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On the night before the wedding, I burned my betrayer groom to death. engsub fullepisode💎
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00:00On the eve of my wedding, my father commanded my brother to forge a masterpiece for me.
00:05The Amphium of Eternal Union.
00:07It was waiting for its final firing in the Divine Forge.
00:10I went to inspect it, but I heard the great unfired Amphium weeping.
00:15The Groom and Anahir are rotting inside me like beasts.
00:19Ugh! Their sweat and filth are smearing all over me.
00:23Light the fire now.
00:25Let's see whether the flames take me first, or they.
00:28So that was the truth.
00:30I rested a hand on the cold Amphra and smiled at the Master Smith.
00:34I feel the Divine Moment upon us.
00:36Forget the Oracle's fated hour.
00:38I'll light the first flame myself.
00:41A bride's offering to an eternal union.
00:44My name was Ethera, a true-born princess of Olympus, daughter of Zeus and Harry.
00:50I have a secret.
00:51Ever since my brother Hephidesius blessed me, I could hear the whispers of forged artifacts.
00:56They held joy and sorrow, love and hate.
00:59Gold hairpins complained about rancid perfumed oil.
01:03Temple braziers brasted about the sins they had seen.
01:06Even the marble beneath my feet was vain, priding itself on bearing the steps of the first Olympians.
01:11To me, it was no blessing.
01:13It was an endless roar.
01:14That changed when I learned to silence the noise and focus on a single voice.
01:19Like now, as I went to hear what my wedding gift had to say.
01:23It was the Amphula of Eternal Union.
01:25A gift from my father, crafted over an entire year by the finest smiths in the realm.
01:29The Sacred Forge sat on the Leminos Volcano.
01:32The air rippled with heat, thick with sulfur and the scorched breath of the forge.
01:36The massive forge looked like a sleeping titan, quietly waiting to breathe divine fire.
01:41Kalion, champion of the sacred games and son of a Demhod hero, was my betrothed.
01:45He was supposed to be in his hall, preparing for our wedding.
01:48All of Olympias called us the perfect couple.
01:50A match woven by the fates themselves.
01:53Kalion's fame rested as much on his war god blood as on his victories.
01:57He was tall and handsome.
01:58He was always gentle with me.
02:00My father was highly pleased with him.
02:02Even my mother, Hera, once held my hand, declaring this marriage befitted my birth.
02:06Even the artifacts in my hall sang his praises.
02:08My silver hand mirror told me,
02:11His gaze shines like Helios himself when it falls on you, princess.
02:15My ancient lyre from Apollo agreed.
02:18His fingers on my strings make even old Apollo jealous.
02:23I could melt for him.
02:24And I was naive enough to believe this was true happiness.
02:30Master Smaith De'emus and his men dropped to one knee.
02:33I waved my hand and told them to rise.
02:36I looked past the crowd.
02:37My eyes locked onto the great unfired Amphria.
02:40It sat quietly in the clearing right before the forge.
02:42Its ash-white earthen body was flawlessly carved with twin snakes and olive branches.
02:46From the serpent scales to the leaf seeds,
02:48every detail seemed wront by Hefidos himself.
02:50It was an Olympian miracle.
02:51The ultimate symbol of my future marriage.
02:53I stepped forward.
02:54A thrill stirred in my chest.
02:55I wanted to hear what it had to say.
02:56Perhaps it was proud to bear the blessing of the gods.
02:58I reached out.
02:59My fangsertip skimmed its cold, rough surface.
03:01Right then, a terrified voice hissed my skull like a red-hot needle.
03:03Don't touch me!
03:04I'm filthy!
03:04They made me filthy!
03:06I froze.
03:07This was not the voice I had expected.
03:09There was no pride in it.
03:10No hope.
03:11It was nothing but the panic of the utterly violated.
03:14I frowned and steadied my mind.
03:16I pressed my palm flat against the amphora to soothe it, reaching deeper into its mind.
03:21Your divine grace.
03:22Please, leave.
03:24It's foul in here.
03:26My heart sank.
03:27In there.
03:29Forged wide for the smiths,
03:31its opening allowed a grown man to climb inside.
03:34The amphia cried louder,
03:36like a tortured captive driven to madness.
03:39It is the groom, Kaye, and he and a woman.
03:44It struck me like thunder.
03:45All my pretty dreams of destiny collapsed at once.
03:51They think it is safe in here,
03:53that no one will find them.
03:55The Nyhad is crying,
03:56begging,
03:57Forgive me, princess!
03:58And Kaylion only laughs and tells her to scream louder!
04:02He said you'd never find out.
04:05He said you were just like this emperor.
04:08Beautiful, divine, and empty.
04:10Nothing but a vessel waiting for him to fill.
