WHAT A LOVELY SIGHT...
IT'S LIKE THEY STEPPED OUT OF THE PAGES OF A FAIRY TALE.
WE BARELY HAD TIME TO FIX UP ONE OF MY DRESSES FOR ANRI, SINCE SHE DOESN'T OWN ANY BALLGOWNS.
BUT SHE STILL LOOKS SO CLASSY AND SOPHISTICATED.
ANRI'S BEAUTIFUL...
AND SMART, AND KIND... EVEN TO SOMEONE LIKE ME...
WHY IS EVERYONE STARING AT US?
HMM? AND WHY ISN'T EUNICE DANCING?
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY IMPROPER PROPOSAL DURING OUR LAST MEETING, MY LADY.
HUH...?
I WAS WRONG TO ASSUME ...
WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE WANTED...
THIS TIME, I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR YOU TO ENTER A MARRIAGE CONTRACT WITH ME.
TELL ME HOW I CAN RESCUE YOU, ANDROMEDA.
FINE.
I'LL DECIDE FOR MYSELF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE FIT TO BE MY PERSEUS.
I CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING I WANT, RIGHT?
ANYTHING AT ALL.
I'D LIKE YOU TO...
...MAKE A MAN OUT OF ME.
...?!
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MAKE... A MAN OUT OF YOU?
YES. I NEED YOU TO GIVE ME A NEW, MALE IDENTITY.
YOU'D BE MY WIFE. WHY WOULD YOU EVER NEED TO POSE AS A MAN?
OH MY
WERE YOU EXPECTING US TO STAY TOGETHER FOREVER?
ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU PLAN TO DIVORCE ME?
I THINK IT'D BE WISE TO AVOID ANY PERMANENT ARRANGEMENTS.
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE OF US WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE...
BESIDES, I STILL HAVE SO MUCH I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
WHY IS EVERYONE STILL STARING AT US?
SO, FIRST YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU...
...ESCAPE YOUR FAMILY THROUGH MARRIAGE...
AND AFTER THAT, YOU WANT TO USE OUR DIVORCE TO DISAPPEAR ALTOGETHER?
AND YOU'RE EVEN WILLING TO GO SO FAR AS TO CREATE A FALSE MALE IDENTITY.
THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A VERY FAIR DEAL...
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S MORE DESPERATE TO GET MARRIED...
MY LORD.
BUT I'M THE ONE WHO'LL BE...
...MAKING THE BIGGER SACRIFICE.
IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, I'M WILLING TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO ANY AFFAIRS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE.
I'D PREFER TO REMAIN LOYAL TO OUR VOWS.
AS YOU WISH.
I WILL PLAY THE PART OF PERSEUS' FAITHFUL WIFE.
AND I WILL BE THE FAITHFUL HUSBAND OF ANDROMEDA.
NOW THAT I'VE AGREED TO YOUR TERMS...
...YOU MUST KEEP YOUR END OF THE DEAL.
YOU'LL LIVE AS ANRI ASCAR...
THE DUCHESS OF BRISTON.
WAIT...
DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE...
EDWIN ASCAR, AT YOUR SERVICE, MY LADY.
B-BUT... WHY... UH...
WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?!?
WHY AREN'T YOU WITH ELIZE?!?
WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE? THIS IS MY HOME.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT...
I MUST SAY, I'M RATHER SHOCKED.
I THOUGHT FOR SURE YOU WERE ONLY PRETENDING TO NOT KNOW WHO I REALLY WAS.
NO WAY!!
BUT WHY WOULD EDWIN WANT TO MARRY ME?!?
B-BESIDES, ISN'T EDWIN SUPPOSED TO BE COLD, ALOOF, AND CALCULATING?
THIS ISN'T HOW I PICTURED HIM AT ALL...
HOW CAN THIS HANDSOME JERK BE EDWIN?!?
AS MUCH AS I LOVE SEEING THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE...
...I HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK ON OUR DEAL.
MOTHER.
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO LADY ANRI WENTWORTH, OF THE WENTWORTH VISCOUNTY.
ANRI, THIS IS THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF BRISTON.
WAIT, IS THIS...
YES.
THIS IS THE WOMAN I'LL BE MARRYING, MOTHER.
EDWIN ASCAR!!
As everyone in the ballroom stares at Anri and her escort, the man apologizes for his past improper marriage proposals and offers her a marriage contract. Anri says she herself will decide whether he is worthy of being the Perseus to rescue her, and reveals her surprising condition: she wants a new male identity so she can divorce him and disappear. They agree on loyalty, and the man is revealed to be Edwin Ascar. Edwin introduces Anri to his mother, the Dowager Duchess, as the woman he will marry.
