THEN HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK, HEINER?
FOUR, INCLUDING THE COMMON LANGUAGE, SINCE I LEARNED FROM A YOUNG AGE.
THAT'S AMAZING! I WAS TOO SCARED TO STUDY ABROAD...
AND I'VE NO TALENT FOR STUDYING.
I HEAR YOU ARE GOOD AT PLAYING THE PIANO.
I'M NOT SO SURE THESE DAYS.
IF THIS IS REALLY THE PATH FOR ME...
...YOUR PERFORMANCE IS BRILLIANT.
I'M SURE YOU WILL BECOME A GREAT PIANIST.
YOU FLATTER ME! HAVE YOU EVEN HEARD ME PLAY YET?
WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE A NATURAL!
HEINER, YOU'RE TOO FUNNY!
ANNETTE. WILL YOU MARRY ME?
HEINER!
I WILL MAKE YOU A HAPPY WOMAN FOREVER.
FOREVER...
...HAPPY...
FOREVER...
FOREVER...
BE UNHAPPY BY MY SIDE FOREVER.
...OH...
IF ONLY...
...THIS WAS A DREAM.
Episode 2
THE LAST VESTIGES OF THE PADANIA MONARCHY "There is no reason for us to continue preserving it."
I NEED AIR...
OH.
MADAM.
...MAJOR MARKOV.
THE SALUTATION OF HEINER'S LOYAL SUBORDINATE, MAJOR EUGEN MARKOV...
IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.
I HOPE ALL IS WELL.
...MEANT THAT I SHOULDN'T BE DOING WELL.
IT'S THE SAME AS USUAL.
THEN I'LL BE ON ON MY WAY...
THE COMMANDER HAS RECEIVED A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL.
DO YOU KNOW OF MISS ANNELIE?
SHE IS AN AMAZING WOMAN WHO EXECUTED PLANS WITH THE COMMANDER.
SHE HAS THE STRONG SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC AS A KEY FIGURE OF OUR VICTORY.
DON'T YOU THINK THEY WOULD MAKE A LOVELY COUPLE?
INDEED.
THE MEDIA WILL SENSATIONALIZE IT SOON.
HOW LONG WILL YOU REMAIN SO CAREFREE?
THE PEOPLE WANT MY DEMISE.
THE NEWSPAPERS CALL FOR THE DEMOLITION OF ANY REMNANTS OF THE MONARCHY...
I’M RECEIVING COUNTLESS LETTERS OF ABUSE AND THREAT.
BEING BY HEINER'S SIDE WAS NOTHING BUT HELL.
YOU ARE HIS ONLY FLAW.
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THIS MARRIAGE--
I ASKED HEINER FOR A DIVORCE YESTERDAY.
EXCUSE ME?
HEINER WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT.
I GUESS HE WANTS TO SEE ME SUFFER UP CLOSE.
I HAD REALIZED THAT FACT TOO LATE.
I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PERSUADE HIM.
SINCE IT SEEMS THAT FOR ONCE, OUR GOALS ALIGN.
EVERYONE LOATHES ME...
...SO WHY DID I THINK THAT HE WOULD LOVE ME?
ANNETTE.
I KNOW YOU AREN'T SLEEPING. JUST LISTEN.
I WAS GOING TO DECLINE THE PROPOSAL QUIETLY, BUT IT GOT REPORTED...
EITHER WAY, I WON'T TAKE IT BACK. GIVE UP YOUR HOPES WHILE YOU CAN...
ABOUT...
...LEAVING THIS PLACE.
IF HE HATES ME SO MUCH, WHY WON'T HE DIVORCE ME?
IT'S AS IF HE REFUSES TO EVEN SAY THE WORD.
THE PEOPLE SAY I'M STILL LIVING LAVISHLY BECAUSE OF YOU.
THEY ASK WHY YOU'RE STILL MARRIED TO ME.
THAT I AM A FLAW THAT MUST BE ERASED FROM YOUR LIFE.
IS IT SIMPLY THAT YOU WANT TO WATCH ME WITHER AWAY BY YOUR SIDE?
DO YOU STILL HARBOR SUCH HATRED TOWARDS ME? THAT YOU WOULD TAKE SUCH RISKS?
ANNETTE...
I NEVER KNOW IF YOU'LL LIVE A GOOD LIFE ELSEWHERE AFTER LEAVING THIS PLACE.
WHY, DO YOU THINK I'VE AN INHERITANCE HIDDEN SOMEWHERE?
AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OR ANYWHERE TO GO.
YOUR FATHER HAD MANY CONNECTIONS.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE LIVING ABROAD.
