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00:00When I woke, the curtains in the White Tower infirmary were swaying softly in the wind.
00:06My first instinct was to touch my stomach.
00:08My flat stomach makes it seem as if I've never been pregnant.
00:15I tried to push myself up, but the protective charm beside the treatment bed flared at once
00:21and forced me back down.
00:26Where is my baby?
00:28Ivy, don't move.
00:30A familiar voice came from the fit of the bed.
00:32Theodore Winter stood there, his dark black eagle house robe looking cold under the white light of the infirmary.
00:39He was the youngest trainee healer at St. Rovan Academy of Magic.
00:42He had also once be once been my best friend, but now he held my healing records in his hand,
00:48and his voice was so calm, it did not shake at all.
00:52The Phoenix Flame transfer was successful.
00:55Selina's curse has been stabilized for now.
00:58I stared at him.
01:00I asked you where my baby was!
01:04Theodore did not look me in the eye.
01:07The baby didn't survive.
01:11Six months along.
01:16Poor thing.
01:18My whole body went cold.
01:21Six months.
01:24My baby with Leon.
01:28The baby I had once secretly knitted tiny socks for in the White Badger House dormitory.
01:33The baby my mother had touched through my stomach, and said would surely be gentle.
01:40Gone.
01:42They had taken him out of my body, pulled out the Phoenix Flame, and put it into Selina.
01:50Selina lived.
01:52My baby died.
01:54I opened my mouth, but no sound came out.
01:57Only tears.
02:00After a long time, I called to that book in my heart.
02:05The Book of Fate.
02:07The air beside the bed glowed faintly, and a black ancient book appeared in silence.
02:17I had found it in a hidden chamber at the academy when I was sixteen.
02:25Back then, several Silver Serpent House students had locked me in the old tunnel by the Black Lake.
02:37By accident, I had pushed open a dusty stone door.
02:45When my blood fell onto its pages, it wrote down my fate.
02:51It said I would be betrayed by the three most important people in my life.
02:57My love anchor, Leon Valentin.
03:00My family anchor, Carlisle Ashfield.
03:04My friendship anchor, Theodore Winter.
03:10As long as any one of them truly chose me, I could rewrite the ending where I died.
03:19The Book of Fate.
03:20The Book of Fate.
03:21All three fate anchors remain incomplete.
03:29The Book of Fate.
03:30Fate cannot be rewritten.
03:33The Book of Fate.
03:35To break free, your body must die within twenty-four hours.
03:40I laughed.
03:42What are you laughing at?
03:44I want to leave.
03:46Theodore thought I was making a scene again.
03:49Ivy Vale.
03:51Selina is your sister.
03:53She was tortured by dark wizards for so many years.
03:57You can't only think about yourself.
03:59I looked at the empty space beneath my palm.
04:03A few hours ago, my baby had still been there.
04:07Now even my grief was called selfish.
04:12After the infirmatory grew quiet, I saw my wand at the head of the bed.
04:19That hapethorn wand had been with me for seven years.
04:22It was not expensive, and its core was only ordinary moondeer tail hair.
04:30But it was the entrance gift my mother had saved for a long time to buy for me.
04:39I reached for it.
04:42As long as I cut open the engagement mark on my wrist,
04:45as long as I made it fail completely,
04:48I'd leave this fate behind.
04:51But the moment my fingers touched the wand,
04:54a disarming charm struck.
04:59My wand flew into Theodore's hand.
05:03He stood in the doorway,
05:05his face frighteningly cold.
05:11Ivy.
05:12What are you trying to do now?
05:20I looked at my empty palm.
05:22My voice was so faint I could barely hear it myself.
05:29Can't you tell?
05:33I want to die.
05:36Theodore let out a cold laugh.
05:40Are you using this to make people feel sorry for you?
05:43He walked over and took away my wand,
05:47the silver fork by the bed,
05:49the potion bottles,
05:50and even the letter opener my mother had left me.
05:57You are not dying in my infirmary.
06:00I watched him skillfully add another protective charm
06:04beside the bed.
06:09The charm locked around me.
06:12To him, this was protection.
06:14To me, it was another cage.
06:20I stared at him, somewhat lost in thought.
06:24When did we get to this point?
06:29Back then, we were still young.
06:32Theodore was not the top student of Black Eagle House yet.
06:35He was not the healing genius praised by every professor.
06:43He could even lose control of the most basic magic,
06:46and his classmates called him an idiot and a monster.
06:51They isolated him, bullied him.
06:55I was the one who secretly brought hot soup from the white badger kitchens
07:00and stayed with him all night in an abandoned greenhouse.
07:04He had been shaking,
07:06his palms covered in cold sweat.
07:10He couldn't even speak.
07:12I opened my hand and let him write in my palm.
07:18Am I going to die?
07:22No.
07:24I'm staying with you.
07:29After he recovered,
07:31the first thing he did
07:32was make me a potion
07:33for the scrape on my knee.
07:37Ivy,
07:38when I become a healer,
07:40you'll be the first person I protect.
07:43Now,
07:44the first person who had put me on a treatment bed
07:46and personally activated the advanced healing charm
07:48was also him.
07:49I lifted my eyes to him.
07:53Theodore,
07:58when you activated that healing charm,
08:01did you hear me begging you?
08:05His eyes flickered.
08:07I said no.
08:09I said the baby would die.
08:12Did you hear me?
08:14Theodore's fingers tightened around my wand.
08:18Selina's curse had already spread to her heart.
08:23Selina's curse had already spread to her heart.
08:24Any later,
08:24and she would have died.
08:26So?
08:28Based on the treatment outcome,
08:31it was the smallest possible cost.
08:35The words landed harder than any curse.
08:38My baby and I were not people in his eyes.
08:42We were a line in a record.
08:44I stared at him.
08:46The smallest possible cost.
08:49So,
08:50to him,
08:51my baby and I together
08:52were just the smallest cost
08:54written in a healing record.
08:56I laughed until tears spilled out.
09:00Then who pays my cost?
09:03Theodore fell silent.
09:06At that moment,
09:08the book of fate floated beside the bed
09:10and opened by itself.
09:12On the page for the friendship anchor,
09:15Theodore Winter's name
09:16had once been circled in pale gold.
09:18Now the gold was fading.
09:22Little by little.
09:26At last,
09:28only a thin crack remained.
09:31Theodore could not see it.
09:33He only said in a low voice,
09:35Stop making trouble.
09:38Selina wakes up today.
09:40She can't handle being upset.
09:42I slowly closed my eyes.
09:45The friendship anchor had cracked, too.
09:48Theodore turned to leave
09:50with my wand in his hand.
09:52Before he stepped out,
09:54he paused for once and second.
09:58He still said nothing softer.
10:00Selina's name had already taken up
10:02all the mercy he had left.
10:09Friendship anchor,
10:10unstable.
10:12I did not ask him to stay.
10:15A broken anchor
10:16did not deserve another plea.
10:20The door closed behind him.
10:24And the protective charm brightened again.
10:27I stared at the place
10:28where my wand had disappeared.
