YEAR 712 AU. BÜNNICHEN, FRANZE.
HEY. DID YOU MEAN WHAT YOU JUST SAID?
WHY ARE YOU STILL UP?
DO YOU REALLY MEAN WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER?
IF THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT AWAY...
...MIGHT AS WELL BREAK IT.
THAT WAY NO ONE ELSE WILL WANT IT EITHER.
YOU REALLY THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO GO?
...I DON'T KNOW.
AH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
THIS GUY WILL BE MISERABLE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN FROM THE START.
WE'LL NEVER LEAD NORMAL LIVES.
FOR YOU AND FOR ME. THAT'S HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
OH, SHUT UP. I’M GONNA HAVE A BLAST WHEN THIS IS OVER.
I’LL SUCCEED, MEET A NICE GIRL, GET MARRIED--
HOW AMBITIOUS.
YOU SON OF A GUN.
...BUT I’LL FOR SURE SUCCEED, NO MATTER WHAT.
AND HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THAT?
...I DON’T KNOW. WELL, SUCCEEDING THIS OPERATION, FOR ONE.
OR MAYBE BECOMING A WAR HERO OF SORTS.
I'M GONNA BECOME THAT OFFICER WHO'S GOT PILES OF MEDALS.
WE ALSO DESERVE RECOGNITION, DON'T WE?
AT SOME POINT, WE'LL GET IT.
Episode 52
IS THE SHOOTING OVER? WHAT'S HAPPENING?
AH...
SAINT MARIANNE.
THOSE PICTURE-PERFECT...
...MEMORIES OF WAY BACK WHEN...
HIDE AND SEEK IS OVER NOW, YOU RATS.
PADANIAN?
STAND!
GET UP!
ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
CAN YOU GET UP?
C'MON!
I SAID GET UP!!!
HEY, HE'S... A VILLAGER...
CALM...
THE HOSTILITY OF THE FRANZEAN SOLDIERS...
IT SEEMS ALL OUR ALLIES WERE KILLED IN THAT GUNFIRE EARLIER.
EXCEPT FOR THAT SOLDIER...
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY. IF YOU COOPERATE,WE'LL SEND YOU BACK SAFELY.
WE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE EARLIER.
ALL THE RATS AMBUSHING US HAVE BEEN PRETTY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR NUMBERS.
IT'S THAT MAN FROM EARLIER. IS HE SPEAKING PADANIAN...?
BUT, HE'S WEARING A FRANZEAN UNIFORM...
SO, WHAT WERE YOU ALL DOING HERE?
I CAN’T HEAR AN ACCENT. WHAT...
...W-WE’RE JUST VILLAGERS! WE WERE HIDING HERE DUE TO INJURIES!
SINCE THERE ARE ENEMIES OUTSIDE...!
IT-IT’S TRUE! I’M A NURSE!
UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, CIVILIANS AND MEDICAL STAFF MUST BE PROTECTED...
AH, CONVENTIONS.
TOO BAD YOUR PEOPLE VIOLATED THEM FIRST BY ENGAGING IN UNLAWFUL BELLIGERENCY.
DURING THIS TIME OF URBAN WARFARE, NEITHER SIDE IS PLAYING CIVIL. ISN’T THAT RIGHT?
WHO'S TO SAY...
WHICH OF YOU ARE RATS OR CIVILIANS?
TH-THAT'S...
THAT FRANZEAN SOLDIER IS A CAPTAIN. HIS NAME IS...
ELLIOT... SIDOW.
NEITHER HIS NAME OR SURNAME ARE NATIVE TO PADANIA.
WAS HE EXILED? OR DID HE SIMPLY CHANGE HIS NAME?
HIS ACCENT AND GESTURES ARE TOO REMINISCENT OF SOMEONE BORN AND RAISED IN PADANIA...
ANYWAY.
I HEAR THE PADANIAN ARMY IS FORTIFYING ONE OF THE BUILDINGS HERE. WHERE IS IT?
HMMM. IF I DON'T GET AN ANSWER...
I CAN'T TELL WHICH OF YOU ARE SOLDIERS OR CIVILIANS...
DO I NEED TO HOLD YOU CAPTIVE UNTIL I GET ONE?
...THERE ARE...
...SENIORS AND CHILDREN HERE.
SO WHAT?
IT'S NOT VERY FAIR TO EXPECT TO LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY SOB STORY, ISN'T IT?
HOSTILE GAZES.
TO SOLDIERS, THE CIVILIANS OF AN ENEMY NATION MAY FEEL LIKE THE ENEMY THEMSELVES.
THAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE. THEY'RE PERFECT TARGETS FOR REVENGE.
HUNTINGHAM'S CITIZENS WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE URBAN WARFARE.
AND SINCE THE FRANZEANS WERE ALSO SEVERELY DEVASTATED...
WAIT!
CATHERINE!
WHY ARE YOU... AT CHURCH...
WAIT, WHY IS THAT MAN HERE...!
WHY ARE YOU HERE? I SAW YOU WALK TO OTHER PATH.
YOUR DIRECTION.
...WHAT SHOULD I SAY? THAT I GOT LOST?
SHOULD I SAY I HEARD THERE WERE CASUALTIES HERE?
HOW...
WHAT IS IT, NICCOLO?
OH, YOU SEE...
THAT WOMAN... ASKED...
BUT THEN NICCOLO...
NURSE... ADDRESS...
NURSE?
WHAT... WHAT ARE THEY SAYING...?
THEY'RE SPEAKING TOO FAST...
JUST... WHY...?
IS THAT NOT RIGHT?
ANNETTE ROZENBERG.
YOU'RE THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S EX-WIFE.
THAT FRANZEAN SOLDIER...
KNOWS ABOUT ME...?!
My Beloved Oppressor Chapter 52 follows Annette Rozenberg as Franze soldiers raid a church hideout in Bünnichen. Two soldiers debate breaking what will be seized and dreaming of medals and success before gunfire ends. Captain Elliot Sidow, in Franze uniform but speaking fluent Padanian, interrogates wounded villagers and a nurse about a fortified Padanian building. Tension rises until he identifies Annette as the commander-in-chief's ex-wife.
