Queen Isabella tormented the royal infants with rigid traditions such as gold-threaded swaddling clothes and cold silverware, while Elara, a commoner, was appointed as the royal nanny on an exceptional basis because she could understand the babies’ inner thoughts. She warmed silver bottles with her body heat, tore open suffocating swaddling clothes, and even guided King Arthur to replace cold, rigid protocols with embraces, saving one young life after another from the torment of outdated rituals. Fearing that Ella would undermine the foundations of her power, Queen Isabella framed her for black magic and sent her to the stake. At the execution site, Elara discovered through the infants’ voices that the queen’s ruby necklace concealed hemlock ash—the very slow-acting poison that had killed the former queen and continued to claim the lives of noble offspring. When the truth came to light, Isabella was brought to justice, Arthur abolished the old, inhumane rituals, and Elara, through her listening and warmth, finally transformed the cries beneath the crown into laughter.