10:30For the first time,
10:33I understood that even my death
10:35had to wait for their permission.
10:37Selina did nothing wrong.
10:39You shouldn't blame her.
10:42They still don't understand me enough.
10:46How could I possibly
10:48stay obediently under their control?
10:51Late that night,
10:52I pulled the needle
10:53from the back of my hand.
10:55The protective charm
10:57in the infirmary
10:57was strong against outsiders,
10:59but around patients
11:01it was only a soft layer.
11:02I brushed my fingertips
11:04over the charm.
11:05Again and again,
11:07letting it think
11:08I was still lying in bed.
11:10Every step I took
11:11made the pain
11:12in my lower belly
11:13remind me that a baby
11:14had once been there.
11:16I went to the astronomy tower first.
11:19That was where my mother had fallen.
11:23Helena Ashford
11:24was not my birth mother.
11:26She was the lady
11:27of the Ashford family,
11:28Carlisle's mother,
11:29and the only person
11:31who had truly held me
11:32from the day I was adopted.
11:37Ivy,
11:39family is not written
11:41by a bloodline scroll.
11:43You are my daughter
11:45because you are in my arms.
11:48Later,
11:49Selina returned
11:51and everyone said
11:52the real Miss Ashford
11:54was back.
11:59Don't be afraid.
12:01You are a real Ashford girl, too.
12:04You will always be my daughter.
12:07The door to the astronomy tower
12:09had been sealed.
12:11Three layers of protective charms
12:13covered it,
12:14clearly to stop me
12:15from coming near.
12:16I slid down against
12:18the cold stone wall
12:19and touched the memory parchment
12:21I had hidden in my job
12:23for a long time.
12:25Ivy,
12:26Mom loves you.
12:29Live well.
12:31Take care of the baby.
12:34Mom will always love you.
12:36I have no intention
12:37of trying to change
12:38this inevitable fate.
12:40I'm so tired.
12:41I want to go find my mother.
12:44I pressed the parchment
12:46to my chest.
12:47In so much pain,
12:49I could barely breathe.
12:50The baby is gone, Mom.
12:52I did not take care of him.
12:54I did not protect you either.
13:00I remembered that day.
13:02Carlisle had brought
13:03Theodore and Leon
13:04to persuade Mother.
13:08They said Selina's curse
13:09could not wait.
13:12They said it was only
13:13a little phoenix flame
13:14from the baby.
13:15They said I was young
13:18and I could have
13:19another baby later.
13:21Mother slacked Carlisle
13:22across the face
13:23on the spot.
13:29That is Ivy's baby too.
13:31Carlisle's eyes were red
13:33when he said,
13:33But Selina is my real sister!
13:37Mother looked at him
13:39with nothing but strangeness
13:40and disappointment
13:41in her eyes.
13:45Ivy is your sister too.
13:48No one listened.
13:53When they took me
13:54into the infirmary,
13:56Mother was left outside
13:58the off-atronomal tower.
14:02By the time I woke again,
14:05she had already
14:06fallen from here.
14:15Everyone said
14:16I had driven Mother
14:17to her death,
14:18but I knew
14:19I had not.
14:21They had pushed her
14:22toward the edge
14:23of the tower,
14:24step by step.
14:27wind slipped
14:28through the cracks
14:29of the tower.
14:31The parchment
14:32suddenly lit up again.
14:34Don't let them
14:35take your baby.
14:38I covered my mouth
14:40and finally broke down
14:41crying.
14:42But it was too late.
14:45The sealed tower door
14:47stayed silent
14:48before me.
14:51They tried to cover up
14:53their mistakes
14:54perfectly.
14:59I'm sorry.
15:01My inevitable death
15:02has dragged down
15:02who love me
15:03and those who love me.
15:06I had barely left
15:07the astronomy tower
15:09when a red beam
15:10of light struck me.
15:16Strength drained
15:18from my body
15:18and I collapsed
15:20beside the moving
15:21staircase.
15:22Carlisle Ashford
15:23stood at the top
15:24of the stairs,
15:25the Crimson Lion House
15:27Prefect badge
15:28shining on his chest.
15:30He wore a dark red cloak
15:31and his eyes
15:32were full of anger.
15:34Ivy,
15:35how long are you
15:36going to keep this up?
15:38I looked up at him.
15:41This was the family
15:43I had trusted most
15:44before.
15:46He had once
15:47dragged several
15:48Silver Serapent House
15:49students
15:49straight to the
15:50dueling room
15:51after they mocked me
15:52for being muggle-born.
15:53Anyone who bullies Ivy,
15:56answers
15:57to me. But
16:03now, when
16:04he looked at me, there
16:06was only impatience
16:07in his eyes. Selina
16:09just woke up
16:10and you ran to the
16:11Astronomy Tower
16:12to put on this show.
16:15I held the wall
16:16and forced myself
16:18to stand.
16:21I only wanted to see
16:23where Mom died.
16:25Carlisle's face darkened.
16:27You
16:28have no right
16:30to mention Mother.
16:32My fingertips
16:34went cold.
16:35He walked towards me,
16:36one step
16:37at a time.
16:41If you and Mother
16:43hadn't been so selfish,
16:44would Selina
16:45have suffered
16:46this much?
16:47She was taken
16:49by dark wizards
16:51for years.
16:52She finally came back
16:54and you couldn't
16:55even save her once.
16:59Save her?
17:00I laughed.
17:03Carlisle,
17:05didn't you already
17:06use my baby's life
17:07to save her?
17:09That was only
17:10an unborn futis.
17:12My ears wrong,
17:14but he kept going.
17:16Ivy,
17:16you took her life
17:17for so many years.
17:19Mother loved you.
17:21I protected you.
17:23Leon got engaged to you.
17:25Theodore stood
17:26by your side.
17:27Now the real
17:28Selina is back.
17:29Why can't you
17:30give her even
17:31a little compensation?
17:32The real Selina.
17:34So all these years
17:36I had been fake
17:37in their mind.
17:38I asked him,
17:40do you really know
17:41how she disappeared
17:42back then?
17:43Carlisle sneered.
17:45She told us
17:46you were jealous of her
17:47so you left her alone
17:48near the forbidden forest
17:49on purpose.
17:51She hid by herself.
17:53I had said those words
17:54countless times.
17:55Ever since Selina
17:57came back,
17:57I had kept explaining.
17:59When we were babies,
18:01she had hidden
18:02on purpose to scare me.
18:03Selina!
18:05Selina!
18:08Then she accidentally
18:09triggered an old portkey
18:11near the forbidden forest
18:12and was taken by dark wizards.
18:18But no one believed me
18:20because Selina had cried
18:22and said,
18:23Carlisle!
18:24Ivy didn't mean it!
18:26Don't blame her!
18:28So every crime
18:29became mine.
18:31You are still
18:32slandering her.
18:33He raised his hand
18:34and the binding charm
18:36of Crimson Lion House
18:37wrapped around me again.
18:38Ivy,
18:40when did you become
18:41this cruel?
18:42The Book of Fate
18:43appeared at my side.
