ANNETTE.
WE HEARD YOU'RE GOING TO THE REAR.
I ONLY FOUND OUT RECENTLY TOO...
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
TAKE CARE.
STAY SAFE. WE'LL MEET AGAIN IF FATE PERMITS.
BEST OF LUCK.
LUCK.
TO THINK THAT EVEN US NURSES NEED IT IN WAR...
THANK YOU...
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU TOO.
TO EVERYONE...
...ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
Episode 39
IT TOOK A FULL DAY TO ARRIVE AT THE FIELD HOSPITAL IN THE REAR.
UNLIKE THE SHODDY FRONT LINES, THE BUILDINGS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE.
THE SOLDIERS’ INJURIES WEREN’T GRAVE...
...BUT MANY WERE INCAPABLE OF COMBAT.
AS FOR THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS, AND THEIR CONDITIONS...
...THEY WEREN’T MUCH OF A PROBLEM FOR ME. BUT...
THAT’S HER?
MARQUESS ROZENBERG'S ONLY DAUGHTER...
YOU KNOW, THAT ROZENBERG.
HOW DID THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF'S EX-WIFE END UP HERE?
GOSH, THIS IS GONNA BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
DOES SHE EVEN KNOW HOW TO TEND TO PATIENTS?
I HAD EXPECTED THIS.
BUT THE THOUGHT OF STARTING OVER IN A NEW PLACE...
...FEELS LIKE WALKING THROUGH AN ENDLESS, DARK TUNNEL.
IT’S OKAY.
IF I KEEP MYSELF BUSY, I’LL BE FINE.
JUST FOCUS ON GETTING THE JOB DONE.
MARTIN. PENETRATING TRAUMA IN THE LEG...
HELLO.
I'LL CHANGE YOUR BANDAGES.
...I DON'T NEED IT.
IF YOU LEAVE IT AS IS, IT MAY GET INFECTED.
I TOLD YOU I DON'T NEED IT.
WE DON'T WANT THE WOUND TO GET WORSE.
DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME--
YOU...
I'VE SEEN YOU IN THE NEWS BEFORE.
I'LL BE REMOVING YOUR BLANKET.
WAIT, I REMEMBER!!! YOU'RE THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF'S WIFE!
DID HE SEND YOU?!
DON'T THINK I'M GONNA FALL FOR YOUR SLY TRICKS!
I NEED TO SANITIZE IT, SO PLEASE HOLD STILL--
NO! NO! I WON'T LET YOU DO IT! NO!!!
YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO SEDATE ME?!
IF YOU CUT OFF MY LEG, I'LL KILL YOU!!!
YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING PIECE OF--
HEY, HEY! CALM DOWN! WE'RE NOT AMPUTATING YOUR LEG! HEY!
PLEASE LISTEN! STOP STRUGGLING!!!
PLEASE HOLD HIM THERE FOR A BIT.
CAN SOMEONE ELSE HOLD HIS LEG FOR ME?
AAAAACK!!! DON'T LIE TO ME!
WHAT IS THAT?!!
CALM DOWN! IT'S A DISINFECTANT. WE WON'T SEDATE YOU.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING YOUR DRESSINGS!
YEAH RIGHT!!! YOU NOBLES ARE NOTHING BUT LIARS!
I'M JUST CLEANING THE WOUND!
CALM DOWN!!!
AAAAGH! YOU B****!!!
!!!
PHEW.
...LOOK.
I KEPT MY PROMISE.
OH, UMM...
YOUR FACE...
PARDON?
OH...
...I'M FINE.
THEIR GAZES ARE PIERCING.
HAA...
...I'M EXHAUSTED.
AFTER A FEW DAYS...
...word spread that the commander-in-chief and his advisors were visiting the hospital.
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF FRANTIC CLEANING AND ORGANIZING...
...AND A TENSE ATMOSPHERE...
...I KNEW EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME.
DOES SHE NOT KNOW THE COMMANDER IS VISITING?
SHE'S BEEN WORKING ALL DAY.
I'M MERELY...
...DOING MY JOB.
LATER THAT DAY.
OH...
IT'S HIM.
Annette says goodbye to the nurses at the front and goes to the field hospital in the rear. In her new post, she is ostracized because of her identity and subjected to gossip. Martin, wounded in the leg, mistakes her for the Commander-in-Chief's wife and resists, accusing her of putting him to sleep and cutting off his leg. Annette manages to change his dressing with difficulty. Days later, a rumor spreads that the Commander-in-Chief will visit the hospital, and Annette comes face to face with him.
