I'LL DO IT UNDER ONE CONDITION.
!
SAY IT.
IF OLIVIA LIBERTY BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY...
...THAT ALONE WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO DRAW ATTENTION.
AND YOUR MAIN INTEREST LIES IN THE SYMBOLISM OF A COMMONER BECOMING PART OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
GO ON.
MY CONDITION IS THIS.
AFTER WE ARE MARRIED, ASIDE FROM ANY MANDATORY EVENTS...
...SHE AND I WILL NOT HAVE TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY INTERVIEWS.
VERY WELL. I CAN WORK WITH THAT.
THEN I WILL DEPART AS SOON AS THE PREPARATIONS ARE OVER.
YOU CAN RELAY THE REPORTS ABOUT HER TO ME LATER.
A MONTH LATER
TODAY...
...MY DAYS AS A PROFESSOR COMES TO AN END.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAS COME TO SIGN UP FOR MY CLASS...
...SO IT IS CERTAIN TO BE CANCELED.
TOMORROW, I'LL GO SEE PROFESSOR MARGUERITE AND GIVE HER MY THANKS.
FOR NOW, I'LL GO HOME AND GET SOME ACTUAL REST, AND THEN...
OW... IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL NEED TO TAKE MY MEDICINE TONIGHT, TOO.
ANSEN?
I THINK YOU'VE STRUGGLED QUITE ENOUGH NOW, DON'T YOU, OLIVIA?
I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE STARTING TO FEEL HOW MUCH YOU NEED ME TOO.
STOP IT.
REALLY, YOU'VE DONE ALL YOU COULD. YOU APPLIED TO COUNTLESS COMPANIES...
...AND EVEN WORKED AS A LIBRARIAN.
I SAID STOP, ANSEN.
AND WHERE DID IT GET YOU IN THE END?
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, AS LONG AS YOU ARE OLIVIA LIBERTY, NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
YOU WILL FACE DESPAIR LIKE THIS EVERY DAY.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU.
I'M GIVING YOU A CHANCE.
LIVE AS OLIVER BY MY SIDE, OLIVIA.
YOU MUST HAVE REALIZED BY NOW.
BEING WITH ME IS THE MOST COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR YOU.
NO ONE WILL TRULY RECOGNIZE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
NO ONE EXCEPT FOR ME.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO RECOGNIZES ME FOR WHO I AM?
DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL?
HOW EXACTLY IS HOW YOU'VE TREATED ME RECOGNIZING ME?
YOU'RE TELLING ME TO LIVE AS OLIVER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, WHILE OLIVIA STAYS DEAD IN HIS SHADOW!
THAT ISN'T WHO I AM!
YOU'RE ONLY TRYING TO USE ME...
AND WITHOUT EVEN PAYING FOR IT.
YOU DON'T EVEN PAY OLIVER A FAIR PRICE FOR HIS WORK.
WHY? BECAUSE HE DOES NOT EXIST.
IT WON'T TAKE LONG NOW, OLIVIA.
TIME TO START LOOKING FOR JOBS AGAIN.
MAYBE I SHOULD TRAVEL A BIT BEFORE I DO.
AND THEN...
AND THEN WHAT?
4TH AVENUE!
ONCE, PROFESSOR MARGUERITE TOLD ME THIS.
REMEMBER THIS, OLIVIA. A KITE RISES HIGHER BY FACING THE WIND, NOT BY BEING CARRIED ALONG.
THESE HARDSHIPS WILL TAKE YOU HIGHER.
I HAD NOTHING ELSE TO HOLD ON TO...
...SO I CLUNG TO THOSE WORDS.
BUT PROFESSOR...
...I WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT STRUGGLING JUST TO GET BY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME STRONGER.
I DIDN'T WANT TO FACE THE WIND.
NOT ONCE WAS I HAPPY WHILE STRUGGLING AGAINST LIFE.
END OF SEASON 1
A man accepts a marriage proposal on a single condition: in exchange for Olivia Liberty joining the royal family, they will not be required to appear in public or give interviews after the marriage, except for mandatory events. A month later, Olivia's days as a professor come to an end; her class is canceled because no one enrolled in it. On her way home, she confronts Ansen and angrily rejects his offer to live as Oliver.
