I Protected the Kingdom for 300 Years, Then They Killed My Niece.

I am Vera, born with the world-destroying black flame. My sister gave her life to save mine, and on her deathbed, she entrusted me with her daughter, Lyra. I suppressed the curse and defended the kingdom for three hundred years. But when I returned, I found Lyra brutally dead—her scales torn off, her heirlooms stolen, and the entire clan calling her a worthless wretch who deserved to die. My brother-in-law, the Dragon King, stood by and watched. The new "sacred-blood heir" rose to power wearing