Chapter 49 – "I Would've Given Her My Name"
Behind the Gold: AUREUS Unfiltered – Episode 9
Theme: Fan Questions – Live Call-In + Deep Dive Moments
Live Viewership: 1.59 Billion
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[Opening – Host Jeon Mira]
"Welcome back to Behind the Gold: AUREUS Unfiltered – Episode 9!
It's time for our next fan call. Let's dive deep."
[Fan #4 – Username: @yourgoldenverse]
"Hi everyone!! I love you all so much—especially Jaeheon! My question is this:
If you could give one thing to the person you love, anything at all, what would it be?"
Everyone turns.
The question is simple.
But the room tightens.
Because they know who it's for.
Who it's always for.
[POV: Jaeheon]
He doesn't look away. He doesn't hesitate.
"My name."
A pause.
Jaeheon (softly):
"I would've given her my name."
Mira:
"Your name? You mean…?"
"Everything that comes with it. My bloodline. My protection. My future.
My life. My death.
And every part of me I've never shared with anyone else."
[Live Chat Explodes]
"OH MY GODDDDDDD"
"HE SAID NAME?? MARRIAGE?? I'M SCREAMING??"
"'My life. My death.' I CAN'T BREATHE."
[Members' Reactions]
Hyunjae looks like someone just unplugged his brain.
Minjae is half-joking, half-stunned:
"Bro. You just… proposed on live TV???"
Rin's voice is quiet. Serious.
"He's not joking."
[POV: Jaeheon – Continued]
"People always want things from her. Her throne. Her status. Her strength.
They want to control her… or be protected by her."
He speaks slowly now. Controlled. Like he's threading a needle.
"But if she ever came to me—if she wanted something, anything—
I'd give it all. Without asking.
Not because she's powerful."
"But because she's her."
[POV: Anastasia Celeste Volkov]
She watches from her private screening room.
The AI logs spike.
Her heart rate doesn't.
But something sharp twists in her expression.
She rewinds the sentence:
"They want to control her… or be protected by her."
And again:
"But if she ever came to me…"
Her fingers curl into her palm.
Her voice is low.
Anastasia:
"So do you. You all say that.
That you want me, not what I own.
And in the end, you always beg for the same thing—my shadow."
She doesn't know he meant it.
That he still means it.
She closes the screen.
But the words won't leave her.
[Back to Studio – Final Fan Call]
"If she's watching… what would you say?"
Jaeheon (calm, honest):
"You never needed to look at me.
You never needed to know my name.
But I looked at you—and I remembered everything."
"If love is a vow... I made mine the first time I saw you walk past."