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00:00I am Helina, only daughter of the late king of Sparta, once the empire's grand princess, bearer of every honor
00:07it could bestow.
00:08Before my father's death, he granted it should have been the highest honor Daemon could ever receive.
00:13But on the day of our wedding, Daemon brought another woman and a child into the temple of Ara.
00:20Held the child tightly in her arms, trembling as though the world itself had wronged her beyond measure.
00:25She followed me in the north for three years. The child needs my name and Sparta's recognition.
00:33You will remain my wife, you and me.
00:39You expect me to accept you and another woman's child?
00:43Leah immediately stepped forward.
00:47Princess Helena, I have no intention of taking anything from you.
00:52I am willing to live in the furthest stone house, never wear your colors, never touch your scepter.
00:57I only beg that my child be inscribed on the bronze table of Daemon's house.
01:03Leah, you don't need to beg her like that.
01:06I lifted my gaze to him, on his face.
01:11Accept reality like a Spartan woman.
01:14The moment those words fell, the warriors behind him raised their shields in unison.
01:18The commander bled for Sparta!
01:21She stopped before me without even a greeting.
01:24Helena, do not let the temple's flame witness your jealousy.
01:27My wedding oath has been trampled, and you call this jealousy?
01:31Sparta needs warriors. Warriors need bloodlines.
01:35You are royal. You should understand sacrifice better than anyone.
01:39I turned to Daemon.
01:40Is that your position as well?
01:41Daemon avoided my eyes.
01:47I will make it up to you.
01:48I lowered my gaze to the ring in my hand.
01:51It was forged from black iron, engraved with my father's name.
01:55Everyone believed it was only a wedding token.
01:58Only I knew it had never symbolized love.
02:01I placed the ring back onto the altar.
02:03The flames leaped.
02:05Helena, what are you doing?
02:09If you want her, I will not stop you.
02:11It was not a marriage in which I must share my husband with another woman.
02:15Daemon clenched his fist.
02:19Don't make it sound so ugly.
02:22Ugly?
02:23I looked straight at him.
02:25Then I will say it plainly.
02:28Daemon, since you cannot bear the weight of this marriage decree, let it be void.
02:33The temple fell into dead silence.
02:35You would dare break a wedding oath before Aris himself?
02:39I retrieved my black cloak from the altar and turned toward the exit.
02:42The oath was already broken by Daemon, not by me.
02:45I had only taken a step onto the first stair, when the temple doors slammed shut.
02:53Daemon's deputy, Nico, led twenty heavily armored warriors to block the exit.
02:57Daemon...
02:58That ring back on today.
03:00Do not think you are leaving this temple.
03:02I turned back to him.
03:03You intend to imprison me before the gods?
03:06He walked toward me.
03:08Daemon's words drained the temple into silence.
03:10Ever since my father's death, they had all been waiting for me to bow my head.
03:15Three months of waiting, until today, when they finally found their opening inside my wedding oath.
03:20Ophelia stepped forward slowly.
03:22Her voice was calm, but it carried clearly through the temple.
03:27Helena, your father's flame has gone out.
03:30The one who protects Sparta now is my grandson.
03:34I looked at her.
03:36So this was planned for today?
03:39She did not deny it.
03:43Today is ideal.
03:44Envoys from every city-state are present, and the Council of Elders is in attendance.
03:49If you comply, Sparta will praise your restraint.
03:53If you resist, everyone will know you are unfit for the royal seat.
03:58Daemon extended his hand toward me.
04:02Put on the ring.
04:04Leah and the child will be grateful.
04:06I will remember your dignity.
04:09I did not move.
04:10Leah stepped closer, still holding the child.
04:13Her eyes were already red.
04:17I looked at her.
04:18Princess, I truly never wanted to make things difficult for Daemon.
04:22Then why come here today?
04:24Her voice broke.
04:26Daemon stepped in front of her before she could answer.
04:28That is enough!
04:29She has already humbled herself more than enough!
04:31How long do you intend to humiliate her?
04:34I looked at them both and found the scene almost absurd.
04:39Daemon, you brought another woman and her child onto my altar.
04:43Now you want me to stay silent and bless it.
04:47Who exactly is humiliating whom?
04:49Daemon's expression darkened.
04:51Helena, do not force me to end this in a way you will not like.
04:54I shifted my gaze to Niko by the door.
04:59There's orders.
05:00Niko straightened.
05:01Good.
05:01I gave a faint nod.
05:03Then you have already chosen your master.
05:05A flicker of irritation crossed Daemon's face.
05:09Stop acting as if you stand above us.
05:12You are nothing but the daughter, the late...