04:15Disgusting.
04:17How dare he speak of you that way!
04:22The amphia's voice warped with fury,
04:25as it poured out everything it had left.
04:28Their sweat!
04:29Their filth!
04:31Their filth!
04:31It's dripping down again!
04:34Filthy!
04:35Revolting!
04:38When will they leave me?
04:40Light the fire now,
04:42and let them burn to charred bones inside me.
04:45Let's see whether the flames claim me first,
04:48or them.
04:49So that was the truth.
04:51My fairy tale romance was nothing but a staged illusion.
04:56His measured gentleness was nothing but a mirage.
04:58He had basked in the honor my name brought him,
05:01and all the while,
05:02he was defiling the sacred amphoras
05:04meant to bless our marriage with the woman he truly loved.
05:07I hardly needed to guess who she was.
05:09Who else but Lyaris,
05:10his pitiful old flame,
05:12a girl delicate as river mist.
05:14As you wish, princess.
05:15She was the silver spring nairie
05:17who always kept her head down in front of me,
05:19murmuring,
05:20what a perfect little as you wish.
05:22A chill crept from my fingertips,
05:24up my arm,
05:25and straight into my heart.
05:26My blood went cold,
05:27and my body stiffened
05:28until it no longer felt like my own.
05:30The smith's voices and the howl of the wind
05:32seemed to recede all at once.
05:34Only the amphious, furious,
05:36shamed cries echoed in my mind.
05:38They are still kissing.
05:40That naig says that after the wedding,
05:42she'll throw herself on your mercy
05:44and beg to remain at Caelian's side
05:46as his concubine.
05:47Caelian just laughed and agreed.
05:49He said,
05:51You may be the wife in name,
05:52but my heart is hers.
05:54My heart is hers.
05:56Then what was I?
05:57Was I only a stepping stone
05:58for his ascent to Olympias?
06:00Was I just a splendid ornament for his hall?
06:02I slowly pulled my hand back.
06:05The blood drained from my face.
06:07What remained was a stillness
06:09colder than the river stock.
06:10I looked at the amphray
06:12that now held all my humiliation.
06:13I turned to face the Master Smitch,
06:16who was still bowed behind me.
06:17He noticed my pale face
06:19and looked nervous.
06:20Your Divine Gracious,
06:21is there something wrong with the amphray?
06:23I looked at him
06:24and gave him a flawless smile.
06:27No.
06:28It is perfect.
06:30My voice was so steady
06:31it even surprised me.
06:32I couldn't be more pleased.
06:35This amphray of eternal union
06:37now bears a meaning beyond words,
06:39and my parents are both waiting
06:41to see it completed.
06:42Once it is fired,
06:44it will become a true divine relic.
06:50I trace the cold amphial
06:52as if caressing a lover's cheek.
06:54I feel the divine moment upon us.
06:57We shall not wait for the fated hour
06:59foretold by Oracle Twalemus.
07:02Light the fire.
07:03Deimus's smile vanished,
07:05his face turning ashen with terror.
07:08Your Divine Grace,
07:08this cannot be.
07:09I beg you to reconsider.
07:12Deimus dropped to his knees,
07:14bowing so low
07:14his forehead nearly brushed
07:16the dusty stone floor.
07:17This fated hour
07:18was foretold
07:19by High Oracle Twalemus.
07:22It is an alignment
07:24blessed by the stars.
07:25He sought the fate's protection
07:27to ensure that this amphrias
07:29of eternal union
07:30would emerge flawless,
07:31bringing a blessed omen
07:33to your sacred wedding
07:34with Lord Salian.
07:36If we rush this,
07:37we might offend the fates
07:38and invite divine wrath.
07:40The other smiths behind him
07:42dropped to their knees,
07:44their faces pale.
07:45To them,
07:46every step of the sacred forging
07:48was a ritual.
07:49I stared down at them.
07:51The smile remained on my lips,
07:53but my eyes grew cold.
07:55Offend the gods?
07:57Invite divine wrath?
07:59I repeated those words
08:00with a mocking edge.
08:01Deimus,
08:03are you questioning
08:04my bloodline?
08:05I would never dare,
08:07never,
08:08your Divine Grace!
08:10Deimus buried his head lower,
08:12his voice shaking.
08:13Seeing this masterpiece today
08:15moved my heart.
08:17Devotion is the truest offering
08:19to the gods.
08:20Is my true devotion
08:22worth less than a fleeting moment
08:24in time?
08:25My voice was quiet
08:26but carried absolute authority.
08:28Or do you believe
08:29the blood of Zeus and Hera
08:31cannot command a mere flame?
08:33The question carried crushing weight.
08:36Cold sweat soaked Deimus' back.
