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00:00Sophie, your father and brothers have died on the battlefield.
00:06I want you to hide your military achievements and not serve in the army.
00:12From now on, live like a noblewoman in the capital.
00:16Find a good husband, build a family, and lead a peaceful life.
00:24Mother, if I can return alive this time,
00:28I promise I will get married.
00:46Sophie, you are my one and only. I won't fall for anyone else.
00:50After I return safely, I'll stay by your side forever.
00:59Blake, don't worry. I'll take care of mother, manage the home, and wait for your return.
01:21Sophie, Freya and I fell for each other during battle.
01:25So I requested to marry her. The decree has been issued.
01:29She'll marry me and share the same status as you.
01:43Blake, do you remember what you promised me back then?
01:50Forget about that. I didn't know love back then.
01:54I just saw you as a suitable wife. But then I met Freya.
01:57She's different from any woman I've ever known. I love her very much.
02:01I want to see her.
02:20Wow, is she General Ernst? The one the Empress Dowager appointed?
02:24She's amazing. I wish I could be like her.
02:44Father, Mother, this is Freya Ernst, my soon-to-be wife.
02:49You're truly extraordinary. Worthy of being the first female general.
02:55Come on in.
03:05You must be tired.
03:07Sophie, come and meet Freya. She'll live with us from now on. You should get along well.
03:14You did so much in the past years for nothing.
03:17The Jaffa Residence is full of ungrateful people.
03:20Miss Devon, Blake told me you wanted to see me.
03:24Do you have something to say to me?
03:28The Empress Dowager once said you're the role model for all women.
03:33I just want to ask you in person.
03:36General Ernst, are you willing to be a concubine?
03:40You brat. The Emperor granted the marriage. How can she be a concubine?
03:45Freya is a general. How could she be a concubine?
03:49She'll have the same status as you.
03:52Same status as me? Does our country even have such a role?
03:58Sophie, you've always been sensible. Since you're one of us, put our family first.
04:04Freya accomplished more in this battle than Blake.
04:07After they got married.
04:09Well, I know what you mean.
04:16Miss Devon, I despise stay-at-home ladies like you the most.
04:22And I'm not interested in being at odds with you.
04:26Just do the right thing and get along with me.
04:29Otherwise, I'll enforce military rules against you.
04:34General Ernst, don't you forget. I'm the daughter of a general.
04:39My father and six brothers died in the south border three years ago. I'm also...
04:45That was them, not you. You're just a housebound, delicate woman.
04:52You can't compare to Freya.
04:54You proposed marriage and promised my mother that you would never take another wife.
05:01But you broke your word. Don't make it sound like I'm standing in your way.
05:08So you mean that I've come between you two and should be out of the picture?
05:17I told her the other day that I didn't know love.
05:23But after meeting you, my heart belongs only to you.
05:27That's more like it.
05:29How can you do this to Lady Sophie?
05:32She's the one who's been looking after Madam Jaffe and managing the house.
05:37How insolent. You don't get to talk here.
05:39Beth just wants to stand up for me.
05:42Father, don't be angry.
05:45Freya and I didn't intend to hurt you. You'll still be my wife.
05:49Freya and I will spend most of our time in the army.
05:52You can raise the children I have with her. It'll affirm your status too.
05:58I'll need to help you raise your children?
06:05If you want a child, we can have a son or a daughter.
06:09But after that, I won't sleep with you anymore.
06:14What about you? Do you agree to this?
06:17I'm not the jealous type.
06:19Blake and I want what's best for you.
06:22If you have a child, your life will be more secure.
06:26As for whether Blake will sleep with you after you get pregnant...
06:32That's beyond my control.
06:34Don't worry. After she gets pregnant, I won't touch her again.
06:39No need to assure me. I'm not that petty, you know.
06:46Father, Mother, do you agree too?
06:52As for the best, you'll help them raise their children.
06:56So they can focus on their career and make contributions on the battlefield.
07:05Things are already hard for women.
07:08Why are you still making it more difficult?
07:11Am I so pathetic to you?
07:14That my life has to depend on the Jeffy family's offspring?
07:21Why must I be your tool and live a miserable life in this house?
