mother sends him to his office after showing signs that nowadays seem like gender dysphoria with Claude essentially coming out to her. He concludes at the end of the story that Claude is a trans man. Auguste de Montesse Claude's father. The patriarch of a wealthy land-owning family, he seemed to be supportive of Claude the moment he came out. He ends up raising Claude as his son, spending hours hunting and horseback riding with him. Madame de Montesse Claude's mother, who married Auguste in an arranged marriage. She is hesitant to accept Claude's situation, more out of naivete and lack of preparation than anything else. She is the one who contacts the Doctor to help him out. Andrew, Edward, and Thomas Claude's older brothers. They deeply love their younger sibling, and, except for Andrew, all support his gender identity. Rosemarie A childhood friend of Claude's. Though she has been in love with Claude since they were children, he does not reciprocate her feelings despite greatly caring for her otherwise. After suffering burns to her face in the fire caused by Louis, she moves to Paris to open a shop. Of all of Claude's paramours, Rosemarie is the first woman who fully understands and accepts Claude's gender identity. Louis Laques Rosemarie's tutor, the brother of Cecilia, and the former lover of Auguste. After Claude falls in love with Cecilia, and once Rosemarie accidentally blurts this fact out, a jealous Louis snaps and sets a massive fire that kills Auguste and Cecilia and badly burns Rosemarie. He disappears afterward. Maura Claude's first love interest. The daughter of former retainers of the Montesse clan, Maura was actually born on the family estate and it's said that a very young Claude held her as a newborn. Years later, she lives with her family in a nearby village and later starts working in the mansion. She has to return home after the death of her father. Cecilia Laques Claude's second love interest, and the sister of Louis plus the mistress of Claude's father Auguste. A librarian working at Claude's school, he pursues her romantically, though she does not return his feelings and, in her shock after Claude's confession, she rejects him and blurts out that she cannot see him as a man. A few moments later, she dies in the fire caused by Louis. Sirène Beige Claude's third and final love interest. After crossing