18:45On the page
18:45for the family anchor,
18:47Carlisle's name
18:47turned from gold
18:48to dark red,
18:50then split in two.
18:51Then go protect
18:52the sister you chose.
18:54Carlisle froze.
18:55I don't want you anymore.
18:58The Book of Fate
18:59showed that I had
19:00sixteen hours left.
19:03Before Carlisle
19:04threw me back
19:05into the infirmary,
19:06Selina's communication crystal
19:07called him away.
19:12I took the chance
19:13to break free
19:14from the binding charm,
19:15which had only
19:16half its power left.
19:25This time,
19:27I went to the Black Flake.
19:29At night,
19:30the Black Lake
19:31of St. Raven Academy
19:32of Magic
19:33held no light
19:34at all.
19:36The Silver Serpent
19:37House Common Room
19:38lay beneath the lake.
19:40Green water light
19:42would shine
19:42through the underground windows
19:44and spill over
19:45the stone walls.
19:50I used to be afraid
19:52of this place.
19:55When Leon found out,
19:57he once held my hand
19:58and stood with me
19:59by the lake.
20:01What are you afraid of?
20:03I'm your fiancée now.
20:05No one in Silver Serpent
20:07House will dare
20:08touch you again.
20:11At the Winter Solstice
20:13Ball that year,
20:13he put the ancient
20:14Valentin family ring
20:16on my Inga.
20:17It was not a forced bond.
20:20It was a magical engagement.
20:24Pure-blood families
20:25used that old witness magic
20:26during engagement ceremonies.
20:29Both sides lit the ring
20:30with their wands
20:31and spoke vows
20:32before the Great Hall
20:33and the family crest.
20:34Ivy Vale will be
20:35my only fiancée.
20:37The baby in her wasp
20:38will be recognized
20:39as the heir
20:40of the Valentin family.
20:42A pale silver mark
20:43had appeared
20:44around my wrist.
20:47I thought it was proof
20:48that fate had been rewritten.
20:50but now
20:51the mark was cracked.
20:54I walked into the Black Lake
20:56step by step.
20:57The water rose
20:58over my ankles,
21:00calves,
21:01waist,
21:03and stomach.
21:04Cold sank into my wound
21:06and the pain
21:06and the pain
21:07nearly knocked me
21:07off my feet.
21:09Good.
21:09A little farther
21:10and I could leave.
21:12I closed my eyes
21:13and let the water
21:15climb over my chest.
21:18At that moment,
21:20a silver binding charm
21:21wrapped around my waist
21:22and dragged me violently
21:23back ashore.
21:24I fell onto the wet,
21:27cold grass.
21:28Pain turned my vision black.
21:30Ivy, enough.
21:31Leon Valentin
21:32stood in the moonlight,
21:34his silver serpent
21:35house robe neat,
21:36without a single wrinkle.
21:38His wand was still glowing
21:39in his hand,
21:40but his eyes
21:41held only disappointment.
21:42You really can't stand
21:44seeing Selina
21:45get better, can you?
21:46I looked up at him,
21:47the man who had made
21:48a magical engagement
21:49with me,
21:50the father of my baby.
21:51He pointed his wand
21:53toward the lakeside.
21:54Floating candles,
21:55silver ribbons,
21:57and celebration banners
21:59hung there.
22:00Banner,
22:00congratulations on the
22:01recovery of Selina Ashfield,
22:03the prophesied girl
22:04of Crimson Lion House.
22:05My baby had just died,
22:07and they were preparing
22:08a celebration ball
22:09for Selina by the lake.
22:11She suffered under that curse
22:12for so long.
22:14Tonight,
22:15she only wants to be happy
22:16for a while.
22:17Do you have to make
22:18a scene here?
22:19I gave a small laugh.
22:22Do you know what it costs
22:24for her to live?
22:25Leon avoided my eyes.
22:27Ivy,
22:27we can have another baby
22:28someday.
22:29I looked at him.
22:30He went on.
22:30Selina only has one life.
22:32Wind swept over the black lake,
22:34cold enough to cut.
22:36The engagement mark
22:37on my wrist
22:37finally shattered.
22:40Silver fragments of light
22:41fell onto the grass.
22:44Leon saw it at last.
22:46his face changed.
22:49Ivy,
22:50your mark.
22:52But I no longer
22:53had the strength
22:54to explain.
22:56The book of fate
22:58turned a page
22:58beside me.
23:00The book of fate,
23:02love anchor broken.
23:05Leon reached
23:06towards my wrist,
23:07but I pulled
23:08my hand back.
23:11The silver fragments
23:13faded between us,
23:14and with them,
23:15the last part of me
23:16that had once
23:17waited for him.
23:22Congratulations.
23:23You're free.
23:25Don't say things
23:26in anger.
23:26It's okay.
23:28I can fix it.
23:30Theodore can fix this.
23:32No.
23:33You already fixed
23:34what mattered to you.
23:36The air fell silent.
23:38He knew
23:38I was talking
23:39about Selina.
23:40Behind him,
23:41the celebration candles
23:43for Selina
23:44kept burning.
23:45in front of him,
23:46the mother of his baby
23:48could barely stand.
23:49He still looked
23:50toward the candles first.
23:52I pressed my cracked wrist
23:54against my chest
23:55and gave him no answer.
23:57If a vow could only matter
23:59after it shattered,
24:00then it had never
24:01protected me at all.
24:03Behind Leon,
24:05the celebration banner
24:06for Selina
24:06swayed in the wind,
24:08bright and untouched.
24:11ivy, answer me.
24:12Why did the mark break?
24:15But he didn't
24:16get a reply from me
24:17because after
24:17several anchor breaks,
24:19my body couldn't
24:20hold on any longer
24:21and I fell backward
24:22in front of him.
24:25as my consciousness
24:26faded into darkness,
24:28I breathed a sigh
24:29of relief.
24:32I could die.
24:35When I woke again,
24:37my hands and feet
24:38were fixed
24:38to the treatment bed.
24:40This time,
24:41it was not
24:42an ordinary binding charm.
24:44It was a holding charm
24:45Theodore had personally
24:47placed on the bed.
24:48I could not move.
24:49What a pity
24:51that I haven't managed
24:52to die yet.
24:53When will this torture
24:54that's destined
24:55to end in death
24:56finally come to an end?
24:58Outside the infirmary,
25:00everything was lively.
25:02Tonight was
25:02Selina's recovery ball.
25:04The image mirrors
25:06in the academy hall
25:07projected the scene
25:08onto notice boards
25:09on every floor.
25:10Even the infirmary
25:12had not been spared.
25:13I turned my face
25:15and saw golden candles
25:16floating in the mirror.
25:18Selina stood
25:19in the center of the hall
25:20in a red and gold
25:21crimson lion house gown.
25:23Carlisle stood beside her,
25:25keeping the crowd
25:26from pressing to close.
25:28Theodore held a potion cup
25:30and reminded her
25:31not to tire herself out.
25:33Leon lowered his head
25:34and adjusted her shawl.
25:36They were all fine.
25:38Only I lay in the infirmary,
25:40still carrying the pain
25:42of my baby's death
25:43in my body.
