The Marquis' Daughter Acts As A Pawn

(We have to get over this somehow...!

Now they just see me as a woman, but if they confirm my face up close, or even if I'm removed, they'll know I'm Julianna Lewis.

Only that worst must be avoided.

(... work your head, Marquis Marquis Julianna Lewis. Think of a way to regenerate death...!

I manage to suppress confusing emotions with reason and spin my thoughts at high speed.

"... Ugh... please, lady...! Don't tell everyone in Rolands that I'm a woman...!

I moistened my eyes, cut down my whimpers, and I pleaded desperately to Leonore.

(Leonore pushed Sharon down, presumably... to drown him in carnal desire to extract information about the Kingdom of Rolands. Then it would be easier to handle pawns......)

Leonore smiled with a serene look like a goddess, keeping me in captivity.

"Sharon, will you talk to me in detail? Maybe we can help."

(... what a princess. It must be the princess's mistake, right?

I was poisoned in the heart.

Whatever your feelings, you can't stop acting Sharon right now. While I tightened my mind, on the surface I was anxious - but with the face of a desirable girl.

"... The Kingdom of Rolands has not yet been recognised as a female artist. Just because you're a woman, you're not appreciated. That's why I pretended to be a man. Because I really wanted to be a painter... but I really wanted her to appreciate me...!

As popular writer Cardia operates under a male name, it is a society in which women are still difficult to appreciate in the Kingdom of Rolands. Civilians, martial officers, etc., are no longer uncommon to be women, but men are still dominant in the world of art.

(That's one of the things the future Kingdom of Rolands needs to improve on.)

You were somewhat convinced by Sharon's statement that Leonore had lifted his restraint on me. And after he lays his hand on my cheek, he hugs me all the time.

"That was hard, Sharon. It's all right now."

"Forgive me... will you...?

"Your paintings are fantastic. Even if it is not appreciated in the Kingdom of Roland, in this Kingdom of Samorta, the woman Sharon is also rightfully appreciated. I'll take Sharon's side."

From the edge, it would have seemed to me that Leonore, forgiving the sin of disguising his identity, enveloped Sharon with a merciful heart like the Virgin Mary.

But it seemed to me like a girl spider trapping her to prey on.

"... Lady Leonore... I have nothing to give you back, even if you grant me so much amnesty. How the hell can I reward my lady......?

(Come on, Sharon's greatest weakness in being a woman. How the hell are you, Countess Leonore Dammeyer?

I waited still for the words of Leonore, as I wept a cold sweat.

She whispers small in my ear after a brief silence.

"I just want to justify Sharon. But... if you really want to go out and chat with me, I'm glad you did."

"Is that all you need...?

"I may be going to do you a little favor, but that's all I need now. I wonder what life Sharon has in Rolands. Because Sharon is my object of refuge."

(Well said. You're gonna use Sharon to find out what's inside the Rolands kingdom, right? Then let me play the dogma that the princess desires)

I look up to Leonore with a full grin.

"If it's for the lady, I'll do anything......!

To the determination of a silly and innocent girl, Leonore distorted her face satisfactorily -