Watch out!
Oscar was attacked by mysterious men...
while summoned by a messenger in the name of Antoinette.
Who are you?!
Do you realize you've ambushed Oscar François de Jarjayes?!
Tell me your name!
Don't bother.
Go!
Good. The girl came along.
Rosalie!
Help me!
Are you all right, Rosalie?
Oscar!
Die!
Oscar!!
Damn! Withdraw!!
Oscar! It is you, Oscar.
You're Lord Fersen...!
Lady Oscar...
Oscar...
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 18
Suddenly, Like Icarus
How dare they wound my Lady Oscar like this!
I'll kill them!
I'll kill them no matter what!
The doctor said her life is in no danger, Grandma.
Oh, shut up!
You're good for nothing!
Instead of Lady Oscar, YOU, a man, should have chopped off an arm or two!
Enough, Nanny.
Go and rest.
It's all your fault, Master!
I was really opposed to the idea of raising her as a man!
But you...
forced her...
That's why...
All right, all right.
I know, I know.
I was mistaken.
Now, let's go to the kitchen and have a drink, OK?
The muscle in the right arm is cut halfway through.
Absolute rest for two weeks.
Otherwise, it will be useless.
I understand.
I'll have the medicine delivered later.
Thank you very much!
Oscar...
Fersen?
It was you.
I thought I saw your face.
Oscar...
Here...
It wasn't a dream then.
Fersen, you've come back?
Yes, it's been 4 years since we last met.
I thank you, Fersen.
You've saved me.
You don't have to thank me.
I was on the way to visit you.
Ah, you're...
I've seen you before.
In Paris's Temple district...
The Temple district?
Are you all right, Mademoiselle?
Yes, I'm all right.
Ah, THAT girl!
I see. You've met her before.
This is Rosalie Lamorlière.
Thank you very much for helping us.
Just because I was a drag...
Lady Oscar got wounded like this.
Don't worry so.
It's a wound that will heal with rest.
Do you have any idea who the attacker was?
Yes, we know!
Of course, the only one who plots something like that is...
Rosalie!
But...
Don't make reckless accusations.
We have an idea, but unfortunately, there's no evidence.
Afer we find out, I'll tell you.
I see.
Well, I'll be going now.
Take care.
Fersen.
You're not going to see Her Majesty... I mean, Lady Antoinette?
I'll be gone to Troyes for 4 or 5 days on my Father's business.
When I get back, I'll go to a ball.
How is Lady Antoinette?
She's fine.
And she's become even more beautiful.
There's nothing comparable to her beauty.
As if she were a flower in full bloom.
She's full of dazzling radiance and elegance.
But she seems far from being happy.
Never satisfied nor rewarded.
She's deceiving herself by playing around.
At least until yesterday.
Won't Lady Antoinette be delighted when she learns you've come back, Fersen.
By seeing in your eyes, that are deep as the ocean, still the same as 4 years ago?
How much will Lady Antoinette be delighted?
Where are your manners?
I've always told you to be more like a lady.
Mother! The maids are saying...
that Lady Oscar was attacked last night and was injured!
What about it?
YOU did it, didn't you?!
What nonsense are you talking about?!
No, I'm not!
Late last night, Uncle came back with strange men...
and his clothes were stained with blood.
I saw them from my window, Mother!
Your Uncle had an accident.
The horse had fallen in a ditch...
That's a lie!
You're lying, Mother!
Shut up, Charlotte!
Mother?
"Out of the mouth comes evil." (proverb)
Don't talk about such a nonesense ever again!
Cruel!
How cruel!
To my best-loved Lady Oscar...
Attacked?!
Was Oscar injured?
She has a wound on her right arm that'll take 2 weeks to heal.
I see...
I'll have to send someone to visit her immediately.
Mme. Noailles, please tell Count Mercy to go visit her...
Bring her a duck, tuffles, foie gras, and the finest chocolates.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I heard that a Swede came by and saved her.
That's right. His name was Count von Fersen, I think.
Oh...
What did you just say?
Count Hans Axel von Fersen.
He's a friend of Lady Oscar, I heard.
Fersen!
Fersen! He's come back!
I believed in him.
I believed that Fersen would come back to France.
The Queen reflects back on the encounter 4 years ago,
when she was 18.
It was a beautiful tranquil pond in the dazzling flow of time.
After the nights and days filled with roses, diamonds, splended melodies, and merry laughter.
Over the distant separation...
