WHAT IS THIS...?
I'M NOT IN ANY PAIN, AND I FEEL SO LIGHT.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, I WAS BARELY CLINGING TO LIFE...
EVEN MY SCARS ARE GONE.
ALL THE WOUNDS I SUFFERED DURING THE EXPEDITION HAVE VANISHED.
THIS FEELS FAR TOO REAL TO BE HELL.
HAVE I SOMEHOW GONE BACK IN TIME...?
WHERE'S PELEUS?
PARDON...?
WHERE IS MY BROTHER?
IS HE STILL ALIVE?
A-ALIVE...?
YOUR HIGHNESS, THE FALL FROM YOUR HORSE MUST HAVE AFFECTED YOU MORE THAN WE THOUGHT.
HIS MAJESTY IS PERFECTLY WELL.
AH...
I NEED TO GO SEE HIM.
BUT, YOUR HIGHNESS, HIS MAJESTY IS STILL ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
THE BATTLEFIELD?
SO THE CAMPAIGN ISN'T OVER YET...?
Y-YOUR HIGHNESS...?
I'LL CALL FOR THE ROYAL PHYSICIAN. YOU MUST HAVE HIT YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU FELL--
NO, I NEED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.
YOUR HIGHNESS...?
Episode 2
BENEATH THE BALDINA ROYAL PALACE,
AT THE BOTTOM OF A WINDING STAIRCASE, LIES A HIDDEN SPACE...
...THAT ONLY A SELECT FEW OF THE ROYAL BLOODLINE ARE PERMITTED TO ENTER.
DEA, BALDINA IS NO LONGER A LAND UNDER PROTECTION.
THIS IS ALL MY FAULT, PELEUS...
IF ONLY... IF ONLY I HADN'T GIVEN AWAY THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE...!
DON'T BLAME YOURSELF.
JUST LIVE ON. THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
AND...
...BE HAPPY, MY DEAR SISTER.
HAA...
BREATHE... STAY CALM.
THE MAIDS SAID PELEUS IS STILL ALIVE.
THEN THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE MUST STILL BE...
IT'S STILL HERE...
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE...
I CAN STILL SAVE PELEUS!!
MEDEA,
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH GRAND DUKE JASON IS SUFFERING, DON'T YOU?
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SAVE HIM.
MEDEA, THE STONE IS ONLY A NATIONAL TREASURE IN NAME.
YOU COULD LEND IT FOR A WHILE AND HAVE IT RETURNED LATER.
ONCE TENSIONS SETTLE BETWEEN THE KINGDOMS, PELEUS WILL UNDERSTAND.
SURELY YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP WITHOUT THEIR FATHER, WOULD YOU?
I LOVE YOU, MEDEA.
WE ONLY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU.
NOW, HAND OVER THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE!!
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE I STOLE IN MY PAST LIFE...
...WAS SHATTERED INTO PIECES AND BURIED ALONG THE KAZHEN BORDER.
CONTRARY TO MY UNCLE'S PROMISES,
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS NEVER IMPROVED.
INSTEAD, IT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A TRAGEDY.
HA...
HAHAHAHA!
ANCESTORS OF BALDINA,
GODS AND SPIRITS WHO PROTECT THIS LAND,
THANK YOU FOR GRANTING MY FINAL WISH.
I WILL NOT ACT SO FOOLISHLY AGAIN.
THERE'S SO MUCH I CAN CHANGE RIGHT AWAY.
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE IS STILL HERE, AND IF I'VE ONLY JUST HAD THAT RIDING ACCIDENT,
THEN I MUST BE AROUND 17.
I WAS ABOUT 17 WHEN I FELL FROM MY HORSE AFTER ATTENDING A TEA PARTY.
I NEARLY DIED THAT DAY, BUT MY MAID, NERIL, RISKED HER LIFE TO SAVE ME.
I REMEMBER FEELING SO DISAPPOINTED WHEN I WOKE AND LEARNED SHE HAD LEFT THE PALACE.
SHE SAID SHE WAS AFRAID SHE'D DIE SERVING A FALLEN ROYAL...
...AND THAT ANYWHERE WOULD BE BETTER THAN HERE.
BUT NERIL WAS NEVER THE TYPE TO LEAVE WITHOUT A WORD...
DID YOU HEAR?
JENNA'S BEATING ONE OF THE PRINCESS'S MAIDS!
YOU MEAN THAT FREAK WHO GAVE UP HER KNIGHTHOOD TO SERVE IN THE PRINCESS'S PALACE?
THE HEAD MAID HAS NEVER LIKED HOW UPRIGHT SHE IS.
IT SEEMS SHE PLANS TO USE THE PRINCESS'S RIDING ACCIDENT AS AN EXCUSE TO GET RID OF HER FOR GOOD.
BUT DIDN'T SHE SAVE THE PRINCESS? EVERYONE SAW IT.
WHATEVER THE HEAD MAID SAYS GOES.
NO ONE WOULD DARE TO ARGUE WITH HER.
I GUESS... I MEAN, WHO WOULD WANT TO CROSS A WOMAN LIKE H--
AH...!
Y-YOUR HIGHNESS?!
WHERE ARE THEY?
U-UM, UH...
SO THAT'S HOW IT WAS...
MY UNCLE WAS THE ONE BEHIND NERIL'S DISAPPEARANCE.
TAKE ME TO THEM.
MUST YOU MAKE ME DRAW BLOOD?!
JUST SAY YOU'LL LEAVE!
FIGHT BACK ALL YOU WANT, BUT NO ONE WILL KNOW! NOT EVEN THE PRINCESS!
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROVE?!
YOU'LL ONLY DIE FOR NOTHING, YOU HEAR?!
YOU DAMN STUBBORN WENCH...!
ARE YOU STILL REFUSING TO TALK?!
KEGH
OH, SUCH A LOYAL LITTLE KNIGHT YOU ARE!
BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SERVE A WORTHLESS MASTER!
NO ONE WOULD CARE IF YOU DIED RIGHT HE--
....?!
Y-YOUR HIGHNESS...?!
YOUR HIGHNESS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE...?
AGH!
W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
I SHOULD BE THE ONE ASKING THAT QUESTION.
WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO DRAG MY MAID AWAY AND BEAT HER?
I DID.
YOUR HIGHNESS,
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT?
The crown i will claim Chapter 2 follows Medea as she awakens healed and unwounded and realizes she has gone back in time. She confirms her brother Peleus is still alive on the battlefield and finds the Philosopher's Stone still hidden beneath Baldina Palace, vowing not to give it away again. Remembering her maid Neril saved her from a riding accident, she rushes to stop head maid Jenna from beating Neril.
