Several others came in with Narizawa, all dressed in strange outfits.
Of course, they were costumes for this performance.
Narizawa was playing Napoleon. Fujino did not really understand whether he looked like Napoleon or not, but if the man said he was, then he was.
The ones who had come with this "Napoleon" were Napoleon's companions in this performance.
Among those who came in was a woman named Tajima Tenko, dressed in a light-purple gown that revealed an impressive amount of cleavage. She was playing Teresa Tallien, Josephine's friend.
According to the unofficial historical accounts Fujino remembered, Teresa Tallien and Josephine had both been famous socialites, known as the two great muses.
Teresa was even more impressive. It could not be said that she simply lived unconventionally; rather, she had reportedly been involved with practically every member of the French upper class at the time, even earning the nickname "the nation's asset" from the masses.
Fujino glanced at Ms. Tajima's Teresa Tallien. She clearly fit both the unofficial histories and the character setting rather well.
At the very least, the cleavage had been faithfully recreated.
Besides her, there were two men: a handsome young man and an older man with a sinister air.
The handsome young man was named Shinjo Kou. He wore a military-uniform-style suit and had center-parted hair, giving off the distinct impression of a protagonist. He was playing Hippolyte Charlot, Josephine's lover—the gigolo she openly kept while Napoleon was away on campaign.
The sinister older man was Ban Toru. He was playing Barras de Pol, Josephine's supporter behind the scenes and, incidentally, also her lover.
Simply put, he had been a key figure in the government before Napoleon rose to power during the French Revolution. He had also introduced Josephine to Napoleon, giving his own lover to