08:38Princess,
08:40forgive me.
08:41I meant no such thing.
08:43Then do as I say.
08:44It will enter the forge today.
08:47I will cast the first flame myself,
08:50a bride's offering,
08:52for an eternal union.
08:54I will bear the consequences
08:55if anything goes wrong.
08:59If the forging succeeds,
09:02everyone in the sacred forge
09:04will be rewarded.
09:06Reward and wrath
09:07were the twin languages
09:08of Olympus.
09:09It was a lesson
09:10every Divine Child learned
09:12before they could even walk.
09:14Deimus cowered on his knees,
09:16his body trembling.
09:17He knew that defying my order
09:19meant certain death,
09:20but ruining the ritual
09:21and angering Zeus
09:22would also mean death.
09:24Between two deadly choices,
09:26the wrath standing in front of him
09:28was far more immediate.
09:29He grinned his teeth,
09:31his shoulders collapsing in defeat.
09:33As you command
09:34your Divine Grace.
09:35He stood up trembling
09:37and shouted at the smiths
09:39behind him.
09:43What are you waiting for?
09:46Did you not hear the princess?
09:48Prepare to seal the forge now!
09:51The smiths snapped out of their day.
09:54Fear and confusion
09:55still covered their faces,
09:56but they dared not
09:57raise another objection.
09:59They frantically began
10:01the final preparations
10:02to seal the forge.
10:03The massive bronze hoist
10:05creaked into motion.
10:07Heavy bronze chains
10:09locked around the base
10:10of the amphora.
10:11They lifted it toward
10:12the forge opening
10:13like a magnificent sarcophagus.
10:15My heart tightened
10:16with every sway of the ampulla.
10:18The ampule's voice
10:19echoed in my mind once more.
10:21This time,
10:22it was not crying.
10:23I want to hear
10:24their flesh sear
10:25and burn to ash.
10:27Its vicious thrill
10:28was my own.
10:29A sharp voice
10:30pierced the heavy noise
10:31of the sacred forge.
10:34Stop!
10:35All of you, stop!
10:37Pure panic and fury
10:39covered his face.
10:40It was High Oracle Tylemus,
10:42the very man
10:43who divined
10:43the fated hour for me.
10:45It seemed Deamus
10:46had sent someone
10:46to tip him off
10:47while trying to stall me.
10:48He pointed at the
10:49half-sealed forge door
10:51and screamed
10:52in absolute horror.
10:53Your divine grace,
10:54you must not!
10:55This cannot be done!
10:57High Oracle,
10:58what brings you here
10:59in such a rush?
11:00Princess.
11:01Tylemus caught his breath
11:03and bowed.
11:03His tone remained urgent.
11:05I heard you intend
11:06to forge the ampulla
11:07of Eternal Eune
11:08ahead of time.
11:09I came to stop this.
11:10This,
11:11Ampramora,
11:12concerns Olympian fate
11:13and your lifelong blessing.
11:15Its fated hour
11:16was ordained
11:17by the fates themselves
11:18based on the fate threads
11:20of you and Lord Caelian
11:21as well as the fortune
11:23of the divine realm.
11:24The timing must be
11:26absolutely precise.
11:29Rushing or delaying it
11:30will destroy
11:31the cosmic harmony.
11:33At best,
11:34the Amphrix will be destroyed.
11:36At worst,
11:37it will disrupt
11:38the destiny of Olympus
11:39and all realms.
11:40It will curse your marriage
11:42to Lord Caelian.
11:44He spoke with fierce conviction.
11:47He escalated a simple
11:48breach of ritual
11:49to a threat against
11:50the very foundations
11:51of the divine realm.
11:52The surrounding smiths
11:53were already terrified.
11:55Hearing this threat
11:56to all realms,
11:57they turned pale as ghosts.
11:59They backed away
12:00from the half-built
12:00stone wall of the forge.
12:03Diamas pleaded again.
12:05Your divine grace,
12:07the High Oracle
12:08speaks the truth.
12:10I beg you to reconsider
12:12for the sake of Olympus.
12:14For the sake of Olympus.
12:17What a grand excuse.
12:21On any other day,
12:22I might have reconsidered it.
12:24But today,
12:25the fire burning in my chest
12:27was hotter than
12:27the flames of the forge.
12:29I looked at Patelemia's
12:31anxious face and smiled.
12:32Tielimus,
12:33let me ask you,
12:35does your so-called
12:36fated hour and divine will
12:37value the exact timing
12:39or the pure will
12:40of the gods?
12:41Time is the divine will.
12:43Good.
12:46I nodded,
12:47stepping in to whisper.
12:51Then let me ask you
12:52another question.
