“ | Today was the joyous day of their engagement. It was as if they had completely forgotten that I was meant to be their crown princess. | ” |
“ | Ever since that girl appeared, everything has been a mess. | ” |
“ | She will soon also experience the agony of losing everything | ” |
“ | Give me the chance to rule instead of this foolish wench. Give me everything she has! | ” |
“ | Now, I am certain. We must have switched places...because God has heard my prayer. Is this the will of the empire's guardian deity? | ” |
“ | We hold each other tightly as if we're worried...but perhaps we're worried about different things. | ” |
“ | I wonder how you see me today...the usurper of the one you love? Or the fool who now has to bear your misfortune? | ” |
“ | I thought everything would turn out just as I wanted…but it feels as though I’m trapped in a labyrinth. | ” |
“ | Suddenly it crossed my mind that I may have been wrong that I became Psyche because the Guardian Deity had granted my wish...Perhaps, instead, we switched places for this very moment. | ” |
“ | Perhaps the real reason the Guardian Deity switched our bodies so that I could die here instead of Psyche. And yet...and yet! I have lived my entire life vowing to overturn whatever fate throws at me! | ” |
“ | Why did I come to hate Psyche? How did I come to loathe her so much? | ” |
“ | Books, I could read...and swords, I could swing...everything else came easily, but it was so difficult to be loved. | ” |
“ | At this rate, it would be my father’s name, not mine...that would be recorded in those pretentious history books. | ” |
“ | Like father, like daughter. I could understand my father. Who would want to share their glory with a mere tool? | ” |
“ | However, I knew somewhere deep in my heart...that this was the reason why I couldn’t ignore Psyche. | ” |
“ | The pawn earns its freedom when it gets past enemy lines. It can become a bishop...a knight...a rook...or even a queen. That you are a pawn means you can become anything you desire. | ” |
“ | Perhaps the heavy feeling I’d had in my heart was a sign of the strife that was about to come. | ” |
“ | The moment you had revoked our engagement...we had been at war. So I will make certain I come out the victor! | ” |
“ | I’ve bet my all, my past and my future...to become a member of the imperial family. | ” |
“ | I fought fairly and won...so how did things turn out like this? | ” |
“ | Why am I still a daughter of a mere duke? | ” |
“ | I can’t hear her heartbeat. | ” |
“ | I pitied her and took her under my wing. And now she has taken everything from me! | ” |
“ | This was supposed to be your grave...How does it feel to have escaped death thanks to being blessed by the Guardian Deity? | ” |
“ | Doesn’t it seem like I was destined to be sacrificed in your place from the beginning? Just one day in your body was more than enough! | ” |
“ | You wished you were as strong as I am. But it is I who could never be like, even if I was born a thousand times over! | ” |
“ | I don’t believe in a god who does nothing but watch from afar. I believe in that stupid girl. | ” |
“ | Although our lives have been a tragedy thus far...we can turn it around beginning now! | ” |
“ | Eros. I know how badly you wanted to kill Psyche. I want to know...what expression you will make when you see that your fiancée who you sought to kill has come back in one piece! | ” |
“ | Since the night of the banquet...we each came to shoulder a new burden and planned our next moves for battle. | ” |
“ | Wouldn't it be better if I took revenge in my own body? | ” |
“ | What am I running from? Why does she keep telling me to run? Where am I supposed to go? | ” |
“ | I can't let him die this easily. Eros hasn't even experienced half the pain I have. | ” |
“ | My parents must have been disappointed in me because I wasn't good enough in their eyes. I believed that if I became the smartest person in the empire, they would begin to care about me. After having lived like that for years... My life lost meaning. | ” |
“ | I might be the real problem. Will I be able to overcome my past and face my father? I don't have to overcome it. It may be best if we use each other's bodies to get our revenge. But somehow it seems like I'm running away. | ” |
“ | Peace...that's nice to hear...but too bitter to swallow. I can't be at peace because it doesn't exist. If it does...it just means you're living while ignoring what's going on around you. | ” |
“ | Although this memory of being locked up in the basement with my mother when I was young isn't mine...why do I feel so scared? Does Psyche's body remember how traumatized she was? | ” |
“ | In the notes was a method so simple and obvious that I'd forgotten about it and would have forgotten completely unless someone had told me about it...Lady Medea will become the heir to the House of Solon. | ” |
“ | Out of the three people I trusted, one had betrayed me, one had died...and one had killed the one who died. | ” |
“ | I had felt guilty all this time because I knew I couldn't fulfill her dying wish. I already felt remorseful because I wasn't able to protect her. Even more so because I couldn't carry out her last wish because I wanted revenge. | ” |
“ | Let's stop having nightmares because of our guilt. | ” |
“ | Father...when did your hands become so wrinkled? I had no idea because you never held my hand. You've become too old to sit in such a splendid chair. | ” |
“ | You must not realize what face you make when you look at me...and what your voice sounds like when you talk to me. | ” |
“ | I prefer things as they are even if we've lost what's dear to us and suffered. Because I now know the source of my pain. | ” |
“ | His ulterior motive is to become a god. He'll pretend to look after his citizens with his divine power...but he would squish them like ants the moment they got on his nerves. | ” |