05:14What authority do you even have left?
05:16Before I could respond, Leah spoke softly.
05:19Princess, a woman always needs someone to rely on.
05:22I smiled.
05:23And your idea of reliance is walking into someone else's wedding oath with a child in your arms?
05:28Leah's face went pale.
05:30Daemon finally lost patience.
05:32He stepped forward and seized my wrist.
05:34Put it on.
05:34I did not resist.
05:36I only looked at his hand around mine.
05:38Let go.
05:39I said put it on!
05:42He picked up the ring and tried to force it onto my finger.
05:46The moment the metal touched my skin, a black short spear tore through the rhythm of impact rose.
05:51Once, twice, three times.
05:52Shield against shield.
05:54Every warrior blocking the exit changed expression.
05:57The black shield guard?
06:01The temple doors were pushed open from outside.
06:03Sunlight poured in.
06:05A formation of black armored soldiers stood beyond the threshold.
06:08Their shields bore no crest, only a silver flame.
06:11The last blade my father had left me before his death.
06:14He entered the temple.
06:15His eyes passed over Daemon's bleeding hand, then settled on me.
06:20His voice was controlled, but something dangerous pressed beneath it.
06:25Who touched you?
06:26Daemon's pupils tightened.
06:27Even Ophelia's hand holding the bronze scepter froze mid-motion.
06:31Once.
06:32Then he turned to Daemon.
06:33Will you break that hand yourself, or shall I do it for you?
06:35The warriors behind Daemon drew their swords at the same time.
06:39The black shield guard did not move.
06:41Yet the air inside the temple shifted the moment they stood there, as if the space itself
06:45had learned caution.
06:47Niko's hand tightened around his blade.
06:51Daemon...
06:51This is my wedding oath, not your battlefield.
06:54Cassius did not even glance at him.
06:56He walked straight to me and placed a black cloak over my shoulders.
06:59I am late.
07:00Not late, I said, just in time to hear them finish speaking.
07:04Daemon gritted his teeth.
07:06Do you realize how Sparta will laugh at you for this?
07:09I looked back at him.
07:10Daemon the one...
07:11Carefully.
07:11The black shield guard follows only the late king's secret orders, and the late king is dead.
07:17Cassius turned slightly.
07:18The last order the late king left before his death was to protect Helena.
07:23A change flickered across Ophelia's face.
07:25From within my cloak, I took out a bronze signet ring.
07:30Its surface bore twin spears encircling sacred flame.
07:34One of the elders shot to his feet.
07:36The signet of the five inspectors?
07:39How could the late king have given that to her?
07:41I raised the signet.
07:42The temple fell completely silent.
07:44My father's final breath was not his end of authority.
07:48From that moment on, the black shield...
07:50Daemon stared at me.
07:51That is impossible.
07:53I walked down the steps and stopped in front of him.
07:56Did you think I came here today to marry you?
07:58His lips moved, but no sound came at myself.
08:01Daemon took a half step back.
08:02Daemon, she is trying to scare you.
08:04I looked at her.
08:05Do not worry.
08:05Stop.
08:06If you step back now, the royal family's dignity can still be preserved.
08:10Cassius let out a faint, dismissive laugh.
08:13Dignity?
08:14The black shield guard parted.
08:16A scarred old soldier was escorted into the temple.
08:18Daemon's expression changed instantly.
08:20Tyron?
08:21The old soldier lifted his head.
08:22His eyes were filled with undisguised hatred.
08:24Commander, how rare that you still remember my name.
08:28Tyron, tell them why the 5th Northern Battalion lost 200 men.
08:33Tyron's voice was rough, as if every word scraped through ash.
08:36Because Daemon sold the army's grain to an Athene to survive, he traded their deaths for his own military honors.
08:41Shock exploded through the temple.
08:43That is a lie!
08:44Tyron threw something onto the ground.
08:47A blood-stained bronze identity tag.
08:50This is my younger brother's tag.
08:52You had his head cut off and declared it that of an enemy commander.
08:55And you dare claim you protected Sparta.
08:58Daemon, I opened it.
08:59Then dropped it onto the stone floor before the altar.
09:02Second, the Northern Iron Mines accounts.
09:053,000 Spartan short wards were sold by you to enemy states.
09:08Daemon went completely still.
09:09I stepped closer, my voice calm.
09:11Now tell me, Daemon.
09:12Did you bring Leah and that child here out of love?
09:15Or because you intended to use marriage to drag the royal house into your crimes?
09:19Daemon did not answer.
09:20Not because he refused to, but because there was nothing left in him that could answer.
09:24A ledger and a wounded soldier are enough to condemn Daemon?