25:44Martha,
25:45the female healer,
25:46could not bear to watch.
25:48She waved her hand
25:49and shut off
25:50the image mirror.
25:51Honey,
25:52don't look.
25:52She was not my mother,
25:54but she looked at me
25:55in a way that made me
25:56want to cry.
25:57The book of fate
25:58floated beside the bed.
26:00With the last of my strength,
26:02I lifted a finger
26:03and wrote on the page.
26:05Ivy's writing.
26:07I don't want them anymore.
26:09The book of fate.
26:11The fate anchors
26:12have broken.
26:13The book of fate.
26:15The condition for release
26:16remains unchanged.
26:18Seven hours left.
26:20When Martha changed my medicine,
26:22she whispered,
26:23Your body shouldn't be this weak.
26:25The healing records say
26:26it was only a mild flame extraction.
26:29But you
26:31are far worse than that.
26:33I stared at her blankly.
26:35She froze.
26:36They didn't tell you?
26:38Tell me what?
26:40Martha opened the healing records
26:41and her face grew paler and paler.
26:46This has been altered.
26:48I stared at the parchment records
26:50in her hands.
26:51What should have said
26:52Phoenix flame extraction
26:53had been covered
26:54by a concealment charm
26:55and changed to
26:57Ordinary Fetal Blood Transfer.
26:59In other words,
27:00the healing notes Theodore had seen
27:02might have been false
27:03from the beginning.
27:05It turns out that
27:06from the very beginning,
27:08Selina's goal
27:09was always to kill me.
27:10Outside the infirmary,
27:12the music from the celebration ball
27:13suddenly grew louder.
27:15Through the thick walls,
27:16I heard the crowd cheering.
27:18Martha held my hand.
27:19I'm going to find Mr. Winter.
27:21I shook my head.
27:22No need.
27:23No one could save me.
27:25I looked at the healing charm
27:27beside the treatment bed.
27:29Still not fully extinguished.
27:31My Phoenix fire
27:33still lingered there.
27:35If I forced myself
27:36to finish the reverse charm
27:37and made that healing charm
27:38backfire, maybe I could
27:40end all of this.
27:43After Martha left,
27:44I began murmuring
27:45the reverse charm again
27:47and again.
27:48The magic of White Badger House
27:50was not sharp or dazzling.
27:52The professors always said
27:54we were good at tending plants,
27:56soothing magical creatures,
27:58and fixing what others
27:59had broken.
28:00I had never thought
28:02there was anything wrong
28:03with that.
28:03I liked making
28:05withered moon vines
28:06bloom again.
28:07I liked bandaging
28:09the wings of
28:09injured night ravens.
28:11I also liked
28:12bringing Leon
28:13hot soup after training.
28:15Leaving bread
28:16for Carlisle
28:17after night patrol,
28:18and sitting with Theodore
28:19while he watched
28:20a potion simmer.
28:21But now,
28:23I suddenly understood.
28:24I had been fixing
28:26everyone else.
28:27No one had fixed me.
28:29The healing charm
28:30that had not yet gone out
28:32was pulled by the syllables
28:33I murmured,
28:34and it began to glow.
28:36The charms around the bed
28:37lit up layer by layer.
28:39The binding charm
28:40shook violently
28:41and cut into my wrists.
28:43It hurt,
28:44but not as much
28:45as when my baby
28:46was taken from me.
28:48I closed my eyes
28:49and spoke the final syllable.
28:51With a boom,
28:53every light
28:53in the infirmary
28:54went out.
28:55The healing charm
28:56is out of control!
28:57Go get Theodore Winter!
28:58When Theodore rushed in,
29:00his face was not calm
29:01for the first time.
29:03Ivy!
29:04In the chaos,
29:06I felt myself
29:07being pressed back
29:07onto the bed.
29:09Charms and potions
29:10fell over me
29:11in layer after layer,
29:12but I could barely
29:13feel anything anymore.
29:15Theodore threw himself
29:16to the side
29:17of the treatment bed
29:18and checked my wounds
29:19and engagement mark.
29:21The next second,
29:22his face went
29:23deathly pale.
29:25How is this possible?
29:27Martha's voice
29:28trembled beside him.
29:36I was just about
29:38to tell you,
29:39she lost more
29:39than the baby's
29:40phoenix flame.
29:41Her own phoenix
29:43bloodline was damaged too.
29:45Theodore froze.
29:46He opened the healing
29:48records and turned
29:49page after page.
29:50The concealment charm
29:52had failed in the backlash,
29:53and the real notes
29:55finally appeared.
29:56extraction target,
29:58the baby's
29:59phoenix flame.
30:00Secondary loss,
30:02Ivy's own
30:03phoenix bloodline.
30:05Risk,
30:06irreversible.
30:07His hands
30:08began to shake.
30:10I didn't see
30:11this line.
30:12Martha looked at him.
30:14You see it now.
30:16I could not speak.
30:18My whole body
30:19had gone numb
30:20from pain.
30:21Only a few fingers
30:22could still move.
30:24Theodore took my hand.
30:26His eyes were
30:27terrifyingly red.
30:29Ivy,
30:29what are you trying
30:30to say?
30:31With the last
30:32of my strength,
30:33stroke by stroke,
30:35I wrote three words
30:36in his palm.
30:37Ivy's palm writing.
30:39Kill me.
30:40Theodore went
30:41completely rigid.
30:43I could no longer
30:45speak.
30:46My lips
30:47would not move.
30:48My throat
30:49could not form
30:50a full sound.
30:50The backlash
30:51from the healing
30:52charm had burned
30:53through my body.
30:54Theodore used
30:55every stabilizing
30:56charm he knew,
30:58but all he could do
30:59was keep me alive
31:00for a little longer.
31:01The book of fate
31:02hung at the foot
31:03of the bed.
31:04Five hours left.
31:06Theodore stood
31:07beside the bed.
31:08The pride he usually
31:09wore was gone
31:10from his face.
31:11Again and again,
31:13he checked the records.
31:15Again and again,
31:16he cast mending charms.
31:18But each time,
31:20the mending charm
31:21was swallowed
31:21by the hollow space
31:23where my phoenix fire
31:24used to be.
31:25Martha asked softly,
31:27Is there anything else
31:29she wants to say?
31:30Theodore looked at me.
31:32I slowly moved
31:34my fingers.
31:35Martha offered me
31:36her palm.
31:38I wrote very slowly,
31:40Mom,
31:41Baby.
31:42Martha's eyes
31:43reddened at once.
31:46What happened
31:47to her baby?
31:48The infirmary
31:49fell dead silent.
31:51Theodore lowered
31:52his head.
31:53At last,
31:54he said it.
31:57The baby's phoenix flame
31:59was extracted
31:59and given to Selina.
32:01Martha stepped back
32:02in disbelief.
32:04A six-month-old baby?
32:07No one answered.
32:08That silence
32:10was the cruelest confession.
32:12Martha looked
32:13at me again.
32:16and her mother.
32:18Theodore's face
32:19turned even paler.
