Blue Irises and White Roses

[Fictional European court + friendship + mutual healing + bad ending]

Main characters: Gaston, head of the royal guard, and Amiri, the crown princess

She was born a woman, yet was stripped of the right to wear dresses and forced into men's clothes to become the head of the royal guard.

She was once a carefree princess, but for the sake of an alliance between two countries, she became a dignified and virtuous crown princess.

In this court of deceit and intrigue,

their meeting became a ray of light for them both.

(Note: Francia in this story is a fictional country with no direct connection to real-world France. The names sound similar, but please don't confuse them. Some aspects of its institutions and culture are loosely inspired by reality.)