09:27Helena, you are being far too hasty.
09:29I looked at her.
09:30Why are you in such a hurry?
09:31The ledger has not even been read to the end.
09:34Cassius raised his hand.
09:35The Black Shield Guard brought in three more people.
09:39One was the Northern Quartermister.
09:41One was an interpreter from an Athenian caravan.
09:45The third was a clerk who had disappeared from Daemon's side.
09:48Mile, you dare betray me?
09:51The clerk dropped to his knees, trembling.
09:53I only wanted to live.
09:55Commander, you told me to burn the records, but I kept one copy.
10:00He pulled a parchment roll from inside his robe.
10:03Every grain shipment, every crate of iron ore, every private transaction carries your seal.
10:07The elders' seats erupted into chaos.
10:09Someone stood.
10:10Selling the army's grain was also for Sparta?
10:12I asked calmly.
10:14The North had no funds.
10:15The council refused to supply us.
10:17I had no choice but to find my own solution.
10:19I looked toward the elders.
10:20Several of them immediately avoided my gaze.
10:22Good.
10:23The fish were beginning to surface on their own.
10:25Almost desperate.
10:26He is the father of this child.
10:27He only wanted to give us a home.
10:29What did he do wrong?
10:29I turned to her.
10:30Are you certain this child is Daemon's?
10:33Leah froze.
10:35Of course.
10:35Think carefully before you answer.
10:37She clenched her jaw.
10:38He is Daemon's.
10:39Everyone in the North knows I followed him.
10:40I watched him shield her and the last trace of whatever I had once felt turned completely cold.
10:45I had once thought Daemon was merely arrogant.
10:48Now I understood he was both foolish and rotten.
10:51Cassius.
10:52Here.
10:53Bring in the army physician.
10:55The side doors of the temple opened.
10:57A white-haired medical officer entered.
10:59The moment did.
11:01Three years ago.
11:02What injury did you treat for Daemon in the North?
11:05He closed it.
11:06It was a miracle he survived.
11:07Since then he has been unable to father children.
11:09Silence fell so heavily it felt physical.
11:11The infant in Leah's arms suddenly cried.
11:13That sound cut through Daemon's remaining dig.
11:15Along was the Daemon bloodline.
11:16And now, before the entire city-state, that bloodline had collapsed.
11:20She shook her head rapidly.
11:22No.
11:23No.
11:23No.
11:24Bring him in.
11:25Cassius spoke coldly.
11:26A man in shackles was pushed into the temple.
11:28The moment he saw Leah he shouted his eyes had already locked on the child.
11:32That is my son.
11:33Every gaze in the temple shifted at once.
11:35Toward Daemon.
11:36Daemon slowly turned his head to look at Leah.
11:38You lied to me?
11:39Leah grabbed his arm, sobbing.
11:40Daemon, I love you.
11:41I was only afraid of losing you.
11:43Daemon shoved her away.
11:44The black shield, worn like a mask, shattered completely, leaving only panic.
11:48I walked toward her.
11:50Now the matter of the child is settled.
11:52Leah lifted her head.
11:53A sudden, poisonous-
11:55I stopped.
11:56She began to laugh, trembling.
11:59Your father did not die of illness, Helena.
12:02The people you should truly hate it are still sitting among the elders.
12:07Leah's words brought an immediate silence to the elders' seats.
12:10Ophelia spoke first.
12:12She is insane.
12:13Drag her away.
12:15Two warriors stepped forward at once.
12:18Cassius lifted a hand.
12:20Who dares touch her?
12:23The warriors froze in place.
12:25I looked at Leah.
12:27Continue.
12:28Leah steads, but there was a faint smile on her lips.
12:32I did not come to the royal city only for Daemon.
12:35I was sent here.
12:36By whom?
12:37Leah looked toward Ophelia.
12:39Ophelia's grip tightened around her bronze sepulch.
12:41Your grandmother.
12:43Daemon stared at her.
12:45What did you say?
12:47Ophelia found me.
12:48She taught me how to appear with the child during the wedding oath and force Helena's hand.
12:52She said that if Helena accepted, she'd be accused of humiliating a warrior's bloodline.
12:56And the late king?
12:58Leah, one of the five inspectors.
13:01He gave me a silver cup and said it was the one the late king used on his final night.
13:06Cyrus shot to his feet.
13:07That is absurd.
13:10Cassius drew his sword instantly.
13:12Sit down.
13:13Cyrus' face turned iron dark, but he did not move again.
13:17I walked slowly toward Leah.
13:22Where is the silver cup?
13:25Leah lowered her voice.
