HUH...?
FOR THEM TO LEAVE LIKE THIS...
LET ME GO TAKE A LOOK!
IS... IS THIS LOCKED?!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!
IT'S LOCKED?
DID THE FRANZEANS LOCK THE DOOR?!
...THERE'S...
THERE'S A STRANGE SMELL...
IT SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING...
OPEN THE DOOR!
AT LEAST LET THE CHILD GO!!
CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME?!
THE FRANZEAN SOLDIERS ARE PLANNING ON BURNING THIS PLACE DOWN.
PLEASE!! SAVE US!!
LET US OUT!!!
HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!!
THE WINDOWS ARE TOO NARROW, AND THE DOOR IS BARRICADED SO WE CAN'T ESCAPE.
ELLIOT SIDOW! CAPTAIN SIDOW!!
OPEN THE DOOR!!! PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR!!!
AT THIS RATE, EVERYONE INSIDE HERE...
HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?!
ALL OF YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR...
YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR...
Episode 57
IS THIS... IS THIS RIGHT?*
* spoken in franzean
I SIMPLY CAN'T...
THERE WAS A CHILD... AND MOST OF THEM WERE CIVILIANS...
LET'S GO. WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
...TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
B-BUT...
DO YOU WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND HERE? HURRY UP AND JOIN THE OTHER SOLDIERS!
YES...
SNIFFLE... YES SIR...
BURNING NICELY TO A CRISP.
CAPTAIN. IT'S TIME TO DEPART, SIR.
YOU GO AHEAD.
I'LL FINISH UP AND GO LAST.
AH, SIR, YES SIR.
MY MOUTH TASTES BITTER.
THE NEXT DAY, AT DAWN, THE PADANIAN REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED AT HUNTINGHAM.
DUE TO THE REDEPLOYMENT OF THE FRANZEAN TROOPS, THE WEAKENED AXIS FORCES WERE EASILY SUBDUED.
AND THE ALLIED FORCES' LIBERATION OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY.
HOWEVER...
WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU MEAN...
ANNETTE ROZENBERG...
...ISN'T ON THE EVACUATION LIST?
I RECEIVED A REPORT THAT SHE SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED!! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!
F-FROM WHAT I'VE FOUND OUT,
SHE REPORTEDLY LEFT THE EVACUATION GROUP MIDWAY, SIR.
...WHAT?
SHE JOINED THE OPERATION TO RESCUE THE PADANIAN SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS LEFT BEHIND DURING THE EVACUATION.
BUT...
THE OPERATION FAILED AND CONTACT WAS LOST.
THE ENEMY FORCES ALLEGEDLY DEALT WITH THEM QUICKLY BEFORE LEAVING.
WHAT...
WHAT DID THE ENEMY FORCES DO...?
ACCORDING TO THE TESTIMONY OF THE SURVIVORS...
THE FRANZEAN ARMY LOCKED UP THE CIVILIANS AND ATTEMPTED TO SET THEM ON FIRE.
FORTUNATELY, THE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED, AND MANY ESCAPED AT THE LAST MOMENT,
BUT THERE WERE INJURED PEOPLE INSIDE.
THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.
MS. ROZENBERG REPORTEDLY REMAINED UNTIL THE VERY END,
ASSISTING THE CILIVIANS WHO COULDN'T MOVE DUE TO THEIR INJURY AND INHALED TOO MUCH SMOKE.
BUT THE BUILDING STARTED FALLING APART,
AND SHE WASN'T ABLE TO ESCAPE...
THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.
WITH SOME RAIN AND THE SURVIVORS' EFFORTS TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, IT WAS EXTINGUISHED.
BUT DUE TO THE ON-SITE SITUATION, A RESCUE COULDN'T BE CARRIED OUT.
CURRENTLY THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEMPT A RESCUE,
BUT GIVEN THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN THREE DAYS...
IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT SHE HAS ALREADY...
PLEASE...
DEAR GOD.
I HAVE NEVER PUT MY TRUST IN YOU.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BETRAYED ME MY ENTIRE LIFE.
BUT THIS TIME, PLEASE.
PLEASE...
DO NOT TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME.
YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME UNTIL NOW,
SO PLEASE... PLEASE SPARE HER...
PLEASE.
PLEASE...
PLEASE...
THE DEMOLISHED BUILDING.
A LANDSCAPE PILED WITH ASHES.
ANNETTE IS BURIED SOMEWHERE, AT THIS HORRIBLE PLACE...
COMMANDER! THERE'S A HIGH POSSIBILITY OF A SNIPER HIDING IN THE PERIMETER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOCATING THE POSITION, SO IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU STAY IN THE CAR...
C-COMMANDER...!
WHY IS LIFE SO CRUEL?
WHY IS EVERY PATH THAT I WALK ON A RUIN?
WHY DID I DRAG ANNETTE INTO THIS PLACE?
ANNETTE DOESN'T BELONG IN THIS HORRIBLE PLACE.
SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAS ONLY EVER LIVED IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD FILLED WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS AND SPARKLING JEWELS.
SHE WAS...
NO.
WAS THE WORLD SHE LIVED IN REALLY ALWAYS SO BEAUTIFUL?
EVEN WHEN ANNETTE HIT ROCK BOTTOM.
WHEN ANNETTE WAS ABANDONED BY EVERYONE.
WHEN ANNETTE THOUGHT ABOUT DEATH.
AND WHEN SHE WORE THE TATTERED NURSE UNIFORM...
...AND WAS CRUSHED BY FATIGUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WARZONE...
...SHE WAS NEVERTHELESS STILL NOBLE AND BRILLIANT.
...THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WASN'T HER WORLD THAT MADE HER NOBLE AND BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE.
THE WORLD WAS MADE BEAUTIFUL WITH HER VERY EXISTENCE.
Annette.
WHEN YOU SMILED, EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD SEEMED TO BLOSSOM...
YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS...
ANNETTE.
ANNETTE.
DON'T LEAVE ME, ANNETTE...
Franzean soldiers attempt to burn down the building where civilians are locked inside; those trapped inside beg for the door to be opened. The door opens at the last moment, most escape, but Annette Rozenberg, who stays to help the wounded, is trapped under the rubble. Three days later, as hope fades, the man who loves her prays for her at the ruins.