12:53What if this Amtheros
12:55hides something so foul
12:57it would make
12:57the gods reach?
13:01Should we wait
13:02for the fated hour
13:03to burn it,
13:05allowing that filth
13:06to poison the very threads
13:07of destiny?
13:08Or should we act instantly,
13:10incinderating it to ashes
13:11to restore purity
13:12to the realms?
13:13My voice was light,
13:14but the icy malice
13:15in my words
13:15made Tielimus shover.
13:17His cloudy old eyes
13:18widened in absolute disbelief.
13:20He shot a glance
13:21at the dark,
13:22half-sealed mow
13:23of the forge.
13:24He was a smart man.
13:27Decades at the center
13:28of Olympian power
13:29had taught him survival.
13:30The filth,
13:31I mentioned,
13:32paired with my absolute
13:34readiness to defy
13:35a divine oracle,
13:36made him realize
13:37the truth instantly.
13:38Tielimus' lips
13:39trembled,
13:40speechless.
13:41I met his eyes,
13:43speaking every word
13:44with deliberate weight.
13:45Tielimus,
13:46as high oracle,
13:47you should know this best.
13:49The fates weave justice
13:51into every thread.
13:52No one escapes the loom.
13:53To let certain things
13:54exist a moment longer
13:55is the ultimate insult
13:56to the divine order.
13:58Burning this filth today
13:59is divine providence.
14:00I act as the gods
14:01themselves would.
14:02To stop me
14:03is defying the divine will,
14:04which matters more,
14:05your full-fated hour
14:06or the purity
14:07I restore with my own hands.
14:09All color fled
14:10Polemus' face.
14:11He stared at me,
14:12as if seeing the
14:13true-born princess
14:14of Olympus
14:14for the very first time.
14:16My gaze was calm,
14:17unyielding,
14:18yet carried a madness
14:19that chilled him
14:20to the bone.
14:21He knew he had
14:22no choice left.
14:23To pry was death,
14:24to defy me was death.
14:26His only way out
14:27was to play the fool,
14:28to know nothing,
14:29and follow my lead.
14:31He took a deep breath.
14:32The princess speaks truth.
14:34His voice came out dry
14:35and raspy.
14:36I was blinded.
14:37Your will
14:38and the divine will
14:39are one.
14:40He straightened his back.
14:41Turning to the bewildered
14:43Acklepins and Smiths,
14:44he shouted with all
14:45his remaining strength.
14:47What are you waiting for?
14:48The word of divine blood
14:50is law!
14:52Today is the fated hour!
14:54Seal the forge!
14:55His sudden submission
14:56left everyone stunned,
14:58but with the High Orupal's command,
15:00no one dared to hesitate.
15:01The Smiths sprang back into action.
15:04They layered blessed stone
15:05and sacred clay,
15:07sealing the forge door.
15:08I watched Tylemus'
15:10trembling back.
15:11The crisis was averted.
15:13He was a smart man.
15:14That was why he would survive.
15:17As for those two inside
15:18who thought themselves so clever,
15:20I watched coldly
15:22as the forge door
15:23was sealed shut,
15:24leaving only the lower
15:26stoking hole
15:27and a few upper smoke vents.
15:31Light the fire.
15:32Deamus handed me a torch,
15:34his hands trembling.
15:35I took it.
15:36The flame danced,
15:37casting flickering shadows
15:39across my face.
15:40I stepped toward
15:41the massive forge.
15:43Heat rushed from the staking hole
15:44like a titan's breath.
15:46The amphora's manic cheering
15:48echoed in my mind.
15:49Come!
15:50My princess,
15:51light me!
15:52Purify me!
15:54I raised my hand
15:55to toss the torch
15:56into the fire gate.
15:57Athara!
15:58A commanding,
15:59urgent voice
16:00struck like ice water.
16:02I froze,
16:03slowly turning around.
16:05A golden chariot
16:06drawn by white pancocks
16:07hurtled toward us.
16:08Surrounded by temple guards
16:09and attendant nymphs,
16:10golden banners
16:11snapped in the wind,
16:12announcing her identity.
16:14It was my mother.
16:15Hera,
16:15queen of Olympus,
16:16had arrived.
16:17Before the chariot
16:18even stopped,
16:18mother stepped down,
16:20supported by her handmaidens.
16:22She wore an ivory peflis,
16:24her elaborate braids
16:25slightly undone.
16:26She had rushed here
16:27with no time
16:28for her usual perfection.
16:30She marched up to me,
16:31her face livid,
16:32and snapped.
16:33This is madness,
16:34Miss Athara.
16:35Who gave leave
16:36to defy sacred law?
16:38I held the torch,
16:39staring at her in silence.
16:40I did not bow.
