THE FRANZEAN CENTRAL TROOPS STOPPED ADVANCING AND REDEPLOYED THEIR SOLDIERS?
YES SIR, AN URGENT REPORT JUST CAME IN, SIR.
HMM.
BUT WHY?
HUNTINGHAM AT THE CENTRAL FRONT IS ON THE BRINK OF CAPTURE.
FOR THE FRANZEANS TO HAVE STOPPED ADVANCING AT SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY...
CHESHIRE FIELD, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT, IS PADANIA'S LARGEST GRANARY.
AND THE PRESIDENT OF FRANZE HAS HIS EYES ON IT.
THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT IS MUCH MORE FAVORABLE TO PADANIA, UNLIKE THE CENTRAL FRONT.
HE IS LIKELY PLANNING TO TAKE HIS SOLDIERS FROM THE CENTRAL FRONT AND SENDING THEM SOUTH.
WHAT A FOOL. PERHAPS LUCK IS ON OUR SIDE.
WE CAN USE THIS TIME TO BUILD OUR DEFENSE LINE.
WE RECEIVED NEWS THAT THE MILITARY PERSONNEL IN HUNTINGHAM ESCAPED SAFELY.
EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSING QUITE FAVORABLY.
AH...
IS THIS...
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SMILE?
WHEN DID I LEARN HOW TO SMILE?
I LIKE YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFICIALLY GO OUT WITH ME, MR. WALDEMAR?
ANNETTE...
...SURELY SHE HAS ESCAPED FROM HUNTINGHAM.
CALL FOR A MEETING IMMEDIATELY.
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HE KEPT SAYING YOUR NAME, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I HAVE TO TELL HIM THAT IT'S NOT TRUE...
...THAT I'M NOT A USEFUL HOSTAGE TO THREATEN THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
WELL, AT THE TIME I THOUGHT HEINER WAS SO ENAMORED WITH YOU,
THAT HE WAS CALLING YOUR NAME AS HE WAS DYING, OR SOMETHING ROMANTIC LIKE THAT.
BUT BASED ON YOUR STORY TODAY,
MAYBE HE WAS ACTUALLY SAYING, "ANNETTE, I'M GOING TO F***ING KILL YOU".
DEEP INSIDE, I KNEW.
I KNEW THAT I MEANT A LOT TO HIM.
IT WAS OBVIOUS BASED ON HOW DESPERATELY HE WANTED ME DISCHARGED...
THEN STEP DOWN FROM YOUR POSITION.
...AND HOW HE KEPT RELOCATING ME TO THE REAR.
BUT THAT ISN’T BECAUSE OF HEINER’S HEART-WRENCHING LOVE FOR ME.
BEING WITH YOU MAKES ME SO WRETCHED...
THAT ISN'T LOVE.
...IT WAS HIS PLAN TO DESTROY ME AND MY FAMILY, AFTER ALL.
TO THINK THAT HEINER, OF ALL PEOPLE, DECIDED TO START A REVOLUTION...
I THOUGHT HE WAS A BORING GUY, BUT I SUPPOSE YOU NEVER KNOW, HUH?
PLEASE, AFTER YOU.
WOAH.
UGH...
NGH...
MY GOODNESS!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
OH?
WHY DOES THIS FEEL LIKE A REJECTION...?
HIS FACE IS ALL BATTERED UP FROM THE BEATING...
HOW COULD ANYONE EVER DO THIS...
TELL THEM TO STOP THIS AT ONCE!
NOW WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
THIS MAN'S LOGIC... IT'S JUST...
* spoken in franzean.
MS. ROZENBERG. THIS GUY'S FRIEND HAD A PADANIAN BOMB BLOW UP IN HIS FACE.
CALL IT PAYBACK.
AT THE VERY LEAST TREAT HIM WITH DIGNITY!
YOU'RE SO NAIVE.
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR SOLDIERS,
OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO SAVE A LIFE?
DON'T FORGET THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FROM YOU.
AT THIS RATE, THIS SOLDIER WILL BE TORTURED.
WORST CASE, ALL THE PEOPLE HERE...
YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING OFF ONE OF YOUR HANDS TO SEND TO THE COMMANDER.
LEAVE HIM, AND GO OVER THERE.
IS THERE NOTHING I CAN DO HERE...
I GUESS IT CAN'T BE HELPED.
