The young duke was a romantic, and prided himself in holding the affections of several women, keeping a feather in his cap for each of them.

But the young fool had a mouth opened more easily than his breeches. Naturally, the other lovers of his favorite lasses and mademoiselles found it all too easy to learn who was visiting their women in the night.

The young, foolish duke was killed in a duel, one against five, though Yumichika would brag that he deliberately lost, so his story would have a far more romantic ending than dying a sick old man.