“ | You said a Solon does not rely on anyone. And that the closer I am to someone, the more wary I should be. I thought it would be better to turn her away at the door than have her see you while you are weak, so that you can save face. | ” |
“ | This is a huge gamble. A high stakes gamble where the prize is me. | ” |
“ | If my father had heard you...he would've been angry enough to have you beheaded. That is why I struck you instead. | ” |
“ | You seem to be gravely mistaken. When I said you should stay quietly at home...it was not a request. It was a threat. | ” |
“ | Join me, Your Eminence. I'll help you prevent that concerning oracle from being misinterpreted by the people. I envy your social skills...and the support you have from the people. | ” |
“ | Do you see me as just the child of a failing dukedom? | ” |
“ | I will drag my father down and I will attend the ordination as the junior duke. Not as Lady Medea, the duke’s daughter, but as Junior Duke Solon. | ” |
“ | I cannot stomach when I see those who know nothing speak as if they know everything. | ” |
“ | Mercy is something only people like you can show. I'm too petty. I've grown tired of those who abandon me at the first sign of adversity. | ” |
“ | Just endure it. Continue forwards as you have been. You've assembled it well. However, one misstep and we'll all fall off a steep cliff. I feel responsible for everyone. All of them. They're my responsibility. | ” |
“ | Am I holding onto one last sliver of hope? Or is it to comfort myself when this is over and done with by telling myself that he was always this sort of person? | ” |
“ | It feels as if my face will fall off. This sharp pain. The taste of blood spilling onto my tongue. Just because you've prepared yourself to be struck doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. | ” |
“ | Father. It hurts. It hurts...if even you throw me away...to whom can I turn? The fact that my father whom I've devoted myself to all my life, doesn't trust me hurts so much more than the blow. | ” |
“ | If you abandon a loyal dog to starve, it will swallow up its master. | ” |
“ | If I am a demon, then what does that make the one who raised me. Had I known someone like you would be my father, I never would've been born. | ” |
“ | Is luck on our side because we decided to go forward? Or is it compensation for past tribulation? Is it unusual for Psyche and I to use our lives as a means to an end? | ” |
“ | When you’re hungry, if you see delicious food, you want to eat it. If you see an expensive jewel through a store window, you want to steal it. And if there is someone you despise, you want to crush their tiny skull and kill them. Have you never felt that way at least once in your life? That is human nature. | ” |
“ | Father. I’ve won. This is the last time you’ll see me. Do you have anything to say? “Farewell.” “Sorry.” Or at least that you’re bitter. That you raised your child wrong. You won’t even make eye contact with me, as I watch you silently walk to your death. The two of us truly are Solons to the core. | ” |
“ | She has many enemies. But she’s stronger than all of her enemies combined. | ” |
“ | Medea...she is wicked like no other...cunning...and manipulative. I cannot help but be cautious. | ” |
“ | Unlike me, Lady Medea is amazing. No one ever doubts her. Even his Highness... | ” |
“ | She is not so weak as to let such a thing bring her down. | ” |
“ | How could anyone not be envious of her? Someone as strong as she is... | ” |
“ | If it is Lady Medea who looks after our empire...wouldn’t our empire become stronger and more beautiful? | ” |
—Unnamed noblewoman, Episode 12 |
“ | People call us the queen and her pawn. | ” |
“ | Seeing how well they get along while competing against each other makes me want to root for the both of them. | ” |
—Vasilios citizens, Episode 13 |
“ | Lady Psyche looked as if she really cared for the public...unlike Lady Medea whose policies seemed to cater to the nobles. | ” |
—Eros' spy, Episode 14 |
“ | Her anguished wailing was like that of an animal...rather than a human being. | ” |
“ | Do you know what the servants are saying about you? They’re saying how nice it would have been if you could have received even half the love His Highness gave that woman! | ” |
“ | She just laughed without saying a word back then. But her heart must have broken into a thousand pieces. | ” |
“ | They've been boasting that Lady Medea is going to be their queen when it's more like their king's going after His Highness' leftovers. | ” |
—Unnamed villager, Episode 27 |
“ | Although I'm not the one this happened to, words are spilling out of my mouth as if I'm the one who'd been wronged. Perhaps it's not me who's speaking...but Lady Medea's own anger and frustration bursting forth with every fiber of her being after being bottled up for years. | ” |
“ | If the Solon name is tarnished, it would affect Medea as much as it affects me. So as long as we are bonded by blood, she will never be of any threat to me. | ” |
“ | How could I have forgotten about that day? Running away never suited Lady Medea. | ” |
“ | People have been saying you're more soft-hearted and kinder than usual. They think you've gone soft because you've been through a lot. But I didn't believe a word of it. Everyone was happy that you seemed more approachable...but though I feared you, I also greatly respected your strength. But I was a fool. You have become as kind and gentle as you are strong. | ” |
—Servant of House of Solon, Episode 43 |
“ | I can’t underestimate Medea. There’s a reason why I chose her to be my empress. The empress must support me in my efforts to restore the empire when it falters. Medea would not succumb to tribulations. Rather, she’d convert them into opportunities. | ” |