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After tonight, I will no longer be who I am. Only once.

Once Mother heals and debts are settled, I will redeem myself.

Squeeze through on the right. Don't stop.

Get in.

Don't leave.

Stay with me a little while.

You're leaving.

Leave before dawn.

At least tell me who you are.

A ruined lady at a party. Pick it up.

Save your mother from selling another spoon.

If one coin means that much to you, I'll ask my mother to save you.

Pick up your money and keep your hands to yourself.

Stepmother.

It's... her.

I told you to pick it up, not keep it.

It was only a joke. Why ruin everyone's evening for her?

Because she is not here for your entertainment.

She's my fiancée. Her debts, her house, her future. I'm the one handling them.

Then you should know debt is not a chain.

And a fiancée is not a dog you keep.

Stepmother, humiliating me for an outsider would not please my father.

Your father left me the whole house of Rhaenion, not your temper.

From now on, Liva is my guest.

Humiliate her again and you humiliate me.

You are his stepmother.

Why didn't you tell me last night?

Because someone tried to kill me last night.

If I gave you my name in the street, they would know exactly who you saved.

Take this. The gatekeeper will let you into the office.

It's my father's phone.

That's why I need you.

Come to the harbor office tomorrow and read every page.

Is she really going to take me in?

What did she say to you?

She told me to go home.

Then what are you hiding?

I don't even have a coin.

What could I be hiding?

The creditors will be at your home tomorrow at noon.

If you want your mother to keep her bed, come see me.

Why are you still awake?

There's something in father's accounts.

I'm going to the harbor in the morning.

Who told you to go?

Someone who can get me in.

Come

out.

Now.

I have work to do.

If you are not back at my side by noon, this paper is void.

Your mother will not even keep her bed today.

He altered the date.

The original deadline was not today.

It is now.

Come with me, and I will call them off.

This is the harbor office.

Clear the path. Do not block the workers.

You would turn against me for her.

I run the harbor accounts.

You are using debt to force me.

Come back before noon after that do not blame me

That

ship never waited for the loading date my father recorded its departure to

leave proof Someone altered the sailing date and tore pages from your father's

ledger wax seal of the old warehouse Someone has handled these ledgers

My lady, come home. The creditors are already inside.

Keep this one here. My ledger comes with me.

Leave through the back.

The alley runs straight to your street.

Take this.

Do not let them trap you at the front door.

Don't go. He wants to force you to surrender.

He'll come back tomorrow and take even more.

What about that night? What exactly does he have on you? When I come back, I'll

tell you.

Where is the

ledger?

Did you invite me here to get engaged or to search me? If you wear that into my

house, You should know which family you belong to.

When I ask you something, answer me.

Do not embarrass me in front of my guests.

She's here too.

On the night of the storm, I found someone hurt.

People were chasing her.

So you left your fiancée here to save a stranger?

I pulled her into my carriage.

If that blade had been on you, you'd have run too.

Who was she?

She saved me.

Stepmother, how long will you keep lying for her? My wound is here.

Her driver is outside.

Anyone who wants the truth can ask him tonight.

Starting tomorrow, you work at the harbor office.

You are paid monthly. I keep the office keys.

You may leave whenever you wish.

You defended me in public because you want me to check your accounts?

I need someone who can read those marks.

You need money that keeps your household alive.

What happened that night does not go into this document.

It does not.

I'll check what he's after. Make sure you lock the door.

Where are the creditors? They are right here. Have a drink, keep them happy, and

your debt is delayed tomorrow.

Put it on first.

Let us see whether Louis' fiancée is worth a chest of gold.

You choose.

Sit down or your mother sleeps on the street tomorrow.

Touch me and I ring that bell.

Go on.

Everyone outside will only know you lost your mind in my house.

Your maid came for help. Someone broke into the back room and took your mother

into a carriage.

Lucius's carriage cannot use the main road.

Go to the old grain warehouse.

That was my father's warehouse.

You really hit it at home.

Let my mother go.

Feel and apologize.

I will pretend tonight never happened.

You took what is mine, and you still want thanks.

Put down the pass.

It is noon. My master wants the ledger.

You can refuse.

He used your mother once.

He will not enter this house today. If I give it to him, he burns it. If I

refuse, he finds another way.

Give him this. Let him think he won.

Are you sure?

I am.

I can leave.

Stay. Stay with me.

I want to kiss you. Then kiss me.

