HEROD, POLO CLUB
OH!
YOU'VE FINALLY MANAGED TO MAKE TIME, HUH?
YES. I TRUST YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY?
READY MY HORSES.
YES, I'LL LET THEM KNOW.
IS IT REALLY SIMPLY SCANDALOUS RUMORS...
...THAT THIS WOMAN HOPES TO USE ME FOR?
I CLEARLY WARNED YOU I WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR REPUTATION.
ONE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH, IT SEEMS.
AT FIRST, I WAS HAPPY JUST BEING BY HIS SIDE...
...BUT NOW, I WANT TO SEE HIM SMILING AT ME.
LEAVE IT, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
GO TIDY UP THE CHANGING ROOM.
OH, YES, MY LADY!
HMM? WHAT'S THIS?
MATT, DOES THE PRINCE HAVE SOMETHING THAT HE CARES ABOUT?
NOTHING IN PARTICULAR. HE DIDN'T EVEN NAME HIS POLO PONY.
I THOUGHT SO.
OH, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S BEEN KEEPING ON HIS PERSON AT ALL TIMES RECENTLY.
I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.
HE HAS SOMETHING WEIRD IN HIS JACKET.
THE INFAMOUSLY ALOOF PRINCE...
...HAS SOMETHING HE ALWAYS CARRIES WITH HIM?
NOAH, YOU IN A FOUL MOOD TODAY?
RIGHT?
THEN YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD US TO WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR, YOUR HIGHNESS!
WE ALMOST DIED BACK THERE!
YOU WOULDN'T BE IN SUCH A STATE IF YOU DIDN'T SIT AROUND THE SALON ALL DAY DRINKING ALCOHOL.
HEY, THAT'S UNCALLED FOR!
I CAN'T BREAK FREE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
IT SEEMED THE NUMBER OF EVENTS TO ATTEND WAS FINALLY STARTING TO DECLINE...
...BUT THEY'VE DOUBLED AFTER THE POLIA INCIDENT.
I UNDERSTAND...
I DO. BUT I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE.
NO, ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE UNDERSTANDING.
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF FACING THE PRESS.
DO I HAVE TO BE TRAPPED IN THIS TEDIOUS LIFE FOREVER...
...AS A DRESSED-UP SLAVE OF THE PALACE?
...WHATEVER. I'LL JUST HAVE A DRINK AND GO GET SOME SLEEP.
DID YOU HEAR THAT OLIVIA LIBERTY BECAME A PROFESSOR?
YOU JUST FOUND OUT NOW? IT WAS IN THE PAPERS, TOO.
HEY, YOU KNOW MY COUSIN HAS A BUSINESS IN POLDER, RIGHT?
WELL, HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE YESTERDAY...
AND I HEARD SOMETHING INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT OF WILHELM CORPORATION? IT SEEMS HE'S GOT HIS EYES ON OLIVIA LIBERTY!
I HEARD THEY ATTENDED HEROLINGTON TOGETHER.
ANSEN WILHELM DROPPED OUT, BUT HE STILL VISITED OLIVIA OCCASIONALLY.
I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.
THE FORMER NOBILITY ARE STILL AT THE TOP OF THE POLITICAL WORLD THERE.
SHE'S A BIT TOO LOW-BORN TO TAKE AS A WIFE, SO HE MUST'VE WANTED TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH HER.
BUT SHE'S A PROFESSOR NOW, SO WHO KNOWS?
OLIVIA LIBERTY MIGHT BECOME OLIVIA WILHELM--
SHE IS EVERYWHERE. WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT HER THAT EVERYONE'S ALWAYS BRINGING HER UP?
I WAS JUST GOING TO WRAP UP THE DAY WITH TWO DRINKS.
THEY JUST HAD TO SPOIL THAT WITH SOME GOSSIP ABOUT THAT WOMAN.
THAT CREATION OF HERS WORKED WELL FOR ME...
...BUT ONE DAY, IT BROKE AND DIDN'T TURN ON ANYMORE.
AND SINCE THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS IS ISN'T HERE ANYMORE, THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIX IT.
SO WHY HAVE I BEEN HOLDING ON TO THIS USELESS THING?
I'M AS MUCH OF A FOOL AS THEM.
YOU'RE LEAVING ALREADY? YOU'VE ONLY HAD ONE DRINK!
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS. GO AHEAD AND TALK ALL YOU WANT ABOUT EVENTS ACROSS THE SEA. I'M GOING.
WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM?
LEAVE HIM BE. HE WAS LIKE THAT WHEN WE WERE PLAYING POLO, TOO.
MY LADY? ISN'T IT TOO EARLY FOR YOU TO LEAVE?
HURRY...
FOLLOW PRINCE NOAH!
At the Herod Polo Club, Prince Noah plays a grumpy and aggressive game. In the locker room, a woman says she wants to see his smile, while Matt explains that the cold prince has been carrying something strange in his jacket for a year. After the Polia incident, Noah is tired of his increasing palace duties and the press. Enraged by the Olivia Liberty gossip, he looks at his broken invention and leaves early, and is followed.