13:27I hid it.
13:30Are you negotiating now?
13:32I want to live.
13:34I will give you the cup.
13:35And I will name everyone involved.
13:41You liar.
13:43You destroyed me and still want to live?
13:52Leah turned on him sharply.
13:54You are not clean either.
13:56You knew there was a chance the child was not yours, yet you still held him up in this temple
13:59and used him to force her.
14:00You never wanted me.
14:01You wanted an heir who would silence everyone else.
14:06Damon's face was well outside the temple.
14:08Cassius sent men at once.
14:13Ophelia let out a cold laugh.
14:15One cup proves nothing.
14:18Helena, your father died because old wounds reopened.
14:21Every physician confirmed it.
14:24I turned to her.
14:26So you bribed every physician?
14:29Ophelia's expression darkened.
14:31I stepped closer.
14:33Or was there one you could not bribe?
14:36So he had to die as well?
14:39Cassius slowly turned his blade toward the elder's seats.
14:43The death of royal physician Parker has been under investigation by the black shield guard for three months.
14:49Cyrus's face finally changed.
14:51Feared I would be deceived in marriage.
14:53In truth, he already knew.
14:55The Damon family and the elder's council had planned to swallow the royal line through that oath.
15:01Soon, the black shield guard returned.
15:03They carried a silver cup.
15:05At the bottom, a dark residue had dried into a black ring.
15:09Cassius handed it to Kalo.
15:11Kalo examined it briefly, and his expression tightened.
15:15Black mandadroke poison.
15:16Without warning.
15:18No one in the temple spoke.
15:21I turned toward the elder's seats.
15:24Cyrus.
15:29I know nothing of poison.
15:32Then explain why your private seal is carved into her eyes.
15:35Damon turned toward her, his voice breaking.
15:38You poisoned the late king?
15:40Ophelia did not look at him.
15:41Her eyes remained fixed on me.
15:43The late king stood in the way of too many people.
15:46My hand tightened around the signet.
15:48Helena, after your father died, you should have stayed silent.
15:51But you did not.
15:53You stood in the way as...
15:54Wildguard's signal.
15:55It was the alarm horn of rebellion within the city.
15:58Ophelia slowly lifted her head.
15:59For the first time, victory appeared in her eyes.
16:02Child.
16:03The trial is over.
16:06She looked at me.
16:08Now, spotters will choose.
16:09Wait beyond the temple walls.
16:11A man burst through the entrance, gasping for breath.
16:13The west gate of the royal city has been opened.
16:15The old northern troops are inside the city.
16:17Damon turned sharply toward Ophelia.
16:20Grandmother, what have you done?
16:21Ophelia did not even look at him.
16:23Her eyes moved behind her.
16:26Cyrus also drew a short blade, hidden beneath his robe.
16:29Hand over the signet, Helena.
16:31We can still spare your life.
16:33Cassius stepped in front of me immediately.
16:36I pressed his arm down.
16:38No need.
16:41They are coming for you.
16:43Then let them come.
16:45I walked to the pail, as if he had only just realized he was never a commander in control.
16:49But a piece already moved across someone else's board.
16:52Grandmother, did you scheme against me too?
16:55If you had been.
16:56Damon let out a broken laugh.
16:57So Leah, the child, the oath.
17:01All of it was your plan.
17:03It was the family's plan.
17:04You were only supposed to be the blade.
17:07I watched them strip each other of dignity and felt nothing.
17:10Then it was not breached.
17:12It was opened.
17:13Cassius' eyes narrowed.
17:15Send the order.
17:16Seal East Street in the granary.
17:18Push the rebels toward the old training ground.
17:21There is no exit there.
17:23There is.
17:24They believe there is.
17:25From the moment I stepped into this temple, I had not been waiting for a wedding oath.
17:29I had been waiting for a...
17:32Nico suddenly rushed forward with several warriors.
17:36Seize her!
17:37Steel met steel instantly.
17:39The black shield guard...
17:42Then turned and knocked Nico's blade aside.
17:45One more move and you die.
17:48Nico froze.
17:50I stepped out again and looked at Damon.
17:55Do you see it clearly now?
17:59This is what a real warrior looks like.
18:03Damon's face was completely bloodless.
18:07I still have proof.
18:09I can name all of Adopia's people.
18:11Don't let them kill me.
18:14Shut her mouth.
18:17Leah shrieked even louder.
18:19She has letters from Argus.
18:21They are hidden in the basement of the Damon estate.
18:25Damon broke completely.
18:27Grandmother, you brought it.
18:28Without outside help, how could the Damon family ever suppress the royal house?
18:33I looked at her through your crimes.
