Oscar!
Nanny, where's Oscar?
She was in her room just a minute ago.
André! Where's Oscar?
She just went out for a horse ride by herself, Sir.
Horse riding?
André!
Sir?
You'd probably know what she's thinking.
Why did she tell Lady Antoinette that she wanted to quit the Royal Guards?!
Tell me, André, everything you know!
I'm sorry, Sir. She didn't tell me anything about it.
André! I've put you by her side in case something like this happens!
Just tell it!
This is what she told me:
I no longer have to accompany her, and I can do what ever I like.
What?
After her separation with Fersen, Oscar was trying to change into someone else.
She made up her mind to live more as a man.
Rather than being a marionette of the Court in the Royal Guards...
Oscar asked Antoinette to transfer her to a more heavy- duty post as a military officer.
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 29
A Marionette Starting to Walk
Brigadier Oscar François de Jarjayes...
As of April 1 st, you are appointed to be the Commanding Officer of French Guards Company B.
The French Guards, Company B...
There's a message from Queen Antoinette:
The French Guards is the only post available for now.
But if you have any objections, report immediately.
Please take care of yourself.
Sir.
Please tell Lady Antoinette:
I deeply appreciate her taking my selfish request into consideration.
And please take care of herself.
In honor of the Royal Guards Regiment Commander...
Right face!
Present Arms!
Thank you, everyone.
That was my last troop review.
It was splendid, everything in perfect order.
Regiment Commander, why are you suddenly abandoning us?
I'm not abandoning you.
Have we done something wrong?
Not at all.
You all did an excellentjob for me.
I thank you.
Gerodere, you particularly helped me.
That's not an explanation.
Tell us why you quit the Royal Guards and moved to the French Guards!
Compared to the Royal Guards, the French Guards is a mob of vulgar commoners, much lower in rank.
We don't want you to go to such a place!
Gerodere, I recommended you as my successor.
I'll leave it in your hands.
Regiment Commander!
André...
Yes?
I'll be transferred to the French Guards in a week.
I'll stay at the villa in Normandy until then.
You don't have to accompany me from now on.
Yes, Ma'am.
I'm not angry or anything about what happened.
But I won't keep it in my memory as well.
Let me go, André! I'll call someone!
So, what are you going to do to me, André?
I'm sorry.
I swear to God that I'll never do such a thing again.
Oscar felt there were many kinds of love.
A love between those who love each other.
A love that one craves wholeheartedly.
A love yearned-for one-sidedly, by someone unexpected.
A love that one doesn't even notice, despite being together.
André's love for her.
It was the same kind of love that Oscar had for Fersen.
So she knew how painful it is for André.
But...
"I'll try to avoid seeing him."
"I'm sorry, André..."
So Oscar thought.
Hey, do you mind if I join you?
Not at all. Please do.
Here.
Thank you.
My legs are crippled...
but you seem to be crippled in your eyes.
And, you're suffering in love.
Yeah.
People see two kinds of Light in this world.
One is the sunlight and starlight, the light you see with your eyes.
And the other one is the Light of hope in people's hearts.
You can't see it only with your eyes.
But that's the one you've got to have.
You can live if you've got it.
Even if you've fallen to the bottom of everything.
It's the heart, young man.
A love is between two hearts.
Eyes are only for decoration.
Cheer up.
Cheer up, young man.
Good-bye, Mylene...
don't be a flirt.
My fist is more frightening
than the bullets of the enemy!
Let's go, let's go...
we're gonna fight
Every man loves a good fight!
Haven't seen you for a while, young man!
Hi!
Hey, this bar is deserted.
Are we the only customers?
All right, I'll take you to a better place!
Come!
Hey, Alain!
That's enough. We're still on duty.
Damn! They found me.
Well, anyway, we'll do it next time!
Are you pretending to be a good boy or something?!
But we're on a special alert tonight!
All right, a job is a job.
Wait, wait a minute!
Alain, you're in the French Guards... right?
Yup, Company B.
Company B...
What about it?
L- I have a favor to ask you!
Come in!
I'm Colonel Dagout, second in command of Company B.
I'd like to welcome you.
How do you do.
But... I was told the inaugural troop review would be tomorrow.
You've come a day early.
Yes. This is my first time in the French Guards,
so I wanted to know about the details early.
Show me the barracks.
W- well...
Geez, you did it!
Sorry! That's how it goes!
I feel uncomfortable taking you to such a squalid place like that...
Don't worry.
Hey, everyone! The new Commanding Officer's coming!
What?
Men!
Geez, why so soon?
Fall in.
Please.
I'll be commanding you starting tomorrow.
I'm Oscar François de Jarjayes.
Men! Salute the new Commanding Officer!
What is this, André?!
I told you not to accompany me any more!
I'm not accompanying you, Oscar.
I'm a member of this Company.
I have an acquaintance in this Company.
And I joined yesterday through him.
No matter what happens or what you think of me...
