GRANDMOTHER, SEEING HOW SHE COULDN'T HIDE HER LONGING EVEN WHILE SERVING ME,
IT SEEMS THEIR LOVE MUST RUN VERY DEEP.
PLEASE GRANT MARIEU YOUR BLESSING TO MARRY COUNT ETIENNE.
Y-YOUR HIGHNESS... I'M SORRY.
I PROMISE I'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN...!
I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE... FORGIVE ME JUST THIS ONCE!
FORGIVE YOU? FOR WHAT? I'M SIMPLY SUPPORTING YOU AND YOUR LOVE.
ISN'T BEING WITH THE COUNT WHAT YOU WANT?
N-NO! I...!
ME? BECOME COUNT ETIENNE'S WIFE?
SPENDING ALL MY DAYS WITH THAT OLD TOAD...
...INSTEAD OF MY DEAR SAMON...?
I'D RATHER DIE!
IT WAS ALL A LIE...!
TH-THE HEAD MAID MADE ME DO IT!
SHE ORDERED ME TO HIDE THE MINISTER'S HANDKERCHIEF IN YOUR ROOM...
...BECAUSE SHE FEARED THE LORD PROTECTOR WOULD TURN AGAINST HER AFTER HER DISPUTE WITH YOU!
SH-SHE SAID IT WAS TO TEACH YOU A LESSON...!
IT'S THE TRUTH, I SWEAR! PLEASE BELIEVE ME, YOUR HIGHNESS!!
I WAS BLINDED BY HER PROMISE TO HAVE ME ADOPTED INTO A NOBLE FAMILY!!
QUIET! YOU'RE JUST SAYING ANYTHING TO SAVE YOUR OWN SKIN!
HIC... I MUST'VE LOST MY MIND... I'M SO SORRY, YOUR HIGHNESS...!
YOUR MAJESTY, DON'T LISTEN TO HER! SHE'S TRYING TO FRAME ME!
THE GALL OF YOU TWO...
...TO CONSPIRE AGAINST THE VERY MASTER YOU SERVE, AND ONE OF ROYAL BLOOD AT THAT!
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE...
TAKE THESE TRAITORS AWAY AT ONCE!
SEVER THE TENDONS IN BOTH OF THEIR HANDS SO THEY CAN NEVER DEFAME THEIR MASTER AGAIN, AND SEE THAT THEY'RE BEATEN TO DEATH!
I-IT'S ALL A LIE!
THE PRINCESS USED HER TO SET ME UP!
AAAH! LET GO OF ME!!
CATHERINE, HELP! I'VE BEEN FRAMED...!
Episode 11
MEDEA,
DO YOU THINK THIS ABSOLVES YOU?
THIS INCIDENT ASIDE, I'VE HEARD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF YOUR RECKLESS BEHAVIOR.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU WIELD THE KING'S SEAL SO CARELESSLY THAT THOSE BENEATH YOU LOOK DOWN ON YOU.
HAND OVER THE KING'S SEAL.
YOU'VE CAUSED ENOUGH TROUBLE ALREADY.
HAND IT OVER THIS INSTANT!
YOUR MAJESTY, PLEASE CALM YOURSELF. ALL THIS ANGER WILL ONLY DO YOU HARM.
I'M SURE HER HIGHNESS MEANT WELL.
SHE'S STILL YOUNG AND UNFAMILIAR WITH THE WAYS OF THE COURT, SO--
YOUNG?
VIRNA IS EVEN YOUNGER, YET SHE CARRIES HERSELF WITH FAR MORE GRACE!!
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST I TOLERATE THIS EMBARRASSMENT?!
YOUR HIGHNESS, YOU MUST ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
IF YOU ASSURE HER IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, I'M SURE HER MAJESTY WILL LET THE MATTER SETTLE.
SO YOU INTEND TO REMAIN SILENT UNTIL THE VERY END?!
YOU WRETCHED GIRL! DO YOU DARE DISMISS ME BECAUSE I'M OLD?!
YOUR SPITEFUL HEART RUINS EVERYONE AROUND YOU!
ARE YOU PLANNING TO SEND ME TO MY GRAVE JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH MY SON?!
HIS MAJESTY PERSONALLY ENTRUSTED THE SEAL TO ME.
WE MAY BE FAMILY, GRANDMOTHER, BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE, HE IS BALDINA'S ONLY KING.
HOW COULD I POSSIBLY GO AGAINST HIS COMMAND?
....!!
I ASK FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS THE MOST SENIOR MEMBER OF THIS ROYAL FAMILY.
YOU'RE NOT WRONG, MEDEA.
I DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OPPOSE HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND.
HOWEVER, AS THE ELDER OF THIS ROYAL FAMILY, I WILL NOT OVERLOOK SUCH CONDUCT.
YOU WILL KNEEL BEFORE THE CHAPEL AND PRAY FOR REPENTANCE,
AND YOU WILL DO SO UNTIL THE GODDESS HERSELF GRANTS YOU FORGIVENESS.
SHE'S BEEN AT IT SINCE MORNING.
WHAT PUNISHMENT HAS THE QUEEN DOWAGER IMPOSED THIS TIME?
I HEARD SHE WAS ORDERED TO PRAY FOR REPENTANCE UNTIL THE GODDESS GRANTS HER FORGIVENESS.
HA! EVEN A HIGH PRIEST WOULD BE LUCKY TO RECEIVE A REVELATION LIKE THAT ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER IS IN NO RUSH TO FORGIVE HER.
HAA...
SISAIRE EMIL REGES, CHANCELLOR OF BALDINA
IT'S ALREADY BEEN THREE DAYS...
I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU SUDDENLY CHANGED THE LOCATION OF OUR MEETING.
NOT VERY SUBTLE, ARE YOU, SISAIRE?
The Princess corners her maid Marieu by pretending to grant permission for her to marry Count Etienne. Marieu confesses that she hid the Minister's handkerchief in the room under the Head Maid's coercion. The Grand Queen punishes the traitors, then asks Medea for the King's Seal. When Medea refuses, saying the King gave her the seal, she is sentenced to kneel and pray in front of the chapel as penance.
