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#103 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
After I Left, I Bore the Elf King’s Twins
She faked her death to save the Elf King. Seven years later, he sentences her to die without knowing her.
NetShort · 50 episodes · about 2.3 h
FreeEp 1–4on NetShort
Locked46of 50 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Elgwyn leaps from a cliff and fakes her death to save Caelan, though she is carrying his child. Seven years later she is blind and disfigured, scraping by in poverty with their twin babies. When she crosses paths with Caelan again, he does not recognize her, and he condemns her to execution by his own hands. Caelan must learn the truth before it is too late.
Fantasy & magicSecret baby & single parenttragic reunionbittersweet
Who will like it: viewers who liked fake-death stories where a secret mother returns to a man who does not recognize her.
Main characters
- Elgwyn: woman who fakes her death to save Caelan
- Caelan: the Elf King who condemns her
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 4 free. Grey: 46 locked. About 2.3 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 50
- Free
- 4
- Locked
- 46
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 50 | 4 | 46 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 50 episodes is longer than 80% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 4 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 8% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, ar_AE
- App tags
- All-Too-Late, Fantasy, Runaway Pregnancy
- NetShort
- 2.4K likes, 5.2K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.