I DON'T NEED THOSE PEOPLE OR THOSE PLACES.
FOR ME, THE DIVORCE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
SEEING YOU WANT IT SO DESPERATELY MAKES ME NOT WANT TO GRANT IT EVEN MORE.
SINCE WHEN WERE YOUR EYES FILLED WITH SUCH DARKNESS?
WHY HADN’T I NOTICED? YOUR SOFT SMILES, YOUR LOVING VOICE...
...ALL I KNEW OF YOU WAS NOT REAL.
OH, HEINER. YOU TRULY WERE AN EXCELLENT SPY.
I SIMPLY NO LONGER WISH TO LIVE WITH YOU.
WHY? DO YOU RESENT ME FOR BETRAYING YOU?
NO. I HAVE NO REASON TO RESENT YOU.
I DON'T RESENT ANYBODY.
I CAN'T, EVEN IF THE WHOLE WORLD RESENTS ME.
BECAUSE I DON'T DESERVE TO.
THE NEWSPAPERS AND LETTERS ALL SAY THAT SINCE I'M THE LAST OF THE MONARCHY, I SHOULD BE DESTROYED.
IF NEEDED, IF WANTED BY EVERYONE, THAT IS FINE WITH ME.
I AM STILL NAIVE WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS.
BUT NOW I KNOW OF MORALITY, OF RIGHTS, AND OF DEMOCRACY.
I ALSO KNOW WHY THE PEOPLE OVERTHREW THE MONARCHY AND ESTABLISHED A NEW GOVERNMENT.
EVEN IF I CANNOT FULLY UNDERTSAND, I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT IT.
BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS IT IS MY FAULT.
THAT IS FINE WITH YOU?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
IT DOESN'T MATTER. AS LONG AS I GET MY DIVORCE.
"EVEN IF I MEET MY DEMISE, I DON'T WANT MY END TO BE AS YOUR WIFE."
"I DON'T WANT TO SHOW THIS SIDE OF ME TO THE MAN I ONCE LOVED."
THIS WAS MY LAST BIT OF PRIDE.
DIVORCE, DIVORCE, DIVORCE.
MAYBE YOU SPEAK ABOUT DIVORCE SO EASILY BECAUSE YOU LIVED AN EASY LIFE.
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY WIFE.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING I WANT FROM YOU IN RETURN...
UNABLE TO EVEN DREAM OF FREEDOM OR HAPPINESS...
...YOU'LL HAVE TO ENDURE THE BURDEN OF UNHAPPINESS AND PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES WHERE I CAN SEE YOU!
...IT IS EVERY MOMENT THAT I LOVED YOU.
THERE WILL BE A HOTEL OPENING BANQUET IN A FEW DAYS.
YOU WILL BE ATTENDING WITH ME, SO BE PREPARED.
IF I REFUSE...
WILL YOU TAKE ME BY FORCE?
IF YOU KEEP GOING AGAINST MY WORD LIKE THIS,
I MAY LOCK YOU AWAY FOREVER IN A PSYCH WARD.
WHAT?!
THERE IS NO USE RUNNING AWAY. I WILL FIND YOU NO MATTER WHAT.
I HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO.
IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THAT FATE,
IT WILL DO YOU GOOD TO LISTEN TO ME.
THIS IS WHO HE ALWAYS WAS.
I KNEW HE APPROACHED WITH ULTEIROR MOTIVES. BUT I FOOLED MYSELF.
I DENIED IT. I BRAINWASHED MY MIND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
"IT'S BECAUSE I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD."
"HE HAS TEMPORARILY FALLEN OUT OF LOVE."
"BUT HE'LL COME BACK TO ME SOON."
BACK TO ALL THOSE MOMENTS...
AND SEASONS...
...WE WERE IN LOVE--
ANSWER ME, ANNETTE.
WHY DIDN'T I REALIZE IT SOONER?
LOVE DERIVED FROM USEFULNESS... IS NOT LOVE.
...ALRIGHT.
HOW FOOLISH OF ME.
ALL THIS...
WHEN I'M ALREADY SUFFERING FROM INSOMNIA...
WHERE ARE THE PILLS...
My Beloved Oppressor Chapter 2 follows Annette as her fond memory of Heiner's marriage proposal twists into a nightmare and her request for divorce is rejected. She dreams of their early talks about languages and piano before waking to newspapers demanding destruction of the monarchy. Major Eugen Markov tells her Heiner received a marriage proposal from Annelie, then Annette confronts Heiner about divorce and is threatened with confinement and forced to attend a hotel banquet with him.