18:36A deep horn sounded outside.
18:39Once.
18:40Twice.
18:41Three times.
18:43Yeah.
18:43The rebels you were waiting for have walked straight into the cage I prepared.
18:49The bronze scepter slipped from Ophelia's hand and hit the stone floor.
18:52I turned to the black shield guard.
18:54Capture the rebel leader alive.
18:57Seal the Damon estate.
18:59No implicated elder leaves this temple.
19:02Cyrus suddenly bolted toward the rear exit.
19:06Cassius lifted his hand.
19:08A short blade flew out and pinned Cyrus' robe to the ground.
19:11He fell hard, struggling in humiliation.
19:14I walked up to him.
19:16When you poisoned my father, did you ever imagine today?
19:21Cold sweat covered his face.
19:23Helena, the late king's death was not my decision alone.
19:27I crouched slightly, then start naming everyone.
19:32His lips trembled, then he laughed.
19:34A thin, poisonous sound.
19:35You think killing us means you win?
19:37The person standing beside you may not be clean either.
19:40Cassius' expression went cold.
19:42I did not turn.
19:43Every gaze in the temple shifted toward Cassius.
19:47He did not avoid a single one.
19:50Neither did I speak immediately.
19:53Cyrus seemed to sense his final opening,
19:55and his smile sharpened into something almost triumphed in his head.
20:01Cassius, you truly were not in the royal city that night.
20:04The air inside the temple tightened again,
20:06as if the walls themselves had begun to listen.
20:08Cassius looked at me.
20:10I can explain.
20:11Then explain.
20:13He...
20:13Cassius spoke quietly.
20:15Seven days before the late king died,
20:18he had a private trade of military equipment.
20:20He told me that if I remained in the city, they...
20:23My fingers closed around the clasp.
20:27So my father used his own death as bait.
20:30Pain flickered in Cassius' eyes.
20:32When I returned, I was not to reveal anything.
20:35For a moment, my throat tightened.
20:37But I did not allow it to break my voice.
20:40I turned back to Cyrus.
20:43You heard him.
20:44You thought his absence was your victory.
20:48In reality, it was the door my father opened for all of you.
20:52Cyrus' face drained of color.
20:54Another black shield guard officer entered the temple.
20:57Princess, all rebels at the old training ground have been disarmed.
21:00In the basement of the Daemon estate,
21:02we found correspondus from Argus and 30 chests of silver coin.
21:06Ophelia closed her eyes.
21:09This time, she did not speak.
21:12For the first time, she had nothing left to say.
21:14Daemon suddenly lunged toward her.
21:16The black shield guard restrained him instantly and forced him to his knees.
21:19His voice cracked into rain.
21:20Were you not one already?
21:22Daemon froze.
21:23You desired Leah's soft mission.
21:25Daemon, if you had possessed even a fraction of discipline,
21:28none of this would have been necessary.
21:30Each word struck deeper than a blade.
21:32Daemon's strength collapsed in real time.
21:34Leah let out a soft, broken laugh from the side.
21:38So we were all just her tools.
21:39You are not innocent.
21:41You stepped into the game willingly.
21:43Leah immediately fell silent.
21:45Shall we execute judgment now?
21:47No.
21:48Judgment will be passed.
21:50City?
21:50I stepped toward her and picked up the bronze scepter she had dropped.
21:54Not a disgrace.
21:55A reckoning.
21:57Before dawn broke,
21:58every implicated elder was taken to the Warriors' Council Square.
22:01The rebel leaders,
22:02ledgers,
22:03poisoned cup,
22:04secret letters,
22:04silver coin chests.
22:05Every piece of evidence was placed on the stone platform.
22:08The city had already gathered.
22:09When Daemon was brought forward,
22:11he still wore his wedding war robe.
22:12It was stained with dust and sweat,
22:14stripped of all its former pride.
22:16A voice shouted from the crowd.
22:17He is no god of war!
22:19He sold our-
22:20And anger gave way to fear.
22:21He finally understood.
22:23Public opinion was not his shield.
22:25Public opinion only follows the truth when it is already revealed.
22:27I stepped onto the stone platform.
22:30The Daemon family murdered the late king,
22:32colluded with enemy states,
22:33withheld army grain,
22:34falsified military merit,
22:36and used a wedding oath to bind the royal house into shared guilt.
22:38In the name of the late king and the laws of Sparta,
22:40the trial begins today.
22:42Daemon suddenly broke free from his guards and stumbled forward.
22:45Helena!
22:46I was wrong!
22:47Cassius drew his sword.
22:48I raised a hand.
22:49He stopped.
