VICTORIA OF MANY FACES
Vicky. Vicky.
Hey, Vicky!
EPISODE 4: ARE YOU GOING TO ARREST ME?
What's wrong?
I'm sorry, Nonna.
Since the dance party, I'm struggling to deal with what I felt.
I'm ready!
You looked like my mom.
What do you mean?
She wouldn't move.
Can you tell me more about that?
My mom would come home in the night and sleep till noon.
She'd get up and leave once it was dark,
then come home in the night...
She was always zoning out like you just did.
And then...
I'm sorry.
I won't lose myself in thought anymore.
No, Vicky, that's not the problem.
Why were you zoning out? I want to know.
I'm sure you do.
I don't know what was going through your mom's mind,
but I can be honest about what I was thinking.
Would you like to hear?
Yeah.
So, at the dance party the other day...
Wow!
Incredible! That's amazing, Vicky!
Nevertheless, I was thinking that from here on,
I should run without fighting, even if there's a bad guy.
I don't want you to get involved.
Can't the two of us fight together?
No. Protecting you, Nonna,
is far, far more important to me than taking down any bad guy.
I... I don't like this!
I don't want to hold you back.
I'd feel bad for you, Vicky!
Nonna, nothing matters more to me than you do.
Don't feel bad for me.
If I hold you back, then you'll disappear too...
So take down the bad guys!
Don't hold back!
Nonna has never cried before now.
Maybe she felt she couldn't because she was abandoned
for holding her mom back somehow.
Don't you worry, Nonna.
There's nothing for you to fret about.
Vicky, if there's a bad guy, you take them down.
Okay. If there's a bad guy, I'll take them down when I can.
But since nothing matters more than you,
I'll run if I decide that's the best thing to do.
And I'll never let go of you, no matter what.
Hey, Vicky...
I want to see how you take down bad guys. Show me!
Right here, right now?
Please.
You can't ever tell anyone about this.
Okay.
Not ever.
Okay, not ever!
A roundhouse kick!
Grab their shoulders and knee their belly!
And a chop to finish them off!
From now on, I should be more open with Nonna.
Vicky, what about this one?
That goes third from the right.
And this one?
That goes to the far end, please.
Okay.
Ah, you've organized them by author.
If you'd like them arranged differently, I can redo it.
No, this is fine. It's perfect.
It must have been a lot of work.
No, I enjoy tasks like this.
We do.
What are you reading there, Nonna?
Is it good?
It's very interesting.
Is it now?
You're welcome to read any book in the library whenever you wish.
I can read all of these?!
Of course.
History books are great.
Like chatting with people in the past.
I get to chat with them...!
Now, allow me to prepare some tea.
Vicky! Vicky! Jeff is here!
Captain.
Hello.
Are you here to see Master Bernard?
No, to see you.
Would you and Nonna like to go to dinner with me tonight?
Jeff.
Hello, Nonna.
Actually, there's something I'd like to discuss with you, Captain.
Why don't we eat at my place?
It's a private matter.
This is very good.
You're being followed?
Yes.
I thought you should know.
That may well be Prince Conrad's doing.
That can't be...
Someone took down the attacker in the garden at the dance party.
And they suspect it might have been you.
Me?
A guard witnessed a woman in what was either
a light purple or light blue dress fleeing the scene.
If I continue to be followed for something I didn't do...
I will ask that His Highness
cease surveilling you. You have my word.
So please don't disappear on me.
Disappear?
I somehow get this feeling that you could vanish out of nowhere.
I wouldn't do that.
You're thinking too much.
May I visit you again?
Yes, of course.
Good night.
Nonna.
Vicky, I'm so excited about tonight's slumber party!
Her cookies are so yummy!
I wish I could have some of Ms. Susan's cookies too.
I'll ask if I can have extra for you.
Thank you, Nonna.
Vicky! Hurry up, hurry up!
I thought about moving to a different country
if the royal family had taken an interest in me.
But it doesn't feel like I'm being followed anymore.
Seems like he really made it happen.
After becoming an agent, I only ever trusted one person.
That man trampled on my trust, which is why I'm here now.
When you choose to trust someone,
you need to prepare yourself for the possibility of betrayal.
That way, it doesn't hurt so much when they let you down.
You just laugh it off and say, "Ah, I knew it."
Hey, lady. Are you by yourself?
Have a drink with me.
Hey, are you listening to me?
Hey! Don't you be so snobby!
This isn't good.
Where the heck did that woman go?
What? A broken arm?
Yes, he fell from a stepladder.
