[SAKURA]
(Flashback, one hundred and fifty years ago, the day Izanami offered the serum)
"You think I should trust you… after everything you did?" Sakura asked mockingly.
"The choice is yours, little girl. You can either use what's in this vial. To save her or watch as the poison eats her from the inside and takes her out. And then you'll be the queen who was too weak to save her own Erasthai.
"The queen who didn't even think of marking her Erasthai when she could have done it with ease. You can either take this vial or mark her. Bond yourself to her and show the world how great your love is," Izanami said, like the world was all black and white for her.
"No… Th… The vial. I'll take whatever is in there. Doesn't matter what the effects can be on me; I'm dying anyway. It couldn't be worse than death. I just… Don't mark me yet, Sakura. I'm not…
"I'm not ready yet, please," Liu said suddenly, like it was the only thing that stood between her and madness.
