AH. THIS IS THE WAY TO...
THE PLACE NOW HIDDEN DEEP IN THE MANSION.
THE WAY TO THE EMPTY PRACTICE ROOM.
WHY...
WHY WAS I TRYING TO COME BACK HERE AGAIN?
...WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO WHEN I MET HER?
WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY?
I CAN’T BELIEVE I THOUGHT TO MEET HER IN THIS STATE...
I’M HERE NOW...
...I FINALLY CLIMBED TO A HIGHER PLACE.
BUT THE FUTURE IS SO BLEAK...
I SHOULD GO BACK...
Episode 28
ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
YOU WERE STANDING STILL FOR SO LONG...
AM I DREAMING?
IS MY DELUSION NOW AFFECTING MY REALITY?
NO.
IT'S REALLY...
IT'S REALLY HER.
UHH... ARE YOU FEELING UNWELL?
DO YOU NEED HELP?
NO! OH, NO... I'M FINE.
I WAS JUST THINKING...
OH, I MUST HAVE INTERRUPTED YOU.
NO, IT'S ALRIGHT.
OH, THANK GOODNESS.
YOU MUST BE A SOLDIER.
YOU'RE MY FATHER'S GUEST, AREN'T YOU?
DO YOU... KNOW WHO I AM?
NO, I JUST NOTICED YOUR UNIFORM.
OH.
I'M OUT OF THINGS TO SAY...
I'VE IMAGINED THIS MOMENT COUNTLESS TIMES...
...BUT MY MIND IS BLANK...
WHAT DID I WANT TO TELL HER AGAIN?
I...
I WAS OVERSEAS FOR A LONG TIME ON AN OPERATION.
I'M OFFICIALLY SET TO BE COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER THIS MONTH.
I'VE VISITED THE ROZEBERG MANSION MANY TIMES.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME, BUT...
ACTUALLY...
...EVER SINCE I SAW YOU LONG AGO, I--
FATHER!
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
YOU DRANK TOO MUCH AGAIN LAST NIGHT, DIDN'T YOU?
I TOLD YOU TO TAKE IT EASY.
UGH.
AH YES, SORRY FOR BEING LATE, DEAR.
GOODNESS... MY ONLY DAUGHTER SEEMS TO BE NAGGING ME ALL THE TIME...
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN DID YOU TWO MEET?
JUST NOW.
HE MUST HAVE BEEN OUT FOR A WALK IN THE GARDEN.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET HER IN THE GARDEN, BUT I FORGOT, YOU SEE.
I WAS IN A HURRY, SO I COULDN'T CHANGE. YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, HAHA.
"FATHER."
THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING, RIGHT? ANNETTE, THIS IS HEINER WALDEMAR...
SOON TO BE LIEUTENANT WALDEMAR.
HEINER, THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, ANNETTE.
...IT'S...
...AN HONOR TO MEET YOU...
OH MY. YOU LOOK SO YOUNG.
YOU'RE ALREADY SET TO BE A LIEUTENANT?
HE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THE BÜNNICHEN OPERATION.
HEINER WAS THE ONLY ONE TO RETURN ALIVE.
OH...! THAT WAS YOU?
FATHER TOLD ME.
THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
...THANK YOU.
I WAS... I WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR...
ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES...
YES. THEY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE NATION.
MY CONDOLENCES.
BY THE WAY, WHEN IS THE CEREMONY?
WHY WASTE RESOURCES FOR NOTHING?
IT'S AN HONOR THAT THEY DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY!
IN THAT CASE...
CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IF WE HAVE THE CHANCE.
YES. THEY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE NATION.
MY CONDOLENCES.
THAT WASN'T THE FACE OF A GRIEVING WOMAN.
TO THINK NOTHING OF THEIR SACRIFICES...
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.
HOW ELSE DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PLAY THAT PIANO YOU LOVE SO MUCH?
YOUR PLACE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FATHER'S STATUS...
...WAS ALL BUILT ON SACRIFICES.
A SAINT?
SAYS WHO?
IT WAS ALL MY DELUSION.
HAA!
I THOUGHT YOU WERE DIFFERENT FROM THE MARQUESS.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD EMPATHIZE WITH MY PAIN, PITY ME, AND BE OUTRAGED BY THE INJUSTICE.
BUT...
SHE WAS SIMPLY THE BELOVED DAUGHTER MARQUESS ROZENBERG...
AN ORDINARY ARISTOCRATIC WOMAN...
...WHO TOOK THINGS FOR GRANTED.
I CAN'T BELIEVE...
...THAT I...
...THAT MY LIFE...
...THAT MY PAIN...
...ALL OF US...
I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE PEOPLE THERE...
...SUFFERED FOR SUCH PEOPLE!!!
ANNETTE ROZENBERG...
I WANT TO SEE YOU.
I ADMIRE YOU.
I RESENT YOU.
I DESPISE YOU.
THAT IS WHY, ANNETTE ROSENBERG...
YOU...
...MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
Returning to the empty study deep inside the mansion, the soldier is at a loss for words when he comes face to face with the woman he has dreamed of for years. As he tries to introduce himself as Heiner Waldemar, about to be commissioned as an officer, her father arrives and introduces him to his daughter, Annette. Heiner, the sole survivor of the Bühnnichen operation, is shaken by Annette's indifferent attitude toward the fallen and is torn between admiration and hatred.
