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After listening in on the conversation between d'Eon and the playwright, Marie and Lafayette finally understand why the playwright refuses to leave the prison. Marie negotiates with the playwright, offering the public performance of the play if he agrees to leave the prison.
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Dialogue Choices[]
Beaumarchais: Stop attempting to persuade me. I will not leave until I get a verdict of innocence from a court of law.
- Leave the Secret Room (No change)
- Wait and See
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- d'Eon: Is this the great writer admired by thousands of people?
- d'Eon: An old friend has come to see you. Are you not planning to lift that full-of peculiar-ideas head of yours?
- Beaumarchais: Hmph.
- Beaumarchais forces his eyes open and looks at d'Eon contemptuously before rolling his eyes and turning his back on him.
- Beaumarchais: If you've finished gawking, hurry up and leave.
- d'Eon: We're both elegant men of letters. How could you spout such vulgar words?
- d'Eon: After all, back then, you and I...
- D'Eon suddenly giggles as he turns his face away, as if embarrassed, which further provokes Beaumarchais. He finally turns around.
- d'Eon: Hahaha! Your wide-open eyes, it's just like when you propos—
- Beaumarchais: Shut up! You shameless pervert!!
- d'Eon: You proposed to me. Wouldn't that make you even more shameless?
- Beaumarchais: Do not bring that up! It's the greatest disgrace of my life!
- Beaumarchais: If I could do it over, I would make sure the royal family's lapdog died in London!
- d'Eon: A pity none of that is possible.
- d'Eon: Instead you brought this royal lapdog back at the King's command.
- d'Eon: Making you nothing more than a dog-sitter.
{{Dialogue|d'Eon|We really are a perfect match!}
- The more d'Eon talks, the more excited he becomes. He starts twirling on the spot, and his laughter is unrestrained.
- Beaumarchais covers his ears in annoyance, loudly demanding him to stop talking.
- Beaumarchais: Stop it! I don't want to hear these vulgar noises of yours!
- Beaumarchais: And your high-heels! Gods, you bastard! Have you no shame?!
- D'Eon finally stops laughing. His still wears a mocking face. He approaches Beaumarchais slowly...
- Beaumarchais: What are you doing?
- d'Eon: Let me take a closer look, my dearest Beaumarchais. What's happened to you these past few years?
- d'Eon: You've become even uglier. Hahaha!
- Beaumarchais bangs the table as he stands up. Seeing he has gone too far, d'Eon backs away.
- d'Eon: Don't be ridiculous. You can't treat the only person who visits you so boorishly.
- Beaumarchais: I don't need anyone with a face full of powder visiting me.
- Beaumarchais: Look at yourself. The white powder on your face is cracking, and no matter how pretty your lip rouge is, it can't hide your thick lips.
- Beaumarchais: I pity you. Men look upon you with shame, and women definitely cannot tolerate you.
- d'Eon: Ha! Such a shallow man. I have already earned the respect of the supreme lady of the country.
- d'Eon: You, on the other hand, can only fool around with rich old widows to gain rank and riches.
- d'Eon: An undignified widower!
- Beaumarchais: You scoundrel! Why have you come?
- d'Eon: Why do you insist on foolishly staying here?
- Beaumarchais: Do you not understand how imprisonment works? We're not allowed to leave whenever we want.
- d'Eon: The King released you! You are the only person who can leave whenever they want!
- d'Eon: If not for you, I would never have come to such a horrible place.
- Beaumarchais: Oh, I understand now. You're here as the royal family's lapdog.
- d'Eon: Stop trying to provoke me, or I'll knock you unconscious and drag you out of here.
- Beaumarchais: You wouldn't dare.
- d'Eon: I no longer have the patience to spar with you, Beaumarchais.
- d'Eon: Why will you not leave?
- Beaumarchais: They had no reason to arrest me in the first place! Now they want to release me in secret?!
- Beaumarchais: Ridiculous. They're only doing this because they're afraid of public perception.
- Beaumarchais: I am not a criminal. I will not leave this prison under vague circumstances. I insist on proving my innoncence.
- d'Eon: You're being difficult. You won't budge on this then?
- Beaumarchais: Why would I budge?
- Beaumarchais: They wronged me. I should be allowed to seek justice.
- d'Eon: Oh, Beaumarchais. Don't pretend to be completely innocent.
- d'Eon: You've never said out loud, but we both know...
- d'Eon: ...you've never respected the royal family.
- Beaumarchais: Say what you like. They have no concrete evidence.
- Beaumarchais: Monarchs cannot pry into the hearts of others.
- Beaumarchais: It is unacceptable to arrest someone based on assumptions alone.
- Beaumarchais: They even banned my play!