22:50Daemon halted three steps away from me,
22:51his voice barely audible.
22:52I will swear it again.
22:53I can give up Leah,
22:54the child,
22:55the family.
22:55Just give me one more chance.
22:56You do not want me.
22:57You have only just realized that I am your only route to survival.
23:00Daemon knelt on the stone platform under the gaze of the entire square.
23:04He had once cared most.
23:05For the sake of everything between us since childhood.
23:08He reached out,
23:08trying to touch the edge of my cloak.
23:10Cassius' sword dropped instantly and pressed against the back of his hand.
23:13Daemon recoiled.
23:14You remember we grew up together?
23:16A flicker of hope returned to his eyes.
23:19Yes.
23:20No one was more worried than you.
23:21You are not cruel like this.
23:23I looked at him and for a moment,
23:25I almost...
23:25Years ago,
23:25you disappeared in Snow Valley.
23:28Everyone thought you were dead.
23:30I took...
23:30Leah?
23:31Leah let out a sharp laugh from the side.
23:33I didn't even know him back then.
23:36Daemon's eyes snapped toward me.
23:39I carried you back to camp.
23:41I burned with fever for three days.
23:44But when you woke up,
23:46Ophelia told you a border girl had saved you.
23:49And you believed her?
23:52Daemon's face had gone completely bloodless.
23:55He had spent all this time protecting Leah
23:57because of what he believed was a life-saving debt.
24:00But the person who had truly saved his life
24:02was the very woman he had humiliated,
24:04tormented,
24:04and nearly imprisoned today.
24:06Laughter began to ripple through the crowd.
24:10Daemon clutched his head as if,
24:11it's not that you didn't know.
24:13You just never cared enough to ask.
24:16Cassius handed me another roll of battle records.
24:20I opened it sharply.
24:22I read aloud.
24:23First,
24:24the Black Shield Guard
24:25intercepted your retreat by my father
24:27to keep your army from starving.
24:30Third,
24:31I closed this roll.
24:33Daemon,
24:34half your glory
24:35was other people preventing your failures.
24:37The other half was taken from those
24:39who died in your place.
24:40A broken sound escaped his throat.
24:43Stop.
24:45I did not
24:46earn
24:47a royal marriage.
24:48The late King's Trust.
24:50Northern Grain.
24:55And still you ask
24:56why I will not give you another chance.
24:59Daemon collapsed onto the ground.
25:02Leah was dragged forward next.
25:04The softness she once wore like a mask
25:07was gone completely.
25:08Only fear remained.
25:11I already exposed them.
25:13You promised I would live
25:15until the trial ended.
25:17Yes.
25:19The trial is not over.
25:22In a soft blanket,
25:23asleep without understanding
25:25the world around him.
25:27I looked across the square.
25:29The child is innocent.
25:31He will be sent to the royal
25:32to attach the crimes
25:33of Daemon or Leah to him.
25:35The square fell silent for a moment.
25:37Then I continued.
25:38Leah participated in forging an heir,
25:41framing the royal house
25:43and concealing evidence
25:44in the murder of the late King.
25:46She will be sent to the border labor camp.
25:49She will never return to the royal city.
25:52You cannot do this!
25:54I helped you expose them!
25:57As she was dragged away,
25:59she was still screaming curses at Daemon.
26:02Daemon did not look at her.
26:04He knelt like something hollow
26:05that had forgotten how to stand.
26:08You can kill me,
26:09but you cannot erase
26:10the Daemon name from the north.
26:12Who said I planned to kill you?
26:15Ophelia frowned.
26:16Ophelia frowned.
26:17I lifted the...
26:17Before the crowd,
26:19I threw it into the sacred fire.
26:21Flames swallowed the bronze.
26:23The names blackened,
26:24twisted,
26:25and vanished.
26:25For the first time,
26:27Ophelia's composure broke.
26:29And barred from the council forever.
26:31Daemon let out a raw, broken scream.
26:33This was worse than death.
26:35He would live,
26:35but without a name that meant anything.
26:38And Daemon?
26:39I looked at him.
26:40Daemon looked back at me
26:41with nothing left but desperation.
26:43Send him to the northern iron mines.
26:46Let him repay,
26:47with the rest of his life,
26:48the soldiers he starved.
26:50Daemon lunged forward.
26:52Helena!
26:53You cannot do this to me!
26:55The black shield guard
26:56pinned him down instantly.
26:58I turned away.
27:00No second glance.
27:02Behind me came his collapsing voice.
27:05I should have been your husband!
27:07What is Cassius compared to me?
27:09My steps stopped.
27:10Cassius stopped as well.
