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In order to maintain the state of peace between the rival nations of Westalis and Ostania, a Westalian agent code-named "Twilight" is tasked with spying on politician Donovan Desmond, leader of the National Unity Party within Ostania. However, due to Desmond being notoriously reclusive, the only way Twilight can get close to him is to enroll a child in the same private school as Desmond's son, Damian, and pose as a fellow parent.
To accomplish this and present the image of a happy family, he creates the alias of psychiatrist Dr. Loid Forger, adopts a young orphan girl named Anya, and marries an Ostanian city hall clerk named Yor Briar. However, unbeknownst to him, Anya is a telepath, and Yor is in fact a professional assassin. Yor also sought a marriage of cover, because single adult women draw suspicion and attention in the paranoid Ostania. Neither Loid nor Yor are aware of each other's true identities, nor that Anya's powers allow her to know their true professions. The family later takes in a Great Pyrenees dog named Bond, who possesses precognitive abilities (unbeknownst to the entire family except Anya). Despite these unknown factors and Twilight's occasional lapses of common sense due to years of being a spy, he must learn to play the role of the perfect father and husband to carry out his mission. All while attempting to earn the trust of his brother-in-law, Yuri Briar.
To accomplish this and present the image of a happy family, he creates the alias of psychiatrist Dr. Loid Forger, adopts a young orphan girl named Anya, and marries an Ostanian city hall clerk named Yor Briar. However, unbeknownst to him, Anya is a telepath, and Yor is in fact a professional assassin. Yor also sought a marriage of cover, because single adult women draw suspicion and attention in the paranoid Ostania. Neither Loid nor Yor are aware of each other's true identities, nor that Anya's powers allow her to know their true professions. The family later takes in a Great Pyrenees dog named Bond, who possesses precognitive abilities (unbeknownst to the entire family except Anya). Despite these unknown factors and Twilight's occasional lapses of common sense due to years of being a spy, he must learn to play the role of the perfect father and husband to carry out his mission. All while attempting to earn the trust of his brother-in-law, Yuri Briar.
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