32:20I heard his breathing shake.
32:22After a long moment,
32:24he suddenly turned
32:25and rushed out
32:26of the infirmary.
32:27His furious roar
32:29soon came from
32:30the hallway.
32:33Carlisle Ashford,
32:34get over here
32:35right now!
32:36Your sister
32:37is dying!
32:42I mean,
32:43Ivy!
32:45is Selina
32:46the only sister
32:47you have?
32:48His voice
32:49echoed through
32:49the corridor
32:50and struck
32:51the portraits
32:51on the walls
32:52into silence.
32:54I closed
32:55my eyes.
32:56In the past,
32:57hearing him
32:58lose his temper
32:59for me would
33:00have made me happy.
33:01Not anymore.
33:02I no longer
33:03needed anyone
33:04to stand up
33:05for me.
33:06Martha placed
33:06Mother's memory
33:07parchment
33:08before my eyes.
33:09This fell
33:09from your robe.
33:10The page
33:11lit up
33:12and Mother's
33:12voice sounded
33:13again.
33:14Ivy,
33:15Mom loves you.
33:16Tears slid
33:17from the corners
33:17of my eyes.
33:19I wanted to tell
33:20Mom that I would
33:20be leaving soon.
33:22No more pain.
33:23No more listening
33:24to them call me
33:25selfish.
33:26No more watching
33:27my baby be treated
33:28as medicine
33:29for someone else.
33:30The Book of Fate
33:31turned a page
33:32softly.
33:33The Book of Fate,
33:34friendship anchor,
33:35cannot be repaired.
33:37When Carlisle
33:39arrived at the
33:39infirmary,
33:40his first words
33:41were still blame.
33:49Doesn't Ivy know
33:50Selena can't
33:51handle being upset?
33:52The moment
33:53he finished speaking,
33:54Theodore slapped
33:55him across the face.
33:57The sound
33:58was sharp.
33:59The entire
34:00infirmary
34:01went silent.
34:02Carlisle's head
34:03snapped to the side
34:04and the Crimson
34:05Lion House badge
34:06on his chest shook.
34:07He stared
34:08at Theodore
34:09in disbelief.
34:12Are you insane?
34:14Theodore's eyes
34:15were bloodshot.
34:16He pointed
34:17at me on the bed.
34:20Look at her!
34:23She is dying!
34:25Only then
34:26did Carlisle
34:27look at me.
34:28His face changed,
34:29little by little.
34:31Maybe I truly
34:32looked terrible now.
34:34The healing
34:35charm backlash
34:36had drained
34:36every trace
34:37of color
34:37from my skin.
34:40And the cracked
34:41engagement mark
34:42on my wrist
34:42was gray-white
34:43and glaring.
34:45He stood there,
34:46not daring
34:47to come closer.
34:52You are her brother.
34:54She may have
34:55something she wants
34:56to say to you.
34:57I did not move.
34:58I did not know
35:00what there was left
35:00to say to him.
35:02When I did not respond,
35:04his voice grew hoarse.
35:06Ivy,
35:07are you pretending again?
35:09Theodore lunged at him
35:10and grabbed his collar.
35:13She can't even speak!
35:15Carlisle finally
35:16looked frightened.
35:18Not guilty yet.
35:22Just frightened.
35:24How?
35:28At that moment,
35:29the echo orb
35:30at Carlisle's waist
35:31lit up.
35:33Selina's voice
35:34came through it,
35:35soft and sweet.
35:41Carlisle,
35:42where are you?
35:43Everyone is asking
35:44why you left the ball.
35:45Carlisle instinctively
35:47tried to shut it off,
35:48but Theodore
35:49pressed his hand down.
35:50The echo orb
35:52remained connected.
35:54Selina probably thought
35:55only Carlisle
35:56could hear her,
35:57so her voice
35:58became even softer.
36:02Carvile,
36:03Leon said
36:04Ivy's engagement
36:05mark has cracked.
36:06Does that mean
36:06they're about to
36:07break off the engagement?
36:09Everyone in the
36:10infirmary froze.
36:13Selina went on.
36:15If he ends
36:16the engagement
36:17with Ivy,
36:18will people talk
36:20if I'm with him?
36:25Carlisle's face
36:25lost all color,
36:27then Leon's
36:27gentle voice
36:28came from the
36:29other side.
36:32You just woke up.
36:33Don't think about that.
36:36Selina laughed softly.
36:39But Ivy
36:40is always making
36:41scenes like this.
36:43I'd rate.
36:45I'm so full ivory
36:46and seen the corn-shizzed hat.
36:48I'm so afraid
36:49she'll say
36:50I killed the baby
36:51again.
36:52All of you
36:52agreed to save me,
36:53didn't you?
36:59Leon did not
37:00deny it.
37:04She'll understand.
37:06I closed my eyes.
37:08So what they
37:09discussed at the ball
37:10was when I would
37:10finally make room
37:11for her.
37:14Theodore
37:14snatched the
37:15echo orb.
37:21The other side
37:22went quiet
37:23for a second.
37:25Then Leon's
37:26voice turned
37:26cold.
37:31Stop joking.
37:33Is she making
37:33trouble again?
37:34She won't be making
37:35a scene much longer.
37:38You'll be free
37:39soon.
37:39The book of fate
37:40rose.
37:42After the echo
37:44orb incident,
37:45people quickly
37:45gathered outside
37:46the infirmary.
37:48Students from
37:49Crimson Lion
37:49House,
37:50professors from
37:51Black Eagle
37:52House,
37:52classmates from
37:53White Badger
37:54House,
37:55and several
37:56prefects from
37:57Silver Serpent
37:57House had all
37:58heard what Selina
37:59said through the
38:00communication.
38:01Leon came
38:02too.
38:03When he pushed
38:04the door open,
38:05impatience still
38:06lingered on his
38:07face.
38:08Where is
38:09Ivy?
38:10No one
38:10answered.
38:13Martha
38:13stepped aside.
38:15Leon saw me on
38:16the bed,
38:17and his pupils
38:17shrank hard.
38:19How did this
38:20happen?
38:21I looked at him
38:22and did not even
38:23bother to blink.
38:24Theodore gave a
38:25cold laugh.
38:28Didn't you say
38:29she was making
38:29trouble?
38:30Leon froze
38:31where he stood.
38:33his gaze moved
38:34from my face
38:35to the grey-white
38:36engagement mark
38:37on my wrist.
38:38Carlisle stood
38:39by the door,
38:40still holding
38:41his cheek.
38:42He looked at
38:43Leon,
38:43then at me.
38:44No one could
38:45find a sentence
38:46that was not
38:47an excuse.
38:49All of you
38:50should see
38:51what you chose.
38:53At that moment,
38:54the Book of Fate
38:55rose from beside
38:56my bed,
38:57and its black
38:58cover opened
38:58by itself.
38:59It never
39:00showed its
39:01contents to
39:02others.
39:03But now,
39:04everyone saw
39:05the words on
39:05the page.
39:06The Book of Fate.
39:08Fate recall
39:09begins.
