one who matters most
04:21seeing celia on the verge of tears dorian panics someone strip marina of her royal robe
04:27servants move forward immediately they unbuckle my pearl shoulder caps and take off my crown my hair
04:32falls in a chaotic mess starting today you're moving to the side palace i look at him in utter despair
04:37and disbelief as the servants drag me away that night he comes to the side palace and sits on my
04:43bed
04:46don't think moving here means you can forget your place stay as my bedmate and serve the new queen
04:53well we've been husband and wife for years did you never love me even for a moment
04:59the one i truly love has always been celia dorian i can't sleep alone baby i'm coming right now the
05:07door
05:07snaps shut i sit alone on the bed in the side palace completely brokenhearted
05:15the next day dorian blasts the door open and grabs me
05:20come with me celia dropped her pearl necklace into the abyss of bone ruins
05:25go fish it out for her dormant strugs me all the way to the edge of the bone ruins that
05:31was the first
05:31gift dorian ever gave me marina can you please get it for me please i look at dorian in despair
05:38that's the abyss of the bone ruins do you know how dangerous it is down there but you're a bone
05:46scavenger mermaid isn't this what you're best at fake tears stream down celia's face honey is she
05:52refusing forget it then i'll go down and get it myself don't let marina go dorian shoves me into the
06:01abyss
06:04i swim into the bone ruins sharp metal digs into my palms
06:13i grit my teeth and bear it i surface and hand the necklace to celia take it
06:23so dirty i don't want it anymore taking this long and scaring celia marina you truly disappoint me
06:31my heart goes cold i return to the side palace in silence
06:37i unbutton my sheer robe and press on my bruised ribs listening closely to check for fractures
06:42but under my palm a faint echo vibrates a heartbeat this isn't mine
06:49i'm pregnant dorian if you knew we were having a baby would you finally see me as your wife
06:58celia's welcome banquet is held in the title hall she sits next to dorian while i am placed at the
07:03lower table far from the throne marina you don't mind do you i just got back so dorian wants me
07:11close
07:12she doesn't mind he answers for me i clutch my goblet tightly saying nothing dorian i prepare to dance for
07:20you her sheer gown clings to her waist as her tail fin brushes past his knee
07:29i watch them being intimate and drink in silence then she circles over to me with a sharp lash of
07:35her tail fin my goblet flies from my hand and shatters on the floor oops i didn't mean to the
07:41nearby nobles
07:42chuckle quietly at my embarrassment as i try to steady myself she moves closer her spiked coral bracelet
07:49scratches across my arm and drops of blood instantly bubble up marina you look awful you aren't blaming
07:55me are you dizziness hits me and my body goes weak dorian's expression finally shifts get healer saurian
08:02to check on her the healer rushes over and places his hand on my lower adamant your highness congratulations
08:08she's pregnant you have a royal heir
08:12what did you say the royal heir's heartbeat is very weak she needs rest immediately
08:19take marina back to the main palace celia frees in place her smile fades her eyes burning with
08:24hatred as she stares at me news of the queen carrying a royal heir spreads quickly through the coral palace
08:32dorian summons healer saurian to the main palace himself starting today you personally handle marina's
08:38meals herbal baths and pregnancy protection array if anything happens to the royal heir you will pay
08:43with your life yes your highness
08:47you must take care of the child if anything happens to it i'll make you pay so all you care
08:53about is the child
08:57marina don't overthink it just give birth to the child first at the end of the hallway celia watches
09:03the servants head toward marina's bedroom her eyes turning vicious if she bears the royal heir
09:08i'll never get the queen's throne back that night celia visits the seahorse stables silas the trainer is
09:15feeding the seahorses make one seahorse go wild during the royal heir's blessing ceremony all of this
09:22is yours but she's the queen if anyone finds out won't no one will know once it's done you get
