When will you bear the heir?!
Where is the heir to the glorious Bourbon Dynasty?!
If you can't bear one, go back to Austria.
The Rose of Versailles
Kusamurani namo shirezu
The flowers blooming in the wilderness
Saiteiru hana naraba
they are without names
Tada kaze wo ukenagara
A gentle breeze
Soyoide ireba iikeredo
makes them sway
Watashi wa bara no sadame ni umareta
My destiny is of a rose
Hanayakani hageshiku ikiro to umareta
Born to live in glory and passion
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Episode 15
The Countess of Casino
How does it feel, Ma'am?
Now that you've come back on duty after the confinement?
Everything looks fresh.
Just like when I firstjoined the Royal Guards.
How rude!
Those who are on the rise don't know how to stop, even in carriages.
In such hurry.
Women only get that excited about men and money.
She's probably going to the Casino in Paris.
Who is that woman?
Countess Polignac.
She captured Her Majesty's heart while you were absent.
Come to think, Her Majesty is really unfortunate.
If the heir were born, she'd have no trouble.
I feel sorry for her.
Mme. Guilloncaux.
I'm always losing lately.
Please don't tell my husband.
Oh, I sure won't.
I've sold off two of my diamond necklaces already.
The more I try to win back before my husband finds out, the more I lose.
Me, too.
I bought back the Bordeaux property, but I've lost one of its vineyards.
Oh...
Is there any way that we can get back our loses?
There is one.
I know an easy mark.
I heard that in the Orient, a wife is divorced after 3 years if she bears no children.
That's harsh.
Three years!
Queen Antoinette already had 5 years!
Presenting Her Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Please wait!
Lady Antoinette! What is the matter?!
I'm not going to the audience!
Your Majesty, please wait.
Your Majesty!
There's no time to relax.
A Crown Prince to succeed the throne should be decided on.
His Majesty's brothers, Count Provence or Count Artois.
Or, Duke Orleans!
Oh, no, no... not me.
What are you saying!
Not only the lineage, but the personality and abilities!
You're the most suited for the next King!
But that's...
It's not necessary to hurry so much.
But poor Lady Antoinette...
It's not that easy.
If His Majesty dies tomorrow...!
Yes!
It's a crisis for this glorious Bourbon Dynasty!
A Civil War might break out for the struggle for the throne.
It might spread to Prussia and Austria,
and develop into a war in Europe!
Lady Antoinette, please!
Your Majesty, please open this door.
I'll talk to her.
Countess Polignac...
But she won't open this door for anybody.
She'll open it for ME.
What confidence you have!
Your Majesty, it's me, Polignac.
You must hold an audience as the Queen, with pride.
But...
I understand Your Majesty's concerns.
Mme. Polignac, you're the only one who understands my feelings.
Your Majesty, there's only one way to get out of this crisis:
To become pregnant.
B-but...
To become pregnant, even if it's a lie.
A lie?!
I can't lie!
There's a story on Sicily.
Without success, the Queen didn't bear a child.
But one day after 3 years and a month, the Queen suddenly died.
She was secretly poisoned.
Poisoned?!
Yes,
Your Majesty. If you don't announce that you're pregnant...
I'm worried about what will happen in the future.
But...
But I can't lie...
This is a matter of life and death.
Let me handle this.
Please let me handle this, Your Majesty!
I can manipulate the Queen in any way I like!
Pregnant?!
She confided to me just now.
Lady Antoinette will have a baby...
What a blessed event!
Please be more careful from now on.
I'll be attending her closely.
What?!
Those who were backbiting will be ashamed of their mistakes.
A beautiful heir will be born by next fall!
Well...!
Is that proper?
Mme. Polignac is acting as if she were the head of the ladies-in-waiting.
You're talking nonsense.
Well! We'll be busy from now on.
This is what we've been waiting for!
Your Majesty!
I told you not to bother me while I'm working.
Well, but it's such a good news that I wanted to congratulate you.
The Queen is pregnant!
The news of the Queen's pregnancy spread immediately in the Court and to the People.
People celebrated and cities were flooded with joy.
How irritating! To hell with gifts!
Those who were saying, "Duke Orleans for the Crown Prince,"
are now turning away and saying "Lady Antoinette, Lady Antoinette"!
Shut up!
Congratulations, Your Majesty.
Oscar...
Your Majesty,
Your Majesty, my mother made these baby clothes.
If you'd like...
Your Majesty!
Everyone, Her Majesty seems to be tired.
Please come back later.
I cannot lie anymore!!
We cannot go back now!
The bulge of a skirt will hide the truth till the end.
We'll have a doctor from the Polignac family.
He knows how to keep a secret.
When the time comes, I'll bring a baby!
Congratulations, Your Majesty.
Oh, my poor Queen!