- Beaumarchais: The citizens of France don't even have the right to cultural freedom. Don't you find that ridiculous?
- d'Eon: I admire your moral backbone.
- d'Eon: But I have some advice for you. It wasn't easy for the King to release you.
- d'Eon: If you continue to provoke the King's anger, you will never leave this place, reagardless of public opinion.
- d'Eon: Do you really think you can endure a lifetime of filth and suffering?
- Beaumarchais: True suffering would be compromising my principles.
- Beaumarchais: Stop attempting to persuade me. This is about my dignity. I will not leave until I get a verdict of innocence from a court of law.
Leave the Secret Room
- Lafayette and I listen to their entire conversation.
- Beaumarchais and d'Eon's relationship is shocking. They are not on good terms.
- I think d'Eon has exhausted all of his patience.
Wait and See
- d'Eon: You really are a rigid hunk of stone. I have no wish to take extreme measures on you.
- d'Eon: After all, you look like you haven't bathed or changed clothes in days.
- D'Eon rubs his hands as he closes in on Beaumarchais again, while the other remains passive.
- Beaumarchais: What are you planning to—
- Marie: Are they fighting?
- Lafayette: Rest assured, Your Majesty. Beaumarchais is no match for d'Eon. In fact, this may lead to a good outcome.
- Marie: No, this will only worsen the situation.
- d'Eon has clearly lost his patience. I must stop him from committing violence.
- d'Eon has already trapped Beaumarchais in a corner, but when he sees me and Lafayette come in, he pauses.
- d'Eon: Your Majesty, Marquis de Lafayette, why have you come in here? Don't tell me...
- Years in the intelligence service enables d'Eon to quickly grasp the situation.
- He doesn't say another word. He merely looks at us.
- Marie: My apologies. I didn't mean to interrupt, but...
- Marie: Sir Beaumarchais, may I speak with you a while?
- Beaumarchais: Apologies, Your Majesty, but we have nothing to talk about.
- D'Eon's solo visit and our sudden entrance have made our purpose clear to Beaumarchais.
- He bows deeply, but refuses to talk.
- Lafayette: Sir, Her Majesty the Queen has come to see you personally in the hope of lending you aid. Please, be at ease.
- d'Eon: He's an irascible hedgehog. Why don't we...
- Marie: d'Eon!
- d'Eon: Fine, fine. As you wish.
- I don't mind Beaumarchais's attitude. At least I now know what's going on in his mind.
- Marie: Sir, I know being in such a place is a great insult to you, and I completely understand how you feel.
- Marie: Truth be told, I have read your latest play, The Marriage of Figaro.
- Marie: I must apologize for the banning of such an excellent play. This is indeed our fault.
- Marie: But sir, aren't you prejudiced against the King?
- Marie: You are trying to protect your dignity, but the King is doing the same. Even so, he is thinking of giving in.
- Marie: Why can't we compromise?
- Beaumarchais: I thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty. But what kind of compromise could we come to?
- Beaumarchais: Will you allow the performance of my play?
- Marie: That is exactly what I intend. If your play is performed...
- Marie: ...will you heed our advice and leave this place?
- Marie: The King does not wish to bring this matter to court, but if the banned play is performed...
- Marie: ...wouldn't that prove the playwright's innocence?
- Lafayette: This is a reasonable compromise, Sir. I hope you will seriously consider it.
- Lafayette: It would not benefit either party if news of this matter were to be publicly known.
- Beaumarchais: ...Could you really allow performances of my play, Your Majesty?
- Marie: I can only promise to spare no effort to see it done.
- Beaumarchais remains silent for a long while before finally facing me.
- Beaumarchais: I will agree to your compromise when you fulfill your promise, Your Majesty.
- d'Eon: Today's mission has reached a satisfactory conclusion, my adorable Little Bird.
- d'Eon: But, and I do not mean to rain on your parade, we still face a rather tricky problem.
- Marie: Are you referring to the performance of the new play? Yes, we need to discuss this.
- Marie: It will not be easy to convince His Majesty to agree to this...
- As we settle into silent rumination, d'Eon suddenly exclaims.
- d'Eon: My dress is stained!
- Marie: D'Eon, that dress is too flamboyant to be kept clean in regular situations.
- d'Eon: My dear Queen, please don't say you've never seen a dress like this.
- d'Eon: If you think my dress is flamboyant, then the dresses at the opera house will really surprise you.
- Marie: Dresses at the opera house...
- As I look at d'Eon's dress, I come up with a plan...
- d'Eon: Your intense gaze is making my hair stand on end, Little Bird.
- Marie: Hehe, I have come up with an excellent idea.
- Marie: The Marriage of Figaro will grace the stage!
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