The plot of The Sword of Paros is also strongly centred on the romance of the protagonists, one of whom, like Oscar in The Rose of Versailles, is trying to pass as a man.

According to this legend, in time of war, a single person will come forward, who can brandish this weapon and lead the country towards the future.

She tells her true friend, Yurias, that she feels that she is caught in a woman's body, possessing the mind of a man.

Erminia tells Fiona of how trapping she finds being a princess, and how she feels about being born in the body of a woman.

Finding her shoulders to the wall again, Erminia decides to consent to the wish of her father, on the condition that her husband is chosen through a tournament.

At this point, Erminia's father is assassinated, and Alfonse proclaims his death to be part of the legend of the Sword.

Fiona has vanished, Yurias has been defeated and half-blinded, her father is dead, and she will be forced to marry the Prince of Kauros.