AH!
LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE WHEELS CAME LOOSE.
I'LL NEED A MOMENT TO FIX IT.
YOU HEARD THAT, RIGHT? IT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE.
THAT RUDE LITTLE...!
MY APOLOGIES, YOUR HIGHNESS. I'LL GO HAVE A WORD WITH HIM.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
ARE THOSE WAR VETERANS?
YES, YOUR HIGHNESS.
WITH THE CONFLICT DRAGGING ON, THEIR NUMBERS HAVE ONLY GROWN.
SOME LIVE HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES,
BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO...
...BECAUSE THEY WERE MAIMED OR THEIR HOMES WERE BURNED DOWN.
ALL FIXED! WE'RE GOOD TO GO!
Episode 9
WELCOME, YOUR HIGHNESS.
MARQUESS GYLIPPUS, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE BALDINA ROYAL GUARD
IT'S BEEN A WHILE, MARQUESS GYLIPPUS.
HOW THE YEARS HAVE FLOWN BY.
YOU'VE GROWN QUITE A BIT SINCE WE LAST MET.
AND YOU YOURSELF HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL.
SHE'S STILL LIKE A YOUNG, INNOCENT FAWN WHO HASN'T FULLY GROWN.
AND YET SHE APPARENTLY CANED THE HEAD MAID FOR NERIL...
YOUR HIGHNESS, YOU MUST NOT LET THEM DECEIVE YOU!
THEY ARE ONLY USING YOU FOR THEIR OWN GAIN!
AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, YOU MUST LISTEN TO THE CRIES OF YOUR PEOPLE!
MY UNCLE TOLD ME EVERYTHING....
HE TOLD ME YOU'RE AFTER MY ROYAL SEAL...!
I WON'T LISTEN TO ANOTHER WORD YOU SAY!
PEOPLE DON'T JUST CHANGE OVERNIGHT. SHE MUST HAVE COME TO ME BECAUSE OF HER DISPUTE WITH THE HEAD MAID.
BALDINA HAS LOST ITS LUSTER, AND I DOUBT THAT WILL CHANGE ANYTIME SOON.
I HAVE NO INTENTION OF WADING BACK INTO THE MIRE OF POLITICS NOW.
THAT SHOULD DO FOR THE PLEASANTRIES.
SINCE YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, I SHALL BE FRANK.
I HAVE LONG SINCE LEFT THE AFFAIRS OF STATE AND HAVE NO INTENTION OF RETURNING.
I APOLOGIZE THAT I CAN'T BE OF ANY HELP.
I SEE. I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY.
BUT...
...THAT IS NOT WHAT I CAME TO ASK FOR.
IT MAY NOT BE MUCH, BUT IT'S ALL I HAVE TO MY NAME.
I'D LIKE YOU TO USE THIS TO BUILD HOUSING FOR VETERANS IN THE CAPITAL.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
HOUSING...? AND IN THE CAPITAL, NO LESS?
WHY DO YOU SEEM SO SURPRISED?
YOU HAD THE CARRIAGE STOPPED SO THAT I COULD SEE THEIR PLIGHT, DID YOU NOT?
GIVEN THAT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO SHOW LITTLE TO NO REGARD FOR THOSE LOST SOULS,
I ASSUMED YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE.
JUST BECAUSE OTHERS TRY TO HIDE THE TRUTH FROM ME DOESN'T MEAN I SHOULD REMAIN IGNORANT OF IT.
THE ROYAL FAMILY CURRENTLY LACKS THE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM,
AND THE NOBLES IGNORE THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM LENDING THEM A HAND.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON I CAN TRUST WITH THIS TASK.
IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S NEITHER PROFIT NOR BENEFIT IN DOING THIS,
WHY OFFER EVERYTHING YOU HAVE?
BECAUSE I AM THE PRINCESS OF BALDINA.
I AM SIMPLY DOING WHAT A PRINCESS OUGHT TO DO.
IN MY PAST LIFE,
AFTER YEARS OF HUNGER AND HARDSHIP,
THE VETERANS' ANGER STEADILY GREW.
IN TIME, THEY DIRECTED IT AGAINST THE VERY COUNTRY THEY FOUGHT FOR,
AND THE VETERANS WHO WERE ONCE HEROES OF THIS KINGDOM BECAME REBELS.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY NEVER THINK THAT JOINING A REBELLION IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN SURVIVE.
I COULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS MATTER TO CHANCELLOR SISAIRE,
BUT NO ONE CARES FOR THE SOLDIERS AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
I TRUST YOU,
AND I TRUST THAT YOU TRULY CARE FOR THE PEOPLE.
YOUR HIGHNESS, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?
I AM.
TO BE HONEST, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
STRICTLY SPEAKING, THE VETERANS ARE THE CROWN'S RESPONSIBILITY, AND YET YOU USED YOUR OWN PERSONAL FUNDS...
ARE YOU WORRIED I MIGHT GO BROKE?
IF THAT EVER HAPPENS, I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU MYSELF, YOUR HIGHNESS.
BALDINA PROSPERING, AND YOU LOOKING AFTER ME IF I LOSE EVERYTHING... THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS QUITE NICE.
THAT... SOUNDS NICE?
I KNOW SHE'S JOKING, BUT WHY DOES MY HEART ACHE?
IS IT BECAUSE OF THE CALM, INDIFFERENT WAY...
...SHE SPEAKS OF HER OWN WELL-BEING, AS IF IT WERE NOTHING?
ON ANOTHER NOTE, DID YOU TAKE CARE OF THE HANDKERCHIEF AND BRACELET?
YES, YOUR HIGHNESS. IT'S BEEN HANDLED JUST AS YOU INSTRUCTED.
BY NOW, THE PALACE...
...HAS MOST LIKELY DESCENDED INTO CHAOS.
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?
YOU FOUND WHAT IN THE PRINCESS'S CHAMBER?
YOUR MAJESTY, I REGRET TO REPORT THIS, BUT...
...WE FOUND COUNT ETIENNE'S HANDKERCHIEF IN HER HIGHNESS'S WARDROBE.
IT SEEMS HER HIGHNESS HAS FINALLY COME TO KNOW LOVE.
WHAT AN UTTER DISGRACE!
THIS THREATENS THE HONOR OF THE ROYAL HOUSE!
BRING MEDEA TO ME AT ONCE!!
I WILL NOT LET THAT CHILD GO UNPUNISHED TODAY!!
When the wheel of her carriage comes loose on the road, the princess witnesses the misery in which war veterans live. She visits the former guard commander, Marquis Gylippus, and asks him not to return to politics, but to use her own money to build housing for veterans in the capital. Meanwhile, Count Etienne's handkerchief being found in her room at the palace causes a huge scandal.