09:29wealth
09:29status and a new territory deal you can count on me
09:38the full moon rises flooding the hall with the title power at the royal heir's blessing ceremony
09:43all the palace nobles unfold their tail fins letting their fins and scales receive the bloodline blessing
09:50slow down don't hurt the child maybe this child really can change things marina congratulations
09:58i wouldn't dare accept your blessing the ceremony begins a procession of seahorses parades around the
10:05altar i spot silas staring straight at me that look sends a chill down my spine suddenly silas secretly
10:12strikes a seahorse i protect my belly and try to dodge but it's too late
10:20my baby
10:24marina dorian my belly hurts just as he turns to check on me dorian save me someone is attacking me
10:38i collapse beneath the altar blood spreading from the edge of my tail fin celia lies on the other
10:43side her tail fin bleeding looking at dorian piteously dorian i just saw the assassin he was
10:50coming for me someone's trying to kill me dorian who was about to swim toward me hesitate and stops
10:56right between us your highness the queen was struck in the abdomen the situation is critical
11:02my tail fin hurts so bad if my vocal bone is damaged i might never sing or swim normally again
11:07dorian save the baby save our baby first dorian looks down at her blood then turns to look back at
11:14me
11:14celia wait a moment the royal heir comes first finally swimming half a step closer
11:22i know marina dislikes me but i never thought she would orchestrate something like this
11:27what are you talking about marina why did you send an assassin to hurt me marina did you have
11:34anything to do with this dorian i don't know why the seahorse went wild but our baby won't make it
11:40please save our child dorian it hurts so much save me dorian closes his eyes a second later he
11:49bends down and scoops up celia save celia first i should have known he will always choose celia not
11:57me not our child when i wake up healer sorin holds a tiny fetal scale my baby is gone isn't
12:06it
12:06my queen treatment came too late the royal heir didn't make it my eyes are dry the overwhelming
12:12agony leaves me unable to shed a tear give me that fetal scale healer sorin places the unformed scale
12:19into my palm i open my shell necklace and place the scale inside my hands shaking uncontrollably
12:25my lady please cry it out don't bottle it up like this what good are tears when i cried no
12:33one came back
12:33to save him healer sorin prince dorian commands you to go to miss celia's chambers immediately
12:39where is dorian miss celia keeps crying saying she's terrified so his highness has been staying
12:45by her bedside my child is dead and he's over there comforting her in the side palace i push myself
12:53up by
12:53the edge of the bed my queen you shouldn't move the healer said you must rest where are you going
12:59to the tide council right now you're still bleeding my child couldn't wait and i won't wait any longer
13:07either narisa supports me as we arrive at the tide council the elders look at my bloodstained dress
13:13in shock queen marina why have you come here while injured i request the tide council to bear witness
13:21sever my tide vow with dorian thorn marina veil you come to the tide council while injured what happened
13:32i open the lid of the shell box the unformed fetal scale lies inside this is my child and dorian
13:42thorns
13:43royal heir a runaway seahorse struck and injured me i needed immediate care
13:52but dorian carried celia away first by the time treatment reached me it was too late
13:58lord nurian's expression darkens every word you say will be recorded by the tide council
14:10marina why are you dragging palace business to the tide council prince dorian watch your tongue
14:16she is my queen i will handle this myself your royal heir is dead
14:25what marina i i didn't know
14:30now you do come back with me first we'll talk back at the palace i take off the royal pearl
14:37seal
14:37on my wrist and place it before lord nurian i am here to return the royal token what you're severing
14:44the tide vow i don't agree i ignore him and swim straight to the vow shell marina stop when you
14:53chose