Break it.

Touch my office, and your name goes into my books. Good.

Hand over the register.

First make them pick up every page they threw down.

You burned the original ledger, but the sailing date, seal, and alter date are

still here.

Anyone who removes one page tonight will not collect wages at Alerius Docks

tomorrow.

Tell them what she and my stepmother did in that temple.

I did not see inside.

Escort Lucius out.

This is my mother's shawl. Those are not her stitches.

How do you know?

I sent someone to check.

She is home.

You had someone watching my mother? I'm afraid Lucius will strike again.

Why is the ring here? I still had it this afternoon.

Finally, you're here.

I'll let everyone see who's lying.

Leave us seduce Lady Aurelia.

Old Mayor House wax is mixed with pine resin.

It is on this note and on this jug.

Who wrote the statement?

He made me copy it.

He said you would turn on each other.

The whole street knows by morning.

They only know what Lucius wants them to know.

I told Lucius not to spread this.

Where were you last night?

At home.

You suspect me too now.

They want me to end your employment.

You can take your mother out of the city. I will handle the office.

The rumor is aimed at me.

If I leave, they will say you admitted it.

Staying will be difficult.

I know.

The representatives of the Merchant Shipping Association have already

arrived at the gate.

Do not go alone.

Once the keys are surrendered, Livia leaves the office too. My contract says

Valeria hired me. A key did not.

Sorry.

She is hiding another one.

Take it out yourself.

Just now, she was the only one who touched me.

I didn't mean it. You can't falsely accuse me out of hatred.

This paper was at your feet too.

What does one scrape of paper prove?

It proves someone fears Livia staying here.

Leave the office.

Now.

Aunt.

My stepmother lost her authority for an outsider and still keeps her in this

house.

I have heard the rumors.

The rumors came from Lucius's counting room.

The keys are here. Count them.

While Valeria's power of attorney is suspended, No employees associated with

the bookkeeping may stay overnight in the main manor house.

Livia moves out tonight.

I have an empty room.

Livia, you can stay with me.

There is an old house behind the estate.

It used to lodge sailors' families.

You cannot stay in the main house either.

With my authority suspended, I am someone under watch.

We stay in the old house together.

Everyone is here.

Livia, sign this and we will settle things.

Say what you want to say.

Sign it.

I tear up the deck.

The engagement stays.

You may return to the main house.

He was just angry, but he still wants you.

Drag your mother into this for an outsider.

You do not have to answer him now.

If you want to leave, I will take you.

If you want to stay, I will not sign with you.

What will you do if I sign it? I will let you go.

But I will not believe that paper.

The Livia I know would not sell herself because someone frightened her with a

debt. You have known her for days, and you dare say you know her in front of

me?

At least I asked her what she wanted.

What can she take you with, a seal that was suspended?

Follow her, and your mother will not even keep her bed tomorrow.

I never wanted everyone to see this.

She promised you the house and the harbour long ago.

Livia, how can you still say you did not deceive Lucius? Do you hear that? She

came near you, only to take you away from me.

The wax is unbroken.

This letter never reached Valeria.

She is lying.

She is afraid you will learn that she stole the letter, so she drags me down

with her.

You told me to put it in her clothes. You said she would be frightened and

sign whatever you gave her.

Liver, he forced me. I never meant to hurt you. You held my clothes and stood

beside him.

You knew that letter was false and you still let everyone laugh at me.

Fine. Do not sign it.

Do you think she will protect you forever? Valeria cannot even protect

herself.

Whether she protects me is her choice.

Who I stand beside is mine.

For her, you are throwing away the engagement and your own mother.

I will not trade my mother for an engagement like this.

Touch her once, and everyone here will see it.

You are all turning against me for two women.

We are sick of watching you bully people.

The keys stay here.

Lucius, step away from the office.

You did not have to stand out there for me. I was not doing it for you alone.

I do not want to stand on his side anymore.

Then may I stand on your side?

You have been there all along.

Your hand was shaking when you stopped him.

I was afraid he would touch you.

But I was not afraid.

This is what your father sold me.

He called it new grain.

It was ruined when I brought it home.

When did you buy this sack?

You still deny it. Your father took the money himself.

My husband was sick for three months after eating that grain.

Did your family repay us one coin?

What can the book your father left prove? He cheated his customers.

One cart of new grain, full weight, delivered. Your father wrote such pretty

words.

