Dokeshi Ha Koi No Kataribe / Hara Title : FOOL'S PARADISE (Harlequin History Karu Special)

[Machine Translation] Elizabeth, the daughter of the manor, is alone and desperate to reach the court. The only way to escape her fiance, who is taking advantage of her father's sudden death to force her to marry him, is to ask for help from her godmother, Her Majesty the Queen. On her way there, she meets Tarleton, a court clown. He is a charming man with a beautiful singing voice, a jovial personality, and a sharp mind. When Elizabeth, feeling uneasy, unexpectedly asked him to escort her back to the court, he suggested that she impersonate his apprentice to throw off her pursuers' suspicion. Confused, Elizabeth cut off her beautiful blonde hair and assumed the guise of a boy, not knowing that she was about to fall in love with Tarleton, a man who was both stern and gentle.

荘園の娘エリザベスは独り、必死に宮廷を目指していた。父の急死につけこんで結婚を迫る不気味な婚約者から逃れるには、名付け親である女王陛下に助けを求めるしかないのだ。その途中、彼女は宮廷道化師のタールトンと巡りあった。まさに水も滴るいい男といった風情の彼は、美しい歌声に、陽気な性格、そして鋭い頭脳を持つ魅力あふれる人物だった。心細かったエリザベスが思わず宮廷までの護衛を頼むと、彼は追っ手の目をくらますため、弟子になりすますよう彼女に提案した。戸惑うエリザベスだったが、美しい金髪を切り捨て、少年を装った―厳しくも優しいタールトンを、愛してしまうことになるとも知らず。