27:12I turned slightly.
27:14You reminded me of something.
27:16Daemon froze.
27:18I looked at Cassius.
27:20The warrior's council
27:21has not yet been dismissed.
27:23Something shifted in Cassius' eyes.
27:26There is one matter left
27:28that everyone here
27:29stood pale and rigid,
27:31like men already waiting for judgment
27:33rather than participating in one.
27:35Come up.
27:36I stood on the platform
27:37and looked at Cassius.
27:39He did not hesitate.
27:40Blood from the previous night
27:41had dried along the edges
27:42of his black armor.
27:44His sword remained unsheathed.
27:46When he stepped beside me,
27:47the entire square
27:48instinctively fell silent.
27:50Cassius, in what capacity
27:51do you stand here today?
27:52He met my gaze.
27:54Commander of the Black Shield Guard.
27:55And?
27:56A brief pause.
27:58Executor of the late king's final order.
28:00And?
28:01This time,
28:02he was silent for longer,
28:03every eye in the square broken.
28:22Cassius finally turned his head
28:24towards him.
28:24I'm to be possessed.
28:25Daemon's laughter cut off abruptly.
28:28Cassius removed the command insignia
28:30from his waist
28:30and placed it on the stone platform
28:32in front of me.
28:33Then he laid his sword beside it.
28:36Helena,
28:37if you are asking
28:38whether I have selfish intent,
28:40I do.
28:40A ripple passed through the crowd.
28:43Cassius did not look away.
28:44Not decide your life for you.
28:46I want your ring
28:47only if you choose to give it.
28:49He lowered himself to one knee.
28:51Not a plea for mercy.
28:52A warrior's oath
28:53before sovereign authority.
28:54In the name of Cassius,
28:56by the blade of the Black Shield Guard,
28:57I swear this.
28:58If I betray Helena,
28:59may I die by the sword
29:00she herself commands?
29:01Daemon's face twisted.
29:03Beautiful words.
29:04Helena,
29:04if he can kill me for you today,
29:06he will kill you for power tomorrow.
29:08No one changes that much!
29:10I looked at him.
29:11Even now,
29:12you still do not understand.
29:16Not everyone thinks like you.
29:18Daemon roared.
29:19You will regret this.
29:20I ignored him.
29:21I picked up Cassius's sword
29:23from the stone
29:24and rest not share
29:25my chosen companion
29:26with any other woman.
29:27Cassius lifted his head.
29:28His gaze did not waver.
29:30If I ever allow another person
29:31to stand on your wedding altar again,
29:33you may cut my name down yourself.
29:39The square went completely silent.
29:42Then,
29:42somewhere in the crowd,
29:43a shield struck the ground.
29:45Once.
29:46Then again.
29:47More followed.
29:49Not resistance.
29:50Recognition.
29:51I turned to the warrior's council.
29:54From today,
29:55Sparta abolishes the oath law
29:56that forces a spouse
29:58to accept betrayal
29:58under the name of inheritance.
30:01A marriage oath
30:01belongs only to the two
30:02who swear it.
30:04No third party
30:05may use bloodline,
30:06merit,
30:07or family name
30:08to interfere in that bond.
30:09An elder tried to speak.
30:11I looked at him.
30:12He immediately fell silent.
30:15I continued.
30:16If an oath is violated,
30:18the injured party
30:18may dissolve it publicly
30:20and retain their name,
30:21property,
30:21and authority.
30:22The women in the crowd
30:24were the first...
30:24expressions shifted
30:25from shock
30:26to something sharper,
30:27brighter,
30:28more dangerous.
30:29A voice called out.
30:30Helena!
30:32Then another.
30:34And another.
30:36Soon,
30:37the entire square
30:38echoed with my name.
30:39When Damon was dragged away,
30:41he twisted his head back
30:42one last time.
30:43You think you are victorious now!
30:45When Cassius grows tired of you,
30:46you will end up worse than me!
30:48Cassius' grip sightened.
30:49Fear flickered across Damon's face
30:51for the first time.
30:52I told the guards,
30:54keep him alive until the north.
30:56I want him to see
30:57every grain he stole returned,
30:58every mine he sold reclaimed,
30:59and every name he erased
31:00restored under Sparta.
31:01Damon's voice faded
31:02as he was pulled away
31:03into the distance.
31:04The square finally settled
31:05into silence.
31:06Cassius was still kneeling.
31:08I returned his command
31:10in Tignia to him.
31:13Rise.
31:16He stood.
31:18Cassius,
31:19I will not give you
31:20a ring today.
31:22There was no disappointment
31:23in his expression.
31:25I will wait.