16:42My defiance made her chest
16:43heave with rage.
16:44She pointed at the torch.
16:46Drop it!
16:47What are you doing?
16:48Your sacred wedding approaches,
16:51and you dare forge
16:52the Amphrakag early?
16:53Do you know what order means?
16:55What divine protocol demands?
16:58If your father hears of this,
17:00mother...
17:00I finally spoke,
17:02my voice dead calm.
17:03I know exactly
17:04what I'm doing.
17:06You know?
17:07Mother let out a laugh,
17:08the kind that precedes thunder.
17:10I see you know nothing.
17:13Have you no regard
17:15for Olympian honor?
17:16For my will?
17:18And your father's?
17:21If word gets out,
17:23how will the entire realm
17:24judge their reckless,
17:25spoiled princess?
17:27Everyone in the sacred forge,
17:28smiths and nymphs alike,
17:30cowered on the ground,
17:31silent as shadows
17:32in the underworld.
17:33In the massive forge,
17:35only the two of us
17:36remain standing.
17:37Honor?
17:37I tasted the word,
17:39thick with irony.
17:40Do you truly believe
17:42honor matters more
17:43than your daughter's
17:43lifelong happiness?
17:45Mother was stunned.
17:46She had never heard
17:47such a tone from Obedianur
17:49from her obedient daughter.
17:50She frowned,
17:51sensing something was wrong.
17:53Her tone softened.
17:54Ethera,
17:55what is the matter?
17:56Did you quarrel with Kalian?
17:58Friction is inevitable
17:59in a marriage.
18:00You are about to become a wife.
18:02You must be gracious.
18:04Worthy of your title.
18:05Do not throw such tantrums.
18:07Gracious?
18:08Worthy?
18:09How absurd.
18:10My betrothed was inside
18:11the sacred amperifs
18:13meant for our wedding,
18:14entwiled with another woman,
18:16and my mother was demanding
18:17I show grace.
18:18Mother's face shifted.
18:20Her eyes swirled with pity,
18:21fury, suspicion,
18:22and fear.
18:23She had guessed the truth,
18:25but chose to know nothing.
18:26A suffocating silence followed.
18:28Mother,
18:29you taught me that a princess
18:30must always remember honor.
18:33I have always remembered.
18:34But mother,
18:36something foul
18:37has crawled onto my skin.
18:39Would you have me stand
18:40before Olympus
18:41wearing filth as a crown?
18:43To pretend I am perfectly happy?
18:47I can't.
18:48I won't.
18:49My tears finally fell,
18:51but these were not tears of weakness.
18:53They were tears of cornered rage
18:56and absolute resolve.
18:58Mother recoiled,
18:59searching my face in shock.
19:01Filth?
19:02What filth?
19:03Athora, speak clearly!
19:05I cannot say.
19:06To speak it would ruin
19:08more than my honor.
19:09It would destroy the dignity
19:10of the entire Olympus royal house.
19:13Mother,
19:13you value the honor
19:14of marriage above all.
19:15If this is known,
19:16they will say
19:16your blessing means nothing.
19:18They will say
19:18even your own blood
19:19cannot be kept sacred.
19:21My calculated retreat silenced her.
19:23Indeed,
19:24the order of marriage
19:24was what she valued
19:25above all else.
19:26She was the goddess of marriage.
19:28If such a scandal occurred
19:29inside her own daughter's
19:31sacred Amprova,
19:32it would shatter
19:32her divine authority.
19:34She dared not gamble.
19:35She dared not ask.
19:37Mother's face shifted.
19:38Her eyes swirled with pity,
19:39fury,
19:40suspicion,
19:41and fear.
19:42She had guessed the truth,
19:43but chose to know nothing.
19:45A suffocating silence followed.
19:47Finally,
19:47she closed her eyes
19:49and drew a deep breath.
19:50When she opened them,
19:51only exhaustion
19:53and absolute result remained.
19:54You have grown beyond my reach.
19:56Do what you must.
19:57Her voice was harsky.
19:59But remember,
20:01we are gods.
20:02We do not break.
20:04We do not bend.
20:06And we do not bleed
20:07where mortals can see.
20:09She turned away.
20:11Sparing no glance for me
20:13or the massive forge,
20:14she marched back
20:15to her golden chariot.
20:17I had won.
20:18Through sheer cruelty,
20:20I had forced my mother
20:21to permit my madness.
20:23I watched her chariot
20:24vanish down the volcanic path.
20:26The hot wind
20:27had already dried my tears.
20:29My last shred of hesitation
20:31vanished with them.
20:32No one could stop me now.
20:34I turned back
20:35to the fully sealed forge.
