33 Years Ago
The royal family should get out more.
We must see how things outside the castle are, with our own eyes.
Hearing the Privy Council's district summary reports
Second Princess of Dōwā Kingdom Schnee
is the same as relying on rumors.
Ever since she returned from her Kororē study abroad program,
Her Highness has taken a great interest in national affairs.
She always was interested in many things.
She wants to go to the capital, Bādon, next.
She has contacts among the city's revolutionary youths, as well.
She's reading books on philosophy and political science.
Your Majesty, if you don't end this soon,
her actions will cast a shadow on the Dōwā family.
And over the nation, given time.
It would be a great pity
to clip her wings.
There is another way.
You summoned me, Privy Council President Qualm?
You are Princess Schnee's aide.
Abend, this is an order, but you can refuse to obey it.
An order that I can refuse to obey.
So I can refuse, if I agree to relinquish my role as Her Highness's aide?
I will have you sign this sworn statement.
If you break this oath, know that your life is forfeit.
It must be a grave mission.
I will hear it now.
Princess Schnee, the second princess,
is to be removed from the Dōwā family registry.
She will become a commoner.
Removed from the registry...
Such a thing is possible?
Publicly, this nation's law would not permit it,
but we can make it happen...
His Majesty, the princess, you, and I. The four of us.
After the 7th, Her Highness will go on a scheduled tour of Peshi District,
where she will traverse its various islands by boat.
She will desire to board a small craft.
Only you will accompany her aboard.
That boat will sink.
You will take Her Highness to Bādon.
Is this for the good of Her Highness?
It is for the good of the nation.
The princess's presence will cast a shadow on the land.
However, what motivates your decision is of no matter.
You are Princess Schnee's aide, after all.
I accept the order.
Thank you.
There is one more thing I wish to ask of you.
I understand.
Will you allow me
to take a family servant with us?
As I swore fealty to the Dōwā family,
this man has pledged fealty to mine.
Does he have any family?
A young son.
Will he be able to leave him?
I will compel him.
We will be of use to His Majesty. I swear it.
I will come with you.
I thought you would say that,
so I already have the privy council president's permission.
We can never return to Dōwā.
You must lose everything.
I will.
You are losing your rank, your family,
and everything, in order to serve your master, the king.
By accompanying and serving you, I simply do the same.
You should prepare.
First, may I go to Honig Avenue one last time?
I'd like to let my son have some cake...
The apple cake he loves so much, one last time.
Are you sure you can leave him behind?
We have distant relatives,
so he will want for nothing.
He will suffer the misfortune of not having any parents,
but that cannot be avoided.
Go.
Thank you!
You heard all that...
You'll leave me, once I eat the cake?
Hey!
I'll go, too!
For His Majesty.
Go eat some apple cake, both of you.
Before we leave.
I was already thinking I wouldn't mind leaving the family,
if staying would prevent me from seeing the outside world again.
Thank you, Father.
Thank you for letting me take flight into the world.
The outside world is not easy.
That is why I'm leaving.
Breaking this nation apart is not my wish.
I shall learn, by my own experience, what is necessary for this nation
to remain at peace in the future.
Not as a member of the Dōwā family, but as a citizen.
My hope is that I shall, one day, be of help to you, Father...
Qualm has never advised anything that would harm you.
This must be what is best for you.
I only wish I did not have to involve Abend...
Everyone has made their own choices
from the available options, Schnee.
You may feel uncertain,
but you must not feel regret.
Peshi District
Princess Schnee's boat has sunk!
There's no sign of the boat.
We urged her to take a ship...
Now, she rests at the bottom of the sea.
Your Highness?
It's a wig.
You should wear a hat.
Your hair stands out, even more than mine.
Abend...
Now, let's go to Bādon.
Give me my luggage.
Abend, take off your hat.
Don't think about doing things for me anymore.
Live your own life.
I will never see this white hair of yours again...
You'll go that way, and I'll go this way!
We won't watch each other go or look back.
Thank you, Abend.
And farewell.
For the princess.
Princess Schnee is captivated by sandwich bread.
I like sandwich bread, too.
But I'm more distracted by the chocolate sweets available in Bādon.
Today, I ran into a strange one... Chocolate-coated rice crackers.
That's for you to try.
Try them, Ninno.
It's Nino.
Sorry, sorry.
Names are hard...
But we did abandon ours from Dōwā.
Informing His Majesty about the princess is a most honorable duty!
The princess met a young man at a sandwich bread store,
and they fell in love.
But he's poor.
The master will take action.
The young man now has a job!
The master will use his private funds
to build an apartment complex in the middle of the city.
He's been trusted with being the building manager.
The young man is over the moon about this stroke of good fortune!
The princess may have her suspicions.
I wonder if it'll be a prince or a princess.
Off, I go!
Thanks for the sandwich.
I'll be late, so go to bed without waiting up!
Yes, master.
I'll prepare the photographs right away
and send them with the report.
A chocolate shop that sells by weight. They say it's good.
It's all the way in the northern sector.
Why go all the way there?
I just happened to run into it.
