Episode 26
AH, I FEEL SO REFRESHED!
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO JUST FLOP DOWN WHEREVER YOU PLEASE??
THIS IS THE RUTHERFORD ESTATE.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD THE CHANCE TO SOAK IN A LARGE BATH. MY WHOLE BODY FEELS RELAXED.
I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU BROUGHT ME A PILLOW, TOO.
HAH, ALL RIGHT, GRANDMA...
YOU'RE STILL WET! YOU'LL CATCH A COLD LIKE THIS!
JUST FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE...
OH MY, HAHA.
THIS IS BERGAMOT TEA. PLEASE REST AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO BEFORE HEADING BACK, YOUR MAJESTY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY, LADY RUTHERFORD.
MY DAUGHTER IS ALIVE THANKS TO YOU, YOUR MAJESTY.
THIS IS THE LEAST I CAN DO.
OH, YOU MENTIONED SHE'S FULLY RECOVERED, RIGHT?
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
I HEARD YOUR ELDEST TAKES AFTER YOU AND IS VERY WISE. I'D LOVE TO MEET HER SOMEDAY.
OH, IS THAT SO? IF I CALL FOR HER, SHE'LL COME RUNNING AT ONCE.
PLEASE WAIT JUST A MOMENT, YOUR MAJESTY!
AH...
THERE'S NO NEED TO GET HER RIGHT THIS SECOND...
YOUR MAJESTY, THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SEE YOU, ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTER.
I JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE HIS GODMOTHER...
RUSHED BACK
HM? WHO IS IT?
IT'S MARQUESS RHAS' SON, LORD GERONIMO.
L-LORD GERONIMO?
SON OF MARQUESS RHAS = GERONIMO (SEE EPISODE 2)
GERONIMO BEING CALLED “LORD” IS SO UNBEARABLY AWKWARD THAT IT’S MAKING ME SICK.
BLEGH
VERY WELL. TELL THEM TO COME TOGETHER.
SHOW SOME DIGNITY AND MANNERS... PLEASE!
I TOLD YOU IT'S FINE. STOP NAGGING...
HEY, ARSINOE. LONG TIME NO SEE!
?!
AGHK!!!
HOW DARE YOU SPEAK HER MAJESTY'S NAME SO CASUALLY?!
WHIS, CALM DOWN. IT'S FINE.
BUT YOU SAW THAT TOO, DIDN'T YOU?! HE WAS CLEARLY ATTEMPTING TO ASSASSINATE YOU, YOUR MAJESTY!
NO, NO. THAT GUY IS...
HE'S MY FRIEND. HE'S ONLY ACTING THAT WAY BECAUSE WE KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL.
URGH... HELP...
I THOUGHT LAPI WERE JUST GOOD FOR FLYING, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY STRONG TOO.
NOW I KNOW YOU WON'T DIE IF SOMEONE EVER TRIES TO ATTACK YOU.
GOOD GRIEF.
YOU REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED.
AFTER CHARGING IN LIKE THAT, IT'S NO WONDER YOU WERE THROWN TO THE GROUND. FOR THE SON OF A MARQUESS, YOUR MANNERS ARE APPALLING.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU'RE QUEEN NOW, BUT YOU'VE STILL GOT THAT ATTITUDE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE!
YOU'RE ONE TO TALK.
NO, YOU'RE ONE TO TALK.
YOU THINK MY FIST MIGHT HELP YOU REMEMBER?
HA, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED ONE BIT!!
UM...
IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU, YOUR MAJESTY. MY NAME IS KOKOSCH RUTHERFORD.
BEFORE I GREET YOU PROPERLY, MAY I EXCUSE MYSELF FOR A MOMENT?
OH, DO AS YOU WISH.
KILLING INTENT DETECTED
LORD GERONIMO, PLEASE STAND UP FOR A MOMENT.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE TALK.
N-NO THANKS. I'M NOT GOING. I ALREADY GOT NAGGED TO DEATH BEFORE COMING HERE.
MY WORDS REPRESENT HOUSE RHAS NOW, SO I CAN'T ACT LIKE SOME RECKLESS BRAT ANYMORE.
I HAVE TO MIND MY MANNERS, I CAN'T CALL THE QUEEN BY NAME, AND THE LIST GOES ON! THE LECTURES NEVER END!
SHE'S NOT WRONG.
I CAN'T... CALL HER... BY HER TITLE.
HONESTLY, I NEVER IMAGINED THIS CHICK WOULD BECOME QUEEN!
"CHICK"?
FAIR ENOUGH...
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D END UP TALKING DOWN TO THE SON OF MARQUESS RHAS LIKE THIS.
LIFE TRULY IS FULL OF SURPRISES.
OH, RIGHT...
YOU SHOULD'VE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH ME WHEN YOU CAME BACK TO PHARNAS.
IF I'D KNOWN YOU WERE HERE, I WOULD'VE HELPED FROM THE START.
HMPH.
AS IF SOMEONE WHO CAN BARELY HANDLE HIS OWN AFFAIRS HAS TIME TO HELP ME.
STILL, THANKS FOR LENDING US YOUR TROOPS WHEN WE TOOK DOWN DUKE KIEL.
YOU'RE HOPELESS.
SO WHAT'S MY REWARD?
I JUST GAVE IT TO YOU.
YOU GOT A VERY SINCERE THANK-YOU FROM QUEEN ARSINOE HERSELF.
MY APOLOGIES FOR THE RUCKUS, LADY KOKOSCH.
I'VE HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HOW BRIGHT YOU ARE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE MARCHIONESS EVEN SEEKS YOUR COUNSEL ON OFFICIAL MATTERS.
Y-YOU FLATTER ME, YOUR MAJESTY.
IT WAS YOUR MAJESTY WHO STOPPED THE REBELLION WITH SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STRATEGY, AND...
YOU EVEN SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I WAS CONVINCED THERE WAS NO HOPE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'VE WANTED TO MEET YOU FOR A LONG TIME, AND SEEING YOU LIKE THIS IN PERSON...
YOU'RE EVEN MORE WONDERFUL THAN I IMAGINED.
OHO, WHAT A PRETTY GIRL.
WONDERFUL, MY FOOT! KOKOSCH, IF YOU FALL FOR HER, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE!
SOMEONE LIKE YOU WOULD GET EATEN ALIVE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!
GERONIMO!
HOW MANY TIMES DID I TELL YOU NOT TO SAY SUCH NONSENSE TO HER MAJESTY?!
IF YOU TRY TO FLIRT WITH KOKOSCH, YOU CAN KISS OUR FRIENDSHIP GOODBYE!
ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!
THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, KOKOSCH.
SO HE REALLY DOES LIKE HER.
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT?
MEANWHILE, THIS ONE CLEARLY DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT ROMANCE.
GERONIMO HAS CHOSEN A DIFFICULT PATH.
WHAT ARE YOU SMILING ABOUT?!
EAT AND STAY STRONG, MY FRIEND.
AND DON'T PICK FIGHTS WITH SOMEONE WHO'S JUST SITTING HERE.
WHAT A MESS.
EXCUSED HERSELF
MIND YOUR MANNERS!
YOU MIND YOURS!
WHY IS IT RAINING IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER?
The queen, refreshed with a bath at Rutherford Manor, chats with Lady Rutherford over bergamot tea. Her daughter Kokosch and her godson Lord Geronimo are introduced. Geronimo's casual manner stirs things up, but old friendship and Kokosch's gratitude turn the meeting warm.