Which route delivered this grain?

The North Gate.

A manager with an eagle badge delivered it. Many people have eagle badges.

What matters is the name on the receipt.

It is Livia's father.

I accept your complaint.

Until this is settled, Livia will not deal with customers.

You think my father did it too?

I think people are saying he did it. I need to know what happened first.

You suspended me. Why did you follow me in? I did not send you home. I cannot

let you go out and fight them now. Are you afraid I will stain your name too?

I am afraid they will force you to confess to something you do not know

before you have proof.

Then why will you not say you believe me?

If I say it now, no one will believe me.

I want to make it impossible for them to use this against you again.

But you already hurt me.

Do not be afraid, Aunt.

Livia will explain everything.

The receipt bears her father's name, and the spoiled grain came from his house.

Anyone may see for themselves.

Why did you bring my mother here?

She was worried about you.

I only accompanied her. She is ill.

You knew that.

Sign an apology.

Let your father's debt end with you I will not confess over a receipt that

does not add up Are you satisfied now?

No one pressures her to sign anything today, then will you guarantee her

father cheated no one I cannot guarantee that yet

The old driver remembers that day.

He says someone switched carts at the north gate.

Why tell me only now? I feared the clue was too weak and Lucius would destroy

it. You feared for a clue, so you let them call me a liar's daughter.

Until this ends, I do not want you facing them alone again.

You left me alone in front of them today.

Do not lower your head for me.

That is what he is waiting for.

The driver says the man who changed the cart dropped this.

He was afraid to come forward.

Are you telling me now because you want me to forgive you? No.

I want you to know that when Lucius asks you to need tomorrow, you still have

something in your hand.

I will go tomorrow.

But I will not pretend I trust you.

You do not have to pretend.

Tonight is for apologies.

Livia, begin by serving a drink for what your father owes.

Your father cheated my husband with bad grain.

You think one drink makes it pass?

Livia feels terrible already.

Please give her one chance.

I can listen to what happened to you.

But I will not confess from my father to something he did not do.

You are still refusing to admit it. The man who delivered was not your father.

He stood tall and wore an eagle at his waist.

The cart stopped at the north gate.

You are sure it was not my father? I met your father.

He is not that man.

At her age, she may remember the wrong man.

You knew about the north gate.

Why are you still sitting here? I was waiting for him to expose himself.

And me?

I am meant to stand here until you are done waiting?

Kneel.

Apologize to them, and I will end this tonight.

It is only once.

If your father is innocent, you can prove it later.

You never wanted me to kneel for bad grain.

Then tell me what it is for.

So I remember that I cannot live without you.

If you do not kneel tomorrow, everyone will remember how your father hurt them.

Then remember it.

I will remember how you forced me today. Your father left this.

You hold it yourself.

You prepared all of this in advance, did you not?

I prepared to stop letting you speak for me.

So there are two endings.

Her father had many workers.

A single wrong mark can be blamed on anyone.

The old driver recognizes your father's cart and the man who changed it. He will

speak at the harbor tomorrow.

Do you truly think she is doing this for you? She is protecting the Aurarius

name.

Why did you not tell me you had a copy? I thought speaking only when I had proof

would spare you more abuse.

But when it hurt the most, you said nothing.

This time, I was wrong.

I only spilled wine.

I did not destroy anything.

Lucius did not tell me to do it. No one asked you.

Why are you rushing to explain?

Bring the driver tomorrow.

If he cannot make it clear, both of you leave the harbor.

I know you did not believe them.

But you did not know.

Because I did not tell you. Do not shut me out again.

Even if you only have one clue, tell me. All right.

Does it hurt?

Not right now.

Whatever happens tomorrow, I stand beside you. This time, do not only stand

there.

I am still angry.

You may stay angry until tomorrow.

I do not want to stay angry at you.

You keep this page.

Whatever you plan to say tomorrow, tell me first.

I promise.

The driver is here.

Speak. Do not waste everyone's time.

That day, your father's cart was stopped at the North Gate.

They told me to halt for an inspection.

Who stopped it? A manager wearing an Eagle badge.

He took the good grain, loaded spoiled grain, and sent me to deliver it with

altered tags.

Then we blamed the wrong man.

One driver's word is evidence now.

This was the Northgate manager's badge.

Its number belonged to your father's office, then passed to you. My father is

dead.

You want to blame everything on him. My father's leg was injured. He never went

to the Northgate. He wrote 47.