20:38It crouched there
20:39like a silent titan,
20:41waiting for my command
20:42to execute
20:43the most magnificent
20:44and brutal immanation.
20:46I raised the torch high.
20:49In my eyes,
20:51the dancing flame
20:52was purification.
20:53It was vengeance.
20:55It was the fire
20:56that would burn
20:57my foolish past to ash
20:59and ignite my new future.
21:02I heard the amphibaw's
21:02final cry in my mind,
21:04echoing with anticipation
21:05and release.
21:05Thank you, my princess.
21:07Set me free.
21:07With a flick of my wrist,
21:08the torch traced an arc
21:09through the air,
21:10tumbling into the fire gate.
21:11Foosh!
21:12The prepared surge of wood
21:13and volcanic kindling
21:13ignited definitely roar.
21:15The first flame was lit
21:16by my own hand.
21:17Watching the roaring blames,
21:18I could almost see
21:19Kalian and Lyris'
21:20terrified,
21:21despairing faces.
21:22They never imagined
21:23this safe place
21:23meant to shelter their affair
21:24would instantly become
21:25their fiery tum.
21:26Nor could they ever imagine
21:28that the woman they deemed
21:29hollow inside
21:29would personally send them
21:31to the underworld.
21:32More fuel!
21:33I commanded the terrified
21:34Dymus and his smiths.
21:35Keep feeding the fire.
21:37Burn it with the fiercest flame
21:38for seven days
21:39and seven nights.
21:41I want it burned
21:42to the very core.
21:44The smiths jolted in terror.
21:46They scrambled to haul
21:47bundles of olive wood,
21:49feeding them into the fire gate.
21:50The blaze surged wildly.
21:52The entire forge began to hum
21:54and vibrate
21:55with a thunderous roar.
21:57Searing heat
21:58washed over me,
21:59whipping my dress
22:00violently in the draft.
22:01I stood perfectly still,
22:03letting the intense heat
22:04scorch my cheeks.
22:05I heard no screams.
22:07The thick forge walls
22:08muffled everything,
22:09but I could feel it.
22:11I could sense
22:11the amphiok's twisted ecstasy,
22:13a violent clash
22:13of agony and joy.
22:14It was being forged
22:15and purified in the flames.
22:16The filfil trapped inside
22:17wailed in absolute despair
22:19before finally burning to ash,
22:20permanently fused
22:21with its clay body.
22:22Eternal union.
22:23Kalian.
22:24Lyris.
22:24I grant you your wish.
22:26For the next seven days and nights,
22:28I did not return to Olympus.
22:31I stayed beside the sacred forge.
22:34Mother sent no one.
22:36She must have fed father some excuse.
22:38But all of Olympus
22:40was in an auror
22:41over two sudden disappearances.
22:44Kalian,
22:45champion of the sacred games
22:46and future divine consort,
22:48and his childhood sweetwart,
22:50Lyris,
22:51had vanished on the exact same day.
22:53The house of Therion
22:54and the silverpring Nya's
22:56were frantic.
22:58They petitioned the Olympian tribunal
23:00and exhausted every connection.
23:03They turned the divine realm upside down,
23:05yet found not a single trace.
23:07Rumors spread that they had eloped,
23:09fleeing the suffocating divine laws.
23:12It was the most widely believed theory.
23:15It made perfect sense.
23:17After all,
23:18their mortal romance was no secret.
23:21Scandalous tales echoed among the gods,
23:23and mortal taverns
23:25were already singing ballads
23:27of their forbidden love.
23:28The house of Therion
23:30and the silver spring Nyadis
23:31lost all honor,
23:33becoming the laughingstock of Olympia.
23:36Meanwhile,
23:37I,
23:37the abandoned trueborn princess,
23:39became an object of universal pity.
23:41They imagined me locked in my temple,
23:44heartbroken,
23:45and weeping.
23:47They had no idea.
23:49I was far away on a volcanic island,
23:53listening to the wind,
23:55breathing in the scent of sulfur
23:57and olive wood ash,
23:59peacefully awaiting the completion
24:00of my Ampoica of Eternal Union.
24:03For seven days,
24:04I slept soundly.
24:06The maddening whispers in my mind
24:08had finally vanished.
24:09My world was perfectly quiet.
24:12It was as if that fire
24:13had not only incinerated my betrayers,
24:16but also burned
24:18they succumbed at the struffle.
24:20Yesweja lake away my unseen chains.
24:23On the morning of the eighth day,
24:25the flames finally died down.
24:27By sacred protocol,
24:29the forge needed to cool
24:30for several more days before opening,
24:32but I was done waiting.
24:35Open it,
24:36I ordered calmly.
24:37De'emmes now obeyed
24:38my every word without question.