39:11The Book of Fate
39:12forced the
39:13infirmary's
39:14recall charm
39:14awake,
39:15and last night's
39:16treatment records
39:17unfolded in the
39:18air.
39:19Everyone saw
39:20me being placed
39:21on the treatment
39:21bed.
39:22They saw
39:23Theodore activate
39:24the healing charm.
39:25They saw
39:26Carlisle standing
39:27outside the door,
39:28forcing me to
39:29mother to sign
39:30the consent
39:30scroll.
39:32They saw
39:32Leon silently
39:34press the
39:34Valentin family
39:35ring against
39:36the contract
39:36to confirm
39:37the baby's
39:38identity.
39:42You cannot
39:43do this!
39:44That is
39:45Ivy's life too!
39:47Carlisle's
39:47voice followed.
39:49Mother,
39:50Selina is
39:50your biological
39:51daughter.
39:52The baby
39:53in Ivy's
39:53belly is
39:55only unborn
39:56baby.
39:57Carlisle
39:58stumbled back.
40:01I didn't
40:02mean it
40:02like that.
40:04The book
40:04of fate
40:04did not
40:05stop.
40:07Every
40:08denial died
40:09before it
40:09could leave
40:10his mouth,
40:10because the
40:11image had
40:12already spoken
40:13for him.
40:14Theodore's
40:14face went
40:15pale as he
40:16watched his
40:16own hands
40:17in the recall.
40:18I read
40:18the record.
40:20I thought
40:21it was
40:22only...
40:23You
40:24thought,
40:25and she
40:26paid.
40:26Leon
40:27stared at
40:28the image
40:28of his
40:29ring pressed
40:29against the
40:30contract.
40:31The ring
40:32had recorded
40:32his silence
40:33more faithfully
40:34than any
40:34witness.
40:37Ivy.
40:38I did
40:39not answer.
40:40If he
40:41wanted
40:41forgiveness,
40:42he had
40:43come to
40:43the wrong
40:44bedside.
40:45The image
40:45stayed in
40:46the air,
40:47forcing him
40:47to watch
40:48the exact
40:48moment he
40:49had traded
40:50my baby
40:50for Selina's
40:51survival.
40:53No one
40:54in the
40:54room could
40:54pretend it
40:55was a
40:55misunderstanding
40:56anymore.
40:59Stop the
41:00recall!
41:01Stop it!
41:03A second
41:03image appeared.
41:05It was
41:06by the
41:06edge of
41:07the
41:07Forbidden
41:07Forest
41:08years ago.
41:09A young
41:10Selina hid
41:11behind a
41:12tree,
41:12watching me
41:13desperately
41:14call her
41:14name.
41:15Selina!
41:17Where are
41:18you?
41:20stop hiding!
41:22This
41:23isn't
41:23funny!
41:24Young
41:24Selina
41:25covered her
41:26mouth and
41:26laughed,
41:27clearly waiting
41:28for me to
41:28get scolded.
41:29The next
41:30moment,
41:30an old
41:31porky
41:32lit up.
41:32A dark
41:33wizard's
41:33shadow
41:34emerged
41:34from the
41:35trees and
41:35dragged her
41:36into the
41:36dark.
41:37No!
41:38Let me
41:39go!
41:41Selina!
41:43Everyone
41:43saw it
41:44clearly.
41:45I had
41:45not abandoned
41:46her.
41:47She had
41:47hidden by
41:48herself to
41:48frame me.
41:49Carlisle's
41:50face turned
41:50deathly pale.
41:51His knees
41:52went weak,
41:53and he
41:53almost fell.
41:54No!
41:56She said...
41:57A crimson
41:58lion student
41:58standing near
41:59the door
41:59whispered
42:00first,
42:00No!
42:01So Ivy
42:02was blamed
42:03for nothing?
42:04Another
42:04student
42:04lowered their
42:05head,
42:06unable to
42:06look at
42:07me.
42:07We all
42:08believed
42:08Selina.
42:09Carlisle
42:10covered his
42:10ears, but
42:11the recall
42:12charm did
42:12not stop.
42:13His old
42:13accusation
42:14echoed in
42:15the ward,
42:15one sentence
42:16after another.
42:17Ivy, I
42:18didn't
42:18know.
42:18But not
42:19knowing had
42:20never stopped
42:20him from
42:21punishing me.
42:22I still
42:23could not
42:23speak, but
42:24the memory
42:24answered for
42:25me.
42:26The young
42:26version of
42:27me kept
42:27running toward
42:28the Forbidden
42:28Forest, screaming
42:30Selina's name
42:31until her voice
42:31broke.
42:32That was the
42:33sister Carlisle
42:34had chosen not
42:34to hear.
42:36I called you
42:37cruel because I
42:37believed her.
42:39A third
42:40image appeared.
42:42Selina sat
42:42in a dark
42:43wizard's chamber,
42:44a bloodline
42:45scroll laid out
42:46before her.
42:46The name
42:47shown on the
42:48scroll had
42:48originally been
42:49mine.
42:50She used a
42:51concealment potion
42:51to change it
42:52to her own.
42:53As long as
42:54they believe I
42:55am the
42:56prophesied
42:56girl,
42:58Ivy's
42:59phoenix fire
43:00will be
43:01mine.
43:01The infirmary
43:02went dead
43:03silent.
43:04Leon stared
43:05at the image.
43:06Silver blood
43:07light began to
43:07seep from the
43:08engagement mark
43:09on his wrist.
43:10The book of
43:11fate turned
43:11to the next
43:12page.
43:13True heir of
43:14the phoenix
43:14bloodline.
43:15Ivy veil.
43:16True sacrifice.
43:17Ivy veil.
43:18The words hung
43:19in the air.
43:20Final and
43:21undeniable.
43:22Theodore stepped
43:23back until his
43:24shoulder hit the
43:25medicine cabinet.
43:26The true heir
43:27was Ivy.
43:28And you cut
43:29into the true
43:30heir to save
43:32a liar.
43:33Carlisle's lips
43:34trembled.
43:35Selina lied
43:35to us.
43:37Leon suddenly
43:38clenched his
43:38wand.
43:39Bring Selina
43:40here.
43:40No one moved
43:41at first.
43:42They all
43:43understood that
43:44bringing Selina
43:45here would not
43:45save me.
43:46It would only
43:47show how late
43:48their justice
43:49had come.
43:49I watched the
43:50last image fade.
43:51The truth had
43:52arrived.
43:53It was useless.
43:55After the truth
43:56came out,
43:57no one in the
43:58infirmary dared
43:59to speak.
44:00Leon walked
44:01to my bedside
44:02step by step.
44:03He had once
44:04been so proud.
44:05The student
44:06president of
44:07Silver Serpent
44:07House.
44:08The heir to
44:09the Valentin
44:10family.
44:11The brightest
44:12person on the
44:13flying field.
44:14Now, he did
44:15not even dare
44:16touch my hand.
44:19Ivy.
44:20I did not
44:21look at him.
44:22His voice shook.
44:24I didn't know
44:24Selina changed
44:25the records.