Someone changed it to 97.

You took the good grain, sent the bad grain, and made everyone blame him.

You knew about the badge too. Say something.

I only heard you say the Northgate was easy to handle. I did not switch the

grain. No one said you switched grain.

But yesterday you tried to ruin my ledger.

I am sorry.

I blamed your father.

You were deceived.

You should seek the person who did it.

Return what belongs to him yourself.

The engagement ends today.

Do not use my mother, my father, or my name to force me again.

You will regret this.

I will not be the one who regrets it.

Your father did not deceive us. We will carry the truth back.

We want to discuss the harbor's future with you.

I will not take your gift. I do not have the final word on harbor matters.

She is only an assistant in the office.

If the delegation has business, speak to me. Yet the letter sent to us last night

was signed by Livia.

I wrote no letter.

But did you not say last night that Valeria kept you in the old house and

that you should find a way out?

We will discuss the delegation inside.

This is not my handwriting, and I did not put it there. The letter is fake.

The box is fake.

Everything targets you, Livia. Who do you think will believe that?

Just apologize to Valeria.

She is angry now, but she will calm down.

Why should I apologize?

Starting today, Livia handles the harbor's daily affairs.

Anyone from the delegation who wants access sees her first.

You think I conspired with them, yet you put me in that position.

I think you belong where I can see you.

Then, Deputy, we await your answer tomorrow night.

If you want an extra share, work an extra shift.

Fight over it again and neither of you gets paid today.

Starting today, you decide the daily work.

You stand outside watching me and call that letting me decide.

If I go in, they will look to me first.

If I stay here, they have to listen to you.

The delegation needs to know who is guarding the harbor for Valeria.

You do not get the list.

If you want to discuss the harbor, Valeria must be present.

Yesterday you said the harbor was not yours to decide.

Today you already think you own it. I decide who enters today.

Keep talking and you will be the first person I remove.

She agreed last night to give the delegation the list. Now that my

stepmother is watching, she is afraid to admit it.

This is not my handwriting.

Then apologize to Valeria.

She is angry now, but she will calm down.

Why should I apologize for the person who wrote it?

Seal the list.

Livia keeps the keys. She continues to run the office.

You think I conspired with them, yet you still give me these?

I think you need to remain where I can see you.

She is still in the office.

Valeria did not dismiss her. Keeping her close makes suspicion easier.

Send one more letter, and they will tear each other apart. When this is done,

will you really take me away?

Make them doubt each other.

I will give you the rest.

I meet no one alone. If they want to talk, they can come here tomorrow.

My position decided by the people of this harbor, not by a black carriage.

You are not going tonight. I already refused.

Then burn it.

This was delivered to my desk.

Whether it burns should also be my decision.

This belongs to her mother.

Where did you get it? The empty bag you brought back after your last visit.

She will recognize the herbs before she thinks to doubt you.

What if she learns I lied to her?

Cry.

You are very good at making her think you were forced to.

Valeria will follow her. Good.

Let Livia see Valeria watching her again get her to the carriage. The rest is not

your concern Your mother is coughing badly

The delegation has a new medicine. They will give it to you if you meet them

once Did you see her today I brought her food She did not want you to worry. So

she told me not to say anything ask one question and come back Do not gamble

with your mother's life out of pride

My mother never seals medicine with red wax.

Why will you not look at me?

Go back to the office.

You followed me?

I followed the carriage.

It left the manor's side gate and waited along your route from work.

You see, you knew before I did again.

You started investigating with the first letter.

Yes. You knew Cassia was lying and that Lucius might be behind her.

Yet you let me believe, again and again, that you did not trust me. You gave me

the keys not because you trusted me.

You wanted to see who would try to take them.

I feared someone stood behind Cassia.

If I drove her away, Lucius would simply use another pair of hands.

So you put me in front.

I was wrong.

I should have told you first.

You had the right to decide whether to continue. Of course I continue.

But this time, we do it my way.

They want the keys, and they may also want you.

Then follow me.

Don't speak for me, and don't drag me away. Wait until I learn who sent that

medicine.

All right.

I'll come out only when you call.

I have not forgiven you, I know You also cannot use protecting me as a reason to

decide what I am allowed to know There will not be another time

That does not count as forgiveness

I would not dare count it

Did you bring the keys?

Let me see the medicine first.

Bitter almond and strong wine.

