HAH...
ANNETTE ROZENBERG.
UGH...!!
I RECITE YOUR NAME THAT RULES OVER ME.
YOUR TRAGICALLY CURSED...
...YET TERRIBLY BELOVED NAME...
Annette Rozenberg--
ANOTHER NIGHTMARE...
HAH...
AH...
WHENEVER I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE...
...I CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER THAT DAY.
ANNETTE'S SMILE, BRIGHT AS THE GLIMMER OF THE SUNSET.
WHEN THE NIGHTMARES OF MY PAST RETURN, I LOOK AT ANNETTE'S PORTRAIT...
...AND SOMETHING SUDDENLY... FILLS ME UP.
IT POURS OUT FROM MY CHEST...
...AND PUSHES AWAY MY ANXIETY AND PAIN.
NOW, I KNOW THE NAME OF THIS FEELING THAT FILLS ME.
THIS FEELING...
...WAS LOVE.
I KNOW...
...THAT THIS LOVE THAT FILLS ME...
...BRINGS WITH IT ANOTHER FORM OF ANXIETY AND PAIN.
THIS PAST, MY MEMORIES...
...WILL HAUNT ME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY...
annette, the punishment of my life.
my beautiful shackles.
HOW MUCH MORE TIME MUST PASS...
...BEFORE I CAN ESCAPE FROM YOU?
THAT'LL PROBABLY BE...
Episode 68
THE SEASONS GRADUALLY TRANSITIONED TO THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.
AND I FINISHED MY PREPARATIONS TO LEAVE SEINSHIRE.
KNOCK
ANNETTE, ARE YOU PACKING YOUR THINGS?
YES. I'VE MOVED AROUND SO MUCH THAT I'VE BECOME QUITE THE PACKING EXPERT.
YOUR TIME AS A NURSE TAUGHT YOU A FEW OTHER SKILLS, HUH?
I HEARD SANTAMOLI IS A NICE TOWN.
IT'S NEAR THE OCEAN, AND THE WEATHER'S WARM.
YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. WHY WEREN'T YOU GOING TO ACCEPT THE ALIMONY?
YOU SHOULD'VE TAKEN IT RIGHT AWAY.
WELL, IT FELT A BIT AWKWARD TO JUST ACCEPT IT...
NONSENSE! OF COURSE YOU SHOULD ACCEPT IT. IT'S RIGHTFULLY YOURS, ANNETTE.
ORIGINALLY, I PLANNED TO MOVE TO A RURAL AREA IN ANOTHER REGION.
BUT THREE DAYS AGO...
...THE LAWYER SUDDENLY CAME...
...AND TOLD ME THERE WAS UNPAID ALIMONY.
IT'S A SMALL HOUSE IN SANTAMOLI.
THE PROPERTY WILL BE TRANSFERRED UNDER YOUR NAME, MS. ROZENBERG.
THE HOUSE WAS AN ASSET THAT WAS OMITTED FROM THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS...
I LEFT ALL THE PAPERWORK REGARDING THE ALIMONY AT THE RESIDENCE...
...AND EVEN AFTER LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS, I COULDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS, SO IT WAS HARD TO MAKE A JUDGMENT.
BUT WHEN BRUNER HEARD THE NEWS, HE INSISTED I SIGN IT RIGHT AWAY...
AND SO, EVENTUALLY...
CATHERINE ALWAYS DID SAY THAT YOUR LACK OF GREED WAS A PROBLEM.
PEOPLE NEED A LITTLE GREED TO LIVE, AFTER ALL.
IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN USED TO THE RESIGNATION,
OF NOT DESIRING ANYTHING ANYMORE.
DON'T BE A STRANGER JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE MOVING AWAY. COME VISIT OFTEN.
OF COURSE. I HAVE TO SEE OLIVIA GROW UP,
AND I'LL FOREVER BE IN YOUR AND CATHERINE'S DEBT.
YOU EXAGGERATE.
ENOUGH OF THAT. THIS IS FOR YOU.
WHAT IS IT?
OPEN IT.
