....?
UGH!!
BROTHER, ARE YOU STUDYING?
WHEN WILL YOU BE DONE? CAN’T YOU STOP STUDYING?
THEN DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE THRONE INSTEAD OF ME, ADEL?
I DON’T LIKE STUDYING!
JUST PRETEND YOU'RE DONE AND PLAY WITH ME.
OH! I KNOW THIS PLACE.
IT'S WHERE GENEVIEVE IS!
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN READ MAPS NOW, ADEL.
I MISS GENEVIEVE. WHY DID SHE JUST LEAVE LIKE THAT?
SHE ALWAYS SAID SHE WANTED TO BECOME A KNIGHT.
THE MASTER SHE WANTS TO LEARN FROM LIVES THERE.
DON'T YOU RUN OFF LIKE GENEVIEVE DID, ALL RIGHT?
IF YOU FINISH STUDYING QUICKLY, I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT ONCE YOU BECOME KING, WHAT ABOUT ME?
HMM? YOU CAN JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
REALLY? THEN CAN I JUST NEVER GET MARRIED, PLAY AROUND, AND DO FUN THINGS?
OF COURSE. WHAT KIND OF KING CAN'T SPOIL HIS OWN LITTLE SISTER?
SISTER! DON'T GO!
I SAID DON'T GO!
THEN WHAT, SHOULD I JUST SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING?
AS ROYALTY AND AS A KNIGHT, AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH OUR HOMELAND GET TRAMPLED?
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE! PLEASE DON'T GO!
ADELHEID!
...LISTEN TO ME. DON'T GO CHASING THINGS LIKE AN HONORABLE DEATH.
YOU MUST LIVE.
N-NO. STAY HERE WITH ME, SISTER.
PLEASE... I'M BEGGING YOU...
YOU WILL LIVE, ADEL.
MOTHER, FATHER, AND BROTHER WILL LIVE, TOO.
THE BLESSING OF THE DRAGON WILL NOT ABANDON US.
SISTER!!
HOW DARE YOU SET FOOT IN HERE...!
AAAAARGH!!
GENEVIEVE!!
HAVE YOU SEARCHED THE REST OF THE PALACE?
THEY ARE ALL DEAD.
I WILL HANDLE THINGS HERE.
YOU'LL DO ANYTHING IF I SPARE YOUR LIFE?
PLEASE... TRULY...
ANYTHING, JUST...
THEN FROM WHOM DO I COLLECT THE PRICE OF YOUR LIFE?
YOUR MAJESTY, DID YOU HAVE ANY SEPARATE ORDERS FOR THE HANDMAIDENS?
WHY DO YOU ASK THAT?
BECAUSE THEY IGNORE ME...
WHAT DOES IT MATTER? YOU HAVE ME.
YOUR MAJESTY, WHY...
WHAT IS THE MATTER? DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG...?!
COME HERE.
IF YOU DON'T COME TO ME, I'LL HAVE TO GO TO YOU.
I... I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING...
RIGHT, THAT'S WHY. BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. IT'S BORING.
SIR WALTER'S FACE TURNS RED WHENEVER HE LOOKS AT YOU.
OH MY... ARE YOU JEALOUS?
AMUSING. WELL, SHOULD I OVERLOOK HIS CRIME OF DARING TO HARBOR FEELINGS FOR MY CONSORT?
...WHATEVER PLEASES THE KING.
ADELHEID, I'M REALLY NOT IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY.
THAT BASTARD... DAMN IT...
DAMN IT! DAMN IT!!!
CURSE THAT PROPHECY! DID YOU THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD SWAY ME?!
ADEL, MY CONSORT.
COME HERE. RIGHT NOW.
JUST ADELHEID. I HAVE CAST ASIDE MY FAMILY NAME LONG AGO.
I SUPPOSE THAT'S THE PRICE OF CHOOSING HUMILIATION JUST TO WALK AN EASIER, BETTER PATH.
...EVEN WHEN YOUR LIFE IS ON THE LINE?
THERE ARE MANY IN THIS WORLD WHO CHERISH VALUES GREATER THAN LIFE.
AS THIS BOOK SAYS,
A THINKING MAN WILLINGLY WALKS THE DIFFICULT PATH.
THANK YOU, DOMINIC.
PERHAPS THIS MOMENT WILL END UP AS SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
STILL, I TRULY WANTED TO SAY THIS TO YOU.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS A FITTING FAREWELL TO YOUR HIGHNESS, BUT...
I DARE TO SAY IT.
EVER SINCE RECEIVING THE BLESSING OF THE DRAGON, I HAVE HATED AND CURSED EVERY LIFE.
I WISHED FOR ALL MY MEMORIES TO VANISH, WANTING TO LIVE EVERY DAY AS IF IT WERE MY FIRST.
YET EVEN IF I MUST LIVE CARRYING ALL THOSE LIVES,
OR DIE HAVING LOST EVERY SINGLE ONE,
IF THERE IS MEMORY OF JUST ONE LIFE I CAN HOLD ONTO IN THE END—
I HOPE WE NEVER MEET AGAIN, ADELHEID.
EVEN THE THINGS I MIGHT NOT REMEMBER.
I HOPE THAT IT IS THIS LIFE.
TALKING WITH YOUR HIGHNESS, THAT IS.
I QUITE ENJOYED IT.
SO I PRAY THAT YOU RETURN SAFE AND SOUND.
Little Adel clings to her older brother as he studies and finds on the map where Genevieve has gone. Years later, her sister Genevieve wants to go to war; though Adel begs her, she cannot stop her. The palace falls, everyone dies. Surviving Adel accepts everything in exchange for sparing her life, and bids farewell to Dominic, praying for his safe return.