No matter how bad her craft is, she cannot take this.

I was only asked to deliver it to you. Who asked you?

Give him the keys, and the medicine will become real.

Yesterday you used my mother's herb bag.

Today you bring something she cannot drink.

Who exactly are you trying to save?

I am trying to save you.

Valeria has been investigating you.

She kept you in the office only to wait for a mistake.

Hand over the keys, and the delegation will take you and your mother away.

Who taught you to say that, Lucius?

Since you came, you should make your choice.

My choice is to make all of you finish what you came to say.

Varya.

She said no.

Valeria followed her. I almost had the keys. Almost.

I taught you the handwriting, gave you the wax, and even put her mother's herb

bag in your hands.

You still ruined it. You said the delegation would take me away.

You also said you would marry me when it was done.

Try touching her again.

She hurt you again and again, and you still protect her.

How virtue are you trying to look in front of my stepmother?

I do not forgive her.

I simply will not let you strike a woman in front of me.

Stay where you are.

You will answer for every part of this.

You accepted her letters, and now pretend you were deceived.

Once you had the keys, which of you would care about her mother? The Eastern

Guild received an anonymous introduction.

The messenger said Livia meant to side Valeria. It now appears someone else

wrote the letter.

She holds the keys and the deputy seal. She already has everything she wanted.

Who knows whether she staged this with the delegation?

From today, Livia is the harbor's daily affairs deputy.

She controls wages, warehouse doors, and visitors. Anyone who wants her keys must

first show my order.

You would give away Argaria's power for a woman who climbed into your bed?

She earned the place she holds.

You cannot take it because stealing is all you know.

Do you believe me now? I never believed those letters.

But you let me believe that you doubted me.

I thought silence could protect you and force them into the open.

It only hurt you.

Everything from the first forged letter to today's carriage is here.

From now on, you see it first.

If you disagree, I stop.

You would stop?

If the price is losing you again, I will.

Then why did you give me the keys in public? Because you refused to surrender

them. And because the harbor needs someone who, even when her mother is

threatened, still knows to inspect the bottle first.

That explains the position.

What about me?

You are not my bait, nor merely my employee.

You are the person I fear losing most.

I am still angry.

You are allowed to be.

Tell me first next time. Next time, I tell you first.

The West Warehouse crew asks who approves their grain today.

Issue the usual amount.

No bag missing, no bag extra.

Anyone asking for the list gives a name first.

The keys are heavy enough.

Keep that with you for now.

You do not want it? I want you to speak plainly.

Do not hand me another thing and make me guess whether you trust me.

I believe you did not write that letter.

Cassia and Lucius are setting a trap.

I have not found who carries their letters.

Why tell me this time?

Because you asked me not to shut you out again.

Lufius told me to give you this.

He said you would know where to go after reading it.

He says if you do not go to the North Dock tonight, he will paste your letters

to the Eastern Guild all over the city. Your mother will see them first.

You put this letter there. I only carry letters. Whether you go is your choice.

You always say you only deliver things.

Medicine, forged letters, other people's demands that I bow down.

The red wax again.

You do not go alone tonight.

I am going.

But this time, you do not keep things from me.

All right.

You walk ahead. I follow. When you stop, we stop.

Relatius does not only want the keys.

He wants me to meet the delegation so you see it yourself.

He wants us to push each other away.

Will you still doubt me?

I will be afraid.

I will not pretend nothing happened again. Tell me when you are afraid.

Do not treat me like a card you can place in a game again.

All right.

If something happens tonight, You leave first.

I will not leave you behind. I do not want you to get hurt.

When we return you have to kiss me again. When we return, ask as many times

as you wish.

They're at the docks, the market, even outside your mother's house.

Lucius is reading one aloud out there.

He saw it last night.

I didn't hand over anything.

That's why he spread his story before you could tell yours.

Not yet. They'll say you're protecting your lover again.

They're already saying it.

Am I supposed to let you face them alone?

The moment you defend me, he'll point to this.

Today, he'll tell them what he left out about last night.

What do you want to do?

Ask Isa to come.

I'll return his gold box. And Cassia stays.

She was there last night.

I'll carry this.

Whatever he says, don't agree to anything for me. All right.

You speak first.

Why are your hands so cold?

There are a lot of people out there calling me names.

I get scared, too.

When you said nothing before, I kept waiting.

Then I couldn't even look at you.

I was afraid you'd tell me to confess too.