14:53to save celia over me and our baby i stopped being your queen by my blood my pain and my
14:59child's fetal
15:00scale i willingly sever the tide vow
15:07the tide vow is severed from this moment on marina val is no longer dorian thorns queen
15:16i leaves the tide council quickly without looking back at dorian
15:21my queen my queen i'm coming with you
15:28i'm not the queen anymore then i'm still coming with you let me take care of you as we swim
15:34to the
15:35deep sea border my wound tears open blood spreading beneath my dress marina the next second i lose
15:43consciousness when dorian returns to the main palace the bedchamber is empty
15:49only healer soren's medical report remains on the table royal air dead treatment delayed dorian
15:57presses his fingers onto the report he remembers marina lying on the ground at the ceremony looking
16:03up at him with begging eyes but he carried celia away missing the last chance to save his child
16:14looking back now that accident at the ceremony was suspicious dorian marina is just upset she'll come
16:22back the palace can't stay in chaos forever once you restore order what about us get out
16:30are you blaming me i said get out after celia leaves reluctantly dorian calls ronin over
16:39investigate the blessing ceremony start with that sea horse
16:49she might have a talent for bone listening i'm bringing her back to the abyss bone hall
16:56when i wake up the bone dome of the abyss bone hall towers above me a stranger stands by the
17:02bed
17:02holding a bone fragment of the deceased you're awake does your wound still hurt
17:11a little better thank you kale hands the bone fragment to me his eyes serious touch it
17:25i want to confirm something my fingertips touch the bone fragment a shattered cry echoes a woman's
17:34voice the sound of rushing seawater and the gasp of a final breath that was the echo of the deceased
17:41you actually triggered it the bone listening talent is extremely rare marina val you don't belong in the
17:51bone ruins you are someone who speaks for the dead this is the first time someone hasn't called me a
17:58low-class bone scavenger mermaid with red eyes nerasa finishes explaining everything that happened at the
18:05palace they killed your baby then let you leave all alone i don't care about them anymore but i need
18:14the truth about the seahorse attack i need to know why my baby died i'll find out for you and
18:22i'll make
18:22them pay for you and your child your highness we caught the runaway trainer
18:31we found these in your room still calling the seahorse attack an accident i only accepted the pearls
18:38the seahorse going wild had nothing to do with me
18:45so who gave you the pearls tell me and you live
19:03you live in the water
19:05catcher
19:15who the hell was it tell me
19:23put out a warrant for that assassin a massive bounty across the entire ocean kingdom soon
19:29after Ronin searches Silas's room again and finds a huge black pearl your highness there's powder
19:36on it siren pearl powder only siren blood leaves traces like this Dorian you haven't visited me
19:44for days is it those pearls making you suspect me you're still injured go back and rest someone
19:51stole my pearls to frame me you have to believe me will you come see me tonight go back first
19:58I
19:58have things to handle tonight investigate the truth behind Celia's disappearance back then
20:09I want to know everything Celia waits for Dorian to make her queen again but Dorian never brings it
20:34up Cassian Dorian is getting colder and colder to me I finally realized you were the best to me
20:41don't make me sick ten years ago when Dorian was badly wounded and dying you were scared of becoming a
20:47widow you stole royal jewels and begged me to take you away now that I'm ruined you run back and
20:55play
20:55true love I gave up everything back then for you you did it for power too bad he doesn't want
21:01you
21:01anymore either how is this possible how could this be the truth I actually gave up my savior for a
21:10woman
21:10who abandoned me Dorian what are you doing here let's go home ten years ago when you left me was
21:22it
21:22because I was dying and you didn't want me dragging you down listen to me I had my reasons back
21:30then but
21:32all these years you were the only one in my heart enough I heard every single word you actually followed