Did you send everything to the master?
On the afternoon flight.
The photos are with the report.
I'm just bad at writing reports.
Because you try too hard to write them like a story.
Don't you think that makes His Majesty happier to read them?
And when His Majesty is happy,
so is the privy council president!
That makes our master happy,
and therefore, makes us happy.
This is great chocolate!
Is it?
I'm glad you're with me...
I'm really glad the master allowed you to come.
I'm still in awe that you never blamed me
for trying to leave you behind,
but accompanied me.
You had no choice.
Serving the master was your duty.
That means it's my duty, as well.
I see...
Why are you crying? You're overreacting!
Yeah,
I just don't know where I'd be if you hadn't been around...
The master's all alone.
That's the path he chose, Dad.
Nino, how was the prince today?
He was playing in the park.
And Princess Schnee?
Did she have bread-making class today?
It's already been a month since she started the class.
Today, she brought a whole pile of bread home,
with a big smile on her face.
I'm sure the prince will be happy, too.
I wonder what kind of bread.
Dad, I've been thinking...
Maybe we should stop calling him the "prince."
That'd mean we should stop calling her the "princess."
Maybe we call her the "princess" because she's beautiful like one,
and we call him the "prince" because he's noble like one!
Well?
Do what you want.
The princess has given birth to another princess!
Just call them "Lady Schnee" and the "little miss."
Okay.
The prince is still the "prince," Nino.
It's been several decades since a prince was born to the Dōwā family.
A few years ago, the youngest princess gave birth to a son.
He will be the heir.
Our prince is ten years older than he is.
But I guess they're no longer part of the Dōwā family!
Yeah.
Nino!
Our prince will finally become a high school student!
Right.
I'm giving you an official mission.
Attend the same high school.
Huh?
Stay near him and protect him.
You'll join the photography club.
Take tons of photos from nearby!
I'm sure His Majesty will be pleased.
But...
Just as His Majesty longs for my photos,
he'll long for yours.
Become friends with the prince,
so that you're invited home and can eat Lady Schnee's homemade bread.
I'll have you write a report about its taste.
But this year, I turned 25.
Glasses!
If you hide how your eyes look, you can disguise your age!
This is from the master to you.
A camera.
The glasses are from me.
I'm sure it'll go well In the chill morning light
I'm Nino.
Nice to meet you, Jean.
A red bird sings It says the time is now
Feel uncertainty, just not regret
Everything will be all right Even lonely nights
Are preludes to an eventual dawn
Ah everything I see I hold dear
It's my life
The prince loves bread, too!
You sent me forth like it was nothing
I wonder about the little miss.
Does she like bread, as well?
to the door opening to a new tomorrow
Holding that thought close to my heart
I will take an important step forward
I'm home.
Welcome back.
How were the prince and the Otus household?
Hmm?
I smell something good.
Yeah.
If we send it priority express, it should be okay.
It isn't like it's summer now.
Probably.
Maybe I'll get scolded for overdoing it.
If you don't meet face-to-face, there's nothing to worry about.
You're right.
Let's have the report on the bread's flavor.
Did Lady Schnee recommend how it should be eaten?
She said with lots of butter.
"With lots of butter." Got it...
The tragic accident occurred at 8:18 local time,
at the Peshi-Rokkusu border.
The central council has convened an emergency session
and made the following statement.
Hello.
Did you see the news?
I'm watching it right now.
Any news of Lady Schnee and her husband?
Their train fell into the ravine.
Your father was probably also in the accident.
Knowing him,
he'd have arranged it so that anything connecting him
to the Dōwā family would be out of reach.
Go to Rokkusu immediately.
Retrieve what your father left there, and then return.
It was for a day like today
that you allowed my father to take me with him, wasn't it?
You knew I was standing outside the door.
I didn't choose to help you for His Majesty.
It was for your father, wasn't it?
Yes.
In other words, it was for my own sake.
The same goes for you.
You didn't choose this for His Majesty or for the privy council president.
You chose this for Princess Schnee.
Because her happiness is yours.
What I must make sure you understand
is that Lady Schnee was removed from the Dōwā family register.
You have no claim to the throne.
I don't care about that.
When I lost my parents,
you cheered me up, remember?
You also have a little sister, right?
Just call me if you need anything.
I'm a better cook than you.
We chose to watch over you and Lotta,
my supervisor and I.
I'm sure you dislike being watched.
But as long as His Majesty lives, you'll have to put up with it.
I won't mess up again and get noticed, though.
Welcome back!
You bought this much?
That makes me happy.
But can I give some away?
To Nino.
Oh...
He might not come around for a while.
He's busy?
Well...
I guess you could say that.
Okay.
Oh, that reminds me...
When the chief and I went to the café to thank the owner for the cake,
he gave me another one.
You're starting to look like Mom.
Maybe you always did, since you were little.
I am?
We don't have a photo of her as a girl, I guess.
Hey, you'll also eat some, won't you?
It's apple cake.
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The worries never cease,
but I'm sure those two will be okay.
Our prince has grown into a fine man, Dad.