I know.

I thought finding the truth was enough. I didn't think about what I was putting

you through. I'm sorry.

You still owe me that kiss you promised yesterday.

Still scared?

Yes.

But I can go out there now.

Cassia delivered the letter. She said Livia couldn't come herself and had sent

her instead.

She got caught!

Of course she needs someone to blame!

You actually believe her?

You said you would marry me if I got her away from Valeria.

Now you want to blame it all on me?

Say it here.

You didn't mind the crowd when you were talking about me.

I never told her to write that letter.

And last night, You brought Cassia to the meeting.

I only wanted you to leave this place.

You used to tell me everything.

Now all you see is her.

So you took these to my mother's door so people would point at her and insult her

whenever she went out.

I've told you the truth. What more do you want?

Take back what you said.

In front of these people.

I wrote the letter in her name.

I made up those claims, too.

The Guild will issue a correction.

We are withdrawing our offer.

There will be no further negotiations.

She's cleared now. Surely you can take the seal back.

Her appointment hasn't ended.

What gives you the right to revoke it for me?

Take down these notices.

Put the correction everywhere they were posted, including outside my mother's

house.

I'll take it there myself.

And from today, neither of them enters this office.

Anyone bringing a message from them waits outside.

You're letting a hired employee throw me out. You're blocking the doorway.

Please leave.

They're still watching.

Do you want me to let go?

You're awake.

I thought you'd left again.

I promised I'd be here when you woke.

Your mother coughed through the night again. They asked when you would come.

I can go alone. You have... Last night you said you wanted me to stay. After

that night too.

Then we start today.

The acquisition is over. Why are you here? The bottle Cassia used to deceive

you didn't come from us. I owe you an explanation, and I owe your mother a

real bottle.

At least I can breathe a little easier today.

The city needs this medicine.

You have storage, carts, and people willing to follow you.

If you'll handle it, I'll give it to you at the regular rate.

Why are you asking her?

She returned my gold box in front of everyone.

I want to see what she can do with honest business.

Don't sign it because of me.

I know.

The last bottle is spoken for. At this rate, the next shipment needs to be

several times larger.

Order half that amount first.

We sold every bottle from the first shipment.

I saw.

The second shipment is too large. Once the money goes into it, there won't be

much left to use. Are you afraid I'll lose it?

I'm afraid you've only just found your footing. And you're already forcing

yourself to prove everything to everyone.

They're waiting for the next shipment.

We can't fall behind on wages again.

I want to do this.

Then sign it.

If something goes wrong, we'll deal with it together.

This is the first time I've signed my own name.

Warehouse 3 has always answered to the lady.

You truly want me to give the keys to her now?

You don't have to like taking orders from me.

But today, this door opens when I say it does.

And if any of the goods go missing?

Then it goes on my head. Give me the keys.

the key to the rear door.

It hasn't been used in years.

It was lost when the old master was still alive.

Why didn't you replace him just now? He's guarded this place for more than

ten years, and he's loyal to you. If I throw him out today, everyone will think

I'm afraid they won't obey me.

He stayed outside because he wanted to see whether I could get the key.

If you had looked back, I would have come in.

I didn't.

I know.

Will you stay outside tomorrow when the shipment arrives?

Where do you want me?

When this is done, will you really marry me? You're still asking.

You've lied to me before.

Open the rear door tomorrow night. Once Livia is gone, you'll move into the main

house.

If we're replacing them, why leave any real bottles?

She'll inspect them in the morning. Once she's checked them herself no one will

listen when she tries to explain.

It was sealed all night, and nothing is missing.

Can we distribute it now?

Use yesterday's list.

People who have run out receive theirs first.

I'll pay double.

Those people behind me can come back tomorrow.

One bottle per household.

There are people waiting behind you.

Now that you're the lady's lover, my money isn't good enough for you.

If you want medicine, take your place like everyone else. If you want to

discuss my bed, I don't have time today.

Next!

It seems I still didn't send you enough.

Let's finish this shipment safely before we discuss another.

There is something wrong with what they took. You cannot sell or use any more of

it tonight.

Tonight we save the sick.

Bring every bottle to the harbor tomorrow morning.

I will answer you in person.

If you do not show up, I will tear down your door.

I will be there.

Why are you still wearing that? Go change in the back. Let Valeria handle

this.

I am only afraid you cannot handle this.

Why do you always think the worst of me?