21:42me if I hadn't followed you today I'd still be in the dark I tortured my queen for a trashy
21:48woman like
21:49you she was the one who truly saved my life she was the one I should have cherished
21:57stop pretending to be so devoted Dorian you tortured her out of your own selfishness you
22:04loved having her take care of you but you looked down on her low-born blood that's not true stop
22:11talking the real killer of her and the baby is you guards drag this crazy woman back to the palace
22:18you dare touch me don't forget I am the siren princess if you punish me without a trial
22:24the siren clan will never let you off see you can't do anything to me who said anything about
22:32private punishment I'll submit every piece of evidence your treasonous allotment and bribing
22:38attendance to murder the royal heir straight to the tide council the entire ocean kingdom will put
22:44you on public trial Dorian you can't do this to me
22:51lock her in the side palace strip her of all freedom until the tide council summons her
22:58your highness Celia was taken by the tide council investigators but the current evidence isn't enough
23:04to convict her then keep searching there's one more thing we found out marina was taken to the
23:12abyss bone hall it's dangerous there the bone hall doesn't welcome royalty what take me there right
23:19now outsiders who force entry will have their flesh slashed and bones corroded by the energy of
23:26the dead I need to see marina but she doesn't want to see you then I'll go in and find
23:33her myself
23:42marina I know I was wrong please come back to me come back so you can torture me again
23:56but I still love you
24:08Dorian I see it clearly you wanted to give up so many times why keep putting on this pathetic show
24:14of
24:14devotion marina I'm not acting I really regret it I regret hurting you you only regret hurting me or do
24:23you regret that with our baby dead no one is left to clean up your mess no I want to
24:30make it up to
24:30you but I'm not a lost item in your palace I don't need you to retrieve me with one final
24:35push through
24:36the mist he collapses onto the stone steps of the bone hall the fact that you're talking to me means
24:48don't touch me I made it all the way through for you is that still not enough when I dragged
24:55you out of
24:55the shipwreck graveyard back then three bone spikes on my tail fin broke when you woke up the very first
25:00thing you asked is where Celia was so don't try to move me with these tiny scratches tell me why
25:10are you
25:11really here I know the whole truth now I know Celia ran away on her own back then and I
25:18know the
25:19seahorse attack wasn't an accident so what come back to the palace with me we can put her on trial
25:24together but I don't want to the palace has nothing to do with me anymore I begged the tide council
25:33for
25:34a long time to get this piece of evidence only your bone listing talent can restore our child's final
25:38echo only now do you want to hear him I'm sorry I beg you
25:46a chaotic alter collision agony and a faint heartbeat my child didn't die immediately if he had been
25:54treated right away he could have lived it was me I killed him I will go to the tide council
26:04but not for
26:05you I'm doing this for my child and for myself after returning to the palace he submits a petition to
26:13the tide council notice of Celia Marin's public trial spreads quickly across the entire kingdom
26:21on the day of the tide council's public trial the tidal hall is packed with merfolk and sea creatures
26:31marina only a few days out of the palace and you've already learned to manipulate echoes of the dead or
26:36did
26:37the dark magic of the bone hall finally give you the guts to frame me if you didn't do it
26:43the voices of
26:44the dead can't hurt you silence in the court trial begins marina was indeed carrying a royal air the death
26:57of
26:57the air was linked with the seahorse impact and delayed treatment when the seahorse went wild his
27:04highness carried miss Celia away immediately leaving the queen behind I nearly died in that chaos too now I
27:13have to take the blame for her miscarriage marina I'm sorry you lost your baby but you can't disguise
