Draw your sword!
There's no way I can forgive you!
All right. I guess it's useless to say anything.
Oscar...
There was a man who sold his gun.
A man under Oscar's command in the French Guards Company B sold his gun to a pawn shop.
A soldier who sold a gun provided by the country would be shot, regardless of the reason.
This is Military Police!
Is there a man named LaSalle Dressel?
The companymen believed it was their commander's fault.
They thought Oscar sold him out to the authorities.
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 32
The Prelude to the Storm
Give up.
You can't win with your sword broken.
Nonsense.
For men, this is where the real fight always begins!
He's an able man!
I've never met someone this able before!
He's confident even after he broke his sword!
Now, Alain! Alain, get her!
Idiot! Alain, you've wasted ruined your chance!
Do it! Her right hand must be still numb!
What's wrong, Alain?!
Alain, you could almost...
SHUT UP!
Stop rattling!
The fight is over. Unfortunately, I lost.
I don't want to say this after I lost but...
Think a bit about a man who'll be shotjust for selling his gun.
To tell the truth, I've sold my gun as well. And it wasn'tjust once or twice!
Unlike Lassar, not in a way that the Military Police would find out.
It's the same with all of us here.
Not only sabres, but some even sold off their uniforms!
You know why?! For a noble like you?
We've all got families.
Hungry brothers and sisters are waiting at home!
Some of us save the meat and bread from the dinner here and hand them to the families on the visitor's days.
Do you get it?!
Even if we work, risking our lives, we can't feed our families!
So take that into consideration
while your nobles play at being a soldier.
That's impossible.
Please...
He was already arrested by the Military Police...
That's why I ask for your help, General Bouille.
Please, excuse him because of Company B's performance when they protected Duke Ardelos.
Then, my subordinate's misconduct is his superior's responsibility...
Wait, wait.
It's no good. You're short tempered just like your Father.
Brother!
Diane!
Hey, Alain's younger sister is here!
Diane, your eyes are sparkling today.
What is it?
I'm getting married, Brother.
I'm going to marry!
I see.
Geez! Where did you get such a nice bastard?!
He's tall like you.
How sassy!
And... and he's really kind, too.
Thank you, Brother.
For everything you've done for me.
Silly, no need to say that.
I'll be so happy.
Of course, you will!
Hey, I'm going home on my next dayoff.
Make sure to show me your outrageous dude! OK?
Yes, I promise.
See you, Brother!
Did you see your Brother?
Yes, I did.
My Brother said, "Oscar" means "God and Sword" in Hebrew.
God and Sword...
and a beautiful blonde...
like the gods in the fresco paintings.
What am I saying?
I'm sorry. Please excuse me.
Good-bye!
Congratulations, Alain!
I heard your sister is getting married.
Everyone seemed was heartbroken.
So she was everyone's favorite idol among Company B.
I don't think I've heard such cheerful news in such a long time.
What's wrong?
You look as if your lover was stolen by another man.
Exactly.
Frankly speaking, I don't know what to say.
It's so strange... I thought she was only a kid.
But she was a grown up before I knew it.
I see.
Even the bravest man in Company B has a soft spot, eh?
Hey, Alain! Alain!
LaSalle has come back!
What?!
He's back!
He was found innocent and acquitted from the Military Police!
I'm back! It's been a while!
Lassar! My goodness! You're the first one ever to return after being arrested by the Military Police!
The inqury was intense and a bit exhausting...
Lassar!
Squad Leader! I've just returned!
Were you really acquitted?
For real. I'm not lying.
That woman commander settled the matter with the Military Police through General Bouille.
That woman commander?
So, it wasn't that woman who sold you to the Military Police?
I see.
What is it?
Lassar came back.
I see...
Thank you.
And I'm sorry.
Don't be.
Now I can sell my gun openly.
Take care of me when I get caught, would ya?
What?!
Just a joke!
See ya!
André!
Yes, Ma'am!
You have tonight off, don't you?
Yes.
Then come with me.
I'm going to thank General Bouille for today.
Dress in proper uniform. You'll be representing the Company.
Yes.
Take us to Paris.
Why Paris?
General Bouille's estate is...
He's at the Opera House tonight.
I don't see André. Where's he?
He went to Paris with the Commander.
Yeah, showing off by riding in a noble's gaudy carriage.
Going to Paris in a noble's carriage?
That's dangerous.
There are plenty of Mobs roaming around in Paris attacking nobles wherever they find them.
All right. I'm in!
Again! All right! It's for Diane's wedding gift!