It was his dominant arm, too.
I see.
Good thing I just happened to stop by.
So he'll be recovering at my place for a while.
I know!
In the meantime, why don't you tutor my son?
I'll match your salary.
Tutor, you say?
He's not good with foreign languages.
Since you excel in them, I was hoping you'd teach him.
What do you say?
But I'm not an expert, and I can't leave Nonna alone.
Nonna can come with you.
As long as I'm with you, Vicky.
That's settled, then!
Hello. I'm Clark Anderson.
Hello there. I'm Victoria Sellars.
And this here is Nonna.
That's me.
Lady Eva has asked me to teach you Haglian and Randallish.
Can you speak both languages, Miss Victoria?
Yes, if it's conversational.
Wow! I'm terrible at them.
My father is the foreign secretary, and he says that I must learn them.
But I simply can't.
I'm not a good athlete either. There's nothing I can do well.
Then is there anything you like to do?
I like books!
And training.
Training? What for?
I climb up high walls. And trees too.
Th-That's amazing!
Even though you're a girl...
It's because she is a girl.
If she gets attacked by a bad grown-up,
she needs to be able to escape on her own.
This is useful for that.
That's what my art of self-defense teacher told me.
I...
I would like to train as well!
Very well.
Then let's learn Randallish as we get some exercise.
Stretch your arms.
Tuff, hanc, alm!
Let's memorize how to spell them today after we train.
Master Clark, this is perfect.
Miss Victoria, I've never had such a fun language lesson before.
I've started a fun job.
I'm glad Nonna is also interested in language lessons.
It seems having a younger girl studying with him
has engaged Master Clark's boyish pride.
Vicky.
I want to train more.
So I can surprise Master Clark!
Oh boy, I suppose it's also stimulated this girl's pride too.
Vicky, how do you say "climb a wall" in Randallish?
Can you go home without me?
Run as fast as you can and lock the door behind you.
Can you do that?
What do you want with me?
Oh, man.
So you noticed me.
He has a different air about him than someone who's used to killing.
Who exactly are you?
Who knows?
I want to talk to you.
Come on down.
I refuse.
I really just want to talk.
I guess he's got some skills.
This is actually perfect. Bring it on.
I'm—
You're hiding a knife in your pocket.
So I trust you have no complaints if I use one too.
H-Hold on, the knife is for self-defense.
I won't use it on you.
You think I'd believe that?
I'll teach you what happens if you approach me with a knife.
My apologies!
I should be ready for an attack tonight.
Yesterday, a strange man paid me a visit.
I managed to fight him off, though.
After being pursued, I think I should leave the royal capital.
I'm truly glad you weren't hurt.
And you chased this man away?
I have some experience practicing the sword,
so I beat him back with a tree branch.
I see.
That man may well have been Second Prince Cedric.
Yesterday, he left the castle incognito and came back with two broken ribs.
What in the world...?
I give His Highness sword lessons as well.
I know he's fairly strong.
Captain, are you going to arrest me?
Depending on his answer, I may need to disappear with Nonna after this.
I'm not going to arrest you.
But I know that won't put your mind at ease.
So why don't you stay with my parents for a while?
There are people at the house night and day,
and my brother's position gives him more sway with the royal family.
Please let me think on it.
I'm sorry, brother.
I promised Jeff that I would leave her be.
When you pull a stunt like this, he'll think that I broke my promise.
When the time is right, you need to apologize to that woman.
I will. I'm very sorry.
Nonna.
If we have to leave the country, it'll mean cutting ties with these people.
It would be sad to never see the captain again.
Before I knew it,
I guess I let my emotions get the best of me.
I still have allies from back when I was an agent.
INVESTIGATION REPORT ON THE REAL VICTORIA SELLARS
THE REAL VICTORIA IS STILL MISSING ON PAPER, SHE DEPARTED FOR ASHBURY
This way, we won't have to flee just yet, right?
What brings you here at this hour?
We've uncovered the perpetrator's motive behind the attack at the party.
You were the first one to alert us, so I thought I should report back to you.
I'd like to hear it.
He was set on committing the crime
because Marquess McKenna violated his little sister.
She worked for the marquess as a maid,
and he took interest in her upon hearing that she would soon be getting married.
It ended her engagement, and due to the shock,
she can no longer leave the house.
Such a heinous act...
Will the marquess be punished?
He was forced to cede his title to his son and retire.
And what happens to the man?
He'll probably be hanged for it.
I would... imagine so.
It's the same in any country,
but I suppose the life of a noble weighs more than that of a commoner.