Then stay away from my seal.

She signed the order, inspected the goods, and stamped the sale.

Is she now holding on to her post, waiting for my stepmother to pay with

the estate? I released the shipment, so the refunds begin here.

Put every treatment expense under my name as well. Can you afford it? Even if

I cannot, I will not give you the seal.

I signed her appointment.

If you want her removed, you will have to remove me first. Look carefully.

Is she protecting the harbor or the woman who slept in her bed last night?

Where she lives is none of your concern.

She will see that everyone owed money today is dealt with

When

did

you arrange this before dawn you promised we would decide together

You brought a buyer into your home without speaking to me. I signed the

order, and this house is mine.

The vineyard is mine, too.

You are rushing the sales so they can cut the price in half. Are you covering

the loss or simply going mad with me? And you, if you sell this house, where

will your mother live?

There is no need to find a buyer.

I will pay today.

It will cover the compensation and the wages.

Sign it, and your mother may stay for three more days. That is enough time to

pack. This room has the best light.

Once you move out, I will have the walls redone. Do not look at me like that.

Lucius is buying the house. I am not stealing it from you.

Enter my mother's room again, and I will slap you again. You poison people with

false medicine, and you still dare to hit me? I will repay the harm caused by

my decisions.

You know exactly what you have done. Pride will not save the harbor.

Refuse today and this money will be gone by the day after tomorrow.

Take your money and take her out.

When the three days are over, you will come to me on your knees.

Then keep waiting.

The family home stays.

I will put up the old warehouse lease and the storage land father left me.

I will sell half the vineyard.

Workers keep their homes and the rest of the village money.

You still signed it first and told me afterward.

So did you. I was afraid you would give me everything.

Then I would become someone who survives only because of you again.

I am used to deciding for other people. First my family, now you. I know how

infuriating that is.

Then ask me.

I cover half, and you cover half.

Wages first, then the patients immediately after. Is that acceptable?

From now on, either of us asks before selling anything.

Agreed.

May I kiss you now?

Now you remember to ask.

We have not finished the list. We can finish it in a little while.

I will cover the shortfall.

Dismiss Livia and return the harbor to me. You have done all you can.

Sign your name, and at least you won't have to sell anything else your family

owns. Do you want to accept it?

I need money.

I do not want yours.

Your pride will not feed the workers.

Today's wages have been paid. I will find a way to cover tomorrow's. She is

not leaving.

And you will not have the harbor.

Do not come begging when the three days are over. You said that yesterday.

Find something new.

This is genuine medicine from the shipment I delivered.

Where did you buy it?

Behind the Riverside Tavern. The seller would not say where the stock came from.

The genuine shipment is still in the city.

Someone removed it from the warehouse and replaced it with false medicine.

One bottle does not prove who did it.

She did not say it was you.

His money could save your estate. All I have to do is return the position.

Do you want to leave?

No.

Then do not choose me.

I'm afraid you will lose everything because you stayed with me. That is my

decision.

Yesterday you made me learn to ask first. Now you need to hear my answer.

Stay. Finish what you signed for and find the person who did this to you.

Will you?

Yes.

When we recover the medicine, I want to throw that chest of gold back in Lucia's

face. I will help you with it.

Where is the document?

Why is the new house you gave me filled with the medicine Livia lost? And this?

You want everyone to believe I replaced the medicine, opened the door, and hired

the porters alone?

You held the key, and you opened the door. Which part is false?

Marry me.

Announce it tomorrow.

Touch me again, and this bottle and that document will appear on the guild's

table. Who did you give the document to?

After the shipment is moved tomorrow night, I will take you back to the

estate.

Everyone will know you are the woman I intend to marry.

Swear it first.

I swear by the Aurelius name.

If we go in now, we will find only the medicine and Cassia.

Lucius will say she stole it and that he knew nothing. We need him to move it

himself.

He has been waiting for you to throw me out.

Let him finally see it. If I dismiss you in public, everyone will say Lucius won.

Even after we explain, some will remember only that you were thrown out.

I can take it. Just do not lose your nerve in front of them. I am afraid I

will not be able to say it.

Look at Lucius when you say it not at me when the crowd clears I will wait for

you by the river Neither of us enters that warehouse alone tonight the same

goes for you do not run inside the moment you see flames Why

would there be flames Lucius cannot bear to lose I will not gamble on him having

limits Tomorrow you need to make it convincing

What if you truly cry?