27:19your hatred as evidence this bone-listenering crap who knows if it's really echoes of the dead or just
27:25some curse you made up marina veil the tide council requires you to listen to the bones publicly right
27:38now then let the dead speak for themselves the seahorse was forced to swallow darker someone pulled the reins
27:51directing it straight at my position seems the runaway seahorse was indeed no accident in the shattered echo
28:01pearls clink bribes are made someone flees and a short blade plunges into a chest
28:07this only proves someone took action it doesn't prove it was me fine then listen to this lastly I pick
28:15up my child's fetal scale at that moment the entire hall hears that faint heartbeat
28:21my child didn't die right away if he had been treated in time he could have lived
28:29it's all my fault after the seahorse struck marina I saw her bleeding but I carried Celia away
28:37Celia was begging me so desperately that I made the wrong choice how touching
28:48but Dorian's guilt can't be used as proof of my crime did anyone hear Silas say with their own ears
28:54that I bribed him the current evidence is indeed insufficient to confirm the bribler was Celia Marin
29:05looks like the dead did their best too bad they still can't save you living fools
29:09you'll never convict me not in this lifetime
29:24here is the evidence you asked for
29:27I don't know her
29:29Miss Celia told me to kill Silas
29:31if I confess now can I get a lighter sentence
29:34she's lying witnesses pearls siren pearl powder and echoes of the dead all the evidence is undeniable
29:43Celia Marin stop denying it the tide council finds Celia Marin guilty of deceiving the royal family
29:49bribing attendants to trigger the seahorse attack and murdering the royal heir
29:55Dorian save me I'm the one you truly love
30:01I request the tide council to punish her severely under royal law
30:07strip Celia Marin of her title as siren princess
30:10take her voice
30:12banish her to the silent trench forever
30:21no you can't
30:31the bounty treasure
30:33giving it to me now
30:34I'll send it to the bone hall
30:39no need
30:41the only reward I want is for you to never bother Marina again
30:49Dorian closes the song hall and dismisses all the sirens
30:53later he holds a grand sea burial ceremony for our deceased child
30:59the entire kingdom attends
31:03I stand at the edge of the crowd clutching the empty shell box in my hand
31:08Dorian stays before the tidal altar
31:11his voice horse I wrongly trusted Celia I hurt my queen and I killed my child
31:18whispers ripple through the crowd
31:22he holds up the royal heir's sea burial pearl
31:25and places it into the tidal coffin with his own hands
31:31I don't ask for forgiveness
31:33I only ask that the kingdom remembers him
31:38Kale stays beside me
31:40he really seems to regret it
31:43I watch the tidal coffin sink into the deep ocean
31:50so what
31:51I only came today to bid my child a final farewell
31:56if not for Dorian's stupidity
31:58my baby should have opened his eyes and seen this ocean for himself
32:02but now his regret is just a painkiller for himself
32:07my child is never coming back
32:11I don't want to watch his performance anymore and turn to leave
32:17behind me the sea burial bells toll
32:21they have nothing to do with me anymore
32:27after the sea burial Dorian comes to the abyss bone hall again
32:32he waits outside carefully holding the royal pearl seal in his hands
32:38Marina
32:39come back to the palace with me
32:42I can restore your status as queen immediately and hand all royal authority back to you
32:48I wait inside the hall doors without reaching out
32:52Dorian
32:53give up
32:54I'll never forge a tide vow with you again
32:58I can wait
33:00that's your problem
33:02he actually stays outside the bone hall
33:05day after day
33:07people from both the palace and the bone hall whisper in low voices
33:12Kale finally stops him
33:14she made herself clear
33:15stop making things hard for her
33:18get lost
33:19you no longer have the right to order anyone to open her door for you
33:23the sea water between them suddenly grows tense
33:31Dorian Thorne
33:32Marina is not a lost item in your palace
33:36you can't just retrieve her whenever you want
33:38Dorian looks guilty
33:43I just want to make amends
33:44the harem of substitutions