31:28I looked at him.
31:30Until I am not forced
31:31by circumstances
31:32into choosing anyone.
31:34He nodded.
31:35I turned toward
31:36the distant temple of Ares.
31:37The sacred fire
31:39was still burning.
31:40Because the only vow
31:41that still mattered
31:42had not yet been spoken.
31:43The vow I would make
31:44to myself.
31:45Three months later,
31:46news arrived
31:47from the northern iron mines.
31:48Damon had gone mad.
31:49The black shield guard messengers
31:51stood in the palace hall
31:52and reported in an even tone.
31:53Every day he claims
31:54he is still the commander
31:55of Sparta
31:55and that Helena is his wife.
31:57The miners ignore him.
31:58He tried to escape
31:59and was captured
32:00by the families
32:01of the old battalions.
32:02They broke one of his legs.
32:03Cassius turned to me.
32:06Shall we execute him?
32:07I flipped another page
32:08in the grains ledger
32:09to see you.
32:11Tell her Damon
32:11is still alive.
32:13The guard froze.
32:15That is enough.
32:16For someone who had lived
32:17entirely on family glory,
32:19the greatest punishment
32:19was not death.
32:20It was watching that glory
32:22decay in real time
32:23while she remained alive
32:24to witness it.
32:24Has been rebuilt.
32:26Compensation to the families
32:27of the fallen battalions
32:28has been completed today.
32:29Three have already been sentenced.
32:31Two fled towards Argus.
32:32The black shield guard
32:33is pursuing them.
32:34Do not let them die
32:35on the way.
32:36Cassius looked at me.
32:38You want them alive?
32:39I want them to name
32:40every accomplice
32:41before the council.
32:42A faint smile
32:43passed over his face.
32:45As you command.
32:46I looked at him.
32:47In these three months,
32:48he had not once
32:49mentioned the ring again.
32:50He simply finished
32:52everything that needed
32:52to be finished.
32:53Rebels removed.
32:55Rebels removed.
32:56Ledgers verified.
32:57Granaries rebuilt.
32:58Orphans placed.
32:59For me.
33:00But whenever I reached
33:01for justice,
33:02he placed the sword
33:02into my hand
33:03without hesitation.
33:04In the temple of Arras.
33:06This time there was
33:07no daemon.
33:08No leah.
33:09No child crying
33:10in confusion.
33:11No elders forcing me
33:12to bow.
33:13Only those who remained
33:14stood at the base
33:15of the steps
33:16and did not move
33:16ahead of me.
33:17Helena,
33:18why have you come today?
33:19For a new wedding oath.
33:21The square fell silent.
33:24Whom do you choose?
33:27Cassius,
33:28commander of the
33:29black shield guard.
33:31He stepped onto the altar.
33:33Each step was steady.
33:34Not because of
33:35the late king's order?
33:36No.
33:37Not because I helped you
33:38settle daemon's accounts?
33:39No.
33:40Then why?
33:41Because daemon showed me
33:42what it means to turn
33:43an oath into a chain.
33:47And you showed me
33:48what it means to place
33:49a sword in my hand
33:50instead of a collar.
33:54Then I get this.
33:55I will still be
33:55your black shield guard.
33:58Softly.
33:59Cassius laughed too.
34:00Then he lowered his head
34:01and placed the ring
34:02on my finger.
34:03The oath is formed.
34:05Shield after shield
34:05struck the ground
34:06in unison.
34:07This time,
34:08it was not cohesion.
34:09It was recognition.
34:11Outside the temple,
34:12sunsets spread across
34:13the stone walls
34:14of Sparta.
34:14The former daemon estate
34:16had become a school
34:17for children
34:17of fallen warriors.
34:19Leah's child
34:19now had a new name.
34:22No one there
34:22punished him
34:23for the hidden piece
34:24of iron
34:24and cried
34:25through the night.
34:26when he heard
34:27of the marriage
34:27till his voice broke.
34:30No one answered him
34:31and I never looked back.
34:34That night,
34:35Cassius held my hand
34:37as we left the temple.
34:39Are you tired?
34:41No.
34:43Then where does
34:44the queen go next?
34:45To the council.
34:46He blinked once,
34:48then laughed on my hand.
34:49Then I will go with you.
34:51I looked at him.
34:53My heart was clear.
34:54Once,
34:55I was pushed onto an altar
34:56and asked to accept
34:57betrayal in the name of duty.
34:59They believed I would
35:00bend for tradition.
35:01They were wrong.
35:03I am meant for hiding shame.
35:05I am Helena,
35:08daughter of the Lynn,
35:09and I share my throne
35:10with no one.
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