YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARD.
YOU ENJOYED TRAMPLING ON THE NOBLES, DIDN'T YOU?
DOES HEARING ME SAY THIS MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE S***?
I SEE YOUR MOUTH HAS GOTTEN FOUL.
!!
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
I'M HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T ENTRUST ANNETTE'S LIFE TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU. THAT'S WHY!
SO? ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE HER TO FRANZE?
YOU THINK I'LL HAND ANNETTE OVER TO THE RESTORATION FORCES?
OR WHAT, YOU'LL LIVE LIKE THIS FOREVER?
KEEPING ANNETTE IS A RISK FOR YOU TOO.
THE REASON THEY WANT ANNETTE IS...
BECAUSE SHE IS OF ROYAL BLOOD,
BECAUSE SHE HAS THE HIGHEST LINEAGE OF THE OLD NOBLES,
BECAUSE SHE IS YOUNG ENOUGH TO REPRODUCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, ANNETTE'S DESCENDANTS CAN BE ROYALS.
BUT...
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT ANNETTE IS INFERTILE.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE VALUE THAT THE RESTORATION FORCES WANT FROM HER.
I WONDER HOW HE WOULD REACT WHEN HE LEARNS THIS.
YOU'RE NOT WRONG.
BUT I CAN'T HAND HER OVER.
SO YOU STILL HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH?
JUST HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU WANT TO MAKE HER UNHAPPY?!
SHE CAN'T LEAVE ME.
SHE IS MY REASON, MY RESULT.
SHE CAN NEVER...
I'M GOING TO HELP ANNETTE GET HER DIVORCE.
DRIVING YOUR WIFE TO SUICIDE WILL BE LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR ONE.
EVEN IF SHE GOES TO FRANZE AFTER THE DIVORCE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
...WELL. IT WON'T BE EASY.
IF YOU WANT TO BE PUBLICLY HUMILIATED, GO FOR IT!
I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT.
IF SHE GOES TO FRANZE, ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY HER?
DO YOU STILL LOVE HER?
WHY DO YOU CARE?
BECAUSE I WONDER...
IF SHE'LL BE HAPPIER WITH YOU IN FRANZE.
...SHE WON'T BE UNHAPPY ENOUGH TO DIE AT LEAST.
Episode 17
MY APOLOGIES, COMMANDER.
I KNOW YOU'RE ON VACATION, BUT WE HAVE SOME URGENT PAPERWORK.
NO WORRIES, MAJOR MARKOV.
THIS IS YOUR JOB.
STILL, I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED YOU.
YOU LOOK TIRED AND...
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR WIFE.
THE REPORTERS ARE GOING WILD.
THERE WERE EVEN SPECULATIONS THAT YOU DROVE YOUR WIFE TO SUICIDE.
SO MUCH TALK ABOUT A MERE PITY PARTY...
MAJOR EUGEN MARKOV.
...ANNETTE.
SHE REALLY... TRIED TO DIE.
IT WASN'T A PITY PARTY.
IT WASN'T JUST SELF HARM EITHER.
ANNETTE WAS REALLY TRYING TO DIE.
SOMETHING I DESPERATELY TRIED TO IGNORE.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF ME.
YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE ANNEX FOR CARE.
SHE WILL HAVE CARETAKERS AT ALL TIMES,
SO LET THEM KNOW IF YOU NEED ME.
MY FIRST TIME IN ANNETTE'S ROOM WITHOUT HER IN IT.
ALTHOUGH I DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT SHE WAS GETTING READY TO DIE...
...I THINK IT’S TIME TO LOOK BACK AT THE HINTS SHE LEFT BEHIND.
WHAT IS THIS? JEWELS?
THIS...
I’M PRETTY SURE I THREW IT ALL OUT AT THE HOTEL BACK THEN...
WHY DID SHE BRING THESE USELESS THINGS?
JUST WHY?
THERE MUST BE...
HE WOULDN'T CARE IF I DIED.
...THERE MUST BE SOMETHING.
SOMETHING THAT I'M MISSING...
AN OPEN VAULT.
THIS IS...
ANNETTE'S JEWELRY BOX...
...AND DONATION LOGS FOR THE PADANIA CIVILIAN ASSOCIATION SHE HANDLED A LONG TIME AGO.
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM TASKS AFTER THE REVOLUTION...
...AND HANDED OVER HER RESPONSIBILITIES...
THIS TRASH...
...THIS DOCUMENT.
WHY WAS SHE DOING THINGS THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER ACKNOWLEDGE?!
...I SEE. SO THIS WAS...
...WHAT SHE HAD PREPARED.
SHE DID IT ALL...
...FOR WHEN...
...SHE WOULD BE GONE...
I NEVER ONCE...
...TOOK THIS WEDDING RING OFF.
EVEN WHEN I HATED YOU...
...EVEN WHEN I MISSED YOU...
...I NEVER TOOK THIS RING OFF MY FINGER.
ANNETTE. I STILL...
...AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO.
YOU'RE STILL NOT INNOCENT...
...AND NOTHING HAS BEEN RESOLVED BETWEEN US.
I WILL CONTINUE TO HATE YOU, REFUSE TO FORGIVE YOU,
AND SEEK MY REVENGE.
BUT...
ANNETTE.
WHEN YOU WAKE UP...
LET'S GO TO GLENFORD.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BEACH, I WILL SHOW IT TO YOU.
I WILL LET YOU VISIT THE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO,
AND DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO.
SO...
...STAY BY MY SIDE.
A harsh confrontation questioning Annette's life reveals that she is targeted by the Restoration Forces because she carries royal blood, though they do not know she is infertile. As the divorce case and suicide rumors are discussed, her husband learns that Annette has moved to the annex. In her room, he finds a jewelry box and Padania donation records, realizes he has never taken off his ring, and wishes to go to Glenford when she wakes up.
