The Dragon King's Forbidden Maid

Episode 1

It's the Night of the Lunar Eclipse, and all of Viesperia knows what that means: dragonblood runs strongest when the moon goes dark. King Atlas is meant to wed Saint Sophia, but the night has other plans. A simple errand with a vial of holy water turns dangerous when Joanna catches the king's eye. "Every woman in Viesperia wants to be mine. How about you?" he asks. By morning, the mark of a dragon heir appears on her skin — she's carrying a royal child. And Sophia is already on her way.

Episode 2

Queen Sophia doesn't waste time. She summons Joanna, looks her over, and delivers a verdict colder than any prison: any woman who touches her king must die. Joanna is dragged to the Tower of Oblivion to rot, while Sophia's guards comb the palace registry for her. But the tower keeps its secrets. Joanna gives birth to a son, urged on by a voice telling her the dragon's child has already chosen her. Terrified, she hushes his cries, warning that if anyone hears him, they'll take him away from her forever.

Episode 3

A baby's cry cuts through the palace, and Sophia freezes. She heard it clearly — it came from inside the tower. Her mind races to Joanna: could that woman have borne a bastard in there? No, she's had eyes on her for a year; if Joanna were pregnant, she'd know. The queen insists on seeing for herself, but the sky threatens rain and the tower is filthy and freezing. Sophia refuses to go back. Inside, Joanna cradles her crying son, whispering for him to stay quiet, while the queen stands just outside the door.

Episode 4

The Queen Mother collapses, and the palace scrambles. Atlas rushes to her side, but her complaint isn't illness — it's heirs. A year of marriage to Sophia and still no grandchild. She pushes him to take another woman, and the argument circles back to the mortal maid he took to bed a year ago. Meanwhile, Joanna hides her face as the king approaches, and Clara helps her cover it. Sophia, humiliated and furious, tries to claim Atlas's attention for the night and is thrown out. She blames Joanna for stealing her husband even from a locked tower.

Episode 5

Louis is five now, and he's had enough of the tower walls. He climbs too high, gets scolded, and asks the question Joanna dreads: why can't they ever leave? Her answer is a warning, not a story — apart from Clara and Eddie, no one can ever find out about him. If the wrong people do, they'll take him from her. He promises he'll never leave her. Eddie keeps watch, but the danger is real: Louis's dragon soul is close to waking, and a child like that can't stay hidden forever.

Episode 6

Eddie sneaks Louis out for a taste of the outside world, with strict instructions: if anyone asks, he's a flower tender from the Moonlight Forest, here to learn about the palace's magic flowers. Meanwhile, the Queen Mother's patience with Sophia runs out — still no grandchild. She fakes illness to summon Atlas, a trick she's clearly used before. Then she spots the boy and freezes. The resemblance is impossible to ignore: he looks exactly like Atlas as a child. The Queen Mother has questions.

Episode 7

Guards seize Louis, but the Queen Mother stops them cold: the boy just saved her life. Looking closer, she's shaken — he looks exactly like Atlas at that age. Louis introduces himself as a flower tender from the Moonlight Forest, and the Queen Mother almost laughs off her own suspicion. Then he calls her "Granny," and something in her cracks open. She's waited years to hear that word. She rewards him for saving her, and the two take an instant liking to each other. But the king has arrived — and he's watching.

Episode 8

Atlas finds his mother suspiciously healthy and presses her about the boy. A flower tender from the Moonlight Forest, she says — adorable, and he saved her life. Atlas orders someone to find out where the child came from. Then a witness places Louis at the Tower of Oblivion, and Atlas decides to see for himself. In the tower, Joanna's fear boils over: she makes Louis promise never to go outside again, because if anyone learns his secret, they'll take him from her. He agrees — just as word arrives that the queen is coming.

Episode 9

Sophia storms into the tower, and Joanna shoves Louis into hiding with one instruction: whatever you hear, whoever calls you, do not come out. The queen's rage spills out — Joanna is the reason Atlas won't touch her, a filthy maid who seduced her husband. Joanna points out she's been locked in this tower for six years; how could she have seduced anyone? That's exactly what enrages Sophia: he still can't forget her face. The beating escalates, and a sound from the shadows makes Sophia stop. Someone is in there.

Episode 10

Sophia decides Joanna's face has haunted her long enough — if Atlas can't forget it, she'll destroy it for good. But before the blade falls, Louis breaks cover. He refuses to let anyone hurt his mother. In that instant, everything clicks: the boy is Atlas's child. Sophia's shock turns to venom — Joanna had Atlas's child behind her back. Louis stands between his mother and the queen, small but unshakable, as the truth that Joanna spent six years hiding finally explodes into the open.

The secret is out, and the throne room is about to feel the shockwave. Start from the beginning and watch it all unfold.