At the age of 22, Queen Marie Antoinette was trying her best...
to bear the throbbing of her heartbeat that has come back now.
A week had passed.
No clue about the suspects who attacked Oscar was found.
It's Lady Oscar.
Oh, it's been a while.
She looks fantastic with a bandage, too!
Ah, it's dazzling!
Oh, Oscar!
Are you all right?
Thank you very much.
I'll be able to return to my duties, as you can see.
Ah, Oscar, I was so worried about you.
There's a search for the suspects now so that they can be caught as soon as possible.
Your Majesty is overreacting.
They may be just mere thieves.
Why do you stare at me like that?
Is there any evidence that I did it?
There isn't, is there?
You can't say anything unless there's some proof.
Presenting Count Hans Axel von Fersen!
Your Majesty, I'm glad that you still look so fine.
I've come from Sweden a week ago.
It's warm in France.
Ah...
You look fine, too.
Ah, I thought my heart was going to stop!
It's still throbbing!
Because...
Because he comes swooping down suddenly before me like Icarus.
What's this sweet surprise and excitement?
Marry?!
Yes.
I've returned to France because my father sent me to find a wife.
Then, you went to Troyes to?
Yeah, to hear about an English lady named Miss Diesel.
She's from a good family, and my father back in Sweden will like her.
Is Miss Diesel a beautiful lady?
It seems so.
Her personality?
Hobbies?
Education?
I don't know. I haven't even met her!
Are you going to marry her even though you're not in love with her, Fersen?!
So, then, Oscar, you can only marry if you're in love?
Answer me, Oscar!
Can you only marry for love?
Sorry.
I was careless.
I'm sorry.
Something is wrong with me.
It's all right.
Oh, wonderful! How splendid!!
Your Majesty, this is the full-dress uniform of the Swedish Dragoon.
So you've finally answered my request to show me.
Yes, Your Majesty!
It suits you very well.
But how come you're not visiting me as often as before?
I was worried that you might be upset over something.
Your Majesty...
This is rather a personal matter...
but right now, I'm in the process of finding a bride.
Fersen!
Wife?
Did you say "bride?"
I see.
Con...
Congratulations
Your bride...
bride...
must be...
wonderful...
wonderful.
Fersen...
Fersen is going to marry!
Anyone at the appropriate age will marry.
That's only natural!
Why am I surprised?
Why am I crying?
I'm not crying.
Yes, the tearsjust stream down on their own.
Why did you tell Lady Antoinette?!
Why did you tell?
Why, Fersen?!
How can I say that I love her?
How can I say that I love the Queen?!
It's Her Majesty!
The wife of French King!
There must be something wrong with me to have such a haughty feeling.
So I said it.
I HAD to say it!
In order to sever my feeling for Lady Antoinette!
Fersen...
Will you attend the Opera tomorrow?
See you then.
How can I say that I love the Queen?!
How can I say that?
If they were allowed to love each other...
What wonderful lovers they would be!
But you...
What about you, Oscar?
No, I can't go in!
Fersen...
I've come here, because it's an opera hosted by the King.
Sorry, but please go alone.
Please understand, Oscar.
Your Majesty...
Her Majesty has a headache so she'll be a little late.
Ah, I see.
Your Majesty!
Fersen!
I apologize for what happened yesterday.
I won't be able to see you very often after you marry.
Yes, my father is old now.
He hopes that I'll settle down in the country.
I see...
I assume so.
I'll tell the State Affairs Minister to send gifts of congratulation.
It's more than I deserve, Your Majesty.
Well then, I wish you every happiness!
Fersen, this is the end.
Who will you embrace in your broad chest, with your strong arms?!
No! Never, no!
No, no!
I don't want you to marry another woman...
to have another woman for your wife!
Here.
Fersen...
My Fersen! Fersen!!
Since the night of the masquerade 4 years ago...
their souls were calling and wanting each other in secret...
trembling like the silver string of a harp.
Feeling this moment which is destined by God, would eventually come.
Your Majesty!
Please forget for now that I'm the Queen!
Fersen, I love you!
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!
When Rosalie finds her real mother, it only brings her more pain.
It's not necessary to feel love, even if you're linked by blood, swore Rosalie.
Meanwhile, her long-lost sister Charlotte was suffering from another agony.
Next Episode in Rose of Versailles:
"Farewell, My Sister"
Next! Episode 19: "Farewell, My Sister"
See you.