44:26I thought
44:27there was only
44:27an ordinary
44:28fetal blood
44:28transfer.
44:29I thought
44:30the baby.
44:31At last,
44:32I moved my
44:32eyes and looked
44:33at him.
44:34His words
44:34died.
44:36We can have
44:37another baby
44:37someday.
44:38He had said
44:39that.
44:39How could
44:40he not know?
44:41The magical
44:42engagement was
44:43not decoration.
44:44The Valentin
44:45family ring had
44:46recorded every
44:47vow he made.
44:48It confirmed
44:49that the baby
44:50was his heir.
44:51And it also
44:52recorded his
44:53silence beside
44:53the treatment
44:54bed.
44:55The book
44:55of fate.
44:56Love anchor.
44:58Leon Valentin
44:59failed.
45:01Leon's face
45:02turned ashen.
45:03Carlisle knelt
45:04beside the bed,
45:05clutching
45:05mother's memory
45:06parchment.
45:08Ivy, I was
45:09wrong.
45:09Look at me.
45:10Hit me.
45:11Curse me.
45:12Just don't
45:13ignore me like
45:14this.
45:14I did not
45:15move.
45:16The book
45:16of fate.
45:18Family anchor.
45:19Carlisle
45:20Ashford.
45:21Failed.
45:22Theodore stood
45:23farthest away.
45:24Ivy, I killed
45:26you with my
45:26own hands.
45:27The book
45:28of fate.
45:29Friendship anchor.
45:31Theodore
45:31Winter.
45:32Failed.
45:33The book
45:33of fate.
45:34All three
45:35anchors have
45:36failed.
45:37The book
45:38of fate.
45:39Time
45:39remaining.
45:4030 minutes.
45:43At last,
45:44someone in the
45:45infirmary broke
45:46down sobbing.
45:47Leon suddenly
45:48turned, as if
45:49he wanted to rush
45:50out and find
45:50Selina.
45:51But I knew
45:52it no longer
45:53mattered.
45:54Selina would
45:55be judged.
45:56Leon would
45:57regret it.
45:58Carlisle
45:59would suffer.
46:00Theodore would
46:01remember what I
46:02had written in
46:02his palm for
46:03the rest of
46:04his life.
46:05But my baby
46:06would not come
46:06back.
46:07Mother would
46:07not come
46:08back.
46:08And I did
46:09not want to
46:10come back.
46:10Leon stopped
46:11at the door,
46:12his hand shaking
46:13around his
46:14wand.
46:15I'll make her
46:15pay.
46:16Ivy, I swear
46:17I'll make
46:18Selina pay.
46:18Carlisle raised
46:19his head, eyes
46:20red and broken.
46:23I'll find a
46:23spell.
46:24I'll bring
46:25mother back.
46:26I'll bring
46:27your baby back.
46:28I'll do
46:29anything.
46:30There is no
46:30spell for that.
46:35Theodore did
46:36not fight
46:36back.
46:37If there
46:38were, I
46:39would have
46:39used it
46:40already.
46:41I listened
46:41to them argue
46:42over impossible
46:43things.
46:44For years, I
46:46had begged
46:46them to believe
46:47me while I
46:47was still
46:48alive, still
46:49standing, still
46:50able to be
46:51saved.
46:52Now they
46:52finally believed
46:53me only because
46:54I was almost
46:55dead.
46:55That was the
46:56cruelest part
46:57of fate.
46:58It did not
46:59need to lie.
46:59It only
47:01waited until
47:01people were
47:02too late.
47:03In the last
47:0430 minutes,
47:06Theodore did
47:06something no
47:07one expected.
47:08He walked
47:09to the center
47:10of the
47:10infirmary, cut
47:11open his
47:12own palm, raised
47:14his wand, and
47:15cast the
47:15Forbidden
47:16Transfer
47:16Charm on
47:17himself.
47:18The charm
47:19fell toward
47:19the healing
47:20charm that
47:21had not yet
47:21gone out, and
47:23toward the
47:23Book of
47:23Fate.
47:25What are
47:25you doing?
47:26Theodore did
47:27not turn
47:27around.
47:28His voice
47:29was calm.
47:30I can't
47:30save her, but
47:31I can help
47:32her break
47:32free.
47:33Carlisle
47:33rushed forward
47:34to stop
47:34him, but a
47:35protective
47:36charm threw
47:37him back.
47:39Are you
47:40out of your
47:41mind?
47:41Theodore
47:42looked at
47:42me, tears
47:44falling onto
47:44the infirmary
47:45floor.
47:47She asked
47:48me to kill
47:49her.
47:49He smiled
47:50faintly.
47:51It looked
47:51worse than
47:52crying.
47:53I can't
47:54do it, but
47:56at least
47:56this time I
47:56won't choose
47:57her life for
47:57someone else.
47:58The
47:58Forbidden
47:59Transfer
47:59Charm sank
48:00into the
48:00Book of
48:01Fate, the
48:01Black
48:02Pages lit
48:02with Phoenix
48:03Fire, and
48:04the final
48:05page slowly
48:05turned.
48:07Theodore's
48:07hand shook
48:08so badly
48:09that his
48:09wand nearly
48:10slipped.
48:10Still, he
48:12held the
48:12spell steady.
48:13This time, the
48:14pain would be
48:15his choice, not
48:16mine.
48:18Theodore,
48:19stop!
48:20If this
48:20fails, she'll
48:21die faster!
48:21She is
48:22already
48:23dying, because
48:24we were
48:25cowards!
48:26I felt my
48:27body grow
48:27lighter and
48:28lighter.
48:29The pain
48:30faded, little
48:31by little.
48:32The infirmary, the
48:34crying, Leon's
48:35shattered eyes,
48:37Carlyle's desperate
48:38calls, Theodore's
48:39pale face, all of it
48:40drifted farther
48:41away.
48:42I saw Mother
48:43standing in the
48:44light.
48:45She was holding a
48:46very, very small
48:47baby.
48:48She smiled at
48:50me.
48:50Ivy, it's
48:52time to come
48:53home.
48:54I wanted to
48:55cry, but I
48:56realized I had
48:57no tears left.
48:58The book of
48:59fate burned with
49:00golden flames in
49:01the air.
49:02Everyone saw the
49:03final lines
49:04appear.
49:05The book of
49:06fate, Ivy
49:07veil.
49:08Fate
49:08released.
49:09The book of
49:10fate, all
49:11three anchors
49:12have failed.
49:13The book of
49:14fate, welcome
49:15home.
49:16White light
49:17fell.
49:18My body
49:19stopped breathing
49:20on the treatment
49:20bed.
49:21Theodore collapsed
49:22in the center of
49:23the infirmary, his
49:24breath faint.
49:25Leon knelt beside
49:27the bed, holding the
49:28engagement mark that
49:29had lost its light, and
49:31cried out loud for the
49:32first time.
49:33Carlyle held Mother's
49:34memory parchment and
49:35called my name again and
49:37again until his throat
49:38bled.
49:38But I could not hear him
49:40anymore.
49:41In the white light, the
49:43baby reached toward me
49:44with a hand smaller than
49:45a petal.