24:40He immediately ordered the smiths
24:42to douse the forge with cold water,
24:44forcing the temperature down.
24:46Hiss,
24:46thick white steam blast into the sky,
24:49accompanied by the sharp crack
24:50of cooling stone.
24:51Hours later,
24:52the forge was finally cool enough
24:54to approach.
24:55The smiths began dismantling
24:56the forge door.
24:57The blessed stones were removed
24:59one by one,
24:59revealing the pitch black void within.
25:01Everyone held their breath.
25:02They craned held their necks,
25:04eager to see the Amby of Eternal Union
25:05forge so swiftly
25:06under the princess's relentless command.
25:08But De'emmes Plymouth and I knew the truth.
25:11What we were waiting for
25:12was never the empress itself.
25:15As the final stone was pulled away,
25:17a strange scent drifted from the forge.
25:20A mix of scorched clay
25:22and a heavy, rich grease.
25:24Two of the most experienced smiths
25:26stepped cautiously into the dark.
25:29Moments later,
25:30they emerged,
25:31carrying a massive bronze tray
25:33step by step.
25:34Resting upon it
25:35was my amphora of eternal union.
25:37It was a success.
25:38It had not cracked.
25:39It had not warped.
25:40It had perfectly survived
25:42the raging divine fire.
25:43Its body was magnificent crimson,
25:45like candeal de fluen blood.
25:47Of the ponnet tick gleamed
25:48with such life
25:49they seemed ready to slither.
25:50It was,
25:51without question,
25:52a legendary divine artifact.
25:54Every smith present
25:55gasped in genuine awe.
25:57The gods bless Olympias!
25:59The gods bless us all!
26:02I stepped forward slowly.
26:04Looking down at it,
26:05I whispered,
26:06Are they still there?
26:09The amphora made no sound,
26:10but a profound sense of satisfaction
26:12and peace drifted into my mind.
26:15It was telling me,
26:16Yes,
26:17they were still here,
26:18in a completely new form,
26:20with it,
26:21and with me,
26:22in an eternal union.
26:25I reached out,
26:26wanting to stroke the ampoule
26:27like I did that day.
26:28But my fingertips
26:30stopped an inch away.
26:31I suddenly felt that two
26:33was filthy.
26:35Just then,
26:36members of the House of Theremin
26:37and the Silver Spring Nairies
26:39arrived,
26:39escorted by an Olympian arbiter.
26:42Hearing that the princess
26:43was overseasing the forge here,
26:45they came clutching
26:46a desperate hope
26:46to find their missing children.
26:48Seeing me,
26:49they rushed forward,
26:51ready to weep and plead.
26:52However,
26:53as their eyes fell upon
26:55the massive,
26:55breathtaking Amphragi
26:56in the clearing,
26:57everyone froze.
26:59Lady Nerea had sharp eyes,
27:01suddenly pointing
27:02at an inconspicuous bulge
27:04near the base of the Amphila.
27:06That is my daughter's
27:07moonstone pendant!
27:09Her personal
27:10nigh-dee token!
27:12Why is it here?!
27:13The crowd looked over.
27:15At the base,
27:16a faint cressical contour
27:17was visible.
27:18The material was clearly
27:19not clay.
27:20It had fused with the body
27:21during the roaring fire,
27:23yet retained its rough shape.
27:25Meanwhile,
27:25Caelian's father,
27:26Lord Tharion,
27:27stared fixically
27:28at the other side
27:28of the Amphra.
27:29There lay another mark
27:30of melted metal.
27:31He recognized it.
27:32It was a corner
27:33of the bronze war crest
27:35of Eris
27:35he had personally
27:36given his son.
27:37Caelian always wore it
27:38at his waist.
27:39Now,
27:40it was part of the Amphra.
27:41All clamor ceased abruptly.
27:43The air turned
27:44dead silent.
27:45Everyone stared
27:46at the breathtaking Amphua
27:47with expressions
27:48of pure horror.
27:49The beautiful crimson,
27:50the magnificent shape.
27:53In their eyes now,
27:55it had all transformed
27:56into absolute terror.
28:00A horrifying realization
28:02struck them all.
28:04Caelian and Lyaris,
28:05they,
28:06they had been burned alive
28:08inside the Amphua.
28:10Lady Nerea fainted
28:11on the spot.
28:12Lord Tharion's legs
28:13gave out.
28:14He slumped to the dirt,
28:16pointing a trembling
28:17finger at me,
28:18unable to form
28:19a single word.
28:20The Olympian Arbiter
28:21turned deathly white.
28:22He looked from me
28:23to the Amphio,
28:24cold sweat pouring
28:25down his temples.
28:26Meeting their terrified,
28:28disbelieving stares,
28:29my expression remained
28:30perfectly composed.