07:28What do you take me for, Miss Devon?
07:32This is the best we can offer. Don't push your luck.
07:37Freya will leave her children to you. She should be the one who's upset.
07:42Zephie, just be grateful.
07:45Yes, Zephie. You'll also benefit from their military achievements.
07:50Let's get a divorce.
07:53You'll use this divorce to play the victim and stop Lake from marrying me, won't you?
08:02Freya, don't worry. This is a marriage approved by the Emperor.
08:07She can't stop us. Let's go.
08:14Lady Sophie!
08:17It's okay.
08:27Generals! Your relationship is your business.
08:31But please don't mistreat Lady Sophie and push her around with your ranks.
08:36She won't-
08:37How dare you! You're just a maid. What makes you think that you can tell me off?
08:42Even as a humble maid, I know what's right and wrong.
08:47Yet you, as a general, got involved with a married man.
08:52And now you're using your rank to bully Lady Sophie!
08:58Discipline your maid. She has no manners.
09:03You have no right to reprimand my people.
09:10This is outrageous!
09:13Sophie, you used your husband for a maid. This is out of line.
09:19Mother.
09:20Somebody! Call for Dr. Dunn!
09:23Mother, please calm down.
09:25You just took the medicine yesterday. Its effects will only last for five days.
09:29After that, Dr. Dunn won't come to treat you anymore.
09:33What?
09:35Sophie, you won't let Dr. Dunn treat my mother?
09:38How can you be so vicious?
09:40Blake, don't accuse me. Dr. Dunn said it himself that he won't come.
09:44He thinks treating an immoral person will shorten his life.
09:51You...
09:52Mother.
09:53You wicked woman. Are you trying to kill me?
09:57Beth, let's go.
09:59Sophie, stop right there!
10:01You can't leave.
10:03Miss Devon, aren't you worried people will say
10:07you're mistreating your mother-in-law?
10:10Or Blake might kick you out?
10:12Go ahead.
10:14Kick her out?
10:16She can forget about taking anything with her.
10:21Okay. Let's meet with the patriarch of my family and our matchmakers tomorrow.
10:26I'll sign the divorce agreement once Blake has it ready.
10:30Sophie, you should know that if I divorce you, you can't take your dowry with you.
10:36We'll see...
10:39if you can stop me.
10:48Mother! Mother!
10:50Ma'am!
10:51Mother, are you okay?
10:52Are you okay, ma'am?
10:56Mother!
10:57Are you all right, ma'am?
10:59Lady Sophie, you can't take anything if you're divorced.
11:03How could you agree to that?
11:05Silly girl.
11:07Do you think they can do that to me?
11:10Lady Sophie, do you have a plan in mind?
11:22Your Majesty, Sophie Devon is still waiting outside the palace gate
11:26and has no intention of leaving.
11:30I can't see her.
11:32I've granted approval between Freya and Blake.
11:35Even if she's an old acquaintance,
11:37I can't disappoint the two generals because of her.
11:40They've made great military achievements.
11:43Your Majesty, speaking of that,
11:46didn't Marcus of Welln, Lady Sophie's father, have better achievements than them?
11:54You have a point.
11:56Let her in.
11:57I'll agree to anything except for revoking my decree.
12:00Your Majesty.
12:04Summon Sophie Devon in.
12:18Greetings, Your Majesty.
12:20Your Majesty, you granted approval for the marriage between General Jeffy and General Ernst
12:25because of their military feats.
12:27It's my father and brother's death anniversary.
12:30I'd like you to grant my request, too, for their service.
12:34Sophie, I can't rescind my decree, so just give up.
12:38Your Majesty, please allow me to divorce General Jeffy.
12:46Divorce?
12:48So instead of revocation, you want divorce?
12:53Your Majesty, I'm the only one left in my family.
12:59My father and brothers were courageous and honorable men.
13:03I don't want to settle for a life of compromises.
13:06I know.
13:10You love Blake.
13:12Can you let him go?
13:14Since he doesn't want me, I can let him go as well.
13:18You may leave now.
13:20You may leave now. I'll issue the decree in a few days.
13:25So you've agreed?