IS THIS THE CHECK I GAVE TO CATHERINE...?
WE'RE GIVING IT BACK TO YOU.
...BRUNER. I GAVE THIS CHECK TO CATHERINE.
AND SHE ACCEPTED IT.
SHE KEPT IT WITH THE SOLE INTENTION OF RETURNING IT TO YOU, ANNETTE.
THAT WAS CATHERINE'S FINAL WISH.
...HER FINAL WISH?
AT THAT TIME, CATHERINE ACCEPTED THE CHECK,
BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE YOU HAD TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.
SO SHE KEPT IT, AND JUST BEFORE SHE DIED, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS WORRIED I MIGHT GET GREEDY.
IT'S TOO BAD. IF IT WASN'T FOR HER FINAL WISH, I WOULD'VE TAKEN THE CHECK MYSELF.
...BRUNER.
IF PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LUCK...
...I BELIEVE I SPENT ALL OF MINE ON MEETING YOU AND CATHERINE.
..AND WAS THAT LUCK WORTH IT TO YOU?
MUCH MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE.
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ARRIVAL OF THE AXIS POWERS' FORCES...
...REINFORCEMENTS FROM WEITERIS ALSO ARRIVED AT CHESHIRE FIELD.
THE MOMENT THE ALLIED FORCES APPEARED ON THE VAST PLAINS OF CHESHIRE FIELD...
...THE FRANZEAN COMMAND HAD TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAD UNDERESTIMATED PADANIA.
FRANZE HAD EXPECTED PADANIA TO SURRENDER AFTER THE MAINLAND AIRSTRIKES...
...BUT PADANIA SOON RETOOK HUNTINGHAM AND LAUNCHED A COUNTERATTACK, PLUMMETING ENEMY MORALE.
FURTHERMORE, AS FRANZE ADVANCED INTO PADANIA, THEY WERE FARTHER AWAY FROM THEIR BASE...
...AND FACED IMMENSE DIFFICULTIES IN RECEIVING SUPPLIES.
AS THE TIDE OF WAR TURNED IN FAVOR OF THE ALLIES, MORE AND MORE SOLDIERS AMONG ENEMY TROOPS BEGAN FLEEING FROM BATTLE.
SURRENDER IS NOT AN OPTION.
DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CONQUER CHESHIRE FIELD.
SHOOT THE DESERTERS ON SIGHT.
BY THE ORDER OF THE FRANZEAN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF...
...THE SOLDIERS OF THE AXIS FORCES, GRIPPED BY THE FEAR OF DEATH, CHARGED FORWARD AGAINST THEIR WILL.
TIME PASSED AS THE BATTLE AT CHESHIRE FIELD REACHED A STALEMATE.
MEANWHILE, AT THE ALLIED FORCES' HEADQUARTERS LOCATED AT THE REAR...
...STRATEGIC MEETINGS WERE BEING HELD CONTINUOUSLY.
IF THIS TROOP ADVANCES TOO FAR, THEY'LL WITHOUT A DOUBT BE CAUGHT AMONG THE ENEMY FORCES.
WE NEED TO HAVE THEM ADVANCE ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE.
HOWEVER, CURRENTLY BOTH WINGS ARE UNABLE TO ADVANCE.
PLEASE CONSIDER ADJUSTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF FORCES.
THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FORCES THAT CAN BE IMMEDIATELY MOBILIZED ARE--
AN EMERGENCY, COMMANDER!!!
THERE'S AN AIRSTRIKE FROM THE VALHEN AIR FORCE, SIR!
IT SEEMS THAT THEY FIGURED OUT THE LOCATION OF OUR HEADQUARTERS!!
YOU MUST EVACUATE NOW, SIR!
The chapter opens with a love- and curse-filled inner monologue from someone waking from a nightmare, muttering the name Annette Rozenberg. Annette then prepares to leave Seinshire and move into the alimony house in Santamoli; she says goodbye to Bruner and takes back the check that was Catherine's last wish. In the finale, the battle locks at the Cheshire Plain and the Allied headquarters comes under air attack.