Then comfort me when we meet tonight.

As of today, Livia is no longer the harbor's deputy.

Return the keys and seal now. When we were losing money, you said we would

bear it together.

Now that we found the real medicine, are you afraid I will take the credit? You

expanded too quickly, and the harbor truly lost money.

This ends here.

If you had listened to me earlier, it would not have ended this badly.

You won.

If you want my place in the office, take it.

Stepmother, you have finally done something worthy of the head of the

Aurarius family.

Remove her name from the office list.

Why did you bring lamp oil to move medicine?

The warehouse is damp. It is for the lamps.

Once the shipment is moved, you take me back to the estate.

After dawn, you may choose any room you like.

The mark, color, and scent all match.

My entire shipment is here.

A dismissed employee brings a few guards and dares to seize my warehouse?

She never left.

You are the one we were waiting for tonight.

Don't! I lift.

We pull him out.

There is a door by the river. Move the rack.

Get them outside.

We lead together.

Get them out first. I am staying right here.

Levia, why did you come back?

You said neither of us stays inside alone.

Look at me! Give me your hand! Do not let go!

You promised me you would not rush inside alone.

I did not leave you behind.

Neither did I.

Both bottles belong to the original shipment I delivered

to the harbor.

The false medicine distributed from the warehouse had neither this color nor

this scent.

My seal does not prove I sent it.

Anyone in the Aurarius household could have touched it. I saw him pick over the

oil and throw the wall lamp into it. Five others witnessed the same thing.

We were still inside.

He set the fire and ran along.

He wrote this.

He promised to marry me and told me to use the copper key, open the door and

find men to replace the medicine. When it failed, he put every crime under my

name. You stole my money and my seal. Now you bring a document you wrote

yourself to save your skin. Who would believe you?

I did it.

I opened the door and helped him replace the medicine. I can identify every

porter involved.

I will tell you everything I know. Do not imprison me. Give me money and let

me leave. You turned on him because you fear prison.

You took my father's crest, used my mother's herb bag and helped put false

medicine in the warehouse.

He did all of that too. Levi, I truly thought of you as my friend once. Then

stop using those words to beg me.

You truly believe this performance? Valeria handed the harbor, the seal, and

every witness to the woman in her bed. They even summoned the guards in advance

last night.

Stepmother, tell the guild plainly. Will you deny sharing her bed? Will you deny

giving her that position to please her?

I do not deny it.

Livia is the deputy I appointed and the woman I chose to love. I allowed Lucius

to abuse our family name for too long. That is my fault.

But he set the fire last night, and the real medicine in that warehouse does not

become false because of whom I love. And you?

You climbed into the deputy's position through her. Do you still dare to call

yourself innocent?

I am her lover. I signed the lottery and expanding too quickly was my

responsibility. I will not avoid a single refund or a single person owed

compensation. But I did not replace the medicine or burn the warehouse.

You can attack our relationship all day. It will not change what so many people

witnessed last night.

Today's shipment is here.

The warehouse is already half full.

Keep this pace.

Do not fill the warehouse just to earn a little more. It is our first day back to

normal work, and you have checked everything three times. We left an

opening before because we failed to check again.

Come home early tonight.

Your mother is due to finish her final bottle of medicine.

We are going home together.

There is only a thin layer of gold.

Three copper coins, not one more.

Lucius said it was solid gold.

The things he gave me could not have been fake.

Livia, I have not eaten in two days. Give me some money or let me stay with

you for a few nights. I will not give you money and I will not take you home.

You have everything now. Are you still going to hold this against me? I trusted

you again and again and every time you handed me back to Lucas.

Cassia, it ends here.

Come on.

Mother is waiting for us.

I can walk again.

I am not fully recovered.

Stop crying as though you are attending a funeral.

Can you not let me cry properly for once?

Valia, why are you standing so far away for months?

No matter how late she worked at the harbor, you brought her home. You

remembered every dose of my medicine.

Stop treating yourself like an outsider.

All right.

Starting tomorrow, the harbor returns to normal operation.

Livia will continue to manage its daily affairs.

She is Valeria, the woman I love.

From now on, we will appear here together.

The night we met, I thought I would never see you again after dawn.

I reached the temple door and looked back at you once more. Why did you not

stay? Back then, I did not know how to stay.

Supper is cold.

Did the two of you remember you have a home?

We are home.