13:27You'll find out then.
13:30Thanks, Your Majesty.
13:47We have no other.
13:49Good military leaders besides Ralph.
13:52I approved Blake and Freya's marriage due to their military achievements.
13:57But Blake has indeed done Sophie wrong.
14:01Pass the word. I won't see him and Freya when they're here.
14:05Yes, Your Majesty.
14:07Your Majesty.
14:17Generals, please leave. His Majesty won't see you today.
14:26This is weird. His Majesty summoned us to the palace.
14:30Why did he suddenly refuse to see us?
14:32I'm puzzled, too.
14:33Lady Sophie waited for an hour at the gate for an audience with the Emperor.
14:36Apparently, she asked His Majesty to annul the marriage between General Jaffe and General Ernst.
14:41Such a narrow-minded lady.
14:43The moment our talk ended, she came to complain and stop our marriage.
14:48She's so wicked.
14:50Freya, don't worry. She won't have her way.
15:03Sophie Devon.
15:07What do you want?
15:13Beth, give us a moment.
15:17You went to complain to the Emperor and asked him to revoke the marriage decree.
15:22Did you not?
15:23I didn't.
15:25A lady from a military family would take responsibility for her actions.
15:29Sophie, you're such a hypocrite.
15:33It looks like I've never really known this man.
15:43His Majesty didn't say yes. Your marriage with her still stands.
15:47Sophie, I never expected you to be so evil.
15:50Initially, I felt guilty about repudiating you tomorrow.
15:53But now I don't!
15:57You deserve to be kicked out of my house.
15:59You deserve to be kicked out of my house.
16:00Beth, see him out.
16:03General, please leave.
16:29Silly girl, why are you crying?
16:38I just feel it's unfair to you.
16:40You treated them so well, but they still bullied you.
16:45Because right now, to them, I'm not as important as Freya, who has military merits.
16:52Lady Sophie, you're the most important to me.
16:57All right, stop crying.
17:00You stay here to pack our things with Madame Shaw tomorrow.
17:05No matter what the decree says, we're leaving the Jeffy residence.
17:10But Lady Sophie, won't they bully you if you go to the meeting alone?
17:18Do you have so little faith in me?
17:22Do you think they can push me around?
17:32Men have always been fickle.
17:34It's nothing new.
17:37But repudiating the wife for a new love is something new.
17:45Uncle Paul, please have some tea.
17:49Mr. Devon Sr., what do you mean by that?
17:53Freya will have the same status as her as a wife and won't overpower her.
17:59Are you implying that we're bullying her?
18:03Tell everyone. Have we mistreated you?
18:07Mother, you didn't mistreat me.
18:09But you just favor the more powerful new daughter-in-law over me.
18:14You!
18:15Sophie, ask yourself.
18:18Since you married into our family, has anyone ever scolded you or hit you?
18:22Did your mother-in-law make you follow any rules?
18:25No.
18:28But for the past year, I've been caring for her day and night,
18:32using my own jewelry to cover her expensive medical bills.
18:37She certainly couldn't be mean to me or make me follow any rules.
18:42Am I right, Madam Jeffy?
18:46Our whole family has treated you well, but you...
18:49Mr. Jeffy, that's not entirely true.
18:54Everyone in your family has treated me well.
18:58Because all the expenses of the Jeffy family are paid by my own dory.
19:05Yet, you're ungrateful.
19:09And still trying to get your hands on my dory.
19:12Sophie, Freya and Flake's marriage was decreed by the Emperor.
19:16You're just jealous and disrespectful of us.
19:20Disrespectful of you?
19:22Everyone in Telford knows that since she's got married,
19:25she's practically lived in your room.
19:27To take care of you, handling your daily needs, and preparing your medicine.
19:36How can that be considered disrespectful?
19:39But once the marriage decree was issued, she refused to let Dr. Dunn treat me,
19:44and went to ask the Emperor to annul Freya and my son's marriage.
19:49Tell me, Mr. Devon Sr., isn't that out of jealousy?
19:54You!
19:56I agree to the divorce.
20:04But Madam Jeffy, what about the dory?
20:08We don't care about your dory.
