Episode 19
WHERE ARE YOU RUSHING OFF TO?
YOU CAN’T JUST TAKE HER LIKE THAT.
SHE STILL HAS A DEBT TO PAY.
TH-THOSE MEN ARE TRAFFICKERS FROM THE SLUMS!
THEY’VE BEEN THREATENING ME FOR A WHILE NOW, SAYING I HAVE TO REPAY THE MONEY MY BROTHER BORROWED!
YOU SEE, WE’RE EXPECTING QUITE A PAYOUT FOR THAT GIRL.
HEHE...
THAT’S A LIE! MY BROTHER NEVER BORROWED ANY MONEY!
SHUT IT! HAND OVER EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT BEFORE THINGS GET UGLY!
NERIL.
YES.
OH?
THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
I'LL BUY THIS GIRL.
WHOA! LOOKS LIKE OUR LADY HERE IS QUITE GENEROUS!
FINE, THAT COVERS THE SCRAWNY GIRL'S PRICE.
BUT YOU KNOW.
YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY FOR YOURSELF TOO. AT LEAST FIVE TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
SAYA, STAY HERE.
NERIL.
YES. I’LL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
HOW ARROGANT! DO YOU THINK ACTING BRAVE WILL SAVE YOU? YOU’RE JUST A WOMAN, ALL ALONE!
I’LL MAKE YOU BEG FOR YOUR LIFE!
AAAAAH!!!
MY ARM! MY ARM!!!
WHAT THE HELL...?!
HER GUARD'S TOO STRONG.
IN THAT CASE...
TARGET THAT WENCH!
"YOU CAN’T EVEN TAKE CARE OF A SINGLE LOW-RANKING BEAST? HONESTLY, PRINCESS…!"
"YOU THINK THIS EXPEDITION WAS PUT TOGETHER JUST TO CLEAN UP AFTER SOME USELESS WOMAN?"
IN MY PAST LIFE, DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE EXPEDITION, I WAS NOTHING MORE THAN BAGGAGE.
I LEARNED A PAINFUL TRUTH ON THAT JOURNEY WHERE EVEN THE ONE I LOVED WAS NOT ON MY SIDE…
THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD PROTECT MYSELF.
IT'S A HUMILIATING MEMORY, BUT IN THE END, IT WORKED OUT WELL.
IF NOT FOR THAT,
KEGH!
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGHT BACK LIKE THIS.
YOUR HIGHNESS...
DIE, YOU B*TCH!!!
YOUR HIGHNESS! MOVE ASIDE!!
YOUR HIGHNESS!!
FORGIVE ME, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN FASTER...!
NO, IT’S FINE.
SHALL I KILL THEM ALL?
I’D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHO HELPED US, BUT THERE’S NO TIME.
I NEED TO GET BACK TO THE PALACE QUICKLY.
DON’T TAKE IT TOO FAR. MAKE SURE THEY’RE STILL BREATHING.
UNDERSTOOD.
W-WAIT! PLEASE SPARE ME...!!
PHEW...!
I COULDN’T SEE HER WELL BECAUSE OF THE HOOD,
BUT THAT WAS THE PRINCESS OF BALDINA, RIGHT?
THAT’S INSANE. I COULD FEEL HER KILLING INTENT FROM ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.
WOW... I’VE NEVER SEEN A PRINCESS FIGHT LIKE THAT.
SHE WAS HITTING ONLY THE VITAL POINTS.
WHAT IF THE GOLDEN STAR OF BALDINA...
...IS A PERSON?
THE GIRL YOU BROUGHT IN IS ADJUSTING WELL.
SOME WERE HOSTILE AT FIRST,
BUT SHE'S SHARP AND DILIGENT, SO SHE QUICKLY WON OVER MOST OF THE PALACE STAFF.
GOOD.
DID YOU FIND THAT OLD WOMAN I MENTIONED?
I'M SORRY TO SAY IT,
BUT WE COULDN'T FIND ANY TRACE OF HER.
I SEE...
I WANTED TO MEET HER ONCE MORE.
REMEMBER THIS. IN YOUR BODY FLOWS THE BLOOD OF ONE WHO WAS ONCE THE WISEST ON THE CONTINENT,
AND ONE WHO CARRIED THE WILL OF THE GODDESS.
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
THE WISEST ON THE CONTINENT...
THAT WOULD BE A SAGE, WOULDN’T IT?
OR WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL A PHILOSOPHER...
AND THERE’S THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE... GUARDED BY THE KINGDOM OF BALDINA...
WAIT. IF THAT’S THE CASE, THEN MAYBE THE CLUE...
!!
YOUR HIGHNESS?!
THE SAGE IS KNOWN TO HAVE EXISTED,
BUT THEIR ORIGINS REMAIN A MYSTERY TO THIS DAY.
IF THE REASON BALDINA WAS ABLE TO SURPASS GREAT POWERS AND OBTAIN THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE IN THE PAST...
...IS THAT THE SAGE WAS THEIR ANCESTOR...!
ANCESTOR OF BALDINA.
PLEASE TELL ME.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WISH TO CONVEY TO ME?
WHAT MUST I DO--
IS THIS...
...THE TEARS OF DAWN?
Chapter 19 of The crown i will claim opens with the hooded woman, accompanied by Saya and Neril, confronting slum human traffickers. The traffickers try to seize a young girl using her brother's debt as an excuse, the woman buys the girl with money but the men demand five times as much from her and attack. While Neril repels the first attackers, the woman remembers the humiliations from her past expedition and fights herself, striking vital points and escapes with secret help. Afterwards, in the palace, the rescued girl's adjustment and the missing old woman are discussed, and a clue emerges about the Sage, the Philosopher's Stone, and the Tears of Dawn.
