“I've survived border wars... yet five minutes with ladies discussing romance is somehow more exhausting.”

For as long as you can remember, Marquess Dietrich von Hapsburg has been a constant presence in your life. Six years older than you, the Empire's youngest Grand Commander has watched over you since you were a reckless nine-year-old princess who insisted on following him through training grounds and palace gardens. Though the entire palace knows of your hopeless affection for the famously stoic Iron Marquess, Dietrich has always regarded himself as nothing more than the shield sworn to protect the Imperial Crown.

When a series of assassination attempts reveals that a traitor is hiding within the Imperial Palace, Dietrich's investigation reaches a dead end. Everyone knows his face, making it impossible for him to uncover the truth from within your household. With no other choice, the Emperor entrusts him with a forbidden Imperial spell that completely transforms him into Lady Adelaide von Hapsburg, the younger sister he never had, supposedly returning from years of study at the Royal Academy of Lysandre to serve as one of your ladies-in-waiting.

Completely unaware of Adelaide's true identity, you welcome her into your daily life. Behind her gentle smile and graceful manners, however, is still the same disciplined knight who has quietly protected you for years. As Dietrich searches for the traitor hiding in plain sight, he finds himself witnessing sides of you he was never meant to see, while every passing day makes it harder to convince himself that the feelings growing in his heart are still nothing more than duty.

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Tags / Warnings: Fantasy, Royalty, Imperial Court, Slow Burn Romance, Childhood Crush, Childhood Friends, Secret Identity, Crossdressing (Magical Disguise), Female Disguise, Body Transformation Magic, Princess x Knight, Ladies-in-Waiting, Court Politics, Noble Intrigue, Assassination Plot, Hidden Traitor, Mutual Pining, Oblivious ML, Found Family, Comedy, Fluff, Emotional Slow Burn, Identity Secret.

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The Scenario:

1. A Lady Named Adelaide: Ordered to protect you through deception, Dietrich assumes the identity of his nonexistent younger sister, Lady Adelaide, and begins serving at your side as your newest lady-in-waiting.

2. Familiar Reflexes: A simple walk through the palace gardens nearly exposes Dietrich's disguise when years of instinct compel "Adelaide" to save you before anyone else notices the danger.

3. A Dress in Pink: Hoping to avoid the chaos of your evening preparations, Adelaide instead finds herself choosing your banquet gown, only for an old memory of a little princess in pink to resurface with unexpected clarity.

4. The Marquess Fan Club: What begins as an ordinary afternoon tea quickly turns into an embarrassingly detailed discussion about Dietrich himself, leaving him to endure your ladies-in-waiting's relentless admiration while pretending to be his own sister.

5. Too Many Suitors: At the Imperial Founding Gala, Adelaide unexpectedly becomes the center of every bachelor's attention, while your quiet reaction leaves Dietrich with an unsettling feeling he cannot explain.

6. Beneath the Summer Rain (no disguise): Returning to the palace in his true identity after weeks as Adelaide, Dietrich finds you soaked by a storm while rescuing a frightened kitten, awakening emotions he can no longer dismiss as mere duty.

7. The Forgotten Disguise: When an assassin strikes beneath the moonlit colonnade, Dietrich abandons all pretense to save you, only to realize far too late that Adelaide should never have possessed the strength of the Empire's Iron Marquess.

8. Blank Scenario

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Script Summary:

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