YOUR MAJESTY, THE INVESTIGATOR WHO RETURNED FROM POLDER REQUESTS AN AUDIENCE.
LET HIM IN.
WELL? HOW DID IT GO?
BRING THE QUEEN AND NOAH AT ONCE!
SO YOU'RE SAYING...
YOU WANT TO WIN OVER THE PEOPLE'S SUPPORT BY GETTING OLIVIA TO MARRY NOAH?
THAT'S IT!
BUT WHY ARE YOU HERE, USHER?
I Didn't Call For You.
AM I NOT ALLOWED TO BE HERE?
...DID SHE AGREE TO THIS?
I HEARD SHE BECAME A PROFESSOR.
IT SOUNDS AS IF HER CONTRACT IS GOING TO END SOON.
AND AS FOR HER APPROVAL, THAT WILL BE UP TO THE ONE WHO WILL BE GOING TO PROPOSE TO HER.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, FATHER.
NOAH ASTRID! SIT BACK DOWN THIS INSTANT!
LEAVE HIM BE! NOAH, YOU CAN GO NOW, QUICKLY!
YOU CAN'T JUST PUSH HIM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!
NOAH'S SEEING SOMEONE RIGHT NOW. HE'LL GET MARRIED OF HIS OWN ACCORD!
SEEING SOMEONE?
ANSWER ME, NOAH. YOU'RE NOT REALLY COURTING LADY SEYMOUR, ARE YOU?
YOU THINK I AM JUST FOOLING AROUND? DON'T YOU GET IT AFTER SEEING WHAT HAPPENED IN POLIA?
THE WORLD IS CHANGING, AND SO MUST WE!
ACTUALLY, I DO GET IT.
REALLY.
IT SEEMS LIKE A FITTING MARRIAGE FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY'S DRESSED-UP SPARE.
NOAH...
TH-THAT LITTLE--!
TRAUMA KEEPS MAKING ME ACT UNDER MY AGE...
...AND CORNER MYSELF INTO IRRATIONAL CHOICES.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE I STAND IN THE ROYAL FAMILY IN MY HEAD...
...BUT AT HEART I CANNOT ACCEPT IT.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT WHO I'M GETTING MARRIED TO.
IT'S HOW HE TREATS ME.
AND OLIVIA LIBERTY AT THAT...
AM I FLEEING LIKE THIS AS A SHOW OF DISOBEDIENCE TO THE KING?
NOAH!
OR...
NOAH!
WE NEED TO TALK.
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU, USHER.
NO. YOU NEED TO TALK WITH ME, RIGHT NOW.
SAY IT, THEN.
THE INCIDENT IN POLIA IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
FATHER IS RIGHT.
HE TOLD ME AS WELL TO COME UP WITH A WAY FOR OUR FAMILY TO SURVIVE THIS.
I CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS HIM.
THAT'S WHY I JOINED THE CONVERSATION EVEN THOUGH FATHER DID NOT CALL FOR ME.
I'LL PROPOSE TO HER.
WHAT--
A WIDELY LOVED, WELL-KNOWN COMMONER JOINING THE ROYAL FAMILY...
WILL SURELY CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE.
OF COURSE, THAT'S ASSUMING I CAN GET HER CONSENT.
TAKE A MOMENT TO CALM DOWN. I'LL TELL FATHER ABOUT THIS.
?!
I'LL DO IT, USHER.
After the inspector returns from Polder, the king summons the queen and Noah to his presence and lays out a plan to marry Olivia Liberty to Noah in order to win the people's support. Usher, who is present despite not being summoned, joins the discussion. Noah leaves in anger while the queen defends him. Noah feels like a decorative spare of the royal family, then Usher catches up to him and says he will propose to Olivia himself.