CAPTAIN SIDOW, SIR!
HM? WHAT IS IT.
...ORDERS TO MOVE... TO THE SOUTH...
...TOMORROW MORNING...
I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
NO LONGER... OUR RESPONSIBILITY...
THOSE PEOPLE...
ARE ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS...
I DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, BUT...?!
WHY ARE THEY TELLING US TO GATHER HERE?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THEY WERE REPORTING SOMETHING...
UGH...
COULD IT BE THAT THEY'RE RELEASING US?
NO WAY... BUT COULD IT BE?
THEIR CONVERSATION EARLIER...
THEY'RE LOOKING TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION HERE TOMORROW AT DAWN.
AND IT'S OBVIOUS HOW THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS.
TELL ME YOU'LL LIVE IF I DIVORCE YOU.
YOU SAID YOU'D LIVE.
YOU...
IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT YOU STAY BY MY SIDE.
I'M AFRAID OF DYING. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID OF DEATH.
BUT I TRIED TO TAKE MY OWN LIFE...
...BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO LIVE.
BUT NOW, RATHER THAN FEAR...
...I FEEL REGRETFUL TO THINK THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP MY PROMISE TO HIM.
I HAVE FINALLY BEGUN TO FACE A PART OF HIS PAST.
THE FRAGMENTS OF HEINER'S WORDS, SPOKEN LIKE HIS LAST BREATH...
...THE WORDS THAT I'VE SO EASILY OVERLOOKED...
...ARE ONLY NOW COMING INTO VIEW.
I SHOULD’VE LISTENED TO HIM AT LEAST ONCE.
NOT BECAUSE I’M THE DAUGHTER OF THE MARQUESS,
AND NOT BECAUSE OF THIS TWISTED FATE THAT ENTANGLES US.
BUT BECAUSE I WAS HIS LOVER...
...AND HIS WIFE.
I SHOULD’VE... TALKED TO YOU PROPERLY AT LEAST ONCE.
I SHOULD’VE DONE THAT, AT THE VERY LEAST.
AS EXPECTED, FRANZE IS REDEPLOYING THEIR TROOPS TO CHESHIRE FIELD.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHOULD SEND REINFORCEMENTS THROUGH THE RIVER,
AND SEND OUR WEITERIS REINFORCEMENTS TO CHESHIRE FIELD...
PADANIA APPEARED TO HAVE SUFFERED TREMENDOUS DAMAGE FROM THE BOMBINGS.
AFTER ALL, THE CITY WAS IN RUINS, AND THE CITIZENS OF PADANIA WERE FEELING THE THREAT OF WAR.
FRANZE EXPECTED PADANIA TO SURRENDER SOON.
HOWEVER...
THE BOMBINGS WERE CONCENTRATED ON THE CITY CENTER, SPARING THE FACTORIES AND MILITARY FACILITIES,
ALLOWING PADANIA TO QUICKLY RESTORE THINGS.
AND NOW THAT THE DEFENSE LINE HAS BEEN BUILT... EVERYTHING IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.
IF THE WAR ENDS LIKE THIS...
I WILL MAKE ANNETTE'S CONTRIBUTIONS KNOWN.
HER CONTRIBUTIONS AS A NURSE, AS WELL AS HER CRITICAL ROLE IN DECRYPTING THE CODE.
I'LL ALSO ADDRESS THE FALSE RUMORS ABOUT HER.
I'LL FIND THE BEST, MOST PEACEFUL PLACE FOR HER TO LIVE IN PADANIA...
...SO THAT SHE CAN RETURN TO HER PEACEFUL LIFE AFTER THE DISCHARGE...
...SO SHE WON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT DEATH EVER AGAIN.
AND EVEN IF I WON'T BE BY HER SIDE...
...I WILL SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE, AWAY FROM ANNETTE,
HEARING HER NEWS...
IN TWO DAYS, AT DAWN.
WE WILL COMMENCE OUR BATTLE TO LIBERATE HUNTINGHAM.
The news that the Franzean central forces have halted their advance and shifted south toward the Cheshire Plain buys Padania time to establish a defensive line. Hope of escape from Huntingham intertwines with Annette's regrets about Heiner and a torture scene in the prisoner camp. As Annette figures out the dawn execution plan, Heiner reveals her contributions and plans the battle to save Huntingham.