33:46stripping her title
33:48the seahorse attack
33:49losing the royal heir
33:51do I need to list more of the pain you caused her
33:54with every word elder Orrin speaks
33:56Dorian's face turns paler
33:58so
33:59which one are you going to make up for
34:01Dorian freezes in place
34:03unable to say a word
34:09sign it
34:10from now on you can never use marriage vows
34:12or royal status
34:14or saved life debts
34:15to demand Marina's return
34:18I can't sign this
34:20then you aren't here to make amends
34:22you just still want to own her
34:27I swim out
34:30Marina
34:31you finally came out
34:38this is my heart scale
34:39if you truly won't look back
34:42at least keep this
34:43I take the scale
34:45do you still remember how happy we used to be
34:48I'll treat you so well from now on
34:56when we married I gave you my heart scale long ago
34:59and where is it now
35:02when I gave you my true heart
35:04you threw it away
35:05now your true heart
35:06is worthless to me
35:08I turn and swim back
35:09into the bone hall
35:11this time
35:12Dorian doesn't chase after me
35:17Kale hands me
35:17the Tide Council's
35:18verdict document
35:20your first deep sea case for the dead is closed
35:23I take the verdict
35:28what about those low class mafok
35:30all released
35:31the years old shipwreck injustice has been overturned
35:34and the noble merchant caravan responsible for the sinking
35:37has been convicted
35:39he looks at me
35:40a smile in his eyes
35:42Marina
35:43your very first independent bone listenings
35:46saved a group of falsely accused mafok
35:48and brought them home alive
35:50Elder Oren swims up to me
35:53this wasn't luck
35:55you are now qualified to independently carry the duties of a bone oracle
35:59I grip the verdict tightly
36:02then let me keep doing this
36:05I'll speak the truth for those who can't speak for themselves
36:08I look down at my hands
36:10once these hands could only scavenge broken bones for the palace
36:14now
36:15they speak for the dead
36:17in the silent trench
36:19Celia is still alive
36:20she lost her voice
36:22but not her hatred
36:23her former followers bow before her
36:26unable to sing a full note
36:28Celia can only command in a raspy broken voice
36:31release the sea beasts
36:34make the Tide Council believe the bone hall in Marina
36:37brought this catastrophe
36:38her followers bow and accept the order
36:41soon news of a riot in the silent trench spreads
36:45the Tide Council issues an order to hunt down Celia
36:49Dorian moves forward on his own
36:52I'll leave the team
36:53this time
36:54I'll end her with my own hands
37:00when news of a riot in the abandoned sea reaches me
37:03I am organizing records of the deceased in the bone hall
37:08Celia escaped the silent trench
37:09she still hasn't given up?
37:12she released deep sea poisonous weeds
37:14sea beasts are slamming against the kingdom's borders
37:17I grip my bone pen tightly
37:20she wants to frame the bone hall for this disaster
37:22the Tide Council already sent hunters after her
37:28Dorian went too
37:30in the abandoned sea
37:32sea beasts shatter the reef walls
37:35when Dorian arrives with his guards
37:37Celia hovers before the trench rift
37:40her throat making raspy broken sounds
37:44Dorian you ruined me
37:46Marina stole my position because of you
37:48you were never qualified to sit in that position
37:54Celia raises her hand
37:55sending more poisonous weeds rushing toward the border
37:59let me go
38:01otherwise all these lowborn math will die with me
38:05your highness
38:07the rift's widening
38:08the rift rips open the seabed
38:11black water wrapping around Celia's tail fin
38:16Dorian
38:16save me
38:18Dorian does not move
38:20he unleashes his royal power onto the rift
38:23this
38:24is what you owe them
38:26the rift expands violently
38:28the black water swallows Celia
38:30and she vanishes completely
38:31Dorian forces the rift shut
38:34large patches of scales on his chest shatter
38:37he spits out blood
38:38and is dragged back to the coral palace by guards
38:44after Dorian's severe injury
38:46his royal power is damaged
38:48the tide council takes over part of the royal affairs
38:54when this news reaches the bone hall
38:56I do not pause my recording of the dead
39:01aren't you going to ask if he woke up?
