The Stolen Princess and the Cursed Dragon— Episode 3

In her past life, she single-handedly hatched Valoria's golden dragon—a once-in-a-century divine beast. Yet the very day it broke out of its shell, her own younger sister Isolde betrayed her, framing her for theft. Behind closed doors, their father altered the dragon bond with the Twin Ink Secret Art, transferring all the fruits of her lifelong devotion to her sister's name, cementing the false charges before casting her into the dragon pit to be devoured by savage beasts.​ As her vision faded, she watched her enemies cradle the dragon she'd raised, wearing the crown that rightfully belonged to her while receiving the adoration of the masses. Overwhelmed by searing resentment, she was reborn on the exact day of the Royal Egg Bestowal Ceremony.​ This time around, she turns down the auspicious golden egg, locking away the destiny that was fated to be stolen from her. Under cover of night, she sneaks into the royal forbidden vault. Using the tampered bond contract—one whose original bearer's name had long been swapped out for Isolde's—as bait, she offers her own blood to rouse a ferocious black dragon sealed away for three hundred years, a beast that brought ruin to three successive monarchs.​ At the coronation ceremony, Isolde repeats her old trick, stepping forward to claim the black dragon in public, desperate to secure her title as the divinely ordained queen. Little does she know the black dragon preys upon deceitful covenants and hunts down those who betray their rightful masters. The moment obsidian fire engulfs the altar, the hidden names etched by Twin Ink are laid bare for all to see. Every frame-up, every unfair bias is scorched raw, exposed for what they truly are.​ Once, she knelt before every palace wall, begging for a scrap of justice that never came. Now, she returns with her dragon at her side, resolved to seize back every stolen crown, every stolen glory, every stolen year of her life—with compound interest. Golden scales reveal heaven's true mandate; black flames rewrite the fate of the realm.