Come, don't think about gloomy things, but something fun.
Something fun?
Mme. Polignac, is there any such thing?
What is there for me now?
Let me see. For example...
Yes! Gambling!
That will make you forget all your worries.
Gambling?!
I can't! His Majesty forbid gambling by the law.
So Your Majesty should ask him for a special favor.
It's exciting.
It will make time pass quickly.
It's fun.
You'll forget everything.
No!
Gambling is forbidden by the law.
But Your Majesty...
Think a little.
If someone else gambles, he is using his own money.
But in the case of you or me... we use tax money, that is, someone else's money.
But please, just once.
Just once is enough, Your Majesty.
I beg you.
L-if it's only once then...
Sure!
Number 12.
Oh, You Majesty, you've won!
Did I win?
Of course. You have such good luck.
Ah, I shouldn't have asked you to play.
Antoinette became infatuated with gambling.
While she was playing, she was relieved from the agony of lying.
But the gambling was carefully set up by Countess Polignac,
and it was obvious that the Queen would keep losing
Hey, Oscar.
I bet Mme. Polignac and the others are gathered in the Queen's salon and gambling.
Yeah... Her Majesty promised to the King that she'd play only once.
But now she's addicted.
That's how gambling goes.
Of course, the big loser is Her Majesty.
So, an enormous amount of money rolls into Countess Polignac's purse every night.
Why me, Oscar?!
Oscar!
Where are you going?!
Ah, I can buy back the diamonds!
Let's do the same again next time.
There is no need to worry about money any more.
I was a noble, but only in name.
My life used to be miserable with endless debts.
I don't want to live like that ever again!
I learned it too well. That I cannot survive in this world, by just being a too good-natured like my husband.
But from now on, I can get anything I want.
Lady Oscar!
How rude of you to come in to someone's room like that!
How dare you swindle Lady Antoinette with fraudulent gambling!
Come with me.
Tell the truth in front of the others!
You don't care about bringing disgrace to Her Majesty?
What?
It is Her Majesty who will be disgraced if it becomes known that she gambles despite the law.
Loyal Commander Oscar, what will you do?
What a hypocrite!
Antoinette ran up a debt of over 500,000 Livres.
That's roughly 6 billion yen now.
Five hundred thousand Livres?!
That's not all.
Accessories, clothing, etc... the expenses for Countess Polignac is about 250,000 Livres.
You must have realized by now, Lady Antoinette.
She's exploiting you!
Please summon Countess Polignac.
Y-Your Majesty!
Yes, I know.
I know that the entire Court envies my friendship with Your Majesty.
Everyone is waiting for a chance to torment me!
Countess Polignac...
But I didn't think Your Majesty would believe such slander.
I'll withdraw from the Court!
I can hardly say good-bye to you,
but better now than later...
But please believe in my sincerity.
Countess Polignac, forgive me.
Please forgive me!
Even for a bit I doubted your sincerity!
Your Majesty...
You're the only one that I can depend!
I know that your mind is bothered.
But if you make a wrong move, Her Majesty will suffer!
We can only stand by and watch!
Oscar, why are you being so formal?
I came here to make a request for which I offer my life.
Please, please quit gambling.
Oscar...!
Sheath your sword, Oscar.
I already quit gambling.
I forgot my promise to His Majesty to only gamble once, and got infatuated.
I made you worry,
but I will never gamble again.
Please forgive me.
Even if you didn't ask, she already had made up her mind.
Now, Your Majesty, please take care of yourself.
You have to rest for a while...
Your Majesty, is something wrong?
Are you feeling well?
Oh, you look pale...
I'm just a little tired.
You look exhausted.
Probably because you're lying that you're pregnant.
But it will be over soon.
Countess Polignac...
There is a good chance that we can end it all.
Countess Polignac, why did you want us to gather?
Her Majesty had a miscarriage.
It can't be!!
Because Commander Oscar drew her sword in front of her!
How dare she!
How could you?!
Oscar is innocent!!
I'm very sorry.
But I thought Lady Oscar would help us out.
I was going to tell her all about it later.
Ah, how horrible!
It was my mistake to tell a lie in the first place!
No! There wasn't any other way.
We've certainly overcome the crisis anyhow.
Ai ga kurushimi nara
lf to love is to suffer
Ikurademo kurushi mou
I will take any suffering
Sore ga kimino kokoro ni
Until my love reaches
Itsuka todoku made
To your heart someday
Kimi wa hikari, Boku wa kage
You are the light while I am the shadow
Hanre rarenai futari no kizuna
We share a bond that can never be broken
Kurushimeba kurushimu hodo
The more pain I suffer
Ai wa, ai wafukamaru
the deeper is my love
Not reciprocated is the love I have for you
my eyes, they can no longer see you
Ah, Oscar?
Oscar!