I'm the only one who can protect you.
I'm heading back, Commander!
André!
Do whatever you like!
Hey, did you hear about the new Commander?
Don't let the military uniform fool you, she's actually a WOMAN!
Really?! Our Commander is a woman?
No way!
I can't take it. I don't wanna take orders from a woman.
Hey Alain, what do you think?
Well, that of course is not fun.
Hey, André, wake up! It's time for your watch.
All right, relax.
Nothing'll happen anyway.
Well, even if something does happen...
it'sjust the citizens of Paris sneaking in to steal some food from us.
Sit down, "carpenter's son"!
You told me you're the son of a carpenter, didn't you?
And you said you wanted tojoin the French Guards and needed my help.
Well, that's fine.
But why did you lie?
Tell me the reason.
There's no particular reason. And I didn't lie...
Stop that. You're NOT a carpenter's son.
You smell like a noble, something that I hate.
I'm not a noble.
I didn't say you were.
I said you smelled like one.
One of us saw you called into that new Commander's room.
Well, fine.
People have reasons that they can't tell others.
But let me tell you one thing, André.
There're plenty of men in the French Guards who hate nobles more than I do.
Especially if it's a snobbish aristocratic woman.
Mademoiselle, you'll be working at the French Guards from now on!
And uh... Well, uh...
What is it?
It's about André.
He disappeared about 3 days ago.
I thought Mademoiselle might know something...
He won't be coming back for a while.
André's living in the barracks.
Huh? What do you mean by that?
Don't worry, Nanny.
André is André; I'm me.
We're no longer kids.
Well...
Go!
Come in!
Commander! We've all assembled on the parade ground.
Please come to the inaugural troops review.
All right.
What's this?!
They were all assembled here just a while ago!
André...
All the men in Company B said they will boycott the troop review for the new Commanding Officer.
Why? Tell me the reason.
They said they don't want to take orders from a female Commander.
If the troop review is canceled, I'd like to go back to the barracks as well.
Of course it's canceled!
Who can do a troop review with only one guard!
Well, then!
Bull's-eye!
You did it!
All right, now it's my turn!
Sure.
You shouldn't do that, Miss Commander.
Don't forget to knock before you enter.
What?!
Knock on the door?!
Only people with manners can say such a thing!
You didn't even come out for a troop review.
I don't think you have any manners!
Now, everyone! Get dressed and come out to the parade grounds!
Start the troop review!
Everybody's saying they don't want to.
Why don't you go back to the Royal Guards?
We don't have anyone elegant here who'll obey orders from a woman commander.
If you've got something to say, get out from the bed and say it outright!
This isn't a hospital!
Oh, Excuse me.
This is Company B, especially known for being rough.
Everybody feels you shouldn't get hurt...
I'll tell you that I don't mind being rough.
I'd like to see just how rough you all are.
WHAT!?
What nerve!
Interesting. We'll show you!
OK. A deal then.
Anyone confident of their skills come to the parade ground!
Guns or swords, whichever is fine!
Well, Alain, you're always our representative.
Do it.
Teach that woman a lesson.
Nope. I'll have to decline this time, sorry.
My policy is not to take on women.
You do it!
Is it OK?
All right!!
Let's go, everyone! To the parade ground!
Listen! If I win, we'll do the troop review!
If I lose, I'll leave the French Guards immediately!
Sounds good.
I see.
Living up to your reputation for being rough.
You're certainly skilled.
I win.
Shit!
You bitch!!
Get her!!
WAIT!
Wait everyone, wait.
A promise is a promise.
We lost.
We'll obey, butjust a troop review.
OK, Alain. If you say so.
However, Miss. Commander...
Don't assume that everybody has accepted you.
I know.
And one more thing.
We're not in the army to protect the nobles OR the Royal Palace.
To be exact, we're in it for our wages!
To survive!
Keep that in mind, if you will.
Right face!
Welcome back, Mademoiselle.
A visitor? For me?
Yes, he's been waiting all evening long.
It's been a while, Commander.
It was you, Gerodere!
What is it? Did something happen in the Royal Guards?
No. I came to visit your father, General Jarjayes, for a private matter today.
My father? I see.
Well, it's been a while. How about a little wine?
Nanny!
No, thanks. I'm leaving now.
What? I heard that you were waiting for me.
Yes. But now that I was able to see your smile, I'm satisfied for tonight.
Maybe some other time.
Nanny, what did Gerodere come here for?
Monsieur Gerodere asked the Master if he could marry his daughter.
What?
And the Master answered: "A good idea."
"I'll see to it."
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
Oscar was perplexed by the sudden marriage proposal.
It was arranged by her father, General Jarjayes...
out of concern for his daughter in the turbulent era.
Can parents become such fools for the love of their children?
Next time on Rose of Versailles:
"You are the Light, I am the Shadow"
Next: Episode 30: "You are the Light, I am the Shadow"
See you.