20:13But since you're divorced, according to the rules, you'll get nothing.
20:19Considering you've cared for me for a year,
20:22we'll only keep 70% of your dory, and you can take the rest.
20:29This is ridiculous!
20:33And you're still denying coveting Sophie's dory?
20:37You're just bullying her, because her family is gone.
20:40So you want to make that woman a legitimate wife,
20:43and take Sophie's dory by throwing mud on her.
20:48If word gets out, how are you going to maintain your reputation?
20:57Uncle Paul, please calm down.
21:07General Jeffy, I respect you and General Ernst for your service to the nation.
21:11Just be fair and tell me if you'll keep the 70% of my dory.
21:23Blake, show me around your mansion.
21:30Fran, let's not take Sophie's dory, okay?
21:33Sure. I know her man of honor and won't want her dory.
21:37Besides, her family doesn't need this small amount of money.
21:42I'll pay her back what she spent on us over the past years.
21:48Spend on you?
21:51She's been using her dory to support your family in the past year?
21:55The medicine Dr. Dunn prescribes for my mother is expensive.
21:59We're barely making ends meet, so she's been helping.
22:02Helping us pay for it.
22:05You mean that your family is basically broke?
22:10Yes.
22:12But don't worry.
22:13We've made our mark.
22:15So her salary and rewards will be good in the future.
22:19If you return the full dory, won't that make people think you're in the wrong?
22:27You mean...
22:30Blake, you must keep half of her dory.
22:41Half?
22:42We'll only return half of her dory.
22:46Mr. Devon Sr., if you're not okay, you can take it to the authority and see if my offer is fair.
22:52General Jeffy, you're so kind to let me keep half of my dory.
22:59In that case, I don't need to go easy on you anymore.
23:06Half of it?
23:08How could you say that?
23:11When Sophie married you, she bought a huge dory with a lot of money, land, and property.
23:20How can you be so greedy?
23:23I just said it.
23:25You can take it to the authority.
23:27Here's the divorce agreement.
23:29Have a look.
23:35Mrs. Jeffy is wonderful. Such shame.
23:40You're divorced for being unreasonably jealous.
23:46I hope you'll remarry. Stop playing such underhanded tricks.
23:50Be sincere with others, and you'll find happiness.
23:56Thank you for your advice.
23:59But this letter...
24:04isn't stamped by the authority yet.
24:06I'll get it stamped later. As for the dory, I've been generous.
24:11According to the rules, divorced wives can't take their dory.
24:15Please do not blame me.
24:17This is all your fault.
24:19After all that I've done for your family, this is what I get.
24:22It's indeed my fault, isn't it?
24:25Sophie, take the dory list out.
24:28Lake is willing to give you half of your dory.
24:32Let's just divide it according to the list.
24:37This is outrageous!
24:39You're too much!
24:42So, this is how my mother-in-law is repaying me for tending her.
24:47My dedication over the years means nothing to her.
24:59Come and get it.
25:01Go and take it.
25:03Let's sort this out.
25:05And get it over with as soon as possible.
25:10What are you doing?
25:11I mean...
25:12you need to use your skills
25:15to get the list.
25:18What tricks are you playing?
25:19Do you want me to fight you?
25:22I want to see how skilled...
25:25how skilled the General of Yggdrasil is.
25:35Ugh!
25:52You know martial arts?
25:56I'm not very skilled.
25:58But better than you.
26:01How arrogant.
26:16The daughter of the Marquis of Whelm is in some easy meat.
26:23Her skills are far better than mine.
26:27I'm no match for her.
26:29Why didn't you mention?
26:30You know martial arts?
26:32Guess.
26:59Well.
27:00You've ruined the dowry list.
27:02Get lost!
27:03You wicked woman!
27:04Get out of here now!
27:05Do you think...
27:07you can stop me from taking anything from here?
27:12Don't you dare!
27:13If you do that,
27:14I'll report you to the authority.
27:17You're divorced.
27:19So you can't take anything with you.
27:21Somebody!
27:22Chase her out!
27:24These belong to us!
27:25You can't take any of them!
27:28Hold on!
27:31Decree for me, His Majesty!