Moron! We're collecting it separately from this.
What?! You can't do that!
What's the big deal?
Did you see that? It's a noble's carriage!
They're nobles!
Drag them out! Come out!
Wait! André is not a noble!
André!
Oscar!
André is not a noble!
Don't harm that man!
Your Excellency Bouille
A reportjust came in saying there's a riot in the St. Antoine District.
It might be better for you to cut it short and to come back to Versailles to avoid risks any danger.
All right, I will.
Colonel, you brought your platoon, didn't you?
Yes, Sir.
Then you don't have to guard me anymore.
Go suppress the riot.
Understood, Sir!
Give me more detail about the situation.
About 200 people armed with clubs attacked a noble's carriage in the St. Antoine District.
The report said the crest on the carriage was a blue lion holding a sword.
What?! A blue lion holding a sword?
Yes, Colonel Fersen!
That's the crest of the Jarjayes Family.
Could it be... Oscar?!
Army Cavalry Division, the 105th Platoon!
Advance to the St. Antoine District!
Don't let him escape!
Back off, rabble!
Shit, the army is here!
Oscar!
Oscar! Hang on, Oscar!
Fersen...!
Good... at least, you're safe.
André... Where is André?!
André!
Wait, Oscar! They'll get you if you go out again!
Let me go! André is...
My André is in danger!
What? "MY André"?
All right.
You stay here.
I'll rescue your... YOUR André.
My... André?
André!
Hang him! Hang the noble!
Listen mobs, with your ears cleared!
My name is Hans Axel von Fersen!
Hans Axel von Fersen?
Fersen... Oh! He's Antoinette's lover!
Right, he's the playboy-Fersen!
Everyone, get him! Hang him first!
Don't let him escape!
Mademoiselle, I've brought you a hot chocolat.
Merci.
What an awful experience it must have been.
I'm too scared and can no longer go shopping alone in Paris.
How is André's injury?
He got 36 bruises all over his body!
But he says he wants to return to the barracks within 3 days.
I see...
But I'm glad that his injury was lighter than I expected. Really...
It's been quite a while since you last had a vacation day off.
Oh, yeah. What wound shall I get for my next vacation?
Mademoiselle, you, too, had 12 bruises! How can you joke like that...
Excuse me!
Nanny, your chocolat is delicous... tres bien...
Let me go! André is...
My André is in danger!
I just received a message,
saying Count Fersen returned to the army barracks safely last night.
I see.
How about a chocolat?
No, thanks.
If this was before, I'd definitely have gone to rescue Fersen from the mob.
Isn't it odd? Something must have happened.
Alain?
Yes, he took a leave to attend his sister's wedding about a week ago.
But he hasn't come back since.
He's never been absent without leave before.
But it's strange. He didn't even come to get his pay check.
Wasn't his mother sick?
He said her medicine cost a lot.
I wonder what happened.
Oscar, could you give me a pass?
I want to take Alain's pay to him.
Wait, André. I'll go, too.
#26 Bourbon Street.
It's around here.
Are you going to Alain's room?
Yes, we are.
Then tell Alain to do something about this smell!
Smell?
Right. He probably bought too much cheap meat!
If he'd let it rot, he could have shared it with his neighbors, for God's sake!
I do kind of smell something weird.
Alain! It's André!
I came to hand you your salary.
Alain, I'm coming in.
Are you Alain's mother?
Alain... Where is Alain?
He's by Diane's side since...
There's no caring brother like Alain...
Diane was betrayed by the man.
He was a poor noble.
But the day before the wedding, he suddenly got a proposal from a rich man's daughter, and he jilted my daughter!
My daughter loved him, believed in him, and dedicated everything she had to him.
He dumped her as if he's throwing out cold coffee that was left over.
It must have been painful, when she hung herself!
Sorry, but I can't return to the French Guards for a while.
Her tender smile and cheeful voice are forever gone.
Until I can convince myself, I'll stay here. I'll stay by her side!
The Estates-General! The Estates-General!
The Estates-General to Our Hands!
The Estates-General!
Send Our Comrades to the State-General!
The Estates-General to Our Hands...
The Estates-General...
It was the movement to send delegates from the Third Estate to the Assembly,
commoners who were neither nobles nor clergy.
The death of Diane, Alain's sister,
didn't seem to be related to the change of era.
But Oscar had foreboding cross her mind:
Those who are beloved, beautiful, and should stay alive, suddenly become lost forever one day.
Perhaps the new age is such a tragic era...
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