28:31I even offered
28:32the panicked Arbiter
28:33a gentle smile.
28:34No need for alarm.
28:39I stepped up
28:40to the Amphora,
28:41using my sleeve
28:42to gently wipe away
28:43the ash.
28:44My movements
28:45were tender,
28:47as if handling
28:48a priceless treasure.
28:49My betrothed
28:50and Lyaris
28:51loved each other
28:52so deeply,
28:53so desperately.
28:53They wished to be bound,
28:55forged together
28:56in divine fire,
28:57united for eternity.
28:59I grant them
29:00their wish.
29:03Consider this
29:04my blessing.
29:06My voice was soft,
29:07yet it struck like thunder
29:09in the dead silence.
29:11The Arbiter
29:12dropped to his knees,
29:13trembling violently.
29:15The horror in the eyes
29:16of the gathered members
29:17hardened into
29:17a venomous wrath.
29:19I didn't care.
29:21The strong prevail.
29:23The weak burn.
29:25It was that simple.
29:27I won.
29:29The matter eventually
29:30reached father.
29:31He summoned me
29:31to the storm hall.
29:32There was no thunderous rage,
29:34no fierce reprimand.
29:35Sitting upon the obsidian throne,
29:37he watched me
29:38in absolute silence
29:39for a long time.
29:40His gaze was
29:41impossibly complex,
29:42swirling with disappointment,
29:44shock,
29:44and sorrow.
29:45But above all,
29:45it was a cold scrutiny,
29:47measuring me
29:47like a stranger.
29:48Etheria,
29:49do you know
29:49what you have done?
29:50Kneeling on the cold
29:51marble floor,
29:52I kept my spine
29:53perfectly straight.
29:54I do, father.
29:55Tell me where you erred.
29:56My error was that
29:57I misjudged character,
29:59nearly bringing shame
30:00to Olympus
30:00and failing to cleanse
30:01the corruption sooner,
30:03thus alarming father.
30:04I confessed to every fault,
30:06shave for the crime of murder.
30:07Father looked at me
30:08and suddenly laughed,
30:09a desolate,
30:10weary sound.
30:11Misjudged character,
30:12cleansed corruption.
30:13You have more thunder in you
30:15than all your brothers combined.
30:17He rose,
30:18walked over,
30:19and pulled me to my feet.
30:23This matter ends here.
30:24Kalion and the Niff
30:25fled Olympus in disgrace.
30:28That is the truth now.
30:30The house of Theremin
30:31and the Silver Spring Nia's
30:32are guilty of moral decay.
30:35They are stripped of divine favor,
30:38barred from Olympian court
30:39for eternity.
30:40As for that Amprog,
30:41he paused,
30:42his gaze darkening.
30:44Keep it.
30:45Put it in your great hall.
30:47Look at it every day.
30:49And never forget
30:51what you are capable of.
30:52Yes, father.
30:54I bowed my head.
30:56Leave me.
30:57He waved a hand,
30:58as if drained of all strength.
31:00I wish to be alone
31:00with my thoughts.
31:01I bowed and took my leave.
31:04As I turned,
31:05I heard him sigh
31:06softly behind me.
31:07A sigh that seemed to say,
31:08my daughter is no longer
31:10what she was.
31:11He was right.
31:13The moment I lit that fire,
31:16the naive, obedient Aethela
31:18who believed in love
31:19burned to ash in that forge,
31:20right alongside Caelian and Lyranice.
31:23The one who survived
31:24was someone entirely new.
31:30My sacred wedding
31:32was, of course,
31:33cancelled.
31:39The amphora father
31:41ordered me to keep
31:42was delivered to my temple.
31:46It stood at the very center
31:47of the great hall.
31:52It remained breathtaking.
31:56A deep crimson-like,
31:58cannealed divine blood,
32:00its surface gleaming
32:01like a mirror.
32:05I looked at it
32:07every single day.
32:11but it never spoke
32:14to me again.
32:18All its love
32:20and hatred,
32:21its humiliation
32:22and ecstasy
32:23had permanently fused
32:25within that divine fire.
32:28It had become
32:29just like me.
32:31Silent,
32:33silent,
32:34cold
32:35and unbreakable.
32:38I could no longer
32:39hear the voices
32:40of any artifacts.
32:46My world was left
32:47in dead silence.
32:51So be it.
32:59only in this silence
33:00could I finally hear
33:02the voice
33:02within my own heart.
33:09And it told me,
33:12Athura,
33:13from now on,
33:14my fate answers
33:16only to me.
33:17but now on.
33:17I hope you let
33:17you are.
33:18Let's do it.
33:19Let's do it.
33:19Let's do it.
33:19Let's do it.
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