49:46For the first time in
49:4824 hours, I was not
49:50afraid.
49:52Mom, I miss you.
49:54Welcome home, my
49:55girl.
49:58Later, Saint Raven
50:00Academy of Magic held a
50:02public trial.
50:03Selina was struck by the
50:05backlash of the remaining
50:06pages of the book of fate and
50:08lost the phoenix bloodline she
50:09had stolen.
50:11Her false identity as the
50:13prophesied girl, her
50:14altered memories, and the
50:16proof of her deals with
50:17dark wizards were all
50:18exposed under the
50:20tribunal recall charm.
50:22Selina Ashfield, do you
50:25deny altering the
50:27bloodline scroll?
50:28Selina stood in the
50:29center of the hall, pale
50:31and shaking.
50:33I was scared.
50:37I only wanted to survive.
50:39You survived by stealing
50:42another girl's life.
50:44The recall charm opened
50:46again above her head.
50:47Everyone saw the dark
50:49wizard's chamber, the
50:50concealment potion, and
50:52her own voice saying
50:53Ivy's phoenix fire would
50:55be hers.
50:57She made us hate Ivy.
50:59She misled the academy
51:01and caused the death of
51:03the true phoenix heir.
51:05Selina looked toward
51:06Leon first, then
51:08Carlisle, as if one of
51:10them would still protect
51:11her.
51:14Carlisle, I'm your
51:15sister.
51:17Say something.
51:20Carlisle did not move.
51:22I already chose the
51:23wrong sister once.
51:25Selina turned to Leon.
51:28Leon, you said I only
51:30had one life.
51:31Nothing is more
51:31important than me.
51:33Leon's face was cold.
51:36And Ivy only had one
51:37too.
51:39The tribunal recall charm
51:41continued to burn above
51:42the hall.
51:44The stolen phoenix bloodline
51:46tore itself out of
51:47Selina's body in golden
51:49sparks.
51:54She screamed and
51:56collapsed to the floor.
52:00No!
52:01It's mine!
52:03It shouldn't be mine!
52:10Stolen blood never
52:13becomes yours.
52:15The golden sparks did
52:16not return to Ivy.
52:18Nothing could.
52:21They only vanished into
52:23ash before everyone's
52:24eyes.
52:26Leon watched in silence.
52:36That was when the
52:38Valentin family elder
52:39stood.
52:45Leon Valentin.
52:48You?
52:50Press the family ring
52:52against the consent
52:53contract and confirm
52:55the unborn heir.
52:59I know.
53:10You then allowed that
53:12heir to be sacrificed.
53:14Leon's fingers
53:15tightened around the
53:16dead engagement mark.
53:21I know.
53:22From this day forward,
53:24you lose the right to
53:25make a magical
53:26engagement.
53:29The Valentin
53:31inheritance is
53:32withdrawn.
53:33Leon did not
53:34resist.
53:35Give it to someone
53:37who understands
53:39what a vow means.
53:41The words sounded
53:43calm, but his hands
53:44were shaking.
53:45Carlisle stood
53:46nearby, pale and
53:47motionless.
53:48Theodore lowered
53:49his eyes.
53:53Everyone remained silent
53:55except for Selena
53:56who reached out to
53:57stop the golden
53:57sparks from dissipating.
54:03No, impossible!
54:05You all clearly
54:06love me!
54:07Why are you doing
54:09this to me?
54:10No, help!
54:14No, it's you who's
54:16been stealing our love
54:17for Ivy.
54:19Selena burst into
54:21laughter.
54:23You're all a bunch
54:24of ragged, fake
54:25gentlemen!
54:25What are you
54:26pretending to be
54:27deeply in love for?
54:31If you really loved
54:32her, I wouldn't have
54:33succeeded.
54:35You just needed a
54:36scapegoat to take the
54:38blame for your
54:38mistakes!
54:42I did nothing wrong!
54:44Everyone fell silent.
54:46No one dared to
54:48utter a word in
54:49rebusher.
54:53Carlisle was removed
54:54from the Auror
54:55Candidate Program.
54:57On the day he left
54:59Crimson Lion House,
55:00the Prefect Badge
55:01on his chest
55:01split in two.
55:04A man who cannot
55:06recognize his truth
55:07from tears cannot
55:08carry an Auror's badge.
55:20Carlisle took off
55:21the broken badge
55:21without arguing.
55:25I understand.
55:27But understanding
55:28had come too late.
55:32After that he kept
55:33searching for
55:34forbidden spells
55:35that could revive
55:36Mother and me.
55:39but every page
55:41gave him the same
55:41answer.
55:50Fate does not
55:51turn back for regret
55:52that comes too late.
55:56Every winter solstice
55:58Leon returned to the
55:59black lake and stood
56:01all night on the grass
56:02where the recovery ball
56:03had once been prepared.
56:06Ivy, I came back.
56:10The lake never answered him.
56:18The wind blew across the place
56:20where silver ribbons
56:21had once celebrated.
56:22Selena's recovery
56:23and Leon's stood there
56:24until dawn waiting
56:25waiting for forgiveness
56:26that would never come.
56:33Theodore never wore
56:35the healer badge again.
56:39He sealed his hand
56:41inside the remorse charm
56:42of Black Eagle House.
56:49Winter,
56:51you are throwing away
56:52your future.
56:56I threw away
56:57hers first.
56:58That hand could still
56:59raise a wand
57:00but every night
57:01it repeated the same
57:02three words.
57:06Kill me.
57:10As for the book of fate
57:12it was returned
57:13to the underground chamber.
57:17The same chamber
57:18where I had found it
57:19at 16.
57:24The stone door
57:25closed again.
57:29Dust settled
57:30over the floor.
57:34The academy listed
57:36the chamber
57:36as forbiddance
57:37but students still
57:38whispered about
57:39the black book
57:39that had once
57:40judged three.
57:41proud young men
57:42and one false
57:43prophesied girl.
57:47Do not touch
57:48the book of fate
57:49unless you are ready
57:50to see what your love
57:51is worth.
57:58Years later
57:59a white badger
58:00student once
58:01found the hidden
58:01door by accident.
58:03She saw the book
58:04on the stone table
58:05and reached toward it
58:06but the pages
58:07did not open.
58:17is this the book
58:18from the Ivy Vowel
58:19trial?
58:22Yes.
58:25But it has been
58:26blank ever since.
58:28The pages
58:29were blank now.
58:30My name
58:31was no longer there.
58:32No anchor
58:33could ever
58:34trap me again.
58:36I was not
58:37saved by their
58:38regret.
58:39I was freed
58:40because I finally
58:41stopped waiting
58:42for them to choose
58:43me.
58:51Some deaths
58:52do not represent
58:53tragedy.
58:53They may be a
58:54liberation.
58:54The beginning
58:55of a new chapter
58:56in one's destiny.
58:58The book of destiny
59:00closes awaiting
59:01the next destined
59:01person to open it.
59:04this is neither
59:05a curse nor a
59:06blessing it simply
59:07depends on how you
59:08write your own
59:08destiny.