39:04whether he wakes up or not has nothing to do with me
39:08a few days later
39:09the palace sends over a sealed tidal box
39:13the messenger servant keeps his head lowered
39:17prince dorian said these were marina's old belongings
39:19she can do whatever she wants with them
39:27inside is the queen's crown I previously threw aside in the bedroom
39:31I toss it away
39:33go back
39:35and tell him never to bring trash like this to me again
39:39after the awkward servant leaves
39:41I hold the shell box
39:43I hold the shell box containing my child's scale
39:45and swim to the hall of the deceased
39:50on both sides of the hall rest
39:52countless names without a home
39:54Kale stays beside me at the innermost spot
39:59placed here
40:00he won't be lonely
40:01I place the scale into a tiny bone niche
40:07he still doesn't have a name
40:08you can give him one now
40:09my finger tiffed paws before the niche
40:13no need
40:15knowing I am his mother is enough
40:18Kale asks no further questions
40:20simply placing a bone lantern beside it
40:24I'll come visit him with you from now on
40:29I watch the lantern light up
40:33okay
40:36when the trial at the shipwreck graveyardyard ends
40:40night has fallen
40:43I put the last bone fragment of the deceased
40:45back into the bone chest
40:47your bone listening uncovered the truth behind the old shipwreck
40:51those nameless dead can finally be laid to rest
40:56many sea folk wait outside the bone hall
41:00they bow to me
41:01holding the old belongings of their deceased
41:06thank you bone listener
41:07I look at Elder Oran
41:10Elder Oran moves up to me
41:12and places the bone emblem of the bone hall into my palm
41:17from today on
41:18you are no longer just a bone listener
41:22Marina Vale
41:24you shall become the new bone oracle
41:26the Tide Council also sends an official document
41:30the Tide Council recognizes Marina Vale's independent status
41:34she no longer stands as a former queen
41:36she is the voice of the dead
41:39recognized by the abyss bone hall
41:43I accept the document and smile
41:46at this moment
41:47I finally don't belong to the choral palace
41:50when news reaches the palace
41:52Dorian does not come
41:53he simply waits before the abandoned song hall
41:57now overgrown
41:58your highness
42:00your highness
42:00should we clean it up
42:01no
42:02turn this into the sanctuary of silence
42:05to honor the royal heir
42:07and all the nameless dead
42:12along the sea path leading to the abyss bone hall
42:15a patch of begotten coral has bloomed
42:18when Neriza tells me the news
42:20her voice is very soft
42:22Prince Dorian planted it with his own hands
42:25he said it is to commemorate you and the baby
42:30understood
42:30in the palace
42:32someone advises Dorian to appoint a new queen
42:35the royal family needs a new queen to stabilize things
42:39Dorian stares at the empty queen's throne
42:43that seat once belonged to Marina
42:45it should never be filled by anyone else
42:48in the bone hall
42:50Kale stays by my side organizing the trial files
42:52he places a bone amulet in front of me
42:57Marina
42:58I like you
43:01you don't have to answer now
43:03I'm not here to force a choice
43:06I look at the amulet
43:09Kale
43:09the most important thing for me right now
43:12is becoming a true bone oracle
43:14then I'll walk with you until that day comes
43:20just as companions
43:25then I'll start as the kind of companion you're willing to accept
43:31I look into his sincere eyes and smile
43:34okay
43:38months later
43:39I officially operate independently as the bone oracle
43:42I lead bone hall apprentice into deep sea ruins
43:46and testify for the dead before the tide council
43:50the testimony of bone oracle Marina Val
43:53is accepted by the tide council
43:55I stay in the center of the council hall
43:58I no longer wear the royal pearl seal
44:02only the bone emblem of the bone hall
44:05Dorian remains in the palace atoning for his sins
44:09he never opens the song hall again
44:13and he never sends anyone to disturb me
44:16during one mission
44:17I pass by that patch of begona coral
44:20the red coral grows quietly along the sea path
44:25I pause for a brief second
44:27Kale turns back ahead of me
44:30Marina?
44:32I know it is a tribute left by Dorian
44:35but I don't go to see him
44:38and I don't look back
44:39let's go
44:41the new case is in the deep sea ruins
44:43then let's not keep the dead waiting
44:45I push forward
44:47I'm no longer the low-class bone scavenger
44:49mermaided despised by the coral palace
44:52nor am I Dorian Thorn's queen
44:53I am Marina Vale
44:55I am the bone oracle
44:57my life continues from here
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